The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1917, Page 1

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SHERIFES WHO WINK AT LAWS | MAY BE QUSTED Automobile Resistration Statutes of North Dakota Are to Be Strictly Enforced SECRETARY OF STATE FINDS MUCH EVASION Reports Number of Cases Where Car-Owners Have Failed to Provide Tags Sheriffs, constables and other police officers whose duty it is to enforce the laws of their state are going to get in very bad with the administra- tion if they persist in letting off with- out arrest offenders against the auto- mobile registration statutes, Secre- tary of State Hall announced this morning. “The: state highway board, newly organized, intends to see that the au- tomobile registration laws are en- forced to the letter,’ said Mr, “Hall. “If the sheriffs and constables decline to arrest friends who persist in oper- ating cars without license tags, they will be called before the governor to show cause why they should not be removed for misfeasance. “There is no excuse for any auto- mobile owner not showing the two tags, one in front and one in the rear of his car, as the law provides,” con- tinued the secretary of state. “At 4 o'clock this evening the last tag for which proper application has been made will have left this office. We are right up’ with our work, and no one can claim ag an excuse for not having tags that they have been or- dered and this office has been tardy in sending them out. ~ “We have, it is true, from 300 to 400 applications incorrectly filled out, from which the description of the car, the name of the owner of the requisite check is omitted, but all of these ap- plicants whom we could possibly lo- cate have been advised of their over- sight, and their tags will be issued as soon as they co} with the. law. “T saw nine'tagless vars in Bismarck on my way to the office this morn- ing,” concluded Mr. Hall, “and we have a réport from a constable in Jamestown ‘who flatly declines to ar- rest his ‘friends ‘and get in bad with the fellows who put him in office.’ If the officers elected for this purpose will not do their duty, the governor has a right to, know it, and, if neces: sary, to remove them and put in their place men who will make good.” THREATENED REDUCTION OF CHOP AVERTED Fargo Farm) Expert , Says , State Has Adreage as. Great as That'of Last Year (Special to Tribune.) Fargo, N\.D., April 21.—The threat- ened reduction in wheat acreage of North Dakota of about one-half mill- fon to three-quarters of a million acres ‘as been averted by the rapid- fire campaign for food : production launched just a week ago in Fargo and which jpromoted so vig- orously through other’ agencies during the past ten days or:two weeks. That, at least, is the firm belief of a Fargo crop expert who is closely in touch with the situation throughout the state. * “We faced, at the beginning of the seeding season, tne possibility of a reduction in the wheat acreage of from five to ten per cent because of the high price of seed,” said this ex- pert. “However, through the active work that has been done, I ‘eel confident that the state will have just as great an acreage of wheat as it had in 1916. In fact, we may possibly exceed that record.” MILITIA BOY AND SON OF MAYOR IN BURGLARY CHARGE Moorhead, Minn., April 21.—Charg- es of bureglari: three. Moorhead stores and two Fargo office build- ings are lodged @gainst private Jac- ob Von Gaten, member of Company “H” of Jamestown, ‘North Dakota Na- tional guard; Henry Burley, and Fritz Melvey, the latter the son of Mayor Nels Melvey, both of the lat- ter of Moorhead. CALLING MEDICAL MEN INTO SERVICE London, April 21.—The war cabinet decided today that every physician and surgeon and every man with med- ical ‘training of military age must be _ called up for service- immediately, + death: by--lesshun van hour. Fis | median a Dead David Montgomery of the Mont- gomery & Btone Team, Dies in Chicago STARTED CAREER AS CLOWN IN SIDE-SHOW Chicago, April 21. David Montgomery, the comedian, who has been ill in a Chi- cago hospital for more than a month, died shortly after 4 o'clock this. after- noon, Montgomery was of Scotch descent and was about \45 years old. He began his career as an en- Qavid MONTgOMcAY tertainer with a small circus. From clown and side- show dancer he became a minstrel, He was with the Haverly troupe of Mastodon “Minstrels for some time. Im 1895 he formed the partnership with Fred Stone and the team of Montgomery & Stone soon became famous among theater-goers. The two later made a great hit in the “Wizard of Oz,” Montgomery as the tin wocdman and Stone as the straw- man. After the “Wizard of Oz,” came the Red Mill, which bad a three-year run; then came the “Old Town,” and