The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1918, Page 1

ye ‘Perera m ahmed mer - THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1918. : ADMIRAL BEATTY SAYS FAREWELL _ TO YANK TARS Expresses Deep Appreciation of Efficiency Shown By Com- rades in Arms BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT Because Grand Fleet Was De- prived of Showing Power in Battle With Hun Craft London, Dee. 18.-—The Atnertcan battleship squadron attached to the British grand fleet displayed a spir- it of true comradeship throughout its period of service declared Adniiral Sir David Eeatty, commander of ihe grand fleet, in a farewell address on heard the battleship New York, De- cember 1, the day the Arherican squa- dron was detached from the grand fleet. All men were mitstered into the forecastle to hear Admirai Beatty After thanking officers and men for their cooperation Sir David declared ‘both the Americans and rBitish were disappointed at not having succzel- ed in meeting the German fleet. ‘I had intended to ask Admirai Rod- man to permit me to say something 1o the representatives of all the ships of the sixth (oattle squadron on boar his flagship, ‘but the exigencies of the service have not permitted it,” said Sir David. “Therefore what I say to you I hope you will promulgate to your comrades on other vessels of the squadron and to the ships of the Atlantic fleet. I want first to thank you, Admiral Rodman, and the captain and officers and the ship companies of this magnificent squadron for the wonderful cooperation and loyalty you have given us in every duty you have had to undertake. ‘Bitterly Disappointed. “I know quite well that you as well ag your brother. comrades were bit- terly disappointed at not being able to give effect to that efficiency you have so well maintained. It was a most disappointing day. It was a pit- iful day to see those great ships com- ing in like sheep being herded bby dogs to their fold without an effort on anybody’s part, byt it was a day that we could be proud’ of. -1 had al, ways had -misgivings, and when the sixth squadron became a part of the grand fleet I knew the enemy would throw -up: its hands.-Apparently. the sixth ‘battle squadron. was the straw which \broke the camel's. back. Good Bye and Good Luck. “However the fact that the grand fleet was unable to strike its blow for the. freedom of the world jig count eracted by the “knowledge. that its prestige alone helped to bring about the achievement. I want you to take hack a message to the Atlantic flee’ that you have left a warm place in the hearts of the grand fleet which cannot be filled until you come ‘back ‘or send another squadron to repre: sent you. You have given us an ex: ample of the Atlantic fleet which | think the Atlantic fleet, efficient a* it 1s, will find ‘it hard to reproduce. | understand you now are going to Portland, where you will get leave There is a duty to perform in bring ing your president to these shores. and then you will return to your own land, and I hope that in the sun- shine which Admiral Rodman tells me always is present there, you will not forget your comrades of the mist I hope you will give this message to your comrades: ‘come back soon.’ “Good bye and good luc! ke URGES FARMERS ASSOCIATION. ‘Annapolis, Dee. 18.—Speaking be- fore the conference of governors here, Governor-elect’ Samuel McKelcie of Nebrarsk, urging the farmers to form cooperative associations for pur- chasing and marketing and for mak- ing loans at low interest rates. “If given the proper encouragement, overcome the competition with all the barriers against it re moved,” he said, “cooperation will overcome the competition of other agencies which operate uneconomical- ly and will insure the farmer control of his own products.” HAS GERMANY AS . PEOPLE AS AMERICA? She Has) if Election Figures Published by Berlin Socialist News- paper, Revealed by Correspondent Thierry, Are Correct BY EDWARD M. THIERRY. N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. Berlin, Germany.