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

FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918 BISMARCK: EVENING: TRIBUNE : f PAGE 3 RUSSIA MAKES COUNTER PROPOSAL TO CENTRAL POWERS FOR DEBATE AT A MEETING ATT BREST-LITOVSK will open a new era which will insure the reign of justice, equality and lib- erty to all peoples,’ great and ‘small, as a lasting and prosperous peace in Which mankind will find guarantees for a new future of free development ing Referendum. MAYO RECOGNIZE LEWINE! fd Semen De Facto Governineni May Be! a ATA Sympathy with Aims: | TAWS RELATIVE T0 uondon, Jan..3.—A dispatch to} ETRE ch swore) ROAD ENGINEERING the Daily Mail from Petrograd]! Expense One of Preparation for dated Wednesday says: “The Russians now have made Comoliance with Federal Appropriation. counter proposals to the Teutonic next, meeting of the peace delega- COUNTIES GET READY mediate evacuation of occupied does not helic erned by Igeally clected represent- Terns Require the Evacuation of Occupied Territory Pend- SCHITCH, Foreign Minister.” William S$, Langer Ou in prelipirar; en- ginésiing werl: additim t» the $8,- 000 snecilica Erovided hy the las' legislature for immediate ecrganiza- allies whieh are under considera- tions at Brest-Litovsk Saturday. FOR GOVERNMENT AID territory pending a referendum, P atives of the people, who are to be tion and will be disenssed at the “The proposals embody the im- Attorney Gene the evacuated distriets to be gov- assisted by the local militia.’” MAY BE RECOGNITION. More Favorable View of the Lenine Government. London, Jan. 4.—Developments in the Russo-German negotiations, the Daily Chronicle says, are likely to cause thé western powers to give de- facto recognition to the Lenine gov- ernment in Russia. A statement of; entente allied policy of a democratic| character, it adds, shortly will be sent to Russia. M. Litvinoff, who has been appoint- ed ambassador to London by the Bel- sheviki, the Daily Chronicle continues, may receive the defacto recognition as ambassador, while Sir George Buchanan, the British ambassador to Russia, who is reported on his way home, may be replaced by a diplo- mat in sympathy with the ideas of revolutionary Russia. GERMANS REPULSED, | Efforts to Gain it Bank of Piave Fails, Headquarters of the Italian Army in, Northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 2— The enemy today attempted to gain the west bank of the Plave river, to offset the loss of Zenson, but was re- pulsed, and the entire west bank now is held by the Italians. A landing party on flatboats attempted to cross near Intestadura, but artillery and machine gun fire concentrated on the boats led to the abandonment of the attempt. The general commanding the army corps in the Zenson sector is receiving high encomiums for the tactics which brought about the rout of the enemy from the only nest they were able to maintain on the west bank with heavy enemy losses and virtually no Italian loss. This general informed the cor- respondent, as mentionel in a dispatch forwarded on Christmas, that he would not sacrifice his men by use- less frontal attacks against machine guns, but would slowly wear out the enemy by continuous concentrations of artillery on their positions in the bend of the river. Many doubted the general’s ability to carry this out, but his success on Dee. 30 in clearing out the enemy and saving his own men is meeting with the highest praise. The mountain front is comparative- ly inactive, the enemy giving chief at- tention to air raids, which continue against Bassano, Treviso and Mestre, near Venice, without notable damage or casualties. The Italian and allied air fleet is making vigorous reprisals, bombing stations and troop columns} in. movenient. An impressive public funeral of the victims of the Padua raids was attend- ed by the ‘municipality and govern- ment officials and a huge concourse of people. The line of funeral cars,| with nineteen dead, stretched for! blocks. There were many weeping | women among those who crowded the streets. TIGHTEN YOUR. BELT. Compulsory Rationing Soon cin Effect In England. = London, Jan. 4. — Compulsory ra- tioning is to be put into effect in Eng- Jand at an early date, according to Lord Rhondda, the food controller, speaking at Silverton. He pre- faced his announcement by saying that he was afraid that compulsary ra- tioning would have to come, and that it was on its way, and then declared that his department had completed a| scheme and that as soon as the sanc: tion of the cabinet had been received it would be carried out. Lord Rhondda warned his hearers that there would continue to be aj ‘shortage, though the position would) impreve, and improve, steadily. “phere is nothing alarming in the situation,” he said. “You have only to tighten your belt. The people of this country are undergoing nothing like the privations in Germany. There they have less than a pound of meat a week.” SERBIAN CONFIDENT. ne, - i Minister Predicts Complete Victory! ‘ Over Central Powers. Washingtén, Jan. 4—Confidence in the ability of the allies to secure a complete victory over the Central pow- ers was expressed by the minister of foreign affairs of Serbia, in his new year’s greeting to the state depart- ment The message made public to- day