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Perwnewrsseseresaon ‘ ‘ 2 1 q THE WEATHER y LAST EDITION : « Wy « Partly cloudy tonight, Lee 4 LEARY ki : TMIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY, DEC. 17, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS \ | OMININATIONAL —[A"PRGANSRFAN NEUTRAL ZONE.) HANNA TOTALK [#98 i | R NEW TRANS-EUROPE RAILROAD ALK ORvercone GOVERMENTS NOT JURISTS MUST PASTE LES SE EER oe? BS BAD ‘ CONFEDER ATION Liberated Nations View Scheme to Take ‘Their Lands With Cold AT COMMERCI AL VISITOR ir | Suspicion and Leaders Want to Know Who Is Behind Proposal “|? NEWEST SCHEME ‘Sr, | DAN | BY A. E, GELDHOr. DANZ L Washington, D. C.—"Danzig to RAILWAY PLAN m : . Trieste,” instead of “Berlin to Bag- “ 3 ; Prof. Chamberlain Would Have} gaa” a Former Governor, Newly Re- League of Nations on Busi- That’s the new trans-European a * * . a : | scheme that has taken the place of | ¢. turned From France, Ac President and Secretary Lansing Busy in Paris ness Basis the “busted” dream of-the pan-Ger- | cepts Invitation ‘ pale Eee man junkers. i imina ¢ itt POD “Feet wintwky sends This plan is purely an American pa oe Attending Preliminary Peace Conferences. e, A S conception, however, It contemplates = * . wes action ‘by ‘the recently liberated na: ,|MET BISMARCK PEOPLE Plain Talking to Be Done by Americans a . tions of central Europe to have these art oc or ae eas Pace ce Plans Network of Internation- deta ee avueatval, ~vone. iae Red Cross Executive Writes In- London, Dec. 17.—Responsibility for punishing the former ally Police Thoroguhfares —_| miles wide, in ari irregular line skirt- terestingly of Experience German Emperor and other German officials must rest with the i : in Old Worl ing the boundaries of Poland, Czecho- government and not the jurists, according to Martin Crews, former am orld Slovakia, Austria and Jugo Slavia, ex. Over There secretary for states and colonies. : Sct oat tehding from the Baltic Sea to the Ad- ate RS “The atrocities in Belgium, the ill treatment of prisoners and 3 "WH equnieate, Dec, 16-— An Omuinational pee er Former Governor L. B. Hanna who execution of Captain Fryatt and Miss-Edith Cavell are acts which ness structure ratber than on political Easy te Build. returned to--North Dakota last week can be brought home to the persons responsible. When we go be- lines is proposed in the plan for world]; 2. Build a modern railroad on this after several months in Y. M. (. A. yond these persons, the responsibility is altered. For this pro- ° organization nites te war by Prates: strip on which every nation will ibe work in Franee, yesterday accepted the cedure there are most ample precedents. These criminals can be a hows o Chamberlin, head. of tree to (transport its products to eith- Bismarck Commercial club's. invita- “COUNT BENTINGK put away or they can be executed. In other words, it is important sity of Chicago, which was made pub- beets ee ae ten tion. to address its ‘annual meeting, to] Wen William Hohensellera-iticat that legal techni calities must not be allowed to divert justice being lic today. me i the: ettip. tor the transportation of he held some time before the first of] pecame the guest of Count. Hentinck, done. The responsibility must not rest with jurists but with gov- i e plan, ich has received warm | commodities by vehicle from one coun- the year, Governor Hanna has ad-|the count made it clear that he was |ernment. Z ennornement (hy prominent selentiac try to another. Black line shows proposed route of} dressed the Bismarck Commerctal club entertaining at the request of the GERMANS NOT CONCERNED 4 p a ‘The advantages of such a scheme |ten-mile neutral zone and railroad line} on other occasions, but never at a time | //oland government, and that he'd y — (Britis ireles arvice)—] i : a: each, nation orig. power and ee ta are said to be that the proposed rali-|from Danzig to Trieste, connecting! when he had so much that is new and | "ther his guest be the guest of some- London, Dees 17-— (British wireless service) Premier Ebert ietintioal commons,” its share in| yoaq, connecting the chicf senports|the Baltic with the Adriatic. Light-| vital to communicate. one