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

The Weather erally fair. —— THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. |THE 276 FATE OF VENICE HA | REAL PATRIOT TO SPEAK ON "REAL RUSSIA Lecturer, Author, Traveler and Social Worker Here With Vital Message SOCIALISM MUST STAND ACID TEST OF LOYALTY Party must Prove Patriotism and Truth of Stand for Genuine Democracy SHHSSSSOHHESEOOOS 4% HOME GUARD TO ATTEND & The Bismarck Home Guard is > © requested to turn out in full ‘strength for drill at 7 o'clock ® 4 sharp this evening. A number of + © important matters are to come * 2 up, and following the business + © meeting the guard will march in & a body to the Auditorium to hear + ¢ Charles ‘Edward Russell's ad- & > dress. & SPSS PEEOTESO OSD Charles Edward Russell, one of the biggest. and most constructive _ social- ists America has pro- duced; a welcome contributor to all of America’s _ leading magazines; a member of The Bis- marck Tribune’s special staff of cor- respondents; for a number of years editor of the William Randolph Hearst’s Chicago. American; ,recently a member of the Root commission to Russia, arrived in Bismarck today pre- pared to address Slope people at the Auditorium this = ning on “The Russia.” Z Russell went Russia asa trained newspager “meh, with attentive ‘eye, receptive ear and ; He ss retentive uift absorbed atmos: phere, weeded fact from fancy; peered beneath tue surface, saw the real Rus- sia as it is, and to night h¢ is prepared to tell Slope peopl | RUSSELL what they may ex — pect from Russia. The interesting se- ries of articles which he has contrib- uted to The Bismarck Tribune have prepared its thousands of readers for his coming. No speaker who has ap- peared in Bismarck to discuss issuer involved in the present world’s crisi- has been so. widely heraled or has at tracted so muth attention. + Spoke at Fargo. Charles Hdward Russell spoke at Fargo last evening for the first time since his visit to the Gate City dur- | ing the early days of the Nonpartisan league, when the took an interest in that organization, writing a number of articles for Pearson's magazine on the possibilities of a league of farmers Russell did not attend the producers’ and consumers’ convention at St. Paul ‘ad his present'vis'; to North Dakota is in no wise concerned with the league. He comes as a representative of the United States bureau of inform _ ation, one of a great corps of promi j nent lecturers, authors and statesmen ‘who are touring the country, carrying Jncle Sam's truth to the people. Russel leschewed pacificism of th: Gronna, La Follette type at the out reak of the war. Because he deserted jt brand of socialism which makes tors, he was read out of the social ist party by leaders of that type whe insist upon seizing this crisis for the further rearing of walls of prejudice find class hatred. He has nothing in Yeommon with socialists of the Max Eastman, Victor Berger, Emma Gold n idk. He is first of all an Ameri ‘He believes in the future of true so lism. He said on his arrival in ismarck this afternoon that the rea! jalism which teaches the universa' brotherhood of man, and equality of portunity has made great strides n because of the war. He admits e failure of that sham, ranting, ra @ anarchy which has masqueraded m America and elsewhere as socialism. he contends thai the things which ally count that have deen cham ed by constructive socialists are ing gradually adopted, and that the jcialist doctrine of evolution as op- sed to revolution is winning new powerful disciples every day. Radical Then, Conservative Now. ‘Shortly after my return from Rus I talked with the governor of an erican state who a few years age considered the last wor: in radi ism. ‘He is preaching the same doc- Himes now that he did then, and he is nsidered rather conservative. ‘Many ithe ‘hings he advocated a few years tuat won him his reputation as an mist have been incorporated in 8 platforms of the old parties. olution will win the day, but so- ism must stand the acid test of ty to flag and country. The war eding ov: the false from the true ploze will leave the real socialiem (ConUBUEY Un rage sive.) ‘One Percent Dratt Army Moves Soon 1 ‘Five Hundred Men from Dakota, Minnezota, Iowa and Illinois to be Called ORDER ISSUED TO CARE FOR MEN OUT OF WORK Camp Dodge, _ la, Nov. 20.