The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1918, Page 1

© THEOWEATHER | Unsettled and colder. E BIS THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOT. _ WEDNESDAY, FEB, 20, 1918. IBUNE BROKEN RAIL SENDS TRAIN NUMBER ERMANY CONTINUES rey ° e INVASION OF RUS FOUR INTO DITCH BOLSHEVIKIS PLBA FOR PEACE NOT ANSWERED Government Unprepared for At-|below zero. Predictions are for fair tack of Teuton Armies, Asks for Terms AUSTRIA IS MUCH ALARMED Looks with Disfavor Upon the Re-| newal of Hostilities Against the Slav Nation BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Germany has not yet replied to the Bolsheviki offer to accept an en-| forced peace. Her armies, having oc- cupied Dvinsk and Lutsk, continue the invasion of Great Russia on a front of | more than 480 miles from the Gulf of| Riga to Lutsk. Menaced by the pow- er of German militarism, the Bolshev-| iki government unprepared for war- fare and its armies partly mobilized agreed to accept the hard terms re- fused but a few days ago at Brest- Litovsk. It is uncertain whether the backdown on the part of Great Rus-| sia will halt the onward march of the; Germans, who may intend the capture of the great portion of Russia torn as it is by internal strife. | Eolsheviki power depends greatly| upon making peace, the cry for which has caused the overthrow of three other Russian governments within a year, In agreeing to a German peace, ‘the Bolsheviki protest against the in- vasion. Russian army units have been ordered to propose to the invading German troops that they refrain from fighting. Should the Germans decline the Russians are to offer resistance German and Austrian newspapers. are alarmed over the renewal of: the Ger-| man war against Russia, which appar- ently is not popular with‘ the peoples) of the two countries, especially the | Austrians, Vienna. papers say Aus-| tria has no cause to make war 0: ‘Jtussla, and the socialist. organ there calls on the government to ‘announce that hostilities’ with Russia are over. They say nothing, however, against the eGrman terms to Russia, which in- clude the surrender of Poland, Lith-/ unia, Riga, and ‘Moon ‘Island and the! payment of a tribute of $4,600,000,000, Although quite prepared to advance) against defenseless Russia, the Ger-} mans have made no offensive move- ment on the western front. WANT GERMAN PEACE. Amsterdam, Feb. 20.—‘“We can no longer believe in the pacific intentions | of Russia and must see that peace and order prevail in the occupied regions ot the adjoining countries,” Dr. Von/ Kuehimann, the German foreign min- isterer declared in addressing the! rechstag, main committee, yester- i | {peratures varied from 25 to 36 below ing trom the Northwest. Some of the temperatures regis-| tered were: Calgary, —28; Havre,) Mont., —36; Miles City, + Swift] | Current, —34. BISMARCK HIT ~~ BY COLD WAVE Eismarck was the center of a cold ; wave which hit the Middle West Tues- |day evening. The temperature at 7 a, m, wae 26 below and at 8 a. m. 28 tonight and not quite so cold. Tem- zero in Montana, North Dakota and the Canadian northwest, with zero} temperatures ranging as far south as | Nebraska, | What made the cold especially keen was the wind velocity, which in no! instance was less than 10 miles an hour and in Bismarck the wind reach- | ed as high as 35 miles an hour, blows Prince Albert was the coldest spot on the map, with a temperature of 38} below zero. | Train schedules were badly demor- alized, | 44 Below at Medicine Hat. Chicago, Feb. 20.—With a cold wave| spreading practically over the entire: region from the Rocky Mountains to| the Applachian mountains, a line of! zero temperatures extends southward to Southern Kansas, with a minimum | of 44 below zero registered at Medi-; cine Hat, Alberta. According to the: weatler forecast there is no indication | of mild temperatures in the middle states before the end of the week. Some of the below zero marks re-; ported are: | Bismarck, 26; Devils Lake, 30;) Moorhead, 22; St, Paul, 16; Williston, 32; and Winnipeg, 30. 