The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1917, Page 1

THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. WOMAN SUF BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1917. TRANLOADS OF {AB TIT LID WILL BE GLANPE FARNERS COMING FOR BC LOBB As High’as 10,000 Leaguers From All Parts of State Expected Here En Mass REVISION OF CONSTITUTION DEMAND OF ORGANIZATION “We Need It To Carry Out Our Program and We Intend To Have It,’’ the Ory North Dakota farmers, members of the \Non-partisan league, by the train- load, will begin to arrive at the capi- tal next week, it is predicted, to in- spire the fear of the Almighty in certain members of the upper house who seem disposed to block the league's plans for an immediate con- stitutional convention. League's View. The proposed inroad is a matter which is in the air everywhere. No one knows anything directly about it; everyone indirectly has an idea that it's coming. Leaguers do not den: the probability, but are somewhat di- vided as to the possible date. Some think it will not come off until after the Equity convention in Fargo on January 17, and perhaps not until the first of February. Such a delay is extremely unlikely, in view of the fact that all leaguers are agreed that a ‘constitutional convention is the all important thing of the moment, if the league program is to be carried out. That's the way the leaguers put it. Ten thousand league members are expected to share in this greatest popular demonstration in the history of any state, ‘And those 10,000 leaguers will con- centrate their attention. on‘-elght in- dependent senators whose .votes are wbsolutely necessary to the leugue. Opponents’ View. Those oppesing: the? convention -at not passed upon directly. ‘by. the peo- ple in their endorsement of Frazier the other state that this issue was as it was not a part of the league pro- gram. The holdovers.and what new senators arej:opposing a convention contend that they have no way of knowing whether.the. people want a constitutional’ convention ‘until the matter is put:‘up to them in some way, fei : Following a short recess, the com- mittee report on the house concurrent resolution to urge a St. Paul hearing on reciprocal demurrage at St. Paul was accepted by the senate and the resolution passed. WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT, SAY8 BILL LEMK! “I don’t know anything about a big lobby coming in next week,” said Wil- Nam Lemke, former Republican state chairman and a leader in state league circles, this morning. “We want to know where we‘are at first. By next week we hope to know, and then I can tell you more.about our plans. There will be news enough ‘breaking very soon. There's no cause for you news- paper boys to worry. “The Equity meeting at Fargo on the 17th probably will have something to say about what it wants from the present legislature. One thing we want, and will have, is a constitution- al convention. I am not ready to say just how we-will get it. Put the legislature has full: power to give it to us. Then there will be a big Equi- ty meeting in Bismarck the first of February. Then, if necessary, we may expect friends of turmer legisla- tion in by the carload. If any are coming before that date, I am not in on the secret.” Mr. Lemke tacitly admitted that the votes of eight senators are neded in the upper house to give the league a two-thirds majority. He did not be Heve that corfstituents from home were to be imported to apply pressure on these senators, however. BRITISH. HERE LOWER THAN AMERICANS (United Press) Washington, Jan. 6—Advocates of government mantfacture of munitions for the United States today took ad- vantage of the fact that an England concern outbid American concerns by $200: for 16-inch shells to be delivered to the American government. “This demonstrates the danger of our relying upon our own manufactur- ers and! their patriotism,” said Con- gressman Schaller, Tennessee. “The bids show how patriotic our manufac- turers are. I think this government should buy where it can get goods the cheapest. “Our manufacturers without figuring on ON BISMARCK AT MIDNIGHT; LANGER SENOS OUT LETTER ORDERS LID ON Attorney General Langer KAISER SAYS. « RESPONSIBILITY IS UPON ALLIES Regards Entente Reply an Arro- gant Crime and Based on Power Hunger STRONG CARPATHIAN ; ENGAGEMENTS ON ‘Bi unitcd Press) London, Jan. 6.