The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1918, Page 1

(Qe eens we erate eect THE WEATHER C®NERALLY FAIR, A ee ae ee centre te THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. BISMARCK, EVACUATION. OF BRUSSELS HAS STARTED King Albert and Family Expect- ed to Enter Capital on . Next Friday GERMAN SHIP TORPEDOED Schlesien, Dreadnaught Battle- | ship, Is Blown Up By Revo- lutionary Warships Paris, Nov. 13.—The Germans have ‘begun the evacuation of Brussels. King Albert and his family probably will reenter Brussels next Friday. ‘ GARRISON REVOLTS. British Headquarters in Flanders, Nov. 13—The Germattgarrison in Brussels has revolted against the non- coms, according to neutrals reaching. the British lines. were killed. ARMIES WITHDRAW, With the British Army in France| and belgium, Nov. 13.—Ho wfar the main German armies haye retreated in this region cannot be said definitely. It is probable, however, they have at east reaghed the Brussels-Charleroi ine. ‘Enemy rear-guards early this morn- ing had vanished from the vicinity of Mons and points further south. BLOW UP SHIP. ¢ Amsterdam, Nev. 13.—The German training ship Schlesien has been tor- pedoed by the revolutionary warships, according to the Weser Bremen. 2 The Schlesien, a three-dreadnaught ‘battleship, was reported earlier in the week to have fled from Kiel'when the revolt broke out there. JOIN REVOLUTION. Basel, Nov. 13—The crows of the| Ostfriechland, Nassau, and~Olden%urg | have joined the revolutionary . move- ment, according to.a dispatch from Brunsbuttel, Prussian Holstein. The. battleships namgd. are among ‘the largest in the eGrman navy, meas- uring 18,000 and 22,400 tons. each. DEALERS CANT FAVOR PATRONS. “IN GOAL SALES Federal Fuel Administrator Ad- vises That Discrimination Is Prohibited . “Cut it out,” is the curt admonition of the North Dakota fuel federation to certain dealers who have been charged with discriminating in the sale of cou). J. M. Hammond of Ashley, fuel ad- minister for McIntosh county, referred to the federal administrator for Nortn Dakota complaints to the effect that certain dealers were refusing to sell coal to consumers who were not on their books as patrons. in other lines. For instance, an would decline to sell coal to a tarmer who did not ship his. grain through this company. Similar instances of discrim- ination ‘have been reported in the case of other fuel dealers. Capt. Baker advised County Admin- istrator Hammond that dealers must treat all alike in’ the distribution of coal supplies, with a view to making proper provision for everyone, and to avert hardship. Fuel in these. times has become a public utility whose dis- tribution and consumption is regulated by the nation, and no retailer or jobber will be allowed to pick and choose the, people who may have the coal: which chances to pass through his hands, nor to say to any class of people that they are not to have the coal required to make thelr homes comfortable, FOOD WILL BE SHIPPED TO GERMAN PEOPLE Washington, Nov. 13.—Germany’s appeal for foot! has been answered by President Wilson with the promise that he would take up with the allies: im- mediately the question of sending sup- plies. if assurances can be given that order will be maintained in Germany and an equitable distribution of food will be made. The president called. attention to his announcement in addressing congress Monday on the resolution of: the su- preme war council at Versailles, as- suring the peoples of the central em- pires that everything possible will be done to relieve distressing ones, and/ that steps are tobe taken immediately to organize these efforts in the same ‘systematic manner they - were «organ: ized for Belgium. He concluded with the promise to act promptly upon re- ceiving the necessary assurances” ALLENBY'S MOTHER IS PROUD. EST IN LONDON N. E. A. Special to The Tribune. LONDON. — One of the proudest. mothers in Britain is General -Allen- by’s mother, a silver-haired woman_of. 8% who. lives in London. “He's doing. hjs. -bit_well,” she said with a happy smile after the P ie successes. Several officers | sa of 1 | elevator company j |ONE DEATH FROM. INFLUENZA TODAY One death from influenza was_re- corded in Bismarck