The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-07

500 headquarters announced this
morning that traffic over the north
I, AHdAtA& south lines, which has been
mralyZeG since last Thursday, will be
opened 4by tomorrow afternoon. Two
plows are operating today between
Washburn and Wilton, each way, five
on the south line between Bismarck
and Hankinson and two rotaries on
i, the Drake line. 49,. .g0..
For, the first time since February
/, northbound 500 passenger train No.
PSI ;left the yards at noon. Bulletins
(, were, posted that. the train would only
run as far as Garrison and would
double back tonight. Train 254 on
the south 500 left the station at 1:2o
o'clock this afternoon, being the first
train over that line since last Mon
day. frs
Coal Trains Operating.
Coal trains have been operating be-
tween Bismarck and Wilton ever
since the storm of last Sunday morn
ing, shooting in carloads of Ignite
from the Wilton mines to break a
threatened Ignite coal shortage.
These trains were preceded by snow
plOws. Three box cars Of Accumulate
ed mail were held in the 500 yards
this morning up until the departure OF
the. branch trains. ..'"'
Adyi6es from the division headquar-
tiers atsAfandan this morning were to
the effect that a snoWplow started op-
Grating on the north branch this morn
ing and that it will be some time late
tomorrow before both branch lines
are open to passenger traffic For 10
days towns along the McKenzie.Lln-
ton branch line of the Northern Pa
cific have been without passenger SER
vice. Decentralization Of traffic condi-
tions on this particular line are the
worst Of any on the branches.
10y Ask Tribune For News.
Scores OF long distance calls reach
ed the editorial rooms of the Tribune
yesterday afternoon from towns along
thennortk 500 and also along the Nc
Kenziedline, asking for news. Some
of the places reported they were with
out newspapers for ten days and that
they gave wild rumors of war and
wanted to get verified accounts. The
Tribune dispatched specials to these
points on the war situation and the
legislative session. Some of the
towns were not cognizant of the fact
that diplomatic relations had been
, broken between Germany and the
United States and that the house had
taken a three-day recess. Some of the
towns had gotten hold Of rumors per-
tanning to the war which were wild
in imagination as to the number Of
United States vessels sunk by German
U.boats.
The Advance, published at Garri-
son, arose to an emergency, and or
dered nearly 500 words of late news
from the Tribune and also "a report
as to Cermany's announcement to alb.
rogate pledges and turn loose her sub.
marines. These specials were filed
oyer the 500. line. and slate yesterday
afternoon the residents Of that snow.
bound village were given a daily and
first news from the outside world in
10 days.
Mail Congestion Heavy.
2 The mail congestion at the postof-
flee and treEhesSoo yards was reliev-
cd this lBon twfh. he departure Of the
500 .DraXchs trains. Tons and tons
Of mail were stacked in the box cars
at the 500 passenger station. What
is true at the 500 station here is SO
at the Northern Pacific station in
Mandan, where mail has not been sent
out on the branch lines for week.
Bismarck got it's Sunday newspapers
Yesterday. Trains over the main line