The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1917, Page 1

| The ‘Weather Generally Fair. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. i'THE BI 113 BISMARCK, NORTH HAIG GAINS FOO "LETOUR WOMENELY” GIRLS ARE BEST AVIATORS LANGER: DRIVES TO MINOT. AND CIVES SELF UP Hunts Up Judge Murray and Is Placed Under Bond at Mid. night Session of Court ARRESTS FAIL TO STOP MAGIC CITY ‘BALL GAME Both Sides Have Magistrates on Field and Get Quick Action —Lexington Closed FIRST ROUND. Minot, N. 'D., May 14.—The first round of a legal battle between Olaf Olson and the State: was staged today, when former As- sistant Attorney General Francis «: ‘Murphy appeared before «Judge Leighton seeking an order.to va: cate 2 writ of seizure. feeved: on Olson, proprietor of the Rexiny ton hotel, Saturday ton: the: round that the law covering the | point is unconstitutional. Leigh- ton upheld the contention of Mur. phy and an order was issued va- cating the writ of seizure until the case. comes up for. hearing. This permits the hotel to be op- erated as a hotel until evidence warranting the closing is produc- ed. Brennan and Nestos appear- ed for the State. Minus his military guard and un- der $1,000 bonds for his appearance in Minot to answer to charges of ob- structing telephone service during the recent vice raid, Attorney General Langer returned to the capitol this forenoon after an all-night automobile drive from the -Magic City. Langer reached Minot after midnight last night, driving from Bismarck- with his military ‘escort... Unable ‘to «find the officers who had the warrant for his arrest, Langer reported at the home of Judge Murray,: who convened a special: session of court shortly ‘be-: fore 1 o'clock, and bound the: attor- ney general over. to the next term of district court. Langer, furnished bail and departed immediately for Bis- marck, adviging that Gov. Frazier had ordered his gyetyip. .Langer declined today to disgygs higjjaunt. He hada brief confergggg, Witeisthe - governor on his returBinge gists 4 F Lauges b Moayinmen Langer’s bondsmen, are: };;Anthony Walton, Rev. P. W.: Erickson, Rev. Louis Anderson, Grant Youmans, F. L. Watkins, P. E. Gowin and H. E. Thompson. The hearing is set for Saturday morning. The first lap of Langer’s journey was made in a ma- chine driven by F. 0. Helstrom, which broke down at Washburn, when the party transferred to a Ford. FAIL TO STOP GAME The arrest of Manager Brautigan and Pitcher Burden of the Minot base- ball team on Sunday, failed to halt for any length of time the game be- tween the Magic City and Winnipeg. Warrants were issued on complaint of Assistant Attorney Generg}sBrennan. Both Brennan ard the baseball esse- ciation, which -had antigipatedi, the! action, had magistrates on the ground, and the manager and pitcher were at once admitted to bail, and the game resumed. State’s Attorney Bergestad announ- ces his intention of expediting an ear- ly trial, with a view to carrying this action to supreme court as a test of the law. passed by the Fifteenth as- sembly, prohibiting organized base- ball on Sunday. Lexington Closed : The Lexington, largest hotel in Mi- not and one of the best known in the state, was closed at 10 o'clock this morning under an injunction issned by Judge Leighton of the district court under the bawdy house a Sheriff Netherloe visited the Lexing- iton on Saturday evening to enforce the order, but finding. the hotel filled with guests in the city for over Sun- day deferred the action until’ this morning. The Lexinngton is owned by Olaf Olson, under $15,000 bonds after arrest on eight charges growing out of the vice raid. Minot is short of hotel accommodations, and the closing of the Lexinngton will greatly inconvenience travelers. Olson in- tends to contest the injunction. First Straw Hat Seen in City Hotels The first straw hat of the season blossomed in local hotel lobbies Sat- urday evening. It was a 1917 model and a beaut. Sunday’s bright sun brought out a number of midsummer lids. The weather observer says they may be «worn all week without dan- ger. The weekly forecast is for con- tinued’ fair weather and normal tem- peratures. Yes, the temperatures of the last week have been normal. It has seem- ed warm only ‘by contrast with the weather that has gone before. May is entitled to balmy days af this stage of the month and it is getting them and_will continue to do so. Rain would be welcome, but is not yet bad- ly needed, according to the local sta- tion. McCool Says He Murdered Geo. Connery Confessed Crime to Chief of Min- neapolis Police Department Last Night HELD IN CONNECTION WITH DUNN KILLING Minneapolis, May 14.—Chief of Po- lice Harthill announced last night that Frank/J. McCool, alias Frank J. Cur- tis, had confessed that he killed Patrol- man George Connery who disappeared three weeks ago after arresting two men for automobile speeding and whose body was later found in the woods near Fridley, Minn. McCool is believed to be a pal of Francisco, charged with murder of Mrs. Dunn of St. Paul, who was shot as she lay in bed with her sister. WAR MINISTER OF RUSSIA HAS LEFT Hs POST Petrograd, May 14.