The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER Falr and colder. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 44. ENTENTE AND BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1018 LLOYD GEORGE CHALLENGES OPPOSITION: Dares Them to Move Want’ of Confidence Vote—Asquith Is Chief Critic. BIG PUSH FOR NEXT MONTH Austria-Hungary Loathe to Send Troops Against English and American Soldiers, DEMAND ON RUMANIA Amsterdam, Feb. 13.—The Ber- lin Tageblatt says that the Cent- ral Powers have addressed a de- mand to Rumania to enter peace negotiations and requested an an- swer by this evening. The news- paper says the demand did not take the form of an ultimatum, UNCLE AUSTRI SAMUEL'S FIST OENT ER PEACE PACT POOR FEDERAL - C0-OPERATION 1S CENSURED Kellogg Insists That with Proper Assistance Government Con- trol Is Unnecessary. DISAGREES WITH WILSON | Believes Arrangement Should Be Terminated Eighteen Months After the War Ends. Washington, Fet —The opinion that President Wilson's action in tak- ing over the railroads was unneces- sary because as good results would have been obtained by the carriers with the proper government co-oper- ation was expressed in the Senate to- day by Senator Kellogg, a member of the Senate Interstate Commerce Com- WANT FIFTY TRAINMEN FOR TANKS Washington, Feb. 13.—The war de- partment has asked the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to furnish fifty men for tank service, and 1,000 enginecrs for transportation service in France. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood, today told the railroad wage commission he would furnish the department the names of men available. HELSTROM WINS FIRST BOUT IN WAR MOVIEROW Triumphs Over Langer When Lat- ter Attempts to Jail Minot Mayor. CONFLICTING ORDERS OUT M'CUMBER ASKS$2.15 FOR WHEAT | Bill Boosting Price from $2 Intro- duced in United States Senate SENATOR GORE OBJECTING Would Fix Minimum at $2.50 Per Bushel—High Prices the Reason, Washington, Feb. 13.—A bill to fix the price of wheat for the 1918 crop at not less than $2.75 a bushel, instead of $2.00 as now provided, was introduced today by Senator McCumber, republican; of North Dakota and referred to the q i with an inherent threat, mittee. He declared that had the ay (By Associated Pres qaileoad heads (Been given full, mes! |" oe f agriculture committee. The sen- } Count Von Hertl sure of assistance, the government immediately following the arrest i ‘i q German Chancanae Ni pata would have escaped the necessity of|and speedy release of W. S. Shaw, ator said the price of materiel con } officially, will answer President Wil. guaranteeing the carriers an income| president of the Minot city commis. labor had become so high that | son’s address to Congress in the for the use of the properties taken Bion, in. couneetton ihe the showing| something must be done to in- Reichstag next Tuesday. over. of the Unite ates government's Facts ee Pei bal London, ’ the Senator Kellogg spoke in support of| war pictures in the Magic City by the crease the profits of the farmers t Daily News says, which bring closer the committee's amended draft of the| Town Criers’ club Sunday, F. 0. Hel- and induce them to increase pro- the possibility of a separate peace be- administration bill, which, he said,| strom, secretary of the North Dakota! dyction. tween Austria-Hungary and the En- 4 7 “reflects the best judzment of the ad-| defense council, and special represent- tente. Austria’ is said to look with : ee E . ministration and the committee.” Al-| ative of the division of films, com-|_ Senator Gore, democrat, of disfavor on sending her soldiers Unele Sam s right arm reaches aeross the At lantie now, and here’s ‘ though he did not agree with the| mittee on public information, council Oklahoma, also introduced an y against the troops of the United|trenchful of Sammies waiting for the word to take a punch at Fritz. As for meeting thé Huns’ attack, | President and his advisers on the rail-|of national defense, issued an order/amendment increasing the gov- States and Great Britain. this sample looks like the Ar 1 trenches were a “stone wall.” There's determination in every face | Tad question, the Minnesota senator|/commanding owners of “public | 9s-) ernment guaranteed price to $2.50 ‘Challenged to move; want of ‘con. fidence in his government by Premier Lloyd Georg2,"the British House: of Commons. ‘Yesterday failed to take} such action. Criticism oz the Ver- Latlles council and the premier’s atti- tude concerning it was voiced in the House by former Premier Asquith and other speakers. As to reports that Field Marshal Haig and General Rob- ertson had been dismissed or had re- signed, spokesmen for the government dehied the truth -of. such statements. | Premier Lloyd George in the House and King George in an address to Par- Mament, asserted no basis for a dem- ocratic peace. could::be, found in. re- cent. statements’ 6f;‘leaders of the Central Powers. Thé.Premier said he could see no’ difference in substance befween ‘the recent: utterances .of| Chancelor Von Hertling and Count Czernin. Before the Italian Parlia- ment, Premier Orlando has declared that Italy will fight on until victory is achieved. , There is no indication that military - operations on the west front are about to be resumed on a larger scale. Attempts by raiding parties are grow- ing stronger, especially on the French and if you can detect any nervou at ’em.”’ TALK RATES AT RQUITY MEBTING. AT VALLEY CITY, ence—Attitude Toward League Awaited. | MAHONEY CHIEF SPEAKER | au Valley City, N. D., Feb. 13.—The an- aual convention of the North Dakota | Union of the Society of Equity opened | aere today with a large attendance) Politicians Have Eyes on Confer-) you have Sam my’s own. word for it that it’s nervousness to get MOURNERS WITNESS BURIALOF | TUSCANTA VICTIMS FROM TOP OF 800-FOOT CLIFF ON COAST A’ Scotch, Seaport, Préss)—-The. Americ steamer Tuseania apparently‘is at least 159. Thus Feb. 11, (By the Assgciated a result of the sinkilig of the av 145 bodies have been buried along the Seotch coast and 14 additional bodies were recovered today. Funeral held tomorrow. The bodies of a ma means of inetal disks v twenty others, which bore. blank most of them by a general de found in the pockets of the men. Up. to Tuesday night, a week after services over the latter will be jorify of the Americans were identified by ch the men wore and in the case of about tags, identification was made of scription ‘of the bodies or by letters perilious voyage from Ireland, is able to give the first accounts of the last said he intended doing everything pos- sible to “straighten and _ facilitate government operation and insure just- {ice to the people, the railroads, and the vast army of security holders.” The executive committee of railroad heads, the Senator said, greatly coor- dinated the transportation facilities and enormously increased traffic, but j Were hampered by certain laws and | restrictions which should have been | abolished. Senator Kellogg approved of the compensation provided in the bill, but the plan submitted originally by the administration, giving the President absolute power to fix rates, was de- nounced. He said he believed the provision in the bill terminating gov- ernment control within eighteen months after the war should be re- tained. SIXTH DISTRICT © MEDICOS GATHER. Meeting of Association Held Tuss-| sembly halls, theatres, moving picture houses and other public places suit- able for pubiic assemblies to open their places at any day or hour which my nest suit the rurpose and con venience of the showing of the offictal United States council of national de- fense.” Attorney General William S,- Lang- er’s order to Sheriff Nedreloe of Ward county, which resulted in the arrest of Mayor Show, reads: “You are hereby requested to close up any mov- ving picture or film company which operates on ‘Sunday in your county, whether showing war pictures under the auspices of the Home. Guards, Knights of Columbus, Loyalty League, Red Cross or any lodge, association or corporation, provided admission is charged, or any sort of collection is taken up. The bill providing for war pictures was killed in the senate at the special session, ahd all peace of- ficers can do is to enforce the law. If attempt is made to show, be sure to seize film machine at time you arrest the man.” The first conflict between federal and state authority in the matter of war pictures came to a head at Minot on Sunday when F. O. Helstrom, as per bushel. LRGION FAVORS - WAR PICTURES Grand Forks Organization Would See U. S. Movies. on the Sabbath " ma Copies of resolutions adopted Sun- day by Labor’s Loyal Legion.at Grand Forks, condemning efforts. which have been made in that city to prevent the Sunday exhibition of the Defense Council’s war movies, have been re- ceived by Secretary F. O. Helstrom of the North Dakota council. In his letter of submittal, Frank L. Crone says: “Yesterday Labor's Loy- al Legion passed a set of resolutions, a copy of which is enclosed. The typographical union of this city has also pased resolutions, and the rail- front Verd d in the W ind an interesting program for the; the disaster, 171 victims of the ill-fat-; A bate shar faethe ae Lteka ie session which is expected to last/ed Tuscania had been laid {o rest at} moments of many of the American day Evening Proves Unusual (in agent of Uncle Sam, triumphed|¥@¥ orders probably took similar ac- 4 three days. fidderent points on the Scottish coast.! victims who perished asa result of Success. lover Attorney General Langer and tion yesterday, altho I have not been | I. | informed on this point. There is no | force. “Sometime in March,” according to a ‘German prisoner, “ the Germans will attack on the British front. He did not know whether a general of- fensive would begin then, but there is marked activity behind the German lines. “The weather on the British front continues favorable, and the fields and roads are drying fast. UDINE PILLAGED (By Associated Press.) Paris, Feb. 13.