The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1917, Page 1

21 nay. The Weather FAIR AND COLDER THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 23 POLITICAL GRAVES DUC IK KILLING ILL? League Leaders on Floor of Senate Announces Obsequies For Opponents ORGANIZATION MAY SEEK LEGISLATION BY PEOPLE Probable That New Constitution Will Be Initiated By Petition of Violaters HOW THEY VOTED. NEXT MOVE. It was practically decided at the League caucus last evening to introduce, within the next few days, a concurrent resolution call. ing for the convening of a consti. tutional convention, This resolu- tion, if it receives a two-thirds vote of both houses will permit the calling of a special election immediately for the naming of delegates to a constitutional con- vention to be held within 60 days. This pian has been advocated from the beginning by Judge Robinson. The Question: To Indefinitely Postpone Consideration of House Bill No. 44. FOR AGAINST Allen Benson Beck Cahill Carey brown Ellingson Ettestad Englund Hamilton Gibbens Hemmingson Gronvold Hunt Haggart King Hamerly Levang Heckle « Martin Hyland (Morkrid Jacobsen Mortenson Kirkeide Mostad Kretschmar McCarten J.indstrom Pendray ‘Murphy . Sikes Mcoride Thoreson McGrey Wefford McLean Wenstrom Nelson, Nick Zieman Nelson, A. L. Paulson Ployhar Porter Putnam Rowe * Sandstrom Stenmo Young oe Total—29. Total—20. Twenty-three political graves were dug, asserts the 'Non-Partisan league, when the senate by a vote of 29 overrode the league minority of twen- ty and consigned to oblivion the new constitution proposed in house Dill No. 44. Obsequies for the unfortunate 23 were announced on the floor of the senate by Senators Hamilton and Ca- hill, both before and after the final vote was taken on No. 44. Mr. Ca- hill declared he would find pleasure two years hence in. journeying to Bis- marck to honor in Solemn requiem of hold-over bretliren of this ‘year’s sen- ate who would be missing. Senator Hamilton predicted that two years hence the farmers will rise in their might, seize ‘the capitol, the legisla- ture and the fullness thereof, and, if it meet their pleasure, toss the whole lot into the Missouri. Cahill and Drown originally voted with the majority on the motion to indefinitely postpone, later changing their votes, Cahill explained, after giving up all hope of inducing the senate to reconsider. It is more than likely that Hamerly, who had voted with the league throughout the after- noon, lined up ‘with the minority through a confused understanding of the question. This leaves 28 antis, all of the 24 holdovers except Thore- son, and five first-termers—Stenmo, Haggart, Ployhar, ‘Hyland and ‘Me- Bride. ‘The number of scalps avail- able for two years hence is thus re- duced to the significant total of 23. Many. Roll Calls House Bill 44 was made the subject of many roll calls: No. 1—To defer to February 7— 28 nay; 20 aye; 1 absent. No. 2—To make 44 a special order for 3 o’clock today—26 nay; 22 aye; 1 absent. No. 3—To re-refer to committee on judiciary—28 nay; 20 aye; 1 absent. No. 4—To re-refer to committee on temperance—30 nay; 18 aye;' 1 ab- sent. ‘No. 5—To recess until 10:30 this morning—26 nay; 22 aye; 1 absent. No. 6—To accept minority report— 28 nay; 20 aye; 1 absent. No. 7—To accept majority report— 29 nay; 20 aye. No. 8—To apply clincher—28 aye; How They Voted. There was little change in the line- up at any point. Lindstrom voted with the minority on the first, sec- ond, third, fifth and seventh roll calls, and with the majority on the other three. Thoreson voted with the majority on first, third and fourth, and with the minority on the other four. in- cluding the crucial seventh. Nelson. of Grand Forks wavered once, on the second, when he joined the. minority. King voted with the majority in down- ing 'Hamilton’s motion to re-refer the (Conunues oe Two) * 27 True Prohibitionists Cannot Help But Favor Such Measure, He Tells German Farmers “WET” ULEMENT NOT SO MOIST AFTER ALL Mass Meeting Held Last Light at Which Governor Frazier Was In Attendance Attorney General William Langer addressing about a hundred German farmers in German at a mass meeting held last night, declared in favor of a bone-dry law for North Dakota, which would bar all shipments of liquor ex- cept for medical or sacramental pur- poses. “All true prohibitionists cannot help but favor a