The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1917, Page 1

| (WW. READ ‘The Weather. Generally Fair. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 179 DRIVE AIMED BIPMAROE: NORTH DADOTA, TUESDAY, JULY 31, i917 AT FIVE CENTS sue MARINE BASE Nation-Wide Industrial Strike Is ‘Threatened SENDS ORDERS TD PRESIDENT To Cause Walkout of 250,000 Workers If Interned Men Are Not Returned WILL AFFECT HARVEST FIELDS OF THIS STATE Haywood Sends Ultimatum Be- cause of Situation in Arizona Copper Fields Chicago, July 31—Miners, harvest hands and lumbermen of the middle west: threatened to go on a sympa- thetic strike unless the deported I. W. W. are returned to their homes in the warring districts of Arizona. A telegram voicing the intention of a walkout of more than a quarter mil- lion of men was sent to President 'Wil- son from Chicago by W. D. Haywood, head of the I. W. W. The message to the president said that miners in Michigan had begun a general strike, that Minnesota miners would follow and that harvest hands in North and South Dakota would fall into line unless the men deported from their homes were returned. The move on the part of Mr. Hay- wood was the result of the summary dismissal from Bisbee, Ariz., of his attorney, Fred H. Moore. ys 250,000" Idle. When asked what he proposed to do about ‘the deportation of Mr. Moore,’ Mr, Haywood: said). “What ‘else ds there to do but ac- cept the deportation? ‘Can you tell me any way to beat their game? If Arixoua can~stand the’ domination of the high handed officials, I guess the 1. W, W. will be able to endure it. “t have been’ forced to wire Presi- foul ‘Viléqn that a’ general strike will be called in the middie west. unless th3 mex of Arizona are brought back to their families. When all the mem- dets'and sympathizers walk out, 250,- 000 men will Ne ‘idle. As yet, 1 have receiyed no reply from Washington.” Suppressiomofuharvesting work, the Trio i¥aglawen dpglana,,would mean logs of, thousands af:dollars to the; t hers 24d ee of the miners would cause serious impediment to munition manufacturers. ‘TO COERCE UNITED STATES. Lansing, Mich, July 31.—‘It. should Be pointed out to the miners that this is not a movement to improve their] condition, but wholly intended to co- erce the United States by interfering with the preparations for defense.” This statement was declared in a telegram received by Governor Sleek- ers this morning from Secretary Wil- gon at Washington. “May | not urge you to use your influece tno urge the mine operators to so arrange the wages and condi- tions of employment ‘that’ thére’ wil! be:no basis for agitation?’ “HE LOLE. gram added. - SUPREME COURT ~ TD PASS UPON GRADING ACT] Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted Buyer Returnable Here Auggust7 for Test —= The long anticipated test suit to determine the constitutionality of North Dakota’s new grain grading act will be argued before the supreme court August 7, the court this after- noon having granted the petition of M. C. Gaulke of Grand Forks for a writ of habeas corpus, making the same returnable on that date. Gaulke, a Brain buyer, was arrested by Sher- if Turner of Grand. Forks for buying grain without the license required by the new grading act. Gaulke, con- tending the act was unconstitutional, applied for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied by Judge Cooley in district court, from whose decision Gaulke appealed to supreme court. CASUALTIES FOR JULY 11,832 London, July 31. -31.—British casualties in all theaters of military operations, published in the newspapers during | n: the month of July, totaled 71,832 offi- cers and men. The officers killed, wounded or missing total 2,503, while the men number 69,329. All Food Prices Are Going U; Only Three Articles Showed De- crease in Last Year Statistics Prove MEAT AND EGGS SHOW INCREASES (Washington, July 31—Only three articles classed as foodstuffs showed a decrease in price from ‘May, 1914, to May of the present year, according to a comparison of export prices, an- nounced today by, the department of commerce. The commodities not in- cluded in the general advance in cost are green coffee, oranges and dricd apples. Corn jumped from 76c to $1.52 per bushel, wheat from $1.00 to $2.58, wheat flour from $4.69 to $9.52 a bar- rel, eggs from 20c to 25c a dozen, canned beef from 13c to 27¢ a pound, fresh beef from 12c to 14¢c a pound, ‘bacon ‘from 13c to 22c a pound, lard from 12c to 23c a pound, butter from 22c to 37c a pound, and potatoes from 80e to 280 8 bushel a bushel. SLOPE FAVORED WITH FINE RAIN; CONDITION GOOD 68 Inch of Precipitation Official Record. for Dickinson Last Night” CROPS SHOW MARKED CHANGE:FOR BETTER (Good rains, raqging ‘down from .68 ‘of an inch at Dickinson to .24 at Bis- wiartk ‘were general over the Slope last night, again thoroughly saturat- ing the soil and bringing about a marked change for the better in crops of all kinds and a particularly gratify- ing improvement in pastures. Light showers were reported from almost every station in North Dakota last night. Aside from Dickinson, Mi- not, with .42 of an inch, fared best.