The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1918, Page 2

MONTANA ASKS - ASKS CONSCRIPTION { OF. ‘FOF FORTUNES | | woutd Have Uncle Sam Take| Over All Piles in Excess of One Million PPOSITION T0 BOOST DUE 10 FOOD PROBLEM Washington Says Entire Bread | Program Would Have to Be | Worked Out Again Helena, Mont, Feb. 1.— The Montana house today passed, 51 to 27, a joint resolution to congress, put in by Representative Higgins | of Missoula, asking that the na- | ton conscript all fortunes’ above | $1,000,000 for war expenses, and | a resolution asking that congress ; give the president power to fix | | FLOW OF GRAIN CHECKED prices on grain, sacks, binding twine and farm machinery. . Most of the time of the house was con- sumed ih the Crum impeachment case and the Mason seed grain measure, the most important rou- tine bill remaining before the body, was not finally acted on. Routine work largely occupied the senate, Higgins’ absent vot- erg act was nassed. Adjournment of the houses, which was to have come today, Agitation for Better Reward for Farmers Keeps Cereals Off the Market “Washitigton, D. ©, Feb. 21—| The full influence of the adminis- tration will be used if necessary to prevent, enactment of bills pend- ing in congress to increase the: price of wheat. has been put off by the Crum This became known tonight! case, from an authoritative source. Op-} | position to the measures, another NEW WAR BOARD of which was introduced by Rep restntative Helvering of Kan is based on the ground that their BILL M A Y PASS: 4 passa pe would upset the entire whént and bread program of the | food administration, worked out in gréat detail, and that President | Wilson already has full authority | to readjust thé price if it is found | advisable. }) Wheat Now at $2.20 Wheat is selling now on a basis of | $2.20 a bushel and ‘the price is main-| tained by heavy government purchas for:the ‘army and navy and for the) REPUBLICANS SATISFIED. ailies,.°'The: food administration has | worked out a scale of profits for mill-| Swi ae ersand distributors of flour on this! Washington, D. C., Feb, 21- —Early, pe end bread is selling at a fixed) compromise in the senate on legisla-! price: « {tion for further coordination and re- in enacting the food control law! organiaztion of the government's war-| oo eae nt pee ine making agencies appeared in sight last | price! a bushel on next season’s! night as a res ult of negotiations, be- crop: This is the price that the bills | tween democratic and republican lead-| offered seek to increase. The twenty! ers for revision of the Overman Dill, cent differerice between ‘the price of; which would give President Wilson lastyear’s' yield and this year’s crop’ greater freedom of action. wat {eth in Intge' measure to draw | Amendments virtually agreed upon whedt fem: the thrms before the new promise Jargely to harmonize difter- ences, allay republican opposition to ure support in the senate from all | sides except the group of senators un- ee the sees Hem: for a bleher alterably insisting upon: the military price: for next: season's crop, cdmmittee’s bills for a war cabinet ministration. officials say, is checking | ond itions . director..,..President the;flow of: wheat to thé terminajs and | 4741, Waa eae tl Fi a On f0.:the imiills\and threatens to’ stop, it! jon; Was said: to, have ng objection entirely. There is no power under the, ee enaDe i apropoted + and. He food-act pit Pale atee ii aaee| diciary commitee, headed, by Senator Fa Ed ese Pe caleneit | Overman, Will redraft the bill. apply; only. to. the now crop, there .is No. New, pena fiotiees Bote in Old wheat with: | given any new substantiate authority, Heretofore the food administration | and Pia tejonsiin me, Overman, which has depended solely on the higher} tenie sans, i too elo yee etae price for the last crop to force wheat | £evins new and too broad powers upon ‘the inarket. the president are to he