—General Guzch- koff, minister of war has resigned. The resignation of General Guzch- koff follows that of General Kornmi- oloff, commander of the Petrograd garrison. ¥eneral ‘Kornmioloff said his position has been impossible on account of the efforts of various or- ganizations to control the garrison, the last straw having been a demand ‘by the executive committee of the Council of Workmen’s. and Soldiers’ delegates that all his. orders be sub- anifted to the council for confirma- tion. WAY PAVED FOR ANOSEVELT 0 HEAD DIVISION ‘Washington, May 14.—The way was cleared in congress late ‘Saturday for Colonel Roosevelt,.if he is given au- thorization by the administration, to raise a division of volunteers for service in France, Reversing its previous action and overriding the conference committee on the army draft bill, the house vot- ed, 215 to 178, to empower the presi- dent to extend authority for recruit- ing suca a division. Oppose Plan. ip This sent the army bill back to hcqnfetence, but the senate already ha@;adopted a similar authorization in briginal consideration of the’ mea- sure and its conferees are expected to agree quickly to it now. ‘Whether the necessary authority will be given Colonel Roosevelt by the administration is problematical. The army general staff, wiose ad- vice President Wilson has followed closely in the conduct of the war, is strongly. opposed to sucha plan, de- claring volunteer units of that char- acter have no place in the great war army. The house voted the authorization after a stormy debate, CALLS ACTION PATRIOTIC. Oyster Bay, May 14.—Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt made no secret to- night of his delight at the action of the house, but he refused to discuss at length his plans for putting a mili- tary force in the field until his au- tporization to do so becomes official. “T am deeply grateful at what the house has done,” Colonel Roosevelt said. “I feel they have taken a step whtch is eminently wise: and patri- otic towards enabling us to utilize an element in the country we would not utilize at all otherwise. “This will enable a mixed force of regulars and volunteers to be put to the front in time pecessary for train- ing the great army raised under tae j selective draft.” SIX HORSES STOLEN NEAR HAZELTON SAYS REPORT TO SHERIFF Sheriff J. P. French today receiv- ed a communication from the states attorney of ‘Linton, reporting six horses to have been stolen near Ha- zelton, The animals were supposed to have been stolen late Saturday night. They are all young and valu- able. They are described as a bay geld- ing, weight 1,300; bay mare, 1,300; bay yearling colt; one mare, 1,100; small black mare Hambletonian strain; one 2-year-old black mare. Joe. Redenbaugh under arrest in San |+ TRUTH LAW. By RUTH LAW. (Holder of the American Non-stop Aviation Record, in an_ Interview With Mary Boyle O’Reilly.) I have come home from France to “do my bit” in our war. 1 shall fight to fly, and not for my- self alone. a America needs a great air navy, fleets of aeroplanes and _ battalions torserve them—trained scouts, train- ed field forces, trained factory work- ers; and a fair part of that army. should be made up of girls. Must Wake Up. The man who would bar women from the air service must wake up. Women are in the air service by thousands. They are encouraged to do the dir- ty, heavy, ill-paid work both of clean- ing and manufacture; they are denied any chance to fly. It is the world-old double-cross in a new form. I am the only woman who has flown since the war started—more's the pity. Helene Detriey, foremos{ woman aviator in France, sought permission to help guard Paris—and was refused. From motives of chivalry? Not a ‘bit of it! Professional jealousy was the real reason. Such early Victorian lack of confi- dence in the ability of women is stu- pid and unfair. Trained women.can serve in an air navy guite as capaiblyiasmenbuis ic Their careful eyes attastomed:-{0: accurate measurements;soon Tauatify them to test aeroplanes; their delicate touch ig invaluable for gauging frag- ile parts; their instinct to protect makes them wonderfully watchful for emands uth Law | the flaws or errors: of manufacture that might mean the sacrifice of a wrave young life. And they can fly. Their bones are betler built for flying, their endurance under nervous strain is a birthright. An incalculable amount of flying goes on around every acrodrome be- fore one. fighting. flyer ’ joes mtothe- air, Machines must ‘be (brought from the factory, tuned, tested, returned for minor repairs. Air women could carry on this work quite as well as men. We Americans are learning to wage our war by avoiding European mis- takes. Gall on All Talents. I hape,the United States’ will begin by calling upon all the talents at its command, whether the possessors be !men or women. France let me see her air service, from the hangars to the factories. 