The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1918, Page 8

po kerr ow raat BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 1918. <PANSION OF AMERICAN FORGES UNDER NEW CONSCRIPTIONS WILL DEPEND ON SHIPS AND NECESSITY Secretary Baker Says War De- : partment Has Fixed No Date for Another Draft NEW LEGISLATION NEEDED Next and Future Drafts Will be Drawn From Registrants Assigned to Class 1 Washington, Jan. 30.—Expansion of America’s fighting forces beyond their present strength depends upon such factors as events abroad and the ship- ping situation, Secretary Baker said last night in disclosing that the war department has not fixed a date for an other draft, nor even determined how many men shall be called. When Mr. Baker told the senate mil- itary committee Tuesday the United States would have half a million in France early this year and that in all a million and a half could go across if ships could be found to carry them, he referred to the divisions now in train-/ ing camps and those already in Eu-| rope. Future developments will decide | what additional forces will be sent. Increment of Half Million The secretary made clear today his | opinion that if events made it nec-| essary to call out more than another | increment of half million men, the ex- ecutive authority to draft men for fighting units other than reserves would be exhausted and further legis- lation by congress would be nec sary. He said, however, that author- ity to call two increments of line sol-/ diers of 500,000 each and such ad-| ditional numbers for recruit battal- | ions and special units, ‘as the presi-| dent may deem necessary,” the second draft migh bring out in all as many as a million men. Coming of Age The senate committee today tenta- tively approved legislation proposed by the war department to provide for| the registration of youths attaining} the age of 21 years since June 5, au-) thorizing the fixing of quotas on t! basis of one class of the new classifi- cation and empowering the president to call men needed for special indus- | trial-or other work. Provost Marshal | General Crowder appearing to explain} the bills told the committee it was) proposed to hold a new drawing to} establish the order of liability of the new registrants. When the new men have been given their serial numbers, their names will be inserted in the| classes to which they may be assign- ed, according to a plan now being worked out. New Men Class One It is assumed, General Crowder said, that most of the new registrants will) fall into class one, giving that class this year a total of some two million) men. From class one it is proposed to| take the next and any future drafts. | In a formal memorandum presenting | his views, the general also disaproved | suggestions that the registration be extended to men beyond the age of 31 saying the effort of classification is so great and so expensive, and the num- ber of persons past 31 years who would fall in class one so small that the task would not be worth while. Over 31 Men Called Although Secretary Baker today reiterated his desire to have exempt- ed registered men who reach the age of 31 years without being called into the military service, the committee re- fused to include such a provision in the legislation. General Crowder dis- approved the suggestion. The bills probably will be introduced in the senate tomorrow and Senator Cham- berlain said tonight they would be pressed for early passage. From Chairman Coffin of the air- craft board the committee today secur- ed, behind closed doors, what several members termed ‘most encouraging,” reports of the aviation program. Mr. Coffin told about the success of the Liberty motor, and outlined the co-or- dinated program of aviation produc- tion and operation arranged by the United States, England, France and Italy. Aviation Program. Although much of Mr. Coffin'’s testi- mony was confidential a considerable part.of it will be made public, prob- ably next Thursday, when he will be cross examined in open session, Fur- RAR Re eee ing would calm down. Then see to German troops. Split them up. AND THOSE ARE THE REASONS | why the world’s greatest military op-| jimany to win the war, did not begin last December. | The war can end in one of two | a military decision in the or a revolution in the cen- tral empires. The latter is the leading hope of the entente allies, But a revolu- tion is a difficult thing to bring about when a people thinks it is winning a war. And the German people thinks exactly that. They have been weakened by under- | feeding until they are prey to all man- ner of diseas They yearn for de }eent and sufficient clothes. Their homes are cold, for though there is plenty of coal in Germany there is no | way of distributing it. The great ma- | jority of the German people not in the }army are sick to their very souls of |their world war. | WORLD STARVES |GERMANS THINK. | But the Germans do not imagine themselves to be the only sufferers. Their newspapers tell them that con- ditions in England and France are worse than in Germany, and they can readily believe it, for if they, the vic- torious, are suffering, what must be the condition of the defeated? PACKS AND JAMS OF ICE DESTROY OHIO NAVIGATION Heavy Losses in Boats and Dry- Docks From Floods and Breakup Along Rivers | ——. j Paducah, Kenutcky, Jan. 30.