The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1918, Page 1

| tal 4 ‘THE WEATHER | ‘Partly Cloudy. ALTY FE Russia May T Relect ‘German Peace Terms At DOWNFALL OF LENINE-TROTZKY REGIME 1S SEEN IN GROWING OF NON-PEACE ELEMENT’S POWER Majority of Loyal Citizens izens of Republ Republic Opposed to Treaty on Basis Proposed by Huns and Are Willing to Die in Resistance of the. Injustice ’ HUNS PLAYED INTO THE HANDS OF REVOLUTION , Granting of Delay in Time for Ratification of Pact Was Blunder _ (By Associated Press) Petrograd is being evacu- ated by the Bolsheviki gov- ernment. Moscow, the an- cient capital, is to again be- come the seat of the Rus- sian government, while Pet- rograd is to be made a free port. The Petrograd population is quitting it hurriedly and the ‘government depart- ments are moving inland away. from the invaders. Bolsheviki consuls in Mos- cow and the provinces: are said to be more opposed to' the Germans and a separate peace than those in. Petro- grad. NonPacifists, in Power. Previous reports: that the hard term of the German peace. treaties,. which takes from: Russia thousands of square miles in® .Europe and Asia, would:not be accepted by the ,All-Rus- sfan congress of the‘ workmen’s and * soldiers’ delegates indicated Also that the non-peace elements inthe Bolshe- vki ranks were gaining the upper Hand. Evacuation of: ‘etrograd’ was mentioned as one of thé measures, the war party proposed. - Downfall of Lenine-afid rita. ; 4,Refusal of the peace treaty wrote, if they do not. resldin be- forehand. A section ofthe Bol- sheviki.is said to lean toward the sociai-revolutionists of .the left | who have been opposed to the Le- nine regime and inclined to be friendly toward the Entente Allies | although favorable to an immed- iate general peace. Apparently, Germany unwittingly played into the hands of the All-Rus- sian congress by granting a respite before the treaty should be ratified. | Reports from Petrograd indicate that | the congress and allied organizations will use the intervening days in re-| cruiting an army and preparing for @| defense against the Germans, American Consul Returns American consul Treadwell has re- turned\ to Petrograd with Raymond Robins, head of the permanent Red) Cross Commission to: Russia. ‘Remov- al of the government to Moscow, how- | ever, wil probably compel them to go there also, On the fighting fronts in France andj Italy there has been little activity ex- cept by the artillery. There have been no further details of the American re- pulse of the German attacks in Lor- raine. RAIL CONTROL FOR 24 MONTHS AFTER THEWAR Conferees Make a Tentative Agreement in House-Sen- ate Dispute Washington D. C., March 6.—Gov- ernment control and operation of rail- roads probably will continue for 21 months after the war. ‘A tetttative \ agreement’ fixing that; time limit was reached late today by| conferees on the railroad control bill as a compromise for two years, pro- posed in the house bill, and 18 months in the senate. The conferees expect their tentative agreement finally: will be presented to congress. The conferees adjourned: until to- morrow with the important question | of rate making still in dispute. Com- Plete adjustment of diferences on the measure is expected tomdrrow in view of intimations said to havé come from President Wilson that he would not object to the senate bill's provis- ion, giving him power to initiate rates, but retaining authority for their final review by the interstate commerce commission. ‘The conferees also finally ratified their tentative agreement, bringing i “short line” railroads into the gov- ment system, The house provis- m for the “short lines” was sub- stantially adopted by’ the: ‘conferees in Aieu of the senate’s provisiia'which would affect only competitive ines GRAIN DEALERS | WILL SEE WAR FILMS TONIGHT Training of Soldiers and National Guard to be Presented Through Pictures ‘600 MEMBERS ATTENDING Record Convention Representing all Parts of the State to Hear Famous Speakers | es | PUBLIC INVITED TO JOIN TONIGHT WITH OUR GUESTS | | .,The public is ‘invited to- night to join with the Farm- ‘ers’ Grain Dealers’ ‘associa- tion. of North Dakota in | | their annual -“eatless” ae ; -quet at the: Auditorium. : had been