The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1918, Page 1

My, THIRTY EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 45. GERMANY T BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEEKS PEEVED CRITICISMS Charges President With Having Injected Politics Into War Disoussion “4 RAISES PARTISAN ISSUES Declares Secretary Baker Has At- tempted to Do Too Many Things Himself Washington, Feb. . 15.—President Wilson was charged with deliberately injecting politics into the controversy over the war ‘efficiency by Senator Weeks, a republican member of the military committee, in a speech to- day vigorously criticising the war de- partment and other branches of the government. Supporting the military. committee's war cabinet and munitions © director ‘bills, ag a constructive, nonpartisan effort to aid and not embarrass, in unifying the nation’s war force, Sen- ator Weeks detailed delays and diffi- culties of the government's military | preparations. He declared that lack of a central body to make and direct all of the government's war plans is' largely. responsible for pregent and past troubles. ' ® | In his charge against President Wil- | son, the senator said: “Not a question indicating partisan- ship was raised until the president de-' liberately injected politics into tne) situation by an attack: upon the chair- man of the committee (Senator Cham. | herlain,’ of Oregon, democrat). and the | committee, itself, by calling to the | white; house. many democratic party | leaders, not ‘for consultation purposes | but to insist that a discussion. of this! question on the floor of the senate ‘be| prevented if, possible:’ Have we come | to such a‘ path that the action of the most important committee in congress ; at this time fs to be. forbidden by ; the president?” “' ; f Referring to, Secretary Baker, Sen- ator Weeks said, after praising .many army achievements::. | “Neither. do.1 wigh, to. unjustly,..or unreservedly criticise: the head of the war department. He. has had to deal with a, multitude ‘of questions. the ‘disnosal of many of:which met my approval. i | Criticism of Baker. “If F were to criticise the secretary personally, it would be that: he has un- dertaken to do too many things him- self,,;some of which might have ‘een! left to subordinates. If I were to make a further criticism it would re- late’ to his temperamental relation- ship to the war. Doubtless, he, him- self would admit that he is a pacifist by nature. For example, even now, he is opposed to universal military training,.and I cannot divorce myself from the conclusion, based on his own fastimony, that he has been inclined to plan for prosecution of the war— and this condition has to some degree nermeated the department—on the basis that we are three thousand miles away from the front, instead of hastening preparation - with all the vigor we could exercise if our borders were the battle front.” “One of the notable features of the present situation,” Senator Weeks contended, “is the virulence used in attacking those who favored the com- mittee’s plan of centralization, They are referred to as ‘plotters, mischiev- ous meddlerg and even as servitors of the enemy. ‘Every means of false sug- gestion has been used -to discredit Na sincere and loyal attempt to make a change. which will materially in crease the efficiency of.our war ad ministration.” FARMERS BALKED ON PASSING HAT Institute at Lisbon Proves Frost Under New Plan Lisbon, N. Feb. 15.—At the.cloxe of the farmers’ institute here Otto 0. Uhlhorn was appointed to pass the} hat for the purpose of defraying the | expenses of the meeting, A number of farmers, declaring they never had been asked to contribute to this ex- pense under any former. administra-| tion, left the hall in high dudgeon and without paying. Heretofore business men of the community have defrayed the expense of farmers’ institutes, but this year they are not being given an opportunity to cooperate, it is said. National Council of Defense Sel Noted British Statesmen to Addre:s Mass Meeting at Auditorium— Plans were announced to bring to Bismarck on February 2 more than 1,000 North Dakota work: ers in the interest of the state defense {council, Red Cross, Army Y: M. C. A., Four. Minute men, Home Guard. Boy Scouts and other patriotic auxil jaries of the United States govern ment. These war-workers will be ad- dressed on the evening of the 25th by South Australia and by. a