The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. |THE BIS NO. 19, 3 \ BISMAR( AR a Ss é 3 NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1918 GERMAN ARMY $ A us \ ra} 1) met ° EVENING EDITION CK TRIBUNE , PRICE FIVE CENTS OWING YELLOW STREAK LEGISLATORS PREDICT SHORT SESSION KITCHENER HEIR AMONG RESCUED OF NAVAL CLASH German Cruisers Converted to the Turks Make Dash on Darda- nelles Fleet. BRESLAU SENT TO BOTTOM Raglan and Smaller Monitor of the British Fleet Go Down in the Attack. SOLDIER COLONIES WILL BE HIS WORK London, Jan. 22.~One hundred and seventy two members of the crew of the Turkish cruiser Midullz, formerly the German Breslau, were rescued after the action between Turkish and British forces at the entrance to the Dardanelles in which the Midullu was sunk, it was officially announced last night. Of the total of 310 men on the Brit- ish monitor Raglan and the small monitor M-28, lost in the action there are at present reported 132 surviv- ors, the announcement states, ‘Both the Breslau and the Turkish, and the cruiser Sultan Sélim, the for- mer German Goeben, the other Turk- ish vessel engaged, were mined, the statement adds. The Goeben is now being continuously bombed by British aircraft in the narrows of the straits, where she stranded after she hit the mine. , The Goeben and the Breslau, the statement explains, had emerged from the Dardanelles on Sunday morning to attack the British naval forces north of the Island of Imbros. After the Raglan and the small monitor had been sunk the Breslau was forced oe a British mine field. The Goeben headed at full speed to- ward the Dardanelles striking a mone near the entrance. Turkish «destroyers, coming ‘to ine assistance of the Breslau were engag- ed by British destroyers and driven off. BROMME AMONG SAVED Commander of Monitor Raglan Comes Through Ordeal. London, Jan. 22.—Viscount Bromme, commander of the British monitor Raglan, which was sunk in the en- gagement with the Turkish cruisers, which formerly were German vessels Breslau and Goeben, at the entrance to the Dardanelles, is among those saved according to the Evening News. Viscount Bromme was chief bene- ficiary under the will of the late Earl 'The demand of Giese pac ‘house employes for government URGES ACTION NOW TO AVERT CRISIS LATER Attorney for Packing House Em- ployes Says Packers’ Con- trol Is Absurd. FAITH VIOLATION CHARGED | Alleged That Employers Have Not Lived Up to Mediation — Washington, 1 Dd. C, ‘,, Jan. TN. CARVER. The returned soldier problem is the chief concern of Thomas Nixon Carver, United States adviser in agri- cultural economics, who is working out with Senators Curtis of Kansas and Sheppard of Texas a plan for col- onizing United States soldiers after the war. A bill carrying the general idea is already pending in congress. Until recently Professor Carver was professor of political economy at Har- vard University. TAGGING SHOVELS | MAY SAVE DAKOTA MILLION DOLLARS Faithful Observance of Fuel Ad- ministration’s Economy Meas- ure Is Big Thing. “Tag Your Shovel Day,” in its faith- ful observance, may mean for. North Dakota a saving of almost a million dollars yearly in its coal bill, points out Capt. I. P. Baker of Bismarck, fed- eral fuel administrator for North De kota. A single shovelful of coal doesn’t amount to much—Perhaps an aver- age of 20 pounds of coal. But if ev- ery one of North Dakota’s 120,000 fam- ilies “does its bit” and saves a shovel- ful of coal a day, it means a daily saving of 1300 tons of coal. And, sup- posing that the majority of North Da- kotans are burning lignite, reducing the general cost an average of $5 the ton, this means in money $6,500 every Kitchner, of whom he was a nephew, day, or $45,500 weekly. And, suppos- and is heir to the title. BAKER WOULD PROMOTE USE OF OUR COAL Believes People from Patriotic | Motives Should Consume Native Fuel. SUGGESTS PUBLICITY WORK and Advertising Can Do Good Work, The United States fuel administra- tion for North Dakota today aidress- ed to lignite producers in this state the following letter: “January 4, prices for ited at the mines in North Dakota wére fixed by the United States fuel administration as follows: Screened’ lump, $2.50; six-inch steam Jump,’$2; mine run, $2.25; screenings, $1,25. “Prices establishéd are intended to govern sales by } the producers of lig- nite in the case‘of delivery on board railroad cars at the mines. Where lig- nite is mined at a distance from the railroad, an additional reasonable charge is permitted to cover the cost of placing lignite on board railroad cars. Similarily, where lignite is de- livered in ‘wagons or by other means of transportation. “In view of the many different sit- uations existing throughout the lignite producing sections of North Dakota, it is not