The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 8, 1918, Page 3

seen: 2. ocean} non NS pS ob SAL et TUESDAY; ANUARY'8, 1918, “BISMARCK EVENING ‘TRIBUNE. ROADS LAY PLAN FOR RESTITUTION AT CLOSE OF WAR Resolution Introduced in Senate to Change Provision for Indefinite Term. AUTOMATIC RETURN SOUGHT Basis of Compensation is Also Under Fire at Session of Senate Hearing. ‘Washington, Jan. 8.—The adminis- tratiow bill to regulate government management of railroads was subject- ed to its first attacks yesterday at the capitol. Resolutions were introduced in the senate askin gto amend the section providing for indefinite continuance of government control by providing for automatic return to private control after the war. The basis of compen- sation on the earnings of the three years ending last June 30 was criti- cized in a hearing before the senate interstate commerce committee by Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the executive committee of the Southern Pacific, who suggested instead the two and a half year period between July 1, 1915, and Dec. 3, 1917, argu- ing that earnings for 1915 were below normal, 3 House Starts Quiz. The house interstate commerce committee will start hearings on the ‘bill tomorrow and will hear Inter- state Commerce Commissioner Ander- son explain the measure. Director General McAdoo probably will appear later in the week to urge necessity for prompt action. The railroad administration devot- ed itself today to executive matters to clear up congestion on eastern rail- roads, and Mr. AcAdoo appealed ‘to people of the United States to observe next week as “freight moving week,” through an organized movement to unload cars and turn them back from terminals. In anticipation of govern- ment assistance in railroad financing, roads were instructed to report im- mediately the amount of capital they need for the coming year. New Demurrage Rate. Immediately after the “freight mov- ing week” the new demurrage rates ordered by the director general will go into effect. Milder weather in the east helped today to send freight moving faster, but a snow storm in the middle west caused a serious tieup of traffic. The railroad administration was not great- ly concerned about the situation there, however since the congestion is con- sidered only temporary, and probably will pass with the storm. PUBLISHERS AND PRINT PULP MEN IN HEATED CLASH Long Fight of Newspapers for 9 Cheaper Paper Before Fed- eral Trade Board. PULP MEN LIKE BURGLARS —— Paper Producers Theated to Cause Indictment of the Associated Publishers. ‘Washington, Jan. 8.—Changes which newspaper publishers want made in contracts and trade customs for the purchase of print paper were outlined to the federal trade commission at the first open hearing to obtain in- formation on which to fix paper prices. ; The commission is preparing to fix prices under an agreement with the manufacturers, but before action is taken there may be a new law on the federal statute books giving it. full power over the paper supply. While the hearing was in progress the sen- ate made legislation recommended by the joint congressignal printing paper committee its unfinished business for consideration probably tomorrow. The legislation is in the form of a resolu- tion, which provides that during the war the trade commission shall: The Resolution. “Supervise, control and regulate production and distribution of all paper and mechanical chemical pulp in the United States, and that all mills and agencies distributing such mater- ials shall be operated on government account.” 3 Authority also would be given the president to negotiate with Canada for limiting American exports to Can- ada to government account. Echoes of the long fight of the pub- lishers for lower prices, culminating | in the indictment of a num-er of, manufacturers and their agreement to have the commission set a price for their product, were evident in some of the exchanges at the hearing today between witnesses and Henry A. Wise of New York, attorney for the manu- facturers. Emile Scholz of the New York Evening Post testified he sign- ed a contract for paper without read- ing {t because he feared if he made objection he could get no paper at all. Wise and Scholz Clash “But you made no objection what- ever to the terms of the contract,” in- sisted Mr. Wise. “{ wouldn't make any objection, either, if a burglar held a pistol to my head and asked for what 1 had,” retored the witness. u Chairman Harris interrupted to say: ee remarks did not aid in reaching a just conclusion. Mr. Scholz said he would retract the reference. At another time Mr. Wise question- ed the witness regarding the organiza- tion and purposes of ‘the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association. “Is it not an agreement of buyers oN holding the price down purchas- ed.” “It is not,” Scholz replied warmly. “Few publishers consult’ one an- other.” Objections by Mary Hyman of the department of justice eliciated from the manufacturers council that the statement that ho wished to show nio- tive. Broad As It’s Long. “Tt submit that if the attorney gen- | eral indicts the manufacturers for: adopting a standard form of contract,” he said, “then he should indict the, publishers. for seeking to dictate a! form of contract.” Jobbers will be heard’ by the com: mission Wednesday and the general hearings will be resumed Feby 4. Mr.