The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1917, Page 1

Continued Cold. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 43 UNITED PRESS FORMER LIFER | AND INVENTOR IS FREE MAN, Carl Olson Left Penitentiary Saturday—Inmates Gather for Farewell SEVEN TIMES BEFORE STATE PARDON BOARD Used to Bother Former Warden Hellstrom Constantly With Safety, Rail Device Carl Olson, former: lifer, inventor of the safety steel rail, is now a free man. After 12 years of penal servitude for murder, Olson left the prison last Saturday evening after taking a pub- lic farewell of his fellow mates, At its last meeting the retiring par- don board gave Olson his freedom, et- fective Feb. 17. Farewell For Prisoner, The inmates gathered ta take final leave of Olson who was very popular with them. At the request of Warden Talcott, Olson came forward and told the boys of his pardon and the pros- pects for a useful career “outside.” He was roundly applauded and for several minutes held an informal re- ception. Probably no inmate was known over the state and the northwest bet- ter than Olson, During Warden Hells- trom’s regime, Olson sprang into the limelight as the inventor of a steel safety rail. That was in the winter of 1910, A company was formed later to exploit the invention. “He used to bother me constantly with that invention,” said former Warden Helstrom this afternoon, “I got tired of hearing so much about it and never paid any attention to it until a wreck occurred near the peni- tentiary some years ago, in which a number of cars were derailed and coal scattered over the tracks an the grade, lt was'due to: broken rails “It then occurred to me that I would look more fully into the inven- tion of the “édnvict. 1 added a few suggestions “ftid’ Olson got the pat- ents. Ki Condudt'Above Reproach. Olson's. priddj"¢onduct was above reproach frotith first and after a} few months he became a trusty spend- ing practically all of his time with- out the prison walls.” He was well known about” Bismarck, being a! chauffeur for both Warden Hellstrom | and Talcott, He was trusted beyond j greater confidence and repose than any other prisoner. Olson went before the state board of pardons seven times. He always ac- cepted the decision without protest and patiently awaited until the next meeting of the board. He got his commutation before the board in De- cember and February 14 was set as the date for his freedom. The honor system was installed in 1907 by Hells: trom, It was the first year in the prison that Olson started to work on. his invention. cul Convicted at Towner. _. Olson was sent up from McHehey county for first degree. murder, farmer was found killed. near Verve presumably. for his money, team and wagons. Olson was arrested in Min- nesota. The horses and some other property of the farm were found in his possession. The defense of the accused was that he had. traded a bicycle and some,.money for, the out- fit. He was conviglae 1D, June.2. 1905, Judge Christianson Wrodteuted The evidence was purely circumstantial and to the date of his release from the prison, Olson constantly main- tained his innocense. He was 32 years of age when he en- tered the state prison. Olson was one of the most reticent and retiring of the inmates. Olson left ‘Bismarck Sunday: amd has taken a position with the Ford Motor company of Fargo. 1 FEDERAL OFFICIALS OPEN HEARINGS ON GRADING OF WHEAT (Associated Press) Chicago, Feb. 20.—Grain men, re- presenting the leading markets in the central west, met here today to dis- cuss the proposed grading of wheat by the federal government. Regulations concerning the mois- ture content of winter wheat were to be considered. At a conference yes- |” terday, the grain men recommended that the proposed federal grades of ted winter wheat and also ‘Nos, 3 to 5, of hard wheat, be lowered one pound a bushel for the test weights. $40,000 HOTEL FIRE. Minneapolis, Fev, 20.