The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1917, Page 1

* fen "The | W eather: Generally Fair. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 122: ~ 4 NEARLY SUBMARINES HOLD CENTER OF ATTRACTION Little Activity Reported on West Front Due to Inclement Weather GERMAN REACTION ALONG FRENCH LINES TODAY Zeppelins in Raid Over England Do Little Effective Work AMERICAN UNITS ARRIVE. London, May 24. — American army engineers made a call early today on Ambassador Page and later separated for conferences with war office officials. . They were entertained at juncheon by the Earl of Derby, secretary for war. American khaki is very much in evidence in London. A num- ber of additional officers and hos- pital units have arrived and American nurses already have be- come a familiar sight to the Lon- don public. More than 1,000 per- sons belonging to the American army now are in London. (By Associated Press.) The Zeppelins and submarines fig- ure most prominently in the war news today with a raid by airships on Norfolk, England, and the sinking of the 14,000-ton transport Transylvania, officially reported. The. submarine did its deadliest work in many weeks in the torpedo- ing of the Transylvania in the Medi- terranean on ‘May 4, 413 lives being lost. The Zeppelin raid, like all other raids until the British defensive mea- sures were perfected, seemed to have come’ aboretive. The Zeppelin had lit- tle success’!in “locating their’ marks, and the bombs: fell in country dis- tricts. Second Phase. Today’s news from Rome indicates that the Italians have opened the sec- ond phase of their offensive with a sweeping victory down the coast to- ward Trieste. They broke through the entire Austrian line from Cantag- navizza to the Adriatic, a front of about five miles. The new drive is a direct menace to Trieste, from which General Ca- dorna’s troops are now less. than 10 miles distant. The route lies along the Carso plateau and the advance of the Italians over this difficult ground was surprising in its rapidity. State of Quiet. Military operations in France are in one of their periodic states of quiet. The French front is the liveliest, the Germans reacting there after the re- cent French successes. The Paris war office announces that so far in,May 8,600 unwounded Ger- mans hagpibeen capitred! iin’ thé: field of the Baeseb offensive; im: the Sois- sons and.Awberivin 2% vine + Inclement weather! isiholding Field Marshal Haig’s*men to theifotrenches along the Arras front and thé expect- ed recommencement of the offensive with the object of clearing out the Germans from the little sector of the Hindenburg line they ‘still hold west of Bullecourt, has not yet started. It is probable, however, that with the lifting of the clouds, the big guns will start roarftig“again “aha thé infantry will be loosed against the Germans in an endeavor to complete the tac- tics which will place the entire Bri- tish front in alignment for the next step on their program—the smashing of the Droicourt-Queant switch line and an advance eastward toward Douai. The infantry aiso was inactive Wed- nesday along the French front, where the Germans attacked the’ new posi- tions captured: by the French Tues- day night east of Chevreus and on the Californie and Vauclerc plateaus. The number of prisoners taken by the French in this region has now reach- ed more than 400. SECOND STAGE. London, May 24.—The Italian of- fensive has entered into its second stage with new and important gains between Gorizia and the sea. Major General F. B. Maurice said today to the Associated Press, the first stage of the new drive has resulted in’ the capture of more than 3,000 prisoners. NAVAL ACTIVITY. ‘London, May 24.—Pronounced Ger- man naval activity in the Baltic on Tuesday is reported in a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. Yes- terday a violent cannonading was heard along the shore. Houses on southern Danish Islands shook. TAKE 9,000 PRISONERS. Rome, May 24.