— One per cent of the selective draft quota in North Dakota;» Minne- sota and lowa, and part of IIli- nois, will be sent to this canton- magnt soon, as the vanguard of the final increment according to officials here. The one per cent represents about 5CO men. Local draft boards have been authorized to send these men in order that many persons who resigned positions when they thought the final in- crement would be called will not have to remain idle longer. U.S, DESTROYER SINKS: CREW. CF 1 1S MISSING Chauncey, Obsolete Type of Boat of But 420 Tons Burthen, in Collision BOAT FROM ROCHESTER, . SUNK NOV. 2, REPORTED Five “Survivors. of: Original’ 12 Refugees have Landed at Port in Ireland Oe ee ee > Washington, D. C., Nov. 20.—.? @ The sinking-of the American de- > ¢ stroyér, Chauncey in a collision > in the war-gone area yesterday ® morning. with the pro able loss & > of 21 lives was announced today @ ® by the navy department. No ® further details were given from * Vice Admiral Sims. The Chaun- + cey was a small, old type boat of + & only 420 tons. v eee oo oe 9 Secretary Daniels made this state- ment: ““The Chauncey, a small Americaa destroyer, on patrol duty in foreign waters, was sunk in a collision early Monday morning. First dispatches indicate. that 21 lives were lost. Yurther information will be made public when full reports are re- ceived.” FIVE OF 12 SURVIVE. London, Eng., Nov. 20.—The iniss- ing boat from the American steamer Rochester which was sent to the bot- tom by a German submarine Novem- ber 2, has been landed at a port in ‘reland, the British admiralty an- nounced today. The boat contained five men, the original survivors fron: the boat crew of 12. OWNERSHIP OF YOUNG.” HEFER OLED. IN INTERESTING LANSUIT Prominent Brittin Farmers Con- “testing Possession of Animal Each has Branded The ownership of a purcbred heifer which bears the brand of.each con- testant is in dispute in a jury trial whic began in Justice Bleckreid’s court this forenoon between Adolpa Giovonia, represented by F. E. Mc- Curdy, and 'M. C. Olds, represented by | George Register. Both of the con- estants are well known Brittin farm- ers. Each contends that the valuable) heifer or her twin is his, and each has’ branded the animal as his pruperty. Tue jury consists of H. B. Neighbor, Otto Dirlam, H. G. Dralle, Carl Bredy, “Imer Brown and Chris Velzer. JOFFRE LIBERALLY AIDS ORPHANS OF WCDAL WEN Paris, Nov. 19.—Children in orphan asylums of-soldiers who were decor- ated with the military medal have re- ceived a donation of 20,000 francs from Marshal Joffre. | i 1 ' Al The donation of Marshal Joffre prob- _BIS. Venice, the art city of Italy, m= Shall St. Marks’, the Campanile and suffer the’ fate of the Rheims and L. to guard against wrecking these treas banking the church, of St. John and F, against German shells. Y Venice Prepared For 5 BISMARCK, NORTH DAK‘ | lege ESDAY. NOV. 20, 1917. CERMANS MOVE. | TROOPS FROM RUSSIAN FRONT Va:t Supplies and Large Bodies ° of Men Transported Western Zone | ADMIT POSSIBILITY OF SALONIKI DRIVE Centra! Powers May Seek to Force 2. Decision at Some Point in this Theater Copenhagen, Nov. 20.—Reports from several sources in Germany bear out the assumption that, taking advantage of the situation in Russia, the German government is making heavy transfers of troops from the Russian fronts. Only part of them appear to be going to Italy where the front is too narrow to permit the use of great masses, ‘and a blow by Von Hindenburg at some other point, in the way of a di- version, may, perhaps, be expected. Some troops are reported to have been moved to the western front, but this is not necessarily significant. German newspapers discuss with to | suspicious, frankness the prospect of y soon’ be under the German guns. other. masierpieces of architecture, ouvain? The pope uas asked the kaiser ares. The picture shows workmen aul. with sandbags, as protection SERIOUS RIOTS. N- CRMANY QUELLED BY USE OF FIREARMS London, Nov. 20.—Serious rioting took place in Berlin last Sunday, ac- cording to dispatches received by the Wireless Press, and the [xchange Telegraph Co., from Amsferdam. One message says the fighting be- tween the mob and police was fierce, and thatithere were heavy casualties .as the police used their firearms. An- other says the military and police were called upon to oppose the prog- ress of the Independent Socialtists’ demonstration. In the riotous scenes which folowed the police were forced to fire with their rifles and revolvers and the organizers of the meeting re- have arrived in Amsterdam from Eer- lin. TROUBLE IN POLAND Copenhagen, Nov. 20.