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\U w» ... THER GENERALLY FAIR. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR VAST POWER OF U. S. MILITARY IS REVEALED At Signing of Armistice, Amer ica Had 1,300,000 In France MACHINERY PLANT ACTIVE Engineers Perform Gigantic Feat in Turning Hun Tri umphs Into Defeats American Headquarters in France, (Nov., 21.—A part of the American mil itary effort in France at the time the armistice was declared is shown by „statistics now made public. On Nov. 11 the American army had in France 78,000 officers and more than 1,300,000 men. Manpower alone was but oriei factor. Behind if lay vatfl machinory^ that was required in operation. Rail ways and motor roads were construct ed, and across the sea were brought locomotives, trucks, omto/r*, and trans portation machinery of $11 kinds. Every effort of civil life phis the re qulrementa of war wer exerted. The American army has in operation-967 standard guage locomotives, and 13,171 standard guage freight car? of A met lean manufacture... In addition it lias 850 locomotives and 978 cars of for eign origi*. Eight hundred fifty, three miles' eff standard railway were constructed, 500 milep sinco June I. Two hundred and twenty-five milas of •French ralyway were ope-ate-J by tfco Xmerlcans There were in opera I1on Nov. 11 -more than 53,000 motor vehicles of all descriptions. The Associated fress is allowe'.l to give figures showing wh'it lias ibeen accomplisned iu food supplies in army terms one ration represents! cii* quantity of each artlcla each man is entitled to each day: SJ'J.OOO.OOO ra lions of beans 267,000,00') rations ot milk 137,000,000 of butter- is:.i,00u 000 rations of sugar 189.0d^,00 ra tions of meat fi7,000,000 rations of coffee and 113,'0(H,0'00 rations of rice, mobiny and similar food- 167,000,000 i*ations of clg'ar^tfes And tobacco. !n othor form. These vast supplies for the army jfepres^pt food economies on the part bi tUo iltcatiple at home.Then steam er berCni have been bought at Bor deaux *4,100 feet long. At montoir, near St. Nazair, eight berths are un der construction with a length of over 3,200 feet. These, _however, do not indicate the magnitude of the efforts of the engineer corps. RAILWAYS READY TG GIVE PJJBLIC SERVICE N Quick Response From Northern Pacific to Complairtt From Linton Line Three representatives of Director General McAdoo paid The Tribune a call yesterday, coming in /answer 'to the publication of coniplaints origin ating in Linton from the recent change in schedule of the Linton train. The trio included J. L. Burnham, as sistant general freight agent of the Northern'Pacific E. E, Nelson, as sistant general passenger agent and H. V. Wllmot, traveling freight and pissenger agent. .The firtft.two head quarter In St. Paul, while Mr. Wilrnot is a Bismarck citizen. 'No complaint has -come direct to the Northern Pacific fairway "company an a result of the recent change, stal ed Assistant General Passenger Agent Nelson. He advised that tlie lew schedule, which necessitates a two hours' layover at McKenzie to await the arrival of No. was adopted frhop ier a careful survey wa3 made. This survey, said Mr. Nelson, develop the fact that Linton folk coming to Bismarck seldom returned tho sam? day. '£he chief objection to thj new schedule has been that it makes it. impossible for Emjnons-eolmty people to visit the capital and? return the same day. The L/ltitori train leaves now'at 10 a. m. instead of 7 as form erly, reaching McK6nzle abput nooi}, 'ana waiting over ther§, until after 2 in the afternoon to connect with "No. 7.s No. 7 arrives in Bismarck a half hour After No. 8 has gone east. Form erly the Linton train connected with No. 3, T^hlch brought passengers to Bismarck at 11:36 and enabled them t* spend three hours in the city and return on No. 8 at 2:37 if they wished. No. 3 no longer stops at McKenzie. The railways under federal opera tion are just as anxious to please as they were in the old day.s, the Northern Pacific. officials state. Emphasis is placed in talks to employes'upon courtesy as well as ef ficiency. The new -dollar lunchieon and dinner is proving a success on Northern Pacific ^diners. saTd Mr. 