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so 4 serene sien BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter ISSUED EVERY DAY GEORGE D. MANN et eee emma G. LOUAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative. NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; 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 rightp of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, Morning’ and Sunday by Carrier, per month..........$ .70 Editor Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday by Carrier, per month.. .90 Daily, Evening only, by Carrier, per month...... 50 Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month ........ + 210 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 ORE .wiicecvescemeves moaeeeees 5 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) sence ec eeeceesescccese On THEY’RE ALL HEROES. The Germans were raiding the American first line trenches in Alsace. Deadly artillery fire splintered shells all about our boys, new and untried in repelling trench attacks. Even the bravest hid behind anything which seemed to offer shelter from those screaming messengers of death, Two of our boys were hit by shell splinters. One, Charles Box of Oklahoma, was half buried under a ton or so of earth. His “bunkie,’? worn from fighting and weak from loss of blood threw himself down beside his fallen comrade. The commander saw the boy knee earth with his bare hands. ““Come!’’ he ordered. But Charles Orr, a Kansas farm lad, only 18, for the first time refused to obey his commander's order, “Come!’’ the commander repeated; get down below!” “T can’t,’ Private Orr said. wounded, _I can’t leave him here.’’ And he didn’t, not until others came and dug his bunkie out of the earth. Then, when Hero Orr and his bunkie got back into the dugout the former insisted upon staying right there to battle with the Huns while his more severely wounded comrade was car- ried to the hospital. When Private Box opened his ¢ “That’s the kind of a bunkie to have. It is! George Pattullo, telling about that first raid of the Germans in the Saturday Evening Post, calls Charles Orr “the first Ameri- can hero.”” He is a hero. There’s no doubt about that. But Charles Orr, brave and fearless, is only one hero in hun- dreds of thousands of American boys who are giving themselves to their country’s cause, Confidenily we, believe that any one of those buys would defy the torrent of German shells and court death itself to bring from the battlefield the wounded body of a comrade —his bunkie! For that’s the kind of boys our boys are. There can’t be any ‘‘bravest’? when all are equally brave. There can’t be any ‘first hero’? when all have offered the sacrifice of their lives that the Ilun horde may be driven into defeat. REED KNOCKED SKY-HIGH. By using smoked glasses and turning them upon an object sein- tillating a little higher up than the moon, you will be able to observe a gent named Reed, who has been what you may call ‘hoist by his own petard,”’ referring to the Missouri senator whose rigorous inves- tigation of Hoover has resulted in a great personal triumph—for Hoover. Reed started out to discredit the food administration before the country. It was disclosed that Director Hoover may have, in some particulars, exercised more authority than Reed and his col- leagues ever granted him, and that he may have smashed some per- feetly good theories in behalf of actual, practical effects. These things may smack of les majeste in Washington, but the country at large sees, feels and cares for the actual results only. When Hoover entered upon his work, saving sugar and wheat for the allies were the immediate war necessities. The allies got the sugar and the wheat. Moreover, while Hoover was squeezing the sugar and wheat out of us, the refiners and millers were not squeezing exorbitant prices out of us for what sugar and wheat we couid get. Instead of 30 and 40, we have paid 8 to 10 cents for sugar, and three or four hundred millions of dollars have been saved to consumers of flour, with producers of wheat getting unusu- ally fair prices. Mr. Hoover has played both ends against the mid- dle. and won for the people. It is enough to make Reed and his ilk red hot, but these actual results stick out, and the folks want more of Hoover however he does it. ing there digging into the “you'll be killed there, “Don’t you sce my bunkie’s s he whispered to the nurse: ” Ohio war