—Kaiser Wilhelm re- garded the rejection of the German peace note as.an arrogant crime which places upon the Entente allies repon- sibility for jfurther bloodshed, accord- ing to a press bureau statement trans- mitted by a news agency today. The kaiser is quoted as saying that the Allies’ hunger for power makes them desire the utter destruction of Germany, and is now urging them to make a firmer stand. Capture of Rimnizeni-Tartaru and Olonearca, Guilanca, and Maxineni, in Rumania, and the penetration of Ger- man vanguards to the Sereth river, were announced by the war office to- day. Galatz is within range of the German guns, the statement says. This city is the most important town still in the hands of the Russians and Rumanians in Rumania. The capture of Braila, announced last night, was reiterated in the state- ment issued today, jan cavalry entered from the west, while other divistons of Teutonic forc- os came from’ the east. Strong engage- ments in the Carpathians were report- ed officially today. SCOTTISH CLANS GATHER MONDAY Meeting To Be Held at Commerc- ial Club Hall To Plan for Burns Day Celebration There will be a gathering of the Scottish clans at the Commercial club rooms at 8 o'clock Monday evening, when plans will be made for a great celebration of Bobbie Burns, birthday, January 25. The event will be in tho nature of a banquet, with lots of speech-making with Bonnie Auld Scot- land and its pet bard as‘the themes, and there will be music from the pipes and other features strictly Scotch. An invitation is cXtended to every- one of Scottish descent now in Bis- marck to attend the gathering at the Commercial club Monday evening. It is planned to make this Burns day celebration the greatest ever, as, Ow- ing to the large percentage of Cale- donians in the present legislature, the guest list should be unusually large. PARENTS AT MOVIES TWO CHILO 10 Of (Uni El Reno, Okla., double funeral of German-Bulgar- |" ———— BAN ALL AMUSEMENTS Pool Halls, Cigar Stands, Bowling Alleys, Roller-Skating In- cluded ATTORNEY F. E. M’CURDY TO CARRY our ORDEE town of Galate on Danube Now) His Office Swamped With Inquir- ies-From Business as to Scope of Action ORUG STORES TO CLOSE. ‘Drug stores will be closed all day tomorrow and Sundays In ac- cordance with the orders of State’s Attorney McCurdy, acting under the mandate of Attorney General William Langer. - An emergency provision ~ provides that prescriptions will be filled between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock jat noon, and 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening. Indications were at a late hour this afternoon that all the news and cigar stands in the..,hotels and other places would: be includ. “3 in the clamping down of the “id” é A yates am Langer, who this week directed letters to every states attorney in the state asking for co-operation in enforcing the state laws, States Attorney F. E. McCurdy announced at noon that the “lid” goes on in ‘Bismarck at 12 o'clock. Cigar stands; pool halls, bowling alleys and roller'skating, heretofore open on Sun- days, will be closed tomorrow, in fact, everything running open in violation of the state statutes. Notices to this effect were sent out to owners of such places by the states attorney this af- , ternoon. ‘am going to: do: my ‘business and put. the state laws in force as direct- ed,” stated Attorney McCurdy, Every violation of the state statutes will be enforced. in. Bismarck tomorrow.” Other than this, statement nothing else was forthcoming from the attor- ney. His office’ was swamped with calls from owners .of halls, cigar stands regarding the new order of things. “T have asked the states attorneys of \North-Dakota to co-operate with me in bringing about strict law en- forcement,” stated Attorney General William. (Langer. It is simply my indi- vidual policy, for I don't believe in an attorney general taking office and not enforcing the laws. As to what places will be closed in Bismarck I am not in a position to say. That work will be directed by States Attorney ‘Mc- Curdy.” Every city in the state will have a new ‘mid-winter lid if all the fifty-two states attorneys heeds the form letter sent out by Mr. Langer. The order applies to every county in the state. ——- MANDAN BOLD. (United Press) Mandan, N. D., Jan. 6.