'Nel son. More people are eating, cutting down the dinner .ov.erhead there is less waste from a multitude of fancy dishes, £he service is much more prompt, and the net profit at least as great as under the old System. ALMOST $20,000 PAID STATE FOR1 OFFICIAL BONDS 1. During the fiscal year premiums paid into the' ^tate "bonding depart ment, which is Operated hjr the* com missioner of insurance, have totaled $19,772.84 No losses have been paid to data The state bonding depart ment this year covered very few couney officers, a majority of these haying procured indemnity from com mercial bongjng companies before, the TTnitedStates Supreme court decided that •North ,I}frtqota was authorized-to engage In this (business. FRAZIERWILL CONFER AS TO YANKS'FUTURE Governor Frazier has wired to ^Jfc'ashirigton assurance that ho will at tend the national conferpnce of gov ernors to be held at .Annapolis or ,Washifigton on December 16, 17, and IS, when the most inportant question to be considered will be the various states' plans for the reception and assimilation of their soldier ooys up on the latier's return from overseas and from training camps. The con ference will be addressed toy Presi dent Wilson or .some member of his cabinet, and it is expected to devise some concerted plan whereby Ameri can states may give their soldiers a material manifestation of their grati tude and regard when Johnny comes marching home again. URGENT FOOD PROBLEMS HALT REVOLUTIONISTS N German People More Interested In Economic Crisis That Faces Nation 1 A. EBERT-HASSE IN* CONTROL Middle Class Issue Call to Arms and PJace Troops irt Strat egic Centers ^London, Nov. 21.—Germany has now i^(d a week's, revolution,' yet the streets present the same aspect as they have during the last four years' war, except as to an absence of news in the newspapers fron the war front. It is no reflection on the German •sense of patriotic duty to. say that news of American food relief tempor arily eclipses interest in the political frama. Call to Arms. While parliamentary leaders of the middle parties beat a retreat when the abdication of Emperor Wilhelmi was announced, and left the social democrats undisputed masters of the tangled situation, the mass of the citizens appeffrfed uninterested or er lexed. It. was only after a week's rev olution that the middle classes decid ed to issue their first'call to arms. Ttie pbert-Hasse cabinet rparently is in full control. It has "placed its party* men in strategic positions, without^ ho/weverd, manifesting an inclination toward party Was. V.' Urgent Food Problems. At present, the ®oert cabinet is con cerning itself with the urgent prob lems or food fcnd demobilization. The gravity of bpth_is such that the! rad icals are wisely refraining from en gaging in any Utopian experiments. The sparticus group, in which Lieb knecht and Rosa Luxembourg carried little of the. 'influence they held »t first. Is (responsible for the early ... ,,/j ^disorders, Soldiers and sailors are ready \{d repress any uprisings against the government, and are in sistent upon, nonpartisan representa tion. FIREMEN TO GIVE ANNUAL DANCE ON THANKS DAY EVE The next big event, o* Bismarck's calendar is the annual Thanksgiving ball of th(? Bismarck volunteei hre department. Th^s ball has besn an annual event since the organization of the present volunteer hook and ladder\and hose combination. 32. years ago, when Bismarck, was a great deal younger than it is today, and thero are spry old folks in the Capital City who haven't missed a since the first one. Because Bismarck and all the rest o^the world have so- much to be thankful vfor" this Thanksgiving day. a very big attenrance is anticipated by the firemen, whose yearly dance will be given at .Patterson's liall, with music by O'Connor's orchestra. Impressario O'Connor has been loading up with a lot of new dancr? mufc'.o. Jle put in his,order f6r a i.ruBfe-load the day peace was declared an-l he has promised the firemen the very niftiest program that ever was. Committees and othen preliminary arrangements will be announced latei1. In the meantime it is well to remem ber that everyone is invited, and that this one evening's gldry is perhaps the most substantial reward which our volunteer firemen receive for .their faithful services. TRAPPRS GOING AFTER MR. BEAVER Mandan, N. D., Nov. 21.