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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
$75O,OOO FIRE
IN OMAHA
(Aasociated Pre&Sl

Omaha, Feb. 23-Fire in the down
town retail district here this morning
destroyed half block of buildings,
with loss of $750,0OO, caused guests
at two hotels to be buried half-clad
into icy streets, and for two hours
threatened to become a general con.
flagration. A gale from the north
carried burning brands over q wide
area and started six other fires. 1t
is said the fire was preceded by an
explosion, and that instantly after
ward the entire street floor of the
Hartman furniture store burst into
flame. .
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
MANY BILLS
GO To DISCARD
..... *. IN CONGRESS
UNITED Press.l

Washington, Feb. 23.-With the leg
islative channels congested to their
capacity, it became apparent today
that despite the night sessions and
frantic speed.up measures, a large
group of important bills and resolu-
tions will be lost prior to the adjourn
ment of congress, March 4. There is
time now. only for the rushing
through Of imperative appropriations
for the running expenses of the gov
ernment, which are very essential in
the minds of officials. Among the i'm
portant bills which are doomed for
failure are the universal training bill,
ratification of the Colombian treaty.
and the water powers bills.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
MORE FOOD OR defeat SAYS PREMIER
Merchants Tell Why
They Are Club Members
Is Cosmopolitan
Medium, Through
Which to W ork

Mr.. Geo. N. keniston, Sec,
Bismarck Commercial Club,
Bismarck, N. Oak.
Dear Sir:
belong to the Commercial club
because Il is the ideal organiza-
tion Of all local interests for the
betterment of the city as a whole.
The business people Of our city
must have non-politicaI, non.re-
Iiqious, cosmopolitan medium
through which they can do all
those things for the best inter-
ests Of the city and its people,
which can not be done by the in.
dividuaI nor by the city govern.
ment. "United we stand; divided
we fall"
EN Yours truly,
G. w. LlVOAHl.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
POOR SUFFER FROM
ExORBITANT PRICES
(Unjted PreSS)

Chicago, Feb. 23.--Food prices con-
tinued their steady upward trend to-
day. Prices, which yesterday were
considered prohibitive at the opening
of the market today showed no indi-
cations of declining. Conditions are
described as critical and very serious.
Charitable organizations report acute
sufferings. Urgent relief measures are
being taken by the relief and chari-
table organizations. Large quanti'
ties of fish have been confiscated by
authorities, and is being distributed
among the poor of the city.
Facing Famine.
Reports show that ChicagO's poor
are facing one of the most critical
Continued on Page Three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
Commercial Club
Is Making Of q
City, Says Youn8
Bismarck Commercial Club,

Bismarck Commercial Club,
City. r.
Gentlemen: . J..
Things don't "just happen"
Something has to make them
"happen." This will explain why
am member Of the Bismarck
Commercial club. ! fully believe
that If there were no commercial
club here, Bismarck would not be
half the town it is. This can be
easily proved to any Of our local
citizens who doubt this, If they
will only investigate the many
activities of the club during the
past ten years.
Yours very truly, ~.
F. e. YOUNG.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
Potatoes as Good as Money
Chicago Reporter Finds They Purchase
Necessities IS Well as Silver or Gold

but the conversation attracted the
attention of a. passenger, who offered
o buy the whole supply at the rate
of 2 for a nickel.
A taxicab chauffeur accepted six
for ride of two blocks.
eff the company won't accept them,
I'll pay the fare. and take them home
myself" he explained. At 5 and
1Oc store, the reporter bought two
diamonds" and picture frame with
his tubers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
TO USE VACANT LOTS.
(United Press.)

A final attempt to force the food
embargo bill through congress was
made today, when Senator MARITIME
of New Jersey offered a resolution
prohibiting the expectation OF staple
food products.
An amendment to the revenue bill
empowering the president to seize all
foodstuffs wrongfully held for unjust
increases in prices, in violation of the
antitrust laws, was introduced in the
senate today by Senator Lewis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
(Associated Press.)