|, Temperatures today are low and the skies cloudy, enabling crops generally to derive the utmost possible benefit from the grateful moisture. Predic- tions are for continued cool tempera- tures and fair skies. Stope in’ Good Shape. The Slope may congratulate itself upon the fact that pessimistic reports from other districts cannot be applied to this favored region. Throughout the summer scattered showers have relieved here general drouth condi- tions which have prevailed elsewhere in the state. The precipitation has not been so heavy nor so general as might have been wished, but it has n very helpful, and from all parts cf the district come reports of excep- tionally good crops, as well as some] of more than ordinarily poor. yields. It is safe to predict fair crops on the Slope. Where a field will be found whose wheat yield will not run more than seven bushels to the acre, the same township very likely will pro- duce a-number of fields where the yield will run 15, 20 and 25 bushels. Pastures are turning green once more, and stockmen who had begun to fear the necessity of sacrificing their herds are feeling more cheerful. The Slope once more has demonstrated its quick recuperative powers. It has again proven that agriculturally it is a region which cannot he downed by any ordinary forms of adversity. TRY MISSISSIPPI AS ROUTE FOR IRON St. Louis, Mo., July 31.—A fleet of steel barges with a cargo of 6,000 tons of coal left St. Louis yesterday for St. Paul. The fleet is expected to reach St. Paul in seven to 1% days, and-a cargo of iron ore will be brought back to St. Louis. The trip, it is believed, will decide whether navigation can be carried on success- fully in the Mississippi river in the transportation of low-priced commodi- ties. A government steamer is towing the barges. i NORTH DAKOTA | CONSTITUTION NOT BONE ORY Judge Robinson Declares So Call- ed Blister Bill Neve: Was Legally Passed LEGISLATURE CANNOT CHANGE OUR BULWARK Section 217 Guarantees Every Man Right to Private Stock of Booze, He Says That North Dakota is not constitu- tionally bone dry and that’no state legislature without amending the constitution can make it bone dry, is the contention of ‘Associate Justice J. E. Robinson in a statement made public today. “Section 217 of the constitution,” says Judge Robinson, “forbids only importations of liquor for sale or gift. It forbids ‘the im- portation of liquor except for per- sonal use. The legislature cannot in any way amend or repeal the con- euuutldns They cannot add to or Tt is the supreme law.” The justice’ dis- poses of house bill 39, the so-culled “bone-dry” law, by taking the follow- ing exceptions: “It was altered and amended. on its -passage so as to change its original purpose it em- braces more than one subject, waich is not expressed. in its title; it was not read three times, and there was no third reading on the passage of the bill; it is also void because it is in direct. conflict with Sec. 217 of the constitution, which expressly permits the: importation of, liquor, except for sale or gift.” “I know my stand. in’ this ‘inatter may not be. popular,” said. Judge Robinson. “But I am not running for office, and my only concern is that my opinions be right and just. A law passed as this bill was is not law, and© no supreme court would ever hold it such.” “This is a continuation of my let- ter of Jast Saturday. Thero is no’ bone dry law in this state. Section 217--the prohibition section of the consitution—forhids only importa- tions of liquor for sale or gift. It forbids the importation of liquor ex- cept for personal use. The legisla- ture cannot in any way amend or re- peal the constitution. They cannot add to or take from it one jot or tittle. It is the supreme Jaw Purpose of Section “The purpose of the prohibition sec- tion was to do away with the saloons and the local traffic in liquors, and not to make it bone dry, only for that thriftless class of people.who.do not know enough to care well for themselves and their families. With a bone dry clause or sentence, the chances are that the prohjbition sec; tion would not hayd. been: ted either by: the convention or. thd!'péo! ple. At the last.session of the legis- lative assembly two, bills were intro- duced to. amend, ‘dr ‘rather! to over- ride, Sec. 217 of the constitution. Senate Bill 85, as introduced and printed, was bone dry; it did not per- mit importation for personal use,. but some good senators consulted Judge Robinson and were advised that they could not in that way override or change the constitution, and the bill was amended by striking out thq clause on personal use. Regulating Druggists “House Bill 39 was a bill for an act providing regulations for the delivery, receipt and possession of intoxicating liquors. The purpose of this bill was to regulate the sale of liquor by druggists; and not to override the constitution. This latter purpose was given to it by a _hocus pocus senate amendment. The bill, as amended by the senate, came up in Situation In Russia Is Better Panic Among” Retreaters Has Been Supressed Ruthlessly by. Gayalrymen DESERTERS ARE SHOT WITHOUT ANY MERCY London, July 31.