else. declared yesterday he knows no legal method by which William ’ Ench nation woald turn over to the|°f the Baltican d the Adriatic, would {er lines show probable boundary lines| The former chief executive all but nny | Hohenzollern’s surrender could be forced. “I cannot think of any 4 Confederation one-third of its present be easy to ‘build, hecause cf the ab-|of new nations. beat home a letters which he wrote 5 provision in the law by which:the former emperor would have to ) navy for use in policing the high seas, |°°nce of Beographical obstacles in its) November 12, telling of meeting over L A be given up. But that is not a question which concerns us, as we q and then retira one-half of its remain.| Path, and would give free acces: to! “We have no doubt.” says Dr. Mil-| there with’ Bismarck workers and oth- 1 have separated ourselves from him.” te i a ing navy. Building of battleships and the sea to the landlocked nations of)ler, director of the Mid-European | ¢T ‘orth Dakotans. The following ex- Separate! baa oa 2 other war vessels would be discontin- | Central Europe. ‘ —__| Union, which includes representatives | tracts will’ interest capital city folk wo : analy Tae f uél. World highways would be estab-| American representatives of hese] of all’ the nations formerly oppressed | speciully : é Paris, Dec. 16.— (Monday) —After the conferences he has had lished both on land-and sea, and mili-| avons are very cautious in express-| by Germany and Austria, “that a rail-| Took dimer at the Hotel Ritz with in Paris and the personal examination he has made into the situa- d tary forces on land would be taken| ing the hearty approval of the scheme|road from Danzig to Trieste would be Madame the Marquise de Mores. Me- tion here, President Wilson has come to understand fully why the | sel that was evidently expexted of them,|an excellent thing for the nations of {tora, in western North Dakota J é SLAN y ly. th ¥ over on the same basis as naval units. 4 t ce conf a t derwa a mare The confederation would control man-| for-they scent a joker in the pack. | Europe, but, before we give it our| VS ped in hee Honor, “and: In Peace conterence caning get underway before the first of the year. j ufacture of arms and munitions. “Hands off until we find out wheth-| approval, we must know what-sort of |! 80's she! went as a hride pace aka The mere physical task of getting the delegations settled in their i The Omninational Highways form-|er any Amerlean corporate interes.s/a franchise scheme is behind it. Those | With her hushand.the Marquis to Y ‘ hens various offices is a tremendous job. Meanwhile the informal con- ] ing a gridiron of commercial world-/re behind the plain,” fs thelr wateh-| nations cannot afford to give away dora. Her husband | afterwards was|New State Superintendent of/ferences which mean so much and decide so much in laying the : ways across Europe and Asia, Mingr,| Wort nds off until we find out wheth-| trey do Ir with thelr eves wide open | SMe Has two sons both in the Nrenchi| Public Instruction Announces /8Tund work for such a task as is before the peace conference will Omninational Confederation so as to|er any American corporate interests] « Gus (CAI “farmy, Is stilt the owner of land at . continue to make progress. From the president’s point of view it is afford trade outlets and inlets for the| are behind the plan,” is thelr watch- iste Thole Tuem DMNA ay hele, meses whee jigs tater mye sts pial Reronnel jindicated there are plain things to be said, and he wants to say inland countries, for the ifree use of word. tions, but they will not permit it to|knew many of the old timers of the} Miss Mtinnie J Newman: i them and avoid antagonism, because in spite of all the things to be bee all nations, cant he anology sof the Masaryk Cool entrench itself in their lands. Their| Bad Lanc tandenu oc table inne super He cleared up and the wide divergences of opinion expressed, the presi- is comme : wars sean dua ear Grantee euyetee have ‘not even Het tired Met Capt. W. M. Murphy, of the A.