originally abel to ‘stage this . get-together | session at’ the Commercial club rooms, but 'so-much in- | terest has been.. shown ‘in \‘the social “session that. it has. become. apparent that the Auditorium. will not be ‘any ‘too large to accommo- ‘date those: who wish to par- ticipate: “An especial invita- | | tion is extended the’ ladies, ‘‘and the programm promises to be of particular interest to. them. | coos: The Program i | George N. Keniston, sec- | | | retary Bismarck Commer- | | cial club, chairman. ! “The Red Cross at Home” 1! —H. P. Goddard, president Bismarck Commercial club. “Home Guard Organiza- tion”—Capt. E. G. Wan- ner, chairman governing board, North Dakota Home Guard. “Cooperation” — Hon. A. M. Christiansen, association justice North Dakota su- preme court. '| “Community Singing ‘in the Small Town”—Mrs. H. H. Steele. “Women’s War Work”— Mrs. F. L. Conklin, chair- man Women’s Committee, | National Council of Defense | | for North Dakota. H “War Savings Stamps” — G..F. Dullam, chairman War Savings Stamps commit- mittee, Bismarck district. “The State Council of De- fense”’—Hon. F. 0. Hell- strom, secretary North Da- Kota Council of Defense. A famous North Dakota | farm in moving pictures— Publicity. Film Co. i United States government official ‘war films—Present- ed by Secretary Hellstrom, North Dakota Council of De- | fense. | “The.Next Liberty Loan Drive”—J. L. Bell, chairman Bismarck’ district Liberty | Loan committee. Six hundred farmer elevator man- agers, stockholders and patrons, gath-; ered here to attend the seventh an- nual convention of the North Dakota, Farmer Grain Dealers’ association, this evening, through the courtesy of Secretary F. O. Hellstrom, of the North Dakota Council of Defense will see haw Uncle Sam makes war. Sec- retary Helstrom yesterday offered Sec- retary M. C. Gaulke of the association the use of some of the great war films which are now being exhibited in} 250 North. Dakota theatres, and Mr.: Gaulke promptly accepted. These films will be shown tonight at the an- nual session of the association to be held in the municipal auditoriun. In addition, the- Publicity Film Cor- oration, of Bismarck, through its president, F. Holmhoe, will present a number of reels showing the North Dakota national guard in training at Fort Lincoln, preliminary to | | JAPAN oN RUSS INVASION Boxs GET WAR TRAINING EARLY IN JAPAN ener" yet. UNCLE SAM IS MUM ON JAPS’ RUSSIAN COUP Washington Expresses Sympa- thy with Eastern Ally But ‘No Understanding QUESTION. MORAL EFFECT > ulVSE ! NO COMMUNICATION TO | It. was. authoritative | day that thé, United':States has sent ni Gommunication to Japan on the subject Of action in Si- | beria, ‘and. that if any views of | this government are expressed | | they ‘probably will be cgnveyed | | to Great’ Britain, through which | the United States has received all | | | Its information of the situation. | | = ai > It. was further statei that the Uni d States has not assented, ;or protested ard that without any ex- change of? witten conmunication: Japan already understands tne frien ly attitude of the Unicel States and} its disposition, to take no part = In addition, u United States credics her with dis- interested yuiposes if action in Si- ld’ be taken At :h2 .¢ time, it 1s underre. Japaa understands the U State is giving thought to th» moral effect in Russia sf such action, and would feel that ihe absoie necessity should be. apparent betor? ft is ta- views kave Leen ¢x- which as an the ken. These pressed to Great Britain, intermediary advised States of Japan’s views. LABOR PARLEY I$ UNFINISHED Several Members nbein Absent at Con- ference of Labor Plan- ning Board Washington, D. ferences of the lab: planning board ; which is to outline a basis of rela-} tions for employers and lavor during the war: will be resumed tomorrow with several members absent, accord- ing to indications last night. Frank, . Walsh, chosen by the labor dele- ably will ‘de detaine] in Chicago by the arbitration of the packing house wage dispute. Victor Olander and T. A. Rickert of the labor delegation also had nbt arrived last night. For- !mer President Taft, named by the employers as a representative of the public is expected in the morning and all of the five representatives of the employers probably will be present, Frank J. Hay and William L. Hutch- eson of, the labor delegation said the absence of their colleagues would not postpone the beginning of discus- sions. 