The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 18, 1917, Page 1

The Weather ” Generally Fair. TH THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 117 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SN FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917. IBUNE FIVE NORTHDAKOTA =0— STATE GUARD =o- PLEDGES FOR LIBERTY LOAN POURING IK Stirring Addresses by L. B. Hanna, Judge Amidon, and Maxy Others TWO MILLION IS PORTION ASSIGNED TO THIS STATE German ‘First to Subscribe With Contribution of $14,000 for Cause of Democracy North Dakota citizens will become patriotic bond holders. This state will contribute its 1,500,000 or 2,000,- 000 silver bullets on the first ‘call in the great cause of a world democracy. Bankers. from all sections of the slope met last evening at a dinner in the McKenzie hotel and in one of the | most significant and solemn patriotic demonstgations the city has ever seen, pledged their all to the success of the liberty loan. Its Deep Significance. The deep significance of the war was brought closer to Bismarck than | ever before, as these business men) faced the grave financial problems in- cident to the great struggle and with! a patriotism untinged by commercial- ism, offered toxconseript their wealth that the principles for which this na- tion fought nearly 150 years ago should not. perish. “Bonds of Loyalty.” Sentiment expressed. at Forks, later at Minot and last eve- ning in the capital city indicates that. North: Dakota will contribute ‘the $1,500 ,000-o8= $2) agsished Usitss* portion of these bonds'of loyalty.” . / Bankers rose from their places at the banquet. table last evening and offered 1@, per cent of their/ ‘capital | and surplus.adf this is duplicated by every bapier cin the, state North Da- kota’s portion issasduned now. ule StrikerMeynote. Governor+Hannaiand Judge Amidon struck the:keynote in. theiraddresses, when all’ mercenary motives were eliminated in connection with this loan and the patriotic obligation it imposes upon every citizen, whether of meager or of swollen income, was driven home. Not only the bankers, but citizens in all walks of life are asked to take/ a portion of this liberty loan. The government has asked the bankers, it is true, to subscribe for large blocks and retain a goodly portion; but it wants these bonds in the hands of} thousands of men, women and chil- dren so that many individuals can feel that he or she is) doing’ a” bit toward this great war' fit b6half ‘of world democracy. Bankérs “have coti? sented to underwrite this isdue and see to\its distribution without com- pensation. This is a contribution of} no mean proportion to those who un- derstand the cost of floating bond is- sues. But in addition to this the) bankers themselves will retain large sums of these bonds. | Bear Interest. | The bonds bear interest of 3% per cent backed by all the resources of the richest nation of the world. This interest is payatie semi-annually and if in the future any bonds bearing a higher rate are issued, the govern- ment will redeem the present issue and issue to the holders the new se-/ curities. They are not taxaole in the ordinary sense, being subject only toj the inheritance tax. Intense enthusiasm marked the ex-| planation of the various features of the issue by Governor Hanna. The dinner opened with an earn-! est invocation by Rev. H. C. Postle-| thwaite, pastor of the Presbyterian’ church, who was introduced by J. I Bell, vice president of the First } tional bank. Succeeds Russ. | Mr. Bell succeeds George H. Russ, | Jr, as chairman of this district. Mr.} Russ wi called to the colors andj is now in the officers’ training camp} at Fort Snelling. Behind Mr. Bell,| who was toastmaster, was a large} American flag, bearing a number of] liberty loan posters, artistic in de-| sign and bearing a facsimile of the) bonds with the inscription, “Liberty | Joan—become a patriotic bondholde scribe at your bank today.” O the facsimile of the bond are these/ words: “The bond of loyalty backed by all the resources of the richest | nation in the world. “As Eood_as cash and draws interest.” Necessity of Subscribing. Enthusiasm grected the opening | words of Mr. Bell, who well stated | the necessity of supporting the lib- erty loan so that success might fol-| low our arms. He introduced as the first speaker of the evening Governor; L. J. Frazier. “This gathering this evening.” he said, “is only another proof of the ¢ ued on Page . | a doctor had a —Oo— BANK CALLED TO —Oo— COLOR RS WILL DO THEIR BIT S ON JULY 15 Bismarck Asks for $72,900.00 Banks Promptly Respond by Sub- scribing Liberally for Lib- erty Loan ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE Bismarck banks and their connec: tions today pledged Liberty ‘Loan subscriptions to the extent of $72,900. Each institution has pledged at least 10:per cent of its capital and sur- plus, while the First National has ex- ceeded its quotu by $5,000, and in addition, Col. C. B. Little, president of the First, has personally applied for $10,000 worth of bonds. Subscriptions reported to date are: First National . $25,006 Col. C. B. Little . + 10,000 City National 8,000 Bismarck Bank 7,000 First Guaranty + 5,000 Capital Security . . 