The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1918, Page 2

© woes Adc acannon dea OAR NEALE IOP AEROBIE EATER ET soem peer manc +22; 1918 $2.50 WHEAT BILL PASSED THRU SENATE { with Goes to Conference Where New °: Battle Over Increase ' Begins LARGE VOTE FAVORABLE Appropriation of Twenty-Eight Million Was Not Con- tested Washington, D. Mar. 2).—The agricultural appropriation bill, with the Gore amendment increasing the 1918 government guaranteed wheat price to $2.50, was passed late to- day by the senate, It now goes to conference between the two hou where there will be another fight over the wheat price. The wheat price amendment adopted 48 to 18, after a five da discussion in which its advocates urg- | ed the necessity of stimulating vro- | duction, and criticising government | price fixing. The bill, carrying appro- | priations of $28,000,000 was passed withotu a roll call, the principal fight); being ceutered ou the wheat provis- ion, Bases Grade No. 2 Northern. Besides increasing the federal cuar-| antee, the Gore amendment also pro-| vides that the guaranteed price, for| the 1918 crop shall be based upon No. | 2 Northern wheat or its equivalent! instead of the ‘No. 1 variety, as under | existing law, and shall be payable at) local elevators or railway markets in- stead of at the principal primary mar- } kets, as is done now. These provis- fons are designed to further Increase the farmers returns. Another provision is that the guar- antee shall not be dependent upon action of the \yresident, but ‘is hare by made absolute and binding until May 1, 1919." Acceptance of the amendment by) the house is hoped for by its cham-! pions. But despite the overwhelming. vote by which the senate recommend- ed the price increase into the bill, ad- ministration leaders do not believe it could pravail finally if, as has been} reported the opposition of the food administration would cause a presi dential veto. i tS we WASHINGTONIS DOUBTFUL THAT OFFENSIVE'S ON American Military Officials Un- convinced by Large Foe Operations CAMOUFLAGE, THEIR THOT Washington, D. C., Mar. 22.—Kven word from London that the drive: launched. today by ,the Germans on! the west front is on a larger seale than any undertaken there since the; war began, has failed to. convince Am- erican military observers that the long heralded German offensive is at hand. They are waiting for the full scope of the enemy action, against | ‘oth British and French fronts to be) made.clear, and still believe that the logic of the situation points away from a German offensive in the west at this time, Something May be Hidden i There was a distinct feeling tonight | that the tumult of the German guns! might cloak some other purpose than to commit the issue of the war to des perate onslaught against the all but} impregnable allied lines in the west. | Supreme confidence in the power of those lines to resist the shock char- acterized the expressions of all offic: jals hore. Some high army officers, heretofore confident that the German positions on all fronts made. a defensive atti- tude.in the wost almost mandatory. | viewed with eagerness the possibility that a great thrust at Paris or the channel yorts had been actually set in motion.. They believed only some in- ternal pressure that would not brook wise. counsel could force the general staff to.risk such a venture. They ‘belioved, too, that a German assault in the west now would bring the ul- timate triumph of the allied cause close, because the. resisting power of the allied armies is unshakeable. “Defeat of Hun Certain” “Tf this is in fact a German drive” said one general officer, “I will look upon it as the most hopeful sign in the war thus far. Defeat of the Hun is certain. “But -I_cannot believe that it is a real drive. Every requirement of rea- son would direct the Germans to press their exploitation of Russia’s resourc- es and Russia's man power to the lim- it while they held the west front locked against our efforts.” Reports from Holland that a peace offer had been. made semi-officially to, the. entente by Germany caught im- mediate attention. There was nothing at the state department to confirm this report, but some observers saw the possibility that the menace of the German guns bad been turned loose to play.a thundering. prelude to such an offer for the effect upon the French and -British people. J Dutch Ships Action Cause? Others saw possible significance in the fact that the-German onslaught comes quick on the’ heels.of the a auisition: of Dutch - shipping: by the United: States andthe: allies, It was noteth-that the war college’ statement of tiisweek: had’ predicted: that 20 German: offensie in) the west is to be expected unless forced: by the general Perv cheep ba 3 ‘There,|was spec | ulation to: whethersithe incident of: the: Duteh ship: it, have | might Fanon A EG a e European neutrals,.or it mitt be that malay that the: subs , doned. | the underse ; marine campaign