—Stupified by the fumes of burning rubber and leather, 40 guests of the Odin hotel here were aroused ‘with difficulty early today, when fire caused $40,000 damage to the building, the first floor of which was occupied by a mer- One Charge Dismissed by McCurdy ee 8 ee Will Also Ask r Dismissal of Assault Allegation At the request of State’s Attorney F. B, McCurdy, conducting an in“esti- gation in the Derrick White case, the charge of manslaughter in the first. degree recently lodgec, was aismissed in the court of Justice of the Peace Varney this morning. A motfon will be made by the state's attorney for a dismissal of the charge of assault with a dangerous. weapon preferred early in January. House has been a prisoner in the Burleigh county jail since striking i} Derrick White, a fellow laborer, over the head with a stove-poker during a fight which was the eulmination of a ‘New Year's celebration, White died several weeks later in a local hospi- tal, Pers SENATE PASSES BLL T0 BULD STATE FLEVATOR Measure Opposed by League Car- ries Appropriation of $300,- 000 to Erect Terminal SENATOR HYLAND GETS WARM IN COLLAR “The hold-over senators of this body have been cussed and discussed, damned and dammed to a frazzle for not giving the people what they want. Now this bill passes the buck to the governor and I wish well with it,” said Senator Hyland this morn- ing in voting for senate bill 84, croat- wing orterminab: elevator “comniission and empowering it to spend $300,000 in the erection of a terminal elevator within or without the state, The bill passed by a vote of 33 to 14, all of the opposing votes being cast by League members of the sen- him | ate as follows: Benson, Cahill, Drown, Ettestad, Hamilton, Hemmingsen, Le- vang, Mortrid, Mostad, -McCarten, Pendray, Sikes and Wenstrom. Lea- guers voting with the majority for the ‘bill were Hammerly, King, Morten- son, Welford and Zeiman, The emergency clause which the | bill carried was lost, the ayes being but 31; nays 14, and four absent. This bill is the conference measure report- ed by the state affairs committee. It places full power in a commission of 15, twelve members of which are to be appointed by the governor, who, with the attorney general and the state treasurer, completes the num- ber. The bill that was passed this morning would necessitate an addi- tional levy of $180,000 as $120,000 al- ready is available in the terminal ele- “| vator fund. Senator Haggart’s “dope fiend” bill went through the senate without oppo- ‘sition. Before a vote was taken there was read a communication from Far- go expressing confidence ‘ip’ the bill, and stating that the Gate City is fill- ed with’ drug devotees, one of whom, an addict of the lowest type, is known to be disposing of an ounce of mor- phine a week,..and who cannot be. reached under present statutes. The Haggart bill is an almost exact copy of the Harrison federal drug act, which has proven very efficient in curbing drug evils, 'tis said. ‘Cahill’s bill making newspapers, as common carriers of intelligence, in duty bound to carry such intelligence as aggrieved persons mignt deem themselves entitled to, was indefinite- ly postponed. HUNDREDS PAY LAST TRIBUTE 10 BISHOP EDSALL (Associated Press.) Minneapolis, Minn, Feb. 20.— Church dignitaries from all ike of the middle west were here today to attend the funeral of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Cook Edsall, bishop of the Minnesota diocese of the Episcopal church, who died at Rochester, ‘Minn., last Saturday, following a short ill- ness. For three hours, preceding the fu- neral services, the body lay in state at St. Mark’s Episcopal church. Hundreds of persons viewed the body. A guard of honor, consisting of half a dozen clergymen of the Twin Cities, attended the body while it lay in state. Rt. ‘Rev. F. A. McElwain of Fari- bault, Minn., suffragan bishop of (Min- nesota, had charge of the funeral ser- Vices, assisted by Rev. A. H. Wurtele of Rochester, Minn., and Rev. J. A. Freeman of Minneapolis. Chandize concern. All the. occapants | Ill, Bishop Edsall’s birthplace, for in-. escaped. terment. The body Will be taken to Dixon, i BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, BONE DRY MEASURE PASSES SENATE TUESDAY, FEB. 20, 1917. ASSOCIATED PRESS '|Senator Heckle’s Dry Measure Carried to Victo Senator Heckle’s bone-dry bill, prohibiting the delivery directly or indirectly of any intoxicating liquors into the - state for any purpose either personal or for sale, gift or bart- er, passed the senate late this afternoon by a vote of 34 to 13. Two members were absent. “FIGHTING FRED" FUNSTON DIES OF ry by Big Vote Hero of Phillipines and Com- mander of Border Army Stricken Monday ANTI-SPY LAW PASSES. SENATE BY BIG MARGIN Several Senators Bitterly Oppos- ed Character of Restrictions Imposed PRESIDENT WILSON GIVEN AUTHORITY OVER SHIPPING (Associated Press.) i Washington, Feb, 20.