The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1918, Page 5

t ‘4 . 4 MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918, BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE \@| SOCIETY | Annual Snow Ball Partry Announced: For Feb. 9 The entertainment committee of the Bismarck United Commercial ''ravel- ers consisting of Dan S. Stewart, J. C. Oberg and Walter T. Brown, has an- nounced the date for the annual snow ball dancing party for Saturday, Feb- ruary 9, at Patterson hall. This wil! be the last of the pre-lenten series ar- ranged by the. council. The masquer- ade ball given by the council Saturday evening last was one of the most suc- cessful offairs yet given this year. Returns After Visit. Miss Lou Satterlund returned this | morning to her home in Washburn, af-| ter a visit here with her cousings, Mr. and» Mrs. John A. Larson of Sixth | street. i | Visiting Parents. i Sergeant Joseph Tully, retired, now | on recruiting service. in Spokane, | Wash., arrived in the city Sunday for | a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T..J. Tully of Broadway. Mrs. Paterson ill Mrs. E. G. Patterson of the McKen- zie, who has been ill for several days is slowly recovering. The ladies of the Maccabees will meet Tuesday evening in the Knights of Pythias hall. Scotch Entertainment. The Woman's Auxiliary to Compan- ies A and I, has announced a benefit entertainment for Wednesday evening February 6 a the Auditorium. Miss Angela Mary Gibson, a noted Scotch singer and impersonator will be the entertainer. ; Conclude Visit Here. Miss Mae Halcrow, who has been the guest for the last month of her sisters, Mrs. J. G. Moore and Mrs. C. | W. Moses, left Saturday for James- town o visit her sister, Mrs. De Frate | before returning to her home in Bowesmont. Red Cross Nurse Called. | Miss Catherine Graham, a nurse do-; ing special work at the St. Alexius; hospital has received orders to be} ready for an immediate call to gov-| ernment service. Miss Graham will) leave as soon as her transportation is} forwarded. Guest at Luncheon. Mrs. Ellis Putnam of Person court, was a guest at the luncheon given Sat- urday by Mrs. M. V. Murray and Mrs. louis Murphy at the home of M. F. Murphy in Grand Forks, in honor of Miss Ada Budge, who will wed Hume Bason of New York city, Wednesday February 6. Leave for Grafton. Evangelist and Mrs. Sprong, who have been in the city for the last three weeks conducting revival meetings at) the First ‘Baptist church, have:gone to! Grafton to conduct: meetings there. Splendid results resulted from Evan- gelist Sprong’s work here. A large crowd heard him Sunday night. To Give Recital. The monthly recital of the Clef Club will be held Tuesday evening at the| residence of Mrs. D. O'Leary. The first part of the program will consist of miscellaneous numbers while the second part will be given over to Han- del’s works featured by selectiong from the Messiah. George Humphreys, Miss Lancetta Steele, Mrs. J. L. Bank- ston and Paul Graham will interpret the Handel selections. In Charge of Bureau. Miss Leota Mae Farrell of Thayer | street, is in receipt of a letter from Many causes have contributed | PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT her brother, Edward A. Farrell, who is: stationed at Camp sherman, Chily- cothe, 0. Mr. Farrell stated that, he was still enjoying army life and is now in charge of the futelligent Bu- reau of that camp. Mr Farrelle is a son of Mr. and Mrs.) W Farrell, and enjoys a large circ’e of f.ends in the capital city. Women’s Club Notes. Mrs. H. S Vo'ler will read a paper on “Warrior Women” this evening be: fore the meeting of the P. E, O. Sister- hood at the home of Mrs. Charles Sta- ley in Sixth\street. Mrs W. L. Nuessle of Second street, will be hostess, Wednes afternoca to co-members of the Fortnightly club. The life and tendencies of the works of W. G. Wells will be given by Mr. Nuessle. At Governor's Mansion. Members of the first division of the General Ladies Aid society of the Mc- Cabe church will meet Thursday after- noon with Mrs. Lynn J. Frazier at the governor's mansion. The division has asked the second, third and fourth di- visions to meet with them at that time for a social afternoon and the husbands have been asked for a 6 o'clock luncheon. ®A musical program will follow the lunhceon. At the busi- ness session at 3 o'clock officers for the year will be elected. ————_—____—___———3} | PERSONAL NOTES | | a Miss Bessie Ronice of this city, is| spending a short time with her sister, | Mrs. E. T. Christianson of Fargo. | Mrs, W. E. Ricker o {this city, spent | | the week end the guest of her daugh-| Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Clark of Ave- nue A, are planning to leave this week for Florida to spend the remainder of the winter. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McGillic and Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bingenheimer of | Mandan, will leave this week for Hot | Springs, Ark., where they will sojourn | for several weeks. | ter, Mrs. R. W. Shinners of Mandan. George H. Wahler, a former em-| ploye of The Tribune, who was among | the boys of the second draft to go to} Camp Dodge, has been transferred to | the 812 Aero Squadron, Kelly Field, | No. 3, San Antonio, Texas. | Mrs. J. A. Haney of Miles City, wil | arrive in the city this week for a} short visit with friends, stopping here | on her way to Cresco, Ia., where she goes to join her daughters, who are with her parents. The little Misses Haney will accompany their mother home. The Haneys have taken an apartment in the Erickson apartment house. THINK, If you think you're beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don’t; If you'd like to win, but you think you can't, It's almost a cinch you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost, | For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow’s will; It’s all in the state of mind. If you think you're outclassed, you are, i You've got to think big to rise; You've got to be sure of yourself be- fore You can ever win a prize. Life's battles don’t always go i To the stronger or faster man, | But scon or late the man who wins Is the one who thinks he can. | —W. D. Wintle. to create the necessity for a more BONNETS BIG AND LITTLE FOR THE SPRING DRIVE BY BETTY BROWN. New York—Wohile the snowflakes still are frequent. visitors’ and | shreuding furs are our warmest fr with flowers weary beholders. Here is a group of creations fashion wind blow Lrass-colored stray in deep gelden brown- Hat on the bri t crown a a hit of Tam confident that the great body of our women who have lab- | nd waken dreams of summer The large and shady beauty iends our feminine forward looking uw to show which way the ut the top is of nd brim top covered with velvet yellow and gold beaded ornament in st and a stiff velvet bow perced atop the high crown | are its only trimmings, It has all the graces of fine lines, good color, and sinplicily. | Below are four mple hats for street wear, a rough, pale straw | with a belt of indigo moire ribbon slipped under its straw straps; a cep like turban of rough straw with wool flowers; a wide-winged j black hat with white feather puff balls; and a quaint poke of black | satin, with a nifiled ribbon edge that recalls the demure charm | of our sunbonneted youth, | | Antawn Ca ar aed ohana AAA ARRAN | | pair the strength of our people and will cnable us to meet one of | the most pressing obligations of the war. 1, therefor, in the national interest, take the liberty of calling | upon every loyal, American to take fully to heart the suggestions | which are being circulated by the food administration and of begging that they be followed. | Strengthen Efforts vardrobes: in winter-| intensive effort on the part of our people to save food-in order that we | may supply our associates in the war with the sustenatice vitally nec- essary to them in this day of privation of stress. The reduced pro-| duetivity of Europe because of the large diversion of man-power to the war, the partial failure of harvests and the elimination of the more distant markets for foodstuffs through the destruction of ship- ping, places the burden of their subsistence very largely on our shoul- | ders. ; | The food administration has formulated suggestions which, it| followed, will enable us to mect this great responsibility without any, real inconvenience on our part. , Thirty Per Cent Wheat Reduction. i “. In order that we may reduce our consumption of wheat and wheat | products by thirty per cent—a reduction imperatively necessary to} provide the supply for overseas—wholesalers, jobbers and retailers | should purchase and resell to their customers only seventy per cent | of the amounts used in 1917. All manufacturers of alimentary pastes, | biscuits, erackers,.pastry and breakfast cereals should reduce their purchases and consumption of wheat and wheat flour to 70 per ecnt of their 1917 requirements, and all bakers of bread and rolls to 80 per cent of their current requirements. Consumers should reduce their purehases of wheat products for home preparation to at most 70 per cent of those of last:year, or, when buying bread, should purchase mixed cereal breads from the bakers. Potato and Cereal Substitutes. ‘To provide: sufficient cercal food, homes, public cating — places, dealers and manufacturers should substitute potatoes, vegetables, corn, barley, oats and rice products, and the mixed cereal bread and other products of the bakers which contains an admixture of other cereals, Rear aed | In order thaf;consumption may be restricted to this extent, Mondays and Wednesdays should be observed ‘as wheatless days each week, and one meal each day should be observed as a wheatless meal. Tn both homes and public eating places, in order to reduce the consumption of beef, pork and sheep products, Tuesday should be ob- served ini each day; while, in addition, Saturday in each week should served as meatless day in each week, one meatless meal should be ob- further be observed as a day upon which there should be no con- sumption of pork productft ‘A continued economy in the use of sugar will be necessary until Jater in the year, Avoidance of Waste | It is imperative that all waste and unnecessary consumption of all sorts of food stuffs should be rigidly eliminated. The maintenance of the health and strength of our own people is vitally necessary..at this. time, and there should be no