The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1918, Page 1

Pic ama |THE BISMARCK eee weee wwe ee ne enns THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA NO CLEANER - BOYS IN WORLD THAN OURS Chaplain Markley Says Tales of Excesses Over There Make His Blood Boil =~ AT AUDITORIUM TONIGHT Fighting Parson Will Bring Mes- sage From Over There to Bismarck Folk _ “There isn’t a cleaner set of boys in God’s world,” said Chaplain H. G. Markley of the Second North Dakota, today in referring to the Yanks. “I had a letter the other day, in France from a minister over here who ex- pressed the fear that our boys were turning out to be libertines and drunk- ards. It made my blood boil. The venereal disease rate over there is ee eee LIEUT. H. G. MARKLEY, Fighting Chaplain of Second Regi- ment, at Auditorium Tonight. actually less than it is here at home. 1 came in contaet with more than 10, v0; soldiers as chaplain for one of the: biggest replacement divisions in France. Every one of those boys car- ries with him constantly a picture of his mother, wife, sister or sweetheart, and that face, always with him, keeps him straight and clean. The boys over. there.,attend..church, mare. regu: larly than they-do over/here. I have * had Y. M. C, A. huts packed time ‘and again, with. hundreds of boys hanging wbout the doors ‘ahd windows, trying to catch a word of the service.” ‘Chaplain Markley, who makes the first of a series of North Dakota ad- dresses at the Bismarck Auditorium tonight, was chaplain of a replacement division which had an average ot - 500 men. He also had a large hi + pital which cared for as high as 2,5 wounded Yanks at one time. He op- ferated two canteens, was secretary of the officers’ olub, headquarters posi- master, with a corps of seven men under him; he conducted educational classes at night and has as high : 1,100 men in to see him during « sin- gle day on. one subject or another. ‘The burden of all these tasks finally became too heavy, and Chaplain Markley broke down under the strain. This did not occur, however, until ‘Chaplain Markley had won the atten- tion of Lieut. General Hunter Liggett, commander of the first army, and sec- ond in France to General Pershsing, who, in urging the fighting chaplain’s promotion to a captaincy, wrote as follows: : “From personal observation of this officer during a period when circum- stances connected with the health and comfort of the enlisted personnel of the 41st division were most dis- tressing, I became convinced that Chaplain Markley was the highest and most useful type of chaplain in the service. I would not only be grati- fied to endorse the promotion of this officer to the grade of captain, but would be glad to have him serve un- der and near me.” Col. Frank White in a similar letter said: “I do not hesitate to say in my opinion there is not a chaplain in the army who exercises a greater influ- ence for good over the- boys under him.” ~ “The boys over there are not marry- ing French girls. Of 100,000 men with whom I came in contact but two even spoke of marrying over there, and they were talked out of it. In all my knowledge I can recall but two actual instances of American boys marrying French girls. The thought uppermost in the mind of every soldier is home. The boys are simply ‘rarin’ to go,’ to get back to American soil and have a glimpse of real American girls.” ‘Chaplain Markley’s subject is “A message | from Over There.” He especially emphasizes the work of the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. There will be played at the Auditor- ium tonight as a feature of the musi- cal program a, march composed by a member of the Second regiment band and dedicated to Chaplain Markley. Copies of this march, with pictures of the Secon- regiment ‘band and ‘Chaplain Markley on the cover, will be offered for sale for the benefit of the chapiain’s funa. FRAZIER IS DETAINED Business Here Prevents Attend- ance at St. Paul Because of a press of business at the state house, Governor Frazier did not get away Tuesday evening for St. Paul to attend the national nonparty convention as he had planned. qj United States; WOMEN CONDUCTOR CAUSE OF STRIKES Cleveland, O., Dec. 5.—The 24,000 streetcar men who went on strike a: 5 o'clock Tuesday morning because of the employment of women conductors, and since which time not a car has been operated, probably will return ‘to work at 4:30 this afternoon. The strikers will assemble at 1:3 to vote on terms their leaders have accepted for them. FISCAL REPORT SHOWS NATION'S WAR RECORD Cost of Struggle $13,222,000,- 000, According to McAdoo Statement FEDERAL FARM LOANS Washington, Dec. 5.