—A riot occur- red recently in the internment camp near Kalish, Poland, where members of the Polish Legion, nucleus of a pro- posed Polish army of the new Austro- German Protestorate, were sent when they were disarmed, and disbanded several months ago because they re- fused to take a dual oath to Poland and the AustroGerman sovereigns. Some members of the legion, learning that a member of their comrades pro- posed to take the oath, fell upon them | dn offensive on the Saloniki front, but have'never’a word to say about the obvious chance of a smashng blow at Roumania in an effort to end the re-j sistance of that nation. As for Italy, if the Austrians and Germans find the‘ reinforced Italian army too hard'a nut ers can easily and quickly change to , the defensive on the new line for the purpose of seeking to, force a decision ‘on some other selective front with the |! | bulk of their stragetic reserve... FROM RUSSIAN FRONT . London, Nov. 20.—A telegram from ' Maestricht, Holland, to Amsterdam, as forwarded by the Central News, re- ‘ports great movement’ of troops with | artillery on all roads leading to the Flanders front. These troops evident- ly are from the Russian front, the dis- patch says. to attempt to crack, the Central Pow. Ri — Loyal Corps Say Kerensky Is with Them No Confirmation of Report Reach- ing Petrograd that Premier is in Safe Hands 1 MADE HIS ESCAPE IN DISGUISE OF SAILOR Petrograd, Nov. 20.—Two army corps loyal to the committee for the salvation of the revolution stationed at Luga_ report that Premier Kerensky is with them. There is no confirmation, how- ever. After the defeat of his forces at Gatchina, Premier Kerensky was faced with the proposed desertion of the bulk of his army. He was forced into promising to surrender, but while the guard was being formed he disap- peared, disguised as a sailor. The committee for the salvation of the rev- olution is opposed. to the Bolsheviki regime in Petrograd and has protested against the arrest of Premier Ker- ensky. PETITIONS FOR GRAND JURY IK COURT'S HANDS quests Containing Signatures of 300 Taxpayers Filed with Judge Nuessle Monday (0 INTIMATION GIVEN AS 10 ACTION TO BE TAKEN Petitions containing the signatures of 300 Burleigh county taxpayers de- manding the calling of a grand’ jury were filea with Judge W. iL. Nuessle. of the Sixth judicial district: court jonday evening by Harry A. Thomp- in, former fire chief. Judge Nuessle réceived the petitions without com- ment, giving no indication as to what his action would be. Under the North ‘any one of three methods may be adopted in calling a g*and jury. It may be impaneled by order of the district judge at any term of court, or it may be ordered impaneled by the county board of commissioners, or it may. be called upon petition of Dakota statutes SHIW'S. APPEAL. “HOW IN HANDS OF HICH COURT Assistant Attorney General Bren- nan holds Governor has Power Over Police Officers payers of the county. The last named method has been adopted in this instance. Petitions were placed in circulation two weeks ‘ago, and the number of signatures obtained is said to be well in excess of the re- quirements. Optional or Obligatory. Those primarily interested in the circulation of these petitions claim that they make the calling of a grand |RULING IN INTERESTING uot less than ten per cent of the tax-! jury obligatory on the part of Judge, sponded with firearms and knives. ‘| with hammers, stones, chunks of coal, The German press, the dispatches and any weapons at hand. The Ger- WHITE SLAVE say, have been forbidden to publish details. of the fray. No newspapers mans have transferred the Bellicase Legionaries to another camp. CASE AOW WAYS HAND Fate of Five Young Mcn Charges with Brutal Crime Against Girl Soon will be Known Gran@ Forks, N. D., Nov. 20.— The northwest’s most sensational white slave case went to the jury this afternoon, Judge Amidon completing his charge just before noon. The fate of five prominent Grand Forks young men whom Adelaide Chapman of Larimore charges: with the most dastardly of all possible crimes will be known, it is expected, within a few hours. . the United States government vs. Roy Spriggs,. Clif- ton Bridgenian, Eugene Coulter, Paul Williams and William Hogg, charged with violation of tne Mann white slave act, was given to the jury this morn- ing. Closing arguments were complet- ed late yesterday afternoon. Shortly after the noon recess Mon- day it was announced that counsel for the government had agreed to drop the charge of conspiracy. Judge Carmody and U. S, District ttorney M. E. Hildreth did