—William F. Reko, state deputy game warden, re ports ah unustial demand tori trap pers' licenses. The heaver season op ens January 10 an-av continues to March 10. This valuable fur-bearer has 'been very prolific under several years' absolute protection in central an3 western North Dakota find the pelts have never commanded "a high er price. Trappers are looking for ward to a prosperous season. Musk rats are alsp abundant and the "pelts of good quality. REGAN BANKER HERE, O. R. Void cashier of the. Farmers' Bank of Regan, was in the city Wed nesday transacting 'business in rela tion to his institution. The Farmers' Bank is one of the concerns in which" this portion\f the sjtate is gaining & great reputation as a banking com munity. It* has been steadily grow ing until now the resources mount up tb over $87,000.00. Tb« statement published in The Tribunei shows tW® institution to be a thriving, and solid one In all respects. 1 7 COUP PUTS RUSS CONTROL Believed ,Action Will Assist in Stabilizing Affairs qf Slav £mpire (By Associated Press.) Vladivostok, (Tuesday) Nov. 21.— 4- Through a coup on the part of the council of ministers of the new All- Russian government at Omsk, Admiral Alexander Kohchak has become vir tual dictator and commander of the All-Russian army and fleet. Two min isters, Avksentieff and Zenzenoff who opoeed Admiral Kohchalc's die tatorship, have been arrested. A por tion of t.ho directory of the Ufa gov ernment, which forms the administra tive body of the new government, sup ports* Kohchak.. Telegrams state" the move was due to extraordinary cir cumstances and clanger that menaced the state. The council of ministers has assum ed authority and transferred it to Ad miral Kohchak. The latter has accepted the respons ibilities and Jias entered on his du'ay as "supreme governor." General Hor •vr-th, General Ivanoff, minister of war of the Omsk government, and General Renoff, former commander of the All Russian forces announced they recog nize the new authority. While there have been rumors that sucli a development might occur, they were not given credence, and the news came as a distinct surprise to allied commanders at Vladivostok. The Lokal Zenstvo, provisional coun cil anjl other minor organizations, reld a conference early this morning. It is Indicated there is at present a dis position not to recognize th6 Koh chak government. NEED STRONG HAND. Washington, Nov. 21.—News of the coup at Omsk by which Admiral Koh chak has become dictator of the ^11 Russian 'forces is regarded at the state department as another sign pointing to stabilization of tjie movement re lied upon to regenerate Russia. The great weakness in the situation in Siberia,-it has (been believed for some time, is the lack of a powerful head of the government who cannot be swayed by popular demonstration and who will work toward the recon struction of the government with a firm hand. ^ikniral KoJicTiak is 'thought to be a man who will not mis-, use his^authority and whose hostility toward the bolshevik! element, which lead t6 the disruption ot the country, is strong. Fargo Motor Man. .' A. Y. More of More Bros., Fargo mo tor dealers, was here- yesterday Ih conference with Fred Krause, Hazen agent for the company. More Bros., with the coming of peace, gee an un precedented demand Cor motor ve hicles of *11 kinds, and they ami plan ning an lntensive selling xnutepaifn. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1918 MILES U16MCR 370 MILES OP THIS ROUTE WOflC THAN AOOO FEET If President Wilson attends the peace conference, as now. seems likely, he will sail under the auspices and protection of the American navy. It is probable that the 32,000-ton dreadnaught New Mexico, the newest and latest of our great battleships to be commissioned, will carry the president to Europe. An honorary escort fleet of destroyers and battleships will convoy the New Mexico. While there is no precedent for a president of the United States sailing to Europe during his term of office, there is prece dent for his leaving the country. Both Taft and Roosevelt went to the Canal Zone and dined with the president of Panama in that nation's, (jfipital. Taft, during his term, dined with President Diaz of Mexico at