The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1918, Page 4

PASE 4 i BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE N. D., Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, as Second Class Matte S ISSUED. EVERY DAY GEORGE D. MANN 5a ee G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative. NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg. ; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege Bldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, $10 Lumber Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PR: 5 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION. SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, Daily, Morning and Sunday by Carr per month ....3 Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday by Carrier, Editor per month ........... a RELIES parry 2 90 Daily, Evening only, by Carrier, per month 50 Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month ...... 240 Morning or Evening by Mail in North Dakota, one ear... Lane Sears nears Morning or evening by mail outside of North Dakota, onnm year 6 Sunday in Combir mail, one year... THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Bstablished 1873) tion with Evening or Morning by HOME GUARD LEGISLATION. It would appear to an innocent bystander that | the North Dakota defense council has cnough on! its shoulders without being asked to assume respon- | sibility for the home guard, | Adjutant Genetal Fraser is the logical head for} 9) sure is hell, but it would seem to be to the advan- out to the Hon, Dave Frain ~) $17,000.25, spent twiec while thinking about no annexations, ‘no indemni- ties. MAKES BORROWING SMOOTHER, Comes now the attorney general and moves that s against the big trusts be put over, in order y not meet with competition in its financial operations and the flotation of its loans.’? Secretary McAdoo, s the attorney general, ‘has been constrained to urge that all private financial operations on a large he avoided,’? and dissolutions of the Inter national Harvester, United Shoe Machinery, U.S. Steel, Eastman Kodak, Quaker Oats, American Can and Corn Produets Refining concerns would require financial operations on a large scale. In short, the idea seems to be to hold back the heavy hand of justice until MeAdoo vets a chance to extract loans, This may be sound policy, founded solidly on war necessity, but it will likely take its place as a‘ novelty in the records of high-up jurisprudence, War the cas that the government m from private euterpr tage of our biggest trusts to prémote more of it. ALAS! POOR DAVE! In these troublous times, our heart surely goes In past years, ambas- adoring at the Russian capital has been largely one continued round of social joy. You drew about much to live, wore dignity and dréss suits, and just splurged. In such life and environment, Dave was born and reared to fit like a cork ina bottle, and the prospects before him, when ie was selected, were recherche, Today, there is no little corner in Petrograd in Dave can splurge, Upon his very doorstep that organization, should it be established on a state- wide bas General. Fraser has an abundance of military ex-| perience and is eminently fitted for the responsibil: | ity of :directing such an organization, And ‘that | responsibility will be no light one. The laws of North Dakota at present prohibit the organizing and arming and drilling of unauthor ized military ov semi-military companies. The pro-| yision is a good one, for, should we have enemies in| our midst, without such a general prohibition there would be nothing to prevent their organizing and equipping an armed force. Soon there would re- sult a state of anarchy, with opportunity for clashes betwean ‘loyal’? and ‘disloyal’? home guards and | ; Kor this reason it s neces: urd com confusion ad infinitum, sary that the organization of home | panies be somewhat restricted and carefully con: trolled by some competent authorit This is the} only reason that any home guard legislation is asked of the special session. The home guardsmen of the state, or the com- | munities which they are organized to protect, have | patriotically borne the expense of arms, uniforms} and other equipment. They ask notling in the way of an appropriatio They do ask some protection | and some regulation which will give the home guards | which-are worthy a legal right to exist. Comrade Townley will make the big glaring mistake of his meteoric career his satellites have in as a joke or to emasculate it by hostile legislation. North Dakota has 317 home guard companies which represent some of its best citizenship. In the smaller communities, especially, the membership is com- posed largely of farmers and These men, whether they are leaguers or independent of the league, are sincere and carnest in their efforts to do their patriotic bit by protecting their home com- munity, and Mr. Townley, however much he may trust in blind aeceptanee of his leadership, would do well in this instance to keep his hands off, pers’ sons. Ameriea has deinanded action in war work. It has had that thing from Buel Administrator IL A. Garfield. He has proven a man of decision, of cour- age and of initiative. When he ‘beat the senate to it’? by 20 minutes in the enforcement of his fuel order, he made a hit with a great body of Americans who. admire pluck. North Dakota is not in a posi- tion to pass on the wisdom of his ruling, Tere we are singularly fortunate in having an abundance of eoal to burn, and unfortunate in having few indus- tries to burn it.