1 flew in a Moranine-Soulnier plane 150 miles an hour; I visited fleets of bat- tle planes fitting out for the spring offensive. And at the secret center of the republic’s war works I found scores and hundreds of women—girls sewing cloth on aeroplane wings, brazing or helping to install engines; girls making practically all the new machines that will guard Paris from air raids. Women’s work in this war proves there:are very few exclusive occupa- tions justly reserved for men. The .minister. of marine testifies that, giv- en two more years of hostilities, he would undertake to build an Amazon battleship, from keel to aerial, en- tirely. by, woman labor. League May Enter Race «. In the First That the league may decide to en- ter the congressional race in the First was the impression gained from a conversation this morning with How- ard R. Wood, speaker of the last house of represcntatives, and state manager for the Non-partisans. Mr. Wood, with his brother, Edward Wood, were here today to call or. Governor Frazier. while en route io their farm at Deering, to do some spring breaking. “The league.is going fine,” Wood. “Have you decided to get into the congressional race?” “Well, no—not. yet,” said Mr. Wood, hesitatingly, and his tone seemed to add, “but soon.” President Townley the state man- ager reported, is spending most of his time in St. Paul, but he visited the Fargo offices Saturday. SUNDAY TRAINS LATE: NO ACCIDENT REPORTED While Northern Pacific train No. 4, east bound, due at 10:04, did not go through until i o’clock, and No. 3 west bound, due at 11:45, did not reach the city until 7 o'clock yester- day evening, no accidents were re- ported yesterday, so far as Agent W. Macdonald is able to state. No. aid Mr. PROTEST AGAINST POSTAL RATES ~ OW NENSPHPERS Washington, May 14. —Newspapec | publishers were here today to protest to the Senate ance committee against the increasing second class mail rates by appl ion of the par- cel post zone system proposed by the $1,800,000,000 war tax bill. The cammittee also considered the measure’s provision for stamps and jinheritance taxes to which there were many objectioins. The house resumed debate ou the bill and leaders spoke for its passage carly in the week. A statement prepared by the com- mittee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, headed by Don C. Deitz, of the New York World, said the proposed postal increase was a cold blooded proposition to jclose the mails to newspapers, and! would result in so much loss of cir- jculation, especially among farmers, that postal income would decrease and rural carrier systems would en- ‘tail an even greater loss than at pres- {ent. TAKE HOLD OF WATER SYSTEM Oroville, Cal, May 14.—Fifty land 3 was delayed in making connections | owners, patrons of the Gridley Land at St. Paul. No. 4, apparently, was| & Water company, have taken forci- justs naturally; late. Passenger and ble possession of the water system express traffi¢i-is - unusually «heavy,|to save their crops on 2,000 acres, it which would account for some of the:became known today. delay. The seizure took place yesterday. DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917. TING AT BULLE WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, HALT AL ACTION First Thirty-Nine Days of War With Germany Is Verbal Contest Only CONGRESS DELAYS ALL IMPORTANT BILLS Unless Body Speeds Up It Will Be Months Before Nation Can Give Aid Washington, May 14.—The United States has been at war with Germany 39 days and practically ajl the mea- sures, through which this government ig to do its part in, the, warld battle for. humanity, and.-civilization, stijl are in‘the talking stege:in icongress. The ‘actual ‘accomplishment ' since President Wilson convened the spe- cial war session on April 2 has been the passage of resolutions declaring a state of war with Germany, and an- nouncement of the seven billion loan law, So those who ipredicted con- gress would provide the nation with the means of making war successfully and adjourn by June have extended their estimates to the middle of Aug- ust. Must Act Soon, Pressing for speed are the adminis- tration on one side and on the other constituents at home demanding ac- tion, congress faces many things to do and do quickly if the aid in the world war is to be of its full value. ‘AS congress today went into its thirty-seventh working day the war program stood this way: Under Debate. War tax bill:, Under debate in the house, and up for public hearings in the senate finance committee. At the present. rate.of progress ‘it will prob- ably be before one house or the other for at least a month. Army Dill: In conference again to thresh over the action of the house in restoring the so called Roosevelt amendment. It provides the army the allies need in France. Food Control, Food control bills: Debated one day in tie house, and an entirely dif- ferent form of bill has been intro- duced in the senate. Shipping bills: The bills to vest legal title to the seized German ships in the government has passed both houses, but it is in conference for reconsideration of differences; the bill to appropriate $400,000,000 for a start’ of the great merchant fleet to overcome the submarine menace has not yet ‘been introduced and may not be, while plans are being discussed of paying for the ships out of the $7,000,000,000 loan. The bill to au- thorize the taking over of shipbuild- ing facilities and ships building for foreign account has been introduced, but