The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 30, 1917, Page 1

fe () } a } 1 | ayy 4 i Pa} THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. VACUUM HT BY GERMAN SUB EN ROUTE HOME Nine American Blue-Jackets Are Missing; Seventeen Men Landed CARRIED CREW OF 35 AND TWELVE GUNNERS Had Made Fifteen Trips to Eur- ope Since the War Broke Out London, April 30.—The American tanker Vacuum was sunk by a Ger- man submarine Saturday while on the way to the United States. The chief mate and 17 men, includ- ing threc of the American navy gun- ners, have been landed, The boat containing the master of the ship and the remainder of the crew, together with the naval lieuten- ant and nine other naval gunners are missing. LEFT NEW YORK MARCH (30. New York, April 30.—The Ameri-] can steamship Vacuum, commanded ‘by (Captain S. S. Harris, left New York on March 30 for Birkenhead, Eng., and carried a crew of 34, of whom 15 were American citizens, in- cluding nine native born. The .acuum, formerly the Baya- mos, was owned by the Vacuum Oil company of California. She was built in 1912, at Ecorse, Mich. and was brought to the Atlantic and convert- ed into a tank ship. She has made 15 trips to Europe since the war be- gan. She was a vessel of 2,251 tons gross. Still Hold Husband of Mrs. Dunn St. Paul; Mii; April 20.—Aall leads have failed to throw light on the mys- tery surrounding the murder of Alice McQuillan Dunn iti her bed early Thursday. : Chief of ,Palice O'Connor admitted today that {hg first, reports of the de- tectives hayenpbery yfavorable. i. hugWal as “Madame ot it The woupur NM D” and a my, § have given simi- lar testimony Nel the, , alleged ‘ring of two, men fo kill Mis. Dunn, will be two witnesses before the Ram- sey county grand jury when it opens its investigation next Thursday. The police are still holding the hus- band of the murdered woman, although no charge has ‘been placed against him. Present Plan For Sale of War Bonds Washington, April 30:9/fMie Federal | Reserve Board has recommended to Secretary McAdoo that funds to be raised under the $7,000,000,000° war finance law be obtained gradually by offering to the banks of the country blocks of treasury certificates to \ be repaid later with bonds every two weeks, F. orty States Attend Food Conference Washington, April were represented at the state food com- mission congress today. | Gov. Frazier: of North Dakota attended in person. Forty. states 101 Joins the Ranks of Majority John Noonan of Wilton, Veteran of Civil War, Answers Call of Taps Here DEATH FOLLOWS STROKE APOPLEXY John Noonan, veteran of the Civil war, who camo to Bismarck last week from Wilton, N. D., determined to join the colors, this afternoon. enlist- ed with the majority. Taps sounded for the veteran shortly after 2 o'clock in a local hospital. He answered. Death was due to apoplexy. Bouyant with cheer at the sight of Old Glory floating from the buildings in Wilton and the young men of that city leaving to answer the nation’s call, John stepped into nis blue uni- form last Tuesday night and came to Bismarck. That evening, all of next day and all of the week he loitered about the lobbies of the hotels an@ tramped the streets, He wanted to enlist. Overcorne hy Apoplexy, The veteran was on one of his tramps this noon and was walking east down Broadway when he was overcome with apoplexy in front of Electric Shoe shop. Pedestrians near at the time—which was about ‘1:20 o’clock—say he staggered and fell forward, striking on his side and then turning over on his back. Dr. Smyth, on Broadway at the time, took charge of the case and or- dered the patient into the shoe shop. For several minutes the veteran was not expected to live, but seemed to rally and when his pulse became stronger, he was taken in Deputy Sheriff Welch's automobile to a hos- pital. Everybody Knew John. Everybody knew Veteran John. That was the word passed on by the crowd that gathered,at the shoe hos- pital where the body lay. Veteran John was short of stature, hair a hoary white and quick of step. John ‘Noonan, jr., of Wilton, tele- phoned friends in Bismarck last week asking that they speak to his father and try and ‘persuade him to return home. Childish because of his ad- vanced age, John Noonan, sr., would not heed the advice, but remained in the.city. where the-military spirit.was more, enticing. John was 84 years, here say. PRICE FANG. NOT INCLUDED FOOD BIL These Subjects to Be Taken Up in Later War Mea- sures sb comrades LEVER INTRODUCES ACT LO CONSERVE SUPPLIES Washington, April 30.