The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1917, Page 1

| MANY LAW The Weather Colder. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. THE BIS 52 UNITED PRESS President Wilso BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, —0o- s70 4 3 n to Ge FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1917. i i ‘ —o- —o- =O OS 9 Oe —o- t Full Power ASSOCIATED PRESS SUFFRAGE BILL NOT VALID SAYS ITS OPPONENTS Measure to Be Referended and *-gso Attacked in Courts to Test Merit wr MANY MEASURES TO BE TREATED IN SAME WAY Adjournment Enlivened by Ex- Pose as to Constitutionality of H. B. No. 12 Now comes Mr. Joy Killer and says that Senate Bill No. 12, extending partial suffrage to the women of North Dakota is null and void. Forces opposed to suffrage today announced that although the bill was a mere “scrap of paper,” it would be referended as a “measure of safe’ and in addition would be attacked in the courts upon the grounds that it is clearly unconstitutional, The constitution provides that the franchise cannot be extended or re- stricted without first submitting the sue to a yote of the electors, There no provision in Senate Bill No. 12 for a referendum, Who put the “joker” over? Many Laws to be Held Up. Steps are being taken to circulate petitions at once to suspend this measure as well as much of the legis- lation enaeted at this session con- sidered undesirable by certain groups of citizens, Those behind the plan to suspend the operation of Senate Bill No. 12 state that North Dakota has not al- tered its convictions on suffrage since it voted the proposition down in 1914; by a majority of 9,401, Senate Bill No, 13. The North Dakota legislature pass- ed Senate Bill No, 13 which is a.con- current resolution for the amendment of section 121 of our present consti- tution by striking out the word “male” from that section and thus ex- tending suffrage generally to women the same as men. This proposed amendment will gd to the 1919 legis- lature and if approved by it, will then be submitted to the el rs for approval ‘or rejection at the 1920 en- eral election. Provisions of S. B. No. 12. The legislature also passed Senate Bill No. 12, which is modeled after the Iinois statute under which wo- men in that state have the vote for. certain offic This statute thus adopted in rth Dakota from IIli- nois, if it is valid, extends the right of suffrage to women without a vote of the people as to certain offices and questions specified in it. It provides that women otherwise qualified may vote for “presidential elections, coun- ty surveyors, county constables and for all officers of cities, villages ‘and’ towns (except police magistrates and city justices of the peace) and upon all questions or propositions submit-' ted to a vote of the electors of such municipalities of other political divi- sions of this state, and also “for the following township officers: Town- ship clerk, assessor, treasurer, over- seer of highways and constables, and may also participate and vote in all annual and special township meetings in the township in which such elec- tions shall be.” Lawyers’ Opinion, A number of lawyers to whom the question has been submitted say that the statute is absolutely void for the reason that the legislature in - this state is forbidden by the constitution, section 122, from extending the right of suffrage without a vote of the peo-} ple. The situation is this: Section 122 of the state constitution gives the right of suffrage to male persons of the requisite age and residence. Sec- tion 128 gives women the right to vote for school pffices and on school ques: | tions and to hold school offices. Sec- tin 122 of the state constitution is the important and controlling section apparently. It reads as follows: Section 122. “The ‘legislative as- sembly shall be empowered to make further extension of suffrage here- after at its discretion to all citizens of mature age and sound mind, not convicted of crime, without regard to sex, but no law extending or restrict- ing the right of suffrage shall be in force until.adopted by a majority of the electors of the state voting at a 'PROTECT NATIONAL RIGHTS| Kaiser Is ' Confined to His Room Suffers From Severe Chill but Continues to Receive Min- isters in Apartments KEEPS IN CONSTANT . TOUCH WITH FRONT (United Press) Amsterdam, March 2.—Kaiser wWil- helm is confined to his room suffér- ing .with a severe chill, Berlin dis- patches reported today. Physicians! are not apprehensive over his condi- tion, but ate insisting on all precau- tions. Th® Kaiser is receiving minis- ters in his apartments and is keeping in constant touch with the front, de- spite his illness, CRONNA VOTES: ACINST CIVING WILSON POWER Back | Will President by Overwhelming Senate, However, Support in Crisis | BLANKET AUTHORITY TO | House Passes Armed Neutrality / Measure With but Thirtéen ~ Members Opposed (United Prass.) Washington, March 2.