The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1918, Page 1

2 R I oe an nang tinge ig % THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR. THE BIS THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. oy BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA TUESD: -GHENT WITHIN CK TRIBUN / ne oe a LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE ‘CEN -RASP OF ALLIES _ GERMAN CO COLLAPSE § SEEN IN PEACE REPLY GERMAN NOTE GIVES WORLD IDEA OF DEPRESSION WHICH DEMORALIZES CENTRAL POWERS President Wilson Now Has Official Text Before Him, But Has No Comment Until He Goes | Over it Carefully With His Advisers—Huns Offering Up Prayers of Mercy in Churches. ‘ Washington, Oct. 22.—The official text of Germany’s latest note to President Wilson was received by cable today. at the Swiss legatino. Frederick Oderlin, the Swiss charge, arranged to refer | it to Secretary Lansing as soon as it could be decoded, a ‘task! which proved long and tedious. Considerable changes in verbiage | may be shown, and it is understood the official text may clear up certain obscure passages in the wireless text received yesterday. Secretary Lansing was with the president until near midnight ; knock-out. so that it will never rise last night discussing the wireless version, but there now must be} further conferences, and it is presumed ‘there will be exchanges with the allied capitals. - No Comment Ready. Official comment continued to be withheld. Everyone expected! the president to‘ ‘decide the issue quickly. Informal opinion as to the probable-attitude of the president/ did not agree on the great point that immediate peace is not ‘at hand and that however sincere the German overtures are no armis- tice will be agreed to except on conditions of surrender that will! | ful destroy forever the power of the kaiser’s war machine for harm. | Some observers thought no answer would be made and the German armies left to complete their forced exacuation of occupied terri- tories with the allies on their heels. The next step would be a suggestion that the German military commanders if ready to accept unconditional terms should ap-; proach General Foch on the proposal of armistice. Many are of the belief that Germany is entirely beaten. It was learned today thet a private disov.:1 from Germany has bers published in a Copenhagen newspaper saying that repre- sentatives cn leave are receiving orders not to return to the front. Military men here, however, regard it as inconceivable that such orders would be given while desperate efforts are being made to fhold the American and allied troops at bay on the western fronts. A QUIBBLING NOTE. Paris, Oct. 22.—The German reply to President Wilson. was received here too late for the afternoon papers but was eagerly discussed in official circles and in parliament. . Among deputies of all shades of opinion the impression was first of all.that the reply betrayed more than:previous communications the state of depres- sion and the demoralization of the German people as the result of the allied victories. As a whole, the note is found equivocational, and tortuous and platitudiously phrased, so as to leave the door open for all sorts of quibbling. Nowhere is there evidence in the reply ef a genuine; desire to accept the only way in which peace can be concluded. according ta expression of opinion here. On the contrary all that; is apparent an armistice at any price in order to reorganize its reserves of men and material. Therefore it is generally believed the reply is not likely to be considered at Washington. A RESORT TO VERBIAGE. London, Oct. 22.—The German reply is regarded here “as not business, but mere argument and protestation.”. In government, diplomatic and military circles the view is, it is not a reply, but simply a resort to verbiage to cover the absence of a reply. One high government official characterized it as badly camouflaged in- sincerity. DARK HOURS FOR GERMANY. Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 22.—Cardinal Hartmann, archbishop of Cologne, has*issued a pastoral letter, in which he says dark hours have come for Germany, threatened by an enemy superior in numbers and threatened to the foundation of the state by in- ternal changes. Discontent is spreading everywhere among the German peo- ple, the cardinal writes, and he invites all Catholics to rally around! the empire. In every protestant church in Germany prayers have! been ordered for the protection of Germany from the invading hosts. ‘POINT OUT “CHIEF CULPRIT.” Amsterdam, (British Wireless Service) Oct. 22.