The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1918, Page 8

wy PAGE 8 RISMARCK EVENING TRIRUNE BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE spi ea Ro NR RA FRIDAY. JANUARY 4. 1918 would be removed from the blazing vessel. without loss of life. day the Shinyo had been racing at full speed toward a Pactlife port, where it was expected the fire might be combatted successfully. Tonight as she was almost within sight of her goal it seemed certain, according to the advices, that she would be de- stroyed together with her cargo of 7,- 600 tons of steel, cotton and other merchandise. 1 vessels rushed to her aid to-/ , and it was understood that the ance spoken of in the message received tonight referred to them. ' The cause of the fire has not been learned here. LUXURIES OF THE RAILRESTRICTED TO COMMON NEED Hundreds of Passenger Trains on Railways of the East to be Cancelled. PULLMAN CARS MAY VANISH President Addresses Congress | Today on Problems of Fed- eral Control. Washington, Jan. 4.—Hundreds of passenger trains on railroads east of WHEAT DISPOSAL the Mississippi will be withdrawn | pane from service under orders soon to be! ss ray issued by Director General McAdoo, Chairman of Senate Quiz Vigor- based upon specific recommendations made by a committee of eastern cusly Attacks the Food passenger traffic officers. The com-; Paes mittee was divided as to the advisa- Administration. bility of withdrawing most parlor and = sleeping cars, leaving only those con- SAYS HOOVER USURPS POWER sidered most necessary for important; panies travel routes. (3) Hours of labor of railway employes Hoover In Heated Retort Says under government operation was dis- PY i cussed by the director general today Board Saves Country Mil- with heads of the four railway union| H brotherhoods and the question of lions on Sugar. wages will be taken up at further con- Washington De C. Fe (omrTOW. a ation of Food Administrator Hoover “ patie sa fie eee was concluded Thursday by the senate ‘omorrow President Wilson goes commitiee investigating the sugar and before congress with recommendation! ¢o1 shortages after Chairman Reed aie an. 4.—Examin- FAMOUS NIAGARA HOTEL FORMERLY KNOWN AS EAGLE TAVERN WRECKED BY FIRE; SHELTERED LA FAYETTE Niagara Falls, Jan. 4.—The interna-| International hotel for use as a war; tional hotel, one of the landmarks of posal. The motel por STy: the Niagara Falls wa is gle Tavern, had a history dating. megane Falls was destroyed by fire| jock more than a century. General La Thursday and the International thea- Fayette, when he visited the United ter, an adjoining building badly dam-! States in 1824, was entertained at the! aged. The loss is estimated at $550,-| tavern. Daniel Webster was a fre- 100, covered by insurance. One fire-; quent guest, and many members of; man suffered several broken when a ladder fell; another fireman the hotel. and a telephone lineman were over-! come by smoke. It had been reported recently that assassinated in 1901. the government was to take over the rebuit in 1845. Napoleon, courthouse, Feb. 4 Feby 9. islation, ‘the first results of the in- quiry, Chairman Chamberlain plans to introduce tomorrow a bill to create a new cabinet member known as the secretary of munitions, to have com- plete charge of all war material pur- 1 chasing. It is promised virtually un- animous committee support. i To Abolish Civilian Boards. | Minot, deputy collector's office, Jan. Another bill which Senator McKel- 2 to Jan. 22. lar plans to introduce tomorrow as a Shafer, courthouse, to Feby 9. Feby 25 result of the investigation would March 1. amend the national defense act creat- Sherbrooke, courthouse, Feby 23 to ing the council of national defense, March 1. so as to abolish all civilian advisory Stanley, courthouse, Janfl 28 to committees and prohibit the council Feby 9. members or their agents from being Stanton, courthouse, Jan. 18 to directly interested in supply contracts. Feby 23. The committees already have been Steele, courthouse, Feby 18 to Feby abolished, but some of their members 93, are serving the department’ as expert . Towner, courthouse, Feby 4 to Feby dvisers. 