32; NO DATE SET FOR SECOND ~ CONSCRIPTION Summons of 600,009 Men Expect. ed to Come Sometime This Summer LAW DECLARED DEFECTIVE| Washington, Feb. 20—Secretary Ba- ker authorized tne statement today that no date had been selected for the beginning of the second draft. Various estimates have placed the time between March 1 and June 1. These are declared to be ehtirely/ guesses. The government's disposition not tu disturb the labor situation particu:! larly on farms at the planting season is one of the factors entering into the situation. | The provost marshal general's of- | sive preparations silently and system- | iready for the long expected offensive . “peace with Russia will have been ar- day. fice, is it understood, is disinclined to ‘The foreign minister said he hoped go ahead with the second draft un-/ Germany's new war with Russia| tj] congress has perfected the law; would strengthen the inclination for! »y pending amendments to change the! peace at Petrograd, {Dasis of apportionment and to author-| “Even today,” he added, “we are! ize the president to-call into the mili- prepared to conclude a peace which! tary service men skilled in industry coresponds with our interests.” nd agriculture regardless of previous | The foreign secretary read the wire- | classification. | less dispatch from the Bolsheviki an-; The remaining increments of the} nouncing that they found it necessary first draft will begin to move for- to sign a peace agreement on the! ward to the camps beginning this terms dictated by the Central Powers, ' week. He said he would like to warn memb-| Jt ig probadle that next month local} ers of the Reichstag main committee boards may be asked to forward small against the belief that peace with Rus-; increments necessary to replace mien} sia was in their pockets, adding, going overseas, but the expected sum- | Davis, trainmaster at Grand Forks, | BELLIGERENTS — - PREPARED FOR SPRING PUSH! Large Bodies of German Troops| Being Trained Especially | in Mobile Warfare | | BAKER ISSUES: A REVIEW! During Weel: Much Activity of Minor Nature Along the | Western Front. | Washington, Feb. 20.—After exten- atically carried on, it is apparent that} both the Germans and the allies are in the west, Secretary Baker says to-| day in his review of military opera- tions for the week, ending February | 16th, “While there have been outwardly | lo new developments in the military) uation in the west during tue ‘per- d under review,” says the commun jue, “yet it is apparene thac puto the enemy and the allies after exten- sive preparations which have been si- lently and systematically carried on are ready for battle. The Germans have recently withdrawn a number of their veteran west front units for their front line trenches, and are busily training them in mobile war- fare, “According to advices received, the, German geuéral svate nopes tac Ly massing a large number of these pick- ed stock battalions which have been intensively trained, they may deliver: a crushing blow. “The bulk of German forces are now assembled in the, west. Eut a large number of these units are whal- ly untrained in the method .of west- ern front warfare, which differs radi- cally trom that conducted along oth- er fronts. _Furthermore, the. German highér ‘Commiund “realizes “fully that their forces will meet with far more lifficult tactical obstacles than any htitherto encountered by an-attacking army. A breek through was_ possi- je in Russia only after the morale of the Russians had been undermined, the same was: true in Italy, and we witnessed -how speedily ihe Italian line was mended. “During the week there has been much activity of a minor character along the western front.” GRAND FORKS MAN GOES UP IN G. N Wear Succeeds Sesser; Davis Gets Crookston Post St. Paul, Minn, Feb. 20—F. Wear, superintendent of the Great Northern railroad at Great Falls, Mont., has been appointed general superintend- ent, Vice President J. M. Gruber of the: operating department announced | today. Mr. Wear succeeds Major J. Sesser, who is going into the railway service in Fiance. | J. Weber goes from Seattle, Wash., to Great Falls, Mont., succeeding My Wear. T. B. Degnam of, Crookston, Minn., succeeds -Mr. Weber and L. M.! N. D. goes to: Crookston. George Weir, trainmaster at Everett, Wash., succeeds R..E: Landis at Marcus, Wash., who in turn succeeds J. L. Close at Spokane. Mr. Close will take Mr. Davis’ work at Grand Forks, CONDITIONS IMPROVE Duluth Believes Hard Coal Will! Outlast Winter Duluth, Minn., Feb. 20,—Fuel condi- mons of half a million men will be rived at only when the signatures on: later. the treaty are dry.” duct of the Russian delegates at, the} - | peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk ; TO BE CANDIDATE was without precedent. in history. Sioux County Worrying About Its; With his last declaration the Foreign | | ed to extricate himself from a posi-; fa | tion which had become untenable. | Fort Yates, N. D., Feb. 20.