The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1917, Page 1

i ! i | | i i} i cord ae Generally Fair. . THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO, 115 | RUSSIA DEMORALIZE JUDGE AMIOON CONVENES COURT HERE THURSDAY Brief Term Will Not Be Marked by Any Trials of Sensation- al Character CRIMINAL CALENDAR TO BE FINISHED THIS WEEK Comparatively Small:Number of Cases, Principally Involving Liquor. Laws Judge Amidon of Fargo will con. vene United States district court for a brief term in the federal building tomorrow morning. J. ‘A. Montgom- ery vlerk of court, who arrived in the city. last evening, predicts that the term will not consume more than a@ week. It is anticipated that the criminal calendar, which will. be call- ed the first thing-tomorrow morning, will be finished this week. Comparatively unimportant cases are slated for trial. There is one action charging forgery, from’ Lem- mon, and Norton, who is accused of slashing United States mail bags at the Soo station here, will be tried. Several alleged violations. of the li- quor laws on North Dakota reserva- tions are scheduled’ for trial at this term. r Elbowoods Man, “Dad” Smith, a familiar Elbowoods character, who was arrested there yesterday, charged with introducing whiskey on the.Fort Berthold reser- vation has given, bond for. $500 for his appearance, in Bismarck. A quantity. of Hayor, was seized in the Great Northern and Soo freight stations at ‘'Mfnot’! yesterday, but whether the fedéral court. will take cognizance of these cases at this term is not knawn. . One. action ia: equity .which will. be of local interest is that of the Todd Land comnagyserse neg of Bis. District Attorney “M. A. Hildreth wilt arrive from Fargo this-evening. The jury panel hag. been called for to- MOTrow MOrMiBRysiravas / : ua Salon Toy TEDDY Wt GO WITH STATE GUARD TROOPS Albany, N. Y., May 16.—At the con- clusiop of a two hours’ conférence today with Governor Whitman, Col. Theodore ‘Roosevelt announced that he would ‘accept the governor’s offer Pa eis seta of a major general's comminston fein the state senate if the adnifnisttation army bill were. passed without the provision to permit him to go to Eu- rope with an expeditionary force. AMERIGAN: WOMAN SHOT AS SPY Pauls Valley, Okla., May 16.—Mrs. Kathrina Couch, reported from St. Francesville, lL, last night as having ‘been shot as a spy in Germany, was the wife of the Rev. James Couch, pastor of the Christian church at Wanette, Okla., according to the post- master here. Mrs. Couch had lived in America from early girlhood. About 15 years ago her parents returned to Germany. Redenbaugh Is Ready to Face Music St. Paul, May 16.—Joseph Reden- baugh who the San Francisco police say confessed the murder of Mrs. Alice Dunn in St. Paul will waive extradition proceedings and will come to this city with County Attorney O'Brien, according to a message re- ceived from the coast today by Chief O'Connor. BREAKING GROUND AT FARGO FOR Bla EQUITY INDUSTRY Fargo, N. D., May 16.—Breaking ground for Fargo’s $400,000 packing plant started this morning. The gen- eral contract for the building is not let. The site comprises 200 acres, donated by the Commercial club. | this worthy work. There are six one of these branches: Mrs, F. L. Conklin, Bismarck, N. D. I enclose $........... Sign Cp Coday The Red Cross is-calling you. Annual Memberships ‘Subscribing Memberships. . Contributing Memberships. Sustaining Memberships. Life Memberships ..... Patron Memberships .. This Blank Can Be Used—Sign Up, Today. membership in the American Red Cross. goes free to every subscriber of two dollars or more. | ‘Consider yourself conscripted for kinds of memberships. Enter some teeee $ 1.00 2.00 5.00 10,00 25.00 -. 100.00 The Red Cross Magazine Down by President Wilson has selected , Mr, Russell as member of the spe- cial war mission to Russia, His articles in the Tribune therefore take on an added interest. By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL, Washington, May 16—This war's first great‘testing out for this nation will come; ‘abett,four weeks hence. It will no ee the battlefield, it will be right'iere at home. It will notte a test. of physical courage, but of our good sense, clear- ness of head and‘ steady purpose. We have hag most of the other ex- ams ‘and come out ‘Al and: as good Yés and’ offier " peoples used’ to’ say: we were not a nation, but: just a lot of selfish kale grab- ‘bers from al] the jands ‘on, earth. They used: to. say we could, never unite’ on anything, put anything over or cate for anything but the ‘long green. ive 1 s Ready for’ Wart: But Are We. Ready ON fide> Bunk? The first ‘three weeks of the war spiked ail that stuff. ©The. nation army, we have voted the money and when