21 MONTHS’ CONTROL IS TENTATIVELY APPROVED | bill for government operation of | i | railroads today definitely approv- ‘ed their tentative agreement lim- | iting government contro! to 21 | months after the war, They will | | meet. tonight again’ under ani | agreement \to settle the final dis- | ite ymuthor- | | | | | | seen | barture, for Charlotte, N. C., last fall, | Sic eget ee geeg oy (Continued owt'Page Three.) > , They learn warring early in Japan as this picture shows, Though, of course, they wear ‘dresses’ longer than boys in America. Japan now has one of the largest Boy. Scout organizations in the world. ion of a review of the battalion by General Fukashima. dissented, | yan undersianas that the, March 6.—Con-| gates to represent the public, prob-i ‘Note the officers who drill them. Just look at the boys—none of ‘em out of' dresses The photograph was taken on the occas- PRIVATE SOLDIER ROBBED FRANCE OF SEVERAL MILLIONS Washington, D. C.,. Mar. 6.—On a warrant sworn out by Counsellor Bergeron of the French embassy, charg- ing larceny of from $3,500,- 000 to $6,000,000°from the French | government | by means of automobile and truck .contracts, Frank J. | Goldsall, formerly ‘a private in the French army, was ar- rested here today and the federal - authorities were asked to return him. to France. a ee DEATH CLAIMS, “JOHN REDMOND): - TRISH LEADER’ ‘This Morning Through Heart Failure | 1, Convention Which Supported the Statesman Adopts Resolu- _ tions of Sympathy | London, Murch 6—John HE. Red United mond, the Irish nationalist leader, died | this morning. | (Mr. Redmond, who underwent a | operation in London last Friday, pass: | | ed a fair day yesterday and apparen' reat‘ Nationalist Passes Away | ND HAD "BEEN EXPECTED al | || PETROGRAD IS | i | j | | | | IN FULL SWAY Population Is Hastily Fleeing from Russ Capital. Threat- ened by the Huns | i |MOSCOW TO. BE NEW SEAT i “London, March‘6.—The evacu- mele LTL) ——#,jation® of Petrograd has begun. i Three, state ministries, accord- ing ‘to a Reuter dispatch’ from |Petrograd dated Tuesday, had | started to leave the capital from which the population is fleeing | i hastily. 7 |. The Bolsheviki government | ‘\proposes to declare: Moscow the Russian capital, and Petrograd a free port. trograd, Tuesday, Marebf 5.—Bol- | Sheviki leaders are prepared to with- | draw even as far as the Ural moun- | tains rather than submit to the de- | feat of the revolution, said ‘Leon Trot- | sky, Boleheyin foreign minister, in ‘an interview today with the Asso- | ciated Pregs. 240,449 ACRES OF U.S.LAND ~ ON TAX ROLLS Big Addition to List of Property to Be Assessed Reported by Auditor d- | | in} t- |ly was maintaining the progress | —_———— shown Monday, |McHENRY COUNTY LEADER The Irish’ convention, which had | been supported by Mr Redmond, yes | terday adopted. a message of sym pathy’ in‘ which an: earnest wish wa expressed for his early and complet recovery. i End Comes Peacefully. Mr. fully at 7:45 o'clock today. | was due to heart failure, following th ;recent operation, which was for a ‘intestinal obstruction. This was born tient, but Tuesday. night. ‘ROUNDING UP BANDIT GANG. Police Seek Third of Cov- ington Murderers Covington, Ky., March 6.—Wf{th oni bandit dead, apd a suspect inset and Cincinnati, O. and Newport, e river front for. th are searching t! the of police of Covington. One of th police after he-had shot. down the tw directors. courageously and it relieved the pa- heart failure- intervened OF SLAYERS| One Dead, One in Custody and| ustody, the police of three cites, Govington, | pf the public domain | North Dakota will collect taxes for! third member of, the gang which helt, 1 up a meeting of the Ninth Ward Build- ing association of Covngton last night —— and killed two.of the directors and | Acting Executive at Beach Seeks wounded a third, the latter, the chief! | bandits was. killed by the chief of +0 The shooting was the; boldest:in this vicinity im yedrs,,and it believed the cing psbout $2,500. state Auditor nositzky has just fins n-/ ished certifying