—Has Germany more people than. the United States? Was the Hohenzollern falsification of census fifgures, to lull the world to unpreparedness, more amazing than ever has been suspected? I raise these questions because of the following startling fact: The socialist. newspaper, Die Frei- heit, asserts 39,000,000 votes can be cast in Germany at the February elec- tion—18,000,000 by men, 21,000,000 by women. Germany now has frage for all over.20. Before she did not even have man- hood suffrage.” But if 18,000,000 males over 20 are left to vote, Germany’s population must be nearly equal to, if it does not exceed, that of the United States. America cast 18.500,000 votes for president in 1916, the age mark being a.year higher than Germany's but votes of women being included in suf- frage states. And the German figures which Die ¥Fretheit publishes today do not in- clude the half million prisoners held ‘by the allies. They would bring the total of male voters above America’s presidential mark of 1916. Die Freiheit is a well informed universal ‘suf- jfourths Of the state 0, SREPASSAGE | DRY AMENDMENT IN NEAR FUTURE Washington, Dec. 18.—Ratification of the amendment to the federal con- stitution by the necessary three- February 1, is predicted in a survéy of the pro- hibition situation made public today oy the board of prohibition and morals of the Methodist church. Fifteen states already have ratified the amendment, and the ‘board predicts that?thirty other states whose legis- latures convene next month will vote favoraby. YANK PRISONER ESCAPES IN A HUN AEROPLANE New York, Dec. 18.—To many stories of remarkable escapes of American soldiers from German pris- White of Cleveland, 0., told how he flew from the German prison camp to his own lines in a stolen Hun plane. | He made three attempts to escape. | The fourth time, finding a machine un- | guarded and ready for flight, he} clambered aboard and sailed away to} freedom, bringing the plane in, in| good condition. i TORONTO POLICE | STARTSTRIKE i \ Toronto, Ont., Dec. 18.—The Toronto | police force began a strike this morn-j; ing in protest against the dismissal vy police commissioners of 13 mem- ‘bers of the police union which the po-| lice union which the police commis- sioners had refused to recognize. PRESBYTERIANS WANT STRICTER DIVORCE LAWS FOR THE CANADIANS Moose, Juw, Sask. Dec, 18—The Presbyterian synod, which met here re- cently, is now actively pregsing | for legislation to-improve the-Canadian di- vorce laws. The synod held that “the laxity ‘surrounding the sacred rite of matrimony, reflects seriously upon the social Hfe of the whole community and of the nation.” “a After effort will be made to have fegislation passed, allowing only cler-! gymen of recognized denominations to perform: marriages. It also is urged that marriage licenses be issued only; by registrars. ; | MOUNTAIN OF IRON | ORE MOVED FROM THE CUYUNA RANGE IN ’18 Crosby, Minn., Dec. 18.—This year 2,432,638 tons of ore were shipped; from the Cuyana iron range, a marked increase over 1917. Of the 1918 ship- ments it is estimated about 709,000 tons were manganiferous ore, In 1919 several new mines will.be added to the list of producers, among which will be the Huntington, Martin, and Portsmouth. FARGO SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ACQUIRES CHARTER OF STATE The Fargo School of Business was incorporated with Secretary of State) Hall on Tuesday. The incorporators are Oscar J. Hanson, Marie Hanson and ‘Helen Eva Milley, all of Fargo. and the capital is $50,000. Another corporation of the day is the Farm Power Co. of Fargo, incorporated for $25,000 by Casper O. Olson of Grand Yorks and Will Isham, A. B. Qualey. A. J. Larson and J. H. Johnson, all of Fargo. MANY newspaper, belonging to the Lieb- necht ‘branch of the socialist party. Note by Editor—If the figures of Die Freiheit are correct, Staff Corres- pondent Thierry has told the world of the most gigantic plot in all his- tory to deceive all nations to one na- tion’s advantage. N “It will be recalled that two years, ago charges were circulated from Great Britain that Germany's popula- tion figures had been systematically falsified for generations; that Ger- many’s available manpower was much: greater than the allies had anticipat- ed; and that it was part of the Hob- enzollern pln to overwhelm the world with several millions of reserve sol- diers that the allies did not know she possessed. Unexplained additions to the German armies on the western front lent color to,these charges. « Now comes the public announce- ment in Berlin that 18,000,000 men are expected to vote next February— practically as many as vote