dangerous res- trietion of the food supply; but the elimination of every sort of waste and the substitution of other commodities of which we are more ab- undant supplied for those which-we need to.save, will,jn no. way im- ored so loyally in co-operation with the food adiministration for the sake of food conservation will strengthen their efforts and will tak it.as a part of their burden in thi speriod of national service to see | that the above suggestions are observed throughout thie land. : WOODROW WILSON, AMERIGAN SUGAR SENT TO FRANCE American Price Rigidly Regulated by United Statcs Food Administration 2 ~.; rie CONSUMERS HERE PAY: 9c. — Sugar Cost 35 Cente a Pound During Civil War—Refiners’ Profits Now Curtailed, Sugar is selling today throughout America at from 8% to 9 cents a pound to the consumer, even thous! there Is a world shortage which hag reduced this nation’s sugar allotment to 70 per cent. of normal, 6 Through the efforts of the United States food administration the sugur market has been regulated as far as the producer, refiner and wholesaler Is concerned. The food administration has no power to regulate retail prices except by public opinion, Even though more than 85,000 tons of sugar have been shipped to France in the last four months the retail grocer’s sugar price {s around 8 to 8% cents. He should sell this sugar at 8% to 9 cents, the food administration believes, and asks the American housewife to pay no more than this amount. Last August when the food admin- {stration was organized the price of sugar rose suddenly to 11 cents a pound, During the Civil War sugar cost the consumer 85 cents a pound. By regulation of the sugar market and reducing the price to 8% and 9 cents and keeping It from advancing to 20 |cents the food administration has sav- led the American public at least $180,- 000,000 in four months, according to a statement made by Herbert Hoover the other day. “It Is our stern duty to feed the al- Nes, io maintain thelr health and strength at any cost to ourselves,” Mr. Hoover declared, “There has not been, nor will be as we see it, enough sugar for even their present meagre | and depressing ration unless they send | ships to remote markets for it. If we in our greed and gluttony force them either to further reduce their ration or to send these ships we: will-have done damage to our abilities to win this war, “If we send the ships to Java | for 250,000 tons of sugar next year we will have necessitated the em- | ployment 0? eleven extra ships for one year, These ships—if used in transporting troops—would take 150,000 to 200,000 men to France.” Reason for World Shortage. thoughts turn to that ever-delightful problem of the spring bonnet.| Ags Mr, Hoover pointed out, the : Milliners are fore-handed folk and prepare their gay and bewitch-| United States, Canada and England | ing wares in time to tempt the eyes and purses of the south-flitting | were sugar Importing countries before social butterflies, and also in time to start the shop windows abloom | the war, while France.and Italy were | very nearly self supporting, ‘The main | sources of the world’s sugar supply was Germany and neighboring powers, the West Indies and the East Indies. German sugar fs no longer available, as it is used entirely in Germany, | which also absorbs sugar of surround: ing countries, | England can no longer buy 1,400,000 long tons of sugar each year from } Germany. The French sugar produc: tion has dropped from 750,000 to 210,- 000 tons. ‘The Italian production has fallen from 210,000 tons to 75,000 tons. ‘Thus three countries were thrown upon East and West Indian sources for 1,925,000 tons annually to maintain thelr normal consumption. Because of shortage the allied nations started ' Rast Indian sugar took three times the number of ships, since the dis- tance was three times as great. Sud- denly the west was called on to fur- nish and did furnish 1,420,000 tons of sugar to Europe when 300,000 tons a year was the pre-war demand. The allies had drawn from Java 400,000 tons before the shipping situation be- came acute. “In spite of these shipments,” Mr. Hoover stated the other day, “the English government In August reduced The White Mouse, 18th January, 1918. SPBAKER WOOD TALKS LEAGUE AT AUDITORIUM Unfortunate Choice cf Subject Drives Many Auditors From Bismarck Theatre advocated, and the conscription of life. He spoke of the percentage of | our “surplus life’ which will be re-| turned from the battlefields of France after the war and the “surplus wealth” | which may be returned the unholy rich when Uncle Sam finds he has | no further need fer it. Mr. Wood was so. much: wrapped | up in his league gospel that he ne- glected to say much,of-sthe ; merits of the war or of the saerifice of the thousands of bravé boys who have enlisted for service’ underOld Glory or whom Uncle Sam has‘ calléd to the colors. The most charitably inclined felt that Mr. Wood showed rather poor taste in his choice. of:a subject, | and there was a sigh ‘of-relief from the auditors who stuck it, out to the end and when the -boys in the gal- leries were released and went clat- , tering down the stairs, signalling the | close of the speaket’s: talk. NO MORE SUNDAY. PICTURES | (Late Saturday evening, State's at- SOLDIERS ‘‘SURPLUS LIFE” Refers to Sacrifice of Our Boys As Giving of Something Country Doesn’t Need the househo!d sugar ration to a basis lof 24 pounds per annum per capita. And in September the French govern- ment reduced thelr household ration | to 13 2-10 pounds f year, or n bit over 1 pound of sugar a month. Even this | meagre ration could not be filled by the French government It was found enrly in the fall. America was then asked for 100,000 tons of sugar and) succeeded In sending 85,000 tons by | December 1.. The French request was granted hecause the American house- hold consumption was then at lenst 55 pounds per person. and it was consid- ered the duty of maintaining the French morale made our course clear.” Today the sugar situation may be summarized by stating that i America will reduce its sugar con- sumption 10 to 15 per cent. thie nation will be able to send 200,000 more scidiers to France. Sugar today sclls at seaboard re fineries at $7.25 a hundred pounds, 'The wholesale grocer has agreed to limit his profit to 25 cents a hundred ed by thie Wil fir ictedsed Voat OT Te fining, losses, cost of bags, labor, insure’ ance, interest and other things, rather, more than cover the difference. After rolonged negotiations the refiners were placed under agreement estab- lishing these mits on October 1, and anything over this amount to be agreed extortionate under the law, “In the course of these investiga- tlons It was found by canvass of the Cuban producers that their sugar had, during the first nine months of the past year, sold for an average of about $4.24 per hundred f. 0. b. Cuba, to which duty and freight added to the refiners’ cost amount to about $5.66 per hundred, The average sale price of granulated by various refineries, ac cording to our investigation, was about $7.50 per hundred, or a differential of $1.84. “In reducing the differential to $1.30 there was a saving to the public of 4 cents per hundred, Had such a dif- ferential been in use from the Ist ot January, 1917, the public would have saved In the first nine months of the sear about $24,800,000.” Next Year. With a view to more effictent organ- (zation of the trade In imported sugars next year two committees have been formed by the food administration = 1. A committee comprising repre sentatives of all of the elements of American cane refining groups. The principal duty of this committee is to divide the sugar imports pro rata to thelr various capacities and see that absolute justice is done to every re Aner, 2, A committee comprising three rep- resentatives of the English, French and Itallan governments; two repre sentatives of the American refiners, with a member of the food admintstra- tion, Only two of the committee have arrived from Europe, but they repre- sent the allied governments, The du- ties of this committee are to determine the most economical sources from a transport point of view of all the al- lies to arrange transport at uniform rates, to distribute the foreign sugar between the United States and allies, subject to the approval of the Ameri- can, English, French and Italian gov: ernments, This committee, while holding strong views as to the price to be paid for Cuban sugar, has not had the final voice. This voice has rested In the governments concerned, together with the Cuban government, and I wish to state emphatically that all of the gen- tlemen concerned as good commercial men have endeavored with the utmost patience and skill to secure @ lower price, and their persistence has re duced Cuban demands by 15 cents per hundred, The price agreed upon is about $4.60 per hundred pounds, f. 0. b. Cuba, or equal to about $6 duty paid New York. “This price should eventuate,” Mr. Hoover sald, “to about $7.30 per hundred for refined sugar from the refiners at seaboard pointe or should place sugar in the hands of the consumer at from 8/2 to 9 cents per pound, depending upon s the world's shipping | drawing on the West Indies for sugar; | A. typical. Non-partisan league or- ganizer’s address from Speaker How- ard Wood followed the first matinec exhibition of the state council cf de- fense’s war pictures at the auditorium on Sunday. Mr. Wood spoke on in- |torney F. E. McCurdy was. called {upon by George Register and others |to stop the Sunday showing of the ; war pictures. The state’s attorney | declined to take action at that late date, it is understood, however, that because of this opposition, the state vitation of the defense council. The speaker dealt with profiteering the hoarding of food by “food hogs;” the conscription of weath and other matters which have commonly been discussed by Townley, Thomas, Bow- en and other league workers. ‘The address made no decidedly fav- orable ‘impression with the speaker's atidience. Many people left their seats| Of the cld fashioncd’ man who gave and walked out during the course! away all ihe pennies he received to of the harrangue which continued | children? about 20 minutes. Mr. Wood’s ref- Ga erence to the select service act as' Jazz crchestra will give a concert “the ccnscription of surplus life,” in this eveaing during the dinner hour drawing a simile between the con-'at the McKenzie '“hotel—Advertise- scription of wealth, which Mr: Wood. ment. defense council will make no further effort to show these patriotic pic- tures on Sunday. The shows an- nounced Sunday for Fargo were stop- ped by pecple of the Gate City. Gone Forever, In the meautime, what has become plus freight, and the retail grocer is supposed to take no more than 50 cents a hundred pounds profit. This regu- lation was made by the food adminis. tration, which now asks the housewife, to reduce sugar consumption as much; as possible, using other sweeteners, and also reminds her that she should, pay no more than 9 cents & pound for sugar, Centro! of Cane Refiners’ Profits. “Inmediately upon the establish- ment of the food’ administration,” Mr. Hoover said, “an examination was made of the costs and profits of refia- ing and it was finally ‘determined that the spread between the cost of raw and the sale of refined cane’ sugat should be limited to $1.30 per hundred: pounds. The pre-war differential had averaged about 85 cents and increased costs were found to have been impos- |: focality and’conaitione of trads, at from 1 to 2 cents below the prices of August last and from one- hal? to a cent per pound cheaper than today. “There is now an elimination of speculation, extortionate profits, and in the retining alone the American people will save over $25,000,000 of the refining charges last year. A-part of these savings goes to the Cuban, Hawallan, Porto Rican and Lousianian producer and part to the vonsumer, “Appeals to prejudice against the . food administration have been made because the Cuban price Is 34 cents above that of 1917. It ts sald In effect that the Cubans are at our mercy; that we could get sugar a cent lower. We made exhaustive study, of the cost of producing sugar in Cuba last year through our own agents in Cuba, and we find it averages $3.39, while many, producers are at a higher level. Ws found that an average profit of a Jeast a cent per pound was necessary in order to maintain and stimulate production or that a minimum price o $4.37 was necessary, and even thi: would stifle some producers, “The price ultimately agreed was 2: cents above these figures, or about one fifth of a cent per pound to the Ameri can consumer, and more than thi: amount has been saved by our reduc tion in refiners’ profits. If we wish to stifle production in Cuba we could) take that course just at the time of ull] times in our history when we wunt production for ourselves and the al; lies, Further than that, the state de- partment will assure you that such @ course would produce disturbances In Cuba ‘and destroy even our present supplies, but beyond all these material rensons Is one of human justice. This great country has no right by the might of its position to strangle Cuba, | “Therefore there !s no imposition upon the American public, Charges have been made before this commit; tee that Mr, Rolph endeavored to ben, efit the California refinery of which he was manager by this 34 cent increase In Cuban price. Mr. Rolph did not fix the price, It does raise the price to the Hawalian farmer about that amount. It does not raise the profit ot the California refinery, because their charge for refining Is, like all other re- finers, limited t2 31.30 per hundred pounds, plus the freight differential on the established custom of the trade. ‘ «Mr, Rolph has pot one penny of in- terest In that retnery.” Worth Knowing. “Fle who always receives and never gives acquires, as a matter of course, a narrow, contracted, selfish character. His soul hus no expansion, no benevo- lent impulses, no elevation of aim. He learns to feel and think and care only tir himself. —_—_——_ SPECIAL LODGE MEETING. A special meeting of Bismarck lodge No. 5 will. be held Monday evening January 28 in the Masonic temple. Work in the second degree will fea- ture. and bated at For twenty-seven years has been my specialty to train young men and women for lucra- tive business and bank positions, and helping them advance. I number among my former graduates thousands of the most successful Bookkeepers and Stenographers throughout the United State and Canada. Hundreds of these have risen to some of the most responsible positions in the business world. What I have done for others I can do for you, if you attend the BISMARCK — " oa a0 \ ° Splendid Positions Waiting For Girls with ° oe Business Tra‘ning MOTHERS—Your daughter can help win the war. She can be - self-supporting; she can carn enough to enable her to save money; she can fortify herself with experience in and knowledge of office work that will always stand her in good stead in the future, should need arise. If she’s interested in taking a business course, encourage her. A thorough training in the various branches of office work will never come amiss, She can start, if required, with the lowest primary, or common school branches. Right now there is a great demand for young women to take the places of the young men who have gone into military service. 1 will be glad to consult with you on this important matter. Drop us a line, phone or write. BISMARCK -~ Dr. C. B. White DENTAI, SURGEON Announces the opening of his office in the CITY NATIONAL BANK BLDG. Bismarck, N. D.