said: “{ hasten to take occasion: of the new year to.tender to your excellency in the name. of the royal government of Serbia and in my’own name, our best wishes in the firm conviction that it will bring us final victory over tion work, the state highway cemmis- sion has exceeded its statutory auth- ority. The 2ttorney general, at the request of the highway commission, has fur- nished it with a written opinion, in which he holds the law was enacted specfically to enable the state to take advantage of the federal aid guaran teed under the Shackleford post roads bill. “Investigation has disclosed to me,” writes the aitoracy general, “that ap- proximately $94,000, has been credited to the state highway commission, all of said money coming from sow within the state, and not consisting of any federal aid, and that of this amount approximately $22,000 has heen spent in addition to the $8,000 provided for in Section 9, and the question arises whether or not the state highway commission has the authority to spend more than ten per cent of said fund of $94,000 at its dis- cretion. It is my opinion that the $8, 000 provided for in Section 9 was te be used for the purpose of immediate. ly organizing the state highway com mission and performing all preliminary work, pur plies, office and field eq! securing assistance. Inasmuch as an emergency clause was attached tc this chapter, it evidently was the in tention of the legislature to have thi $8,000 spent immediately after the session adjourned, so that full advant- age could be taken’ cf federal aid. “IT understand the federal aid for 1916, 1917 and 1918 will total approx- imately somewhat less. than one-half ‘s. The state and counties will have to spend an equal amount, all of which must be spent under the supervision of the state highway com- mission. It is evident that with this tremendous amount of money to be spent upon. the highways that much work anticipatory to said expenditure must be done. “It was obvious that after the $8,000 as provided for in Section 9 was ex- pended: that salaries, traveling ex- penses, postage, supplies, equipment for both field and office work, furni- ture and fixtures, printing, telegraph and telephone. charges, drayage, ex- press and freight charges and other Ianeous items would still con- tinue, and it is my opinion that the legislature contemplated that the same should continue and that same should be considered in part as the expenses of the state highway com- mission and in part should also be considered as a part of the state's por- tion in the cost of properly maintain- ing all highways and bridges, im- proved in pursuance to the provisions of this: act, as the state highway com- mission might determine. What will they do next? ployes clubhouse of ‘the ‘company. tke common foe. I doubt not that it “It. is. elementary that much Dre Serving Uncle Sam stance this Ja owner is M Marion Mooney. sailors every Saturday night at the "TAG YOUR SHOVEL” DAY FOR NORTH DAKOTA URGED BY FUEL DICTATOR BAKER North Dakota will observe “Tag Your Shovel Day” January 30. In co- operation with the United States fuel administration, Capt. 1. P. Paker, fed- ral fuel administrator for North Da-| kota, has asked that this day be set aside in the Flickertail state. | Throughout the nation 21,550,000 school children will perform the pa- riotic task of tagging the shovels in merican homes, These tags will bear on their face the inscription: ve chat Shovelful of Coal a Day for Uncle sam," while on the reverse are print-| xd six simple hints for the saving of! ‘oal; the economic and reasonable use ot heat, and economy in the consump-! tion of gas and electric light. j “Tag Your Shovei Day” falls on Wednesday, and it is expected that governors, mayors and teachers will unite in arranging for a school hollt-! day—one of the few special national’ ays ever proclaimed. Two | great printing plants are now turning, out the tags and posters, and it may} be taken for granted that all the chil- dren everywhere exvept thos? who are, WAR BALLOON | OMAHA TO ST. CLOUD IN A NIGHT St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 4.—A balloon carrying five army men from Omaha landed at Sartell, five miles north of St. Cloud yesterday. It is the third from Omaha that has landed in ‘Min- nesota within a year. The army men claim to have estab- lished a new record for time and dis- tance in the flight. They left Ft. Omana at midnight last night and ————————————————— —————eeeeeeeeeeee liminary work must be done on each road before the same is ready to have actual construction commenced upon it, and from the terms of the law that work must be done in each one of the 33 counties because the law specifical- ly states that a portion of the money collected in each county must be spent therein. It is my opinion that it was the clear intention of the leg- islature that the state highway com- mission, consisting of the governor, state engineer and the commissioner of agriculture and labor, and two members to be appointed by the gov- THESE GIRLS NOW CHALLENGE TRIUMPHS OF MEN AT BILLIARD TABLE 4 Not .content with invading man’s field of work by running, street ‘cars in Blooklyn, the -wonten snapped inthis picture, \ are proving ~ themselves handy .withsthe billiard cue and