- But, judging from the satisfae- tory assistance of Capt. I. P. Baker, federal fuel admin- istrator for North Dakota, handled the fuel needs of this state and of the northwest generally, it i to opine that Dr. Garfield is the man for the job. President Wilson thinks so, and our chief execu tive must be admitted to be a fair judge of men and measures. Let’s give Harry Garfield a chance and withhold our criticism until we have some- thing that within our personal knowledge warrants criticism. J. T. Nelson of Glen UlEn comes from a sze- tion which was as hard hit as any in North Dakota by the drouth of 1917, and he says there isn’t a farmer nor a merchant nor a bank in his community which cannot handle the present situation without outside stance. So many similar reports are coming from ‘‘stricken’’ districts from day to day . that it will be interesting to learn the information} . wier based his-knowledge! Principles because it is a good practical policy of upon which Governor Fra of the need for an expensive extra sessi¢ the farmer. The average North Dakota farmer would like to be ‘‘saved’’ from extravagance in the administration of state affairs and from fast mount- ing state taxes, but we doubt if special sessions are a move in that direction. Some people insist upon taking that Steen boom seriously. To date Mr. Steen cannot be numbered among them, EO TE German censor forbade German papers to print. advertisements offering dog flesh for sale. To save dogs?» Naw! To keep folks from learning that Ger- mans had got to where dog tasted good. Aberdeen women would return to the aze of reason in feminine dress. As great'as is the cata? clysm through which the world is passing, we can hardly expect it to accomplish so much. ‘ What has become of the kaiser’s good old fash- ioned idea of an independent Poland, to be gov- erned by a hand-picked German? Maybe.he,lostit = if he attempts, ay|less fortunate brothers who lost out. How about cated, to treat the home guard} manner in which Director Garfield, with the} ‘| to reach is made up of that large body of adults and the hairy mob, the government’s social func- tioning consists in shooting up the oppositién and late telegrams are to the effect that the Bolsheviki vs Dank ae have put prohibition ou the emba counts, Can you picture the magnificent Missou rian in far off Russia, sans honors, sans splurge, sans ready cash? Following Governor Mrazier’s declarations: at Minot, it will be reasonab!e for home guard units of North Dakota to regard with suspicion any home ard legislation which meets with favor from the administration, in Growers have pledged Pres- That shoul The Tri-State ident. Wilson their undivided support. be some consolation to Woodrow, Right now Mayor Alf White of Dickinson wouldn't exchange his lot for that of any governor in the United States. WITH THE EDITORS. | THE PROPER SPIRiT. We congratulate those newspapers of Mercer county who were fortunate enough to land the offi- cial printing, aid extend deepest sympathy to oar us? Oh, we get along very nicely without. it, and it is utterly necessary to perpetuate the existence of our ‘old established”? periodicals, why we acquiesce | jas is befitting. We knew we didn’t have a “look in’’ so ain’t in the least peeved. We know we have said some rather unpleasant things about some of the present commissioners, but every word was jand the truth is what hurts, We should wor Beulah Independent. MORE POWER TO YOU. We forgot to announce about it last, week, but all the same the Cavalier Chronicle entered upon the usth year of its career last week Friday just after dinner, hale, hearty and full of cheer and confid- ence for the future, even if it is now war time and jsome folks think business uncertainty lurks in the air here and there throughout the country. We have settled down to this one hard, solid proposi- tion that we have got to win this war at all hazards, and what is more we are going to do it. ‘Old Glory,’? the emblem under which our soldier boys (and all our people) fight is immortal so far as we van estimate immortality within the space of time. It never will go down to defeat in any just cause waged for the freedom of humanity. And because jot this fact we have no oveasion to doubt the ligi- timate business progress of the nation however fast the shot and shell of war may come and go. The American people are here to stay and those not j engaged on the battle front will continue to do busi- j ness at the old stand while the other manipulate the killing machines against the enemy.