The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1917, Page 1

The Weather Snow, Continued Cold. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 10 SENATE PASSE Harry Thaw Cuts Throat; Condition SUFFRAGE BILLS SLIP THROUGH UPPER BODY Only Eleven Senators Oppose Il- Ninois Plan Giving Partial Privilege at Once AMENDMENT PROVISION ‘ALSO SUCCESSFUL No Opposition To Measure Is An- ticipated in House as League Favors Issue Both suffrage measures passed the Senate this afternoon without any debate. The vote on the limited franchise bill 37 to 11 with one absent. This makes Il- linois plan effective next July ex- tending elective franchise to wo- men on all ‘offices not embodied in the constitution. Those Opposing, Those who opposed the bill were. Senators Beck, ‘Haggart, Jacobsen, _Kretschmar, McBride, McLean , Nel- son of Grand Forks, Porter, Thoreson, Young, Zieman, O the suffrage amendment to the constitution extending full franchise privileges the vote was 38 to 10. Por- ter switched to suffrage cause on this vote. Paulson was absent and not voting on both measures. There was no demonstration in the Balleries when the vote was. announc- ed, although there @ayeg Aarge nim. ber of. suffragists present. Senator Jacobson amended the con- current resolution for a suffrage con- stitutional amendment to read that'a qualified elector niwst reside in a coun- ty 90 days instba@’of'six'months as at present, and ing precin¢t 30 days’ in- stead of 90 as at’ present. The Mlinois “plan ‘embodied in the suffrage statuté‘meagure ‘gives the wo- men a vote dl86''ohipresidefitial elec- tors. Easy sledding is expected in the house. Suffrage or anti-suffrage was the all-important issue before the senate this afternoon. Senator Lindstrom’s two suffrage measures, one a bill providing for the immediate enjoyment of a limited franchise, without the necessity of amending the constitution; and the other a constitutional amendment which would provide for. full equality of the sexes in 1920, would have been up for final passage yesterday after- noon, but for an unavoidable delay in the enroll! he and engrossing de- partment. Suffragettes Out. The fair suffragettes were out in force yesterday, on the’ floor of the senate and in the galleries, and they were much disappointed when the anticipated battle dwindled into an in- consequential fifteen minutes’ session. The cohorts included Mrs. Grace Clen- denning of Fargo, president of the State Suffrage league; Mrs. Mary D. Weible of Fargo, vice president; Mrs. Fannie Dunn Quain. of Bismarck, chairman of the legislative depart- ment; Mrs. J. E. Stevens of Lawton, . field organizer of the North Dakota Anti-Tuberculosis association and a prominent suffragist; Mrs. H. P. Allen of Jamestown; Mrs. J. A. Englund of Kenmare, wife of the senator from the Second, (you may bet your bottom dollar he’s for it); Mrs. Howard R. Wood of Deering, wife of the speaker of the house; Mrs. Woodmansee and Mrs. A. A. Bruce of Bismarck, Mrs. C. W. McGray of Underwood, wife of the senator from the 46th, and others. ink House Easy. The women were confident their fight would be won or lost in the sen- ate. There is, they claim, fio question as to the disposition of the house, in which the league, which is more or less -committeed to suffrage, now claims 90 members. There is apparent, however, no or- ganized opposition to suffrage in the senate. No attempt has been made to organize that chamber. -against votes for women, and if any opposi- tion develops it will be spontaneous and uninspired. The women came this afternoon prepared for any, emergency, however. Eoth suffrage bills introduced by Senator Lindstrom for limited suf- frage and a constitutional -amend- ment will pass the house by a strong two-third vote in the opinion of floor leaders for the Non-partisan league and prominent. non-league men seen this morning. Representative Staale Hendrickson of the 40th district, a non-leaguer, de- sclared that there “ is not the least possible doubt” of the passage of both measures in the house. Two “years ago, a suffrage measure passed the senate and came to the house, but was recalled and died in the senate. Prominent members of the league stated that the bills-have ‘the league | UNITED PRESS | BLIND