16. Nine firms were named in Mr. Eis- valley City, federal building, Jan. 2 enman’s statement as being among to Jan. 19. those who had received army supply Wahpeton, orders from the committee and whose Feby 16, representatives served with the com-’ courthouse, Feb. 4 to BILLY SUNDAY GET + Washington, Jan. 4.—If normal pro duction of the nation’s food and feed crops is to be had this year, prompt action to protesct the seed supplies is necessary, Secretary Houston warn ed congress in asking for an urgent deficiency apropriation for gov- ernment purchase and sale of seed: to ribs} European royal families had visited President. McKinley took luncheon. at the hotel on the day that he was: The hotel was’ to’ New Rockford, courthouse, Feby 4 Rolla, courthouse, Feby 21 to March | : Rugby, courthouse, Feby 11 to Feby_ 20. farmers at cost. “There is urgent and immediate need for at least $6,000,000, and it is protable thet an additional sum will be renuved ir the near future,” said ands of Germans, who have taken out their first papers and, under the Nebraska laws, have been voting for army service on the ground that they are alien enemies, according to Frank A. Konnegy, chairman of the first dis- trict exemption board. REWARD OF $1,000 __ FOR MAN WHO FIRED LAKOTA MOTOR BARN Lakota, N. D., Jan. 4—A reward of $1,000 has been offered by C. A. Frick |of the Beek Auto Co. for the appre- hension of some miscreant whom Frick believes responsible for 1 mid- night fire which completely destroyed the plant, together with 17 cars, all of which, except three new Studebak- ers and a Ford, were being stored for private owners. There was a large stock of tires and other accessories on hand, and the total loss will run into many thousands. Severe cold weather handicapped the efforts of the WILL H.BEUTERBAUGH. No, not any black eye that’s on Billy, but the black one Billy raised’ on Beuterbaugh when the latter in{ Atlanta objected to Billy's remarks} about the kaiser. After seeing this! picture, we're willing to agree with Billy whenever we m “closeup” of the bl: jidence in Fifth street. Judge Chris- years, have claimed exemption from|’ SECRETARY HOUSTON ASKS CONGRESS — FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF $6,000,000 10 BUY SEED AND SELL AT NET COST he secretary. The southwest, in- ‘luding large sections of North Da- xota and eastern Montana. These re- sions represent a large part of the srain producing ‘areas of the Unite 3tates. The seed corn situation in he northern half of the corn belt is more serious than it has’ been for menv years.” The secretary said it is important that adequate seed supplies’ of soy beans and whit or navy beans are available for the next planting seasny BARBARIAN WHO CAUSED WORLD WAR New York., Jan. 4.—Reference to Emperor William of Germany as the ‘barbarian who criminally caused the war,” was made by Jean Baptiste Bourdis of the for- mer silk firm of J. Bourdis and Co. of this city, in his will, which was fited today. A bequest of 500,009 francs was provided for “instications under the ccntrol of the French government for the Yelief of helplessly cripplied Franch soldiers, victims of the ci nai war imposed by one man for the satisfaction of his own am- Ditious.” MEATLESS DAY. London and the Provinces Have to Come to It. London, Jan. 4.—The director of H i —— told him that if his company did not|’ Cavalier, courthouse, Jan.. 2 % 4 IN OTHER CAPACITIES. get into line it would be put out of] Feby 2. anc BUSA Service ; ee in| business. “Getting into line,” Mr. Al-|" Genter, courthouse, Feby 26 to NewiWork Provided: for “Men (n len said, “was an acceptance of the) yfarch 1. u iti activity, it was an- A ; ered lietead they will be Te.| Allen said that the chemical com-| 1ector, Feby 1 to Feby 16. eas | tained in other capacities and in many | Pa0Y siaried thal Oo aa cook ite Dickinson, federal building, Ja. 2 to Building returned to clerical or operat-| Concern and rat a Jan. 19. fae positions. This decision affects bear garoty iia inane contest ue Ellendale, courthouse, Feby 4 to everal thousand men. ost DOME: gon ” Feby 13. 