The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1918, Page 1

v ) THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR NO. 6. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE == BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1918. UNCLE SAMS DRAFT ACT IS GIVEN 0. K. WINTER OPENS HEAVY ARTILLERY IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OLD GLORY WILL NOT COME DOWN TILL HUNS QUIT frp. J. F. T. O’Connor Renews Declaration of American Principles. BIG CROWD GREETS SPEAKER oe Auditorium Filléd to Standing Room Capacity—Big K. C. Drive Is On. The first half day's drive for the Knights of Columbus war fund terminated in an enthusiastic Juncheon at noon today, when the Rt. Rev. '‘M. J. Hiltner, vicar gen- eral of the Bismarck diocese; Rev. George Buzzelle, rector of St. George’s and Bismarck Four Minute Man and Red Cross chief- tain, Rep. J. F. T. O'Connor of Grand Forks and Secretary George N. Keniston of the Bismarck Com- mercial club sent the teams away filled with new inspiration. Father Hiltner. Father Hiltner spoke glowingly of the good work which Bismarck has done in its Red Cross, Liberty Loan, Y. M. C .A. and the former K. C. drive, and expressed the hope that the day might not be far distant when the Y. M. C. A. and the Knights of Columbus would be found working hand in hand. He declared an espe- cially. solemn duty resting upon the Catholic church which has in the ser- vice 40 per cent of all the boys in the army and 60 per cent of the boys in the navy. Rev. Buzzelle. - Rev. Buzzelle complimented the or- der on the good work which i: is do- ing. and declared there is not a maz in Bismarck:-whose conscience can per- mit him. to refuse hearty support to this drive. He emphasized the great importancé of this work in keeping up the spirit’ of France and the morale of the army.He told- how much it will mean to,-the boys when they, come back from. the trenches to find. them- selves spiritually in touch with home and church, and he laid stress upon the fact that the Knights of Colum- bus war camps are open to every man, regardless of his creed. Rep. O’Connor. Rep. O’Connor expressed his great pleasure in the spirit which he hag found Bismarck; in the splendid aud- ience which freeted him at the Audi- torium last. evening, and in the vim which the Kuights are putting into their campaign. He spoke of the movement as one for all men, and one especially American. Secretary Keniston. Secretary Keniston urged .that the teams call upon everyone and insist | SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUS IN HOLDING CONSTITUTIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE STATUTE Washington, D. C., Jan. 7.—The selective service act was teday upheld as constitutional by the supreme court. The government’s contention that the power given congress to declare war includes power:to compel citizens to render military srvice both at home and abroad, was sustained by the court. Chief Justice White, who delivered the unanimous de- cision, in a‘brief statement declared that after consider- - ing the various contentions the decision had decision had been reached. + Thirteen Appeals. The decision resulted from the ap- peals of 13 cases growing out of con- viction under the selective service act, five coming from New York, three from Ohio, four from Minnesota and one from Georgia. The constitutionality of the act avas made the basis for all of the appeals. Emma Was Among Them. The cases from New York were those of Louis ‘Kramer, Morris Beck- er, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berk- man and Meyer Graubard. The first four were convicted of attempting to induce others of draft age not to reg- ister, and an additional charge of fail- ure was made against Kramer, who was sentenced to two years imprison- ment. Becker was sentenced to one year and eight months in jail, while Emma Goldman and Berkman were ordered imprisoned for two years, and fined $10,000 each. A one year sen tence was given to Graubard for fail ing to register. The Minnesota cases were those of Joseph Arvar, Alfred Grah and Otto and Walter Wangrine, indicted for failing to register, and sentenced to serve one year each in the Minnesota state reformatory. REYNOLDS BOYS MEET AT SIDING; WRECK RESULTS New Salem, N. D., ‘D, Jan, 1—The Rey- nolds boys, W. P. and J. P., brothers, unexpectedly bumped into one anoth er at Sedalia early this. morning. W. P...was-in. charge of extra Northern Pacific: train No. 1608, and J, .P.. was piloting Extra No. 1679, tie first-east- ‘bound and, the second. westbound. One train running by dispatcher's or- ders and the other on block signals tried to take, the Sedalia siding at the same time, and they discovered it could not be done‘ when the two | big .hogs pulling the extra freights locked arms in a deadly clinch. Tue services of the wrecking crew were required to separate them, and, while the head-on collision occurred on a siding, some cars were piled onto the main line, slightly delaying No. 4, which was seeking to establish a rec: ord by being on the dot for the first time this year. Engineer Dobson, in the cab of ex: tra 1608, and Engineer Neiushoa, at the throttle of 1579, owing to the (Continued on Page Five.r (Continued on Page Three) FOOD CARDS ALONG LINES *' ADOPTED IN WAR COUNTRY DUE BARRING IMPROVEMENT ener 31 Dr. E.. F. ‘Ladd Predicts Stricter Regulation of Bread, Sugar and Meat. MUST. CURTAIL CONSUMPTION Involuntary Conservation Threat- ened Unless People Con- serve Voluntarily. Fargo, N. D.. Jan. 7.