eliminated. oR ; The amendments, however, would re- Would Force Raise of Flour | tain the principal. provisions guthoriz- If legislation providing higher prices| ing the president to.transfer depart- for the new crop is enacted the food) ments, bureaus, commissions and administration, it is: declared, will be other agencies and their personnel as forded to raise the price of flour,!he might. deem necessary to effect which would’ mean immediate in-| greater coordination and efficiency in creases. in bread prices. Enormous! prosecuting the war. It is proposed to profits, according to officials, would) strike out a clause giving the presi- go to distributdrs who now hold about dent power “to employ by executive! ninety million ‘bushels of wheat and) order any additional agency or agen-| some twenty. million barrels of flour.; cies and to vest therein the perfor-| There probably are on the farms about mance of such functions as he may 125,000,000. bushels of wheat left over | deem apropriate,” thereby limiting the} from the old crop, much of which will | New Authority on the | Chief Executive ! INFLUENCE OF ADMINISTRATION IF NRGESSARY AGAINST HIGHER WHA PRICE ~ BAKER THINKS | ANS WILL LT ‘BREAK THRU Sicrlar of War Assumes opt | | mistic Tone on Eve of, Big Offensive ‘ALLIES HAVE BEST OF 1T| i Tactical Ostacles Such as Gerinany Will Net Be Able to Over- come, He Says Washington, D. ‘eb, 21.—Secre: tary Baker in his weekly communique , issued today -regards the impending German offensive on the western bat: | tle line with a note of confidence. Both the allies and the German: says, after extensive Se dente si- lently and systematically carried on, are ready for battle. By tmhassed attacks of shock troops, | specially drilled and maneuvered for weeks. for the onslaught, Secretary | Baker says, in agreement with expert | military opinion abroad, the German general staff hopes to smash through. | Huns to Run Into Wail But the secretary of war points out that the German: high command mist ‘ealize it will encounter far more d ficult tactical obstacles than a ag attacking army has hitherto encoun- tered. Apparently the seeretary with | much information at his command | Modifications in Bill Confer Little| hich cannot be given to the public | shares the opinion of the allied ex- perts that the line will withstand any | German shock against it. “During the week thére has been ! much activity of a minor chdracter along the entire western front,” say: | the communique. “As has already beén announced in Lorraine, a segment of the line is en. tirely under the control of our forces. | Along our front, patrol encounters; were numerous, took, a raid against our positions and | succeeded in inflicting a few casual-} ties. ‘A small American patrol, while | outing in No Man’s Land, was am- bushed by the enemy. lery duels took place and the Germans | showered our lines with gas shefls, | which, however, caused no casualties owing to efficient gas mask prote tion £ American Artillery “In Champagne units of American | artillery participated ‘in an engage- ment. undertaken by French force: ‘This operation was the most important of the week in the west. After yery careful artillery preparation during which our batteries cooperated : use- fully, French infantry advanced to the! assault southwest of the Butte Du Mesnil along a front of, about 1400 yards. The French, succeeding in| penetrating the German positions, broke through the second and reached the third German line. During this brisk attack, the French destroyed many enemy shelters, inflicted much. damage to enemy positions, besides bringing back 150 prisoners. SMALL BOATS TO REMAIN AT HOME: Vessels of Less Than 2,500 Tons | Can’t Cross Atlantic The Germans under. | 8°2¢ ‘A marked improvement in our an-| § { ti-aireraft barrage is eported. Artil- THREE GENERATIONS IN KHAKI The eman with upraised finger is W. H. Spath, aged 67, a ‘civ War veteran who tharched with