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The Monticellonian., 1918-07-05

Keep . close watch on the
plants for any disease which
The Monticellonian., 1918-07-05

Grow fall Irish potatoes for
home use. This is the staple po-
cato and can be easily kept
through the winter to furnish u
valued and much needed heat
md energy prpdn eng need in
,ur food supply. Ask for rnfor-
nation on how to raise fall
crop and plan now to plant e
nough to furnish supply for
home use.
The Monticellonian., 1918-07-05

Now is the time TO build the
Potato storage house. Thorough
frying and uniform tempera-
lures are essential to the good
keeping o POTATOES, and can on Y
be secured IN house where ar
tltieial heat can be supplied
Plans should be used that will
give we'll built house that can
be used from year to year, and
his muse should be completed
before digging time. Ask the
County Agent for plans for such
a house ana any other informa-
tion that you may desire in con
section with this work.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
GLENDIVB Is
QUAKEC CENTER
Earth Tremors Believed Due to
Breaking Up of Yellow =.
stone Ice

The Northern Pacific, operator at
Glendive called up the Bismarck sta
ton Tuesday evening reporting ylo'
lent earthquake of three seconds dur
alton, and asking the railway office
here to ascertain whether the quake
had been recorded at the North Da-
kota headquarters OF the weather bu-
reau here.
Weather observer o. w. Roberts
advises that the Bismarck weather
bureau boasts no siesmograph, and
that the nearest point at which such
a quake might be recorded is Denver,
Mr. Roberts is inclined to believe the
tremors were caused by the breaking
up of huge masses of ice in the Yel-
lowstone. The shock, he reports, IS
frequently of sufficient severity to
cause ouakes extending over limited
territory. .t..
The tremors, Glendive reports, were
very noticeable and were commented
upon by citizens on the streets at the
time. The hour was $3.50 p. M. west
ern time. Large buildings quivered,
says the report, and the populace gen
orally sustained severe fright.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
WITH THE EDITORS.
THE NEW WHEAT PRICE SCHEDULE.

President Wilson has used the authority vested
in him by the food control act to establish guar
anteed price for the 1918 crop Of wheat i'll the lead
ing markets throughout the, country These prices
so closely approximate those for the 1917 crop that
for all purposes they may be regarded as identical.
The presidents announced guarantee is consid-
erably below the figures proposed in the bills offered
in congress-fgurcs that farmers generally hoped
might be adopted-but Mr.. Wilson apparently has
no fear that his action will not be accepted in patri
oic good part by the wheat producers OF the coun-
try He relies with the utmost confidence on the
spirit of our farmers to 60 ahead and sow spring
wheat on large scale, taking it for granted they
will disclose as fne soldierly qualities as the men
who are volunteers or conscrpts for service under
arms.
There is every reason to believe his expectations
will be fulfilled that the farmers will give at least
tact approval to the new schedule and that the
pending bills in congress will make further head
way 1t may be said Of the president s action that
it will cause minimum of damaging disturbance to
the marketing of grain, to the -four, bread, profit
and wage program and to the immediate business
of supplying the nations abroad with food. There
should now be more healthy flow of grain to manu-
featuring centers and prompt settling of plans by
the farmers of the northwest for an extensive 1918
wheat acreage
The president promises the farmers all possible
assistance in the planting and gamering of their
crops. The new draft regulations are designed to
keep necessary labor the farms, and if it can be
done without serious interference with military ac-
tivites, the men in camps and environments will
be drawn upon for emergency service in the fields
Mr.: Wilson is not so convincing as he might be
in explaining why price determination has been APP
piled only to wheat among the cereals but perhaps
he has reasons which he did not cite for believing
the price problem as related to other grains will
yield to solution without further government inter
ference Minneapolis Tribune
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
GERMANY's PLACE IN THE SUN, /"

