The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 11, 1917, Page 1

» The Weather Generally Fair. HIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 1if | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1917. 10 CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED FOR SNELLING Bismarck Exceeds Fargo’s Ke- cord by. Five—Applicants Await Further Orders MANY OF BEST CITIZENS OF SLOPE ARE INCLUDED Men From All Walks of Life Pre- pared to Train for Commis- sions in Army HITS UNIVERSITY. Chicago, May 11—Early con- sideration of the conscription bill makes. it appear that colleges and universities will be hit harder than any other unit under the draft of men from 21 to 30 years of age. It seems possible here, according to university men, that schools for men will be disrupt- ed by the draft, while co-educa- ational schools will practically become schools for women, Bismarck leads the state in the number of candidates recommended for the officers’ training camp, which is to open at Fort Snelling on May 15. When the registration and exam- ination of applicants closed at 10 o'clock last evening, Captain B. F. Ristine, U. S. A., in charge, had rec- ommended 78 candidates, as com- pared with 73 reported favorably from Fargo. : How many of these candidates will be called to Fort Snelling remains to be seen. ‘Orders ‘will come direct from Camp ‘Commander Sage, and un- til notified by him no candidate for the training camp is expected to re- port. ‘Instructions should be received today and by :tomorrow all men who will be taken in the first selective list for the officers’ training camp should receive instructions. Those Recommended. Those recommended from the Bis- marck headquarters of. the Military Training Camps‘association are: Bernard. M. ‘Regan, Mandan, infan- try. “ Thomas C.'Madden, Bismarck, in- fantry, Wright S. ‘Cocroft, Mandan, coast artillery. Crosby Pichards, Dickinson, infan- George Leonird Yackey, Washburn; infantry. Lawrence Harvey, Lobben, Driscoll, infantry. ‘Noel Ppenpralson, Killdeer, infan- try. “BbyohEs Edward M. Grogan, Bismarck, cav- alry. 2dee Clayton, 819 Dalyymple,) i Bismarck, coast artillery. hov 19: Horacé: EK. Leonard, Glendive, fantry. Edwin C. Smith, Bismarck, cavalry, Leslie C. Herron, Leith, cavalry. Valentine Koch, Dickinson, infan- try. Robert H. Neely, ‘Carson, infantry. Paul Winfield Robinson, Flasher, Id artillery. hilip M. Webb, Bismarck, infan- in- try. Harry A. Ballweber, cavalry. Harry D. Lovell, Velva, infantry. Frank X. Wanner, Dickinson, infan- try. mi . ‘Samuel, J. Boyd, Molt, or t Minneapolis, Addison B. Falconef’t Bismarck, en- gineers. Rolf Stuits, Bismarck, coast artil- lery. Walter H. Hecker, Minneapolis, in- fantry. ia Herbert. W. Miller, LaMoure, engi- neers. Russell A, Young, Mandan, infan- try. Praley K. Hansen, Mandan, infan- try. ' Alvin L. Lagergren, Ryder, infan- try. Charles H. Glasser, Minot, field ar- tillery. Jesse A. Davis, South Heart, infan- try. Oscar T. Forde, Dickinson, infan- try. John H. Blore, Linton, cavalry. Elliott Freeman, Dickinson, infan- try. Hugh H. McCullough, Washburn, cavalry. Robert M. Reynolds, Dickinson, cavalry. Custer Albert Lang, Mandan, in- fantry. John Kane Kennelly, Mandan, in- fantry. John Edward Hoeft, Minot, infan- try. Bert I. Packer, Bowbells, infantry. John P. Tucker, Bismarck, infan- try. George H. Russ, Jr., Bismarck, in- fantry. Hugh A. Colgan, Colgan, infantry. Challence O. Hooker, Minot, infan- try. James A. Solien, White Earth, in- fantry. Henry L. Thorson, Drake, infantry. Phelps Ingersoll, St. Paul, field ar- tillery. Walter W. Wilson, Minot, infantry. Francis 'B. Streeter, Linton, infan- try. Jay B. Shirk, Glenburn, infantry. Lester J. Cole, Kenmare, infantry. Harold P. Bertelson, Minot, infan- try. Ingormar Marcus Oseth, Minot, in- fantry. David H. Andrew, Jr., Velva, infan- try. (Continued on Page Three) London Women in Line to Get Potatoes meee eed MINOT CHIE HOLDS WARRANT FOR WM. LANGER Attorney General Is Charged! With ‘‘Obstructing Use of Pub- lic Telephone Service’ HOLDS UP EXCHANGE BUSINESS 53 MINUTES (Special to Tribune) Minot, 'N. D., May 11.