practicable to establish a fixed charge for haulage to apply in al) cases where a charge in addition to the maximum price is permissable. When ever a producer of lignite deliv- ers the produce of his mine directly to consumers or on board railroad cars at a point or points distant from the mine, in‘ wagons or by other means of transportation of the producer, appli- cation should be made to the chair- man of the district committee for the establishment of maximum haulage charges, with statements of cost and recommendations for proper permiss- able maximum charges. ‘The United States fuel administra- at Continned pone clght)) pa ERE coast and gulf. ing that each of North Dakota’s 180,- 000 families burns its stoves or ranges or furnaces at least 20 weeks out of the 52, the annual saving would reach the significant total of $910,000. Big Men Back of It. January 30 has been proclaimed “Tag Your Shovel” day the nation ov- :er. In North Dakota every school child is pledged to see that the coal shovel in his or her own home and in his or her neighborhood is tagged. Es- pecial exercises are being arranged in many schools, which will discuss America’s fuel problem, now looming more important than any other, call- ing attention to North Dakota’s good fortune in having, underlying approxi- mately half its acreage, the greatest single bed of coal in America, esti- ' mated by the United States geological survey to exceed 700,000,000,000 tons, fuel sufficient for the needs of the Believes Producers by Organizing whole nation for 500 years to come. “Tag Your Shovel” day has the en- | dorsement of President Wilson and | Governor Frazier. Many states have ‘ arranged unusual observances for the occasion. In Florida, State Fuel Ad- ministrator Arthur T. Williams has arranged that not only shall the shov- el of the governor of Florida be tag- ged, but he finds that three disting- uished American citizens are winter- ing in the state, and he has planned to have each of them do his part. i Florida’s guests include Thomas A. Edison, William Jennings Bryan and “Marse” Henry Watterson, the great Louisville editor. Mr. Edison’s shov- el will be tagged by Jacksonville high school girls; Mr, Bryan’s by the Honor Guard, a patriotic organization of young women, and Mr. Watterson’s by a@ committee of army officers from Camp Joseph E. Johnstone. All of these distinguished citizens will bring to their'winter homes their bonafide, every-day* coal shovels, Mr. Bryan’s coming all the way from Lincoln, ‘Neb., Mr. Watterson’s from Louisville, and Mr. Edison's from his home in New Jersey. Wooden Ship Program Temporarily Halted Washington, Jan. 22.—Stoppage of the wooden shipbuilding is only tem- porarily and is due to lack of ma- terial and labor, Charles Piez, general manager. of the emergency fleet cor- poration, today told the senate inves- tizating committee. Lumber could be delivered to the Pacific coast yards he said, but vessels under construc- tion in the east must be completed as quickly as possible, and available ma- terial is being sent to the Atlantic AUSTRIA’S CRY Incipient Revolt in Dual Monarchy conirol of the meat industry dur- ing the war was broadened today | to include all of the packing plants! or the United States, It was made clear at the outset of | hearings before the senate’s media-. tion commission that the employes be-| lieve the question to be one of na-| tional necessity and now merely a lo-; cal dispute ‘between the Chicago! Plants and their workers, Urges Action. “Tt is adsurd for a group of six com- panies to control the food supply of the United States and tie allies,” Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the: workers, told the commission. Mr. | Walsh declared it was necessary for iy ceorerameny to act now and not for a calamity. Weve Mayer, attorney for the pack- ere, argued that the companies were striving to assist the nation in the war! and iuat there was no adequate reason to justify seizure of the plants from , the owners. Violation ef Agreement? Disagreement developed as to the operating of the Chicago mouia tion) pact, negotiated by the-commission on! Christmas ‘day. The workers contend- ed that the packers failed to live up; to’their agreement. HE'S OIL RIGHT: MARK L. REOUA, Mark Le Requa ; @wArais & EWING ing engineer and independe: has been named oil administrator un- der Fuel: Adminietrator Garfield. sen in charge of the com- mercial relatio; administration. ‘HUNS MORALE ON EBB, CuATMS TWO KILLED AND 15 ‘SBRIOUSLY INJURED IN OMAHA DISASTER Omaha, Neb., Jan. 22.