Sherman ‘to the sea. He is now in the quarter- ‘master department at Camp Lewis, Wash. Sedted with the: veteran war- rior is his son, Allen G. Spath, of the ordnance department, he young man receiving, the instructions is William 1. Spath, grandeon ‘ol W. H., and a private in the 14th infantry. hae 1 | Yashington, D.C, | ment officinls and heads of the Broth- lerhood of. Carpenters and Joiners | failed tocome'toan arangement. y jterday oa claims of shipyard carpen- ters, but at the shipping board to- nent it was said a settlement was not ‘ar oft. Acceptance by William L. Hutche- | son, president of the carpenters’ or- | ganization, of the principle of open shop during..the war, against which} i he has fought, was the most important | development at a conference between j the carpenters’ leaders, the. General Manager Piez 6f the Fleet. corporation, | Hittcheson still refused to leave to! | the adjustment board, as requested by} President Wilson, the question of de- ciding conditions of lat Further conferences will be held t ay an effort to come to an unde | NOTE—If-you want a copy of this picture send 10 cents and this clipping to the Division of. Pictures, ‘oniiiittee on Public Information, Washington, D. C. | eee a a ea of the shipping board haye shown a|the admiralty statement issued to- PEMENT steady upward trend, Officials think | night. Of these, twelve were of 1,600 that from now on, new factors will} tons or over, and three were under | aid rather than retard the efforts to|that tonnage. One fisher craft was | CARPENTER ROW put more ships into service. Chief of | also sunk. these will be the restriction of im- have. | ports, made effective February 16. As The arrivals at ports in the Ualted more ships are needed, they will nay zeae eg 2s lent vessels | F vi the neutral trade and | {3% 2.3 lieved Not Yar Distant at tailed to 0 that extent. | ‘The Sinkings for tlie past week show yi |, Officials declined to say what was| 9 slight diminution from the previous | Washington | the dominating factor in checking the feck.’ whenil 19'SmardhartiaenyWere 12 declind in available tonnage, {howe | sunk, 13 of 1,600 tons or more and six Feb, 21—Govern-| it is well known that optimistic opin-) under that tonnage. ions are held regarding the anti- sub: | Leis EE vate narine campaign. Despite labor | troubles, confidence is expressed that’) ‘ONE DEAD, FIVE the gon) 4,000,060 tons of shipping will be built in this country this year. | ‘HURT IN BLAST) 'N BRITIS! | Washington, D. @y, Fobi 2t--One | FIFT. EEN BRITIS H | mam was fatally injured, two seriously SHIPS SUE SUB PREY’ and five slightly hurt in the explosion | jof a cartridge case last Monday on} | board: the armored cruiser Montana, | | Boatswain Mate Charles W. Pauly, ot] 1 Ck hicago, died while being taken to ay | hospital. London, sh merchant-| Seamen Roy L. Putnam, Phoenix,| men sunk by mine o' narine in the} Ala, and Lawrence M. Ainley, Cawker past week numbered 13, according to | | City, Kan., were seriously hurt. Says Admiralty Report i HORE TONNAGE [fee m Have’ Tattocad Bond | ~All Expectations Washington, D. €.,. Feb. 21.—Ove: seas ship tonnage availalfe to Ame | ica and the allies passed its low poin about February 1, several weeks ea) lier than shipping experts had Dr dicted. 4 G In the ‘New York. oud y “UNTIL THEY GET ME” TIuman Nature Reaches Out for Happiness and Love and Finds the ubward curve | will continue ‘uit the’ war is ended | unless “difficultiés not now foreseen are encountered b In support of this belief, attention || was called yesterday to the satisfactory | Its of the camapign against enem eH to the fact that govern-|' ment ships now ate coming from American yards and ‘to the progress of negotiations for neutral vessels t be used in the non-hazardous trade: | to rel ge other shipping for oversea: | carrying.» | When experts first, ploted the curve A Drama That Grips |Toll During Past Weck Heavy, | the navy department anounced today. | ’ TOMORROW: HAROLD LOCKWOOD executive's authority to.make changes | oe | have:to be held for seeding. ‘in existing exigencies. and without, Washington, D: C., "Feb. 21.