—Chief of Po- lice Dougherty of this city holds. the warrant for the arrest of Attorziecy General William*Langer. . The instru- ment was_issued, Lyesday and:ohasges “obstructing use of the public tele- phone.” The telephone service was tied up-58 minutes by deputies during the The chief stated this after- noon that the warrant will be served immediately upon the return of the attorney general -to this city. It is expectedthat he will arrive here some dime today or tomorrow. Uptons Out on $1,000 Bail. F. C. Upton and A. Upton, who headed the deputies and were placed under arrest, were arraigned yester- day and were releasd on $1,900 bail bonds. Pending the arrival of the attorney general, developments were slow this morning. At tie state’s attorney’s of- fice it was learned that arrangements are being hurried for the preliminary hearings. It is known and admitted) that a number of warrants for addi- tional arrests have been prepared and may be placed.in the hands of an official for serving processes at any time. Finwall Case Dismissed. The case against C. FE. Finwall, one of the enforcement officers charged with carrying a concealed weapon, and who was arrested after giving the police a chase, was dismissed in the police court this morning. Warrant Out for Palda. Dorr H. Carrill, attorney for the Upton brothers, stated at noon that a warrant has been signed by Justice Dill for the arrest of Attorney L. J. Palda and will be issued at once. Complaint, asking for the warrant, ‘was made by F. C. Upton on the grounds that Palda threatened to shoot his brother, A. Upton, during developments in the telephone office Monday night. . Palda, it is said, signed the war. rant which demanded the arrest of the two Uptons and Attorney General William Langer for obstructing use of the public telephone exchange. Injunction Served. At 11:39 o’clock this morning an injunction was served on the Great Northern Express company. The pa- pers were signed by Judge Leighton and authorize the closing of the prem- ises for alleged violations of the law} covering shipments and deliveries of} liquor. DRASTIC RULES TO REGULATE. BODZE Stockholm, May 11.—-Sweden taken a further step in the restri tion of the sale of alcoholic beverages. Under a law adopted by the Rikstdag} effective January 1, 1919, the present; system of selling distilled liquors is extended to cover wines and beer. This means that every consumer will have to be equipped with a pass book: in which his purchases will be entered. -ed about, and Major Wright when in- Private saloons also will be abolished.) The “potato queue” is a new feat in rows to receive their potato allowances, or other vege! Beans and parsnips have taken the place:oi ‘ho spud in ‘Waiting. women frequently substitutes, many homes. ure of London’ life.) \vomen stand les as potato make co-operative arrange- ments on the basis of “You look after my children and J’!! collect your potatoes for ‘you.” days of the queue, when salesmen letter of the regulation that every woman get her own potatoe: This neighborliness has succeeded’ the first panicky were likely to insist ov the exact Langer Arrest Framed : By Attorney General And Governor Frazier 9 OFF OGH HHH FFF5FSG HF FFF FH.99HHOO8 r @| for food panic nor any, justification © BULLETIN ® Attorney General Langer, ® immense privates, arms crossed, © The attorney general left the car for a moment when it reached ® the federal building and made a quick dash for hig lock box, fol- ® lowed .so closely by a member of his bodyguard that thoy slid as ® one througf the valve of the folding door. ® MERCI Seca © Governor Lynn J. Frazier, when interviewed over the © phone this morning by a represe ntative of the Associated Press as ® to the exact status of the Langer situation, declared that the ‘at- torney general has sought the protection of the; national guard in federal service at Camp Frazier to escape threats made on his life and to dodge a warrant issued for his arrest for interference in the ® transmission of telephone service in connection with the Minot © raid, ® “The attorney general ha ¢ he will return to Minot sandwiched between two ® guardsmen in the rear seat of Governor Frazier’s ‘big Reo, just ® sped north.on Third street, bound for tae capitol, seat with the driver sat Governor Frazier, arms crossed and chin. thrust out; in the middle of the c ar was a huge Valley i(ty corpor- al, arms crossed and chin thrust out. considerable work that le must get ® out and he sought this protection to accomplish it. ‘When through and face arrest, —2:10 p.m. husky © co In the front In the rear seat