The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 23, 1918, Page 1

" from a British private: “THE WEATHER? GENERALLY FAIR. caenenanaaenmeamemtemenememmmendl OPMIRTY-EIGHTH . YEAR. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1918. | |THE BISMARCK TRIBUN PRICE FIVE CENTS OP MOVEMENT PRISONERS IN GERMANY ARE MALTREATED Forced to Walk Fifty Miles in Snow Clad Only in Rags 1 \ MANY DIE ON THE WAY Britishers Treated Most Harshly in Coal and Salt Mines of Hunland London, Noy. 23.—Critical conditions among British prisoners of war who have been liberated since the signing of the armistice are described by Reu- ter’s correspondent. Thousands of these men are entering France daily. Reuters’ correspondent writes: “I have never seen human beings in such a state of raggedness, hunger and mis- ery.” ; The prisoners were told to clear out and seek help from their allies. They started to walk the 50 or 60 miles to the allied line, but were given no food and they had no money. They were in shameful rags. They left the prison camps in droves of hundreds in charge of German officers and soldiers who had deserted. The weather was cold and maay died by the roadside. When the survivors entered the al- lied lines, French soldiers who attend- ed the war heroes were horrifled, It is not doubted that this suffering wus intentionally imposed on the British, who were treated worse than. other prisoners in the German camps. A further ‘report of General Younger’s command giving details of treatment of British prisoners in German salt and coal mines gives harrowing details, “From testimony scar a month old, it is evident there is no sign of improvement whatever in the treat- ment of prisoners in Germany. This disgrace is open and flagrant. The only péssible conclusion is that Berlin de- Jiberately approves of it. Here is‘ani| extract of a letter dated May -20 last “We have had little to'cat since we Jeft Hamels. ‘Two Of our number have gone to the hospital with broken arms, und the remainder are suffering from cuts on their heads and bruises as 2 result of floggings. I fell in.a faint unable to work any longer last Satur: day,\and the. man.in ¢harge,.a.civilian, kicked me back into my senses and kept me ‘down in the mine sixteen: hours after al the rest of my gang had gone up.’ The record of daily promiscous vio- lations might be further illustrated. To scores of. men who have given evi-! dence concerning the mining camps kicks, blows, and insults ‘became a part of the normal routine. Here is the example of a man who had been at one of the Hamlen salt mines: “In January, 1918, I refused to com- plete my task as it was a physical 1m- possibility. I was taken out of the mine, dressed only in shirt and draw- were—it is too hot in the mines to wear auything else—and put in a hut for the night which was not weather- proof. In the morning it was halt full of snow. The next day I was taken to the mine, and ‘again beaten ‘until I had finished my task. I re- ceived nothing to eat from the time T went down into the mine on tne first morning until 2 o'clock in the next -afternoon.” It ts impossible to say how many prisoners’ lives were sacrificed, for until, more evidence is given -by men who have been set free the exact con- ditions must remain in obscurity. HANDICAP FOR AMENDMENTS IS REDUCED TO 500 Anticipated That Final Count Will Stand About as Now Represented A tabulation of the semi-official re- turns from 31 counties, and using the vote on governor as the total vote in the recent general election, shows the Teague's debt limit amendment 436 short 6% the required majority, accord- ing to reports on file in the secretary of state's office. The total vote on governor in the $1 counties from which returns have been received is 53,975. The vote for the amendment making the sky the limit for bonded indeptebness is 26,552. A majority qvould be 26,983. | The counties from which semi-offi- cial returns have not been received are Adams, Bottineau. Burleigh, Cav- alier, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Grant, Kidder, McLean, Morton, Moun- trail, Pembina, Richland, Rolette,) Sheridan, Sioux, Steele, Towner, Ward and Wells. It is believéd that the amendments will break about even in these 22 counties, and that the league program will lose ‘by at least 500 votes. s.4 a TO NEW ENGLAND TO NURSE FLU PATIENTS Mrs. Harry E. Clough and other Bis- marck young women have gone to ‘New England in behalf of the Red Cross to ‘assist in nursing influenza patients. New England has been very hard hit by a long protracted epidemic of Spanish flu. -FORAMBRICA WILLIAM G. M’ADOO : | _—__RESIGNS FROM CABINET SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Washington, Nov. 23.