—Despite Langer’s orders, citizens here will con- duct a benefit concert for Mandan Company “F” of the North Dakota reg- ‘iment tomorrow afternoon. SPECTATORS AT MURDER TRIAL FOREGO SUPPER Scores Remained in Seats To See Case of Victor Snider Go to the Jury SNYDER ACQUITTED. Valley City, IN. D., Jan. 6—A verdict of not guilty was return- ed late this afternoon: in the Snyder murder case. The jury was out six hours. . (Special to The Tribune) Valley City, N. D., Jan. 6—Scores of residents of this city and the sur- rounding districts, refused to go to their supper and retained their seats in the district court last evening, where Victor Snider, 20 years of age, who pleads self defense, is on trial for murder in the first degree in the killing of William Larsman, near Kathryn, in November. ‘Attorney Euglart made his final plea for the staie iate last night, the court sitting in speciai session. At 10 o'clock this morning, Judge Cof- fey charged the jury. The Snider muraer case is the first murder trial in Bzrnes county with- in a period of three years, and it will doubtless be the shortest in the an- nals of the state. The jurors were named Monday afternoon and the tes- timony of 35 witnesses has taken the Test of the week. The defendant is attended by his aged father and mother and is de- fended by, A. P. Paulson of Valley City, and Attortiey Taylor Crum of Fargo. The ‘state- is represented by D. S. Ritchie and M. J. Englert of ralley City. BRAILA TAKEN BY MAGKENSEN IN NEW DRIVE Dobrudja Cleared “of Russians and. Rumanian Campaign Enters New Phase ENTIRE DEFENSIVE IS WEAKENED BY ‘TEUTONS Threatened by Bulgarian- German Lines (Associated. Press) * The capture of Braila by Field Mar- shal von Mackensen, his advance on Galatz, 12 miles north, the clearing of Dobrudja of Russians afd further Tew tonic successes in Moldvia have brought the Rumanign-campaign to a new phase. 1)" The Braila’ bridgehead, while not it- self an: integral part of the Sereth line riow held by the Russians, run- ning ‘northwestward from the Danube toward the Moldavian frontier moun- tains, formed an outlying defense of that line on thé Danube end, and its capture weakened the eastern flank of the Sereth position. Galatz, likewise on the Danube, lies just behind ‘the Sereth line and that town now is menaced by a German- -| Bulgarian movement across the Dan- ube from it in Dobrudja, made pos sible by the Russian evacuation of tho province, Line . Threatened. It is not only here, however, that the Sereth line is threatened, for despite a tenacious defense by the Russians ‘and Rumanians’ the lino northwest- ward beyond the Buzeu river is not holding well against! the Teutonic pres- sure, while efforts to keep the Teu- tons in check in the Moldavian fron- tier valleys apparently are proving still less successtul. A bread: in: this dine/eg, the goulher- ly front-Wwould imperil. the Moldavian frontier positions while protracting of the fronter line ‘itself, not an appar- ent improbability, would endanger the entire ling running southwestward to the Danube. i In these circumstances commenta- tors in the Entente capitals are con- sidering the -possibilily of ‘Russia be- ing compelled to abandon the line of the Sereth, and withdrawing to the Russian frontier, or beyond it to Bes- sarabia. The French, ‘British and ‘Italian pre- miers and important military subordi- nates in severa)] Entente ministries are holding a war council in Rome. Emperor Wilhelm is declared as ordering in an order to the army and navy that as Germany's offer for peace negotiations has been refused the war will be’ continued with a view to an understanding forced by arms. NO EXCEPTION MADE. ) Rome, via Paris, war council of representatives of the Entente Powers, there will be neither fetes nor banquets. Premier Boselli will give a luncheon tomorrow to the visiting statesmen. The menu will be |drawn up in conformity with the food restrictions now applicable to hotels and restaurants. DENY REPORT. (Associated Pr Berlin, Jan. 6.—“An absolute un- truth,” was the comment of the semi- official press bureau today upon the report that a woman and a 13-year- old boy at ‘Nassalem, Belgium, had been shot to death. BRING UP REINFORCEMENTS. Berlin, Jan. 6.