The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1917, Page 1

& The Weather. Generally Fair, THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. CROPS WIPED ~ QUT, PROPERTY. LOSS SEVERE Destruction Began Last Friday and Takes in Many States of : 4 i¢v Middle West and South CUTS DOWN THROUGH ILLINOIS CORN BELT “Probably Worst Storms in Hist- ory of Nation; Many People Are Destitute REVISED FIGURES. Revised figures on the dead and injured in the storm of the last three days showed the following dead by states: Winois, 92; Indiana, 12; Kan- sas, 26; Kentucky, 40; Missouri, 1; Tennesseee, 20; Alabama, 31; Arkansas, 23. be: The ‘total is 245. The injured number is 1,207. . (By Associated Press.) Tornadoes during the last three days in several states of the Middle West and the South have killed nearly 250 people, injured more than 1,200, wrecked thousands of houses, and killed hundreds of head of livestock and devastated many thousands of acres of growing crops, according to summaries today. The latest in the series of tornadoes started last Sundgy, near Willisville in Southwest Illinois, swept south- ward across the Ohio River into Ken tucky, down the Mississippi into Ar- kansas and Tennessee and ‘finally veered eastward:toward\ Alabama where the storm spent itself. The dead in the four southern states is es- timated at 100 and the injured at sev- eral hundreds. Began Last Friday The destruction began last Friday in Andale, aKnsas, where 26 people were killed, and 60 injured. Late» Saturday ‘a ‘twister, probably the most severey ofthe’ series, “struck through the corn béJt of Iiinots, kill- ing 54 and injuring 500 in Mattoon. At Charleston, ten miles east of Mat- toon, 37 peopje were killed, and more than 150 peagie were injured. The property dampgajdyethe.two cities is estimated atpgayedmpinion - Another destiggéivesgtoray) late Sat- urday struck, across a territory, ap- proximately"iop! Hla ndith of the center of IiMnois,’ reached “into North Indiana, atid caused a loss of a dozen lives, injury to more than 200, and heavy property damage. RESPOND TO APPEALS Mattoon, Ill, May 28.—American sympathy manifested itself in a sub- stantial fashion today for the plight of Charleston and Mattoon, twin vic- tims of the tornado, which swept Cen- tral Illinois last Saturday, leaving be- hind it death and ruin. Scores of communities in Iinois. Indiana, and neighboring states re: ponded to the appeals of the cities with cars of foodstuffs, b and cots and assurances ‘were received that more ' 4 Organized relief for the*testitifte, of whom there are 3,000 in the two towns, was begun today under the supervi- sion of J. J. O'Connor, of the Chicago, Chapter of the American Red Cross. So far as was known today the storm cost ninety-one lives, and re- sulted in injuries to hundreds in Coles count. Farmers reported heavy property losses in the destruction of buildings, the death of stock and dam- age to growing crops. Available ,es- timates placed the loss in the county from two million five hundred thous- and to three million. Injured in Serfous Condition Of the injured, about a score were ina dangerous condition today. The storm centered itself on mostly work- ing men and they were among the thousands who lost all, and the dire need is for clothing and money, par- ticularly for women and chi!dren. Fifty Killed About fifty persons were kille.| and more than 300 were injured, when a tornado struck Mattoon late Saturday. The entire’ business section of the town is destroyed and upward of 2,- 000 are homeless. The storm, traveling west, destroyed ‘| war service in France, availablé #f' tédessarV. | iy 125 Invents Engines of Death By Day, Is Poet at Night Man Said to Have Big Idea That Will Break U-Boat Menace Leads Mixed Life. Hudson Maxim, who may be the man with the big idea that will put an end to the U-boat menace, works by day on inventions to kill human beimgs more svitt!y and surely than ever, and in evenings writes poetry on the beauties of life. This combination has caused him to be nicknamed, “The Fulminating Philosopher.” ak Two of his ideas for beating the U-boat are now being considered by the government. Maxim has been studying explo- sives 29 years and has done more than any other man to make the ordnance of the United States army and navy among the ‘most formidable in the worl]. Everything avout Maxim is explo- sixe-—-not ony his many inventions, but his