over night: The victim was Miss Hannah Anderson, aged 21, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Peter Anderson of Wilton. The de ceased was a well known and popular j young woman of the lignite city. She contracted influenza about ten’ day: lago, and pneumonia developed. BISMARCK TO HOLD JUBILEE ~ NEXT SUNDAY 4 ; i ( i | i \World’s Victory Will Be Cele- :, brated. With Meeting at , Auditorium } | WAR: WORKERS TO LEAD! Will Share Honors With Governor All Bismarck is asked to unite at the Auditorium at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in a Victory judilea in com- memoration of the victorious close of the greatest struggle in the world’s history. The Auditorium will be draped for the occasion in the colors of America and her allies. The com-! munity singing of patriotic hymns andj anthems of rejoicing, led by the Vic- tory choir, will feature the program, which will include short talks on the war and the work yet to be done by Governor Frazier and H. P. Goddard, B. C. Marks, W. C. MecGray, G. F. Dullam and George N, Keniston, chair- | ;men of the various war activities, and Mayor A. W. Lucas. The official proclamation issued to- jday follows: t ACCLAIM OUR HEROES AND VICTORY. ‘Peace, at an incalculable cost of life and treasure has come, America} has’ stepped into the arena of this) World War as the unéonquered cham- pion of practicable democracy of gov-' ernment. . The laurels of victory will | be placed upon-her head ‘by our own) people, and at her feet by her ‘allies, | and we trust, by, her foes. { It-is now time that: hate and re- | venge should die. Let'no stain of con- papered “‘toeman’s blood soil’ the” hand | i | i of the escutcheor of the victor! i Shall. we not now turn ‘our solemn consideration to’ the fallen sons, of our allies; to the. fallen sons of our’ fathers; to surviving sons of battle under whatever flag; to the fathers, mothers, wives, sisters of them all; to the wrecked-homes, the disabled men, the bitterness and the unspeakable crifice; tothe hideous meraories of he battleling ‘dnd the hospital. Then, shall we not turn, silent and! purged, to the sacred chancil, and} then to the making of the home, the; church, the school the very business; jof life worthier of such sons, and off such a sacrifice! WE RESPECTFULLY ASK that the} citizens of Bismarck, of Burleigh coun- ty and vicinity, assemble at the Bis-! marck City Auditorium at 2 o'clock in! the afternoon of SUNDAY, NOVEM- BER 17, for a Victory Thanksgiving service to offer thanks to Almighty God, find to do honor to our heroes. LYNN J. FRAZIeR,\ Governor. « H. P.. GODDARD, Chairman Burle‘gh Coun- ty Liberty Loan. W. C. McGRAY, Chairman Burleigh Coun- ty United War Work. + N. KENISTON, Secretary Bismarck Com- merctal Club. . C, MARKS, Chairme Burleigh Coun- ty Red Cross. . F, DULLAM, Chairman Burleigh Coun- | ty War Savings Stamps. | W. LUCAS, Mayor, ,City of Bismarck. GOVERNMENT STEPS IN T0 SAVE COTTON New York, Nov, 13—A further sen- sational break in the cotton market here today was checken vy the an- mouncement posted on the exchange that the government had stepped in’to prevent speculation in prices. Prices dropped $9.00 per vale under yesterday’s close. With the publica- tion of the intervention by the War Industries board active covering be gan. Cotton traders agreed that the committee's distribution action was caused by yesterday's great decline. Yesterday's recession and’ today’s carried prices down 219.50 per bale from yesterday’s opehing here. i GRAND FORKS MAN IN GERMAN CAMP Washington, Nov. 13.—A list of pris- joners in German prison camps was al- nounced today. It includes: At Camp unknown: Clifton Mcintyre, Grand. Forks, North Dakota. : LIEUTENANT YUNG KILLED Paris—(Ey N. BE. A.)