—Giving necessity for replenishing his personal fortune as a reason, William G. McAdoo has resigned as secretary of the treasurer and director general of the railways. His resignation has been accepted by President Wilson. As sec- retary of the treasury Secretary McAdoo will retire as soon as a successor has been named and has qualified. He will resign the directorship of the railways January 1 unless a successor has not qualified then. : Mr. McAdoo has not outlined hisfuture, but it is understood he intends to take a vacation of several monthis before resuming private business, probably the practice of law. and added that lie’ Would niake no reeotiniendations ‘to the presi- dent. : geet ; Regardless of the appointment to the treasury post, {tis con- sidered improbable there will be any change in future policies of the government. War bonds of short maturity in the sum of about eight billion will probably be floated in.1919, as planned. ..; Before he leaves the treasury, Mr. McAdoo will prepare recom- mendations to Congress for legislation to'changé the War Finance period. : : The future of the capital issues committee is uncertain, and tthe attitude of Mr. McAdoo’s successor may have much to do with its course. TO FORMULATE PLANS ‘As for the railroads, the new Director-General doubtless will have much to do with the formulation of policies of future man- agement. rs , Mr. McAdoo recently indicated that he had planned to con- tinue consolidations, poolinfi, short hauling, and other reforms, looking to efficient operation, regardless of the fact that the war emergency is over. Opposition to this course. appears now to be developing and the issue of whether the railroads will remain permanently under government. management or ownership or be returned to their private owners is taking form. |CATTLE: PROFIT SOLDIERS START |1eras continue to Graze on Open Range, Saving Feed Unusually mild fall weather, coupled with an abgence of snow in the greater {part of the state, brings North Dakota herds into early winter in very favor- able condition, says Dr. W. F. Crewe, secretary of the North Dakota live stock sanitary board. Except in scat- tering sections where the drouth was so severe last summer that there was no grass, cattle are finding an abund- ance of forage on the open range, and {this has greatly relieved the hay situa- tion. ‘Hay is scarce and is not costing Jess than $20 f. o. b. cars anywhere in the state. Liverpool, (Friday) Novy. 22.--Sev- eral thousand American soldiers sailed. for home today on the liners Lapland and Minnehaha. The soldiers marched from their camps to the landing stage. MEN AND DOGS NEW INSURANCE CONCERN FIGHT FOR FOOD London, Nov. 23—Ddgs and men| nce society of Canton; Ltd., and the are battling in Petrograd for the flesh }Scandinavian-Am. Assurance Corp. of horses which drop dead in the| Utd. of Christiania, Norway, have ap- streets, reports a British business man plied for admission to North Dakota. who has just arrived in London from the Russian capital. The Bolsheviks have announced that they would have grain enough to feed soldiers, sailors and their own partisans throughout the winter. They will not issue food to any other per- sons. APPLICATION KING ALBERT Fargo, Nov. 23.—Aplication, will be made soon in North Dakota for in- creases in telephone rates, W. I. Al- ELLENDALE. REOPENS rt The state board of regents is notified that the Ellendale normal school has|and the pledge given the federal gov- reopened after.an enforcestivacation of|ernment to maintain service combine several wegke.ive to: the fin bright, commercial managér of the|dregs of welcome. Bell interests in Fargo, announced to- day. Increased maintenance, costs make the increase necessary... }over Bru mod BIST. Sys Mr. McAdoo said he had no idea, who his successor might be, | Corporation into a Peace Finance Corporation, as he suggested, theréby permitting it fiance authority during the readjustment. 