Chicago, Feb. "a newspaper re-
porter using basket as a purse and
potatoes as money had little difficulty
today in getting about and making
purchases. The potatoes were from
Idaho and valued at retail at 8 1-2c
each.
The girl in the ticket window Of a
moving picture showaccepted three
Of them for ticket. A Madison street
car conductor declined them as fare,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
SEEK TO DELAY
OPERA ton 0E
BONE Dry Law
Some congressman Want Drastic Pro.
vision to Be Effective
Oct. I, 1917.
KANSAS JOINS THE
"ExTRA-DRY" STATES
<ANSNS JOINS THE
"ExTRA-DRY" STATES
KANSAS BONE DRY.
(Associated Press.)

Topeka, kan., Fco. 23.-The
state "bone dry" law was signed
here today by Governor Capper,
and Immediately became effective.
It is considered one of the most
drastic measures enacted by any
state. The legislators greeted
the signature by singing "How
Dry | Am"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23

Here are five members of the cabi.
net of millionaires which has been
called to mobilize all resources of the
United States in case Of war.
Samuel Gompers, top, left, is presi.
dent Of the American Federation of
Labor, and will direct labor organiza-
tions in aid OF commerce: Howard e.
Coffin, top right, Detroit automobile
engineer, will organize munitions fac
tories; Bernard IN. Baruch. lower left.
New York stock operator, will mo-
bilize our natural resources; Daniel
Willard, lower right, president of the
Baltimore e. Ohio, will organize the
railroads, and Julius Rosenwald. be-
low, head of a Chicago mail order
house, will direct the committe on
general supplies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
10 TEAMS TO
COMPETE IN
BIC CAMPAIGN
Business District Of City Will Be In.
vaded Tomorrow
Morning.
WHiRLWlND MOVEMENT
is ON FOR MEMBERS
Jobbers, Retailers and Ignite Men
Unfavorable to Bills II
- + and 2es. .'

The whirlwind membership cam
paign by the bismarck Commercial
club will be launched tomorrow morn
ing with ten teams competing.
Every business and professional Of
flee in the city will be invaded by
committees armed with information
relative to the proposed work of the
club under the new administration and
which means Bismarck for Bismarck
at all times.
1--WE are going to start out tomor-
row morning and expect to bring the
campaign to quick close" said Sec
retary Keniston. Each teams cap
tain has been given his district to can.
vass and it is very probable that the
campaign will be closed with large
banquet, although this has not been
definitely decided on"
An example of what the club is do.
ing for the city and the business in
terests Of the city might be gained
from the meeting which was held by
local jobbers, retailer and Ignite peo-
pie yesterday for the purpose Of
agreeing upon ways and means to
prevent certain discriminatory legis.
lation against their interests.
Bills have been introduced at this
session which discriminate against To-
cal jobbing and Ignite interests. At
the meeting, where protests were
heard, 80 business enterprises of the
city we're represented. To a man they
were unfavorable. to House Bill 298
and Senate Bill n, the distance tariff
measure. @
Personnel Of Teams.
The personnel Of the canvassing
teams is as follows:
Team No. I.
F. l.. Conklin.
R. c. Battey., ,b,sa9.,
J. l.. Bell f.a... ..
Team No. 2. j
c. N. Kirk.aatlrog# naoo
,S,Team No. 3. Isl "a
=. L. shqmaan- dai.a nsya h.
Team No. 4.
G. NJ. Young.
l.. E. Opdyke.
Team No. 5.
F. f. Young.
A. l.. Whitney.
Team No. 6.
r. w. Webber.
G. w. Cochrane.
Team No. 7.
w. f. Lahr. ..
H. T. Murphy.
Team No. 8.
w. A. Mcdonald.
Carl Peterson. Al. .-...-
Team No. 9.
I. H. F. O'Hare.
J. A. Larson.
Team No. 10. ,,
J. P. Clinton.
l.. X. Thompson,
Charles Wachter .
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
DEMAND FUNDS
TO INVESTIGATE
FOOD SHORTAGE
Middle West Begins to Feel Decrease
in Supplies Owing to Congestion
Al Terminals.
OFFICIALS scoFF AT
ANY FOOD EMBARGO
President Wilson and Advisers to
Carry Demand For. Appropriation
to Floor OF House.
EMBARGO jRUMOR.
UNITED Press.)

Mandan, Feb. z5.-Division
heads of the Northern Pacific to.
day said they heard butter and
eggs were to be placed under the
shipment embargo east of St.
Paul. No order has been issued
to that effect, however. Officials
Of the road refused to talk.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
FUNSTON'S BODY
ARRIVES N FRISCO
UNITED Prs.s)

San Francisco, Feb. GA battalion
of coast artillery will meet the
train bearing the body of Fighting
Fred" Funston, when it arrives here
late this afternoon. 1t will be escort
ed to the city hall, where 1t will lo
in state until the funeral tomorrow
afternoon. All business houses and
public buildings are draped in deep
stripes of mourning
HERE FROM cARRlSoN.
w. B. Neal. a prominent Garvisoa
farmer, called on friends here thiD
week. Mr.. Neal 10 . con Of IL ~
mer state inntgrattea aooaG - .
former resident of Dtsmafck
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
GERMANY APOLOGIES
FOR SINKING 4
SWEDISH VESSEL
(Assoeiated press.)

Stockholm, Sweden, Feb 2S.-The
sinking Of the Swedish steamer, Eda,
was a mistake on the part of a sub
marine commander, this government
was informed today by the German
minister here. The German minis
ter expressed his governments for.
NAL regret and purpose of indemnity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
AM MERCHANTMEN.

Toxic. Japan, Feb. 23.-Nippon Yu-
sen Kaishi, Japan's largest steamship
line, has decided to arm all merchant.
men bound for American and Europe
an ports.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-23
The Weather

Warmer tonight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
WILL DEMONSTRATE
NATURAL METHOD OF
STUDY OF LANGUAGE

". M. de Roquelaine, M. A., will de-
liver a free public lecture atAthe Y. NJ
c. A. tonight on 1.-THE Natural Method
in the Study Of Modern Languages
This lecture viii mark the opening O.
a new department of study in the ed
ucattonal work of the local associa-
ton. Both elementary and advanced
classes will be given under the per-
sonal direction of M. de Roquelaine
Both groups will be open to women
contrary to the usual custom in Y. M
&c. A. classes. According to the present
schedule, the advanced group will
meet for a tWo-hour session each
Tuesday evening for the next four
months the elementary group on Fri
day evenings for similar period. and
both groups will meet together on
Wednesday evenings in the French
club.
Following the lecture tonight. Mr.
de Roquelaine will give sample les
son to those present, his purpose be-
ing demonstrate how easily the
language may be acquired | BY the
method employed The lecture Is
scheduled to begin at s O'Clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
DIED

KNOX-In Danbury, Jan. 20, Han
mum M. Knox, aged ~ years.
BALDWIN--In Stamford. Jan. 80.
Wilson l.. Baldwin. in his seth
year.
JOHNSON-In Stamford. Jan. 81.
Sarah M. widow Of David M. john
T son.
o'CONNELL-At Glenbrook. Jan. 20.
Eugene O'Connell.
FRITZ-In Torrington, Jan. %. Miss
Nellie Fritz, aged FL.
iO'NEILI.--In Stamford. Jan. at,
Thaomas O'Neill,A aged 50,
RAYMOND-In New Canaan, Jan.
26, Mrs. Francis Raymond, aged
MACDONNELL-In Norwalk, Jan.
80, Joseph A. Macdonald, aged a3.
GEHEBE-In Norwalk, Jan. so, Mrs.
Marie F. .Gehebe.
SMTTH-In East Norwalk. Jan. 20.
Mrs Jerome Smith.
NIcARDLE-In Winsted, Jan. 80. Ell
len O.. wife of James McArdle.
aged 3S.
WASHBURN-Tn Danbury. Jan. "a.
Thomas Washburn, aged IA
HICKOK-In Danbury, Jan. 26, Geo,
B. Hickok, aged II years.
BARRETT-In Danbury, Jan. IS.
Catherine, wife of Michael Barre
DE1DERS-In Danbury, Jan. 10,
Mrs Henry Deiders, aged So years
EREE-In Redding Ridge, Jan. rs,
Mrs. Phoebe Free.s aged sixty-lts~-
TOWNSEND-In Danbury Jan. ~.
James z. Townsend, aged 6s years.
RAYMOND--In Stamford, Jan. 81,
Hannah NJ. wife of Francis c. Ray
mond, aged 81 years.
ECKHARD-In Sta .nford, Jan. 25,
Mary Alice, widow of Henry l..
Eckhard.
QUINTARD--In Norwalk, Jan. 21b
Mrs. Abide M. Quintard.
PECN-In Norwalk, Jan. 2S, Samuel
W. Peck. aged SO.
ELY-In Norwalk, Jan. "a, Kittie
Fuller, wife of Clark Ely, aged 55.
GIDDINGS-In New Milford, JAM. 20,
Emma M, wife of Minot Giddings..
WEED-In Greenwich, Jan. ~ Miss
Anna J. Wal
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02

