The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1918, Page 1

— THE WEATHER Continued Cold THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 15. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 1918. GETTY ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF DRAFT HERE Brigadier General at Camp Dodge Charges Looseness to County Boards. SURPRISE TO NORTH DAKOTA District Commission Knows Noth- ing of Conditions War- ranting Quiz. . Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 16.—Brigadier General Getty has ordered medical of- ficers from Camp Dodge to visit Bis- marck, N. D., to investigate alleged loose methods of local exemption boards which resulted, it is alleged, in sending men unfit for service and with dependents to the camp here. The pur- pose of the investigation is said to be to prevent a repetition in the pres- ent draft. : This follows assertions that many men entirely unfit for service or who had dependents at home were sent to Camp Dodge with the first incre~ ments. Four officers divided into groups have been instructed to visit towns and cities in North Dakota “to investi- gate the methods used in selecting drafted men, to advise the members relative to the physical examinations made and instruct them in the manner of procedure,” according to special or. ders issued by Brigadier General Getty, commandant. Unexpected Here. The district board of North Dakota today strenously disclaimed knowl- edge of any conditions waranting sucb charges or calling for investigation. The board has no information of lax- ity upon the part of any local board in. sofar as the holding of men is con sidered. There are charges that some counties have been lax in disoharg- ing or exempting from military service men who should have been held. Complaints to this effect have been NO WOMEN FOR MEN’S JOBS IF NOT NECESSARY ‘Washington, D. C., Jan. 16.—The newly created labor administra- tion announced today that it will be the administrations policy to prevent the introduction of women labor into positions for which men are available and any reduction of wage scales because of the em- ployment of women in place of men. WITNESSES SAY SWIFTS KILLED STOOK MARKET Assert in Federal Quiz at St. Paul That Big Packers Beat Down Prices. OCCASIONAL COMPETITION Outside Parties Came Into Bid- ding Intermittently, Shoving Up Quotations. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 16.— Nnorthwest cattle shippers suffered a lozs of $7,072,857 in 1915 because of the differ- ence between the South St. Paul market and the Chicago market, A. N. Craighead, a shipper, testified before the federal trade commission here today. St. Paul, Minn, Jen. 16.—The Swifts were usually the only buyers of fat cattle in South St. Paul, and the market was not as stable as some thers, according to testimony given in -he federal trade commission’s inves- filed against Wells county, where it is alleged that of the first 350 men ex: amined, 200 were exempted from ser. vice, ‘State Ranks High. “As a matter of fact,” said Judge Luther E. Birdzell, chairman: of ‘the district board, “statistics. prepared by the war department show that North ‘Dakota’s medical inspections were re tigation into the packing industry to- day by A. N. Craighead of Cherbourne county, first out of town buyer and shipper to testify. (Mr. Craighead said he found condi- ‘ions were favorable when there were other buyers in the market at St. Paul. When the McCormacks were in: the market, prices paid were better than markably thorough and that the num ber of men rejected,at camp for phys sical ‘ disqualifications was unusually low.. And so far as the sending of men with dependents is concerned, these same statistics place North Dakota at the bottom of the. list, with only eight per cent of its select service men noted as married, or. with other possible dependents, while the per- centage in some states runs as high as 38.” ‘Mere Routine, Fraser. “It is purely a matter of routine, implying no criticism whatsoever on North Dakota’s local boards,” said Adjutant General Fraser. “ We were advised of this proposed inspection some time ago, and the. itinerary for the medical officer assigned to this state has been prepared. The depart- ment is sending such officers to every state to confer with the local boards and advise as to physical examina- tions. North Dakota had fewer men rejected because of physical disqualifi- cations than probably any other state in the union, unless it was South Da- kota: Cass county sent 258 men, and every one of them was accepted at camp.” UNCLE SAM HAS BOUGHT SEED T0 SELL FARMERS Government Already Planning to Take Care of North Dakota, Says Shepard. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 16— Dean J. H. Shepard of the col- lege of agriculture today an- nounced that the federal gov- ernment had already made ex- tensive purchases of grain to be sold to North Dakota farm- ers, The grain was purchased | through the United States de- partment of agriculture. WILLARD RESIGNS POST AS HEAD OF INDUSTRY BOARD President of Baltimore & Ohio Feels He Cannot Give Time to Duties. Washington, Jan. 16.—Daniel Wil- lard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, has resigned as chair- man of the war industries board. His: resignation will be accepted, as soon, as a successor is found. In offering his resignation, Mr. Wil- lard gave as his reason that the Balti- more and Ohio railroad required his/ entire attention. ‘It was stated that his resignation was mot brought about by any apparent conflict between the war industries board afd the reorgan- ization of the war department, . | later, although now ‘when outside” or occasional buyers and representatives |. 2f Duluth firms come into the market, he said, the shippers benefitted. Corn always sold at the stockyards it $1,00 a bushel, and hay at $1,009 a ewt., to shippers who brought cattle ‘o South St. Paul, no matter what the; current price of fodder was, the wit- ness said. He expressed suspicion that the hay did not always weigh 100° pounds. NORTH DAKOTA ARTILLERYMEN GBT REAL GUNS Members of 338th Regiment Only Ones to Practice with Real Arms. Camp Dodge, Ia., Jan. 16.—It ap- pears now that probably the only ar- tillerymen to receive actual firing practice on the range with the equip- ment they are to us¢ in France will be those of the 538th field artillery regi- ment. The men in this regiment are from western North Dakota and the guns to be used are of 3-inch caliber. The 337th field artillery regiment is to be equipped with 4.7 inch guns, but the range of these is too great to per- mit of practice with them on the present range. Four artillery pieces of the 3.2-inch caliber have been received by the ar- tillery brigade and will be used for practice by the artillerymen. The guns are an antiquated type, without recoil equipment, and now considered entirely ineffectual in mod- ern warfare. The “pop” guns, as the artillerymen call them, however, furnish a means whereby horses may be trained and some information gained. FRANK REED RENOMINATED POSTMASTER Washington, D. C., Jan. 16.—Presi- dent Wilson today renominated the Postmaster at Bismarck, N. D. Frank Reed, today renominated for a post which, with the confirmation of the senate he will hold for life, under the new civil service rules, first served as postmaster of Bismarck dur- ing Cleveland’s administration. When Wilson was elected, after a 20 years’ vacation, Mr. Reed was again made postmaster. He has been a consist- ent Democrat during all the years of his long residence in Bismarck. SOUTHERN AMBULANCE ‘MEN. APPRECIATE GIFT Major E. P. Quain writes from Camp Greenleaf, Oglethorpe, Ga., expressing appreciation for EBismarck’s ready re- sponse to his appeal for warm cloth- ing for the men of that post. Immed- iately after the publication of Dr. Quain’s letter in The Tribune several local organizations assembled large shipments of clothing which were dis- patched to. Oglethorpe. “Bismarck has done Well,” says Major Quain, “and its prompt and generous action is appre- NEXT STEP IN | PEACE PARLEY UNDETERMINED | Germans in Quandary as to Course to Be Pursued with Russians. | PACIFIST ELEMENT STRONG i | \ ! | | Movement at Home for Early Ces- sation of Hostilitiés Gains Ground Rapidly. While German leaders are un- decided as to what course to pur- sue in the peace negotiations with Russia, the British labor party has issued a message to the Rus- sian people, supporting the prin- ciple of self-determination of peo- ples and no annexations for the British empire. Appeals are also made to the peoples of Germany and Austria-Hungary to support a policy of self-determination and no annexations, Apparently no definite course has been decided upon by the German em- peror and his advisers. It is declared by a friend of the Pan- Germans, Count Reventlow, that the peace movement in German; and is made up of the socialists, a large number of liberals and cleri- cals, and many diplomats. These fac- tions are said to hold the view that the U-boat campaign can only delay peace and cannot starve out the en- tente. Instructions given the German representatives at Brest-Litovsk have not been‘ changed, it