—According to a statement issued here today by Dr. E. F. Ladd, federal food administra- tor for North Dakota, the government will issue food cards along the lines of those used in thc warring countries, covering many products, such as bread, sugar and meat, unless condi. tions improve materially. . “There is a possibility of the govern ment issuing cards for many pro “fucts, especially bread, sugar and meat,” Dr. Ladd said. ‘Unless the ronsumption of these products is cur- tailed to some extent, the govern- ment will have to. issue cards, and so much will be allotted to each person The system would, I think, be the same as that used in some of the European countries at the presen! time,” Dr. Ladd said. BILLION AND A HALF CARRIED | IN BIGGEST BILL Washington, D. C., Jan. 7.— Hearings began today before the house appropriations committce on an urgent deficiency appropria- tion bill, which totals approxi- mately $1,400,000,000 breaks all records for emergency measures. Secretary Lansing appeared be- fore the committee to explain large sums needed for the current expenses of the state department. been: stripped bare. enough there to feed a single horse. The Germans will no! wish millions of starving persons on their hands. BOLSHEVIK] STRENGTHEN WEST FRONT Definite Preparations for Re- sumption of Hostilities Admitted. ONT WANT ALLIES’ HELP London, Jan. 7.—The Bolshev- iki are definitely strengthening the front, Petrograd advices gay. The correspondent of the Daily News obtained this information from M. Radek, one of the Rus- sian delegates who took a prom- inent part in the negotiations with the Austrians and Germans at Petrograd. He said the Bolshev- iki were intending to send home all who did not wish to fight, so that they would have an army which..would be willing to fight for an ideal. Don’t Want Allies’ Help. The ‘correspondent. asked what would be the attitude of the Bolshev- iki in case of actual war with re- gard to help from the allies, Radek re- plied: “we do not desire their help. our} strength lies in our weakness, and if we accepted help from the allies the significance of our position would be destroyed. stronger we are. drive us back, but what good would it do them? The weaker we are the The Germans can “The country behind the front has There is not “We stand for a democratic peace. So do the German working classes.” CALL ISSUED FOR BANKS’ CONDITION AS OF DECEMBER 31 Washington, D. C, Jan. 7—The' WOMEN RAILROADING FOR UNCLE SAM LIKE THEIR JOBS Railroad’ women who. are helping Bill McAdoo on his tracks-and-trains job, and these are but.a few of them, Hon i: Wan car cleaners, employed in many railroad shops’ throughout the country, ‘Mrs. Laughlin is tnset. ie section hand ion the Pennsylvania line; A. Laughlin Ames, Ia., Sian a woman Passenger. and ba sbiaee off the train, A bands of PRICE FIVE vil FORMER GOPHER WARDEN BINDER TWINE EMICTATOR Henry Wolfert ¢ Minnesota to Assure Farmers Fair Price, for String. COSTS MORE THAN FORMERLY High Expense cf Manufacture Will Not. Permit Former: Low Levels. Washington, -D. Ci,.J: .—The food administrator has arranged to control during, 1918, the supply of binder twine, so important to farmers, par- ticularly thos eof the granger states. Reasonable prices; though not so low as former ones, &fe exnected. Minnesota Warden in Charge. This control will be affected thru voluntary agreement, the binder swine makers have ‘made with the food administration, which will cen- tralize the buying and eliminate com- petition. Henry Wolfert, former ward- en of the Minnesota state penitentiary, where he built the largest binder twine manufactorv in the world, will have charge of the work in the food administration. An official announcement today says the food administraYon’s arrange ments will stabilize prices, eliminate waste, speculation, and hoarding, and give the product to the ultimate con- sumer at the lowest price possible. It gives warning, however, that high- er costs of material, and reasonable differentials for manufacturing will not permit the price to be as low as in former years. BRITISH WAR _- LORD COMING TOU. 8. POST Earl Reading, Chief of English Military _ Cabinet, Suc- ceeds Northcliffe. INVENTOR OF TANK AS AIDE London, Eng. Jan. 7—Earl Read- ing. lord chief justice, will go to the United States as direct renresenta- tive of the British war cabinet, ac- cording to the Daily Express. While he will have the title of ambassaaor, purely diplomatic matters: will be in the hands of a charge d'affaires, the | Earl controlling war activities. Earl Reading’s work will, according comptroller of the currency today is- to the understanding in official cir- sued a. call for the condition of all cles, deal mainly.with. financial and national banks of the United States gene¥al business matters, and he will at the close of business, Monday, De- be relieved of the ordinary ambassor- (Continued on Page Three) MIDDLE WEST MOST SEVERE STORM IN HISTORY CALM MARKS ATTITUDE OF THE GERMANS Secure Feeling in Parliamentary Circles Despite Socialis- ANNEXATIONISTS ARE ACTIVE Insist on Overthrow of Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlmann —Make Threats. Amsterdam, Jan. 7.—There was a more calm feeling in German par- jamentary circles Sunday afternoon, according to the Tagesblatt, and tha Reichstag majority parties firmly in- tend to support tie governmen On the other hand the Si held meetings on Sunday, which Vor- waerts calls “perhaps the most mo- mentuous” since August, 191 The Socialist organ says that the Socialist party will make‘its attitude depend- ent on whether tue government re- turns to the declarations made on Dec. 25. 