The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1918, Page 1

pUDenoerreworerenws ¢ THE WEATHER Cooler tonight. “TRIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. are SENATOR LODGE AMERICAN ACE | FIRST PICTURE OF U-BOAT IN U.S. WATERS _ WARNS NATION 302 POUNDS OF MAIL aa who was an American ace on the west- Declares Consideration of Ques- ern front, left Belmont front this morning for Bellefonte, Pa., with 302 tions Not Essential Fraught With Dangers ' PRELIMINARY PEACE CONFERENCE WILL START FEBRUARY FIRST; ° HINDENBURG ORGANIZES ARMY Austrians Ask Allies to Occupy Capital to Prevent [i Further Disorder—Poland Stripped by German Occupation BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, DEC. 21, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS This picture of the U-152, sister- ship of .the Deutschland, and her crew, was snapped in American wa- ters last October, after the sub had sunk the. American. storeship Ticon- deroga. It was taken by Paul Jacob, of Kurenburg, Saale, eGrmamy, one of the crew. He/ had ,it when the U- boats surrendered to the British; and sold it to our corespondent at Har- wich, England, where the U-boats are pounds of mail. He flew off into the haze after a delay caused by weather conditions. ; NORTH DAKOTA JOBBING TOWNS SENATE MUST AGREE Peace With Germany Is First Object, Declares Repub- lican Leader Washington, D. C., Dec. 21.—3enat- or Lodge today warned the senate against the consideration of condi- tions not absolutely essential to the consummation of an immediate peace @s an obstacle endangering the ob- taining of a permanent and satis- factory peace. The first tour and the last of the points enunciated by the president in his speech of January 8, 1918, relating to secret service, freedom of the ‘seas, economic ‘harriers and a league of na- tions were referred to as such pos-! sible considerations. Senator Lodge spoke. of the heavy responsibility of the senate in making peace. He re- called that no’ treaty can become ‘binding on the United States without the senate’s approval, and declared confusion could ‘be avoided only: if the senate expressed itself frankly, in advance. May Ruin All. “To bring forward conditions. not imemdiately and inseparably connect- ed with the task of making peace with Germany may ruin all by at- tempting to do much at once,” said Senator Lodge. i In speaking of freedom of the seas, { the senator called attention to the “strange developments” in connec- tion with the pending naval Will, call- ing for a navy as large as Great Brit- tain’s in 1925. He said he favored building more ships as much as any one else, but he did not approve such an extensive program. ‘ “We need a powerful fleet in the/ Pacific, and I feel sure we will have a, navy sufficient to furnish that flee:! to the western coast.” Needed for Police. Of sugestions that.a great navy i, needed for palfce duty in connection with the league of nations, the sen- ator said he would not stop to ask “who. would order that navy: about the world.” He continued: “Peace being our object, the first step toward peace is to make a peace with the country: with«which we have ‘peen at war—that is with Germany. if} peace with Germany 18 to be durable. there must beexacted terms which} will make it so far as humayfore- sight goes, - impossible. for,,Cermany again to break out on the world with a war of. conquest. This cannot be done with treaty engagements and signatures to documents. At ‘tpis juncture Germany would siga anything and her pledges would be as worthless as were her promises’to Belgium. “Germany did not change chara ter over night when her emperor ra away to Belgium.” Phycisal Guarantees. “I do not need to rehearse what those physical guarantees should be! for 1 have stated my views upon them | more than once to the senate and ,moves under think there is general agreement on; them not only in the senate but! among the American people. - “They include the restoration of Bel- gium, the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, of Italia irrenda to Italy, the establishment of a Czecho-slovak state and of an independent state formed iby the Czecho Slovak. They include also the security of Greece, the res- toration of Rumania, the consolida- tion of all Rumanian people under one