ivories. * The scene was taken in ‘the em- Some of the women are arranging a tournament with the men employes. ‘ Sa SOCIETY WOMEN ENTERTAIN JACKIES a fighting ie seems to be having a good time. Miss Mooney is assisting Mrs. Ford Rod- man Carter, who is hostess at a skating and dancing party for soldiers and + county hospital Dec. 20 last, friend- man has its advantages. Kor in-| The bright siile’s Chicago ice arena. unfortunate enough to be down with the measles or mumps or something will be on the job January 30, for Uncle Sam. Fuel Administrator Baker points to this tag day as different from all oth- er tag days. Instead of asking for cash contributions, the school chil- dren will demand that householders sd've money—save money for food, for war savings stamps, for liberty bonds and at the same time add to the gov- ernment’'s coal pile. A million carloads of coal more than ever were taken out of the ground in this country in a single year were) mined and delivered in 1917. Another million carloads were needed, but no human power could make so sudden an increase in production, where the} bare phy: 1 requirements were or! so vagt a scale. But the necessities of the war cannot wait, and the Amert- can peaple must face a typical Ameri-| can problem, meeting and satisfying an unheard increase in demand for} coal with adequate facilities for creat-| ing increased supply. NEW RECORD. . bo oe oo oe & landed at 9:15 approximately 550 miles away. The balloon could have gone much farther, possibly into Canada, they said, but the forests appeared so thick they decided to seek a landing place relatively open. The average altitude of 2,000 feet. The crew included Lieutenant Me- kinley and Sergeants McKee, Shopah, Thummel and Jaques. ernor, were to have full and exclus- ive charge of the administration of; the state highway fund, that they should expend the same for the dif- ferent items outlined above and that they might include automobiles to be used by the engineers and also any machinery needed for road work. “Further, that the ten per cent of the fund which it states shall be spent in the discresion of the state highway commission means that ten per cent of said fund can he spent anywhere in the state where the state highway commission feels that a main; road, or other work, is needed most, and that the said ten percent is not! in any way a limit of the amount of; the fund which the state hignway com- mission shall expend. With reference to the 99 per cent which the law states shall be spent by the said commission in the several counties in proportion to the amount collected therein; it is my opinion that the items mentioned above, which sarily spent in doing the pre- work and laying out roads in rent counties is in reality money spent therein. It is further my opinion that the state highway com- mission has full authority to antici- pate that its program shall extend for a period of three years or more, and prepare blue prints, etc. in accord- ance with these plans.” MEXICAN BANDITS IN SECOND RAID ON BRITE RANCH Ma*fa, Texas, Jan. 4.—Another raid by Mexican bandits occurred Thurs- t the Brite ranch 35 miles south- of here and an equal distance from Valentine, Texas, according to reporis received at the military head- quarrers of the Big Bend district here; tonight No details of the raid were given in the short message received. This ranch was raided Christmas morning hy. Mexican bandits and one American and two Mexicans killed. SUPPOSED PAUPER WORTH THOUSANDS Denver, Colo. Jan. 8. — John Knowles, 67 years old, who died in the j less, alone and apparently. penniless was the owner of an estate which loc- al real estate men value at $250,000, it developed today. A real estate man with whom. Krowles once had been as- sociated started ‘the’ search «which brought to light Knowles’ holdings. lterole once you experience the glad re- | CLASS ONE WILL PROVIDE TROOPS FOR FIRST ARMY Young Meh Without Families and Husbands * Supported by Wives Get Precedence. NEW RULING IN DRAFT, LAW Last June Must Register— Class One Defined. cases to be prosecuted. The report de- number of men in the other divisions ' was made plain Thursday by Secretary of class one is very small. | Baker in a general discussion of the General Crowder finds that the firat efforts of the war department to draft surpassed the highest expecta-| promptly carry out the mission’s sug- tions of the friends of the selective gestions. c service.idea. He pays high tribute, not| Every possible enery will be devot- only to the thousands of civilians who | ed to speeding up productions of mun- gave ungrudging service to ‘making! itions and equipment and this with the, the plan a success, but also to the! agreement of the allfes to furnish the \ high patriotism of the American peo- | necessary ships and equipment is ex: ple as a whole. pected to result,in.the despatch of the Few Evade Registration. armies abroad much sooner than was Analyizing the first draft, General] at first thought possible. Crowder shows that 9,586,588 men be- 17k TAD i tween the ages of 21 and 31 years I- W- W ATTORNEY registerel themselves up to late in De-| . cember, cnly 5,870 arrests had been SUBMITS MOTIONS Washington, Jan. 4—All men_ for; the war armies still to be raised by the United States will come from’ one under, the new selective plan. That means the na- s fighting is to be done by young men without families dependent upon their labor for support and unskilled rial or agricultural Crowder Announces Policy. Provost Marshal Ceneral Crowder announces the new policy in an ex: | haustive report upon the operation of the selective draft law submitted to- day to Secretary Baker and sent to congress. He says class one should provide men for all military needs of the country, and to accomplish that object he urges amendment of the draft law so as to provide that all men who have reached their twenty- first birthday since June 5, 1917, shall be required to register for classi tion. Also, in the interest of fair dis tribution of the military burden, he proposes that the quotas of states or districts be determined hereafter on the basis of the number of men in class one and not upon population. Million Available Men. Available figures indicate, the re- port says, that there are 1,000,000 physically and otherwise qualified men under the present registration who will be found in class one when all questionaires have been returned and the classification period ends Feb. 15. To this the extension of registra- tion of men turning 21 since June 5 of last year and thereafter will add 700,000 effective men a year. Class one comprises: Single men without dependent rela- tives. married men who have habitual- ly failed to support their families, who are dependent upon wives for support or not usefully engaged, and whose families are supported by incomes in- dependent of their labor; unskilled farm laborers, unskilled indusirial labors, registrants by or in respect of whom no deferred cla claimed or made, and all regi not ingluded in any other divis the schedule. | Unattached Single Men. | Narrowed down under the analysis| of the first draft made in the report, the plan places upon unatiach single men and married men with i depexitent incomes most of the weight | of military duty, for the aggregate FINE FOR RHEUMATISN terole Loosens Up Those Me Jon Drives Out Pain You'll know why thousands use Mus- lief it gives. Get a jar at once from tte nearest rug store. It is a clean, white ointment, ane with the oil of mustard, Better | than a mustard plaster and does not blister. Brings ease and comfort while | it is being rub! on! | Musterole is recommended by many doctors and nurses, Millions of jars are used annually for bronchitis, croup, stiff | neck, asthma, neuralgia, Pleurisy, rheu- matism, lumbago, pains ‘and aches of the! back of joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of | the chest (it often prevettts pneumonia). 20c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50 made of those who had’ sought to evade regisiration and of, that number istered, and there remain only 2,095 OF DILATORY SORT clares that in the final analysis of the } cee! ; i hae: records it will be shown that only; 106 Members of Organization: age evaded r r There w evident some variation a hong t In Landis’ Court. question of exempting married men. pe hc A total of 163,115 married men have SUBSTITUTES MOTIONS i £63 were released after having reg- 0.00026 per cent of the men within | Withdraw Pleas of Not Guilty of pr among the states on the! sertified for service. In Mississ- been 5 ippi tue boards held 38 per cent of all | FOR MORE PARTICULARS ma 1 men called for service; in ee onsin and .North Dakota only; Chicago, Ms. Jan. 4.—George F. eight per cent were held. After fur- Vanderveer, attorney for the 196 al- ther study of the results it is expect- leged members of the tadustrial Work- ed efforts will be made to unify the ers of the World, appeared in Judge practice of hoards more closely in ’ court, when the cases of this regard. , the alleged conspirators were valled Montana in First Place. ‘and withdrew their pleas of not guilty. Montana led among the states in In place of these pleas, he sudstitured the number of men called who filed motions for bills of particulars in the no claim for exemption. Figures for cases of 67 of the men, bills of demur- that state show that eighty per cent rer for’eighty-three and pleas in abate- of men called up were ready to go to, ment for twenty-three of the indicted the front. Kentucky had the greatest; men. None of the men on trial allowed number of exemption claims, 52 per|his original plea to stand and two mo- cent of all men called filing affidavits. | tions were filed on one man in several The average number of claims was 46 per cent. HOME TRAINING, | Rapid Movement of Troops To France Changes No Policy. Washington, Jan. 4.—Recommenda- tion of the American war mission that troops be sent to France as rapidly | as possible will not result in any} change in the general plan of training the soldiers in the United States. This | instances. This action. prolongs the trial and it is believed that prosécu- tion by the government will not begine until the March term of court. te ing on those inclined to be constipat- ed. Many dread winter because of it. Don't worry, just take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, nature’s gift of wondrous herbs, so _ scientifically. blended, results are guaranteed. BRESLOW'S —Advt. 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