—A dispatch to the Times from the headquarters of the ‘Russian seventh tiny says the situa- tion is more hopeful. Panic among the retreaters #}'fuppressed ruthless- ly. Three divisions of cavalry have taken positions actoss the whole front of retreat. Deserters are shot and attempts to spread panic are. sup- pressed by prompt execution, Desert- ers, spies and agitators who cnjoyed complete: immunity under the-contmit- tee system lie dead on the highways: A paper pinned on the corpses reads: “Here lies a traitor to his country.” Red badges and other symbols which accompanied ‘the demoralization have almost disappeared. TWO MILLION RETREATING, London, July 31.—4A dispatch to the Post from Petrograd, referring to the Russian retreat in Galicia, says it is conservatively estimated that more than two million; troops are steadily marching rearward. These constitute the éleventh and seventh armies with their reserves. , The eighth army, which is largely cavalry, and not in- cluded in ‘the foregoing figures, also is retreating ‘and its position, the cor- respondent says, is extremely critical. The Germans are using every effort to capture it while following up the eleventh and seventh armies, and it looks as if the eighth army might be cen in a bags wa iy WILSON INSISTS ON ONE MAN TD EXERT CONTROL Puts Pressure of Executive Influ- ence Against a Food Board of Three NO COMMITTEE TO PASS ON EXPENDITURES ‘Washington, July 31—Senate and house conferees on. the food control ‘bit hadionly one problem to work out when they convened today; name- ly, where there shall be created a congressional committeee on war ex- penditure. They hope to reach final agreement tonight. As the situation) now stands provision for a board of three members instead of a single ad- ministrator will go out of the bill, and it seems strongly probable that the war expenditures committeee also would be eliminated. President Wilson has insisted that both provisions be stricken out. The confer on the administra- tion food bill failed at their first ses- sion’ today to break their deadlock on ‘the congressional war expendi- tures committee and recessed until} later today with the motion to strike out the provision still pending. South. Dakota Has the house for a third reading and final passage on the last day of the session. The doings of the house on the last day make a record covering | ~ 149 pages of the journal. Seventy- nine bills were passed with the yea and nay votes taken and noted, and among them was house bill 39. Of! course it was not read. There was no time for the reading of 79 bills and no time for the legal calling of the rolls and noting the votes, the signing of the bills and various other matters covering a record of 149} pages. I am told by one justice of! our court that he was present on this day when the roll was called on 13 bills at the same time. The Constitution “Now every provision of the consti- tution is imperative and mandatory, and hence an act does not become a law unless it is passed according to these provisions Sec. 58. ‘No bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either house as to change its original purnose. Sec. °61. No bill shall embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in its title. Set. 63. Every bill shall be read three several times, and the first and third réadings shall be at length. 4 Continued on Page Three) Destructive Storm Aberdeen, $. D., July 31—One of| the worst: wind and hail storms visit- ing the state in recent years swept; over. the northern counties of South Dakota Sunday afternoon. Reports received: here late today indicate that the wind extended far into North Da-| kota. However little damage from the | hail, was reported from there. | The smaller grains which remain- ed uncut were badly damaged by the rain: and hail and localities in Brown county report that the crops will be total loss. Many fields of corn were! completely riddled by the hail. Near/ Aberdeen, real estate men stated the; loss will not exceed 15 per cent. The damage was not confined alone, to crops but mary buildings and live-| stock suffered as the result of the) twister. Farmers in the northern part of the South Dakota reported inj many cases the hail stones, the size, of hen eggs. completely riddled the) roofs and broke practically every, window in several homes. Many head of livestock were kill-| ed by the hail and falling timber from ‘barns wrecked by the wind. BIC INCOMES MUST. FURNIS TAX INCREASE Bulk of Additional Revenue Nec- essary to Be Taken From War Profits BEVERAGES ALSO TO BE ASSESSED HIGHER Budget to Be Increased From $1,670,000,000 to $2,008,- 000,000 Washington, D.'C., July 31.