—The financial history of America’s part in the war is set forth by Secretary McAdoo in his annual report drafted before his resignation, and. made public today by the treasury. It is the history of how the American people paid billions in taxes, raised four great liberty jloans and created a tremendous pool of credit with which the treasury jthrough its many war agencies paid the bills af the army and navy, the shiping board and other government departments, loaned villions to tne allies and millions to war industries, helped support the families of sol- diers and sailors and tided farmers over periods of financial stringency. “The payment into the treasury of ‘vast sume in war taxes and from bond sales,” said Secretary McAdoo, “and the transformation of our varied and. complex life to the supreme task of winning the war have been accom- | plished without shock or financial dis- jturbance, The credit and business structure of the nation remains sound and strong. The results of the four liberty loans are a tribute to the pat- riotism of the American people and to the economic strength of the na- tion.” The report constitutes Secretary McAdoo's tinal accounting of his stewardship gefore retiring as the na- tion’s finance minister. Throughout the report, Mr. ‘McAdoo refers repeat- edly to the remarkable achievements of America's civilian population in providing the money and materials for war, and acting as the “eager second line of defense.” Commenting on the showing of financial arrangements in great detail vy the document, ‘Treasury librarians recalled that the financial history of the Civil Wer is buried in a great stack of musty ledgers, and probably never will be officially compiled. For the fifteen months ending June 130, Secretary McAdoo estimated that the actual cost of the wat, with allow- ances for. the governments ordinary expenses in ordinary times, amounted to 13,222,000,000, Nearly half of this, or $6,499,000,000, went into permanent investments, in the form of ships, shipyards, war vessels, army camps, buildings, and in loans to Allies or to American war - industries. Of the year's expenses 31.6 per cent came |from taxation. { The civil establishment of the gov- ernment during the year spent $1,507, 000,000, while the war department spent $5,684,000,000 and the navy $1, 368,000,000. For support of the army alone the government paid out $4,412, 000,660. The naval expenditure in- cluded the construction of new ves- sels, machinery, armament, equipment and improvements at navy yards. Total ordinary disbursements for the year amounted to $8,966,000,000 and ordinary receipts, excluding money re- ceived from Liberty Loans, amounted to $4,174,000,000, Loan’ to Allies dur- ing the year amounted to $4,739,000, 000 additional. The report discloses that Liberty Loan conversions have been mede aS follows: First Liberty Loan 3 1-2 per- cent bonds exchanged for 4 per cent ‘bonds, $586,820,000; First Liberty Lona 3 1-2’s and 4’s exchanged for 4 1-4’s, $183,899,000; Second Liberty Loan 4’s exchanged for 4 1-2’s, $1,541, 661,000. This indicates that most ‘bond buyers have failed to take ad- vantage of the Treasury's offer to convert past issues into bonds bearing a higher rate of interest. It is now too late to convert. Referring to federal farm loans amounting to $118,528,000 during the year ending September 30, the report sand: “The existence of this system operated under government super- vision, granting long term loans at reasonable rates of interest, has un- questionably saved the farmers of the United States from many exactions, foreclosures, and denial of financial accomodations during this period. The system has ‘been a harbor of re- fuge for the borrowing farmer. Through its competition with other loaning agencies it has reduced inter- est rates almost everywhere in the United ‘States and has saved the far- mer in large measure frqm_ those financial troubles which otherwise must have beset him. It has consti- tuted the gheatest governmental egen- cy for financing the basic industry of the United States—that of agri- culture.” The report also dealt with the Treasury’s activities in licensing and supervising the liquidation of enemy insurance companies operating in the the Public Health ments in combatting the influenza epidemic and maintaining sanitary conditions about camps; the interfna- tional High commission’s success in promoting uniformity of commercial regulations , between the United States and Latin-American countries, and the tasks imposed on the cus- toms service in connection with the policing of hartors during the war. TIES UP LINES. Omaha, Neb. Dec. 5.—The car strike on its second day still has the street railways of Omaha and Council Bluffs completely tied up. LONE AMENDMENT: LOST ON RETURN FROM BOTTINEAU Lead of 150 for State Ownership Changed Into Shortage of 58 Votes LEAGUE STILL CLAIMING The state board of canvassers again! met Wednesday afternoon and again adjourned until this afternoon with- out transacting any business. This afternoon the board will adjourn un- til tomorrow noon which will be the last adjournment possible under the law unless it shall prove necessary to dispatch a messenger to Wells coun- ty for its belated returns, which had not been received by the secretary of} state last evening. In this event, the board is authorized by law to adjourn its session until the messenger's re- turn The publicatign® in Nonpartisan league organs yesterday morning un- der seven-column banner lines of claims that all of the organization's principal amendments have carried by large majorities has not caused Secre tary of State Hall to waiver ‘> his contention that all of the amendments are Tost. The fate of the last amend- ment, No, 10, authorizing the state to engage in the ownership of public utilities, industries and enterprises of any nature not specifically prohibited by the constitution, was sealed yester- day afternoon when the total vote from Grand Forks and Slope counties was officially reported, boosting the whole number of votes by 208, and re- ducing a majority of for amend- ment No. 10 to a deficit of 58. Bot- tineau county's official vote showed! the whole number to be cight greater than the vote for governor. The vote on amendment No. 10 was increa four by the Bottineau returns, and the eight new votes were split between the other amendments, not affecting the final count in any respect. Official reports on the total vot are still to come in from cight other counties, ‘The present total of 93.790, will, it is expected, be increased 10) at least 94.000, which will leave all of the amendments with from 300 to 600 less than the required majority of all the votes cast November 5. CARTER GLASS NEW SECRETARY OF TREASURY ~“Warshsington, ‘Deo. ‘Rep.. Garter Glass of Virginia, was nominated to- day by President Wilson to be secre- tary of the treasury. Mr. Glass will go into office on December 16 un- der an arrangement with Secretary McAdoo. ‘ SENATE TURNS DOWN PLAN TO SEND MEMBERS, Washington, D, C., Dec. 5.--By un- animous vote the senate foreign re- jations committee today disapproved the resolution of Sen. Cummings of Iowa, republican, proposing to send a senate committee to Paris for the peace conferenc! New York. De transport Orpha with 1,309 Amer: troops on board, arrived today fro Liverpool. New York, N. Y., Dec. 5.—George J. Gould, capitalist and yachtman, who underwent an operation for gall stones in a hospital here yesterday spent a restful night and is believed on the road to recovery. ASKS AMERICA’S AID IN RUSSIA Prince Lvoff was! the first prime mininister of Russia’ after the over- throw of the czar and hi come to America to ask Americ aid in the establishing of a stable government in his country. NO PARDON FO CHRISTMASIS BOARD'S FIAT All Applications. For Freedom Denied—One Soldier Made izen of Republic | The prison population will not be decreasesd by one individ: poe the state’ pardon boar tions which ended | time-honored practice of awarding pardons as a Christmas present has gone by the board so far as North Dakota is: concerned. i D. M. Noah, a lifer and a trusty, was the principal applicant for len- iency. \Noah has been in prison about ten years for the murder of his farm- er employer near Kezumare. Noah, it is alleged, slew his employér, hid’ hfs body in a cellar on the farm, and pr ‘ceeded to haul the dead man’s grain to market. With one or two excep- tions Noah’s prison record is without a blemish. North Dakota — editors il as result s delibera- yesterday. ‘The ‘land printers. not having acquired the habit of going to prison, Noah while in the penitentiary has learned the printer’s art to enable him to get out ithe prison publication. He has been a trusty for several years, going and jcoming much as he pleased. Among ; those who endorsed his application for {a pardon was F, 0. Hellstrom, who was warden at the penitentiary during j the first, several years of Noah's im- prisonment. The only full pardon granted went to a man who has been fighting for his country in France and who was conditionally p oned four years ago. His life since that time has been exemplary; he has reported regularly to,the prison officials every six months as required under the terms of his conditional pardon, and, his command- ing officer joined in the plea that there be restored to him the full citi- zonship rights which he has won anew on the blood-stained fields of France, Elmer Crowell. the Minot mail car- rier who slew a drayman at the Magic City a year ago after. the latter had collided with Crowell’s wagon, and, it is alleeed, had threatened Crowell with bodily violence, was denied the! pardon which he prayed. Crowell is |a young man who had led a good life prison record has been above re- proach. His friends had hoped that ithe board migtt favorably consider his aplication, although he has served but a small portion of an indetermin- ate sentence. up to the time of his crime, and nls —_ TRIBUNE [om] THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS HUN REPUBLIC UNABLE TO FIX UPON POLICIES Everybody Seems to Be Quarrel- ling With Everybody Else SEPARATIST | MOVEMENT Southern Provinces Under Lead- ership of Eisner Rebel Against Berlin London, (British Wireless Service), Dec. 5.