5,000 Farmers’ State, of Wing, Mof- fit, McKenzie and Sterling State banks, by H. P. God- Ard .oceecccccsetseeees vee 5,500 Wilton, Regan and Tuttle banks, by P. C. Remington ....... 3,900 Baldwin, Heil and judson banks, by F. A. Lahr ,..... 3,500 Total .........55 pe eeeee Advertising Campaign. “We intend to begin an advertising campaign at once for the purpose of educating the people to purchase these bonds,” said J. 1. Bell, vice president of the First National bank, today. CIRL CRUSHED “BETWEEN TWO FREIHT CAR Many Witnessed Frightful Acci- dent.'in. Northern Pacific Yards Last Evening NEGLIGENCE IS HELD CAUSE FOR ACCIDENT Caught between the couplings of two freight cars as she was squeez- ing through a two-foot passage, Miss Ruth McVey, an employe of the Cap- ital City laundry, was almost instant- ly crushed to death on a siding oppo- site the Northern Paciuc station at 6 o’clock last evening. The dying girl hung suspended between the couplings, which held her waist in a relentless vise, until the switch en- gine could be signaled to break the coupling. Personal negligence was held responsible for the young lady’s death by a jury consisting of J. G. | Cowan, E. L. Smith and John Sayres, which sat at an inquest conducted at Webb’s undertaking rooms this morn- ing by Coroner A. E. Shipp. Miss McVey and a fellow-employe, Miss Rose Kuntz, left the laundry at 6 o'clock and started across the tracks ‘by a short-cut leading from the Hughes electric plant. Two strings of cars were standing on the siding, and there was barely space between the couplings to permit the girls to get through by turning sidewise. Miss Kuntz had just made the passage in safety, when there was a crash, and Miss McVey screamed, as the cars closed in on her. Miss Kuntz grasped her companion’s arm in an effort to extricate her, but the couplings held her fast, and not until the section of the train to which the engine was; | attached had been moved, was the | mangled form released. By this time ived, but a casual Page Three) d MRS. G. P. FLANNERY, FORMER RESIDENT OF . BISMARCK, SUMMONED e held today in St. Paul for Mrs. G nery, wife of the president of the Northwestern Trust company of St.| Paul, and for 20 years or more a rest, dent of Bismarck, where Mr. Flan-| nerv still has important interests The deceased came here with her husband, a young bride. Her chil- dren, Henry C€. Flannery, assistant attorney general of Minnesota; Charles S. Flannery, Mrs. M. R. Laur- litzen and Mrs. I. L. Stair, all of Min- neapolis, were born here. (Mr. Flannery was active in the po- litical and financial life of the com, munity <during their residence here, and Mrs. Flannery was prominent so- cially. The funeral was held from the home, at 2:30 this afternoon, _ _ orge P. Flan-! WESTERN SPIRIT. ssl Soke TOWARD LOAN SUITS W000 Returns to East Satisfied That This Section Will Do Its Bit Toward War TELLS THEM: OPTIMISM ::: WON'T SELL SECURITIES Women Under Leadership of Wife of Secretary of Treasury to Assist in Work TWO BILLION ISSUE. New York, May 18.—Announce- ment was made today by the Federal Reserve bank of New York that it had been requested to receive subscriptions for an additionai issue of $2,000,000 treasury certificates of indebted- ness. *, Chicago, May 18.—Secretary Mc- Adoo left for Milwaukee today to con- tinue his tour in behalf of the ‘Liberty loan, after expressing himself as well pleased with the spirit in which the bankers of the Middle West had re- ceived the loan. He added thet much work might be necessary to interest the people in the sale of the war se- curities. Bankers Must Do It “These bonds cannot be sold with optimism,” he said. “The bonds can- not sell themselves, and the bankers alone cannot do it. Ths people of the entire country must be awakened to the importance of the situation. The wider this issue of bonds is dis- tributed among the people, the better it will be for business, and the sue- 4 eeseful-prosecution, of the war. Performing Duty. “Every man afid woman, who buys even a fifty dollar bond will be per- forming a. patriotic duty.” Plans for completing the orgeniza- tion of the woman's liberty loan mittee were announced here to Mrs, William G, McAdoo will ae’ chairman of. the’ committee. UNNATURALIZED PERMANS, WANT RULE RELANED New York, May 18.