government as well as the neutraliza- tion of the Strait, the putting of Con- stantinople under international, pro- tection with Greece perhaps as the mandatory power to administer the affairs of the city, the independence of Armenia, the return ‘of those prov- inces of AsiaMinor,. where the Greeks are predominate to Greece, the Turks, a large powerful and independ. ent police state, the independence of ‘Russia's Baltic provinces, the return of Danish Schleswig to the Danes, and the neutralization of the Kiel Canal. eae Hem Germany In. These physical guarantees which’ I have thus far suggested all have one odject and that is so to hem.Ger- many in so that she cannot attempt conquest in Russia or the east. and that the Slavik population which she has mercilessly used in her wars can! never be so used by her again. In addition’ to these guarantees there must be heavy indemnities paid by Germany for the ruin she has: wrought in Belgium and Northern ‘France and Italy, and for her destruc-| tion of vessels both neutral and ‘bel-| ligerent through the use of submar-| ines. In those indemnities the Unit-/ ed States must have its proper and proportional share, not only direct in- demnity for ships destroyed by sub-} marines and its people murdered on the Lusitania and other vessels, but a suitable restitution, in part, at least, of the vast expenses forced upon us iby Germany. ‘ German Colonies. “It is the duty of the allies and the United ‘States to determine what terms they will impose on Germany. and then, and not until then, call in) the representatives of Germany and impose the terms. on them.” Of the league of nations proposed Senator Lodge said no definite plan had yet been put. forth that would not cause indefinite controversy. “If it means abantionment ‘of the right of blockade, I think the United States will hesitate before it abandons a weapon absolutely necessary for its protection. I cannot think that Eng- ; . (Continued om Page Eight.) {Dakota class rates from 8 to jal.loverthe country—that is, dense: | ranging “from “8 to 32 per cent \try should not be decentralized and jiously with such a fovement. Now is BALTIC.BRINGS GETTING BUSY See In McAdoo Schedule of Rates Loss of Business to the Twin Cities. KILLS OFF SMALL CENTERS Result, Distributors Say, Would Be Centralization and Congestion. The Fargo Commercial club will make a study of the proposed “zone system” of freight rates, submitted ‘by William G. McAdoo as director of railroads to the Interstate Com- merce commission, with the sug- gestion that the system would place the entire country on a uniform class rate basis. Secretary J..O. Hardy has address. ed: to the interstate commerte com- mission in Washington an inquiry covering the proposal, and as soon as the information is available in de- tail, it will be thoroughly studied | us to its applicaton to North Da- kota. The Grand Forks commercal club traffic committee, which has made a study of the proposal, contends that it operates to increase ‘North 32. per cent, and that city has made vigor- ous protest against theplan. F. C. Gibbs of the Standard Oil company traffic department in Far- go, formerly traffic expert of the; Fargo commercial club, said today! that the system. would operate” to place class.‘vyates on the same basi ly settled districts where the rates are lower now-because of ‘the great- ere volume of business -would be! placed in the same level with rates in; sparsely settled districts. | Mr. Gibbs said he had not made; an exterided study of the proposed zone rate as applied to North Da-} kota compared with present. rates. FORKS PROTESTS INCREASE. | Grand Forks, N. 'D., Dec. 20.