SENATOR MAY UNDERGO OPERATION SENATOR GORE. ‘Senator Gore, blind senator from Ok- lahoma, is ill in’ Washington, D.C. An X-ray examination will decide wheth- er he needs an operation. Gore is 46 and has been blind 35 years, END INQUIRY ON LEAK SAYS COMMITTEE Reports Adversely on Woods Res- olution for a Thorough Inves- tigation DEMOCRATS DON’T PLACE STOCK IN TOM LAWSON -wait-anrent Managing~ Eaito Journal Sa il Tip Came From Washington (Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 11—The Demo- eratic i ed of the house rules com- mittee today, voted to report the Wood “leak” resolutjon adversely. The action cf the committee oper- ates to end the inquiry. The Repub- licans were willing to proceed with any kind of an inquiry that might be jdevised, but were solidly opposed by the Democratic members, who con- cluded there were no grounds in Thom- !as W. Lawson's charges upon which to base an investigation. Tip From Washington. A new version of the “leak” to Wall Street on President Wilson’s peace note was given to the committee to- day by James R. Reilly, managing edi- tor of the Wall Street Journal. A tip picked up by a Dow-Jones re- porter on Wall Street that brokers’ private wires from Washington were saying the president was about -to send a peace note was solely respon- sible for the dispatch forecasting the note, which appeared’ on the com- pany's ticker at-12:05 p. m. Wednes- day, Dec. 20, ten hours before the note was published. Between 11:30 a. m., the time Reilly said he received ‘the tip, and the dis- patch of the item on the ticker, Reilly said he reccived two messages from John Boyle, the Journal’s local repre- sentative here. The first, filed'before Boyle had re- ceived Reilly’s inquiry, regarding his reporter’s tip, was marked “confiden- tial,” and told of the coming of some sort of note, and said it was not a peace proposal. . The,second, in reply to Reilly’s in- quiry as to whether anything was available on the report, gleaned from the brokers’ wire, was to the effect that the reference undoubtedly was made to the coming note. Reilly was very emphatic in his de- claration that the Journal had not vio- lated a confidence. — BARRON’S TESTIMONY. (United Press) Washington, Jan. 11—After a brief conference, the house rules committee today decided that the testimony of B. W. Barron, head of the Wall Street Journal -which is associated with the Dow ficket service which carried a hint of the dispatch of the Wilson peace note, the day. before the publica- tion of the note was permitted, would be heard at a public session. WHEAT TAKES SPURT DUE 10: ENTEENTE REPLY (United Press) . Chicago, i 11.—Wheat took a sensational spurt this afternoon, upon the Allies’ refusal to accept profferred peace terms. May was up 4%, closing at $1.87%; July was up 4%, closing at $1.514%,- and September: was; up sek BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 1917. UFFRAGE BILLS ___ ASSOCIATED PRESS Coffee ee and. Sinkers Diet of Pickets Cold Job Watching White House While January Gale Beats Their Banners POLICE ASSIST IN MAKING JOB PLEASANT Sentinels in Face of Cold Weather Are Silently Sticking to Their Job (United Press.) Washington, Jan. 11—Coffee and doughnuts were arranged today as the refreshments for the silent forces of the Congressional Suffragists’, union, which are silently sticking to their frigid job of picketing the White House. At the east and west gates, women stand today with seven-foot banners flopping in the January gale, to tell the president that they want his support on suffrage. If the suffragists expected the mere excitement of police interference with their work, they are due for disap- pointment. Chief of Capital Police Pullman today said that he would not interfere with the women's work, so long as they did not go any further than their parade around the grounds yesterday. Policemen instead of jtarding the women’s activities, insist- ed upon offering to them all sorts of suggestions upon the ways of making the capital’s pavement easier for their feet. Picketing the home of the president is far more exciting than the ordinary picketing. It is full of thrills. We wanted to “concert: public opinion,”-to use the terms of the president. We t mighty. cold ‘while. doing the con-., ‘erting yesterday.” But the only vot- ers not visibly. impressed by our activ- ities are the president and Secretary Tumulty. They'are bard to impress. It is really humorous to hear the pres- ident sdy that he can advance no fur- ther than his party. GIVES MOB CHANCE TO LYNCH WIM, Meets Threat From Lawless Com- munity by Coming Into Its Midst on Special Train THREATS MADE AGAINST LIFE OF CIRCUIT JUDGE (Associated Press.) Murray, Ky., Jan. 11.