The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1917, Page 1

THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 223° ANTLWAR WORKERS AMONG |W. LONDON WAKES PERSUADED FARWERS. TO {OWN IN’ MERRY QURINC ARELLION THEY KNEW MUST FALL: BOMOAROMENT HOPEDTO HAMPER J Peru Sends ats | Ultimatum To Kai $ e r GUESTS IN HOTELS AND Reserved Seats in Park; for “Hunt Air Show’’ Much in Demand No Expectations on Part of Bing- Leaders, Evidence Shows, That Movement Would Win ‘AGRARIAN’ SUBTERFUGE USED TO ROPE IN DUPES Tlliterates in Qklahoma Given Ex- aggerated Idea of, Draft Law’s Overation Revolted THEATRES INDIFFERENT Diplomatic Relations to Be Sev- Morning Papers ‘Commenting Edi- cred in Eight Days Unless torially on Raid Demand Im- Given Satisfaction mediate Reprisals ler London, Sept. 26. Ithough details SINKING OF PERUVIAN are lacking, itis reported that a BARK CAUSES DEMANDS thrilling battle occurred between Brit- Lima, Peru, Sept. 26.—The govern: ish and German airmen a few miles ment has instructed the Peruvian min. "0m London which probably accounts Washington, D. C., Sept. 26.—How a. ister at Berlin to present to the Ber- for the fact that last night’s air raid small coterie of active anti-war work-| lin government a demand that satis- resulted in so little damage. In the ers operating under the direction of; faction be given within eight days metropolis six were killed, and 16! i for tl inki f the Pt the I. W. W., per: ded hundreds of} ; nts, Fe oe ase tari were injured in southeastern London . dy bombs during the raid. German unlettered Oklahoma’ farmers to take} lomatic relations will be broken off. ‘ K TRIBUNE [=m BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1917. FIVE CENTS Big War Bill Passes With Measure Appropriating Eight Billion Dollars Goes. to Con- ference Committee CIVILIAN, TRAINING 79 HAVE $1,240,000 ITEM Washington, Sept. 26—wWithout a roll call and: afte brief debate, the senate late yesterday passed the eight billion dollar war Yeficiency appropri- ation bill. Nearly. $800,000,000 was ad- ded to the meagure as it came from the house and it*now goes to confer- ence. : Over the democratic leader’s oppo- sition the senate adopted, 28 to 26, an amendment by Senator Robinson appropriating $500,000,0ue- for the em- ployment bureau of the department of labor. id As it goes. to conference, the bill totals $7,991,400,000, including — $2,-! and senate committee amendments to- talling , 779,000,000. Its’ principal} items include; None Opposed, 385,000,000 of contract authorizations) encning an attack on a wide front | quest of Herbert Hoover, United BRITONS DRIVE jTOWNLEY HEDGES WHEN CALLED. DEEP WEDGE IN) BEFORE TRIBUNAL TO. ANSWER TEUTONIG LINE} FOR PRO-GERMAN CONFERENCE SedgeHammer Blows Telling! 7 Oy] Names: TRIED T0 CURB TALK Against Staggering Foe Along f Live Stock President of Nonpartisan League Committees Alleges He Endeavored to ; Make La Follette Stop Base Bombarded—French Confin- North Dakotans Prominent in An- imal Husbandry Will. Coop. erate With Hoover AERIAL AND NAVAL | ATTACKS CONTINUE, MEMBERSHIP LOBS OF 50 PER CENT IN NORTH DAKOTA Legder Admits Organization Now Has but 20,000 in This State —Want Solon Ousted TOWNLEY WANTS RETRACTION, St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 26—The St. Paul Dispatch and the Pioneer Press were served with a notice. today that A. C. Townley, presi- ing Selves to Artillery— Steamer Submarined (Associated Press.) With less than a weeks wait after delivering the recent sinashing blow at the German lines in Flanders, the British have resumed, their drive NEW SALEM MAN HEADS DAIRY ANIMALS’ GROUP Fargo, N. D., Sept. 26.—At the re- northeast and east of Ypres early this" states food administrator, Dr. E. F. morning. In their new attack, the p Lrritish. pushed back the Germans.ov-, /@dd, federal food administrator for 900,000,000 for Ships. Shipping board $635,000,000 cash for er the high ground east of Ypres,’ ‘North Dakota, has named a number dent of the Nati Renter's correspondent at British head of North Dakota livestock commit- ational Noanartissn league, demanded retraction of.:: up arms against ‘government enforce- ment of the. selective draft law, is re- vealed in papers seized by. federal agents in the recent nation-wide raid of I. W. W. headquarters. f Farmers Looked for Success. Testimony given in Oklahoma to the effect that a national uprising was planned, in which towns would be seized, cities attacked, and bridges burned, was taken by officials here as| , an indication that the Oklahoma farm- ers really believed. the plan would: carry. As a matter of fact, officials assert, even the most radical leaders knew that, ft could accomplish little more than local disturbances. The; farmers were incited to take up arms The Lorton was sunk inside Spanish waters last February. LAST BUT ONE ~OF KITCHENER Noted Indian Warriors One After Another, Have Died for Great with the full knowledge that the move: | ment would lead to nothing, simply as | an expedient to embarrass the govern- ment temporarily. Began as Agrarian Move. { The anti-draft demonstration start- ed as an. agrarian movement,the. rec- -ords show in Oklahoma, where a num- ber of fillierate: farmers obtained a1 exaggerated id law's opera- tion. Certain: t: Pere aginen of secret. m by BS ers in tha pre secur Maik ings at, night? ot pent, aaltators. 