fin- ally “Chin-Chin.” In the latter play Montgomery last appeared at St. Paul, leaving the company to come here for medical examination which resulted in his going to the hospital on March 20. After the operation he rallied for a time, but suffered a relapse, since which he had been unconscious for days at a time, Take Body to New York. Fred Stone planned today to accom- pany the body of his dead partner, David Montgomery, the comedian, to New York, where it will be buried in ‘Woodlawn cemetery beside that of “Scamp” Montgomery, the dead man’s brother, who also was a widely known actor. Attaches at the hospital where Montgomery died yesterday, told of a scene between Montgomery and Stone which preceded Montgomety’s Sténe had reproached himself for not end- ing his tour here so as to remain with his friend, Montgomery. Mont- gomery, protested and said: Loyal to His Pal. “Fred, you have, sacriliced enough for me in yecent years. I know that you've been the whole show for a long time—that people went to sce you and I've simply been paid as part owner of the old trade mark. I know that you’ve refused offers from other managers that would ave given you for yourself my income well as your own and that you turned them down to be loyal to your old pal.” German Gets Sixty Days For Sedition Fargo, April “B—Otto Lehmann, a German, was given sixty days in the Cass County jail today by Judge C. F, Amidon, in Federal Court, when he was found guilty of seditious ac- tion. “If 1 thought that you were guilty of a deliberate act, and were not un- der the influence of intoxicants at the time,'I would send you to the Federal Prison,” Judge Amidon said in pass- ing sentence. ‘Lehmann is the second alien con- victed here in two days. SOLDIERS UNDER BROGUPP WIN IN COMPETITIVE ORILL Corporal Wing’s Squad a Close Second Lacking Half Point of Tying Brocupp In a competitive drill held at Pat- terson hall last Thursday night, the squad under the charge of Corporal Brocupp scored nine out of ten points and won the honors for the evening. Corporal Wing’s squad was sgcond with a score of 8% points. The judges were Major Henry, Captain Rock and Lieutenant Prentice. The members of the squad under Corporal Brocupp were Arthur Brown, Ole B. Jensen, Lawrence Hull and Joe Diblie; under Corporal Wing were Henry Valquartsen, Thomas Musso, Martin Derringer and Falkner, and under Corporal Reid were A. Galla- gher, Alex Peterson and Joe Smit.. —— eee BANS Wi TAKE BULK OF IMMENSE FUND sss Certificates of of Indebtedness First Offer Will. Probably Be $200,000,060 WIDE MARKET EXPECTED IF 3 PER CENT OFFERED in Fullest Co-Operation of Federal Reserve Board Will Be Giv- en Treasury Washington, April 21.—First call to the country for war finances will be made, Secretary McAdoo announced today, as soon as the $7,000,000,000 financial-bill becomesa 1 aw, probably within three or four days. The call will be for subscriptions to a part of the $2,000,000,000 issue of treasury certificates of indebtedness, designed to meet financial needs pendingthe issuance of the $5,000,000,- 000. in bonds and the receipt. by. the government of its war taxes, and will! be made upon the banks of the coun- try, and not upon individuals, The first portion of the $5,000,000,- 000 bond issue probably will be offer- ed to the public within 60 days, hardly earlier. To Call on Public Soon. In making its first call for finances, the government will utilize the feder- al reserve system, Anticipating the formal request, the federal reserve board today instructed the 12 reserve ‘banks to enlist the co-operation of all banks throughout the country, state and national, as. well as trust companies, in the program of prepar- ing the field. This means that the banks of the counfry will be asked to subscribe, as liberally .as they may, and as the money is.needed, to the ts- sue of certificates of | indebtedness, which will be put out in advance of the big bond issue. How many millions of the certifi- cates will be issued has not yet been determined, The first offer, Secre- tary.«Me Adee arnolrhedd,* ‘probably. would be .