—Sub-lieuten- ant Jules Yung, who in August mar- ried the daughter of Premier Clemen- ‘ceau, has died of fever contracted at the front. A physical infirmity had exempted Lieutenant Yung, who was G. B. A. recently. promoted and awarded the roix de Guérre Chairmen of Various Activities! KICK KA Wilhelm II, King of Wuertenberg (right), who is dominating figure in Teutonic state Frederick of Baden lower left); Em lose the rest of his already much r formed. NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, N 13, ISER “OUT (upper left); Ludwig, King of Bavaria planned; Grand Duke peror Charles of Austria, who will educed empire if the new nation is WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE KAISER? “What shall we do with the kais- er?” is the question of the hour. The following «interview, written more than a year ago, and held in The Trib- une morgue for an opportune time, may offer some suggestions: By J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH Staff Special. | New York, Nov. 13.—“Threats made j in the English_house of commons that Emperor William and. other high Ger- man ministers responsible for, the deaths’ ot cIViliaiis by ‘Zeppelins and U-boats and by the naval bombard- ment of unfortified towns will be ‘ von tissing, German. military gov- ernor of Belgium. “The English people are crying for vengeance. They demand vengeance. The allied govern- ments, of course, are not after vengeance, but they mean to see that justice is done.” “Will tho allies send the kaiser to St. Helena, or banish him. to some other loncly island?” I asked Capt. |Gaunt. The captain laughed. f “Have. you..ever bppu;,to. St. Hels, ena?” he inquired in turn, “No? Well, Ihave. St. Helena has more disreput- able people to the square mile than Legal Adviser of British Diplomats Explains International Law. of Threat to Send Kaiser to St. Helena ~ “Promises to the British peosle by responsible ministers in par- liament that when the great war i is,over the kaiser will be tried for his: crimes, -if the allies are victorious, are not idle threats.” This is the conviction of Maurice | Leon, legal advisor to the diplomatic and consular officers of France in the United States. Leon pdints out the origin of the jury is that, when a crime is committed, those who know most about it, those scene when it occurred, are gathered to try the offender. he says: “I believe inthe kaiser’s case nearest to the Therefore, the allies will have to select a jury made up of the highest judicial officers of the nations in whose midst the horrors were committed. The try the kaiser would be— SIX BELGIAN JUDGES. THREE FRENCH JUDGES. THREE BRITISH JUDGES. “The kaiser would not be trie men to constitute a proper jury to 'd according to international law. For the killing of innocent civilians in France, Belgium and Great Britain calls not only for general bution upon the actual responsib! retribution but for particular retri- les and those according to all law are not only those by whom the @r#ers were carried out, but those who gave the orders. “The particular criminal in this case, alleged to be the kaiser, will be brought to the bar of justice to answer the charge that he was the leader of a long-prejudiced scheme to exterminate the civil popula- tions which suffered) at the hands of his armies in Belgium and France as well as a scheme to wipe out civilian populations in Great Britain by Zeppelin attacks.” made to answer, may be taken liter- ally: “Capt. Guy. Grant, the British naval attache in New York, assured mo today: “l have no first-hand knowl- edge,” he said, “of what the Brit+ ish government intends to do with the kaiser, his general staff and his ‘great ministers, but you may take my word that when Asquith and Lloyd-George prom- ise the British people that those ~ who sanctioned the Lusitania, Ca- vell, Fryatt and other such atroci- ties, NO MATTER HOW HIGH THEIR POSITION MAY BE, will be adequately punished, they mean exactly, what they say! “We got into the war to avenge Belgium: and we mean to stick the business until we attain our purpose if it‘takes from now until doomsday , “Americans have not the slight- est idea of the bitterness that is felt in| England and. France against those who have sanction- ed these ‘things, things we feel have been forbidden by Hague conventions. Next to hatred of the kaiser, the English people have an éspecial loathing for Gen. MISS FAUSKE DELAYS SAILING FOR CHINA Because of delay in obtaining her passports, Miss Helen Fauske, sten- ographer and bookkeeper in the of- fices of the state board of regents, has been compelled to cancel reserva- tions Yor sailing November 30, and she will Ileave somewhat later