board says a good meal can be made from a 5-cent soup bone, with vegetables. We think we will put a platinum set- ting around any 5-cent soup bone, sent by that war board, that will make a good meal for a yearling chicken. And, right in the midst of the kaiser’s talk about ‘‘no annexa- tions,’’ King Ferdinand of Bulgaria announces that he’s going to hold onto what he has won. Ferd-is one king who is honest enough to admit that he’s out for the stuff. Wilhelm will have to spank him. We begin to believe the story that our ambassador to Petrograd, Dave Francis, once raised Missouri army mules. One day, Dave is being threatened with bombs, and the next, he is presented bouquets. Only an ambassador with some education in mules could stand that sort of a racket. The home guard ‘‘bunker’’ may prove a real bogey for Gov- ernor Frazier. Business men, farmers, professional men and bank- ers who have given their time to the organization of home guard units do not relish being referred to as ‘‘plain bunk.” Champ Clark has made himself an excellent subject for the democratic candidate to succeed President Wilson in the white house, but he has Republican Floor Leader Mann of Illinois to reckon with. An injunction should be laid on Judge Beede’s weather proph- esies. His prediction of an open winter always is a signal for colder weather, Perhaps that advance information as to the docility of the iw. We next fall comes from Art LeSueur. ant day.”’ COMEDIES OF CAMP DODGE. } | i WORK WARSHAL ANGUAGE OF TALKS L TRIBE B10 HARING Pacifist Granny Appeals to Wil- son for Remaval of Frank Spo NEW Ly | ALLUDES TO HANGING | BEE IN! CENTRAL i New York, b Scott Nearing, who has been dismissed from the fac- ulties of two univer s for radic- | al views and who now is chairman of ‘the national executive committee of ) The peoovle’s Council of America an- nounced last night that he had called upo. cresident \Vilson and Attorney- ; General Gregory to remove from of-| |fice Thomas D. MeCarthy, United States marshal for the southern dis-! trict of New. York. The r on giveal by Nearing for his request is that Mr. McCarthy has made to him and in the press statements provocative of “overt violations of the law, parti larly of mol violence.” Marshal MeCarihy attended a meet- ing of the People’s Council Tue: y night at which he expressed most freely his opinion of Nearing and his associates. “Iam going to put it to you straight.” Mr. MeCarthy is quoted as having said. “You are just the kind of bird | want to get.. If | ever do get you | will send you so far that you will be a long time getting back. One thing more: If this war lasts much longer there may be hemp picnics in Central park on Sunday-mornings for just such as you. People won't stand for your veiled disloyalty. They will take you cut and hang you to the handiest tree.. It will ke my job as an officer of the law to prevent that if | can. But | don’t mind telling you that if | were ‘not an officer of the law, sworn | to prevent disorder, | would stand on the fringe of the crowd and clap my hands.” In a letter to Mr. nouncing the action he Nearing said: “I take it that you, a representative of the department of justice, are the first citizen of New York to suggest publicily and specifically a resort to mob violence. In the present state of the public mind such a suggestion is likely to result in violations of the law.” McCarthy, had an, takea HAMBURG LINE MEN Conviction of German Shipping Of-» ficials Confirmed. New York, Jan. 11.—Conviction 9° four officials of the Hamburg-Americ- an line, including Karl Buenz, man- aging director, on charges of violating the customs laws by sending supplies to German cruisers early in the war, was affirmed by United States circuit | j had chartered, , With the German government in the to see that German: + . ‘for the delay there. | visions. en Officer, | ; to exclude women from the suffrage. ' The vo 4,500,000 TROOPS iWar Secretary on Stand Reads | of the war department's preparations | prepared jamin ; adjournment tonight and probably will j cont FULLY EQUIPPED DECLARES BAKER Long Statement to Com- mittee of Senate. MISTAKES AND DELAYS TOPIC ‘Takes Fuil Responsibility and Declares Never Before Was Army So Fit. gton, Jan. 11.