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

I x ce i” nme - a fy 4 Hf K f Fair dnd Warmer. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 100 CONSCRIPTION SCORES VICTORY IN HOUSE | German Attacks Fail; British Advancing Again ~TEUTONS ATTACKS AGAINST ALLIES END IN FAILURE Entente Armies Slowly Resume Operations With Slight Progress Over Front LULL FOLLOWS MARKING END OF BATTLE PHASE Internal Troubles in Germany Threaten to Break Out in a General Strike PEACE CONFERENCE. London, April 28.—Count Hert- ling, the premier of Bavaria, says a dispatch from Munich by way of ‘Amsterdam, to the Central News, is going to Vienna, to con- fer with the Austro-Hungarian cabinet ministers regarding the peace prospect: The terrific German counter attack on British lines in France in’ which lives have been poured out like have'failed, and the British troo, once more advancing. — Their progi however, is slow and limited, and no tremendous offensive such as marked the opening battle lave been started, In fact, a comparative lull exists in the gigantic struggle, a pause, which may be said to mark the ending of the second phase of the world’s greatest battle. Fighting to Be Resumed. There are many signs that the fight- ing will be resumed on a more territi: scale than ever before. — Not the leqst of these omens are the frantic appeals and threats being made by the German Jeaders and: press to avert the menace of a general strike throughout Ger- many. All the far reathing ‘power of the German censorship is unable to sup: press the fagt that, the xraxest., Als. content is ‘Seething “fi the ‘Tanks "of the German worker and that the Gov- ernment is haunted by the fear that May Day, the great international So- cialist holiday, may see an outbreak which will shake the whole Imperial frabic. General Strike. That the general strike the Socialist radicals includes — both Germany and Austria-Hungary is in- eluded by e of the rare dispatches which have come through from Vienna, The Arbeiter-Zeitung organ of — the Austrian, Socialists, accepts it as grant- ed that a strike will occur throughout the Dual Monarchy on May 1, and urges the workers to limit the demon- stration to that day and return to work, May 2. Empire Di The situation in ¢ many appears to he that the Empire is divided into three great factions with the feeling between the three growing rapidly bit- terer, First comes the old junker class which still talks of a victorious war ending in Qimexafton and indem- nities ; sedoyid''i is the’ ‘sochilixet: major- ity which’ is dxerting all fts' influence to force the goyernment ‘into a declar- ation that it désites neither the money planned by ded. nor, the land of German, foes; the third party is headed by the radical socialists, and includes an unknown but considerable body of the workers, sick of the War. disheartened by the diminishing food rations and demand- ing that peace be obtained at once, whatever the cost. The only point in mon between the three _ parties, s to be ‘to make Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweig ‘the ‘target of ‘all their shafts. Inner Tracks. The majority socialists appear to have the inner ‘tracks at present. An incident of possible significance has occurred in connection with the visit of Talient Bey, the Turkish vizier to Berlin. After conferences with the Chancellor and the Foreign Secretary Zimmermann, the Turkish premier is quoted in a Berlin dispatch, saying that Turkey was ready to make peace and desired ne annexation. After days of disconcerting and du- hious reports from Russia, more reas- suring information has been received in regard to conditions there. A gen- eral shifting of generals on the fighting line has taken place and minister of justice Kerensky declares that the ar- my is in better shape than ever be- fore and resolute to continue the war. Another attack was launched by the British this morning between the Scarpe river and Lens. On this ground some of the most desperate fighting has occurred since the British in- augurated their offensive on Easter Monday. The struggle now in prog- ress is very bitter. The Germans, in anticipation of another British effort, Have brought up fresh divisions as reinforcements. \Face Trench System. In today’s .drive the British faced a well organized trench system, pro- tected by wire entanglements and held by strong forces. preparations which have been in prog- ress for several days, did much dam- age to the defense