—The admin- istration’s espionage bill, providing severe penalties for spying on mat- ters of national defe: and punish. ing conspiracies to violate American neutrality, was passed today by the senate by a vote of 0 to 10. The bill as passed takes in 14 sep- arte measures, suggested by the de- partment of justice, and was put through virtually unchanged, despite the opposition of several senators who declared its terms so stringent as to imperil American liberty of speech and of the press.. It has not passed the house, Drastic Features. The spy section is far-reaching in character, making it a crime punish- able with two years’ imprisonment or $10,.00 fine, to approach or enter any place connected with the national de- fense to unlawfully @btain informa- tion or to-make photographs or blue- prints of things connected with na- tional defense, or to dispose of a code or signal book or model of anything else of national defense value. Where these, things, are done fora foreign government’ in time of peace, “wheth- er recognized or, unrecognized” by the} United Sta th nalty is increas- ed to*20 y imprisonment, and in time of war to life, The’ president. is given arbitrary, power to designate other things and places in addition to those specifically named which shall be included in the term, national defense. The bill includes sections ‘making it a crime to make untrue statements under oath to influence the conduct of a foreign government in any dispute or controversy with the United States, to punish the impersonation of for- eign government officials, to regulate the issuance of passports, and punish their forgery, and the safe conduct and movement of interned soldiers and sailors. Movement of Ships. Another important section ‘author- izes the president to: seize,’ or’detain or condemn, munitions of ‘war and ships carrying or about to carry them, destined to a nation with which the United States is at peace, and in so doing she is empowered to use the army and navy. . Regulation of the anchorage and movement of foreign ships in the waters of the United States in case of national emergency is provided in another section, with powers given to place guards on such ships to prevent damage. It is made punishable with two years’ imprison- ment for any persons, commanding or in charge of any private, foreign, or domestic ship, to destroy it or injure it or to permit it to be used as a place of resort against the United States or its ee MOTHER JONES | has cut down some of the prey of the h Allies. Flower of England’s _ Manhood Is Crippled or Lies Beneath Sod SISO OSOOSL HSS SOHO HSH SH SOOO OO HOS By J. W. PEGLER. (United Press St aff Correspondent. London, Feb. 20—“England has a surplus of more than a mit- The flower of the Empire's (United Press) Chicago, Feb. 20.—Twenty-six. gar- ment strikers who have been arrested for resisting Judge Ballard’s. orders restraining picketing will go on a hunger strike if found guilty and im- prisoned. The strike is daily grow- ing worse, and it is said the cloak- makers will join. There are 8,000 out now. Although the garment manu- facturers said there are not half of these out now, Mother Jones is to come to Chicago to aid in the strike. AMERICAN SURVIVORS. London, Feb. 20—Two Americans were among the survivors of the Brit- ish steamer, Valpetie, sunk by Ger- man shell fire, but were not picked. up until after 13 hours of exposure on the open seas, the Norweigian embas- sy announced today. NEARING PORT. (Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 20.—The American liner, Philade!phia, which left Liver pool, February 14, for New York, with passengers, reported her position by wireless today as 1,235 miles east of New York, at 10:00 a.m. She is ex- pected to — Thursday. SUFFERED ATTACK OF FOOD RIOTS WW and His Death Came as Shock to Army Circles (A8sociated Press) San Antonio, Feb. 20—General U [ Frederick Funston died here Monday evening, following an attack of heart Three Hundred Women Swarm | trouble. ‘ Two weeks ago General Funston Up Steps of City Hall in Pro- had suffered an acute attack of indi- test Against Prices gestion, but according to his physi- cian, had fully recovered. and was apparently in the best of health yes- terday. The heart affection, which caused death, had first