The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 1, 1917, Page 1

if hi Nabadabaladatalctelataatalatabetababatatalstelstaatatetatstalatedatatitals! wa —0.-— JAMES CALDWELL, WEALTHY RANCHER AND WIFE KILLED Hired Man, Discovered in Act of Assaulting Domestic, Fires Three Shots TRAGEDY OCCURRED ON HOMESTEAD NEAR TAYLOR Murderer Immediately Turns Gun on Himself in Attempt to End His Life (Speciai to Tribune.) Dickinson, N. 'D., May 1.—James Caldwell, wealthy land owner of Siark county, living in the vicin- ify of Taylor, N. D., made famous by his defense in the suit started by ‘J. C. R.,” known as the “man of mystery,” together with his wife, was murdered in cold blood by their hired man, Mike Shumek, yesterday noon on the Caldwell farm, 20 miles south- east of here. Tries to Take Own Life. Details of the crime reaching here this afternoon state that the murder- er immediately turned the gun on himself in an attempt to end his life. He is not expected to live. The shot pierced one of his lungs. The tragedy occurred, it is said, when Caldwell and his wife. upon re- turning to the homestead made, iam- ous in the trial: proceedings held in this city last winter, discovered the hired man assaulting a 14-year-old girl working on the Caldwell farm. ‘When Caldwell talked with Shumek about it, the latter fired in rapid suc- cession on both the farmer and his wife. The girl fled to a near hy hor State's: ‘Attorney Rurgzasor of Stark | county, who left for the scene imme- diately, telephoned this afternoon from Taylor that the shooting oc- curred yesterday noon and not last night as had been supposed. and that the tragedy ocauneil in the Caldwell barn, van this The girl, Ellasf‘royjogave her age at 14 years, ando'Wasiemployed as a domestic on therOaldweil farm. She admitted that Mike Shumek, the hired man, 27 years old, had assaulted her. Both Killed Instantly. The shots were fired from an auto- matic rifle, the bullet striking Mrs. Caldwell under the chin and resulting in'-instant death. The shot fired at her hvsband struck him in the right ear. The alleged murderer was taken to a hospital at Dickinson this afternoon Figured in Trial. James H. Caldwell was claimed by |" the famous “J.C. RL” his father, and defended himself in trial proceed- ings held at Dickinson last winter, when the son, financed by farmers of the Taylor district, made a’ spectacu- lar fight for Caldwell’s fortiine. The case lasted nearly a week and was presided over by Judge Nuessle of Bis- marck, who ruled that “J. C. R.” was not the missing heir. The case attracted nation-wide in- terest because of the attention given “J. C. (R.” when an inmate in a hos- pital at Rochester, Minn., Chicago. ‘He was brought to Dickin- son as the heir to the Caldwell for- tunes by a woman, who, it is said, left and never appeured at the trial proceedings. The Caldwell ranch is one of the largest in North ‘Dakota. It is locat- ed about 20 miles southeast of Dick- inson, CONSTRUCTION CANNOT KEEP PAGE WITH SHIP DESTRUCTION Washington, May {lord Perey declared that the present rate ot Brit- ish construction of s and the present estimates of the American rate of jestriction by submarines. | “The (bala figures in the world shipping,” said Lord Pi the supply the United States inake.” Percy's Announcement. Lord Percy; announcement was the first intimation that the shipping conferences have actually resulted in| any agreement jn which the present tonnage and the future building power! of this country will be pooled with! the Allies to defeat the German sub- marine menace. Lord Percy said the Fritish com- mission has supplied the American government with information on ev- ery phase of the shipping problem.! The American shipping board, he said, has showy the heartiest co-oper- ation. “The shipping issue.” Percy, “dominates ever: is very grave indeed. th the pres- ent shipping construction, and the; American shipping construction can- not keep pice with the ‘tonnage de- can said Lord! and later at] di has been given the legion of honor by | de Joffre, Guest of America, Kind of Man World fad= Believed Was Now Extinct 4 een eee me eeeeed By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL. Washingtoa, D. C., May 1.