The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1918, Page 1

SAC THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY: EIGHTH YEAR, NO, 1. ease a5 19) Pee HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE! BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1918. ‘1917 YEAR OF PROGRESS AND PROSPERIT ew Vga: Opens With Brighter Hope Thank Ana in he Past eile MORNING EDITION: ustetititital Of Bismarck Must Look SUBSTANTL L PROGRESS IN ALL CIVIC AND BUSINESS CONCERNS IS MANIFEST Twelve-Month Will Go Down in History as Period of Moral Reju- venation and Spiritual Quickening for the Capital City of North Dakota. ‘Bismarck must ever look back with pride in its achievement upon the year just passed. For the Capital City of North Dakota it has been a per- iod of moral awakening and of spiritual quickening in the highest sense », in which these terms can‘ be used. The year has established in Bismarck a record for the doing of things iat “could not be done.” It has put new stiffening into Bismarck’s back- ‘one, and prepared it for the even bigger things which the new year may ring. It has eliminated from Bismarck’s collective mind doubt and inde- ision. It has made the attainment 0° the unattainable a habit. Some Things Done. ‘Bismarck, a city of less than 8,000 Hpeople, has contributed to or invested fin the prosecution of the world’s war ' for democracy almost $400,000. Had i suyone prepiered pee ago hes file _f large sum cou aken out of Bis- mink without noticeable effect on! BLIND MITES the business life of the city, or that’ Fargo, N. D., , Dec. 1.—More than Bismarck would not be staggered by $105 was raised at a new year’s “com- the very thought of raising such a munity sing” héld here tonight for the huge amount,:he would have been benefit of: the 300 children blinded in laughed at. the recent Halifax disaster. INVITED T0 SPRAK AT POWER MESTING ed, Since war was declared on Ger- Chief Executives:‘of North and arty, in nine brief months, Bismarck 1as contributed $1,694.35 to Jewish re- South Dakota Asked to Aberdeen. ef in eastern war zone; $1,950 to the Governor Lynn J. Frazier of North ret?War Y campaign; $460 to the tnights of Columbus war fund; $32,- Dakota has’ been invited to ,address a meeting of farmers of the two Da- 09.52 to the Red Cross war drive; $522.78 to the women’s auxiliary; $ 600 to the mess funds of the several nits raised in this city; $2,500 to the ismarck Home guard, and $3,500 to he second Red Cross membership rive. It invested probably $1,000 in kotas to be held at Aberdeen on Jan- uary 9, 10 and 11, when there will be discussed the development of the |Missouri river as a source of water power. Governor Peter Norbeck of South Dakota and Senator Thomas Sterling and Doane Robinson, state ed Cross memberships in the first drive and private contributions, not historian of South Dakota, also have been invited to speak. The question a matter of public record, perhaps; aout incrdéasé ‘by $15,000 the amount of developing water power sites on the Missouri, either through federal | which Bismarck has paid into the Red or state appropriatons, or by. the | Cross and similar organizations. state and nation working in co-opera- b FARGO RAISES FUND TO HELP sources are not included in the grand total. i } The Liberty Loans. In the firstitberty loan, Bismarck invested $61,500 end in the second, $236,300. The grand total of its con- tributions and investments of which a careful official record has been kept n All Future Retrospection City With Pride ‘Oit the Achievements of Year 1917 STATUS OF LINES Messa AT THE CLOSE OF THE ENDED YEAR Germans Endeavoring to Per- WADOO DEGREES if Plans Fail Through Bolsheviki Aid of Switzerland May be Asked. POPE MAY SOUND OVERTURES Opinion Growing that England and France Must State War Aims. Washington, Dec. 31.—Orders went to eastern railroads today from Direc- tor General McAdoo to clear up freight congestion regardless of prev- ious government priority regulations, passenger schedules and any hamper- ing practices under the old competi- tive system, and to pay special at- tention to movement of coal and food. Lines of the west and south were notified that soon they might be call- ed on to furnish locomotives and other equipment to help lighten the traffic burden in the east, and a committee of government officials was created to work out a plan for diverting export freight to ports south of New York. Quantities of coal actually were started moving to New England to re- lieve the serious shortage. there, and priority orders was_ suspended. for roads east/of the. Mississippi and ‘north of the Ohio river to the extent necessary to clear up congestion. War Board Goes. At the same time, the director gen- eral dissolyed ‘the railroad war board