has been an- nounced officially in the Reichstag. On the western front, and in Italy, | i; the winter monotony has been broken up by spirited action. German troops have again made one of their fruitless attacks against the French positions northeast of Verdun. RED RIVER VALLEY - BOYS COMPLIMENTED BY NEWTON BAKER Remarkable Record Established by Regiment of Dakota-Min- ‘nesota: at’ Dodge. “I think the enclosed item should be given the widest publicity, showing as it does the spirit of the national army tory will accomplish. The 352nd is valley in North Dakota and ‘the Min- nesota counties north of St. Paul and Minneapolis. This record has, | be- lieve, been maintained up to the pre- sent time,” writes Capt. George H. Russ of Camp Dodge, vice president and former cashier of the Bismarck bank, in submitting the following dis- patch: “Washington, D.C. Jan. 10.—Secre- mander of the 352nd infantry regi- | ment, National army, Camp Dodge, Ia., through Adjutant General McCain his appreciation of the remarkable record of the command in having had no court martial or incident requiring time of its organization up to Novem- ber 24. The division commander has been authorized to publish the regi- ment’s record in general orders. Writ- ing to the regimental commander, General McCain said the record “re- flects credit upon the drafted men as service” SENDING OUT 6,000 SEED QUESTIONNAIRES The state railway commission’s cler- ical force is buried beneath an ava- lance of work incident to the mailing out of 6,000 seed grain questionaires, ' three of which go to every elevator and‘ warehouse in the state. The rail- way board is also mailing question-| naires to each o fthe 53 county boards in the state, asking that they report it convenes in special session a week from today. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS RIGHT OF. GOVERNMENT TO DENY PAPER MAILS Washington, D. C., Jan. 16.—The dis- trict supreme court today here upheld the right of the postmaster general to exclude from the second class mail matter of the Milwaukee Leader un- der the terms of the espionage act. The proceedings brought by the Mil- waukee Social Democrat Publishing Co., which prints the paper and of which former Representative Victor Berger is a member, were dismissed. It was the first test case of the right of the government to exclude a news- paper from the second class mailing privilege for violation of the new law. SOLDIERS FIND IRON : CROSS EMPTY HONOR London, Eng., Jan. 16.—An appeal is being circulated among mutilated Ger- man officers and soldiers having the iron cross, asking them to return the crosses as a protest against the fact that a number of “home warriors” and leaders of the Fatherland party are wearing the same insigna, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam. There has been a large response, 1,300 crosses from Ber- ciated by the men who received this clothing,” NEW COMMANDER OF RAINBOW DIVISION MAJ. GEN. MENOHER. | Maj. Gen, Charles T. Menoher is the new commander of the Rain- bow division of the national guardsmen in France. He sue- eceds General Mann, who went over with the Rainbow men, but returned when he found he was not able physically to stand the demands of present day warfare, ATTACK MADE ON THE LIFE OF and what a “dry’ camp in ‘dry’ terri-| composed of men from the Red River! tary Baker has expressed to the com-; court martial proceedings from the; indicating a high spirit of adebient! RED PREMIER Four Shots Fired Into Carriage as Lenine Arrives at Peo- ple’s Hall. COMPANION SLIGHTLY HURT Bolsheviki Leader Escapes With- out. Injury—Scores of Ar- rests Made. Petrograd, Monday, cahuary 14.— | (Ly-the Associated Pr )—-An auto- ‘mobile carrying Nikolai Lenine, the : Kolsheviki premier, it is reported, was fired upon tonight when he was driv- ing to a meeting of the council of peo- ple’s commissaries. Four shots were fired. ‘Premier Lenine was not hurt. The bullets shattered the windows ‘of the automobile. A member of the party with the premier was wounded slightly, in the hand. {The attempt on the life of Premier Lenine was made just outside the hall in which he had been addressing 8,- O00 of the Red Guard who were just going to the front. As his automo- bile swung through the dark, four; shots were fired in the darkness. Scores of arests were made. LEAGUE LEASES NORTHWEST FOR ORGANIZATION ' Headquarters Will Be Established | for Special Session Next Sunday. E. G. Patterson, proprietor of the ‘McKenzie, Soo and Northwest hotels, | today wired from St. Paul that the Na- ' tional Nonpartisan league has again leased the Northwest