tinguished French officer fresh from the front, whose identity is not re vealed iy Director George F. Porter ol kota war conference from Washing ton. On the afternoon of the 25th. Prof. Thomas Moran of Purdue uni versity, representing the nationa’ council of defense, will speak. SEVED (BISMARCK 10 STAGE GREAT WAR “OVERWILSON’S | COUNGIL FEBRUARY 25 WITH 500 70 4,000 REPRESENTATIVES HERE, tivities for North Dakota and Invites all Workers to Convene Here. EX-PREMIER CRAWFORD VAUGHAN OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Is COMING General Invitation to Red Cross, Liberty Loan, Y. M. C. A. and Other Auxiliaries. Tuesday night for a state-wide war conference called at the request of the nationa! council of defense which is expected and 26 not less than 500 and probably former Premier Crawford Vaughn of dis- lects Capital City as Center of Ac- industry; the entire fuel and food ad- ministrative organizations of the state, together with representatives of pro- ducers and consumers of these com- dodities; representatives of all the vailwaya operating in North Dakota and the ‘North Dakota railway com- mission; representatives of the North Dakota Bar association, as the lega! division of the council; the Red Cross, ;Army Y, M. C. A., Knights of Co- lumbus war camos committees and women’s auxiliaries, representing the charitable division of the council; the medical and surgical division, under | the direction of Lieut. V. H. Stickley, j head of North Dakota medical advis- ory boards; and the entire military | ensemble of the state, including Home the national council of defense, who) Guards, Loy Scouts, memers of the! lis directing plans for the North Da | county and district draft boards, vet- jerans of the Civil and Spanish wars ‘and members of similar organizations, | will be extended general and special | invitations to attend. { Military Division. ; Adjutant General. Fraser will be NORWAY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY ENEMY Declines to Accede to Request of United States as to War Munitions NO MORE AMERICAN FOOD Republic, Cannot Feed Country Which Is. Cooperating With Germany Washington, D. C., Feb. 15.—Nor- way, in her reply to the proposals of the United States for a food ration-| ing agreement, made public here to-| day by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, head of! the Norwegian special mission, offers to guarantee that no American pro- ducts shall go through Norway to Ger- many, but declines to meet the full American demands for a restricted ex- port of Norwegian products to the! central powers... “In her commercial policy,” it is declared, “Norway cannot break off commercial] relations with one of the | belligerent parties without the serious danger arising that it will not be pos- sible to maintan ‘the political neutral- ity of the country much longer. Nor- way may justly claim that she shall ALIENS FAIL 70 “TISTPROPERTY: 10 FORFRIT I Dragnet Out for Unnaturalized Enemies Who Have Not Made Required Reports BIG PLANT IS CONFISCATED Factory Valued at Almost Two Millions Pormerly Owned by Kaiser's Cousin Washington, D. C., Feb, 15.—A na tion-wide dragnet is being spread by A, Mitchell Palm alien property | custodian, to locate enemy aliens who, | through ignorance of the law or ma- licious intent. fail to make report of In a sta‘ement today calling on loy- al Amei ng to assist the government in apprehending violators of the law, Mr. Palmer gave warning that federal agonts are hing the country from; coast to coast for outstanding alien property and that holders of uncoy- ered property are liable to a fine of $10,000 or ten years imprisonment, or both. Full notice has been given, and the time for filing reports has heen liberally extended, Mr. Palmer said, and the law will ‘de impartially en- forced agains: all enemy individuals) and corporations withholding reports of property in their possession. | not through the prospect of being de | nied daily bread be placed before the! choice between actual need and the| {acceptance of an agreement which! Plant Taken Over. | Tmmediate taking over of the plant and business of the Schutte-Koerting | company. of Philadelphia, a big auto- Many Representatives Expected. Secretary F. O. Helstrom of the| asked to take charge of marshalling! North Dakota council of defense, in|the state's military forces, and he! charge of local. plans, announced las: | Will be requested to especially urge} night that at least ten: representa-| the attendance in a body of all Home| tives: from each of the 53 counties in| Guard units which ca narrange to be the state, representing the North Da.