The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 27, 1917, Page 1

The Weather Generally Fé THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 151 BISMARCK, Nona’ DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1917. AMERICAN TROO CAPTURE OF LENS ANT/SOCHUSTS HAIG POUNDS GERMAN LINES ON WEST FRONT Teuton Efforts on Aisne and Champagne Lines Directed to Delay Offensive FRENCH MAKE TWO DRIVES AT HURTEBISE Program of Entente in Greece Continues to Develop Toward Tangible Results REJECT PEACE OFFER. Petrograd, June 27.—A_ resolu- tion categorically rejecting any move for a separate peace be- tween Germany and Russia has been adopted by the Council of Soldiers’ and Workmen’s dele- gates. The resolution at the same time declares that the restora: | tion of peace at the earliest pos- sible day is the most important.. need of Russia. (By Associated Press.) While General Haig is closing in so closely upon Lens that the capture by the British of that coal mining city and its adjacent fields seems im- minent, it is a question whether the -British operations will be accompan- ied by an offensive move by the French’ on a like scale. Although there has been more or less constant jockeying for position | by the two commanders along the! Aisne and Champagne fronts, partic- ularly the former, the German activ- ities appear more like efforts to choke off any possible extended moves by the French than anything else. i Preserve Vantage Point. * On‘ the other hand, General: Petain’s occasional strokes give the impres- sion that all'hé is trying to do is to preserve his’'vantage point as the basis for resuming the French ad- vance at some future time, when that effort seems advisable. The most: important of the recent French drives was that of Monday at Hurtebise, west of Craonne. The Germans seem to have suffered a con- siderable deprivation here, one of the positions taken being a fortress of some magnitude, which had served the crown prince well as a point of departure for counter attacks. No further attempts to retake the lost ground at Hurtebise were made last night, the Germans contenting themselves with a spirited bombard- Fi ment. + Program of Entente. The program of the Entente in Greece continues to develop! more| and more tangible. It is now. their evident purpose to cause the convo- cation of parliament of May 31, 1915, which was controlled ,by. Venizelos having a majority ‘favoradle to’ the Eatente cause. , It was. the, dissolu- tion of this parliament. by Constan- tine that has béen pronounced uncon- stitutional by the Allies, the act be ing one of the chiéf counts: of thé in- dictment of Constantine as a betray- al of his people into a desertion of their natural allies. | Recall of German - Minister to Norway Was Demanded London, June 27.—Reports received here from Norway say that the Ger- man legation at Christiania formally protested against the breaking of the German official seals on the baggage of Aaron Rautenfels, a German, who is among those arrested in connection with the conspiracy to blow up seized ships. The legation demanded the surrender of his trunk, but without success. There is no confirmation of the statement printed in Paris that Germany asks Norway to apologize for the breaking of the seals. The recall of Germany’s minister, Michaelis, is attributed to Norway’s insistent demands. He has been suc- ceeded by Admiral Paul von Hintze, former minister to Mexico and China. DAIRY AND CATTLE MEN MEET IN ANNUAL SESSION Red ‘Lake Falls, Minn., June 27.— Dairy and cattle men from all sec- tions of Minnesota and eastern North Dakota, together with men represent- ing some of the largest industries and educational institutions in the two states, were present at the first ses- sion of the Red River Valley Live- stock Breeders’ association today. It was opened with an address by Mayor Theodore Labissonires, responses be- ing made by Wesley Welter of Moor-} head, president of the Red River val- ley Development association, whica opens its meeting here tomorrow, in the absence of C. Schroeder of Moor- $32,000 Mark To Be Made By Red Cross Subscriptions Continue to Come in to Local Headquarters of Relief Fund TOTAL TUESDAY EVENING HAD REACHED $31,141.56 Contributions to the Red Cross con- tinue to come in. The grand total of Burleigh county’s fund last evening was $31,141.56. Several donations reached Bradley Marks, chairman of the chapter today, so that the fund doubtless will reach if not pass the $32,000 mark. The Tribune will print the names of all Burleigh county conirivutions as soon as they are compiled. City subscriptions and the recapitu- lation follow, at close of June 26: Walter W. McMahon. Py: 5.00 Fred Sear: E. W. Scott ei Verne J. Stocking........ Harry Snyder Wm. Wise ... Donald Snyder . R. Sheehan .. L. P. Stiver .. S. Schechter Mrs. Ben Kludt... Mrs. C. W. Nichols Mrs. Thos. Cayou. Thorwald Thoreson . Robert Joyce Mrs. Frances White. Mrs. Goldader.. W. A. Falconer .. Mrs. Pred Carstens. Total..9..009 seve eG 186.60 Telfer township ©. J 41.50 + 21,466.61 Total........ - $21,694. 7 ( Continued on inyea on Rage T Tite) TODAY LAST FOR BOOZE SHIPMENTS Previously reported Railway Companies Will Accept No Liquor After 6 O’clock This Evening LOCAL DEMAND NOT SO LARGE AS ANTICIPATED $500,000 IN WET GOODS. St. Paul, Minn., June 27.—A half a million dollars worth of liquor has been shipped into North Da- kota from St. Paul mail order liq- | uor houses this month, breaking | all previous records, according to dealers here, who were flooded with orders sent by residents of that state to insure their having a supply on hand when the federal statute prohibiting shipments into dry territory becomes effective July 1. Trains on railroads entering North Dakota have carried extra express cars, necessitated by enormous quantities of whiskey, | . beer and wine bought in expecta- tion of a long drought. Some days the shipments have been so large that trains were delayed. ‘North Dakotans returning to their homes have carried much liquor, too. According to E. M. Aberle, a dealer here, the rush is about over, as there hardly remains time now to get an express pack- age to distant points before Sun- day. However, telegraphic re- quests for shipments came today. A number of St. Paul mail or- der houses, whose trade was main- ly with North Dakotans, will go out of business Saturday. Others are cutting down their list of em- ployes, which has been augment- ed during the rush. After 6 o'clock this evening no rail- | Way operating between the twin cities |and North Dakota points will know- ingly accept consignments of liquor for any destination in this state. The; order applies to packages presented for shipments by express. The lid on | freight liquor traffic was clamped down tight Monday. The express companies and railways have adopted this rule to give them an opportunity to clear all liquor con- signments before midnight Saturday, head, president of the Breeders’ as- sociation. when the bone dry law becomes effec- SEEK TO PURLOIN GRAND DLO PARTY “Discarded, Disgruntled Political Hacks’’ Read Out of Repub- lican Ranks LEMKE CLAIMS HE HAD ONLY NOMINATING RIGHT Assures Spalding and Pollock That They Have No Stand- ing in Court “Old political hacks, discarded, dis- credited, disgruntled _ politicians— Jerry Bacon and Treadwell Twichell Geo. Gabel seeee 5.00]and Gunder Olson—men who, when Frank Reed . ae 50.00] they met in Grand Forks a few weeks J.P. Clinton . F 15.00] ago, constituted themselves not as Al. G. Olson. Sales 10.00/'the republican party, but as the anti- R. W. Ensign esis 10.00} socialist union,” William Lemke, Paul Slattery wees eva 10.00| chairman of the republican state ;S. D. Dietz.. 5.00| central committee, in supreme court T. J. Kreutz. 5.00| Tuesday afternoon, styled the conven- E. Kronschnabel . 5.00] tion which nominated Olger B. Burt- K. A. McCord. 5.00| ness for congress. H. B. Nelson. 