Juarez, Mexico. Ministers of All-Russian Govern ment Command Sea and Lahd Forces DANGERj.MENACES STATE v'"* MAIL ROUTE FROM COAST TO COAST f. x-~ Y- Spokane Enters Objections to Name Selected' for Northern Aairway, the Ciianute-Bell, Pr^ferrine Foch or Pershing Submits Figures Showing ^ist Route H^s Least Iligh-Altitude'I'lyinu NEW BATTLESHIP MAY TAKE PRESIDENT WILSON TO EUROPE Washington Press llureau, N. E. A. RED TRAIL FERRY QUITS FOR WINTER The suspension of the Red Trail lerry service between .Bismarck and Manran, a certain harbinger of win ter, wa». .announce4' The «ouv pauy advises thatthe river is filling with drift ice forming at points to. the' north_and the west, making traffic hazardous, and that for this reason and ^because of the l'ateaess ut the season, the Red Trail lerry boat "Marion" will be laid up for the year-. TO WALK OUT AS PROTEST 'Seattle, Wash., Nov. 21.—(By unan imous vote the metal trades labor council last night, voted to strike De cember 9 unless before that date Thomas Mooney of San Francisco hart been gifen a new trial or granted his freedom. MINOT NORMAL OPENING STILL FURTHER OFF Minot, N. D., Nov. 211.—Acting Presi dent Clijirko of the Miuot. norma) school stated today that he canhof set a definite opening date for tho in stitution, which has been closed for several weeks because of Spanish in flueti^ft. "While wo have at no time had a largo number of cases here, the epidemic seems to be taking a desult- vorytourse, and a f|\v new cases seem to be reported eacni clay." VALLEY CITY FARMERS INCORPORATE NEW BANK Valley City, N. D., Nov. /21.—The Farmers' Security bank, capitalized at $50,000, is a new Valley Oity in stitution which has, just, received its incorporation papers from the secre tary of state.. The incorporators are A. R. Gray, G. L. Isenee, George W Drake, A. P. Paulson and W F.' TCern kpip.. S. QUEEN WILHELMTNA MAY GET IN BY A. E. GELDHOF, N. E. A. Washington Bureau, 1128-1134 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. Senator Miles 1'olndeKter of Wash ington^-wlll lead a fight at the Decem ber session of congress for an appro priation to inaugurate an air mail service from coast to coast. The appropriation need not be large, he says, for practically the only ex pense will be erection of landing sta tions in principal cities. "We have all the airplanes we will need for a good many years," says Poindexter, "and transforming a bat tle plane, a training plane or a bomb ing plane to an air-mail piano is sim ple." Poindexter is in constant touch with Otto Praeger, second assistant post master general, in charge of the air mail division, and he believes the post office department will recommend an apropriatton for extension of Hie air mail service. The first scrap by /rival claimants for the right to be put on the first transcontinental -route/ is already brewing. 'Spokane, through its chamber of commerce, protests that favoritism is •being-eh'own naming the central route from New York to ,San franciaco via Chicago, the "Woodrow Wilson air way." Spokane is served by the Chaunte Bell airway, the eastern terminal of which is B'oston. It .touches Worces ter, Albany, Cfica, Syracuse, Gen eva, Buffalo, Brie, Detroit, I^ansing or JfoCtSKOO Grand Rapids Muskegon Mil- Tho names were picked by the Aeronautical Maps Association co-, operating with the Aero League -of America. Spokane thinks the name Chaunte Bell will carry little patriotic appeal to the average citizen and suggests that if it is impossible to take the name Woodrow Wilson from the cen tral route the northern route be call ed the Pershing or Foch airway. At the special request of the war de partment 3. C. Ralston consulting en' gineer of the Spokane chamber of commerce, prepared-, 13 months ago, the first map of the United States showing the logical trans-continental airways. Raltson's investigations showed that the northern transconti nental airway through Spokane is the shortest in point of miles, and that it has onfly 130 miles wherein the alti tudo is over 4,000 feet against 1,03". miles-for the Woodrow Wilson airwav and 370 miles for the southern-nusf or Wright Brothers airway. Very shortly Spokane will l)nve a municipal aviation field and. landing station as one of the depots on the northern airway. At the eastern end of this airway Albany is making a survey of poss sible sites for a municipal air drome. The Albany chamber of commerce thinks Albany, in addition to being on the Boston-Seattle line, should be made a stopping place for postoffice airplanes on the way from Washing ton through New York to Canada. A committee of the Albany cham ber of Commerce is securing all pos sible information in'regard to develops ment of the northern route and estalv lishment of Albany as an air-mail station. DUTCH HOUSING THE EX-KAISER By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD .• N. E. A. Washington Bureau v. .1128-1134 Munsey Bldg., Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is playing1 witb-ftre while she permits the crushed master of Germany to hide behind her skirts. The man -on the street in Holland, ffe not pro-German. On the other hand, during three visits in Holland, since the war began, I found that he was not particularly pro-ally. Astonishing as it may seem, he was intensely pro? Holland. Queen Wilhelmina was, on the other hand, credited with being friendly to the German government. She knew that her people" were criticizing her. She did^-everything she could to keep their favor. Socialists abound in Holland, and Holland Socialists are against Holland royalty as much aS they are against German royalty*. Of all the foreign languages in Holland, English is the most highly regarded. The soldiers, in-their encampments, studied Jit. American correspondents, including'myself, were often invited to tell" stories to Dutch soldiers in English. Their soldiers then wrote out what they had heard, and submitted their/ essays for markings .by their teachers. The Dutch soldiers liked to near me tell about Mexican army* life' and Mexican revolutions, and some of my mpst highly valued souvenirs of the war are a number of essays written by these Dutch soldiers. No one who kfibws Holland, even superficially, M& feel that the queen el is a a is is id in in W S Washington, D. C. T\," a 1 Madison St. Paul, Mlunjsapoh400 lls Mnigo, L'ismarck, Great Falls, Missoula, .Spokane, Seattle, Ttfcoma and Portland. N GERMAN FLEET AND TWENTY, SUBMARINES SURRENDER NEAR HARWICH TO ALLIED NATION Teuton Sailors Sullenly Carry Out Order of Vic tors—Names of Undersea Boats All Eliminated London, Nov. 21.—The German fleet as specified in the terms of the armistice with Germany was surrendered today to the allies. An official admiralty statejnent reads: "The main German fleet surrendered at 9:30 this morning." SUB SEA BOATS SURRENDER On Board a British druiser, Wednesday, 6:45 p. m.—Twenty German submarines, firs# of the German fleet to surrender, were taken over by the British 86 miles east of Harwich this morning. Tho transfer was made silently and without demonstration. ITie German crews sullenly obeyed the orders given them. Duringwie ceremony of surrender, American seaplanes flew low overhead, while American sub chaserp carried British crews to the under set boats. NO COMMUNICATION From the time the first submarine was sighted by the British light sea destroyers, there was not a word of communication with the Germans. Only once the Germans complain to the British of the speed, saying that their weaker boats cpujd not keep up the pace. The scene that began about sunrise when the first subma rine was sighted until late,this evening when the last one was rounded up-might easily have been mistaken for fleet maneuvers. The work was earned out with such precision that there were few signs of the momentous significance of it all. NAMES REMOVED Everything indicating the names" of the craft had been re moved, although the Germans, conforming to instructions, read ily, told the names of their, boats. The Germans appeared at the appointed place promptly. The British ships with their crews at quarters and every gun manned, took precautions that nothing un toward occurred. One of the 18 British destroyers in the fleet, took a position at the head of the two German transports accom panying the submarines. The first submarine boat flew no flag, and it seemed a long time to the British sailors on the other ves sels before the flag appeared. Finally, however, a white engffcn was brokn out. Even this last signal of total submission of Ger many did, not cause the sailors to obey the instructions to maintain silence. At last the newly flagged submarines were brought to anchor at Harwich. -ACCORDING TO TERMS London, Nov. 21.