—The rush of unnaturalized Germans for permits to enable them to continue living om- }within a half mile of armories, forts or other’ places ‘used by the: army or navy, has become'8o greatithat Thom- as McCarthy, U.S. Marshal, has re- quested the department of justice: for fifty additional clerks: to help his: yres- ent force of thirty-eight investigating applicants. Many hotels and cafe proprietors have discovered that their resorts af- ter June 1 will be within the forbid- den zone by the war proclamation to enemy aliens. Maj. Gen.. Hugh L. Scott, above, and ‘Rear ‘Admiral James iH. Glennon have been appointed military: and naval attaches to the commission go- ing to Russia to help that country solve her, war problems. (ien. Scott is chief of staff of the United States army and Admiral Glennon command- ant of the Washington navy yard. FOR MURDER BY POISON PLOTTERS Body of Physician Reveals Plan to Kill Sisters by Doping * Food San Antonio, May — 18.—Develop- ments yesterday in the investigation to determine the causes leading to h Frances Herd- eopathic phy- the death of Dr. man, 54 years old, ¢ sician, whose body was found at her home here Tuesday morning, lent col- or to-the belief that Dr. Herdman and her two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Allen at Brooklyn, who also is an osteopath- ic physician and Miss Alice Herdman, of San Antonio, but also formerly of Brooklyn, long shared a mutual fear that. poison was ibeing administered to the two sisters in San Antonio. Murderers Not Known The nature of the poison, or who administered it, if the fear of the ters was justified, remains a mystery Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Herdman today were in custody of an alienist for ob- RUSSIA FORMS CABINET, AVERT COMPLICATIONS Radical Element Secure Appoint- ment of Six Socialists and Trouble Avoided GERMANY CONTENDS TRUCE WILL BE FIRST RESULT British Occupy Bullecourt and Threaten Hindenburg Line at Very Vital Point EVACUATE BULLECOURT. Berlin, May 18—The official statement issued ' by the! ‘army headquarters’ staff says the ruins of the former village of Bulle- court were evacuated by them yesterday. By Associated Press) A hitch in the formation of a new government in Russia developing yes- terday, apparently has been settled over night. A dispatch filed in Pet- rograd last night and received :his morning announced that the settle- ment was not yet final, but quickly following this came a dispatch under today’s date stating definitely that a cabinet had been formed with the in- clusion of, six socialists. Thus it appeared that whatever difficulty there had arisen had been adjusted. Truce Rumor German rumor meanwhile is busy with the Russian situation. | News- Paper reports from the Hague today gave evidence of this in announcing the currency there of a rumor of Ger- man origin that as the result of poli- tical changes in Petrograd, a truce vas about to be arranged between the Ce al Powers and Russia, Every indication from Petrograd’ is ditectly contrary to any such assumption, one of the cardinal features of the new government program being the con- tinuation of cordial unity with the En- tente allies. ullecourt: Falls Bullecourt is at last in British hands and the Droicourt-Queant line appears doomed. The tremendous sacrifices made by the Germans have proved in vain, and the flames of burning towns behind their lines give color to re- ports that Von Hindenburg is con- templating another stragetic retreat. The capture of Bullecourt has brought the British to within two miles of Queant on the northern side of the famous switch line. Their iguns have already encircled it at an equal distance, to the south and east, and only a narrow gateway to the northwest lies open to the German garrison. Bullecourt, itself, over which rivers of blood have flown, stands on a height overlooking a broad valley, which runs directly to Queant. It presumably will take sometime for the British to ‘establish their heavy guns on this height, but the fate of Queant seems sealed. Italian Success Additional reports from the Italian front, emphasize the importance ot the victory won by General Cordona but also bring word that the Austrians have rei and apparently the usual period of ter attacks will follow (Continued on Pa ed on page Three.) What Are You Doing to Help? This century has made over the art of war and it has given the Red Cross a special part in war. Annual Memberships ..... $ 1.00 Subscribing Memberships... 