—In line with his announced intention. to..give the mob a “chance to lynch the governor of Kentucky first,” Gov. O. A. Stan- ley arrived here‘early today and took charge of the situation growing out of threats made yesterday by a mob against the lives of Circuit Judge Charles Bush and Commonwealth At: torney ‘Denny Smith. es A special train on which Governor Stanley arrived was left standing with steam up, ready to take them from Murray if further demonstra- tions were made against their lives. Open threats were made on the street that any attempt to remove Judge Bush from Murray or to pre- vent the trial today of Lube Martin, a negro, charged with killing Guthrie Duiguid, a white man, would place the governor's own life in danger. Uphold Law. “t have come here to uphold law and ‘order and to protect this court with my own body, if necessary,” said Gov. Stanley, to a crowd which filled every available space of the circuit court room, With almost every avail- able member of the Kentucky Nation- al Guard on the Mexican border, he was forced to rely on such forces as he could summon to his aid for the “maintenance of order. He deputized 75 citizens and order- ed them to prevent, at all costs, any outbreaks. (His next move was to make an address to the crowd, which filled the court room when court con- vened. A little more tham a year ago,” he said, “I put my right hand upon a Bi- ble and called to God to witness that as chief magistrate of Kentucky and |?) supporter of the law, 1 would maintain its integrity. I have come here today to plead with you to allow the law to take its orderly course, and to de- clare that I am here to uphold the law and to protect this court with my body if necessary.” JAMESTOWN ATTORNEY HERE. Attorney J. A. Jorgenson of James- town arrived in the city dast evening from Steele, having spent yesterday there on. business affairs. He was a bese the: state ‘house: this after / .. | understand ; KENTUGKY GOVERNOR LEAGUE: PLAN CONSERVATIVE SAYS COATES Business Manager of Organization Regards Convention Idea as Most Radical TWO CHECKS.ON REVISION 18 DONE BY LEGISLATURE Senate Majority Opposed to Pro. gram and Voters Would Both Have Say The only-conservative plan yet ad: vanced for the revision of the consti- tution ig. the Non-Partisan league scheme, declares D. C. Coates, general | manager for the organization, who to- day for the first time gave a detailed explanation of the procedure which the league hopes to pursue. “We have adopted our program with a view of appealing to the conserva-|! tive element in the senate,” said Mr. Coates, “and nothing could be safer or saner than the scheme which we Propose. Compared with it, Mr. Mc- Bride’s resolution is radical in the ex- treme. How It Works Out. “Our proposition is not difficult to it is not tmreasonable, certainly not dangerous. We do not propose that the constitution be rip- ped to pieces and put together again. All we ask is probably four amend- ments, required to enabie us to put through the program for‘which a ma-| jority of North Dakota’s people have} gone on record. ‘ The remainder ‘of the constitution would be left untouch- ed. There is no reason why any. clause affecting, the Aah funddage should “be tampered wi none why the prohibition provision should be touched at all. Senate Would Act as Check. “Our idea-is not to resolve the leg- islature into a convention, nor to in- veigle the senate into joint session, where we would have control, but to introduce a bill for the submission of our amendments, as revisions of the constitution, and this bill would be in- troduced in the usual way.and passed upon in the usual way. Nothing this bill contained could get by without final approval from a majority of the senate, and so long as the senate ma- jority is