The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1916, Page 1

| Governor Upholds State's Attorn- CHIEF EXECUTIVE HOLDS Failure To Advertise for Bids on entitled, for services which were nev- er perfo! Dilla in favor of themselves ‘and had voted their payment; that they had ‘violat= ed the statutes in failing to advertise for bids on bridge work whose cost ex- | The Weather Continued Cold, ANNA DUSTS COMMISSIONERS IN ET INGER} ey H. V. Crane in Proceed- "ings Against, Board ACTIONS WERE ILLEGAL County Work and Excess Pay Drawn Cited Holding that they had voted them- selves salary to which they were not ed; that they had rendered xcess of the legal limit, in ceeded $100 and that they had voted the county surveyor a larger salary than the statutes provide, Governor L. B. Hanna this’ morning removed ‘ticulars, to-wit!" = -me by the laws of such state, do here- from office Chairman William Col- grove and Commissioners John “A. Rieger and Paul F. Schmidt of the Hettinger county board. The governor's decision'is a victory for State’s Attorney H. V. Crane in a battle of long standing which has split Hettinger county wide open, The trouble started when Crane asked the county commission for a contingent fund with which to clean up the coun- ty, morally. The board turned the state’s attorney down cold, and since that date Crane has been camping on the commissioners’ trail. Sentiment in Hettinger county is said to have been about equally divided in the con- troversy. Orders Served Tomorrow. Governor Hanna: directed copies of his order to State’s Attorney Crane this afternoon, and'it is expected that ouster writs will. be served on the county commissioners tomorrow. On two of their number—Coilgrove and Rieger—the removal will have the ef- fect of depriving them of two weeks’. service only, ‘as both were retired ‘by the electors in the recent ballot bat tle. Colgrove now is complaining witness in contest, proceedings against his successful, opponent, ae |i The Finding “The sovehh wastes the. chai es ate sustain#f' in the following par- ; Shown by the testimony that the state's ‘attorney of Hettinger county, under he law, had asked cer- tain mioneys should be set’ aside for the purpose: of ;creating a state's -at- torney’s contingent ‘fund. The statute says that where a request of this kind is made by the state’s attorney, they have the power to do this, and further that they are directed to dg so. In my judgment, up to the amount of $100, this is mandatory. Further, it is shown that an application was made to said board of county commissioners for the Creation of such state’s attor- Rey's contingent fund, by the state’s attofney, and their attention had also been called to the law requiring the same to ‘be created. Further, it is shown by the testi- mony that the defendants, while act- ing as county commissioners of Het- tinger county, went on with the build- ing of bridges andthe doing of road work wheré™ the amounts involved were in excess of $100 without adver- tising, as réquired by ‘the statutes of the state; further that the defendants purchased road graders and road ma- chinery where the:amounts involved weer in excess of $10.00 without ad- vertising for bids, although the law specifically atates that purchases to the amount ‘of more’ than $100 shall be 80 advertised for . Presented Claims. “It is further disclosed by the’ record that the county surveyor of Hettinger county presented claims against the county and received and was allowed by the defendants as county commis- sioners a.sum greater for his services as county surveyor than is provided by law. “It appears further from the testi- mony that the respondents performed labor and charged up time against the county when not acting in their of- cial capacity as county commissioners and for such time presented to the county bills and received payment from such county at the rate of $5 per day in disregurd of the statute ‘where such charge can be made only where services are performed in their official capacity as county commissioners. “The record disclosed further that for time spent in looking after the poor in the county under the statute a charge against the county was made which was allowed and paid at the rate of $5 the day, whereas the statute fixes a limit of $2 per day for such ser- vices on the part of the county com missioners. “In