wore two etc. and the attorney general. tele- but there’s a certain ® amount of work which cannot be held up.” & The governor also added that the attorney general will leave © oo Tho Langer colors still floated, over Aleut. at Camp Frazier, at. noon. to- day. During the..afternoon, accom- panied by a bodyguard consisting of a corporal and two privates from Company I, Valley City, “Limelight Bill” will return to his office at the capitol. That something very shrewd had been put over and the high office which Langer is attempting to fill was dragged in the dust, was the sentiment expressed this morning in the governor’s ante-rooms and by league members of the administra- tion generally. “No one but Bill would have thought of it,” one state official glowingly expressed it. _ The Real Facts, The facts as stated by The Tribune yesterday were technically correct. At least The Tribune has the ‘word of Adjutant General T. H, Taaralson and Major Dana Wright that they were. The details were worked out at a conference .around,.noon yester- day in Governor).::Frazier’s 1 office, when Langer told of ‘the threats that had been made against ‘his! life; of the warrants now standing for’ his arrest, and of the vast amount of im- portant work which would be inter- rupted should ‘ue be harmed or his liberty denied him. The troops at Camp Frazier are in federal service. The state administration and the Nonpartisan league had no right to use Uncle Sam’s soldiers. in carrying out their wild schemes. But such little - considerations were waived. The adjutant general and Major Wright were let in on the scheme. The attorney general drove to Camp Frazier in Governor Frazier’s car. Arrived there fe contrived to have himself placed under technical restraint as a trespasser. The boys made the arrest in good faith. It is doubtful whether even the officers, except Major Wright,.knew that they were being made puppets in a hilar- ious farce. So Langer was detained, and news of the arrest became bruit- terviewed by the press gave out the statement that’Mr. Langer had been found within restricted territory and detained, and that he would he held pending further orders. And thus do the several score mem- bers of Company A and the boys who have joined other companies of tae Second battalion, in good faith and with the expectation that they would be treated as men and as sol- diers, receive their first taste of army life. The transaction is one which Governor Frazier and Attorney Gen- eral Langer may be proud of. It 1s extremely doubtful whether anotber man in Camp Frazier will enjoy the same sentiments, despile the fact that after staying in his tent all aft- ernoon, the attorney general issued: fort at retreat last evening and in- vested a whole dollar in treating the innocent troops whom he had made his dupes. Langer Interviewed. Later Langer consented to be in- terviewed by the league organ, the Courier-News, to which he made this Statement: “The story is a mali j¢ious falsehood,..concocted ‘by a ba-j the camp some time this afternoon for his office. POP HH HSH SHS SOG HH SHH HH HH OH GYHHH HOOD cagso of my aleshonid, per to discredit me. hee ght Asepresident-of-2: of taealth.” If the story, whose authority is Ma- jor Wright, is a malicious falsehood, Attorney General Langer must find joy in the part which he played in concocting it.- For it is not reason: able to believe that when Frazier and Langer plotted this little fiasco they did not anticipate the necessity of telling the newspapers something. The incident is one which will at once be reported to the commanding officer of this division. The people of Bismarck and the Slope country feel they have a right to know wheth- er their boys, when they volunteer to serve the colors, are to be used to carry out the ridiculous antics which Mr. Langer may see fit to in- dulge in. Given Bodyguard. This afternoon Mr. Langer, sur: rounded by a bodyguard furnished by Adjutant General Tharalson at the command of Governor Frazier, re- turned to Bismarck in the governor's car. “Mr, Langer went to Camp Frazier to: complete some important .work,” said Governor Frazier this afternoon in the first word he has vouchsafed the public on the subject. “He knew that warrants had been issued for his arrest and that threats faad been made against him, and he did not wih to be interrupted.” ‘Basks in the