the deliberate gentlemen on Capitol hill have wind-jammed long enough we shall get the other things we need. ‘We are ready, to meet our enemy man to. man and beat him to a-fare- ‘you-well. But are we ready to un- derstand that he fights with lies, tricks, chicanery, plausible pretense, miling ‘bunk and infinite con games still better than with guns? e ‘at's the. question, but it will,not he, a, question very long, The quiet tip from the neutral chancellories of Europe (being the places where tne inside dope is gathered), is that with- ina month the German government will announce Germany’s peace terms and that when they come along look out for trouble. The Kaiser’s Coming, Cunning Trick. Licked on the battlefield and licked at home by the starying of his peo- ple, the kaiser is going to pull on the world his most cunning trick, He is going to propose universal and im- mediate peace on terms that will ev- erywhere catch the half witted and the half hearted. That is to say,, “NO AINNEXA- TIONS, NO INDEMNITIES,” every- thing to be restored to the geography and the conditions existing previous to July 28, 1914, and all be, good fel- lows together. This from the man who started this war and who pushed his followers to the most shocking and grewsome sav- agery against womanhood, mankind and childhood—against the world. To this he will add some rhetorical rumblings about disarmament, and it that doesn’t land ‘em, says the kai- ser, nothing will. Peace attonce and “NO ANNEXA- TIONS, NO INDEMNITIBS.” Except, of course, Germany will want that lit- “Beware of Peace’’ Says Russell Upon Terms Laid K aiser William | onies, which have always becn such stands together, we have voted an} tle stripe of Serbia that will enable her to control her Bagdad railroad, but she will most kindly allow Serbia compensation in the shape of a sea- ‘port on the Adriatic. And, of course, Belgium ought to be relieved of the care of her col- a burden to her, and Germany stands ready in the interest of humanity to take them over. But substantially, fellows, let’s go back and shake hands and forget all this little row. Means German Victory If World Falls for It. That would mean, of course, that all of Germany’s lost colonial empire, Africa and the vast sweep of South ‘Sea islands, goes back to her. The South Sea isiands. al ‘thy country’ rich.” 4 “Tt would ‘mean that Germany’s mer- cantile marine, practically intact, would be given back after she has sunk thousands of the other deep. sea would make.) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1917. SOLONS MAY ’ AS BLUF JACKETS Some Expect to ‘Take Up Active Duty as Boon af Recess May Stay Fermanentiy Washingon, May 16—Representa- tive Gardner of Massachussetts, has resigned from. Congress to enter the army. Mr, Gardner, an active figure in the movement for military prepar- edness, was a member of the ways and, means committee. He has been ordered to, active;duty as a reserve, He is the first member of cither House to leave congress for service in the war, BPRESEN TATIVE GARDNEt Several other senators anrd’ repre- sentatives, it was said today, are plan- ning’ to enlist as bluejackets in the navy when the present session ends, vessels LEAVING HER THEN THE WORLD'S FOREMOST SEA CAR- RIBR AND COMMERCIAL EM- PRESS OF THE GLOBE. But there are merely, trifles com- pared to some other things, It would mean the moral triumph of the ideas and ideals for which Germany has stood in this war, the principle that nothing is important except material sucess, no matter how it is achieved; that might makes right, that the weak have no protec- tion against the strong, THAT SAV- AGERY IS HOLY, that treaties have no binding power, faith no force and honesty no significance. Principles of Murder and Savagery Will Stick, It would mean settling upon the world forever the iprinciple that if a nation is strong enough, it, can tram: ple over a’ smaller, fejghbdr, commit the most horrible and. sickening atro- cities the world has ever seen—MUR- DER, RAPE, THIEVE,: BE A BAN, DIT ON LAND AND A PIRATE AT SEA—go forth dripping with the blood of little children followed by the execrations of wronged women, escape any retribution for a list of crimes unequaled in human history, and diligently prepare to repeat them. ines cl 4 For such a peace ‘would be! bared. It would be an armed truce in which ALL OF US SHOULD BEND EVERY ENERGY. FOR THE ‘NEXT ‘WAR not more than six months hence, and far more terrible. than this. Are You Ready for the “Hurrah!” “Peace and good fellowship—no an- nexations and no indemnities.” The element that cannot think and does not know, with the pro-Germans of Wisconsin and St. Louis, will spring rapturously at the suggestion. It will not be peace they will grasp, but the most terrible and destructive war. PEACE! THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY PEACE ON THIS EARTH AGAIN. UNTIL THE PRUSSIAIN SPIRIT AND THI PRUSSIAN CON- CEPTION OF BRUTE FORCE AS THE ONLY GOVERNING POWER ARE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS FOR- EVER. WORTH DAKOTA FURNSH MORE MEN FOR NAVY yMinneapolis, ‘May 16.