|in iBsmarck on this date. If the re-| kota Press association and the Four) §ponse is satisfactory, it is provable) ‘Minute men, under the head of pub | that a patriotic parade, featuring the licity; the North Dakota Bankers’ as-| home guard organizations, Boy Scouts sociation, in .the division of: finance: | 20d other representatives will be held} |would involve danger to her posi-| matic valve concern, was ordered to- {predominant part of ils export sur- tion as a neutral and possibly expose| day .by the alien property custodian, her to a war. ; with the announcement that a hearing Norway’s. Offer. | had shown the company to he owned “Norway will as: compensation for| entirely by’ Gérman interests in Ger- the essential supplies which it hopes|,many. The plant, which has been en- to receive from the United States; gaged on ‘government contracts for and their associates permit the far) 8ome time, turns out automatic ejec- tors and injector ‘voiler’ valves in- | stalled upon nearly all ships. i plus to be exported to these coun- Relative of Kaiser. tries. In order to maintain her eco- ential: farmers’ organizations, in the field of. agriculture; the ‘North Dako to Federation of Labor and affiliated irades and labor divisions, under the head“ of ‘labor; the North Dakota Edu: cational association; associations of retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers and jobbers and every commercial clud in the state, for commerce and ARMY CAMPS IN BETTER HEALTH Continued Improvement in Sani- tary Conditions Shown in War Summary Washington, D, C., Feb. 15.- Con- tinued improvement in health condi- tions at all army camps and canton- ments is noted in the war department summary for the week ending Feb- ruary 8, made public tonight.. The hospital admission rate decreased from the preceding week while the death rate, although slightly higher than the preceding week, was well be- low the average for the last two months. Measles and pneumonia continued to,decrease while scarlet fever and meningitis. showed slight increases. The total numbér of deaths in the national guard was 68, of which 46 were due to pneumonia; the regulars had 16 deaths, six from pneumonia, and the national army 93 deaths, ‘54 from pneumonia. OPPOSITION TO THRONE KILLED House of Commons Adopts Ad- dress in Reply to Government Without Dissent London, Feb. 15.—Through the ad- option by the house of commons of the address in reply to the speech vlished without division, the vattacks against the government for the time veing have come to naught. Today’s debate was on various subjects, in- NEW WILTON WATERWORKS | Contract for Extensive System’ Goes to Mill City Wilton, N. D., Fed, 15—W, D. Lov- | ell of ‘Minneapolis has been awarded | the contract for a new water system | for Wilton, to cost $19,000. ONLY GOLD ENOUGH TO ASSIST TRADE The United States has decided to permit enough gold:to be exported to Mexico to satisfy President Carransa’s needs as part of the commercial nego- tiationsinow © ‘being : consummated. -Ameries how‘ hate the gold to her cred- it m-Mekiced.’beaks: ‘No-loan: by the: United Gtates ts contemplated): =) years ago. cluding the food question, brewing and diplomacy. ll hostile amend- ments against the premier’s address were dither withdrawn or rejected. YOUNG FARMER CRUSHED, UNDER LOAD OF OATS Ray, N. D., Feb. 15.—aPul Sorenson was. crushed to death on the H. A. Nelson farm when a. load of oats tip- ped over, pinning him. underneath. Sorenson came to Ametica about 16 years ago, and to Williams county seven years ago . He had proved up on;a good claim ‘south of town and breught ‘two younger, brothers, Rag- nfld: and Berdon Ditmanson, over: six members of the state's several influ | from the throne, which was accom-} the afternoon of February 25, . J. P. Hardy, secretary of the Fargo ; Commercial ‘club, and North Dakota labor “commissioner for the United | States public reserve, will be asked to-«-edeperate. with Commissioner of Agriculture afd: Labor Hagan in as- | semoling representatives of all the | State's labor organizations and agents i (Continued ‘On Page Four) YELLOW PERIL AND RED LIQUOR MIXED Illicit Stills Found in “Seattle Guarded by Japs Seattle, Wash., Feb.-15.