bone-dry law if they are sincere,” said the attorney general. “I am going to enforce every law re- gardless of what it is, who it hits and especially the prohibition laws. I real- ize I was elected to the office of attor- ney general of this state in spite of the opposition of the German alliance and other kindred societies for reason that 1 would enforce the laws. Personally, certain members of the enforcement league are in favor of a law of that kind and which should unquestionably appeal to all true prohibitionists.” Wants Schoo! Laws Enforced. The attorney general touched on the laws relating to schools, stating that in some instances children, as near as twenty per cent, were not in school, and that he was looking forward to the day when every child, whether English, German, Russian or ‘Indian superintendent of ‘instruction would back him up in this view pertaining to enforcement of the state school laws. . Frazier Reticent on Issues. Governor Lynn J. Frazier attended {the meeting .and preceded Attorney General Langer. The governor did not discuss political issues, simply thank- ing the organjzation for extending him an invitation to be present. As he moved down the aisle to leave the hall, Governor Frazier shook hands with several of his old acquaintances. Following the address of the attor ney general, the farmers opened a bat- tery of applause, lauding the attorney for his stand. “We don’t want half-cocked prohibi- tion,” stated a prominent German farmer and a member of this legisla- tive assembly. Jacob Rothshiller, one of the prom- inent German farmers living near Gladstone, presided over the meeting. HOUSE VOTES. TAY RECESS The house late this afternoon voted to take a three-day recess, commen- cing Thursday, February 1. The attention of the senate was oc- cupled most of the afternoon on sen- ate bill No. 81 by Lindstrom, which would lift the lid from cigar and news stands, permit Sunday baseball, opén- ing of bakeries and confectioneries. Late today it was amended and re- referred to the committee on state af- fairs. Petitions from Grand Forks, Bis- marck and other points were read protesting against such legislation, the petition from Bismarck being headed by John Hutchins. Debate on the measure was pro and con. At a late hour it was learned Gov- ernor Frazier will not sign the con- current resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investi- gate the flood conditions in the Red river valley on the groufd that the be carried no limit on the appropria- lon. By a vote of, 64 to 24, the house passed Representative Bowman’s Dill No. 39 providing for an affidavit on receipt of intoxicating liquors. MINNESOTA HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR STATE PROHIBITION St. Paul, Jan. 31—The Minnesota house late today passed the state- wide prohibition bill, providing for submission by constitutional amend- ment to the vote of the people. Thé UNITED PRESS would be getting an education and that he thought, the. governor ‘and. the.state. LANGER COMES OUT FOR BONE DRY LAW AT MEETING TD CONSIDER PROWIBITION, LOY GEORGE GOVERNOR PRESENT YAAKEE SLIPS LEAD OV HS ANAS Fred Hartman, Only American Driver in Winnipeg-St. Paul Derby, Seven Miles Ahead. HAS FROZEN FOOT AND BAD KNEE Glides Through Dalton, Minn. in Night Like Strange Phantom While Others Sleep. (United Press) Osakis, Minn., Jan. 31.—Slipping silently through Dalton, like a phan- tom in the night, Fred Hartman, Am- erican driver in the Winnipeg to St. Paul dog derby, with his crippled team of Alaskan dogs, arrived at Evansville at 1 o'’élock this morning, seven miles ahead of his nearest riv- al. With a frozen foot and a bad knee, the only Yankee in the field, fol- lowed his team on foot for several hundred miles. Bad luck overtook Hartman’s train. The first lead dog, one of the smartest in the race, was killed in a fight. Then one after. an- other the dogs suffered bruised feet, and Hartman suffered greatly from his superhuman exertion in breaking a trail. After a few hours sleep he had his team in harness and again was off before even his rivals knew of it. Y¥red Hartman, Yankee driver, in the Winnipeg to St. Paul dog derby, who stole a march on the other driv- ers early today, is again on the trail ahead of’ the oters. ‘He was trailing slowly when he'passed through Dal- ton at 8:00 a. m. today. The Iceland and Hudson Bay trappers