The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1918, Page 1

a Qeoceserererreecis=, THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. TMIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. PRATER SPOILS MASTER DURING NEXT SESSION Bismarck Politician Will Have Distribution of All Patron- 6 age, Tis Said’ NOTHING FOR LEGISLATORS Law-Makers Will Be Allowed to Attend Caucuses and Vote, and That’s All League legislators who hope to fol- jow the time-honored precedent of distributing a little patronage among the faithful are likely to discover, up- on their arrival here, that “there ain't) going to be any core.’ W. J. Prater, it is understood, has} been made official employment agent for the session, All legislative em- ployes for both houses are to be en- gaged by him, and the legislators are to have nothing to say about it. The} scheme is said to have the sanction; of President Townley, who picked! Prater, it is stated, for this job. ! ~ne result of this plan will be to remove the distribution of patronage from the hands of the senators and! representatives, who will have noth- ing to do upon their arrival here but to legislate and attend league cau- causes, Another result will be a de-| cided pruning of the payroll, and aj saving of $5,000 or more in wages. ‘The North Dakota assembly, in common with the legislatures of other | states, has always_sported a number; of purely ornamental jobs as a means |- of rewarding constituents who did good work during the campaign.} There have been four or more ser geants at arms, and as many watch- men for both houses; there have peen [Members of Junior Auxiliary to; Judge Young has directed the state postmasters for each house‘and mes-| sengers and pages and-clerks at large and a whole regiment of committee | clerks, each drawing his five dollars , per diem or noctum, as the case might | be. These legislative auxiliaries have | added much to the gaiety of the ses-| American Red Cross in Bismarck on| sion. There has been an abundance of fresh, attractive, frivolous young ladies, and a fine crop, of good dancing men, and they have done much to- ward making capital life, merry for two months by organizing. “Third Houses,” “Grid-Iron” clubs and other adjunctions to the assembly proper. There's to be no more of this, ac- cording to Mr. Prater’s plan Men are ‘to be engaged from a hand-picked list approved by the.8t.:Paul offices of the league for the ability to assist in keep- ing stray sheep in line, Clerks and sterographers already employed at) the capitol will be engaged to do cler- ical and stenographic work insofar as possible; the job of postmaster and messenger in each house will be if | combined; each house will have but} -- one sergeant-at-arms, and there will ‘be but one night-watchman. BANK DEFAULTER GETSFIVEYEARS, BOTTOMLEY, ASQUITH OPPONENT, GOT RICH ON MINING STOCKS, POPULAR, PANNING GOVERNMEN' N. E. Special to The Tribune _/ London, Enga Horatio Bottomley, who is now con- testing the seat of Asquith, former premier, in parliament, is the only man in. England who has ever suc- cessfully defended himself without a lawyer’s help in a case brought by the crown. And Bottomley pulled this ex- ploit off not only once, but a second time. Both cases- grew out of huge mining stock promotions which Bottomley as @ young man became associated with, and by which he raised himself from a position of meager means to one of wealth. ¢ With the wealth thus acquired, he founded several newspapers, and_fi- nally a national British weekly, called “John Bull,” which has gained tre- mendous circulation and a great hold on popular imagination. ‘i His opponents call Bottomley the perfect demagogue, in that through John Bull, he manages to arouse and sway with slangy, smashing editorial comment, great sections of the pub- lic, without having ever adhered to any policy so concrete that he could be really nailed down to it. He calls him- self, however, the chief advocate in England of a “business government.” SLAM BANGING ~ FINISH 70 BE GIVEN DRIVE Noisiest Wind-Up Ever Known In Local Campaign Plan- ned for Saturday. JUVENILE WILL DO IT Parade, Sing, Beat Tom-Toms, Etc. A real slam bang finish is to be given the Christmas roll call of the Saturday, when the streets will be taken possession of by members of the Junior Red Cross auviliary, who will show their staid elders what a demon- stration really looks and sounds ‘like. Mrs. Edith W. Hughes, heading the Junior auxiliary drive, has mailed to ajl team captains . instructions for what should prove the most novel wind-up ever given a local campaign. COURT ,HOUSE AT 11:30 SAURTT All members of the Junior Red-Cross are to meet at the court house at 11:30 Saturday forenoon, What will follow: is outlined in the following in- +. +. Captain of Team; Dak. Bismarck, You being the captain of your team, will kindly invite them to assist you and ‘give them the information pertaining to the day of Saturday next, December 21st. Our duties are specified from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. with the exception of 11:30 to 12, noon. during which time we will meet at the court house, and at 11:45 start in a parade. (East on street—South.on 6th to Main street— | west on Main to 3rd street—north to | Broadway—east on Broadway to 4th . = street—north on 4th to Thayer—east Fargo, N. D., Dec. 19.—David Us- jon Thayer to Court house to dis- band). This parade will include every poy and girl with a membership to the lum. president of the Security State! Req Cross in the city. hank of Knox, N. D,_pleaded guilty at Devils Lake yesterdiy of misap- propriation of © funds and was sen- tenced to five years in the state penl-|nown as “Station . tentiary. It developed that Uglum’s transactions involved 200,000, but his shortage was much less than that. LUMBER JACK IN NORTH WOODS AS iven t { headquarters /n the RARE AS COOTIE (fire? nouona tank, tront office, You | ‘Duluth, Minn.—The Swing of the axes in the north woods, the skidding of logs through the white unbroken forest and the picturesque life of the lumberjack have about halted in St. Louis and Cook counties this year. Lumber in the making for a thousand | homes is still standing pine and own- | ers of camps in many instances have not opened them at all this year. With the exception of parade time, you and your team will be on duty on the street, outside of the stores, seeese? You will ‘tbe armed with a bright tin and a big spoon (which you will bring), | with which to make a constant rack- and will also have a ‘box containing the materials given to those buying ‘vuttons, stamps, etc. These will be will dress warmly for outside work, ‘but wear the Red Cross headdress. Any assistance you need for materials |} for caps will be given by Rose Maas- sen, who has volunteered her services for this occasion: The songs to be sung in the parade | will be: ae “The Battle Cry of Freedom.” “When Johnny Comes ‘Marching The answer is the scarcity of lum- | Home.” berjacks. The Virginia and Rainey Lake company at Virginia, Minn., is shy 3,000 men this winter and are run- ning but a third of their camps. The} great camps of the Alger Smith com- pany in Cook county in many iIn- stances are closed. Une: Lumberjack divisions recruited for service in France; camps established in the spruce woods of the northwest where aeroplane. stock has been com- ing out, for the government by the million feet, a general call for rough labor in the munition and steel mills, at Barksdale and Morgan Park, Du- luth; the three great shipyards at Du- luth and Superior is held responsible. Wages are higher than ever before, the avérage man being offere from $45 to $55 a month and board as against $20 to $25 before the war. DECISION EXPECTED IN TOWNLEY CASE St. Paul, Dec, 19—The decision in the personal bankruptcy proceedings against A. C. Townley, president of the (National Nonpartisan, league, probably will be handed down in Far- go before January 4 by Judge C. F. Amidon, it was announced here to- day. “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” so please get your group in the mean- the words and tunes, to MARCHING TIME, in order to agsist all others in swelling the sound as much as pos- sible. In the parade a great deal will depend. upon girls, attired in the Red Cross caps: (Continued, on : page eight) CHICAGO-GOTHAM . ’ AIR MAIL HAS MANY MISHAPS Chicago, Ill., Dec. 19.—The tribula- tions of the Chicago-New, York mail service continue. Aviator Mike Bber- hold broke a propeller in landing yesterday and hence.could not start eastward this morning. FIRST ATTEMPT FAILS. (New York, Dec. 19.—An attempt was made today to establish through cago. The effort yesterday was un- successful owing to a series of minor accidents. Two aviators left Belmont station at 7 a. m. today, one in a De Haviland and the other in a Curtis FREIGHT DELAYS PASSENGER. Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 19—No, 3 was delayed four h today by @ derailed freight at Hobart. 