in the United ‘States ,and after four years of warfare that has supposedly wip- ed out a tenth of German manhood. The figures and facts cabled by Correspondent ‘Thierry have been re- ferred by this newspaper to the Unit- ed States bureau of the census at Washington. as a contribution to con-|zollern, this map of St. Helena, -with | the-spot -where stands. the quarters jtemporary history. THESE JAP STATESMEN WATCH | Kei Hara is\ prime minister of Ja- pan. Uchida is minister of foregin af- fairs and former ambasador to Rus- sia. These are themen who are watch- ing—for Japan—the course of the United States in Russia and Siberia. When the United States force in Si- U.S... MISCOUNT KOSA! (ICHIDA beria had exceeded, accidentally, the limits set by international agreement, Japan at once sent more soldiers into Siberia too. Siberia is a fruitful field, at thedoor of Japan, for commercial conquest—and for occupation should the pretext offer. on camps was added an unprecedented WILL KAISER TRY SUICIDE AGAIN? QUITE one tis when comrades, of TH. 3-/ LT KELY SAYS SCIENCE; IT’S GERMAN TRAIT THEIR SUICIDE RATES. Number of Suicides Per ‘Million of Inhabitants. (Derived from statistical study by } L. Jacobson, U, S. Bureau Statistics.) Germans (Austria, Prussia, By FREDERICK M. KIRBY. N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. New York.—lIt's quite likely the kaiser did. as reported, try suicide; and it's quite likely he'll try again. Such is the scientific view. Psychologists and alienists say an epidemic of suicide in Germany is not unlikely. Germans are more prone than peo- ple of other nations to self-destruc- tion. The suicide rates for Prussia and Saxony are the highest in the world. The average rate of self-murdereriwin B rlin for the past five years is 35.6 compared with 16.9 for New York and 11.0 for London. Germany has the most appalling CHILD suicide rate in the world. Professor Enrico Morselli, disting- uished Italian authority, in his work on “Suicide,”, expressed this conclu- sion: ' “The highest suicide rates ‘are given by countries of German race, and the two, stocks, German and Scan- dinavian divide this supremacy. The center: of the purest German stocks is Saxony, the old and powerful land of the Teutons, and it presents a very high average. Equally great is the proportion in Lower Austria and Salz- burg, which are almost pure Ger- man; in Saxon circles and in those of Leignitz, Potsdam. Merschourg and Madgeburg of Prussia; in the er places in which the eGrman ele- ment prevails. * * * The suicidal ten- dency is much smaller in the Ang'‘o- Saxon stock.” 'M. L. Jacobson of the U. S_ bureau of statistics agrees that the (i2rmans rank first in suicide; the Seandinav- ians second; the English and the Lat- ins tied for third, and the Slavs last. George Kennan, the American auth- ority, says: “The extremely high sui- cide rate of the German peoples long ago attracted the attention of Euro- er} man cantons of Switzerland an: oth-| Saxony, Bavaria) Scandinavians (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) .. English (Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Australia, U. S.) Latins (Spain, Portugal, Italy France) ‘ Slavs (Dalmatia, European Russia, Bulgaria) ! i - 209 pean sociologists. Suicide many is almost as. common among children as among grown people, Be-| tweon 1883 and 1903 there were 1,125 uicides among the pupils of the pub- lic schools in Prussia alone, and most of them were of boys and girls under in Ger- 15 years of age. An_ investigation made by the ministry of public in- struction showed that this prevalence of suicide among children was due to an inherent suicidal tendency in the race.” » The German schoo] boy kills him- self when his lessons go wrong, when he is punished—in -other words, when he doesn’t win. In an analysis of suicides of 1100 German school children, Prof. Eulenfverg of Berlin found that nearly 400 were due either to fear of punishment, or humiliation, Jor inability to keep up with the school! work. : “Suicides,”, says Keysjom ‘are part of the manifestations of national char- acter. The Germans who came here 40. or 50-year$ ago brought a high suicide rate with them and thelr des- cendants maintain. . The Irisa, on the contrary, brought a low suicide fate to this country and their children have it still.” Ip Prussia 