$2,000,000,000. Other offers by the hundreds of millions, prob- ably will follow as the funds are needed. ‘The interest rate also has not been definitely decided on. Un- der the law, the secretary may pay up to 3 1-2 per cent. Sounding of sentiment yesterday and today re- yealed a willingness fot hanks to take a substantial offérhig gt-as low a rate vas 2 1-2 per cent, and’ Secretary (M Adoo announced that “a wide 1 ket” could be created if the certifi- cates were offered at 3 per cent. Certificates as Good as Cash, Certificates purchased by the banks may be used in lieu of cash, Mr, Mc- Adoo again announced, in paying for ‘the bonds when issued. Authority for receiving subscriptions to the cer- tificates has not been given as yet. Moneys received for the certificates will be promptly returned to the mar- ket under the secretary’s program, so that there may be no derangement of the money market. The proceeds will be paid out by the government in business transactions, the money will again be deposited in the banks, and the banks will be in pogition of hav- ing both the money and the certifi- cates with which to meet withdrawals by depositors subscribing to the bond issue. The fullest co-operation of the fed- eral reserve board will be given the treasury department in -disposing of the certificates. SENATE FAVORS CONSCRIPTION; HOUSE OPPOSED Washington, April 21—Debate on the administration army bill provid- ing for selective conscription, began in the senate today, with friends and opponents lining up for the impend- ing fight over the draft and volunteer plans. Administration leaders were determined to press the bill for final disposition and expressed confidence that it would pass with a safe majori- ty. The military -committee in. re- porting the bill to the senate stood 10 to 7 in favor of the selective draft system. The bill including the volunteer amendment was reported favorably to the House today by a vote of 12 to 8. ‘Consideration in the House will begin Monday, with prospect of a vote by Thursday. \SPAIN TO MAINTAIN | STRICT NEUTRALITY Madrid, April 21-—Th 21.—The new cabinet has had its first meeting, and has is- sued a note announcing that it wili maintain strict neutrality toward ali the belligerents. The note concludes with an announcement that constitu- tional guarantees will be restored. TOWN OF CARSON VOTES TO tNCORPORATE Carson, N. D., April 21.—Zitizens of Carson voted unanimously to in- corporate at an election held here. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1917. Ni) [Socialists Deny Single Peace Rumor Committee Wires to Congiessman Meyer London of New York SPECULATION ENDS AS TO PARTY'S ATTITUDE Discove): Intrigue Chicago, April 21.—United States secret serVie brought to light a gigantic ‘German intrigue intended to disrupt anti-German Entente through an agency of ‘Russo-Americans, § An open pro- paganda favoring a separate peace for Russia was launched in American newspaper printed in Russian, Petrograd, April 21—The official news agency today gave out the fol- lowing statement: “Replying to. Congressman Meyer London of New who asked for a denial that the !.assian socialists favored a separate peace with Ger- many, the executive committee tele- graphs: ““As has been, aladvd in a declara- tion of the cqunell of workmen's and soldiers’ delegates, the entire ‘Russian revolutionary. democracy does not seek a separate peace, but favors in- ternational peace without annexation or indemnities, real or disguised, on the basis of the free development of nations and considers that the pro- telariat of every country should do its utmost to bring about peace on the above basis.’ 7 “in Washington resentative Lon- It was announced on April 19 that Rep don, the only Socialist member of congress, had cable C. Teheidse, a Socialist member of the Russian du- ma for authoritative information re- garding the rumors that Russian So- cialists favored a separate peace with Germany. GOVERNMENT SEEKS CONTROL. OF FOODSTUF Complete Survey 0 of Country’s Food Supply First Plan of Secretary Houston APPROPRIATION OF $25,000,066 18 ASKED Washington, “Apri .—The govern- ment’s program for food controi dur- ing the war was put before congress today by Secretary Houston in a com- munication to the senate asking pow- er for. the department of agriculture to take direct supervision of the food production and distribution in the United States and requesting a $20, 000,000 appropriation tor putting the plan in operation. Authority was asked for the coun- cil of national defense, in an emerg- ency, to buy and sell foodstuffs and to fix maximum or minimum prices. Control All Outputs, As outlined in the senate, the gov- ernment’s plan is first to make a com- plete survey of the country’s food supply to determine its ownership and distribution, then if necessary to license and control tae operations of all concerns engaged in the manufac- ture of foods or feeds, agricultural implements and all materials required for farm purposes, Authority is sought for the agricultural depart- ment to take over and operate the concerns if it appears at any time that that course is demanded by the public interest. Giving the government power to deal directly in foodstuffs probably would make its application unneces- sary, Secretary Houston declared, as its very existence would tend to keep conditions normal. He proposed