The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1918, Page 4

\ f | t f , PAGE 4 “'ISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JAN. 3,. 1918. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE 8 Matter Entered at the Postoftice, Bi marek, N, D., as Second Cl ISSUED EVERY DAY GEORGE D. MANN Yh bs yess - + + Kditor G. LOGAN PAYNE‘COMPANY, Special Foreign Representativ NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldy.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON,'3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresge Bldg.; MINNEA- POLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- publication of all news’ credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDI BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, Morning and Sunday by Carrier, per month..........$ .70 Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday by Carrier, per month.. .90 Daily, Evening only, by Carrier, per month... . eectetehessic ince Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month Ate Seer |) Morning or Evening by Mail in North Dakota, one year ...... 4.00 Morning or Evening by mail outside of North Dakota, one year, 6.00 Sunday in Combination with Evening or Morning by mail, one VORP \iecs: geese oes seeeeeeereceeees 5.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) «ipo COAL ADMINISTRATION North Dakota is much more fortunate in the matter of coal supplies than some of the castern states whose coal desposits exceed those of this state in bulk and importance. The average man does not know that owing to the foresight of Fuel Administrator [. P. Baker, an ample supply of hard coal was rushed to the head of the lakes before navigation closed and consequently the Northwest is the most favored spot in the union as far as fuel supplies are concerned. The Red River Valley is well supplied, amply so with the a ance of native coal. Before another year passes, it is earnestly desired that stoves and heating apparatus be so converted t native coal can be used almost exclusively, Should the war run through another winter, the fuel problem naturally will be more acute than is the case now, Forewarned is forearmed. Mr. Baker can do no greater service than to impress upon all the necessity of utilizing the vast deposits of lignite. Throughout the state he has a corps of loyal citizens serving without pay as his assistants in this important work of direct the distribution of coal. All the railroads operating in North Da kota have co-operated willingly and have done much to lighten the heavy tasks of the fuel administrator, Get behind the spirit of the fuel administration and assist in the ‘‘save-a-shovel-of-coal-a-day’? movement which has been inaug- urated in every state at the suggestion of Mr, Garfield. The promptness with which Mr, Baker entered upon his duties earned for him the speedy commendation of Mar. Garfield. Bismarck feels proud that the fuel administration for the entire siate has been directed so efficiently from Bismarck It merely reflects the Bismarek way of tackling big jobs, F A HISTORIC MESSAGE Tt adds to the significance of the holiday season just closed that the birthplace of Christianity is in Christian hands, The Wall Street Journal strikes the keynote in this: “Bethlehem’s inspiration is not*dead. The ery of the baby in the manger is not drowned by the roar of guns. The birthplace of Christianity is in Christian hands; and Ceneral Allenby’s mes- sage from his men to their American brothers in’ France truly breathes the spirit of that momentous event. “The British troops in Bethlehem on Christmas eve send to their American comrades a message of greeting and of hope that through the achievements of their common purpose the law of force may yield to the force of law and peace and good will reign at Jength on earth.’ “Were is a message which deserves more than the ephemeral notice of the holiday season. It expresses in a beautiful phrase what Christianity stands for and why it must eternally be opposed to the doctrine of might and materialism, “Tt is a terrible Christmas for the world. The wonderful church bells of Belgium, those appealing carillions, have long been melted down for canon. The hearts that loved are stilled in death, or wrenched by the agonics of war. If we ourselves have suffered little so far, the shadow of coming events lies heavy upon us. “Ts Christianity a failure? Never, so long as the ever new birth in Bethlehem is a new birth in our hearts, War is not all loss or all evil, and trial by fire is sometimes as necessary for nations as for men. The world’s Herods are creatures of an hour, but Christ is born again and lives forever.”” Let the optimism of these sentiments sink into your souls and from them gather fresh inspiration for the tasks of 1918. PUT IT UP TO THE STATES Equal suffrage must sooner or later be settled as far as federal enactment is concerned by the various states, England early in the war disposed of the issue and effected an ar ive with the militants during the course of the war. No harm ean be done by submitting the question direetly to ‘the various legislatures. Congress ean send. it along in the same package with the Prohibition amendment and get it out of the way so that the legislative machinery will not be impeded longer when matters of greater importance to the welfave of the Republic, press for immediate consideration. When the issue goes to the states it will be settled upon iis merits. Congress in voting to submit the suffrage amendment to the various states does not necessarily eridorse the principle it merely gives an opportunity for national expression. : United States will have to face the issue fairly and squarely as other nafions. Better let the states squabble over it than delay matters at Washington which should have the right-of-way. HERR GRONNA AT LAST! Under the heading ‘‘ Wilson’s Fight Against the American People,’’ the Berlin Tageblatt gives Senator Gronna honorable men- tion. No one is surprised that the Kaiscr’s press eulogizes the man who has so grossly misrepresented the spirit of North Dakota. Here is the German eulogy of North Dakota’s junior senator: “Besides the Socialists and the I. W. W., many organizations representing the farmers and laboring classes that are opposed to Wilson’s war policy have come into existence since the outbreak of the war. * * It is the ever growing anti-war feeling throughout the United States that forces men such as Senator Stone, Hardwick and Gronna into line with men like Hearst and LaFollette.”’ The progress of the LaFollette sedition trial seems to be hope- lessly entangled in senatorial courtesy. ‘‘Me und Gott’’ may be holding fast,.in Flanders. But ‘‘Me und Allah’’ aren’t getting anywhere, in Palestine. Our guess is this: War, you may remember or probably den’t remember, was forced cn the kaiser. Peace likewise will be’ foreed on him. a Yi YY St. Paul, Minn., jury based on the translation of ar per, Die Freie Pr arrested by Joseph Bui Minn., today. It is though to be first arrest on such a charge si the clause of the trading with enemy act requiring verified tra NYY Nd i) \ Ay yi HYPHENATED EDITOR AR POR FRAUDULENT 1 —Onacharge ulegations that f sles in his pa- e, were far from being accurate, Reinhold Kintsie, was m, United States deputy marshal in Glencoe, WINTER SPORTS AT WASHINGTON WS "WITH # PLEASURE’ iy, S 8 }%, aS “MM “One of Half Dozen. ed when the Laut 1 cannot afford to hire aitorneys such litigation and I paid as Mr, Langer should have, y he started this action is a} | Butte and Superior ‘This controversy, one of a half-doz-| California Petroleum .. en now merrily bubbling at the state auditor tate highway commission y calling attention to the} s engineering and office! Chino Copper ... FINANCIAL DISTRICT Stecks Record 2 to 7 Point Ad- vance on First Business Day of 1918. New York, Jan. A spirit of cheer- fulness pervaded the financial dis- trict on the first business day of the new year, many stocks recording gains of 2 to 7 points. The further improvement was ac- cepted as a crystalization of the great- er confidence resulting from the gov- ernment’s action respecting railroad control, although that group was strikingly backward in today’s move- ment. Prices attained to highest levels in the active final hour the rise coming on the heels of the announcement that the departinent of justice had rec- ommended postponement of further action in certain of the anti-trust cases. Unofficial advices of a further breach in negotiations between the Russian delegates and the central powers were overshadowed by the re- port of the American war mission which indicated the determined atti- tude of the administration. {ndustrials more especially specific war issues and equipments featured the comprehensive trading. The rise | halted at intervals, but gathered fresh engih on renewed absorption. he ease with which specialties moved forward bespoke further pun- {ishment of the bears, resumption on a large scale of pool activity and no little revival of public interest. United States steel asserted its leade: hip from the start, making 2 gain of 5% points to 96%, re- slight fraction. Oth- and motors were of the close. Sales tron: aggregated 1,135, International honds were ady and : issues strong. Liberty 4's sold at 97.20 to $8.90, and the 2314's at 98.78 to 98.44, Total sales (par value) amounted to $4,550,000. United States old issues unchanged on call. NEW YORK STOCKS. American Beet Sugar . 73 American Can ... we. - 404 Smelting and Refining 80% Zinc .. . 14% Copper . 