—With the discovery late today near Riverton of two big whiskey stills, together with hundreds of gallons of fresh liquor and mash, deputy sheriffs believed that they had located the source of supply for Seattle's illicit liquor deal- ers. Two Japanese who lived in the house where the whiskey plants were located were arrested. BOOST FOR R.F.D. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Says They Should Have In- creased Pay Washington, D. C., Feb. 15.—Indicat- ing approval of increases in rural carriers’ salaries where the service warrants it, Fourth Assistant Post- master General Blakeslee urged the senate postoffice committee today to MEN IS FAVORED} | was announced today. | |nomic. life. ‘Norway however,- also needs supplies from the central pow-} ers and 1-is therefore necessary. that {it shall remain in a neutral position to ‘render ‘service in ¢ompensation for, {such “supplies.” is |. The war trade Joard, which ts con | ducting the negotiations for the Unit- {ed States, declined to state how iar |the Norwegian counter proposals are acceptable, ‘but said the negotiations; ; would be continued. | i No Exports Permitted. | For the present the policy of grant- ing no licenses for the export of any | commodities to Norway will be con- { tinued, | Norway refuses to accede to the re- quirements. of the war trade bogrd hat it stop exporting to the central powers any materials that may be used in the manufacture of munitions or, supplies of war. It points out that these exports have been going for- ward to the central powers in limited quantities, and that since ‘Norway is dependent upon Germany for many materials essential to its economic existence it cannot abide ‘by the war board’s requirements in this respect However, it agrees to limit the amount of these supplies exported to the central powers. AVIATION SCHOOL IN SAINTLY CITY Announcement Says St. Paul Is to; Have 3,000 Students i St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 15.—The open- ing of a United States army aviation mechanics training school in St, Paul Major W, R. Weaver said today that | the school will have 3,000 men in) training in a short time and within a few months three times. that number | is expected to be enrolled. H take into. consideration time, mileage and amount of mail handled in arriv-/ ing at a basis of pay. The present: system of basing pay on mileage only, | he said, resulted in inequities. i H. H. Collins, secretary of the na-; tional association of third and fourth! | class postmasters, asked the commit-| tee to grant more pay to postmasters at the smaller towns. He said they. | worked an average of fourteen hours {a day, and asked that the minimum for fourth class postmaster be in-) creased from $200 to $300 a year and for third class $400 to.$500 a year, with percentage increases on the } amount of business done. i | ROBERTSON OUT OF | BIG GAME FOR GOOD. Former New York National Out.’ | fielder Athletic Tutor. | | Norfolk, Va., Feb. 15.—David Rob- ertson, butfielder of the New York Nationals, today returned his contract unsigned’ to Manager McGraw, be- cause of a disagreement as to salary. Robertson accepted a position today as athletic director at the Norfolk high school and announced he had quit professional baseball. PIONEER DIES. Drayton, N. D., Feb. 15.—Alexander. W. McCrea, father of George A. Mc- Crea, vice president of the Ontario National bank, ‘and for 24 years a ftesi- dent of Ontario, is dead, The school, it is announced, will) be an enlargement of the Dunwoody |]. institute training school for aviators | and aviator: mechanics, which has! proven not large enough to care for; the number of men required. A corps; of sixty instructors will ‘be in charge! of the school. ° “BULLY,” TEDDY'S VIEW OF CHOICE Colonel Wires Hayes His Election is Best Thing That Could Have Happened Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. members of the Republi | committee stopped in for a few hours} toddy while returning from the con-| vention at St, Louis for a conference | with Will H. Hays, new chairman of the committee. They were John T. King of Connecticut, A. T. Hert of Kentucky and James A. Hemenway of ‘Chairman Hays today received hun- dreds of telegrams of congratulations from’ Republican leaders’ in all parts of the country. One from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt read: ‘our election means more to the country and the Republican party than anything ‘else at this: time ‘could have meant. : a ciation which plans to become an im- stock from this distric - The hearing was conducted here to- day bv Francis P. Garvan, director of the alien property. custodian’s bureau ‘of investigation, following the seiz- ure of papers in the case at Phila- elnhia- vesterdav bv agents of the! department of justice. Common stock | of the company, it developed, stood on the books -until March 9, 1917, in the name of Ernest Koerting, of Hanover, Germany, said to. be.a relative of Kaiser Wilhelm: It was then claimed to have been transferred to his: daughter, Helene Fischer, wife of Adabert’ K. Fischer, who was interned February as a dangerous enemy and now is_ held prisoner at Fort Du Pont, Del. The plant of the Schutte & Koert- ing company is value dat $1,700,009. NEW LIVESTOCK COMPANY Co-operative Association at San- born Gets Into Game Sanborn, N. D., Feb. 14.—J. P, An- derson is president, Math Kronebusch vice president, Albert Gulman_secre- tary and treasurer and manager of the Equity Livestock Shipping asso- portant factor in the shipment of live- |VERNON CASTLE KILLED AT other Aeroplane Manned by Student Ft. Worth, Tex: while flying fifteen here. miles self. The ish. injured. hero of zone. many period of nine months. Fort Worth last October. His home was here. modern dances, up aviation. Virginia, England, May 2, 1887. ENCOUNTER SUBMARINE. Paris, Feb, by the French admiralty. WILSON PLACES Down Non-essentials and Release Tonnage {TROOPS NEED THE SHIPS after tomorrow, of the war trade board, materials and troops. COHAN PICKED HIM p €@ o r George M. Cohan by force of might. FOR A WINNER! Who? George Randolph Chester, author of the ‘‘Get-Rich-Quieck Wallingford”’ stories. In fact, the famous American actor and laywright, dramatized “these stories of Chester’s because he realized they were actual trans- ripts of American life—that Chester is a real REPORTER. Taking a tip from the adroit Cohan, the Daily Tribune pick- d Chester as THE GREATEST REPORTER IN THE WORLD eport THE GREATEST TODAY, and has sent him to STORY IN THE WORLD TO- DAY— The Wonderful Human Story of the People of France as They Are in February, 1918, supporting with blood, courage and treasure, the battleline that is defeating the purpose of the Hun to rule the world Chester is now in Paris. His stories are already on the way, part of them having already arrived in America. Their publication will begin almost immediately in this newspaper. . They chronicle the most important part of this war—the story of the human element at crisis behind the military operations. DO NOT MISS THEM! . DRAMA—HISTORY IN THEMAKING!. THEY ARE FORT WORTH Tried to Avoid Collision With An- , Feb. 15.—Captain | Vernon Castle, of the English Royal Flying corps was killed this morning west of Castle in trying to avoid a cadet swerved his machine beyond his con- trol, fell and was unable to right him- cadet was an American, but was being instructed by the Brit-| The accident happened close by | the Benbrook field. The cadet was un- Castle had made over 150 flights over the German lines,’ and was t exploits in the war His work had been especially their property holdings to his office-|}on the Flanders’ front and covered a He came to New York, Feb. 1.—Vernon Castle had a national reputation as a dancer, With his wife, also a graceful dancer, he attained popularity years ago as a teacher of When the war broke out both of the Castles became inter- ested in war work and Mr. Castle took He was granted a naviator’s pilot li- cense by the Aero Clu) of America, after having made a satisfactory rec-|ed, will continue, at any rate, until ord in test flights at Newport News, He was born in ‘Norwich. 14.—An encounter he- tween two French hydro-aeroplanes and a German submarine in the Eng- lish channel recently probably result-| The Germans now consider th ed in the sinking of the U-boat after ar tee it had been bombed by the planes, according. to an official announcement: ALLEXPORTS ON LICENSE PLAN Applies to All Imports Also to Cut The proclamation also applies the li- cense system to all imports and thus places the entire foreign commerce of the country under the license system It is one of the steps of reducing ocean-carriage of non-essentials to re- lease ships for transportation of war TEUTONS AND UKRAINES T0 Down Bolsheviki—Kaiser Issues Order Germans Reluctant to Lose Ad. vantages of Peace Signed With Slav Faction London, Feb, 15.