for her new {post as business agent for the Ameri- can board of commissioners 9 eign missions at Tit GIVE HUN EMBAS TOU. 8. N. E. A. Special to LONDON—A.,, sug her embassy, a3 aco mer. Ambassador Pagt -|got them into such trouble.” | any other place in the world. But Ij think’ it. would ‘be too good a site for a prison for the kaiser! “I like ,the ~suggestion.. that the kaiser should be placed on trial before high court judges and made,to answer for his crimes but this phase of the| war is not in my line. I am.interested in the naval end of the game, and that causes us no anxiety. We are slowly but surely squeezing Germany, and it is only a matter of time before we have the kaiser in our power. “What we shall do with him then Tj don’t know. He won't “be allowed to! get off, scot-free 1 promise -you that. Personally I feel that after we have ,|tried and convicted him—and I am sure that HE WILL BE TRIED—FOR WHOLESALE MURDER, the punish- ment should be left to come from his own people! “Revolutionists in South Germany, rising against the Hohenzollerns and the junkers of. Prussia, may he-safe- ly left to deal with the kaiser and his friends. The Germans are an in-{ Benious people, and wé need not worry that they will fail to devise some particularly refined and cultured form of punishment for the ruler who DRY FORCES bition amendment seemingiy was re- moved this morning. The total vote tabulated from every precinct in the state and with 20 precincts from !1%, #000 precincts, showed the dry forces behind by 1,129 votes. S'lute Red Cross! PARIS—(By N. E. A.)—Consterna- ion among Red Cross officers in Paris. Every day or so,one or two of hem are reprimanded for failure to jute. The taskmaster..is..Colonel tthe army. He’s Red Cross ‘ot lengt ‘and when it wil] be available. ‘and sailors on their return hav , hastened by the signing of the |life, twenty-payment life, endowment and the maximum $5<900. ; law. 'gan in conclusion, “that in any event | ithat gambling: in our very bread and pewsecesrowsereerne { ‘LAST EDITION bo ey THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS PLANS BEING — PREPARED FOR _ DEMOBILIZATION i Men to Be Mustered Out al Basis of Length of | Service \ i \ jPLAN TO REINSURE MEN} . ' American Army on West Front, Now Busy Moving Food Supplies i Washington, Nov. 13.—Plans for tho {demobilizajion of the military and na- Val forces of the United States now being prepared soon will be suhmitted- Plans as known today provide for the mustering out of the men on a basis! of service and the ability of {the tratles and industries to absorb tho men, Community iabor , beards and local draft boards will cooperate in determining the nature or tie work Preparations by the government for} reinsuring of the lives of soldiers mi-} I, is certain that each of the! 009 men now in the military and naval service now holding government insurance will be permitted within five years, without undergoing physi- cal examination, to convert It into or other forms of standard insurance. The minimum probably will be $1,000) I To Return Questionaires. Men between 36 and 45 years of age who have received but not filled | out questionaires were asked today | by Provost Marshal Crowder to return} them in: blank form to the local | ‘boards. The boards are instructed to ca all entries of men in these cla: and they will be considered longer within the selective s AMERICANS SPECULATING | With the American Army on they ; Meuse and Moselle, Nov, 13.—Officers! ;and men today are asking ‘what will! ‘become of the army now; what part {will'the Americans take as an army! ;of occupation; when will we start’ home’ ?” | | An absence of Germans was noted! jalong the whole front. Most of them iapparently. have started for hom. Tho Americans, thérefore, ' made {themselves comfortable. Every unit lis being kept up to war time efficiency against the order.to move forward as jan army of occupation, but today in- {stead of trucks bearing munitions of lwar there was moving a_ steady; {stream of vehicles bearing food, fuel! jand supplies. | HAGAN THINKS FOOD PRICES WILL BE HIGH t iSees Little Prospect of General Decline in Farmers’ Pro- duce Profits | ;EUROPE NEEDS CATTLE | “Peace will not atfect the 1919 price of wheat, which already has been fixed at $2.26 at Chicago," said) Commissioner ‘of Agriculture John N. Hagan today. “I doubt very much,” ;said the commissioner, “whether peace will seriously affect for any length of time the price of any other farm produce. The price for hogs) has already been fixed. tor a certain definite period. The bureau of mar- kets now has under consideration a tentative schedule of standards for oats. Even without further price- fixing activities on the part of govern- ment, I am firmly convinced that the great demand for- food stuffs from Europe will maintain prices at or near their present standard. “Beef may 11 off siightly, but I) am looking for a very slight decline. | Europe for two or three years to come will consume everything we can produce. There will be an especially heavy demand for breeding stock, cows especially, and ‘mares. This is a matter which the federal! government should look into, I think, in order that speculators may not beat down the price here and charge ex-! orbitant prices on the other side. The profits should be regulated, and if; there is to be any extreme profit-tak-| ing on this line of business, it should} go to the government which, with its| heavy war obligations, can make use} of this extra revenue. “T am of the opinion,” said Mr. Ha-' we never will see a return to the old| speculative markets for food stuffs. Everyone: is pretty firmly convinced; ‘butter should not be permitted, and} | believe that many of our food regu- lations will be made permanent, strengthened, broadened- and ad- justed.” i HORE re INJURED Ss TI aianden, .. Nov. 13.—The cele-} bration of Victory Day in Mandan was marred by one accident. Early in the morning some enthusiast dis- chai a shotgun and the charge struck in the arm Miss Lily Thorberg, who was among the passengers in a passing touring car. It was at first | thought that Miss Thorberg was se- riously injured, ‘but ‘an investigation | roved that she had suffered only a Resh wound. Miss Thorberg is a sis- Thorberg. of of bees was ¢ hy. the accident rn ;moil of revolution and has received recognition at Berlin. HOLLAND TO ALLOW FORMER: KAISER TO RESIDE ON SAME BASIS AS OTHER DIGNITARIES Arrival of Former Crown Prince at Masstrich Re- ported in One Dispatch and His Death in An- other Press Wire—Count William Hohenzollern, Emperor’s New Title London, Nov. 13.—The allied high command has sent to the German high command by French wireless & message that there can be no modification of the condi- tions of the armistice including the annnexation at this time. It is added that a supplementary period of 24 hours for the evacuation of Belgium, Luxemburg and Alsace- Lorraine has been added to the 14 days stipulated in the original text so as to permit the text to reach the German presses ai the desired time. REPORTS CONFLICTING. ae (By, Associated Press). ° Conflicting reports come from Europe as to the fate of the joemer German, Crows Prince. Dispatches from London declare e was shot and instantly killed Monday whil i e inte Hele y y while trying to escape However a dispatch from The Hague today says that the former crown prince has arrived in Southern Holland. The form- er emperor is at the | stle of Amerongen, Holland, while his wife, the wife of the former Crown Prince and other princesses are in Potsdam under the care of the soldiers and workmen’s council there, _ ,_ Demand Peace Conference s insistent in its demands that the peace conferenc be held at onc Dr. W. S. Solf, the foreign seers says that only an early settlement of the questions arising out of the cessation of hostilities can save the German people from famine. it the interim, however, the Germans are deprived of even civil administratioh in the Rhineland region, which will be taken over by the allies until the final adjustment of the results of the conflict. Allied and American military authorities will govern the country from which Germany wil! withdraw her defeated legions. This is supplementary agreement to the armistice which also pro- Germany >| Vides that Germany shall turn over to the allied victors all of her ce} submarines, instead of the certain number originally specifiéd. The grim