4 7 machine. Their destination was Belle- fonte, Pa., where they were to turn the mail over to aviators for forward- ing to Cleveland. Thayer to 6th]. jet, and to collect any cash contribu- ‘tions, pennies, nickels, dimes. ete.— time to familiarize themselves with} the first twenty-four and their military bearing, so any- air post service from New York to Chi- , BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1918. WHY ALLIES BOT TONEY He is at present a member of parli- } ment for South Hackney. Bottomley is an ardent racing en-| thusiast, and owns several famous} racehorses. | 'RED CROSS MUST | ORGANIZE STATE | TO COMBAT FLU The work which the Red Cross must; do in organizing rural communities | {to combat the flu was detailed by | Judge N, C. Young, state chairman, ; jin a conference here this week with | Bradley C. Marks, Burleigh county |chairman, Mrs. P. C. Remington, dis- | | trict director, and other leaders. 1 vudge Young declared the time had! come for the Red Cross to organize along effective lines to assist in curb- ing the ‘flu epidemic in small towns, through a campaign of education or | direct assistance where necessary. 1 | | if |tional skill and efficienc | Seay eames | | work of the Red Cross with excep-| j | | WINS PROMOTION | WITH ARMY Mandan, N. D., Dec. 19.—iMajor H. R. Bitzing of ‘Mandan has been pro- moted to’assistant judge advocate of the second American army ‘in France. He.was formerly assistant general of North ‘Dakota and was stationed at Camp Cody with the Sandstorm divis- ion when the war broke out, as judge advocate of the 34th division, with which he went to France last sum-/ mer, HOG ISLAND PLANT COST 63 MILLION, Washington, Dec. 19.—The cost of the great shipbuilding plant at Hog Island was estimated today at $ 300,900, by. Charles Piez, gencral manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The original estimate of the cost} of a plant on a smaller scale was $21-,/ 040,000, and this was increased later td $27,009,600. MANY MORE SOLDIERS LAND Washington, Dec. 19.—Returning! home on the transport George Wash- ington, the war department announced today are the 139th field artillery. bat- teries A E. D and Headquarters com- pany of the 137th field artillery, 3 Officers of the 13th field artillery and a number of casuals. WRECK DUE TO ‘Chief of Police Martineson and Special fficers MacDowell and) ‘Hawkins of the Northern Pacific, af- ter devoting two days to an investi- gation of’ the derailing of four cars; in an eastbound freight train near the} Northern- Produce plant in the Bis- marck yards, report that the accident was caused -from the jarring loose of the switch lever by the vibrations of the train. It was at first thought to, have ‘been the work of some mis- creants, but eye-witnesses of the) wreck testify that no one was in the; {vicinity of the switch stand at the time. The damage will run from $1,- 000 to $1,500. : PETER TRAVELS IN | BETTER STYLE NOW Peter Levine of Emmons county is a guest at the Van Horn. Mr. Le- vine ig a pioneer homesteader of Em- mons county who can write a check in six figures and cash it. Back in 1 84 he used’ to consume three days in driving to Bismarck with his team of oxen to help Dunc McGillis har- jmie out of R HR. BITZING — LOOSE SWITCH | INTERVENED IN RUSSIA Viscount Milner In Vigorous Re- ply Explains Action to Gov- ernments Critic. MUST. CRUSH ANARCHY People Who Fought Against Bol- sheviki In Need of | Protection. response to} London, Dee. *19. the protests in the: pr against the} secrecy of military operations in Rus- sia and that the government explain and justify these operations, count Milner, the secretary of war, has issued tatement to the effeet that the allies have an obligation of | honor to protect the Russians ‘andj others who have aided them against the Bolshey: or the allies to ser ia now would thr en Russia with anarchy and bariar-{ ism in its entirety. } “You ask me,’ says Viscount Mil-| “what right we ever had to send! troops to Russia to meddle; with the internal affairs of that coun-| tr and how long we mean to keep them there now. that the war is over.) Assisting the Enem “The question itself! shows you mis-; apprehend the facts. as well as the motives of the government, The rea-; son why allied, n .:.merely British for-| were sent to Rissia is that the} n heviki, whatever their ultimate objects were, in. fact, assisting our enemy. It was owing to their actions | that hundreds of thousands of Ger-| man troops were Jet loose to hurl: themselves against our men on