voice, his actions, his home, his versatility. He talks gruffly and sharply, acts impetuously but with de- termination and ‘combines mechanics with the higher philosophy of life. Maxim has written a volume on poetry. He opposes war “} don’t believe in war,” he says. “I believe in peace and the day is coming when peace will be universal. Toward this end I have assisted as much as any man alive. The use of such terrible explosives as I have invented make for peace more than all the homilies that can be delivered.” In 1888, at the age of 35, Maxim began work on explosives. His first invention was perfected in 1890, a smokeless powder, which the United States adopted. In 1901 the United States bought his formula for “Maximtte,” which put us at the head of all other notions in the use of high explosive projectiles. “Maximite” causes no shock, is safe for the gunner, yet will penetrate the thickest armor plate and will explode only when set off by its fuse. “Motorite,” Maxim's latest explo- TORNADOES KILL 2 STATE DEC MaAxIM sive, is a fuel to propel torpedoes. The United States may be first to use this in this war and may revolu- tionize torpedo warfare with it. Mrs. Maxim was Miss Lillian Dur- ban of ‘London. They were married in 1896. FIRE FIGHTERS OR- MINNESOTA Protect Timber Against Loss BLAZES REPORTED TO BE UNDER CONTROL St. Paul, Minn., May 28.—A regi- ment of foresters and woodmen will be recruited in Minnesota for special it was an- nounced today by State Forester Cox. iMr. “Cox today received news of his ‘Appointment as a preliminary recruit- ‘ing officer from Henry S. Graves, chief of the Federal Forestry bureau. dsogging foremen, sawmill operators, choppers and tie makers are wanted, as well as trained foresters, Mr. Cox said. The forest fires in northern Minne- sota are now practically under con- trol, the state department of for- estry announced today. It is said no reports of fires have neen received within the past few days. DIGKINSON ATTRAGTS MANY SLOPE. KNIGHTS Templar Degree Conferred Sat- urday Evening on Class of Five Candidates Dickinson, N- D-, May 28.--Dickin- son commander, Knights Templar, en- tertained knights from all parts of practically the entire northern half of the town, leaving no buildings standing in a path of several blocks wide. Flying planksk from a lumber vard in the path of the wind struck several persons, who had been unable to find shelter, other planks were husled for mils around the countryside, one he- ing discovered sticking through the side of a farmer’s, home. Bits of broken and twisted stee! al- so flew through the air, damaging buildings entirely out of the path of the storm. A canning factory con- tributed to the loss in a similar way. Rescue Work Rescue work was begun almost im- mediately, and calls for help were sent to every city in this section of Illinois, the first message of the dis- aster being sent out by automobile messenger to Champagne. Within an hour every church and public build- ing standing was filled with injured, many of whom were unable to obtain adequate medical service- Efforts to estimate the ci with accuracy were futile be: the confusion. alties cause O° the Slope on Saturday evening, when the templar degree was conferred cn D. J- Price, Killdeer; Emil Scow, Bowman; and Dr. George A. Sarchet, John Ecklund and William Adair of New England. Human Toll in Illinois Tornado ‘Chicago, May 28.—Incomplete re- ports from the storm-swept district of Illinois show the following toll in loss of life and injuries: Mattoon, 50 to 75 dead; 300 hurt. Charleston, 33 dead; many hurt. Westervelt, 5 dead; 21 injured. Manhattan, 1 dead; 6 injured. Joliet, 1 dead; 2 injured. Modesto, 1 dead; 9 hurt. Pearl, 4 hurt. Elwood, 4 injured. Peotone, 1 dead, several hurt. It is impossible at this time to esti- mate the property loss, which is ex-; pected to run into the millions. Re ports of heavy los8es to growing crops are expected. to, be received in 5 “The tornado’s visit to Mattoon of (Continued on Page Four) addition to the heavy loss in build-}; ings destroyed. Pall . State Forester to Recruit Men to|Work of State Highway Commis- APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ROADS 10 CET FEDERAL AID sion Complicated by Ruling of United States FOR $147,100 IN STATE With applications in for state and federal aid to the extent of $147,100, the North Dakota highway commis- sion finds its work much complfcated by an announceinent, made Saturday by Federal District, Engineer: B...0. Hathaway to the effect that govern- ment highway funds must be expend- ed almost exclusively on post roads. While many of the important trails of North Dakota are used in part as‘ post roads, few are wholly such, and in the aggregate probably, not more than half of the 3,760 miles of state and federal aid highways projected by the state. commission would come’ under this head. Met Last Week. The second meeting of the state highway commission was held Friday and Saturday at the capitol. KE. O. Hathaway, district engineer of the United States office of public roads, attended the meeting both days and rendered the highway commission a great deal of aid in outlining methods of procedure and work. Mr. Hatha- way also advised the highway com-| mission that the United States de- partment of agriculture was compelled to construe the federal aid road law much more strictly in regard to the} matter of post roads than had been anticipated. Must Nearly All Be Post Roads. The state highway commission had project statements of several counties | prepared and ready to be forwarded to the United States department of} agriculture, and while these roads were 50 per cent or more post routes, it was found that the roads covered by a request must practicaliy all be; post routes. | Mr. Hathaway advised the highway} commission that in his district, con-| sisting of North Dakota, South Da-} kota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, but} one project statement had deen re- ceived, this being from the state of! Minnesota. This statument was not granted, because it was not all post route. | Problem Difficult. The expenditure of federal aid road money only on the improvement of} roads over which mails are at the present time being carried, makes the | work of the state highway commis- | sion especially difficult, as it is also Feapired that’the roads improved shall BISMAROK, NORTH DAE pa DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1917. : TO BE PLANNED Members of Nort! > cil Assemble at Capital This Afternohn HROPS TO H NOTICE MOVEMENT OF RECEIVE M Mobilization of Agr sources; Farm Heer Prob- lem; Fi North Dakota's part@n the program of national defense will be planned at a two-days’ sessiop of the state national defense coungil, whch open- ed at 2 o’clock this afternoon, at the capitol, pursuant to a call issued by Governor Frazier. Dr. V. H. Stickney, of Dickinson, president of the state council, arriv- ed early in the city and spent the forenoon in conference’ with Governor Frazier. A number of other members of the board came in-last night and on morning trains, while a majority arrived: from northern and eastern points at noon. The governor has named on the defense council representatives of every profession and ‘business in the state, and the organization may safe- ly be said to embody some of North ‘Dakota’s best brains. Its delibera- tions beginning this afternoon, will deal largely with the food situation, the production and marketing of large crops; means of insuring both pro- ducer and consumer full justice; the farm labor situation; ihe co-opera- tion of the state in financing Ameri- ca’s part in the great war and simi- lar problems. s Expert Is Here. Among the notables an attendance today at the first fe of North ices Dakota's national. defefse council is Robert, J. Leth, a spedial atiache of 'the United States department of agri- culture, who is here to 4vork out with State Commissioner of Agriculture and ud borsHagan-ahd* othér~'authorities plans for handling “ North Dakota’s labor needs when the big crops are ready for the harvest. Mr. Leth ex- pects ‘to‘make a complete survey of the.United States as a means of pro- curing information as a base for the distribution of farm labor. A com~- mittee will ibe named in each town- ship to report that township’s needs. Committee Named. After’ naming a committee, on or- ganization, the council this afternoon adjourned until 4:00, when the com- mittee will make its report. PALDA BOUND OVER TO OISTRICT COURT BY MURRAY Minot, IN. D., May 28.—Attorney L. JePalda, former judge of the district court, whose preliminary examination before Judge Dill has been under way sinte Friday for an alleged ‘assault with -a firearm on an Upton deputy sheriff during the ir in the tele- phone office on the night of the raid, was bound over to the district court this afternoon. His bonds were placed at $1,000, but Palda went into the custody of the sheriff. Attorney Nash, appearing, for Palda, announced ha- beas. corpus proceedings would be commenced before Judge Leighton on the grounds that evidence was in- sufficient to warrant committal. Canned Corn May Have Poisoned Five Minneapolis, ‘May 28.—Five per- sons, all suffering from ptomaine pol- soning, were removed early today to the hospital from the home of Otto Berg. The (Minneapolis city chemist was asked to examine food served at a luncheon late last night. Canned corn probably caused the illness, phy- sicians said. WILLIAM OLSON OF WALLEY CITY. NAWED DEPUTY FRE MARSHAL Governor Frazier today named Will- iam Olson of Valley City as deputy fire marshal. He succeeds Heary Reade of Bismarck, who recently was appointed chief fire marshal. VAGRANT DENIED PLACE TO SLEEP STARTS FIRES Beach, N. D., May 28-—Two fires, both believed to have been of incen- diary origin, threatened the Northern Pacific coal docks and destroyed the barn of Paul Sloss It is believed the fires were started by a vagrant pe ona definitesystem of roads, such ~~ (Continued on page Three.) who had .been refused permission to sleep in the barn. MAYOR URCES CAPITAL CITY BY BOARD HERE} OBSERVE JUNE h Dakota Coun-'Issues Proclamation Making Reg- istration Day Big Event Bismarck KHAKI ARM BADGES FOR EVERY MAN WHO SIGNS ultural Re-/Young Women of Bismarck to Provide Every Patriot With Insignia Registration day, June 5, will be. observed in Bismarck as a special loyalty day in response to a proclama- tion issued today by Mayor A. W. Lucas, who ;gays: “Whereas, President Woodrow Wilsbn has designated, June 5, 1917, as Registration day, [, A.W. Lucas, president of the city com- inission of Bismarck, hereby ap- peal to the loyalty and patriotism of our citizens to make this regis- tration complete and accurate. A grave crisis confronts the nation, and it behooves every man be- tween the ages of 21 and 30 years to present himself at the polling places designated, between the hours of 7 2. m. and $ jp. m. It should be borne in mind that a penalty of imprisonment is im- posed upon all those neglecting to register for military service. “It-has been suggested that all citizens assist in this important task of registering all men be- tween the ages designated in the selective federal drafteact. Patri- otic exercises would be especially appropriate to impress upon ev- eryone the solemnity of the occa: sion. Civic bodies should confer and. provide, for .a_ general. .com- munity observance ‘of June 5. “Therefore, I impress upon ‘all within the prescribed ages the necessity of acquainting them- selves with the provisions of the ” registration law in order that none may be liable to prosecution under it. “By A. W. LUCAS, “Mayor.” Badges for Signers. Every man who registers in Bis- marck on June 5 will be presented at the registration place with a khaki arm badge of honor, and all of those who sign the roll of honor Guring the day will be requested in the evening to join in a patriotic parade through the business section of the city, to be followed with a ‘brief loyalty pro- gram and yatriotic community sing- ivg in the court house grounds. Chiet Jusuee Andrew A. Bruce of the North Dakota supreme court, chairman of the Bismarck committee of the Military Training Camps asso- ciation, today announced, these, tenta- tive plans. Badges will be made by Bismarck girls’ from’ cloth provided by public donation. | A’ 'meeting at which definite plans will be made will be called probably for Thursday eve- ming. Salvation Army to Aid Red Cross Work Col. Marshall to Hold Special Meeting for Purpose of Commissioning Officers The Salvation Army has devised a novel plan to raise money for tha local Red Cross chapter, as one of the committee of 46. The army will hold an open air demonstration Mem- orial day, at 1:15 and until the open- ing of the patriotic program. A number of their workers will be dressed as ‘Red Cross nurses and will solicit funs for the local chapter. The army band will play during the dem- onstration. Col. Marshall Coming. Col. Marshall, in charge of the Sal- vation army work for the Northwest, will arrive in the city this week to commission the officers of the army for 1917-18. A special meeting will be held Thursday evening at the ar- my barracks, when the 72 local offi- cers will be commissioned. iHe will be accompanied by Major Kiddle, a returned missionary to South Africa and India, and Capt. Ernest Marshall. Twins to Be Given Away. Capt. Murphy announces that twin babies will be given. away at this meeting. In other words, the six weeks’ old twins, sons of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Longmuir will be dedi- cated to the Salvation Army. They are perfect specimens of babyhood. At birth they weighed 9 pounds each. CONTRACT TO MINNEAPOLIS Mill City Man Awarded Contract for Wimbledon Elevator Wimbledon, N. D-, May 28.