|North Dakota. announced today the|dent is confident all these differences will be cleared up and an a Concerning a league of nations,| Masaryk, president-elect of the Czecho peace conference will do in that line. aire is “chy. ine aly seems hel jappointment of four members of her)agreement reached before theconference adjourns, a Prof. Chamberlin contemplates two| Slovak republic, received the proposal] If the nations of central Europe wish) 1 was ill with: dipthet Pew ‘have eet wae wi go into office with her Such confrences usually assemble with no definite program to 4 great bodies “one, ihe | present Bink soolly, and that Ke, warned his co-|to grant a franchise to an Amerioan been as fortunate ‘as he in seeing xo|°"phey are: ; work upon, and usually much delay ahd confusion results, but they q g workers in Democratic Mid-European) company to. open a ten-mile strip! much front lineservice., Owing to es o alwa ish som ing. ri e i i = oe war, and pie other, a permanent Union, of which he is chairman, to be! across Europe, that is their business, illness in his family, he will return Amount Valley oti ne ae ee a en it alee poe Toe a bee i! Hataaoa aa) ‘on! erations to oe | wary of it until they had learned all but they’ will not do it until they] home to Fargo very’soon. ihe eveiley i ity, registrar of/ence are convi i e no exception to the rule. Presiden the fer maintain ar t of tha 1 ot) the details. ‘know all the details of the plan.” T hear universal regret expressed at!” “Assistant es normal renee Wilson’s health continues good. He has completely shaken off the ; brieecat Are nahh cba cr : : headquarters that Re must go and the lygepariand, former president of’ the |COd Which followed him to Europe. im fat se iokabe Abie tila cloriatvcrilk ST a off France will folllow him across the Pras of he certitieation depart: | Paris, Dec. 17.—Several groups. of French women suffrage j j rot. tambs in’ nd ic at Seas. deal ot ack ie ey, Fargo, superintend-| advocates have joined in issuing a manifesto demanding ‘that the f ls eat re following pointe: a9 DEAN KLOMAN ON JOB ie Herth Pole ee political rights of women be recognized by the government. a Velops the following ‘pol ints; | ie Pen f Also met Dean. Kloman, of Fargo.) aiayae oon Palmer, Williston, spe- i if <a iar bseas 0 be esis ing Sada en aii 8 who, called on me af my:botel. e al ist in primary work, a LANSING IN CONFERENCE i league of nations for the settlement o: He and I started the same day for he Fargo educator who joins Miss Paris, Dec. 16.—(Monday)—Secretary of State Lansing was UF the war issues; the punitive war func- ef afte Nielson’s staff is one of the best]; A i i a e q peace f fanction;. ‘the settlement of the ¢ Fenn T wane RACAL ATO. x Hospita resenta.| ach of the other three’ educators. American; delegation to the peace conference, in an effort ’toor-"” i ae adiate BG aves i x ueceenay paten Le : ltive at Evacuation Hospital No. 114. Se Riley concludes his term as super. nanize he rere force. the cece ary met sac Inger individ- f 7 ' } We ‘were both located in the Verdun] intendent of the Cass county schools|yally and began assigning the conferees to places, ie secretar. 4 pr egarrnde ae a arene test) Expected to Have Strong Influ- |Good Balance Res Results From | sector and not very far apart, but 1/ on. rey tend Will go to Bis! said it was not possible todo anything more than this prelftninury A rr) havi it ince. . He iS very shortly thereafter to take w _ sources, and the new nationalities to} ence on Election of Irish First Year’ ’s Operations of — | well and it scemed to agree with hiin| his work in the state; office. | work before the holidays. a : be considered. M. P’s Insurance Burea' to be bombed and shelled. Mr, McFarland of Valley City, who COUNCIL OPENS "1 4y The basis of the new organization is { one ureau I first reported at Neufchateau, on|for 25 years was president of the (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) given as: (a) Fair opportunities for j Bet ee =, jmy way to the front. Met there in| Valley City Normal school, is one of Berlin, Dec. 16 —(Monday)—The central congress of dele- § commiereis intercourse between all) *Dublin; Dec:.16—The collapse of|. The first’ year’s operations of the; charge of A. R. C. warehouse, S. A.|the ‘best known men in the state. He! f zs Idi y d ric ils f g! Peoples undes ancl Teasonable ©¢0-} Germany’ is'expiected in some quarters] state bonding department closed De-|Menoyer, of | Starkweather, and met) was executive secretary of the Da- gates from ‘soldiers and wo mens councils from many parts of may inpesss (b) Bs they. themselves |i. Ireland to exert a strong influence | cember 1 with a balance of $17,761.56) lm afterwards at Varennes. “He kota territory board of education, a|Germany opened today in the-building formerly used by the Prus- . 5 rs : . ‘had a big warehouse there close to| position corresponding to the present/sian diet. There were three women among the delegates. The ii ‘in-' ‘ ulation of international intercourse by | on the election of members of parlia-|t® carry over into the new year to — los 0s if i ins i y Pp the front lines—too close at times, Al-| superintendent of instruction. His ; dependent socialists and Spartacus group were greatly outnumber. on smainational body representative | ment waich takes place tomorrow. As|®PPly upon tho state bonding fund of|so met here Mr. Harold H. Bond,| appointment will unquestionably | P f th tant hi 8) y z 4 of all, peoples in proportion a their| John Dillon, the Irish nationalist| $100,000 provided for by the act cre-|superintendent of schools in” Slope| meet, with the popular approval of the|© ed. None of the important posts in the congress were given dele- : ‘rr Levels Pl World ware as none! cael puts it, the German collapse: showed |#ting this departmeat, which contem-| county, who was with the ¥ (, A.| normal alumni. gates from Berlin. The Spartacus group made a futile attempt ag commercial lateleooeae sie universe the Sinn Feiners that they had “back-| Plates that the interest from this fund! Very busy and enjoying his Mr. Arnsdorf has been registrar of|to intimidate the congress. Early in the conference a resolution i tablished on the high seas, cortain|d.the wrong. horse.” will prove sufficient to pay the oper-| From Neufchateau went to Vaube-|the Valley City normal school five; wa sintroduced asking that Dr. Karl Liebknecht be invited to F eae lene eco Certain) “The Sinn Feiners contested the na-| ating expenses of the department, and) Court by Cemoin through a beautiful| years. He is a University of Wis| attend th ference as a delegate with advi L i railroads, ‘roadways. and th rthor- tionalist seats in parliament on a|that further assessments on officers| Country and with no signs. of war un-|consin man, where he was a pupil of oe bahar i CE a Ler WILMA CNIBONY: DOWEIS>, eae oughfares | in Me nartner *hOr-| program of complete separation from|for whom surety is provided will ‘be/till we reached Barledue. This town| prof, A. C. Arvold. of the North Da-|than fifteen delegates voted for the resolution. Followers of Dr. England. ‘Their candidate; were|Tequired only as losses occur to im-| W488 bombed up in pluces. — Evacua-| kota agricultural college, | Liebknecht and spectators in the gallery joined in an uproar which i pledged to refuse to attend the Brit-| Pair the principal. tion Hospital No. 9, was near Vaube-| Miss Palmer was for three yearsjJasted twenty minutes. , a CAYSR BIN ish parliament it elected. For the] Thomas Sheehan, deputy insurance court and remained here a couple of|jiams county schools. She is aj} SI y f most part:the Ginn Fein candidates| Commissioner in charge of the sta‘e (ass to become samil'ar with the Red speéialist in’ primary work, and is JEWISH PROBLEMS IN POLAND f are at present in English prisons held| bonding department, has compiled the Mee 2 hospital of this ba now with the North Dakota Sunday (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) nt _ H AS WIPED OUT on charges of ‘being concerned in | following report: 7 gon, of Mandan, and through him had SLM ae ea a Pa its) Dee. 15.— (Sunday) —General Pilsudiski, the military head of "y ) German plot. The Countess ‘Markiev-| Balance Decemer 1. 