Limelight. Langer is in his glory. He is bask- ing in the limelight. State’s Attor- ney Herigstad and Assistant Attor- ney General Brennan, who managed the Minot raid are at the front, stand- ing the brunt of the ¢riticism like men. Brennan has asked for no bodyguard; he has made no effort to frame up any fake arrest by fed- eral troops. It remained for Langer, with the connivance of Governor Fra- zier, and then to give out a mali- ciously Langer-like interview in which he attempted to make It ap- pear that the misinformation for which his tools were responsible was circulated by his enemies with harm to hi mas an opject. If Langer were not detained at Camp Frazier yesterday, as The Trib- une stated, no less tian two commis- sioned officers and thrice that num- ber of non-commissioned officers and privates deliberately misled. If Langer was detained, Mr. Langer, in the in- terview which he gave to The Cour- ier-News last evening, lied deliberate- ly and with malice aforethought. Knowing Major Dana Wright and At- torney General William S. Langer, the public may find no difficulty in choosing. Order Is Secret. Adjutant General Tharalson today declined to give to the press an ink- ling of the contents of Governor Fra- zier’s' executive order assigning a bodyguard to Langer. At the gover- nor's office, where everyone except awreath with the governor was smiles, a like silence Was encount- ered. \No copy was available. The Valley City men have not been mustered into the federal serv- ice. The governor has a right to call upon them to guard Langer or (Continued on Page Three) HOOVER URCES FOOD CONTROL TO FRE A Says Present Price of Flour Can Be Reduced 40 to 50 Per Cent SAYS FARMERS NOT ENJOYING WAR PROFIT Secured Less Than $1.30 Per Bush- el for Wheat Now Selling : at $3.00 New York, “May 11.—Herbert C. Hoover, who recently came from Eu-| rope to advise the government on POS OSSHFS SS OSHS SOOO OGSS food conditions in Europe, says that without control we may ‘sec flour at $20 a barrel before the year is over, but that with control, “the present price of flour can be reduced 40 to 60 per cent and at the same time the producer be treated in a liberal man- ner.” Mr. Hoover thus outlined food conditions in a statement to the As- sociated Press today. “There is absolutely no occasion for outrageous prices uhfess the op- position of special interests defeats the ‘president in® obtaining the neces- hsary power to control the’ nation’s food fully. America’s problem is not one of famine, for we have now and will have next year a large surplus. Our problem is, after the proper pro- tection of our own people, to give our allies the last ounce of surplus of -which we are capable. Can Care For Europe's Needs. “Therefore the nation needs a food control to regulate prices and to in- crease the surplus. After providing for our normal consumption, we: will havo, together with, Canada, a sur- plus for our allies equal to only 60 per cent of the food they require from us. If we take broad. measures of control, we can, with as little dis- turbance to economic machinery as need be, furnish them an additional 20 per cent. “If, however, the whole world, al- lied and neutral, is to have the un- restricted run of our markets in com- petition with each other and in com- petition with the speculator in this country, we may expect to see $5 wheat before the ‘year is over. “Large measures’ of Lod Connot au: not mean arbitrary interference with the necessary economic machinery of trade. They mean that every branch be called in by the government and forge themselves into. a link, from which the contemplated chain will protect producer, legitimate distrib- utor and cofsumer, Farmer Gets Short End. “For instance, I am assured that the American farmer did not realize $1.30 per bushel for the 1916 wheat harvest, yet the price of wheat in New York today is $3.25 per bushel and flour is $14 per barrel. “I have no hesitation in saying that if the able, patriotic men rep. resenting the majority of each branch of the food trades were called in and clothed with the necessary powers to force the small minority of skunks that exist in every trade, one result would be that an equally nutritious flour based on even $1.50 wheat could be sold in New York for a good deal under $8 a barrel, and every trade would receive its legitimate profit. Without contro] we