—The proposed “uniform class rates” pro- mulgated by Wm. G, McAdoo as di- rector of railroads, is: protested by the Grand Forks commerefal club ay| unjustified, on the theory, that no| facts have, been made public py the government railroad department to in-| dicate that the proposed increases, | e- tween all points in North Dakota are ‘equired. The traffic committee of the Com- mercial club has made a study of the situation, and in its letter to Mr. Mc-| Adoo, the committee says: “All distribution or assembling of less than carload lots of merchandise the first four class rates, and it is these rates we are particularly interested in. The prop- osition is to increase these rates be- tween all points in North Dakota. The increase is from 8 to 33 per cent. ounilar increases re proposed for all distances. Rate Increase Unjustified. “We protest ‘against’ this increase, disguised under the name of ‘uni- form rates. No facts justifying ii have been made public. On the con- trary, such information as has been sent from Washington is to the ef- fect that the object is solely to bring about ‘uniformity. While reduction sufficient to offset this advance may have been proposed in some terri- tories, the proposed rates for South ‘Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Mon- tana show increases similar to those proposed for North Dakota. “More important, however, than the increase in freight rates itself, is the fact that no increase is propostd from ‘Minneapolis, Duluth, or Chi- cago to North Dakota. The jobbing and manufacturing industries in Grand Forks and at other points in North Dakota are handicapped by the rates from our competitors in this further material increase while big cities are left untouched. Policy Not Defended. “Building up big cities at the ex- pense of the smaller ones is some- thing we have yet to hear openly de fended. and yet that is what the present system of freight rates is doing. Thoughtful men everywhere are beginning to ask if the manu- facturing and jobbing in this coun- the small towns given. their ‘share. ; The. post ‘War reconstruction policies of our country, with the recurrent iback-to-the-land movement, and the problem of taking care of returned soldiers blend themselves harmon- the time’to give the small city and country point a square deal on the; freight rates problem. The consum- er is entitled to have opportunity to do business at the small town or. the; ‘big town, as he peases.” HOME 3,422 New York, Dec. 21.—Bringing home 3,422 men and officers of the American FIRST NORTH DAKOTA BAND | ON TO BERLIN Lloyd Harmon Writes of Honor | Conferred on Flicker- | tail Organization. MEETS BRUCE JACK Former Governor ‘Gives Junior Auxiliary Membership | Campaign Impetus. The Férst: North Dakota is one ofj the bands selected by General Persh- ing to accompany the army of occupa- tion to Germany. Announcing this news, Lloyd 'Harmon of Bismarck, a member of the band of the Fighting First, ‘writes as follows to M. J. O'Connor: “At Toul, en route to Germany: Just a few lines now. as we are in ay big hurry, on our way to Germany, our. band being one of the few fortun- ate ones to go with the army of oc- cupation. We are rather behind and will be late in catching-up with the unit we have been ordered to, but; there is very good reason for delays,! as all forms of transportation are; taxed to the utmost, carying tops, equipment, rations, etc., in all direc-! tions at the same time. “Shorty after landing here at Toul, I ran into Rev. Bruce Jackson, of Bis-; marck. He is stationed here and has! charge of a large Y. M. C, A. terri tory. It surely was a pleasant sur-! prise seeing him. as he was about the! second or third friend from old Bis-| marck that I have been lucky enough; to run into. He is fat, in great spirits, | and sends his very best regards and| wishes to you and other friends. “We, of course, swapped news, hap-| penings and hopes, the later being the same—hopes of getting on the) way home real soon. Looks good for just that/to hannen real soon. Must quit now. Will write again next chance I get, perhaps from Berlin. AERIAL OFFICER CONCLUDES VISIT, Capt. Charles Ammons, Former- | ly Stationed Here, \ Goes East. Capt. Charles Vv. Ammons, who spent several months with the Ameri- can aerial forces in England, left last night to report for duty at Hoboken,i ‘ N. J., after spending several days wit relatives and friends in this city. Capt. Amomns holds a commission in the regular army, with which he has serv-) ed sixteen years. Several years ago he was stationed here as sergeant in- structor to the North Dakota nation- al guard and was attached to the of- fice of adjutant general. Some years before that he served with troops stationed at Fort Lincoln. His wife was Miss Maymie Clarke, a former Bismarck girl who prior to her mar- riage was employed as a stenggrapher in the office of the commissioner of insurance, ‘ THEO KOFFEL IS