—The of the tonnage supply, taking into con- power to create any new ones. | shipping board tonight directed that! sideration the greatest success of sub-! eae « Another Compromise » | after February 20, no American steam: | marines dnd all possible contingencies FARM. LOAN BANK Another compromise, amendment | er of less than 2,500 dead weight tons’ in the domestic situation, they found | PAYING OUT ONE | MILLION DAILY Big Business Being Done at St.) | proposed would allow the president| be. permitted to clear for a trans-At-/ that the number of vessels available| \to transfer appropriations made by| lantic voyage or to engage in other | | for transporting troops vand for feed-! | congress from one federal agency. to, long voyage trades, ling the allies would ‘be ‘lower toward another, but only for use in connec-) ‘“This ruling has been adopted,” it| the end of this ‘month than at any tion with the purpose specifically | Was anriounced, “as a measyre of con-| other period. Just -how close to the} | authorized by congress in making the | Servation and economical use of ton-| qanger point that would be, they dia| | appropriation. |nage, since in the béard’s judgment, ‘not care to say." Knowledge that thet ; ¢ een Sen. verman said, yesterday that , steamers of small tonnage are not €e0-/ Germans sank about: 6,000,000: tons’ Of | Paul; Says Ninth. District ee the bill is becoming better under-| nomical and unsafe in the trades in| ships 1917, nearly.threo-times asimuch ; President | stood opposition is waning, and con-;‘uestion. Steaiiiers so excluded will | a5 was produced fir Great Britain and| Fa j resident , jfidently: predicted that, with the | be employed in the codstwise, West! the United States, did not change their |: estimates. For, the last three weeks, the. charts BLOOD POISONING ama's Wizard Oia Safe Fert Aid Men Lockjaw i perry poisoning’ result from the negicct ofa Blight scratch or little cut! F ue es 's Wizard Oil is a-safe and effe tive first diditreatmetit. It is a pow- erful antiseptic, andyshould be ap- plicd-immediately? toi wotnds of this kind to preventiidanger of infection. It is soothing and healing. and quickly drives out pain and inflam- mation in cases: of ‘sprains, bruises; cuts, burns, bites and stings, Just as reliable, too, for stiffineck, sore fect, res, earache and changes propose, the bill. will, be re-| Indies or other appropriate: services.” ported out probabl: t k | aecita a substantial majorly in ‘the PROFITEERING A T senat “When the measure was first sent fol SA MMIES’ EXPENSE the capitol by the president, virtually; WILL BE STOPPED as a substitute for the war cabinet New York, Feb, 20.—Excessive and munitions minister bills, there | were general predictions that it oul charges for goods sold by shop- keepers to American soldiers at As; the bank started actively hand-| die in the et Nek the French front will no longer be ling loans in August, the report is’ considered as covering the first six | tolerated by. the French authori- | ties. The official bureau of French | i i és | | months operation. Applications for.loans on Bobruary | 1. had, reached. $31,527,200 of which) information made public tonight $27,138,100, were approved after in- a cablegram saying that hereafter vestigation. Approved loans will be! all shopkeepers in the American mide a8 rapidly as borrowers -desire zone must placard their. windows funds:to meet obligations. « t in French and English with the North Dakota leads in requests for “ghia, ed, $1 Dance ot‘ the; prices of all, goods sold. in the loans, with Minnesota second, Michi-|;,, cy corny have made their) shop. -If they sellin excess of last appearance in Illinois county fairs. these prices they wil be prose- ae ty HD. Oldham, ot fUrbaeiee