The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1917, Page 1

The Weather Generally Fair. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 145 RECRUITS AT NAVAL STATION EXPOSED TO OPEN GAMBLING AND OTHER FORMS OF VICE) 10 BUY BOOZE NEMPORT IS. WARNED Secretary of Navy Daniels Sends Appeal to Governor to Cor- rect Conditions MAYOR OF CITY CLAIMS CONDITIONS EXCELLENT Mothers and Fathers, He Says, Will Hold Government Re- sponsible for Boys Washington, June 20.—Sensational charges that recruits at the naval training station are exposed to open gambling houses, immoral houses and illegal sales of liquor were made by Secretary Daniels today, in an an- nouncement that pe had appealed to Governor Beckmafi. In response to the complaint, the mayor of Newport made a general denial and said there was-no unusual degree of immorality there. The naval department, therefore, made a second investigation and as a result, Secretary Daniels renewed his com- plaint to the governor. Given in Trust. “At Newport and other places are gathered several thousands of the finest youths of the land, who have offered their lives to their country at a time when this sacrifice is no figure of speech,” said Mr. Daniels. “Most of them have -come from carefully guarded homes; and their parents have given them to their country in sacred trust that the government wll safeguard them from unnecessary perils. : Charged With Duty. “I am charged with the duty of . training these young men for service. State and local officers are charged * with the duty of seeing that the laws of nation, state and city are executed. | “These dangers are bad enough in - ordinary times; in time of war, when ‘great bodies of men are necessarily ' gathered away from the restraints of home and under the stress of emo- tions whose actions tend to dislodge normal. conditions, the danger is in- creaped.. If we fail in vigilance under these conditions, the mothers and fathers of these lads, generally, will rightly hold us,responsible.” TEPPELINS MAY REACH AMERICA Copenhagen, June 20.—A German technical weekly calculates that regu- Jar Zeppelin trips to America are a possibility of the not far distant fu- ture. The paper says only a moderate increase in size over the present type would give the necessary lifting ca- pacity for the airships. The article; apparently was written with peace and not war time voyages in mind. FIRST THO DAYS NET 35 LON Washington, June 20.— Incomplete | reports to American Red (Cross head-! * {quarters here last night showed more than $35,000,000 subscribed during the first two days of the‘week’s campaign to raise $100,000,000 for war relief. Several great individual donations helped to swell the total today, but the Red Cross war council expects lJater reports to include a great multi- tude of smaller donations by people oderate means, whose subscrip- tions went far toward the eleventh hour over subscription of the Liberty Loan. Pledge Ten Million. Tonight's total did not include the contributions of many small city or town communities, particularly in the west, where it is said local campaign committees plan to withhold their to- tals until late in the week, in the hope of avoiding a too optimistic spirit. A single pledge of $10,000,000 has ‘been given the war council tentatively for use in fighting tuberculosis in France. The name of the contributor was not made public. A feature of yesterday’s reports was the generous subscriptions from Cin- cinnati, Milwaukee, Buffalo and other cities having large German popula- tions. AMERICAN MERCHANTHAN SUNK BY SUBHARIE Boston, June 20.—The Warren liner Bay State, from Boston May 31, for Liverpool, has been sunk by a Ger- man submarine. Advices to the com- pany today gave nothing regarding the fate of the crew of the steamer. ARTILLERY FIGHTING. Paris, June 20.—Heavy artillery fighting is in progress on the Aisne and in the Champagne, says the of- ficial announcement today. A German infantry attack was repulsed. 1S TORN DOWN AMERICAN NAVY ANSWERS FIRST 9. 0.8. SIGNALS Go to Aid of Two Torpedoed British Ships Bringing Sur- vivors Back to Safety WIN COMMENDATION OF COMMANDER ADMIRAL SIMS The Base of the American Flotilla in British Waters, June 20.