—TI doubt whether in this country we havo ever gotten hold of the whole idea about Joseph Jacques re, marshal of all the armies of France and guestof the Uniied States today. Here is really a great nm away the biggest military os: war has produced, in son ae the kind of man thy world ally believed to hecon a military genius of the fir With a Heart. If he had lived in the greo the Roman republic he would have been a Scipio Africanus. and unbeatable. iving today, he is in a sense an anomaly. He is an over- spring soldier—with a heart, In the first days of oe war Joffre in the face of a million onposing epin- ions, saved France—and saved us—ne less, The German plan, perfected in years of expert study, was. to cut through Belgium, enter France where France was unprotect: d, get Paric ten week = 5 Gen... UOFFRE “The six weeks’ war" is what C they kindly describet to me what w oll TANKER Knew France. Joffre knew Fren prepare He kne field artillery {to risk any de y not be until the wha become thorowch! resources mobi “Fight rear acti “Melee the poo ! hint, withdraw.” It was hard tor s a | dinates to follow tha. ide: wanted to stand and fight Any man that couldn't get through his head what was required of him, swept out of the way. All of the fine old boys that were in the army for »|show or on a political Lasis he put out of business with one wave of his hand. Joffre had an infallible sease about the right man for the right job. He discovered Nivelle, the great soldier now directing the Frenen advance: sciuusa te treachery was pos: this man, Joffre, the conper’s son from the south country, the imminent danger and worked ont sown idea of the way to mect it. Almosi alone no shape and could ar-veed and all its No Detaiis of Loss of Life Made Public as his word by Navy Teprrt- 1s possibis, subor- They ment SEVERAL GUNNERS KNOWN TO HAVE PERISHED Washington, May 1.—First official news of the destruction of the Amt can tanker Vaenum with the loss some of the Ameri rec Consul) General Skinner reporting the destruetioin of the ship confirmed that the licutenant in command of the naval gun crew with some of his men and Captain 1 togethe some of his crew probably Tost. crew and three of the all in one boat were re: Pending recei formation the not make public of in gun crew was “l today by the government. the ables! commanders of the war; he picked Fovh, Serrail and Mavnoury. He threw the dead wo left. He vpset many pet plans and wrecked meny personal ambitions, but he saved Fiance and he saved us—no le: a the names of the xen- by Five Weeks Long. He and the Belgians rnade the Ger- man road to Paris five weeks long in- um Oil Comp: here today re- stead of two, and when they arrived ceived the following cablegram from|they came in the shape he wanted Loudon: “Harris, captain, unofficial-| them to come in and on the spot he ly reported drowned. Further details | had picked out for‘them, and then he Tater.” up with his good. trusty right’ and GATHER DETAILS London, May 1—Survivors of the American oil tank steamer Vacuum will arrive in Liverpool at midnight. The details of the sinking of the Vac: mum, which cannot be made public, are being gathered by Rear Admiral sand the American attaches. The American officials will obtain the cu: CAPT IN HARRIS DROWNED New York, M: 1—-Officials of the business and constituted the greatest battle in all history. the greatest vic- tory and the most decisive. France and all the rest of us hung on that battle. only stopped there because tomary affidavits from the — office and members of the crew who have] put steel chains across the bridges so} Voted with already landed. there might be a chance to reform the] Of Commi routed brigades. HIGH OFFICERS OF RUSSIAN NAVY ARE MURDERED San Francisco, May 1.—The higher officers of the ‘Russian Baltic fleet at Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, were slain during the Russian revo- lution. and the admiral himself, though he had gone over to the revo- lutionary forces, was also killed, it was said here today by G. S. Wal- tham. a ship builder of Helsingfors.| who has come here to purchase sup- plies for his plant. Fighting continued for two deys, the sailors of the Baltic fleet attack- ing their officers in their homes,” he said. “I have heatd estimates as high as 40) as the number of officers have ended that week, Kindly and Modest. ‘France, but he is also kindly modest. or_ disturb. There never was a commander so easy to approach or so patiently care- (Continued on Page Three) Finds Plenty Of Butter And Eggs killed. Chicago, May 1.—Butter and eggs “Admiral Nepenin, one of Russia's! will be plentiful and comparatively ablest commanders, was among the | cheap this summer if the United killed. although he had gone over to! the new government, and was the man who arrested Governor-General! member of a large New York butter Seyn, later turning him over to the! and cheese company. Mr. Coughlan revolutionary chief.” 'nos just returned from the Paci | t states, where he says there large supply of butter’ and egg: If LEGION OF HONOR | the gevernment would adopt the plan |followed in England of requiring that New York May 1.- | --Information as | the fir wholesaler sell direct to a come from Paris that Richard Norton | re s to the consumer, with several middle men, the French government. the first! deges would drop io a price American to receive this distinction | commensurate with their cost of pro- during the war. | duction. he said. Mr. Covghlan as- With H. H. Harjes he was co-orig:| erted that butter should be selling ates government will stop specula- on, according to Frank M. Coughlan, AMERICAN GIVEN 2 seve any such{"? hat except in} two years nation should] Police of Bisma Joffre] Chris Bertsch, “| A. Thompson, 1 right and] ago and last night asked that gave them the wallop that did the? He is a great man, this marshal of} City health officer upon the and| mendation of Commisisoner He has the iron jaw of the] and also to the office of overseer of unshakable victor, an expression of} the poor. the grimmest resolution always and| ment carried unanimously and that yet the most quiet, unassuming man-| for the office of overseer of tae poor ner and a temper nothing can ruffle] by a vole of 4 to 1, stroyed. Both must be speeded up if} the seas are to pe kept open.” jnator of the American volunteer am-|for not more than 29 or 3 cents a bulance corps. pound now, ae BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1917. HomeEdition : POLICE su Number of City Officials Retired t of Na. tad C ‘DITOR unbeaten |Salary of Office Raised to $100 Per Month—Currier Succeeds Thompson As Fire Chief FHOHHOHHOH OOH HHOOD APPQINTMENTS BY & CITY COMMISSION Chief of Police ...... see Chris Martineson com ei > > v. Fogerstrom, Officer......Dr, Strauss © @ Overseer Poor -Or, Strauss © » City Engineer...T. R. Atkinson © o° Chris Martineson for three s terribly un-| guard at the state penitentiary and . A E Freston © ©$OO49OOOSO OOo years guard at the state asy- st night appo'nted chief of k to succeed Chief Downing. Martineson, who has been night captain and connected with the police department for several years, eniered upon his new this morning. He is 33 years‘old. The of- fice pays $125 1 month, The appointment was made by jr., police commission- er, and was confirmed by Comumis- sioners Lucas, Batley and Kirk. Com- missioner Best asked for the re-ap- pointment of Chief Dowmnz. Currier is Fire Chi: A. B. Currier, upon the recommen dation of Commissioner Bertsca, jum was | Alin was with |e picked Petain, who proved one of appointed fire chief to succeed Harry sti ng and sventeen of the ship's aval gunners week this withdrawn. Thowp- son’s name for r pointment was handed in by Commi: ner Best, He submitted a petition bearing about 200 names asking that the chief be re-appointed. Kirk and Best opposed the appointment of g™urrier, Kirk in explaining his vot ting that he had made tue appointment two years ago and would not vote against one of his recommendations. The office ays $75 a menth. Commissioner Battey recommend- ed R. H. Thistlethwaitt as city audi- tor Thistlethwaite declared he “was through with the office.” C, L. Bur- ton was then named by the commis who resigned a resignation be When he let go the German rear| Sioner of finance, the appointment be- guard never stopped running until it]ing confirmed by Lucas and Bertsca. got to the river Saar in Alsace and| Commissioner officers} ame of Wallace C. Edwards. Best the Kirk Best. On recommendation joner Battey the office now pays a salary of $100 a month proposed If von Kluck's troops had continued|@nd the services of the new auditor to fight in the open, they would have] Will be required for seven been knocked over and the war might} day. hours a Strauss Health Officer. Dr. F. B, Strauss was re-appointed recoim- Battey, The health officer appoint- Best opposing. Hi, O'Hare was nominated as city Farney by Commissioner Bat- tey. His appointment carried unani- mously, as did the nominations of A. J. Arnot for the office of city treasur- er, William Cleveland for custodian of the fire hall; T. R. Atkinson for engineer, A, E. Preston as costo- dian of Custer park, the two latter nominations being made by Commis sioner Kirk; J. D. Wakeman for city weighmaster, and William - Foger- strom as city street commissioner. J. L, Hubert was appointed patrol man. The matter of the appointment of a night captain was left over until the meeting next Monday evening. TROOP SHIP SUNK PASSENGER SHIP May J he steamship which was used as a iroop as sunk by a German submar- ine. The Ballarat was carrying troops from Australia to England. All sail- ors were rescued by torpedo boat de- stroyers and trawlers.....The deport. Landon, ment of the troops was suspended, } acording to the report, aN + (CERMAN PLOT | TD TAP WIRES IS REVEALED Planned to Send Out Reports of U-Boat Attack to Cause Par- alysis of Market WERE TO CARRY RUMORS OF WILSON ASSASSINATION Teutons Make Open Confession of Entire Intrigue Before New York Judge New York, May Intention to des- troy a “big Wall Street institution,” to tap telegraph trunk lines between Chicago, Washington «nd iNew York, ‘ending out false reports of President Wilson's assassination and U-boat raids on the Atlantic coast, and then disrupting the wires to prevent de- nial, all to affect the stock market for speculative benefits. was the plot confessed today, the police declare, by Wolf Hirsch and George Meyringer, two Germans arrested last night, charged with having an acid bomb in their possession. The men were ar: rested at Roosevelt hospital. Confessions in Court. Confession was made in court to- day by Hirsch that he and Meyringer were on their way to blow up the of- fices of J. P. Morgan & Co, with a bomb when intercepted by the po- lice. The Germans expected, the police say, to make a fortune in Wall Streei on: “sharp investments” by instruct- ing their brokers to puy just as the expected tumble in the market devel- oped from the bomb explosions and the false news, Were Sharlowed, Persons familiar with the market conditions have informed the police that the Germans cither were misled probable outcome of such an occurrence in Wall Street or that they putting this story forward lo hide their reat intention. Hirsch and Meyringer have been shadowed since the war began. Even in the hospital where they. were cap- tured they were watched, orders hav- ing been given to officers to shoct either one on the first attempt to make use of bombs. WHEAT Prices SUFFER SLUMP Chicago, May 1.--Prospects of in- creased imports from Canada, tended today to depre: the wheat markeu here. Bulls were also inclined to cau- Washington advices that legislation hi been planned looking to emugency authorization of maximum and minimum prices of grain. Opening prices found May at $2.71 and July at $ to $2.27 ane) were followed py sharp declines tha! ! in some cases amounted to more tian 5 cents, a ss tion in view ol DROP BOMBS ON DUTCH PROVINCE London, May 1.—Bombs were drop- ped by an aeroplane Sunday night on Zicrik Zee in the Dutch province of Zeeland, says a dispatch from the Hague under Monday’s date. Three persons were killed and much mate- rial damage was done. The Telegraff of Amsterdam says | that bombs dropped from aeroplanes | on Zirikzee did such extensive dem- age that the village is in ruins, more ihan 109 houses being demolished or damaged. A terrible panic was caus the play of the searchlights by the airplanes on the village. The bombs were purposely dropped, s: the newspaper, the nationality of the airplane has not been established, | monia, (GERMANY CONCEALS MAY DAY UPRISINGS | ‘DOUBLE MURDER | AND SUICIDE AT TAYLOR Gotham Bone | Dry in ‘‘Wee Sma’’ Hours Hi Lid Clapped Down on Great White Way Between 1 A. M. and 6A. M. New York, May 1.--Mayor iMit- chell's order revoking liquor licenses became effective today, and from 1 a.m, to 6 a. m. New York was bone dry for the first time in many years. ‘Many restaurants and hotels that have been open heretofore until 2 a. m. or all night, arranged yeslerday to obey the order by closing at 1 o'clock this morning. The order prob- ably means the curtailment of cabaret performances. DUNN WAS TD PAY $10,000 FOR SHOOTING Two Montana Men Confess They Were Hired on Previous Oc- casion to Murder Wife THAT PLOT FAILED BUT $6,000 WAS PAID DOWN St. Paul, M ‘Two men were brought in from and -unnamed town in Montana told St. Paul police today that Frank J. Dunn had tried to get them to kill his wife, Alice McQuillan Dunn, who was murdered in her bed re last Thursday morning. The wen the propos) wi made to them Several months ago, but the original plot they said) miscarried. and their statement that they were 1,000 miles from the city when the crime was committed was substantiated by the police, Hence, the men who actually killed the woman have not been found, but a clue, the police say, leads them to Chica. PAID $6,000 DOWN According to the officers who heard the con ion today, the men say they were promised $10,000 if Mrs, Dunn were killed, and of that amount, $6,000 was pald after the agreement. was reached. In the plot, it was said, it was originally planned to kill J. MeQuillan, father of Mrs. Dunn. Dunn is held in the county jail here. separated to whom he was paying $70. ali- to death as she lay ry in their bed in her HOLWEGG PLANS PEACE PROPOSAL The Hague, May Dr. von Beth- mann Hollwegg, the German imperial chancellor, will make another peace offer in the reichstag on Thursday of this week, according to an announce ment made today by the Berliner Tagesblatt. MATSON OF FARGO DEAD Former Candidate for State Legisla- His wife from whom he was and mony, Was shot ture Succumbs to Attack of Peneumonia. (Special to Tribune.) rgo. N. D., May 1.—Aleck Mat- prominent clothing man of is dead at his home here a week's illness of pneu- Matson Fargo 18 For 12 years he had been employed hy C. A. Swansen, vlothier, on Front street. Matson was twice the workingmen’s candidate fur the state legislature A widow survives. son, this c following years ago. should mean «> a Frenchman, “Your country is see, those houses your country. wards your toil, that is your country! she reposes, that is your country! where! tions and your need: under one name onl. oe In one of the most impressive passages in any book, Souvestre has his veteran of Jenrappes define what “Our Conntrv” in these noble words: all that surrounds and nourished you, everything that you have loved. That land y: those trees, those smiling girls that pass, that is The laws which protect you, the bread which re- the words you exchange, which come to you from men and the things amid which you live, The little chamber where you once saw your mother, the recollections she has left you. Imagine, my son, your rights and your recollections and nd that name will be ‘My Countr. Does “My Country” mean as much to us Americans “My Country’’---What Does It Mean to You? iEmile you, all that has reared CENTRAL POWERS AD ISOLATED AS ANCIENT JAPAN No One Allowed to Cross Into Neutral Nations and News- papers Are Barred ARMED HOSTS ON WEST FRONT IN DEATH GRAPPLE Conditions Within Last Twenty- Four Hours Before St. Quent- in Unchanged ESSEN ISOLATED. London, May 1—"in the Rheims provinces more than half the munition workers struck to- day,” wrote tne correspondent at the Hague, of the Exchange Tele-.~ graph Co, “Essen, home of the great Krupp works, is shut off from the rest of Germany, and completely isolated from the world in order to prevent the slightest information of strikes at the Krupp works from leaking out. Strikes are general in small towns near the French frontier.” (By Associated Press.) May Day has dawned with the armed hosts of France and Germany still locked fast in the most tremen- dous struggle of the world war, ‘The eyes of the world are fixed, however, for the time being inside. the. lines where within closely guarded fron- tiers of the Central Powers, the burst- ing of the long brewing storm of dis- content is awaited with a mingling of fear and hope. Strict Censorship. Uxtraordinary measures fave been taken by the rulers of the centratem, pire to prevent the outside’ world from knowing what is transpiring within their borders. ‘No German newspaper is allowed to pass into'a neutral country, and for the last ten days all persons have been forbidden to leave Germany. News which usu- ally comes from casual travelers has been completely cut off And the Teu- tonic empire is almost as isolated from the world as was ‘ancient Japan. Typhus Reported. Reports from Switzerland from vague sources say a widespread out- break of typhus is said to be preva- lent in the industrial regions of Aus- tria. The epidemic is attributed to the growing food scarcity. but the re- port. like many others, Jacks confir- mation. The same veil which has been drawn over events in Germany and Austria obscures the situation in Swe- den, where a widespread demonstra- tion in that country is reported. The only newsWeceived has been the bare announcement that a general strike has been ordered by the labor lead- ers for May Day, coupled with a warning to the government against undue interference. Little Change. On the fighting front in France lit- tle change has taken place. The French are fighting hard in Cham- pagne and have made some gains without. as far as the official state- ment shows, making any considerable headway. The situation in Mecedonia remains indefinite and in ~ Mesopo- tamia the British are pushing for- ward. Details are too meager to throw any light on the extent of the cam- paign. Attack Failed. ‘Berlin. May 1.—A French storming the joy and the sadness the earth where You see it, you breathe it every- your duties, your affer rour gratitude, united If it does we will meet whatever sacrifice these days of na- tonal destiny call for With a smile upon our faces and with cour- age in our hearts and all will be well with us. ~e attack with fresh divisions failed yes- terday between Prosnes and Aberive, says the official statement issued to- day by the German army headquar- ters staff. The Germans in this ares, it is added, hold complete possession of their positions. On the western front yesterday twenty-five British and French aeroplanes and five bal- loons were forced down MAY SEND TROOPS TO FRANCE SOON Washington, D, C., May 1—It be- came known after a cabinet meeting today that the prevailing view among officials is that a force of American troops should be sent to ‘France as soon as possible. ADMINISTRATION ARMY BILL PASSES SENATE FOR SECCNT TIME Washington, 1 D. ( “May 1,—Admin- istration army Dill with conscription clause retained wa; passed anew in the senate today-without roil call, vir- tually the same,.as passed. The bill now goes to a with the house. :