at its own request and named a tem- porary advisory cabinet of five mem- bers. One of these, Hale Holden, president of the Burlington, and a member of the war board, will be re- tained’to supervise the machinery which the war board has created with- in the last nine months to co-ordinate the roads of the country. Other members of the new advisory board are JoJhn Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, who will have charge of financial questions arising out of government operation; Henry Walters, chairman of the board of the Atlantic coast line, who will as- |These contributions from private ton, will be thoroughly discussed. is $382,341.76. And Bismarck has given freely of (Continued oi page eight) its men—300 men and officers to the two national guard companies raised in this city; fifty or more enlisted men to the various branches of the regular service; a major to the Amer- ivan Red Cross; two captains to the quartermaster corps; a captain and a ,lozen Heutenants to the national Darmy; a secretary to the War Y. M. . A. service of the national army; @ ‘chaplain to one of our national guard regiments, and last, but far from least it has given of its loyal women nurses } to the American Red Cross, messen- i gers of mercy to the boys “over Lilatstadstadststatatatadetatitatatatet Millions of Petpet Property Ruined and the End is Not T=\e there.” ee ne Eighty-five Bismarck men, drawn Yet in Sight —=# from all ranks of life, have enlisted . mes earnestly in the work of the Home <= guard. They are men of the highest; Guatemala City, Guatemala, Dec. 31. —[ ype of citizenship, and they are ren-| —narth shocks that began here at 11 rac dering Uncle Sam tbe ate Rane o'clock on Christmas night and are = See ee re ctrouie. ease re kick still continuing caused millions of = Bismarck has been asked tojenlist its | dollars damage to this city, the death = | energies it has gone over the top|of a few persons and the injury of iGo and far beyond, into the lines of the] spout 100 others. | rae Municipal Development. Every house in the ciiy was ren- 7 With all of these unusual demands | dered uninhabitable and the entire which have called forth the best ef- population is living in the parks and forts of Bismarck’s best, municipal: open spaces. The first shocks were Be aay eae Agta ie | light, giving warning of the heavy degress unprecedented in istory of any city of Bismarck’s class in the ones that might follow. In the interiem Northwest Paving District No. 1 was| everyone had opportunity to seek completed during the year at a cost! safety in the open air. of $125,000 and $300,000 worth of ‘The devastation wrought was wide- eel ‘as done tn Fane deca ees spread. The presidential palace, the ree new : created, upon voluntary petition of postoffice, the cathedral, all the property-holders, assuring in 1918 fur- churches, the hospitals, the schools ther progress in street a ee and Masonic temple were seriously whose completion will fin ismarc} aged. The electric lighting sys. without a block of unpaved street damage Sa ota aa 4 anywhere in its central business or tem was pu mmission a: residential area. | telegraphic tui * communica- In sewer work, a necessary prelim- tion intern: ernment is inary to paving, $75,000. was invested. Hevin by distribu. The boulevard system .of sty * light- POR ot I iets sero! ing was extended in the bu. ss dis. 8s tidide “of any iy. Excellent 7 ililldiliitilitilels trict; water mains were exteuced, and aac ri many blocks of new sidewalk were of t oN : een constructed. Through all of this there order hav has been a notable harmony and an TH evident: desire for co-operation ee the part of everyone, all ronnie work. Many’modern business struc- yashine W iW ASIN QUAKE FOLLOWS QUAKE AND CITY OF GUATEMALA CRUMBLING UNDER __ GRADUALLY INCREASING TREMORS - suade Russia They are Eager to Aid in Peace. nch Hold Key in ey in. Chem Dames to the a, « Laon Area. Washington, De ginning of the new year finds at the | battlefronts is outlined by Secretary : Baker in his weekly review of mili- tary operations issued tonight. In the! west, he says, the British dominate into the principle line of defense at Cambrai, while the French, with their own lines unbroken, hold ihe key to the Laon area through the capture| of Chemin Des Dames. Italy supported by the allies, is hold- ing firm while the enemy after bat- tering in vain for six weeks against the defenders is preparing for a re- newed offensive. As to Russia. Of Russia the review merely says the Germans are endeavoring to per- suade that country ‘that they are eager to assist in restoring normal condi- tions and that the German embassy building at Petrograd is being made ready for occupancy. While the operation of American troops at the