2 the scene tor ‘opon rebelliom, tt ia said, by playing upon their febra. > Expected Millions to Join. It was represented to ‘the’ farmers that thousands of their ‘neighbors, in Missouri, Kansas and- Texas, were ready to unite in’an armed uprising, that “millions ‘of men working for wages,” would. join them in other states, and that the movement. would not fail to renee ip, au, overtiirow of the governmeng; With the government overthrown, there was to be axgeneral division .of the rich men among’ the. “men work- ing for wages,” and other penelits of wide dimensions were to be obtained. Department of justice agents operat- ing in the vicinity learned of the am- bitious program and prior to July 27, the night set for the general upris- ing, brought the project to an end with the arrest of the alleged ring- leaders. At no time, it was said, was the disturbance abd fan Heer re ’ H e to spread. aehod cmap Declare no Negotiotions will Be GAN BOOS AGE FRACTURES SKULL Milo, the’ seven-year-old son of Mrs. ‘Mary Langworthy of Mott, is in the | Riasmarck hosnital. suffering from a fractured skull, The child was kicked on the head by. a horse while playing in the yard of his home. He was rushed to the ‘hospital yesterday af- ternoon and today is holding his own. “INJURED IN- ACTION.” HER BIT, A HEROINE Woodworth, N. D., Sept. 26.— Little Hazel Edwards, aged. ten, is the first girl volunteer of Woodworth to be injured in ac- tion. Miss Edwards’ jaw was broken in three places and sev- eral teeth were knocked out when a singletree on a hay stacker which she was driving for her father broke, and the bar snapped back ‘and struck her. She-is a daughter of H. B. Edwards, who . proudly declares her, one of the best men on the place. n Kitchener's Indian staff, General William R. Bi Temarkahle fact'that allot Karl Kitch- ” ALLIES ASSURE. Britain EONAR LAW’S SON IS aeroplanes, although they crossed the coast at different places, were met and continually harried by a large jforce of British machines. Raiders Turned Back. Whether any of the raiders was Drougnt down has not beea learned, but according to early reports, the formation of the German fleet, which was coming toward London at a great the construction program’ authorized of $1,740,000,000. Army and nayy emergency fund of $100,000,000' each. Construction of torpedo boat de- stroyers, $225,000,000, to start a $250,- 000,000 program. Army transportation. $413,000,000. (Continued on Page Three.) fective were the measures taken. to| intercept this lone intruder that he was unable to: penterate beyond the outskirts of London. While the anti- aircraft guns bombed constantly, es- tablishing a barrage fire, around the city, diners in hotels and restaurants and audiences in‘theatres and at the opera for the most part were indiffer- PETROERAD ADK 7 height and at speed, was completely ¥ * :broken up by the British fliers, the \ i raiders separating and all except one PA iw ; turning back closely pursued. So ef: | 0: REPORTED MISSING London, Sept. 26.—Brigadier Gener- al Maxwell, a memer of the late’ Earl has been killed in action, according to a news- paper report... With the exception of irdwoog; ft 18.2 ener’s Indian staff have lost lives -in: this: war, Bonar Law's Son Missing. Andrew Ponar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, says the newspapers have been informed that his eldest son, Captain L. J. Law, R. F. C., is missing. His second son, Lieutenant Taw, has been a prisoner of the Turks since last April, and the third son, Anthony is a private. their ape nT Gy RUSSIANS FULL SHARE IN PEACE, Considered Which’ do not Protect Them Petrograd, Sept. 26.—Addressing the soldiers’ and workmen’s delegates to-' day, General Verovsky, minister of war, said Russia yesterday received formal assurances from France and Great Britain that they would not conclude a separate peace to the detri- ment of Russia. The assurances, sent by France and Great E'ritain were in response to re- ports which have been current in Russia that efforts were under wav to complete at the expense of that that country. SWEDISH MINISTER IN CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT MILSON Washington, D. C., Sept. 26.