—J. M. ‘ islature, representing Sioux county in! Berlin, Feb. 20.—Gerthan forces on: the 49th district,»which also embraces! the Russian front yesterday advanced he will. not be a gandidate for re-elec- | the German war office announced to-; tion. The practice has been to elect day, 3 the district -being entitled to three?) No candidates has yet offered hieaselt iH AUSTRIANS INDIGNANT > | London, Feb. 20.—Germany’s new war against Russia apparently is not popular with the German or Austrian people, according to comment in the/ press of the two countries. When the ‘Brest-Litvosk negotiations closed, all talk in Germany was:of. peace. The school children apparently did not dis- criminate between peace with the Uk- raine’ and with Great’ Russia, but ac-) claimed it as a genera lpeace with Russia. 3 ‘The Vossische Zeitung emphasizes this point and wants an explanation ‘of. who was responsible for this dis- appointment. The Socialist Vorwa- erts says: “ “Phe more we meddle in Russian affairs, the more we get away from peace. What must be done is to stick to the defense of our own soil, and to make pedce wherever possible| from Vasa, Finland says that although Without annexation or suffer amputa-| for the present the Finnish govern- ” : ment is determined to avoid foreign intervention, there is unofficial discus- :| sion as to whether it would be profit- able to cede the Aland Islands to Sweden; in‘return‘ for ‘active Sw Dr. Von Kuerimann eaid the con; CARIGNAN NOT and in particular that of Leon Trotzky f f Minister declared M. Trotzky attempt-' Representative \ ESA .| Carigan, a veteran member of the leg- ADVANCE EAST OF DVINSK. Adams and Hettinger, has announced , to the northeast and east of Dvinsk,’ one representative from each county, from Sioux county.. MORALL CITIZENS ARE WORKING FOR $3.00 WHEAT PRICE| Mohall, 'N. D., Reb. 20.—The county, commissioners waited on representa-! tive citizens who'want them to work! with representatives and senators to{ bring. about $3.00, wheat for the com-; ing season, - Resolutions are being- drawn up by commitees and further meeting are planned. FINNS MAY BRIBE - SWEDES TO ASSIST London, Feb. 20.—A dispatch here ria-Hungary is 4 pect of renewal of ed tions at the head of the lakes are im- proving rapidly.. Government repre- sentatives and dealers say that with care in use, the supply of hard coal on hand will last through the winter) providing, the spring is moderate in temperature. “Coal consumption has| lessened greatly since the break in the cold weather: oe | THE WEATHER | For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Feb. 20. Temperature at 7 a.m. . Temperature at 8 a.m. . Temperature at noon Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday . Lowest last. night . Précipitation Highest wind . None 35-NW $ Fore . ¥ For Nérth Dakota: Fair tonight, not quite so cold west portion; Thurs- day fair with rising temperature. ‘Lowest Temperatures Fargo . Williston St. Paul . Winnipeg . —32, [ powers. of, the, supreme war council, SLIGHTLY HURT AT MILES CITY Relief Train of -Doctors and Nurses Rushed from Mon- tana City. COACHES THROWN IN DITCH Mandan Reports State That Split Rail was Cause of the Accident 13 INJURED Butte, Mont., Feb. 20.—Thirteen Persons were injured today in a wreck of a Northern Pacific pass- enger train near Miles City. All were taken to a hospital, railroad officials said. Miles City, Mont., Feb. 20,—Passen- ger train No. 4 on the Northern Pa- cific, due here at 3:45 this afternoon struck a split rail here and was wrecked. No. further details are available. Caused by Broken Rail, Mandan, Feb. 20.