may see $20 flour before the year is out and a total dislocation of wages and consequent dislocation of industry and living. “On the other hand, if we over- ‘ome the submarine and if we open other markets to our allies, we may see wheat at $1 a bushel and flour under $6. In any event, with suffi- cient control, the present price of flour can be reduced by 40 per cent to 50 per cent and at the same time the producer treated in a liberal man- ner. Lack of Control! Means Starvation. “Without any form of control we are likely to see an even worse sit- uation than the high prices prevail- ing resulting from the unrestricted drain on our wheat abroad. It is pos- sible that the last three months of next year we may be bare of bread- stuffs in this country. ‘With proper food control the gov- ernment would ask only one thing from the individual consumer. “Hoarding and speculation are rife, yet there can be no particle of a doubt that we have today in North America a surplus of from 50,000,000 to 70,000,000 bushels of wheat ‘'be- yond the needs of our allies before the next harvest comes in. Out of the next harvest, with no economy in consumption, North America even with the loss in winter wheat can give our allies 400,000,000 bushels of cereals of one kind or another. BELL BOVS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH MURDER San Francisco, May 11.—-E. H. Ham- ilton, a 19 year old bellboy, was ar- rested here today and held, the police say, in connection with the murder of policeman Connery in Minneapolis re- cently. With Hamilton, there were also arrested his wife, said to have been Pearl Whitekamp of Kansas City, and two other bellboys, Thomas Woodward and Richard Franklin. The four were arrested in a lodging house. 1 After Riotous Secret Session De- iy liament we Of China Is gainst War clines to Enter Into Struggle With Allies MOB OUTSIDE DEMANDS ’ DECLARATION OF WAR Pekin, China, May 11.—After a riotous secret session, the Chinese House of Representatives refused to pass a resolution declaring war on Germany. The House of Parlfament was surrounded by a mob, which de- manded war, making threats of vio- lence. Under the orders of Premier Tuan Chi Jui, troops finally dispersed the mob. The Premier addressed the House, urging a declaration of war. He was denounced by members, who said he was attempting to coerce Parliament. The Press is opposed. to.the war) from party urging Parliament to resist military pressure on the ground ihat it threatens the Republic. REFUSE. NEW CONTRACTS FOR WAY DELWERY Several Board of Trade Firms Are Alarmed at Wheat Situation HOG AND FLOUR PRICES SOARING Chicago, May 11.—The unusual sit- uation in the wheat market lead sev- eral board of trade firms today .to refuse new contracts for delivery of wheat in May. A: smaller number applied the same restriction .to the July delivery. They announced .taat transactions in these options were to ‘be consigned to closing out old con- tracts, It «was explained that. there are only, 160,000 bushels of wheat in Chicago which can be delivered this see buyers insisting on the actual de- |: Invery* OE Wheat "Whict exfte only on. paper, Suct a situation would con- stitute a natural corner, May wheat was bid up 10c to $3.25 today, with little actual business. HOG PRICES UP. Chicago, May 11.—Hog prices to- day took another leap, which brought a record top price of $16.32%. The reason was the scantiness of receipts. FLOUR SOARS. Minneapolis, Minn., May 11.—Flour prices touched new high points to- day, fancy patent advancing 40c, and is being quoted at $16.70 a barrel. First clears sold for $14.40, an ad- vance of 40c. FARGO RED CROSS NURSES ORDERED WEST Fargo, N. D.. May 11.—Four North Dakota Red Cross nurses today were ordered to report for active service on the Pacific coast the destination not being made known. HOLD GIRL FOR MURDER OF HER LITTLE. CONRAD Chicago, May 11.—Thirteen year old Dorris Anderson, is held by the police today on suspicion that she shot and killed Grace Hagemann, her school | girl chum, also 13 years old, yesterday afternoon over the love of a boy. Dorris was the only one who saw the shooting and Grace died within a half hour without recovering con- sciousness, and with no word as to how the shooting occurred. Neighbors ran to the scene after hearing the, shot. and found the Anderson girl standing over the body of her dying chum. The little girl's affection for Rhine Fleck, a boy friend, is held by the police as a possible motive for the death of the girl. KORWEGIAN CRAFTS SUNK BY GERMANY London, May 11.