16.0. HEARING | ON COMPLAINTS AGAINST RATES| Federal Board to Hear State Railway Commission’s Protests Here DISCRIMINATION CHARGED Yest-Bound. Rates of Northern Pacific Claimed Higher | Than East-Bound | | An interstate commerce commission | hearing to consider 2 complaint tiled by the state railway commission against a discriminatory rate running as high as ien cents per hundred charged on Northern Pacific west bound ! shipments on the Killdeer branch and; oi the main line west of the river will be held in the federal court room here j November 30. It Is probable that Ex- aminer Mackley of Washington will represent the commerce commission. The state rail board filed a complaint last May, alleging’ that grain_ rates from the Killdeer branch to Minne- npolis on grain were too high and that all rates on the main line of the North- ern Pacific and the Killdeer branch on shipments from Minneapolis, Duluth and kindred points were too high. The west bound rates in some instances are 10 cents per hundred higher on the same commodity than the east bound | rates, it is charged. { The railway commission contends that this is a discrimination against slope farmers who must import Jarge quantities of feed. A concession was iwon by the rail ‘board last spring on consigned to county commissions oper- ating under.thé seed and feed bonding act, the east bound tariff applied to these west bound. shipments. OLD FIGHTING FIRS? KILLED Lieut. Col. Fred E. ‘Smith, Dead in Action, Fought With Dakota Volunteers Adjutant Genera] Fraser notes in a recent casualty list the death of Lieut. Col, Fred. &. Smith, ,ancold comrade ofthe Fighting ¥itst, a North Lakotant i#fid a veteran’ of theFilipino’ cam- dign who ‘will be remembered by all of the older members of the First North Dakota. General Fraser fur- nishes tho following sketch of Col. wmith: 4 Lieut. Col. Fred W. Smith, Inf. U. S. A., regular army, reported in the casualty list of November 15, 1918, as among tho killed in action in France, was born in Illinois, March 29, 1873. His parents moved thence to Bartlett, N. D., and later his mother, Mrs, E. Smith, took up her residence in Grand Forks, where the late Col. Smith en- listed in the First North Dakota na- tional guard and was appointed regi- mental sergeant major in 1898. He was mustered into federal zetvice in May, 1898, and went to the Philippines with the North Dakota Volunteer in- fantry. He was discharged as ser- geant major to accept a commission ‘as second lieutenant,of North Dakota| Volunteers January 9, 1899; commis-j sioned second lieutenant United States yolunteers and assigned to the 36th U. S. volunteer infantry February 23.) 1899; in June, 1901, was commission-; ed first lieutenant in the United States infantry and assigned to the Third infantry “Fred ©. Smith,” says General Fraser. “was one of the most popu- lar men in the old First North Dakota infantry. He was a Grand Forks boy and a graduate of the University of North Dakota.” MILLION LEAVE AUSTRIAN ARMY’ Paris, Nov. 2A million deserters | from the, Austrian army, calling them- Iselves green guards, are established in nearly every forest in southeastern Europe, according to George Rose of the new Slovak government, speaking from the new capital of Slovakia. THUNDEROUS WELCOME GIVEN AS HE ENTERS CAPITAL AFTER LONG ABSENCE FOR R ATE BOOST : Brussels, Nov. 23.—King Albert entered Brussels this morn- > ing at 10:30 o’clock. He was accompanied by Queen Elizabeth, Son kn Princes Leopold and Charles and Princess Marie Jose. ‘ The royal party received a tremendous ovation along the streets. - Entering the parliament house, King Albert and his party listened to an ad- The royal party then took part in a procession extending over a line ten miles long and strewed with roses and flowers, As this dispateh is being written the noise of cheering rolls like thunder jwhen war was declared. rates for shipments of seed and feed |jn South Dakota, Minnesota or Wiscon- {__ Engineey Hudgins, with Engineer W. {W. Moyer of the North Dakota high- jernment, according to a Berlin corre- 0) CAPT. TAWNEY. DIES SOON AFTER ENTERING SERVICE Winona, Minn., Nov. 23.—Capt, J. Millard Tawney, who traveled 13,200 miles to enter the United States army, 6,600 on his way to Winona und tho balance before being accepted for ser- vice at Atlanta, Ga., died yesterday at Valparaiso, In. He was a son of former Congress- man James A, Tawney of this city. apt... Tawney was stationed in Japan He cabled Minnesota national guard officials. he was returning home and seeking en- listment. When he arrived here his lioutenancy in the local guard com- pany was filled. Later he enlisted in the aviation division. FEDERALROAD CHIEF PLEASED WITH HIGHWAYS Believed North Dakota Board Is Making Excellent Profress in Construction DIRT ROADS ONLY A START Become Foundation Later for Permanent, Surfaced System of Thoroughfares North Dakota’s earth roads built during the last summer under the dl- rection of the