—German socialist and provincial newspapers continue their. campaign against the “chief culprit” responsible for the war: The Frank-| richt Zeig Post of Zurich, the first paper in Germany to demand openly the abdication of the emperor, declares the accession of the} crown prince is entirely out of the question. “The German people are seeking for the guilty one,” says the; Volks Freund, the official organ of. the socialists of Neuremberg,! which, referring to the junkers and pan-Germanists, says: “They are a menace to the future healthy development ofthe} German empire. The pan-Germar policy has gone bankrupt, but unfortunately it has, led the German people to disaster. gallows with the guilty.” “Punish the chief culprit without mercy. When the German soldiers return home from the trenches after four years of un- paralleled suffering there will be a reckoning for the people who have led them to this disaster, and the people will take their des- tiny into their dwn, hands,” says the Socialist Arie Zeitung =| SPANISH FLU Vienna. ~ cal DEMOLISH PLANT. ‘Paris, Oct. 22.—Violent demonstrations have occurred in Jassy, temporary ‘capital of Roumania, according to advices re-| ceived here. A mob broke into the offices of the Issolar Gazette, the government organ, and the printing plant was demolished. ~ FR RR RARDIN IR nee | Judge Robinson Thinks Bone s the.urgent desire of the German general staff to get; To the | oficers and five men of the crew in 80% TAX ON WAR TWOBADEGGS_ - PROFITS RETAINED; FROM NEW YORK Washington, Oct. 22.—In seeing | ! IN; OUR STATE the war. excise profits tax, feature of | the house war revenue bill, the senate finance committee today struck out the alternative system of taxing war and excess profits and wdopted a com- promise plan designed to raise some- what less than the-$3,200,000,000 esti- mate from the house provision. Under the new provision, based on} an arbitrary mathmetical formula, the general rate of 80 per cent on war profits is maintained: ' ROY 238 . SCHOOLS CLOSED. Buenos Aires, Oct! 22.—The govern- ment today ordered ali-schools closed until further notice because of the epidemic of Spanish flu, which con- tinues to spread, Gov. Frazier today | honored a requis- ition from the governor of New York for Arthur Colby, second degree forg- er ,and William A. Delaney, third de gree murderer, escaped convicts from Auourn, now at Carrington. mr w. 8. 8. ‘COLD WAVEIS ON ITS WAY Washington, Oct. Oct. 22—An early taste of winter is about to be given the country from coast to coast. A Special bulletin says there will be a era change to cooler within thir- ty-six hours, a BOOZE WOULD HELP 10 BEAT SPANISH FLU Dry Bill Helps Spread Epidemic. WOULD GET GERMS DRUNK Believes if Properly Pickled in} Alcohol They Couldn’t | Navigate. EERE: | “I think it my duty to give the bone-| \dry statute a complete and absolute again,” says Justice J E. Robinson in} a letter which he today gave the press undér the caption, “Special on Bone ; Dry Law and the ‘Flu’. Judge Rob- |inson argues that the lack of alcohol ‘in the form of good wife or brandy jis interfering with the successful ; theatment of the flu in North Dakota; |he declares that this state never has! {had any more bone dry law than aj | rab! it, and he insists that the use of! {liquor fpr medicinal purposes is law- and that it is justified in the | Present emergency. The facts as re- jcited by Judge Robinson in his “spe- joa have been a matter of common knowledge in North Dakota since the j adjournment of the last regujar ses- {sion, at which. the so-called “bone-dry” act Wi sed. So cead is King Alco: | hol in North Dakota, however, that jeven his best friends and relainers| | hesitated to make an effort to resur-|' lrect him. In spite of a similar ,opin- ‘ion volfinteered by Judge Robinson, {more than a year ago, not a single validity of. North Dakota’s bone dry law, and high fines have ‘been paid under its provisions, without question- | government to assess such penalties. { Judge Robinson’s Letter. | Judge Robinson’s letter follows: October 18, 1918," Dr. Engstad writes that the overwhelming majority of physicians who think are of the con- viction that alcohol in the form of good wine or brandy is a remedy which ¢an save more lives if it is-used in time and with. reason than any other medicine. But the case is this, that the misuse of this drug has caus- ed the death of thousands, and now many die by reason of the want of {this remedy. “Now, as the doctor says, and it is doubtless true, that many deaths have resulted ‘and people are suffering {and die all over the state because of |a@ supposed bone-dry law denying them the, right to obtain the best possible medicine. Hence, I think it my duty jto give the bone-dry statute a com plete and absolute knock-out so that it will never rise again. House Bill 39. | “This statute was known as House Bill 39. The bill was passed by the’ jhouse and sent to the senate. On | Thursday, March 1, at 4 p. m., Sen- ator Putnam offered ten' amendments to the bill The amendments were (Continued on Page Six ) HUY W. 8. 