2.00 Contributing Memberships. 5.00 Sustaining Membership: 10,00 Life Memberships .. «+ 25,00 Patron, Memberships ...... 100.00. Tiscicactinimit Get into the game! “The American Red Cros: form.”’ You know what it has doi muni! its greatest work. the greatest fight of all time. sauarely and fearlessly for ple—prosperous, generous, If no one ci Preisdent Wilson in his Red Cross proclamation has made this irresistable plea: s needs at this time more than) it ever needed before, the comprehending support of the Am- erican people—the scale upon which it shall act will be greater than the scale of any other duty it has ever attempted to per- ne. You know its great works of mercy when disaster has swept down and left whole cora- ies stricken. And now—the supreme effort test of its abilities has come. As America is preparing its greatest arm- ies for its greatest war, so is the RED CROSS preparing for: America’s manhood is being mobilized for battle. The clean-cut, manly young fellows whom you and I know, are answering the call to the colors. They are going out to fight They are mecting their duty they know that the American peo- and appreciative of their sacrifice —are not going to let them fight uselessly nor die needlessly! Sign up today for one of these memberships, tls upon you, use telephone, shoe leather or postage, but sign up and offer not only your purse, but pledge your aid to get others. This Blank Can B¢ Used—Sign U, Mrs. F. L. Con » Bismarck, N. D. I enclo: membership in the American Red goes free to every subscriber of ec56esessscesccecscocccsccessccoecessssococosescssosososors jp Today. d Cross. The Red Cross Magazine two dollars or more. ‘|Babe’s Body Afloatin Minn. Lake Believed It Was Cast to Waters From Automobile—Author- ities Investigate VICTIM WELL DRESSED; IN WATER SEVERAL DAYS Albert Lea, Minn., May 18.—The body of a little girl about three or four months old, garbed in fine clothes of lace, was found floating in the lake about Fountain Lake dam here today, by boys wading. Coroner J. P. Vonberg is investigating a the- ory that she was strangled or thrown alive into the water from a bridge by passing motorists. The spot at which she was found is ten rods from the Jefferson highway. The body ap- parently had been in the water three or four days and the clothing was too soiled to show laundry marks. An in- quest is to be held late today. PACHANT FOR IYRIDING 1 B'S NEMESIS Seventeen-Year-Old Must Go Back to Mandan to Complete Term Begun at Twelve MANY BISMARCK FOLK WERE MADE VICTIMS “A penchant for jopriding and a ma nia for keys. returns Harold Hodge, 17-year-old Fargo boy, to the Mandan reform school, to ‘ve out a sen- tence for larceny which he began five years ago, at the age of 12. Bismarck folk, including Sheriff French, Gordon Harris and Police Commissioner Bertsch have been vic tims of Hodge’s joy-riding propens!- ties. Cars would disappear from one street and be found some hours later on another street, sometimes in a dil- apidated condition. Chris Plays Sleuth. Big Chris Martineson, chief of po- lice, did some sleuthing, with the aid of Deputy Sheriff Rollin Welch, with the result that Hodge, under one of his numerous aliases. was arrested in a local restaurant, yesterday. After putting up a bold front for a mew min- utes, he finally confessed being re sponsible for the Bismarck pranks. and stated further that he had stolen a motorcycle in Fargo. Today Hodge was given a hearing by Magistrate Bleckreid. The boy pleaded guilty to a charge of mali cious mischief and was sentenced to ten’ days in the county jail, at the end of which time he will be returned to Mandan to complete the remainder of his reform school term. He was originally sentenced from Fargo; pa roled at the end of two and one-half years, and had enjoyed his liberty an equal length of time. On Hodge's person were found keys fitting every automobile known to civ- ilization. Many of these were pur. loined from Police Commissioner Bertsch, whose keyring was taken from a car in front of the Bismarck Motor company's offices. Others, Hodge claimed, belonged to the Cour- ier-News at Fargo, by which he for- merly was employed. SOLDIERS FORCED TO SUBSCRIBE TO WAR LOAN Amsterdam, May 18.-—-In the budget debate in the reichstag on Wednes- day, Deputy Vogthern, socialist, at- tacked the government for question- able methods in propagating the war loan. He said that soldiers :m the field had been forced to subscribe and that similar pressure had been exert- ed on cooperative societies. Deputy Cohn, socialist, said that all military writers had counted even before the war on the starvation campaign by Great Britain, and that it was there- fore hypocritical to act as if Germany were surprised by these tactics. WON'T STRIKE OUT RETROACTIVE. TA Washington ,May 18.