30 years ago the aver: age number of suicides of ch‘'dren un- der 15 years was 35. The total for 1911 (the smallest available siatiatics) | was 87, and in the same year nearly 700 young Prussians between 15 and 20 years killed themselves “Zur Selbstmordfrage” sens to be the German way of meeting a crisis. WELL KNOWN YOUNG COUNTRY FOLK WED James Karas of Menoken and Miss Brown of Stewartsdale were united in marriage Tues morning by the Very Rev. Father M. J. Hiltner, vicar general of the Bismarck diocese. They will make their home at Menoken. HERE’S MILITARY MAP FOR KAISER - ‘ Recommended—to William . Hohen- AND BARRACKS READY TO OCCUPY 1 possibilities. Matkel by a star is PRICE FIVE CENTS HANNA TO TALK AT CLUB ANNUAL AT NOON FRIDAY Former Governor Will Be Prin- cipal Speaker at Commer- cial Meetings TO TELL ABOUT FIGHTERS |Ex-Chief Executive Will Report What He Saw of Our Men In France Former Governor L. B, Hanna, in whom Bismarek feels a proprietary in- terest because of his four years’ resi- e during his two terms as chief executive of the state, will ad- dress the annual membership meet- ing of the Bismarck Commercial club at a noon luncheon to be held at the Grand Pacific at Governor Hanna's sudject will be |“With Our Boys Over There.” The \tormer chief-execulive returned only last week from France, where he had ;spend several months in an official capacity with the Red Cross. ; this time he visited every front upon iwhich North Dakota had |men, and he met a majority of the |men from this state who are engaged tin Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. or other war work over there. i | Friday’s talk,’ the first public ad-/ {dress to be made by the former gov- ernor since his return from the font.| promises to be by far the most inter- esting that members of the Bismarck Commercial cluy have ever had for their annual meeting, and an attend- ance of at least 300 is predicted for |the luncheon. | This will be the thirteenth annual meeting of the Bismarck Commercial club. The last year has been a mo- mentous one for this organization in many respects. The members have! been called upon to mourn the loss; of one of their former directors and| most active workers, Major Frank L.! Shuman, who passed away in active} sevrive in France. The club officers and members have borne the brunt! of the various war campaigns conduct- | ed in this city during the last year, and in not one of these drives has Bismarck failed to do far more than ‘was asked of it. Reports covering this patriotic work and other achieve- ments of the club will be made at) the annual meeting, and a nominating committee headed by former Presi- dent C. L. Young will present for the consideration of members two slates of nominees for club directors for the! ensuing year, which will be elected at this time. \CANADIANSIN | | SIBERIA GOING ON TO FAR EAST! { Edmonton, Alta, Dee, 18.—Canadian | troops who were ordered to Siberia | and who were detained in this country | when the armistice were signed will proceed to the Far East, according to} official information received here from | Ottawa. Tt is understood, hoy Hthat members of the — expeditionary force will be permitted to return to ‘anada after the year's service, if they so_desi ren pointed out that the ex- y force ix not to he needed for un offensive cumpaign. Its prin- ciple work will be to prevent or quell local disturbances, if is understood ed of world conquest—and also failed | —Napoleon. Aud above is the Long-| wood house in which Napoleon died. | Should Wilhelm be sent here, he may exercise his military genius in «tag- ing imaginary campaigns on the island without disturding the balance of the world. ‘ . DOES WILHELM REMEMBER THIS?) The Hague—(N. E. A.)