—The admin- istration’s food bill was introduced in the house today by Representative Lever. The provisions do not caver price fixing or control of the use of grain or distilling liquors. Those sub- Jects will be covered in a Dill to be introduced later. The bills introduced today are designed to stimulate pro- duction, prevent hoarding, make for equitable distribution and prohibiting mixing of flour. They contain pro- visions to prevent conflict with the pote tut and interstate commerce jaw. Appropriates $25,000,000. The Lever bill appropriates $25,090- 000 for its enforcement, and author- izes the appointment of two additional The™first purpose of the Commission’s investigation is to remedy any unlaw- ful or uneconomical conditions dis- closed. The commission is clothed with inquisitorial and corrective powers and will make the inquiry an administra- tive one. If it is found that present laws are inadequate to meet the situa- tion, the Commisison will recommend legislation to President Wilson. Commissioner Colver declared that during the war, the government would not tolerate the manipulation of food prices and withholding of foodstuffs from the market. Francis J. Heney has been retained by the Commission, and it is hoped to make the inquiry immediately effect- ive. The investigation, he said, was not so much. to find if the law had Ween violated as to ascertain the facts and change conditions in food: distri- bution. No German U-Boat Biamed for Sinking Missouri SteameS Garrison, N. D., April 30|—No German submarite is blamed for the sinking of the city of Mog- dak, a Missouri river steamer. She was recently hit by a cake of ice, which gave no warning, and slowly, went to her grave. The 1683 to E. H. Semechal, the owner, is about $8,000, aS assistant secretaries of agriculture to administer it. It states that it con- fers and prescribes power, authority, duty, application, and prohibition be- cause of the national emergency and to secure an adequate supply and equitable distribution of food for the government and people of the United States, and to protect them against injurious speculation, manipulation and control. . (Food Conference. State aid in the federal trade com- mission investigation of high food prices was taken up here today at a conference of representatives of state food boards with the ccommis- sion. Governors of states that have no board also sent delegate: The commission, at the direction of President ‘Wilson, will make a survey | of the country’s food resources with special references to violations of the anti-trust law. Feel Food Shortage. Chicago, ‘April 30.—With the city already feeling the pinch of a brea shortage, officials today joined hands in an attempt to adjust a strike of Chicago’s largest bakers’ unions. The fear that a protracted strike. would work widespread suffering, especially im hospitals, called a meeting of rep- resentatives of the bakers and city officials with a view to-effecting an amicable settlement of the strike. Members of the state board of arbi-| poin' tration. were here. to offer Theis serv. BISMARCK, NORTH OIL TANK SUNK: U. PATRIOTISM KEYNOTE. OF HOLT MEETING Chief Justice Bruce of the Su- preme Court, Will Preside at Patriotic Meeting COMMUNITY SINGING FEATURE OF PROGRAM Speaker En Route Home From a Successful Tour of West— Arrives This Evening patriotic demonstration. The distinguished editor of the New York Independent will deliver a lec- ture on “After the War—What?". He is en route home after a successful tour of the West. SPEAKS AT AUDITORIUM The meeting will be held at the Auditorium. No admission will be charged and all seats are free to the public. One of the features of the meeting will be the community singing. Vari- fous church choirs will sit in portion of the audience room and lead the sing. ing. = Mr. Marquis will be the con- ductor. Justice Bruce will preside and intro- duce Mr. Holt. There will be acom- munity singing of patriotic airs. Sec- retary Keniston of the Commercial club, has charge of the program. Mr. Holt is speaking in the interests of the League to Enforce Peace, a propaganda which is in full sympathy with President Wilson having his: en- dorsement as well as that of W. H. ‘Taft who was president and Elihu Root, Charles E. Hughes and other prominent. Americans, °°" Tt has nothing to d6 and-is not in accord with the Bryan-Ford-Jordan, peace-at-any-price propaganda. The league is credited with having put the “fist” in pacifist. REPRESENTATIVE HERE George H. Mosely, Chicago, traveling ry of the league, was in Bis- this morning and made final ar- rangements for the. big meeting. He states that Mr. Holt secured big recep- tions all through the West. In short the movement is not a stop- the-war effort, but advocates the es- tablishment of a League of Nations, by treaties after the war is over and auto has been vanqui Mr. Holt delivers three lectures in North Dakota, speaking at Bismarck, Fargo, and Grand Forks. He arrives in the city this evening from Helena, oY ‘/EXPECT SIGNATURE OF ,| ate, where there was a chance of re- DAKOTA, MO! p NDAY, APRIL 30, 1917. GUNNERS MISSIN WILSON AND. BAKER STUDY BILL DETAIL Age Limit of 21 to 27 Fixed by Senate Is Preferred by the Administration PRESIDENT IN FEW DAYS Select Conscription Measure Pass. ed Congress Saturday by Big Majorities took up differences between the n- ate and the iiouse army bills in order that the conferencees get togethor on the differences and may be informed as to where the administration stands on disputed pofnts. The age Vimit of 21 to 27, fixed in the senate bill, is preferred by the administration since the ages are more nearly approximate the desires of the war department, or an age lim- it of from 19 to 25 years. The limit from 21 to 40, fixed by the house bill is unsatisfactory to th. administration. Guntlet of Opposition. The bill has to run the guntlet of minor opposition today, In the sen- q@ening the whole debate y amend- ments, Senators La Foljette, Gronn: And-others thivaiched Ye ier.’ The two houses had the two bills essentially the same, ‘but technically different. Signature in Few Days. The bill probably will be ready for the president's signature within a day, or so, provided an agreement on minor differences is reacned. By overwhelming majorities both the senate and house passed late Sat- urday the administration bill to raise a war army by selective ‘draft. The final roll calls brought into line behind the bill many senators and representatives who had fought for the volunteer system until routed by decisive defeat of volunteer amend- ments earlier in the day in both houses. The senate, which had voted down the volunteer plan, 69 to 18, passed the bill by a vote of 81 to 8. Mont., where he spoke last night at the city auditorium. CHICAGO MAYOR WONT INVITE. WAR ISIN Chicago, April 80.—The action of Mayor William Hale Thompson, in declining to extend an invitation to the British and French commission now in Wash- ington to visit Chicago is to be sub- jected to an inquiry by Federal author- ities it was reported today. A number of leading business and professioual amen, who have been mem- bets of an advisory committee, have announced their withdrawal from the committee when the Mayor's action be- | comes public. After the Mayor de- cided fe believed he would be “pre- suming considerably to take the posi- tion that all the peopl of Chicago are In the house the vote against the volunteer plan was 313 to 119 and that by which the bill itself was passed was 397 to 24, Senator Harding's amendment to the army bill, designed to permit Col- onel Roosevelt to raise four infantry divisions for service in France, was adopted by the senate, 56 to 31, Many democrats vo! for it. A similar amendment was rejected by the house Saturday. The amendment does not specifical- ly mention Colonel Roosevelt, but its purpose has been understood and its author referred to the fact that it would permit the former president to raise troops to go to Europe, It was not discussed at length. Join in Support. Senators ‘Ashurst, ‘Broussard, Gore, Hardwick, Hollis, Husting, Johnson, South Dakota; Kirby, McKellar, My- ers, Owen, Pomerene, Ransdell, Reed, Robinson, Saulsbury, Thomas, Thomp- son, Vardaman and ‘Williams, Demo- crats, supported the amendment. Senators Brady, Gronna, La Follette (Continued on Page Three) in favor of the invitation,” the City Council, by unanimous: vote, invited ; members of the two missions to visit this city. Greece’s King Reported As A bdicatin g' London, April 30.—The report that King Constantine of Greece is due to abdicate is reiterated in a dispatch from Rome, to the Star which says it has been confirmed from neutral sources. It is suggested that the King and Queen may land at an Italian port, and proceed to Denmark. d, LABOR CONFERENCE FOR MOORHEAD Moorehead, Minn., April 30.—¥arm- ers of Clay county were today called to meet in Moorhead May 15th for the purpose of considering plans to bring an adequate supply of labor to the county next fall. The call issued by the county crop production commission ints to the’ necessity for betas in iiediate steps’ to insure the proper ‘Baddling of the county’s crops © 3% RAZ WILL STAY NEUTRAL Rio Janiero, April 50. (Delayed.)— The Brazilian government issued a proclamation of neutrality ‘today in (“Put American Flag in ‘Trenches’’ Roosevelt’s Plea In Rousing Chicago Speech CERMANS ARE QUTLAWS SAYS BERASTORFF Declares They Expatriated Themselves in Order to Es- cape Military Service SENATOR PHELAN USES IN SUPPORT OF DRAFT Washington, April 30—Count von Bernstorfl, former German ambassa- dor to the United States, spoke des- pairingly of German citizens in this country, saying they had run away for fear of military service, and were “outlawed”, according to a statement made public today wy ‘Senator Phelan of California, in connection with the comment on the passage of the army bill. : The remarks atttibuted, to Count von Bernstorif, Senator Phelan ex- plained, mace during an inter- view he had with the ambassador in Munich in 1913, in an effort to get Germany ate in the Pana ma exposition. Phelan urged a ground = that fermans in the United States would be proud of it. “He resented that,” said Senator Phelan in h tatement, “but to my surprise he stantially said, ‘do not talk to me about those people. We Mr. They have deserted the fatherland. They have run away to avoid military duty. They are outlawed Farmers Want Wheat Prices F, ixed by Law Mass Meeting Called by Equity Society to Meet at Fargo respect to the war between the Uni- ted States and Germany. PRESIDENT WILSON SEES YAN Washington, April 30—A_ confer- ence between President Wilson and Premier Viviani, head of the French commission, was the outstanding feature of today’s program of meet- ings between the British and French missions and American officials from vuver the Unitea States. Officials say the conferences have not progressed as rapidly as had been expected, mainly because the Ameri- can government has not. all the nec- essary boards in operation that a state of War requires to develop. =~ May 23 ONE DOLLAR MINIMUM AND TWO MAXIMUM St. Paul, April 30—A minimum price of $1.00 a bushel and a maxi- mum $2.00 a bushel for wheat to be guaranteed by the United States and Canadian governments to © farmers do not care what they think or talk.|4 zs TFERTIGD~ |‘‘Let Us Make It a Real War Not a Dollar War’’ Ex-President Advises Chicago, April 30—“Put the Ameri- can flag on the firing line in’ France, Flanders or the Balkan peninsula at the eurllext oxstble ‘tomeit’ and ‘keer’ it there as long as the war continues over a constantly growing — fighting force until the war brings victory”, was the appeal delivered here Satur- day night by Theodore Roosevelt to the people of the West in a speech in the under‘ the Stockyards Pavillion ci Security of the National “1 come here tonight to appeal to the people of the great West, the peo- ple of the Mississippi Valley, the peo- ple who are the spiritual heirs of the men who stood behind Lincoln — and Grant”, declired Mr, Roosevelt. “When once waked up to actual conditions, you have always stood with unfalter- ing courage and iron endurance for the national honor and the national interest, 1 appeal to the women as much as to the men, for our nation has risen level to every great crisis only because in every such crisis the courage of its women flamed as high as the courage of the men. APPEAL TO MAKE GOOD appeal to you to tuke the lead iu making good the President's message of April in which he set forth the reasons why it was our unescapable duty to make war upon Germany. We E sident’s message stand state papers in our 2 it good only if we fight with all our pnugth now, at once; if at the earliest possible moment, we put the flag on the firing line and keep it there over a constantly growing army, until the war closes peace which brings victory to the at cause of democracy and civiliza- . the great cause of justice and yplay among the. peoples of the “We Americans are at war. Now let us fight. Let us make it a real war, not a dollar war. Let us show that we have the manhood to pay with our own bodies, and not merely to hire other men to pay with their bodies. et us fight at once. Let us put the at the front now, at the earliest moment, and not merely announce that going to fight a year or two i that America should im- set about raising a great inediately ‘army on the principle of. universal ob- ligatory military training and service and declaring that it would require a long time to train such an army, Mr. Roosevelt declared : FATAL TO BE CONTENT “But most emphatically, we should content with this. We should content with merely preparing an army to act a year or eighteen months or two years hence. Let us put the flag on the firing line at the earliest possible moment, this Sum- mer, wherever our services are most needed—in France or Flanders or the May be asked at a mass meeting of farmers to be held at Fargo, N. D., May 23 and 24. A call for the meet- ing was issued today under the aus- pices of the Equity Co-operative ex- change of St. Paul. Farmers organi- zations of western Canada have been invited to send representatives. “Farmers do not ask a guarantee of present prices or anything near them,” J. i... Anderson, president of the exchange said. “They believe it will be to their advantage and great- ly to the advantage of the. consumer to have definite prices set”. 4) °! Balkan peninsula. It need only be a small army at first. But even a division would be better than nothing. Then we can constantly keep that di- vision filled, and other divisions from time to time added to it; until a year hence, if the war continues, we have a really formidable fighting force at the front. a fighting force which will be steadily increased month by month, year by year, until the triumph comes. “I wish to see the system of obliga- tory service used in order to make all men e' who ought to serve. But) i “Taoctinwed- on page Tour) 91:95. ARRAS SATTLE STILL RAGES: HDECISION Armies of Britain and Germany, Still Struggling for Mastery. on West Front THROWS FLOWER OF ARMY INTO CONFLICT Teutons Facing Serious Problems at Home Where Labor Trou- bles Still Brewing The battle of Arras still rages with the issues in doubt. For six days copious hicod has flown and the arm- jes of Britain and Germany are still struggling for the mastery. Tens of thousands of reserves have been hurled against the battle front by Von Hindenburg in a supreme effort to check, the, British offense, but without avail, ‘General Haig is forcing his stubborn foe back. Both sides are fighting with a resolution as grim and savage as any the war has shown and it seems to be a question as to which can sustain its ghastly sacri- fices the longer, Situation At Home. . However, momentous the — issue which 1s in progress in France, they are insufficient to hold tie attention of the German people who are facing a situation at home fraught with even more tremendous possibility, On the eve of the great general strike plan- ned for May day, the German, press and leaders are’ displaying a ¥everish apprehension as to what the mortie will bring forth. : Radicals Frightened. The majority socialists are enorget- ically supporting the government in its efforts to cajol or threaten the workers into refraining from strik- ing. Even the radical minority seems to. be frightened at the possible --re- sult of the agitation it has fostered. Some” of thé’ radical’ sagen Y reported to. have launched an elev: enth hour appeal in an effort to pre- vent the strike. Heavy Fighting. Heavy fighting continues between Arras ‘and Lens, with’ very ‘little change in the situation reported,’ Tie Germans are continuing to biting ap! fresh troops and to deliver: ¢ounter attacks, ‘Continued fighting “is in progress around tie Roeux Chemical Works. Weather Too Hazy. “The weather was too hazy this morning for good air work,” contin- ued the correspondent, “and the ar- tillery observation was correspond: ingly poor, but the gunners on both sides have had plenty of registered targets and the old familiar thunder waxes and Wanes.” Various German documents captur- ed emphasize the necessity of econo- mizing strictly in the expenditure of shells of all types, as the dearth of material is seriously minimizing the output of supplies. It is also urged that the artillery officer be trained to employ guns, the inner tubes of h are worn out, upon targets do not necessitate very accur- ate shooting, as the output of new guns is lmited.’ Sweden Storm Center. Austria and Sweden are two other storm centers where May day may evoke popular uprisings. In the case of the brewing storm, word has come that the Hungarian government has declared itself in favor of important democratic reforms. On the other hand, the Austrian emperor is report- ed to ave rel tne resignation of Premier Tisza, “iron man” of the dual monarchy, and bulwark of Pan- Germanism. 4 Outside of Kurope, interest centers on the possible course of China. It is believed China will enter the war against Germany within tw> weeks. USE HINDENBURG'S NAME: TO QUIET THE MASSES British Headquarters in France, via London. (From Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press.)—April 30.— There are increasing evidences daily of how the German high command is using the name of Field Marshal von ‘Hindenburg in an effort to tain the morale of the German fighting com- mand, which was lowered by the re- treat from the Somme and the suc- cessful launching of the British an@ French offensive. a { The prisoners also tell how vom Hindenburg continues to, be held as the man in whom it must be for final victory. The recent was explained by the desire of German command to take up a tion on the Hindenburg line and pris- oners say now that when it becomes - known in Germany that the have taken possession of several of its line, southwest of Arras, great depression will be caused. 9 = » | The Germans have been told the line was so strong that thelr diers could sit on it for the remainder of the war. RESUMES FLIGHT. Chicago, April 30.—Wheat