The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1918, Page 1

‘a oe let} re. PRETO TET THE WEATHER Fair and colder, if a THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR, ‘ BAKE NATIONAL ARMY ITO BE BROU HE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOT. R STATEMENT P oe) @' ee ‘K TRIBUNE == ‘MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1918." ‘POSTEROUS- HITCHCOCK GHT UP TO 685, 000 QUOTA SET 9,000 DAKOTA TROOPS 10 60 FEBRUARY 28 Last Increinent for First Draft Summoned in Orders From General Crowder 12,000 MEN NOW READY) Six Times as Many in Class 1 as| Will Be Needed for This | Month’s Quota He Deals with Three Million Workers for . Labor _Departmnet Washington, D, C., Feb. 4.—Provost | Marshal General Crowder announced | today; that the movement of the last | increments of the men selected in the! first draft will begin on February 23 | and continue for a period of five days. | This will complete the operation of | the first draft, as all states will have | furnished their full auctas. | To Complete Army. ] The movement. will bring the strength of the national army up to £85,000 men, contemplated in the first | draft. The number of men which will be| started to Camp Dodge, la, on Feb- ruary 23, is 14,984. The adjutant ‘general's office and) the district board for North Dakota had received no advices this morning from General Crowder relative to the calling of the last increments of the first draft for February 23. It is pre- sumed, however, that these men will go to Camp Dodge, where 50 per cent of the North Dakota select service men already have been sent: Five per cent of the Flickertail men have gone to Camp Stevens, Ore., and the call for February 23.-will take. about 2,000 men, or 45 per cent of the state’s total of -5,280 included inthe firat draft. It is understood that. enliatments which, have. been’ ‘received ‘since the first chil was inade’ will hot be cred- ited to the increment remaining due from ‘North Dakota, but will be held as a credit on future drafts. This will mean, therefore, the calling of 2,000 men February 23, the: second large movement of troops made under the select service act. from Burleigh county about 25 men will go. “We have about six: times as ‘many men now accepted and classed in 1-A division-as this draft. will call for,” reported the district ‘board this morn- ing. ‘In the neighborhood of 12,000 men have been classified and held for service in the first subdivision by. the local draft boards.” RIOT INDICTMENT AGAINST KELLER AND M’GRATH OFF Insufficient Evidence to Warrant Prosecution of St. Paul i Officials i St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 4— © | Riot. indictments against Os- car-E. Keller, city commis- sioner, and Thomas J. Me- Grath, were ahnulled in Ram- sey county district court here | today by Judge F. D. Dixon on motion of the county at- torney. Failares.to obtain | sufficient evidence, in view of || the dismissal of the case’ | against James Manahan, Na- | tional Nonpartisan league at- torney, indicted on the same evidence by the grand jury, was given as the reason for dismissal: | WAR BOARDS OF CENTRAL BMPIRES MERT IN. BERLIN Semi-Official Conierence on To- day to Discuss Economic Amsterdam, ‘Feb. 4.—Mr, Kuehl- mann, German foreign minister, Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, and General: Von Lueden- dorff, the German chier quartermaster general, a semi-fficial announcement from Berlin says, will arrive in Berlin JSOFDN B.DENSMORE John E. Densmore has been named head of the new department of labor division which will have charge of the labor problems involved in the mobili- | zation of 3,000,000 workers for the ship and munitions plants of the country. The new division is an expansion of ‘the old’ U. S. employment service. | Densmore had been solicitor in the | labor-department. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGED DEATH SHIPS’ PILOTS Men at Tillers « of Vessels’ Which Destroyed Halifax Placed Under Arrest VIOLATED RULES OF ROAD| tes’ Commission Finds That Both Nav- igators Were Guilty of | Irregularities Halifax, N. S., Feb. 4—Blame for the collision between the French mu- nitions ship Mont Blanc and the Bel- gian relief ship Imo, resulting in the explosion of the former vessel, which destroyed a large part of Halifax, and resulted in a large loss of life on De- cember:26, was placed upon Pilot Mac- key, of Halifax and Captain La Modec of the French ship, in a judgment an- nounced today iby the government's commission which investigated the collision. With the announcement of the com- mission’s judgment, the pilot was ar- rested, charged with nianslaughter, the commission