matters and things above- men- tioned and referréd to the governor finds that the charges of misconduct in office on account of such matters against the defendants in this pro- ceeding are sustained. “Now, therefore, I, L. B. Hanna, governor of the state of North Dakota. by virtue of the authority vested in by remove the said John A. Rieger, William Colgrove and Paul F Schmidst, each from his office as county commissioner of the said coun- ty of Hettinger, in the state of North Dakota. “Given under my hand and the great seal of the state of North Dako- ta, this 12th day of December A. D. 1916. “L, B, HANNA, “Governor.” THIRTY SIXTH YEAR, NO. 296 FIRST PICTURE NEW. er, new warden of Sing Sing prison. THE BIS _ UNITED PRESS SING SING WARDEN WILLIAM HH. MOY Es First photograph of William H. Moy- Moyer, even earlier than Thomas Mott Osborne, started reforms in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., where he was warden 12 years, ed stripes, allowed bas amusements. WAR BULLETINS He abolish- ball and other Petrograd, Dec. 13.—(Official) —After a_ repulse with a great loss, the enemy has attacked the Carpathian woods.. In eastern Chibana, «strong enemy attack was repulsed both to the ‘south. and the west. Fighting in Hal. putna continues with the enemy resisting stubbornly. Berlin, Sec. 13—(Official)—The artillery firing in the Meuse-Sor- me sectors continues. There is © no fighting of significance on the western front. Berlin, ‘Dec, 13—On the night of December 19, the German ‘sea forces in Flanders got into Soof- den and stopped the Dutch st2am- er, Caledonian and the Brazilian steamer, Rio Parda, according to dispatches. Both vessels carried contraband, enroute to ‘Eng'and, and were brought .into. port here. - .Paris, Dec. 13.—(Official)—Spir- ited fighting is reported to the north of Monastir. In the Bulga- rian counter attacks against the Italian positions they have check- ed the machine gun firing. Berlin, Dec. 13.—Enemy. forces after taking stand in the flood ‘igt near | he Ru: Yalomit river, Rumani; I. ‘manta fish re-ir ihroread BY lussian’ © ‘cavalry, retreated’ cece On the road to’ Buza, the Germans gained considerable ground and took more than 4,000 ner Shan stpolerieenere REVOLUTIONSTS AGTIVE ABOUT MEXICO CITY Americans Fearing Another At- tack on Chihuahua Are Leav- for American Border MEXICAN CITY OF JUAREZ SWARMS WITH CHINAMEN Juarez, Dec. 13.—Movements of re- volutionists unger Joe Robles, south of Mexico City, are in progress, ac- cording to word brought to the border by foreigners. They deWae that the city of Pueblo, an important place 100 miles south of Mexico City is in their possession. Anticipating another attack on Chi- huahua, all Americans and foreigners ate planning to leave for the border, Chinese from Chihuahua are coming on every train that reaches the bor der. Food Riots. The city swarms with Mongols who are not allowed to cross into the Unit- ed States. There are unconfirmed re- ports of a riot among the Carranza troops for the possession of two car- loads of food in Chihuahua City rail- way yards and that 48. persons were killed. 7” WAY BE ONE CHANGE IN WILSON CABINET Washington, Dec. 13.—The _indica- tions are that ‘President Wilson will! start his second term with no changes in his cabinet with the possible excep- tion of Attorney General Gregory, who has expressed a desire to retire. BACK TO THE CITY MOVEMENT CAUSE OF HIGH LIVING COSTS: Norfolk, Va., Dec. 13.—Joseph Rans-; dall,: addressing the Southern Com- mercial congress here today, said that farmers migrating to the cities contri-, butes to the high cost of living. There is too much “back to the city” and too little “on to the soil” in the present i generation, thanks Mr. Ransdall, | BOOST F PaICES| Presents Serious Handicap to Stock Raisers IT GIVES PACKERS VIRTUAL MONOPOLY les at Door of Controlled Market agent forthe producer with the pack- ers,. it has a. comparatively simple life history. it was ‘born on a big range, grazed upon the vast reaches of the plains and was finally sold to the breeder through 9 commission man to a feeder who “fed it up” for the market. More Complicated But immediately the animal leaves the feeder, its annals become more comlicated and the various economic forces which are exerted upon it until it reaches your table are more clouded in mystery, more swathed about with