The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1918, Page 1

\ & é 7 Partly Cloudy tonight: CK TRI LAST EDITION BUNE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 136. ie BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MON , MAY 27, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WILSO ° e PAY ADVANCE URGES i R TAX BOOSTS AIL EMPLOYES OPERATING, EXPENSES EIGHT HUNDRED MILLION MORE THAN» MARK SET FOR LAST YEAR Excess to Be for Benefit of American People and Not for Private Railroad Owners, Announces Government—Interstate and Intrastate Rates to Be Reconciled si ___ Washington, D. C., May 27.—In announcing that the rate increases are required by public interest, Director General McAdoo referred to the $300,000,000 or more added to the payrolls of rail- road labor under an order published today, to the rapidly rising cost of coal which he estimated this year alone was $160,000,000 more than last year-and to higher cost of every, other material entering into railroad transportation. Operating nses, he esti- mated, would be between $830,000,000 and $860j000,000 greater this year than the ‘$2,852,000,000 figure of last year. ‘any uninecedsary burde nupon the pub- \ United Confederate Veterans Reunion No part of the increased rates is on account of improvements, additions and new equipment this year, he expfained. Urge Support. “It. ig earnestly. hoped” said the director general. ‘‘that all citizens af- fected directly’ or indirectly by this increase of rates: will support:-the gen- || eral principle. of ‘such increase as an |; ‘ unavoidable war ‘measure and accept the additional .burden in the same spirit of self-sacrifice in which they have accepted other inconveniences and burdens and the grievous per- sonal losses which are parts of the price that the nation is -patriotically paying for world liberty.” Mr. McAdoo called attention to the fact that, “there is no way in which the present increases will insure to prevent profit.” t “If they turn out to.be more than are neede dto meet the grave public exigency” he ‘added, “they will promptly be. readjusted as. to prevent lic, “but pending such réadjustment, the excess, if any will be for the ben- efit of the people of the United States fis a whole, and not for. the: benefit, of the private railroad owners. Savings can be Effected. “To the extent that savings can; be effected and to the extent that: re- duced prices for the things’ the rail- roads: must buy,*can be realized, it will be the purpose of the director general to,. make: rom. time ‘to’ time appropriate reductions.” The provisions that-itrastate rate shall be abolished wherever. substi- tute interstate rates between the saine points exist and that all shall be raised to a standard national level, develops a conflict between powers of the fed- eral railroad administration and of the state railroad and public utilities com: | missions, which heretoforé-have claim- ed exclusive: jurisdiction over intra- state rates.c« State: ‘commissions. are permitted no: review under ‘the rail- road act. Mr/ McAdoo announced that he ex- pects that interstate commerce com- mission to review, the new schedules, on complaint of shippers or other commercial interests and changes will be made onthe commission’s recom- mendations, This is necessary to re- adjust the nation-wide fabric of com- plicated rates, each interdependent on score of others and so delicately ad- justed in hundreds of thousands of cases that a change of a cent or two causes distinct interdustrial and com- mercial disturbances. « Won'’t>Reduce Rates. Passenger! fares: tins:some: sparsily settled regions’now: more than three cents wilt mot be reduced,” The order permits the‘ fe-establishment of round trip tourist fares somewhat. lower than the three cent, rate. rae Exceptions: ‘toothe three cent rate are made for soldiers and sailors, who may travel-at one cent a mile when on furlough at their own expense and for persons attending the National’en- campment of the Grand: Army ‘of the Republic at Portland. Ore., and the at Tulsa, Okla., both of these organ- izations are permitted rates of one cent a mile, and ‘for various state meetings of the veterans, two’ cents will be, charged- i Children under five years of age will be carried free as at present and those between five and twelve will be charg- ed half of the new: hightr fare. Commutation fares, which are raised | ten per cent are construed to apply; to persons having daily or frequent occasion to travel between their homes and places of employment of educa-) tional institutions. : Raised 25 per cent. : To meet the wage increases. just announced, and higher costs of coal and other supplies this year Director General McAdoo today ordered rail- road freight rates in the United States raised 25 per cent and ‘passenger fares increased to three cents a mile from the present basis of about 2% cents. It is estimated that the program will bring between $800,000,000 and $900,- 000,000 more revenues to the railroads within the next year. It represents py far the biggest rate increase in the history of railroads. Special excursion, mileage, conven- tion and tourist rates’ with a few ex- ceptions are discontinued, privileges such as stop overs and free side trips are abolished and: excess baggage charges are increased. Both freight and passenger rates on boat lines operated'on the lakes, rivers or coastwise “by railroads are to be raised proportionately with the general jncreases. Export and import freight rates are ordered cancelled, and the higher democratic rates will apply to and from ports. -A number of boat in- crease instead of percentage additions, are ordered for coal, coke; lumber, ore, stone, grain, cotton, _livestock, ~"(Continued. on’ Page Three.) CANNONBALL RED CROSS PARTY TO BE HELD TUESDAY i. moms Solen, N. B., May 27.— Owing to the heavy rain, the | Red Cross party and dance | to have been held at the Old | Cannonball -ranch was post: | 2, | poned until Tuesday: eve- ning, May 28, when every-’ one is invited to have a gen- uine, old frontier good time. °. QVER HALF AN INCH OF RAIN HELPS CROPS Observer O. W. Roberts Reports 63 Precipitation General: Over the State; . HAGAN SEES BUMPER CROP Regards Conditions as Ideal for Wheat, Barley and Oats '=No Damage Done In central North Dakota, since the ‘beginning of the rainy season last Friday ,a naverage of .63 of an inch is reported from all stations of the wea- ther bureau. The most gratifying re/ port received here by O. W. Roberts, in charge of the weather service for North, Dakota comes from New Eng- land, where it had been ver} dry, but where eight-tenths of. an inch of rain has fallen since Friday. In one or two sections the rainfall was light, but the average for the entire state since Friday, 8°around .63. “These rains are decidely benefi- cial to all crops, and espegially to wheat, barley and oats,” said John N. Hagan, commissioner of agriculture and labor, today.’ “Wheat which was frozen down is coming up again in nice shape. The plants are sending down long roots and are stooling, and every condition points to an.unusually good crop. The only things that could be hurt by ths continued cold and wet weather are flax and corn, and there is very small acrgage of these crops in to date. The moisture must have penetrated in most places to a depth of two feet. It will come up gradu- ally with the return of warm weather, and, where the ground is cultivated and a soft surface mulch maintained, thére will be little loss from evapora: tion. Our greatest losses through ev- aporation so far have come from hea- vy winds. Fortunately, following these last rains, we have no wind. NEWCOMB HOME FROM NATIONAL HUMANE SESSION Superintendent of Society for Friendless Attends In- teresting Meetings Rev. G. B. Newcomb» superintendent of the society for the Friendless and state humane officer, has. returned from Kansas City, Mo., where he has was in attendance atithe convention of the National Society of Social and Humane workers. Nearly 2,000 dele- gates were present, and Mr. Newcomb says the program covered a large range of topics. One day was spent in visiting three institutions which were comparatively a few miles from each other, viz: The disciplinary barracks, Fort Leav- en worth; the federal prison, Leaven- worth and the Kansas state prison, Lansing. At the latter place are held the wmen and girls who infest Camp Funston, which is but a few miles away. These women are not released until they receive a doctor's certifi- cate of health. Supt, ‘Newcomb found on his desk éalls requiring his services from the extreme northwest part of the state to the extreme southwest upon his return. = eee EET p Seasena ia 2 -|for the preliminary process of natural- BACKS MADOO IN OPPOSITION TOPARTY WHIPS President Suggests Revenue Program to Raise One- . Third by Taxation — INCOMES MAY BE TAXED MUCH MORE HEAVILY Secretary. Insists Upon Immedi- ate Legislation Necessary to Stabilize Buginess Washington, May 27.