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«MPJt t, Uf 1 &»- QUOTED IN DEFENSE OF DKRAINE TREATY peoples and Provinces Must Not Be Used as Mere Pawns, |pVV'' Says Von Seydler |y EXPLAIN GERMAN INVASION Declares Kaiser Acted in Response to Teuton Cries for Help'' in Esthonia Amsterdam, Feb, 21.—The Aus trian premier, Or. Von Seydler, •peaking in the reichsrath today, entered into a long defense of the original treaty of peace with Ukraine and announced a subte quent treaty appointing a comis slon to define the frontiers of Ukraine and Cholm (Chelm). "The Petrograd government," he said, "has declared the state of war between Rusia and Austria Hungary at an end, and, so far as human judgment can foresee, a state of war will not again arise between these two countries." German Cries for Help "Responding to German cries of help from Esthonia and Livonia, Germany resolved to march further into the in terior in order to save from certain de struction those unhappy nationals liv ing in those provinces. In full accord with our allies we decided not to par ticipate in this military action. Our aim, therefore, remains what it was before—to bring help as speedily as possible to the Austro-Hungarian na tionals still on Russian soil." Dr. Von Seydler announced that 20, 000 prisoners bad already arrived from Russia, and that negotiations would be resumed with the Petrograd govern ment for the exchange of prisoners. 'Peace for the People "What was secured at Brest-Litovsk was peace for the people, and the Aus tro-Hungarian peoples would never have understood if we had rejected this peace, or rejected the possibility of obtaining wheat merely in order that Cholm in its entirety and uncon ditionally should fall to Poland. What would the empire's reply have been if the foreign minister had returned and admitted that he had spoiled the chances of peace because be refused to the Ukrainian population of Cholm the same right to be heard as is pos sessed by the Polish part?" L. Quotes Wilson Dr. Von Seydler here quoted Presi dent Wilson's phrase that peoples and provinces must not be transfererd from one state of authority to another merely as pawns in a game, and con tinued "Had we acted as the gentlemen of the Polish club demand, we should not only have failed to conclude peace with Ukraine, but should have severed the delicate threads which may per haps lead to a general peace, and the voices raised in defense of such a pol icy would have been drowned under a raging hurricane of indignation from all the Austrian races. "In view of these various considera tions, I must also emphatically reject certain insinuations which have been jnade concerning the relations be tween Austria-Hungary and Germany." The premier's speech was received throughout with unusual demonstra tion of approval, except from the Cedes, who, however, remained calm, though showing occasional signs of dissent. RAIL BILL MAY COME BP TODAY w- *», Another Session of Senate Given Over to Measure Advances It to Final Passage Locomotives in Roundhouses W. J. Tollerton, general superintend ent of motive power for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, read a telegram from. A. H. Aishton, western regional 'director, which asked: "Do you not believe we are justified In working locomotives at sound .. houses as many hours as possible?" Mr. Tollerton said he had replied recommending a ten-hour day, provid £j|«d the unions would accept time and |kva half pay for the tenth hour, as is now paid for the ninth, instead of exacting penalty of five hours pay for VjU' the tenth hour, according to existing ^agreements. He declared there was !,sX,no surplus supply of mechanics and yj that he believed mechanics very p,sshortly would be used exclusively in "essential" production to carry the oountry through the present crisis. Salvation of This Road D. it. McBain of the New York Cen tral lines, west, said the nine and ten hour shifts of workers had heen the "salvation" of his road during the win ter, in enabling all the motive power to be kept in commission. "Do you not believe that a man does as much work In eight hours as in ten?" Secretary Lane, chairman of the commission, asked both witnesses, re calling the contention of union leaders that the eight-hour day resulted In sis mMh work per mail as the longer 'shift, because of Increased efficiency. "That has not been oar experience," Mr. Tollerton said. "We get as much work oat of the last hour on the piece touts as the first hour," Mr. McBain 'replied. "That's what pulled as 'tfcfoufh/* Men Want Longer Hours OmmissipnerMcCkord odd the In terstate, commerce commission has in formation that some shops are not vwoHtitfg as mpcjk as ei^ii hours, Jlr. dl#ftor Scene from: Triangle Pla£ At the Orpheum theatre tonight only. Played Rialto theatre, N. Y. en tire week. sis, he told the commission, and found that their