—The | minister from Sweden, W. A. F. Eken- gren, was received today by President Wilson. The audience, arranged at the minister’s request, aroused consid- erable interest, coming close on the disclosures of how Sweden’s legation in Argentine and Mexico had been transmitting secret communications for Germany. Washington, D. C., Sept. 26.—Wi in a little more than a year, the Unit: ed States will have an ocean-going merchant fleet. of more than 1,690| ships aggregating 9,200,000 tons, the shipping board. announced today in a statement giving details of the gov- ernment’s shipbuilding program. This amount compares with a pres- ent tonnage of 3,500,000 of which 700,- 000 represents German and Austrian ships under operation by the United States... The American ships avail- fF muilirber. 458 United States Soon to Have | Merchant Marine of 1,600 117 German and ‘Austrian ships with a tonnage of 700,000. Commandeer Ships. The emergency fleet corporation has commandeered in American ship- yards nearly 400 steel ships of more than 2,500,000 tons, and has contract- ed for 636 ships, with a tonnage of 3,121,700. - “The fleet in prospect,” the state- ment said, “is already becoming a reality. Sevéral of’the commendeered ships have been completed, and are (“MOST JUST WAR ANY Some theatre and moving picture Owners of Priceless Collections places, anticipating the raids, had in- a ah creased their advertising in the eve- Removing Them Beyond the ning papers with such announcements ‘ “Ample bomb _ proof. shelter.” Danger Zons Many persons went to parks for a good view of what they called the “hunt air show,” while; others: went “ehout. the streets refusing jt. 3 cover under stafrways, plutforms,. underground ‘stations; where’ the most cautious, including thousands of wom- ; en and children, sought shelter. Crowds in Good Humor. Le —— i ‘Petrograd, ‘Sept. 24—-(Delayed.)—! Although there’are no signs of panic among the ponulation, and ‘there are indications of returning confidence, s iuc parual evacuation of Petrograd is The scenes in these sheltered places | proceeding irrespective of whether the were similar to those of Monday night." government will be transferred to many laughing and joking and others” yogcow, rendine Aentek te mines ees ot A priceless collection of pictures at ooks, with which they provide | the Hermitage gallery is already boxed themselves, apparently for a seige: gop shipment to an unknown destina- The crowds in some places were hav-~ tion ‘The treasuries of the churchos ing such a good time that the police are also being removed. found difficulty in dislodging them Today an enormous barge was load- when the all clear’ ay bate? given. | ea with holy vessels, precious books @ morning papers devote more . andl space to the description of the raids, aude Sate Pete maestined to all agreeing that the latter was a com ; failure. ‘The few papers containing spunlete i, long voyage before’ the editorial comment on the raid. demand | ©2418 and rivers freeze. “encountered six hostile machines, two quarters reports. Driving in Wedge. Apparently the efforts are aimed at driving in deeper the wedge forced into the German front astride the Ypres-Menin road, and northward be- yond the Ypreé-Roulers railway line. | The point of the wedge har now almost reached a line extending di- rectly northward from Lille, the en- velopment of which is assumed to be one of the greatest objectives of the Flanders attack. Germans Staggering. The new British blow was struck today just as the Germans were stag- gering from the effect of a sanguin- ary repulse they sustained in yester- day’s heavy attack, which they de- livered on the ridge east of Ypres. The Germans had made their way in- to the British lines at two points, in one of these attacks, but were forced out. by counter attacks. Aerial arid Naval Attacks. Simultaneously, the British are con- tinuing their aerial and naval attacks on the Belgian coast. Another bom- bardment ‘of Ostend, one of the Ger- man naval bases, was carried out yes- terday by British warships. The Germans apparently attempted an aer. fal attack.on the fleet, for the Brit- ish admiralty reports that air patrols of which were brought. dqwn.” ©) ~=;- On the French Front. On the French front, there has been only artilery activity and raiding op- erations. The artillery fire was inh-! tense last night in the Verdun region, between the Beaumont and Benzon- vaux, northeast of the fortress. ‘ French Boat Sinks. The French steamship Admiral de Kersaint was sunk on September 14, after being attacked by a submarine, in Spanish territorial waters. The submarine opened fire from the midst of.a fleet of fishing boats, the pres-! tees, which will co-operate with Thom- as P. Cooper as chairman of the state council of defense and other organi- zations in connetcion with the: United States food administration in all mat- (Continued on Page Six) FLOUR PRICES SFT AT S11. ON BEST CRANE Distributing Committee of New York Produce Exchange Makes Reduction ALL FIRST CLEARS NOW $10.60 TO $10.00 BRE. New. York, N. ‘ Y.,..Sept. 26.