—The political situation in Ger- many continues to be extraordinar- ily obscure, saye a dispatch to the Daily Pres: Everybody seems to be quarrelling with everybody else. Two grave dangers appear to be confronting the new German repub- lic. One is the separatists movement headed by Kurt Kisner, the Bavarian leader, who is issuing propaganda against the leadership of Berlin, and appears to be willing to create a South German republic, ‘including Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Saxony and several oth- er states. The other danger, which the correspondent adds is that arising from the quarrel between the Berlin soviet and Bolsheviki and the Berlin committee. Situation Chaotic. otic,” and “of this chaos the extrem- ists are making capital. It is an- nounced elections will take place Feb. 16th and it will extend to the whole eGrman territory as it existed Au- gust 1, 1914, which is farcical as no election at the Reichstag ever can take place again in Alsace-Lorraine. “On the other hand the government urges the allies to bting about a pre- liminary peace sometime in January and before Germany fas a real res- ponsible government. The whole Ger- man political situation is character- ized by similar contradictions. The ciermans nt the allies to treal them as orderly government they give early signs #f a shipwre in anarchy.” 20 PER CENT OF NAVY 10 BE DISCHARGED Washington, Dec. 5.—Discharge of 20 per cent of the navy’s wartime per- sonnel, about 100,000 mén, has Deon authorized. Secretary Daniels said , today men would be released as rap- idly as possible. Private yachts mo- tor boats and other craft taken over by the navy for the war already are being turned over to the war depart- ment. Secretary Daniels said that by February several hundred craft would b estrickent from the list. In cases of special student bodies, such as the paymasters school at Princeton and the ensigns’ school at Annapolis, stu- uation will be commissioned in the SLICE BILLION FROM ESTIMATE Washington, Dec. 5.—More than a billion dollars has been cut from the navy’s estimate of expenditures for the coming fiscal year. ‘Secretary Daniels disclosed today that the es- timates sent to congress Monday were based on the war program. OLSNESS IS ILL Insurance Commissioner Has a Turn With Flu 'S. A. Olsness, insurarice commis- sioner, is recovering in a local hos- pital from a severe attack of influ- |enza. Miss Florence Clausen of the ‘same office is confined to her home | >y an attack of tonsilitis. THE EXODUS OF THE HUNS being interned . y Dutch authorities at Flushing. German soldiers, sailors and civilians fleeing across th: border into Holland are here shown as they are “The whole situation indeed is cha-|! dents in the present classes on grad-| son spent most of the first day of in the office part of his suite. Af the greetings that were given him the pile of telegrams and letters av T. Grayson, he lay down and res cold that was affecting his voice. walk on deck with Mrs. Wilson. evening, being attended by a wai Emperor William and the Empre of the George Washington, which The President is keeping in to less. The escorting destroyers w leading the column are keeping carrying the President. Mine sweepers are running bef The weather is cold and misty In the evening Mrs carrier pigeons carry for the departure. ig notes of Washington, Dee. 5,—Represe United Press and International N President on board his ship. NORTH DAKOTA DEFENSE BOARD WORK OUTLINED National Council Organizations to Remain on the Job The North Dakota Council of De- fense is urged by the council of na- tional defense to unite with the Unit- ed States employment service and .community..labor boards. in me@ting the employment situation caused by the demobilization of the army and the industrial adjustment incident to | peace. The United States employment j service is directing federal and state employment directors to work through the council of defense machinery. The council of national defense requests the North Dakota council to assist the federal employment director ac- | cording to the following plan: To request local defense councils through the state, uniting with com- munity labor boards, which will in- wite their assistants wherever such boards exist, to call a meeting of rep- resentatives of organizations interest- ed in caring for returning soldiers for the purpose of choosing a manage- ment committee. To request the loeal council to as- Wants Local sist the bureau manager with all means in their power. especially through securing offices, volunteer as- sistants and making available the ramifying machinery of the local de- fense organization Final ‘decisions as to matters of policy must rest with the federal state employment director. State di- rectors have been requested to pro- ceed along similar lines. A two-years appropriation of $15, 000 was made for the state council of defense by the special session of 1918. This fund is practically exhausted, and in an effort to perpetuate the work of the council, at least during the period of reconstruction. it is prob. able the next assembly will be asked for at least $25,000. The council is controlled entirely by a Nonpartisan executive committee of five. There has been no general directors’ meet- ing for several months past. The national council has adopted resolutions requesting that the work lof the state councils be continued dur- ing the period of demobilization and readjustment. BANKING BOARD MEETS /Grants Columbus State Bank In- crease in Capital The state banking board at a_ brief meeting yesterday granted the Secur- ity State bank of Columbus permis- sion to increase its capital from $15,- 