8. TWO OFFICERS, 99 MEN LOST ON TICONDEROGA | Washington, Oct. 22.—Two officers and 99 enlisted men lost their lives in the sinking of the American steamer Ticonderoga September 30. | More than half of, the soldiers lost ‘were from Ohio. The list also: gives i | the names of foyrteen privates saved The Ticonderoga, formerly the Ger- man steamer Camilla Rickmers, was torpedoed 1,700 miles from shore and the only known survivors were three addition to the 14 soldiers saved. The submarine is reported to have shelled the life boats, killing many who suc- ceeded in leaving the ship in safety. BUY W. 8 SHALL HUNDREDS OF BISMARCK BABIES SUFFER BECAUSE OF A SQUABBLE OVER ONECENT CUT? Capital City People Incensed Over Arbitrary Action of Local Dairy, Demand Municipal Plant and Control of Distribution. Hundreds of Bismarck babies, some of*them suffering from chicken pox, searlet fever and inthvenza, will be lett without milk if J. Spies, proprietor of the Bismarek Dairy Co., out a threat made openly at the regular meeting of the Bis- marek city commission Monday evening . Mr. Spies informed the city comumission that he intended to close his plant at once varries |action has been brought to test the! jing the right of the state or federal! “In the Grand Forks Normanden of }. i ', Deeause, he stated. the new fair price schedule ‘for milk fixed hy the Burleigh county committee of the federal food adminis- tration would compel him to sell at a loss. The prices fixed by t the fair -price committee are one cent less on counter sales, and for. deliveries the same that prevailed prior to i October 1,upon which date My. Spies notified his customers of an advanee of one cent per quart on mill aud one cent per pint on cream, SPIES BOOSTS PRICES. Mr. Spies placed his advanced prices in etfeet October 1 October 15, County Food Administrator O. W. Roberts and associates of the Burleigh county fair price committee an- nouneed the first fair price list for Burleigh. This schedule restored milk and cream to the former leve Mr. Spies coun- tered with a publie announcement that in v of the faet that only one cent per quart was allowed by the fair price commit- r the delivery of milk and cream there would be no de- Patrons were advised that if they desired milk and Monday evening, when Mr. Spies flatly declared his intention of closing altogether. ~~ "HAS PRACTICAL MONOPOLY. The Bismarck Dairy Co. is successor to’ the Ward dairy which for years supplied probably 80 per cent of Bismarek’s milk patrons, With the organiaztion of the Bismarck Dairy Co., all other concerns which had handled regular routes re- tired from the field, leaving the Bismarek concern with only one or two neighborhood competitors. As a result the Bis- marck dairy has a practical monopoly of the milk business in Bismarek, and if) Mr. Spies arbitrarily shuts up shop, as he last night-announced his intention of doing, several hundred homes will he left without milk and cream. i COMES AT CRITICAL TIME. H This announcement could not he come at a more ‘erit- ival time in Bismarek ilk enters very generally into ap- proved diets for invalids, and Bismarek at the present time has at least 500 cases of Spanish intluenza. several severe cases of scarlet fever, numerous sufferers from chicken pox and one or two cases of smallpox. There are also several hundred babies and little children whose daily diet is based on milk. It is especially important at this time that milk be pasteurized. Milk is a ready germ carrier and in its raw state may easily become an active agent in the dissemination of Spanish influ- en? The Bismarek Dairy Co. owns and operates the only pastenrizing plant in the Capital City. COMMISSION PASSES BUCK. After some debate. arriving at the eonelusion that some- thing must be done, the city commission last evening referred this matter to the health department. The commissioners hoped that Dr. Strauss. acting ip conjunction with the