5.00| “These gentlemen,” said Lemke, Cc. C. Smith 5.00 referring to Judge Burleigh F. Spald- ing and Attorney R 2M. Pollock, “are not in court as representing the r publican party, but as the anti-social- ist uniou, attempting to steal the r publican party. ‘They are mere stran- gers (o the republican party machine coming in here with no standing whatever.” “How Jong since, may I ask,” said Judge Spalding, when given an op- portunity to reply to Lemke, “has it become a crime or inconsistent with the principles of the republican party to be unti-socialist? I had no inti- mation that this political nonde- script,” referring to Lemke, “was to be here in this case today, or I would have come. better prepared to reply :|to him,” Robinson Helps. At this juncture, Judge Robinson, from the bench, came to his law partner's assistance with some refer- ence to Jud LaMoure. “Lam glad you brought their names in, Judge,” said Judge Spalding. “I think I had as much to do with the overthrow of the old system as a lot of.other men in this court room who sat with their mouths shut, but did nothing, and then -cried out like a lot of chumps.” Respects to Baer. Alluding to Baer's nomination as a republican candidate, he styled the Fargn cartoonist a “democrat, slight- ly tinctured with socialism,” and de- clared: ‘No member of one party has a right to be a nominee of an- other party. The- meeting which nom- inated Baer was attended. by eight members of an executive committee of 15, of whom two had knowingly and intelligently and advisedly sign- ed the call for the district conven- tion held in Grand Forks. The third member who had signed the call, when he learned what was contem- plat .at, Fargo, withdrew from the meeting and refused to have anything to do, with this preposterous effor to foist, upon us a democrat tinctured with socialism.” Hughes’ Affidavit. In this connection, Judge Spalding read an affidavit from R. J. Hughes of Wahpeton, member of the state central executive committee from Wahpeton, in which he tol dof the Fargo meeting, at which but four of the eight in attendance were resi- dents of the First district, while two, the chairman and treasurer, were not members of the state central commit- tee at all. Of the four committee- “}men from the First district present, Hughes was confident that three of these had signed the call for tne Grand Forks convention and was sat- isfied that the fourth had done like- wise. Lemke’s call, addressed to Hughes, in. which he called attention to the danger that the “old gang” would seize the rejuvenated republi- can party, also was read by Judge Spalding. Questions Argued. The afternoon was devoted to an argument which is to determine whether Olger B .Burtness of Grand Forks must make the race for con- gress as an individual candidate, or as the candidate of the republican party; whether Burtness, nominated by a district delegate convention, or John M. Baer, who ran on petitions as a nonpartisan, but last week was nominated by William Lemke and seven members of the state execu- tive committee, only three of whom were from the First district, is the republican candidate, in the event that the caucus convention system is held legal; lastly, whether under the primary election laws caucuses and conventions may be held for the nom- ination of party candidates? Lemke Letter Surprise. A surprise was sprung by Judge Spalding, representing Eurtness, when he introduced a letter written by William Lemke, under: date of April 23, to Treadwell L. Twichell, commit- teeman, in which the chairman stated that neither the state executive com mittee of 15 nor the state central} committee of 19 had authority to name a candidate for congress in \ (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Three.) “OW FRENCH s0iL AL CENTER IMMINENT FOOD WEASURE SECOND CONTINGENT OF AMERICAN TROOPS OISEMBARK AND PREPARE WITH ORY RIDER TD PASS SENATE Advocates and Opponents Predict Prohibition Features Will Remain in Act UPPER HOUSE HAS REWRITTEN LEVER BILL Permits President in His Discre- tion to Permit. Manufacture of Malt Beverages Washington, June 2 The senate agriculture committee today gave con- sideration to its sub-committee’s draft of the food control bill, which in its present form, puts up to President Wilson the question deciding whether the nation stall be “bone dry” during the war. Prospects were that the committee would speedily report the measure to the senate without important modifications. With drastic. prohibition amend- ments to prohibit the manufacture of s well as liquor and giviug the dent discretion. tu permit the manufacture of wine only, the admin- istration food ill was agreed on to- day by the senate agricultural com- mittee and favorably reported as a substitute for the bill now under con- sideration. . Bill as Rewritten. The bill, as rewritten after its pas- sage