The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 26, 1917, Page 1

| THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO, 124 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1917. LERMAN AIR RAD OVER ENGLAND IS Twister in Kansas Takes Toll of Life FATAL TO MANY) mais sram “ow en Craft Deal Destruction Over Southeast- ern Portion of Island OMEN AND CHILDREN CAUGHT I IN STREETS of’ Invading Aeroplanes Brought Down After Fierce Battle in the Clouds London, May 26—Ge —German airships to the number of about 16 ‘raided ; the southwest coast of England Friday evening, according to an official state- iment issued today. Seventy-six per- ons were killed and 174 were injur- ed. Three of the airships were shot down. The following report was made ‘by Marshal Viscount French: Sixteen in Fleet. “Large number of enemy airships, about 16 in number, raided south east coast of England last night be tween 5:30 and 6 o'clock. Bombs were dropped in a number of places, but nearly all the damage was done in, one town, where the bombs fell into the streets, causing considerable casualties among the elyilian popula- tion. Some shops and houses were also seriously. damaged. 76 Are Killed. “The total casualties. reported by police from all districts are: Killed, 76; injured, 174. Of the killed, 27 were women and 23 children, while 43 women and 19 children were in- jured. “Aeroplanes from. the Royal Flying corps went in pursuit and the raiding airplanes were engaged by the fight- ing squadron of the Royal Naval Air service from Dunkirk on their return journey. The admiralty reports that three enemy aeroplanes were shot down by the latter.” An admiralty statement issued to- day says: “Naval aeroplanes attacked the aerodrome at St. Denis Westre, near Breus yesterday morning, dropping many bombs. In the evening several enemy air craft returning from the raid on England were engaged over- seas. An encounter took place be- tween one British and three hostile airplanes in mid-channel ‘and one of the latter was - destroyed. Several encounters ‘also took ‘place’ off ‘the Belgian coast in which two large twin-engine hostile “machines were shot down. All our machines return- ed safely.” , This is the second German air raid on England within three days. On ‘Wednesday night four or five German air craft flew over the English coun- ties and dropped a number of bombs, killing one man. ‘For six previous months no attack on England had been made in the air, following two disastrous raids, in which three Zep- pelins were destroyed. GERMAN STATEMENT. Berlin, May 26.—German aeroplanes yesterday dropped bombs on Dover and Folkestone, says the official an- nouncement issued today by the Ger- man war dope rtments TEACHERS: THEM EY jf : fuged Y CRAVE" ENDS TODAY The village of Steele yesterday sub- scribed $50 to Bismarck’s war Y. M. C..A. fund for the benefit of soldiers enlisting from central North Dakota. Teachers of the north ward school. subscribed to a unit, and numerous subscription#,,41gaM¢,,j; from; s;; other sources. The big drive closes tonight, with a meeting of the executive committee to be held at. the Comercial club rooms at 8 o'clock. a Newspaper Censorship ‘ To Be Mild Deal Death and! Claiming Between Twenty- Seven and Thirty Lives | SUDDENESS OF STORM CUT OFF ESCAPE Wichita, Kan., May 26.—South cen- tral Kansas today was recovering from the ravages of a tornado which late yesterday tore a jagged path through two counties and took a toll of human lives, which late conflicting reports give as between 27 and 30. Andale, a village of less than 300 inhabitants,- was the chief sufferer, with 16 identified dead. The country: districts to the northwest near ‘Swed- wick reported nine fatalities, while two dead were identified near New- ton. Conflicting reports still are be- ing received regarding unidentified dead. More than 50 persons have been injured. The twister arose in the southwest and came upon An- dale with a suddenness that prevent- ed any organized escape. SLACKERS FLOCK ACROSS BORDER TO AVOID DRAFT Agent for Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Finds Many Going Into Canada LAW NEEDED TO ENABLE OFFICERS TO CO-OPERATE Minot, N. D.,-May 26.—From 10 to 15 American citizens of conscription age are going into Canada daily, via Portal, N. D., according to an an- nouncement made here this afternoon by D. C. Adie, assistant’ secretary of the Minneapolis Civic and Com- merce association, who went to Por- tal this morning to investigate ru- mors that Americans were planning to avoid military service by moving across the’ line. Adie made an ‘investigation. for.