spectre of Bolshevism has appeared out of the tur- on This would seem to indicate that the true socialistic movement has taken a new turn the strength of which cannot be ignored. To guard against disorders in Russian provinces occupied by German troops, the allies have agreed that:Germany need not call these units home until it is safe to do so. According to advices from Bremen, the sailor revolutionists have seized all warships and have control of Heligoland. Bolshevik forces in the Brakial region in Siberia defeated: by~the~Ezecho-Slovak and” allied forces" operat It is reported that Bolshevik resistance in that region has been broken. It is also reported that the nev’ Roumanian government has declared war on Germany. (By the Associated Press) Ayan, _ Amsterdam, Nov. 12.—(Tuesday)—William Hohenzollern ar- rived Monday afternoon at the castle of Amerongen,\ Count: von : Bentimck’s country seat at Marn, in the province of Utretch. AFFORD KAISER REFUGE The Hague, Holland, Nov. 13.—Holland will allow. William Ho- henzollern to remain on Dutch soil under the same conditions ac- corded other high dignitaries interned here. He has taken the name of Count William Hohenzollern and is expected ‘to buy an estate in Holland. ARRIVAL REPORTED The Hague, Nov. 13—The former crown prince arrived yes- terday at Masstrich, according to a dispatch received here. DEATH IS RUMORED London, Nov. 13.—Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Ger- many was shot and killed Monday morning by German soldiers when trying to cross the Dutch frontier, says a press dispatch. NO CONFIRMATION Washington, Nov. 13.—It was officially reported today that the American government has no confirmation of rumors that the former German crown prince has been killed. GENERAL STRIKE. Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 18.—A general strike has begun throughout Switzerland. DECIDED MINORITY (By the Associated Press.) Copenhagen, Nov. 12.—(Tuesday)—Although the Bolshevik group of the German independent socialist party is recognized as a separate political organization, they are still a decided minor- ity, and the balance of power rests in the general socialist group and the non-bolshevik independent. The dispatch adds that the soldiers’ representatives at a meeting Sunday of the soldiers’ and workmen’s councils energetically opposed the plans of the Bol- shevik element. CETTEMBRE LIBERATED. London, Nov. 13.—Cettembre, the capital of Montenegro, has been liberated, s a Serbian official statement. On Sunday Serb- ians entered the town of Versecv, in Hungary, 25 miles north of the Danube, dispersing and capturing elements of the German rear guard. The Serbians also entered Novossad. LEAVE VIENNA. Basel, Nov. 13.—Former Emperor Charles, Empress Zita, and their family, left Vienna at 9 o’clock tonight for Eckartsau, ac- cording to a dispatch from the Austrian capital. ANARCHY IN AUSTRIA. (By Associated Press) Triest, Nov. 11—(Monday)—A state of semi-anarchy pre- | vails in all regions of Austria, traversed by the Austro-Hungarians returning fro mthe Italian front. The soldiers have abandoned the ranks and joined the mobs in setting fires and plundering. All kinds of excesses are being committed. NINE AIRPLANES LAND. _ Mudros, Island of Lemnos, Agean Sea, Undated—Nine Brit- ish airplanes landed at Galata, a suburb of Constantinople two days after the-signing of the armistice, October 31st. e first allied officer to reach European Turkish soil was the flight com- mander, Henry Wiser, a Canadian, and a graduate of Yale in 1912. The Turks gave the airmen an enthusiastic reception, declar- jing they were thankful that Turkey had been freed of Germans, who had fid to the Roumanian and Russian ports in the Black Sea. An allied army and navy entry will be made Smulleusoeny * the Dardanelles. No military occupaiton of oCnstantinople sprob- able. A commission composed of military and nfavyal Officers is in- specting the forts at the Dardanelles, under escort of a son of the grand vizier, with a view to occupation. TO DRIVE AT MACKENSEN. See Washington, Nov. Sate oor Poach new declaration of war against Germany is interpre as preliminary 2 sures to disarm and drive out the German under Von Mack--