| Wise asked a continuance to allow the production of figures on investmenis | costs, It also was suggested that post- ponement until after the Canadian hearings in Ottawa Jan. 10 would fa-! cilitate settlement of the price ques- | tion here. WOOL CLIP FAR SURPASSES THE NORMAL SALES Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 8—In re- lation to the reported shortage of wool in the United States and the or- der to use 30 per cent shoddy in the manufacture of army clothing, which is now being investigated by the sen- ate military committee, Frank J. Hag- enbarth of Salt Lake City president of The National Wool Growers’ asspcia- tion, stated last night that avaWable supply of wool in this country this ycar is 1,128,000,000 pounds or near- ly three times the normal amount of annual consumption. BRITISH TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER TORPEDORD: SINKS London, Jan. 8.—A British torpedo boat destroyer has been torpedoed and sunk in. the Mediterranean sea, ac- cording to an admiralty announce- ment issued last night. ¢ All the officers of the destroyer were saved, but ten members of the crew were lost. PRESIDENT ADDRESSES CONGRESS, MAKING PRINCIPLES CLEAR (Continued From Page One.) nite program of the concrete applica- tion of those principles. The repre- sentatives of the central powers oi their part presented an outline of settlement which, if much less defi- nite, seemed susceptible of liberal in- terpretation until their specific pro- gram of practical terms was added. No Concessions. “The program proposed no conces- sions at all, cither to the sovereignty of Russia or to the preferences of the population with whose fortunes it dealt, but meant, in a word, that the central empires were to keep every foot of territory their armed forces had occupied—every province, every city, every: point of vantage— as a permanent addition to their ter- ritories and their power. It is a rea- nable conjecture that the general inciples of settlement, which they at first suggested originated with the more liberal statesmen of Germany and Austria, the men who have be- gun to feel the force of their own people’s thought and purpose, while the concrete terms of actual settle- nient came from the military leaders who have no thought but to keep what they had got. The negotiations have been broken off. The Russian representatives were sincere and in earnest. They cannot entertain such proposals of conquest and domina- tion. Significant Incident. “The whole incident is full of sig- nificance. It is also full of perplex- ity. With whom are the Russian rep- resentatives dealing? For whom are the represcniatives of the central em- pires speaking? Are they. speaking for the majoritics of ‘their respective parliaments, or for the minority par- ties that military’ and imperialistic minority which hes so far dominated their whole policy and controlled the affairs of Turkey and of the Balkan states which have felt obliged to be- ‘come their associates in this war? Pregnant Questions. “The Russian representatives have insisted that the conférence they Have been holding should be held’ within open, not closed, doors, and all the world’ has been audienced as was desired. To whom have we been lis- tening then? To those who speak the spirit and intention of the reso- {ly good, and I am advised that prac: fusion of counsel among the adver- saries of the central powers, no un~ certainty of principle, no vagueness of detail. The only secrecy of coun- sel, the only lack of cheerless frank- ness, the only failure to make definite statement of the objects of the war, lies with Germany and her allies.” GOVERNOR FRAZIER ADMITS HE PLANS.TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION (Continued From Page One.) as being poverty-stricken and desirous of securing aid. ‘There are portions of the state in which, of course, the crop was a failure last year. In the bal- ance of the state, the crops were fai tically every farmer can secure seed Brain on crop liens.” No. U.S. Aid. “T had quite a lengthy conference with Secretary Houston while in Washington, id Commissioner Ha- gan this morning, “and I am confident we need look for no aid from federal sources. The secretary of agriculture proposes to appropriate six million for the ‘purchase of seed to sell farmers at cost. Where the farmer has no money, the cost price doesn’t make a great deal of difference. Our farmers need money—loans. Our county bond- ing act was based on the old 160-acre homestead, and it restricted the amount of seed which might be fur- nished any one farmer to 150 bushels. The avefage afrm is now 300 acres.” RAILROAD MEN CAN’T CLAIM EXEMPTIONS AS GOVERNMENT WORKERS St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 8.—Railroad men cannot claim exemptions from draft on the ground that they are gov- ernment employes, Major Snyder, chief draft aide to Adjutant General Rhinow, has announced. A special ril- ing to that effect, made by Provost Marshal General Crowder, directs that railroad employees must make such claims on industrial grounds, the gov- ernment control of railroads being in- sufficient to class them as government employees. The ruling will be com- municated late today to all Minnesota draft boards. 105 CITIZENS OF POPULATION OF 108 JOIN ——\ Heil Claims Red Cross Per Capita Championship for the World. Heil, N. D., Jan. 8—With a population of 108 and a Red Cross membership of 105, Heil claims the Red Cross per capita member- ship championship of the world. the three citizens who are not members are all adults and pro- fessional men who should know better. They are tagged,.and it is probable their applications for membership will come in in the near futhre. Heil is in the midst of a strong German community, on the Mott line of the Northern Pacific. The German tongue is far more com- mon in business and social inter- course than is English. In spite of this fact the active Red Cross chapter, which is busily engaged in knitting and preparing supplies, numbers among its energetic mem- bers all but three of Heil’s total population; Heil has a strong Home Guard company of 25 mem- bers, which meets regularly for weekly drills; Heil over subscrib- ed the. Liberty Loan, and it was strong at the bat in the Y. M. C. A campaign. DECEMBER DRY MONTH. Only .40 of an Inch Rainfall Re- corded at Marmarth Station, ‘Marmarth, N. D., Jan. 8—S. P. Grans, cooperative observer for the Little Missouri district, reports that December, 1917, was the dryest in the history of:his station. The rainfall for the month was .40 inches. WALLA TRIAL. The attorney general announced to- day that Eugene M. Walla, former clerk in the automobile department of the secretary of state’s office, may be arraigned for trial the latter part of this week in Morton county, where Judge Nuessle is presiding. Too Particular. The girl who thinks more of her georgette crepe waist than she does of ler beau. and refuses to permit it to get mussed will never march to the well-known tune of Mr. Mendelssohn, lutions of the German reichstag of the 9th of July last, the spirit and in- tentions of the liberal leaders and resist and defy ‘that spirit and inten- tion, and insist upon conquest and subjugation? Or are we listening, open and hopeless‘ contradiction? These are very serious, and pregnant qnestions. Upon the answer to them depends iho peace of the world. Challenge Accepted. parleys at BDrest-Litovsk, | whatever the confusion of counsel and purpose in the utterances of the spokesmen of the central empires, they have again attempted to acquaint the world with their objects in the war, and have again challenged their adversaries to say what their objects are and what ‘sort of settlement they would deem just and satisfactory. There is no good reason why that challenge should not be responded to, and re- sponded to with the utmost candor. ° “We did not wait for it. Not once, but again and again we have laid our ‘whole thought and purpose before the world, not in general terms only,. but | with sufficient definition to make it clear what ‘sort of ‘definite terms of settlement must “necessarily spring out of them. Within the last week Mr. Lloyd George has ‘spoken with admirable candor and in admirable parties of Germany or to those who in fact, to both unreconciled and’ in} “But whatever the results of the| jorida Times-Union, y y,'A Case at La At the Orpheum theatre tonight spirit for the people and government of Great Britain. There is no. coa- only. Complete change of Program. ALMOST 1,000 MEN HOTEL WANTS The war department’s appeal to Am- erican citizens to turn recruiting agents and fittup the gaps in the army is based on the soundest kind of pa- triotism. It is an appeal directed at i each individual and as obligatory in | opinion has been cured. adherence as though the call for actu- | al service was made. It suggests the country’s response to Lincoln memorialized for all. time in the sentence ‘We are coming, Father Abraham, One Hundred Thousand Strong.” It ought to have an equally enthusiastic acceptance now. There has been much said and written and sung of “Preparedness.” As the war department's appeal reads, ‘those who are really interested in preparedness can render no more ef- fective service than by using their influence to procure recruits for the army.” Why shouldn’t the country do this? The army is not an amusement enter: prise. It is organized to protect US. It is maintained to defend OUR coun- ‘try and its interests. Why shouidn’t therefore, every individual who, en- joys this protection and this defense do the very little now asked of him or her, if not in the interest of the CLASSIFIED READY 1060 UNDER DRAFT After classifying between 900 and; 1,000 class A-1 men who had been re- ported by the local boards, the district board adjourned Saturday until Wed- nesday, from which date it will re- main in session for the rest of the week. The board is devoting its en-j tire time now to the classification of No. 1 men, in order that those who will be first called may be ready when that call comes. Chairman Birdzell reports that the task is much simpli- fied by the recommendations of local boards ,and that when questionnaires are received without such recommend- ations they are réturned to the local boards for further advice. TO NAME DEPOSITORIES. Banks Which are to Handle State; Cash Will be Selected. The state board of auditors meets today to consider applications from banks which desire to become state depositories. State depositories are, designated for a period of two years, on the second Tuesday in January of, even numbered years. Approximately 600 applications have been received, and as quany. as qualify will be desig- nated. * InJecting Ink Into the Eye. Sometimes when a scar has been left on the cornea of the eye it is most un- sightly. Oculists used to tattoo these sears with India ink, but the method was not satisfactory and has almost heen abandoned. Dr. F. H. Verhoeft of Boston describes in the Journal of the. American Medical association the delicate operation by which he injects India ink with a hypodermic syringe into such sears, and says the results are far superior to the old-fashioned CAN YOU AVIATE? RECRUITING STATION AT $00 ~ PUT THE END OF ACANE ON THE FLOOR, = HANDS ON THE HANDLE. -FOREHEAD ON Your HANDS -EYES CLOSED MOVE AROUND IN A CIRCLE TEN TIMES ,FRom LEFT TO RIGHT. THEN STRAIGHTEN UP,AND WALK] TO TOUCH SOME OBYECT ALRFADY DECIDED UPON, ABOUT TEN PEST Away 5 AN ELECTRIC LIGHT SWITCH , FOR INSTANCE IF YOU CAN DO THIS YOU WOULD MAKE & GOOD AVIATOR. KENMARE MAN HEIR TO FOURTH SHARE OF $150,000 FARM Kenmare, N. D., aJn. 8.—A. B. Cary has returned from Des Moines, Ia., where he found himself, through the death of his father, Samuel K. Cary, who owned 400 acres of valuable land near Renwick, Ia., one of four heirs to an estate of $150,000. Tribune want ads bring results. AMERICANS 10 HELP FIGHT NATION'S BATTLES nation, then in the selfish interest of himself or herself? It was a misfortune because it was an insult, to regard at one time the army as a service unbecoming a man. 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