—When the) ex-kaiser visited Count Bentinck at Middachten castle ‘back in August,| 1909, inhabitants of Arnhem recall a strange premonition as to the fate of} Germany and its ruler. The morn- ing that the ex-kaisers train was to arrive had been very hot, and, just} as the engine pulled in, a terrific) thunderstorm burst over the town, de- luging the thousands of onlookers. Over the station floated the Dutch and German flags. A flash of lightn- ing struck the German flagstaff and shivered it to splinters, the Dutch flag remaining untouched. Now that 12:30 Priday after. noon. | |being rapidly brought home. | jrives safely on schedule time. {to prepre the plane for immediate} 'ST.PAULMAN iBISMARCK LOST NECESSITY FOR CONSERVATION OF. WHEAT NOT OVER New York, Dec. 1 The necessity of continued conservation of wheat was emphasized today in a statement. by the federal food board, which stat- ed there was less than ten days’ sup- ply in Ame when the 1918 crop was harvested. rine activities and the armistice, the board H, rele large quantities of wheat, and lieved somewhat the need ‘for conser- vation, yet saving is important if the food board is to keep its pledge to feed starving Europe. PEACE BASIS POSSIBLE ONLY Cessation of subnia- igning of the ad Demobilization Abroad May Not! Be Posible for Period of Three Years { pane Annapolis, Dec. IS—At least a year, possivly two years, will be re-| jduired before the nation can return| “I look to see the peace conference put an end to competitive big navy building.” Secretary Lane also urged the gov- ernors to prevent state vranches of the council of national defense from! disintegrating. He emphasized that| these local councils should remain in| existence’ to cooperate with federal; agencies although not acting as fed- eral institutions. Secretary Danie! “It required a y ability to contract for British ships; to help carry American soldiers to; France. Even if there was no need; for soldiers overseas—and that need is aparent—it would be a fine orgau- ization that could land them home in a year. Naval ships have been turn-! ed into transports to help in this big! job, and men in the naval service are! Is id “But some ships and some men! must stay until a blessed peace blooms| on the world. “The American navy must be! strengthened. I have asked congress | to authorize another three year pro- gram. The United States lost most ‘by the war than any other great na-/ tion. -It has the longest shore line. | It therefore should contribute to the international police a large and power- ful international police ful force and for this a three year pro-} gram is necessary | MAILSERVICE BETWEEN TWO IN'TWO YEARS! nd a half with) WILSON SPENDS DAY INDOORS: HARD AT WORK ‘Gala Night at Opera Being Planned for Him—Misses Usual Entertainments |DIVERSITY OF OPINION Senator Knox Urges Delay in Debate Upon League of Nations NFERENCE OPENS JAN, 10 aris, Dee. 17.—This morning’s Paris newspapers placed the probable date of the opening of the peacé con- ference at anywhere from January 10 to January 15. Prior to this ex- ; tremely important preliminary confer- jences will be held, including one which | President Wilson will have with Lloyd George, the British premier. Paris, Decy 18.—Another raw, wet day kept President Wilson indoors to- day except a ride in a closed motor car. His only conference was with to normal peace conditions, “and we! Mr, Hanoutx, formerly French min- During | Will be fortunate if conditions abroad | ister. : u make demobilization possible at so! The president worked late last fighting early a ate,” said Secretary Daniels | MBht and slept late into this morn- today. He added: oe The president is missing the enter- tainment he customarily derives from attending the theatre. A gala night at the opera is being planned for him. The president has expressed a de- sire to meet Lieutenant Fonck, and the noted aviator and he will visit the ‘Murat mansion in the near future. President Wilson called this after- noon at the headquarters of the Amer- ican peace mission for the purpose of ing other members of the com- m jon and inspecting the organiza- tion already perfected. URGES DELAY. ‘Declaring that the widest diversity of opinion exists regarding formation of a league of nations and on the def- inition of freedom of the seas, Sen- ator Knox of Pennsylvania, in an ad- dress to the senate today urged/'a postponement of these questions un- til after the peace conference. Before he spoke tthe foreign rela- tions committee had discussed and decided to postpone action until Sat- urday on his resolution, which would record the senate in favor of such postponement, and abrogation of the president’s extraordinary: war-p6wers, Chairman iHtchcock said later that the opinion in the committee was not confined to party lines, He would not predict what, action finally might hé | taken. REVEAL EXTENSIVE PLOT Lisbon, (Monday) Dec.. 16.