might stretch outside the realm 81
change. If sufficiently continued,
the department store and into life. Ii
choice is always to be made with the
idea that the first attempt will fail
and that there is always second
chance and a third, then how, when
it comes to selecting q profession, a
cause to work fora husband? The
matter here becomes intricate and
dangerous One might ask. for in
stance. whether there is any conned-
ton between the growth of the shop
ping habit and the divorce habit
among the women Of our unoccupied
classes, both being based on a choice
that It's not final and a system of ex-
change that is not penalized. But, as
I have said, the subject is complex
and throw it out as suggestion
Simeon Strunsky in Harper's Maya
zine for February.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
Forty Are Killed
AS Gas Explosion
Races Tenement
CONTINUED from Page .one)

In the building across sthe street
from the wrecked structure fire fol-
lowed the explosion and the occupants
fed in their night clothing to the rear
porches. These collapsed. precipitat-
ing them to the ground, causing pain
full injuries.
Calvin F. Davis, switchman work
ing nearby, said the explosion felt like
an earthquake. Flames shot ur
from the side of the building almost
Immediately after the rumble of the
explosion had died away" he said,
"and then suddenly big blue flame
leaped high in the air and the whole
building crumplel UP and collaps-
ed.
with four other switchmen I ran
to the place and we caught three
children thrown over the railing OF
a second story porch and a fourth
STRUCK, me on the head and knocked
me down.
''The place was in darkness when
we arrived except for the light made
by the blaze, which apparently was
fed by gas from a broken main. When
we had saved all who were visible
our attention was attracted to piles
of powdered brick and plaster, some
of which moved and from which came
hands and occasionally a foot. These
we dug OUT
Davis and his companions succeed
ed in extricating Is persons from the
wreckage. He said that the flames
gained such rapid Roadway that the
efforts Of himself and his companions
were of little avail against the fire
When the police and firemen arrived,
however, they were caring, for more
than a dozen children who had been
separated from their parents
&. Morris Feldmafl, janitor of the
building, last night
building, said that Ct persons were,
or should have been in the building
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
THE SHOPPING
HABIT IMMORAL?

..And you can always exchange it. =
says the saIeswoman to the woman
shopper.
The saleswoYnan who Is worth her
salt knows the precise moment when
that suggestion must be made. It is
the moment when the customers
doubts have apparently been resolved.
She wants the new gown very much.
It pleases, her soothes her, fits her
1t is the moment when the male pur-
chaser would nod and say, I'll take
IT, and pull out his check book. In
that moment the woman shopper goes
paniclxy at the thought, the sudden
but inevitable thought, whether this
new fabric will mean quite the same
to her at home as it does now in the
store. For. whereas man buys clothes
to satisfy physical need. woman
shops largely for the satisfaction OF
her soul. Woman, when she has
picked ana chosen. says to herself.
Yes. I like it now. under this light,
in this room, set of against all the
other shades and, patterns. but how
will 1t be at homer" How will it be
with her when she has the new gown
to herself, away from this super
heated atmosphere Of acquisition. in
the sudden drop Of spirits that is sure
: to come? At home when she looks
into the mirror and sees herself tired
around the eyes. or when she first lifts
the gown from the box in the cold
light Of the morning after, when her
! liberty OF choice IL gone. when that
gown is hers to have and to hold.
!, what then?
In that moment Of crisis the wise
saleswoman says. quietly, "And you
can always exchange it, Of course"
1t Is problem of high moral i'm
portance. this system Of purchase
with q proviso. Its effect on the moral
nature Of woman Is baneful.
Too many. women enter the depart
ment store with the knowledge that
they are doomed to buy something
they will want to exchange. Woman
.--gins shopping in the certainty,
which is almost part of her fate, that
Ger choice will be bad, but that it is
az no consequence. since she can al
ways send the things back. You see
at once how utterly destructive this
ralst be Of all moral standards. It
means living in world Of free choice
where the sinner is not the least
Handicapped against the saint.
dwell on this point at some length
because, 30 far as I am aware, no
one before me has pointed out the
vicious effect OF the department
stores unrestricted exchange system
upon woman's nature and on her
place In society. What sincerity,
what force can there be in woman's
demand for an equal place in our
man-made world as long as she con-
tinues to live SO many hours week
in world in which consequences do
Qnot follow upon acts, in which she
may choose A and keep B?-a world
in which mistakes are not paid for.
And you can sc how the practice
sof unlimited and unparalleled ex-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
DANES SUSPEND UNDERWRITING