appeared in 1910, but had not been considered alarming. The body of General Funston will be taken to San Francisco tonight for burial, following short services at Ft. Sam Houston this afternoon, Mrs. Funston is at her home in San Francisco, and requested the body to be sent there for burial. Heart Trouble Causes Death. Pending arrival of Major General . Pershing from El Paso, and de- tailed advices from Mrs. ‘Funston, who, with her three children is in San Francisco, funeral arrangements will not be completed for the late Major Mrs. Ida Harris, president of the Moth-|General Frederick Funston, whose ers’ Vigilance league, und ‘Miss Marie | sudden death occurred here last night Ganz, known as “Sweet Marié.* after an attack of angina sclerosis, Unable to Feed Children. At Half-mast, They came from the Rutgers Square Flags are at half-mast and every tenement district, where the push-| khaki clad man is in mourning here cart peddlers have raised prices until|today, The body of General Frederick they- are utterly unably to feed their | Funston lies at Ft. Sam Houston, To- fermi! “we dre siaWaty and “wo | night the *body+ of the. greatest two, want bread,” was the constant cry’ fisted fighter in the United States waged about the city hall. The crowd | army will be taken to San Francisco, quietly walked across the square and{ where it will be buricd with fll mil MANY CARRIED BABES | WHO WERE UNDERFED (United: Press.) New York, Feb. 20--Crying “We want bread,” more than 300 women, bare-headed and scantily clad, the warmest garments they wore being a shaw] thrown across their shoulders, swarmed up to the steps of the city hall and demanded relief of Mayor Mitchel from the high cost of food | y today. Most of the women carried babies in their arms, whith showed the pinch of hunger. The crowd was headed by to th city. hall steps before being no- | ita honors at the Presido. There ticed. The doors of the city hall were | are few men more popular with the shut in their faces and wild cries fol-] oficers and men of the rank than lowed. “A swarm of police reserves | “(righting Fred.” and plain clothes men appeared and] Practically the last official act of ral Frederick Funston ‘was the ation of the date for the de-| (‘Continved on Page Three) Gone des ? parture of the inilitia contingent un) der ‘a recent order from’ the war de-| partment, which will send 50,000 guardsmen, now on the border to their home stations. Not until 1896, when the Cuban in- tion was at its height did Fred- erick Funston become known through- out the United States as a first-class fighting man, ‘but his friends in Kan- sas—where he spent his early man- hood—long had so classified him. As a student at the University of Kansas, when he weighed less than 100 pounds, he conquered a 200-pound “bad man” who threatened him with a razor. To add to the giant’s humil- iation, Funston marched him through the streets of Lawrence, Kansas, at the point of a revolver, to a police station. a MERCHANTMEN NOW IN DANGER ZONE (United Pres Washington, Feb. 20.—America’s real danger of a clash with Germany cannot be removed until the imperial governmént removes her decree of submarine warfare, The detention of members of the crew of the Yarrow: dale in Germany is regarded as very serious by the administration and as collateral to the main object of Ger- many. More than two weeks have passed without an overt act, but offi- cials are inclined to believe that is due to the fact that there has been only scant opportunity for such an act. Today at least two armed mer- chantmen are in the barred zone. Newspaper Man. A few years later, while city editor of a paper in Fort Smith, Arkansas, young Funston stirred up intense feel- ing by attacking editorially the pub- lication’s own political party leaders during the absence of his editor-in- chief. Many threats are said to have been made against Funston and the newspaper property, but he remained on guard until his superior returned They are the Orleans and the Roches- ter, both carrying an American crew and then turned over the plant un-! and a heavy cargo, declared to be harmed, Incidentally, Funston also; contraband by Germany, Their safe-| resigned. Along the Santa Fe railroad they papers still recall how Funston as a; jpassenger train conductor, threw al drunken cowboy off the train and; ty from now on until definite word is received of their arrival in port will be the subject of lively interest. In the meantime. it is pointed out} ACUTE INDIGESTION | vented their escape. | One exception was made in the case, {ed today. that Germany has achieved .one of | the main objects of her sea campaign —she has kept American ships waiting in American ports. Thus, she| injm later, when he hurled a rock through a coach window, pursued him several niles on foot while the train waited. Funston’s first experience on the firing line came in Cuba, where he| “(Continued on Page Four) lion unmarried women. - crippled or dead. “What are you single men goi of whiskey. and of high menta? standard, are t ° e > ¢ > ¢ ° oy ° > + ¢ > oy > > o4 ¢ < > > e “Forty-three per. cent of the British they do to restore ’the national vigor? “But they couldn't wipe out tthe surplus of unmarried women. I could suggest a solution for that, but, Ooo eae Ease ase seses$ 000080081 manhood is ng to do about it?” Around this blunt question, with tts compiex moral issues, Rev. A. J. Waldron has a4 built a vaudeville play, acting the leading role himself. ig the only Eritish clergyman who has tackled the great post-war problem of repopulation in full view of the people. Standing toe-to-toe with the issues, words and leaves his audience wondering whether the old social order cannot stand a drastic revision for the national good. dressing room Waldron ‘lit a cigarette and poured himself a glass Waldron 3 Waldron deals in plain ¢} a In his ¢! young, lusty, % “What will ¢ clergymen, unmarried,” he said. I dare not. NO EXTRA SESSION . March 5, to confirm nomination of ! guilty Six Burned When Store Topples HEART TROUBLE, ow ete adian Family and Pre' Their Escape Taber, Alberta, Feb, 20.—Six: mem: bers of the family of Fred Dose, a wealthy German farmer, were burned to death, when a stove overturned in their home today. Gases from the stove overcame the family and pre- The dead are: (Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dose, their daugh- Friends Thought He Was Well) ters, aged 1 and 6, and Minnie Tank- rotz, aged 19, and her son, aged 2. MILITIA PROTECTS RAILROADS AND ALL FEDERAL PROPERTY (Associated Press.) Boston, Feb, 20,—Seven companies of the Massachusetts Notional Guard began duty over government and. rail- road property in various parts of the state. This, it was explained, was to relieve local and state police, who were assigned to such duty shortly af- ter the break with Germany. AMERICANS HAVE HARD TIME 10 LEAVE GERMANY (United Breash London, Feb. 20.—The problem of getting funds 4 American refugees fe Holland ‘and\ Denttark and is wo rying American residents here. Di from Copenhagen today esti- mated the number of Americans there awaiting transportation back home at 500, Many are said to be almost with- out funds, Many of them are United States ollicials. Holland dispatches today said that officers who did not leave on the embassy train are pre- paring to leave via Switzerland. Oth- ers are being sent out via Denmark. that of Miss Marie Haviland of New York. Berne dispatches said she had reached that port after an arduous trip. German officials took all of her money except $200, declaring it was a rule of the government not to per- mit anyone to take away from Ger- many any more than that amount. THREE WORE CRAFT LEAVE NEW YORK SEVERAL ARRIVE (Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 20.—Three more American vessels left New York to- day bound for one ports. They were the Navahoe, for Genoa, and the Mongolia and Algonquin, for London, all freighters. The British steamer, Northern, and the Italian steamer, Av- . sailed a Three passenger liners which left Kuropean ports after the inauguration of the German U-boat campaign arriv- They were the Cunard lin- er, Orduna, from Liverpool; the Au- zonia, of the same line, from ‘London, and the Fabre Line steamer, Patria, from Marseilles. the Sam Gugliemmo, Italian, from Na- ples, and the Athol, British, from Lon- don. DECIDES WILSON (Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 20.—President Wilson, it became known today, is seriously considering breaking an- other precedent by not calling the newly elected senate in extra session cabinet officials, The president is un- derstood to be inclined not to con- vene the senate unless a special ses- sion of congress is necessary. {! DEVILS LAKE MAN IS SENTENCED IN ST. PAUL (United Press) St. Paul, Minn, Feb. 20.—John Holms of Devils Lake today pleaded in the district ‘court here, charged with assault in the second pl cord Genpany is censtanuy “growing | Other arrivals were; FORCE ISSUE OF SUBMARINE WITH AUSTRIA American Ambassador Reqnests Decision Upon Unrestricted Use of Submarines ‘AUSTRIAN EMPEROR HOLDS CONFERENCE ON MATTER Safe Conduct to Be Asked for 1,. 000 Americans Who Are | Waiting at Brient 1 WANT POWER TO USE ARMY, Washington, Feb. 20.—Secre- tary Lansing and Assistant Attor- ney General Warren urged the senate judiciary commtitee today to press a bill authorizing the president to use armed forces of the United States to enforce its neutrality obligation, particularly with reference to armed vessels of belligerents interned in ports of the United States which might seek to escape, (Associated Press) London, Feb. 20.—A Central News dispatch from Zurich today says: “The Austrian emperor has given a long audience to Count Czernin, the minister of foreign affairs, who pre- viously had a conference with Fred- erick Penfield, the American ambas- sador.” Frederick C. Penfield, American ambassador at Vienna, is said by Reuter's Amsterdam — correspondent to have delivered to the Austro-Hun- garian foreign minister a request for a clear and final definition of Austria- Hungary's attitude regarding nee tria’s submarine warfare. Presents Memoire, The Amsterdam dispatch says that according to a telegram from Vienna, Mr. Penfield handed an aide memoire today to the foreign minister, request- ing clear and final information as to what. stand the Bree ry government ;hes “assumed | rega: submarine warfare: amd other we: assurances given on the occasion of the Ancona and Persia incidents are to ‘be regarded as changed or with: drawn, says, Will submit the aide memoire, make a reply. tet TO MAKE DEMAND, Washington, Feb. 20.—This govern: ment will shortly ask Turkey to ob- tain a safe conduct from Austria and Germany for the passage of the Unit- ed States naval collier Ceasar, and the gunboat Des Moines to Brient, where 1,000 Americans are awaiting transportation home, RELUCTANT TO BREAK RELA LATIONS, (Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 20.—Ambassador Penfield is acting under explicit in- structions from the state department in requesting the Austrian govern: ment to state its position regarding the intensive submarine warfare in- augurated by Germany. Such an in- struction wag sent to the ambassador more than 10 days ago and it is pos- sible that it has been re-enforced in view of the delay in securing the re- sponse, although state department officials today declined to make any statement on the subject for publi- cation. Unofficially it has developed that the state department is reluctant to sever diplomatic relations’ with _Aus- tria. { A break with Turkey and Bulgaria lis regarded as certain to follow a rup- ture with Austria and deep concern for the welfare of the many Ameri- can citizens in the near east is one of the influences that has affected the state department’s policy in holding ff Some of the tension created by the destruction of the American schoon- er Lyman M. Law has disappeared, Jas the result of a statement credited to the captain of the American vessét |that the crew of the submarine, whick | destroyed the ship, were Germans. . TO MAKE PROTEST. (United Press) ‘Stockholm, Feb, 20.—The Swedish minister at Berlin has been instruct+ ed to make a formal protest to Ger- many demanding compensation for the loss by torpedoing of the Swedish steamer Varing. The announcement was authorized today. j THREE. DIE WHEN HOME BURNS DOWN (United Press.) Warsaw, Wis., William Fitch, Ms son, Joseph, and Miss Pearl Swain, 19, his housekeeper, are dead today os a result of a firé, which destroyed the Fitch home at Cranmocr. Witt coum ty. William Fitch, 70, and aninvalid, was carried from the house, ani died degree, and was sentenced by Judge ing his wife on, the night of Febra- ary 2, at her home here. from heart failure. followirg the @ J.-C. Michael to the state prison at} shock. His son and-Mtss Swain were M Stillwater. He is charged with shoot-| overcome by the gaseous fumes. The son died Sunday and Miss Swain died Monday. The fire was Saturday sight, to a thorough examination and, then,’ The foreign minister, the dispatch, ,,.., wat rt