—With the pas- sage of the bill increasing the en- listed strength of the navy to 150,000 men, the ‘Minneapolis recruiting sta tion, embracing Minnesota and North Dakota, will probably be asked to raise a quota of 3,000 as its share in bringing the navy tp to its newly authorized strength, it was asserted at the Minneapolis station today. | Fels. NAVAL BASE STARTED BY GERMANS: ALONG &F “PAGEIC COAST San Francisco, May 16.—Germany began actual work last fall toward the establishment of active submar- ine and aeroplane bases along the lower coast of California and maps and military, information were gath- ered along the entire Pacific coast by German secret service agents, ac- cording to federal authorities last night. The suspect was known here as Lieutenant »Frank E. Wolf. His real pname the authroities declared last night, is Baron: Friedrich Devan He is 22 years old. They wit! serve during recess of Con- gress and then determine wehther they will resign from Congress or get a leave of absence from the naval re- serves during the next session. FORMER SOCIALIST. TO TELL BMARGK WAY HE REFORNED David Goldstein, Once Candidate for Mayor of Boston, Lec- tures Tomorrow © “Peace and War” is the subject to be discussed under the auspices of the Bismarck council of Knights of Columbus at the K. of C. ‘aall Thurs- day evening ‘by the well known ora- tor, debator and author, David Gold- stein of Boston. The supreme offi- cers of the Knights of Columbus, who are conducting 2 nation-wide lecture movement in\defense of Christian principles, ‘have signed Mr. Goldstein for a lecture in; this city. Mr. Goldstein was formerly a fore- most leader in \the Socialist move- ment, haveing been the first candi- date of the ‘Socialist party for mayor of ‘ais home city, Boston. He ig said to have resigned from the Socialist movement twelve! years ago, after a futile attempt to get the organization to repudiate its immoral teachings. His reasons are outlined in a book called “Socialism, the ‘National of Fatherless Children,” which has a cir- culation of over 40,09 copies. It is highly recommended by Cardinal O'Connell, ‘Col. Rooseveli, Samuel Gontpers and other distinguished op- ponents. of Socialism the- .country over, . Mercury Hits 89 Today; Not High | for May Registering 89 at 2:30 this after- noon, the mercury in the government weather bureau approached within seven <legrees of the record for forty years at the local station. The high mark in the history of the state héadquarters for the gov- ernment weather bureafi here was reached May 11, 1906,*whén the mer- cury climbed, to 96. The average maximum. for month of May is 85. Cooler weather—considerably cool- er—is predicted: for tomorrow, ‘but no rain is yet in sight. ms the D: TROOP ONLY 145 ARE Student Officers Given First Taste THREE OF 2,000 DROP |.of the first contingent 5 10 STILL SEEK BIG IDEA TO BEAT U-BOATS -officials are still in search of the big idea to beat the U-boat menace, in spite of of the Saunders that solu: Naval REJECTED ‘AT FT. SNELLING claim of tion of the prob- lem is near. Saun- of War by Five Mile Hike Into Country ders is a promii nent mining engi- neer and member ber of the naval ad- WY L. SAUNDERS = visory board. CAMPAIGN FOR OUT FROM EXHAUSTION Five Boards of Officers Named to Select Points for :Training Camps Ft, Snelling, May 16.—Prospective army Officers at the Ft. Snelling train- ing camp today had their. first taste of war's hardships when they were required to'.go on a five-mile hike over ‘the dusty country roads, Al- though three of the 2,000 or more men who took ‘part, dropped from ex- FUND PLANN ED haustion; they were able to:réwarn on — foot and the. ambulance; tha’: followed * rs the marchers was not used. Sermons in Bismarck Churches Sunday Will Usher in Under- Only 145 Rejected. It was announced that 2,295 have writing in Capital passed all examinations and have been enrolled at the camp. Rejec- tion for physical deficiencies have numbered 145, COMMITTEE OF SIX WILL The health of the student officers HAVE CHARGE OF EFFORT is gratifying to the officers, who said it evidenced the sturdiness of tae|- pismarck, ina campaign to open average northwesterners. Only ten men have answered sick call and the pera en han gatos node x most serious complaint was a boil. view to supplying the boys when at ears the front some of the comforts of FIVE ‘BOARDS. ‘Chicago, May 16.