front has been con- fined to narrow limits, the secretary says their presence has heartened the allies and increased faith in final vie-| tory. The review for the week December 31 follows in part: “The military situation at the ve-| ginning of the new ‘year is as dows: “Vin the West.” “In the west the Br in of the Passchendaele ridge and dom- inate the Flanders plain. “Their wedge in front of Cambrai, has ripped a great gap in the principle German line of defense. successes gained by the British, nev- in this battle was the since the Marne. French Hold Key. { “The French, by the capture of the to offer almost any conceivable bait Chemin Des Dames, have secured the to an individual enemy in order to key to Laon area. Their own line of drive a wedge into the allies defense remains unshaken. “Detachments of our own have engaged the enemy. While their , operations have betn confined to nar- row limits, their pid has been val-j uable and the presence of American troops in the firing line has heartened the allies to continue the struggle with increased faith in final victory. - | “During the peridd under review the combat situation remained unchanged. _ “Reports of the | concentration of (Continued oh page four) People of ges of Good Will Flow to the c America from the Allies Enlisted in Struggle for Democracy NG PEACE DEVICE WILL TREAT RAIL te never som LERP UNTRI MEN WITH BOUITY the Flanders plain with a great wedge MEMBERS ARE REASSIGNED making annexations.” ending Germans Leave Nothing Undone fol- forts of the Germans to involve the LU. Vin the with the Ri , Ypres salient occupy the high ground veloped to opinion of some officials here notice of the propaganda must be taken and an attempt made to neutralize it. are to meet in Paris soon with the pur- “The battle for Cambrai proved that pose of discussing the advisability of the German defensive positions could receiving and answering the policies be broken and taken. Though full ad- ot the vantage was not taken of the early tiation was said that any decision from such ertheless the disaster to German arms a meeting would be promptly laid be- most serious fore the American state department. id forces ceeded measurably with Russia, ED BY ~ GERMAN NSCHEMES ‘What the be- ene of Train Operatives’ Union Taken up by Sec- retary Thursday. RUSSIA LEFT OUT OF FELICITATIONS SENT BY LLOYD GEORGE TO NATIONS Lloyd George and Cimenceau, King of Greece and Presidenis. of South American Republics United in Good Will Toward United States in Eioquent New Year Greetings. London, Dec. 31.—Messages from the British prime minister, David Lloyd George, have been sent to all the allies except Russia, but including Greece. All express the good wishes of the British war cabinet to the gov- says: New Traffic Orders to Relieve Congestion and Meet New England Call. ‘Washington, Dec. 31.—An official German statement sent out from the government wireless station at Nauen, outlining in detail the Russian propos- al of a basis of peace, was made pub- lic tonight by the committee on pub- lic information. The message de- scribes the session of the negotiations i twovsk on December 22, and the Pussian delegation as de- ‘ claring that they signed conditions for peace, considering it “a crime ‘to con- tinue war simply for the purpose of passes must make us realize more DON COSSA CKS DELIVER BLOW Stockholm, Dec. 31.—Ukrainian and Cossack forces in a great battle on the southwestern front have defeated Bolsheviki troops taking 400 prisoners * and capturing eight big guns and 328 machine guns, according to 4 dispatch received by the Dagens Myheter from Petrograd by way of Haparanda, The Cossacks are in hot pursuit of the Bolsheviki. NEW YORK SHIVERS SHEL FROM COLD WIT LITTLE FUEL: New York, Dec. 31—New York city’s shivering millions must face at least a twenty four hour continuation of zero weather with less than half MANY DEVICES. in Peace Schemes. Washington, Dec. 31.—Insidious ef: d_ States,.and..the, entente allies; @ peacesnegétiations ‘proceeding. sian Bolsheviki have de- uch a stage that in thé If the Britsh and French premiers olsheviki in the peace nego- the city’s normal supply of coal dipl tic circles hi it Coming. into its bins. hat any aéelsion fron ea Several deaths due to the cold weather were reported today. As well as hundreds of cases of exposures. ; At 8 o'clock tonight the mercury stood at two above zero, having drop- ped from 4 above since 4 o'clock. The feeble pressure of steam in apart- ment houses sent thousands hurrying to stores for oil stoves and by noon there was a pronounced shortage in canes heaters. Any Kind of Offer. Germany is believed to be prepared and use its disruption, and having suc- is (Continued on page élght) ak CAPTAIN BAKER RECEIVES NW YEAR GREETINGS FROM DOCTOR GARFIELD ON EFFICIENT FUEL ADMINISTRATION How Will the New Y ear Answer T hese Momentos Questions and Solve the Problems Which Now Fill Entire Persepective aa = omer 5 ¥ ‘ shoulder to shoulder for a better and an every way bigger Bismarck. Construction Work. i The year dawned with the brightest} of prospects for general construction’ tures of an unusually. high grade had fave Wil been planned: The early declaration |; Lt of the 00 of war and the immediate increase in;, j price and scarcity of building mater- als halted many, projects, ‘but they Ie ather baa anounced tonight, and bre wiil ‘be 3) in to normal tem: y Me ender. g ‘Chief of iat Beat Board Given! 