having recommended that he be criminally prosecuted and his license cancelled. The commis- sion held that La Modec and the pilot violated the rules of the road. The commission also recommends |to the French autaorities the cancel | lation of the license of Captain La \Modec and that he be “dgalt with ac- cording to the laws of his country.” The captain was also arrested, | charged with manslaughter. SENATOR RECOVERING Senator F, T. Gronvold of Rugby, who remained at the close of the sre- cial session to undergo ‘a minor oper- ation, is recovering nicely in a local hospital. today to participate in political and economic conditions affecting the com- mon interests and territories ot Ger ger. many F Hotho Von: ee sates anter sador to F attend, ge ee es Here are German prisoners in a French detention. camp. They are ek ss; but except for this they live well, being served not only. with the Bren ‘electric: wires, *! committee of the eommunity."whose GOAL DEALERS PROFITLIMITIS $1.75 PER TON | Federal Fuel Administrator Baker | | Issues Order Fixing Prices of Fuels | PENALTY FOR SHY LOCK) ‘May Be Fined $5,090 or Imprison- | ment for 2) Years or Both Inder an order. just issued hy Capt. | I. P. Baker, fuel administrator for North Dakota, no dealer in this state .| may charge more than $1.75 per ten | retail above the cost to him delivered lin ears in the yard Of anthracite or lignite coal, and retailers of bitumin- ous are restricted to a profit of not | more than $2 the ton. In cases. where the retail coal dealers makes his own delivery, the delivery charg? in no | case is to be more than charge | was in July, 1917; for: the same ton- | nage and distance of delivery, unless | the local committee shall rocommend | to the federal fuel admini tor for | North Dakota an increase or rease. ra careful investigation as to the | delivery expense. | Federal Fuel Administrator Baker | expressly decrees that nothing in this | | new order shall be construed to mean | | that any permissable yard gross mar- | gin of: less than-$1.75 the ton ,of'2,000'| | pounds on anthracie ‘or lignite, ‘or of | Hess than $2’the ton‘on any gtade or | size’of. bituminous ‘coal, except Smith- ing coal, is increased., ‘Such charges, {he orders, shall remain as determined | by the United States ‘fuel :administra- | tor’s order of. October 1, 1917. | In any case where’this-order may | cause. evident and definite injustice, | Capt. Baker provides that’ the local | dealers are affected shall, immediately | make -a careful investigation, of the| reasonable, gross’ margin which* the dealer may~ be ‘properly permitted to| add to thé retail” price of his coal. These local committees are to make jthei rrecommendations to the federal fuel adniinistrator for North Dakota. and, if approved by him, such prices as recommended shall become effec- tive immediately, and shall remain in force unless disapproved by the Unit- ed ‘States fuel administration. The exaction of a higher price that specified, or the violation of these or- ders in any other particular, ren- ders the violator liable to a fine of not more than $5,000, or to imprison- ment for not more than five years, or both, and each separate transaction will be considere das a distant offense, | Vashington, D. C., Feb, 4 4 The liens today began considering a bill to of farmers, mostly in the northw wheat, erop. Rep. Baer of North Dakota, taries MeAdoo and Houston were substitute perfecting it. After Rep. Baer had told of w considered requesting Food Admi look. No decision was reached. 1 Geta Anes send to them through peutral Siberian. facts atid’ shall ascertain what is a}. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRIGULTURE CONSIDERING BAER’S BILL 10 LOAN NORTHWEST FARMERS FIRTY MILLION TITLED SON OF AMERICAN GIRL “DOING HIS BIT] | put chage. in the winning the’ war. is the Duc. de} Chaulnes,;gon of the’ late Duc “de| Chauines. "Hig mother was Miss ‘Phe-7 odora Shonts, daughter of the head of | New..York’s * “traction system... Every: where that he can-find war.activities, | the boy is:on-fhe’job, Even if itts‘only {. man’ éapital was quiet’ running errands) at}a Red ‘Cross’ ba- | | zaar he welcomes the chance. . He is shown: here at the wheel ‘of ‘a motor | ambulance which was presented to. the Ttalian army by several New York so-| ciety: leaders,.ineludiug «the Duciess | de.Chaulnes. » :, ‘FARM LABOR SURVEY | Commissioner. Hagan Hopes to AN. - ticipate State's Needs A’‘shortagé of farm labor for the seeding, cultivation and harvesting of North Dakota’s 1918 crop is feared by commissioner of Agriculture and La- bor John H. Hagan, who already has laid plans for a careful labor survey of the