—Five boards of} fluence for their betterment, to officers were appointed today by’ Ma-| exerted through the Young Men’ jor General Thomas H. Barry, com-| Christian association. F manding the central department, U.| A preliminary meeting has “‘beén ‘S. A. to investigate and report on| called for the Commercial club rooms available sites in the middle western | tomorrow evening, when President H. states for training camps for a part P. Goddard will name a committee of 500,000 | Of six, which is to undertake the:sub- troops for overseas service to be {Scription of the required amount in raigedin this’ section, Following are | Bismarck. . Twelve hundred’ dollars the ‘héads of the boards: , will be ‘asked in $10 units, For North ‘Dakota, ‘South “Dakota, Minnesota, ‘Nebraska and Iowa,, Col. mo''difficulty”in“raising’‘the amount he ticularly amoral it ole; and) particulary. 8 smote! re sia are more ominous because of::tae Public. spirited -citinens> already: -have:-; sub scribed for as many ‘as ten units, and George H. Morgan, cavalry; Col. Dan- iel W. Lockwood, engineers; Lieuten- ant Colonel George E. Houle, infan- try; Major William J, Lahy, quarter- master reserve corps, and Major James F. Bevans, medical corps. Richardton Elevator Is Burned Dickinson, N. D., ‘May 16.—Fire at 6 o'clock this morning destroyed the Occident elevator at Hichardton, with about 800 bushels of wheat and less than 100 bushels of flax. The elevator is a total loss, estimat- ed at about $4,000; covered by insur- ance. ‘i i The prompt and efficient "work of the firemen confined ‘the fite to .the asked is antictpated. Sunday Sermons. The capital city clergy will be ask- ed to devote a portion of ‘their ser- mons to this. cause Sunday, and next (Monday the campaign will ‘begin in earnest. Each subscriber of $10 will havé tho satisfaction. of feeling’ that he has become morally responsible for the welfare of one of the 100 mem. bers of Co. A. The plan will work benefit in two ways. ‘Each spiritual godfather will feel a more direct in- terest in the boy for whom he stands sponsor; and each member of Co. A will be assured at the front the ad- vantages of a well financed war Y. 'M, State Committee. North Dakota as a state is asked for $12,000. The work which the Y. M. C. A. has planned for this great war will cost $3,000,000, including buildings and equipment. The activi- ties considered by the organization will be similar to those conducted during the past summer and winter with the troops on the Mexican bor. der except that it is hoped to make WEST TEUTON FORCES WITHDRAW FROM SLA BORDERS Hindenburg Able to Throw Im- mense Numbers of Reserves Against Allied Armies FIRST FRUITS OF CHAOS AMONG RUSSIANS EVIDENT Food Situation in Germany Stead- ily Growing More Acute State Reports IN BRITISH WAERS, London, May 16.—The admiral- ty today announced the arrival of American destroyers: in ®rit- ish waters. (By Associated Press.) The demoralization‘of the Russian army and the consequent withdrawal of German forces from the eastern front are having .their - effect --jn France, The heavy reinforcement of men and guns, Which Field Marshal von Hindenburg has been able to throw into the defense, at his sorely battered lines, have for the time ‘be- ing at least, caused a deadlock with the most furious efforts of ‘the’ Bri- tish and French have failed to break. First Fruits, , The first fruits of the chaos in Rus- hints they offer of future | pfoseebili- tles. The council of sojdie : : sich workmen's delegates seems tonhave been aroused at last to-.the’ perils of the course it’ has elected ‘to follow, but it is a,question.of whether .its awakening has not come too late. The soldiers in the ranks appatently have the bit in their teeta tobe’ Been “Whether” ind it, rema(ns bringing about virtual dasrehy. Minister Resigns, Paul Milukoff, minister of foreign affairs, has resigned, leaving the cab: inet altogether. M. T. Enescatenko minister of finance, has been ‘appoint- id ed foreign minister, and A.,k. sky, previously minister of ‘has been made minister of marine, f Hopeful Side. The hopeful side of the picture {6 drawn by the multiplying signs that the political and economic crisis in Germany is as acute as ever. The extraordinary measures taken by the German censorship to prevent. the outside world from learning condi- tions in the empire have been fairly sucessful, but some facts could nat be concealed. Possibly for the firat time in history, revolution and a Ger- man republic have been openly talked about in the reichstag, and most sig- nificant of all, the authorities do not, apparently, dare;jto check the grow- ing audacity: of the: radicals, Growing: Worse. BAN TIN CANS of tin makes it imperative that cans essary to the national existence. operation despite the declaration of elevator. The cause of the fire ts un- known, but it is assumed that a spark from a passing train was the cause, as the elevator is located on the Northern Pacific -right of way. N'CUMBER WANTS SUBMARINE. BOARD PUT TO WORK St. Paul, Minn., May 16.