long, clinging terms such as “supply and demand,” and “market excess and such cloaks of concealment which big business bundles about its operation, whether consciously or unconsciously. For the moment the beef arrives at one of the big live stock markets, the influence of the packers begins to be felt upon all concerned in this beef’s disposal. The beef under discussion is now in the hands of the commission man who is going to sell it for the feeder to, the packer who Wishes to slaughter and dress it for the retail market. The commission man ‘therefore is, to all intents ard purposes, not greatly more than a small object between two millstones,-as the live stock business is conducted today in America. He must please his client, the producer, insofar as he is able, but he must also make terms yith the packer At he 38 to: Bell, : The lower miilstoné in this crucial transaction in the history of the evolv- ing’of a beefsteak may be represented as “desire of the producers.” The upper millstone is “the will of the packers.” Let us: first see how the producers. outline their desires as re- gards the selling of their product, and how nearly they cque.to making, this desire operative, and what they think of the results, Then we will be ready to look at “the will of the packers” in this great bomé of selling and buy- ing the meat for nations! In the first place the producers, as we have shown, declare they are being so underpaid for their animals that their losses are becoming alarming and loss of confidence is resulting in their either cutting down their scale of production greatly or, in some cases, going out of the business en- tirely. That their product does not bring the figures it should, although, the retail price of meat is rising so greatly, is due, they. vociferously charge, to a live stock market in prac- tically absolute control of the packers, the famous Chicago five who largely dispense-the meat of this country. They cite, with vehemence, the fact that as against their alleged losses, the packers last year made the largest profits in their history! / Their first charge, in what they al- lege to be evidence of this controlled and manipulated market by the. pack- ers, is that the leading packers really constitute a trust; that, while on the surface they appear to be independ- ent, they, in reality, work’ in harmony so far as buying is concerned. Entire Market Since they constitute practically the entire market of the United States so \tar ae the commercial producer of cat- tle is geerally concerned, this fact, it true—namely that they buy “in: har- mony”—would rake it quite possible for them to shove the market up or down practically as they seé fit. By all buying lightly, for instance, es- pecially in the face of large receipts of cattle (which, as has been explain- ed, must be sold at once) they could put the commission men in a panic and reduce the current quotations con- sederably if, indeed, of course, they indulge in “organized buying.” That the producers believe this manipulation’ of market to be true is jevidenced by the fact resolutions by various other state groups of pro- ducers the national live stock -inter- ests submitted in support of their charges of packer control of the live stock markets, exhibiting what sort of ja regime they wish together with an outline of the situation as they see jit. This is summed up in the resolu- tion passed by the great blanket or- ganization of the cattlemen, the Amer- ‘ican National Live Stock association. This resolution says: “Whereas, the big meat packers of the United States are largely in con- trol of stock yards, and the terminal facilities thereat; of the slaughter and distribution of cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry, and the products thereof, in- cluding hides; of tanneries and the products therefrom; of many of the articles made from horns and hoofs, including glue, buttons, combs, etc.; ‘of cottonseed oil mills and refineries, jthe products of which are used in the ‘manufacture of lard compounds, soap, and various oleo products; and “Whereas, they also largely control the prices of. fertilizers, with whieh (Continued on Page Two) Saisiaharad . Chicago, Dec. 13.