the sum- ably is part of the 500,000 francs col- ming up for the government, whil lected in his honor in the United Tracy 4 ‘Bangs ae the areawedts States for French war charities. jfor the defense. {FOUR BEAVER PELTS COST BOYD TOHASHP | FARNER HEAVY FINE i James Cox Pays $75 and Costs, Totaling $84.60, for Trapping Out of Season James Cox, prominent Boyd town- ship farmer,, in| whose possession State Game Warden Reko of Mandan found four fine beaver pelts, pleaded Monday evening and paid a fine of $75 and costs, totaling in all $84.60. Had Cox waited until January 10 he could have trapped-all the beaver he pleas- ed. but he couldn't resist the tempia- tion to tan the pelts of these four fine fellows who accommodatingly walked into his traps. The pelts were confiscated by Mr. Reko and will be sold for the benefit of the state game and fish fund. Cox reports that trap- ping has never been better. There are tens of thousands of muskrat, and mink are plentiful. Cox has a coal- black mink pelt trapped this fall which he regards invaluable. * STEEL SHIPS. Contracts for the Construction of 36 Merchantmen. Washington. Nov. 20.—Thirty-six ad- ditional contracts for the construction of steel merchant ships will be let by the shipping board tomorrow. This will bring the total number. signed to about 550... Wooden ships building {number more than 450. CASE EXPECTED IN WEEK ‘The fate of President W. S. Shaw of the Minot city commission now rests with the supreme court, which Monday evening took under consider- ation the president’s appeal from a de- cision of Judge Leighton in the Ward county district court denying Shaw a writ of propibition restraining his re- moval by Governor Frazier for alleged laxness developed in the recent Magic City vice raid. Assistant Attorney Daniel V. Bren- nan, representing the governor, urged that the removal statute need not mention by name the president of a city commission, inasmuch as it gives the governor jurisdiction over the president of a city commission as a police officer, police officers being specifically mentioned in the act. The president of a city commission, ar- gued Brennan, is a police officer, not only the head of the city police force by right of office, but endowed witb especial and particular police powers not peculiar to a mayor. He also argued ‘hat the charger brought against Shaw are amply suf ficient to give the governor jurisdic tion in this matter, and held that the removal act is constitutional and valid in every particular. The entire day was occupied in the arguments and summing up of Judge Goss for the petitioner and ‘Mr. Bren nan for the state. The court took ‘he case about 4 o'clock Monday after- noon, and it is expected that its de- cision will be handed down within a week. RAID HEADQUARTERS. Minneapolis, Nov. 19.—Federa} agents today raided local headquar‘ers of the 1. W. W. and seized a large amount of literature and records to be used as evidence in the case against the leaders of the organiza tion, who are being held in Chicago under indictment by the federal grand jury. : The raid was requested by the Unit ed States district attorney's office of Chicago which is seeking further evi dence relative to the activities of the Agricultural Workers’ department of the I. W. W. Nuessle. Some it is understood hold on the other hand, that the matter re- mains optional with Judge Nuessle. The latter gave no intimation yester- day as to whether a jury would be called. The petitions were filed with him late Monday afternoon, and early this morning the judge left for Wash- burn to finish the McLean county term of district court. What Grand Jury Is. A grand jury may consist of not less than 16 nor more than 23 frec- holders. It is impaneled in the same manner as a petit jury, names being drawn by lot from a list selected by the county auditor. The jury may sit ten days unless recalled to sit until its business is completed, and its in- vestigatory powers are almost un- limited. The state's attorney is ex- pected to work with the grand jury. but it may take up any matter it chooses independent of him and may subpoenae witnesses, make Bations and return indictments as i- sees fit. The state’s attorney is re- quired to prosecute those indicted. STEPHEN KLEHNICK OF BRMARCK HELD ON SEROUS GHAREE Camp Dodge, Ia., Nov. 20.—Stephen Klechnick ‘of Bismarck, N. D., was brought to the headquarters of the military police here today charged with desertion for failure to report for service upon notification from local draft boards. He was arrested in Chi- cago. His case is being investigated. 