state board of \ health and the federal food administration, might find some auphority to keep the Bismarek Dairy Co. operating as an emer- gency health measure. GENERAL INDIGNATION PREVAILS. General indignation prevails over the situation which has now developed. Milk patrons feel that they not only should be guaranteed their daily supply of milk and eream but that de- liveries should be made. By eryone concerned appears willing to leave the question of a fair price to a disinter mission which will assure justice to the producer as consumer. They object, however, to a state of affairs which will permit any one man to arbit rily deprive Bismarek babies of their daily milk. There is a growing demand for a municipal dairy and pasteurizing plant, where all milk consumed in the city will be reeeived and sterilized and whence it will be de- livered to the consumer for a reasonable price. It is probable that a petition will be presented the city commission, the health authorities and the food administration asking the steps be taken to provide Bismarck with a municipal plant and that the production and distribution of milk be placed directly under municipal control. The lives and welfare of Bismarck babies are a consideration superior in the public mind to the private HALTS DRAFT Washington, Oct. 22.—Draft calls suspended. three weeks ago because of the influenza epidemic now are go- ing on in zones where the surgeon general's office has decided it is safe to send men to cantonments. The identity of these districts and canton- ments will not be disclosed for the present. Washington. Oct. 22—The October prografn is understood to provide for induction of about 350,000 men and the number not called will be added to succeeding monthly quotas. The largest single call suspended’ was for 140,000 men, who were 4o have en- trained October 14. RAIN IN JIMTFOWN. Jamestown, N. D., Oct..22—A good rain fell here during the night, and it is expected to have a favorable ef- fect on the influenza epidemic. r Sea is Ete nel poche ay . Oct. rns fell in Fargo throughout the night. * profits or personal feelings of any individual or set of indi- viduals. ENTENTE PRESSURE THREATENS TO DISORGANIZE HUN RETREAT: ALLIES JOIN RUMANIANS | Metz Now Present Point of Teutons’ Withdraw- al—Foch Hammer Blows Hastening Gener- | al Retirement Toward German Soil. (By Associated Press.) - Allied troops on the northern end of the front in France and Belgium are driving into the lines west of Ghent toward Valen- teiennes. This is the line of the Scheldt and two of the important |points on it are almost within the grasp of the British. | German resistance is stiffening between Tourny and Valen- 'ciennes, the southern end of the 80-mile line to the Dutch frontier. | The British armies however continue to progress.’ Ourca, i within less than a mile of Tourny on the west, has been captured. j Gaining Rapidly. North of Tourny the British are along the Scheldt ona front ‘of five miles and north and south of this sector are gaining rapidly ‘on the western bank of the river. Between Valenciennes and | Beaillo the British maintain their pressure and have reached the Ecaillon river at Thiant, southwest of Valenciennes. | Metz as Pivot. | Development of the plan being followed by the German com- |mand in conducting its retreat makes it apparent that Metz is i being used as 4 pivot for the movement. While the Germans dr | pouring fresh divisions into the line northwest of Verdun agains {the Americans, the rest of the German legions are swinging back {toward the Belgian frontier. I Intetferes With Retirement. There are several situations along the front, however, which | render it possible and even probable that Mar: shal Foch will seri- ;ously interfere with the orderly retirement of the enemy forces. , It seems certain that the Hunding line has been outflanked in Bel- | gium where the Scheldt river has been crossed and the British and tream they st @ a e pla Q va away. This Cre SUAS USE eall ut the pl int and carry it away This | Americans appear to have fought their way through all obstruc- arrangement has caused much dissatisfaction. pecially during tions. This line, therefore, may be rendered untenable for the the present flu epidemic, because many households have no | Gebmans, o ay | one whom they ean send to the dairy for the day’s supply of — | : . milk and cream. The climax was not reached, however, until — | In the meantime, attacks by the.allies in Belgium east of the ‘Selle river and in the Oise region threaten