—Up until the time a beef is delivered Over to the rail-| ket opened today amider influence :of road company to be shipped to the}some uncertainty as’ to’ peace propos- commission man, who acts as selling-) als. If it is a typical animal} United States Steél,opened ) OF YES ADA t Control : of ‘Terminal Facilities! fn Some Instances, hivattea! Ranged from. One to Three _ Poiots MUNITION MEN DO NOT LOOK FOR EARLY PEACE Producers Place All Their Troub-! Declares Allies Have Made Heavy Purchases of: Shells for 1917 New York, Dec. 13.—The stock mar- Many leaders rallied. In some instances the initia] gains ranged 1 to 2 points. Some leaders sold off. ith a sale of 12,000 shares, 118 to; 118%, off 4 to %. \ , Smelting, Cuban Cane Su- gar, Guif. ‘st ites Steels, Central Leath- er‘and Baldwin, Locomdtive gain a point or more. “Cranby! Copper sold up one, Utah Copper ‘yielded a point, Colorado Fuel and’ American Locomo- tive sold downward. Place Big Orders. Interest of speculatorg-centers in peace proposals, and pfobably its ef- fect on the war, nition manufac- turers were quoted ,in the street as de- claring France andGreat Britain had been aware of Germany’s intention to make peace proposals for:some time, but purchased immense: quantities: of shells for. 1917, They do not look for ‘peace, they declare. +i After a halt around’/11 o'clock the advance continued. ‘United States Steel was selling at 119%; Republic at 82%, and Crucible at 77. Gulf and West Indias and United Fruit each advanced four. points, Gulf States and Steel were’ exceptions to the gen- eral trend, breaking’ 8 points. The market ¢loséd’ strong. t Y FLOUR’ PRICES DOWN. Flour ‘prices are down’today as the resylt of yesterday's sensational de- clite in wheat. The Price is off 20 to 60 contsig, barre a barrel. : WILSON URGE "ro CONTINUE STRUGGLE Home Edition TWAT STEPS. MAMET CANS TENE | WY STRUTON 0 ASSOCIATED PRESS FIVE OENTS | TENE POWERS DEAF TO CERMANY'S.OFER TO ENTER INTO ANY PEACE DELIBERATIONS; PRESS AND PUBLIC CLANDR i CONTIN WAR WAR TO KNOCKOUT No Word From Great Britain on Peace Until Premier Speaks Next Thursday BRITISH SEEM DETERMINED Statements of Lloyd-George Not For Early Ending of Hostilities London, Dec. 13.-—-Premier Lloyd- George will address the House of Com- mons next Thursday. Until. then Great Britain will give no:answer to Ger- many’s peace proposals. The British are considering but one thing: to con- tinue the war until a decisive victory is established. Recent statements of Lloyd-George are being cited ag England’s answer. Upon. several occasions, the new pre- mier has said: ‘| “The fight will go to a finish; to a knockout.” Don’t Want Peace. The British people already have answered Germany’s peace proposals. They do not want- peace on such a basis. The answer is perfectly ap- parent today. It is reflected in news- papers and in public expressions on the street. It is hardly expected that thé question will be settled with the meeting of the house of commons, Thursday. It would be impossible to get into communication with all the ‘Allies by that time. Lloyd-George is to make whis first appearance as premier at ‘that time nd will then outline his new cabinet plans. Germany’s peace proposals'as given out by German embassy officials’ gen- erally are regarded as preposterous and unworthy of considera of consideration here. FOUR THOUSAND OUSAND VOICES TO SING SONGS OF PRAISE AT MUNICIPAL CELEBRATION “'wargo,/iN. D., Dec. 13.—Three~ to four fibueand voices will be raised TO TAKE STEPS TOWARD PEACE Chicago, Dec. 13.—Hoping to.lower prices if peace is reached, the Nation- al Grocers’ association in session here has forwarded resolutions to Pregi- dent Wilson asking him to take steps to bing a conference between belliger- ent nations. They urged. President Wilson to place an embargo on wheat, flour, meat and canned goods. FARGO ASSAILANT FORMER - PRISONER IN PENITENTIARY (Special to The Tribune.) Fargo, N. D., Dec. 13.—Charles Ste- wart, held for shooting William Hardy here yesterday, seryed two years in the North Dakota penitentiary, where he mixed in’a knife affair with two prisoners, seriously wounding them. Stewart was sentenced in 1911. His victim here is still ina serious condi- tion. Advantages of Evening | Paper The Tribune 1e yesterday gave to its readers many hours ahead of St. Paul and Fargo papers, the important news that Germany had offered peace proposals to her en- emies. It beat the Fargo evening paper many hours west of the Missouri, and brought the news into Valley City as quick as the Pargo even- ing paper. This merely ‘demonstrates the news service The Tribune is giving its mail as well as its local read- ers. ; If you want the news when IT Is NEWS subscribe to the Trib- une, Carrier service maintained in Jamestown, Mandan and Dickin-! son, United Press and Associated Press service. The only daily paper in the state carrying both services. SHOPPING D, UN TOL CHRISTMAS in songs ‘of praise at Fargo’s first “community” Christmas celebration, to be held Christmas eve, with a 45- foot Christmas tree, carrying 500 electric lamps as decorations, the cen- ter of the festivity. - CHARGED WITH THEFT OF FURS (Special to the Tribune.) Portal, '‘N. D., Dec. 13.—Jacob Hel- met and Joe Pedesky were arrested here yesterday by members of the po- lice force on a grand larceng charge in connection with stealing about $600 worth of furs from the Minot ‘Hide and For Several boxes, bags and s were found to b filled v shipped here from M not, via the Soo Line, Pedesky was formerly employed -by the fur com- pany. The two were arraigned -before Judge Willis late in the day and bound over to the district court. RECOMMENDS Tht ESTABLISHMENT OF NAVAL LABORATORY + Washington, Dec, 13.—The naval ad- visory board, of which Thomas A. Edi- son is head, today recommended to {Secretary Daniels the establishment of a naval experimental laboratory at Annapolis, The secretary accepted the recommendations. e E/GHT-HOUR-LAW CASE 10 COME UP EARLY IN JANUARY Washington, Dec. 13.—The United States supreme court will hear argu- ments in the Adamson law test suit! January 8. The court set the date this after- noon. The law was to have gone into ef- féct January 1, but will be suspended until after the supreme court’s deci- sion. = Suits filed by railways in practical- ly every state in the union will await the outcome of this test case. BECKWITH ELECTED HEAD MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY Fargo, N. D., Dec. 13.--H. P. Beck- with of Fargo was electe@? p Casualty company at the annual meet- ing here. W. C. McDowell of Marion was elected vice president; J. J. Nier- ling of Jamestown, treasurerer, and esident i, of the North Dakota Bankers’ Mutual | \ KAISER WILHELM, PEACE TALK BRINGS. HOUSE TO WASHINGTON Administration Denies That Wil- son’s Confidant Will Go To Europe TEXAN SPENDS NIGHT AT WHITE HOUSE Following Conference With Chief Executive He Hastens to New York * Washington, Dee. 13.—The adminis. tration does not intend to send Col. Hor to Europe to assist in the peace deliberations, Tis vi it was id, had nothing to do with Ger- many's peace move, Colonel House was a guest at the White ‘House over- night. He conferred with President Wilson this morning and then hastened to New York. Part Undetermined, What part the United States will play in furthering Germany’s sugges- tion for peace is undetermined.” , Offi- cials think that England’s allies should give due note and considera- tion to overtures. It is thought that this nation should act only as a messenger, The situation must be handled \ carefully. President Wilson refuses to drop any hint of his plans, but says that he will ative, await further developments on the part of the Entente. He has not discussed the matter with his cabinet as yet. Conditional Refusal. It is thought that the Entente will conditionally refuse, but not turn down Germany's peace terms flatly. This was the expression in British diplomatic. circles here. A flat refus it is thought, will mean that Germany will resume her submarine warfare, ynrestricted, and that sterner measures will be adopt- ed toward Belgium. FORD APPLAUDS. “Germany's action should be ap- /plauded around the world,” said Hen- ty Ford.” This is the logical time for peace, There is no possibility of eith- er side winning the war and why pro- long the awful suffering it entails? 1 hope that Germany’s proposals will be well received.” ALLEGED GERMAN UNDER ARREST FOR EXPLOSION THAT GOST THREE LIVES Pittsburgh, 13.—James Reed, aged 26; ‘believed to be a Ger- Tan, was arrested today in connec- tion with the explosion at the Fort Pitt works of the Aetna Chemical ‘W. C. MacFadden of Fargo, secretary. company, which cost three lives. the president's personal repre- |'t Germans, Bowery Merely Aska ed Neutrals to Make Sug- gestion To Act LAST OVERTURE FROM THE CENTRAL POWERS Tf the Entente Rejects. it Ther Struggle Will Be Continued ° To Bitter End f Berlin, Dec. 13.—Germany did, not ask the neutral powers to start peace negotiations, The American embassy here merely understands that the Teutons asked neutrals to inform the Entertte Powers that the Central Pow- ers were ready to discuss’ peace, pute ting it up to the Allies to refuse or accept, . A (Master Stroke. Diplomatic corps here consider Gere many’s move a master stroke. Sec retary Crew of the American embas- sy personally typed the transaction note, of which he received two cop ies. He was asked to send copies to Petrograd, to London and to Ruma- nia. The Spanish minister was re- quested to convey the note to Bel- gium and Portugal, and Switzerland was asked to convey the message to Italy. If German's peace offers are reject> ed ‘by the 'Entente’ Powers, it is cer tain that the Central Powers will not make another overture to end the war. The German public and press voiced its approval of the Imperial Chancel- lor’s solemn warning in the Reich- stag that if the Entente Powers con- tinue the war it will be because they have conquest in mind. Such belief fired the public to a determination to battle to the bitter end. Following is the text of the note ad- dressed by Germany and. her allies to the hostile governments as read late yesterday by the chancellor before the reichstag: “fhe niost ‘terrific war ever. exert enced’ in history has’ been raging for the last two years and a half over a large part of the world—a catastrophe which thousands of years of common civilization was unable to precent and which injures the most precious achievements of humanity. “Our aims are not to shatter nor aunihilate our adversaries. In spite of our consciousness of our milita! and economic strength and our ness to continue the war (which had been forced upon us), until the bitter end if necessary, at the same time, prompted by the desire to avoid fur- ther bloodshed and make an end to the atrocities of war, the four allied powers propose to enter forthwith ine to peace negotiations. Guarantee of Existence. “The propositions which they bring forward for such negotiations and which have for their-object a guar- antee of the existence of the honor and liberty of evolution for their na- tions are, according to their firm be- lief, an appropriate basis for the es- ablishment of a lasting peace. “The four allied powers have been obliged to take up arms to defend justice and the liberty, of national evolution. The glorious deeds of our armies have in no way altered their purposes, We also maintained the firm belief that our own rights and justified claims in no way control the rights of these nations. “The spiritual and material prog: ress which were the pride of. Europe at the beginning of the twentieth cen- tury are threatened. with. ruin., Ger- many and her allies, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, gave proof of their unconquerable strength in this struggle. They gained gigantic ad- vantages over adversaries superior in number and war material. Our lines stand unshaken against ever-repeated attempts made by armies. The last attack in the Balkans has been rapidly and most victoriously overcome. The most recent demon- strations have shown that further con- tinuation of the war will not result in breaking the resistance of our forces and the whole situation with regard to our troops justifies our ex- pectation of further successes. Offer of Peace. “Tf, in spite of this offer of peace and reconciliation, the struggle should go on, the four allied powers are re: solved to continue to a victorious end but they disclaim responsibility for this before humanity and history. The imperial government, through the good offices of your excellency, ask the government of (here {s inserted matinued on page 4.) TRADED NORTH DAKOTA LAND FOR WILD HORSES Omaha, Neb., Dec. 13.—W. W. Mid- dleton of Kansas City, rber, testi- fying for the government in the suit against the Omaha Land and Invest- ment company and the U. .S. Live Stock company for use of the mails to defraud in sales of wild horses in Coconine county, Ariz. today) assert: ed he would have had more success | catching deer than the wild horses he ‘had purchased. H. 8B. Halvorson ‘attinger testified to having lost N «th Dakota land worth $3,300 in purchase of wild | horses.