—Just as the German cannon were thunder- ing their herald of the renewed offensive on the western front, President Wilson today appeared unexpectedly before cangrese and demanded, that, laying ical consid rations and all others aside, it remain in session until it hae. enacted new war tax laws to fi- nance the growing cost of the war and prepare the country for the burden it must bear. At the €orclusion. of his pre- pared address the president, paus- ed, laid hig hang over. his, manu- script and added another preced- ent breaker to the long list he ath sees ed his, dealings et ressed the §: | extemporaneously 8 Parnestly and. forciny whilethig auditors sat in rapt and surprised) silence. “May | add this word gentle- men,” hé |, “just as | wasJeav- ing tite white house, | was told: the | expecter drive cn the western front hag apparently begun. You .can that. salemn-.”: ized my fe to you, and how the purpose which express in these lines. Washington, D. C., May 27—Presi- j dent: Wilson's decision to a(ldress con \gress became known when the lead ers ‘of, House and. Senate were: not: session. © : 5 : There. was no oficial announcement of the subject on Sian the presiden: would speak; but it became knowr that he mele outline the, war revenue legislation. situation and the necessity of considering it without waiting for the ‘regular session in December. “* ite Drebident bodeals| on washgenet! ally constr J ing: that wa tin rf aco Recreiary Bi dou who'has b il ssing for immediate work ‘on ‘the legislation.’- ay | Secretary McAdoo's reasons for im mediate legislation are that prospect: of the new war tax laws now wil inform the country and business o. the payments they will have to make and that it will stabilize the Libert; bone market for the next issue in the fall. ‘ Party leaders, including the Demo cratic whips, disagree strongly witt | these views. The president, it became known. it ready to ask congress to pass a rev enue billjof the kind Secretary Mc Alloo has déclared ndcessary. ! He was expected to point that it will take a greatdeal’ of money to carry or the war; and that Secretary McAdx jis the man who knows the govern ment’s needs,; : Last wek the president suggestec a revenue program ,by which one third of the revehues raised wold comet from ‘taxation and two-thirds from bond sales. Under the plan he sug (Continued on page eight) CIPI IE EOP NORTH DAKOTA. MEN ARRIVE AT CAMP LEWIS Camp ‘Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., May 27.—The process of making Unite: States citizens’ of 5,199 Camp Lewis soldiers now subjects of other coun tries began this morning at 9:3( o'clock, when the first of the alien en- listed men of the national army, in cluding enemy aliens, will appear at the library of the 166th depot brigade ization. Approximately 200 men, from Wasi. ington and Idaho, arrived today in the May contingent of the draft, which 1: to bring some 12,000 new men into the national army. The men strength o! the camp ,according to the latesi weekly health report, is 40,443 men Today the first troops from Minne sota and the Dakotas arrived at camp. these states ‘having been added to the seven states contributory to Camp Lewis. More than 2000 men are ex- pected tomorrow in the draft. Tues- day is the biggest day, when. more than 4,000 are expected ‘and the last of the May contingent is expected Friday. To care for the new men rapidly, the personnel of the recciv- ing station ‘of the casual office has been increased so that the men can be hurried thruogh to their training bar- racks at any time of the day or night. The mustering office, where the men are given their final examina- tion, has been increased to a capacity of 1,000 men a day. Two X-ray rooms ‘| renewal of the German attempt. The fact that both, British: and Yed:to-meke:arrangements for. # joint | take: ._ BOMBARD PARIS Paris, May 27.—After a long interval the Germans again began to bombard Paris with long range guns at 6:30 o’clock this morning. : The resumption of the bombardment was an unwelcome surprise to the Paris- ians, who had not heard the sound of ex- ploding shells from the German “big Ber- tha” since May 1.’ The first. shell.was followed at: fairly regular intervals, much as on the occasions of previous bombardments, making it seem prowl that more than one gun was in action. ©» (By Associated Press) Germany has resumed her drive for.a decision of the western front after a lapse of nearly ‘four weeks, striking in the south) between Rheims and Soissons and in Flanders on the northerly side of the Lys salient. The effort apparently is to push simul- taneously through’ to the channel ports in the north and to strike for Paris in the south, in an effort.aimed mainly. at the French. The main field of the German attack—the Somme region in the direction of Amiens—hgs been neglected by the German com- mand in this new thrust. The possibility exists, however, that the Gabting wi extended: to this.area as the battle develops. he southerly blow, which covers a front ‘of’ some 10:-miles, and apfiarently is’by far the more important, has come ) #, Doint whichi had not ‘been considered the most: probable’ fie! id‘ for a French troops aré found holding this front, however; gives indi- cation that General Foch, the allied comrhander’ ‘in: thief, has large forces’ massed there. It was, indeed§ on this front between this tip of the Mont- Jidier salient and Rheims, that the enemy flank was most dan- gerously exposed and where he must have. felt himself most vul- ble to-a counter blow. If this attack here is neither a°demon- ‘stration in force to cover the main effort elsewhere, or a veritable drive at Paris, the possibility remains ‘that it was launched with the intention of driving the allies from their advantageous posi- tions along the Oise and the Ailette, forestalling a flanking counter effort by Foch’s great reserve‘army. Oy Ai us Extend Front to Rheims aie «© By their attack of today ‘the -Germans.-have ve extended :the ictive battlefront as far/east.as:Rheims, taking 'in a new' sector’ i which! has been quiet ‘since. last. falli,:'The thrust. between’ Lée and: Voormezedle is along the northern: leg of the Flanders sali- ant, on a sector measuring about eight miles, where the Germans | mét with one of the bloodiest defeats of the war, when their drive for the channel ports was halted last month. The attack between Soissons and Rheims, however, is the; jistinctive feature of the new German operations. This battle is being fought along the sector which usually is referred to as the Aisne front. ; : The stroke in Flanders was in far less magnitude, covering 4 front of less than 10 miles, it nevertheless aimed at points which the Germans must take before they can hope to carry their April advance further to the coast. Behind the Locre-Voormezeele area lie the hills which con- stitute the- backbone of the Franco-British position, only the out- lying peak: where the Germans captured when they took Mount Kemmel last month. Scherpenberg, Mont Rouge, Mont Des Cats and other emin- ances are yet barring the way of the Germans. i‘ Positions Strong. The allied positions under attack are notably strong. This ‘s particularly through the southerly line, guarded by the rivers Oise and Ailette, and the Chemin des Dames ridge, which the German crown prince spent many weeks last summer trying to Not only did he fail, but he was forced still further back ‘ast fall when General Petain launched a decisive blow in the Pinon region, drove in for a depth of two miles a day and com- pelled the Germans to fall back to the positions behind the Ailette, where they have since remained. . ) In the north ‘the French recently have strengthened their hold on the hill region by pushing forward in the Locre sector in local thrusts and capturing important high ground. SLIGHT GAINS s With the British Army in France, May 27.—The latest re- ports show that the Germans have made some small progress in places. ani @ | and east:of Luneville, the artillery fire | WAR SUMMARY | continues light. Near Luneville an 2 | American, patrol has been successful | in a brush with the enemy, the Ger- ~~ AGGREGATE WAGE INCREASES WILL AMOUNT T0 $300,000,000; EIGHT HOUR DAY RECOGNIZED Back Salary in Lump Sums of $100 to $200 Per Individual to Be Distributed—Minimum of 55 Cents an Hour Established—Women’s Pay to Be Raised on Same Basis ae ‘ Washington, May 27.—General pay increases for nearly two million railroad employes were announced Sunday by Director General MeAdoo, effective next Saturday and retroactive to last Jannary J, carrying out substantially recommendations of the rail- way wage board. The aggregate of the wage inerease pr y wil h age se probably will be more {han eee a year, half of which wilt be distributed within a few weeks as back pay in lump sums ranging for ab $ nearly $200-each. « 5 ay ee | Willow Creek, Cal.; William are in use for examination of the Jungs, chest,and spine. Saturday night: and most, of \Sun- day the German artillery on the west- arn front bombarded heavily the sec- or south of Somme, and the front yetween the Somme