conservative, there is no rea- son why the interests of that element should not bo fully protected. Would Be Done in the Open. stitution would be done in the open; the chance of a joker to get through j would be very slim; the people would know at ail times what was being done and the people finally would have the |deciding voice, when the constitution, jas revised, is submitted to them for acceptance or rejection. Ceuld Control! Convention? “If we wanted to be really radical, we would insist upon this question go- ing before a constitutional convention of deiegates by the people, for there is nothing more certain than that the league, with the people in their pres- ent temper, can elect two-thirds of the members of such a convention. This would place the league in a position to write-into the constitution anything it stands for. Want to Play Fair. “Our purpose in asking for a revi- sion of the constitution by a legisla- ture which is evenly divided as be- tween the league and the conserva- tives is to show the business interests that we desire to play fair. It is not our intention to go into a wholesale building of state-owned public utilities We do want an opportunity to try out, one at a time, the projects for which the league stands, We do not want to squander the state's money, nor do we intend ,to increase the tax rate one penny.” Equity Can Have Plant. Mr. Coates intimated that it is the intention of the league to allow the Equity to give its co-operative pack- ing plant a thorough try-out and prove its success before this enterprise is taken over by the state. He also ex- pressed the.opinion that a compromise will be effected with the senate by which the league will be enabled to get early action upon the constitution- al amendments in which it is chiefly concerned. New Plan is Rumor. The Non-Partisan league leaders’ beri for a constitutional convention have been abandoned, it was believed by political observers here today. The proposed calling of a convention as set forth in an agreement signed by 93 reat of the house is giving way to newly announced plan under which the whole constitutional revision ques- tion will be placed directly before the state assembly, coupled with a resolu- tion for submitting the proposed new constitution at a special’ election in June. Albert E. Bowen, clerk of the house, ect forth the details ofthe chang- ed program in an interview this morn- ing, said: “The legislature is empow- ered, we are. advised, to.draft a com- —e [on page= two): - {tions north of El Arish in Egypt on 1 tag witate, “In this way, the revision of the con-| CORINALLS SUNK BY TEUTONS 730 ON BOARD Reported That Only Thirteen of the Crew Is Missing When Craft Is Torpedocd Ig ATTACKED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Activity Is Resumed by British North of El Arish in Egyot (United Press.) London, Jan. 11.—The British battle- ship Cornwallis, 14,000 tons, has been ; torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterran- ean sea, it was officially reported to- day. The vessel was built in 1901, carfied a crew and cemplement of 750 men, and was 405 feet long. Thirteen of the crew are mising. The vessel | carried Krupp armor and 12 big guns. The aeroplane carrier Benoychride was also sunk today in the Kastelorig- co harbor, today’s official statement announces, 600 Killed, Six hundred Turks were killed and 1,600 Turks were captured when Brit- ish forces stormed and captured posi- Tuesday, the war office announced to- day. El Arish is a,seaport on the Med- iterranean sea. It has been held by the enemy for two years. Six lines of entrenchments and six redoubts were taken by the British in this impetus on the city. ATTACKS REPULSED. (United Presse.) Paris, Jan. 11,--German. attacks in the Carvariers wood ,next to Verdun, were repulsed after a lively combat, today’s official statement said. GERMAN GAINS. (United Press.) Petrograd, Jan. 11.—Gains by Ger- man forces of two heights at the mouth of the Oituz river, following re- peated attacks was officially admitted today. 800 CAPTURED. (United Press.) Berlin, Jan, 11.—Six officers and 800 men of other ranks were captured when six machine guns were taken in further German advances into Ruma- nia, today's official statement said. CAPTURE VILLAGE. (Associated Press) Petrograd, Jan. 11.