—Work of ‘revising the war tax bill to bring its totalup from. $1,670,000,000 to ap- proximately. $2,000,000,000 was contin- ued today by the senate’s finance com- mittee, with indications that the bur: den of the increase would be borne by capitalizations and individuals with in- comes of $20,000 or more. In addition, increased levies on in- toxicating beverages and on sugar, tea, coffee and cocoa, probably will be imposed. The committee also has under consideration the addition of a few new taxes, among them those on petroleum products, including gaso- line. Tentative plans do not call for any increase in the normal income tax on individuals. Increase of the pending §1, 670, ,000,- 000 war tax Dill to a total ‘of $2,008,- 000,000 was decided upon today by the senate finance committee, In- creases on corporation, normal in- come taes,x and incomes of. individu- als of $15,000 and over, and further increase of $1 per gallon on distilled spirits, and 50. cents..per barrel .or more on beer, with a few other-minor tax’increases, will make up the addi- tional levy. The committee decided to increase the prasent two per cent normal rate on corporate incomes to six per cent as against four per cent in the bill as originally drown. It is expected to yield $162,000,000 additional revenue. The increase in surtax rates on indi- vidual incomes of $15,000 or more was estimated to raise from $25,000,000 to $36,000,000 additional. New excess profit taxes will be agreed upon later. In revising the liquor schedules, the cominittee estimated that by adding $1 per gallon to the tax on distilled spirits, making it $3.20 per gallon— $2.19 over the present law—$90,000,000 more revenue would be secured from that source. The increase of 50 cents a barrel on beer was estimated to yield $25,000,000 more revenue, mak- ing the beer tax $3.25 a barrel as com- pared with $1.50 under existing laws, and $2.25 as originally proposed in the ‘bill. SENATE ARGUES BONE ORY PLANK TO CONSTITUTION Washington, July 31—The senate entered upon the nd day of the debate on the Sheppard resolution for a national prohibition amendment to the constitution with many sena- tors to speak. Under a unanimous consent agree: ment, the resolution ‘will be finally disposed of tomorrow. It’s passage is expected ‘by a narrow margin. CONTRACTORS WILL REPAIR HOT WEATHER BREAKS IN PAVEMENT Hanlon & Oakes, City Engineer Atkinson announces, will immediately repair hot weather breaks in the bi- tulithic paving in the down town dis- trict. The «paving suffered severely ifrom Saturday's heat, breaking forth in blisters and eruptions which gave it a most leprous appearance. This condition was most extreme in that section of the pavement which was laid during the cold weather last fall, when the binder did not have a chance to spread properly. There has been much complaint of the pavement throughout the heated | season because of the free tar or oil or asphaltum, which coats ladies’; light shoes and makes them no longer light, and similarly affects the heart of the man who has planked down $12 for said footgear. All of these defects the paving company must remedy. Two Girls Are Shot As Spies Parents Killed on Same Charge by Germans in Belg- ium PREFER TO DIE ALONE SAYS ONE VICTIM London, July 31—A dispatch re- ceived today by the ‘Wireless Press from Amsterdam, says: “German, authorities at Leige, Bel- gium, arrested, tried, and sentenced to death within three days an influen- tial Leige merchant named Gronert, his wife and their two daughters aged 20 and 14, on the unproved charge of espionage. “The father and mother were both shot to death in the presence of their daughters. The latter were offered freedom if they revealed the names of their parents’ accomplices. The girls refused, the eldest saying: “If we speak we might have 50 people killed. (We would rather die alone’.” “She was immediately shot. The youngest girl was then tortured out- rageously and also shot.” CEAMAN SUB TAKES REFULE; HELD BY SPAIN U-23 Badly Damaged Puts in to Spanish Waters at Cor- - una UNDER RULING .WILL BE INTERNED FOR WAR Coruna, Spain, July. 31—The, Ger- man submarine U-23 anchored in the harbor late yesterday. She enter- ed the roadstead with only her peri- scope showing. The submarine had been seriously damaged but the com- mander and the crew refused to tell the causes of the accident. The un- derwater ‘boat anchored beside the German interned ship Belgarno. t ‘King Alphonso on June 30th sign- ed a decree which had for its ob- ject the avoidance of a repetition of incidents like the one at Cadiz, where a German submarine took refuge and later was escorted out of the port by Spanish torpedo boats.. By the de- cree submarines of all belligerent powers were forbidden to navigate within territorial waters or come in- to Spanish ports. It was declared that all submar- ines which entered the forbidden zone would be interned until the end o fthe war. JUDGE BIRDZELL CHAIRMAN STATE EXEMPTION BODY Board After Organizing Adjourns to