—More than a dozen steamboats, a n. smaller craft, and at leas: docks, variously estimaied in vuiue from $600,000 to $1,000,000, were torn} from their moorings by ice gorges at} lower Ohio and Tennessee river points | Tuesday and tonight either have been| sunk or are floating in immense ice} floes near the junction of Ohio and Mississippi rivers in imminent danger of destruction. A majority of the packets and tow- boats, believed safe within the shelter of the Paducah harbor, parted their cables and swung out into the | rushing flood. | Vessels such as the Sfread Eagle and the Grey Eagle of the Eagle Packet line of St. Louis, each valued at $100,- 000, and among the largest steamboats on the Ohio, were churned by the ice and finally sunk near Metropolis, Ill., approximately 15 miles from their starting point. Meanwhile reports from up river points told of melting snows sweli- ing tributary streams, the formation | of ice goarges and the probability that when they breke they would release! a flood cf water that was expeaed} to cause still further damage 600,000 TONS OF GERMAN SHIPPING FOR OUR SAMMIES Kaiser Bill Aiding Uncle Sam Materially in Ultimate Con- quest of Teutons With the American Army in France, Tuesday, Jan. 29.—Announcement was made here today that the total ton- nage of former German steamships ready for the high seas service, most of which are now bringing men and materials to France, ‘s approximately | 5¢0,000. Among the censiderable | number already arrived safely ‘tente allied ports is the Leviathan, |former the Vaterland, and fifteen oth- jer of the Germans’ largest ships. These figures demonstrate the falsity it that the Hungarians rode with loyal) | | “Sirens of the Sea”’ at the Bismarck Tonight erations, the supreme effort of Ger-| #% The six-act Jewel feature, “Sirens of the Sea,” now at tne Bismarck The- ater, was six months in the making and was completed at a great expend- iture. The director, Allen J. Holubar, achieved in its undersea and water scenes some of the most unusual pho- tographs yet transferred to the screen. Notably the night scenes on the enchanted island. The picture was made at Santa Cruz, an island in California, and constantly employed 1 cast of one thousand persons, head- ed by Louise Lovely, Carmel Myers and Jack ‘Mulhall. Grace Helen Bailey is responsible for the story which has to do with the odd adventures which befall a girl cast in a storm on the dleak shores of the lonely island in UNCLE SAM AND CANADA AGREED ON CONSCRIPTION Conventions Give to Citizens of Each Country Privilege of Returning Home Washington, D. ©., Jan. 30.—Agree: ment between the United Swtes and vweat Britain and Canada, on the erms of a separate conscription con- ventions which only await the signa- ures of the representatives of the governments concerned, was an- nounced today by Secretary Lansing, na letter to Chairman Dent, of the house military committee. The conventions give the citizens of each country the option of return- ing to their own country for military service within a fixed period after which they would be subject to mili- sary duty under the laws and regu lations of the country in which they reside. Tiey would also permit each country to exempt nationals from mil itary service if deemed. necessary. THREE OF FOUR MEMBERS WAGE BOARD NAMED Buffalo, Kancas City and New York Represented on Im- portant Commission Washington, D. C., Jan. 30.