by the house, is Lelieved to be a substitute that.will prove accept- able to many senators who opposed the measure in its original form. Both advocates and former opponents. to- day predicted its passage in the sen- ate by Saturday, The house prohibition section ab- solutely forebade the manufacture of foodstuffs into liquor. "he new draft prohibits during the war the munu- facture of allealcoholic beverages and empowers the president to command- eer existing supplies of distilled spfr- its, but would autho: him, in his discretion, to permt manufacture of malted and fermented beverages. The new section ulso gives ‘to the presidnt: th right to place under gov- ernment, control, :iron, steel, fuel, and many other products. fl Copper, lead.and other products, lumber and timber, are additional ar- ticles on which the government con- trol would be extended during the war, according to the senate agricul- tural committee report today. GOVERNOR NAMES COMPLETE FIELD HOSPITAL STAFF Capt. Charles E. Hunt of Valley City Honored—Other Com- missions Given The staff organization of the First North Dakota field hospital was com- pleted by Governor Frazier today, when he commissioned Capt. Charles E. Hunt of Valley City to be major of medical corps and Ernest Eugene Wands of Lisbon and Charles Ernest Howard of Cogswell to be first lieu- tenants, field hospital corps. These commissions were recom- mended to the governor by the adjut- ant general several days ago. Cap- tain Hunt, who has been on duty with the Second battalion at Fort Lin- coln, now ranks with Major T. S. Patterson. All commissions are to fill new berths. Heretofore the First regiment has maintained only an in- firmary, and the field hospital now being organized will be the first for North Dakota national guard as now constituted. NONPARTISANS BUMPED AT CANADIAN POLLS Regina, Sask., June 27.—The Liber- als swept Saskatchewan almost clean in yesterday's election and will have more than 59 seats in the legisla- ture. All the labor independents and non- partisan league candidates were de feated. WOMAN IN. CASE IS_ TOO WEAK TO TESTIFY Waukesha, W June 27.—Miss Grace Lusk, the school teacher who shot and killed the wife of Dr. David Roberts, was too weak from self-in- flicted bullet wounds to attend the inquest set for this afternoon. Dr. Roberts was the principal wit- ness. ot FOR AGTIVE SERVICE ON WEST FRONT A French Seaport, June 27.—The second contingent of American troops arrived and disembarked this morn- ing. The troops landed amid the frantic cheers of the people, who had gath- ered for hours before in anticipation of duplication of yesterday's surprise. Enthusiasm rose to fever pitch when it was learned that the trans- port and convoys had successfully passed the submarine zone. The port was speedily beflagged in honor of the occasion. All recruits now arrived were trans- ferred today to a camp not far dis- tant from this point, where Major General W. J. Sibert is installed. .Thence they probably will go soon to a point near the front. In Excellent Shape. All the troops are in excellent shape, enthusiastic over the success- ful trip and their reception and eager for action. The harbor is dotted -with con- yoys. The streets are filled with: sol- diers in khaki and bluejackets. Great numbers o ftrucks are transporting supplies to the camps in which the troops are concentrating. WASHINGTON JUBILANT. Washington, June 27.—Cable refer- ences to “yesterday's surprise” inti- mate previous landing of American troops not hitherto mentioned. Suc- ful landing is gratifying to offi- cials here from a militaty standpoint and from, the moral effect in Ger- many if the news is’ allowed to be- come public. All troops sent are reg- ulars, comprising the force which the president directed to proceed to France at the earliest possible time. General Pershing arranged for their arrival. They will constitute an en- tirely independent command in ‘France. When they have had prep- aration behind the lines they will take their place on the battle front and probably soon will be carrying the Stars and Stripes in assaults which rapidly a driving the Ger- mans out of France and Beleium: CALL FOR MEN. MEETS LITTLE RESPONSE HERE North Dakota Is Fourth in Re- _ crniting Among Five North. western States APPEAL FOR 70,000 MEN; OPERATORS 10 FURNISH COAL AT FIXED PRICE Government Threatens to Take Over Product Unless Cost Is Reasonable COMMITTEE OF MINE ONLY 20,000 SECURED Washington, June 27.