The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1917, Page 1

The Weather 4 THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 10 UNITED PRESS - THE BIS ‘CK TRIBUNE [= BISMAR' EQUITY MEET WILL CRIPPLE EILATURE Big Convention in Fargo To Take Majority of Members Away Next Week BUDGET BOARD REPORT WILL BE IN TUESDAY Committee Has Facts in Hand but Has Not Completed Com- pilation of Data / ‘REACH MATTER TODAY. A. C. Townley, president of the Non-partisan league, announced that the league’s bill for consti- tutional revision would be submit- ted to the house late this after. noon, The house recessed at 3:30 and it was expected upon reconvening the constitutional matter would be introduced. The Non-partisan !eague caucus will take no action on woman suf- frage, Sabbath breaking laws, or Prohibition measures, it i:as been decided, according to rumors, The fact that numerous caucus members are bitterly opposed to suffrage and prohibitio: meas. ures, on one hand, the report says, and that another group just as insistent upon stringent Sun. day laws, also exists in the mem. bership, is said to be responsible for the decision. It is stated that leaders of the Non-partisan or- ganization are unwilling to place their contro! of the nouse in jeov- ardy by attempting to bind cau- cus members to the support of either of these three issues. At last night’s cauzus, in which the proposed constitution the league will submit tc the legista- ture was discusse!, severa amendments were endorscd by those present. - Bowen, however, stated today that suffrage measures would pass the house. There seems to be no possibility of conducting a legislature and an Hauity convention: -m two separdte places at the same time, Therefdre, the legislature will give way to the Equity, and a majority of the farmer members of the assembly will hié themselves next’ Tuesday to the’ Gate City, where theremainder of the week will be devoted to attending the sessions of the Equity society and the Tri-State Grain Growers’ association. Adjournment Tuesday. ‘There is still some possibility of ad- journment being taken tomorrow eve- ning for a full week. This plan has many advocates. There are others, however, who. insist that the legisla- ture, already far behind in its work, should lose as little time as -possible, and these will insist upon the grind continuing until’ Tuesday evening. The Fargo conventions begin ‘Wednes- day, and there will be a general exo- dus on No. 2 Tuesday evening, if the plan now contemplated is followed out. Will Consider Legislation. The Equity convention is expected to go on record for an immediate car- rying out of the league,,;program. League leaders trust tne its faction may have some weight with reluctant members of the upper ‘house. Now that the league has come around to the conservatives’ way: of thinking, there is a probability that some action may be had on the revision of the constitution at this session. The plan which the league is now advancing originally was advocated by a leader of the independent faction in the sen- ate. It is said to have been promptly rejected when broached to President Townley, who evidently at that time believed a switch could be effected “which would give the league control of the senate. There is no great oppo- sition in the upper house to the league's present plans, which probably will go through, if any constitutional means of advancing them can be found. . Budget Board Report. Permisison . was obtained to defer the presentation of the budget com- mittee’s report, which should have been in. today, until next Tuesday. The committee has worked like Tro- jans for more than a month, and has finally accumulated all of the informa- tion required to form a basis for their estimates. The statistics, however, have not yet been compiled. When the report does come in next Tues- day, it is predicted the legislators will find it a “pippin.” Real effort and real ability are said to have gone into this session’s budget, by which all state departments and _ institutions will be expected to trim their expend- itures during the ensuing two years. WOULD WAKE TOPERS SIN THEIR NAMES E. A. Bowman of Kulm this after- noon introduced a bill providing that all persons shipping in liquor for per- sonal use go to the express and freight offices and make affidavit upon receipt’ that the liquor is for rath It Beach Girl Is Reported Lost in Gale Wind Whips Dinner Pail from Her Hand and She Runs to Capture it DAUGHTER OF JOE MUSIL GONE SINCE YESTERDAY TALLIES KEEP UP TRENCH WARFARE DESPITE WINTER Through Bain, Mist and Fog, British Continue To Hammer Entrenched Teutons Seven Year Old School Lassie Be.| MINOR POSITIONS ONLY ing’ Sought by 100 Men in * Blinding Storm (United Press) Beach, N. D., Jan. 12.—Philem- ena, the 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Joe Musil, is be- lieved to be lost in the worst bliz- ARE TAKEN IN ACTION Shielded by Curtain of Fire, At- tacking Forces Raid the Enemy (Associated Press.) With the British Armies in France, zard of the year which is still Jan. 11, via London, Jan. 12.