the| western front. It was owing to their} betrayal that Mumania, with all its rich resour‘ in grain and oil. fell; into the hands of the Germans. | Handed Over Flect. “It was they who handed over the; Black Sea fleet to. the Germans and! who treacherously attacked the Cze-| o-Slovaks when the latter desired only to get out of Russia to fight for their own free country in Europe. It was a military necessity of the most urgent kind- to preserve those vast forces. of Russia who were struggling to escape the tyranny of the Bolshev- iki and so throw open as a source of supply to the enemy. “L say nothing of the enormous quantity of military: supplies at Vlad- ivostok and Archangel and which were in the course of being transport- ed to the Germans. “And the intervention avas suce! ful. .Rioting was stopped. The ¢ jthat the pup’ LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS RIESTE, ¢— 3 nh one of the pro’ lems of the peace conference. been taken from Aust for the present to It land. General Rareto governe But though Trieste has largely n in speech, the Jugo- Slav: it should belong to Jugo- Slavia. retained the loyalty of the people of Trieste till she pro- cribed the Italian language and oth- erwise annoyed the citizens. They turned against Austria. j WASHBURN SCHOOL RESUMES CLASSES Washburn, N. D., Dee. 19.—The Washburn school has opened again, with a most promising attendance, and from present prospects it looks s will be able to carry their work through from now on until next July. All the other town schools in MeLea are also in oper- ation a tically all the rural schools are open. To catch up for lost time, nearly all the schools ; wal dispense with any Christmas holi- days. The epidemi its force in this itself has bee regard. Practically all the cases have been mild. Not more than three fam- ilies are now affected. Only two deaths have occurred in |Washburn on account of the disease. The victims were Floyd Lathrop and Filbert A. Gallaghan. The latter, a wel! known.business man, died after a fight against pneumonia for four- Washburn county. (Continued on Page Wight.) vest hay on the bottoms south of the city. Now he makes the trip in his big eight in about as many hours. He still stops with Mr. McGillis, now proprietor of the Van Horn. teen days. : ALL FOR OUR YANKEE HEROES 4 ' TOP—Wounded Yank arrives on! hospital ship. Photo shows him be-| ing carried down hatchway in stretch- er, ‘but still wearing the American smile that won't come off. 1 er at White Sulphur Springs. where many seriously wounded Yanks are taken for rest: She’s Mrs, William Howard Taft, Jr. HAVE YOU JOINED THE RED CROSS YET? . i i) BELOW—A, noted Red Cross work- | 1 | 1 PRESIDENT WILSON WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY WITH YANKS; LONDON WANTS EARLY VISIT German Government Headed By Ebert Has Re- signed—Presidential Election Is Urged— Serious Disorders In Prussia. FORWARD PAPERS Washington, Dec. 19.—The first resolution of congress re- quiring President Wilson’s signature has reached him .in Paris and word that it has been signed is expected in the state depart- ment late today. The President holding that he surrenders none of his functions or powers by being abroad is said to have no doubt about the legality of the course mapped out. The engrossed copies of bills and resolutions are forwarded to him as they go to the White House from the Capitol. Paris, Dec. 19.—Premier Clemenceau and Col. E. H. House visited President Wilson this morning. The premier and the pres- ident were engaged for more than an hour in an intimate dis- cussion. The president’s engagements for the day caused him to postpone his plans for recreation. An invitation has been extended the president to visit London at Christmas time, but it is improb- able that he will accept, as he has arranged to dine Christmas day with the American soldiers in the field. The reason given for President Wilson’s desire to make an ys been/ early visit to England is that he has found it might be necessary to return to Washington much sooner than he had expected. Whether this means a change in his program is not known here. Pres. Wilson has personally taken a hand in seeing that the United States is kept informed as to what is transpiring in the in the peace conference. Delegates will see American newspaper cor- jrespondents each morning for a frank discussion of the proceedings of the conference. The date of the first inter-allied conference has not been set, nor has the date for the opening of the peac con- ference. TO RECEIVE WILSON London, Dec. 19.