The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1918, Page 3

e ‘ a. f ~) oe fn SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 1938. : Bon cata BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE MAKING AND UNMAKING TOWNS What the War Has Done to Chicago, A Corn-Field By E. C. Rodgers It is @ mighty~good thing for Chi- cago, that the census bureau isn’t out gathéring population statistics now. For Chivago, second of Amexican €it- jes, each day sees its citizens pack their trunks and stream eastward and southward. “Chicago is being depopulated!” cries the Chicago Tribune. And Chi- cago business men are worrying. \ Charles A. Munrow, Illinois director of the U. S. labor reserve, says more than 125,000 Chicdgo men have quit the big city by the lake to work in eastern and southern war industries, shipyards, munition factories, coal mines and other HUN-defeating estab- lishments. Within three months 6,000 men have been sent to the govern- ment’s high explosives plant in West Virginia. The employment service will take at least 50,000 more men out ot Chic&go within the next six weeksi It fs estimated that Chicago will lose over 200,000 workers, mostly men this year. If they rémain permanent- ly they will send for their families and thus. reduce. Chicago’s population by a million or so. Should the drain extend over the next two years, and it may if the war lasts, Chicago's 1920 census figure may entitle her to third place in the list, Philadelphia boomed by the war, going into second. This population loss does not take into~“consideration Chicago boys, who have gone into army or navy, but on- ly workers who have left the city foy and a Cotton Plantation orders; Chicago has few of these. Out- side of the stockyards district little war work ig being done. And, too, ex- cepting the méat packers, war profits are insignificant. Chicago's popula- tion has headed toward the cities where profits are being corneted and wages ave high. So it is that Chitago is now setting into motion a somewhat belated pro- gram of war effort. ‘ The federal government is td be he- sieged with ‘pleas, ‘entreaties and pressure to send war factories to Chi- cago. Munition plants, and what else the government may want in war or- ders, are desired by the Ilihois Man- ufacturers’ Association. e That’s how war—without war work —can depress a city’s directory. —is found down in a Ténnessee corn field an an Alabama cotton patch. | When this year dawned Jackson- ville, Tenn., was a_ well cultivated corn field. Then the government sub- stituted powder for corn, and instead of a few hundred bushel§ of the lat- ter will make 900,000 pounds of.the former. Today Jacksonville has 33,000 homes where three corn cribs stood, and over 50,000 men, womert and chil- dren travel over paved streets,..ride in electric cars and earm big wages. “Also, there’s Sheffield, Ala. 1, 1918, that was one man’s cotton patch. Two tenant families lived on it and a dozen people had a hard time making a living. Now Sheffield » The other side—how it can inflate] On Jan., “now it is possible to get cheaper flats " NEUTRALS MUST | employment elsewhere. In one small section of Chicago a survey made showed 5000 vacant flats, 800 unoccupied houses and 12,000 rooms ofr rent. Other parts of the city have about the same proportion of avcant dwelling places. This.has had the. effect of reducing rentals, and has 30,000 population, street miles of paved streets, suburbs, and a young-army. of real estate experts are selling subdivisions so fast that the street naming bureau can’t keep up with them. The government's ni- trate plant did all this. When Chicago’s million has gone, mayhe there'll be enough good farm- ing land ‘near Michigan boulevard to grow quite a few bushels of corn, and being grown near the feeding pens of the stockyards, will be worth more than if raised in Tennessee or Ala- bama. “Chicago mgy yet become a fine little agricultural center. and ‘houses in’ Chicago ¢han in, any other large city cast of the Missfssip- pl. fy Chicago's dwindling population is due_-to Chicago's lack of war work. Other cities, east and south, are filled with:men and“women working on war HAIG ARMIES SMASH INTO . HUN LINES IN PICARDY _ENEMY IS HEAVILY DEFEATED ‘ «(Continued From Page One.) July 18th confirms the earlier report from Paris placing them well over 100,000. : es 2 (By Associated Press) _ _ Overcoming enemy resistance with smashing blows, the al- lied forces between Soissons and Noyons continue to advance. The menace to the.German positions oni the 50-mile front in- creases