—Through sweeping over this section today. She has not been seen since 5:30 yesterday afternoon. When B. G. Dilley, driving a school bus from her school helped her down from the bus, the strong wind whipped her dinner pail from her hands and she ran after it. Since then, she has not been seen. ? Sheriff Smith and one hundred men spent the night searching for om and the search continued to- ay. MUNITION PLANT WRECKED; CAUSES 12 MILLION LOSS Canadian Car Foundry Vast! which they could observe part of. the Storeliouse for Military Sup- plies Catches Fire KINGSLAND N. J. LOOKS LIKE SHELLED CITY). (United Press.) Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 12.—Inter- mittent explosions of bursting stray. shells in. the wreckage pf*the ‘Canad? an. Car foundry, destroyed. late yes- terday with a loss of $12,000,000, were the only activities today that marked the destruction of one of the greatest storehouses for munitions in Amer- ica. 3 Stored in two) concrete buildings, which: were: a of the destroyed munition pla loday, were several tons ‘of the most powerful explosive known to science. Had these build- ings been reached by the flames, the] tacking officers loss would have been millions of dol- Jars. Mayor A. C. Clay of this city was the authority for the estimate that the damage will run to $12,000,- 000. « Tore Great Holes. The town of Kingsland, where the fire occurred, today resembles a town that has been under heavy bombard- ment. Shells exploding in the fire tore great holes in the houses ap- proaching the city. Pavements were torn up with shell craters. Homes were totally destroyed. ‘Many houses haveing holes cut completely through’ them by a shell, set off in the muni- tion fire. - The tracks of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western railroad for two mites have been torn up. Sixteen men, at latest reports, thought miss- ing and perhaps dead, were account- ed for today. This brought the known. dead down to two. -Mitchel Weinski was struck by aled in the house late this afternoon shot and killed as he fled before a| and known as House Bill No. 30, Rep- rain of shells, Harmon Dicktrie was struck by a] would eliminate the $500 traveling shell: flying through the air. ‘His back] expense account as now ‘provided by was broken and he died almost in-|law for the judges of the supreme stantly. At about midnight, 500 shells ex- ploded. These were the last of the $33,000,000 orders that had been pass- ing through this port for Russia. Electric Wire. Strange sights greeted visitors to this shell-wrecked city today while in- termittent shell fire still burst over the city from the ruins of the Canad- ian Car & Foundry company storage house for tons of munitions, destroyed | Ones Fixing Supreme Court Terms in the $12,000,000 fire yesterday. Mayor Clay and other officials to-| And Abolishing Hotel Inspect- day started an investigation of the city. Clay declared that it had been virtually established that the fire was started by an electric wire dropping into a vat, causing an explosion that started the sweeping fire. Nearly all of the 50 looters arrested during the shell fire of yesterday were released today. PLACE LOSS AT $4,000,000. (Associated Press) rain, mist, fog and deep mud, the British army is continuing day by day to pound the German lines. Although there has been no distinctly spectac- ular action recently, daiiy and night- ly trench raids, and the drumming of the artillery have continued. The: operations have yielded a considera- ble inflow of prisoners, and have kept the casualty list growing. According to the stories told by the prisoners, the British tactics have harassed the German troops almost beyond endur- ance. ‘Minor Operations. The last week has witnessed some typical: so-called minor operations, culminating with an attack before dawn today north of Beaumont-Ham- el. This action brought the total prisoners taken in this area in the last three days to 300 and placed in British hands some important sec- tions of trenches. On Tuesday night, the ‘British attacked a desired sec- tion of the German line, which was taken with a yield of 140. prisoners. Important Point. The operations this morning drove the Germans from a position, which they had held for some time and from Eritish line. The attack was pre- ceded by the usual artillery prepara- tion, which, as a matter ‘of fact, had been going on for nearly a week, but had grown particularly severe the last 48 hours. Curtain of Fire. Just before dawn, as the British went over”, ahead of them in that darkest hour before the sun rose, was the fire curtain of shell,from the guns far in fhe rear. The sodden stretch of No Man's. Land over which they |. plodded was lit by the glare ofthe exploding shells. As the - ‘barrage: crept steadily forward, the men fol- lowed it so closely; that the specta- tor momentarily expected them to be smashed by the fire of their own guns. Red rockets from the German trenc flashed signals for aid to the defending guns in the rear, but the counter barrage failed to check the advance. The German gunnery in this instance was described by the at- as weak and erratic. CAPTURE LABURE. (Associated Press) Berlin, Jan. 12—The Rumanian town of Labure was captured yester day by the invading Teutonic troops, the war office announces. The Rus- sians were driven back toward the Sereth, between Braila and Galatz, WOULD ELIMINATE TRAVELING EXPENSE SUPREME JURKTS Under provisions of a bill introduc- resentative Kott of the 36th district court. HOUSE PASSES. ‘FOUR BILLS or Most Important The house late this afternoon pass- ed the bill fixing term of supreme court judges as first Monday in De- cember and also passed Walton's measure abolishing hotel inspector. The bills passed: H. B. No. 9.