8 “Western railroads have not decided thet the eee a ea Fargo, federal building, Jan. 2 to Jan. upon any radical reductions in pass-|t0 one of | g 31. near service,” R. H. Aishton, presi-| #bout the same amount. Forman, courthouse, Feby 14 to ? dent of the Chicago and Northewes- CLOTHING CONTRACTS. Feby 23. a VOLCANIC WITH FIRE council ci national defense, the sen-| 2 “ Jen, 31. ; Bes a ‘ ate military committee Thursilay re-! ettinger, courthouse, Feby 4 to i; Es pee ceived from Chas. Eisenman, vice) Feby 13. eastern Montana, most of them carrying a stock of repair parts, nine hairman of the contracting commit- illsboro, courthouse, Feby 18 to a ope rite . : . . . SPEEDS TOWARD PORT tee, a. statement of merchandiso| Keby 28. years experience dishing out service and satisfaction—pioneers in the ‘bought from firms whose members or| Jamestown, federal building, Jan. 2 . . Shi M “Ca in 7,600 | employes are or were connected with) to Jan. 22. automobile business. , inyo Maru Carrying 1, the committee. Lakota, courthouse, Feby 18 to Feby a 3 These-are the things back of the car you’ buy PROVIDING its government may call on railway em-j proval of President Wilson and the for legislation providing a basis for) ang Mr. Hoover had enlivened the A s Mr. pro- A i compensating railroads uauy govern’! ceedings with a clash that had been muttee: hoddy in Uniforms. CALLS ROOKIES tianson has been ill since Sunday and) firemen, and a brisk wind made short meat supplies annodnees “that nes ment operation and for continued fin-' gxnected since the inquiry started. Shoddy in Uniforms. \ it is thought he is suffering from| ,, day will be the meatless day in Lon ancing with government assistance. | °? ‘ kd . Testimony supporting Eisenman’s BUMS z PAINTED pneumonia. work of the garage. don, and Wednesday in the provinces. Bills approved by the railroad admin- Questioned by Reed. | contentions that quality of army cloth- ’ ee | istration will be introduced immediate-| Yesterday when Hoover took the| ing had not been lowered by his or- c ly and indications are that they will stand Senator Reed, a critic of the|ders for use of more reworked wool SOLID SAFFRON MAROONED IN DESERTED eee be rushed to speedy passage. despite food administrator since the beginning| or shoddy in the cloth was given by Waterloo, Iowa, Jan. 4,—Frank SCHOOLHOUSE BY STORM THE PATTERSON HOTELS differences of opinion among con-! of his work, yielded the task of ques-| Michael E. Driscoll, an expert wool Bruner, employed at the Ilinois | gressmen over the basis of compensa-| tioning to Senator Lodge and the ex-| manufacturer of Raritan, N.J., who Central railroad shops, uttered a THEN CHASED BY WOLF ~ The The « tion and the termination of govern-| amination progressed smoothly. ‘o-| said the new cloth virtually is a8 comment to the Neffect that i . — ment control. With regard to passen-| day, however, the chairmen went into| warm and durable. He added, how- «eighty-five per cent of the Amer- Manalng, ND: en: se Merponed| Northwest Soo Hotel ger trains reductions, it was made cross-examination himself most vigor-|ever, that the German uniform i8 ican goldiers are bums,” and the in a deserted school house until 4 plain that ‘there is no intention of in-| ously. He attacked the policies of the| fifty per cent better and costs less. shopmen, after severely beating o'clock in the morning, then attacked | Hotel 0c. to $1.00 terferring with commuter or interur- food administration, said Hoover had| Testimony regarding army shoes - him painted him yellow from on her way home through the drifts: A High-Class Hotel at eee 4 3 ;! ii i also w: s hy a wolf, which was caught later i i ban traffic, or with any other trains| usurped powers in handling the wheat | also was heard today from B. J. head to foot. The company ap- f, wh ght i nj Reasonable Rates Hoa and cold water ia evcry necessary for daily and regular travel.