—The railroad wage commission announced the appointment of three of the four members of its board of examiners, to hear minor wage complaints. They are: E. J. Barcalo, Buffalo manufacturer and leader of the legislative move- ment in New York state. Riley Redpath, Kansas City business man ,and Lathrop Brown, New York, formerly member of congress, and now special assistant to the secretary of the in terior. VILLA MEN DYNAMITED MEX TRAIN Juarez, Jan. 30—Confirmation of dynamiting of the Mexican Centra: wreck train at Diaz station, 25 miles south of Chihuahua City, Saturday ‘by villa followers was received here to day. A total of 142 men were killed ‘DANIEL REED WILL | | Gol, Culbertson to Address Simi-| lar Meeting to Be Held in | Mandan Feb, 25 | ‘HAS BEEN IN WAR ZONE) Speakers Acquainted With Gen- eral Food Shortage and Have Messages Worth While Plans are being formulated for the big Food Conservation Rally whic will be-held at the Auditorium Febru: ary 25. R. O. Baird, field agent for Dr. E. F. Ladd, federal food administrator at Fargo, No. Dak., was in the city to- day making arrangements’ for the meetings to be addressed ‘oy Daniel Reed in Bismarck, and Dr, Henry Coe Culbertson in ‘Mandan. ‘Mr. Baird an- nounced that Mr. Reed would arrive here in the afternoon and address the school children. It iseproposed to in- terest the various’ members of the Women’s Federated clubs, wiio have been taking an earnest interest in ‘ood conservation. It is possible that Mr. Baird will appear before this com- nittee late this afternoon and outline he program for the Bismarck meet- ‘ng. Both Mr. Reed and Dr. Coe are speakers of national repute. Graduate of Cornell. Daniel Reed, 2 graduate of Cornell ind a member of the New York bar, was engaged in the work of commun- ‘y betterment when the war was de- ‘lared. He was a member of the staff ff the American Cities Bureau ant von renown as an orator and worker ‘or civic betterment. When the war started he immediately entered the service of the government, assisting n the National Red Créss drive and | ‘ater acting as western director of he food-pledge campaign. As a member of the United States *ood Administration he, with five oth- ors was sent to Europe early in De ember. As official representative of he United States government they vere given unusual opportunity to get ‘irst hand information of actual con- litions in England, France and Italy. They spent: weeks visiting in the yoines of the people in all three coun ries. They were aliowed to see the stores of food on which the allies de- pend. Tuey studied conditions in the trenches and back of the trenches Thev were the official guésts of Ger eral Pershing and his staff and will be adle to bring official news of the American ‘boys who aré‘how in Eu- rope, the conditions under ‘which they | are living and the amount of food ey have in reserve and that they will] esd. Knows. Conditions. Mr. Reed knows to what extent fam- ‘ne threatens Europe. ‘He has had lengthy conferences with the Eritish ninistry. He has the vital facts which avery American is eager t6é learn. | Dr. Henry Coe Culbertson, for th rast eleven years president of the! Sollege of Emporia, Kansa§, holds de- rrees from the University 6f Emporia, ansas, holds degrees from the Uni-| versity of Cincinnati, the University of | Shicago, and honorary titles of D. D and L. L. D. from. Lennox and Missouri Valley Colleges. He has traveled ex- tensively abroad and was in ‘Holland when the war broke out. Since Amer- ica entered the war he volunteered his services to the food administration and came to Washington. In his address ‘Dr. Culbertson will give a plain statement of facts cover- ing the causes that led to the present world food shortage. “Over in Europe the people are hun- gry,” Dr. Culbertson recently said. “If they lived across the street from you instead of across the ocean you would realize the situation very much more than you do today and it would not be necessary to make an urgent appeal here in America for food saving.” Present-day conditions in Europe will be outlined by Dr. Culbertson, narticular attention being paid to the food situation in the nations with which America is associated in the prosecution of the war. ‘He will ex- plain how Amcrica, possessing a great- jer abundance of food than the allied nations, must save in order that starv- ation may not overtake the allies and spell victory for the central powers. Secretary Geo. N. Keniston of the Bismarck Commercial club is making extensive arrangements for the meet- ing. The Bismarck Home Guard, the ‘ood controller and the French food |} BRING | HOOVER'S MESSAGE 10 BISMARCK or Dan A. Reed. e Knights of Columbus, Burleigh Coun- ty chapter of the Red Cross, Daugh- ters of Isabella, and other organiza- tions are invited to participate in this meeting and make it a rousing rally. Ae REAL WOE IN STORE; DUTCH BEER IS NIX ~Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 30.—The Allgemeine Zeitung Fuer 1raurein (General Gazette for Breweries) says that the supply of-barley for German breweries will be stopped, thus ‘bring- ing the whole brewing industry to a standstill. ‘rhe measure is said by the publica- tion to be due to the exceedingly bad harvest of oats, necessitating the use of barley for fodder. | TONIGHT ONLY could nct attend. In order arranged. Tomorrow Onlv WM. S.