The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 11, 1917, Page 1

. were lost\ last’ year, in.the primary. —o—- -o- LEAGUE CANDIDATE TAKES = ALL BUT TWO COUNTIES IN 2,000 VOTES TL 10 0000 400 Out of 547 Precincts Give Cartoonist Safe Lead Over Republican Nominee SMALL VOTE GENERAL THROUGOUT DISTRICT Circus, Bad Weather and Other| , Factors Interfere—Talk of Contesting Result John M. Baer, the Nonpartisan can- didate, was elected to congress in the special election called by Governor Lynn J. Frazier to elect a successor to the late H. T. Helgeson, according to nearly complete unofficial returns compiled here today; by a majority of 1,493 over his republican opponent, O. 'B. Burtness, of Grand Forks. Four hundred precincts reported out of the total of 547 in the 13 counties| gave the following at noon today: Baer, Nonpartisan .... 9,023 Burtness, republican.. 7,530 Bangs, democrat ..... 2,698 The district is normally republican. Baer carried 11 counties, according to the unofficial reports, losing only two, Grand. Forks by a majority of five votes, and Ramsey county. The voting was very light in all 13 counties, due it was, said.on account of the heavy. rain’ and in one instance to a circus, which visited Devils Lake, in Ramséy county. A feature of the’voting was the vic- tory by the Nonpartisan: candidate in Cass and Richland: counties, “which election. by heavy pluralties. The in- compleéte-nequrns from these two coun- ties show( Baer in the lead by a small majority, with the rural districts still to be heard from. Baer has. polled the heaviest votes. in the rural dis- iricts. Conservative estimates place Baer’s election over Burtness by a majority ‘of 2,000, League Vote Falls Off. A falling off in the league vote as compared with that polled by Lynn, J. Frazier, last November, is indicat- ed in practically every county from which reports have been received. In Cass, 32 out of 70 precincts, includ- ing the city of Fargo and represent- ing more than half of the county, gave Baer 1,005 votes, while the en- tire county last fall gave Frazier 4,495. Grand Forks county complete gave Baer 1,332, as against 3,294 for Frazier last fall, and the vote of Baer, Burtness and Bangs combined in that county exceeds by only 400 Frazier’s total. Yestetddy'¢rand!’ Porks’ cast 3,694 balldta!fUP ‘congréss,” while: November €ait!4)751 ‘for govet Trail cq@uMtyeumpléte’ gave Baer 987, as cdnipared’ with' 1,882 for Fta-' zier, Thé"tombined vote ‘for the’ three candidates ‘was smalter than Frazier’s vote last fall. In’ Pembina 38 out of 39 precincts gave Baer 854, while Frazier last. November pull- ed 2,251 votes out of this county. Not Much Consoiation. There is little consolation for the league in Baeris victory. Should the league congressman total 16,000 votes, which does not seem probable, it will mean a loss of 12,000, or more than 40 per cent. Baer will not approxi- mate the vote of Hefiry T. Helgesen. Allowing Baer 2,000 votes in Cass county, he will still be far behind Helgesen’s 3,224. Baer’s total in Grand Forks, 1,332, does_not compare at all favorably with the 2,369 cast for Helgesen last November. In Traill county Helgesen’s vote was 1,600, as against 987 given Baer yesterday. Bangs’ Weakness Surprise. The weakness of George A. Bangs was the one great surprise of the election. In no county which has re- ported complete returns is Bangs’ vote 50 per cent as large as a year ago, when he opposed Helgesen. There is an indication that conserva- tives of both parties endeavored to concentrate.on Burtness, and certain proof that had Burtness alone oppos- ed baer, the republican would have been an easy winner. Traill county, which last November gave Bangs 355, yesterday granted him a scant 76. Bangs’ own home cut him down .fom 2,225 last November, to 735 yester-; day. Pembina reduced Bangs’ allow- ance from 1,121 last November, to} 407 yesterday on face of incomplete; returns. The Stay-at-Home Vote. Unquestionably it was the great stay-at-home vote which yesterday de- feated Olger B. Burtness. It is safe to conclude that the league’s whirl- wind campaign was successful in get-| ting out a large percentage of league voters. There follows the natural as- sumption that the stay-at-homes were Fepublicans or democrats who- either did not approve of their candidates or were not sufficiently interested ‘to 0 to the polls. When the republi- crisis IN IN GERMAN} CAPITAL AND LABOR ‘a League Puts Baer JOHN M BAER_- Baer was born on a farm_ near Black Creek, Wis. moved to Beach, N. D., after being graduated from college, he was appointed postmaster. Be- tween handing out letters and sorting mail Baer: found time. to ‘draw pic- tures. foot “his jpie' for Jim Jam ‘Jems. When the Nonpartisan league