=With recruit-| ing week half gone, war department officials estimated today that the reg- ular army still is more than 50,000 short of war time strength, the goal it had been hoped to attain by Fri- day night. In the face of these re- turns so far, it is apparent there has ‘been no general response of men of military age to President Wilson's call for 70,000 volunteers to thus complete the first big military preparation in the war. Undoubtedly the remaining days will see greater activity and officials still hope great gains in recruiting totals will result. Only nine states are on the honor roll of those which have completed their quota of war volunteers. Only eight others have their quota 75 per cent complete. The percentages of northwesteri states upon the returns up to Mon- day night follow: ‘Washington, 6 South Dakota, 51; Wisconsin, 29. Minnesota Safety Commission Seeks To Bar Debs Address St. Peter, 7.—The Minnesota Public Safety committee has directed that the speaking en- gagement of Eugene V. Debs, once candidate for president, and a leader in the socialist party, for July, 4, here, be canceled, it was announced today by KE. Davis, member of the local commission, who returned to- day from St. Paul, where he confer- red with the war board. The address was to have been Mr. Debs’ first talk since he recovered from a recent ill- ness. Minnesota, 62; North Dakota, 39; Minn., June Lightning Kills Milton Man and Injures Another, Milton, N. D., June 27— William | Miller was instantly killed and Ernie Wilcox slightly injured while they stood side by side watching a storm at the Wilcox home. The bolt which cost Miller his life caused Wilcox, standing in the same doorway, no greater discomfort than a slight tingling of the feet. M’CLUSKY ADDS SCALP ON TURTLE LAKE TEAM .—The fast | Yercer team, as: ven Tur- tle Lake players, met defeat on the local diamond Sunday, the score being 6 to 4. Rohrer, for the locals, allowed four hits, and the Turtle Lake pitcher for Mercer, held the locals to only 12 safeties, two of which were home runs. Saturday the local bunch trimmed the Martin team for the sec- ond time to the tune of only 29 to 2. ‘The ‘McClusky team has lost no games so far this season. McClusky, OWNERS TO HANDLE SCALE Washington, June ~27.—Assurances that the government and the general public will be furnished coal at a reasonable price were given by repre- sentatives of both hard and soft coal interest who again today conferred with the National Defense Council's coal comnittee. This is the coal operators’ answer to warnings, by Secretaries Lane and Daniels and ‘others that unless chey establish fair pricés and proper reg- ulations, their output would be taken over by the government. Price to Be Fixed. The price of coal is to be deter- mined with the defense council coal committee's approval by a special pro- ducers’ committee, which aims also to insure production and facilitate dis- tribution. ‘The conference today received nom- inations for special committee rep- resentatives from each coal mine state and selected pursuant to resolu- tions adopted by operators to fix the price of coal. Dunn Denies He Plotted to Kill Wife St. Paul, Minn., June 27.—Frank J. Dunn, charged with first degree mur- der in connection with the killing of his wife, took the stand in his own defense today and denied that his dealing with S. C. Ferdig and Al Brown of Monsana concerned any- thing but a bona fide land transaction. The Montanans, relating their story of an early plot to kill Mrs. Dunn, had said that telegraphic correspond- ence concerning the plot had been |“covered up” by means of a code in which terms used in land deals were employed to refer to details of the alleged testimony. ‘As he was about to begin his testi- mony Dunn suffered an attack of stomach trouble, but soon recovered. The first question put by his attorney related to the several plots for the murder of Mrs. Dunn, which Dunn is said to have made, culminating, ac- | cording to the state, in her being shot to death by Joseph Redenbaugh. FORT SNELLING DYNAMITE WESTERN UNION PROPERTY Ft. Snelling, Minn, June 27.