—The Russians brought up reinforcements and renew- ed their attacks yesterddy on the north end of the Russo-Galician front, near the Gulf of Riga, it is announced officially. They entered German posi- tions east of the river Aa, but else- where were repulsed. Counter at- tacking, the Germans took 900 prison- ers and several machine guns. Bavarian and Austro-Hungarian troops yesterday stormed Russian de- fenses on an extended front south of the Trotus valley, near the Moldavian frontier. In addition to Braila, five more Ru- manian towns have been taken by the Teutonic troops which ave reached the Sereth at two points. PENETRATE TRENCHES. Berlin, Jan. 6.—In an attack north of the Ancre last night, British troops penetrated German trenches, the war office announces. There was vigorous | artillery in the Yypres bend, along the somme and Champagne and Verdun front. LANSING HOLDS CONFERENCE. (United Press) < Washington, Jan. 6.—Secretary Lan- sing went to the capitol for a confer: ence with the joint meeting of the senate: and house: immigration com- mittees. It is almost certain that he will discuss the Japanese proposed bills while at the conference. WIDELY. KNOWN. (United \Press.) St.’ Paul, Jan. 6.—Major Lutz was maior of the 24th Infantry stationed at Ft. Snelling, Minn., until three years ago. He was widely known through the meetkeet- * widow. and one s0n ASSOCIATED PRESS “LEAK” PROBERS SEND OUT LARGE BATCH OF SUBPOENAES FOR NEWSPAPERMEN; BROKERS MUST BRING SALES SLIPS cientists Find Theory of Growth Control (Associated Press) Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 6.—Scientists at the University of California have dis- covered the substance that produces growth in the human body, it was stated today. Tethelin!is-what they call it; it is located in the pituitary body a the base of the brain, and by retarding or accelerating its functions, it may be possible, according to the Berkeley scientists, to control the sta- ture of human beings. Announcement of the discovery was made by Dr. T. B. Robertson, profes. sor of biochemistry, who said that he had succeeded in isolating Tethelin and that he believed it was the, first time in the history of biological sci- ence that it had been done. Dr. Robertson said his experiemnts covered a period of four years, and that the ultimate importance of the discovery made by him and his asso- ae could not be estimated at this time. SUFFRAGE BIL S COMPRONISE LMT FRANCHISE Illinois Plan Followed Giving; Right To Vote on All But Constitutional Officers GETS AROUND NEED OF AN AMENDMENT A bill along the lines advocated by Mrs. Anderson, and as now in effect in Illinois, was introduced in the senate this afternoon by Senator Lindstrom of Burke. This measure would enable women to vote for all offices not em- bodied in the constitution and would not, it is claimed, require a constitu- tional amendment to make it effective. Compulsory Rotation. The compulsory rotation of small grain crops requiring summer cultiva- tion as a means of preventing the im- poverishment of the soil is provided for in a bill introduced this afternoon by Senator McLean of Cavalier, Res.ind Action. Senator Lindstrom also introduced a concurrent resolution, providing for a suffrage amendment to the constitu- tion. The senate adopted the house con- current resolution urging a hearing of the interstate commerce commission at St. Paul on the reciprocal Co-opera- rage increase. The Equity Co-opera- tive exchange is making this request. ‘Senator Moostad of Ward made a mo- tion for adoption but later on his mo- tion, the senate reconsidered the ac- tion and referred the resolution to the committee on warehouses, grain and grading. Senator Hyland, chairman of the state affairs, in his report on the ter-! minal elevator report of-the railroad commission, recommended that a di- gest of the report be prepared by a sub-committee and that several thous- and copies of the same be printed. HALEY CANT STW FAUS YOUMANS CHS (United Press.) Mandan, Jan. 6.—Judge J. M. Han- ley of the district court, has wired the Clerk of the Supreme Court that he will be unable to sit on the hearing of the attempted reopening of the Grant Youmans bank wrecking case. Hanley yesterday received orders from the Supreme Court to sit on this case, to- gether with Judge Cole of Fargo. Hanley has jury cases on trial in the local district court at the time. BUFFALO BILL NEARING END Glenwood Springs, Coio., Jan. 6.— The condition of Col. Wm. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), took a turn for the worse early today and his physician ‘announced that he was hurrying the colonel back to Denver. “Col. Cody is slowly nearing the end, and cannot recover from his present. illness,” Dr...W. W. Cook, in attendance, announced. EUROPEANS ARE SUSPECTED May Have Come From Diplo- matic Circles of Some of the Belligerent Powers Tip CONGRESSMEN HAVE SEVERAL VERBAL TILTS Committee Wants To Hear Ex- plained the Identity of the Mysterious Mr. Curtis Washington. Jan. 6.—A motion by Rep. Campbell, republican, to have the New York and Chicago stock ex- changes notify all their members to preserve their sale slips from Decem- ber 10 to December 23 was adopted in leak probe today. Announcement was made by Chair- man Henry that Barnard M. Baruch, who is declared by the mysterious “A. Curtis” to have profitted by the so- called leak and Otto H. Kahn, of Kuehn, Loeb & Co., whom Rep. Wood suggested should be called, would be here Monday to testify. Lawson Beneticlary. Rep. Chipperfield, of Illinois, repub- lican, declared at the eharing that he understood Thomas W. Lawson had been the chief beneficiary of the fall- ing markets, which followed the Pres- ident’s peace note. Representative Wood had been called to the stand and a wrangle between republican an ddemocratic members had been precipitated when Repre- sentative Harrison, democrat, asked Mr. Wood why he had not satisfied himself as to the identity of the mys- terious “A. Curtis.” Not the Author, “Representative Wood is not the author of the charges under inquiry here,” protested Mr. Chipperfield, “and his motives cannot be impugned. I think we are losing sight of the fact that these scandalous charges were made by Thomas W. Lawson, of Bos- ton, and it is my understanding that Mr. Lawson was the chief beneficiary of this falling market.” Representative Harrison called at- tention to the fact that Wood's first resolution was produced before Law- son had made any statement and »be- fore the letter from “A. Curtis” al- leged New York broker, had been re- ceived. “The q ion,” Mr. Chipperfield in- sisted, “is whether there was a leak and whether government officials im- properly profitted by it.” “Do you think there was a leak?” asked Representative Campbell, of Mr. Harrison “Yes,” replied Mr. Harrison, “but 1 think the leak came from the rep- resentatives of those two Wall Street papers, or else the leak came back from foreign centers. Knew There Was Leak. Representative Gardner, of Massa- ,chusetts, who on the floor of the House, January 2, said he knew there was a leak and that the whole stock exchange transaction showed it was then called to the witness stand. Representative Gardner testified he | Was convinced there had been a “leak” \because at 2:05 p. m., December 20, ten hours before the peace note was released for publication and four hours before it had been placed in the hands of the news agencies, the fol- lowing dispatch was sent out over the Dow, Jones & Company’s ticker: “The renewed selling of the market is due to reports received by brokers’ private wires at Washington to the effect that the administration will, in the near future, address to the bellig- erents some suggestions or proposals in regard to peace. Nothing definite Hs obtainable in administration cir- j cles.” Subpoenas for seven men were or- dered issued today by the House Rules committee at the outset of today’s ses- sion of the “leak” investigation. The men to be called are John Boyle and Henry E. Eland, of the Wall Street Journal, and W. A. Crawford, (Ernst A. Knor, Jr., A. L. Geiger, Nel- son K. Sheppard, and A. M. Jamison, employees of the Central News of America, a news service which sup- plies information to financial Amer- ica, 2 Wall Street newspaper. The heads of the bureau were also request- ed to bring the ticker tape of their services for from 10 a. m. throughout the day of December 20, 1916. The committee wants to learn what time the Central News and Wall Street Journal bureaus made public the fact that the note was forthcoming from the President. Many Summoned. Seven men employed by the Wall Street Journal and the Central News of America, which furnishes service to another ‘Wall street mewspaper, Financial America, were subpoenaed and ordered to bring their records with