—Two Am- erican destroyers have returned here with 80 survivors of two torpedoed British ships. The ships were“ sunk at the farthest point westward in tha Atlantic that the U-boats have ap- peared since the ruthless submarine campaign began. The destroyers went to the aid of the British boats in an- swer to their S. 0. S. call. When ‘the American warships ar- rived on the scene, they found the ships were gone and for many hours they groped about in the dark in search of them. Thirty-one of the first boat were later found and 49 of the second boat were picked up later. Admiral Sims and other naval offi- cers met the destroyers on their re- turn and complimented the command- ers on their work. Although there are no war time re- strictions on the sale of liquor in the port here, the saloons are not the rendezvous of either the Americans or the Britishers. One of the diver- sions of the Americans is initiating their colleagues into the mysteries of oe American national game of base- all. TRAITOROUS BANNER OF SUFFRAGE FORCES ‘Washington, June 20.—The peaceful picketing of the White House grounds by silent sentinels of the suffrage cause lead ‘to! the first disorder today when a crowd of angry men tore down banners the’ women were holding up for the Russian mission to see. The rush was over before the police ar- rived, and no arrests were made. The banners were inscribed: “President ‘Wilson and Envoy Root are deceiving Russia, They say: ‘We are a democracy. Help us win a world war so that democracy may survive.’ “We, the women of America, tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote. President Wilson is the chief opponent of their national enfranchisement. Help us make this nation really free. Tell our govern- ment that it must liberate its people before it can claim free Russia as an ally.” KIDNAP BELGIANS FOR WAR SERIE Havre, June 20.—Information reach- ing the Belgian government daily from occupied territory confirms the fact officially denounced by the Belgian government that the Germans have ‘Degun again to carry off by force Bel- gian civilians, both men and women, and compelling them to perform work useful to the enemy. An American having occupied a semi-official position in Ghent, who was recently expelled from Belgium, informed the Belgian government that the German authorities about April 15 demanded of communial administra- tors new lists of unemployed work- men, members of the middle and up- per classes without occupation, and in addition, persons in regular employ- ment. These facts, taken together, justify in the opinion of the Belgian authorities the liveliest apprehension | as to the designs of the enemy. JAMESTOWN SOLDIER DEAD Word Received That Pannell Is Killed on French Front Jamestown, \N. D., June 20.—Edwin Pannell, prominent Stutsman county farmer, serving with the 43rd Cana- dians, is dead, somewhere in France. A cousin, George Severn of James-; town, survives. FIRE WIPES OUT HOOSIER TOWN Linden, Ind., June 20.—The greater part of Kirkpatrick, a village of 400 inhabitants, just east of here, was wiped out by fire, resulting from a series of explosions that followed the wrecking of a train of seven cars filled with oil in the center of the town today. + ONLY TEN DAYS LEFT IN WHICH North Dakota Enters the Bone Dry Column in Reality Week From Next Sunday STORES ALREADY LAID IN MAY BE TAKEN UP’ Authorities Have Indicated Inten- tion of Seizing Unreasonable Amounts With only a few days remaining in which intoxicating liquors may be im- ported into North Dakota, every in- coming train from “below” is loaded down with every known variety of drinkable and undrinkable. The North Dakotan who must have his wee drop is preparing for the long drouth ush- ered in July 1 through the joint oper- ations of North Dakota’s new bone dry law and the Webb-Kenyon federal sta- tute. Twin city liquor houses, which have long enjoyed a heavy mail order business in ‘North Dakota, for the last three months have urged patrons to stock up. “No one can prevent your laying in as much liquor as you can pay for,” they advise their customers. State’s attorneys hold otherwise. Large stocks of. liquor already have been confiscated on the grounds that they are too large to warrant the as- sumption that they are intended for personal use, and a more general raid on wine cellars no doubt will come after July 1. Due to Fluke. North Dakota’s entrance into the bone dry column July 1 comes through a fluke. Representative Bowman of Kulm, a league leader in the Fifteenth assembly, introduced a bill requiring railroads to procure a receipt from consignees of liquor shipments and de- manding a certificate from the rectp- ient that the intoxicants were intend- ed for his personal use. The idea of the bill was that it would curb the operations of blindpiggers and boot- leggers who have shipped in large quantities in their own names and in the names of others, with or without the consent of the owners. When the temperance committee 1n the senate received the measure it decided to go further ‘by, determining the question of just what amount of liguor.might be considered reasonable for: personal consumption. “Four quarts-of whiskey, eight gallons of wine and 72 quarts of beer were fixed as a fair limit for. individual monthly consumption, and the committee also amended the bill to provide that registered pharmacists under affidavit that the liquor was to be sold for medicinal purposes and not illegally might import intoxicants. Both amendments passed, and the Dill (Continued on Page Three) BISMARCK, NORTH Disappear Since Jan. New York Police: Begin Searching Probe Into ‘White Slave Conditions . t VICTIM JUMPS FROM SECOND STORY WINDOW New York, Jurié 20.