was organized, Baer drew cartoons for the league’s weekly paper. He. created a character that made a hit withivthe farmers, Hfalt A. Rube. That picture alone is said to have made thousdhid'6f votes fbr the. farmers’ candidates-in- the mort Dakota election last fall. yan Baer. stumped his disttlee,” ‘drawing piguaree for his crowds, talking lit- tle. He is a successor to the late Con- gressman Helgesen. Baer’s election marks the entrance into national politics of the Nonpart- isan league, which has over 100,000 members, all farmers, in the North-|! west and Middle West states. | W..W. MEMBERS TURNED BACK BY ARMED POSSE Citizens Meet Car and Cause Agi- tators to Return Without Delay PRISONERS ACTIVE IN ARIZONA COPPER STRIKE Kingman, Ariz, July 11.—Sixty- three men deported from Jerome yes- terday as Industrial Workers of the World, active in the strike there, ap- peared here today from Needles, and armed citizens met the car in which they were prisoners and caused its return on the next eastbound train. Some. of the men said they had been victims of unfortunate circumstances in the clash between the organization and mine operators. Twenty of the men escaped from the armed forces of the guard which took them to the shop of the ‘Needles Mining company. The town is being patroled by the home guard SOME ESCAPE. Needles, Cal. July 11—Citizens armed. with shotguns received their 60 men, mostly Industrial Workers of the World, on their arrival here today from Jerome, Ariz., whence they had been deported. A woman in the party escaped, and search was instituted for her. Two men also got away. They were told they would have to return to Arizona. VERDON GIRL SUICIDES No Motive Can Be Ascribed for Self-Murder Verdon, S. D., July 11—No motive is known for the suicide of Miss Stella Phivos, who killed herself with a 38 revolver bullet-through the heart. She ‘cans in a losing a candi- (Continued of '06.), had been living with a sister between here and Conde. Over After Wilson’s first. election res Were, wood enough, i For First Time in History of Am- erican Agriculture Wage Agreement Is Sought TOWNLEY AND HAGAN Sought to Make With Union Is Safe and Sane ing the farm labor of America. mittee selected by President A.C. has tentatively entered into with a tural Workers’ union. The effect of the agreement, John N. Hagan, commissioner of agriculture and labor for (North Dakota, and who headed the Nonpartisan league com- mittee, will be to assure the North Dakota farmer.an abundant supply of ‘skilled. labor, when. and. where it’ is needed; to eliminate the congregation of unemployed, which the commission- er holds has;.been responsible for North’ Dakota’s I. W. ‘W. troubles in the past, and to prevent any dispute ‘between the farmer and the hands upon whom he is to rely for the har- vesting of North Dakota’s much need- ed ‘bumper crops. Tie Independent Farmer. “Ratification’ meetings of “league members, called by President Town- ley, similar to that in progress here today, will be held in Fargo, Valley City and Bismarck. The league's Jarmer membership is reported’ as be- tween 40,000 and 60,000. There are 80,000 farmers irp9vNOrth’® Dukdta. ‘Whether those notiih ‘the! league’ will be bound ‘by ithe ‘agreement, if ratified by the league, is not yet clear. “If the agreement is not acceptable to the farmer, “said Commissioner Ha- gan today, “the department of agricul- ture and labor will seek to continue to supply the farmer’s labor needs as it has done in the past. We have worked for weeks on this agreement. If it is approved, I believe it will go ‘a long way toward ending harvest troubles in North Dakota. I am con- fident the union will live up to its contract. He Reduced Transportation. “This is the only means I know of by which we can obtain reduced trans- portation for farm hands; itis the ore means I have yet discovered ot making certain of skilled ‘hands; it is the one measure which will give us control of the harvest hand from the time he enters the state until he leaves it. It will mean absolute cer- tainty of employment for the farm la- borer when he arrives at the end of his journey, something he cannot be sure of now. It is ‘the frequency with which farm hands are brought into this state in large numbers, attracted through unreliable reports, of high wages and great need in some certain section, or sent in by irresponsible labor agencies that has caused our disturbances in the past. Men dead broke, without transportation, and with no money to pay for a meal, turned loose in a strange country, may sometimes be excused for feeling that the country which has called them owes them something.” What the Union Is. The Agricultural Workers’. union has its headquarters at Kansas City. Co-operating with President A. C. Townley in negotiating the recent conference at Kansas City was Arthur LeSeuer, former socialist mayor of Minot, and an attorney who has often appeared for the I. W. W. The pro- ceedings of the meeting were reported in full by the Industrial Worker, the official organ of the I. W. W. These facts have led some farmers to regard the Agricultural Workers’ union as their old enemy, the I. W. W. in dis- guise. The union, however, is vouched for by President Townley and Com- missioner Hagan. Slew Sweetheart Who Scorned Him; Followed Girl to Washington Douglas, N. D., July 11.