In the white unquenchabe light that beats upon
the bar of human justice the United States and it's
allies have taken their stand in support Of the sim
pie princi pie that or nation has the right
to govern another by force, corruption or chicane
They reaffrm the essential equality Of all men and
deny that any agency ever gave any one man, ma
ton, Glass; caste creed the right to deprice any
peaceful and honest individual Of his liberty of ac
ton or the fruits of his toll.
Standing within this light the democratic allies
invite full and pitiess scrutiny of their acts and
motives. They demand that Germany stand forth
also, concealing nothing, masking nothing, of it's
motives and aims. But whereas the democracies
have nothing to fear from the fullest publicity the
greed for power and loot that has ensaved Germany
and it's allies to bloodstaned oigarchy can never
be gratified in the light. They require darkness
and evil plotting up to the hour that they are ready
to fall upon their chosen prey with the sword
Prussia junkers know that to accept the prin-
ciple Of the right Of self-government would be to
free not only the several peoples Of the ployglot Aus
trian empire held in bondage against their wills,
but would give freedom to the long deluded German
people themselves from the dspotism that has set
them apart from the confidence and the sympathies
Of mankind.
But here is the light before the bar Of human JUS
tice. Here is the answer to the junkers' hypocri-
teal whine for "a place in the sum- If Germany
desires place with the rest Of mankind Germany
may have it-by abandoning the despOtism of muir
der and malice that has been its incubus, since me-
dieval times, and by renouncing its mad claims to
being ruled by chosen and superior race. Ger
many must take henceforth q legitimate part in
world affairs or it must perish in its insane or
criminal egotism. Chieago News
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
POLITICAL PRACTICE
OF RAILROAD PROBED

Washington, Feb. 27.- Another
chapter was added Tuesday to the his
tory Of the Interstate commerce com
missions investigation into past polit.
ical and financial practices of the
Louisville & Nashville railway, by the
public declaration of Milton H. Smith,
president of the road, that his com.
pany had made number of expendi.
lures for political purposes in south.
ern states before 1915.
(, In deposition made public by the
interstate commerce commission Mr.
Smith answered categorically nine
questions relating to political expen-
ditures, to which he had refused re
plies while under examination by
Joseph w. Folk, former chief counsel
Of the commission, during the public
inquiry in May, 1916. Thus he com.
piled with the order Of the supreme
court last November, holding that the
commission had authority to inquire
into practically all expenditures of a
railway company.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
= SHOULD BE MADE MIGHTY SAFE

II i to no admitted that the arguments IN behall
Of the government s War Finance Corporation are
strong. TO enable banks to rcdlscount at t,e reo-
eral Reserve bank obligations OF pubic utlll'y' -!
dustrial and other corporations looks soou' r
face It is ndisputablc that government war financ
ING has practically closed the investment market TO
other financing and rendered it almost lmpossloie
for corporations to obtain money. save at ilsny
excessive rates. the interest rate OF lbe11y BONUS
not attractive. Moreover, with over $ooo,oooV'o'
worth of public utility and other corporations lnGeot
edness maturing this year, the refunding OF such at
h;ph interest rates is very likely to seriously inter
fere with flotation Of Liberty Bonds, among the big
money men, at least 49,.
Bit what is the general aspect of this proceeding
Is it not, in Short simply lifting the badly managed
over-capitalzed corporations out OF the hole they We
dug for themselves in the instance OF the rail-
roads? If so, where IS the end OF 1t? "here IS 'ne
limit? Is the money of all of us always to be used
to rescue the few Of us who have made poor invest
ment in corporations?
Government Gall of us) takes the railroad
corporations guarantees dividends, agrees to spend
hundreds of millions in their maintenance and re-
habilitation and the senate has just passed bill to
return them to the corporations in better shape than
ever within 18 months after the war This certainly
is not heading toward government ownership but IN
exactly the opposite direction, and the War Finance
Corporation measure is simply extension OF this
policy to street car lines, lighting and power plants,
industrial and mercantile corporations, all privately
owned public-serving concerns upon which the move
ment for public ownership has been directed.
Naturally, the high financiers opposed to the
War Finance Corporation measure. If they have a
ready market for their loans at Is per cent, they
don't want to see the government financing corpora
ton beggars at per cent Naturally too, if interest
rates are high and the demand strong, Liberty Bonds
at 4 or per cent, are not as attractive as they
might otherwise be.
We are bound to have faith that the secretary of
the treasury is unnfluenced by any consideration
save what he is convinced is for the best interests of
the country But this War Finance Corporation
certainly has its dubious well good features and
unless safeguarded by reliable lock, stock barrel
and load is as likely to go off at the touch-hole as
the muzze q.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
I.EAGJJ CO Err S IN lizi
WITH COMMISSION
ON GOPHER BANS
Nonpartisans ASK Action AgainSt
Sheriff Who Prohibited
Meetings

St. Paul, MINI, Feb 27.-Sheriffs'
orders prohibiting Nonpartisan league
meetings in various counties in Min.
nesota, were the subject of confer
ence behind closed doors at the cap
itol today between league committees.
men and members of the Public Safe
ty commission.
The league delegation called on gov.
ernor Eurnquist, ostensibly to In
quire when an, announcement would
be made as to whether four county OF.
ficials will be suspended on charges
of non-feasance and malfeasance made
in complaint filed q week ago and
were informed that because Of the III
ness of Attorney General Smith no
opinion had been obtainable. HI
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
NOT AIrouErHER cALAM1rous

Lord Rhondda, England's food controller, says
that exaggerated views about the food situation IN
his country, increase the public demand tor foods
that are short.
Very likely lord, but, while it may be bad for war
food conservation its human nature and other sorts
of nature.
There's a heap of No. l in humans. Shortage
usually augments the desire. AS a rule, we put the
high valuation on things we've lost, or cannot get
If everybody could wear diamond, you'd see some
other stone heading the list Of desirables in gems
Ism t it the shortage that makes all things precious
The Engshman, like other humans is so constituted,
psychologcally that the mere idea that he cannot
have roast beef makes him hungry for roast beef,
especially.
Why does the foolish little fish bite at the angle
worm which poorly conceals the deadly hook? Be
cause its the only angle-worn in sight and ne s
afraid that some other fellow will get it. We We seen
him do it with his insides already jammed full OF
angle-worm Read roast beef for angle-worm, and
you have one explanation Of the human side OF it.
But, is it bad thing that we're continually going
after things that are short? Not altogether We
might still be picking nuts from the hazel bushes
and acorns from the oak. 1t will be quiet sort
of overdone form of civilization, when the folks
quit going hard after the things that hard to get.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
BIGGEST CROWDS M
BEST PUBLICITY
SAYSsDR. MORAN

II have attended simialr war rallies
in many of our state capitols. but not
zone where we have had overflow meet
ings, where the interest has been so
intense, nor where the publicity has
been handled SO well as have the re.
ports of our meetings here in the
Tribune" said DR.. Joseph F. Moran,
prior to his departure for Washington
this morning.
Il feel that we owe the Tribune
very much of the success Of this great
council said DR.. Moran. "The paper
has shown splendidly patriotic spir-
1t; it has given up columns to inter-
esting reports Of the meetings, and 1t
has furnished real inspiration for all
of its readers"
Mr.. Moran was more than enthus.
iastic over every aspect of the con-
ference, which he declared by far the
most successful he has yet attended.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
$4,000 PAID:
FARMERS NEAR
NEW ENGLAND
National Union Fire Insurance Co.
Pays Disputed Drouth Claims
in Hettinger

New England, N. D., Feb. 27-Forty
thousand dollars in drafts from the
National Union Fire Insurance Co., of
Pittsburgh, Pa, have been deposited
with the Security State bank of New
England to make good drouth losses
in this district. A settlement was af-
fected last week between Attorneys
Harvey J. Miller and Charles Simon OF
New England, representing the farm
ers, and Nathan A. Chase Of Mime
apolis, western attorney for the insur-
ance company. The latter had declin-
ed to pay losses on risks which it had
insured up to 81 the acre on the
grounds that these policies were taken
out after the crops insured had been
burned out by hot winds. The settle
ment finally made is liberal enough to
satisfy majority of the farmers. and
the money, coming in in q lump at
this time, will help materially with
the purchase Of seed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
MORE HIDES; HIGHER SHOES