it is not yet under consideration. Espionage Bill. Espionage bill: ‘The house, in pass- ing the bill, retained the newspaper consorship section demanded by the administration, but did not enact an embargo section, which the adminis- tration wants to keep supplies from going to Germany through neutrals. The senate still has its bill under debate retaining such embargo sec- tion, but entirely without a censor- ship provision. The real enactment of this bill probably will be in confer: ence where the administration will bring pressure to have embargo and censorship provisions inserted in ac-} ceptable terms. Use of Grains. Prohibitio As an amendment to the espionage bill the senate has at- tached a section prohibiting the man- ufacture of intoxicating liquors from food grain. Various prohibition proposals are pending in the house. The normal strength of the prohibition forces in congress, coupled with the rising prices of food, present a likelihood of some action to prevent foodstuffs | from being manufactured into liquor, at least during the war. “Pirates” and “robbers” were terms | applied by Senators to food speculat- ors during Senate debate today on pro- posals to abolish future tradings in foods. Lamp post hangings as a/ remedy were again referred to. Senators who opposed the Thomas {| amendment argued that the object should be accomplished in another | way and some thought it would stifle commerce. The great majority of opinions expressed, which for force and range of adjectives had seldom been heard in the senate chamber, favored some drastic action to stop speculation which had for its result the hoarding of foodstuffs. A motion to lay the amendment 07 the table 'was carried, 54 to 23, but a motion to reconsider also carried without a roll call and opened the de- bate again. WANT AMERICAN: TO ENTER NAVY May 14—Minister of | to Melbourne, Defense Pearce is taking steps Stop Deals In Wheat for Two Days Saturday's Closing Figures Giv- Maximum for Settle- en as ment of Transactions ORDER APPLIES ALSO TO CORN AND OATS Chicago, May 14.—All trade in wheat, except contracts to close up existing contracts, was today ordered stopped for two days by directors of Board of Trade. Saturday’s closing figures were given as the maximum at which settlement may be made. All trad- ing in corn and oats for May delivery was ordered discontinued. May wheat was ordered closed last Saturday. Two days’ cessation was ordered to give time to representatives of the Boards of the country to come here for a meeting to discuss: concerted action to curb the runaway tendency of grain. Telegrams were sent last night to have the Boards send representatives here by tomorrow. Extreme declines of from 9c to 12c¢ in July and September wheat came as a result of the order of the Board. Wheat, July $2.73 to $2.75; Septem- ber $2.44 to $2.46. Corn, May $1.61 1-2; July $1.49 5-8 to. $1.49 3-4; September $1.41 7-8 to $1.42. Oats, May 73 1-2; July 67 1-4 to 67 1-2, September 58. Quiet as Funeral. After three minutes of excitement in the wheat market today the pit became as quiet as a funeral, The fixing of minimum quotations for even the closing out of old con- tracts made a sharp rise in values al- most a certainty and the anxiety shown was chiefly in regard to how far the drop might extend. That-was quickly decided, for the decline ‘was quickly reached, 12c as compared with Saturday's finish, Then the market rebounded 7c and became al- most lifeless, the crowd streaming from the wheat ‘pit and jamming the section for dealing in corn and oats. orn and oats not having been an- chored ‘like wheat ‘went * ballooning right from the outset. Grain brokers are expected to cease handling speculative grain accounts by night. Three announced that un- til further notice they would accept on trade in corn, wheat or oatg op- tions except to sell or close up ex- isting contracts. The three im were Logan & Bryan, one of the big- gest in the country; Thomas McKin- non and Wagner & Co. Other big houses were said to have similar ac- tion under consideration, The small- er houses, it was said, would have to fall in line, In the last hour prices showed a rally as a result of filling of scattered orders to purchase. The close was unsettled at 14¢ to 18¢ under Satur- day's finish, with July at $2.59 and September at $2.28. 2200 REGISTER AT OFFICERS CARP ~ AT FORT SMELLING Ft. Snelling, May 14,—Student officers numbering 2,200 had reported at Ft. Snelling by early afternoon to- day and the post presented a busy scene as the men gathered to be en- rolled, and later to suvmit to a physi- cal examination. While no program of drill or study had been prepared for today, a number of the students gathered on the drill ground and, selecting an of- ficer, went through a number of fund- amental maneuvers. The cavalry branch of the corps will remain at Ft. Snelling, prob- ably not more than four weeks, and ib then be transferred to Ft. Reilly, ‘an. EXPANSION OF REGULAR ARRY Washington, May 14.