—Frank Mus- elyhan, 29, who followed Miss Opal Harmescon, aged 19, 'Wash., when the family left Douglas two years ago, shot and killed his sweetheart at the home of her broth- er-in-law, N. A. Doyle, and made his escape. Muselman had been courting Miss Harmescon ftom the time she wore short skirts, and she had repeat- edly scorned proposals of marriage. He left here vowing he would marry her. . | VOUCH FOR CONTRACT Declare Agreement League Has Minot, N?D., July 11—For probably the first time in the history of Amer- ica an organization of farmers repre- senting the employing class is asked here today to ratify an agreement with a labor organization represent- The proposed contract is one which a com- Townley of the Nonpartisan league committee representing the Agricul- to Oroville,| eq & Bulletin Washington, D.C., July 11,--- Subject to approval of Maj- or General Bliss acting chief of staff, North Dakota Nation- al Guard will fbe assigned to concentration camp at Deming, New Mexic« New Mexico. British Raid Hit Goeben Air Attack Upon Constantinople Harbor Does Considerable “Damage to Fleet WAR OFFICE I8 ALSO HIT BY AVIATORS London, July 11—An air raid on the enemy fleet ‘off Constantinople was announced in‘a statement by the British war office today. Bombs were dropped on the Turkish cruiser, Twuz Sultan Selin,» formerly the Ger- man cruiser, Goeben. The extent of the damage fOr the vessel is not given. “Direct hits were dbtained on tha Goeben and on other enemy ships near here,” said the official report. Big explosions took place on board and several fires were; observed. The war office, was also attacked ard a direct fit was obtained. The enemy. appeared to, have been com- pletely surprised, as until the bombs had been dropped,ine anti-aircratt battery: opened fire.“ “ui; forces re- turned “Safely without any casualties. SEVEN DROWN IN BIB STONGK: STEAMER SINKS Craft Capsized Last Night in Heavy Storm That Raged / Over Lake BOAT CREW HELPLESS, WHEN GALE STARTS “Ortonville, Minn., July * 11—The bodies of Miss Belie iarson, a cook at a.local hotel, and one of her two nieces, all of whom were among the seven victims of last night’s drown- ing accident here, were recovered to- day. The nieces of Miss Larson were residents of Fargo and visiting here. Their names are not known. Hope that the remaining missing persons who were on the steamer Muskegon when it capsized last night in a squall, was abandoned today, but the heavy storm still raged on Big Stone lake and made the work of searchers and divers very difficult. Ole Tranberg, engineer, who, with a 12-year-old boy whom he rescued, were the only survivors, in telling the story this . morning, said that -the boat’s crew did not have a chance to do anything when the squall which struck them canie up. . AEROPLANES WILL END WAR SAYS. WRIGHT Dayton, O., July 11—This is the last war, and-aeroplanes will win this war, according to Orville Wright, the inventor, today. “This is the last war, because aer: oplanes used in great number will make war futile. My >rother and I were so convinced from the >egin-, ning,” said the inventor. A “What will become of the aero- Y FORC Turkey’sNavy;, ES CHANGES BAER WINS BY SMALL MARGIN OVER BURTNESS DRIVE THROUGH BELGIAN LINES City of Dunkirk Is ik Ie Obfesive of Latest Maneuver in FIERCE BATTLE I8 STILL IN PROGRESS Sound of Heavy Firing Can Be Heard in English Coast Towns (By Associated ‘Press:)'' Just as the Russians in the east have'tdrn'a big: gap.tn the Austro- German lines in Galicia, captured Ha- licz and pressed on toward Lemberg, the Galician capital, the Germans on the western front have started a men- acing offensive near the Felgian coast. se Local Effort. “This movement, while it may turn out to be a local effort or something with which the British can cope, after the shock of the first thrust has been met, nevertheless indicates the possi- bility of the determined attempt to bend ‘back the British flank on the Belgian coast and reach the city of Dunkirk, about 17 miles distant. The Germans succeeded in their in- itial rush by leveling the defenses through an intense bombardment for 24 hours, and. then