—The wreck was caused by a broken rail. When the engine of ‘No. 4 went over the rail, the rail broke, which threw all of the coaches off the track. Some of the coaches in ‘the rear of the train were hrown over the ditch. Reports are that quite a number were hurt but no particulars can. be gained as to the exact number, injured. It was a bad wreck and happened, just this side of Miles:Gity. Doctors, nurses and a re- lief train were sent to the spot from Miles City. None is Killed. St. Paul, Feb. 20.—Northern Pacific passenger train No. 4 was wrecked to- day near Miles City. according to in- formation received at the headquar- ters of the railroad here, but no one wos killed, oftictals said. The, cause’ of the wreck was not leatned, bat of ficials declared the information re- carling the injured was positive. Fourteen persons are said (o be suf- fering from slight hurts. LOGICAL, AND IRRESISTABLE CASEFOR U.S. Premier Lloyd George Declares American Arguments Can- not Be Sidestepped ONE POLICY NOW FOR ALL Great Britain Cannot Stand Alone, Says Statesman—-Must Bow to Her Allies London; Feb. 20.—The British prime minister in a statement before the House of Comons today on the decis- ions of the supreme war council at Versailles, paid high tribute to the plan submitted by the American re- presentatives. “If I should read the document sub- mbitted by the Americans” said Lloyd George, “there would be no need to {inake this speech, The case is pre- sented with irresistible power and logic.” General Tasker H. Bliss, the Ameri- can chief of staff, represented the United State at the war council. was attended by Arthur H. Frazier, secretary of the American embassy in Paris, who acted as a diplomatic of- ficer to report the proceedings. One Policy for All The policy adopted by the supreme war council, Premier Lloyd George de- clared, was not the policy of the Brit ish government alone but of all the allied governments in concert. “There is absolutely no difference between our policy and the policy of France, Italy and America in this respect,” he said. The premier’s statement was made immediately upon the conclusion of the questions in the house, when.the army estimates were introduced. This gave Mr. Lloyd George an opportunity to explain the changes in the chief of staff and the various important mat- | ters decided upon at the Versailles conference. He was loudly cheered when he said he hoped that whatever he said today would be treated as a question of policy and not of personality. If there had been any delay or apparent hesitation in the’ announcement of any decisions of the government because | there was any doubt in the minds of the administration with regard to their. policy, but because they were extremely anxious that the decision when announced would be freed from any. element of. personality. Extension of Powers. », With respect to. the extension of the . the. premier, : sey: ‘proposals ay ena yink forward’ and: carefull He| RESPONSES FROM promise an unpreeedented att | war council, to be condueted | Tuesday, February 25 and 26, i Australia, Dr. Thomas | one such war conference is to the des this conferenee, which will be our state and nation, F.0. ‘SHIPBUILDERS AGAINST LABOR lions of Men May Be Thrown Out of Work If Ships Can’t Be Built BIG DRIVE ON IN EARNEST North Dakota Must Do Its Share ‘to Supply Workers for Big Yards “The president’s attitude in the shipyard strike should facilitate: the| enrollment of shipyard volunteers inj this state,” said Secretary F. OQ. Hell-| strom of the North Dakota defense! council today. Secretary Hellstrom in an official announcement to the press quotes ; Pood Administrator Hoover as fol- | lows: “The problem of getting food to our; soldiers overseas and to the soldiers and war workers of our allies and| their women and children includes not } only the finding of the food, but the! finding of the ships in which to send| it. No amount of increased produc-} tion, decreased food for us, or general | | food substitution and saving will help | unless the ships are available for cend-| ing the saved food over there. My anxieties about ships are no less ser-j; jious and numerous than those about} food itself. Hence it is with the ut- | most eanestness that I endorse the idea of creating a volutary reserve of men from which the man-power neces- | sary to solve the great problem of} shipping can be recruited as rapidly | | as it can be used. { “There are many more ways than | fighting by which the loyal men of | America can do their share in win- ning the war. Not all can fight, but all can help in some way. For every army of fighters there is necessary }a much larger army of loyal, eager men, devoted to the maintenance of! | the fighting unit. One is as essential and truly patriotic service as the oth-/ er. So by all means let us enroll aj (Continued on Page Three.) | | WHILE HE OWNED SCHOOL, PEDAGOG PROVED ‘TARTAR Shields Farmer Pays Fine and Agrees to Leave School- ma’am Strictly Alone i Shields, N. D., Feb. 20.