BURLEIGH COUNTY \ BAR PRESIDENT Theodore Koffel was elected presi- dent for the ensuing year at the an- nual meeting of the Burleigh County Bar association held at the Grand Pa- cific, State’s Attorney F. E. McCurdy was elected. vice president, and Ben- ton Baker was re-elected to the office of secretary and treasurer, in which he has ‘givert general satisfaction. Two members to be appointed by the presi- expeditionary force, the White Star liner Baltic passed Sandy Hook this morning. _ dent will with the officers from the executive committee for the ensuing year. | i Affair jthe County, yest hits of the y }made for SMALLER CONTRIBUTION FOR. FATHERLESS KIDDIES GRATEFULLY. ACCEPTED Realizing that there are many good people anxious to help in a worthy cause who cannot afford alone to adopt for a year one of the little waifs of the land of the lillies for whom the Bismarck committee of the Fatherless Chil- dren of France is providing, Mrs. ‘. O. Ramstad, the chairman, to- announced. that contributions in any amonut will he received by the committee, This arrange- ment will permit the pooling of funds received from several sources, and thus groups may have the satisfaction of adopting some little kiddie of war-scarred France, who is very grievously in need of their kindly aid. COUNTRY CLUB ANNUAL AT THE. “GRAND PACIFIC | { 1 i Popular Social Event to Be Given | : New Year’s Eve at Local. | Hostelry | (pee as | WILL BE BIGGEST EVER of Unusual Brilliancy Promised Capital City Society Folk important social event of s announced today, when | Jub made public plans | fot its New Year’s ball, to be held the | evening of December 21 at the Grand fic, The big dining room of this pular hostelry, together. with the lob- » Will comfortably "- al hundred dar pated that the atfu ' The mos | the year w. i er Ss predecessors, s usual the event will be in the} 4 Chef Cl form of a dinner dance: of the nd Pacific on his al, and Count as Deen pla he promises the something | me ; club and its gues really exceptional, even in the alw excellent cusine of this hotel. ‘The 1 occasion, musie will he farnished | O'Connor's orchestra of seven pie and 2 program embracing all the new- will be play per couple will be the diner and dance, with! a charge of $1 for extra ladies. The guest usual will include “most ev- erybody” in Bismarck, and the ball prove a fitting finale to a year in which the s r have left little place for purely sécial af- fairs. ‘The. public generally is hun- gry for. some such’ relaxation as the Country ‘club annual affords, and the attendance will unquestionably estab- lish a new record. A charge of BOOST TARIFFS IN THIS STATE tive Still Further Advantage to Twin Cities Oover Our Jobbing Centers. The state railway commission is preparing an dnalysis of the rates proposed in the new zoning tariff) system recomemnded by Director Gen- eral McAdoo of the American rail- ways. This aralysis wil show that North. Dakota freight rates under the} new plan would be 100 per cent, as against 75 per cent wor western Min- nesota and 120 per cent for Montana. The North Dakota rates would be 33 13 per cent higher than those of western ‘Minnesota giving Twin City jobbing houses an even greater ad- | centers than is now epjoyed. fund this i Jed at mother arger and more brilliant. than any Of hostelry will be gaily decorated for the) zinterned,” At the top are the com- manders, Capt. Franz and Lieut. Wille. Note the sailor on the deck playing a concertina, KIDDIES GUESTS OF BLKS IN BIG CHRISTMAS FETE Bismarck Lodge Will Entertain _AM Young Folks of City at the Auditorium SPECIAL FILM FOR THE DAY Alladin and His Wonderful Lamp, Famous Fox Screen Play, Is Secured The chiliijor yvek, or to be absolutely correct, that portion of it whose age does not exceed fourteen years, Will be guests of Bismarck Lodge, No. 1199, B. P.O. E., at the municipal anditorium next Wednesday afternoon at the biggest Christmas party ever given in North Dakota. p O. BE, as every youngst ands for Benevolent and Pr » Order of Elks, Many a. little man and little woman knows, too, that it stands for the Best People On Barth, is just exactly what the F plan to be next Wednesday afternoon —Christmas day—to the young folks of the Capital City. To help ent in the little folks, the Elks have called upon Alladin and his wonderful kuap. There probab! isn't any more popular person in chil hood’s realm than this merry little oriental whose pranks have been learn- knee by countless mil- liens of little boy ud girls, Next Wednesday the Elks have commanded him to appear in person, with his lamp and his genie and all his wonderful company stepping right out of the miges of the Arabian Nights on to the big picture screen at the Auditorium. The production is one of the Wil- liam Fox cinema spectacles, In it ap pears the famous Fox kiddies, the most wonderful stage children in all the world, The picture has been play sand weel ut the Globe th and it has to be a that. to stop th the picture. There is going to little chatty talk by Rey. George He of George’s and then each in the big theater is ta r filled with also provided by the Elks, who will have printed a cherry Christmas eeting on the ba That's about all. e party begins at 3. and that all the 1 tle ‘folks are invited and will be ¢ pected to turn out. C. M. Henry Holl is chairman of the s’ Christmas committee, and his assistants are Post- master Frank Reed and J. A, Ostrand- er. Of course, eyerything is free, ab- solutely, entirely amd completely. The Elks haye a habit of doing nice things of this kind, and ordinarily they do not say much about it. but when it's a party such as this they've got to tell about it, so the little folks will know about it and plan to be there, In addition to givi the big party for the kiddies at the Auditorium, the Elks have presented Capt. J. C. Bell of the Salvation ‘Army with $100 to go to- ward furnishing Christ dinners and Christmas toys and yuletide cheer for some 200 Bismarck familes who haven't been having a very good time of it this winter; and who might not feel a bit Christmassy on Christmas. day but for these bas! and dinners. MEN ENTOMBED INTRON MINE Negaunne, Dec. 21.—Four men caught in the cavein of the Cleveland And the Elks ‘Clift Iroh company’s mine late Thurs- day were still entombed early today. Crews of miners have been digging continuously for more than 48 hours, vantage over North Dakota jobbing | but have not been able to reach the entombed men. have also been defefred. PREPARE during their stay in London. in the case of royal visitors. A next to Monday or Tuesday morr capital. COLLECT TWO able to collect but 2,000,000 tons, | War the period of occupation. diers who had planned a revolt were of the best. | Anzeiger. partment owing to the failure of |service. Germany to Belgium. mans.) STATE COUNCILS ASKED TO KEEP ON XMAS LID Dee, 21-—All nse and local organ: alled on today in tele- grams to urge municipal and County authoritie to keep the Tid on; tight,” during the Christmas holid: Washington, councils of izations we state: ors discharged from servi REPATRIATION OF ALIENLABOR NOW UNDER WAY Washington, Dec. 21.—No more per- mits for the importation of Mexican and West Indian labor wil be granted the department of labor announced to- day and permits already granted will} ‘be void after January 15. Aliens per- mitted to enter temporarily for war |work will be repatriated gradually without interfering with work in prog- ress, The admission of semi-skilled laborers from Canada will be discon-| tinued. but arrangements whereby skilled laborers will be admitted when not employed in their own countries and their countries give consent to thelr departure will continue for the} | Preesnt i try may remain for the present sea- determined later. Railroad laborers |until further orders. JOE CLEMENS BACK. Joe Clemens is home from Mayo al weeks’ treatment for chronic dis- for the protection of soldiers and sail-) gy Mexican farm laborers in this coun-} son, and date of repatriation will be; admitted from Mexico may remain; t iF | War Department. The La France sail- Bros.’ hospital at Rochester, Minn.,} much improved in health after sever-! : Paris, Dec: 21.—The preliminary peace conference at Ver- sailles has been postponed to the first of February at least, says Marshal Houtin in the Echo. d’Paris. because of the president’s plans for a visit to Great Britain. H Preliminary exchanges which were to begin in Paris today This change has been made FOR VISIT ; London, Dec. 21.