as legislative league headquarters. As much of the hotel space as can be spared will de} turned over to the league Monday. President A. C. Townley and his co- horts—Comrades Thomason and Bow- en,.and possibly Comrades Coates, Manahan and LeSueur—are expected ; to reach Bismarck not later than Sun- the seed grain needs of their commun- qay, It is anticipated they will have; ity in order that the legislature may their official headquarters at the} have this information to work on when} Northwest. All thoughts of a four days’ session seem, to have heen abandoned bv league leaders—if they ever had any real thougnt of the session’s being cou- fined to that brief space. It is gener- ally admitted that tue session may last all the way from ten days to ten weeks, adding many thousands to the half-million dollar indebtedness which the league has to show for its first year’s administration of state affairs. NON-SUPPORT OF MILITARY IRKS CABINET London, Jan. .16—The resigna- tion of the Hungarian cabinet on account of-failure to obtain neces- sary support for the military pro- gram is reported in a Budapest dispatch to Copenhagen forward- ed by the Exchange Telegraph Co. HELP WIN the WAR TODAY IS WHEATLESS DAY You are asked to abstain. It is a call from your country. lin alone being sent to the war minis- pie the firat day the appeal appeared; ’ _ARE YOU A PATRIOT? | 1, 1917 RADICALGROWTH IN THE COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION All Departments of State Govern- ment Under Nonpartisian Rule Inflate Expenses ATTY. GENERAL IN LEAD Judicial Bureaus Only Depart- ment Save Governor’s Not Heavily Increased The high cost of living hit the state of North Dakota a terrific jolt in 1917. It cost the state administration just $81,602.47, more to keep house in 1917 than it did in 1916. The total adminis- trative expenses in 1916 were $636,- 7, while in 1917 they were $718,- 4. These facts are shown in a comparative statistical table prepared by State Auditor Kositzky for submis- sion to the state legislature when it convenes in special session a week from today. Governor Shows Saving The governor's office shows a slight i 0 for 1917 as compared in 1916. Lieut. Gov- bel spent four cents less in 1917 than Lieut. Gov. John H. Fraine did in 1916. Col. Fraine spent a cool thousand. Supreme court costs were cut from $36,909.25 in 1916 to $34,304.38, the bulk of this saving be- ing represented in traveling expenses which State Auditor Kositzky, abiding by the Nonpartisan platform of 1916, has declined to pay, pending a decis- ion from the provisional supreme court which tried mandamus proceed- ings against him several weeks ago. District court costs were $47,999.52, 48 cents less than in 117, and a slight saving is shown for the law library. The secretary of state spent only $20,- 341.58 in 1917 as against $21,377.90 in 1916. The state additor spent $19,- 743.98 in 1917 as against $11,242.01 in 1916,,and he goes on record as wel- coming an investigation of this ex- penditure and the results attained through it. State Treasurer Steen spent, $11,- 138.71 in 1917 as compared with $10,- 583.16 in 1916 and the commissioner of insurance spent a few hundred less than. in 1916. The’ fire marshal’s of- fice cost the state about $140 more than in 1916, Biggest Proportionate Boost The biggest proportionate boost in costs is shown by the attorney gen- eral’s office, which cost the state $32,- 724.94 under the first year of William E. Langer’s administration as against $13,827.92 for the last year of Henry J. Linde's term. Langer during 1917 paid $7,566 for clerk hire as against $2400 in 1916; $418.40 for postage, as compared with $143.71; $262.29 for of- fice supplies, as compared with $42.21; $477.90 for furniture and fixtures, as compared with $15.76; $1167.22 for printing, as compared with $129.95; $447.78 for miscellaneous expense, as compared with $286.98; $2,336.00 for) traveling as against $1,475.53; $9,873.