to fifteen county aud- s|itors lands added to the counties’ tax- 2 able real estate during the year 1917 the proving up of homesteads. The | federal Yands which became private; | Property during 1917 total 242,449) Redmond passed awsy peace-| acres, and at an average ‘assessed val-| Death! uation of $3 the acre, they add almost | e! three-quarters of a million to the tax- n'adle property of North Dakota. These e! lands will, be spread on the 1918 tax| | Tolls and will add to this year's state} jrevenues, per instructions from ‘Mr. | Kositzky.: Lands certified are as follows: ‘Ad- jams, 2,116 acres, $3.38 per acre aver-. ‘aged assessed valuation | 39, $2.54; Bowman, | Burke, 803, $2 81: Divide, 16,245, $4. "83 Golden Valley, Jettinger, 996, $3.6 500, $2.30; 'Mountrai sree (14,991, .A number of counties, such as Sioux, Grant, Mountrail, which lies in two; land districts, Ward, Burleigh, Sheri-; jdan and Kidder, are yet to report on | homesteads proven up in 1917, and it e upon which e | the first time in 1918 MARIUS MATHISON MAYOR e| | Job in Reality 0; \Beach, N. D,, , ‘March 6.—Marius thison, who has been acting mayor { Beach, is circulating petitions: pla- ‘before the electors his candi- daey for the jobs ‘proper, BVACUATION OF ($2.88; | is probable there will be a very con-; siderable further addition to the slice! Moscow C3 o Congress BYFEDERALT WHITE PLOTTED SLOAN'S DEATH IS NEW CLAIM | Revulsion of Sentiment Exper- | jenced in Hazelton as New Stories Come Out PRISONER IS IN BISMARCK Transferred to Burleigh County Jail for Safe Keeping— ‘ ’ Bodies Shipped Hazelton, N. D., March 6.—There has been a revulsion of feeling here toward Clarence White, slayer of and benefactor,.and R. S. Piatt, as new developments leading up to the double-killing are being, brought to light. Scott Cameron. state's attorney for Emmons county, was interviewed here today by friends of the dead men who state they haye positive evidence that White plotted the murder of Sloan; that the gun.with which the killing was done.had not been carried for months, as ‘White . claimed, but that it was purchased here in Hazel- ton.on Saturday or Sunday; that White had. made threats that ‘some- thing was going to happen to a certain} énemy of his,” and that White, Monday ‘morning, went out along the road which Sloan was expected to fol- low in-coming, into town and lay in| wait for his former employe. Friends Make Charges | Friends of Sloan allege that White | bit by a bit built up the story which he told the state’s attorney following his arrest on Monday, and that this ; story does not jibe with the facts. | phere are’ witnesses here, it is said, willing to swear that they have posi-; tive knowledge the kiling was premed- itated, and that White, armed with the gun later did such deadly work, did | lie in wait for Sloan on the road lead- ‘ing into Hazelton. There are others ! who profess to have heard vague threats made by White against an unnamed enemy, and still others who state they can testify positively as ea the purchase of the gun, not more; than 48 hours preceding the murder. White to Bismarck White passed through Hazelton this morning in custody of Sheriff mein- there are no other prisoners in the Bismarck for safe-keeping. The avow- ed reason for this transfer is that there are no other priosners in the Emmons county jail and that White | can be cared for more economically in the Burleigh county prison. There are some, however, who contend that! the officers fear violence if White re- mains in the county. The same train| | which bore White to McKenzie, to | transfer for Bismarck, carried the body of his first victim, C. D. Sloan, the latter's brother, O. F. Parker, and Mrs. Sloan and her children, who are | accompanying the remains to Parker, S. D., where funeral services will be held Thursday. From McKenzie the body of Sloan will be carried on the; same train with the remains of R. S. | Piatt, who died in the Bsmarck hospi-| | tal Tuesday morning, and who also| will be buried at Parker, S. D., whence | all of the principals in this tragedy | came to. North Dakota two years ago. | Mrs.. Piatt will acompany the body of | her husband. ‘BADGER SOLONS RAP LAFOLLETTE) | aaa | Pass Condemnatory Resolutions | “by 53 to 32 Vote i ! i | | \ i i | | Madison, Wis., March 6.