‘the association he represents. A number of persons coming to this country from Canada were held up: at Portal this morning and. allowed to proceed after investigation by officials as to whether the new Canadian law was being violated... Canadian officers .ex- press the belief that American and Canadian; officials can work to better. advantage if congress. passes a law similar to. the new Canadian law. REDENBAUGH STARTS HIS LIFE SENTENCE St. Paul, Minn., May 26—The Ram- sey county grand jury late yesterday returned indictments against Frank J. Dunn, Mike Moore, Joe Reden- baugh and F. McCool, charging them with: first degree murder in: connec- tion with the death of Mrs. Alice Mc- Quillan Dunn, whose husband is among those indicted. ‘Mrs. Dunn was shot and killed in the home of her parents last month. ince that time the police have held Frank J. Dunn, without charge, the indictment returned today being the first placed against him. Redenbaugh and McCool, with an- other man, for whom the police are searching, are said to have been in the McQuillan home at the time of the shooting. Moore is alleged to have been the “pay-off” man in a plot which the police say was made by Dunn to dispose of his wife, from whom he had been separated. REDENBAUGH GIVEN LIFE. Minneapolis, May 26.—Joseph Red- enbaugh, confessed slayer of Mrs. Alice M. Dunn of St. Paul and Pa- trolman George Connery of Minneap- olis, was sentenced to life imprison- ment by Judge W. E. Hale in district court late yesterday, for the Connery murder. He pleaded guilty when ar- Washington, May 26.—A compro-|raigned yesterday on a charge of kill- mise provision for newspaper censor-| ing Connery. ship was agreed upon today by the They conferees on the espionage bill. regarded it as greatly modifying the one agreed upon yesterday. The new draft proposes that congress shall pro- hibit the publication of military infor mation, but not that regarding “equip- ment” of the armed forces and instead of authorizing the president to make censorship rules and regulations, con- fers upon him merely the power of publication of matter prohibited by the section. Barn Tossed by Wind BreaksAgedMan’s Back ES SSSEO OHHH OOS @ Kingsley, Ia., May 26.—While “@ D. D. Kindig, an aged resident, was examining a barn that had been blown over in a wind storm, a sudden, furious air current picked the building up again, twirled it around and dropped it on the same spot again, after striking Mr. Kin- dig with the corner of it and breaking; his back, He is in a Sioux City; hespitahsn« : ° ¢ > 4 < ¢ < ° < ° * Redenbaugh is expected to be the chief witness for the state in the Dunn case. Redenbaugh declares he was hired by Dunn to kill Mrs. Dunn. MURDERER ENTERS PRISON. Stillwater, Minn. May 26.—Joseph Redenbaugh, confessed slayer of Pa- trolman George Connery of Minneap- olis and Mrs. Alice M. Dunn of St. Paul, entered the state penitentiary here late yesterday, to begin serving a sentence of life imprisonment. St. Paul Church Architect Dies on Way to Studio St. Paul, Minn., May 26.—Emman- uel Louis Masqueray, chief of design of the St. Louis exposition and archi- tect-of a number of American cath- edrals, including th0se in Minneapolis and St. Paul, died here today. He was stricken while on his way to his PRIS VSS SO OSS FFF OHS O09 FO 90S ‘was 60 years old and unmarried. studio and never regained conscious- ness. He was a native of France, and there studied architecture. He FLECTIN DATE PUTS WOOD OU OFTHE RUAN Beneral Impression That Non- Partisan League Manager Will Not Have Residence BRONSON REGARDED AS. PROBABILITY FOR JOB First Assistant Attorney General Reported to Be Possible League Choice The fixing by Governor Fraziev’s proclamation, isued late last evening, of July 10 as the date for the special election in the First dist#ct for the selection of a successor to the tate Henry T. Helgesen, eliminates from the race Howard R. Wood, state man- ager of the Non-Partisan league, whose name frequently has been mentioned. The general impression is that ‘Wood, who was speaker of the last house of representatives, and is a son of F. B. Wood, one of the organ- izers of the Non-Partisan league, dit not take up his residence in Fargo un- til after the close of the: session, or about March 1. If this assumption is correct, Wood" will not have resided in the First congressional district the six months’ reqisite to establish a legal residence here. No Lack of Candidates There is no lack of candidates for the honor. Of the nine who have an- nounced themselves as active candi- dates to date, but one, State Senator Charles E. Drown* of Page, may be expected to carry any great favor with the league. Prown was elected to the last assembly as a Democrat, but with league support, and throughout the session he sat. in. the, league's pri- vate .caucuaes », and, fought for the league on the floor! ofthe senate, He is, however, ‘advanced in years, and his health was so poor during the re- cent session that friends feared at one time for his life. The fact that he is a’ Democratic candidate, in a strongly Republican. district: avould- put.