—A special dispatch from Washington says: “Delay in authorizing a submarine board in the navy is little short of treason,” Senator McCumber of North Dakota told the senate today in dis- cussing the navy personnel bill. Sen- ator McCumber believes the war will be won when the submarine menace is overcome. For this reason he has proposed a submarine board, waose duty it will be to study means for de- stroying the U-boats, the work with the new army much more extensive and effective. A war work committe for North Dakota, consisting of 'H. W. Geary, H. L. Loomis, A. W. Fowler, G. A. Fraser. C. A. Pollock, H. F. Emery and W. F. Cushing, has been named, and the week of May 20 has been se- lected for a state-wide campaign. The army work of the “Y” is heartily endorsed by officers and men of the First North Dakota infantry, and a prompt response to ithe association's call is anticipated from this state. Six Killed In Explosion At Ft. Brady Saut Ste. Marie, Mich., May 16. Six men were killed and several oth. ers seriously injured in an explosion today at the end of the Ft Brady pier. Most of the victims were laborers, It is believed dynamite stored under the docks exploded. The fish hatchery and adjoining buildings were damaged. Soldiers from Ft. Brady were notified to pa- trol the area affected by the explos- ion and a military investigation will follow. One of the men killed was George Cook, a member of the crew of the coast guard cutter, Mackinac. The fact that the Mackinac was some dia. tance from her moorings when the explosion took place provably saveu her from destruction. Army officers attempting to compile a death list said it was probable one or more persons were blown to pieces. Other bodies may have deen blown into St. Mary's river. According to witnesses, a garbage wagon, driven by Frank Pahr, came to the dock and it is believed moved over the place where the dynamite was stored. Pahr was removed to a hospital in a dying condition. FOR SOUP Of BEANS -Washington, May 16—American consumers will have to deny them: selves canned beans and canned soups of all kinds for a time, under a de. cision of the war can committee, which cuts off the supply of cans to packers of those foods. ‘A commit- tee, comprising tinplate makers, can manufacturers, canners and govern: ment officials, held that the shortage be supplied only to packers of per- ishables and of foods absolutely nec The order will be effective for 6 days or more, and will be put inte Berlin, May 16—he capture of trenchés ‘on a front of 600 metres The food situation in Germany also appears to be growing steadily worse and alarm is expressed in various quarters that the available supplies will not suffice to feed the natiog un- til the next harvest. The promises with which the administration check- ed the May day strike agitation have proved hollow and there are~ ‘com- plaints.that the attempts to substitute meat for bread is seriously dimisish- ing the country’s stock of milk ani‘ mals, Reports Conflicting. Reports from Vienna and Rome ate diametrically opposite as to the* in- itial result of the new Italian offen- sive. The Italians have made some gains in the direction of Triest, but it is too early as yet to judge how the operation will develop. : A new German attack’ onthe French line was delivered slong. a four kilometer stretch in the region of the Chemin des Zames plateéu. The French positons here were main- tained in spite of repeated powerful assaults by the crown prince's troops, Italians Report , Big Succasses Important successes were ,won by the Italians today in inaugurating their drive on the Isonzo front, The official note in regard to the opera tion was given out tonight as fol- lows: “The offensive action now being de- veloped on the Julian front ‘was pre ceded by vast, intense and methodi- cal artillery preparation, which’ was opened on May 12 along the whole line from Tolmino. “During the first part of the bom- bardment the enemy reacted, but feebly. Their reply was more vigor- ous on May 13. On the morning of the 14th Austrian batteries opened a heavy curtain fire. “Undeterred, the italian infantry toward noon leaped over the parapet and dashed toward objectives previ- ously assigned. These positions were east of Laneuville is announced in today’s official statement. the bean and soup packers, who say it means ruin to their business. almost all difficult ones, and some (Continued on Page Three) ® strong enough to check {them from