—The reso- | lution condemning Senator Lafollette was passed by a vote of 53 to 32 in! the state assembly this afternoon, | The resolution passed by the sen-} te a:week today and by.the assembly | oday follows: “The people of the state of Wis- | consin always have stood and al- | ways will stand squarely behind the national government in all | | things which are essential to bring the present war to a successful end and we condemn Senator LaFolleitte and ‘all others who have failed to support our govern- ment in matters vital to the win- ning of the war, and we denounce any attitude or utterance of theirs which has tended to incite sedi- tion among the people of our coun- try.and,to, injure Wisconsin's fair name before the free peorle. of the -world.” ‘ 8% UNFAIR COMPETITION CHARGED . AGAINST BIG MAIL ORDER FIRM . Sold Sugar Below Cost and Chargec Charged Excessive Prices: for Other Goods to Make Up’ for It—Unjustly Seog ee ected Compete Stocks Charles D. Sloan, his former employer |: on |: | were bound for St. Paul to attend the j Marck agent, entered the service 21 RADE COMMISSION SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH - SWEETENING MONOPOLY Trust Methods ‘Used to Stamp Out Opposition—Head of Concern in Answer : | Washington, D. C., March ree Complaint was _ issued, dag against Sears-Roebuck & Co.. of Chicago by the federal trade commission, charging unfair methods of competition in the conduct of its business. The complaint summons the firm to answer the charge that:it has advertised sugar for sale'at from 3c to 4c a pound, actually: at a loss, but only upon condi-- tion that certain aniounts of oth- er groceries be purchased, :for which a sufficient price is charg- ed to make a profit on the com- bined sale. : Unfair Competition. . The complaint further charges that Sears-Roebuck & ‘Co. with the purpose of injuring compet-: itors, has circulated ‘catalogues representing the quality .of mer- chandise sold by: its competitors as inferior. ‘ The complaint charged ‘that the low price on sugar was made for the purpose of lessening comi- petition, and creating: a mono-: poly. : : PLAN WAS DISCONTINUED, Chicago, Ill, March 6—Otfelal | of Sears-Roebuck & Co. said today Yhat | Sale of-sugar. on the selling plan ‘cof: plained of by the federal. trade cont: mission was’ discontinued last * June when a shortage of sugar bécame. ap. parent. “We cooperated with the feiieral food administraton at that time’ and stopped the plan of sale,” said J..P. Scott, of the wholesale grocery de- partment. “We are at a loss to un- derstand why a complaint should be made at this time,” BERLIN TOLD TROOPS STILL ARE FIGHTING Krylenko Asks German and Aus- trian Chief Commanders to Make Good Promises London, March 6—An official Rus- ; Sian statement received here today says Ensign Krylenko, the Bolsheviki commandér-in-chief, has sent. a mes- sage to the German and Austrian chief commanders stating that the Ger- mans and Austrians are still fighting, « notwithstanding the conclusion ‘of Peace. Ensign Krylenko asks wheth- er the German high command has: te- ken all steps necessary for cessa- tion of hostilities. EXPRESS AGENTS. HONOR OLD CHIEF, Employes of Northern to Attend : \ Funeral of C. B. Newcomb Northern Pacific train No. 4 ° this morning picked up from all the larger points in Montana and North Dakota ‘Northern Express Co. agents who funeral services to be held there Thursday afternoon for D. B. | New- comb, the oldest employe of the North- ern, who died early Tuesday morting. D, B. Newcomb for-several years past had been acting as traveling agent. In his early days he ran ‘as an ex- press messenger on the Bismarck div- ision, with C. B. Cooper, now general ; manager of the Northern, as his part- | ner. The deceased had been with the Northern Express Co. almost from the date of its origin: His term of service began earlier than that of W. S. Hay, general superintendent, who has been with the company 30 years, nd Newcomb was a veteran with the Northern when R. L. Walton, Bis- years ago. Mr. ‘Walton joined other employes of the company here this morning, leaving on No. 4 for St, Paul to pay his last respects to the memory. of ‘his ‘revered ‘chief tomorrow. eve .