work, but there remained many troublesome strong points between Rouex, just north of the Scarpe, and Gavrelle. North of Gavrelle, satisfactory prog- ress was made so far as could judged and early in the day prison- being bro’ Kk. of this Diace: ithe. British got sae The artillery; The state supreme court in a deci- sion handed down this afternoon de- nies the petition of Attorney General William Langer and others for a w of quo warrant to oust Lewis F. Crawford, Frank White, J. D. Taylor, Emil Scow and J Power from the offices of members of the state board of regents. The opinion holds that the state board of regents act does not conflict with or contravene the initiative and referendum amendment to the state constitution. It is one of the longest opinions in the history of the state. “The provision in Section 2 of Chapter 237, Laws of 1915, commonly known as state board of regents act, empowering the governor to nom- inate and the senate to confirm nom- inations for the offices of members of the state board of regents during the same session of the legislature, at which the act creating the offices was enacted does not conflict with or contravene the initiative and refer- endum amendment to Section 25 of the state constitutiou ruses the court, Three Concurring Opinions. ions of the court are writ- tices J. K. Robinson and A. tianson and Chief Justice A. The main opinion is by Justice James E. Robinson, as published sev- eral weeks ago, Chief Ju e Bruce and Associate Justice Christianson in s concur in the = main findings of Justice Robinson, The attorneys involved are Attor- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1917. In Supreme Court Ruling ney General William Langer and As- sistant Attorneys General H. A, Bron- son and D. V. Brennan, for tie state, and Lawrence & Murphy of Fargo and Fisk, Linde & Murphy of Bis- marck for the respondents. Dissenting Opinion. Justice Grace in dissenting con- tends that Section 25 of the constitu- tion, the initiative and referendum amendment, supersedes Section 67, under which the old form of emer- gency clause was established. G: | concurs with Justice Birdzeil, whose opinion goes into an exhaustive an- alysis of the initiative and referen- dum act and its effect on the emer- gency clause. emergency clause board of regents ac formity with Section attached to the that 25, and therefore Governor Hanna acted with out authority in nominating and ap- pointing present members of the state board of regents at a time when under the initiative and referendum amendment the statute under which he acted was not operative. The two dissenting opinions follow very generally the line of argument laid down by the attorney general's office in its original opinion to Gover- nor Frazier and in the presentation of the case before the supreme court. This was to the effect that the act which created the state board of re- gents was not given immediate effect, owing to an improper emergency clause having been attached, and that Governor Hanna did not act within (Continued on Page Six.) NICHT SCHOOL SUCCESTED FOR Russell Says Some Need Training in Elementary Facts About Their Country HITS MEMBERS WHO VOTED WITH KAISER By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL. Washington, D. C., April 28—The great, crying need of this hour in our nation’s history is a bill to establish on Capitol Hill a night school to teach ignorant senators and congress- men some simple, childlike, elemen- tary facts about their country, other countries, and what is going on in the world. An esteemed correspondent calls my attention to this great work now demanded of constructive statesman- ship and adds that ,to his mind [ have erred somewhat in analyzing the strange situation im congress, where a@ group of apparently disloyal men is now engaged in making a holy show of the United States in the eyes of the nations, “If,” he writes, ‘you could get an accurate line on every mind up there, you would find comparatively few members that, as a matter of actual fact, want to see the kaiser win and the United States defeated. “There are, of course, some that have large German constituencies, as in Wisconsin, and they think they must play proGerman or they will not be re-elected. If you take a map that shows the distribution of Ger- man population you can pick them easily enough. But take them all to- gether and they do not make 80 |much trouble as the uninformed men. IGNORANCE, vast, profound, hope- less. ignorance—ignorance gone off soundings and without chart, com- pass or rudder—ignorance of current events and ignorance of history—ig- norance in congress, not out of it— this is what is holding the nation back more than any deliberately plot- ted treason. Community Intelligence. “The fact: is, the average intelli- gence of the average American com- munity is far, far above the intelli- gence of the average man who repre- sents it in congress. 