had failed to block | the movement of American troops to srance led to the resort to a desper- | ate effort to reach the channel ports. Too Eariy for urtensive. From a purely military standpoint, the launching of an offensive this y in the year is an innovation in r. Experience would indicate 1@ ground jis as yet too soft ne winter rains, for exte nd transport movem i sing home a ppears to b the: v that slant rush the way for grea fantry jater Been Preliminary at Cambrai has ges. it was thi ought here > that the G ; secking to restore th in preparation for po tensixe operati later. indicated a movement of wide scope today, however, this view was aban Council Has Prepared. One thought occurred to all offic ers here. If this is indeed the great! rman offensive, the stwpreme mill- ary council at Versailles ample time and notice to pel to meet it. It has been officially indi. cated already that the general re: serye, composed of surplus troops of all the allied armies, and probably in-| ¥ ; cluding a very heavy proportion of big | guns, has been placed under the au thority of the Versailles council. The plans of that body have contemplat ed an assault on any part of the line in France and accordingly schemes, for massing men and guns at any cer- tain point is believed to have been worked out.. This means that even were the standard three line defens on the British front forced back b: the Germans, additional armies would ba available immediately to block their further progr LARGER CARGO SHIPS PLANNED Designs on Merchant Ship of Great Dimensions Being Drawn Washington, D. ©., Mar. 21.—Con-! truction of ten ships of 15,100 ch to be the biggest cargo c in the American merchant marine has | been recommended by Chairman Hur lley of the shipping board, and wo on th » designs was -begun today. | retary Redfield recently sug-| ed that the board begin building | ships, now that the construc- maller vessels is under way factorily. Craft of the new design | larger satis ! probably will be built in some of the | old yards which are building large vessels for the na’ | They cannot be laid down for several mont One advantage of the big ships will be a great increase in carrying cap- acity. Without corresponding increase in the cre SECRET RECORDS ON U-BOAT LOSS GIVEN TO PUBLIC Will Probably Be Followed by a Statement by Hurley Show- ing Ship Needs equipped for Washington, D. C., Mar. 22.—-Publi- cation Thursday of the long-held se- cret official British admiralty figures showing exactly the total of submar-! ine losses up to January 1, and that despite the anti-submarine measures boats are d hips twice as fast as the worl yards are buliding them, pror he the foreruner of some further ollic: | jal pronouncements which will bring home to America more strikingly than ever before the need of the “bridge | of ships” to France. Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board possibly may make a statement | but it is certain that in speech he is to deliver in New Yo wil give some facts which, connection with tious of Sir Eric Geddes, be forenunner of some further offic: figures published here today by the British embassy will show the pre ent ship construction — Situation clearly as the British have shown th. rate of destruction Warning, Yet Comforting The British official figures, publish- ed so unexpectedly here totlay, when everyone thought they would indefi- | nitely be withheld because of the sup-/ posedly valuable information thev | might give the Germans, were not | without their note of comfort, despite | the ringing warning they gave of the need of rushing ship building. ‘While they show more than 11.000, 000. tons of ships destroyed since su marine warfare began, and only 6, 000,000 tons of ships built to take their. place they show that the rate of submarine destruction steadily has taken in| the recent declara- | first lord of | ed when early in 1917 Germany an nounced a new and unrestricted cam- paign of ruthlessness and forced | United ‘States into the war. SCOTT PERRY SIGNS Atlanta, Ga., March 22.—Scotti Perry | of. the Chicago Nationals, has signed | with ‘the Atlanta club.of the outhern | Association,, it was announced here | Thursday; Perry; wished for Atlanta in 1915 and 1916. He, sighed with the Cubs Jast year. . President Issues Edict That They 1 LAW WILL BE EXPLAINED - ALL SAVED FROM _ ‘ ‘| ect may be made this week. Cables ee Buenos Aires, Mar. Advices re. Only Three French | ceived here Thu nto confirm ; ‘the reports ay that Ships Sunk by Subs , ed into testifying, card him utier seditious or anything | Always bears | Which might be construed as disloyal. | the They told of many rumors to intim Signature of g - decreased from the ‘heights it reach- | — ion of Crum’s friends and one wit- a minfster, said he had heard a nor at Roundup that Judge Crum, | elping to collect funds to fuinate| n Fein movement. Five Signers on Stand. Up to the time of adjournment tof ve witnesses from Roundup had} n heard, Rey. W. Judson Oldfield | ember of the Mossellshell county; il of defense, G. J. Jeffries and | Thompson, attorney —these | 0B) HOTORS NOT TO BE FORCED INTO BATTLES ° G. Jarrett, shell, and Mee ' one of the four w resolutions. Mrs. | ified she did not attend} where the resolutiona/ d, but had signed them be- she believed in Crum's inno-! nse and wanted him to have a fair) e resolutions—W. f the court of Mu 1 H. Tillmar 2 who signed the Shall Be Used Only as Non- combatants Washington, D. C., Mar, 22.