—Russian troops yesterday captured a village in the Riga sector of the northern Russian fornt, which had been stubbornly de- fended by German troops, ,with.a great number of machine guns, says an offi- cial statement issued today by the Russian department. Fighting in the region south of Lake Babit continues. War Digest (Assoiciated Press) British troops pushing ‘northeast- ward from the Suez canal region and the Sinai Peninsula have carried their advance to the border of Palestine. ‘They have captured there a defensive entrenchment of Rafa, 30 miles north- east of El Arish and about 70 miles southwest of Jerusalem. The attack was carried out by the Turkish troops and a camel corps, and was followed by a Turkish relief force. In the oper- j ation, 1,600 unwounded prisoners, and four mounted guns were taken, accord- ing to the British official report. Greece has followed up her formal acceptance of the ultimatum of the En- \tente powers by beginning the deliv- ery to the Entente naval auhorities of six batteries of mounted guns. The campaign of Field Marshal von Mackensen in northern Rumania con- tines to be pressed with force, and nearly all along the line from the Dan- ube to Fokshani the Russians have been pushed back to the Sereth river. j North of Fokshani the Russians have been making a stand. British troops yesterday succeeded in penetrating German defensives at one point north of Ypres, but were ex- pelled by a counter attack, ‘suffering heavy losses, the German war office announced. SENATE PASSES. RURAL Col. Cody To Be Buried on Mountain Rock Hewn Grave Will Mark End of the Trail for Famous In- dian Scout CITY OF DENVER OFFERS A SITE Funds for Monument Will Be; Raised by Nation-Wide Sub- scription (Associated Press.) Denver, Colo., Jan. 11—A_ rock- hewn grave on the crest of the Look- out mountain, near here, will mark the end of the trail for “Buffalo Bill,” according to present plans. Here, from an eminence overlooking the plains of eastern Colorado and southern Wyoming, the city of Denver has of- fered the family a burial place, and plans for the erection of a suitable monument are under consideration. Funds for the monument may be rais- ed by nation-wide subscription. The mountain is a part of tribal lands of the Indians, to whom he was known as “Pabaska, the long-haired one.” POLICE FIND THAW WITH THROAT GUT Slayer of Sanford ‘White Wanted on Assault Charge Tries to Commit Suicide Is IN HOSPITAL BUT : EXPECTED TO RECOVER Opened Veins on His Writs in Apartment House in East Philadelphia DRAW PARALLEL. New York, Jan. 11.—Authori- ties here today were much inclin- ed to draw a parallel between the attempted suicide of Harry K. Thaw and the suicide of Bernard W. Lewis, Thaw attempted sui- cide when wanted on a charge of whipping the Gump boy. Lewis committed suicide when suspect. ed of the murder of Maize Col- bert, whose badly beaten body in- dicated that she had been beaten to death. Both Thaw and Lewis lived at Pittsburg. (Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 11.—Harry K. Thaw, wanted by the ‘New York authorities on charges of kidnapping and assaulting a Kansas City boy, was found in an apartment house in West Philadelphia by the police today, with his throat and wrists cut. Early reports did not indicate whether Thaw was dead or dying. According to Captain of Detectives Pate, who has been searching for him, Thaw’s whereabouts were learned to- day and the house entered. ‘When detectives entered the place, they found Thaw with his wrists and throat cut. Thaw, Pate says, asked that Dr. Ellwood Kirby, a well known physician of this city, be sent for. When the doctor arrived, he ordered Thaw removed to St. Mary's hospital, where Dr. Kirby is head of the insti-| tution. In Hospital. 1 ‘St. Mary's hospital is in the extreme northern part of the city, several miles from the house where Thaw was found. Captain Pate later said he had been informed that Thaw was expected to die. What Thaw cut himself with, Pate says, was not learned. The house where Thaw was found is yithin a short distance from the street where Thaw was’ in an automo- bile accident last May. It was a dam- age suit instituted against his mother, the owner of the machine,. that Serious ANSWER WILL BE CIVEN 10 PRESS FRIDAY Premier Brian Hands Allies’ Re- ply to Ambassador Sharp at Paris SPECIAL COMMUNICATION FROM THE BELGIANS Their Government Expresses Gratitude Toward America for Relief Measures NOTE RECEIVED. (United Pre Washington, Jan. 11.