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! PEASANTS IN MOLDAVIA
:. CLASH WITH GERMANS
I Population in Northern Rumania
Assumes Openly Hostile Attitude
to Hun Authorities.

PARIS, October 17.-Outbreaks
against the Germans have occurred
IN northern Rumania, in the province
of -Moldavia, says dispatch to the
Journal from Zurich The population
suddenly assumed an openly hostile
attitude to the German authorities,
according to the advices, which come
by way of Bucharest.
n several districts there have been
clashes between bands of Rumanian
peasants and AuStro-German forces,
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CONFIDENCE IN CABINET.
Austrian Emperor Declines to Ac.
cept Resignation.

AMSTERDAM. October 16.-The
Austrian emperor has declined to ac-
cept the resignation of the cabinet
of :. Premier Wekerle. according to
Budapest advices received here The
emperor said he had full confidence
in the ca hinet
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Cunningham Wins Title Again.

George T.. Cunningham. winner of
the open tournament, held two years
ago at the Bannockburn Golf Club,
won. the championship Of the Ban
nockburn Club. Monday. defeating
Basil M. Manly, former champion. by
2 to l. Fred II. Behring won the class
B flight, defeating James Strayer,
and 4. -..
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Attorney Laskey -Renominated::;

President Wilson today sent to the
Senate for approval the nomination Of
torney for the District Of -ColuInbia.
The nomination is a disappointment,
Mr.. Laskey having served one term Of
four years .as United States. District at
torney for the District OF Columbia:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-17
Cancels Michigan Game.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, october 1.-THE
foot ball game between the University.
of Michigan and the Michigan Agricul-
tural College scheduled for next Satur-
day has been cancelled at the request Of
the state board of health because OF, the
Spanish influenza epidemic. iS-qs
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Ernie. Sopp Passes Away.

PHILADELPHIA, October 17.-Ernest
W. sopb. holder of several Middle At
laritit Association swimming champion
ships and one of the best known swim
fuefs in, the east, died at his home here
today Of pneumonia He was twenty
four years old.
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s., 4O7,15O TOTAL
RAISED BY WOMEN
Chairmen of District Loan
Subcommittee Report
5; Progress in Drive.
MRS: McAD00 is ACTIVE

The chairmen of subcommittee of
of-the District of Columbia in meet
ing this forenoon reported that
through its various agencies in the
big loan drive there has been obtain
ed to date s2,407,150 toward it's allot-
mept of the Washington quota.
The committee declared in making
this announcement that the campaign
has by no means come to close and
that it hopes to greatly increase this
amount before Saturday midnight.
Mrs Abram Simon, vice chairman of
the committee, who presided in the
absence of it's chairman, Mrs. Harriet
Blane Beale, announced the amounts
received.
Mrs. McAdoo, wife of the Secretary
of the Treasury and railroad admin
istrator, yesterday sold $1,350,15O
worth.
The big rally under the auspices of
the Jewish churches of the District
resulted in $543,300 worth of bonds
being sold. Employees of five depart
ment stores bought s155,750 worth.
Union Station Sales, $4,000
Sales at Union station. reported by
Mrs. Louis D. Brownlow. wife of the
Commissioner of the District, totaled
S56.650. The Navy League reported
through Mrs. J. c. Frazer that it's
sales totaled s225,0O0. Other sales in
cluded: The College Women's Club,
of the committee, s39,050; street meet
inRS $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-17

The discovery OF a process for max
ing synthetic diamonds is claimed by
sSMiss scientists Of high standing.
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COMPROM||SE:0N !. :: :.
RENT. BNl.BA|tI
N.Y.; -, ----s--.j = f-7--sSs.. "
Amendment to- ~AnttProfi-
teering Measure lsto Be 4.
Offered. FL. !.
CHANGES ARE SUGGESTED

With the two houses Of Congress
now apparently deadlocked. on the
MISUNDERSTANDING amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill. an
attempt is TO- be made. as soon as the
urgent deficiency appropriation bin
now before the House Is disposed Of,
to effect a compromise. -. =.
Chairman Leversof the House com
mittee said today he will call up the
conference report on the agricultural
bill Immediately following the. ap-
preparation bill. *sss; =.
Representative Anderson .of Mime
sota.. member. Of the agricultural
committee, will move to concur n,the
Senate amendment.,Ewith an amend
ment which he win. offer The effect
of this will be ,to:send the Pomerahe
amendment back to conferenee. with
instructions to the House sconferses.
The Anderson. amendment viii be
subject to change in conference. :. :
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Purchases by Police.

According to the report, the pur-
chases made by the policemen by pre-
cinctS were:
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Pomerene Plan Criticised.

Anderson claims that
the Pomerene amendment Is wrong
principally, in that It makes the basis
of the standard rent the,rent author
lied in the. contracts of..Octobers i.
the bass the Sen taS
80. 1916. The 5ehect<of fixing the date,
October 1, he Gays. would. be. to cop
firm any 'exorbitant rental! charge,
based upon war cond ftions, ant cfpated
and made effective. October s1S17:c,
Pomeren aeeama NJ ias
Anderson says, Is that it iallewssa re-
view Of the contract by. the rent. adj
ministrator In every case. where the
rent charged lis: alleged to; be insuffi-
cisnt to yiela 2 nsts return: Of : per
would only allow .axrevfews in. cases
where the PROPERTY WITS not-rented on
September 80, 1915, Or has been con-
verted from. dwelling to business uses,
or in cases. where the property has
been rented on 2 longtime. lease
which expired subsequent to Septem-
Der 80, 1916. - -
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Appeal Plan Is Modified.

The Anderson amendment. also
strikes out the provision.-for appeal
from the rent admtnistrator to the
appeal direct to the court in all cases
where an appeal is allowed,
In all cases where the property was
rented on September 80. 1a16.: the
standard rent would be the, rent then
charged plus Is per cent. ,u9der the
=. He also proposes that. where real
estate rs rented. furnished the rent
administrator shall authorize a. fair
and reasonable rental for the ,furnf-
t tant " which not 80 PET
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GALLAUDET ALMOST READY.

Coach Hughes Shortly to Pick
Eleven to Represent Kendall Green.
Foot ball at Gallaudet now is well
under way. Coach Hughes has not
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Ready in Ten Days.

The price boards are now being
manufactured. 1t was learned today
that in about ten days they will be
ready for distribution among dealers
1t had been hoped by the admins
tration to have the boards ready for
this week. This was found impossi-
BILE, because the manufacturer who
was to make them was compelled to
turn his attention to the building of
caskets to keep pace with the Spanish
influenza Epidemic
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The bonds sales made by the police
according to precincts follow:
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-01
QUAKE FOLLOWS QUAKE AND CITY -.
OF GUATEMALA CRUMBLlNG UNDER
GRADUALLY INCREASING TREM0RS
Millions Of Property Ruined
and the End is Not
Yet in Sight

Guatemala City, Guatemala, Dec. 81.
Earth shocks that began here at II
O'Clock on Christmas night and are
still continuing caused millions Of
dollars damage to this city, the death
Of few persons and the injury Of
about 100 others.
Every house in the city was rem
dered uninhabitable and the entire
population is living in the parks and
open spaces The first shocks were
light, giving warning of the heavy
ones that might follow. In the interiem
everyone had opportunity to seek
safety in the open air.
The devastation wrought was wide.
spread. The presidential palace, the
postoffice, the cathedral, all the
churches, the hospitals, the schools
and Masonic temple were seriously
damaged. The electric lighting sys-
tenn was put out of commission and
telegraph and railway communica.
ton interrupted. The government is
N: levin tie sitpatioa by distribu-
ion of provisions Eyarypne is pro-
hibited from remaining inside of any
of the buildings IN tne ,itSr. Excellent
order has been preserved
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NEW YORK SHIYERS
STILL. FROM COLD .
WITH LITTLE FUEL

New York, Dec. 31.-New York
citys shivering millions must face at
least twenty four hour continuation
of zero weather with less than half
the city's normal supply of coal
coming into it's bins.
Several deaths due to the cold
weather were reported today. AS we'll
as hundreds of cases of exposures.
At s o'clock tonight the mercury
stood at two above zero, having drop.
ped from 4 above since o'clock. The
feeble pressure of steam in apart
ment houses sent thousands hurrying
to stores for oil stoves and by noon
there was a pronounced shortage in
portable heaters.
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NJ 'AD00 DEGREES
WILL TREAT RAIL
MEN WITH EQUITY
4f Plans Fail Through Bo|sheyiki
Aid of Switzerland May
be Asked.
POPE MAY SOUND OVERTURES
Opinion Growing that England
and France Must State
War Aims.

Washington, Dec 31.-Orders went
to eastern railroads today from Direc
tor General McAdoo to clear ur
freight congestion regardless of prev
ious government priority regulations
passenger schedules and any hamper
ing practices under the old competi
tive system, and to pay special at.
tention to movement of coal and food
Lines of the west and south were
notified that soon they might be call.
ed on to furnish locomotives and other
equipment to help tighten the traffic
burden in the east and a committee of
government officials was created to
work out a plan for diverting export
freight to ports south of New York.
Quantities OF coal actually were
started moving to New England to re-
lieve the serious shortage. there, and
priority orders was suspended for
roads east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio river to the extent
necessary to clear up congestion.
War Board Goes.
At the same time, the director gen.
eral dissolved the railroad war board
at it's own request and named tenn
porary advisory cabinet of five men,
bers One of these, Hale Holden,
president of the Burlington, and a
member of the war board, will be re-.
tainedoto supervise the machinery
which the war board has created with
in the last nine months to coordinate
80
Other members of the new advisory
board are JOHN Shelton Williams,
comptroller of the currency, who will
have charge of financial questions
arising out of government operation;
Henry Walters, chairman of the board
of the Atlantic coast line, who will as
Continued OF page eight)
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MANY DEVICES.
Germans Leave Nothing Undone il
Peace Schemes,

FcdCC OCncIICSs sa8a
Washington, Dec. 31.-Insidious Ell
forts Of the Germans to involve the
|! United States, and the entente allies;
In the peace negotiations proceeding
with the Russian Bolsheviki have de-
veloped to such stage that in the
opinion of some officials here notice
of the propaganda must be taken and
an attempt made to neutralize it.
If the British and French premiers
are to meet in Paris soon with the pur-
pose of discussing the advisability of
receiving and answering the policies
OF the bolsheviki in the peace nego-
tiations, in diplomatic circles here it
was said that any decision from such
a meeting would be promptly laid be-
fore the American state department.
Any Kind of Offer.
Germany is believed to be prepared
to offer almost any conceivable bait
to an individual enemy in order to
drive a wedge into the allies and
cause it's disruption, and having sue
ceeded measurably with Russia, is
Continued on page eight
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NO PEACE DEVICE
LEFT UNTRIED BY
GERMAN SCHEMES
Demands of Train Operatives
Union Taken up by Sec.
retary Thursday.
MEMBERS ARE REASSIGNED
New Traffic Orders to Relieve
Congestion and Meet New
England Call.

Washington, Dec. 31.-An official
German statement sent out from the
government wireless station at Nauen
outlining in detail the Russian propos
al of basis of peace, was made pub
lie tonight by the committee on pub.
lie information. The message de-
scribes the session of the negotiations
at Brest-Li.ovsk on December %, and
quotes the Pussian delegation as de-
claring that they signed conditions for
peace, considering it. "a crime to con
tinue war simply for the purpose OF
making annexations."
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BAKER RECEIVES NEW YEAR
GREETINGS FROM DOCTOR GARFIELD
ON EFFICIENT FUEL ADMINISTRATION
Chief of Fuel Board Given
to Know Service is
Appreciated.

Captain l. P. Baker, fuel admin
istrator for North Dakota, last even
ing received the following self-ex
planatory telegram from DR.. Harr.
A. Garfield, head of the National Foot
Bureau, on the satisfactory manner
in which his plans in trying stu
alton have been successful in keeping
North Dakota warm at minimum o.
cost and consumption:
Washington. u. C., Dec. 81, 1917
Capt. I. p. Baker, Fuel Admins.
traitor, Bismarck, n. d.
fIease accept my hearty good
wishes for the New Year and my
appreciation of your continued
support. l am confident that with
patience, courage and united effort
we will be able to achieve results
which will be Of great service to
our country in its present crisis.
HARRY A. GARFIELD
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GOVERNOR FRAZIER
INVITED TO SPEAK
ATP0WER MEETING
Chief Executives of North and
South Dakota Asked to
Aberdeen.

Governor Lynn j. Frazier Of North
Dakota has been invited to address
a meeting of farmers of the two Da-
kotas to be held at Aberdeen on jan
uary 9, 10 and IL, when there will
be discussed the development OF the
Missouri river as a source of water
power. Governor Peter Norbeck of
South Dakota and Senator Thomas
Sterling and Doane Robinson, state
historian of South Dakota, also have
been invited to speak. The question
of developing water power sites on
the Missouri, either through federal
or state appropriations, or by. the
state and nation working in co-opera-
ton, will be thoroughly discussed.
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DON COSSACKS
DELIVER BLOW
ON BOLSHEVIKl

Stockholm, Dec. 31.-Ukrainian and
Cossack forces in a great battle on
the southwestern front have defeated
Bolsheviki troops taking 400 prisoners
and capturing eight big guns and 32S
machine guns, according to a dispatch
received by the Dagens Myheter from
Petrograd by way Of Haparanda. The
Cossacks are In hot pursuit OF the
Bolsheviki
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Every day proves to US that our
friendship for one another is becori-
ing me ire and more the cement OF that
league of free nations witch now
stands as the guardian Of justice and
liberty throughout the world.
WE wish In particular to send .
message Of thanks to the United
States navy for the great services It
has rendered In the past year and of
greeting to the yeang American army
now training to take Its place in the
battle for human freedom: We I are
relying upon the great addition shls
army will make to strengthen the 81.
lies in their joint struggle for free
civilization, and we are confident that
when the time of battle comes they
will sustain the great traditions set
by their own forebears by helping to
win complete triumph for the cause
to which they have dedicated them.
Selves.'
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MESSAGES of Good Will Flow to the
People of America from the Allies
Enlisted in Struggle for Democracy
RUSSIA LEFT OUT OF FLUCTUATIONS
SENT LLOYD GEORGE TO NATIONS
Lloyd George and Cmencea King of Greece and Presidents Of
South American Republics United in Good Will Toward
United States in Eloquent New Year Greetings

London Dec. 31Message from the British minister
Lloyd George have been all the allies Russia including
George
"A this wish behalf Of the British cabinet
people
make realize
the triumph Of @&s
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EASTERN NlYIIS
[ PASSING SEIIAWARD

Mashngtot. Dec THE cold
Naye winch has gfipRed the eastern
art of fhs uo'lntry foi the past two
y Xathel burea,i announced tonight, and
\ sre viii be al retlslr 10 normal tenn.
ratures W NSdassiey.
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THE WEATHER

MONTANA: Generally fair Tuesday
and Wednesday, probably rain west of
the divide.
NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA:
Generally fair Tuesday and probably
Wednesday, warmer Tuesday In east
and central portions.
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FARGO RAISES
FUND TO HELP
BLIND MITES

Fargo, N. D., Dec. 31.-More than
$105 was raised at new years "com-
munity sing held here tonight for the
benefit of the 300 children blinded in
the recent Halifax disaster.
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IN All Future Retrospectlon City
|, OF Bismarck Must Look With Pride
On the Achievements of Year 1917
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN ALL CIVIC
n AND BUSINESS CONCERNS IS MANIFEST
TweNeMonth Will Go Down in History Period Of Moral Reju
venation and Spiritual Quickening for the Capital
City Of North Dakota.

Bismarck pride
a
d moral awakening in the highest
in which these be
lat could not be don sfening
things
Yng has eliminated Bm
ision 1t made the unattainabe a habit
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In the West.


'rIn the west the British in the
Ypres salient occupy the high ground
of the Passchendaele ridge and dom.
mate the Flanders plain.
Their wedge in front of Cambrai,
has ripped great gap in the principle
German line Of defense.
THE battle for Cambria proved that
the German defensive positions could
be broken and taken. Though full ad-
vantage was not taken of the early
successes gained by the British, nev-
ertheless the disaster to German arms
in this battle was the most serious
since the Marne.
French Hold Key.
"rhe French, by the capture of the
Chemin Des Danes, have secured the
key to Laon area. Their own line Of
defense remains unshaken.
"Detachments of our own forces
have engaged the enemy. While their
operations have been confined to mar
row limits, their aid has been val
liable and the presence of American
troops in the firing line has heartened
the allies to continue the struggle
with increased faith in final victory.
During the period under review the
combat situation remained unchanged.
Reports of the concentration of
Montinned OF page four)
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SPIRIT OF WASHINGTON
Poineaire Sees Presence In AiIIsd
.. -Einht for Liberty. $s.s 4, i.5,{

IVV A,S0VV Sysl "
Washington, Dec. S1.-The voice Of
Washington still resounds and 1T
shows the path to triumph through
sacrifice says President PoincaTa Of
France in a New Years greeting to
the American people which appears Id
the New Year edition of the official
Bulletin. .-, .ea.& i.
NJ Poincare's message is one Of a
number received from the heads Of
the nations associated with the Unit
ed States in the war against Germany.
Others came from King Alexander of
Greece: President Menocal Of Cuba,
President Valdez of Panama, King
Peter Of Serbia, Presideh Buerra Of
BOLIVIA, and President Wera Of Uru.
quay. -
"As the year 1917 clio obes,' cabled
the French president, II look back
with emotion to the months just
elapsed and to the SUCCESSIVE phases
OF the world struggle and In particu.
lar to the entrance Of the United
States into the war.
Common Cause.
champions of common cause,
the American people and the French
people, when a fraternity OF arms
has united in the past, whom 1t IS
binding still more closely today, con-
template with unshakable firmness
and with the serene consciousness Of I
their duty the liberating task 4t''
they have sworn to accoU~
end. The year 1918 VITO
tinuation of the subli"'
free nations, grouped
of honor and Of the
the safe guarding { !1eeu
great or small, agaaterS,
Imperialism and .ood 10
avowed design it wv"
peoples just as tn
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Threshold of the
heroic hours Of 10 deVel-
of which are req
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STATUS OF LINES
AT THE CLOSE OF
THE ENDED, YEAR
Germans Endeavoring to Per-
suade Russia They are Eager
to Aid in Peace.
HOLE DRIVEN IN WEST FRONT
French Hold Key in. Chemin des
DANES to the Extensive
Laon Area.

Washington, Dec 31.--What the be-
ginning of the new year finds at the
battlefronts is outlined by Secretary
Baker in his weekly review of mill
tary operations issued tonight. In the
west, he says, the British dominate
the Flanders plain with a great wedge
into the principle line of defense at
Cambria, while the French, with their
own lines unbroken, hold the key to
the Laon area through the capture
of Chemin Des DANES.
Italy supported by the allies, is hold
ing firm while the enemy after bat
tering in vain for six weeks against
the defenders is preparing for a re-
newed offensive.
As to Russia.
OF Russia the review merely says
the Germans are endeavoring to per-
suade that country that they are eager
to assist in restoring normal condi-
tiOns and that the German embassy
building at Petrograd is being made
ready for occupancy.
While the operation of American
troops at the front has been con-
fined to narrow limits, the secretary
says their presence has heartened the
allies and increased faith in final vic
tory.
The review for the week ending
December 81 follows in part:
"The military situation at the be-
ginning of the new year is as fol-
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The WEATHER
GENERALLY FAIR