attacking, last evening, over the devastated ground. The bridges across the Yser ‘were destroyed by the heavy fire, and the sending up of reinforcements was found impossible. Thus a penetration of 100 yards deep on a front of 1,400 yards, was effected, the Germans pushing as far as the east bank of the Yser, near the North sea. There ‘has~been’no serious ‘attempt by the Germans to break through the British front in Belgium since their two campaigns for Calais in the early months of the war. The first was checked along the Belgian front by the combined Eritish and Belgian de- fense. ini Battle Still Rages ! In the second. battle of ¥pres in the f fall of 1914 the. Germans, .sacrificed thousands of men in a terrific drive, but failed to effect a penetration. Reports from London today fadi- cate that the battle in Belgium is still in progress. The sounds of heavy firing heard in England all day yes- terday were again heard today, be- ginning at dawn. In capturing Halicz, the Russians took more than 30 guns and numer- ous prisoners. The Russian advice to the war office state that they are continuing their advance, pursuing the retreating Austro-German forces. The Russians have reached the Posiecz-Lesiuvka-Kosmacz line. In the fighting between Sunday and Tues- day the ,Russians took more than 10,000 prisoners, and 80 guns. CAPTURE 1,250. Berlin, July 11.—More than 1,250 prisoners have been taken by the Ger- man marine corps in the Yser district in Belgium, the army headquarters announced today. TAKE 2,000 PRISONERS. Petrograd, July 11.—In addition to capturing Halicez the Russians took 2,000 prisoners and 30 guns. They also advanced to the left bank of the Lon- nica river, and pressed forward on the Bogorodohan-Zolotvin front. This announcement was made by the war department today. EDITORS’ MEET MARRED BY DEATH OF PRESIDENT Minneapolis, Minn., July 11.—Sor- row was cast over the convention of the National Editorial association to- day by the death last night of the organization’s founder, Col. Benjamin Herbert, of Chicago, editor of the National Printer-Journalist. Colonel Herbert was seized with an attack of heart trouble Monday. Resolutions expressing sorrow of the delegates were adopted. ~ Delegates were asked to urge their congressmen for legislation authoriz- ing the federal trade commission to take over the operation of American paper mills and thus reduce prices. planes after the war?” he was ask- “It will become the most popular vehicle for sport,” said Wright. “Thousands of young men who will have learned to fly will be coming back. They will not quit fying. It is great fun.” And while Wright was talking 400 United States fliers were training at the Wilbur field to help blind Ger- many and end “the last war.” <P Earthquake in Samoan Islands Washington, July 11.—A dispatch] from Suva, Fiji Islands, says damage has been caused in the Samoan Is- lands by severe earthquakes and tidal waves. The Friendly Islands also have ex- perienced an earthquake. CERMANS START (DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OW POLITICAL REFORMS CAUSES SPLIT IN Scene of Slav Drive KORNWOFE IS /: NEW HERO OF ‘RUSSIAN DRIVE Nation Today Rings With Name of General Who Is Con. qjuering Galicia on ONCE CAPTURED BY AUSTRIANS HE ESCAPES |« Petrograd, July 11.—Russia is ring- ing with the name of the iatest hero of the war, Lieutenant General Kor- niloff, victor of Galicia, whose aston- ishing feat first proved that the new advance is no mere flash in the pan. General Korniloff is the most daring, chivalrous and scholarly officer in the army. From log cabin to general is the lit- eral text of the chronicle of his ca- reer. He was born 46 years ago, the son of a poor cossack in western Si- beria. When, barely 13, by his own exertion, he {ualified to enter the SI- berian cadet corps. In the artillery school his amazing mathematical abil- ities brought approve! from the facul- ty, even though suspected as being a@ secret revolutionary worker. Ih the Japanese war, Korniloff received the rank of colonel and was entrust- ed with a desperate mission—that of covering the retreat from Mukden of one General Kuropatkin’s shattered army. It was executed with such skill he was given the St. George cross. In 1915, he repeated the Muk- den feat. but was wounded and cap- tured by the Austrians. The enemy generals were so im- pressed with his accomplishments and noble bearing that the return of his sword showed greater honor to him than to their own victorious com- mander. His restless spirit did not long stand captivity. After a daring flight from an Austrian prison camp and astonishing adventures, he reach- ed Russia. (CHARGE GERMAN LUTHERANS. WITH HMONG ENERY Lincoln, Neb., July 11—The Ne- braska council