The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1916, Page 1

x 3 Pai The Weather Fair. _THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 308 UNITED PRESS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1916. AS DEC. 28, 1916. LEGIS | Deering Solon Likely To. ATURE MAY ACT AS CONVENTION Named. as Next Speaker WOOD WILL BE SPEAKER, SAYS LEAGUE LEADER ' Ward County Young Farmer, Son of F. B. Wood, Slated, Is Latest Announcement LEGISLATURE MAY FORM CONSTITUTIONAL CAUCUS Nothing in Constitution or Stat- utes To Prevent, Such Action Tis Said - LATEST SLATE. Howard R. Wood of Deering, son of F. B. Wood, president of the League Exchange and vice president of the Non-partisan league, for speaker of tha house. A constitutional convention, composed by the legislature of its own members committee of the whole. William Lemke: for court reporter. A. E, Bowen for clerk of the house. supreme The above are some of the ante- assembly developments of the day. A. E. Bowman“of' Kulm is conceded the support of.the Equity for the speakership, ‘but-the league, according to prominent, dtate leaders, will be solid. for, Wood. ‘Wood received the endorsenient of the Ward county dele- gation. some time ago, and this start- ed his campaign rolling. It has been gathering momentum ever since, and for several weeks he has been rec- ognized generally in league circles as the man for ‘the’ place. Wood is: a young man, with.-lots-of-pep, ana friends predict that-he will make a corking good presiding officer for the house. There: may be a merry little contest between.Bowman and Wood for the speakership, -but it is not gen- erally regarded ,probable. Convention Certain. One of the certainties of the ses- sion is a constitutional convention. “There is nothing to prevent. the leg- islature itself constituting this con- vention,” said a league chieftain this morning. “It would save a great deal of time and probably accomplish the same results as a convention compos- ed of specially elected delegates.” North Dakota attempted a const!- tutional convention in 1896, when Sec- retary of State Dahl submitted the question to the people, after being mandamused by J. P. Weineman. The people voted no in large quantities, and there was no convention. The method, time and place of holding .a constitutional convention are entirely in the hands of the leg islature. It is claimed the legislators may themselves, constitute delegates to the “Con Con”; they may appoint delegates of their own choosing, or they may call a special election, at which the people will have an oppor- tunity to name delegates. Lemke Gets Good Berth. The berth of supreme court report: er is one of some ameliorations, and that William Lemke, chairman of the Republican state central committee, would receive some such reward for his labors has been a foregone con- clusion. Justice-elect James E. Rob- inson announces today that Mr. Lem- ke has it, and that he will succeed F. W. Ames of Mayville in this ca- pacity January 1. Bowen Gets Clerkship. -It_ has been equally certain that A. E. Bowen, one of the league's most efficient organizers, would have some recognition for his pains. It ‘was more or less definitely announc- ed this morning that that recognition will take the form of the «clerkship of the house, confirming the Tribune's report of several days ago. Caucus Tomorrow. Up to noon today only a handful of legislators had reached the city. The league, however, is here in force, with Townley, Bowen. McKaig, Coates, Hagan, Wood and other bat- tle chiefs in the fore. GERMANY OFFERS. TERMS FOR PEACE REPORTS. DECLARE (By United Press.) Berlin, Dec. 28.—The opinion pre- vailing in Berlin is that Germany's answer to President Wilson's note warmly appreciates the President's intention and adds a practical sug- gestion for peace, the Press Bureau semi-officially announced today. The statement says that all Central Powers were handed by United States diplomats a copy of the note at the same.time. The statement says that nothing secret is connected with the message. This disposes of a report carried by irresponsible news agen- cfes that another confidential note ts being sent to Ambassador Gerard with Germany’s answer. Na THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE =| ASSOCIATED PRESS tion Spends 49 Million Trying To Catch Villa; No Nearer Caging Bandit Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—It is ‘estimated today that Uncle Sam has spent more than $49,000,000 trying to catch “Pancho” Villa and the Mexi- can bandit is still at large. He has just captured the Mexican city Tor- Teon. The war department has not yet Is- sued an official report on the cost of trying to catch the $49,000,000 bandit. ‘Last year the cost of feeding the regular army Was 27 cents a man per day. Food price increases have plac- ed the cost at 30 cents. Uncle Sam has spent about $8,120,996 feeding the 140,259 men for 198 days spent on the border. The pay bill for officers and men is put at $22,489,089. The cavalry and field artillery of the ( Continued on Page Three) FARCD HICH SCHOOL BURNED: TOTAL LOSS (United Press) Fargo, Dec. 28.