them. {Managers of two telegraph compan- ies also were subpoenaed to bring all dispatches sent to the two papers by their Washington correspondents ‘on December 20, the day of the market crash. ‘Representative Harrison, Democrat, of the committee, declared he bdeliev- ed the so-called leak was through the representatives of. those-two publica- tions, who, with several newspaper men, had been informed confidential- ly by Secretary I ¢ ued on BOBS UP IN SENA Soo MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR 10 COMMITTEES Four Bills Introduced at Sessiox of Lower House Late This | Afternoon SPEAKER ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE STATIONS Important Ones Reduced in Size To Expedite Handling of « ; Legislative Matter : The announcement of the standing committees of the lower branch of the house, the introduction of four new bills and the referring of the gover+ nor's message by topics to different committees, constituted the chief bust- ness of the day in the house of repre- sentatives, the members taking ad- journment shortly after 3 o’clock until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Four bills were introduced in the house, compared with double that number yesterday. The authors ar F, A. Hoare, of House Bill No. 9; K. ‘Lageson of House Eill No, 10; R. L. Fraser, of House Bill No. 11, and Strom, Quam and Moen, of ‘House Bill No, 12. Speaker Howard H. Wood this af- ternoon announced the house stand: ing committees. The ‘ist being fram- ed in accordance with the new rules. Under the new orders, every com: mittee is decreased with th excep tion of the apportionment’ which ‘ia fixed by statute providing one ‘mem: ber from each district. pie Cut Down Committees. The new railroad committee is re duced from 19 to 9; agriculture, from. 19 to 9; appropriation, from 17 to 9; banking, from 11 to 7; education, from 17 to 9; elections, from 15 to 7; game and fish, from 9 to 5; highways, from 17 to 9; insurance, from 11 to-7; judt- ciary, from 19 to 94..public. printing. from 9 to 5; ways and means, from 16 to 5; taxes, from 17 to 9; temperance, from 15 to 7; state affairs, from.19 to 9 The committees follow: Revision and Correction of Journal. J. C. Miller, H. A. Mackoff and Hi: J. Stinger. Li Joint Committee—Penal Institutions. E. W. Everson, F. H. Kelly,: Bs Bs Kurtz,.Henry Strom, A. S; Marshall; Sydney Smith, S. 0. Allen, C..H,.Ebel and Joseph Reauld. Public Printing ; John R. Maddock, Rollan V. Weld, J. E. Erb, Fred Eckert and A. G. Lowe. Public Debt. C. I. Christenson, A. G. Sorstad, A. G. Divit, Nels Peterson and Lars O. V'redrickson. Public Health. F. W. Keitzman, A. Walton, Frank Lazier, L. D. Bailey, C. E. Knox, Martin Larson and August Isaak. Public Buildings. P. G. Hanson, J. J. Schragg, Wm. Pleasance, Stewart Wilson, O. E. ‘Ward, Obert A. Olson and Fred Eck- ert. Manufactures. : F. J. Martz, C. C. Turner, G. J. Brown, Andrew Oksendahl, C. I. Chrise tenson, S. 0. Allen and Otto C. Olson. State Public Utilities. G. Patterson, F. W. Mees, Henry Geiger, E. A. Bowman, L. L. Stair, As L. Maxwell, 0. H. Olson, Nils Peterson and John Weber. Apportionment. wm. Pleasance, J. H. Sinclair, Alex Ferguson, C. I. Christianson, P. G. Hanson, J. F. T. O'Connor, O. K. of eson, Henry Strom, E. E. Cole, B. Ns Sandbeck, Robt. Wodeson, Nels Peter- son, Paul Meyer. Martin Larson, Burl Carr, E. W. Everson, Lars Frederick« son, J. J. Schrag, Jo. Renauld, Jno. Ry Maddock. N. O. Hoghaug, T. J. Marts, L. H. Larson, Paul Havens, C. E. Knox, C. A. Ward, L. D. Bailey, J. C. Miller, A. Walton, Chas. Schick, H. J. Blanchard, J. N. Kunkle, F. B. Fraser, John Nathan, John Rott, Jr. C. H, Ebel, C. H. Noltimier, B. D, Arnold, G, Brown, Robert Byren, A. J: Lowey G, Patterson, T. J. Haines, E. %. Bryans, James Rice, Martin Koller, A. A. Leide erbach. J. M. Carrigan. Rules Committee. H. A. Mackoff, R. L. Fraser, Robert. Bryen, C. P. Peterson, J. C. Miller, Jy ( Continued on Page Three) SWIFT'S PLANT PAYS (United Press.) : St. Paul, Jan. 6.—Gross_ sales of $575,000,000, with profits of $20,465,000 for the fiscal year ending were reported in the statement issued by Swift & Co., today. The figures te- port the profits made on thé: South-8t., Paul plant which was established onty after the city of St. Paul-had donated” $250,000 at the companys request. AFTER AWR IS OVER. that morning}