—King George has cancelled the arrange- ment which provided for his going to Sandringham for Christmas, and he will remain in London to welcome the president instead. KING VICTOR ARRIVES Paris, Dec. 19.—King Victor Emmanuel of Italy arrived here today and was welcomed by President Poincaire and other repre- sentatives. He was accompanied by his son. OCCUPY ODESSA Odessa, (Sunday by the A. P.), Decy 15.—Troops under the seems to have spent ;anti-Ukrainian leader Tetlura today are occupying Odessa. | quite fortunate in this | ONE OF THE IMMORTALS | Paris, Dee. 19.—Marshal Joffre now is formally numbered among France’s 40 immortals. The victor of the Marne was made a mem- iber of the French Academy this afternoon. \ SLAY AMERICAN ‘Copenhagen, Dec. 19.—The killing of an American airman at \a German prison camp at Stralsund, Dee. 5th, is reported by\three | British officers who,have arrived here. The American lieatenant, the officers say, went outside the barbed wire for a moment, and ithe guards fired three times at him. | The guards refused to allow the lieutetiant’s comrades to re- move the body. | TO CONVOKE CONFERENCE ‘i Copenhagen, (Wednesday), Dec. 18-—-The German govern- iment has decided to conyoke a conference of representative of all state of the former empire to elect a president of the German jrepublic. This step is said to have been taken to avoid further ‘outbreaks. UNDER ENTENE PROTECTION London, Dee. 19.—The Esthonian republic covering the ter- ritory held by the former Russian Baltic province of Esthonia, jhas placed the republic under the protection of the entente allies i pending the results of the peace conference. | The Esthonian premier announced this action in a telegram in which he called attnetion to the difficulty the troops are ex- periencing in repelling the Bolsheviki from the east. | EBERT GOVERNMENT RESIGNS Paris, Dec. 19.—The German government headed by Fred- erick Ebert has resigned as a result of events of Tuesday. The soldiers and workmen’s council met at Zurich Tuesday amid scenes of great confusion. MINE EXPLODES ' | i Paris, Dec. 19—A German mine which had been’ planted in { | a brige at Guise has exploded, killing fifteen persons and injuring 25, according to a Guise dispatch. SERIOUS DISORERS Urich, Dec. 19.—Serious disorders have broken out at Dan- zig, west Prussia, according to dispatches received here. — Civil and military prisons have been opened, and the inmates set at liberty. REPORTS DISCREDITED London, Dec. 19.—Reports that the Russian Bolshevists have raised an army of 3,000,000 are dicredited by reports to the Daily Chronicle. Most reliable reports give the Bolshevists 180,000, scattered over the empire. It is pointed out, however, that an effort will be made to increase this force to march west to Germany. DUBLIN WANTS WILSON Belfast, (Wednesday), Dec. 18.—The Lord mayor of Dublin has alled a mass meeting for Sunday to extend Pres. Wilson an in- vitation to visit Dublin. EMPEROR HAS “FLU” Amsterdas, Dec. 19.—Former Emperor Charles of Austria and his five children are suffering from influenza. All have a high KAISER BILL HAS A CHILL Emeronegon, Dec. 19.—The former emperor of Germany has been con- fined to his bed since Sunday by a se- vere chill. OLD TIME PROSPECTOR MEETS DEATH ALONE IN CABIN FAR FROM PALS Lear, S. D., Dec. 18—To die alone in his little cabin several miles from the nearest neighbor was the fate of Robert Nugent, aged about one of the best known of the old-time pros- pectors of this part of the Black Hill: Nugent was unmarried and for more than thirty rs he lived alone in the Carh te district, where he owned # iCongiderable amount of mining ground. | EPIDEMIC EASING ~ ‘| He had been to Deadwood several days before he was found dead, and is be- lieved to have contracted influenza and pneumonia. His body was found by. a prospector named Anderson, who chanced to pass the Nugent home, and, but observing the old man about as usual, made an investigation. The only known rela- tive of the old prospector is a niece, Mrs. M. D. Roach, who lives at Gettys- burg, S. D. She has been notified, IN THE NORTHWEST Edmonton, Alta., Dec. 18—Latest re- ports from influenza stricken districts indicate that the epidemic has eased considerably. More than 27,000 cases haye been reported officielly in this province, however. Some districts ; have the disease well under control: hut second epidemics have been report- ed from other cities and communities,