—Hoare—Provides for attorneys fees on foreclosure of real estate mortgages. H. B. No. 14.—Mees—Gives clerks -New York, Jan. 12.—The 80-acre am- munition plant of the Canadian Car|0f courts power to summon jurors and and Foundry company near Kings-| Witness by mail, telephone and tele- land, N. J., is a scarred and blackened |STaPh. Vote 107 to 6. ruin today, swept by flames and plow- ed by bursting shells. The fire that started there late yesterday still] mencement of term of supreme court smouldered in spots, but the firemen, who stood at a safe - distance, last | Six not voting. night watching the explosion of half @ million dollars’ worth of three and six inch shells, closed in on the ruins] ferring duties to the food commission- H, B. No. 14.—Walton—Fixes first Monday in December as time for com- judges. Vote 95 for, 12 opposing and H. B. No. 24.—C. P. Petersen—Elim- inates office of hotel inspector trans- cautiously. There has been no official }©r-at the agricultural college. Vote report of loss of life, and if all of the 1,400 employes escaped, their safety is due, probably, to the fact that a short time intervened between the dis- covery of the fire and the moment when the flames reached the stored ammunition. ‘The loss, estimated at $4,000,000, accounted for almost entirely by the ay 107 for, none against. WOULD TRANSFER GAME WARDEN POWER TO SHERIFF The office of game warden is but a “political plum,” according to Repre- sentative J. E. Erb of Ryder, who be- jg |tieves that the sheriff could be em- powered with ‘the duties of the office. Representative Erb is drafting a bill to this effect. CK, NORTH DAKOTA, FR. WORKS TO CLEAR SUICIDE HUSBAND IN GIRL’S DEATH j / MRS BERNARD W. LEWIS Mrs, Lewis is wife of the Pittsburg millionaire who killed himself in an Atlantic City hotel following the death of Grace Roberts, Philadelphia model. Although separated a year from him, Mrs. Lewis is working with his fam- ily for exoneration of her dead hus- band. THAW EXPECTE TO RECOVER: Y's SAD TH Peter Gump Reduced from Ath- lete To a Mental and Physi- cal. Wreck, j LASHED ‘YOUTH AND MADE HIM KISS HIS TOES Revolting Story Is Told by Vict- im of Pittsburg Million- (United Press.) Philadelphia, Pa. Jan 12.—Harry K. Thaw will live, despite his suicide attempt, provided he didn't swallow any more of the deaaty poison tablets in the pocket of his coat. Hospital authoritios today feared that he might have swallowed some and were keep- ing a closo watch of his condition. Officials said that the condition of Thaw is still in doubt, and that it will he several days before his condition can be analyzed. USED RAzOR, (Associated Press) Philadelphia, Jan. 12.—Harry K. Thaw, who slashed his throat with a razor and cut an artery in his wrist in an attempt at suicide here yesterday, will be able to leave the hospital with- in two weeks, unless he also swallow- ed poison tablets, according to the statement of physicians here today. Several poison tablets, which produce slow death, were found in his pockets, and if he took any of them it will be several hours before the symptoms manifest themselves. Detectives on Guard, Thaw said he was hungry during the night and was given food several times, but efforts of detectives to get him to talk proved futile, beyond the statement that. he was glad he had not succeeded in ending his life. In- quiries as to whether he had taken poison met with no response. Detectives are on guard at Thaw’s bedside, and a warrant for his arrest on a charge of assaulting a boy, is ready to be served the moment he is considered out of danger. REDUCED TO WRECK. (United Press.) Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 2.—Peter Gump, who made charges of kidnap- ing and brutal treatment against Har- ty K. Thaw, has been reduced from a 19-year-old athlete to a mental and physical wreck by his terrible experi- ences with Thaw, his physicians said today. Gump’s tale as told here today brought shivers to his auditors. He ‘said that in a sound-proof room in a New York hotel, Thaw wielded two whips over him, frequently beating him into insensibility. One of these whips was knotted and the other was a straight whip with two lashes. _ Force Him to Knees. After Thaw had beaten Gump, the latter says, he would force him to his knees and while Thaw stood erect in a dignified poise Thaw would force Gump to kiss Harry’s toes, fingers, lips and forehead, repeating the words: * “T am thy slave, oh master, for four years, and I shall do as you wish, ohj merciful master.” Then, Gump says, Thaw would feed him with a spoon, forcing: Gump to say after each mouthful: the follo-w- ing. words: i “I thank thee, oh mercifal_master, for this food.”: s : 5 IDAY, JANUARY 12, 1917. ASSOCIATED PRESS ADMINISTRATION'S: NEXT MOVE TO END WAR DELAYED UNTIL SOME WORD IS RECEIVED FROM ~ ERMAN WA DOOR STILL OPEN London Thinks Germany Must Soon Give in Under Economic Pressure PEACE BALL STILL ROLLING IS OPINION British Public Seems Pleased with Lloyd George’s Answer to ' President Wilson (United Press) London, Jan. 12.