3RAFTON MAN IS WOUNDED Ottawa, One., ov. 20.—Today’s casualty list contains the name of El- mer Ffstedahl, of Grafton, N. D., as wounded. investi- | DESPERATION MARKS PIAVE RIVER BATTLE Tf'Invaders have Captured Mont . Tomba as Claimed, They are Nearing the Plains BRITISH MAKE SLIGHT ADVANCE AGAINST HUNS German Attacks Repulsed in Ypres Salient—Bolsheviki in Control at Petrograd Italian possession of Venice and se- curity of the Piave line depend ap- parently on the outcome of the des- Perate battle now in progress between the Piave and Brenta rivers. The Austro-Germans are attacking heavily and are advancing against the stout resistance of the Italians. If the invaders have captured Monte Tomba, as claimed by Berlin, they are within a few miles of the plains behind the Piave. The Italians are defending each position, but the Ger- mans have advanced several miles within the last few days and seeming- ly are attempting to drive a wedge between the Italians in the region of ; Asiago and those along the Piave. Bringing in More ‘Austrians The Austro-Germans ‘are exérting strong pressure here and are reported to have brought up Austrian troops from the eastern front, and to: Have transferred General Von Buelow's army to this sector. Apparently the Anglo-French reinforcements have not yet reached the Italian fighting sone, and from Italian headquarters it is.an- nounced these troops could: ‘be used between “the ‘Plave- and the’ Bronte, . where the pressure of (h6 Invaders strongest. Atound Asiago, the Italians have checked the Germans and have been successful in offensive opera- tions. Defeated in strong efforts to cross the Piave between Vidorand the Adriatic sea, the AustroGermans have ceased their &ttempts, The ar: tillery fire, @long the river, however, is yiolent. te British Make Advance On the westérn front, the infantry activity has increased. The British have made a slight advance northweat of Passchendaele and have repulsed German attacks at other points. in the Ypres salient. In the region of Chaume Wood, on the river bank of the Meuse, northeast of Verdun, the French’ have made an advance, in- flicting losses on the Germans. In the American sector the artillery firing continues and there have been further clashes between American snd German patrols. An American soldier has been killed in a fight in No Man's -Land. Bolsheviki in Power The Bolsheviki now holds the upper hand in Petrograd, Moscow, and other large cities, but it is indicated that the question of food supplies now overshadows the. political situation. ‘The menace of the famine has brought about a cessation between hostilities between the opposing parties for at least a moment. The government of Premier Lloyd George apparently has been successful in facing its first serious attack on its ‘ administration. Tho premier, in the house of commons, has answered his ‘critics, and has announced the new inter-allied war council would coordin- ate the work of the various staffs and |! was not an attempt to place military | power in the hands of politicians. HEAVY FIGHTING IN QUERO. Italian Headquarters in| Northern Italy, (By the A. P.)—-Nov. 20.—The enemy is concentrating his attacks on the north and heavy fighting is in progress south of Quero, where the large enemy masses are attacking the Italian positions on Monte Terera, and Monte Tomba. ITALIAN ATTACKS FAIL Berlin, via London, Nov. 20.--Strong Italian counter attacks against posl- tions captured on the northern slope of ‘Monte Tomba on the’ mountain front near the upper Piave were un- snecessful, the war office announces. Heavy fighting continues. DRIVEN BACK. ‘Rome, Nov. 20.—The struggle be- tween the Austro-Germans and the Italians on Monte Tom a and Monte ‘Monfenera in the mountainous region of northern Italy continues, it was of- ficially announced todav bv the Itel- ian war department. Invading forces were driven back four times when they attempted jo take the Italian positions on the ‘Monfenara spur. { | GERMANS ACTIVE. Paris, Nov.| 20.—The Germans made an attack last night on a front of one kilometer in the Verdun sector north of Caurieres wood. They succeeded in penterating the French advance posi- tions over a small extent of this front, Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 20.—Among the says today’s official statement, but wounded, in today’s casualty list is subsequently were expelled for the J. P. Hearst of Tyler, N. D. - most part. ; vA