000 to $25,000. IN DEVILS LAKE Packard Conducting Rail Tax Hearing F. E. Packard of the state tax com- | mission is in Devils Lake conducting a hearing on the railway tax assess- ment which all of the carriers in this state are contesting. Hearings have een held at. Grand Forks and Fargo. and there will be further hearings at Minot, Jamestown, Bismarck and Dick- inson. Testimony is being taken from business men, farmers, shipers and railway officials in each locality as to the physical valuation of the railway properties in their territory with a view to determining whether the tax commission’s assessment is unfair, as the railway companies con- ‘tend. , PRESIDENT WILSON SPENDS — FIRST DAY AT SEA WORKING UPON AFFAIRS OF STATE Dines in Same Apartment Once Used by Former German Emperor and Empress—Mine Sweepers Proceed Presidential Boat 'O ASSOCIATED PRESS BY WIRELESS) On Board U.S. Ship George Washington, Dee. 5.—President. Wil- the trip on this steamship working ter acknowledging from the bridge as the ship put to sea, he came to waiting him. In the afternoon on the advice of his physician Rear Admiral Cary ted for a time because of a slight WAITED ON KAISER : Later, the President received calls from officials on board, inelud- ing the Italian and French ambassadors, Following this he took a The party dined quietly in the ter who claimed to have attended in the same suite on the trial trip was forme a German liner. | uch with official business by wire- ith the Battleship Pennsylvania in close touch with the steamship ore the bow of his ship. They are loaded with steel billets to insure their deep draft. but the sea is calm, Wilson released from the George Washington thanks for the arrangements made PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ON BOARD ntatives of the Associated Press, ews Service are accompanying the President Wilson's ship this morn- ing was 450 miles out, steering a steady course at a speed of 17 knots per hour. The weather was clear and cold. The president slept late and took breakfast with Mrs. Wilson, Af- terwards he worked with his stenog- | rapher and examined the official wire- |less messages which contained sever- vapplications for clemency. A pouch 1 mail will be put off at the on Sunday and will be hurried o the United States on a de- stroyer, CONTINUES ADVANCE, | Washington, Dec. 5.—General Per- | shing’s communique for Wednesday follows: “The third army continuing its ad- vance south of the Moselle today jreached the general line at Bern- castle‘Malborn-Otzenhausen. North- west of Berncastle our Mpe retained unchanged. ” AWAIT ARRIVAL. Paris, Dec. 5.—It is stated in vati- can circles that ‘Monsignor Ceretti, the papal secretary of state, will await the arrival of President Wilson in London to arrange with him his visit to Rome. As far as can be seen no obstacle is offered to the inter- view between President Wilson and Pope Benedict. USE MACdINE GUNS. Copenhagen, Dec. 5.—Machine guns were used in suppressing food riots in Cologne on Tuesday. Several stores in different parts of the city were plundered: There were sevral casual- tis. After plundering a store, a great crowd gathered in the food depot, but the “welfare committee’ of the city decided to suppress the riots without mercy. The mob retreated when ma- chine guns were brought into play. Other conflicts azcurred between wolice and civilians in, the night. | TERRORIST REVOLUTION. Paris, Dec. 5.— Aterrorist revolution under the leadership of Dr. Leib- knecht, will break out in Berlin on .riday evening, according to advices here. Leibknecht, it is said, has 15,000 men under arms. Berlin is at the mercy of armed marauders, WANT NAVY SUPREME, London Dec. 5.—British naval au- |thorities have decided it will be un- necessary to demand the return of Helgoland to Great Britain, Winston }Spencer Churchill announced in a speech at Dundee last night. Churchill jalso announced the government had determined on the nationalization of railways. “We enter on the peace conference | with the firm determination to main- {tain our naval strength,” said Mr. Churchill, “We will not lend our- selves to any restrictions which will prevent the British navy from main- taining its well-tried and well proven | supremacy.” Helgoland originally was ceded by Denmark to Great Britain which in 1890 ceded it to Germany, which im- mediately began developing it as a strong naval base. The island was a German stronghold during the war. CONSIDERIN GSTATUS, Copenhagen, Dec. ‘A delegation from the Berlin soldiers’ and work- ers’ council has arrived at the Hague. A dispatch indicates that its presence at the Dutch capital has to do with ne- gotiations regarding former Emperor Wilhelm now in progress. ‘A dispatch of December 2 stated that a number of soldiers’ and work- men’s councils in Germany had re- quested that the former emperor be tried by a German tribunal. It was stated, however, that the question would be submitted to a national ‘council, which is not yet in being. IN HANDS OF ALLIES. + London, Dec. 5—The entire Turk- ish fleet now is in the hands of the allies and interned in the Golden Horn, at Constantinople.