state highway depart- ment and with federal supervision stack up very well with anything to be found in the same type of construction 'sin, the other three states included in this federal highway district, says F. D. Hudgins, senior engineer of the of-} fice of public roads, with headquarters at Minneapolis. way department, returned yesterday from an inspection of highway iproects which are candidates for federal aid in the eastern part of the state. None of these projects was wholly completed, because of labor and difficulty encoun- tered in obtaining materials during the working season. There is very little to de. finished, -however, when. work -is resumed next spring. “North Dakota,” said Engineer Hud- gins today, “has under way as many projects as-any other state in this dis- |trict. Of course, there is a big differ- {ence in the type of construction. Wis- consin has some earth roads and that is true of Minnesota, but the bulk of this form of highway building will be found in the Dakotas. While we do mgt regard earth roads as a permanent improVement, in themselves, we con- sider them an integral part of the fin- ished surfaced highway. In other words, in building earth roads there is no waste of time or labor or material, for these roads become the foundation later for permanent, surfaced high- ways. “Unfortunately, North Dakota is yery poorly supplied with good surfac- ing materials. This is a difficulty which we must face some time in the future. For the present we must he content with having made an excellent beginnig, providing the state with step- ping stones toward a permanent and complete tem of highways.” Next w Engineers Hudgins and Moyer will inspect federal aid projects in Bowman and Stark counties. SOUTH GERMANY MAY ORGANIZE GOVERNMENT ie | Copenhagen, Noy. 23.—Resistance in Bavaria from proletariat dictation from Berlin is rapidly growing, and it} is likely to result in all South Germany being established as a new state gov- COAL SUPPLIES ARE ADEQUATE ‘Washington, D. C., Nov. 23.—Pros- pects for a full suply -of anthracite coal this winter is good, the senate committee was told today. Arthur Learoyd, director of the administra- tion’s distribution committee, outlin- ed plans for the season. The com- mittee was told the needs of the north- western states would be given special consideration. KAULFUSS WILL ADDRESS MEET Publicity Engineer of State Highway Commission Honored “The Underlying Principles of Lay- ing Out, Marking and Maintaining a State Trunk Highway System” is the subect of a paper which Engineer J. B. Kaulfuss of the state highway com- mission has been assigned to present at the annual joint meeting of the American association of state highway officials and the highway industries association at Chicago the week of ber 9.. Governor Frazier has ap- pointed Engineer Kaulfuss North Da- ‘kota’s delegate to this conference. D SOON GEN. MARCH ANNOUNCES UNITS — NOT NEEDED FOR OCCUPATION, 36.154 AMERICANS WERE KILLED More Than 13,000 Died of Disease and 179,625 Were Wounded—Yanks Take 44,000 Ger- man Prisoners and 1,400 Guns Washington, Nov. 23.—General March announced today that authority had been given to General Pershing to send back home all such troops as will not be needed to make up the army of occu- pation. He said the General had indicated the following units would not be so required: Divisions 31, 34, 38, 39, 76, 84, 86 and 87, _, Coast artillery regiments 46, 47, 49, 50, 75 and 76. Field artillery brigades 65 and 103. : In addition, General Pershing indicated that the following gen- eral classes of troops will be returned: Railroad artillery troops, army artillery troops, gas troops, tank corps, air forces, and those divisions which were broken up to be used as replacement for other divisions which had seen active service. Troops returning immediately from England would include practically all the air squadrons, sixteen construction companies, one sailmakers detachment, one Handley-Page maintenance sta- tion, and several photographic corps. 