—The ‘flour distributing committee of ‘the istration, announced today that, thi following will apply to flour, to sold by the food through this committee. For all export patents $13.25 per sack of 220 pounds, which is equival- ent to about $11.80 per barrel. All first clears, from $11.90 to $12.25 per sack of 220 pounds, according to quality, which is equivalent, to $10.60 to $10.90 per barrel. | R. A. Claybrook, president of the produce exchange and chairman of ence of which prevented the steamer, the committee, expressed the belief from using her guns effectively. The captain was taken prisoner on the submarine. Ten members of his Continued on Page Six. reprisals. COAL OPERATORS ON REDUCED PRICE Conference Between Producers and Miners Arranged by Dr. H. A. Garfield Washington, D. C., Sept. 26.—-Coal operators of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania today notified miners’ representatives in conference here that they were unable to meet, the miners’ demands for a wage in-, crease of about 25 per cent unless” the government revises the coal prices" of bituminous coal. It is probable that after another} conference between operators and; miners late today, Dr. H. A. Garfield, the coal administrator, will be called, in to consider the situation. | Bismarck Daily Tribun Bismarck, N. D. Dear Sir: N. D., with the signa NATION EVER ENGAGED IN,” GERMAN PASTOR Rey. Father Pauwelyn Tells Con- gregation to Fight for Am- erica and Right Medora, N. D., Sept. 26—'This is the most just war in which any nation has ever engaged,” Father Pauwelyn pastor of St. Patrick’s church told his congregation today. Father Pauwelyn was born under the German flag. When he came to America he came an American. It is a fight for liderty, for human ‘rights and against the doctrine that might is right. Our first duty is to God and country. If a man lay down his life for God ha is a martyr; if he lays down his life for his country he is a hero. We have but one flag. We can recognize no other, and we must do our part in fighting for it, whether it be in the trenches or here at home.” majority ot Father Pauwelyn’s parishioners marek. Why should we comer in the state it named after a@ foreign @ prince like that. A Tribune Friend and Patriot Every Tribune subscriber who reads this letter will feel like shaking the hand of Tho3. Gill, and commending him upon His True Americanism. As it is in direct contrast to the letter this office received and published on September 10, from one Edw. Kugler, Mgr. of the Bitumina Coal Mine at Washburn, N. D., we believe our thous- ands of readers will take great pleasure in its reading.’ OOOO Turtle Lake, N. D. Sept. 24th, ‘17 keep alive the name of the man who said "God is on the side of the biggest guns." Anyway the paper is 0. K., but as a new that we should have the state CAPITAL How about it? Yours truly, I saw on the front page of your paper a short tine ago a letter written your paper, signed by a party at Washburn, ture of a German- American, asking you to stop his paper. When I read that letter, I said that is the paper for an American to read and s0 I want your paper sent to me. I like everything about your paper, ex- cept one thing and that is the name Bis- that this action would keep the price of flour, which he predicted: would have gone much higher before Janu- ary 1, had there been no food con- trol legislation enacted. CAKADIAN WHEAT COMING 10 KEE WLS W GST Special Arrangements Made by Which Dominion Grain May Be Imported Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 26.—To ‘New York produce exchange appoint: ed by the United States food admin-| administration statements made in editorials. The Dispatch, on its front page, today : declared it would not retract. The articles reflected on the loyalty of Mt. Townley, following his partici- pation in the recent producers’ and consumers’ meeting held here under the ices of the league. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 26—Alarmed by the wave of public indignation which the pro-German conference in the guise of a consumers’ and pro- ducers’ convention has created; con- vinced, at last, that red, ranting s0- cialism and anarchy have been car- ried to too great limits, a very sub- dued Townley appeared yesterday, be- fore the Minnesota safety commission to disclaim responsibility for the meet- ing of which he was sole engineer and ‘conductor, whose speakers he select- ed, and whose subjects he is pre- sumed to have approved of. , League Slipping Fast. Pig Important phases of Townley's ex- planations and apology to the: Minue- sota public safety commission are hig statements that: : When a rumor was ‘was sent to wait on told this committee he would talk - on the tepic assigned to-hime:::. - That Townley once interru; LaFollette in the course of his mad tirade to remind ‘him of his. pledge to refrain from talking about war, “but to.no avail,” That the league membership in’ North Dakota is now but 20,000— one year ago the league claimed 40,000 members. | First News of It. > In none of the reports of the La- Follette speech was there any intima- tion that Townley or any of his co- horts had attempted to interrupt the Bagder pro-German. In fact, Townley and his clique hissed down efforts of loyal Americans in the audience to prevent ‘LaFollette from continuing his seditious remarks, it was reported. Would Expel LaFollette. Expulsion of Senator Robert M. La’ Follette of ‘Wisconsin from the United States senate is demanded in’ a peti- tion addressed to that body late Tues- day by the Minnesota public sat commission. Senator LaFollette {s ac- cused in the commission resolution of making an address of disloyal and se- ditious nature at a public meeting be- fore a large audience at the Nonparti- san league convention lest ‘Thursday night in this city. The commission also referred to the United States district attorney the matter of the conduct of Senator La- Follette and others at the same meet: ing with a request that the parties, if found to have violated any federal statutes, be vigorously prosecuted. The action of the commission came at the close of an executive session of six hours’ duration, given almost ex- | relieve the shortage of wheat for the mills here, Canada is going to send 500 bushels of wheat to Minneapolis this week, according to an announce- ment made today by Frank L. Carey, government buyer in Minneapolis. Arrangements have been completed between the food administration of Canada and the United States, it was said. The Canadian government re- cently placed an emJargo on wheat with the provision that such ship- ment could be made if permission was granted by the Canadian food con- troller. Need Wheat Now. “We need the wheat right now, and Canada has a surplus on hand,” said Mr. Carey. “Five hundred bushels will ba on the way this week, and more obtained if necessary.” The Canadian shipments will save many of the Minneapolis mills, which have been facing a shut down, be- cause the farmers of the northwest have been slow in sending their wheat in, grainmen said today. as Americans try to seems strange to me prince, especially Thomas Gill, Box 261 ‘| ways England's bi clusively to consideration of the La- Follette speech and a searching ex- amination of A. C. Townley, president of the National Nonpartisan league. The latter expressed his disappoint- ment at the statements in which the senator indulged and disclaimed re- sponsibility for permitting the utter- ances. No State Law Violated. Governor Burnquist said later that the attorneys having advised that there was no infraction of state laws, the commission was compelled to- be content with referring the matter to federal authorities for action. , “President Townley and others con- nected with the meeting had given re- peated assurances that the meeting would be confined to discussions of economic questions and the war issues would be left untouched,” said the governor. Townley Had Promised. Another officer of the commission repeated that only after positive as- (Conunued ou Page 513.) British Mastery in Belgium To Be Avoided, Says Tirpitz ‘Copenhagen, Sept. 26—The new German fatherland party held its first open meeting in Berlin last night, and the crowd was so large that an over- flow meeting was held. No government officials attended either meeting. Admiral von Tirpitz was the prin- cipal speaker. He pointed out that the submarine warfare is Germany's legal right, and that Berlin now has her just desert. nee es Belgium, the speaker said, was ridgehead and Ger- many must do her utmost in prevent- ing England from becoming Belgium's protecring master. Admiral von Tir- pitz was greeted enthusiastically by the audience. i To Dissolve on Peace. ‘An Essen paper recently announced the formation of a new “patriotic pariy.’ which in an initial proclama- ticn declured hostility to the German reichstag peace resolution, and added that the party would be non, c ind would dissolve on the day peace is signed. ‘