men were leaving to work for another road which worked nine hour shifts, with pay for hours. When the Rock Island instituted the longer day its men began to return, but another complication resulted, in the resignation of numerous compe tent foremen, who returned to subor dinate positions in the shops because they could make more money: Reasons for congested traffic were sought by the commission in discus sion of shop wages and conditions. The operating officials said the weath er was responsible. Women in Rail Work The question of women in railroad work again interested the commission. C. H. Conklin of the New York, Mew Haven & Hartford, said women have been engaged quite largly to replace men joining the colors, and that the New Haven has opened a school for teaching women telegraphy and the duties of passenger and freight agents. Mr. McBain said the New York Cen tral employs 9fi women in the motive power department and 100 women in the storage department, the latter be ing used to sort scrap iron. The New York Central has established a rule since the war began that no clerical position shall be filled by appointment of a man if a woman is available. It is expected that the hearings will be concluded tomorrow, after the tes timony of two representatives of em ployes who were unable to appear with other union leaders. HOG ISLAND OUIZMN Representative of Attorney Gen eral Inspects Record of Fleet Corporation Washington, D. C., Feb. ?1.—Prelim inary steps in the department of jus tice inquiry into expenditures of gov ernment funds for the shipbuilding plant at Hog Island, Pa., were taken yesterday by Carroll Todd, assistant to the attorney general, when he inspect ed records of the Emergency Fleet cor poration relating to contracts with the American International corpora tion for constructing. the plant, and conferred with Chairman Fletcher of the senate commerce commission. Probably Hhe first phase of the de partment's inquiry to determine whether any crimnal or civil offense is involved, Mr. Todd explained, will be the study of information already secured by the committee. Independ ent and more detailed inquiry will fol low. Witnesses Before Senate Witnesses before the senate com mittee yesterday included Rube Allyn, a dock builder representing unorganiz ed workers at Hog Island, and Albert Freed man, formerly employed in the stores department of the yard. Allyn predicted that it would be necessary to conscript labor before the war end ed, and told the committee German speaking laborers were responsible for false stories of accidents at the Hog Island yard designed to keep work men away. Freedman, who said he was dis charged when he told his superintend ent he was going to Washington to give voluntary testimony before the senate committee, described alleged inefficiency and lax methods at (fee yard. He declared that buttons for admission of workmen to the yards were sold in Philadelphia saloons. The committee took the name of the superintendent who discharged Freedman and indicated that he would be called to testify. IN BANANA BELT Northwest Only Region Favored by Good Weather St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 20.—While the east and even the south have been suffering from winter conditions al most unparalelled, the Northwest's weather has been vindicated. Not a serious storm, not a heavy snowfall at any time during the winter has visited this section the proverbial "Dakota blizzard," better known in fable than in history anyway, has had a fling over the central and eastern parts of the country Its fringes reach ing as far toward the equator as Mi ami, Florida, but has apparently ab andoned the home tradition made for it. Weather bureau figures, to be sure, indicate that the temperatures in most the Northwest this winter have been under the normal, with a great er number of cold days in November and January than usual. But the cold has been steady, few days was there a strong bitter wind. The snowfall has been under the normal, too, and far 'below the records of last year. It to said that, more snow fell in the territory south of Minnesota than did in the Northwest. In January, for instance, the precip itation wis 8.1 inches, as compared to a normal of 8.3 and 27.9 last year. Normal temperature for December here is 19.3 degrees and the average for December 1917, jgas 10.1. Janu ary's normal temperature is 11.6 but this year the records show the aver age^ forth* month -w&is 3.7 were sixteensero or suthsero EXUBERANCE OF IDEALS MAKING TASKJFFICULT Von Kuehlman Unable to Under stand Attitude of "Young Peo ples" Toward Treaty REDS SHOWED BAD FAITH Minister Declares No Dependency Can Be Placed in Acts of the Bolshevkii Amsterdam, Feb. 21.