—Cavalier Chronicle. CARDINAL GIBBONS’ THRIFT PLEA. Cardinal Gibbons takes time from his manifold chureh duties to deliver to his fellow countrymen a timely, concise and pointed little sermon on thrift.| Ilis voice has been a vibrant one in behalf of the eause which America has espoused, but never was he more happy in his preachments than in this plea for the saving habit. Cardinal Gibbons approves of thrift on general life and because it is a character-builder. He urges it specially at this time because, rightly exercised, it becomes an eloquent expression of patriotism. Thrift is a eharacter-builder in that it involves a measure of self-denial, some foregoing of present pleasures. It breeds a sense of self-reliance. It looks ahead to the better interests not only of one’s self, but to those of others. By doing these things it wields an influence toward good citizenship, in Cardinal Gibbons’ judgment. Considering thrift as a form of patriotism, the cardinal urges the buying of war savings stamps and certificates. He is just as zealous, of course, in advocacy of the purchase of government bonds, but in this instance the audience he particularly wishes young folk who. must, perforce, make their patriotie investments on a smaller scale. He asks both par- ents and children to acquire systematic saving habits in this way, advising them it is at once a privilege, a duty and a wise practice. All good Americans will do well to take to FARTERTIE roe PRESIDENT COUNSELS Aw, GIVE SISTER-[: ‘A SMILE, OF TIMER! PATRIOTIC COMPLIANCE WITH GARFIELD SHANDATE ANDTHE COUNTRY ACCOMMODATES AS A HEASURE OF NECESSITY Chief Magistrate’ & Address in Which He Declares Policy is of Pressing Necessity in Order to Co-ordinate the Rail and Coal Relations LIMPING ALONG FROM DAY TO DAY WOULB BE CON DITION OTHERWISE Congress Debates the Question But With No Result Be- yond Commotion cf the Atmosphere and Busi- Washington, Jan. 19—The nation’s ypanufactur in the twenty-eight states east of ally suspended yesterday in obedi forbiddng the use of coal. Most of the plants engaged c from the order’s operation in teleg of them learned of it in time and down with the other factories. The country at large knew few announced last neht and it v Y ing industry the Mississippi river was virtu- ‘e to the government's order n war contracts were exempted s sent out last night, but few a great majority of them closed iothing of exemptions except the vas late this afternoon that the fuel administrator admitted that important war work was not af- fected by the order and gave cut a may continue work on goverunent closing period, Confusion list of hundreds of factories that contracts only on the five day’s General Confusion attending enforeement of the order was general. St a flood of telegrams poured into the offices of the fuel admin- istration asking interpretations and rulings and requesting informa- tion concerning exemption of indus-: ies that finally the exemption list, was given ‘to the press for publica! tion. The day brought a statement of! unequivocal support for the order; from President Wilson and a vigorous! defense by Fuel Administrator Gar-' field of the step and the government's purpose in taking it. Opposition to the order in congress | apparently spent itself in debate in both houses. During the day Dr. Gar-; tield replied to the senate’s request of yesterday that the order be suspend- ed for five days disclaiming any pur-; pose to be discourteous, declining to! comply and again pointing out the nec- essity of enforcment of his order: Food Administrator Hoover in a statement interpreted the. order to mean that no check would be put on the operations of any sort of food handling, manufacturing or distribut- ing. Atlantic Situation The situation in Atlantic ports drew most of Dr. Garfield’s attention today while his assistants struggled with the great volume of requests for interpre- tations of the general terms of the order, Fuel Administration represen- tatives were despatched to the princi- pal Atlantic ports there to remain un- til every ship held up for lack of coal has its*bunkers filled. .Reports to- night to the administration said that the situation would heginto improve immediately and that the-more.than a million tons of shipping ‘detained would be on its way within a short time. CORT. Suggestions that a railroad embargo be declared on the shipment of goods from factories shut ‘down and’ onthe movement of materials to the Atlantic seaboard were disapproved today by Secretary McAdoo, Director-General of railroads, who, said that..the rail- roads congestion wouldbe cleared: in a few weeks. *. a » . Favor, Embargo... Fuel administration. offi Mavor an embargo and‘believe it would ma- terially aid in Amproving:.. not... only, transportation conditions, put the fuel situation as well, — heart the counsel contained in this sermonette and to act upon it.—Minneapolis Tribune, ane : / genoral. Sj 4m noted and the department of j stice its grip. Wilson Supports Garfield. In his statement suporling.Dr. Gar- field's issuance of the closing order President Wilson says: ——— “I was of course consulted by | Dr. Garfield before the fuel order | of yesterday was issued and fully agreed with him that it was nec- essary, much as I regretted the necessity. This war calls for ‘many sacrifices, and sacrifices of the sort called for by this order are infinitely less than sacrifices of life which might otherwise be involved. It is absolutely neces- sary to relieve the congestion at the ports and upon the railways; it is absolutely necessary to move great quantities of food, and it is absolutely necessary that our peo- ple should be warmed in their homes if nowhere else, and halt- way measures would not have ac- complished the desired ends. Limping Along. ‘If action such as ‘this had not | been taken we should have limped along from day to day with a slowly improving condition of af- fairs with regard to the shipment of food and of coal, but without such immediate relief as had be- come absolutely necessary be- cause of the congestion of traffic which have been piling up for the last few months. ‘I have every confidence that the result of action of this sort -}owill justify it, and that the peo- ple of the country will loyally | and patriotically respond to nec- essities of this kind as they have to*every other sacrifice involvcd in the war. We are upon a war footing and I am confident that the people cf the United States. ~ are willing to observe the same sort of discipline that might be | involved in the actual couilict it- | self.” apa FES REEL ae Lee ae the territory to which it applies was Some few violations, were will be asked to investigate through its local representatives. Most of the violations, it was be- lieved, were due to misunderstanding and lack of information. In. some states federal fuel officials themselves misunderstood the order and attempt- ed to close down plants operated by water power, over which ‘the fuel ad- ministration has no control. WASHINTON AGREEMENT Miners’ Delegates at Indianapolis in Warm Debate. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 19.—There | was an all day discussion in the min- ers’ convention Friday over the rati- fication of the Washington agreement negotiated by the soft coal operators and workers and*approved by Fuel Ad- ministrator Garfield, opposition to its approval being due to the insertion in the contract of the automatic penalty clause. ‘Bitter speeches were made against the adoption of the clause, and many. delegates, mostly officers of the un- ion, urged its approval as one of the best things the miners can do to as- sist in stabilizing the coal industry. Failure to ratify the agreement, lead- ers said, would bring about chaos and endanger a maximum output of bitum- inous coal. Jt was the general opinion of influential officers of the union to- night that it would be ratified by a large majority. ‘ SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1018 TIDEWATER TRAFFIC IS. STILL ICEBOUND BUT FUEL IMPROVES Oceanhound Vessels Depart With Stores and Sailing is Soon Normal 100 SHIPS WITH EMPTY BUNKERS AWAIT RELIEF New York, Jan. 19.—Determination to observe the instructions of the gov- ernment in carrying out its war orders igs steadily relieving congestion in the New York territory, according to en- couraging reports received Friday at the office of A. H. Smith, assistant di- rector general of railroads. ‘Efforts are heing concemirated upon the move- ment of coal, especially fuel for the great fleet of merchant ships tied up in this and other ports. Harbor traffic is still handicapped by ice packs, many steam lighters and tugs used for towing barges having been crippled by the heavy floes. Nevertheless many more steamships waiting for bunker coal to begin their voyages were supplied today than on any day in the last week. More than 100 vesesls were said to be still wait- ing for coal. Coaling of these ships was consid- ered of first importance and all efforts were directed to that end. It was pointed out that the daily arrivals ex- ceeded the number of craft on which fuel has been loaded. Officials con- centrated on this work today, convinc- ed that the American army in France must have a steady and uninterrupted stream of supple: { —- oe MANDAN NEWS. | “e ABSURD AND UNCALLED FOR, J. T. Nelson Pays His Respécts to Special Session. J. T. Nelson, pioneer business man of Glen Ullin, was in Mandan Monday jen route to Fargo to attend a meeting of the Retail Merchants’ Fire Insur- ance company of which he is president and also a meeting of the Northwest- jer Mutual Fire Insurance company of Fargo. Mr. Nelson is one of the county’s pioneers who has always ta- ken an active part in politics and at this particular time Mr. Nelson talked j with reference to the ensuing special ;mceting of the legislature which he terms as “utterly absurd and uncalled H for.” 3 1 ——— ‘Back From Fargo.—Charles. Wit- mer and R. H. Walker of Center re- turned this morning from Fargo, where they had ‘been attending a state meeting of the connty commissioners. Berry in City—1. C.. Berry of Stanton, state's attorney of Mercer county, returned home this afternoon after having spent several days in Mandan and. Fismarck on official busi- ness. « ee a a Basil Celeny and Bride Home.—Mr. jand ‘Mrs: Basil Celeny returned: home ‘yesterday from the twin cities, where they. were married a few ‘days ago. \'Mr. Celeny is proprietor of the Palace of Sweets. Schools Open Monday—Mandan'’s new $40,000 parochial school will op- en’ Monday announced Rev. Clement Dimpfl. recently. The preseat enroll- ment is aout 250. The new school is one of the most complete parochial school buildings in the state. Program Tomorrow.—‘Over There” is the name of the first patriotic pro- gram to be given at the Palace thea- tre for the benefit of the Home Guard organization. The program is strictly of a patriotic nature but is promised to be highly entertaining. The money ‘received from the programs will be used to defray the expense of pur- chasing equipment for the Home Guard. GARFIELD’S sary war measure. The statement follows: fices than any war heretofore. thing for the realization of a great | ideal, and the ideal is practical. We know that democracy must be made a | reality at home, as well as abroad, that its benefits must be shared by all and its sacrifices borne by no sin- , Ble class. 5 Bears on all Classes “Capital and labor are embarked in this war because all Americans are jin it, and the American spirit. cries out against the least suggestion that the burden be shifted to he backs of rany one class, least of all of labor, {for labor has less financial ability to| ;meet the prolonged hardships of war | than- capital.. We are realizing the truth now as-never before that capi- tal and labor are not two but one. Their problems present merely two aspects of the same vital question. The unselfish and patriotic impulses ‘and the calm look ahead will lead the country to approve of the order now in force. " Industry Unbalanced. ‘Industry is in an unbalanced con- dition. We lack many essentials— food, clothing, fuel. We have piled up enormous stores of things not es- sential to life, but very essential to war. We have piled them up so high. on our docks and in our storehouses that the ships available cannot carry them away as fast as they pile up. For lack of bunker coal held back by trf- Se congestion, the number of ships in our harbors increases menacingly, ‘The food supply is threatened to {an even greater degree than the fuel \supply. This condition is in. large part due to the congestion that at many points holds the loaded cars in Washington, Jan. 19.—Fuel Admini; statement last night reminding the public that while the fuel restrie- tion order was drastic, war was drastic, and the order was a neces- FOLLOW-UP rator Garfield issued a “The order suspending temporarily the operation of indus- trial plants, in portions of the United States; is drastic. is drastic. This war is the most extensivé and involves greater sacri- Yes, war The American people, led by the president, entered this war deliberately. They are staking every- “To single out industries which in the aggregate will bring relief only if suspended indefinitely. Reaches Result Quickly. To require all industries, except a comparatively small part, to cease for a few days, quickly accomplishes the desired result and permanently in- jures none. The order as it ‘stands puts all industry on an equal footing, competition, but this reason alone is not sufficient. This reason, plus the fact that the order will put coal in the empty bins of the people, will save coal, and will aid in breaking up con- gestion of traffic and in furnishing an adequate supply of coal to the people who need it, and to the ships which cannot sail without it—these are suf- ficient reasons and justify the order. “Only those industries producing necessary war material that can be promptly delivered are permitted to operate during the suspension period. To permit industries with a coal sup- ply on hand to operate would allow many of the less essential to continue while some of the most essential would be compelled to stop. More- over, to allow those fortunate enough to possess a coal -pile to continue would _result in adding to the traffic ,congestion, and unless they also are suspended at a later period, the need- ,ed saving in consumption of coal would not result. ‘ “To have delayed the applicatio: of the order would only have added , to the congestion. It is no condemn- ation Of industry to say that each ° would have striven to the utmost to increas its supply of coal and other raw material during the days prior to [the application of the order.” ’ , ’ i \ t) + « ‘ 4 c 5 « oie , { i ! Le