state, to commence in the near future. -Aiter the state’s needs are revealed, the commissioner will coop- erate with the United States bureau of labor in UDR ing the labor neces. sary. The lwuse“agriculture committee appropriate $50,000,000 for relief sst, unable to finance this year’s author of the ineasure, said Secre- conferring on amendments or a heat erop prospects the éommittee nistratoar Hoover to tell of the out- DEATH PENALTY FOR STRIKERS Capital Punishment Promised | Berlin Workmen Who Do Not Return to Tasks | AMERICANS SHELL TEUTONS | | Artillery Duel Results in Much | Destruction on Western Front Lines (Associated Press) Deata by execution is the threat held over Berlin work- men’ who do not return to their tasks today. Repres- sive measures instituted by the German government have taken the form of orders to the strikers to resume work on pain of trial by court mar- tial which will have power to impose the death sentence. Berlin has been one of the main centers of the strike movement and it has been ad- mitted officially that 120,000 workers were idle there, while unofficial estimates have run as high as 500,000, ‘The Ger- day, according to ‘cial statements. received) in “Tolland,” virtually. the. only form in ‘which ‘news: of, the strike has: been ‘permitted to leave Germany.* Another strike is reported to‘have broken out: atv Jena, in the’ Grand Duchy of Sax ‘Weimar: Americans in Duel. American troops on the front in Lor- raine have engaged the Germans in a heavy artillery duel. The enemy subjected the American trenches to a‘heavy fire. In replying, the Ameri- can gunners did considerable damage td barbed wire entanglements, and first line trenches. ° Little damage was done by the German fire. Two Amer* cans were killed, nine wounded, and | ono suffered from shell shot during | the bombardments. Raids at isola points and artil- lery bombardments in various sectors mark the operations om the other fronts in France and Italy. Fourteen enemy airplanes and one captive bal- loon were brought down ‘by entente} -laviatars on the Italian front, while in; | Northern France, Britis airmen ac- counted for ten German machines. | On With the War, Vigorous prosecution of the War un- GERMAN THREAT iGhaniaion Buyer of World to Supervise Purchasing for U. S. | + ER STETIOUUS Edward R. Stettinius, member of the | firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., who has been appointed surveyor general of the army. He will supervise all pur- chases. Stettinius has been the chief buyer in America for the allied .gov- ernments since early in the war—the champion buyer of the world. WARNS AGAINST SLOWING UP OF WAR ACTIVITIES Secretary Baker Asserts Too Much Credence Can’t Be’ | Given Strike Talk ALLIES NOW IN MAJORITY For First Time Officially Reported to Have Preponderance of Men and Guns Washington, D. C,, Feb. 4.—Warning | the nation not to let reports of strikes! and other internal disturbances in Ger-) many to slacken its war preparations, | Secretary Baker, in his weekly mili- tary review today, also makes the of- ficial announcement that American troops are at last holding a portion) | of the actual battlefront, For the first time also, Secretary | | Baker declares that it is fully, ‘believel| ing through a munitions director. are |the allies have a preponderance of men and guns on the western front, til peace can be obtained “based on the principles of freedom, justice, and! respect for international law,” been decided upon by the suprem| its meeting. speeches of Count Czernin zellor Von Hertling unfavorable. ASKS CULPRIT’S RETURN Governor Frazier Makes Requisi- tion on Gopher Executive Governor Frazier has made requis- sota for the return to Grand Forks | county of Thomas LaBelle, wanted on a charge of grand larceny. Sheriff O. F. Turner came to° the’ capital to | obtain the requisition papers. ‘GERMAN PRISONERS te FED IN pRENG epOLLPEN® ‘behind: abatiiihovire entanglement containing, live ch: ciety raciuit but with food which their war council which has just completed | declare The council found the| Periority and Chan-} {enemy himself. ‘BRITISH LOSSES ition on Governor Burnquist of Minne- | DROP OF MORE THAN 2,000 despite the fact that the German line has | has been strengthened by troops from! that the governmeint’s system was ob- e|the Rugsian field. ‘Secretary Baker the reports of numerical su- have been “spread by the SHOW LOWEST EBB FOR MANY MONTHS Casualties Reported for Week) Ending Totaled Only 6,354 FROM PRECEDING PERIOD London, Feb. 4.