—Dr. Rich aril Von Kuelihmimi, the German foreign secretary, at tho opening session of the German reichstag today delivered an address to the members in which he dealt at length with the peace treaty sign ed by Ihe central powers with the Ukraine and the collapse of the peace negotiations with Russia. Count Von Ilertling, the imperial German chancellor, and Frieder ich Von Payer, the vice chancellor, were attentive listeners to. the ad dress. Doesn't Trust Russia Dr. Von Kuehlman asserted that the pacific intentions of Russia could no longer be credited, but he said that even today Germany was prepared to conclude a peace, "which corresponds with our Interests." He instanced the peace agreement with the Ukraine as an indication of the readiness of the central powers for peace. He refer red especially to the advantages which the Teutonic allies weuld derive dur ing the present year from the econom ic treaty with the Ukraine, and rec ommended the approval of the com pact. Speaking on the first reading of the Ukraine treaty, Dr. Von Kuehlman said the Ukraine people's republic was a young state, reared on the ground of the former Russian empire after the decaying edifice of the Tsar's empire, which shared the principal guilt foi kindling the world's war, collapsed under the blow of the German armies. The Ukrainian race was one of the strongest elements of the Russian em pire. In respect to its minerals, coal and iron, the Ukraine, was very rich and also possessed elements of its own industry. Bolsheviks Showed .Bad Faith The great Russian representatives of the Bolsheviki, the foreign secre tary continued,, maintained friendly relations with the Ukraine so long as Leon Trotzky, the Bolshfeviki foreigr minister, could assume that the peo pie's republic of the Ukraine would primarily direct their policies accord ing to the interest of the Petrograd cabinet. When, however, the Ukraini ans realized that the Petrograd cabi net was not pursuing a sincere peace policy, the representatives of the Ukraine adopted the standpoint of euding the war by peace they would in no-wise be responsible for the sins of czarism. "The negotiations were not quite as easy as in most cases with such young peoples," said Dr. Von Kuehlmann. "National Ideals Exuberant" "National ideals and desires were not free from the exuberance of their representatives. They made territor ial demands which were hardly capa ble of realization. The demarkation of the frontier with Russia had to be left for a later period—after'discus sions with the Russian government then in power. The only thing that concerned us was to lay down to western frontiers of the new state, in which demarkation of the frontier as regards Poland received the most at tention and experienced the liveliest criticism from the Poles." Dr. Von Kuehlmann said that with out being.too sanguine he believed the country hailed peace with the Ukraine with relief and joy "as the first step toward restoration of a general peace which we all hope to attain within measurable time." Wonfafrl Ready far Kidneys, Bladder, llris Add. Through failure of kidneys to act, through congestion, inflammation, any person's condition is ripe for disease to fasten its hold upon the system. At Dr. Pierce's Invalids Hotel and Surgical Inftitute, Buffalo, N. Y., there has been tested for the past few years a new remedy for kidney, bladder, uric acid troubles, rheumatism, gout, and such ailments as follow, and so many cases, both acute and stubborn, have Selded to this wonderful remedy that r. Pierce decided to name it Anuric, and arrange for its distribution to the public through medicine dealers every where. You will find it many times more sctive than lithia, dissolving uric acid as water does sugar. Obtain a fifty-ccnt box of these tab lets today from your druggist here in town. Simply ask for Anuric.Tablets and notice the gratifying result! PERSONAL Mont. "I had Livingston, troubled for a long OKAU, been time with displace ment, causing my back to ache so I could hardly pet: around. Nothing' helped me until I began taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I took six bottles of it and have beep .in perfect health ever since?*—Mas. A. llc DOKi S. St. Pleasant P«0ei& kaOwr yean vegetahki :s* ir Total of 680 for Three Games Ad vances Wagnerat Cincy Cincinnati, O., Feb.- 21*—'C. Wagner of the Xeuberth Colts of Newark, X. J., assumed the Iqad in the individual event of the American Bowling con- gross today by piling up a total of 6$0 pins in his three games. In the doubles'. Lush and Blaney went into the lead with 1,212. Hues man and Emmert howled into second place with 1,193. Kurleman and Brink man succeeded in getting third place with 1,179 and WQtterjpan and Fries fourth with 1,178.' All of these men are from Cincinnati. The executive committee of the American Bowling congress held its annual .meting todaw and transacted routine business. Toledo appeared to be leading in the aotitest for the 1919 tourney, while Robert Brown of I^ouie ville and New York Is most promi nently mentioned as the candidate for the next president. SHELL OF FIRS* BOAT TQiBJ3BUILT AT DULUTH FLOATS T*TT Dulutb, Minn., Feb. 20.—The shell for the first steamer constructed on the St. touis rivfer was launched here at noon today by the McDougall-Du luth Shipbuilding company, with ap propriate ceremon^T*'" Although the river is still frozen, employees of .the company cut the ice from the river at the head of the way, and the shell slipped into the water, to defeat Geftnanytg^ submarine cam paign. This boat with another which will be ready to launch March 1 under thefpfeseat: plans will* be ready to go down the lakes at the opening of navi gation, probably for jdeep sea service. Four additional Wiata/are now .on I the way, and contraction work on additional shells -hayg b&n' experienc ed In obtaining material for construc tion, due to the present congested transportation conditions it is expect ed that a large number of boats will have been completed during the sum mer season, and that a marked in crease in lake tonnage will have been gained by the close of navigation for the 1918 season. -. NO MYSTERY ABOUT IT Lignite Is Close Xjn tp Old Friend Stove Wood fi semi-bituminous coal,- (7) sebi-an thracite, (8) anthracite." BISMARCK PEOPLE SHOULD EAT^IE DAILY Pie is wholesome, confining both fruit and grain. Those*:} who have trouble digesting pie should take ONE SPOONFUL simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. This flushes the ENTIRE -toowel tract, removes foul matter which poisoned vo'»r s'opvich for months and relieves ANY CASE sour stomachV gas or con Ktipation and prevents 'appendicitis. Leaves stomach in coiitfltion' to di gest ANYTHING. Sold ilk Bismarck only by JOS. BRESiipW{ Basket Ball Last Game of the Season FARGO HIGH VS. FRIDAY EVENING 1RUARI 8:30 P. M. At High School Gym Admission 10c—25c Tq AIL Woodmen of the World MEETING Will be held on Thursda) Eve. rmkoAstf ft h*-^ NEWARK PIN MAN TAKES THE LEAD There's ,nQ mystery about lignite,, distrust in Russia's pacific intentions announces the North Dakota fuel ad- declared that Germany herself "riend. the wood-pile twice removed.' O&'JrTk. the HALL il m- STANDARD RIGS NOW DRILLING PER SHARE TODAY IN A SHOBT TIME 1 & Name Address if tj. mm jfpTittfiftii HUN INVASION OF RUSSIA ON WITHOUT HALT Germans Will Not Stop Until Bol sheviki Have Agreed to Their Peace Terms NAVAL BASE ESTABLISHED Teutons Prepared to Operate From Moon or Oesel Islands Against Reval (Associated Press) The German invasion of Russia con tinues unimpeded. Apparently there is to be no cessa tion in the eastward march of the enemy until the Russian Bolshevik government entirely slakes the thirst of the Teutons for a peace, "which corresponds with our interest," as ex pressed by the German forelgir mife!* ter. ^Southern Esthonia has been entered by troops from German warships in the Gulf of Riga or from Moon or Oesel islands, lying off the shore, and a base established from which opera tions may be carried en against ReVal, an important port on the Gulf of Fin land northeast and east of Dvinsk the penetration of the Germans along the railroad lines leading to Petrqgrad and Smolensk at last accounts had reached more than twelve miles, and thence southward to southern Vol hynia, the invasion was in progress over wide sjtffos. with the Germans taking prisoners and guns, rolling stock and other booty in large guan titles. The line over which the Per sians. are operating, from southern Esthonia the Lutsk, is more than five hundred miles in length. Bolsheviki Given Scant Heed Scant ifeed has been taken by the ij&ilitary authorities of Germany of the frantic announcement of a desire on the part of the Bolshevik government tor a peace on Germany's terms. Ex cept for a demand by the German commander at Berst-Litovsk that an authentic copy of the Bolshevik docu ment of capitulation signed by Lenine and Trotzky be sent him, no attention has been paid to the expressed desire for a cessation of hostilities. In the reichstag the German foreign volubly announced his minister has must The United States geological survey jjreVail in the occupied regions' off 'dentifies the various ftiel products: see to it that peace and order ber eastern 'n their several stages as follows: th0se of the populace of Germany who (1) wood. (2) peat, (S)r lignite, (4) are opposed to Germany making fur sub-bituminous, bituminous coal.j ther frontier. As a sop to war against Russia, however, the foreign minister said Germany still was ready for a peace in the east which would protect German interests. Unpopular With lytasses Not alone in Germany but also in Austria-Hungary the recommencement of hostilities is unpopular with the masses, who, tired of the war, had hoped that in the debacle in Russia a general peace was. nearer. Prominent newspapers in both Germany and in Austria-Hungary evince disappoint ment over the new phase in the situa tion and several of the most influen tial journals desire to know who was responsible for it. The newspapers in »w* •rnmimrn the dual monarchy are unanimous againBt their country making further war against Russia.. •Nevertheless, for the present at least, all seems dark so far as Russia being able to loose herself from t'la grip of the invader is concerned. Meantime she is still in the throes of civil war, and, added to that, has an other widespread anti-semltic move ment to contend with. Swedish advices are to the effect that there has been a return of the old time practice of carrying out massacres against the Jews. Bloody pogroms are declared to have 'been committed in Lublin, Rashkoff, Tiraspol and other towns. On the Battle Fronts On the battle fronts no big engage ments have been fought, although in Palestine the British operating against the Turks again have pushed forward their lines on a front of fifteen miles east of Jerusalem and secured much desired positions. The advance was to a depth of two miles. On the fronts in France, Belgium and Italy only bombardments and minor infantry op erations are in progress. British airmen are continuing their intensive operations against German positions behind the battle lines. Na val airmen again have bombed sub marine bases, airplane camps, docks and other military Works of the Ger mans along the North sea coast. Battle Planes en Way Secretory of War Baker in an an noufcepment says the first American built battle planes are now on their way to France, nearly five months ahead of the original schedule. The dispatching of the high powered ate craft, aecordlng to Mr. Baker, marks, the final overcoming of the many dif ficulties met With in buildlng-uptbe intricate industry of airplane manu facture in the United States. fifteen British iherchantment Mrere sunk by mines or submarines last wedjt. ficcording to the weekly state ment bf the British admiralty. This was a slight decrease over the sink ings bf the previous week. ma Wintry 'Weather Foretells Much Suffering Ahead for the Afflicted. The little pain demons which cause Rheumatism seem to lie dormant in iLiid weather, fcut with the first re turn of the raw, wintry blasts they break out with renewed fury, anil stqrt forth. on their joyful tour of torture. Then you remember how tho dis cfse first attacked you. The little pains seemed very slight at first, for Rheumatism is an insidious disease, and creeps up on its victim unawares. Yon hardly noticed the little twitch ing pains, for they barely attracted your attention. But they began to be come mdre frequent, and just a little bit more painful and aimoyinir each day "V? a And then, before you hardly real ized it. yon found yourself Umoct bound hand and foot in the grasp of one of the. most disabling diseases that afflicts mankind, a full-fledged Victim of rheumatism, with its aches and its pains for your, constant com panion. 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Cash oats today sold at 95!^ cents, the highest previous quota tion before the present- advance being 90 cents in June, 1167. Washington, Feb. 21.—Vice Admiral al Sims advised the navj department today thai the, American seaplane in. Which. Eniigh Albert Dalton Sturte vant, IT. 0. N. R. E., was lost is claim ed by the Germans to have been shot Jown in flames. Ensign Siurtevant was second pilot in the machine. Ap parently Ihls machine was stacked by ten eneipy airplanes, the dispatch, states.' back to health. Go, to yot and get a bottle ef 8. 8. today, and begin at onee on this splendid treatment If IDE WAR THE GOVERNMENT has notified the large oil companies that-they must apeed up on the oil production at once. We are,one of the largest companies operating in t)ie. states of Wyoming and oMntana.- We h|ve~-four Standard rig a pounding away day and night in (our ot the beBt oil eectiona ot the northwest. We are near the oil sands—down over 1,000 feet now la the Welt No. 2, at Elk Basin oil fields.. We have about 800 feet to go to strike producing well. There is no question about It. The wells In Elk Basin brought Id over 925,000,000 in refined oil In 1917, This Bissin will go over 950,000,000 In 1918. "V'V'.V'-'-" 1 .BAND ATTENTION Meeting Sunday'at 4 p. m. at Elks pall. All members of the band and all bend musicians invited. Reorgan izing a Patriotic band. A good chance for musicians to do their bit. -Bring your instruments. .U Committee. .* v. More Severe Each mons that cans* you so much buffer ing. Your experience has proven to you that no real permanent benefit can be expected from the use of lini ments and lotions, for, try as yon will, you will never be able to rub 4 the pain away. No externally applied remedy can stop su"h sharp shooting pains, for they must be readied at their source. „. 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