and Arras and joth sides of the Lys‘ salient. Weather conditions have interrupt- 2d somewhat and Americans have con- inued their work of harassing Ger- nan‘trops concentrations. rBitish aviators, while suffering no losses. themselves, have destroyed eight more enemy machines and dis abled two others. On thé Toul sector American aviators apparently have gained the mastery over the enemy ind German machines could*not be found on that front Sunday. In minor fighting in the past four weeks the Anglo-French troops south- west of Ypres and east of Amiens have gained some valuable, ‘although ‘mall positions. Of greater moment have been the opportunity to pre- pare for the renewal of the German offensive and to, harass most success- fully German attempts to reconstitute their shattered units. There has been no change*on the American sectors. Northwest of Toul mans being routed with the loss of several dead after a sharp fight. There were no American casualties. On’the Italian and Macedonian front artillery and aerial arms are more active than the infantry. At some points there have been patrol: en- counters and small attacks, but no infantry operations of moment have developed. BEULAH RAISES $5,000.00 IN RED CROSS AUCTION eulah, N. D., May 28.—In the teeth of a soaking, all-day rain Saturday, Beulah staged a Red. Cross sale which netted the fund $5,000. ‘Much credit for the success of the enterprise ix given George N. Keniston, secretary of the Bismarck Commercial club, who sold a service flag for $1,070. A splendid sprit and unbounde denthus- iasm were evidenced throughout the recommenations in the following “Phe principle of the basic employed mainly on track work, TWO DAKOTA BOYS IN LIST “OF CASUALTIES John Miller of Dickinson and A. 0.‘Anderson of New Rock- ford ‘Are Wounded Washington; -D, C,,:May 27—The army, casualty list, issued Sunday ,con- tained 28 names, : divided as’ fo] B 5; "died of we 8, 2; died of disease, ‘5; ° ‘Kiled°in_ action, dlied,of accident, 2; wounded” severely,;.7; wounded slightly, 5:..missing 1n action, 2. The’ list: includes: - Killed in action: ’ i Corporal Alex’ Freeborn, Collins, Montana. fi ‘Wounded severely: PRIVATE JOHN MILLER, DICK- | INSON, N. D. , Wounded slightly: Privates George W. Davis, Laramie, Wyoming; Alexander Polejewski, Or- leans, ‘Minnesota. The army casualty today contained nineteen names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 9; died of wounds, 4; died of disease, 1; wounded seve- rely,2; missing in action, 3. Killed in action: Corporal Milton Scarborough, Childs, ‘Md.; Lonnie Simpson, Ready, Ky.; Privates Alexander P. Garrett, Man- gum, Okla.; Jos Griffin, East Hamp- ton, N. Y.; Jas. C. Holland, Villa Rica, Ga.; Bugene Rockwell Oakes, Sparta, Wis.; Frank Schmidt, 297 Greenbush man, Ethel, La.; James Wallen, Fair- land, Okla. Died of wounds: Sergeant Jas. E. DeLee, Troy, N. Crosse, Fla.; Private Earle Symmes, J. Olis- zewski, Manistee, Mich. Died of disease: Private Menne Otto Wiltz, Wells- burg, Iowa. Wounded severely: Privates Arthur O, Anderson, New Rockford, N. D.; Elmer Samuelson, Pasco Robles, Cal. Missing in action: Privates Jerry A. Brown, Columbus, Ohio; Chas W. Knowlton, Fairfield, Conn.; John B. F. Walters, Gadsen, Ala. SECOND PAYMENT | ON LIBERTY LOAN 1S DUE TOMORROW The second installment of twenty percent on Liberty, Loan bonds of the third serles is due Tuesday. ePople who are purchasing their bonds on an installment plan are asked to come forward promptly with their pay- ments to save the banks unnecessary bookkeeping. SPOILED MEAT SOLD TO ARMY CAMPS. Washington, May 27.—Sale of spoil- ed meat anf other food products to the army, with the knowledge that the food was “unfit for human consump- tion” is charged in complaints issued today by the federal, trade commis: sion against Morris and Co., and Wil- son and Co., two of the five great packing corporations. It is alleged that~ thousands of pounds of unfit meat and, chickens were sold to Camp Travis, Texas, most of it detected and condemned, but it is said some of it may have been passed and consumed. Since then both the food adminis- tration and the trade commission have continued their investigations. If the complaint now announced should be sustained, the commission could do no more than order the packers to “cease and desist” from the practices. Upon repetition offenders may be sale. hauled into a federal court. St., Milwaukee, Wis.; Walter Schutze- | Y.; Wagoner Norris G. Stokes, La- § The Director General departed from the wage commissions particulars: eight hour day is recognized, but owing to exigencies of the war situation, hours of employment: are not actually redueed and overtime is to be paid pro rata; future adjustments of pay are to: be made on the basis of eight hours. In addition to the ordinary scale of increase, day laborers, are to get at least. two and a half cents an, hour more than they received last December 31. A’minimum of 55 cents an hour is established for the shop trades, including machinists, boiler makers and blacksmiths. Women are to receive the same men for the same work, and negroes are to get the same as white men -for similar employment. All increases now ordered: will be determined according to a percentage scale based on pay received in‘ De- cember, 1915, and any increases which have been allowed’ within ‘that: time will be deducted. In many’ cases raises,in ‘pay-in ‘the last two and halt years. are. about equal ‘to the increases now approved, and ‘consequently ‘those employes’ will get. little or no more.*- To correct just such-situations when injustices, are apparent’ will ‘be dne ofthe principal duties of the’ new wage board, whose creation was sug- gested by the railroad wage commig- sion. In no cases are wages to be re- duced. thie iy ne , Men working on the monthiy, daily, hourly;plece_-work* adhd train: mile ‘basis Will benefit by the new allaw- ances. Memibers of the‘ fotir leading raflroad brotherhoods whose pay was raised ‘through operation of the Adam- son act are to receive from ‘ten to forty. per ‘cent additional, ‘a smaller increase than-they had asked’ of’ the railroads. shortly. before the govern- ment took control. ore, The wage order applies. to all em- ployes of the 164 roads now: under fed- eral manageinent, but not ‘to. the so- called short ‘linés unless they dre re- tained by the government after. July 1. Although pullman cars now are under government operation, pullman employes will not benefit unless the railroad administration decides event- ually to attain management of the cars, To meet the expense of the wage increase, the biggest ever’ granted to railroad or any other class of em- ployes at one time, the railroad ad- ministration has discussed raising freight and passenger rates. The percentages of wage increase range from 43 for men ‘who receive $46 a month in December, 1915, down \/ to a small rate for those receivi just under $250 and no more pay is al- ; lowed men who made $250 or more in, 1915. The actual additions run up to 34. With the exception of office and messenger boys under 18, who are given smaller increases, all employes woh received less than $46 a month are given a fiat increase of $20 with the provision that laborers paid by the day shall get a minimum of 2% cents an hour above the rate of six months ago. How to Figure it. To figure the increase he will get, each employe should determine the pay which his present position car- ried in Deceniber, 1915 for if he has been promoted or demoted, his new wage is based upon the 1915 pay of the position which he now holds.- In- creases Which have accompanied pro- motion are not increase in the sense of the new schedule, since the new regulations with the place, not with the man. Back pay due under the retroactive increases will be sent any man who has been dismissed from the railroad service since January 1, or who has entered the army or navy but not to an employe who quit voluntarily. ‘An important principle contained in the director general's odrer is that re- ductions in hours since 1915 are not to be regarded as increases in pay. This means that employes of the four brotherhoods affected by the Adamson act are to receive additions on top of the increase developed by that act. Train employes, including members of the leading brotherhoods, will re- ceive approximately ‘the following proportional increases over 1915 pay, or, their equivalent when pay is based on miles operated; passenger engin- eers 11 per cent, passenger firemen and helpers 28 per cent, passenger conductors 15 per cent, passenger bag- gagemen 38 per cent, passenger brake- men and flagmen 40 per cent, freight engineers 15 per cent, freight firemen and helpers 34 per cent, freight con- ductors 20 per cent, freight brake- men and flagmen 40 per cent. These men also must deduct increases grant~ ed since 1915, A The recognition of the eight hour basis, though important as a prin- ciplé, does not materially affect the scale of new wages granted. The new_board_ of _railroad_wages (Continued on Page Bight.)