| situation, and sought to develop that | Bliss of Boston, who said about eighty proved the job by discharging he morning ln Leonard Haag’s trap.) oon ‘eons Labor Leaders Confer. sugar price agreements were made to| per cent of American soldiers’ shoes jim, Wise Cinde: Kapitz, Nelson, Valley, Boe par day sed 3p a as Macs The brotherhood leaders spent near-| benefit eastern refiners. do not fit, and charged delay by the sere ee Loess) 4 hoolma’ am, has one exciting night eee » $1, The Mc ‘Addicining the M-Kensie, oa ly three hours with the director gen-| Mr. Hoover's replies were as sharp| war department in adopting a correct JUDGE CHRISTIANSON to add to her list. of memoirs. ee i “The Seventh Story of Now Dakota, one eral, most of the time being devoted] as the questions. The wheat situa-| shoe fitting device. CLAIM EXEMPTION Remmi Ent one cokd heoutely Fireproof. European, EUROPEAN to discussing the possibility that the| tion, he said, was handled with the ap-| Inquiry into the clothing question IN BISMARCK HOSPITAL is Opposite McKenzie Hotel 1.00: to $6.00. Sample rooms eee i ' ‘on seventh floor. Dairy tunch open a : will be resumed tomorrow. ators AS ALIEN ENEMIES i @ EUROPEAN day sed piate opposite De Park. Cafe in connection ) toonis with baih, ployes to work much overtime in or-| farmers now were getting more for der to clear present freight conges-! their wheat while flour was selling for tion. This would involve extra wages,| less. He warmly denied all of the which the railroad administration is' chairman's charges, and said the food said to be willing to pay on the basis| administration would save the people of “time and a half”, now maintained; on sugar alone between three and five INCOME TAX MEN Associate Judge A. M. Christianson of the North Dakota Supreme court was removed late Thursday afternoon to the Bismarck hospital from his res- Omaha, Neb., Jan. 4.—Answers to the questionaire filed with the Ne- braska exemption boards show thous- Sooo The NORTHWEST, 100 Rooms _ The McKENZIE, 210 Rooms The SOO, 125 Roome | THE HOTEL CENTER IN BISMARCK, N. D. _ EDW. G. PATTERSON, Oweer and Prop. - thal he rao by railroads for overtime. million dollars in the year beginning The brotherhoods’ demands for for- ty per cent higher wages, refused by railroads just before the government assumed management were not press-| ed today, but will be taken up tomor-! row. Mr. McAdoo has not expressed’ his views on the subject of higher wages, but most of his advisers and) executive assistants advocate such a; course as a means of retaining em-} ployes. The Express Companies. Mr. McAdoo now is considering, whether express companies should be ‘taken over for government operation} and has received from his legal ad- visers opinions on the proper pro- per procedure in case he decides this is necessary to maintain the highest: efficiency. pera’ In answer to numerous inquiries today from state officials, it was plained that free passes will not be! granted for government business. SHIFTING THE JOBS. Rail Solicitors and Others in like Sit- uation Get New Duties. Chicago, Ills, Jan. 4—In accord- ance with governmental instructions railroad executives in Chicago, as in other parts of the country, were busy yesterday adjusting working forces to care for the hundreds of business, solicitors and similar employes whose | services in their particular lines are, not required under government opera- tion. None of the subcommittees which took up passenger schedules was ready to report today. One problem under discussion was the use of tic- kets to be good on any road between given points. Abolished Places. Chicago, Ills., Jan. 3.—Employes in the freight and passenger departments in the central west will not be thrown out of employment by the cessation of tern railway declared today after at- tending a meeting of the executives of the railroad JAPANESE FREIGHTER Tons of Steel and Cotton Oct. 1. Jones Takes Post. ANNOUNCE DATES Feby 13 te Yeach, courthouse, Jan. 28 to Feby room by a brusque retort when Chair- REPRESENTATIVES VISIT state, who blamed priority orders for that he thought the situation would! ment of places where representative: Federal Sugar Refining company. or, Jan. 2 to Jan. 19. ican Agricultural Chemical company,| Bottineau, courthouse, Feby 18 to Feby 14 to meat packers in this country. ‘Cando, courthouse, Feby 18 to Feby tioning the witness about support giv- en the food administration by the|Revenue Collector James Coffey country, drew a ripple of applause from spectators in the committee Makes Canvass of North man Reed interrupted. When Mr. Hoover left the stand the Dakota for Incomes. committee heard a statement on the coal situation in Ohio by Joseph McGhee, attorney general of that shipments to the lakes for most of the ALL COUNTIES OF STATE trouble, and told ofineffectual efforts] Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 4.