to disorganize the Ger- man retreat. The Britsih and French in Belgium are pouring into {the enemy positions so swiftly that they may outflank them to the | southwest. Belgian.troops advancing toward Ghent-are syste- {matically clearing the country\from the Dutch frontier to Eciloo on the Lys-Bruges canal. Join Rumanians. From the junction of the Aisne and the Fere the French con- tinue their pressure. On the extreme left they have advanced inorth of Fere. East of the Aisne at Voozieres the Germans have ‘ceased their violent efforts to dislodge the French from the hill | positions. rn | French patrols have reached the Danube river at Vidin. this bank is on the southern bank of the river, and established contact with Rumania on the south. | It threatens Austria from the southeast if sifficiently heavy {infantry forces are able to reach that region at once. | TEMPORARY PAUSE. With the Allied Armies in Belgium, Oct. 22.—The general sit- uation in Belgium this morning seemed to be that on most of the ‘fronts the allied armies had reached a period of pause which is in- {evitable when marked advances have been made. On the front of the British fourth army, with which the Americans are fighting, ithe situation was qui Fighting is progressing here and there _along the allied lines north of Valenciennes for the purpose of | straightening out the allied line. North of Valenciennes the Brit- ‘ish continued their progress toward. the Scheldt. | German machine guns on the eastern bank of the Harpies ‘river which had been causing considerable trouble have been put ‘out of action. MAKING PROGRESS. British Hadquarters in Belgium, (Reuters) —Oct. 22.—Strong French forces attacked this morning on the center of the allied ;front in Belgium and are reported to be making excellent progress ‘in the direction of Ghent. ‘prison at Leavenworth for two ‘years. It is alleged in the indictment i INDICTED IN \that the men indicted effected i ‘the induction of two men charg- i BOX CAL CAR CASE. led with the robberies into the : | national army. Through the | (efforts of Col. M. A. Hildreth 7 > L i these two young men were re- Well Known Criminal awe turned@from Camp Custer, tried and Others Charged With [at the last term of-federal court { Conspiracy. jin Bismarck, and convicted. A. f /R. Boxrud and another older et ‘member of the train crew in- PIRITED AWAY WITNESSES j volved in the charge were tried lat the opening of the term, be- i Sots | Alleged That Accused Effected fore the return of the two i | younger men from Camp Custer, | Induction of Boys Into | and without the material evi- i National Army. wh idence which they gave in their ‘own defense, the first two de- Fargo, N. D., Oct. 22. Sie eS were ee Chicago, oot. 2—P coming home last night delirious with | influenza killed his wife and four chil- ; iren, also ill of the disease, bu cut-; ‘ing their throats, TO EXTEND AID TO STRICKEN FARMERS Washington, Oct. 32. The federal | tarm loan board. will.approve the St. Paul Federal Land Dawk’s proposed volicy of extending financial aid to ‘armers Minhesota. =, cme h SOAKING RAIN IN MINNESOTA Duluth, Oct. 22.—A heavy soaking jrain that had it fallen eleven days ago {would probably have averted the Northern Minnesota conflagration is fafling today, putting out the smold- ering flames and allowing the city fire departments to return to their home. Last night the Superior and Oliver fire departments fought for in. the . burned. district of| several hours a fire which threatened Oliver. BUY W. 8. 8—— i | A. Simpson of Dickinson, former | Dickinson, sheriff of Stark coun- son, .former Northern Pacific conductor, were indicted jointly conspiracy to obstruct justice on the prosecution of men held in} connection with the recent) Beach box car robberies. The facts were made known} today when it was announced that two men who had been held in connection with the car rob- beries had been sent to federal! ! state senator, T. A. Hartung of} ty, and A. R. Boxrud of Dickin-; and individually on charges of| Simpson for Defense. Former Senator Simpson, who iis secretary of the Stark éounty draft board, of which Sheriff | Hartung also is a member, de- ifended all of the alleged box car {robbers at the recent term of federal court here, Following ithe conviction of the two young select service soldiers who were ‘brought back from Camp Custer for trial, the court commented | caustically upon the fact that aay yas may have i equally guilty, or more $0,.. escaped because: of the fast of es absence at the time'of the oy