—Docu- ments found on a suspect arrested in connection with the assassination of President Paes last Sunday show that an extens' plot had ‘been or- ganized, the participants in it draw- ing lots to see who should strike the blow against. the president. PLANNED AIR RAID. CITIESSTARTS. 1 first | Dec, 18.—The xpected to be York, mail service” Hetween Chicago and | New York began today when Leon| D. Smith took to the air with >| pounds of mail. At Bellefonte, Pa., he | will descend and put his mail in the! care aof another air pilot, who will) transport. it to Cleveland, where a} third aviator will carry it on to Chi cage. Three machines will be used} during the entire flight, and the one is expected to rgach Chicago be | tween 4:30 and 5 p. m. last STARTS THIS AFTERNOON. i Chicago, Dec. 18.—The first east- bound trip of the Chicago-New York air mail service will start this after-| noon if an airplane which left De-! fiance, Ohio, at 10 o'clock today ar-| Offi- | cials said that the flight from Defi ance would take about two and a half; hours and a full crew was awaiting return. REAL PIONEER IN |, MILLETT’S DEATH Veteran Citizen Who Passed} is | Away Yesterday Came to Capital in 1877 { H Bismarck lost one of its oldest and best known citizens when John W. Millett passed away Tuesday after- noon. The deceased was a veteran of the Civil war who settled in the fu- ture Dakota capital when the city was but five years old, in 1877. For forty years he had successfully fol- lowed the business of truck farming, and he was recognized as an author- ity in his line. The deceased was born in Pittsfield, Me. being one of a large colony of “Coast o’Mainers” who came to Bismarck in. the town’s infancy. There survive the deceased a wid- ow and eight sons and daughters, as follows: William, with the expedition- ary force’in France; Steven Millet‘ of St. Paul, Charles of Bismarck, John of Almont, Mrs. J. H. Spriggs of Bis- marck, Mrs. Ed Walsh of Spokane, Wash., and Oliver and Walter Millett Wilhelm is again..in Arnhem, one of the city. Funeral services will be held at Webb's. undertaking rocis its military roads and {ts strategic ! once occupied by another who dream- | wonders if-he recollects: this:incident./o’clock Thursday afternoon. Paris, Dec. 1 ‘ormation of a plan, which it id. the Germans had for a terri air raid on Paris is printed by the Figari. Their purpose, ys the newspape, was to use 35 aer- oplanes, which were to drop 35,000 in- cendiary bombs, containing chemicals, which would cause ‘and by feed- ing water on them it would spread the flame. CZAR ALIVE ISRUMOR 18 The Warsaw, Dee. mother of of Russia who is living near Livadia, in the Crimea, has been receiving let- ters every half day that purported to come from the former ler, according to Polish officers arriving here from Sebastopol. The Dowager Empress jand all about her are of the belief thar il alive. Romanoff Nicholas FIRST AMERICAN ‘IN ARAB HAREM St. Paul, Dec. 18.—The first Amer- ican ever to enter a palace built by an Arabian prince in Algiers, Africa, Ernst Adler, radio operator in’ the United States navy, briefly described the place in a letter to his father, Otto | Adler, cafe keeper at the state capi- tol. He told also of the hearty wel- come given the American party by French officers in command of the fort in Algiers. “French officers who have been here six months took out a small party of Americans to the palace and the wom- an attendant said we were the first Frenchmen and Americans to enter,” said the letter. “We walked through the yard of orange, lemon,- pepper, ol- ive, date and fig trees and admired the beautiful marble walls, then entered a large room with a floor of marble mosaics, the walls vine-covered and numerous beautiful marble and glass pillars on all sides. “Next we entered the harem. I’ve often heard of harems but never dreamed that I would visit one. place was just as it was deserted. Silk draperies and upholstered divans, inlaid furniture, Japanese vases, pic- tures inlaid with silver and ivory; deep rugs—Gee! I could describe the place for hours without half depicting it, and to think we were the first Americans to enter it!” : Young Adler is one of three sons of Mr. Adler in military service, and at 2|all are equally enthusiastic about the advantages it offers. - |THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [==] —