Have you been paying more for shoes? We
think you have
Says F. E. White, vice president Of Armour &
CO.. The price Of hides is not responsible for the
high price of shoes
According to the big packers and Attorney Fran
els Heney, who is after them
The quantity Of hides stored by the five large
Chicago packers increased As per cent since early in
1916. Prices increased from IS to 100 per cent The
number OF cattle killed increased % per cent in
July last year Embargoes cut off foreign trade and
imports from Argentine increased the hide supply
in the United States; nevertheless Swift & Co..
alone, sold 20 per cent hides during 1917 than
lin the previous year.
You can fool all the people some of the time and
some of them much Of the time, but occasionally,
You can fool any Of them any Of the time.
Sick Fem, Heneyl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
SAYS POWER OF
PRESIDENT FOR
WAR Is ALRIGHT

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. 27.--De,
claring there is no cause for alarm In
confering vast powers upon President
Wilson for war purposes, Senator
James E. Watson, republican OF In.
diana, in an address before the manu-
facturer's association here Tuesday,
said the only danger would be in fail.
ing to limit this power to the period
of the war.
Many are alarmed lest we driet
into autocracy,' said the senator, but
very much depends upon the presi-
dents intentions in asking the power
and the length of time for which 1t is
bestowed. II we confine the term and
operation of this authority ITO the
period Of the war, there is no Just
Cause for alarm. But II we confer i
tor periods long after the war, then 10
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
FOOD WORKERS SAID
TO BE TOOLS OF BIG
s.t~ PACKING COMPANIES

Chicago, FEB. 27.-With the an
nounced intention of showing that the
big Chicago packers had taken steps
Immediately after the entrance of the
United States into the war to place
men in the food administration, prior
to its creation, who would not allow
the packing industry to be placed at
a disadvantage, Francis J. Heney, in
charge of the federal investigation OF
the packing industries Monday real
voluminous letters seized from files
of the packers before United States
Commissioner Joseph Davies.
Would Protect Packers Charge.
Mr.. Heney declared later in the day
that at least six men who drew sal
aries from the packing companies and
their subsidiaries were holding import.
ant posts in the food administration.
These men, he indicated, were placed
in the food administration for no 9th
er purpose than the head off any, &C.
ton which would be detrimental to
the packers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
A.NERdCANS|GET !.
SWEET REVENGE
Return Fire Of Hun Foes and
Blow Up Large Enemy
Dugout

With the American Army in France,
Feb. 27.-The American artillery Mon
day retaliated against the German ar
tiliery which had been Smelling them,
but which, Notwithstanding the inten-
sity of the fire, did no damage and
wounded only one man.
The Americans began by Smelling
Montsec, where buildings were des-
troyed. They also effectively shot up
a large working party In a dugout,
from which cries for help were heard.
The enemy today concentrated his fire
on q certain town within the Amerl-
can lines.
The weather cleared today and
there was much aerial activity. Sew
eral fights in the air occurred over and
behind the American line, and In adj
dition the American anti.aircraft guns
were firing all day long. Enemy
planes attacked sausage balloon IN
which an American captain was acting
as observer. The balloon was hauled
down hurriedly without having been
damaged.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
NOT NOW, NOR NEVER

Senator Brown is again to the front with his
proposition to tear down the welwon protective leg
islation that has been thrown around child labor
with the same cid argument hat scll labor
tia to work.
This proposition may have as many lives cat
but we purpose to hit it nine times running if neces
sary. Make no mistake, this Internal thing has
backing There are still profiteers in this country
who would put their grandmothers in yoke to dc
the blowing, were there percentage Of money gain
in it, and they powerfuenough to get and work
their own representation in congress.
True, it has been found that child labor is an
essential in this war; and the children most assuredy
are at work There is hardly school in all this land
whose children are not knitting and raising funds for
Red Cross and war stamps 1t is solid, substantial
and strenuous work. But it means pleasure JUS
tifiable pride and patriotism to the child 1t means
higher citizenship in the future. It is work that
uplifts, solely
We are conscripting our men between the ages
Of q and 81 for work. Before we conscript the
children for war work. before we return them to the
lash Of taskmaster in field or factory wei conscrpt
and offer upon the altar Of sacrifice ali our men be-
tween the ages of p and 81 Not until all American
manhood is represented by vast heap of sacrifcia
ashes will we return to robbery of children of child
hood for private profit, otherwise 1t is even
shameful a reproach upon national legislature
that, in this time Of critical issue between civza
ton and barbars, there is any necessity at all to
discuss the matter
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
WARD COUNTY
LEADS THRIFT
STAMP SALES
Pembina Close Second in Amount
and Probably, First in Per
capita Holdings