—Expansion of the regular army to the full war strength contemplated in the admin- istration army bill has been author- ized by President Wilson. Organiza- tion of the new regiments will begin tomorrow. About 60,000 of the 183,000 men to be added to the army have been recruited. The immediate effect of the order will be to promote nearly two-thirds of the present officers of the regular army. In the Central department, the 40th and 41st infantry regiments will bé raised at Ft. Snelling, Minn. The COUR TO WAR STRENGTH quartermaster general has been in- structed to prepare shelters for the troops at the concentration point des- ascertain if the United States will ignated for all departments and offi- permit Aimericans in ‘Australia to en-| cers already have been assigned to st in the Australian army. that work. TEEBRUCCE IS STORMED BY ALR RAID OF ALLIES Famous German Submarine Base on Coast of Belgium Partial- ly Destroyed AUSTRIA READY FOR SEPARATE PEACE NOW Radicals Gain Upperhand at Petrograd and Provisional. Regime in Danger (By Associated Press.) In the face of blazing oil, liquid fire, poisoned gas, and every horror known to modern warfare, the Bri- tish are slowly but steadily fighting their way through the Droicourt- Queant, line, the gate ‘to Douai and Cambrai and the’ principal links’ in ‘the fetters welded on Northern France by the Germans. General Haig is ham- mering all along the line, but it is around Queant at the northern ex+ tremity that his success has been most won, and the corresponding menace to the Germans greatest. Queant Pocketed - Queant is virtually pocketed. To the east, west and south, the road is clear to the British as far as natural bar- riers are concerned, except. for part of the village of. Bullecourt. ‘After some of the grimest fighting: onthe western front, the ‘British Have ‘driven their foes from one-half‘ of*Bullecourt’ and unloss the tide is chécked ‘the; lage is lost to the Germans and crushing in of the. Droicourt-Queant line is inevitable. vo A ray of sunshine has also fallen op British arms and the nayal strong- hold at Wilhelmshaven have been: as- saulted. from .gea-and-air, apparently, with, notable ‘success. La cai Zeebrugge is an absolutely. artifici- ial harbor, called into existence on the sandy coast flats of Belgium by the exigency of submarine waffare and practically depending on its being’on a great mole. This mole-is safd’’to have been reached by British’ gatis and the Germans must quickly repair’ the damage or the shifting sands'' ‘will complete the work of destractton commenced by the British guiis. Itallans Are Active The only incident of moment in the other war theatres is a fresh Austrian report of a great artillery. bombard- ment by the Italians on the Isonzo front. This may mean that the long inactivity of General Cadorna is about to be broken. The Italian ‘situation has been wrapped in considerable ob- scurity and there has been uncom- fortable rumors that the chaos in Rus- sia was inspiring the Central Powers to mass farces. for a .great drive against Italy. These rumors have been somewhat offset by the accumu- lating report that Austria is seeking in every direction'a path to peace and is willing to make concessions to’ that end. In this connection the an- nounced visit of Chancellor Von Beth- mann Holwegg to Vienna gains in im- portance. Demand For Peace The fury of the Austrian junkers against the Austrian attitude is obvi- ously increased by their convictions that the Chancellor had gone over to the modorate party with its program of peace without annexation or in- demnities. There seems little doubt that the demand for peace is steadily growing in volume in.Germany and the hysteria the junkers have display- ed through their newspapers and through the utterances of their lead- ers is significant in this respect. Radicals Grow in Power There is nothing to indicate what the answer will be to the Russian riddle. The resignation of the mili- tary commander at Petrograd because of his refusal to accept orders from the Council of: Workmen's delegates tightens the impression of the grow- ing power of the radicals and the de- moralization of the army. Apparently the provisional govera- ment must quickly assert its author- ity or abandon a pretense at power. While military interest ‘continues to center on the great battle on the western front, where the British are continuing to press the Germans back, the situation in Petrograd is demand- ing increased attention and is causing added concern among all the Allied na- tions. Under the continued harrass- ing course of the radical element in Petrograd, the provisional govern- ment shows signs of breaking up. Britisa Headquarters in London. From a ‘Staff Correspondent of the American Press): of. British troops have almovt com pleted the absorption of two import- ant villages to which the Germans have clung desperately ever since the battle of Arras began. One of these is the village of Keux and the other is Bullecourt, which lies directly. on the iHindenburg line, just west of Queant. As a result of steady figat- ing during the last forty-elgat hours | the German foothold in Bullecourt bas been reduced to two isolated posts, where bombing fights continue. A virtually similar situation exists in Reux. In the British victory on Sunday the German counter. attacke -had (Continued om Page Three)