1 don’t know how to account for this, it is exactly the other way in England, but I am sure if you will reflect on the work of congress since the crisis with Ger- many became acute you will see that I am right.” I believe this man is telling a Onristian fact. The Guilty Thirteen. Take the 13 members of the house committee on military affairs that the other day voted to tie the presi- dent’s hands, upset all the plans for efficiency and defeat a vigorous prosecution of the war. It is likely that most of them didn’t know that they were striking a deadly blow at the country when they voted to sub- stitute the comical old volunteer sys- tem for selective conscription. Prob- ably quite a number of them did not even know that they were doing the very thing the kaiser wanted them to do and serving his interests in- stead of America’s. I think it is safe be} to say that this is the case. They. shared, in fact, an ignorance common in the house. There are Aegon in both branches who (Continued on Page Ox) | SIMPLE SOLON) WORLD'S CRISIS SUBIECT HOLT WILL DISCUSS Patriotism Will Be -Keynote of Big Meeting to Be Held at Auditoriven; Monday GRAND FORKS AND FARGO TO WELCOME JOURNALIST oh este will be the keynote of the big mass meeting at the Auditor- ium-next Monday evening to greet Hamilton Holt, the distinguished edi- tor of the New Independent. His subject “After the War What?” is timely and in it he will touch upon some of the fundamental issues of the world war which recently has in- volved the United States. He is a dynamic force in American journalism today and probably one of }the most progressive exponents of; | contemporaneous history. His message will be well heaving and a crowded housé should greet him. Those interested in knowing the real significatice of Unit- ed States’ entry into the war and the abandonment of traditional nolicies can be informed from no more com- petent source. Grand Forks and Fargo are prepar- ing big meetings to demonstrate pat- riotism and allegiance. Mr. Holt will address tnese meetings. He arrives in Bismarck direct from Miles City Monday evening on No. 2. It had been planned to give him a reception, but there will be no time for any social functions in his honor. He will be met at the train and tak- en directly to the Auditorium. ‘Chief Justice Bruce will preside and Secretary Keniston of the Com- mercial club is in charge of the pro- gram, GUATEMALA HANDS GERMAN RINISTER PASSPORT DOCUMENTS Washington, April 28—Quatemala has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany, and has handed to the German minister his passports, and worth canceled the exequators of German consuls there. es Rio Janiero, April 28.—Adolph Pauli, German minister to Brazil, left! Rio Janiero last night with his staff for Uruguay. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [tiie FIVE OENTS Hanna Board Wins Victory MADRID SENDS FOOD PROBL EN Over Frazier Appointees STRONCPROTEST | LOOMS LARGE TO THE KAISER Attack on Spanish Steamer Tri- ana by German Submarine Prompts . Action e; CLAIMS SHIP IGNORED BLANK 8 SHOT FROM SUB Both contend that the' Captain of Torpedoed Boat Says He Nor Any Memier of His Crew Heard Shot (Madrid, via Paris, Apri] 28.— mier Rieto has announced that has received oflicial confirmation “Pre- he n of an attack by a German submarine on the Spanish steamer Triana, and addressed a strong’ protest to many. Details of the incident show th: has Ger- at a few minutes after a ghell had been fired at the of the submarine boarded and offered excuses. ; He insisted that he jonly fired a the Triana the commander ship after the steamer had ignor@d a blank shot The captain of TW sworn statement Bae aie pw heard an, the ship was struck Dj British Air nell, the betqre 1 , aflirnted that neither shot until nia Cadiz Cats Pounce On Germans Hostile ‘‘Birds’’ Fs!) Under Fire of Allied Gunners ‘in Feats of Wonderful Skill AIRMEN DELIGHT IN CHASING SQUADRONS From -a Staff co Associated Pr armi s with — the in France, via The German airmen bad on greatest’ surprises of their late y The day had heavily overcast until nearly 6 0'¢ in the evening, when the clouds th Spondent of the British London, April eof lives been ‘lock sud- denly thinned and the sun broke thru. A sighted well bi the obscured 1 shone out several few German machines had jod, but when the enemy — squad been of their lines during sun rons which had been housed all day came out to stretch their slanting afternoon's rays. They had scarcely taken the when the British machines pou upon them, and in the after-tea fighting that ensued, several Ger machines were seen to crash eight others pletely out of control, lieved have been destr Between 6 and 8 o'clock, the air filled with wonderful incidents of ing. There were running fight general melees, One d Britisher who only recently to the air after rest, deliberately “sat ¢ airdome and watched si wings in retui enemy everal moonths an ene! the air need time ‘man and to be driven down com- are be- wes dar- and rned mia- chines leave the ground and begin to climb toward hi He was sittin: 13,000 feet and calmly remained t until the leader of the challen planes had attained about 6,000 In the meantime he had that one of the hostile birds something of a stranger. very long tail and very short 1 The Britisher however did not to worry about it. He dived at highest of the climbers and gave two bursts from his machine Down went the German ina crash outside the bit of wood, SOCIALIST MAY LAND at here ging feet. noticed was He had a nose, stop the him gun. just PLACE ON COMMISSION Washington, Wilson is co: ment of a Soc um soon te be sent to Ru tor Berger of Milwaukee, April 28.—President dering the appoint- *!apolis lady and her child arrived and is among those sugested for the place. NORDCLIFFE OFFERS PLANT TO AMERICANS London, ‘April 28.—Lord Nordcliffe, a ‘British publisher, has offered the output of his print paper mills in northeastern Canada to Ameri newspaper publishers to relieve print paper situation. Ford Heads. Mission To Canada Halifax, N. $S.,April 28.—Henry Ford, the Detroit auiemobile mant- facturer, arrived here today, accom- panied by several other Americans. Beyond: saying that the party has come on an important mission, Mr. Ford declined to discuss the reason for his visit. | OPEN BIDS MAY 12 FOR NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH (Special to Tribune) Williston, ‘N. D., April ican the 28.—Bids will be opened here on May 12 for a new church to be erected by the St. Joseph’s Catholic congregation. CELEBRATE LOYALTY DAY AT MANDAN SUNDAY (Special to Tribune.) Mandan, N. D., April 28.—Citizens of ‘Mandan will be called upon to pledge their loyalty to the United States at a patriotic mass mec! to be ‘held here April 29. ting |* IN CONFERENCE British and French War Missions Meet Behind Closed Doors at Washington MUST MOVE STREAM OF SUPPLIES TO EUROPE Submarine Blockade of Sermany Is Given Serious Consider- ation by Balfour -American Washington, April 28. officials today met members of the British and French commission for the second day's series of confer- ences. The morning was devoted to busi- ness talks among American, ‘British and French behind closed doors, at a number of government departments with various experts paired off to work over particular phases assigned to each, Food Problems. Wood and financial problems loomed large as the conferences progressed. On the former largely is dependent America’s ability to supply ships to keep a stream of supplies moving from this country to Europe. ‘In this connection Germany's recent increas- ing effectiveness with, her submarine blockade was given serious considera- tion, particularly by Foreign Minister Balfour and other Dritish commission- ers. FORMER GRAND FORKS WOMAN ACQUITTED St. Paul, Minn, April 28—-Martha Goff, former resident of Grand Forks, was acquitted of the charge of mur- dering her Indian-negro husband late last night, and today is free. She pleaded self-defense. GERMANS ARE AFLAME OVER SEA ING Copenhagen, April 28.—Announce- ment was made before the reichstag main committee yesterday that Ger- many will adopt the sharpest reprisal if German prisoners are emvarked on hospital ships of the Allies and ex- posed to the danger of torpedoes. BRAKEMAN BIGAMIST SENT TO PENITENTIARY Minot, N. D., April 28.—T. S. Rich- ards, a Great Northern brakeman, pleaded guilty to bigamy in. district court and was sentenced to one year and three months. Richards had lived here for some time, posing as a bach- elor, when he met a young woman who came to Minot recently from Gib- bon, Minn., and was employed as cashier in a local cafeteria. A short courtship followed the meeting and the marriage resulted. Everything went lovely until a Minne- the baby called Richards “father.” He waived prel: ary hearing and en- tered a plea of guilty in district court rather than face trial. Judge Leighton also sentenced A. E. Heater, who pleaded guilty to forg- ery recently, to five years in the state penitentiary. Heater passed a num- ‘ber of worthless checks before he was landed in the toils of the’ law. Bodies of Nine More Recovered Hastings, Colo. April 28.— Nine more bodies, making a total of 15, were found by rescue crews in the Hastings mine to- day. One hundred and nineteen men were entombed in this mine by an explosion yesterday and it is feared all have perished. Leslie ‘Hubbard, attorney gen- eral of Colorado, arrived this «morning to investigate rumors that the explosion was the act of an alien enemy. DENT)” | BULLETIN | Washington, April 28.—In its first vote on the army ad- ministration’s bill today the senate adopted a most drast- ic prohibition amendment, making it unlawful to sell or give any liquor, wine or beer to any officer or man in uni- form or knowingly furnish liquors to any person in the army, Wheat Hits High Record At Opening Showed Maximum Jump of More Than Twelve Cents a Bush- el JULY OPTIONS TOUCHED $2.36 AT THE START Minneapolis, Minn., April 28.— Trading in grain tutures will con- tinue at the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. ‘Resolutions were adopted by the board condemning the newspapers for their alarm- ing stories regarding the markets. Chicago, NL, Apri] 28—The high price record smashing continued — to- day in the wheat market. Opening trade showed a 12% cents a July option 36. May went to $2.75, a rise of 5 cents above yesterday’s top- most point. Break in Prices. ‘Sensational breaks in prices here resulted later from drastic action tak- en by the Winnipeg exchange to put a stop to speculation. May wheat at Winnipeg fell 15° cents after notice had been given that any member of the Winnipeg exchange would ibe sus- pended for trading without orders, and that the British government was not in the market for futures, Quo- tations in Chicago dropped 10 cents from early high figures. Liquidating sales became general as a result of the Winnipeg news and were increased by news from Omaha that no more trades in May wheat would be cleared except on closing out of old contracts. Fifteen minutes before the close here, nearly all gains for the day had been wiped out and July wi was back to $2.25'% with May at $ Collapse Extended, Before the day ended, the collapse of prices here was extended to 15% cents to $2.20 for July. The close wa: wild at a range varying from 2% cents net loss to 7 cents advance, as compared with 24 hours bef last quotations today being $2.74 to ay, and $2.25 to $2.26 for Trading Rule. Winnipeg, April 28.—Announce- ment was made at the Winnipeg grain hange today that no trade in futures would be permitted in the pit hereafter without first obtaining the sanction of a censoring committee, composed of the secretary, Dr. Rob- ert ill, the manager of the clear- ing house, F. O. Fowler, and Thomas Brodie, representing the floor com- mittee, Teddy Says Force Should Go at Once Chicago, Apri Prohibition for | the use of grain for the manufacture of alcoholic drinks during the war, was urged today by Theodore Roose- veit in his first war speech delivered here at a noon luncheon given by the Chicago branch of the National Se- curity league. Tonight he will deliver his princi-' pal address at the Stockyards the- ater, which seats 13,000 persons. i In his luncheon address Colonel; ‘Roosevelt also urged obligatory mili-| tary training, the expansion and im- provement of the navy and asserted | that an expeditionary force should be sent to France at once. Mr. Roosevelt’s reception in Chi- cago was reminiscent of the days when he was president. NORTH DAKOTAN IS FOUND ASPHYXIATED St. Paul, Minn, April 28—A man believed to be Peter Lars of Cando, N. D., was found asphyxiated in a hotel here today. Coroner Jones be- lieves the man had turned on the gas but failed to light it. A ticket to Cando was found in his pocket. WESTBOUND FREIGHT DERAILED NEAR OAKES (Special to Tribune) Oakes, N. D., April. 28—A _ west- bound Soo freight was derailed .two miles east of Clement tiis week, ; sion to Russia. ADMINISTRATION FORCES DEFEAT VOLUNTEER PLAN Opponents to Selective Levying of Army Overthrown and Vol- unteer Amendment Lost DEBATE IN SENATE ON BILL BEGUN BY OHIOAN Says Immediate Force of Ameri- cans Would Put New Life in Every Allied Trench NATION WARNED. Washington, April 28.—The military section of the French mission during conferences today with representatives of the war department, warned the United States that active anticipation in the war without preparation and contact with field operations would invite enormous losses. WANT INFORMATION. St. Paul, Minn., April 28.—Infor- mation concerning the voting pre- cincts of Minnesota was tele- graphed today by Secretary of State Schmahi at the urgent re- quest of Sam L. Rogers, federal census director, for use by the war department. There are now 3,037 precincts in the state. Spe- cial information regarding the precincts in Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul was included, Washington,D. C., April 28.—The administration forces overthrew op- ponents of the selective conscrip- tion bill in the house on the first vote today and struck the volunteer amendment from the measure, ‘The vote came on an amendment by Rep- rarentative- Kahne Republican; :whko. _ has led the fight for the administra- tion bill, moving to strike out the vol- unteer amendment inserted by a ma- jority of the military committee, against the protests of the president and the army war college, It assured the passage of the bill as drawn by the army experts. The vote to sustain the provisions of the army bill was 279 to 9s. Representatives Norton and Young of North Dakota, voted with the ma- jority on the volunteer amendment. Chak: man, Webb, of the Judicfary committee, announced that “a little later a bill will be intvoduced pro- viding that all citizens of Allied coun- tries whe are of military age, shall be rounded up and turned over to their respective governments. Senator ‘LaFollette concluded his speech on the army bill at 1:55 this morning after having spoken two and a half hours, and the senate recessed until 10 o'clock in the morning, when debate on the measure will continue. Mr. ‘LaFollette made a final plea that the United States should exert its great influence to bring the war to an early conclusion, but said that it should not be drawn into an agree- ment with the allies that would pre- vent it from making a separate peace with Germany. Senator LaFollette denounced at- tempts to rush the army bill through congress without what he thought was proper discussion. (He praised the vol- unteer system and argued that men who would form a draft army should have an opportunity to vote on the draft feature by referendum. Enlisted men should be better paid and ade- quate provision made for their de- pendents, he declared. “In the last few months,” said Sen- ator laFollette, “we have done more to undermine democracy in the Uni- ted States under the pretext of carry- ing democracy to the rest of the world, than it is possible to repair in a generation of time. These are great days for democracy. We are going to draft an army to go over and shoot democracy into the German gov- ernment.” He criticized the appointment of Elihu Root to head the American mis- He said that some of the refugees who have been re- sed from Sib , who had previ- ought asylum in the United States but had encountered obstacles placed in their way by Mr. Root when he was an official of this government, might not understand -how they should take his advice. Only a few senators were on the floor to hear the speech and the gal- leries held less than 50 spectators, some of them women. Vote Early Today in House. The house leaders agreed-to have « a vote immediately after convening tomorrow on an amendment which would restore the measure to the form in which it came from the war department, eliminating the volunteer section submitted by the military com- mittee. General debate was early in the afternoon with final state- — ments by Chairman Dent of the mili- tary committee for the volunteer sec- tion and Representative Kahn of Cali- fornia, the republican member : the administration fight for the gem © eral staff_plan. Five Minute Debate. Scores of members spoke last night caused by a soft roac-bed. Five cars left the track, which was torn up for; 25S" _* & distance of 200 feet. under the rule permitting speeches on amendments: first) wag Represeatative (con