—Every phasc for battle against Germany was _ out- lined and defended by Secretary Bak-! er yesterday before the senate military committee. He answered those who have cri ed the department. dur- ing the committees’ investigation with the assertion that no army such as hat now under the American flag! er has been raised, equipped or trained so quickly, and that never be- fore had such provision been made for the comfort and health of an army. ‘The secretary read an_ exhaustive! ement when he took the stand and was not interrupted until it s concluded. Then questions be- gan to fly from every side of the committee table, launching a cross-ex- |! tion that was not concluded at ue all day tomorrow. Chairman Chamberiain~ and other! committeemen wanted to know par- ticul about delays in furnishing | machine guns and rifles and much at- | tention was devoted to the army’s supply purchasing system. Mr. Bak. court of appeals yester: The de- cision also upheld the conviction the Hamburg-American line, which’ ® had been sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar. Through a system of fests false man! ship officials canceale: iinations of outgoing ships which they | undey an agreement | w ar of 1914 north and south At- ised with coalandpro- BRITISH HOUSE OF | LORDS HAS LITTLE SEX PREDILECTION Mew Franchise Bill Meets With! Strong Goposition in Upper P vilament Body. | BISHOP CF LONDON | CONVEST TO MEASURE | London, Jan. i1—The House of Lords repected Lor® © Loreburn’s | mendment to the representation of | the people bill by which it was sought against the amendment was 134 to 69. i The new franchise bill before the} house of lords revealed strong op-| position to woman _ suffrage. Earl | Loreburn moved to omit the clause) from the bill giving woman the par- liamentary vote. After a two days| debate the amendment was rejected. The debate showed one important! convert to the women’s cause in the bishop of London. But Earl Loreburn, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Baron Fin-| ]; lay and Karl Curzon strongly oppos- ed placing the names of six million women on the voting register. They argued that the present house; of commons, which had been extend- ed beyond its natural life owing to ‘the war, had no mandate to decide such a momentous question. More- over, it was illogical, if the vote was a , to stipulate the age of thirty ears as a qualification. Lord Curzon argued that wherever women had} been granted the vote a stimulus had | always been given to socialism. FORBES PRESIDENT OF NAVY LEAGUE New York. Jan. 11—M. Cameron Forbes, former Governor-General of 1e Philippines, was elected president of the navy league to succeed Col. Robert M. Thompson at a meeting of the directors of the organization here Thursday. Col. Thompson declined re- election after fifteen years service because of ill health, and was made honorary president for life. At the request of the government, we v attention to the imperative necessity for making your income tax return before March 1. Jon’t think the ‘income ta You may be pretty sure that it does. | Did your salary, or wages, a month (that is, $1,000 a year and you are not married, you must make a statement ofthis If you are married, or support a income to the government. family, it. will not be necessary tax return unless it amounted $2,000 a year or over). You should immediately sce the internal revenue expert in your community (ask the postmaster or your banker, where | his office is) and he will tell you tax return on the form which he has. '| what deductions you can make in woth up your. income. - a Mr. Salaried Man, Wage Bahertie Farmer, Merchant, Professional Man, Tradesman, and Others: ish to direct your x Jaw doesn’t apply to you. H or income amount to $8: or over) during 1917? If so, for you to make an income to $166.66 a month ae is, how to make out your income all fighting men in France were ade- {now | frank |HANDLES DETAILS IN | marck from Tuttle about a year ago, er admitted there had been some mis: s and delays, but declared that quately equipped and armed, and that all sent r would be. He took full; pon: y for delay in approving |. a machine gun, holding that the value of the Browning gun now developed was worth it. He also said the su- perior weapon obtained by having the eld rifle re-chambered for :munition compensated RS BOIL NUE PMN 0,000 Americans are | under arms, Secretary Baker! d, and an army 0} bstantial size! dy is in France ready for active More than 1,5 St alr we ce Members of the committee were! their disapproval of the sec-! stem of the depart: | s Bak-! ed tial to 0 guard against | ring plants engaged; that it was as: pu: on war work. LIRSSMAN WILL SUCCEED BREWER AS SECRETARY Bismarck Man Chosen by Reg- ents to Succeed Brewer cs Secretary ADJUTANT’S OFFICE) Fargo, N. D, Jan. 11.