1917...... Nit. | OP: ON " primary work. She has taught in * ; agi A ‘ yt fez is one of the candidates from the| Total recelved in premiums (Continued on Page, ‘Three. the schools of Devils Lake, Larimore, | the Polish Foveramen’; snoke freely today with the correspondent a ciy of Dublin. to Dec. 1, 1918......... $19,887.99 PERSHI NG NAME Rugbby and Bismarck. relative to the situa’ ion in t is country. \ Y BO ARD The nationalist party in most in-|Disbursements, supplies, i ES Mr. Riley already has leased a “The Jewish question is most difficult for Poland. One of the a stances fought for their seats but a| clerk-hire, postage etc.. 2,126.43} MORE UNITS FOR | avelling here. and br MacFar’ nd/hegt proofs of our tolerance toward the Jews may be found in the 4 pal : few, notably Swift MacNeill, retired|Balance on hand December will move his family to Bismarck 8s / fact that they were permitted to participate in the recent elections. from the contests with remarks that| 1, 1918 ................5 17,161.56 EARLY RETURN |: 000 2s he can find a suitable rest-71°) been established that the first act of he Ukraini j Attorney General Intervenes to|treland was thankless toward her pol-| Bonds issued for county offi- —_—_—_—_ dence, a a tis er (ron th sail : These pri i began ti pills x . iticians. cers 112] Washington, Dec. 17.General Per-|).. 1. | yelease prisoners m the jars. s soners began to pilla; , Set Aside Opinion on Rate- The nationalist program for Ireland|Fonds issu par] RINE notified the war department to | BREAKS JEWELER’S [the cities and disorder naturally arose. 4 Making Pow ‘remains constitutional action par-|_ officers «81 day that he had desiennted for early “At the beginning of the trouble the Polish regular troo; 7 os liament but they added to this a prom-/Bonds — issued maunicipal convoy home the 27th engineers and WINDOW, GETTING |were unable to one with the situation but when reinforeed 1500 \" y “Justice ‘James TE. R ise to lay their case for self-determina-| Officers ............,... 205|the 346th field artillery, in all about $1, 000 IN LOOT: * He justice James E. Robinson with f : Bonds issued school offi- 500 offi “mei its {were placed in jail, many of them Ukrainian soldiers.” 4 one stroke of his pen depri h tion before President Wilson, They issued si 445 officers and men. Other units ; ‘ State board of railway comerisctnes | also promised to try to secure the fu- 681 are the 153rd, 182nd, 483rd and 102nd| Pango NX. T= Pasting the “A leader of the Jewish nationalist party said to the corres- of all jurisdiction over the public util: ture porition of ireland in the world: Total of all bonds eens 2,185 {aerial squadron; second trench mor-| sieeve of as rt to a window and pondent: 2 “ dat. , 1918...... 379,350. No, 1, air service. ‘breaking. glas i- y to hope for cooperation between the . ar 4 , and| den 5 a J (0 whe { intervening action (brought by the/sinn Feiners and the nationalists; AIR COPS LEARN MOTOR’S QUIRKS Ce ne Baa mare than gi.000 worth | Poles were urged to take up land and open up small stores and q cure from the supreme court’a rehear- | Put it has been pointed out that their . of jewelry. overcome Jewish opposition. After the present war broke out F ing on the case of the.City of Bis- aitteronces in principle are funda- ————__—_—— the Jews hoped to gain political freedom, but friction began again.” a“ t % i CBB e i marek versus the Bismarck Gas Co. |" Wnichoyer form the Irish demands MARKERS FOR ELECTED PRESIDENT . preme court by the gas company, gventually. Beene eeUy the eal RED TRAIL TO Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 17.—Admiral Cantoy Castro has been « Tusttes, 7 Janes: z Rouinoen whe, Obstacle to an Irish settlement will BE INST. ‘ALLED (elected President of Foreieal sy sucression to Dr. Sidonio Paes, i clining to -‘reméverthe action. te still remain. iEven if the peace con- ae who was assassinated late Saturday night 4 Wy the, city of Bismarck in district focence rer. destt with the Leet suse. permanent mere bane wi CITY PRISON BURNED tion this obstacle wou we to be show tourists when to and when nof ; _! 