—The Austro-German invaders in northern Italy, daily are resorting to increasing acts of vandal- ism, violence, pillage and brutality ac- cording to the statements of prisoners captured by the Italians, a Havaas, dispatch from Rome says: Officers as well as soldiers are participating. Udine has been:pillaged and stores and buildings destroyed wantonly, by intoxicated troops. The rivalry in stealing, it is said, has been so great D. O. Mahoney of Viroqua, Wis,, na- tional president of the society, Attor- ney General William Langer, and J.j A. Little, rate expert of the state rail-| road commission, who will discuss the| rate situation, are among the speak- ers who will address the conveation. | Predictions that the society would} be an important factor in the coming | political activities in North Dakota! his year made recently have tended | :o greate additional interest in the convention’s proceedings. It is also thought that because of the govern-| ment’s entry into the farm loan field, the convention probably would close up the affairs of the ‘quity Rural Credits association, which was organ- ized some time ago with a capital of $1,000,000. The company is dissolved at the present time. i | Just-how far the Equity is prepared | to endorse the league and Townley is/| a matter of deep interest. It is known that the line of chain stores is not) These were divided as follows: Amer- icans 1381 identified, and 33 unidenti- fied; crew 4 identified, and 3 unident- d. None from North Dakota. No men from North Dakota are in- cluded in the list made public. The following from Minnesota and South Dakota, appear in the list, however: John A, Eichhammer, East Grand Forks, Minn. ; James J. Buckley, Minn. Walter Crelline, Virginia, ‘Minn. W. F, Tragesser, Cottonwood, Minn. Jobn C. Johnson, Big Falls, Minn. Edwin R. Burkley, Bemidji, ‘Minn. Fred M. Unger of Parstown, S. D. Fred K. Allen,,Ada, Minn. James J. Euckley, Minneapolis. G. A. Austad. Oakley, Minn. Frank Drahota, Jackson, Minn. The. Associated Press correspond- ent cooperated with the American ‘Minneapolis, the Tuscania disaster and of patriotic incidents attending their burial on the bleak and rock shores of this barren coast. The correspondent today. assisted in the' burial of sixteen “Americans, bringing the total of those buried thus far to 145, Fourteen bodies of’ Ameri- cans were recovered today and will be buried tomorrow. The bodies of eight members of the crew also have been recovered. Buried at Water’s Edge Today’s burial was at the water's edge at the base of rocky cliffs and was picturesque in the extreme. All the tiny villages for miles around were in mourning for the Americans, and farm and fisher folk came great distances to attend the ceremonies. Twenty-five American survivors of the disaster who had been left behind for the purpose of assisting the natives in digging the graves into which the One of the most interesting and best attended meetings in the history of the Sixth District Medical associa- tion was held at the Commercial club rooms Tuesday night, when medicos from all parts of the Bismarck ter- ritory assembled in monthly meeting to hear and join in the discussion of well-prepared papers presented by men of many years’ experience in the medical profession. An address by Dr. F. W. Schultz of Minneapolis on “Infant Feeding,” was a feature of the program, which in-; cluded excellent papers on “Abnormal Presentenation” by Dr. A. M. Brandt of Bismarck and “Prancenta Proevra,” by Dr. George Lipp of the capital city fraternity. All of the association members joined freely in the discus- sion of the several papers, and the meeting did not ajourn until mid- succeeded in showing the war pictures Helstrom also procured the discharge of Mayor Shaw, by making an affidav- it that he, as “the duly appointed and acting special representative of the division of films, committee on public information, of the council of national defense of the United States of America, “in pursuance of his dut- ies, and acting in such official capacity directed W. S. Shaw to exhibit the of- ficial moving pictures of the council of national defense “in the city of Minot on the tenth day of February, 1918, at the Orpheum theatre, and on any other future date or place which may suit the convenience of the Unit- ed States government.” Secretary Helstrom did not fare so well Sunday at New Rockford, where the display of the war pictures was prevented by the arrest of the theatre proprietor and the seizure of the picture machine. A flag which had been borrowed from the city for question that the sentimezt of the community is overwhelmingly in fav- or the showing these pitctures on Sun- day.” The resolutions endorse the patriot- ic purpose which is served by the ex- hibition of the United States govern- ment moving pictures, “now. ‘being made at great expense, showing the work of our army and navy and the life led by our boys and men now in the service; hold that the statute pro- hibiting Sunday