6214 Aichison ...... : Ualtimore and Ohio . Canadian Pacific . Central Leather apeake and Ohio . go, Mil. and St. Paul Chic ; expe » the new highway law] Colorado Fuel and Iron .. | took April had been $30,-) Crucible Steel ...... : 5T 600, w 12 had been expend-} Cuba Cane Sugar ... aes (OE KOSITZKY KICKS ON 30 THOUSAND SPENT way Construction is Meager $212. FRAZIER STANDS WITH People easily constipated dread win- ter—no fruits, no vegetables to hel) the stomach. Your best relief, your greatest friend, is Hollister's Roc ‘Mountain Tea, guaranteed to positive- y roe constipation of your money ack. BRESLOW’S. —Advt. y the bills of the stato i has holding up, or to appear before e court Saturday, January {evening that he why Mr. Langer «iz d these proceedings. a-| raz ON ROAD DESIGHING <1 Amount Actually Spent for High- t have all been paid,” yi “I did say once that I would never vote to allow th bills because I believed the expendi- anted and a the other board members who voted to HIGHWAY COMMISSION pay them, I naturally had to draw the “I told Mr. Langer that. doubtless of the state high- commission law should be tested, The squabble between State Auditor Kositzky and the state highway com- the constitutionalit, ion as to the relative merits of way s built on paper and roads built but that | had no money to go into of dirt found its way into supreme couri to test the matter court Wednesday evening, when that tribunal assumed original jurisdiction ‘tle the a over the dispute, at the request of how the point m State Engineer Bliss and issued an said that a mandamus alternative writ requiring the state event of my refusal to pay’ would and suggested Le induced to set- The point was raised that some cour ; peaded $12,000 titled to as ‘ure of any further funds. extravagance; declared the comm than any other house. supreme cour Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. “THE COLORS GOING BY” reTTT) UNDERWOOD Ex-Presidertt _ Roosevelt, Do you know how a civilian should salute the flag? If there should be a big military parade through the down- town streets today would you know how to salute Old Glory? The pictures show how President Wilson and the two living ex-presidents, William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt salute the flag. fed in actual construction work. The tae | e auditor expressed the belief that the people of North Dakota expected| Great Northern pfd. their highways laid out on the prairie! Inspiration Copper .. and not on paper, and advised the jcommission that it had already ex- nore than’ it was en- year appropriation, and that he would vote against and; work against permitting the ‘expendi. | Int. Mer. Marine pfd. ctfs. | Mexican Petroleum ... State Engineer Bliss came back] New York Central j With a hot retort, 0. k.’ed by Governor | er, ex-officio chairman of the; board, in which he refuted charges o| ion had not exceeded its appropria- | tion, and hinted that his engineering s which kad been at-! y to earning its pay, staff at the state: The order was signed by Judge Christianson, after State Engineer had filed an affidavit in which « forth that the atiitude of the litor was handicapping the sion in a work of utmost im-| portance to the state; expressed his belief that the new highway law did not limit the commission as to expen- ditures from the state automobile! funds, and asked that every moot fea- ture of the statute be construed by the Erie . Great Northern Kennecott Copper ... .. Louisville and Nashville .. Miami Copper ...... . Missouri Pacific .. Montana Power . Northern Pacific . ennsylvania .. Ray Consolidated b Reading ....- 4 fa siete 72% Republic Iron and Steel . Southern Pacific .. Southern Railway . Union Pacific ...... . U. S. Industrial Alcohol . .. 123 United States Steel .. 95% Utah Copper 81% THREE BOYS PERISH ON CAKE ERIE WHEN BLIZZARD PARTS 1Gh Toledo, Ohio, Jan. &3.—Three boys perished and one man was badly froz- en new year’s day on the ice on Lake Erie between Marble-Head and Kel- ley’s Island. The dead are: George Kruko. Mike Zebekie, 12. Joe Ontko, 13, all of Marble-Head. The boys, with George Priest, 22, sed from Marble-Head four miles across the ice to Kelly’s Island yes- terday. They started on the return trip at noon in a blizzard. Last night members of the Marble- Head coast guard crew picked up Priest. He said he had left the Kru- ko hoy’s body on the ice and that the other two had started back to Kelley Island, It is not believed the boys reached the island as the gale has broken the ice in the channel. 18 BIG BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS U-BOAT TRIBUTE, Lonion, Jan. 3.—Kighteen British merchantment of 1,600 tons or over have been sunk by mines or submar- ines during the past week, according to the admiralty statement We:-lnesday | Three merchantmen under 1,600 tons were also sunk. This is a material in- crease over the previous week, when the sinkings numbered twelve, of which eleven were more than 1,600 tons. The summary: Arrivals, 2,111;-sailings, 2,074. sritish merchantmen, 1,600 tons or over sunk 18, including two previous- ly; under. 1,600 tons, 3; fishing ves- sels none. Vessels unsuccessfully attacked, 8. HOME FOR GIRL WANTED. Who will give a home to a friena- less 14-yearold girl who wants to live and attend school in the country.! Address Supt Geo. B. ‘Newcomb, Bis- marck, N. D., or Phone 516, Advt. ee TRIBUNE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT| CHEER PERVADES THE DOWNWARD SLANT IN CORN PRIGES Liberal Buying for Export Sus- tains Oats at Recent Maximum. Chicago, Ills., Jan. 2.—Renewal of peace gossip more than offset in the corn market this afternoon some slight gains which had been scored during the first part of the session. Prices closed weak, at the same as yesterday's finish to half cent lower, wtih January 1.26% and May 1.24% to 1.244 @%. The outcome in oats was unchanged to %c down. There were declines of 20 to 70c in provisions. Un- til peace talk gave the bears an ad- | vantage corn averaged higher, chief- ly as a result of a bulge which lib- eral export buying had brought about in the oats market, At first how- ever, corn had a downward slant due to warmer weather that pointed to an increase of arrivals. Aside from the effect of the strength of oats, therefore, the corn market, was in a condition to respond readily to selling which after midday was based princi- pally on London reports giving Mun- ich authority for assertions that with- in the next ten days the Central pow- ers would make a new declaration re- garding peace. Fxport purchasing of oats aggregat- ed about 700,000 bushels. It was said, though, that the seaboard demand had now been filled for the time be- NB. Holders of provisions realized the outlook was for a bearisy showing in warehouse stock: CHICAGO GRAIN. Option Open High Low Close Corn— 8 Ye May... 75% 16% MINNEAPOLIS GRAI Minneapolis, Minn, Jan. Flour unchanged, Standard flour in carload lots quoted at 9.75 a barrel in 98 | pound cotton sacks. Shipments 72,575 barrels. Larley—1.29@1.59. Rye—1.86%@187%. Wheat receipts 266 cars (two days) compared with 421 a year ago. Corn, 3, yellow—1.70@1,75. 3, while—.78@.79, 2.60, OMMAHA LIVE STOCK. Omaha, Nebr., Jan. 2.—Hogs—Re- 9,600, lower; heavy 16.40@ mixed 16.25@1 ; light 16.00 ; pigs 12.60@16. bulk 16.35@ Cattle — Receipts 6,000; killers steady; feeders strong; native steers y, 9.00@14.00; cows and heifers 7.00@ , 11.00; western steers 8.00@11.25; 4 | Texas steer gy ers 7.09@9.50; canners _5.75@6. -00@9.50; cows and heif- 355 stockers and feeders 7.00@11.00; calves 9.50@13.00; bulls, stags, etc., 7.00@1 ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 2.—Hogs—Re- ceipts 4,500, steady; range 16.25@ 16.60; bulk 16.50@16.53, Cattle — Receipts 1,300; killers steady; steers 5.50@15.00; cows and j heifers 6.00@9.50; veal calves steady 6.00@1 stockers and feeders, slow ; 5.00@10.00. Sheep —Receipts 1,100, _ steady; lambs 25¢ higher, 8.09@166.25; weth- ers 7.00@13.00; ewes 5.00@10.75, Sheep—Receipts 8,000; market slow to steady; yearlings 12.50 @ 12.25; wethers 11.50@12.50; ewes 10.75@ 11.50; ewes 16.00@17.00. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago, Ills. Jan. 2.—Hogs—Re- ceipts 50,000, weak, 10 to 15¢ above Monday's average; bulk 16.40@16.80; light 15.60@186.55; mixed 16.15@ 16.80; heavy 16.10@166.80; rough 16.10@16.25; uigs 12.00@15.25. Cattle—Receipts 21,600, weak; na- tive steers 7.50@14.00; stockers and feeders 6.65@10.40; cows and heif- ers 5.30@11.30; calves 8.50@16.00. Sheep — Receipts . 12,000, strone; wethers 9.35@13.20; ewes 8.40@12.00; lambs 13.00@17.25, : THIRTY BUTCHERED BY YAQUI INDIANS Tucson, Ariz, Jan. 3.—A tra the Southern Pacific: of Moxie wae attacked Wednesilay at a point 382 miles south of Empalme, Sonora, and from twenty to thirty passengers were killed, according to advices received here today. ‘I'he conductor and an ex- press messenger were among those killed. Some of the passengers were from Tucson, but their names have not been received here. The attack was by Yaqui Indians who tore up the track near Pitahaya. A military escort of from 50 to 5 federal soldiers was on hoard, but wes greatly outnumbered by the Yaq- The Indians attacked the rear car in which the passengers, mostly Mex- cans, were massacred. After killing the guards «he Indians looted the bag- Sage and express cars and rode away. EDWARD MORRIS QUITS NEW FOUNDLAND PLACE St. John’s, N. F., Jan. 3— ter made public today Sir Tae Morris, premier of New Foundland for the past nine years, announced his resignation as premier and his re- tirement from politics, Sir Edward is at present in England representing the colony in important matters con- nected with the air. In political circles here it is understood that he is to be appointed commissioner for. New pound in London. am Lloyd, minister oj and acting premier, it is pty will form a new ministry, : i