—Italian forces yes- terday broke through the Austro-Hun- garian line from Castagnavizza to the sea, taking more than 9,000 prisoners, says the. official statement issued to- day by the Italian war department. The report announces that Italian forces ‘had-occupiedipart of the area south of ‘the: Castagnavizza-Boscomalo road, had passed Bosnalo and cap- tured: the .town,of..Jg A, Miano and (Continued on Page Three) FIRED FIRST SHOT FOR UNCLE SAM (GooDWIN - The United States government has just officially recognized Goodwin, on the American liner, Mongolia, as the man who fired the first shot in our war with Germany. He fired the shot that struck a U-boat, sighted in the English Channel. First reports of the affair were uncertain. Facts have just been established. PAVING CASE TS DISMISSED BY JUDCE AMIDON Plaintiff in Bill Fails to Establish Grounds for Federal Juris- diction DECISION OF SUPREME COURT ALSO. CONTROLS, Judge Amidon today: dismissed the case of the Todd Land Company against the City of Bismarck et al., for want of jurisdiction. Plaintiff in bill of complaint had failed to estab- lish that’amount of paving assess- ment at issue was in. excess of $3,000. The action as it affects paving dis- tricts numbers one and two is dis- missed. Complainant sought to re- strain completion of the paving pro- jects in districts numbers one and two. In announcing his decision, Judge Amidon in detail stated the funda- mental rules. One of the chief deter- mining factors was the decision of the state supreme court denying A. C. Hinckley et al., an injunctioin on practically the same grounds The judge stated that in a federal|' decision not yet published, a rule had been. formulated that federal courts should lean to decisions of the state supreme courts and especially was the rule more pressing in matters sv purely local in character as bond is- sues and special assessments. .He announced the decision in the paving case recently filed by the state court was without error that justified the federal court to rule contrary to its findings. In seeking to establish jurisdiction, attorneys for the Todd Land Company set upsas controlling . factors the amount of the paving contract and the value of the property of plaintiff af- fected. Judge Amidon stated the the decisions held the other way and the sum for purposes of jurisdiction must be determined by the amount of as- sessment at issue or individual dam- age. A plaintiff in such a suit, did not become representative in char- acter as in the case of actions brought to abate’ nuisances. : The decree dispenses with the pav- ing litigation and permits the pro- ject to go to completion without delay. The plaintiff was represented by Engerud & Holt of Fargo, and Davis, Severance and Olds of St. Paul, R. E. Olds of St, Paul and Messrs, Divet and Holt appeared. For the city and Ford Paving Co., were C. L, Young and Linde, Murphy and Fisk GERMANS MAKE AR RAID VER EASTERN COAST London, May 24,—Four or five Ger- man airships raided the eastern coast of England last night according. to an official statement issued this morn- ing. One man was killed in Norfolk. The material damage is believed to be negligible. . Cass County Takes $350,000 of Bonds Fargo, D., May 24.—Fargo banks 500 LOS last night added $100,000 fo Liberty Loan subscriptions and accepted 50,000: appropriation for Cass coun- ty. All but $100,000 is raised. » BISMAROK, NOR T FIVE. CENTS me ENV MOST POWERFUL FLEET UNDER AMERICAN FLAG United States Navy Ready for Service Becomes Vast Train- ing School EXCELLENT MARKSMANSHIP FOUND AMONG SAILORS More Than Ninety Per Cent of Enlisted Men Are Native Born (By Associated Press.) With the United States Atlantic Fleet, May 24—The big ships of the most powerful fleet ever under the American flag, when visited by a cor- respondent of the Associated Press, through arrangement with. the. com- mittee! on public information, were working day and night to bring about the defeat of Germany on the sea. Ready for battle, they are spending the waiting period turning out sailor men, The fleet, temporarily, is a great workshop of war. Already it is turning out one of its finished prod- ucts—men who can fight. They are serving the guns on American armed merchant ships. Its other product— men who can run the great merchant fleet the United States will use to feed the Allies—wil] be ready as soon as the ships. Guns Everywhere. Five-inch guns, the kind principally used against submarines, are there by the hundreds. Qn, the decks great turret house long 14-and 12-inch rifles —two, or three to a turret. On high platforms. guns, ysed ‘for defense against aeroplanes point to the sky. Brass is always shining, steel-is al- ways polished, paint is always new, decks are always white with scrub- bing. The men behind the guns have lost shipmates in the “ war—they were guns’ crews,on merchantmen: sunk by German submarines. And other ship- mates now are on duty aboard the destroyers operating with the British and French fleets. The men with the Atlantic fleet ‘areiworking to prepare themselves | to ‘avenge? the'killing of their mates. tity 2Hotd (Here's “what “happeffed’ he‘ other day: | A’ crew® Wal pricticing With a 5-inch gun. A bluejacket’ about 17— he still had down on his chin—was pointing. He grasped handles on a broad brass wheel; his eye was steady at a rubber cup at the end of a long sight, through which he saw the target. His duty was to keep the gun on the target so it might be fired at any time. Around this beardless youth were grouped other guns’ crews ready to fire when his crew had completed its period. The breach snapped open, the load was thrown home, the breach was hurled back in place and then a buz- zer, operated: from the fité' control station, sounded; there waa flish, a roar, the hiss of a projectile speed- ing through the air and the louder hiss of compressed air blowing smoke out of the gun. Miles away the pro- jectile struck the target. Old Tar Admires. “Guess that's bad,” said an old man-o'-war's‘man looking on admir- ingly at the third shot, as the gun’s crew got the range and the pillar of white water leaped into the air. “How would that do for Fritzy? Suppose that had been a submarine and—” The buzzer, the roar of the gun and the hiss of air interrupted him. “Another hit! Gee whiskers that’s shooting.” 90 Per Cent Native Born. “In this fleet,” said one of the offi- cers, “more than 90 per cent of the men are native born Americans. There are few foreign- born men here.” On any ship may be heard the drawl of a South Carolinian or a Georgian, the [New Yorkese of the east side; the twang that is New Eng- land’s, the rising intonation of west- ern Pennsylvania and the tone that only comes from west of Chicago. So fast is the enlisted personnel of the navy growing that there is no room for the new men at the training sta- tions ashore. A man enlists one day in Kentucky and three days later finds himself at a loading machine on the deck of a dreadnaught. Many ships have aboard them the naval militia from the various states. Some of the militia are pronounced good sailors. On nearly every ship are men who used to be in the navy and who have gone ‘back to their old, and usually low, rahks because their country needs them. They are regular offi- cers. On one of the ships is a Wall street broker. He graduated from Annapo- lis many years ago, resigned and later came back into the service during the Spanish-American war. He com- of ae. Women in War Work Estimated 800,000 Now in Indus- _ tries Who’ Did Not Go Out _ to Work, Before War EXODUS OF MEN CHANGES STATUS London, May %=The number of: women who are acting directly as substitutes for men. in steel plants, offices and workshops has now passed the million mark, according to figures of the Board of Trade labor Gazette. Allowing for displdcement in other industries and domestic services, it is estimated that 800,100 women have gone out to work who did not do so before the war. The importance of women in the affairs of the Church of England nas been emphasized by the result of the annual spring election to the church vestry. More than, three times as many women have? been appointed wardens as ever) before, due, ot course, to the exodys from the vil- lages of men on nati@nal service. FOUR CHILDREN SLAIN AND LEFT: FUEL FOR FIRE Bodies of Little Ones Brained With Poker Found in Emb- ers of Cook Shanty ASSAULT THE MOTIVE FOR SHOCKING CRIME STATES ATTORNEY DOES NOT BELIEVE IT MURDER Fessenden, N. D., May 24.— States Attorney Lane of Wells county does not accept the mur- der, theory in connection with manded the Hist in several fights in Cuban waters and knows how it feels to be under fire. “The navy needs you’ was the sign that got me—back this time,” said he. “When I read that sign I knew, it meant me and J fixed it right (Continued on Page Eight.) the death. of four children found in a burned: cook car near Cathay but betieves:it was an accident. (Special to Tribune) Fessenden, S. D., May 24.—That three children of Mr. and Mrs, Eman- uel Jeske; ‘Hilda, aged 10; Nathaniel, aged 13, and Theodore, aged 15, and a cousin, Lydia Bohnet, aged 15, were ‘brutally murdered by being struck over the head and the cook car in which they were sleeping set on fire to hide the crime, is the belief of the coroner’s jury which made an inves- tigation, of the alleged crime. It is also believed that the Bohnet girl was assaulted, this being the mo- itve advanced for the heinous offense. The quadruple tragedy occurred three’ miles from Cathay on a farm rentéd and being secded by Mr. Jeske. There were no buildings on the place and the cook car was being used ax temporary quarters during seeding operations. The father and mother, after spending the day working on the place with the children, left them there alone for the night. The tra- gedy was discovered in the morning. Assailant Unknown. A coroner’s jury, called by Dr. E. M. Niles, coroner of Wells* county, found that the four came to their deaths by being struck over the head by an unknown assailant. A heavy iron Stove lifter, found in the ruins of the cook car, some distance from the four bodies, is believed to have been the instrument of death. Dr. Niles and Dr. Donker of Sykes- ton, who was called as an expert wit- ness, found that there were evidences that all the skulls had been frac- tured. The Bohnet girl’s skull was badly broken and there was a blood clot on the brain. Pillow oSaked with Oil. There had been a five gallon can of, cottonseed oil in the car and the two doctors extracted some of this oil from portions of the pillows that were not entirely consumed. It is possible that a reward for the murderer will be offered by the coun- ty officials. There is no clue. U. $. STEEL 10 BUILD VAST ‘HP YARDS New York, May 24.—The United States Steel corporation has leased a big acreage near Newark in the New Jersey meadow within striking dis- tance of deep water and will erect im- mediately one of the largest ship- yards in the world, where standard 8,000 and 10,000 steel ships will be constructed, pobably with the co-oper- ation of the government - shipping board. It is reported the construction SHERIFF FRENCH “COMPLETES LIS OF REGISTRARS 64 Men Sworn Names of Candidates for Selective Service in to Receive ‘FOUR ADVANCE FILINGS MADE IN CAPITAL CITY Traveling Men Who Expect to Be Out of City Procure Cards’ —Some New Rules FEW ARE EXEMPT. Washington, May 24.—Mr. Crowder, ‘provost marshal, an- nounced the fact that no man within the prescribed age limits except those in the reqular army atid navy, Mational guard, in ‘fed- eral service,;or the reserve: divi- sion of the naval service, is ex- cused from registration for mili- tary service. “Even convicts: and aliens are required to register,” said a state- ment today, “except those liable should not confuse registration with actual service in the army.” The statement points out also that the draft and calling select- ive men to the colors will furnish the opportunity for those who be- lieve they should be exempt to present their claims. “The process of selection will be carried out by lot the fairest system that.can be devised.” The task of swearing in’the'54 reg- istrars who will file the names of candidates for seleetive , service in Burleigh county, June, Was com- pleted by Sheriff French early this morning, and the governor was ad- vised that Burleigh is ready for the big day. A registrar.will sit June 5 in the polling place of each voting precinct in Burleigh county, from 7:00 a, m. until 9:00 p..m....Everyone. who has passed his 21st birthday and who has not reached :his 31st will’be required to register on this date. The registrar has no authority to decide questions as to eligibility and exemp- tions, but is obligated to procure the} name of every male in, his:precinct within the age limits specified. Elig- ibility and exemptions will be mat- ters for the registration, board to: con- sider later. Aliens, without. regard to the country of which they are sub- jects, if within the decreed age limits, will be required to register. Heavy penalties are provided for any failure to comply with the requirements of the selective service law. The Registrars. ‘Sheriff French, chairman of the Burleigh county registration board, announced his complete list of regis- trars this morning, as follows: Wild Rice, C. B. Casney; Long Lake, S White; (Morton, F. E. Galloway; Tel- fer, W. J. Taylor; Missouri, J. B. Ir- vine; Fort Rice, Fred Swenson; Lin- coln, Angus Falconer; Apple Creek, J. A. Field; Boyd, B. R. Boyd; Logan, B..R. Slater; Taft, Charles Gaskill; Thelma, ‘Roy Colton; ‘Driscoll, H.. A. Ersland; Sterling, H. ©. Wildfang; McKenzie, Samuel Day; Menoken, Lyman Harris; Gibbs, David Trygg; ‘Hart Creek, E. A. Green; River View, Lynn Sperry; Eurnt Creek, W. H. ‘Morris; Naughton, Charles A. Joian- son; Francis, C. W. Clark; Sibley Butte, O. G. Porter; Christina, 0. E. Kafer; Clear Lake, B. F. Parsley: Lein, J. J. Valure; Lyman, Johr Waiste; Trygg, Arthur Magnus: Cromwell, H. M. Ward; Croft, (. W. Streeter; Glenview, I. M. Capper; Painted Woods, Edward Peterson; Ecklund, J. M. Thompson; Ghylin ‘Henry J. Magnuson; Rock Hill, F. Y. Perkins; Wing, J. A. Kohler; Harri- ett, W. B. Heaton; Phoenix, John A. ‘Davis; Richmond, Edgar Hamlin: ‘Canfield, C. F. Lindsey; Estherville. Walter Graham; Grass Lake, W. C. Jackson; Wilson, L. E. Emery; Stei- SSELS SINK COMMANDS MARINES GIONG TO FRANCE COL.CHAS.A. DOYEN - The 2,600 marines going to France with Maj. Gen. Pershing’s men will be under command of commandant of the marine barracks at Washington. Col. Doyen, TRANSPORT OF | ENTENTE SUNK; ASAE LST Craft Is Torpedoed in Mediteran- ean by German Submarine on May 4 FRENCH LINER SONAY GOES DOWN; 45 DROWN . Methodical Manner of Life Saving Crew Responsible for Small Loss London, May ‘The British trans- Col. Doyen is 58, a} Port Transylvania was torpedoed on - graduate of the Naval academy, and} May 4 with the loss of 413 persons. has had 34 years’ service in the ma- rine corps. ‘He served in the Phil- ippines and at San Domingo, and has been colonel since Jan. 16, 1909. ND FASSPRTS FR SOCMLIST 10 PEACE MEE Government Regards Stockholm Conference in Reality a German Affair MILLIONAIRE HOBO HAS ARRIVED IN SWEDEN Washington, D. C., May 24.—The state department has announced that no passports will be issued to any one desiring to leave the United States to attend a conference of -So- cialists at Stockholm to discuss peace. It is pointed out that any American participating in the conference will be subject to the penal provisions of the Logan act of 1799, providing a maxi- mum fine ot $5,000 or imprisonment of three years for any citizens of the United States participating, directly or indirectly, in any verval or writ- ten correspondence with a‘ foreign government or representatives in re- lation to disputes of the United States. It is because officials regard the Stockholm socialists’ program as a German peace propaganda that the United States representatives will not take part in it. No passports will be issued to persons contemplating be- ing delegates. After the state department issued its warning, word came from Stock- holm that James Eads Howe of St. ‘Louis, known as the “millionaire ho- bo,” had reached there to participate The following official ~ statement was given out today: “The - British- transport ‘Transylva- nia, with troops abdard, was ‘torpe- doed in the Mediterranean on May 4 resulting in the following losses: 29 officers and 373 of other rank; also the ship's captain, Lieutenant S. Bre- nell, and one officer and nine of the crew.” The Transylvania, an. Anchor line steamship of more than 14,000 tons, has been in the service of the British government since May, 1915. There have been no recent reports of her movements. ‘When she was first take en over by the British government she was engaged in . transporting troops to Gallipoli. ~ ‘New York, May 24.—The Anchor Line steamer, Transylvania, was sunk off the French-Italian coast,..it waa learned here today and’ the survivors —how many it is not. known here— were taken into Savona, Italy, There they remaned until May 12, cared for by the populace and administered: to by Red Cross authorities. When they left Savona on: another vessel: for: an: unknown destination, thousands of persons assembled at the shore and cheered their departure. Captain Bruell, who lives in Scot- land, and who commanded the Tran- | Sylvania when she went down, is ona | of the oldest captains in the Anchor ;Line service. The | Transylvania’s last appearance in American waters was on the day the Lusitania was tor- pedoed, May 7, 1915. Just as she was about to sail from New York with 972 passengers, Cap- tain John Flack, then Commanding, was given information of the Lusita- nia’s fate. The vessel left ostensibly for Liverpool, but Captain Black steer- ed a round-about course and landed his passengers safely at Grenoch, Scotland. It was generally reported at the time that the Transylvania also was marked for destruction. 45 LIVES Lost. Paris, May 24.—It is officially an- nounced that the French liner Sonay, bound for Marseilles :from ‘Satontki in the conference. Turn Hilquit Down. It was indicated at the state de- partment today that any effort to se- cure a modification of the ruling that passports would be refused to those Americans desiring to attend the so- cialists’ peace conference at Stock- holm would be attended by failure. Officials made this plain when they heard Morris Hilquit was coming to protest to Secretary Lansing. Secretary Lansing made it clear that if Howe took part in the Stock- holm conference he would come un- der the terms of the Logan act. WILL TAKE MONTH her, J. R. Jones; Summit, N. M. Chris- tenson; Florence Lake, I. F. Lytle; ‘Hazel Grove, Ralph C. Halver; Bis-|, marck, B, E. Jones, J. D. Macdonald, Melvin Hagen, Christ Yegen, W. S. Ferry; South Wilton, Dan K. Pren- tice. Renort to Governor. Early this morning Governor Fra- zier began receiving reports from sheriffs scattered over the state ad- vising that their registrars had beer sworn in, and by evening the chief executive expects to be in position to announce that North Dakota is all set for June 5. Registration Board. The registration board in Burleigh is composed of Sheriff French, Audi- tor T. E. Flaherty and Dr. C. E. Stack- house, county physician. The board this morning requested that the press impress upon anyone who expects to be away from home registration day, or absent from his legal voting precinct, or anyone now residing in this county whose legal résidence is in some other county or state, the importance, of promptly calling upon the county auditor and filling out a registration card to be forwarded to the sheriff of his home county, or, if he be a resident of a city of 30,000: or more, to the city auditor. The card must be mailed so as to reach its destination on or before June 5 and there must be en- closed postage for the return of the certificate of registration, whose own- €r will be expected to carry it on his person at all times. Four absentee of the new plant was requested by; the government. registrations already ‘ave been made with County Auditor Flaherty. | TO PASS TAK BIL Washington, May 24,—Another month probably will be required for Congress to complete the war tax bill, although the House passed it last night. It was indicated today that the Senate will make so many changes in the measure as to result almost in a redrafting, particularly of sections relating to taxing excess property, income and manufactures and the increase second class postal rates. Hundred Million For Relief Work Washington, May 24.—The Red Cross council, headed by ‘Henry P. Davison, began its first conferences today, making plans for the $100,000,- 000 war relief fund. Representa- tives of more than 40 cities were present. The $160,000,000 fund under Chairman Davison’s plan is to be used not only for Red Cross purposes for Americans, but for the destitute in Europe. Les Darcy Dies From Pneumonia Memphis, Tenn., May 24.—Les Dar- cy, Australian pugilist, died here this afternoon from pneumonia, after an illness of a month. with 344, passengers, was 'torp on April 16 with a loss of/45‘lives. The steamer sank rapidly ina ‘heavy sea, but the prompt and methodical manner in which the small boats were launched saved the majority of those’ on board. The captain went down with his ship. DRIVE OFF SUBMARINE. Paris, May 24.—Details of a’ battle between the trawler Ibis and a Ger: man submarine, in which the subma-- rine was driven off,-has just been, made public. The fight took. place: in the Bay of Biscay on April 22. The sea was rough and the wind was blowing hard when the Ibis sight- ed the submarine. The fishing boat had her trawl down and was unable to get up any steam, but her skipper, with out a moment's hesitation, cut away his trawl, and joined the battle spiritedly. The coolness of the crew and the skill of the cabin boy, who took the helm while his mates stood at the guns, decided the fight. In five minutes the submarine had had enough and submerged. SINN FEINS WANT COMPLETE AUTONOMY FOR EMERALD LE Dublin, May 24—The Sinn Fein conference today unanimously resolv- ed to decline to participate in any conferenc called by the English government ostensibly to settle the Irish question,” until the following conditions are fufilled: First, that the bill referring the question to the congress leave it free to decree the complete independence of Treland. Second, that the English govern- ment publicly pledge itself to the United States gnd the nowers of ‘Europe to ratify ‘the decision of & majority of the conference. Third, that the convention bo com: posed of none but adults freely, elect- ed by the suffrage of Ireland. Fourth, that_ prisoners. of war. treat- ment is accerded the Irish: pris arrested during the recent fevoli