—The Norwegian steamer Tiger and Leikange: have been sunk by German submarines ten miles off the Northwest cvast of Spain. According to information received here the submarine halted the steamer in Spanish waters and escorted them be yond the territorial limits, where they were sunk. month, and May 31, the last.day,,may { nC OFEASIE W MACEOON OER SARI Campaign in Its Initial Phase, Be. ing Waged Over an Immense Front DEADLOCK CONTINUES IN ARRAS SALIENT Political News From Russia In. creasingly Gloomy—No Mil- itary Activity (Associated. Press. ‘Along the entire front in Macedonia ‘Monastir to Lake Dorran,'a dis- tance of about 100 miles, the Allies have opened a great offensive. On every section of the line, General Sarrail’s artillery is roaring day an night, but the campaign is in its in- itial phase and there is little to indi- cate as yet where the main attempt at an advance will be made. Deadlock Continues. In France, the deadlock continues, but bebind the lines the Allies are massing men and guns for anothér ‘low such as that which broke the ‘Hindenburg line and loosened their grip ‘in the Champagne. Political news from Russia is in- creasingly ‘gloomy in nature, and it becomes more and more a question whether the provisional government can face the storm which has been precipitated by the radicals and vis- ionaries. In any event, there seems little likelihood of military ‘activity on the part of Russia for some time to come. : An Austrian commission is report: ed on its way to Switzerland with the object of opening negotioations for a separate peace with France. (NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. Amsterdam, May 11—A German torpedo boat was badly jhit. in the battle between German:and: British destroyers early yesterday “morning, according to the Flushing: correspond- ent of the Telegraaf. The. corre- spondent says a hot battle tookipiace near the North. Hinder . lightship. Great flames were visible and firing could ‘be heard in Flushing ‘and’ every where in Zeeland. ARTILLERY DUEL. / Berlin, »-May. 1) Mutual artil! firing..of_ the . greatest violence '’pre- vailed over the: éntita: Atrae front th: France yesterday, says tl official statement issued today by German army headquarters’ staff. Eighteen British and French aero- planes were brought down yesterda: on the western front. ‘ae TERRIBLE LOSSES. Paris, May 11.—Four fresh*German divisions have been observed on the Aisne front since May 7, says an of- ficial summary on the operations from May 4 to May 6. The statement adds: “This is unrefutable proof of how rapidly the effectives are being used up. The German losses in these three days exceed all estimates.’ SAYS GERMANY CAN MANAGE UNTIL NEXT HARVEST Amsterdam, May 11.—Adolph Von Batobki, President of the Food Regu- lation Board in Germany, speaking on the food situation before the Reichs- tagg said that a gratifying contribu- tions from Roumania could be reckon- ed upon. He added that agriculture in Turkey had suffered from seven years of war, that Bulgaria had-been at war longer than Germany, and that the harvest was also unfavorable in Hungary. He said Germany could certainly manage until the next bar- vest. Sub Victims Growing Less Paris, May 11.—Both French and British statistics on submarine sink- ing during the last weck, show a cer- tain improvement in the situation, said Marshal Marcel Hutin, a well informed writer on the subject. He said: “In understand that our means of fighting submarines is increasing daily, and without giving details-I can say that the number of submarines put out of action in the last few days has risen in a very satisfactory man- ner.” “Jackie” Gets Honor Medal Washington, Muy 11—Secretary Deniels has awarded a medal of hon- or to first Licutenant C. Willaths, marine corps of Illinois, for extras ordinary heroism in the capture of a fort at San Francisco de. Nacoris, Dominican Republic, November 29th, 1916. In the face of tire from 40 enemy rif'es, Williams leal twelve roarines in a dash against “he fori, an] reacb- ed the fort just a3 the doors were being closed, pushed inside and, cap- tured the fort. Eight of the men were wounded, but none killed.