—L. Buege of Minneapolis has been award- ed the contract for the new Farmers’ elevator, to. be completed Auguat 1 at a cost of $10,000- |[Don’t Want Socialist Registrars Complaints Made to Governor Burnauist Against Appoint. ments of Van Lear MINNESOTA EXECUTIVE REFUSES TO GIVE REASONS St. Paul, Minn., May 28—Governor Burnquist. today announced that for- mal charges had been made to him against a number of ‘selective draft registration appointees made by Thomas ‘Van Lear, Minneapolist so- cialist mayor, as head of the registra- tion Loard in that city. The gover. roi 1efured to disclose the identity ot the party objecting cr the appoint: ees to which exception had been tak- en. “Such. objections have been filed,” said the governor. “They are based on the grounds that some appointees are not ‘residents of the district in which they are appointed as required by regulations and possibly for other reasons.” Earlier reports were tions that some anti-war that objec: socialists and other pacifists were being made ; registration officials were being made. Wholesale resistance to the draft by the /socialists of the extreme fac- tion and by other pacifists in the twin cities was predicted today by A. 1, Sugarman, state secretary of the socialist party, in a signed state: ment ‘issued after consultation with members of the state executive board. A nation-wide struggle for control of the socialist party is focusing in Minnesota, it is said. CENSORSHIP. RULES ARE ~—ANIUNCED In ‘Absence of Law Governing Printing of News. Co-opera- tion of Press Is Asked BELIEVED REGULATIONS: WILL BE SUPPORTED} Washington, May 28.—Censorship regulations prepared by the commit- tee of public information which the American newspapers are asked to observe in the national interest in the absence of a national censorship law became effective today. In issuing the regulations, George Creel, chairman of the committee, dis- claimed any intent to suppress any news except that useful to the enemy. The object of the censorship, it is said, is to keep news of value to the enemy from the enemy by publica tion. The purposes of the committee oth orwise, it is stated, are to make more easy of access to American people the news of what their governmeni is doing. The committee has divided its specifications of information which would be useful to the enemy into three classifications: General, naval, and military. It is explained that no hard and fast rules can be laid down; that those which are pro- posed shall be subject to amendment and that all European censorships have vastly changed their character with the progress of the war. In the absence of any law on the subject. the committee believes that the regulations drawn will be loyallv supported by the American press. Complete copies of regulations have been mailed to all leading newspa- pers. John D. Rockefeller Ties Up Five Million In Liberty Loan John D. Rock: New York, May 2 efeller today subscribed another $5,000,009 to the Liberty Loan. This makes $15,000,000 subscribed by him to the loan. Congress to Probe Nurses Death Washington, May 28.—Investiga- tion by the senate naval affairs com: mittee on the accident of the armed merchant ship, Mongolia, in which two American Red Cross nurses re cently were killed, was ordered today by the senate. A resolution of in- quiry offered and pressed by Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey was adopted. ‘Admiral Sims Is Now Vice Admiral Washington, M: 28.—Rear Admir- al Sims, in charge of American naval operatioiis in European waters, was 0; 1,200 HOMELES SE | TRIBUNE =a) FIVE CENTS $$, TALS AT OUTPOSTS OF BIG NAVAL BASE Fight Way Forward Within Two Miles of Duino, Natural Bar. rier to Triest TWO MORE SPANISH SHIPS SUNK BY TEUTONS Only Question of Hours When Brazil Will Enter War With the Eleven Allies (By Associated Press.) The Italians have fought their way forward to within two miles ‘of Duino, the most formidable and natural bar- rier between them and Triest, and the | great battle now enters the eighteenth jday without any signs of an abate- ment in the fury of the struggle. Vienna stubbornly refuses to concede the Italian. victory but the Admiralty tells the story of General Cadorna’s | Steady advance. Duino marks a point at which t Carso plateau almost touches the sei Protected by the ocean on the one side it is powerfully defended by Mt. ‘Querceto. At the foot of this moun- tain, facing west, lies the little town of Medeassa, and the Italians have smashed their way to within a few hundred yards of this village. Smashing the Austrian lines on the Carso plateau and north of Gorizia, the Italians have made additional and important gains, besides capturing more than 1,200 prisoners and 11 guns, : In an assault between Jamiano, and the coast, the Italians. carried a-strong- ly fortified hill southwest, of -Mede- assa, less than two miles. north. of Duino on the coast. Here a field’ bat- tery of 10 guns and 812 Austrians were captured by the Italians.: . The capture of Medeassa will be an im- portant step toward the investment: of Duino, with strong natural positions. Heavy Firin Near-Plava, Cadorag’s' men ried by storm the heights’ at head’ of the Paliloua valleys” By this they connected their lines on Mount Cuoceo'to Mount Falcone, Four hundred prisoners were cap tured In this sector. Around Gorl- zia there was heavy artillery fir- ' ing. At Castagnavissa, '‘seath’ ef’ Gorizia, the Italians were‘¢hécked In an attempt to take the tows. * On the front in, France there has been a recrudescence of infantry ac- tivity, but not on a large scale. The British made gains in local attacks ‘northwest of St. Quentin and near Fontaine-Lez-Croisilles, on the south- ern end of the Arras battlefield, and repulsed a German attack east of Loos, north of Arras. ‘ Three Attacks On the Aisne and Champagne fronts both the Germans and French have been active. Around Teton, in Cham- pagne, the German crown prince made three attacks and succeeded in pene- jtrating the French lines. A counter- attack by General Petain’s troops, however, forced the Germans to retire again to their own-Jines. North of the Aisne, the Germans were repulsed in an attack against the Laffaux mill. Berlin reports five French attacks were made near Vaux Aillon, Spanish Steamers Sink Two more Spanish steamers have been sunk with the loss of probably 100 lives, The largest vessel was the mail steamer C. Delzaguirre, 3,000 tons, and the statement reports 22 of the 40.pas--.. sengers and crew of 60 landed. The other steamer was the Begona of 2,800 t The manner ip which th amers were sunk has not been made public. Brazil to be Next Dispatches from Brazil indicate it is merely a question of days before the Brazilian parliament allies Brazil with the eleven nations now fighting the Central Powers. At the same time, a new crisis threatens between Spain and Germany, because of the sinking of a vessel with a heavy loss of life. The battle between the reactionaries and liberals in Austria-Hungary goes forward and there are reports of fur- ‘ther impending ministerial resigna- tions in Vienna and Budapest. German troops made another futile effort during the night to regain a footing on the Chemin-Des-Dames. in the vicinity of the Moulin-De-Laffaux, the loss of which they feel acutely. The French, however, bit into the posi- tion so hard that the Germans were unable to shake them off anywhere. French Make Steady Gains y All along from the Moulin-De-Lat- faux past Hurtebise Farm to Craonne, which the the three most prominent positions on the Chemin-Des-Dames, the artillery in both camps thundered throughout the night. The correspon- dent watched the bombardment from a high spot from whence he could look over the entire crest. Everywhere, the French occupy the crest of the plateau and continually make further small advances and maintain their pressure. Territory Taken Is Valuable The amount of territory gained in these minor actions which are always minutely prepared and generally, suc- cessful appears small when looking at the map, but the tactical strategic advantages cannot be estimated on that basis. The real definite results of the present fighting may first be- tes | today appointed a vice admiral by | President Wilson. come apparént weeks afterward. it (Continued on Page Three)