—The En- tente Allies’ answer to President Wilson's peace suggestion reach- ed the state department at noon today. The message was immedi. ately translated. decoded and la before Secretary Lansing shortly after noon, Lansing said the note would be given out this afternoon for publication in tomorrow morn- ing newspapers, but he would not even give an inkling of the con. tents in the meantime. (Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 11.—Premier ‘Briand. to- day received Ambassador Sharp and handed him, in the name of all the Allied governments the answer to President Wilson’s note of December 19. Peace Terms. It hag Deen learned by the Assocl- ated Press thatthe Entente Allies’ re- ply to President Wilson's peace note makes specific designation’ “of ‘its terms of peace, which includes. the restoration of Belgium, of ‘Serbia, and of ‘Montenegro, and of complete rep aration for damage they sustained.and the evacuation of invaded territories ,; of France, Rusgia and Rumania, with such reparation as is considered just. The terms also require liberation of Italians, Slavs, Rumanians and Czech Slavs from foreign domination and retirement of the Turkish empire from Europe. Premier Briand, at the same time, gave Ambassador Sharp a note from the Eelgian government. This note, while declaring adhesion to the gen- eral answer of the Allies, says that the Belgian government desires to show its feeling of gratitude to the American government for the gener- j ous services rendered the unfortunate Belgian population. RESTORATION OF ALSACE. (United Press.) Paris, Jan, 11—‘“The first two things on the Entente Allies’ program is the delivery of Belgium and the restoration of Alsace-Lorraine, and, these two things must be accomplish- ed to compensate the sacrifices we have lost and to insure our children’s peace,” President of the Chamber of Deputies: Deschanernel declared today at the opening of the chamber of dep- uties’ session. In the address, he hinted at what the Allies proposed to accomplish before they would heed peace suggestions. WALL STREET WAITS. (United Press) New York, Jan. 11.—Wall street to- | day awaited the arrival of the Eatente allies’ note before entering seriously into trading. Gains were narrow end irregular. BOPP FOUND GUILTY ASKS NEW TRIAL (United Press) San Francisco, Jan. 11—Undaunted by the verdict of the jury which found him guilty of conspiracy to violate the United States neutrality, Thom Bopp, German attache, today instructed his counsel to file a motion for a new trial tomorrow. Judge Hunt will hear the arguments of the defense upon the motion at that time. Theodore Roche, brought Thaw here last Monday, to defend the action. Detectives were asked by the New ,ork authorities to apprehend him ona charge of kidnapping Fred Gump, CREDITS RESOLUTION The senate late this afternoon pass- ed the concurrent resolution providing for the organization of rural credit or- ganizations and the loan of state funds to these organizations or to individ- uals on farm security. Favorable action also was taken on the bill to fix the penalty for malicious mischief. This is Senate bill No. 16. Jr. Expected to Li Lieutenant Scanlon said that he had learned that, while Thaw is uncon- scious, he is expected to live. Sur- prise was expressed that Thaw should ‘be taken so far away, when there were nearly a dozen hospitals nearer to the house where he was found. Detective headquarters were not ad- vised in their early report whether ‘Thaw was taken to the hospital in an (Continued oa page two.) counsel for Bopp, said that were a new trial denied, that the case would be taken to the highest possible court. Revocation of German Consul ‘Gem eral Franz Bopp’s exequator—the per ¢ mission granted by this governmeat under which he acts—has been dy District Attorney Jchn W: Pree ton, it became known here - today: against neutrality. DAWSONITES rid STRANDED. Failure to catch No. 2. of Dr. T. Kaufman. of .