|HART 'FRIDAY: ‘ Harold Lockwood will assist in apportioning among the allies tonnage that America can spare for foreign service, and will keep the allies informed of the Amet- ican shipping situation. England has had a shipping commis- sioner in the United States almost from the time America entered the war. UNITED STATES 10 HAVE A PERMANENT BOARD IN LONDON Ratmend B, Stevens and George Rubles Named Members of Commission Washingion, D. C., Jan. 80.—Ray- mond 2. Stevens, vice chairman of the shipping board, and George Rublee of the board’s legal staff are to be sent to London as permanent representa- , indebtedness. V tives of the shipping board. was heavily over: The two American representatives ury department announced today. prcba ly will sit with the inter-allied’ allotments will he made as soon as chartering committee ,although that} all subs¢riptions are reported. ‘Te has not been definitely decided. They | Certificates are paya le April 22. BI CERTIFICATES OF DEBT WERE MUCH IN FAVOR Washington, Li —The is- sue of, $400,000,0°0 of cert h closed Jast nig ut, scribed, the tre Th CTT Toni sht Tonight cucu SMARC THEA RE K THE PICTURE BEAUTIFUL Sirens of the Sea One of the most elaborate and lavish productions ever filmed, requiring a cast of over 1,000 people. TOMORROW TOMORROW MARK TWAIN’S IMMORTAL CLASSIC TOM SAWYER FEATURING JACK PICKFORD—A FEATURK THAT WILL PLEASE EVERYONE [RETURN DATE | Charlie Chaplin In His Greatest Comedy in 2, Reels The Adventure Owing to cold weather during first engagement, many Seven Peels Coming Tomorrow m. S. Hart Dorothy Dalton and Thelma Salter in The Discipl ORPHEUM THEATRE —— TONIGHT ONLY to give those who failed to see ‘‘The Adventure’’ an opportunity to see this won- de“ful Chaplin Comedy, this return date has been NEXT? tRIDAY Seven } Harcld Lockwced Reels Orpheum Theatre | Mat'nee & Nicht | a thrilling Thomas H.Ince FRIDAY:|. Haro'd Locl.wood of recent German clai and the pub- lication of this infor ion is per- mitted for that reason. Tho figures are au-horitatively de- clared to prove that Germany has de- liberately circulated reports to belit- tle to her own people the assistance given to the entente allied cause ‘by this shipping, and thus to create un- justified confidence in tne German submarines. However, fifteen former] German steamships have arrived in entente allied ports. ao ther inquiry into the aviation service | will be made tomorrow, when Briga-| dier General Squier, chief of the army} service, and Colonel Deeds, will ap- pear, probably in executive session. | ‘The committee had hoped to retall Secretary Baker before the end of the week for cross-examination, on his} statement yesterday of army achieve- ments, but tonight Chairman Cham- berlain thought the aviation branch would consume the next few days and postpone Secretary Baker’s return un- til next week. The Reorganization Scheme. Discussion of the controversy over the conduct of the war and proposed war departments reorganization also is impending both in the senate and house. Senator Wadsworth of New York is planning an address, possibly tomorrow in support of the bills for a war cabinet and munitions director. The war cabinet measure wil Ibe con- sidered by the committee this week ‘and another vote is planned on the question of reporting it to the sen- ate. Why There Was No German Offensive On Western Front Last Fall (Continued From Page One) _ ice plans and symptoms ‘of a desire to return to entente war making. It was equally obvious that fur- ther attempts to move the Hungarian troops while in their present mood would be dangerous. Suppose they should mutiny? It would not be a mat- ter of a few companies who could be machine-gunned into see get nine 4 always contagious. It might sprea 0 4 eatiieats; veven thronglt Adventure,” his latest comedy play : ; wait @ bit. The feel-| Theatre. : i jes foui-b Shee B ime: ‘neve: 'wast Dairy vy the Villa band. Contrary to re- ports first received here late yester- day, the entire train guard of 190 fed- eral soldiers was annihilated, having been killed during the fighting or lat- er executed. It is now believed all of the 47 iMexican track workmen were killed, tuat number having been taken back to Chihuahua City. The Most Heat For $1 is the fuel for economy. Ourcustomers f unquestionable verdict centers on Beulah COAL Now is the time for a try out The fuel for the most critical Finch Lumber Co." | ara Don’t fail to see Chaplin tonight in “The Adventure” at the Orpheum the- atre playing special return date. ‘ CHARLIE CHAPLIN f 000,000 comedia 1 who appears tonight only in “The ing special return date at the Orpheum A if ‘| World famous $1, oR