—James Cof ‘to get relief through the fuel admin-| fey, collector of internal revenue foi tration. The people are still suffer-| the district of North and South Da ing for want of coal, he said, adding| kota, has issued the following state improve under government operation | of the service will be on the dates of railroads. named to look after income tax state Tomorrow the committee will re-| ments under the new federal income turn to the sugar inquiry and hear| tax law: Frank C. Lowery, secretary of the} Bismarck, office department collect- MUST GET OUT. Amidon, courthouse, aed Feby 16. Rendering Plant Ordered by Trust to} Ashley, courthouse, Feby 11 to Feby ; Get Into Line. 16 Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 4.—Testi- mony tending to show that the Amer-/ 2, an alleged rendering trust, tried to! March 1. put an independent company in this} Bowbells, courthouse, Jan. 2 to Jan city out of business, was given| 15, before the federal trade commission,| ‘powman, courthouse, which is investigating the methods of] Feby 23. W. S. Allen, vice president and gen-| 98, eral manager of the M. L. Shoemaker and Company, an independent render- ing concern, testified that a repre- sentative of the chemical company} 9, Carington, courthouse, Feby 4 to Feby’11. Carson, courthouse, Feby 4 to Feby chemical company’s terms whereby prices on butcher's waste should be fixed at the lowest possible figure, thereby insuring the greatest amount of profit in the rendered product.” Crosby, courthouse, Jan. 16 to Jan. we 2 Cooperstown, courthouse, Feby 13 to Feby 21. Devils Lake, office department col- Fort Yates, courthouse, Feby 11 to Feby 16, afternoons. Fessenden, courthouse, Jan. 28 to. Feby 2. Grafton, courthouse, Jan. 2 to Jan. Members of War Committee, Give Themselves Orders. Washington, Jan. 4—In further in vestigation of clothing and other army supply contracts negotiated by the civilian supplies committee of the 19. “Grand Forks, federal building, Jan. Of supplies worth about $800,000,-; 28. 000 bought during the last eight months, Mr. Eisenman’s statement dis- Lamoure, courthouse, Jan. 23 tc Feby 16. A Three Story and and Sales these two cars. $20,000.00 STOCK Of OVERLAND and WILLYS-KNIGHT Repair Parts Proof, completely equipped A corps of expert mechanics who kn ow every inch oftheOVERLAND and WILLYS-KNIGHT, and who give their individual attention to A dealer in practically every town in western North Dakota and a WILLYS-KNIGHT or an OVERLAND. “Our Middle Name” Basement, Fire- ‘ Probably Loss. closes that $128,830,000 worth camé| Linton, courthouse, Jan. 21 to Jan. ee from such concerns, but that all ex-) 31. WAVAL VESSELS GO cept $14,830,064 worth was contract-| McCluskey, courthouse, Jan. £1 to be / ed for before the contractors’ repre-| Jan. 26. TO AID—CREW SAVED | sentatives became connected with the| Mandan, courthouse, Jan. 2 to Jan. ae committee. 19. A Pacific Port, Jan. 4—The situa- Defends Board. Manning, courthouse, Feby 5 to tion of the Japanese freighter Shinyo| Before presenting the statement Mr.| Feby /9. Maru, No. 2, in whose hold a fire has deen raging since Wednesday, was de- scribed as hopeless, in a cablegram “received by the marine department of the chamber of commerce here to- night. Assistance was near, the mes- @ said, and it was expected here pately: 50: mex, Bisenman defended the committee's|, Medora, courthouse, Jan. 21 to Jan. work, upheld the policy of secrecy in advance of letting contracts and again | insisted that the men given the much discussed scrap-sorting contract would have been limited to a nominal profit. Members of the military committee tonight were prepared to launch leg-| 31. 26. Mott, courthouse, Feby 19 to Feby te so Jan. 19. Mohall, courthouse, Jan. 23 to Jan. | Lahr Motor Sales Company Minnewaukan, courthouse, Jan. 2 to i f : “An Exclusive Overland Organization” SERVICE