-him ata» further, disadvantage, though it is possible that the league by concentrating its strength on him might elect him. Bronson Move Probable A more probable candidate, state ihause political fs believe, ig \Finst Assistant ¥ General H.. Ay :Bronson of Gr: rks. Bron- son:is‘an almoat-ti ~gesident of the First congressional ‘district. He has served in ‘the state senaie; has been a member of the law college faculty at the state university, and, last, but by no'means least ir a dis- trict in which so very large a percent- age of the population are Norwegiaas, Bronson is a Scandinavian, his name being an Americanized version of Gulbransen. Approached as to the possibility of his becoming a candidate some time ago, Bronson did not com himselt, but at the same time he did not deny the possibility. It is taken-for grant- ed at the capital that if the league does enter the congressional race— and there are many good reason ie believe that’ it will—Bronson | will its candidate.” Other Candidates Other men in the running are Fred- erick T. Cuthburt, Devils Lake la yer and former Democratic 1916 prim- ary election opponent of Hel; Fred Bartholomew, Grand For! man, and Helgesen’s Demo: ponent in a former election: Kraabel of Clifford, lieutenart gover- nor; Charles W. Plain of Milton, for many years a member of ‘he state legislature; F. S. Talcott of Buffalo, warden of the North Dakota peniten- tiary, and “others too numerous i mention.” | when ‘the law waa énacted increas- . {Nominated for specia] elections “as Gold Flows To Coffers of Uncle Sam Patriotic Citizens Paying Up Fed- eral Taxes in Advance to Help Government NEW RECORD FOR RECEIPTS REACHED Washington, May. “May 26.—The amount | DR, V. H. STICKNEY TO of gold flowing into the treasury these days from ordinary sources of taxa- tion has eclipsed’all previous records. For the first 24 days of May the ag- gregate was $159,057,267, bringing the total for the fiscalyear up to $794,- 567,337, or approximately, $20,090,000 more than a year-ago, which then stood as a new hig: record The chief source ‘of revenue thus, far in May has been: the income tax, which has yielded nearly nine million as against four million for the corre- sponding period last) year. ‘The tre- mendous increase is attributed to the patriotism of the taxpayers, who, be- lieving the: government needs the money, are making ‘their payments a month earlier this; yeer than last. The officials estimate the income tax will yield approximately three hun- dred and thirty-five millions this year, which is more than fifty millions in excess of the sum, estimated last fall ing the tax. CONVENTION N BEHELD, ASSERT FISK AND LINDE: Take Issue With Attorney Gen- eral’s Opinion That Peti- tions Only*Are Legal CASS WILL IGNORE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fargo, N. “Dy Ma May. 26—Cass county republicans ‘pig, morning determined to proceed with the convention plan of nominating congressional’ candidates, irre- spective of the opinion of the at- torney general, and caucuses for June 8 and thesconvention: June 13. Judge Spalding addressed the central comphittee, declaring! that the convention system was posi-» tively established by the laws of the state. That there is nothing in North Da- kota's primary election statutes re- pealing even by implication the caucus and convention system as relates to special elections, and that candidates for congress in the First district may be nominated either by the convention system or by individual petitions is the opinion expressed today by form- er Chief Justice C. J. Fisk and form- er Attorney General Henry J. Linde, both of whom disagree with the find- ings of the attorney general’s office as expressed in his opinion announced yesterday. +o: Primary Provisions / Chapter 109, Section the laws of 1905, specifically pr les that. the primary election law shall not apply in special elections, but that officers enumerated in this section shall be otherwise provided by law. At the time this statute was passed, the other provisions of law were Section 601 of the compiled laws of 1899, providing for nomination by petition or by mass conventions in which the number of delegates is equal to the number of names required on an individual peti- tion, ahd the old law providing for caucuses and party conventions, un- der which all nominations were made FRAZIER SEIS DATE FOR SPECIAL BALLOT BEE IN THE FIRST Successor to Late Henry T. Helgeson Will Be Selected July 10 Governor Frazier’s long-looked for proclamation of a special election to be held in the First congressional dis- trist to name a successor to the late Henry T. Helgesen came late last eve- ning. It reads: “In accordance with the provisions of the law, I, Lynn J. Frazier, gov- ernor of the state of North Dakota, do hereby give notice that on Tues- day, the 10th of July, 1917, a special election will be held in each precinct in the counties comprising the First congressional district for the election of a successor to the late Hon. H. T. Helgesen, representative in congress from the said First district, to fill out the unexpired term. The nominations of the candidates to be voted for in said election shall be made under the provisions of Sec. 501 of the political code of 1899, wherein provision is made for nomination by petition. Let. the public and all election officers take} Offices of the weather bureau are con-j added in the house on amendment by due notice and act accordingly.” |Take in Your (Continued on Page Three) Garden-Frost Due Tonight Bowbells Had Killing Freeze Last Night—Little Damage Ex- pected Take in your garden tonight and find a nice warm spot for it back of the kitchen range, for a killing frost is predicted by C. W. Roberts, mete- orologist, in charge of United States weather bureau service for North Da- kota. Not so much damage is feared to- night in southern and central North Dakota, but the northern tier of coun- ties may be badly nipped. Bowbells reported a bad freeze last night, with the mercury down to 26. If the wind maintains its present velocity, to- night’s frost will have but little op- portunity to harm. North Dakota enjoyed none of the heavy rainfalt which fell over Kan- sas and Nebraska and extended into South Dakota last night. The high wind prevailing in this state did no damage, so far as reports to the state cerned. PARDON BOARD fh DAY PLANS PROMISE LOYALTY EVENT Great Patriotic Demonstration ‘ Scheduled for Capital City ry Next Wednesday BE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER Dickinson Man Noted for Red Cross Work and Head of De- fense Council Coming Plans for Memorial day promise « Patriotic event of evcn greater si nificance than Bismarck’s big Lexing- ton day celebration, when 5,000 expt tal city people joined in one o? the greatest outpourings of loyalty the ‘Missouri slope ever has witnessed George N. Keniston, secretary of the Commercial club, announced this morning that Dr. V. H. Stickney of Dickinson, prominent throughout the Northwest for his effective work in the interests of the American Red Cross society and recently named by Governor Frazier to head the North ‘Dakota National Defense council, will be the principal speaker. Other ora- tors’ of the day will be Rev. H. C. (Postlethwaite, pastor of the First Presbyterian.,chyrch, and Judge An- drew “A, Bruce, chief justice of the North ‘Dakota supreme court. Exercises Out of Doors. The exercises will be held out of doors, in Bismarck’s natural amphi- theatre, just north of the municipal auditorium. Preceding the mass meeting here, there will be a parade, lead by the Elks and the Salvation army iband, fife and drum corps and other musical organizations, in which irand Army veterans, with escorts from the Second battalion, North Da- kota National Guard, will have a place of honor. Livery fraternal and civic organization in, the city has been invited to, demonstrate its patri- otism by particfpating in this Parade, and it is anticipated that several thousand will be in, Jine..,| Fs The parade will move at. 2 and the exercises at the “A\ campus will begin at’ 3:30: iain the exercises, an escort of guardsmen will accompany veterans of the Civil war to pamarck cemeteries, where salutes Will be fired over the gravee of the-boys in blue who have gone ‘before. Judge W. S. Casselman will act as marshal of .the day, and ‘the’ exect: tive committee in charge of the cele- ‘bration includes B. S. ‘Marks, I. C. Da- vies and Secretary Keniston. ny dad MEET DEFERRED: FRAZIER AWAY Governor Announces Session to Consider 100 Applications Goes Over to June 25 The statutary meeting of the state pardon board, scheduled for June 2,/ upon which date 100 applications for pardons will be considered, and when scores of friends of prisoners and other persons intérested had planned to visit Bismarck, will not’ be held June 2, Governor Frazier announced this morning. The meetmg will ‘be! postponed because the governor will! not be in the city on that date. Twin City papers have Frazier scheduled to join with President Townley and former Congressman James Mananan in addreasing Minne- sota’s first big Nonpartisan league} meeting at Chatfield, Minn., on June 2. The governor, however, has not an- | nounced his acceptance of this honor | as the reason for adjourning the par- don board sessions, which will go! over to June 25. The attorney general also will be out of the city June 2 He plans to go from Minot to Washington, D. C., to join the North Dakota railway commission in its protest against the 15 per cent freight rate increase be- fore the interstate commerce com- mission. It is possible that the gov-| ernor may accompany the attorney general, altho he is not decided ont this point. New Members. The governor this morning named two new members of the pardon board—Peter Roth of New Salem and Gust Wog of Belfield—to succeed G. H. Garnett of St. Thomas and M. J. Connolly of Amidon. 4 War Taxes Are Revised In Senate Washington, May 26.—Elimination of the five per cent manufacturers tax on automobiles in the war tax as passed by the house, and substitu- tion of a license tax at a rate yet to be fixed for motor vehicles, payable by tNose having possession, was de- cided upon today by the senate fin- ance committeee The income tax section as first drawn, including the two per cent normal tax and the house committee surtaxes also were adopted by the senate committee. It! struck out, however, the increased surtaxes on incomes above $40,000, Representative Lenroot of Wisconsin. jharrels before the war. | a War Leaks Endangered Torpedo Fleet oun Had css ae ee z per GOVERNMENT SEARCHING SPY SYSTEM IN AMERICA Washington, May 26.—Admiral Sims reports from London that Ger- many by some means learned that American destroyers were bound for European waters at least four days before they reached Queenstown, strengthened today the government's determination to search out spies and close the channels of military infor- mation” which apparently exists be- tween the United States and Ger- many. That the Queenstown entrance “| was strewn by submarines with mines intended for American ships. was tak- en to mean that advance movement of the fleet was known in Germany. The seriousness of the disclosure was not greatly ameliorated by the fact that the German plan was dis- covered in time and the destroyers saved. HOOVER STUDIES FOOD RULES OF THE ENTENTE These May Furnish Basis of Gov- ernmental Action in United States REGULATIONS HERE BOUND TO BE LESS STRINGENT Washington, “May 2 26.—Food regu: lation of the Allies which probably will furnish the basis for somewhat similar rules in the United States are being assembled by the government. American regulations probably will be less stringent, ‘but this is not de- terring Herbert C. Hoover, selected for food administrator, and other of- ficlals from giving careful. study to the, codes of the nother nations, Here are some of the British regulation: Meat Allowances For public meals, the allowance of Meat is based on an average of 6 ounces for each luncheon and dinner and two ounces for each breakfast served on non-meatless days. Thurs- days are meatless days in London, and Wednesdays elsewhere in the King- dom. Potatoes must not be served except on meatless days and Fridays. The making of fancy pastry, muffins, crumpets, fancy tea cakes, and other like articles of food is prohibited. Fresh Bread Prohibited No ornamental cakes or buns may be made. Sale of bread unless 12 hours old is prohibited. All bread must be sold by weight, and all loaves must be one pound or an even number of pounds. Fifteen per cent of sugar is allowed in cakes, and ten per cent in buns. No person shall acquire supplies of food beyond the needs of his ordinary consumption. No wheat, rye or ta- pioca may be used except for human ‘ood. The output of beer is limited to the rate of ten million barrels per year as compared with thirty-six million KAISER'S SUBJECT CANNOT ENTER FORT SNELLING Ft. Snelling, Minn., May 26.—On the ground that he is a subject of the German emperor, the application of Peter Pauley, a member of the Sec- ond Minnesota infantry, for a place in the student officers’ camp here was rted today. Pauley has taken out | citizenship papers, but Cap- n, camp adjutant, rules against him. His home is in Austin. A number of national guardsmen rec-; ommended for training at the camp! will be rejected because they are un- der the age limit of 20 years and 9 months. TO USE STEEL, NOT WOOD, FOR MERCHANTAIEN New York, May 26.—The ships that the American government will build to beat the German submarines and carry supplies to our European allies will be constructed of steel instead of wood. General Goethal’s appeal for the co- operation of the iron and steel manu- facturers found an enthusiastic and patriotic response at a dinner last night after he told them the proposal = HOVER PINS OST TO ALLS nance Efforts Mi Made by Gers mans to Oust French From Positions of Vantage GENERAL HAIG CONTINUES © HIS NIBBLING MANEUVERS Austrians Attempt to Stem S104 cessful Drive of Italians- Upon Trieste Rome, May 26.—The Italians have captured 3,500 more prison- ers in the Carso, the war office announces. Heav, figtting con- tinues. They have made progress in the Costal region in the direc: tion of Triest, carrying trenches from the mouth of the Timavo river on the Gulf of Trieste to a point east of Jamiano and also the heights between Flondar and Medeazzo. The Italians also made ‘pro east of Bostomato' in the north of Tivoli in the Plava‘zone. The’ statement says the humber of prisoners taken on the Julian front from May 14 up to yestere day is 22,419. (Associated Press) Along the front in Northern France, the Germans are making desperate e! forts to oust the French from the van- tage points they have gained recent- ly north of the Chemis Des Zames and in the Craonne region. ‘The French are standing fast, however, and in the Champagne were them- selves succesaful aggressors. Nibbling Tactics The British, on their front, also are pursuing nibbling tactics, General Haig reports slight improvement. on the British positions, on the right bank of the Scarpe east of Arras. New reaction by the Germans may.. be, in preparation between Croiselles and the Scarpe as ‘an increased activity of their artillery in thig sector is ‘te- ported. From Plava, on the Isonzo to the Adriatic sea, the Itallans and Aust- rians are fighting bitterly and the troops of General Cadorna are mak- ing steady progress, especially on the southern end of the, 21-mile front. North and south of Jaimaino ‘the Italians have driven the: Atetrians back and taken additional important positions. The gains here a direct menace to the defenses of Trieste. The fighting is made harder because of the barren, hilly country. Notwith- standing the difficulties of t@¢rrainy and the stubbornness of the enemy’s resistance, however, Cadorna’s men have reached the outskirts of Versio. Attempt Offensive The Austrians have attempted to check the Italian advance on the southern Cargo by violent counter at- tacks south and east sot he ita along the Vodice nial of attack the Aug Ha fe det back with heavy nitiend = Hill 652 on the Vodice ayibe lalans captured the position from ‘ae Austrians emergéd to the attacl The prisoners taken by General Cadorna’s command since Wednesday morning has increased to 10,245, including more than 300 officers. Local infantry attacks by the Bri- tish and Germans and intensive artil- lery and aerial activity on the Arras front may indicate a renewal shortly of the intensive fighting there: Around Loos and near Bullecourt, the north- rn and southern ends of. the Dro- court-Queant switch line, both armies have made attacks but with no great success yet reported. Again At Grips Near Braye-En-Laonnois and east of Craonne, on the Aisne front, the French and the Germans have again been at grips. In the region north- west of Braye the Germans, after an artillery bombardment, gained a foot- hold in the French lines aftef several attempts. Immediate counter-attacks by the French, however, drove the in- vaders from most of the captured ele- ments. General Petain’s forces haye occu- pied most of the Chevreaux wood east of Craonne after inflicting heavy losses on the Germans and teking 30 prisoners. Two German battalions were almost annihilated by the French. The American destroyer ¢on- tingent, now with the British fleet, is doing its part in taking some of the sting from the sub- marine menace Premier. Lloyd George in the house of commons on Friday gave high jee to American ald and said more effective blows have been dealt the submarines during the last three weeks than in any corres- ponding period of the wat. As a result, he declared the food situation in Great Britain shows im- provement and the present month should show a falling off in the num- ber of submarine victims as com- pared with April IMPROVE POSITIONS Berlin, May 26.--The Germans yes- terday improved their position.in the Chemins Des Zames on the Aisne fronts“! taking 544 French prisoners, say@ the official statement issued today by the to build 31,000 3,000ton wooden ships in 18 months is simply hopeless. German army headquarters staff.