- 94 for legal expenses as compared with $525.51; and $383.01 prior to July The state superintendent of public instruction expended $20,704.43 in 1917 as compared with $13,912.45 in 1916; expenses of the commissioner of agriculture and labor were boosted from $11,047.06 to $12,144.92, and the dairy commissioner from $9,355.01 to $11,405.97. The railway commission cost the state $20,750.47 in 1917, slightly over $100 more than in 1916, and the state land department cost $23,028.45, more than $400 less than in 1916. State Bank Examiner Wat- ers showed a saving of more than $2,- 000 in his department, which cost the state $42,032.77, and the tax commis- sion expenses of $20,061.62 were about $40 less than in 1916. Others Trail In Slight increases are shown by the board of control, library commission, state engineer, adjutant general, his- torical society, state certificates and teachers’ institutes, board of public health, live stock sanitary board and board of experts. The state board of regents cost about $4,000 less through the elimination of its appropriation for traveling expenses. The motor vehicle department spent $198,137.25 as compared with $130,534.07 in 1916, and there is charged in the increased expense $33,705.97 for the siate high- way department which did not exist in 1916. ————TTrAITDED * | THE WEATHER | ——— For twenty four hours ending a: noon, Jan. 16. Temperature at 7 a. m. +5 Temperature at noon . 8| Highest yesterday . 11} Lowest yesterday . —4 Lowest last night . 3 Precipitation ..... ‘ 02 Highest wind velocity . 34-NW FORECAST. For North Dakota: Cloudy and cold- er tonight with light snow east por- tion: Thursday generally fair and colder east and central portions; fresh northwest winds. Lowest Temperatures Fargo ...- 4 Williston . 2 Pierre . 12 St. Paul 4 Winnipeg 0 Helena . 16 Chicago 8 Swift Current —2 Kansas City . . 16 San Francisco - 50 ORRIS W. vig She | Teporting draft expense. EVENING EDITION THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS ORDER TO CUT OFF FUEL FROM FEW FACTORIES Washington, D. C., Jan. 16.—An order cutting off coal supplies to a number of the less essential in- ‘dustries was under preparation to- day by the fuel administration. It will limit supplies to the indus- tries until the fuel famgme in the east is relieved. LIVESTOCK MEN TO MAINTAIN A CAPITALOFFICE Thirty Thousand Appropriated to Pay for Permanent Board in Washington. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 16.—Delegates attending the 2ist annual convention of the American Livestock associa- tion here today pledged them- selves to subscribe $30,000 for a fund to maintain a special committee in Washington to confer with the food admin- istration on all matters affect- ing the livestock industry, aid to aid the federal trade commission in its investiga- tion of the packers of this country. L. F. Swift of Chi- cago, who spoke in defense of: the packers, in reply to the report of the market commit- tee of the Livestock associa- tion, offered to subscribe one thousand to the fund. The offer was refused. LOCAL BOARDS ASKED T0 AID Maximum—Hoped Total Will .Be Lower. PATRIOTISM APPEALED TO ing to all local boards a copy of. Provost Marshal General Crowder’s | message advising that the rate of compensation for members of local ft boards up to and including the com- pletion of the final classification of registrants within the jurisdiction Of | such boards shall be on the basis of |) 20 cents per capita. This money will be paid in proportionate amounts to each member of the local board, un- less the latter by unanimous vote | j, shall request the payment in some other proporiion. In any case, no one member of the board shall re- ceive more than 15 cents out of the allowance of 30 cents for each classi- fication, and no two members shall receive more than 25 cents. | In plea for economy, General Crowd- er says: “It is necessary that not only this office but every person! , connected with the administration of} the selective service law shall be con- servative in the expenditure of public funds. The nation is at war. Per-|¢, sonal sacrifices are being made on t being selected by local and district boards, have severed home ties, in| ¢; many cases have been obliged to sacri- fice large incomes in order to work and fight for their country 24 hours a day for $30 a month. Most of these men are willing to serve for even less | ¢, or nothing. Therefore it is not un-| 4 reasonable to request the great army composed of local board members to; meet the government and cooperate | with it in the matter of minimum cost. This is their country; they are part of its army, and it is confidently ex- pected that they will give the govern- ment in the future as they have in the past the best that is in them, and that they will receive compensation only to the extent that may be neces- sary in their condition of life.” Should every member of every local board in North Dakota accept the max- cost of classifying the 65,000 men who registered June 5 would be $19,500. In the selection of men for the first call, North Dakota showed a lower per capita cost than any other state The state of Nevada absorbed all of the expense and filed no bill with the government. CREAM OF WHEAT