—The British grand fleet, accompanied by an American battle squadron and French cruisers steamed out this morning to accept the surrender of the German fleet. A wireless this morning reported that the fleet had met with the German ships and that the surrender was being parried orvt according to the terms of the armistice. E^TER BUDAPEST Paris, Nov. 20.—(Wednesday)—French troops under com mand of Gen. Kerry will enter Budapest tomorrow. It is be lieved the French forces arrived at Constantinople today. A most enthusiastic reception was given the French when they marched into Zabran. TO FILfi PROTEST Paris, Nov. 21.—The allied governments have decided to send an official protest to the Dutch government against a violation of Holland's neutrality in permitting German troops to cross Dutch territory in the retreat from Limberg. PASS THROUGH LUXEMBURG Paris, 'Now2l.—American troops will pass through the city of Luxemburg today accompanied by General Pershing. A proc lamation has been issued to the people advising that the passage of American troops is necessary. U. S. SHIPS PARTICIPATE Washington, Nov. 21.—An American ha^tle squadron, prob ably including five dreadnaughts, commanded by Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, and operating as a: unit of the British grand fleet, participated today at the passing of the German sea power. The Americans shared in the formal acceptance by Admiral Beatty of the surrender of the main force of the'German high Seas fleet as designated in the terms of the armistic. The identity of American naval craft in European waters never has been dis closed. WARSHIPS LEAVE KIEL Amsterdam, Nov.„21:—-The 1irst German warships destined for internment by the allies left Kiel harbor on Sunday according* to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin. They included the Bayern, Grosser Kurfuerst, Crown Prince, Markgras, Koenig Albert, Kais erin, Seydlitz, and Moltke. LEAVE PORTS FOR HOLLAND Washington, Nov. 21.—Five Dutch ships laden with flour will leave American ports shortly for Holland by permission of the American government. Their cargoes will make possible an im mediate increase in Dutch bread rations. Five vessels from the Netherland ports will be sent to replace them, as the United States has not relaxed its control over neutral ships carrying cargo. MOVEMENT dF TROOPS (By the Associated Press) With the American Army in France, Nov. 21.—Thd jbdVetfttntj of American troops to the rest area behind the former rtghthtg front is progressing rapidly. Th£ -78th, 82hd, 29th and 26th di-. visions have been withdrawn -from the front, and are now in rest camps. The 36th, 80th, 81st, and 6th divisions, are marching to the rest areas. It is understood'that the 77th division will b^ removed to a rest camp in southern France. LAST ED t' The Admiralty statement reads:: The commander in chief of the Grand Fleet has reported that at 9:30 o'clock this morning he met the first and main installment? of the German high seas fleet, which is surrendering for intern ment. To Preserve Incident The historic scene in Admiral Beatty's cabin of the Queen Elizabeth when the German edlegates arranged for the surrender of the German fleet is to be placed on canvass by Sir John Lavery, of the Royal Academy. Sir John made a special visit to the Grand Flteet at "the request of the British Admiralty to make the pfe liminary sketches for the painting. He was present in the Ad miral's cabin during the whole conference, and painted a finished study of the scene, which will serve as a basis for the huge can vas painting he hopes to complete in the next f6w months. This morning a light haze held over the ports of surrender.^ The fleet, which is to witness the surrender consists of dome^, ships, including 60 dreadnoughts, 50 light cruisers, and nearly 200 destroyers. Admiral Sh* Beatty "dbmmander 'bf the flee*t, is on the Queen Elizabeth. The 5th, 89th, 90tn and 79th divisions have been formed into *"•,rs (Continued on Pac« Three.) at if ''I V'."- lv:-r PRICE FIVE CENTS ,. ,^i 11" *.** Sz* 5^ ess: