The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1917, Page 1

tl ——— i The Weather ‘Warmer tonight. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 50 LADD'S DRUG (BooseArn BLL PUT 10 | ‘Seven Million SLEEP AT LIST ~ te ary UNITED PRESS Boost'Army Attaches Universal Mili- Training Bill as Rider to Appropriation Act NOT BELIEVED THAT MEASURE WILL PASS (Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 28—An increase of $37,500,000 to the. army appropri- ation bill was ordered by. the senate military committee, in completing re- Fires Back Thirty-Seven League} Vision of the measure which passed the house. As it will be reported to Bills Which Failed to Pass the senate, thé ibill will carry. $277,- Muster 480,708, $10,000 in excess of the amount caryéd in the existing law. ee RE The principal] increase ordered” is TOTAL TEN MILLION. $13,600,000 for clothing and camp and An index of all appropriation | garrigon equipment, making the total measures introduced at this ses- |for this purpose $28,600,000. The sion shows a total of ten mil- | committee was actuated in recom- lions, All that the etate can | mending the increase as a result of raise on its present assessed val- uation is a little in excess of four million. Ohief Clerk Bowen Acts as Pall Bearer for Forty Murdered Senate Measures UPPER HOUSE PROMPTLY STAGES FUNERAL ALSO Mexican mybilization, which demon- strated that. clothing supplies and camp equipment were, as Senator ——__——— Chamberlain expressed it, ‘woefully House Bill 123 was indefinitely post-] jacking.” Other large increases or- poned in the senate this afternoon.| dered are $4,350,000 for automatic This is Dr. Ladd’s anti-patent medi-| machine rifles, $1,000,000 for civilian cine bill, requiring that all formulae] military training, and $1,350,000 for ‘be filed with the state chemist. There} government manufacture of arms. was a minority report, signed by ‘Dr.|The committee attached to the meas- Rowe of Casselton, chairman of thé} yre the Chamberlain universal mill senate committee on public health./tary training bill, but it ts not ex- Physicians have been opposing the} pected to carry at this session. : HAle'S TROOPS PRESS CERMANS ON WEST FRONT (United Press) London, Feb. 28.—Field “Marshal Four-Fifths ‘Decision. The senate passed Hendrickson’s concurrent resolution requiring a four-tifths decision from the supreme court to hold any law unconstitu- tionz!. This will be referred to the people at the next general election. Forty senate bills were returned by the house to the senate. Chief Clerk Bowen for the first time ap- peared in person ‘before the senate. He apparently enjoyed the trip. The senate promptly returned to the house 37 house bills which had been indef- nitely postponed In ‘the last hour of yesterday's leg- islative session the senate cleaned up the colander, passing nine _ bills. Among thoge passed was H, B.. 165, 9% a pe incheniia eRe ‘hich ee be | Hale's Civops aye-sUttt closing in upon loaned from. the; school fund on first|Bapaume. They are less than two farm mortgages from $5,000 to $10,-|miles distant today, The German re- 000, +6 treat has apparently sjowed down, Gov. pre eaeadeyd the senate}#™4 dispatches indicated that strong his nomingtiony for,,members of the} Tesistance is* being encountered: by state boardof; education, as follows: ] the British/in their attempts to push A. G. Crane,,president of Minot nor-| forward. The ground is a field of mal, R aA mud, caused by the thaw of weeks, Fred G.: Smith; president,.of Botti-] and stretching across these acres are neau school of forestry. criss-crossed barbed wire netting C. KB. Cazette, superintendent of} This greatly hampers the British ad- schools for Ramsey county. vance following the German retreat. Dr. A. G. Whittemore of Bowman] The patrol feeling out the ground in county. advance have not found any indica He has also nominated for secre-|tion of the line where the Germans tary of the state board of health, wr.|had established their defensive work. THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 1917. C. J. MceGurren of Devils Lake, The fate of house bill 427 prohibit- ing the use of trading stamps and premiums in merchandising remains in doubt, ADVANCE ON TIGRIS. (Associated Press) London, Feb. 28.—The British are It is| probable the senate|continuing to advance rapidly on the will take no action until the attorney] Tigris front. Official announcement general has furnished an opinion as] was made here today that,on Monday to the constitutionality of the meas-|the Turks were being engaged on the ure in response to resolutions intro duced today by Senator Martin. left bank of the river more than 30 miles west and northwest of Kut-El- ‘House bills 373 and 376, relating to} Amara, wu the initiative and referendum were The British gunboat Firefly, which laid over until tomorrow, when divid-} was lost at the time of the retreat ed reports presented by the commit-] from Ctesiphon, has been recaptured. tee on judiciary were objected to, “Booze” Tester, House bill 318, implying a warranty One Turkish’ship has been taken and one destroyed. British forces are giving the re- “ might result if in the sale of farm machinery was in-| treating Turks beyond Kut-el-Amara definitely postponed as was house bill] no chance to re-form their columns. 299, establishing a revolving fund in| The pursuit is continuing, and the the pure food department to provide] retreating enemy forces have, been for cream inspections. H engaged on three sides, an official On third reading the senate passed| Mesopotamian statement said today. house bill 188, providing uniform laws} ‘Pursuit of the enemy is still main- for the sale of goods. House -bill 317,|taihed. On Monday, our troops en- tightening up the laws relating to] gaged the enemy on three sides. gambling houses as public nuisances,| Thirty miles northwest of Kut-el-Am- and house bill 388, defining anything|ara the enemy abandoned quantities that tastes like “booze” or likes like] of equipment and stores. The total “booze” or acts like “booze” to be|of those taken prisoners on Sunday “booze” under the prohibition laws of] has reached 360. The enemy threw North Dakota. its guns into the Tigris river, includ- STORM OF LUST FIDY Lakota, N. D., Feb. 28.—Leaving her home about 5:30 o'clock in the evening to join the little school wag- on which was to take her chums to a band concert at Brockert, the 14-year- oyd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Arvilla, living four miles west of Brocket, became lost and was found frozen to death late Saturday after- noon, 24 hours after she had left her ENTERS RANKS home. ‘She fell exhausted before the icy fury of the storm two miles from THREE MAIL TRAINS IN : 25 DAYS AT NEW ENGLAND b, ‘New England, N. D., Feb. 28—In the space of 25 days, New England . (Associated Press) has seen but three mail trains, and| Indianapolis, Feb. 28—With only but one freight. There is enough coal] Mrs. Goodrich looking on, Governor in the hands of dealers to hold the; James P. Goodrich signed the wo- city over another week. There is{|man’s part suffrage bill this morning. no truth to the report sent out from) The law gives the women of Indiana here that the electric light plant was| the right to vote for presidential elec- forced to close down, that the coal| tors, practically all state officers, ex- could: be used in-the homes, but sech|cept governor and ‘lieutenant gover- ee aS for all city and township 1,000 ACRE HOG RANCH ¥ FOR NORTH DAKOTA Rolla, N. D., Feb, 28.—A hog ranch incorporated with a working capital of $100,000 is the project proposed to farmers of this section by J. Laudau- er of Minneapolis. The ranco will consist of 1,000 acres, will have about $60,000 worth of buildings and fences and will start with 1,000 brood sows. It is planned to market 12,000 hogs annually. The big ranch will be lo- cated a short distance from St. John. not improve. HY HOLDS UN ' ASSOCIATED PRESS wots WILSON SUPPORT Commoner Insists That Declar- ation of Hostilities Should Be Submitted to Referendum \KBEP AMERICANS OFF BELLIGERENT SHIPS Utters. Old Fable of Munition Makers Being Behind Agita- tion to Defend Rights (United. Press) Washington, Feb. 28.--Former Sec- retary of State William Jennings Bryan will support the administration in the event of war, but until war comes, he told the United Press to- day, he will oppose, with all his re- sources, any step that might lead to war, He insisted war should be de- cided by a referendum vote of the people only. Asked whether he would support the arming of mer- chantmen, whether he liked the presi- dent’s last message and whether he wants to see congress remain in Wash- ington, he declined, to go into detail. He left no doubt he would hold the president to the strict letter of his statements that in his belief he was proposing no steps that would lead to war. Bryan dictated the state- ment and after it had been handed back to him to read, he asked that the following be inserted: Loyal Support. “If war actually comes, the admin- istration will have no more loyal a supporter than I am while the war lasts, but until war comes, peace will have no more ardent a champion.” Bryan wants action taken by con- gress. to show plainly that the presi- dent is not authorized to start a war. “There- should be no passengers on belligerent ships or any others for that. matter that, carry contraband,” he said, Bryan safd he made his ap- peal for peace not to pacifists from whom he knew he'had support, but to those who saw no:other way out of the situation which he apparently thought was the only kind worth ap- pealing to. He said: “I have no but I felt it would be wiser for GUILTY, FINDING OF JURY SITTING NN BISHOP CASE With Ladehoff Will Be Sentenced by, Judge Nuessle Saturday af : Morning HARRIS LAND CASE CALLED THIS MORNING Solomon Bishop, twice tried in the district court at this term on the charge of keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, was found guilty by the jury which reported its verdict shortly before, 10 o'clock last evening. The first case resulted in a disagree- ment, Bishop, with Julius Ladehoff, also convicted for the same offense, will.be sentenced by Judge Nuessle Saturday morning. A continuance has been asked in the Spies-Durant case and it is report- ed that a settlement is pending. The case of the Red River Valley Land company of Fargo vs. Lyman Harris of Bismarck, administrator of the estate of the late Simon Harris, was started this morning. The case involves titles over real estate pos- sessions in Tenneesee. Attorney George Bangs of Grand Forks is re- presenting the plaintiff, and the law firm of Newton, Dullam & Young, the defendant. | BRYAN PLEDGES ‘PREPARE PUBLIC. | FOR BREAK WITH IF WAR COMES) UNITED STATES Congress Is in Tangle Over Crisis House Mikes Viel Changes in Bill Giving President Auth- Chancellor Von Bethmann Holl. bolal wegg Devotes Entire Speech | WILSON OPPOSED TO to American Crisis, ANY REVISIONS GERMAN PUBLIC NOT ALARMED OVER BREAK Would Be No More Ripple if War Were Declared Than When Rumania Entered Contest (Associated Press) Berlin, Feb. 28—The prominence wege gave in his addross to the Reich- tions with the United States is re- garded here as indicating his purpose to prepare the German public for the to in many quarters. There was the continued absence of authentic news from Washington as well as the reports which are being received in regard to the state of public opinion in America, The German press con- tinues to serve up fragmentary but sensational bulletins, indicating fev- erish war preparation in the United States. Germany Prepared, At this hour, it may be said that a declaration of war from Washington would ‘findthe German mind quite prepared for it. Less of a ripple would be caused here than was oc- casioned by Rumania’s entrance into the war, and.a final break with the | United States would be likely to ne i with stoical indifferenc’ 9s far as the public at Lae conéerned. There ‘ig no feeling that a crisis is at hand, but merely a tension which has been ‘gathering intensity. The nation is now pinning its faith to its U-boat. WASHINGTON INDIGNANT (Associated Press) ‘Washington, Feb. 2 —Surptise bor- dering on indignation was voiced here early today‘over Chancellor von Beth- mann Hollwegg’s speech. to the Reich- stagg. State department officidts are amazed that the chancellor should seek further to confuse German-Amer- ican relations with a series of state- ments, which they say are palpably opposed to the most obvious events of recent history. The chancellor’s statement that the United States severed relations “prusquely” is viewed as too absurd for discussion, It is pointed out that the American correspondence has plainly threatened such action, that Count von Bernstorfi had said for several. days before hand that he ex- pected to be dismissed and that the German government had shown its realization of the coming break by sending out orders to disable its mer- chant ships in this country, It is also pointed out that while the United ‘States delayed three days in taking the action, it had clearly foreshadow- ed in several notes, Germany puts in- to effect its campaign of ruthlessness on eight. hours’ notice, after months of assurances that she had no inten- tion of taking such a step. The state- ment that Germany, in her Sussex note, reserved a new course of action js declared wholly unjustified. The United States specifically refused to accept that condition and in default of any reply from Germany was justi- fied in believing that Germany ad- hered to her point of view. JUSTIFIES WARFARE. (United Press) Berlin,. Feb. 28.—First editorial comments by German newspapers on the sinking of the liner Laconia, justi- fled the latest statement of submarine warfare by suggesting that, it was merely carrying out the government's warning to sink all ships in the bar- red zone. One-paper called: attention (Continued on Page Three.) Wilson to A (United Press.) Washington, Feb. 28.—The dramat- ic plea of ‘Austin Hoy, son of Mrs. Mary Hoy, and brother of ‘Miss Eliz- abeth Hoy, who were killed in the un- | warned submarine attack upon the great Cunarder, Laconia, demanding that the United States avenge the death of his loved ones, was received today by cable by President Wilson. Hoy demanded that the United States yaorit citizens’ self-respect. The cal c “am. an. Américan citizen, representing sed Ketel a ne" compan: : Austin Hoy Calls on of Mother and Sister venge Death tension of the American trade 1 love the American flag. ‘My loved mother and sister were passen- gers on the steamer, ‘Laconia, and fously murdered on the high seas and, as American citizens it was an outrage. As an American son and brother, | call upon you to Preserve its citizens’ self-respect + and save others of my country- men. | am of military\age and able to fight. If my country can use me agai 1 am at its call.) > my manhood. by:-remaining. pas- tive under these outrages, | shall seek a man’s chances under an- other flag” © which Chancellor von 8ethmann Holl- stagg today to a discussion of rela- eventuality which is Jooked forward much confusion of opinon and proph- ecy on this point today on account of (Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 28.—The _ situa- tion in congress fell into a tangle again today, and the prospects that there would be no extra session were not so promising as they were last night. The house foreign affairs com- mittee reported the bill to empower the president to protect American rights against the German submarine menace, but with changes which are unwelcome to the administration. It declined to make provision for the president to use “other instru- mentalities,” which he desires, and prohibited giving government war in- surance to munition ships ‘Agreeable to President. The bill reported yesterday by the senate foreign relations committee is practically agreeable to the presi- dent The two measures may be rec- onciled in some way, although the president has given notice that he ex- pects no material changes. Prospects of a Republican filibuster loomed’ up again in the senate. Senators who today began to in- sist upon “free and full” discussion of all measures openly assert that the reason for their course to force an extra session. The major part of the Republican opposition apparently does not lie against the bill to grant the president ‘broad powers to deal with the subma- rine situation, although thove are probably a-half dozen on the minority side opposed to it, either in princt ple or because they regirded it as too sweeping in character. @50,000 RELIEF FOR TROOPS NOW UP TO FRAZER House Passes Appropriation Bill to Give Soldier Boys $10 Per Month for Services $120,000 TO MAINTAIN STATE NATIONAL GUARD Whether the soldier boys who so well upheld the honor of their native state during their seven and one-half months’ service on the border are to receive additional compensation of $10 per month from North Dakota now is a question for Governor Fraz- ier to decide. The house yesterday passed Senate Bill 324, appropriating $50,000. to be disbursed in extra com- pensation in the form of “pensions,” the term being used in lieu of bonus to comply with the constitution, The bill follows the lines of the original house bill appropriating $60,000, but is drafted according to the attorney general's ideas of constitutional form. In its present shape it is not as sat- isfactory as it might be, inasmuch as it requires each member of the North Dakota national guard who served on the border to make formal applica- tion for his “pension,” but it is anti- cipated that this feature will not kill the effect of the bill. $12u,000 For Guard. Senate Bill 166, appropriating $120,- 000 for the maintenance of the na- tional guard during the next two years, passed the house yesterday. This amount is far greater than ever before appropriated, and indicates an effort on the part of the state to bring its troops up to the standard set by the war department. Mandan Gets $10,000, Five thousand dollars aid for the| Missouri Slope fairs at Mandan in 1918 and 1919, $10,000 in all, now awaits the pleasure of the governor, the house having passed S. B. 177, carrying the appropriation, yesterday Semi-Monthly Pay. S. B. 78, Senator Mostad’s semi- monthly payday Dill, requiring public service corporations to pay every fif- teen days, passed the house yester- day with 110 ayes and but two nays, one absent and not voting. CHICAGO WOMEN START BOYCOTT ON CERTAIN FOODS (United Press.) Chicago, Feb. 28.—Potatoes, butter, eggs and vegetables continued to be weaker and easier today on the local markets, following the placing of the boycotts, commenced one week ago. Retail dealers are unable to detail is $$$ ———$ $$ ED STATES CONSU PNaboniy K TRIBUNE [==] $$$ [FOUR DETAINED AT BERLIN UNDER CHARGE THAT THIS BIG DRIVE 10 POOL INTERESTS FOR HOSTILITIES Business Men Hastening to Place Resources at Disposal of Fed- eral Government BASCAM LITTLE TO HEAD COMMISSION el Selected by War Dpartment to Organize Industrial Forces of Nation MUNITION PROBLEM. (United Press) Let this government encourage every possible manufacturer to produce for the government non- specialized products at a good profit. Uncle Sam must learn to buy as a big corporation buys.— Bascam Little. 5 Cleveland, O., Feb. 28—With the German crisis seemingly near an ap- proaching break, business men are hastening to the colors today, prepar- ing to back Uncle Sam' from the first to last. Several business firms desir- ing to co-operate with the United States army quartermaster in buying supplies have already been reported. Pool Interests. A pool of the business interests of the country has found them at at- tention, eager to help the govern- ment. Little is the, man.,thet. Uncle Sam has delegated to swing ‘the, buni- ness interests into line’ He outlines to the United Press the perils and problems and sees that it must be quickly provided for with war mater- ials. He is chairman of the National Defense, committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, which has been asked by Secretary of War Baker to co-operate with the army and navy. “Unless the government and _pri- vate industries get together and learn how to co-operate this govern- ment will enter into hostilities under a great handicap. A wide production cannot be had if this government is to proceed in a short-sighted buying plan, The government should become the most valuable piece buying cus- tomer the private industries have. The government aloftness must be changed to one of friendly interest to the producer,” Little said. AUSTRIA T0 BACK POLICY OF GERMANY (Associated Press) London, Feb. 28.—The Austrian re- ply to the American note in regard to the submarine issue will be handed shortly to the United States ambas- sador in Vienna. and will probably endorse the position of Germany, ac- cording to a Reuter’s Amsterdam dis- patch, quoting a Berlin telegram to! the Wesser Zeitung of Bremen. The telegram says that the Vienna govern: ment will clearly express the view | that there is no turning back for the Central Powers. LAN LAW NOT SUNK BY ASTI (Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 28.—It has been officially established that the Ameri- can sailing schooner Lyman M. Law was not sunk by an Austro-Hungarian submarine. It now is assumed that the submar- ine must have been German or pos- sibly Turkish. Ambassador Penfield at Vienna cabled a report today in, response to inquiries from Secretary Lansing. ‘The Law was sunk, according to offi- cial dispatches, by a bomb) after its crew had been under shell fire. HANNAH FARMER AND HORSES FOUND DEAD. Noonan, D., Feb. 28.—Word reaching here yesterday from Han: nah, Cavalier county, tells of the find- ing of the frozen body of Andrew Fruck, two miles from that village. Fruck left his home with two loads of household effects for his new abode, a short distance from his farm. the trail after the storm of GOVERNMENT HELD CERMANS TWO NOTES SEAT. Consul Mueller Delayed in Cuba on Way Home Through— No Fault of Washington TEUTONS OBJECT TO i HGUE DISPATCHES Declare That No American Sub- jects Have Been Mistreated in Germany (Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 28.—Four Ameri- can consuls are being detained in Germany while the Berlin govern ment awaits official advices that alt German consuls in this country order- ed to Central and ‘South America have been permitted to proceed The German government's action is based on circumstances, which, through no concern of the United States, detained Consul Mueller, at Havana, Cuba, while he was on his way from Atlanta to Quito, Ecuador. Two Notes Received. Two notes have been received jrom the German government on the sub- ject; the first, a week ago, charged that the United States had detained ‘Mueller at ‘Havana, and a second, to- day, asking for a reply to the first, and also containing a statement on charges that American. consuls and their wives departing from Germany had been subjected to indignities. It added that as soon as Mueller has been allowed to proceed, the Ameri- can consuls could go on. oere That the German governmont: had been misinformed regarding Consul (Mueller and other German consuls ig certain. Mueller, through ‘no fault of the United States, was forced to remain in ‘Havana longer than he at [first thought would be necessary, 'and |he cabled Berlin that he was being detained there. The German govern: ment is believed to have taken this to mean that the United States was responsible for the detention. As a matter of fact, Mueller was forced to remain in ‘Havana because of tempor- ary lack of transportation and fail- ure to receive passports from the Ecuadorian government. ‘Having made his arrangements, be left Ha- vana for his new post several days ago. ‘Complains of ‘Reports. In the note received today Ger- many complains against published re- ports recently cabled to the United ‘States from The Hague, in which it was stated that American consular officials leaving Germany have been mistreated It is stated that every- thing possible was done to provide for the comfortable and safe depart- ure of the American officials and blame for the alleged misrepresenta- tion is placed upon Vice Consul Har- old B Quarton, formerly at Berlin, whom Germany believes to have been the only consular official from Ger many in The Hague at the time the newspaper articles were cabled. Gér- many makes it clear in the communi- cation that it feels the articles were written as a means of influencing pud- lic opinion. CERARD SAILS FOR AMERICA (Associated Press) Corunna, Spain, Feb. 28.—James W. Gerard, former American ambas- sador at Berlin, sailed today on the steamship Infanta Isabel for Havana. The steamer is expected to reach that port March 8 or 9. 3 Mr. Gerard was escorted to his boat ‘by the mayor of Corunna, in place of the governor, who is ill, the British and the Cuban consuls. The Infanta Isabel was filled to capacity, carrying 750 in the steerage. William H. Gale, formerly Ameri- can consul general at Munich, atriy- ed here today and with difficulty ob- tained passage on the Infanta Isabel. PLIGE BONIS TH BANKERS SORA (Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 28—Federal Farm Loan board officials are of ferth- under.