—-More'than 800 girls, between. the ages of 10 and 20 years, have disappeared from their homes since January 1, it transpired today, coincident with an announce- ment by Police Commissioner Arthur Wood, that he had ordered begun the most searching’ {nquiry into police conditions since that conducted over the Rosenthal murder. White Slave Traffic. Investigators. working on the Ruth Cruger mystery today continued their efforts to locate the persons believed to have heen accomplices in the mur- der of the girl. Importance is attached to the state- ment made by Miss Consuelo LaRue, that she had jumped from a window, of her apartment yesterday to eseape) being killed by two men who attack- ed her, because she had given infor- mation which resulted in Miss Cru- ger’s body being: found. Miss LaRue is said to be in pos- session of much valuable information regarding the white slave traffic. 30000 W COLD TAKEN FROM COACH Ghicago, June:20.—Offictal announce- ment that.gold and silver coins stolen from an express car safe here last night amounted to nearly $20,000, was made today by G. M. Curtis, vice pres- ident and general manager of the western department of the Adams Ex- press company. A package of dia- monds, thought to have been taken also, was found today in the safe, Jack R. Andrews of Burlington, Tai, messenger in charge of the robbed car, and Ward’R. Siniley of Monmouth, Ill, a messenger in another car, who was with Andrews at the time two masked. men bound them and robbed the safe, still were in custody of the police early today. Both declared that after they were bound one of the rob- bers’ fitted a duplicate knob into the safe dial and’ opened the strong box without ‘apparent difficulty. AKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1917. goo Girls |PQOLALLCOML 1 UISTRIBUTION IS | NEARLY PASSES $10,000. MARK; RECOMMENDED Trade Commission Declares There Is Serious Danger of Short- age Next Winter CARS. ARE NOT FILLED OR MOVED PROMPTLY Would Establish a Uniform Price Entirely Tolerable to Con- sumers of Nation Washington, June 20.—Government pools of coal productions and distri-| ; bution, and of rail and water trans- portation were recommended to con- gress today by the federal trade com- mission as the only means of avoiding a disastrous coal shortage next win- ter. “The commission believes,” says the report submitted after many months of investigation ordered by congress, “that the coal industry is paralyzing the industries of the country and that the coal business is paralyzed by the failure of transportation. There are enough coal cars in the country, but not enough are moved to the mines. Nor are they promptly discharged when filled. In view of this we rec- ommend: , Recommend a Pool. “First, that the production and dis- tribution of coal and coke be conduct- ed through a pool in the hands of a government agency, and that the pro- ducers of various grades of fuel be paid their full cost of production plus a@ uniform profit per ton. Second, that the transportation agencies of the United States, both rail and water, ‘be similarly pooled and operated on government account, and under the direction of the presi- dent, and that all such means of trans- portation be operated as a unit, and that the holding corporations be paid a@ just and fair compensation which covers normal net profit, upkeep and betterments.” These recommendations are ap- proved by Commissioners Davies, Col-| ! ver and Fort. Chairman Harris dis- sents on the plan for transportation pool, except as a last resort. “An urgent necessity exists for: im- mediate legislation to correct .condi- tions,” says the report,-“because the usual summer. and. spring. acoumulas tion of coal stock at points distant ‘from ‘producing points is not now tak- ing place, but it must be made dur- ing what remains of the summer un- less the country is to face next win- ter a serious and irreparable situa- tion.” Uniform Prices. TRIBUNE [ae FIRST DAY'S RED t FIVE CENTS CROSS DRIVE ALL SUBSCRIBED IN BISMARCK Roll of Honor Following is a list of contributors to Red Cross war relief fund. The grand total of the first day’s canvass is $9,314.50. Those contributing are: W. S. Casselman .. -$ 100.00 E. B. Klein . . 16.00 F. H. Registet 10.00 Mrs. W. E. Butler 50.00 O. W. Roberts . 50.00 Webb Bros. 640.00 Mrs. Florence E. Young 10.00 N. G. Nelson ...... 10.00 Oscar H. Will & Co. .. + 500.00 Washburn Lignite Coal Co.. 250.00 Brown & Jones + 100.00 Providence Insurance Co. .. 100.00 J. i. Bell 100.00 L. K. Thompson . 50.00 Wilbur S. Rohrer 10.00 F, J. Glitschka 5.00 Walter Knott .. 10.00 John Runge and erts Fred Moynier . Harry Clooten & Co. G. H. Coleman Isham Hall . Jim Jam Jems Burt Finney B. C. Marks Dunham Lumber Ci J. A. Graham C. A. Finch Lumber Co. F. Lambert ... . E. Bergeson & S P C. Remington . M. Timmer . ‘H. Wah .. Chas. Sam E. G. Anderson Bonham Bros. Dr. H. S. Sowles . Rembrandt Studio . Geo. N. Keniston O. Holta Cc. L. Young 'P. R. Fields .. ‘Mary Buchholz H. E. Miller H. Kirk . Robidou . . Walton . Kenyon . Cowan . Burke .. . W. McGray . W. J. Wimmer. . ¢. S. Sampson Henry BE. Cass ... Burleigh | County. €o. G. J. Keenan W: E. Parsons . T. E. Flaherty ... Richard Penwarden E, V. Lahr . W. Lowth .. Masonic Lodge 50.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 500.00 160.00 50.00 400.00 50.00 ABHHR > Discussing the proposéd remedy, the commission says: “If the producer at each mine were ( Continued on Page Three) throat. T took him just as he went up over the trench parapet—took him full in his bare and muscular It was hardly bigger than one of those rubber erasers tinned to the ends of lead pencils. But with the driving power of high energy powder behind its steel- jacketed nose, it was an altogether competent and devilishly capable agent of destruction. He lay quite |still, a few yards ahead of the trench, where his rush had carried him. The morning drew toward noon. With night came the beginning of his torment. First it was thirst, then fever, then delirium. Always his spilling wound burned and throbbed. Even on the second night, with the rain beating down upon him, it glowed like a kiln. By the third day his agony spoke in screams. A strecher party found him and trundled him away, down through the line of Red Cross units, from dressing station to field base, eventually to Paris. He was French, but he was fiighting our fight. He was French, but a few months from now his counterpart may be American. There are bullets enough for all. even your own. him, to fight his? Fighting. our fight. He may bea boy from your town, perhaps a neighbor’s boy Will you help him, when our fight has broken Will you’ help him, when his young body and virile force are spent and shattered, to retrieve what he may? Give to the Red. Cross $100,000,000 war relief fund. It is the wounded soldier’s truest ally. It is his minister and guard- ian. For him it is the star of hope that shines in the trench and on the field. Contribute this very day. Do your part. If you can- not go, youcan give. Those going are giving immea sureablymore. National Airs Avert Panic Chicago, Jnne 20.—When the big excursion steamer, Theodore Roose- velt, ran on the rocks last night with }her load of 1,800 delegates to the en- campment of Modern Woodmen of America, the playing of “America” antl the ‘Star Spangled Banner” by the-band averted a panic. TeT eee @ DOES TRIBUNE ADVERTISING + ° PAY? ° ° — ° ‘1 FOR RENT—House of six rooms +} and bath; strictly modern; hot @ “+ water heat. Phone 499R. 2 ° — ° ¢ The above adv appeared in The @ Tribune Monday. It was rented + before 9 o'clock of the same day. & Eighteen people wanted it. ° If you have something to sell, ¢ rent or exchange, a Tribune adv > will do as much for you. ° SHOES SESOSOOSOOOSD British Steamer Sunk by Germans Boston, June 20.—News of the sink- ing of the British steamer Elele, pre- sumably by a German submarine, was received in the message by the Ley- land line today from her commander. The vessel left Boston on June 8 for Manchester, England, with 2 general cargo. The message’ made no_refer- ence to the crew. : F.eA, Lahr ... J. B. Halloran . Dr. C. E. Stackhouse . Thomas Harrington Corwin Motor Co. .. Knowles & Haney . I. C. Davies ... Henry Burman Rosen Clothing Co. M. E. Howland .. L. E. Imus ... Walter H. Boehnke , Missouri Valley ‘Motor Co. .. Bismarck Commission Co. .. C. W. Henzler Motor Car Supply Co. Edward Bannon ‘W. A. McDonald . F. L. Conklin . Benton Baker . Ernest H. Happel Helena M. Toepke . Bessie Varney L. MeCoy .. Lomas Hardware Co. 25.00 J. D. Wakeman . 3.00 Frank Harris ... 10.00 ‘Merchants’ Credit Co. . 10.00 F. W. Olds ... 10.00 B. K. Skeels . 50.00 Mrs. M. Eppinge' 50.00 Otto Dirlam .... 1.00 Ki. M. Thompson 10.00 Thos. O'Leary .. 5.00 Gamble-Robinson Fruit 100.u0 Clara Fond ... 3.00 M. C. Hunt . 4.00 James Scully . . 