5 In the meantime, the Tagesblatt says, the annexationists are making every effort to overthrow Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlmann, certain ser- ious consequences being threatened openly if he stays in office. Dr. Wek- erlé, the Hungarian premier, and Dr. Von Wimmer, the Austrian minister of finance,, have arrived in Eerlin. STOTT iy | THE WEATHER | rH For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Jan. 7. Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon Lowest yesterday .. Lowest jast night 6 Precipitation .... Trace Highest wind velocity 12-E Forecast. For North Dakota: Unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday with light snow west and central portions; not quite so cold east and central portions tonight; colder Tuesday ex- treme west portion. Lowest ce anere tutes Fargo ..4.. Williston Pierre . St. aPul . Winnipeg Chicago . Swift Current . Kansas City . San Francisco ORIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. ANTI-TRUST SUITS of the war, further consideration of several important anti-trust suits, was granted today by the supreme court, with the exception of the case against the United Shoe Machinery company, which will go forward. { HELD IN GRIP OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES DEMORALIZED; TRAINS STALLED CHICAGO HAVING MILK FAMINE Blizzard Covers Northern and Central Illinois and Parts of lowa, Indiana and Ohio—Fuel Shortage Threatened— No Deliveries in Windy City. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE BADLY HAMPERED; METROPOLIS SHUT FROM WORLD Two Deaths Reported and Many Injuries Due to Collisions —Sched- ules Abandoned—Heavy Drifts Block the Streets —Factories Forced to Close Down. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 7.—(By the Associated Press.) The blizzard which for more than 24 hours has swept the territory within a radius of 200 miles of this city con- tinued today, and although the weather forecaster gave promise of early relief, there were few indications that de- moralized transportation facilities would be improved dur- ing the day. MORE THAN FOOT OF SNOW. The snowfall in Chicago since early Sunday morning has been more than a foot, and a gale of more than 40 miles an hour formed huge snowdrifts from five to. ten feet deep, tying up steam railroads and electric lines in all directions. It is said to be the heaviest January snowfall in Chicago’s history. ° GERMAN MAYOR TAKES — OFFICE; NO OPPOSITION Michigan, City, Ind. Jan. 7.— Fred C. Miller, alleged alien en- emy, assumed office as mayor of this city, without opposition at noon today. At that’ hour, no word had been received as to the pro- gress of injunction proceedings begun at Valparaiso by persons who objected to the installation of a “German mayor.” There was no disorder. Trains Annulled. Dozens of trains on the trunk line railroads were either annulled, or left their stations many hours ‘behind schedule. Trains due here last night from all directions were many hours behind time, and: in. numerous in- stances were abandoned. Worst in History. © The storm which’ is. said by. weath- er bureau officials to be the worst the middle west has experiencéd, was most severe in central-and horthern Ilinois.. It covered Michigan, | Wis- consin, and parts of Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio. It was said today that-unless immediate relief can be found for the crippled transportation, facilities; many towns will be faced with seri- ous fuel famines and possibility of fuel shortage. Coal Deliveries Impossible. In Chicago there is: said o. be enough coal to run the city several days, but dealers are finding ft next to impossible to make deliveries, be- cause of the heavy snowdritts which are blocking the streets. -City -offi- cials estimate it. will be two-or three days before traffic can be restored. Several factories may have to close (Continued on Page Three) NOT TO BE ARGUED DURING THE WAR Washington, D. €., Jan. 7.—The gov- ernment’s motion to postpone, because RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO HAVE CONFERENCE TRANSFERRED TO NEUTRAL ZONE HAVE FAILED too—Mrs.° H. H. House, a railroad crossing watchman at Glen Ellyn; « and: at extreme right, the first woman station master, Mrs. a Fear of Intrigue in Stockholm _ Not Confirmed in Petro- grad Circles. GERMAN SITUATION DISTURBS Berlin Issues Official Denial That Gen. Von Ludendorff Has Quit. . (By Associated Press.) Russian efforts to have Ger- many acquiesce in the tr: jer of the peace negotiations from Brest- Litovsk in German control to the neutral city of Stockholm, appar- ently have failed. An official statement issued at Berlin ‘says that a German crown ° council meeting discussed the Russian. de- mand after ‘which it was. an- nounced the sittings had been — temporarily suspended. The report from German sources that fear of intrigue in Stockholm, on the part of entente interests, would endanger the work of the pel- nipotentiaries, is not confirmed from Petrograd. Foreign Minister Trotzky went to Brest-Litovsk ‘in a vain at- tempt to persuade the Germans to go to Stockholm . Germany Disturbed. In Germany the political situation is much disturbed over the attitude of liberal parties concerning the gov- ernment’s stand on the proposed trans- fer. The Socialists appear to. be the stumbling block and there is dan: ger that they may desert the Refch- stag majority making it’ necessary for thé government to reform the par- ty alignment. ~ Berlin has issued an official Leroy that General von Ludendoptf, first quartermaster. general, There have been: more ties on the western. front, erations in strengt! on the Italian 55 43