arrived at Evansville at 12:10 p.m. Practically the whole town was out to see the drivers arrive. Both drivers and dogs are in excellent shape, especially the dogs. They left Evansville at 2:00 p. m., expecting to arrive at Alexan- dria before night. They are now miles from Winnipeg and 176 miles from St. Paul ROUSING = AECEPTION OR BOYS to Handle Affair—Canvass City For Jobs. Bismarck is preparing a rousing re- ception for Company A, North Dakota National Guard, to mark the com- pany’s return from the Mexican bor- der. : A reception committee, of which J. L. Peterson has been chosen chair- man, has been named by the Bis- marck Commercial club to complete plans for the banquet that will mark the home-coming. In taking this step, Bismarck will be in line with the oth- er North Dakota cities from which companies were sent to the border seven months ago. The North Dakota troops are now at Ft. Snelling, Minn., for mustering out. It is expected that the Bismarck command will reach the city about the last of the coming week. A letter of inquiry has been sent to Ft. Snelling asking for definite information about the time of return, in order that de- tails of the banquet and reception BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1917. LEAGUE TO TRY INITIATIVE FOUR HELD ON PLOT 10 Kl Scotland Yards Unearths Conspiracy to Poison New: Premicr of England. ONE OF THOSE ARRESTED 18 AN EXPERT CHEMIST Three Others Apprehended Women Believed to Have Had a Part in Conspiracy. (United Press) Lodon, Jan, 31.—Arrest of four per- sons charged with conspiracy to pois- on Premier David Lloyd George be- came known today. Those arrested were Mrs. Ella Wheedon, her two daughters, Harriet and Mrs. Winifred Mason, and Harriet Whecdon and Al- bert Mason. Mason is an expert chem: ist and is known as a “C. 0.” con- LLOYD GEORGE scientious objector.) -The conspiracy was reported in Scotland Yards Satur- day. Chief Inspector Marker is, as- suming full charge of the investiga- tion of the alleged conspiracy, Mrs. Mason was arrested in South Hamp- ton and the other three were taken in custody at Derby. ARRAIGNED TODAY, (Associated Press) London, Jan, 31.—-A conspiracy to murder Premier Lloyd George is re- ported by the Daily teh, which says arrests have been made in this connection. The persons arrested are described as “three suffr and a man, a conscientious objector to military service.” ed with the conspiracy are the three women and the man, whose arrest “on a remarkable conspirac) charge” was reported in the newspapers this morning. A dispatch from London last night quoted the Daily Mail as saying a man and two of the women were ar- rested at Derby and the third a wo- man at Southhampton. that all of them would. be arraigned today at Derby, and that “their trial probably (Continued on Page Three.) The sketch says the persons .charg-| * THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ==] ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW CERMAN PEACE TERMS REPORTED 10 70 BELOW | FORECAST THIS E Lashed by 32:Mile Oh ENING an Hour Wind, Bismarck Knew It Was Cold Last Night and Today. —40 READINGS REPORTED IN CANADIAN NORTHWEST Mean Temperature For January Only Slightly Below Normal— Wind Movement Unusual. NEBRASKA SUFFERS. (Associated Press) Norfolk, Neb., Jan, 31.—One of the worst storms of the winter raged over northern. Nebraska and southern South Dakota to- day. Transportation over the Chi- cago and Northwestern railroad was delayed. A high northwest wind was accompanied by about two inches of snow, and tempefa- tures around 20 degrees below zero. Winner, S. D., reported 20 de- grees below zero, while at Cham- berlain, it was 24 below, ae Twenty-six degrees below at 7 o'clock this morning. Lashed by a 32- tulte“aw hour wind from the north; west, Bismarck knew it was ‘cold. * But if one didu‘t shiver this morn- ing don’t feel blue, for his royal high- ness, the weather man, is going to of- fer another chance. Thirty below for tonight or tomorrow morning is the forecast. High pressure still remains in the Canadian northwe: Temperatures ee are near 40 de- grees, dmonton reported 2 this morning at 7 o’clock, Bismarck —18, Cal g = Havre N City ‘Moorhead —16, St. Paul, the and city of the big win- orts carnival, above. old = wave has increased in in- s advanced toward the now reaching as Kansas. The wind 32 miles an hour had its speed to 18 miles at (Continued on page 4.) GRAIN TAX. (Cnited Press.) St. Paul, Jan, 31.