—Presi-} dent W y directed that con- cientio drafted into the who are unwilling appearance of Rev. H. G. Klemme, stor of the Presbyterian church of combatant service as | +, th, probationary officer in Crum’s ed in ‘the draft law shall, rt and a personal friend of the onfine] in discir judge. The minister's testimony was Z do actl-)vsven with some reluctance but he umnand shall be held: tion the sceretary of their ca eoly admitted that he had differed) ith Crum to h an extent that he gned his position to avoid embar- ment, Crum’s attitude with refer- ce to the war both before the Unit- tes entered it and after its en- } : showed he was strongly in} gholec (ofa Wide 1anee ol y of Germany and against. the Pasbiey ys Une allies. especially England and later accordance | smeriea, the minister said. the secre ““Kiemme is of German parentage sentence’ and speaks and writes German. “<2 NRSSENTIAL of a full tactful and cor so far as possible w Sta prance given the pt actual fi the president's c f r will re the conscie! nti 50 bjecte rs ‘class and audements at} pe chang Will Record Names, Reasons— After April nd cach month there i camp and post com-! A » to report to the secre ‘ na ft tious objectors D ment of the charac of each one. Pending decision of the \ be segre. in the they as much as. posit ae ; camp, but will not be surjected to|MeAdoo’s Order undue hardship. The executive order) " son’s Signature of Railroad of the president does not spt forth : ‘what action the seer of war Bill may finally take. It doc how ever, that men who wilft pey a comaend shall ve coorimer'ai? [SAFEGUARDS LARGE FUND may be confined | Medical Corps Noncombatana | Objectors who have no prefereace p Washington, D. ©. will be assigned to the medical corps. . Mar. 21.—The first act of Dire i ral MeAdoo | put LS 2 1 ihe ; today, after Pri nt Wilson signed | which the railroad bili, which provides a may £500,000,000 revolving fund, and pre- States, or in the rear of the zone Of vibes a basis of compensation to the | depart- ry de y depots 2s requir oad. The é federal operation, was : restricting — rail- s during under war ¢ s. Inasmuch :3 the government has now underiak- en largely the financing of improve-! provides that the, ment and purchase of new equipment | on grounds of ' serve as a safeguard to he big working fund. igning of the bill op r the railroad administra ped with necessary extensions | ith the negotiation of agreements on compensation, and with other forms of financial assistance to the npanies. New Ha Notes to be Met. One of the fi results probably will be the conclusion of an agreement h which the government will par- ipate to some degree of the meet- $42,000,000 notes of the New York, aven and Hartford railway due 15, An announcement of this deserter. The draft Jaw claim for exemption membership in a religi G war shall be co is determined that recognized author y and in e: before the United States entered the} war, AMAZON, ENGLISH TORPEDOED. SHIP Reports of Sinking Confirmed; Cargo Lost, Passenger the Royah Mail Steam Packet Co., ; steamer Amazon, a 10,000 ton vessel, During Last Week had been torpedoed. The only notice yeceived from the London office of the company was one stating that the} sailing of the Amczon for this side of the Atlantic from Liverpool had} Washington, D, ©. Mar. 22.—Sub- sor mi sank only three ch merchantmen during the week Neen angeles nee on | ending March 16, one over 1,600 tons board ‘bad beet “put that. the | 224 two sinaller cratt. The weekly re- C port received Thursday records, one, cargo was lest vessel of over 1,600 tons which was ; sunk during the previous. week, but {was not included in last week's an- nouncement. The Dispatch says. that CRUM UNLOYAL i) merchant ships of all national-| it aboc 10 %tons, entered a 920 CHARGE FALSE) tiene! uetued tits dats got | include fishing boats and local craft. |, HOLLAND GETS | THREAT OF WAR | 70 Roundup “People § Sign Resolu- tion Declaring Faith in Jurist Under lire t i Ie | Helena Citizens of | * Roundup, use had{ London, Mar. 21.—Dispatches ‘fom adopted hment; the Hague report that a local news Of tl ent to Gov- aay al »}agency says thay Germany considers [her relations with Holland altered by. ‘the attitude of the Dutch government. United a report that the Dutch govern-| restrictive loan terms, by Germany as against Judge Charles L. € fifteenth judicial distric rnor Stewart resolution: of 70 5 | States and publishe abandonment by t ment of the remaining alty of Crum and ‘laiming witnes at the house hearing had been cocre- were given the op-| portunity: to prove their statements} this afternoon in the impeachment | trial of the absent jurist before the | Montana state senate. admitted | resol | Without exception they that the allegations in th For Infants and Children | In Use For Over 30 Years | clauses in its shipping regarded would be cause for y tion were bi 1 upon he upon rumors and that they had aol knowledge of whether Crum was pat-; riotic or not, except they had never) hej A Perpetual War of Germs In ary human body there’is continual strife between | the forces of health and disease, while headaches, nervousness | and tretqueat colds mean weakness and foreim si sicknean 3 In changing seasons your system needs the oil-food in. SOOM His ie increase the red corpuscles of the blood and create:that resistive power which thwarts. colds, tonsilitis,: throat. troubles and. ik wee 'S is powered eettie os hig po medicinal-food: withodt inal ‘Scott & oe Bloombeld, N. J. NEW BILLS RE the committee which drafted (Compulsory Labor and State Em- ‘MAY ADJOURN “One of the features today of the re-| Presentation of what are said to be} the last new bills indications were t sion of the South Dakota legislature would be completed by Saturday night according to the schedule made by | the governor. tonight's session, among them being measures for compulsory labor and w importation of fireworks. bill is si fect in West Virginia and Maryland. which makes it an offense for any | person to reside in the state who does | Wie not do mental or manual labor. The IRISHMEN AND fireworks bill, supporters claim, would eliminate useless expenditure of mon- ey and conserve powder for military j purposes. Decline Federal Aid Bill —— | i c The senate and house today passed | _ Washington C.,, Mar. 21.—The} the first in peace a joint resolution in which a Dill by | Pritish-American and Canadian-Amert- first in war Representative Baer of North Dakota ; can draft treaties were retucued to; now before the United States congress | the state department by the sen *) H A a to gjve federal aid to the farmer, late today at the request of President) declined by the state of South . for certain changes before , : kota. @ Amendments have been | B a The principal objection to the Baer | agreed upon by the governments measure was that it makes the sta look poor in the ey j the country, : Follows Wil-| is disproved by the condition of the | | banks of ee 2,500 VOTE LEAD ASSURES LENROOT | Few Unreported Precincts Will| Lenroot, republican, will hi » | proximately 2,500 majority over James F which will Pteane Irishmen and Aus- | Thompson in the'contest for the nom- tratians in this country. from draft by |ination’for United States senator, ac cording to the latest- returns which | providing that the provisions of the ot quite complete as received by | treaties shall not apply to men not PRESENTED C, D. the Milwaukee Sentinel. subject to conscription in their owa | The supporters of Thompson will | sountries. [Ehootnced fem the’ secretary *t|RESOLUTIONS - EXTRA SESSION seiccue & Stsncsa@" 8) END sT. PAUL |fowr missing precinele: ap the ialssing NOPARTY MEET links, it is believed, will add, rather Pledged by Minnesota than subtract from Lenroot’s total. The Sentinel’s latest table gives! Loyalty Branch of League; Wilson Lauded bargo on Fireworks Proposed ' Lenroot 69,547 and Thompson 67,136. | Loyal Vote May be Combined Peports are current to the effect | } that pressure will be brought to bear} upon either Davies, democrat, or Len-| { root to withdraw in favor of the other. . Paul, Minn., March 22.—Resolu- | itis known positively that Davies will | pate pledging loyalty to the, govern- | not withdraw and Lenroot has stated | ‘that no one shall be authorized to ment, commending Breaident WHspn's make a statement that he contem-|statement of war aims, endorsing leg: islation which is favorable to Non- plates doing so. It was. said late today that some) partisan league princfples, and ex: one woulg introduce a resolution at a}pressing sympathy for Russia, were conferefce of the Wisconsin loyal leg-| adopted Thursday by the National Non ion tomorrow afternoon requesting! partisav’ League at the closing ses- that either Lenroot or Davies with-|sion of their three-day meeting here. j draw. from the race, but officials of; The reading and adoption of the res- that organization, which is Nonpar-| olutions consumed the major part of a) tisan. said tonight that nothing was|the afternoon session, while the clos- known of such a step being contem-| ing hours were given over to address- lated.. It was said, however, that it|es by Mayor Van Lear of Minneapo- not impossible that some such jjs, and Nonpartisan league speakers. action might be taken. , 2 | AUSTRALIANS | TOBE EXEMPT . 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