—The peace door is still open, but net results are not to be expected from peace moves in the near future, i This was the British view of the war situation as reflected today by the press and public. It was difficult today to find anyone who would ob- ject to the Entente allies’ reply to the Wilson note. The unanimous opinion of the men in the street is that Germany will soon be forced to lay down both by military and economic necessities. These same men in the street argued that the reply was properly friendly to President Wilson. Still, Rolling. Tt appeared that the peace ball is still rolling but that it is designed to gain momentum before it gets any- where. It is pointed out that the En- tente allies didn't discuss it but gave | it a shove by utterly turning a deaf ear to negotiations. Newspaper editorials expressed pride in the note and believed that the note had not failed to impress America with the similarity between Entente aims and ideals and the Am- erican love of liberty and freedom. The Daily Express says that the note is bold and uncompromising and there is no hope of the enemy accepting it | until the enemy is decisively beaten. Peace Not Possible ures Impossibility of Media- tion Now TO ESTABLISH FUTURE Taken by Administration in Latest Note (Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 12—The Entente allies, replying to President Wilson’s peace note, in a joint communication, express the belief that it is impos- sible at the present moment to obtain @ peace that will assure them repara- tion, restitution, and such guarantees as they consider are essential. In a separate note, the Belgian gov- ernment expresses its desire for peace but declares it could only accept a settlement that would secure repara- tion. The German note to neutrals, pub- lished simultaneously with the Enten- te reply, came as a distinct surprise. It promptly was characterized by the Entente diplomats as a carefully pre- pared and timed address to the world, calculated to offset the Entente state- ment of aims and purposes. ‘ Text in Part. The translation of the French text of the Entente note, as cabled by Am bassador Sharp at Paris, was in part a8 follows: “The Allied governments have re- ceived the note which was delivered to them in the name of the govern ment of the United States on the 19th of December, 1916. They have stud- ( Continued on Page Three) CIRL BURNED < Th DEATH WN FARM FIRE (United Press) Williston, N. D., Jan. 12—A_three- year-old daughter was burned to death and a younger child probably fatally burned, when the farm home of Herman A, Nelson was burned to the ground during the high wind last night. The fire started from a stove explo- sion. The Nelson family is one of the most prominent in the county, Her- man Nelson being known locally as the alfalfa king. NORTH DAKOTA BOYS TO LEAVE JANUARY 25 (United Press.) St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 12.—The ‘North Dakota regiment of national guards will leave for Ft. Snelling about Jan- uary 25, according to a statement of ‘Major Huele, mustering officer at Ft. Snelling today. The North Dakota | guard, he reiterated, will be moved here just as fast as the Second Min- nesota guard can be mustered oft and returned to their homes. FATHER TELLS: OF PLACING PROPERTY’ IN SONS NAME Elder Caldwell in ‘‘Man of Myst-! ery’’ Case Under Cross-Ex amination by Casey EVIDENCE MAY BE CONCLUDED TONIGHT AN IMPOSTOR The J. C. R. case came ‘to a sudden end today. Judge Nuessle deciding against the claimant whom he terms as an imposter and not the long lost son of James H. Cald- well. The trial lasted eleven days. (Special to The Tribune) ° Dickinson, N. D., Jan. H. Caldwell, father of the missing Jay Allen Caldwell and defendant in the “J.C, R.” trial here, under the cross- examination of Attorney Tobias Casey! yesterday told of putting his property in the name of Jay Allen Caldwell and admitted holding various notes, one for $10,000 and one for $25,000, both bearing 12 per cent interest, and given by his son. Examine Teeth of Defendant. The prosecution had Dr. Hauser of this city examine the teeth of the James H. Caldwell late yesterday af- ternoon, resulting in evidence tending Say. Allies Reply to Wilson’s Overtures Pict- ON BETTER BASIS Protest Mildly Against Attitude to show that the dental record intro-| duced last Wednesday as the work of }Jay Allen Caldwell in 1906 could not | have