London, Feb. "A Copenhagen dis
patch to the Times says that. under
writing has been temporarily suspend
ed by the Danish war insurance office
The United shipping Co. has ordered
ships in English ports to leave before
Sunday if possible. The Scandinavian
American liner Hellig Olav. now in
New York, has been ordered to re-
main there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
the population and would respond to-
day to the problem raised by the con-

tue population and would respond to-
day to the problem raised by the con-
dltlon OF the war orphans.
II the great trial through which we
nave been passing has really tight
ened the bonds OF the nation we are
progressing rapidly toward common
action, toward national adoption for
unfortunate children And it is a
question Of knowing whether the chill
dren who are supposed to be unfortu-
nate will not have in last resort al
though they lack the caresses which
nothing can replace, superiority of
character, liberty of action and
choice Of opportunities which the chill
dren too tenderIy nourished will not
know
In the old French families. as<in
large English families, we see side by
side the type of the rich child and of
the poor child. 1.-The eldest who inherits
ana the younger ones who do not re-
ceive much.
Inc eldest preserves the patrimony
and continues the family home it's
traditions and its social position: the
younger ones, under the force of ne
cesslty, are men of action, energetic
and enterprising.
1 nave long maintained that office
positions. instead Of being a means of
leading their holders to a pension at
the end Of their working days, should
serve as a form of pension for the
citizens without fortune. We may
now ask if, at the end of their career,
the children who are too well provided
FOR by fortune should not be subjected
to Spartan education.
The best solutions are those which
combine the general interest with the
individual interest, and i. may be af-
irmed that the happiness of the indi-
Vidual as we'll as public order and the
power or the community, would BEN
ent by an arrangement whereby no
one would be destitute in old age and
no one too rich in YOUTH
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
DEFENSE SOCIETIES MERGE.

Washington, Feb. 2A-As an OUT
growth of conferences here recently
between many of the country's patri-
otto and defense societies, steps have
been taken for organization of a ma
tional committee of patriotic and de-
Tense societies with headquarters in
Washington
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
REVENUE BILL PASSES.

Washington, Feb. Prompt ac.
ton by the senate on the administra-
ton revenue bill, which passed the
house yesterday 211 to 1876, is locke
for. The vote was along strict party
lines. The measure was framed ia
raise about $248,0o0,0O0, chiefly
through tax on excess profits and an
increase in the Inheritance tax, ia
care for national preparedness and
other expenses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
WILSON TO SPEAK.

Washington, Feb. 2-The chamber
Of commerce of the United stat-s CO.
voted it's meeting today to discussing
preparation for business conditions
after the war, with Secretary Red
field and DR.. Leo S. Rowe, secretary
general of the international high
commission, among the speakers. A
dinner tonight at which President
Wilson and former President Taft are
expected to speak, will conclude the
three day meeting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
PULL VESSEL OFF REEF,

Nantucket, Mass, Feb. 2.-Tht
steamer Tampico, which struck or
Great Point rip early Wednesday
while bound from Boston for New.
port News in ballast. was pulled az,
today. by the coast guard cutie,
Acushnet. She was not badly dam
aged and. resumed her journey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02

last night. OF these, he said, 40 were
missing and probably dead.
To eXtinguish the fire it was neces-
sary to dig down to the gas main.
This, owing to the frozen ground,
was slow work and seven hours after
the explosion the main had not been
reached.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02

Fire destroyed eight automobiles
and damaged thirty others in the re-
pair shop at Caldwell, N j., at a loss
of $4,000
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02

New York city must be crowded
with the 200, 00l popu' alton gained last
year. but in that city and old closet
under the stairs will hold two or
three.