moving _ pictures, under which the law enforcement league, through its president, R. B. Griffith, 1s acting, was enacted with no thought as such situation as this, and therefore resolve that “the action of our fellow-citizens in showing these pictures on Sunday be supported and commended; that we demand that-the law enforcement league withdraw its opposition, and request that the North Dakota state council of defense make that fights have broken qut between nopular with the Equity or Farmers’) army officers in obtaining these fig-| ) 55° night. or ke 3 = : tres which go forward to Washing-| khaki clad troops tenderly placed) Among out-of-town members in at-|the decoration of the front of the such rules and regulations ag. wi the various groups of the Central Pow-| Union. go for 5") their dead comrades. tendance were Drs. Mathews of Nap- aes ra oneclaimed by the city| sive our citizens the unquestionable ers. In Udine, these fights resulted in the dead of fourteen Germans, ana three Bosnians. There were also bloody conflicts at Polo Cattaro, be- tween the Germans and Austrians. Women and children, it is added, have been stripped of their clothing, which (has been’sent to Germany, while foodstuffs, whenever found, also are sent away by officers. Italian prisoners working on roads for the Austro-Germans are reported to be underfed and forced to subsist-on the cafcases of horses. PROTECT AMERICANS Paris, Feb. 13.—A decree extending M, P..Johnson, state rail commis- sioner, prominent in Equity’ circles, ton as the most accurate and com plete list obtainale. The last seven has had several clashes with Townley, especially on the terminal elevator| bill vetoed by Governor Frazier. ——_—__________5 | THE WEATHER. | ques Se For twenty-four noon, Feb. 13. Temperature at 7 a. m. . Température at noon Highest. yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest last night hours ending at . 21 of these bodies recovered,—all Ameri cans—were buried this afternoon, vil | lagers again coming many miles ina | downpour of rain to pay their tribute |to the American dead. The bodies jwere brought to the burial place on ‘one dig’ motor truck, which was fol jlowed along the route several miles Hlong dy a squad of 25 khaki clad American survivors and the village mourners. One of the villagers car ried the Union Jack, while an Ameti. ean soldier held aloft the Stars and Stripes.. Sang “Star Spangled Banner.” Looking down from the top of the cliffs 300 feet above stood the mourn- ers, headed by a British colonel, and an American private carrying an “old glory,” made for the occasion by a group of Scotch women, Two clergymen cae many miles and read the Scotch and Episcopal ser- vices, after which volunteers fired three volleys, which re-echoed against the hillsides. Bodies Badly Mutilated The ceremony was much the same as carried ‘out at the same spot on the previous day, when 34 Americans were laid. at rest in two graves. So badly poleon, Timm of ‘Blackwater, Ray of! Garrison, Altnow, Spielman and Mil- ler of Mandan, Shortridge of Flasher, Forbes of Washburn and Schierbaum of Hebron. Dr. Schippey, in charge of the North Dakota public health labor- atory in Bismarck, and a new member of the association, attended his first meeting. ROOSEVELT SHOWS BIG IMPROVEMENT New York, Feb. Gk marked im- provement in the condition of Col. Roosevelt was announced at the hos- auditor, who, it is alleged, declined to allow the banner to remain after the theatre proprietor had offered to de- posit a check for the full amount of its value as security. The fight on the war movies at New Rockford did not prove popular with citizens gen- erally who, Mr. Helstrom reports, crowded the theatre at the hours ad- vertised for the several exhibitions, when patriotic addresses were substi- tuted for the pitcures. That pro-German sentiment is ac- tually behind the opposition to the Sunday war movies, and that this ele- ment is taking advantage of North Da- right to show these pictures on Sun- day.” DISLOYALTY CHARGE AGAINST CANDIDATE ‘St. Louis, Feb. 13—The charges of disloyalty against John T. Adams of Dubuaue, Iowa, a candidate for. chair- man of the republican national com- mittee, were based largély on a let- ter which Senator W. N. Calder, of New York, produced ‘before the exec- utive committee here yesterday: The letter was dated Berlin, August 31, a Precipitation ....... At the graveside, the American sol i i. to American residents in France the Highest wind velocity diers sang the “Star Spangled Ban-| mutilated were many of the bodies] pital today. He passed a comfortabie| Kota’s blue laws to prevent further 1914, addressed to the editor of the Sat benefits of the law of August 5, 1914, ” | th army officers who °| dissemination of patriotic doctrine in| Dubuque Telegraph Herald. It said ficial ner,” followed by the natives sing-| that twa American y night. Mrs. Roosevelt spent some-|—“"" that “as America has been. flooded ‘ fs published in the Journal Official. Forecast. ing “God Save the