—Two per- sons were killed and fifteen seriously injured here early last night when a freight car broke away from a switch train and crashed into a street car loaded with Passengers, I FOR PEACE IS WAR FEATURE Given Prominence in the European Press. MAY BE HIDDEN PURPOSE Suggested Government Intrigue Is Behind Apparent Lenient Attitude. . London, ‘Eng., Jan. —<Aus- tria- Hungary’ 's ery for peace, ac- companied apparently by a comdi- tion of incipient revolt, is fea- tured by the morning newspapers as a fact that is hurrying the dual: monarehy to a crisis. London dis-! patehes from Amsterdam show the workers have become desperate because of lack of food and gen- eral war weariness. There is an evident conneciion' of the strike movement with the! negotiations at Brest-Litovsk, which have encouraged the social- ists to insist that the war shall not be prolonged merely for the pur- pose of territorial aggression. May Be Hidden Purpose. While most papers here attach the greatest importance to the upheaval and some infer that the Austrian gov- ernment is encouraging the movement in a genuine endeavor to create peace, the fact that the censorship has per- mitted reports to be telegraphed from Vienna with unwonted freedom, sug: gests to other comentators that there may be a deliberate purpose behind the license allowed in Vienna. Reports from Switzerland mention- ed the arrest of peace demonstrators in some places in Austria. Clashes be- tween hungry civilians and soldiers re reported, while in instances, it is said the soldiers refused to fire on the demonstrators when ordered td do so. At Gratz, where the trouble is acute, the soldiers abandoned their. [loaded machine guns to the rioters. weeks ago. Bayarians and Saxons Now Best Fighters—Prussians Are of Poorer Stock. AUSTRIAN STRIKE IS ENDED Washington, D. C., Jan. 22.—Morale army is on the eb), of the German Captain Richard Aign, in charge of the Eritish tank in this country, told the senate military committee in re- citing personal expericnces of ‘“go- ing over the top” five times. They are not half so “God Al- mighty,” he said. The Bavarians and Saxons now are the best fighters. The Prussians are not such good stock as the first Prussian army, and have a_yellow streak. Austrian Strike Ends. London, Eng., Jan. 22.—The strike movement which assumed such men- acing dimensions in Austria on Sun- day was virtually ended Monday morn- ing when the strikers either resumed work or held meetings at which a de- cision was reached to go back to their “| tasks today, according to news agency dispatches from Switzerland. Before this, however, the strike and the food; demonstrations accompanying it had spread throughout the whole em- pire, including Galicia, and had every- where assumed a political character with the demand for peace taking pre- | cedence over everything else. ANOTHER TREAT OFFERED CITY'S PATRIOTS SUNDAY United States War Movies to Pre- sent Second Series of Great Pictures. Bismarck patriots who filled the Auditorium to overflowing for the first presentation here of the United States war movies under the auspices of the North Dakota defense council are assured another treat, Sunday, January 27, when the second series of films will be shown at Bismarck's beautiful playhouse. Sunday's program will not dupli- cate the initial showing in any fea- ture. The pictures wuich constitute the second series portray United States naval activities, the submarine, medical and ambulance corps, torpedo boats, messengers of mercy, and “The Spirit of 1917.” Children under 14 will ‘be admitted free to the afternoon matinees at 2:39 and 4. Evening performances will de given at 7:30 and 9:45. The admis- sion fees will be 15 and 25c. The Bismarck Home Guard is standing sponsor for these pictures: in Eis- marck, and the. guardsmen guarantee their friends even more absorbing en- tertainment than was furnished by the first pictures shown here, two ADMINISTRATOR Mark LL. Requa, San Francisco min- nt oil man, Re-| i ns Civision of the food jlessening of the TANK CAPTAIN WORKMEN GIYEN PEACE PROMISE BY DR. SEYDLER Strikers Assured Their Govern. ment Is Striving to End Great War. WEST FRONT NCW INACTIVE Bulgarian Attaci: on the French Troops West of Varder Only Feature Today. (Associated Press) Austria-Hungary will strive for a peace. but on the terms previously given. This is the answer given to the Austrian workmen who have quit work to demand peace, by Dr. Seydler, the Austrian premier. Emperor Charles, he said, de- sired to end the war at the earliest possible moment, No new peace terms were enunciated, and the labor leaders were told that the re- sponsibility for the continua- tion of the war rests upon the allies who had refused the of- fer from Austria-Hungary. Resignation of the Austrian pre- Seydler, is reported by a Berlin newspaper, but there is no press for. official confirmation. Count von Toggenburg, minister of the | io form a new eabinet. in von Seydler indicated demands on Rus- sia, and German newspapers. re- port that unless Russia accepts the offer of the central pow the peace negotiations will be broken off, The peace negotiations have been suspended until Jan, 29, Military Inactivity. Almost complete military inactivity 'SON OF GRANT ; Crawford of the state board of re- ! university, Evanston, Ill. 'have requested ‘is possidle, however, that the regents | persist on the fronts in France and Ital, On the ‘Macedonian front, Bul- garian troops have attacked the French positions west of the Vardar heavily. The Lulgarians were able to enter the French trenches at only one point, from which they were thrown out immediately by Greek troops. ‘British political circles are discuss ing the resignation from the war ca)- inet of Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Ulster unionists, on account of the Irish situation. It has been expected that the Irish convention, which has been discussing plans for home rule in Ireland would make its reports: shortly. Sir Edward has been the lead-! er of the opposition to any home rule plan, which would include Ulster. MAY HEADOUR _| STATE VARSITY Fargo, N. D., Jan. 32.—President gents announced late this afternoon that no selection had been made for | a president of the University of North | Dakota at Grand Forks. When asked if the board would select the presi-{ ident today, Mr. Crawford said he did not know. Grant May Be Named. The list of eligibles under consid- eration by the board has been prac- tically reduced to two—Dr. Thomas F. Kane, president of Olivet college in Michigan, and Dr. U. S. Grant, son of General Grant, and dean of the col- lege of liberal arts at Northwestern All others whom the board consid- ered suitadle candidates for the post their names with- drawn, for one reason or another. It may have under consideration today some’ entirely new candidates. BREST-LITOVSK | PEACE PARLEY AGAIN HALTED Petrograd, Jan. 22.—The peace nego- tiations at Brest-Litovsk have been postponed for a few days. Foreign! Minister Trotzky is again in Petro- grad, and according to the evening newspapers is preparing another note to the entente allies. Aberdeen Suspect - Once | Fargo Editor Fargo, N. D., Jan. 22.—Paul Gross, associate editor of the Freie Presse, arrested in Aberdeen, S. D., for viola- tion of the espionage act was formerly publisher of the State Press, a Fargo weekly. He has a brother, Captain Otto Gross, in France fighting with the expeditionary’ forces. Paul himself was a member of; ompany B in Fargo for several years. Resignations Reported. | mier, and probably that of Von! interior, is said to have been asked | i no- GENERAL NIVELIE; mai o4 * gan. ROBI.G.NIVELLE General Nivelle who conducted the, French offensive of April, 1917, which some writers insist would have driven the Germans out of France and Bel- gium had not politicians interfered and had Nivelle removed, has been given the post of commander of the ; French forces in Algeria. MORTON COUNTY PIONEER HELD A FRIEND OF HUNS A. V. Schellern Held Under $1,000 Bonds to Answer Espion- age Charge. Mandan, N. D., Jan. 22.—A. V. Schal lern, a pioneer of Morton county, and former county treasurer, is under ar- rest on charge of violating the espion-, age act of June 15, 1917. He is chaged with having said that) the American boys would never do jalists of Germany and Russia would settle the war, and that peace would be made while the kaiser ruled, for the kaiser would always rule, that we have a worse autocracy here than they ever had in Germany, that Wall street is the autocracy, and that the American people can only see one side, an that “the president is noth- ing more than a figurehead of a bunch - of junke: | He was taken before United States sioner Lanterman this morn- ing, and boun dover to the United States district court, which convenes in March at Bismarck,’under bonds of $1,000. AUSTIN TO BE CHIEF CLERK (President Fargo, N. D., Jan, 22 of Fargo announced today he had been offered the chief clerkship of the house and that he would leave for Bismarck tonight. The position was held last session by ES peowen) PAROCHIAL AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSING ORDER Cook County Fuel Administrator Regards Drastic Step Necessary. COAL PROBLEM IS SERIOUS; Five Day Suspension Regulation Generally Obeyed in the Windy City. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 22.