—When George Vetter, and his brother built a school house |on ong corner of the former’s farm, for the use of their children only, they regarded the in- stitution as their own, in spite of the fact that the schoolma’am selected, Miss Inez Turner, was paid out of the public treasury. When Miss Inez de- veloped a mind of her own, and de clined to run the school the Vetter way, George kicked up a rumpus which disrupted the school. Miss Turner complained to the Cannonball district school board, which had Vet- ter haled before Justice McDonald, where he donated $25 and a promise to b® good: ‘Miss Turner, whom Vet- ged ‘to have'sought to bodily fire trom her job, is atill holding the cs Sonne ae ee pas fense. The national Couneil is bring i this momentous oceasion Premier Crawford Vaughan of South Moran of Purdue unive presentative of the National Council, and other big men. Only NORTH DAKOTA STATE CO STRIKE BLOW : MANY SOURCES INDICATE MONSTER ATTENDANCE | Zesponses from numerous sources throughout the state endance. of war-workers and representatives of loyalty organizations for the North Dakota in Bismarck next Monday and hy the National Council of De- x 10 North Dakota for sity, a direct re- be held in each state, and it is e of the National Council and of the North Dakota Council of Defense that the attendance here be truly represent- ative. The North Dakota defense council therefore extends to every patriotic citizen of } North Dakota an invitation to t Bismarck next Monday and Tuesday and to participate in of far-reaching importance to INCIL OF DEFENSE, Hellstrom, Secretary, ey > HOME GUARD Every Home Guard unit in % North Dakota is respectfully in. “% vited to be represented at the te % * National War Conference to be held in Bismarck on February “25 and 26. The ‘conference wiil * be of vital. importance to the state and nation and your pres- * ence is urged. ‘Because of. the j‘* short time allowed in-which to st-reach every unit by letter, it is % trusted that all home guard com- % panies will accept this general invitation. % co E. G. WANNER, Captain, * Chairman Home Guard Divisio oe et & eS SOO eeeees ea oo SEEK BEULAH COAL troit on Junket Buelah, N. D., Feb, 20.—Mayor Geo- D. Hamilton and city attorney Bastic of Detroit, Minn., have been here per. sonally inspecting the Beulah coal mine with a view to contracting for a supply for the city of Detroit. They report that many Detroiters now are burning Beulah “bituminite” in pre- ference to eastern coals, and they predict that next year North Dakota ern Minnesota, ;) WAR BRINGS PEACE TO COUNTY SEAT Fight Is Off This Year Manning, N. D., Feb, 20.—The war has brought peace to Manning. For years past each recurring election has lrought rumors of county seat re- moval ‘Two years ago there was a most determined fight, and but for the fact that Dunn Center and Killdeer all wanted the county seat, Manning, which is an inland town, might not hove retained it, It was expected the fight would be renewed this year, but Dunn Center, chief among the con- tenders, has volutarily come forward with resolutions adopted by its com- mercial club’ in which Dunn Center goes cn record as believing “it is con- trary to good judgment in these times of stress that there sould be an af-, fort to move the county seat of this county at the next election, and that Dunn Center declares itaself willing to| let the matter rest till the war is over, if all other towns are willing to do the same.” Killdeer, Werner, Halliday and Dodge have not yet been heard from. LITHUANIANS NOT FOR GERMAN S1t ATE New York, N. Y., Feb. 20.—P. S. Villmont, president of the Lithuanian National council, representing Litl/:- anians in the United States, issued a stateitient; a meeting of the council here today, disputing the veracity of a German report that Lithuanians fav- oreti the organization of a monarchial state dependent upon Germany and saying it was to be deplored that Lithuanians had received no encour- agement from allies in their struggle for independence. DEFER CLASSIFICATION. __ ‘Washington, Feb, 20.-Deferred. draft is .under ‘considerat department and tl _ SAS 828 4 8 Oo 8 « ATIENTION, cl Mayor and City Attorney of De | coal will be used generally in all west- Dunn Center Advises Manning) ‘classification for railroad employes. Accharge-of 2 between, : THIRTEEN ARE \GREATEST PATRIOTIC GATHERING IN HISTORY OF STATE ASSURED FOR WAR CONFERENCE IN BISHA RCK NEXT WEEK COUNCIL FAR REACHING IN ITS EFFECTS Matters with Vital Bearing on State and Nation to Be Discussed Here PROMINENT MEN COMING Lieut. Gov. A. T. Kraabel to Rep- resent Executive—Other Acceptances Lieut, A. T. Kraabel of Clifford, one of the best known men in public life in North Dakota, and who has two sons in the trenches on the west front, will represent ‘the executive office at the two days’ war council to be held in Bismarck on February 25 and 26, in the absence of Governor ‘Lynn J. Frazier, who has other engagements for those dates. Lieut. Gov. Kraabel's acceptance reached Secretary Hel- strom of the North. Dakota defense council yesterday, Others who will be here for the statewide conference on war work are H. H. Wooledge of Far- go, state chairman of Four Minute Men; J. P. Hardy of Fargo, « state chairman of the United States public reserve; now engaged in the ship- building drive; John George, grand councillor for North Dakota and Min- nesota of the United Commercial Travelers; Dr. , .F. Lada,” federal todd administrator;' Miss’ Minnie” J. Nielsen of Valley City, chairman of the ‘North Dakota women’s council of |the National Council of Defense, and Judge N. C. Young of Fargo, state chairman for the Red Cross. | H. H, Wooledge of Fargo pledged a full representation of Four Minute men from every section of the state. Capt. &. G. Wanner of the Bismarck Home Guard, who has accepted the {chairmanship of the Home Guard di- vision, for lack of time to communi- ute by letter with each of the state's 1820 units, extends through the press |a cordial invitation to all the home |guardsmen of the state to attend, in ; company organization and uniform, if | possible, but individually in any ;event. He anticipates that at least | 1,000 of these domestic soldiers’ will i espond. | Chairmen Named. Secretary F. ©. Hellstrom bas {named for the conference chairmen | who will assume responsibility for an ; adequate representation of their dl- | visions, as follows: s Publicity—George A. Monteith, Fin- jley, president North Dakota Press as- | sociation, | Four Minute Men—H. H. Wooledge, Fargo. Library war council work—Mrs. Minnie Clarke Ludlong, Bismarck, | secretary North Dakota public library commission. Hducation—J, Nelson Kelley, Grand | Forks, superintendent of city schools ‘and member state board of education. | Finance—C. R. Green, Cavalier, jrepresenting North Dakota Bankers’ association. Transportation—Joseph M. Kelley, Devils Lake. Labdor—J. P. Hardy, Fargo, secre- tary Fargo Commercial club; chair- man U. S. public reserve. Fuel—Capt. I. P. Baker, Bismarck; federal fuel administrator for North Dakota. Food—Dr. E. F. Ladd, agricultural college; federal food administrator for North Dakota. a, (Continued on Page Five.) NOTABLE EVENT MARKS OPENING OF COURT HOUSE Governor and Mrs. Frasier and County Officials and Wives at Crosby Crosby, N. D., Feb. 20.—A notable housewarming party this evening will commemorate the formal dedication of Divide county’s new court house. patrons and patronesses for the occas- ion will be Governor and Mrs. Lynn J. Frazier, Judge and Mrs. K. B. Leigh- ton of Minot, Mr, and Mrs. 0. K. Qt- teson, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Truax, Mr, and Mrs. A. O. Stene, Mr usc mas. George Goetze, Mr. and Mrs. John Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Braatelein, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Brace, Mr. and Mrs. Carl peulbertson: Mr. and Mrs. 'W. E. Vad- nais and John Odden. Dan . be featured:in the large nore i room, -Palen’s:orchestra of’ {1 having been engaged fot