—A Dill increasing the tax on grain elevators and ware- houses was introduced in the legisla- ture today by Representative C. H. Warner. The tax on flax and wheat is to be increased one-fourth of a mill to one mill, and on other grains one- eighth to a half mill. may be completed by the committee here. : While nothing will be left undone to make the reception a marked suc- cess. yet Bismarck’s appreciation of Company A’s willingness not only to do border duty but to invade Mexico had the orders come, will not stop with the tendering of a reception. A sub-committee will make a thorough canvass of the city with a view to learning just how many men can be given places, either temporary or permanent, by the Bismarck business men. This list will be carefully pre- pared, and as many of the boys as need positions when they return will be cared for, each being sent to tle place for which he is best suited. Farther details regarding the re- ception, the canvass of the city, and other matters will be announced by the committee from time to time. WOULD REPEAL BOXING LAW. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 31.—Governor vote stood 86 to 44. If approved by the voters, it becames effective Jan. 1, 1920. It mow goes to the senate. of ing ‘exhibitions in this state. United States Launches Mightiest Superdreadnaught es , Launching. of the ‘Mississippi, the.most powerful, battleship in the Whitman today, in 4 formal state-| United States: navy, at Newport News, Va. is pictured here. The Mis- ment, announced that he was in €avor/ sissippi cost $16,000,000, has 33,000 tons displacement, 32,000 horse-power, . repealing. the law. authorizing box-/ is oil burning and: can go 21: knots an: hour.~The ship was-christened by Miss: Camille McBeath of Meridian, called the prettiest girl in Mississippi. BE EN ROUTE; TO WAKE SPEECH Holland Dispatches Declare New Move to End Hostilities Has Taken Form. WAS DECIDED UPON AT BIRTHDAY CONFERENCE Will Form Basis Upon Which Belligerents Can Believed These Get Together. (United Press) London, Jan. 31—Germany is about to tell America she is ready to formu- late peace terms which the Allies re- quested, The terms are now enroute or will shortly be sent to German Am- bassador Bernstorff, To Speak Today. Holland dispatches today said this new German peace move was appar ently decided on at a conference of German royalty at German field head- quarters, Saturday. The dispatehes also said it is presumed this new peace move is to be the topic of the speech which German Chancellor von Bethman Hollwegg will deliver be- fore the reichstagg today. Formal an- nouncement of his address was made in Berlin yesterday. The new peace move aroused great interest here. COMPANY A WENBERS. I ~ FINE SHIPE Pass Examination at Fort Snelling And Health Pronounced as Sat- isfactory—Home Feb. 18, (United Press.) St. Paul, Jan. 31.—Preparations for mustering out of the First Minnesota Infantry, now on the boarder, will be begun at once. Word to that effect was received Tuesday by Major Chas. Huele, senior mustering officer at Fort Snelling, in a telegram trom the War Office today. Physical examinations have already been held and the only examination left when the troops arrive at Fort Snelling will be that of their muster rolls. The regular time for mustering out is two weeks, but much of the work has been eliminated and the task will be finished in six or seyen days, according to Major Huele. Dates for departure of troops on the border were announced today as fol- lows: February 14, First Battalion of Field Artillery. February 15, the rest of the artillery on the border. The Minnesota Infantry regiment is expected to leave a short time later. Major Douglas Settle, United States Army officer, arrived in St. Paul Tues- day to make the annual inspection of the National Guard. The inspection is made every spring. The medical ex- amination of the First North Dakota battalion is being held today. Companies “B” and “D” are slated for the examination today. It will take six days to finish it, according to Major Huele. Major Heule said that Com- panies are all in good health and profited physically by their stay on the border. ‘They will probably be mustered out February 17. SMITH COLLEGE PRESIDENT IS 10 ” and “C” examined Tuesday | LEAK PROBERS: GLEAN LITTLE “HOLLWECE TO OSUSS THEM) OF IMPORTANCE €. F. Hutton of New York, Who Got Advance Tip From Washington, Testified. a KNOWLEDGE OF PEACE ; NOTE 1S AOMITTED Representative of Washington Firnd Says News Did Not Come From Bolling. (Associated Press) New York, Jan. 31—Finding fure ther examination today of E. F. Hute ton barren of result as far as showing the origin of the information which the stuck brokerage firm of E. F. Hut- ton & Co. warned its customers that President Wilson’s peace note was to be issued, the congressional “leak” in- vestigating committee today decided to summon George A. Ellis, Jr., the member of the firm who wrote: the warning telegram. Ellis, according.to Hutton, is ill in Georgia, but the com- mittee, nevertheless, decided that he must appear. Rumor Only. ie F. A. Connolly of F. A. Connolly Co., the Washington brokers who fur- nished the Hutton firm with the infor- mation, was expected to take the stand later today. Connolly, on his arrival from Washington, dented that tke information came through R. W. Bolling, the president's brother-in- law, and a member of his firm. He said that it was gathered from gen- eral talk around Washington. Hutton today said, although in pos- session of the information as to the president's note at least two hours before the market closed on Decem- ber 20, neither he nor any of his eight partners had taken advantage of it. His customers had an hour's leaway to sell before the market, clos- ed. They were long in the aggregate about 340,000 shares, He was of the opinion that few heeded the warning, but promised the committee: to. fur-. nish the exact amount of selling’ or- ders that came in. " Little impression. Hutton said that the information he had on the peace note made little impression upon him, What “killed the market” was Secretary Lansing’s “verge of war” statement, he said, the day the president’s note was forward- ed, December 21. Customers of the Connolly firm during the “peace period” in the mar- ket lost $40,000, it was brought out. No pools or collection of persons were operating through his firm be- tween December 10 and December 23, Hutton said. He volunteered the emphatic state- ment that the connection between his firm and the Cannolly company was not made because Bolling was Presi- dent Wilson’s brother-in-law. Not Influenced. “I want to say,” he, said, “that we did not take the account of Connolly & Company because Mr. Bolling was President Wilson’s brother-in-law. It would have been the same if he had’ been a Smith, Jones, or anyone else, provided we were convinced members of the firm were clean men.” Until the Connolly firm opened, Hutton said, his house had no Wash- ington representative for seven years, The witness also insisted that he had no knowledge on December 20 that a note was coming from Presi- dent Wilson. Other members of his firm handled the various messages now in the record. Representative Bennett called Hut- ton’s attention to testimony by news- paper men at Washington that Sec- retary Lansing in telling them the note was forthcoming had given them “an impression as to its contents ex- actly opposite to what it really was.” “The only substantially accurate forecast of the President’s note,” said Bennett, “is the one sent to you by Connolly. How do you account for that?” 5 “I don't account for it,” replied Hutton. “That's up to Connolly.” HEAD U OF WINN, Minneapolis, Jan. 31.—Dr. Marion LeRoy Burton, president of Smith col- lege, Northhampton, Mass, today was tendered the presidency of the Uni- versity of Minnesota, by the board of regents, to succeed George BE. Vin- cent, who recently resigned to become head of the Rockefeller Foundation. BOY KILLED BY SEVERE BLOW (Associated Press.) Albany, Jan. 31—The death of Ste phen McDonald, who was killed du ing a boxing bout here last night, W: due to “shock, occasioned by a blow, over the solar plexus,” according to the decision of Dr. Fred Myers, cor- oner’s physician, who performed” autopsy today. : COLO WAVE MOVES EAST Washington, Jan. 31.—A severe and prolonged cold wave in nearly all dis- tricts east of the Rocky Mountains was forecast today by the weather bureau. It is following a storm of marked intensity, central this moraing over Missouri, and moving eastward. The cold will reach: the middie west and southwest tonight and Thursday. DRY AMENDMENT