36,154 KILLED Total casualties in the American expeditionary forces up to the armistice were divided as follows: Killed and died of wounds 36,154. Died of disease 13,811. Died from other causes, 2,204. : Wounded, 179,625. H , Prisoners, 2,183. Missing, 1,160. The American forces in France, General March said, had taken 44,000 German prisoners in round numbers, and 1,400 guns. He added the casualties among the American forces in Northern Russia were not severe, contrary to reports, and that encouraging accounts of the situation of the forces there had been received. MOVEMENT TO BE EXPEDITED Movement of troops from France will be expedited in every way and he added they will not “sneak into the country either.” Taking up the present advance of the allied forces, General March pointed out that the American army is heading for Coblenz, the center bridge-head on the Rhine, where it should arrive about Dec. 1st. The British forces will occupy the bridgehead to the north at Cologne, and the French the bridgehead to the east of Mainz. - : elosids, The strength of the American army to be maintained in France was not indicated beyond the demobilization plans an- nounced. American troops in Italy including the 382d infantry, will be stationed for the time being at Cattaro, Fiume and Triest, one batallion of infantry to be located at each place. Demobilization of the forces at home is proceeding; steadily. Several of the present camps will be abandoned as soon as they are cleared of their occupants.' ARMY OF OCCUPATION ‘5 The American army of occupation may be the first of the major military forces moving toward the Rhine to set foot on German soil. Tonight or tomorrow the Americans will be moving toward Coblenz, the Rhine bridgehead assigned to the United States to hold over German territory. French forces reached the Rhine near the Swiss border several days ago. It may be that patrols of this army have already penetrated through the forty- kilometer zone which will be held as neutral territory until the peace conferences fixes new boundaries. - GERMANY AT ALLIES’ MERCY General March today furnished a clew to the military situa- tion that is to exist while the peace conference is on at Paris. On the left the British will stand with a spear-head thrown across the river at Cologne. At Coblenz the Americans will occupy a‘: similar position, and at Mainz, still further up the river, the French will hold a-third great highway penetrating into the heart of Ger- many. These three great avenues of access along which the allies may sweep their huge armies will be held by the victors, and all Grmany will be at the mercy of the occupying forces. Discussing the enormous number of wounded appearing in to- day’s tabulation, the wari department explains that this list in- cludes the names of thousands who were only slightly wounded, who never went:.to, hospitals and whose names did not appear: in the casualty lists: The tota Inumber, of casualties reported to the war department to date is 82,000. CHAOS IN GERMANY London, Nov. 3.—The chaotic political conditions in Germany are emphasized in reports received here from Amsterdam and Copenhagen, purporting to reproduce direct telegrams from Ger- many. There is a general lack of harmony in different parts of the country and a tendency toward separatism. Bolshevik ideas are declared to be growing in the west, where a Rhennish republic is said to be planned. a The Bremen soldiers and workmen’s council. at a meeting de- clared itself in complete accord with, Bolshevism and resolved to call_on the Bolsheviki in Russia to help introduce corhmunism. The Spartacus group at Dusseldorf is reported to have pro- claimed a proletarian dictatorship and to have arrested the burgo- master of the city. Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the radical socialist, was acclaimed at a Spartacus meeting in Berlin, which issued an ap- peal to the workers to emulate the Russian Bolsheviki. ARMY OF OCCUPATION ADVANCES Paris, Nov. 22.—(Friday)—Progress by the French army of occupation in Alsace and Lorraine-was reported by the French j Official statement tonight. “The occupation of successive delivered localities in Lorraine and Alsace continued today. Colmar was solemnly entered by General de Castelneau, who was greeted by the acclamations of the whole population which gave evidence in the most touching particulars of its attachment to France. NURSES TO BE EXAMINED |BURNSTAD FARMER AT FARGO NEXT MONTH) PASSES AWAY .HERE Arthur C. Smith, a well known Burnstad farmer, died’ at a local hos- Pital last night from pneumonia re- sulting from Spanish influenza. The deceased was 65 years old and is sur- vived by a widow. and two sons: at Barnstad, whither the remains ‘will ‘be shipped Monday. tot tutermemt, =. The North Dakota Beard of Nurses’ Examiners will meet at Fargo on De- cember 4 and 5 to examine applicants for registered nurses’ certificates. This is the regular examination postponed from November because of flu condi- tions. Miss M. Clark, Devils Lake, is secretary of the board.