Fargo, n. D., Feb. q George II.
HOLSTER, state director for the war
savings stamp campaign, reports the
sale Of stamps to date in various coun-
ties as follows: Adams, $1355.14;
Barnes, $2291.12;; Bottineau, $2,O5O.O2:
Bowman, $1,S59.03; Dunn, $l,153.4O;
Eddy, $2,433.89; Emmons, $S37.51;
Foster, $2,O49.90: Golden Valley, ST.
557.21; Griggs, $2,3S5.S0; sKidder, ST.
0n.39; Mcintosh. $1,216.46; Morton,
$2,623.45; Pembina, $4,981. 63; Sherf-
dan, $500; Steele, $524.67; Towner,
N,2S4S1; Ward $7,750.60. Ward leads
the list to date, with Pembina a close
second, and, in point population, on a
parity II not taking precedence over
Ward
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
.FRENCHMEN BRING
SUB CHASER INTO
in SAFETY

Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-Secre'
tary Daniels announced the news in
this statement:
Il was delighted to receive q mes
sage Tuesday telling of the arrival In
port of an American built submarine
chaser which became separated from
her escort in the terrific. gale of Janu'
airy Is, had not been reported since
that time, and which we feared was
lost This was one of the 10 foot
boats which we are turning over to
the French government, and was man
ned by q French crew which saved the
craft by a remarkable feat of naviga.
ton. .A9 y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
MRS. STOKES SAYS
NEGRO STOLE HER
$4,000 JEWE i. I ; )
--t. "a
Dining Car Waiter Charged With
Theft Of Fortune in
Baubles

New York, N. Y, Feb. 27.-Henry
Williams, of Buffalo, dining car wait
er, was held here today for the grand
jury on the charge of having stolen
100000 worth of jewelry from Mrs.
w. E. D. Stokes of this city while she
was coming by train from Denver last
October. The police allege that Will
liams, arrested in Buffalo Saturday,
was found to have pawned there for
s133 some jewels which were identi-
fed by Mrs. Stokes as belonging to
her. Williams claimed he purchased
them in Buffalo from another negro
who said they had been Struggled into
this country from Canada.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
INDIAN POET Is
IMPLICATED IN
GERMAN PLOT
Letters and Cablegrams saized BY
British Censors Seem to
Show Conspiracy

San Francisco, Cal.,i Feb. 27.-Dsfin:
tie connection Of Sir Babindarth Tar
gore, celebrated Indian poet, and high
officials of the German government,
charged with an alleged conspiracy to
foment revolution against British rule
in India, was established today &C.
cording to contentious of the prosecn.
ton, by Introduction into evidence q:
tn etrial Of 81 alleged ccnspiratOrs 1T
letters and cablegrams seized by Bril-,
ish censOrs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-27
AIRPLANE MAIL.
SERVICE TO BE
BEGUN APRIL
Machines Will Be Manned by
Army Fliers as Part Of Train:
ing in Aviation

Washington, D. c.. Feb. 27.-Air.
plane mail service between New York
and Washington will be in daily oper-
alton beginning April Is, the postof.
fee department announced today
Eight machines will be furnished b.
the war department. stn%
Ely arrangement between Postmas.
ter General Burleson and Secretary
Baker the aerial service will be con.
Quoted for one year as a part. of tho
aviation training system of the army.
The machines will be piloted by army
fliers.t SjI'f. *