CASE APPEALED BY DAKOTA’S STATE TAX COMMISSION The North Dakota state tax com- mission has appealed its case against the Cream of Wheat Co. from the Grand Forks county district _ court, which found for the defendant. There is in dispute about $25,000 in taxes which the state tax commission claims the company must pay on its business ‘because it is organized under the laws of North Dakota and maintains its central office at Grand Forks. The defendant company contends that 10 CUT COSTS | Thirty Cents Per Capita Set as sirable. Caillaux is on board. of his capture he should in an unob- and consideration. our cruisers? requested about the former French prime minis- not mentioned every hand. The soldiers who are! stances, imum allowed by the government, the| Senator LANSING HAS. EVIDENCE OF GERMANDEAL Mass of Correspondence Shows Caillaux Was in League with Teutons. VON BERNSTORFF MESSAGE Asked Press of Empire Not to Be So Effusive in Praise of Premier. Washington, D. ©. Jan. 16.— From its mysterious stock of in- tercepted diplomatic communica- tions, the state department today published correspondence between Count Von Bernstorff, former German ambassador here, and the Foreign office at Berlin, showing Former Premier laux, of France, was in communication with German agents in Argentine in 1915. The first Bernatorff dispatch contained very damaging refer- ences to Caillaux’s references to the French government, and warn- ed German newspapers against appraising him. Another gave no- tice of the ship on which Caillaux was sailing from Argentine, and planned its capture by submar- ines. The capture of the ship was sought because her captain car- ried important papers. The Ger- man government was asked to treat Caillaux with every courtesy and consideration if the ship was taken. °o Bernstorff Message. Following is the text of the message age sent by Von Bernstorff: “Buenos Aires telegraphed tie fol- lowing: Caillaux had left Buenos Aires after a short stay and is going direct to France evidently on account of the (group undecipherable) scan- dal which he regards as a personal at- tack upon himself. He speaks con- temptiously of the president and the rest of the French government except Briand. ‘He sees through the policy of England perfectly. He does not an- ticipate the complete overthrow of France. He sees in the war now @ struggle for existence on the ‘part of England. Although he spoke much of the indiscretions and clumsy policy ofthe Wilhelmstrasse and’ professed to believe in German atrocities, he has in essentials hardly changed his_poljt- ical orientation. Caillaux welcomed indirect courtesies from me, ‘but em- phasized extreme caution which he is obliged to show as the French gov- ernment, he said, had him ‘watched even here. He warns us against the excessive praise bestowed ‘upon him by our papers, and desired on the other hand- that Mediterranean and ‘Morocco agreements a versel, iticised. Adjutant General Frazier is mail- ile! woeition Peace: ception here was cool. about Brazil had nothing new. On his return to France, he will begin to re- side in his own constituency. should be ad- Our praise injures Caillaux’s re- His report He ears Paris and the fate of Juarez. (Signed) “Bernstorff.” Another message which Bernstorff forwarded was from Havana as fol- OWS: “Tol Rio de Janiero ,telegraphed steamer Araguaya left Buenos Aires January 30. The captain is carrying Important papers. Capture very de- In cals rusive way be treated with courtesy Can you inform (Signed) "Bernstorff.” German Censorship. The instructions of the German cen- sorship to the German press on June 6, 1915, follow: “For political reasons, it is. urgently that nothing be written er Caillaux, and that his name be under any circum- This correspondence, although no of- ficial announcement to that effect is available, is made public by arrange ment with the French government, which desired its exposure. Caillaux now is awaiting trial in France for reason ond revelations developed by he celedrated Bolo Pasha case. NATION NEEDS SRVEN MILLION 10 WHIP HUNS Porter J. McCumber Draws Gloomy Picture in Urging More Haste. - Washington, D. C., Jan. 16. —Senator J. McCumber of North Dakota today gave the senate a gloomy picture of the United States and her al- ‘ lies in emphasizing his. plea for radical speeding up of the ship building program. He declared England was now bearing the brunt of the war and asked ‘‘how long can she stand this strain?’’ The Unit- it has no. property in this state which is taxable, and this contention was upheld by. Judge Cooley in district court. : Z