—Charles| Brewer, secretary of the North Da-| kota state board of regents since its, organization under the Hanna admin-| istration, tendered his resignatioi | to become effective January 15, end Charles J. Liessman, now deputy | land commissioner, was named to suc- ceed him. Mr. Brewer was editor of The Fargo Forum when he accept: | ed an apointment with the board of regents, and it is understood that he | will return to newspaper work. He is | one of the best known Knights of the | Fourth Estate in North Dakota, andj his acquaintanceship extends through- out the northwest. | The resignation of Mr. Brewer oc- casioned no surprise here. The board of regents has been in a constant state cf turmoil since Governor Fraz- ier nade his first attack during the legislative assembly of 1917, and it had been known for some time that Mr. Brewer planned to resign. Mr. Liessman, the new _ secretary, formerly was state organizer for the Farmers’ union. He came to Bis- and since that time has been active in behalf of the league. He first served for a time in the secretary of state’s office; then in the adjutant general's office,. where he handled practically all of the detail work in connection with the first draft, and then, when Prater, became land com- missioned, last October, Liessman was named his deputy. Secretary-Elect Liessman served for a number of years in the Americ- an navy, working his way up to the post of chief signal officer on the flag- ship of the Pacific fleet. He has made a good record for efficiency at the capitol, and his friends expect him to make an acceptable secretary. Oddly enough, dopesters in casting about for a probable successor to Col. Charles Brewer, hit upon- practically everyone at the capitol except Liess- man. Most prominent among those mentioned were Frank Wilder, deputy retary of state, and Win S._Mit- chell, chief office deputy with State Examiner Waters. Mr. Liessman was as much surprised as anyone when ‘The Tribune gave him the news. The regents’ secretaryship pays $2,500 per SN eee! DROUTHED CATTLE ‘ARE, NEAR PERISHING POINT San Francisco, Calif., Jan. .11— Thousands of cattle must be saved from the drought in the southern Cal- He will also tell, you | American | Central ifornia, according to the federal board appointed to investigate condi- FRIDAY, JANUARY 11. 1918. | TRIBUNE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT STOCKS REGISTER BIG GAINS IN LAST HOUR Rails Apathetic but Steeis and Related Industries Aviate Loftily. New York, Jan. 10.—Prices on the stock exchange today advanced and receded within a restricted area until the final hour, when buying of steels, shippings, and a few active specialties effected enormous net gains of 1 to 3 points. Over night developments and inci- dents of the day seemed to exert little influence, apart from the December report of the United States steel cor- poration. This showed an increase of almost 500,000 tons in unfilled orders and marked the first gain since last April, when the high record for ton- nage was established. A very large percentage of the day's turnover s contributed by steels and affiliated industrials, shippings, oils and war specialties. Rails were unusually apathetic, some of the more prominent issues of that division re- maining unquoted until the last hour. United States steel scored an ex- treme advance of 2% points from its minimum, closing at a net gain of a substantial fraction. | Independent steels and kindred equipments were more variable, ending at losses of large fractions to a point. Advices affecting the general stecl and iron industry were hardly en- couraging, a number of plants being forced to suspend because of the lack of fuel. The strength of steamship issues, oils and some of the motors and ac- ories resulted from a combination of profe: 1 activity and rumors of nereased dividends. Total sales amounted to 535,000 shares. Bonds were irregular and without especial feature. Liberty 3¥.’s chang- ed hands at 98.76 to 98.60, first 4’s at 98.19 to 97.90 and second 4’s at 96.62 to 96.44. Totai sal (par value) ag- gregated $4,456,000. United States r sues) lost 16 per NEW YorK STOCKS American Beet Sugar .. Ee American Can American Smelting and Refining Tel. and Tel. Zinc . Copper cent on call. | American Anaconda Atchison . Baltimore Butte and and Ohio Superior . Leather . Chesapeake and Ohio .. Chicago, Mil. and St. Pau Chino Copper Colorado Fuel and Iron” Crucible Steel ... | Cuba Cane Sugar rthern Ore Ctfs ; great Northern pfd. .. Inspiration Copper 89% 41% Int. Mer. Marine pfd. ctfs 87% Kennecott Copper . 