Meet at Call of President for Business Associate Justice Luther E. Bird- zell was elected chairman and John N. Hagan, commissioner of agricul- ture and labor, was named secretary of the state exemption board, which met briefly at the capitol yesterday afternoon and organized for the im- portant duties which confront it. Other were presented are J. H. Solstad, Grand Forks; Dr. E. M. Darrow, Far- go, and W. L. Richards, Dickinson. The board will meet on two days’ Notice at the call of the chairman to consider appeals from rulings of county exemption boards. The state board is the final authority on all in- dustrial and agricultural exemptions. While the exemption of farm labor in North Dakota has been frequently urged, the matter was not consider- ed nor discussed yesterday, Judge Birdzell states. No other matters re- lating to the policies of the board were broached. The board has established perman- ent headquarters at the capitol, where all correspondence in relation to exemptions will be handled by Commissioner Hagen. members of the board wholg HAICPETAIN DRIVE. BECUN NORTH OF LYS Big Belgian Offensive Is Making Satisfactory Progress Against Germans OBJECTIVE SUBMARINE BASE ON NORTH SEA New Battle Line Stretches Thirty Miles Toward Coast of Belgium COMPLIMENTS TROOPS, Copenhagen, July 31.—A die- patch from Berlin says Emperor William left Mitau, 26 miles south- west of Riga, Russia, and went down the ja front, where he complimented the troops. British Front in France, July 31.— The entente allied forces, which launched their offensive this morning, have advanced well beyond the shell- shattered front line German trenches. In many places they have reached the second line defense of the 20-mile front attacked, according to: reports. The British and French went under cover of what perhaps was the great- est barrage firé ever seen’ during thé war. A The entente' artillery is moving for- ward and the situation is satisfactory in every particular. London, July 31.—British troops in conjunction with the French forces attacked the German positions : plong . the front’ north of the. river, Lys this morning. The allied, troops, according. to = British statement, have captured their first, objective on the whole front and are reported to be making satisfac: tory progress at all ‘points. \-:117 A considerable:‘number! of 'prisonérs! have already been’ taken’ by ‘the ‘Bri! tish and, French. The offensive launched this’ morn- ing by Gen. Haig in conjunction with Gen.’Petain, commander of the French forces against the Germans on the ‘Belgian front is the culmination of a heavy bombardment which has been in progress continuously for a week. The intensity of the artillery drum fire with which the entente have been demolishing the Teutonic trenches, has been described by the German staff as the greatest in the war, even’ surpassing the terrific fire at the be- ‘ginning of the Somme and Aisne of- fensives. Military observers have attributed two, objectives for the entente offen- sive—the capture of the Belgian North sea coast, which has been used by the Germans as bases for their submarines, and to assist the ‘hard pressed Russians on the Galician front. The battle front north of the river Lys stretches from Werneton on the Franco-Belgian border, to the North sea coast, the distance between those two points. being about 30 miles. Included in this battle area is the famous. Wytsehate-Messines front, where the British on June. 7, after ex- ploding 1,000,000 pounds of high éx- plosive on the German line, attacked on a nine-mile front and captured the high ridge, several towns, 47 heavy guns, and more than 7,000 prisoners. Capture LaBasseeville The British again have captured LaBasseeville which they recently re- linquished to the Germans. The British and French forces are facing a large concentration of a German artillery, and fresh troops which have been rushed up. The Entente Allies have establish: ed complete air superiotity, The Entent military officials say the morale of the Germans here is not up tg the old standard. The long expected Anglo-French attack followed three weeks of the most intense artillery preparations. The attack was made on the new front gained after the British cap- tured the Messines ridge which was preliminary to this latest move. Air Moneuvers Artillery preparations for the at- tack were as violent an extended as ever have been made in the war, and fighting in the air also has been on an unprecedented scale. The guns, which have been at work, along the whole British front, with only few short lulls thus keep- ing the Germans ignorant of the ex- act spot for the moment of the com- ing attacks were redoubled Sunday since which time the roar which on some occasions could be heard in London has been incessant. Dispatches received in London yes- terday from Holland said that never before had such violent bombard- ment been heard than that of th last 24 hours. The sound came appar- ently from the direction of Ypres.