cited under a French law provid: retary of the Eastern Illinois Grand! Fair Circuit, who is attending the con- vention of the Natiogal Outdoor Sho men’s Association being held here. gan third and Wisconsin, fourth, Loans closed during. February are ing severe Palenmen for the of- fense, Gambling games and “demon rum’ | | also are tabooed, according to Mr. Old- H expected to be not far from $3,000, 000-as $2,602,000 were closed in De- \BUY CONTROLLING INTEREST IN BANKS} hani, who said that fairs henceforth! will be more refined and far more in-) of z St. aPul, Minn, Fed. 21, Quamme, president of the ) inth Di trict Federal Land Bank here has an- nouhcéd the total of $9,760,400 as) loaned: by the institution up to Febru- ary*1.’ The bank, he said, is paying out,money at the rate of approximate- | | ne eifeee nun ERSTE ale pleted,” Mr: Quamme said. “We aré| paying out: tearly $600,000 a week at tho?'preseat time: with the amount “There: aré:mors than 500 approved | nationel'farm loan aséociations in our territory. aed rei a minimum ‘The: difficult work of organizing the purchase of the trolling | FORWARD MOVEMENT via, cember and. $2,787,100 in Januaty. the business, educating the public, and smoothing ott:the machinery is com-! Announcement has just he made | structive. interest.in the La seat County bank |f at Kulm, Ni, D. by. (OF, and Jos. 8.) HUNS CONTI Michael Hieb, a well-to-do retired’) \ ———_— : OF B CO NUES farmer has been elected president, f Session Laws; of the ; Special, Session, . Fifteenth - Legis- Joseph S, Ulland’ 1st ‘vice president! ie; Peeps now om.sale ith id Peter. Billigmeter,, a very: sub- ‘inno, tantial business man. of eee 2nd i Re Mt epresident.. Berlin, ‘Via ou, els forward sorement of the troops eastwa ¢ of Our Count all sro- cery stores ‘will close - all afternoon, row, Feb. 22nd. We will close promptly at 12 o'clock GUSSNER’S PUBLIC MARKET LOGAN’S ‘‘We Thank) You”: E, A; DAWSON, KUPITZ # CO. PIERCE GROCERY ©0. get your money bate BROWN, GEIERMANN & RYAN “ILI. ROOP co onstibabed OF have sick CENTRAL MEAT MARKET JOHN DAWSON leasant Title :pink pills, 30 BROWN & JONES YEGEN & sonteiiie’ * McCONKEY oMItER GTA, C0. ;; T ‘omor- KENNEDY'S ‘GROCERY Gy M; MANDIGO & SON ~ SOUTH SIDE GROCERY Co. O'CONNELL 'S, GROUERY SMITH'S GROCERY , . * WHENY P.O. _ AISDERAILED No an Dakotans ee List of > Enjored in Wreck } Miles City Wednesday coacuits THROWN IN DITCH Passéngets Badly dumblea in Mix: |. up, But. None in Beriong; ‘Shape—Rails Sprénd | Livingston, Mont., Feb. 21—Twelve people were slightly injured yesterday. morning at 2:25 o'clock by the derail: | ing of Northern, Pacific, passenger train No. 4, one mile east of Miles City. A‘ broken: rail,’ due to extreme cold weather, was responsible for the accident. The train was running at | reduced time)undér orders because of | the cold. Those injured were removed | to St, Patrick's hospital at Miles City. | None was hort seriously. The injured: Mary Mariotti, 5737 South Winches- | ter St., Chicago, I. Mrs. H. G. Hambrecht, Columbus, Mont,, foot injured. Minn, dtm injured. S. Carroll, 518 Bryant Ave., Chicago, ILL, shoulder and chest bruised. Mrs, J, b. Keeley; McKay hotel, Du- luth, Minn, foot frozen. John Hanson, 1384 Tansing, St., St. | Paul, Minn., cut on head. | Mrs, ‘Estella Milner, @@¢'s St. Pay Minny distocated’ col . Steve Turi, 601 Soyth Third soula, Mont., foot injured. Mary:, Patrick, 210: Petinsylvania Block, Butte, Mi back thjured. | Willtam ‘Havélcox, 1111 E. ‘Twelfth Des Moines, Ta} back, head and Pan britised. CONDUCTOR Hi HURT AGAIN Billings, “Mont, “Feb. 20—Among those taken ‘to.a Miles City -hospital | ! were A. G. Nish of Livingston, Mont, ja Northern Pacific conductor, who | was being taken ‘to Glendive, Mon for treatment for dnunes sustained ji another wreck, St., It in the U npolished Home of the Northwest Mounted Police Featured at Ridlto Theatre, N. 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