—Germany has re- solved to renew military activities against northern Russia. This decis- fon is said to have been reached. at a conference at imperial headquarters, special dispatches from Holland say. The conference was attended by Emperor William, Chancellor Von Hertling, Field Marshal Von Hinden- burg, General von Ludendorff, Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann, and others. The “no war, but no peace” plan of Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, was repected at the confer- ence, according to the Amsterdam cor- respondent of the Daily Express, and as Trotzky does not want peace .he will get war. Invasion of Russia. Invasion of Great Russia, it Is add- Petrograd is occupied by German troops. A dispatch to the Daily News from Rottermam says that the. Germans take the view that Trotzky's declar- ation, though it did not end the war, automatically ended the armistice. (The armistice expired February 14.) have a free hand and mean to use the opportunity. - f i This, according to the’ correspond- ent, does not ‘méan “necessarily that reach Petrograd, bit “more ‘probably that they will support: the: Ukrainéy by force of arms. The~Germans, ‘he says, are carrying on ay active; prop- aganda in the Ukraine, for -the: pur: pose of suggesting to the Rada that the new state is endangered: dy..the | Bolehéviki. It fs’ declared. that“thig: is all part of Germany's scheme..for breaking up the Russian empire, with a view to extending her,.dwn: power, .|and influence over the new. states, of whom is is posing as ‘protector. if Fighting Ukraine, '- Reng It is certain that the “Bolshevik! are now moving troops against the Ukraine, a Berlin dispatch to the. Kol- nische Volks Zeitung says, and the central powers do not intend to allow themselves thus to be robbed of the fruits of their lately concluded ‘peace: Washington, Feb. 15—By a new! The newspaper adds “that it probably proclamation today, President Wilson placed all exports to all countries un- der license by the war trade board had been decided at the conference at imperial headquarters. to continue: op- erations on the northern Russian front for the protection of the Ukraine.” i PEACE REFUSED. (By Associated Press) Peace on German terms having been refused by the Bolsheviki government, Germany will again take up military operations against northern Russia. This resolution is reported to have peen reached at a conference at im- perial headquarters between Emperor | William and military leaders. Petro- grad probably will be the objective of the new invasion, It is indicated in Vienna dispatches that the -central powers made peace with the Ukraine {in order to offset their diplomatic de- |feat at the hands of Trotzky, It is reported that Germany will support \the Ukraine against the Bolsheviki. One German newspaper says that the Bolsheviki are moving against the Ukraine and there is little doubt that the Ukraine will use all means to pro tect the food supplies they have. By aiding the Ukraine, Germany probably would not have to bring back from the western front more than a few of !the divisions moved there recently | from the east. Canadian Troops Successful. On the northern end of the western front Canadian troops again have been successful in a raid into the Get- man lines. The latest incursion netted a few prisoners and a few machine jguns. French troops contintie their raids in Champagne and have brought ‘back prisoners from the German | trenches. : East of Rheims, French and British jartillerymen are engaging the’ Ger- | mans in violent exchanges. South of La Doromise, French batteries. . dis- | persed a strong concentration of Ger- man troop. 4 ‘On the Italian front,’ and espécially i between Lake Garde and the Piave, the artillery activity has increased, put the infantry operations have been confined to small raids. RUMANIA NEXT. Amsterdam, Feb. 15.—Berlin ‘news- papers of Thursday evening intimate that peace negotiations with Rumania are about t> be opened. They say although no official corainunication has been issued, it may be assumed that Roumanian negotiators whi wil first discuss a prolongation ‘@; the armistice have arrived at-a place agreed upon. eh — ‘ PENETRATE LINES. - night penetrated. the. rth MAY STRIKE PETROGRAD the Germans will immediately try ta’ FIGHT TROTZKY {Join in General Movement to Put Paris, Feb. 15—French troops. laét German. he