—The British casual- | ties reported during the week ended today totaled 6,354, divided as tel- lows: Killed or died of wounds, officers 51; men 1,825. Wounded or missing: officers 173; men 4,805. The lowest mark for many months past is reached by last week’s casuiil- ties. They compare with 8588 of the previous week, with 17,043 the week immediately preceding that and with 9,951 for the week ending December 31, the previous low figure for any | week in recent months. RAILROADS ORDERED TO TURN PIERS OVER TO BLOCKADED SHIPS Washington, D. C., Feb, 4.—To re- lieve lighterage conditions in New York harbor and promote speeding the loading of ships, Director-General Mc- Adoo today ordered six railroads to assign about 20 piers on the New Jer- sey side for the coaling and loading of vessels. RANSOM MAN HONORED Charles A. Ulmer Named Member F Soldiers’ Home Trustees The governor has is _ commissioned Charles A. Ulmer of Ransom county to be a member of the: heate ee | of the war. 4 statements that the government has a NEBRASKAN IN NEW ATTACK ON WAR SECRETARY Declares Campaign Is Going For- ward Without Plan or Rea- soned Direction SHIPPING NOT SUFFICIENT Fears to Go Too Deeply Into Fiasco for Fear of Giving Enemy Information Washington, D. C., Feb. 4. —Seeretary Baker’s recent statements to the senate mili- tary commitee that the Unit- ed States would have half'a million soldiers in France early this year, and that pros- “pects were not unpromising for ships to carry a million more who would be ready during the’ year, weré charac- terized by Senator Hitchcock in an address to the senate today as ‘‘absolutely prepos- terous and so exaggerated as to convey an entirely false impression as to what we can do and what we are doing.”’ Supporting the committee's hills for a war cabinet:and.a .. munitions director, .Senato Hitehvock’ declared:'that:Sec-.’, retary: Baker.-no doubt . was sincere, : bit. .was_misled by lack of information regarding’, searcity of ships into: making sanguine predictions, He, sdid* “President Wilson, | humself, does not know the real’ situs tion,’ and cited this condi 7 as an illustration..of -the:ab- sence of government; coordi-.- nation, Administration lead-\. ers prepared to reply'to Sena- - tor Hitcheock, whose ‘speech *, launched | the debate, pani has been impending'sinee See-.: retary Baker made’ his ‘state- ments, and the président made known his opposition to the military conimittee’ 8 plans for reorganizing the government’s war machinery. Much Credibly Done. Conceding that much of a big task has been credibly done, the Nebraska senator insisted that centralized and coordinated war operations, through a war cabinet and centralized purchas- imperative. He asserted that the pres- ident and Secretary Baker. had. tried but failed to obtain the object, but solete. The committee's legislation, he argued would not embarrass or in- terfere with the president's direction ‘Sharp criticism of many government war activities was made by the sen- ator in illustrating his arguments, but iwthout attacking individuals. “‘Blun- iders that almost surpass belief,” have joccurred in the war department, he |said, and the shipbuilding he describ- led as a “farce and almost a crime.” ' He declared the transportation sys- tem has “broken down,” and is a ‘gi- gantic wreck” wit htwo million tons of freight piled up at New York without | shipping facilities; that the fuel ad- ministration’s orders have paralyzed war and other industries and that food distribution also has been inefficient. ‘In flatly denying Secretary Baker's plan for the war, the senator said the military committee was thunder- |struck by the war secretary's optimis- tic assertions. Afraid to Go Too Deep. “IT am afraid to go too deeply into shipping figures,” he added, “for one might be charged with giving informa- tion to the enemy. All who are in- formed tas to the present supply of our shipping were thunder-struck at the statements of Secretary Baker His sanguine predictions as to our ability to ship men to Europe and sup- ply them are exaggerations of the wildest sort, “To supply a million men.in France, supposing we could get them over there. it will require five million tons of shipping in constant use, We’ all know the total tonnage now available is nothing like that amount. ‘We all fear it will not approximate a year from now. “Yet, the secretary of war is Fry out of touch with the shipping board and shipping authorities that he makes a statement that is absolutely prepos- terous, I have no doubt of hig. sincer- ity, but this indicates again. the @x- tent to which one department is out of touch with another. department.” We Have. No Plans.” =. Turning to Secretary Baker's vor plan, Senator Hitchcock sald: ” “Secretary Baker 8° plans. 1 am sorry to: him. If there. is one ti spicuous by ite erin the: