The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1917, Page 1

| GERMAN SUBMAR i | UNDER CHARGES THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 108 \ THE BISMAR BISMARCK, NORTH AMERICAN CRAFT OF COMPLICITY Government Agents Investigating Activities of Manitowoc of American Line BELIEVED THIS CRAFT ' ASSISTED SUBMERSIBLES Trade With Enemy Carried on Under Nose of Government Declare Sailors Washington, May 8—The. gov- ernment is investigating the ac- tivities of the steamer Manito- woc, and other vessels of the American. Trans-Atlantic com. pany, which are said to have car- tied supplies to German subma- tines in the Atlantic. This was disclosed at the navy department today, but no details of the steps taken ‘were given out. The Amer- ican Trans-Atlantic company has offices in New York and Boston and its ships fly the American flag. San Juan, Porto Rico, May 8.— There are German submarines in the Atlantic and until very recently they have been supplied from the United States by ships flying the American’ flag, acording to members of the crew of the steamer Manitowoc, waich for several weeks was detained in the harber at St. Thomas. Twenty-one of the crew are returning to the Uni- ted States after difficulties with Cap- tain Frank Hogstead, master of the ship. Had Contraband, The Monitowoc, Muskegon and Al- laguash, all ‘belonging to the same Hne, shortly before the Danish Is- lands became the Virgin Islands, U. S. A. put into the harbor at St. Thomas Sound from Buenos Aires to New York. They were still waiting for orders when the islands were transferred: tothe United ‘States, “Aci. cording to theit"manifest, all three ships carried coal and other food sup- plies. Members of the crew of the Manitowoc say all the vessels were loaded with contraband for German submarines, All took on general car- goes, oil and food supplies, which were covered over with severa] hun- dred tons of coal, they said. On‘ the Manitowoc they said also were placed two iron chests filled with gold, each supposed to contain $250,000. Hidden Under Coal. These, according to the men, also were hidden under the coal. While waiting in St. Thomas for orders, the Danish islands were sold and they were not permitted to sail. The crew of the Manitowoc tried to get some of their pay while idle in the harbor, but Captain Hogstead refused to make any payment. The men then made a complaint to Read Admiral ‘Oliver, governor of the island, who required Captain Hogstead to guar- antee that he would not supply any more enemy 3stifps°Nefor’ beginning to leave the ‘Wa#bor, “presitinubly for Buenos Aires. auy wi Indicated Mutiny. °°" One morning, acording to thé’ crew, the captain ordered the ship's flag hoisted upside down, indicating there was mutiny aboard. When the men came aboard from shore the men in- sisted there was nothing wrong, but that they refused to work unless their pay was, guaranteed. Shortly aftenwards,, if.,was..Jearned, the Manitowoc was ordered to sail for Buenos Aires, and they were pre- paring to sail with her when the cap- tain repudiated this promise to pay them. The men demanded that they then be sent to New York. UNDER AMERICAN FLAG. ‘New York, May 8.—The American Trans-Atlantic company, since early in the war, has been operating under the American flag a fleet of twelve freight steamers known as the “Wag- ner ships,” R. G. Wagner being the head of the company. They have been plying mostly between New York, ‘Boston, Newport News and South American ports. Four of them were seized by the Britisn, on account of which a protest’ was made by this government, resulting in a contro- versy with the British government, which, at the time the United States entered the war, had not been set- if The status of the ships was unter investigation in 1915, when it German was claimed tat capital owned the ships. PAY BONDS FROM FUND Honest City Commissioners Who Paid Bonds from Their Own Funds To Have Checks Returned. City Attorney H. F. O’Hare gave a ruling to the city commissioners in session last night that the state sta- tute provides that fidelity bonds of commissioners may be paid from the general fund. The ruling came as the result of several commissioners. taking office two weeks ago, turned in their per- sonal checks to the city .as payment for their bonds, The checks will:be returned. jan investigation. Mary Boyle O’Reilly Flies Above Clouds to See Uncle BY MARY BO Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Stat “Ready!” The Curtis flying boat streaked crashed into the atmosphere at 80 aM oC Mary Boyle O'Reilly of the Tribune staff, helmeted and leather su’ the Curtis airship in which sh a flight to learn how Uncle war eagles are guarding ou aviators in war preparations. ize the fleet is our great defense; w and above it, air lookouts swoop far- Engine going strong, wind whist about as air waves tossed it over spa ward a huge cliff of cloud. Up to 1,0 Tt was so cold I could hardly fee lost sight of earth, Above the clouds. screened from the aviation school—future army pil. —were getting ready cor war. dressed and helmeted in leather. Spotters, fighters and _ patrol last year; Curtis, back from air craters tip tilted; LIQUOR IT HARD IN NEW REVENUE BILL Proposed Taxes on Whiskey Are Increased From $1.10 to $2.20 Per Gallon INHERITANCE TAXES GREATLY INCREASED Washington, May 8.—In an extend- ed session today the house ways and means committee wrote new and drastic liquor and inherttance taxes into the war revenue bill, but *ad- journed tonight still in disagreement over many sections and about $200, 000,000 short of the $1,800,000,000,000 it has voted to raise. The leaders hope to complete the measure tomor- row, and a proposed retroactive in- come tax amendment which would yield $140,000,000 during the coming year, and other far-reaching propos- als are held in abeyance to be in- serted at the eleventh hour, if neces: sary, to make up the desired total. Several members of the house, in- cluding at least one member of the ways and means committee, already are planning to carry their fight for changes in the bill to the senate fin- ance committee as soon as hearings on the senate side begin, probably | this week. Proposed taxes on whiskey were increased by the committee from $1.10 to $2.20 a gallon and on ‘beer from $1.50 to $2.75 a barrel. The amount of exempt liquor in a deal- er’s possession at the time the law becomes effective was reduced from an unlimited quantity to 59 gallons. gallons. These changes, it is, predict- ed, wiff result in almost $50,000,000 additional revenue. Inheritance tax rates were greatly increased over strong protests from Republican members. It was agreed tentatively to increase all such taxes one-third beginning at the present ex- emption of $50,000; and to impose the following graduated taxes for large fortunes: ‘Above $8,000,000 and below $11,- 000,000, 22 per cent; above $11,000,- 000 and below $15,000,000, 25 per cent, and above $15,000,000, 30 per cent. . { ——— | WILL INVESTIGATE LOCATION OF LIGHT | The city commissioners last night! took under advisement the location of ja light “at or near” the corner of ; Ninth and Rosser streets. The matter was brought to the attention of the} ‘members by Commissioner Bertsch. | "Street Commissioner Kirk will make and flew above the clouds to watch landing could hold sthis continent to ransom. Hence, outside Some wore the padded jackets of recent football scrimmages; tho ; Thorn Donnelly practicing the knife-edge way De- tween the big drop and cremation;, “Vic” Carlstrom, best known of Am: erica’s flyers, heading a‘serious squadron of. Khaki-clad: gradyatas; whose mother probably’ worries about his mufflers off in a sky-corner.s0- berly banking his pusher ‘on one wing tip; and, still farther up, great bird against the blué, Carl Batts ina tiny Curtis scout plane, swoop- ing 100 miles-an hour on tireless sentry prowl. Sam’s Air Eagles at Work YLE O'REILLY. ion, Newport News, Va. May 8.— off the weed-wreathed ways and we: miles an hour. The earth: flattened = out “into a giana! Bgesence of Mind of Engineer map. . Far. below lay, Chesapeake Day, stretching from Cape Charles to Point Comfort and: inland” toward Washington, ‘An- napolis and Phila- de}phia, I was flying to learn how the old navy and the new protect our na- tion’s coast, and to see war above the clouds. Our coast guard must be seen from air. iEarthmen can- not see the sub- Marine nets buoy- ed across chah- nels; seldom even surmise that the Pushful little sen- tinel- ships are watching ; lest » blockading hulls sink in the fair way; nor know of our interlocking ited, in defense in sea and ie made sky that airmen Sam’s can see—but can- ir coast not tell. Our sailors of sky and sea _ real- ships sunk an enemy ere the fighting our fleet, seeing eyes, watching. 4 ling through the wires, keel bobbing ce, this flying ‘boat I was in rose to 00 feet. and still climbing! 1 my hands, so sky-high I sometimes the spying of earth-men, pupils of ots and lieutenants of the naval wing all were college athletes men who- were let blithely diving Paris émbassy, like a Crouched .in the fusilage, eyes sticking out like a shrimp‘s,.I watch- ed. these. war eagles vol me, bank and pancake. “Forty. finished, month, all trained for nation ibe gestic- ulated, Pilot Heque: 8° talking in pantomime because of the roaring’ én- gine. Five hundred eaglets a year from just one eyrie. 1 looked down, down toward the aeronautical station. Next instant the pilot shut off petrol to volplane earthward. As we fell the wind grew rougher, the cold seemed more piercing. It was time that the birds came home and on the pier-head, com- manding Hampton Roads, ‘Manager Hall stood with sea glass upraised, counting his flyers. Pusher and hy- droplane, gun bus and scouting ‘bi- plane zigzagged, banking, to, safety. First of the homecoming flogk, my flying boat swooped to the sea’s sur: face, scattering showers of spray. Next minute I disentangled myself from things in general. “On guard!” 1 turned just in time to wave a greeting and farewell to Leon, the Italian-American aviator, One in- stant his helmeted head nodded from’ the marcelle of a quivering machine, the next his tabloid scout plane streaked off into the gloom. In the war zone no civilian asks questions. Leon was simply “on duty.” Half a dozen student flers paused to observe his pushoff. Wind dead against him, gusts beating on wings and tail, the great little airman climbed the sky in one swoop. A dozen lads in new khaki watch- ed him in thoughtful silence. From the deck of a scout ship lying insHore the Battle Hymn of the Republic rose to meet the threatening storm, Washington, May 3—Congress will be asked to appropriate one billion dollars for the building of the great American merchant fleet which is to overcome the submarine menace. Estimates of the shipping board are that five million to six million tons of wooden and steel vessels will be constructed by the government with- in the next two years. UNDERWOOD TURNS OUT TO BID BOYS GOOD-.BYE (Special to Tribune.) Underwood, 'N. D., May 8.—A crowd of citizens gathered at the station here yesterday to bid a farewell to the young men of this city who left to join their colors. One veteran of the Civil war, who was spied in the crowd, was carried at the head of the preoession by a number of men, who formed a seat with their hands and boosted the veteran skyward. He was loudly cheered as the procession moved through the streets. Hand- kerchiefs and flags were waved as the train pulled out of the city. WAR WISSION TRAIN AVERTS BAD. WRECK Saves Lives of: Distinguished - Guests RAILS SPREAD AND PASSENGERS SHOOK UP Schedule of Trip Revised After Consultation With Members of State Department Effingham, Ill., May 8—Telegraphic conferences with state department of- ficials resulted today in a changed schedule and revised route eastward for the special train bearing. the French mission, whic2»was held up here most of last night as a result of | a derailment near Arcola, Ill. Mem- bers of the mission today felt no ill effects ‘from last night’s startling in- terruption of their tour of the middle west. Prompt application of the emergency brakes, which brought the train to a stop quickly, probably pre- vented a more serious wreck, The train was 13 minutes late, but was not running at an excessive speed. Joffre Cool. { During the excitement incident to the accident Marshal Joffre was the coolest member of the party. With M. Viviani and the other commis- sioners he was at dinner when the jolting began as the car left the tracks. When the sudden stop came everyone on board was given a hard shaking up. Dishes slipped from ta- bles into the laps of the diners, ‘Engineer Praised. Recognition of the cool-neadeiness and courage of John Redmond, the & bOY | engineer in charge of the first engine, and others of the crew of the two engines, which were hauling the spe- cial, undoubtedly will be taken by the government. The wreck occurred at a spot :which had been thorougiiy inspected bya. trackman a short time before the accident. The accepted theory is that the flange cut off the bolts of the fish- ‘plate which bound the end of the rails and’ thereby permitted the rails to spread, letting the day coach, one sleeper ‘and the front truck of the diner car down onto the ties. Bismarck Physicians To School Delegation of Six Leaves Here Tonight for State Convention at New Rockford DR. VICTOR LA ROSE HEADS ASSOCIATION ‘Off. for a two dats’ schooling, six physicians of Bismarck will leave here this evening for New Rockford to attend the thirtieth annual conven- tion of the North Dakota State Medi- cal association, which opens tomor- row morning at 10 o'clock: Dr, Victor J. LaRose of this city, president of the asscciation, will give his message to the physicians tomor- row morning. The addresg of wel- come will be given by Mayor C, J. Schwoebel and the response by Dr.! H. M. Wheeler of Grand Forks, One| of the prominent out-of-state physi- cians to appear on the program on Thursday is Dr. A. J. Gillette of St. Paul. 1 A feature on the program for the first night is the banquet, whica will be held in the Newport cafe. On the closing day the physicians will be; shown pictures of actual experiments | and results in ‘the treatment of} wounds as practiced by the physi-| cians on the battlefields. These pic- tures will be shown at the Blackstone, theater. | The Bismarck delegation to New Pockford consists of Drs. C. E. Stack-| house, ©, P. Quain, Victor J. LaRose, A. M. Brandt, F. R. Smyth and W.; H. Bodenstad. 70 Taken in Minot Raid By Deputies Drag-Net Takes in Proprietors of Two Hotels—Large Supply | of Liquor Confiscated Minot, N. D., May 8.—/More than 70 persons, including the proprietors of two hotels, were arrested in a raid onducted here late last night and early this morning ‘by States Attor ney Herigstad and 50 deputies. Large supplies of liquor and gambling de- vices and other paraphernalia were confiscated. \K TRIBUNE fa] DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1917. NES IN ATLANTI NINE RECIMENTS [War Time OF TRAINED MEN TOCROSS WATER Order Comes as Resut of Request Made. by Members of the Foreign Missions NEW FORCES WILL VOLUNTEER SERVICES Expeditio€f to Have Strength of Between 11,000 and 12,000 Army Engineers Washington, May 8.—Nine new reg- iments of army engineers, to be com- posed exclusively of highly trained railway men, will be the first Amer- ican troops to be sent to France. They will go “at the earliest possi- ble moment,” the war department an- nounced today, for work on communi- cation lines, ‘but speculation as to exactly when orto! what points they will be sent is forbidden because of the submarine menace. The new forces will be the volun- teers raised at nine great railway centers of the country. Each regiment will be commanded by an engineer colonel of the regular army, aided by an adjutant. All other officers will be railway engineers or officials. To Represent All Branches. The expedition will have a total strength of between 11,000 and 12,000 men, each regiment being composed of two battalions of three companies each. Every branch of railway work- ers necessary to the building or oper- ation of lines will be represented in the ranks and the war department ex- pects a response to the''call. that will permit a careful selection to: be'exer- cised and insure a force’ already trained to the minute, an army of ex- perts in railway operation. Expect Prompt Response. Recruiting for the regiments and the organization of each force will be directly under the colonel» of. each regiment. Pecruiting machinery” of the regular service or the national guard will be placed at their service, (Continued on Page Three) BURLEY AND. MORTON COUNT HEN TAE FF Richard Penwarden and William A. Furness Sworn in This Morning Richard Penwarden, formerly dep- uty county treasurer, assumed his new duties as county treasurer of ‘Burleigh county, to which position he was; ‘elected last fall, He succeeds W. J. Prater. County Treasurer Pen- warden this afternoon announced the appointment of Mrs. H. E. Paul, dep- uty county treasurer and deputy aud- itor of Emmons county for the last ten years, as his deputy. At ‘Mandan William A. Furness was sworn in as county treasurer of Morton county. He named for his deputy, Joe Scahfer, a brother of Miss Lena Schafer of this city, who is connected with the offices of Drs. Stackhouse and Smyth. GOVERNOR HAS. NO IDEA OF CALLING ELECTION EARLY While the governor does not so state in (as many words, remarks Which ne made this morning-may be taken to indicate that no special elec- tion need be held in the First dis- trict earlier than October or Novem- ber tu iiil the vacancy created by the death of the late Rep. Henry T, Hel- geson. “Congress expects to adjourn June 1," said Governor Frazier this morn- ing. “If it does, it probably will not reconvene, except in case of an emergency, until the date for the opening of the regular session De- cember 1. -Inthe meantime North Da kota would suffer less from the ab- sence of a representative in the First than it would from the loss of time which would result from a cam- paign.” The governor has not given definite consideration to the date for which the special election will be called. He stated this morning that he has re- ceived no formal opinion as to the method to be pursued in selecting candidates, but that ne still is in- clined to believe the filing of peti- tions the proper method. He was ad- vised that the Republicans of the First in conference at Fargo on Sun- day concluded that the convention system should be resorted to, but he declined to make any comment. Measure Is Need of U.S. United States District Attorney Says It Should Be Either Civil or Military GOVERNMENT MUST CATCH FOOD GAMBLERS Chicago, May 8.—“The government will have no difficulty in proving food price fixing which borders ‘on extor- tion,” Robert W. Childs, special Uni- hes States district. attorney, said to- jay. “I believe greater revelations have been made in a shorter time than in any similar fight ever waged before. But we must catch these gamblers violating the Sherman anti-trust law, of which offense they probably are not guilty. “What the government needs right now is a war ‘time measure, civil or military.” OFFENSIVE ON VON HOLLWEC ALL PREPARED Factions Charge Loss of Battle of Marne to Imperial Chancel- lor MASS MEETINGS HELD _ ‘10 CONSIDER REMOVAL Copenhagen, May 8—The conserva- tives and Pan-Germans have now brought up their heavy artillery in the battle against Chancellor Von Bethmamn Hollweg and boldly lay the blame for the long duration of the war. at his door. € The conservative Deutsche Zeitung explains that three’ or four days’ de- lay in the German mobilization at the outset of the war, due to the Chan- cellor’s hesitant policy, caused the loss of the battle of the Marne. TROOPS DETACHED The paper holds that the troops that were detached to stem the Russian in- vasion of East Prussia would — have been suflicient to change the defeat ot General Von Gluck’s army into vic- tory and that in that case the war would have ended in a speedy and de- cisive German triumph. The agitation for the downfall of Von Bethmann Hollweg is unconcealed in press and parliament and is rein- forced by the Imperialist league and the committees for a German peace. The bitterness increases as the chances grow for reform of political conditions in Germany. The reichstag committee on gener- al reform will .take up this week the matter of redistricting. The popula- tion of 200,000 is recommended for a reichstag district. The proposal, long among the chief demands of the liberals and radicals, is a blow at conservative influence, as the pres- ent districting, dating from the foun- dation of the empire, favors the coufitry section at the expense of the municipalities and industrial regions, MONEY POURS INTO TREASURY FOR WAR BONDS Washington, y — Telegrams and letters containing estimates of subscriptions to the $2,000,000,000 liberty loan for the Alues came to the treasury so fast today that even the augmented force of clerks could barely tabulate them. Many were from individuals in moderate circum- stances anxious to put part of their savings into the war fund. CONFEREES ON ARMY BILL FAII. TO REACH ANY AGREEMENT Washington, May 8.—Another at- tempt by the conferees on the new army Dill to reconcile differences be- tween the senate and house failed today and the committee recessed un- til later, with no prospect or an agree- ment. The chief difficulty %s over the amendment to permit sending the Roosevelt expedition to France. FIGHTING CONTINUES AROUND BULLECOURT London, May 8.—Fighting contin- ued yesterday in and around the vil- lage of [Bullevourt, Reutgr’s corre- spondent at British headquarters tel- egraphed today. A party of 300 Germans, who suc- ceeded in forcing its way through to the southwest corner of the vil- lage, was held up and punished heav- ily. The British airmen had a good day, bringing down seven large Ger- man observation balloons, three of them ablaze, and considerably res ing the enemy’s means of observing British movements. The weather was mild with a much needed rain falling. CERMAN CRIP OW LENS COAL FIELDS BROKEN Great Human Nippers Which Gen. eral Haig Have Rolled Up Are Closing In BITTER RESISTANCE BY HINDENBURG FORCES Australians Intrusted With Cap- ture of Bullecourt; Where Battle Rages (By Associated Press) The great human nippers which Gen. Haig has forced around the southern end of the DroicourtQueant line are steadily closing and the rolling up of this important section of the Geman defenses appears to be a- matter of .a few days. The Drolcourt-Queant line is the hastily. improvised barrier thrown up by Field Marshal Von Hin- denburg to protect Cambrai and Douat after the more famous line named in honor of himself had been smashed by the British. i BITTER RESISTANCE The hitter resistance offered by the yermans to the British advance, cen- tered in their defense of Boullecourt, two and one-balf miles east of Queant. To the south, the British have forged well beyond Queant but have been forced t o mark time until Bullecourt falls. The capture of this village was entrusted to the Australians and these hard fightin® colonials have almost surrounded the German stronghold. GRIP ON LENS The crushing in of this salient will mean that the German grip on the great Lens coal region wil) be broken and the entire German line in north: ern France imperiled. : There are many signs that the Ger- mans realize the menace to them in the alternate sledge-hammer “blows: of the British and French, beneath which their choicest troops are helug steadily driven from position after position, DOCTORED FOR CONSUMPTION: News from the western front is not merely being surpressed in Berlin, but it is beng doctored for the consum- ption of the German newspaper. read- ers. Discrepancies between the Ger- man and Allied officlal versions are apparently, arousing suspicion in some German minds at least, and Berlin newspapers are being bombarded with questions that their military critics have some difficulty in answering. Apart from France, the only fight- ing reported is taking place in Mace- donia, The reports indicate an in- creasing activity, which presages a general offensive by the Allies. GERMANS DOCTORING i THE ALLIED REPORTS Copenhagen, May 8—The German version of the French official war re- port of last Saturday suppresses en- tirely the capture of the portion of the Hindenburg line south of Vauxil- lon. Other evidences -of, the; doctoring of allied official reports to. make them agree with claims in the Ger- man official statements indicate. the anxiety of the German authorities to the effect of the news from the west- ern front upon public opinion. A supplementary report supplied to the morning papers through the German official news bureau ignores all French successes, except the cap ture of Winterburg hill and {s writ- ten in such a strain as to evoke head- lines like, “French defeated on Aisne in gigantic onslaught.” Chapter Is | Organized Judge Bruce Named Temporary President, and Keniston Chair- man of Committee of 46 A Burleigh County Red Cross chap- ter will be made permanent with the receipt of a charter from the Nation- al Red Cross society as the result of a provisional organization launched there last Friday at the Commercial club rooms. Tie temporary officers are Judge A. A. Bruce, president; Dr. N. O. Ramstad, vice president; Mrs. F. L. Conklin, secretary and treasurer. The executive committee at a meeting Saturday afternoon made formal ap- plication for a clrarter. A representative body of women and men representing the different clubs and organizations of the city, was selected for the purpose of bring- ing about a larger membership. George N. Keniston, secretary of the Commercial club, was made chairman of this committee. which numbers 46, Under the provisional organization, 30 members have enrolled. RECAPTURE CITY. Berlin, May 8—German_ troops ‘nave recaptured Fresnoy, says the official statement issued today by the |German army headquarters staff.