of defense today is- sued a statement charging “certain professors of the University of Ne braska” and “conspicuous representa- tives of the Lutheran church in the state” with “disloyal activity and pas- sivity that has tended to give aid and comfort to Germany as an enemy.” The statement declared the busi- ness men in German communities ex- hibited alarming antagonism toward the Red Cross and Liberty loan and gome openly threatened bysiness re- prisals against men who~ supported them. One banker was quoted as saying: “TI would commit suicide before tak- ing up arms against Germany.” The statement says: “Conspicuous representatives of the Lutheran church generally refus- ed to co-operate with patriotic citi- zens for the support of the govern- ment.” & KAISER’. COUNCIL BERNSTORFF SLATED Former Ambassador to United States May Take Post of Foreign Minister HOLLWEGG’'S LOSSES)‘ SUPPORT. OF LEADERS Peace Party Growing in Strength As Economic Pressure In. creases Copenhagen, July 1i (Delayed.)—A dispatch from Berlin to the Cologne Gazette says the retirement of Minis- ters Helferich and Zimmermann will be gazetted Tuesday. According to the Tageblatt the crown council is reported to have developed an almost irreconciliable difference oi opinion between Dr. von Bethmanun Hollwegg and a majority of Prussian ministers on questions of internal political re- Bernstorff Mentioned. Count von Bernstorff, former Ger- man ambassador at Washington, is mentioned in the lobby of the ‘reich- stag as a candidate to succeed Zim- mermann in case of: his retirement. The name of Dr. W. S. Zolf, colonial sécretary is-also mentioned: The debate in the reichstag main gommittee 4 ports pte ae was opened : Dr. G. Stresemann, national. liberal, with a sharp ‘attack on Chancellor von Bethmann Hollwegg’s policy, par- ticularly that of foreign affairs, which he characterized as being based on no definite. consistent program. The chancellor replied by saying he was: forced 'to look to all sides for support because the reichstag offers no stable be able to develop a consistent pro- ram. The Vossische Zeitung adds that the chancellor expressed readiness and willingness to carry through neces- sary internal reforms. Dualism Must Ce: Herr David, socialist, painted a pic- ture of the difficult internal situation in Germany. He declared that the existing dualism between the govern- ment and the people must cease. Afternoon papers yesterday gener- ally assumed that an agreement of all parties, except conservatives and ex- treme socialists, had been reached by joint declaration to the, reichstag..on peace terms, and, , internal ,,.reforms. Thig tt is, aid, would contain,.e xe-, iteration of, the chancellor’s announce, ment of August, 1914, that,Germapy's purpose in the war was, not, conquest but defense, and independence of ter- ritorial integrity, expressing a readi- ness to conclude peace on that basis with a provision readjusting all de- signs aiming at economic boycott and continuance of international hostility atter the war. "whe declaration, according to. re- ports, would also cover the formation of a coalition ministry with all parties and :mmediate reform of the Prussian franchise. The national liberals, however, at a meeting in the evening, rejected the peac2 pact of the resolution. The whole matter, therefore, is in doudt ogain. Washington, July 11—Germany’s latest political difficulties are regard- ed by officials here as due largely to internal problems and probably of a transitory nature only. The dismissal of Foreign Secretary Zimmerman, Minister of Finance Helf- iferich or even Chancellor von Beth- {mann Hollwegg would be considered largely a surface movement, for not until the great army general staff it- self is reached, it is believed, will the real crust of German militarism be broken. The German foreign office, it was pointed out today, has served during the war merely as a means to get the leaders out of trouble. © American officials agree with allied diplomats here that many of the Ger- man officials who picture so largely in the news are in fact puppets being pulled across the stage as a blind to the German people. Their rise or fall, they say, has lit- tle significance on Germany’s military and foreign policies. Nevertheless, the German peace party is very active and general opposition to the unrep. resentative form of government has centered attention to the extreme power of the junker and Pan-Amert cans who are being held increasingly responsible for the ills of the coun- try. Austria's influence is becoming more and more insistent for.a liberal peace. Austria is said to be treated most contemptuously by German off- cials. majority. Give him this and he would * re PRGOrdNE “toy nes by. a ae