—At the open- ing of the senate today Senator Stone moved ‘the immediate consideration’ of the bill authorizing the president. to arm American ships and protect lives on the high seas. im to use “other in- strumentalitie: jvank as officers and were confined in AMERICANS FREED BY GERMANS ‘IN DENMARK Yarrowdale Passengers Arrive at Copenhagen After Months in Prison Camps TELL DRAMATIC TALE OF ADVENTURES AT SEA Subjected to Air Raids While Prisoners at Karlruhe Put on Ferry (Associated Press) Copenhagen, March 2.—Four Amer- icans from the steamer Yarrowdale, who have been prisoners in Germany for three months, arrived here today. They are Dr. John Davis, Columbus, Miss.; Orville McKim, Watertown, N. Y.; Dr, W. E. Snyder, Norfolk, Va., and Richard Zabriskie, Engelwood, N. Y. The four men are practically destitute, The men reached here with only the clothes they stood in, and wi under the custom of the sea, be sup- ported by the British consul until it is possible to send them home. They owe their ‘release before the remain- der of the 72 Americans, who were on the Yarrowdale, to. the fact that as physicians or veterinarians they the officers’ camp at Karlsruhe, The horse tenders and sailors, who com- prised a‘bulk of the American cap- tives, are still held in “quarantine” at the prison camp for enlisted men at Dulmen. = yLeft.to.. Shift..for- Themselves, The four men lett) the: camp «at Karlsruhe in February 27 and travei- ed direct to Warnemunde under es- cort, where after being subjected to the frontier search, they were put aboard a Danish, ferry .and left to shift for themselves. Few more dramatic tales haye been brought forth’ by‘ the! wér ithan ihe story of adventure, hardship and per- ils at sea, short commons on land, and the new danger from the sky, Senator LaFollette, who was about} to leave the senate hurried back to} his seat, and demanded the ayes and, nay By a vote of 6 4to 15, the sen- ate proceeded with the consideration of the bill. Senators from the nogth- western states who were opposed to the consideration by a vote of nay were Gronna, ‘North Dakota; LaFol- lette, Wis. and Clapp, Minn. The vote presages the passage of the reso- lution by a big margin. In view of the agreement to take the navy Dill at noon today, the authority bill was suspended by unanimous consent un- til after the navy bill was disposed of, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. House Supports Wilson. All the power President Wilson ask- ed in dealing with the international situation will be granted him within 86 hours, leaders said today. The president is ready to sign the armed neutrality measure, The passage of the armed neutrality measure with modifications from the original, with only 13 membe-s opposed, surprised congressional leaders. A War Council. A war council to direct this coun- try’s operations in case of hostilities is in course of formation, it was learn- ed today. The council will. include President Wilson and his cabinet and industrial experts not affiliated with the present council of national de- fense: Such a council will be a coali- tion affair. Members of every politi- cal faith will be chosen. It will num- ber more than 20 experts. Danie ‘Wil- lard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, will be asked to head the transportation department. Wil-! lard, it became known today, has | cleaned up his desk as president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and should a call come, he would be ready to step into any newly created post without delay. BELIEVED IT A FRAUD. Chicago, March 2—The alleged Zimmermann note plot against the United States is frowned upon by the Illinois Staats Zeitung today. Doubt is expressed as to the authenticity of the document attributed to Zim- mermann. It comments on the en- general election.” xtends Fight. This statfite Senate Bill No. 12, ex- tends the right of suffrage and section 122 just quuoted says that no law ex- tending suffrage shall be in force un- til adopted by the electors. No pro- vision is made for submitting this statute to the electors and it never was intended to submit it to the elec- tors. The illinois supreme court com- posed of seven members, by a vote of four to three, under their constitution sustained a statute which made a sim- ilar extension of suffrage by legislat- ive act alone, but Illinois did not have in their constitution a section like our 122 above quoted. That is, the Illi- nois constitution did not prohibit the legislature from extending the right of suffrage. Our’ constitation does (Continued on Page Three) tangling alliances between the Unit- ed States and any foreign nation and therefore condemns every proposal of an entangling alliance with any foreign nation. MILL CITY BARBERS. BOOST PRICE OF HAIR QUT TO MEET WG. (United Press) Minneapolis, March 2—The higt cost of living went higher in 18 loop barbershops today when