King.” were sent here from London express-| time early in the day at his bedside. (Continued on Page Three) ith Hel d isleading reports | By this, American families, whose For North Dakota: Snow with cold] Temporary fences have been buil| ly for the purpose, found it impos- hepa O ONO. oan arrancones ni, \elng.and sym alead ng. reports i pay bread-winner has been called to serve) wave and fresh northeast: to north|@round the graves to be replaced by| sible to take finger prints for identi bute the witior would like dinase nets \ q in the American or French army, will| winds tonight; Thursday genorally|@ permanent enclosure as soon as the| fication purposes. MMI | NER ND Hehe in the Telegraph Herald some { i on proof of need, be entitled to.a daily | rir and colder. materials can be brought to these] Wooden: crosses, with distinguish- ticl “hich ae a te rai Ye allowance of one franc, twenty-five eres desolate shores. A British colonel.| ing numbers, have been placed on Thee Cavticle pa Legh rey to i centimes, with an additional allow- Lowest | who has, worked day and ‘night since] éach grave, all of which are enclosed White Book ‘a “the truth poe t Ger. ‘ ance of fifty centimes’ for each child, ‘remperatures'|the disaster, helping the Americans| by temporary fences. The bodies of it ook ant Truth about . > under sixteen, dependent on the bread- Farge. pete bury their dead, announced today! the Americans have come ashore thus aaa pars { winner. , Williston . 219 that the people of the nearvy country | far at eight’ widely seperated points = St.Paul . 4 side had started a public subscrip-| along the coast. All but 14, which*were STATE EQUITY MEETING { AMERICAN Om CTC None Winnipeg eae} Honsto ‘erect a, permanent monument | recovered today have been buried at 4 By ; RB Heleaa 28 to the Americans. 01 sue ., rae ; With the American Army in France, Ghicago .. Bs ci There are eight Americans. here Seat aca aap ead Be Administrative Officials Go to ? Tuesday, Feb. 12.—Aside from increas- Swift Current gt still too ill to leave. They are quar-) covered. Washington, Feb. 13—Creation of af what standard grades shall be estab- Valley City for Session ed artillery activity, the American Kansas City .. 40 tered in nearby farm houses, and vil- ie bia bodies came ashore be | Federal grain standardization board| lished. They want modification of the sector has been normal for the last ORRIS ERTS. lage hotels. One American officer |. ,, i Me te e ad in’ inaccessable with one representative from each] standards to include increase of per- —_——- twenty-four hours. Harrassing artil- * Meteorologist. ,| and fourteen men are still in a hos- ‘ai ‘ae heere 2 ifontt ‘mae ex | State, that produces more than 100; | centages of wheats of other classes} A. S. Olsness, commissioner of in- ae At lery fire, and patrolling operations ‘| pital at Glasgow. Beet GUTH Cantey Hay ees iriai | 900,000 bushels of grain, and modifica’] mixed with any particular class of) surance; P. M. Casey of the state \ j have been kept up but there have been ‘| Fach body, whether identified or te ss AU eodtae ithe Mashed up-| 108 of present grain standards, was| wheat, fixing of oyster contents, in-| board of control, and Reps. Noltimier \ no clashes. FATHER OF BUILDERS not, was, given a number, Thus, at Rake. bi : ihe rere tariptous | Urged upon President Wilson and Sec-| separable materials and other stand-|and Pray of Stutsman county, who ' The American gunners are seid to , one point, where seventy-eight victims | Om the rocks At tnt oa ts 4 vthe | Tetary Houston today by Rep. Ander-| ardizing questions. * spent the day at the capitol, left ’ be growing more accurate daily. They} | Thomas Thompson of Eau Claire,| were buried side by side in a long ne Mabey an ae Lareg ie Seales son, of Minnesota, and a deiegation| The delegation included Col. C. H.| Tuesday evening for Valley City to have heen especially effective in regis-| wis., was in the city over night en| trench. the numbers run from one to| “UCson xen AN pase of clitfe| ‘fom Minnesota and North and South| March, of Litchfield, Minn., 0. P. B.| attend the annual state convention tering on the roadsand light. rail-| route to Washburn to visit his sons,) Seventy-eight. Were, Teco yoren a < Dakota. About thirty states are af-| Jacobson, of the Minnesota state rail-| the. North 2: Bquity ‘which rose to a height of 300: feet, way and warehouse commission, and| which opened.t Samuel’ Aandahl, representing North| is expected to prov Dakota... ‘ . > \|mot- exciting ways: back of the enemy lines. So ac-, tected. curate has’ been the shrapnel fire (Continued on Page Three) ~ k y Frank and. Thomas, Jr., substantial citizens who have been prominent in the development of McLean’ county. A, correspondent of the Associated: Press, who reached here this morning with two American officers, after: a © gnaking iC dinponsiple auenes Je gmposs pee remoxe.them The. idea is to give these states a (Continued on Page Three) direct representation in| determining