—Preparations are being made for an impos- ing reception to President Wilson. There will be a guard of honor tat the station and he will be greeted by King George, with wh will ride in the royal carriage to Buckingham palace. will be as extended as possible to permit a great popular welcome. King George has received from President and Mrs. Wilson an acceptance'of his invitation to be his guest at Buckingham Palace 1 They will be quartered in the royal suite and will be entertained after a manner similar. to that usual em he The'route meeting of the war cabinet was - iheld today attended by representatives of all governmental de- partments to arrange for the presidential visit from Thursday ling. ACCEPT HINDENBURG’S PLAN Paris, Dec. 21.—The German government has accepted Field Marshal Von Hindenburg’s plans to form a people’s army. or na- tional guard, says a dispatch from Copenhagen. ‘pects to have a stronger army than ever before. PRINT DISPATCH . Paris, Dee. 21.—Vienna newspapers today printed a Zurich dispatch stating that the Austrian government, to prevent further disorders, had asked the allies to occupy the Austro-Hungarian Germany ex- MILLION TONS , | Paris, Dec. 21—In place of the 2,300,000 tons of shipping ‘asked from Germany by the allies, to carry out the provisioning ‘of that country, under the terms of the armistice, Germany will be according to advices here. POLAND STRIPPED saw, Dec. 21.—Poland was stripped of everything during The Poles disarmed 20,000 German sol- against their own officers, All food and telegraph wires were removed by the Germans; and all industrial plants were dismantled. As.a result Poland will have a hard time to start in again, even if financial and political conditions The director of the commercial bank of Warsaw ‘said to the’ correspondent today, “It will take nearly two billions to repair the damage done during the German occupation, to place us on our feet and. enable us to develop our national resources. . “At the present time the ‘economic situation is coi cause Russian, German and Polish money is in circulation.” SENT AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Berlin, Dec. 20.—(Friday)—German troops have been sent against Bolsheviki forces who are advancing on Michu, about 35 !miles southwest of Riga, on the Dvina, according to the Lokal nfuaed be- 10 DAYS SUSPENSION Washington, Dec. 21—A ten-days suspension of the New York-Chicago aerial mail service was ordered by the postoffice de- three attempts to establish this TURN OVER MONEY Brussels, Dec. 21.—German representatives have brought here ‘from Cologne 380,000,000 marks in gold, which is being restored by | (The armistice provided for the return of the cash deposit of the national bank of Belgium, which was removed by the Ger- KAISER IMPROVED Emerengeon, Holland, Dec. 21.— Former emperor Wilhelm was able to *~ walk about the castle grounds this morning. He appeared to have recov- ered from his chill, and his ear afflic- tion was greatly alleviated. 188.562 MEN ARE DISCHARGED Washington, Dee. 21-——-With a total 88.562 men discharged from the during the week ending Decem- her 14, General March announced, to- day the War Department has reached about the average of 30,000 discharges daily for which — the -demobilization. plans eall. On a seven day basis the average’ for that week was 27,000 men per day, but in most cases demobilization offi- cers did not operate on Sunday. Units in this country assigned for demobilization brings that total to ubout 900,000, | 26,908 officers had heen honorably discharged up ‘to this re- port. General Pershing expressed the opin- ion that there are few American pris- oners in Germany, He said a search is being made for prisoners. British and French officials aiding in this work. As an illustration of th® heavy flow of troops returning from France, Gen- eral March announced that the steam- er Leviathan making ten trips had car- ried an average of 9,418 men to France on each trip. Seven other ships of un- usual tonnage bettered than 2,000. men per trip. MORE TRANSPORTS SENT Washington, Dec. 21—Sailing of five ransports bringing home troops from nce was announced today by the ed Dec. 17, with 368 officers, 3,337 men, 21 nurses, 15 French mission officers, and several civilians. Sine In the 18th the Aeolola sailed with orders. 2.929 ‘sick and wounded, including 103