hourly. Ve 4 On the north, having hurled the Germans from more or less important positions on a 30-mile front, the British are approach- ing Bapaume, and threatening the outlying defenses of Peronne. The fall of Bapaume it is said would be a disaster to the enemy. Field Marshal Haig’s men are now only a little more than two miles away on the northwest, having taken Bihucourt, in determined fighting. oP : -. CROSS DIVETTE. West of Noyon the French have forced the crossing of the Divette, thre miles from Noyon, and they maintain their strong pressure from the south and east. tacnel : Between the Aisne.and Ailette, north of Soissons, the French Mey are-increasing the menace to the German troaps along the esle. The British third and fourth armies are fighting over the old battlefield of the Somme, persiStently forcing the enemy back. They have crossed the Albert-Arras road over: most of its length. They have seized the high ground northwest and south- west of Bapaume, and have surrounded the important position of Phiepzal on three sides. Noxth and south af the Somme they are closing in on Bray. They hold the heights to the northwest. South of the river they have taken three villages east of Bray. B, From Chaulnes to, south 6f Roye the battle sline remains un- changed. - Seer POURING HEAVY FIRE. 3 French and British guns are pouring a heavy fire into and behind the front here, the stability of which.is seriously shaken by allied advances on both flanks. * Noyon is still in the hands of the enemy but its usefullness wanes as the French artillery bombards it-and two allied armies draw their. net, closer about it. : Fires are reported burning behind Germans position north of the,Velse, and it is believed the enemy may be preparing to retire. Infantry and transports have been seen moving north- ward fiom the Vesle. . ' : AMERICAN BLOW ANTICIPATED. While. the fighting has ben: waging on the front from Ypres to Rheims, the stretch of front from Rheims to Switzerland, where the Americans hold many sectors, has been quiet. A de- cisive blow in this region by the American forces is anticipated hourly at Washington. { : “Everything is going well. We have begun our action and we shall continue.” These are the words of Marshal Foch, whose strategy has placed the Germans in their .present, unenviable position. sel t pal tg Se For five weeks now Marshal Foch has held the initiative, and the Germans have lost more ground during that time than in any like period since 1916.. The sixth week has begun’ auspici- ously with the German line from Arras to Soissons weavering under allied blows, and unable to retire without inviting disaster. In the-past week more than 20,000 prisoners have been taken, not counting Friday’s victories, more than 50 towns have been re- covered, and the allies stil press on. ~ RAAB DRA RARR ARE ARAL AGS |have.cldiméd eXemiption as neutrals, especially in the Slope, have homic- steadrights on which they filed imme- COME DOWN OFE_|: ' "THE FENCE NOW | to become citsons, and’ these clas | will be forfejted. ; : (Continued From Page One.) | One neutral iatfonhas a consul 1o- +any time come into my possession; |cated dt Minneapolis who has been and I do/herby claim relief from lia-| particularly active in Mis efforts to ex- bility to military service in accord- empt his courftrymen who have filed cars,, $100,000 MORE FOR TOWNLEY Costs of North Dakota Govern- ment Mounting Rapidly Each Year DEFICIT NOW IN PROSPECT Emergency Appropriation Prob- ably will be Asked. of Assembly The cost of goverjment under Mr. Towaley’s administration is mounting in North Dakota at the rate of more than’ $190,000 per annum, according to the biennial report of State Treas- urer John Steen, which now is being prepared for the printer. Mr, Steen does not coniment upon the figures, which speak for themselves. June 30, 1917, there was a balance in the general fund of $408,000.16, Dur- ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, the state collected in its general funds $2,373,823.94 and it spent $2, 465,061.23, reducing the balance at the end of, the year to 9316,862.87. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917;,the first in which ‘Townley hac centrol of North Dakota’s administra- tion, the expenditures were $2,320,000 as compared with $2,124,000 in the fis- cal year ending June 30, 1916, when che’ Hanna administration was in pow- er. The balance on hand at the close of the ye: business. June 30, 1916, was $408,841. Practically every state department shows a substanttal increase in ex- penditures for the last two fiscal years. The most notable exceptions are the offices of the governor and state eicaytrey, whose expenditures have remained almost stationery. If the administration's play reatiig commissions for every pur- pose under the sun continued, T pre- dict that the expense of government in North Dakota will ‘be doubled dur- ing the ensuing year,” ‘said a promin- ent state official this morning. “One of the first bills to be tossed into the hopper when the legislature convenes next January will ‘be one caling for an emergency appronriation of $1.0, 600 to make up deficits in several de- partments which have already almost exhausted their appropriations. In- stead of wartime economy in the ad- ministration of public affairs we seem to have entered’ ~-era of wholesale extravagance.” BUY WLS. 3.——— The “Kept Press , Meets at Fargo Fargo, N. D., August '23—The Péo- ple’s Press Association of North Dj kota, a Nonpartisan league organiza- tion, began a two days’ convention heré today. A permanent organization is to be formed and it is understood that matters affecting the league are to be discussed. For several weeks Nonpartisan league leaders have been busy in the newspaper field. New papers have been purchased and others have been negotiated for. Doge? The list of prospective speakers in- cludes R. H. Phillipa, Grand Forks; L. W. Buck, Stanley; N. S. Davies, Fargo; John Andrews, Wahpeton; A. J. Norin, Mayville; H. P. Knappen, ‘Bismarck; M. F. Blank, Edgeley; Carl Nelson, Cando; B. G. McElroy, Daw- son; J. B. Burgster, Jamestown; R. . French, Bowman; Ed. Vernon, For- man; F. J. Prochaska, Park “River; Roy V. Fyles, Fargo.and C. M. Brin- ton, Fessenden. BUY W. 9. Sa / - 7BACK FROM OUTING Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Clark En: joy Montana. Trip - Sam H. Clark, publisher qf Jim Jam Jems, and Mrs. Clark are home from a several weeks’ outing in Montana. Mi. Clark, who by way of Becoming > “Creeshus,” has extensive mining in- terests at Virginia City. This old placer camp now promises ‘to become equally famous for its quartz mining, and the prospects for continued, ex- tensive .production seem very good. When the publisher and Mrs. Clark were no gold mining thgy were hook- ing grayling, Dolly Varwens and oth- mempers of the brook trout family Im the streams near Madison. Mont.. a they report’a most enjofable outing. 2 TO'HOLDERS OF LIBERTY BONDS ance with tre law and regulations.” Copies of: Act Received. ‘A copy of the act and a blank form of this affidavit are being mailed by General Fraser to every neutral in| ‘North Dakota who has claimed exemp- tion on the ground of his neutrality. The cancellation vf citizénship~ re quested in this affidait will automatic- ally withWrad homestead rights and any other benefits of citizenship which the declarants may enjoy. “We now have an opportunity to wed the sheep from the goats; prove that these men are either with | us or against us.” said General Fras-| er today in commenting on the new regulations. “I regard this act as one of the best things congress has done.” | Number Not Large, . The number of registrants affecte in North Wak6ta will not de large, but a considerable preportion of those who to! only their first papers. 5 BUY W. 8. 8. - £ Use. gut R. C. Branchés Invited. é —n. Invitdtiong have been extended to Liberty Bond the 23 Red Cross branches jh Bur- | leigh county $0 hear ie address Coupons which will be givén at'the Auditorium i next Tuesday by Capt. Frank Edwards for the yarchise # f.the Royal British fusilfers. It is ex-jf War Savings Stamps ected that representatives will be place ae present from every, branch. Your Interest Will Earn In- terest-and Keep at Work for the Nation. ‘ J. B. HALLORAN & CO. INSURANCE Service and Protection in all branches * Phone 96 HP ..; Bismarck Bank Building . BISMARCK, N. D. OLD KING BASEBALL. I$ DE Pershing’s Boys Can’t See Why! Husky Athletes Should Play for Fat Salaries While They Fight and Die for America By MILTON BRONNER. (N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. Washington, Aug. 24.—Here is big news for all the million& of Aemri- can baseball and ‘sport fans—Persh- ing’s army i§ dead sore on big league baseball and the healthy young ath- lets who have not gone into the army, setting-up various and sundry excuses as to why they are not fighting the HUN. — Lha dheard this from quite a num- ber of offtcers and. men: Who have re- turned to this .city’from “over there,” but thought the report somewhat ex- aggerated. But now.here is_the proot which has jus€ come’ to hand, the lat- eSt issue of “The Stars and Stripes,” the, official, newspaper printed in France for the boys of ouf gallant army. The paper has a scathing editorial under the caption, “Sport For Whose Sake?” in which it says five American artillerymen who covered themselves with glory at the Marne did not ask} to ke allowed to wait over a battle} and come in on the next.’ Then it sarcastically speaks about Ty Cobb being quoted as saying he will enlist at the close of the present season, and roasts the baseball magnates for calling professional baseball an essen- tial industry. But the real hard American punch comes on what used to be the sport- ing\page. There is an announcement that not until an allied victory brings back peace will the paper print an- other sport page. ‘Says the sporting editor: “Sport as/a spectacle, sport ds an entertalnmient for the sidelin- ers, has passed on and out. Its glamor in a. competitive way has faded. Its leading stars are eith- er in theAron harness of war—or forgotten until Germany Is beat- en, “sThe Stars and Stripes’ appre- clates in full sport’s abiding value and the countless thousands of trained_men. it has sent into the line, But these men have given up the glory of the sporting page boost and the old actién snap- shot, They are not to be mention- ed today becnuse their job has t nother hue. “There are tentis and golf champi- ones, football players galore, track stars without number, boxers and ball players who have traded the easy glo- ry they knew at home for the hard unglorified grind’ of the line, or the bloody heritage of the ‘western front. “And their fame here: belongs with the mass, not with individual men- tion. What then is left in the main for a sporting page printed-in France, within hearing of the guns? Such headlines as these—‘Star Players Dive For Shipyards or Farm to Escape Work or Fight Order’—‘Cobb is Think- ing of Enlisting This Fall’—'Fulton and Dempsey Haggle Over Purse’— ‘Avillard Refuses to Fight’—and so on through a countless list that doesn’t make ahy too heroic an appeal to those living and dying in the mud}. and dirt of the front, 3,000 miles away. from none af “The Stars and Stripes’ is printed for the A. E..F., not to help perpetuate the renown of able-bodied stars, who, | with unusual qualifications for war or useful work, elected to hear only the business as usual slogan above their country’s call for help in the greatest war she has ever known. There is but one Big. League today for this. paper to cover—and that league winds its way among the stations scattered throughout France and ends at the western front... Any work that is part of the Big Job either in the lines or back of it, from Chateau- Thierry to San Francisco, is of ut- most value. But ‘entertaining the people back home’ isn’t part of he Big Job, nor do ‘wg believe the bulk of them want to be entertained in iny such way. “When it finally.came to the point} ¢ where any number of able-bodicd men were rushing into various occupa- tions at the point of the boot, 7 the secretary of war was for: produce'a ruling that would make hundreds of these men work or fight. as the squabble and scurry grew day after day, this paper felt that it no longer had space left for such activ- ities—not with so many events of far greater interest taking place within sight and hearing of its working staff. “There is no space left for the Cobbs, the Ruths,/the Johnsons, the! Willards and the Fultons in the ease and safety of home when the Ryans, the Smiths, the Larsens, the Bern- steins and others are charging ma- chine guns: and plugging along through shrapnel or grinding out 12- hour details 200 miles in the rear. 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Write for our booklet. showing splendid advan- tages and big salaries for telegraphers. The Gov- ernment fs using thouss.nds of women in its tele- graph service. i ‘ by ay ATTENTION | Mail Subscribers & ” Owitig to shortage of Print Paper, the government S insists that all mail subscriptions not paid in advance i Examine the yellow label on your paper. If you are not paid up in advance, kindly mail remittance so that —= | On August first the Circulation Department will re- vise its mailing lists and all subscribers to Daily and Weekly Tribune in arrears will be dropped from the list. ‘ ee In face of the high cost of production, The Tribune management has retained its old rate by mail of $4.a & ft Send Your Remittance TODAY i This rate can only be maintained by enforcing the ' paid in advance regulation which the United States postal authorities insist upon. vas Bue