5 to Know Service is Appreciated. Captain I. P. Baker, fuel admin- istrator for North Dakota, last even- ing received the following self-ex- planatory telegram from Dr. Harry A. Garfield, head of the National Food Bureau, on the satisfactory manner in which his plans in a trying situ- ation have been succesful in keeping North Dakota warm at a minimum ot cost and consumption: Washington. D. C., Dec. 31, 1917 Capt. |. P. Baker, Fuel Adminis- trator, Bismarck, N. D. Yieuse accept my hearty good wishes for the New Year and my appreciation of your continued support. | am confident that with pauence, courage and united effort we will be able to achieve results which will be of great service to our country in its present crisis. HARRY A. GARFIELD —— THE WEATHER | ——— MONTANA: Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday, probably rain west of the divide. .NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA: Generally fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday, warmer Tuesday in east and central portions. WEATHER MAP. Bismarck Duluth race center upon the popetne: tame of ow ON BOLSHEVIKI | States into the war. \ ernments and peoples addressed. To President Wilson, Mr. Lloyd George “At this season I wish in behalf’ of the British war cabinet to send to your government and people a message of good will. Every day. that clearly that the hopes of the hamap r cause. “Every day proves to us that otr friendship for one another ig becomi- ing mare and more the cement of that league)of free nations which now stands as the guardian of and liberty, throughout the w: “We wish in particular-to send. message of thanks to the Unit States mavy for the great ee has rendered in the’ past: year and af greeting to the Young, American army now training to take its place in ‘the battie for human freedom. Weare réiying upon the great addition this. army ,wWill make to strengthen. thé al- lies in their joint struggle for free civilization, and we are.confident that when the time of battle. comes: they will sustain the great traditions set by their own forebears by helping to win a complete triumph for the cause to which they have dedicated them- selves.” SPIRIT OF WASHINGTON ' Poincaire Sees Presence in Allied Fight for Liberty. 0 Washington, Dec. 81.—-The voice of | Washington still. resounds: and ft shows tne path to triumph thropgh sacrifice says President Polnogrd of France in a New Year's gretelpg to ‘the American people which appears in the New Year edition of the Ofticial Bulletin. M. Poincare’s message is one of a number received from the : heads -of the nations associated with the Unit- ed States in the war against Germany. Others came from King Alexander, of Greece; President Menocal of Cuba, President Valdez of Panama, King Peter of Serbia, President Buerra of Boliva, and President Vera of Uru- guay. “As the year 1917 closes,” cabled the French president, {I look back with emotion to the fonths just elapsed and to the succqssive phases. of the world struggle ami in particu- ilar to the entrance of | thé. United Common Cause. “Champions of a common use, the American people and the French people, when a fraternity of arms ; has united in the past,)whom /it’ is binding still more closely today, con- template with unshakable firmness and with the serene confclcusneta) of. & i their duty the liberating teak .th they have sworn to accent)’ end. The year 1918 Wa- tinuation of the subli* free nations, grouper of honor and of the the safe guarding ¢ need great or small, agaaters, Imperialism and ood is avowed design it ! peoples just as th death—without c “Tis the far h which ington that reso» threshhold of the heroic hours of ja dgevel- of which are rep glorious Ametics hears it, The statesman showt to the umph sacrifice, successor, Press say to the nati vation of hum Fi: “Carry. freedom.'” The gr of Greec “Thee defy ? thoro: magr Uni‘ terr “4 =4 Bank * urity Bar Baus. rn We Are Huron . ‘Moorhead . Omaha .. St. Paul . Williston Denver Havre with sc they ex lions 0} oe eee bene vit bring to” freedom of their “Their been sur; Presid