that the government should have full dis- cretion, saying it might be wise if an emergency arose, to fix prices on a single commodity. Market grades and classes for farm products, Secre- tary Houston said, is one of the chief needs of the country to insure proper conditions in producing and market- ing farm products. Must Move Farm’ Machinery. Authority was also asked for tne de- partment to. require of transportation companies preference for the move- ment. of farm machinery, seeds, ferti- lizers and materials that enter into the processes of food. production. Enlargement of the market news) service of the department was recom- mended as a means of insuring equit- able distribution, to prevent undue food shortage in any consuming cen- ter and to provide against waste due to temporary over-supplies of foed in some communities. In its plan for an investigation of. the present food supply, the agricul- tural department has arranged for the help of the federal trade commission which with the department was di- rected by President Wilson early in BARRIERS. ARE IN PATH OF GEN. NIVELLE Three Great Obstacles Stand in Way of Progress of French Armies PLATEAU OF BRIMONT OCCUPIED BY GERMANS General Haig Preparing for An. Blow Against Teuton Lines Three seeeat reer in the path of General Nivelle. The first is the formidable and sinister Brimont other Tremendous TH ere to Talk Over War Plans‘ cd th Wilson Lord Arthur Balfour, British foreign minister, member of com- mission to determine nature of United States part in war. present plateau, the height from which the German guns ha oured their shells on the Rheims cathedral. The French are at the foot of this plateau, and by a double flanking movement are endeavoring to cut it off from the main German line, Great Barrier. The second great barricr is the al- most similarly situated Fort de Mal- maison which stands between Gen- eral Nivelle’s troops and Laon on the road from Laffeux, The third ob- stacle is the Upper Coucy forest, a densely wooded plateau which held up the French in their initial drive from ‘Soissons. Guns Thunder. While the French guns thunder i e three German strong- is comparative inactivity ish front. That General Haig is preparing for another tremen- dous blow is taken for granted, and London believes this stroke will not ‘be long withheld. Capture Gonnelieu. BULLETIN BALFOUR ARRIVES, Washington, D. C., April 21.— The safe landing of British For- eign Minister Balfour and party ‘was announced today by state de- partments. ARGENTINE IS PREPARING 10 ARM SHIPS South of the main area'of'the Arras; Sends Emphatic Note to Germany battle front the British last night de- livered a stroke in the’ direction of Cambrai. Pushing ahead from Gou- seacourt they captured the village oi Gonnelieu, more than a mile nearer the German line between Cambrai Protesting Against Submar- ine Policy and St. Quentin, The place was tak-|ANTi-TEUTON en after sharp fighting, Gen. Haig. re- ports, : DEMONSTRATIONS Last night’s progress by ‘tho Freneh was in their movements against the Brimont plateau. They gained ground ‘here in grenade fighting east of ‘Courey. Similar progress was also scored south of Juvinecourt, in, the!” Breny-eu-Bac region northwest of , of Rheims, a ‘Buenos Ayres, Ai gentine government has sent to Ger: many an energetic note demanding complete satisfaction for the sinking Protegido. is instructed to break off relations im- April ‘1 rhe" the Argentine sailing ship, Monte The Argentine minister mediately if Germany attempts to ESTABLISH FIpHT evade responsibilily for the loss of the vessel. To Arm Ships. HOUR DAY | | The minister is told to instruct the Rerlin government that if prompt sat- isf ALASKAN TERRITORY Juneau, Alaska, April 2 ion is nol granted, Argentina will follow the course of the United States and Brazil, ships against submarines, and will arm its Tt was announced officially on April —A bill es-| 18 that the Monte Protegido had been tablishing an eight hour day in Alas-|sunk by a submarine off the Euro- ka, passed both Houses of the Ter-| pean coast. ‘The submarine fired on ritorial Legislature today The bill} the ship, wounding a member of the would make it a misdemeanor for an|crew. The news caused great excite- employer to work employees whether | ment in Argentine and demonstra- on salary or wage more than eight | tions against Germany were organiz- ed. ‘ SHARP BREAKS IN WHEAT PRICES Chicago, april 21—Sharp breaks in wheat prices resulted today, largely of rumors of revolutionary outbreaks in Hungary, disturbed conditions in Bulgaria and strike rioting in Ger- many. Trade was light and the mar- ket easily influenced. Opening prices with May at $2.32 to $2.33 and July at $1.98 to $2.01 were followed by rallies in some cases of 5% cents. to in London, April 21. the American commi! the bound from conduct, has been sunk. TWO VESSELS VICTIMS. London, April 21.—A dispatch from { Copenhagen, si gian communi the steamer Dergengut has been sunk by a German submarine, and that eight of the crew were Killed. also reported steamer Norden, 766 tons gross, peen eaptured by Germans, and taken ys an official Norwe- tion, announces that It is Norwegian ‘has that the Cuxhaven, Sink Relief Boat Officials here ot ion for relief have been advised that Ringhorn outward with a safe Belgium, steamship Rotterdam, ie W'ADOO'S SON SETS NAVY GUNNERY PAGE | the year to make an inquiry to ascer- tain the amount of food stocks and to determine if the anti-trust laws have been violated in food production, stor- age and distribution. That. inquiry has been halted for lack of an appro- priation. The present congress, how- ever, has voted money for conducting it—the house $400,000-asked and the senate $250,000. This is the U. S. navy’s prize gun drew in action. It s commanded by Jun Captain Mc- Adoo (right), son of the secretary of he treasury. Note the shell in the hands of the man in the foreground. FACES REVOLUTIO BLOODY RIOTS AMONG LABOR ARE REPORTED Ten Thousand Strikers at Megde- burg Threatened City Hall With Torch LEADERS OF BERLIN STRIKE MAKE DEMANDS Want Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners Held for Seditious Remarks (By Associated Press.) Interest in the great French offen- sive on the Aisne gaye way today to startling news from the interior of Germany. Veiled though the situa- tion is in the mist of rigid censor- ship and obscured iy the shackled conditions of the German press, enough has leaked through to indi- cate that the German empire is fac- ing a great economic and politica) crisis, Bloody Riot. Te Jatest. information received is that 10,000 striking workers have en- | gaged in a bloody riot in the great Prussian fortress town of Magdeburg. and were only prevented from bura- ing the city hall after a sharp clash with the military, This story comes from the Dutch frontier, with sufficient detail to make its claim to authenticity impressive, ‘On its heels arrives the account of demands made by leaders of the Ber- jin strike, demands of suc revolu- tionary character that compliance with them would mean prompt end- ing of the militarists’ regime in the Empire. int Liebknecht Relea Similar demands have not ‘been voiced publicly in Germany since the imprisonment of Dr. Karl Liebknecht on a charge of treason. It is. signifi- cant that they include a. requisttion for the release ofall politica: prisons ers, which would include, of. course,,...... the noted socialist’ Header. Strikes at Essen. The exact status of the strike move> ment in Germany is unknown, ‘but it is certain that a very considerable portion of the munitions workers have been affected. There are re- ports of new strikes at Essen,, where the Krupp works are located, and Magdeburg is the site of an import- ant branch of the establishment, An indication of. the seriousness of the situation is afforded by the fact that Field Marshal von Hindenburg has considered it necessary to make @ personal appeal to the workers in which he denounced strikes as inex- cusable crimes against thd figating forces. Heavy Toll of Prisoners, In the meantime, Gen. ‘Nivelle may take his unrelenting pressure against the enemy, against the most vital point of his defenses—the sharp angle at which the German line running south from Lens turns east toward Rheims. This angle hes already been pressed in to an ‘appreciable extent and is in imminent danger of being entirely shattered, The heavy ‘toll of prisoners taken by the Frency mounts day ‘by day, giving strong support of the report made in Paris and London of the deteriorization of the German morale. ADMITTANCE TO STATE HOUSE BY PASS ONLY . Paul, Minn., April 21.—Minne- sota’s new state capitc? was closed to visitors, and inauguration of @ sys- tem of passes to admit to the buila- ing only state officials and employes and persons having urgen: »usiness’ with them is being considered as far. i ther safeguard against cranks, Adjutant General Wood announced the closing to visitors effective at noon today, and said a decision wilt ve reached later in the pass system proposal. TURKEY BREAKS WITH AMERICA Basel, April 21—A dispatch from ‘Constantinople dated today says the Ottoman government has the American embassy that following the example of its ally, Austria-Hungary, it has droken diplomatic relations with the United wtates. No Ward Here. Washington, April 2}.—The ish embassy early this afternoon 2 no information regarding. the’ ed severance of diplomatic ‘between the United States and the