4 joti one ag Peed aed allway comme. faced. There is a’home rule act now to turn on the Red Trail, designating Odessa, Dec. 13. (Friday) Sous one occurred here district court nee ih isdiction, held | the statute book. Tt was postponed all cross roads and conveying to trav-|last night when the city prison was burned. Eight hundred pris- \ that Chapter 208 erie. iled laws till the end of the-war sub.ject to an elers other necessary information, loners were released. gives, the stato ratlboard power to fix|*"Tangement with Ulster. No arrange have been contracted for by the Na- REVOLUTION BREAKS OUT rates only in.the case of municipally|™ent bas been made. Both the Sinn tional Parks Highway association, and Berlin, Dec. 17.—A revolution has broken out in Bulgaria ac- owned public utiliti d he denies Feiners and the nationalists are now the task of placing them between Far- m A a ived by the Lokal Anzei ’ that the rail board Eas any pawer ov.|sereed that no arrangement shall ‘be go and Bismarck has een assigned |cording to information received by the Lokal Anzeiger. r er public utility corporations of any|™#de,| and that Ireland must be George N. Keniston, secretary of the TO VISIT WILSON “ other class. Chapter, 208 provides two treated as a unit. Bismarck Commercial club and vice Paris, Dec. 16.— (Monday) —King Victor Emanuel of Italy will : methods by whiclr public utilit Thé unionists as a party expected president for the Dakota section of} . . ed gened as Manatee. ’ th visit President Wilson Friday afternoon. may de reviewed, approved or read-|‘® profit by the conflict’ between the: the trail. justed by the state rail board. In the|Ationalist sections, and had candi. : BOYS WANT TO VOTE caso of privately-owned corporations | ates, in constituencies in which they HETTINGER BOY Berlin, Dec. 17.—Several hundred boys and girls paraded to the law says the initlative shall come| WOU unde day to the reichstag building where the soldiers and workmen’s through a petition asking a review no chance. Some of the unionists pro- GETS FLU AFTER signed by a majority of the members| Phesized that their party would make LEAVING S.A.T.C council is being held. They demanded the vote for all persons of of the city commission or council. In| clean sweep of the nationalists’ aa fie ts/ eighteen or over, the abandonment of corporal punishment and’ i the case of municipally owned corpor-| ‘Hat, Irsland ould te represent te secretary George N. Kentston ot other concessions. The leader carried a placard warning the com- ations it is required that a petition) Vionists and the rest of the members, turned yesterday from Fargo, bring-|mittee of terrible consequences if the juvenile committee’s pro- praying eee paket Gy gery ‘ve/ gin Feiners, remaining away. ing with him his nephew, W. A. Over-| gram was not carried out. Later the procession gathered in front ‘ ent of the loral: #oters than. 20;.Rer ing of Hettinger. who came down with/ of the reichstag building, where the youths demanded the removal = eee cent of 5 FATHER-IN-LAW DEAD. influenza the day following his dis- d Philip Schied dthreateted ral strike if “Justice Robinson's opinion as it) ¢. F. Boise, secretary, of the state ieanen trom the avadent army training| Of Ebert and Philip Schiedemann and threatened a general strike now stands would rule out of court] hoard: of control, was called to Hope jcorps at the agricultural college. | their demands were not immediately accepted. Eieaty have be Reaeer which Bay today eat : tae feseral of jel GREK FROM ST PAUL, MACKENSEN INTERNED if Fargo, and hearings which have been| settler in the Hope region. General and Mrs. G. Angus .Fraser Copenhagen, Dec. 17.—Field Marshal Von requested: by Jamestown and other returned yesterday from St. Paul,|mander of German forces in Bulgaria, has been interned by the the. towns, said Tax Commissioner Pack- ard. “We are confident that this in- THORBERG IN FARGO. New York has the first police aviation. equad B. A. Thorderg, first assistant state| some of the flying bluecoats receiving a lesson in handling an airplane was in Fargo yesterday | motor. official. matters. inary. police headgear. Note ‘their nifty overseas Caps, so much snappier than the ord- in America. Here are | where he attended the northwestern conventions of adjutants general call- ed to consider the future of the na- tional guard. Hungarian government, according to Budapest. The government is said to have informed the German leader that: his, internment was demanded by the allies,