men. with hair paid 40 cents to have it cut, and paid 20 cents for shaves. which was related by the four to the Associated Press correspondent. Snap- ped up by the German raider in mid- ocean, they cruised around for days, while the commerce destroyer was gathering further prizes, Then they made the voyage on the Yarrowdale for Swinemuende under such condi- toins. that they. expected the ship’s seams to open and the vessel to sink beneath them at any moment. In Prison Camps. They lived for more than two months in prison camps in Germany on the meagre prison fare provided by the German government without food parcels which lighten the condi- tion of existence of other prisoners of the war. They passed through four aeroplane attacks on Karlsruhe dur- ing which, bombs intended for the railroad station, rained on all sides of their camp. To cap the climax, they were ignorant until the last whether they were prisoners of war or neutrals in detention, whether their government was doing anything to obtain their release or whether the United States had not already entered the war, To add to their anxieties their fel- low Americans from the Yarrowdale, at the time when they left them at the Neustrelitz camp to be transfer- red with other officers from the cap- tured steamer, were in a state of com-/ plete destitution. They were insuffi- ciently clothed, several of them being without shoes or overclothing during | the severe December cold, and al- though they were subsequently reme- | died when Ambasador Gerard finally! located them in the prison camp at! Dulmen. . | The recital of the four Americans; of incidents concerning their capture and their experiences on beard the/ raider is one with which American readers are familiar from. the ac- counts of the Moewe and the Appam.} The Americans who reached Copen- hagen say that the German raider is the Puehme, commanded by Lieuten- | ant Berg. i ;the other. these is Senate Bill 84, providing for |” | I; wocccoooooe EVEN THE LITTLE THAT HE HATH SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY o (IN NEW YORK POST) rerwew wees woe ecc cee conn coeoooooes IGHT SESSION DOES NOT SEEM PROBABLE NOW Senate Has Only Two Bills Left on Its Calendar—House Few Measures to Pass CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IS AGREED ON APPROPRIATION MAY BE SESSION. Indications at 4 p. m. this after- noon were. that an evening ses- sion woud! be necessary. Several measures are hanging fire in con- ference, When the sixtieth day of the Fil- teenth legislative assembly opened at 2 o'clock this afternoon, no need for an evening session to close up the work of the legislature seemed ap- parent. Calendars of both houses were practically cleaned up, and all that remained was to determine the fate of less than a dozen bills now in the hands of conference committees. Both the house and the senate met at 10 this morning and ‘worked steadily with only a brief respite for luncheon until 2, when the 59th legislative day closed. pies The senate closed its 59th day with but two bills remaining on its calen- dar for third reading: : These, House Bill 288, providing for the issuance of warehouse receipts on packing house products, and House Bill 169, relating to style of summons: im jus- tice court, are not regarded: of: suffi- cient importance to involve-much of the senate’s time. “The afternoon will be devoted by the senate ‘principally to conferences over a number of bills returned amended from one ‘house to The most important of the creation of a terminal, elevator commission, to be named by the gov- ernor, and empowering this commis- sion to spend $300,000 in the con- struction of a terminal elevator in- side or outside the state. The senate Dr {declined to concur in the. house one ‘y j amendments to 84 this morning, and ialso rejected house amendments to Measure Assured, | | - (Associated Press) Washington, Mar. 2.—Legislation barring shipments of liquor into pro- hibition states, even for personal use, became virtually assured today as a; result of the adoption by the house} last night of the conference report on} the postoffice appropriation bill, con- taining the Reed “bone dry” amend- ment. The report now goes to the senate where favorable action is look- ed for before tomorrow night and, then it will’ go to President Wilson for his approval. | | and 49, 286, 157, 301 and 158. on all of which conference committees were named. Other important senate bills yet in conference are 137, the Sunday base- ball measure, and 46, the gpneral game bill. The house this morning concurred in a.large number of senate amend- ments to house bills and named con- ference committees on House Bills 13 The conference committees on Senate Bill 136, the general appro- priations measure, get together this morning and reached ‘an agreement iby which the appropriations for the} peqoing of two more vessels—the! | Valley Mila Baliirenltrre’ steamship Faiglia, Italian, and ae an cou! = 5 in. bark, not listed” ing schools at Maddock and Park riv.| s@ndol, a Norweeis i trol er will be.reinstated, as concessions the senate; while the senate will ASSORTMENT OF Senator Heckle Predicts Federal Bone Dry Law Will Make State Dry MEASURE PROBABLY WILL NEVER BECOME EFFECTIVE | Four quarts of whiskey, five gallons of wine and 72 quarts of beer here- after will be the limit for individual | lkola, It behooves the man with an! active thirst to immediately acquire ja large family, by adoption or other- | wise, for there is nothing in House Bill 39, which passed the senate, 31} to 10, Thursday afternoon, to prevent | ‘little Bobby, and Kitty, and the baby, } well as “ma” and “pa” each bring- jing in their four quarts of red liquor, | five gallons of wine, and 72 quarts of Milwaukee water, The rub will come! when the man with a “quart-a-day” record, runs out of the real stuff at the end of four days and is compelled to begin on the wine, slowly moving down the ‘scale from beer to nothing, and when that point arrives there’s nothing doing until the first of the month, for Senate Bill 39 insists that only one shipment per each individual may be received in each 30 days, and that in receipting for such shipment affidavit must be made that none oth- er has been received within the allot- }ted time. “The bill closes the side door and} opens the back door,” said Senator Jacobson in voting > “This bill {gives official sanction to the handling | of liquors by drug stores, something we have been fighting against for! Ss." Senator Heckle of the temperance! committee explained that the bill probably will die a-borrin’ in any event, as the moment President Wil-; FINE MONTHLY <j BOOZE ALLOWED jconsumption in prohibition North Da-| . Turks Are Retreating on Tigris British Occupation of Kut Basis of Strong Offensive Move on That Front GERMANS DRAW BACK ALONG ANCRE ZONE (Associated Press) London, Mar, 2.—The Turks are continuing to retreat before the vic- torious army on the Tigris front. Offi- cial announcement was made today that the retreating Turks on Tuesday evening passed through Aziziyah, 62 miles north of Kut-El-Amar More than 7,000 prisoners have been taken since December. While the Franco-Belgian front op- erations continue to be featured by the sustained British progress as the German retreat along the Ancre is kept up, there are signs of consider- able reawakening along the front in Russia and Galicia. With the ad- vancing season. increasing activity appeared in sectors all the way from Riga to the Rumanian frontier, CARRANZA COT NILLIONS FROWN CERMAN ACENTS Money Sent From United States to Mexico for Use of De Facto Government (United Press.) Washington, March 2.—Millions of dollars have been sent the Carranza government recently by Germans in the United Statcs, it was learned on high government’ authority today. Some of these millions w personal loans to ‘Me: , and others went in- to the pu of smelter plants, | wherever available in Carranza’s re- public. These loans we nt into! | Mexico in spite of the warning of United States officials that such loans} would not have the support of this} government unless having first with the approval of Washington. Planning Hostile Acts. This was one of the countless de- velopments arising today, following | the discovery by Seer ‘Lansing | and others of the carefully arranged | erman plot to wign ‘Me and Ja- United States. pan in war against the It was definitely establi instructions were sent to \ in America at the same time nt Am-/| orff. These in- structions, it learned, covered matters of i tion to be left by German consuls with special agents of the government when they left this countr The scope of the in- structions were broad and in many mmermann letter was Ber Yr yon respects artling. They all go to show that Germany had been plan- ning hostile acts in many forms met | ( PARTY LINES = WIPED OUT IN BOTH HOUSES Bond Issue of One Hundred Mil. lion to Be Provided to Aid in Defense of Republic WILSON TO GET FULL BACKING OF CONGRESS Filibuster From La Follette Is Feared at Eleventh Hour to Tie President’s Hands (Associated Press.) Washington, March 2.—Passing of the first shock of yesterday's authenti- eated disclosure that Germany plotted to incite Mexico and Japan to war against the United States found the government agencies today more close- ly united in spirit against threatened danger, and awaiting with keenest in- terest official statements from Mexico and Japan ning their attitude, Of- ficials confidently looked for expres- sions of friendship from both and con- sequent collapse of German intrigues. Preparations Hurried. Nevertheless preparations were hur- ried along for whateyer may confrout the nation. The bill authorizing Presi- dent Wilson to arm ships and providing ahbond issue 100,000,000 wis passed by the House late last night by a vote of 408 to 13, and after ten hours of en- thusiastic debate, was in the Senate hands and action was expected late today or tonight. After the naval bill is disposed of late today, the Senate plans to take-up the armed neutrality bill and its early pussage is believed. certain unless Sen- - i ator LaFollette should filibuster. The ~ Senate probably will substitute its own q bil, which would grant the President authority to use “other instrumentali- ties” not provided by the House bill. to protect neutral rights and whi does not contain the House bill's pro- hibition against war risk insurance for munition ships. Abandon Party Lines. The sudden abandonment of party lines, and the apparent waves of patri- olism ich swept both houses during: debate yesterday develo] one of the most notable legislative situations in yours Officials today guarded other inform- ation they m have concerning the , but they indicate it It now appears that orff, the former nan intrigy was widespread. County) Von Bern German Ambassador, received instrue- tions from Berlin to arrange the dis- mantling’of German ships in American ports at the same time le got the Zim- merman note for transmission to Mex- ico City. LaFollette Balks. When the Senate convened today, Senator Stone asked it to displace the Ubill and take up the armed nen- ty bill, Senator La Follette de- layed the procedure by demanding a vote, Senator Stone's motion prevailed hy a_vote of G1 to 15, and debate on the bill began, to be interrupted at noon, however, wding to agreement, for consideration of the naval appropria- tion bill. against the United States for some} time. The United States will bej equally ready to make some startling | announcements in time, it v id. | She United States government | agents are directing their attention today against German activities in} the Tampico oi] districts, where the! oil supplies for the Eritish navy are} obtained. It is feared that the Ger-| man agents will attempt to force the | Mexicans to cut off the Eritish sup-| ply. i The recent uprising of the Felis Diaz followers is attributed to Ger man influence. Ten German officer: are said to be in the employ of Fran. | cisco Murgia. Carranza commander of the northern division, according to in- formation obtained by the United} States government agents here. One! of them is quartermaster general at; Juarez. At other divisions there are! many others, among them chief of | staff to General Garvia of the state son affixes his signature to the federal | bone dry bill, no liquor in any form ; or amount can be shipped into the state for personal use, or any others | except scientific, mechanical or sacra-} mental. The bill has stew monthly. TWO VESSELS ARE SUNK New York, Mar. 2.—News of the tor-| been christened “On: the maritime. register, was brought Samarinda from Rotterdam, by way of Norfolk. of Durango. DISAVOWAL EXPECTED. ity, Mex., March 2.—For- mal dis l by the Mexican. gov- rhment of any participation in the rman plot and the probable denial hat the scheme was ever actually ached to the Carranza government is expected within the next few days. This will probably be the first official act of the new foreign minister, whose appointment by Carranza is expected today. The belief here is that it is not genuine. BRINGS DOWN SEVENTH VICTIM Paris, March 2—Paul Albert Pierre Tarascon, the only aviator in the French army with a‘ wooden leg, has been cited to the order of the day before the entire. army for having here today by the Dutch steamship| brought down his seventh German aer- | Ya oplane. Tarascon was selling flour in Marseilles when war was {ment to the naval bill authorizing estab- A parliamentary situation then pre- vented consideration of the bill, and Senator Stone e notice he would move to take it up at four o'clock this afternoon after the vote on the navat bill. The vote on the motion could not de construed as a test vote, on the bill, fasmuen as x67 tors opposed its consideration on the ground that it was a violation of the spirit of the unani- mous cousent agreement covering tae naval bill. Among those who voted jo, Were Senators Clapp, Gronna, La ‘ollette, and Works, No Discussion. In view of that situation there: was n of the bill_as only fifteen minutes remained beforé the naval bill came up automaticully, Senator Stone then asked unanimous consent that it be taken up at four o'clock when the n i mit of the way. Senator mma objected, and Senator Stone ave notice that he would moye to ike up the neutrality bill again at thet hour, By a vote of forty-six to twenty-six the Senate adopted a committee amend- no discus: lishment of a second navy yard on San Francisco bay, with an initial appro- priation of $1,500,000 to acquire a site. PROMISES. TO FRE WERICANS. HOLD (United Press.) Washington, March 2.—Germany in a note delivered to the state ment today by Dr. Paul Ritter, minister, promises the reie rrowdale ing been