—All parochial an private schools were closed today until next Monday while the grade public schools, closed for a week; and scheduled for reopening tomorrow, al- so will remain closed until next Mon- day. This is the result of an order j of County Fuel Administrator Ray- mond Durham, who regarded the coal situation as serious enough to war- rant his action. High schools will con- ee | tinue to operate. Although the five-day order of the | fuel administrator was for the most part generally obeyed, Mr. Durham re- gards the coal problem of Chicago and surrounding territory as still serious. MOTOR SALESMAN HAS APPENDICITIS, Robert Thurston of the Missouri Valley Motor company, is quite ill at the St, Alexius hospital where he un- derwent an operation Saturday: for ap- His iene remained pendicitis: about the sat HE CAME BACK BIG LEAGUERS ALL BOOSTING FOR A BRIEF SESSION Some Nonpartisan Legislators Pre- dict Assembly Will Ad- journ Saturday, ONLY MILITARY MEASURES Members Favor Considering Noth- ing But Emergency Legis- lation—Some Dope. Nonpartisan leaguers in the city are ‘unit in declaring for a short ses- sion, “We'll finish our business and swe and jet the other fellows stay here if they want to,” said Rep, L. L. stair of Botineau this morning. He admitted, though, that the most the Nonpartisan house could do, under the constitution, would be to take a three as it is provided that nei- |ther house may adjourn more than three days without the consent of the other body. Rep. A. A. Leiderbach of Dunn coun- ty, now a full fledged leggue organ- izer, declared on his arrival this morn- ing his belief that the session should wind up Saturday night or next Mon- day morning. “I'm against .considering anything , ed to meet an emergency,” | ervaen. | of Page. ; any investigations or any general leg- ! pense hing in the trenches, that the so-! | ernor 22.—W. D. Austin | ! the people a chan ! iuey want four years’ more of them. 10t absolutely a war measure, requir- said Leid- “We would be foolish to try go into a lot of pr ‘ogressive legisla- tion at this session,” “We would not be keeping the faith ith our constituents if we took up | anything other than war measures or " continued this se: than necessary,” 8 “Lam very decidedly against ‘islation at this time. 1 don’t, feel we should pile up one penny more ex- than necessary.”. « “What's it all about” Senator Gil Haggart of Fargo was asked. “Search me,” replied the statesman from Cass. “I'm here to fing out. JI haven’t a ; thing on my mind, right now.” Frazier for President. The talk drifted into the June prim- aries this morning. ‘I look for no change in the line-up on the state tick- et,” said Rep. Leiverbach. Stair of Bottineau seemed to have the same idea. either would suggest any- thing as to the possibility of Judge EK. 1. Totten of Bowman being the league's candidate for the place on the supr ch to be filled at the on. Totten is gen- the league’s choice, but since certain recent developments his candidacy has been kept rather quiet. ral zier will be our next governor, all right,” said Leiderbach. “We're going to keep on clecting him gov- as long as we need him, and then we're going to send him to the United States senate or make him of the United States.” Not After Scalps. “We're not out after any scalps,” said Stair of Bottineau, when the fate ot the hold-over senators came up. “These men have served the people for four years. If they come up for re-election we're simply going to give to say whether One thing you can put down in files for future reference, and that is the league is going to elect a majority of the senators next fall. We're going to have control of both houses. “House Bill 44 will not be resur- rected at this special session. We've stood these conditions a good many yes and we can stand another year of it. At the next regular session we'll have both houses, and then we'll consider 44 and other things we've tbeen waiting for.” A Place for the Goats. Plans for the national park in the Killdeer mountains are progressing nicely, reported Rep. Leiderbach, and it was suggested that this might make a good preserve for the goats the league has captured and tuose it is now gunning for. Beaver are being jtrapped out of the park this winter as a means of saving tthe trees. An appropriation of $90,000 for the pur- chase of land is expected from this session of congress. Six-Days School. Rep. C. E. Knox of Oakes, while not a leaguer, has a bill which may meet with popular approval. It would pro- vide for six days school a week as a means of shortening the session and releasing farmer boys earlier in the spring, when their services will be re- quired in seeding. Dickey county is much in favor of this Dill. perintendent State Su- of Public Instruction ‘Macdonald was asked for permission to make Saturday a school day, but, while he did not express disapproval of the plan, he stated that present laws would prohivit this innovation. Kirkeide has Been lil. Senator A. J. Kirkeide is among the old warhorses on the ground today. The famous singer from Benson is not looking himself after a long seigé of illness which has cost. him fifty.. pounds. With the coming of Suitisnd weather he poh for. i