—Resuming de- bate on amendment on the war tax pill, the House today by a vote of 123 to 54 refused to strike out the section designed to levy a retroactive tax of one-third the amount of last year’s income taxes- GOVERNORS ASKED TO RECRUIT 10 WAR STRENGTH North Dakota Is Named as One of the Points for Assembly of Troops NO INSTRUCTIONS HERE : SAYS CHIEF EXECUTIVE Frazier and Tharalson Had No Knowledge of Orders Issued From Washington Washington, May. 18.—North Dako- ta and Minnesota national guards- men, together with all other national guard organizations in the United States, will be called in to federal service between July 15 and August 5. Governors have been authorized to recruit all organizations to war strength. The states of assembly in- clude: July 15—North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, New York, Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and ‘Nebraska. Incorporating Guard. Arrangements for formally incor+ porating the guard into the armies of the United States, terminating for the war period their status as state troops, are understood to: ‘be based upon the possibility ‘of supplying full war equipment for the tyoops. It is understood also that the 16° initial camps for the guard will all be in the southeastern, southern and west- ern. departments. Dates upon which various state units are to be moved to the big camps from state, mobiliza- tion points will depend on the comple- tion of the quarters and supply:sye tem at the camps. - <4 °°) 9 Sree Sign Bill Today. if President Wilson’s approval wat the final step necessary to make the war army bill a law. As a prelim- inary Vice President Marshal and Speaker Clark were to sign the bill today, after which it goés ‘tothe White House. The president’ is ex- pected to sign the bill immediately and to issue a proclamation setting the day for the registration of men for the army. The men will then set in motion the machinery for rais- ing an army increment of 500,000 men from 21 to 30 years of age for selective conscription. Final action was taken by congress last night on the war army Dill, the second of the major measures of the war. The senate, by a vote of 65 to 8, adopted the conference report accept- ed yesterday by the house. Vice Pres- ident Marshall and Speaker Clark will sign the bill tomorrow and send it to President Wilson. It probably will be law before’ tonight. As finally approved the bill pro- vides for raising by selective con- scription a war army in increments of 500,000 mon from 21 to 30 years of age. It also authorizes without di- recting the president to raise volun- teer forces which Colonel Roosevelt desires to take to France, and great- ly increases the pay of all enlisted men. 500,000 Men in First Army. Machinery to register and draft the first 500,000 men already has been set up by the war department. Immedi- ately after the president signs the bill, he will by proclamation, desig- nate the date for registration of the 10,000,050 or more men of the pre- scribed age. Registration books will be in the hands of state and local authorities who are to co-operate in the work, and Brigadier General Crowder, the provost marshal gener- al, expects to have his complete lists in Washington within five days after registering begins. Then will come the task of select- ing the first half million, exempting the physically unfit, those with de- pendents and men who are needed on the farms and in industries. The processes of selection probably will be completed long before the men are wanted. Secretary Baker said today that be- cause of lack of supplies, the new army would not be called to the col- ors for training before September. Whether Colonel Roosevelt shall be permitted to raise an expedition, now rests with President Wilson. It is be- lieved that he probably will postpone de:ision while the draft system is being put into operation. Stone Attacks Roosevelt. As during the early stages of the long dispute in congress, today’s ‘clos- ing debate centered upon the s80- called Roosevelt amendment, Colonel Roosevelt was vigorously attacked by Senator Stone of Missouri, and a3 ardently defended by his friend, Sen- ator Johnson of California. The senate’s approval of the meas- ure agreed upon by the conferees and accepted by the house came late in the day after attempts to send it back to conference and an earnest appeal by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of of military committee for final action. . (Continued on Page Three)