been for either the claimant or} the defendant. Burnett Claims Two Points. | Attorney W. F. Burnett contends! that he has two strong points in the! defendant's favor; namely, that the dental record and the fact that the claimant wears a six and a half size shoe whereas Jay Allen Caldwell wore an eight size. From indications at the close of the procedings yesterday afternoon, the evidence might be concluded tonight or sometime tomorrow. LATHROP WOULD ~ NESTA THE SAL CROP That the federal department of agriculture be commended for its ef- forts in encouraging the growth of the fibre in this country to enable the United States to be independent of! the foreign supply and thé the Fif- teenth Legislative assembly urge up- CH MUST FURNISH BASIS FOR ACTION ENTENTE 1S FIRM Teutons, It Is Believed Will Offer Additional Terms to Eradi- cate Negotiations GERMANY’S ENEMIES GIVE: THEIR CHIEF DEMANDS Full Reparation and the Ejection of the Turk from Europe. ; Among Terms HOUSE ON JOB. (United Press.) Washington, Jan. 12—Col, €E. M. House, presidential adviser, who generally appears at Wash- ington just before some import- ant note is to be dispatched or some important move is to be made, was here today. He will remain until tonight, presumably to confer with the president. (United Press) Washington, Jan. 12.—Prestdent Wilson's next move depends upon what he learns from Germany. The reply from the Entente allies leaves no loopholes for the continu- ance of peace negotiations. Germany must furnish the ground for the next move. This was the official view generally Teflected about Washington today. Another Offer, In that connection, it was thought certain that another offer from Ger- many may be expected soon. This re- ply, it is thought, would offer as’ cop- cessions the evacuation of Belgiim, France, Poland and Serbia. Germaay would demand the return of ‘her’ col- onies, a point not touched.in the Ma- tente allies’ reply to President Wil- son, Also the Central powers would insist that they, nor their allies, be de prived of any territory including “Cog- stdntingple. aa dior EC Constantinople the Key. Inasmuch as Russia demands. Cog- stantinople and the Entente allies de mand that the Turks be expelled ‘from Constantinople, it appears that Con- stantinople may be one of the points upon which peace negotiations may really hinge. STUDIES REPLY. (Associated Press) ‘Washington, Jan. .—President Wilson today began careful examing- tion of the Entente reply to his peace note to determine what opportunity it presents for a further move on his part, and in what way it may be ac- complished. All quarters in Washington agreed that while the Entente had made a complete reply to the president’s re- quest for a statement of terms, the note seems to offer no hope for an early end of the war, but fortunately did not close the door upon further effort on the president’s part. WILSON'S IAAUGURAL ADDRESS WAY BE HEARD BY TELEPHONE (Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 12.—Gatherings in all parts of the country may be able to listen to President Wilson's in- augural address on the morning of ‘March 5. by long distance telephone, The local inauguration committee to- day took up with telephone companies the feasibility of such an arrange- ment, and it was pronounced quite Possible. ARMY AVIATORS ARE. ARSING (Associated Press) San Diego, Jan. 12.—Forty hours have passed without a word from the missing army aviators, Lietenant Col- onel Harry B. Bishop and Lieutenagt . A. W. Robertson, Jr., and failure to hear from them alarm in aviation circles here. has caused generai With Mexican cavalrymen sco! the arid wastes of the volcanic lake on the agricultural department of North Dakota that it investigate the BILL T0 REVISE possibility of fibre plant being grown in this state was the substance of a joint resolution introduced in the house late this afternoon by Repre- sentative Lathrop. It is generally understood, says the author of the resolution, that there is a monopoly on the sisal fibre of Yucatan, Mexico. PHILLIPS APPOINTED. (Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 12.—William Phil- lips, of Massachusetts, third assistant secretary of statey was nominated by President Wilson today as assistant secretary of state to succeed John E. ‘Osborne who recently resigned. Breck-|_ res advocated. The measure enridge Long, a St. Louis lawyer, was | ® knows as heues bil) Ne. 44 was nominated third assistant secretary of} introquced by Representative CONSTITUTION (8 INTRopueD Shortly after 4 o’clock the lea- gue’s bill to provide a means for revising the constitution was in- troduced. It provides amendments to carry out the league program of terminal elevators and other state utilities, and also state hail insurance and the taxation meas- region, near the border in Lower Cal- ifornia, it is expected some traces Of the lost officers will be found today. ° FEDERAL EMPLOYES JN FEDERATION (Associated Press.) a labor union of the federal in Chicago to be affiliated with ‘American Federation of Laber. organizers announce that the step a