—Part of the mystery surrounding the find- ing of a beer keg fuil of dynamite yesterday was cleared today by the explanation that the dynamite was the property of the Western Union Tele- graph company. It was explained that the dynamite had been buried deeply, dit could not be explained why the een near the spot and his 3 The company uses the explosive in line construction LUTHERANS TO CELEBRATE 400th Anniversary of Reform- ation to Be Observed Grand Forks, N. D., June 27.—The 400th anniver the reformation will ve ceiebrated here next Sunday with a gathering of all the German Evangelical Lutheran congregations of Grand Forks and vi- UNITED STATES NAVY HUNTING SUBSEA BASES British Admiralty Admits Grow- ing Menace of Teuton Sub- mersibles HAVE INVENTION WHICH SPREADS STEEL NETS This Has Enabled Enemy to Keep Large Number of Crafts in Service Providence, R. I, June Providence Journal today says: “The United States government is in possession of information which has revived the. belief that German U-boats are again on this side of the Atlantic and that they have establish- ed a base somewhere off the south side of Cuba. Preceded by Freighters. “It is declared by officers of the navy that if this is so these U-boats have either been preceded or follow- ed by one or more. mercantile sub- inarines, which have carried extra supplies of torpedoes and oil. ‘Amer an warships are conducting earch along the suspect- or any trace of subma- = ed The inet ‘easing gravity of the U- boat menace is everywhere adinitted in the inner circles of the British admiralty. Ghis feeling is based,. ac- cording to a statement made to the Providence Journal, by a government official, whose knowledge of condi- tions is unquestioned, om two im- portant facts, neither of which has yet been made public. “The first of these is that the Ger- mans have succeeded in nullifying the value of the nets which have been used for their destruction by the in- vention and application of a device. Cuts the Nets. ‘ “This. device is a double. flange of thin steel, operated on a hinge from the bow of the submarine, and which, by electrically controlled — gears, spreads the flanges on either side of the bow to a distance of 18 feet, or 36 feet in all, whenever the nose of a submarine touches an obstruction. “It is estimated that in the last three months this device has saved a number of submarines from destruc: tion and has enabled the Germans to maintain at sea a greater number of these craft than formerly.” GERMAN SHIPPING IMPROVES. London, June 27—A dispatch to The Times from Rotterdam says that German shipping there is steadily in- creasing. Twenty-two German ships from Hamburg and Baltic ports en- tered last week. Two German ships were torpedoed’ or mined by the Bri- tish, but traffic was unaffected: ary of the beginning of; cinity. More than 400 are expected to attend. TWO TRAINED MEN 10 HAVE CHARGE OF Y. W. C. A. AT FT. LINCOLN State Secretary Arranges for Im- mediate Establishment of Institution A. B. Dale of Fargo, state secre- tary of the Y. M. C. A., visited Fort Lincoln yesterday and made arrange ments for the opening of a war Y with two trained men n charge. A building, 35 by 50 feet, formerly used as an indoor target range, will be used for the post Y, which will be opened with as little delay: as pos- sible Cranks Who Would End War Flock to See the President Washington, June 27.—Mentally un- balanced by the excitements ond hor- ror of the European war, men and women are flocking to Washington with plans to end the conflict, to make war impossible, to” solve the submarine problem, the Zeppelins and the gas, which is the terror of the men in the trenches. Since the first of June, the police have been obliged to arrest 89 per- sons, a majority of them men, who came to Washington to tell the presi- dent how to win the war with Ger many. All of this number were sent to Washington institutions for the care of the insane. DICKINSON BOOTLEGGER IS SOUGHT IN MONTANA Dickinson, N. D.. June 27.—Sheriff T. N. Hartung returned from Bis- marck this morning with requisition papers for Bill Pruitt, now in Mon- tana, and who is wanted, here on a charge of bootlegging. 27.—The-