1.00 Bismarck Home ,Builder 40.00 John Como . Ww. Rigg . A. F. McCall R. R. Smith W. M. Haas Dean Smith J.C. Dolan . C. N. Kirk A. L. Kershaw B. C. White .. A. B. Currier W. C. wards. Eismarck ‘Motor C. L. ‘Burton .. J. L. Scroggin . A. B. Olsen J Roherty Wm. Fogerstrom D. C. McLean ... Chas. Bleckreid R. C. Battey .. D. A. Hannaman A. W. Lucas Co. Ruthella Taylor Harry Larson E. H. L. Vesperman . O. Lundquist . A. W. Craig .. Capital Steam Laundry Co. H. M. Beall ... 5 J. C. Tierney . L. Van Hook . H. G. Grove & Robert Hoorn S. B. Toney . R. S. Towne . A. L. Pierson . TEAMS STILL BUSY No Reports From Country Dis- tricts to Be Given Out Un- til Friday ENTHUSIASTIC LUNCHEON AT M’KENZIE HOTEL Most Remarkable Responses to Urgent Call Ever Made by Capital City Teams met with such ready re- sponses yesterday, together with wkat was subscribed at the state capi- tol, the grand total for the day reach- ed nearly $10,000 that they started out with renewed energy today to raise the rest of Burleigh county's share in the war relief fund. This City Leads. Bismarck’s per capita donations ex- ceeded the subscriptions of any city in the state, and it is expected when the county districts report next Fri- day that Burleigh county will be one of the ‘banner ones of the state in this drive to secure funds to succor United when 0 States’ first expeditionary force. To the excellent management of H. 0 P. Goddard, chairman of the war re- lief fund committee, assisted by 15, or 20 able lieutenants, whose names will be given in due time, is much of the credit due for the first success. Much to Be Done. The canvass will be continued, un- abated until Saturday evening. At a luncheon held at the McKenzie hotel today, plans were discussed for the balance of the week. Everyone as- sessed will be seen and given an op- Portunity to contribute to this mercy fund of $100,000,000. There is still much to be done There can be no resting on laurels. Every team member was enthusias- tic last evening, as tired and weary, he rolled into bed to gather strength for a fresh drive today. ‘Never saw such eagerness,” gaid one team member. “Only turned down by one,” echoed another. It was.probably the most”spontan: sou response ever witnessed in the city. County Active Too. From the county came telephone. re- ports that every locality was doing its share. No reports will be recorded or donations given out from the county ; until the cards and envelopes are turned in and audited by Bradley Marks, ‘chairman of the Bismarck chapter, and J. L. Bell, treasurer of the local chapter. Rev. Buzzelle, vice-president of the local chapter, made a flying trip to MeKenzie yesterday to be present at the rally last evening. It is expected that McKenzie will subscribe $2,000. There is a friendly rivalry among the various towns to outdo one another. Meeting, with Success. The women are meeting with con- siderable success. No reports will be announced from then until Saturday. They expect to canvass the residence district thoroughly. Each street was being visited today by women who ae kindly volunteered their serv- ices. Leading ‘business men have laid aside the affairs of the office and the store to engage in this errand of mercy. Never was there such ready willingness to donate time as well as money to make Burleigh county’s drive successful. Response at Capitol. Special mention should be made of the response at the state capitol. While the contributions of state off- cials must pass through the Burleigh county committee, if any in the list cares to have his subscription credit- ed to his home county, it will be done. Bismarck appreciates the attitude of the state officials and there is no tend- ency to claim more than is due this county. For that reason the contributions are separated from those of Burlefgh county at the request of several state officials who have their legal residence elsewhere. Do Excellent Work. H. H. Steele, H. P. Goddard and N. A. Mason, governor Frazter’s pri- vate secretary, did excellent work in getting the officials and employes at the state house together in the senate chamber, where the cards beering the individual assessments were signed up. A special drive will be made Sat- urday, when the members of ‘the U. C. T. are home for the week-end. It is known that they will respond read- ily to the appeal. Probably Saturday evening the teams will get together ~~~ (Continued on Page Three) CONSTANTINE MAY VISIT. GERMANY Lugana, Switzerland, June 20.—King Constantine of Greece arrived here to- day. A long telegram from the Ger- man emperor was handed to Constan- tine as soon as he left the train. The immediate future movements of the former monarch are unknown, but D. EL Shipley. . ot (Continued on Page Three.) it is believed he will go shortly to Germany to visit the emperor.