—One hundred high school kiddies gathered at the ruins of their Fargo high school today. The school was destroyed -by fire last night. Without visible signs of sad- ness, the kiddies looked for their books, destroyed in the fire. By the fire, the vacation will, perhaps, be extended a couple of weeks. The fire started by 127 night pupils accidently causing an explosion while working in the chemical laboratory. The loss is $75,000 of which ninety per cent was covered by insurance. The pupils and eight teachers escaped safely. DAWSON MAN [5 KILLED BY NO. 3 While walking “along the tracks sear Steele, Nels Lewis of Dawson, engaged in creamery »usiness, was killed instantly by No. 3 today. Mr. Lewis is about 60 years old and well ! known in that section of the country. BELIEVED MARYLAND LOST. Nantucket, Mass. Dec. 28.—The steamship Maryland was regarded as probably lost today. Search for the vessel and her crew has been aban- doned. Hope for the safety of the steamer’s 30 odd men lies in the pos: sibility that they were -picked up from the ship’s boats by passing steamships, GO MILLION MADE ON TIP FROM CAPITAL (United Press.) ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—Over $60,- 000,000 was made in Wall street this month by those having advance in- formation on President Wilson's peace note, according to a telegram received today by Representative Wood, Indiana, from Lawson. Wood has been investigating alleged leak- ing of government diplomatic infor- mation. Tip From Lawson.. The telegram said: “I have just received New York :pa- pers in which you are being quoted as not being able to find me in Bos- ton. I am surprised. In my office, I have a letter addressed merely ‘Tho- mas W. Lawson,’ without another word on the envelope, and mailed from a little interior village in China. , The letter reached me in record fast time without apparent trouble. It you would like to communicate with me, please just toss an envelope out of the window of the Congressional building, addressed either just Thom- as W. Lawson, without the name of any city on it, or just “T. W.\L., Bos- ton,” and you will get me in a short time. Take a tip from one who play- ed the international publicity game before you were old enough to tell the difference between a stock mar- ket and a congressional hall.” PORTLAND SAFE. (Associated Press) Boston, Dec. 28.—The coast guard service today received word that the lost Clyde steamer Osama, Portland to New York, is safe. VILLAS DRIVE ON OlL FIELD STIRS CARRANZA —— paatsnay De Facto Garrisons Reported To/ Rejection of Peace Note Drawn! KAISER’S GRANDSON Be Rebelling and Deserting - To Bandit Chief FORCES CONCENTRATED TO SAVE TAMPICO Company of Mexicans Operating South of Border Are Known as Death Bands FIRE ACROSS BORDER. (United Press.) El] Paso, Texas, Dec. 28.—On account of the conflicting reports an investigation was begun today of the skirmish: shortly before midnight - between Mexican sol- diers and the Third Kentucky mi- litia regiment.. About 500 shots were exchanged. After the first fusilade of shots the entire city was aroused. (Fol- lowing the first volley the Ameri- can guardsmen dropped to the ground and returned the fire to the point where the flash origi- natdd on the Mexican side. There were no casualties. Residents near the scene of the shooting re- ported bullet holes'in their homes today. United States authorieties today asked Carranza authorities to ascertain if any. Carranzistas were at the scene of the fighting. (By United United Press.) E) Paso,’ Dec. 28.—Every energy of Carranzistas in pushing troops to Sa- tillo and Monterey to fiead off,’ the Villista “advance “ont! tities, dnd Tampico, was being exerted today. General Benjamin Hill, commander of the Federal District about Mexico City, is taking personal command of these forces. Meanwhile, Carranza’s small garrisons in Coahulia State have been reported as revolting and declaring themselves Villistas. Fight- ing at Montezuma below Juarez was reported today, but not confirmed. Death Bi A revolutionary. bi numbering about 500 men, is persistently report- ed to be operating 60 miles south of the border. . These men are reported under the command of Col. Tanarez, who, with 130 men, deserted Carranza one month ago. These men wear black bands on their arms and call themselves the death band. It is be- lieved that several of the deserters from Coahulia have joined Tanarez, FIRE ACROSS BORDER. El Pago, Dec. 2.—Several hundred shots were fired across the RioGrande into Mexico west of here early today by members of the Kentucky National (Continued on Page Three.) TRYING 10 DECIPHER WAGE BILL Four Brotherhoods and Rail) Heads in Conference Over Adamson Eight Hour Act JOINT BOARD PROPOSED | TO DECIDE nah cra (Associated Pi Press.) New York, Dec. 28.—The National | Conference Committee of Railroad (Managers and representatives of four | brotherhoods of employes resumed! here today to determine the applica- tion of the Adamson law, in the event. it is held constitutional by the Unit- ed States supreme court. Under an agreement between At- torney General Gregory and the rail- | road attorneys, the effectiveness of; the Adamson law has been susppend- ed pending the outcome of the test suit. Therefore, on January 1, the; employes will continue their work without any immediate benefit from the law, which was to have gone in effect on that date. The railroads, it is understood, will not withdraw the suit or permit any- thing to halt the decision of the court. It was stated aiso that the railroad managers would decline to enter into any alliance with the un- ions in return for their support inj their effort to defeat President Wil- son’s proposed policy of compulsion of investigating labor disputes. The railroads also will decline, it was stated, to co-operate in any way to have the Adamson law repealed. A possible outcome of today’s confer- ence was the appointment of a joint | board to determine the operation of the law if its constitutionality is es- tablished. ALLIES’ REPLY TD. PRESIDENT FLAT REFUSAL Along German Lines Is Gen- erally Anticipated AIMS OF ENTENTE TO BE DISCUSS!:D Joint Communication To Be Sent: Outlining Position in War Expected Soon (United Press) London, Dec. 28.—Dispatch of the Allies’ reply to President Wilson's peace note will be made immediately, it became known by the United Press today. The phraseology of all the En- tente allies’ notes will be similar. They will all reject the peace note drawn upon German plans. Vigorous Statement. A vigorous statement will make clear the aims of the Entente allies in the present war. These, the state- ment will say, are the right to oppose militarism and the policy of might makes right. The note, other than this statement of the war's aims, will Not state the terms upon which the Entente allies are willing to make peace. The note will further reject plans for a peace conference, suggest- ed by Germany. After the dispatch of this joint note, it is thought that England will send another supple- mental note. TEXT RECEIVED. (Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 28.—Tlie"omciat text of Germany's reply to President Wilson’s note was received here early: today. So far as was known, it was unaccompanied by any other com- munication, and was said to bésub- stantially the same as the unofficial text received Tuesday from Berlin. The official text, which differs in phraseology from the unofficial, fol- lows: “The imperial government has ac- cepted and considered in the friend- ly spirit which is apparent in the communication of the president's, the noble initiative of the president look- ing to creation of basis for the foun- dation of lasting peace. “The president discloses the aim which lies next to his heart and leaves the choice of way open. “A direct exchange of views ap- pears to the imperial government as the most suitable for arriving at the desired results.” ‘MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION. (Associated Press.) Berlin, Dec. 27—Germany's answer to President Wilson and the prompt- ness in which it was made has caused a good impression generally in the press, Only anti-American newspa- pers show a tendency to dissent and express the view that interference of any kind by America would be intol- erable. The papers find a satisfaction in the proposal that delegates of bel- ligerents meet on neutral territory, which is interpreted as fairly exclud- ing participatidn of the neutrals in the conference. he Count von Reventlow, while avoid- ing a direct attack on the German an- swer, assumes that no German dele- gates will be found willing to take a ——~(Continiied on page two.) CEAMANS PIERCE OF RUMANIANS TAKING BORN TO PRINCESS PRINCESS MARIC AUGUSTE Princess Joachim of Prussia has given birth to a son, the tenth grand- child of the kaiser and. the = fourth born during the war. The princess is wife of the Kaiser's youngest son. B40 ACRE TRAGT FOR HOMESTEAD IS ANNOUNCED Land Department Issues New Primer Covering Ferris Land Bill AREAS FOR NEW FILING DESIGNATED VERY SOON (Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 28.—-A brief prim- er to answer inquiries on the Ferris homestcad bill, which is before Pres- ident Wilson for approval was re- turned to the House today by the Public Land Committee for public dis- tribution. The Interior Department will begin compiling rules governing the entry of the lands as soon as the President's signature is attached. The primer explains that the bill permits entry of 640 acres of semi- arid grazing land by any qualified! entryman that it applies only to areas ; suited largely for stock raising and grazing, and that the Department will later ate the areas which may he designated. New Ambulance Ordered For North Purchased by Popt Major R. R. Steedman has placed the order for the motor ambulance which will be presented to the hos- pital corps of the North Dakota regi- ment now at the Mexican border. It | Dakota Boys lar Subscription is expected that delivery can be made} within a few week The motor vehicle will be presented to the corps at Lisbon if the troops ( Continued on Page *Three) DEFENSIVE AND RUSSIANS 3,000 PRISONERS HAVE NEW POSITION Mackensen Drive in Balkans Con+ tinues Unabated Despite Peace Talk i: FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS REPORTED IN AUSTRIA Only Slight Engagements Aré Reported Along the Other , War Fronts j WAR SUMMARY. ; (Associated Press.) e Field ‘Marshal von Mackensen is continuing his sledgehammer ‘blows upon the ‘Russians in north- eastern Wallachia, and is rapidly pushing them back to the line of the river Sereth, Moldavia. He won a new victory yesterday and captured an additional 3,000 pris- oners. The most recent attack scored its greatest success in the region of Rimnik-Sarat, on the railway: 20 miles north of Buzeu. The Teutonic forces stamping the Rus-, sians from the new line they had taken up after the failure of a Russian’ counter attack, . have pushed forward beyond ‘Rimnik- Sarat. ‘Across. the. ‘Danube from \Batla;* ’ the German-Bulgarian-Turkish forces made headway in their at- tack upon the Matchin bridge- head, where the last remaining Russian forces in Dobrudja are hanging onto the northwestern corner of the province. Forty-five heights east of Matchin were tak- en. Military correspondents re- port that the Teutonic guns on « the Dobrudja side at this point are able to reach Braila, which is doubtless under heavy fire of the hostile artillery. (United Press) Berlin, Dec. 28.—The Germans have pushed beyond Remnicul Sarat, in Rumania, while simultaneously Ger- man troops to the southwest have pierced Russian lines, according to a supplemental official statement issued late today. The statement said that the Bavarians and Prussians thera pushed against the fleeing enemy, took new enemy positions construct- jed during the night, and then pushed | forward. 3,000 Prisoners. Three thousand prisoners and 27 machine guns were captured by the Germans near Remnicul Sarat in the fighting yesterday, according to an official statement issued today. The total of 1,200 Russians were taken in the Dobrudja fighting. The statement says: Only slight engagements were reported on the other fronts yester- day. In Dobrudja the Turks succeed: ed in getting the Russians from Lacin, Food Demonstration. South of Avre, a German raiding party was dispersed, today’s official statement said. Daily food demonstrations and hun dreds of suicides throughout Hum gary were reported in Exchange Tele+ graph company dispatches from Gene ieva today. British military forces in Rumania destroyed $150,000,000 worth of oil fields before the Germans took pos- session of the territory in which the oil fields were located, W. W. Rosser- ford, member of parliament, told members of the Consolidated Oil com- pany today. THRUST BACK, (Associated Press) Berlin, Dec. 28.—The defeat of the Russo-Rumanian forces by the invad- ing Teutonic army has been complet- ed, it is announced officially. Ruse sian troops which attempted to ree gain lost ground were thrust back and ejected from new positions with heavy losses. In yesterday’s fighting, the Austro-Germar forces took 3,000 prisoners. Eight aeroplanes were lost by the Entente allies in yesterday's fighting on the western front, the war offic announces. REPULSE ATTACKS. (Associated Press) Paris, Dec. 28.—French troops last night repulsed small attacks near Le Chenoy on the Somme and on the eastern slope of Hill 304 west of the Meuse, in the Verdun region, the war office announced today. Mines sprung by the French near Beuvraignes on the Somme front, caused great damage to the German defenses. One of the explosions pro- duced a crater 100 yards long and 40 yards wide. The French flying corps ~osterday attacked several blast fi"1aces and steel mills. The aeroplanes were aid- ed in the attack by two dirigibles.