31% Louisville and Nashville . Ys Mexican Petroleum Miami Copper .... Missouri Pacific Moniana Power New York Central Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Republic Iron and Steel . Southern Pacific . Southern Railway . Texas Co. . Union aPcifi . S. Industrial Alcohol United States Steel .. Utah Copper | tions, owners of the herds cannot af | ford them because of increased prices, and they are not available for the slaughter in their semi-starved condi- tion, the report said. SUPERIOR WEARY OF COMMISSION FORM Superior, Wis., Jan. 11—One thous- and six hundred and forty two citizens of Superior signified their desire to change the present commission form of government back to the old form of a mayor and alderman rule, in a petition filed with the city clerk Thursday. The petition asks for a ref- erendum on the question. istered 4’s (old iss * canners 5.500 50; PEACE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEARISH EFFECT Corn Closes Unsettied and Stight- ly Lower—Breaks in. Oats Values. Chicago, Ills. Jan. 10.—Peace de- velopments had a bearish effect today on grain. Corn closed unsettled, % to % @%e net lower at 1.27% Jan. and 1.24% @1.25 May. Oats lost % to 1%c. In provisions the result was an advance of 20 to 35c Until reports touching peace began to be circulated, the corn market had no decided downward tendency. Pros- pects of a more plentiful distribution of cars in the west had eased. prices a litile but the outlook for more snow and for colder weather likely to hind- er any improvement in traffic condi- tions acted as nearly an offset. News, however, that Bulgaria .and /Russia had signed a ‘separate peace led to increased selling pressure. Subse- quently when word came. that Ger- many had asked Sweden to become a peace aid the market showed still greater weakness. Something of a rally ensued, at the last, but the up- turn seemed noticeably lacking in vigor. A wave of selling due to peace talk brought about sharp breaks in the value of oats. Previously, the market had bulged on account of good sized export sales. Provisions’ advanced briskly _be- cause of the various moves which were ‘taken as indicating a growing likelihood of peace. At first, though, increased arrivals of hogs temporarily weakened the market. CHICAGO GRAIN. Option Open High Low Close Corn— Jan. . Ye 127% 127% Ye 1.24% 1.24% 99% 78 18% May... .77 0 ee MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. j Minneapolis, Minn,, Jan. 10.—Wheat receipts 12 dears, compared with 224 ayear ago. , Corn, No. 3 yellow 1.65@1.68. Oats, No. 8, white .78%@.79%4. Flax 3.56% @3.59% ‘iour unchanged. Shipments 58,409 OMAHA LIVE sTOCK. "., Jan, Doe ee ; light bulk uigs 10. 00@ 166. 00: 5,000; steady; na- tive steers 9 Oe 12.50; ws and heif- 9@11.0; western steers 8.09@ ows and heifers 6.50@9.25; stockers and feed- ers calves 9.00@13.00; bulls, stags, ae 6.50@10.50.. Sheep—Receipts 14,000; steady; yearlings 11.50@13.50; wethers 11.00 @12.50; ewes 11.00@12.25; lambs 5@17.25. ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK. St. Paul, Mifin., Jan. 10.—Hogs—Re- ceipts 11,090; range 15.09@16.00; bulk 15.60@15.75. Cattle—Receipts 30,00; killers 10 to 15ce lower; steers 6.50@12.50; cows and heifers 6.50@9.00; veal’ calves, steady, 6.00@14.25; stockers and feed- ers, lower, 6.00@10.00. Sheep—Receipts 500, steady; lambs 8.00@18.40;-wethers 7.00@13.00; ewes 5.00@11.50. ' | CHICAGO LIVE: STOCK. Chicago, Ils., Jan. 10.—Hogs—Re- : ceipts 58,000, weak, 15c under yester- day’s average; bulk 16.10@16.45; light 15.70@16.40; mixed — 15.80@16.50; heavy 15. 80@16.50; rough 15.80@ i pigs 12.40@15.25. Cattle—Receipts 26,000, weak; na- tive steers 8.10@13.75; stockers and feeders 6.80@10.75; cows and heifers 5.75@11.75; calves 8.75@16.00. Sheep—Feceipts 15,000, _ steady, wethers 9.70@13.35; ewes 9.00@12.65; lambs 14.00@17.80. | —-—___________ |_4 pry susjecT | Richmond, Jan. 11.—The national prohibition amendment was ratified by the Virginia senate by a vote of 30 to 8. The house is expected to vote j today. WILL SAVE TIME AND TROUBLE For Rent S

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