The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1917, Page 1

THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, 1917 Evening Edition HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BRITISH HOLDING CAMBRA SEDITIONIST 10 GOON TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT LANSDOWNE ONCE WAS 1. GOVERNOR OF CANADA TTHRIET AND SAVINGS COMMITTEE (S (TWIN CITIES TALKING WAR ON | (IN THROES OF CENTRAL POWER) LABOR TROUBLE Some Members of 1.Congress in Governor Burnquist Declines to ing Now at $4.12—Mature in 1923 at $5. Uncle Sam's new thrift stamps, in STAMPS: NOW ON SALE | Penny May be Saved by Purchas- TERRIFIC AT TEUTONS fees FIVE CENTS LINE EMPT MADE BY TD PROTECT FRONT AGAINST BYNGS OFFENSIVE Charge Against Kate Richards O'Hare of St. Louis First to be Called Here JIM JAM JEMS ACTION SECOND ON CALENDAR Early Hearing Promised—Im- portant Civil Actions Seek Heavy Damages Kate Richards O'Hare, socialist lec- turer and author, indicted by a fed- eral grand jury in Fargo last summer to, for alleged seditious remarks made during an address at Bowman, went on trial in the United States district court here this afternoon before Judge Wade of Iowa, called in for the spe- cial term by Judge C. F. Amidon. Mrs. O'Hare arrived at noon from the east, accompanied by her attor- ney, V.-R. Lovell, of Fargo. A large number of witnesses have been called, principally people from Bowman and vicinity who are alleged to have heard the remarks against which complaint was made. Court Opened This Morning. The adjourned March term opened in the federal court room this morn- ing, with the call of the calendar, which Judge Wade dispensed with in a very little time. tion case was set first in order for trial, and the two cases against S. H. Clark and C. H. Crockard, charged with misuse of the United States mails in connection with the publica- tion of Jim Jam Jems, are next on the calendar. Fisk, Murphy & Linde are representing the defendants, who are in court a fourth time on this charge, having once been acquitted, once convicted and the jury in a third case disagreeing. Claims Heavy Damages. A civil action of much local interest is that of Ruth P. Johnson versus the-Northern Pacific Railway Co., in which Mrs. Johnson. claims damages in the sum of $82,769 for the death of her husband, killed on the Third street crossing of the Northern Pa- cific ‘last summer when a flat car be- ing backéd eastward on the passing track’ ‘‘caught Johnson’s automobile broadside ‘and. carried it a half block, wrecking the machine and instantly killing the, driver. Anbther, civil action of state-wide interest is Mrs. Annie G. Blake versus the Great Northern Railway Co. Mrs. Blake is the widow of William A. Blake of Jamestown, for many years state agent for various charities. In the pursuit of his duties last summer Blake was struck by a Great North- ern train on the Surrey cut-off at Juanita and killed. His widow al- leges that this public crossing was not properly maintained by the rail- way company; that sand had been allowed to collect, and that the skid- ding of Blake’s car in this sand killed his engine and left him helpless in the path of the onrushing train. Winters Case Goes Over. The criminal action against Charles F. (Kid) Winters of Mandan, charged with selling intoxicating liquors to a party of national guardsmen from Ft. Lincoln last summer, will be con- tinued, inasmuch as the government’s most important witnesses now are probably on the water en route to France with the 164th U. S. infantry. Joseph Couture, a Standing Rock haltbreed, who has been tried several times for horse stealing, is up again, with a number of witnesses from the reservation. There are two separate cases on, this calendar in which Cou- ture is the defendant. It was charged in former actions against Couture that he was a member of a gang of rustlers which stole horses on this side of the line and disposed of them in South Dakota. The jury in the case tried at the last term here disagreed. Scott Case Up. The case of R. A. Scott versus the Northern Pacific, a suit to recover damages for injuries sustained when a freight engine bumped a way-car in which Scott was traveling, accom: panying a train of livestock, will eith- er be settled or dismissed and recom- menced in the Morton county dis- trict court. Scott resiaes at Judson. James McDowell of the Standing Rock country is up for perjury in connection with the last Couture trial. ‘Axel Nelson, D. W. Enyart and Ralph E. Shafer are to be tried on charges The O'Hare sedi-| LANSDOWNE Lord Lansdowne, whose peace let- r has aroused all Britain, is 72. He was formerly governor general of Can- ada. He was made a minister without portfolio in the British cabinet in 1915, where he served until the coali- tion ministry was ousted. Lansdowne has been a political foe of Lloyd George. ‘He was once British foreign secretary. NERCURY COES TO TEN BELOW AT MOORHEAD First Winter Weather of Season Experienced Last Night in Eastern North Dakota THERMOMETER REGISTERED Favor of Including Bulgaria and Turkey Also is MACHINERY IN MOTION TO FOLLOW UP ah new savings stamps, representing $5 at maturity, have arrived in Bismarck and are on sale at the postoffice, in Accept Federal Mediation of denominations of 25 cents, and the Both Germans and Allies Struggle to | Advantage in Heights Dominating One Street Car Controverzy MINNEAPOLIS JOINS ST. PAUL‘UNIONS | worth '$5 in 1923, may be purchased this month and next at $4.12, making ‘banks, express offices and other places. i Savings stamps, which will be the five years’ earnings of each stamp! 88 cents. February these stamps will} of the Enemy’s Great Military Bases Wilson’s Address Well Received in Entente Quarters. Mass Atiack Against VERY NEAR ZERO IN CITY The low temperature for the year was recorded at 9 o'clock this morn- ing when the mercury at the United , States weather bureau fell to 2 above | zero, one degree colder than was reg- | istered at 7 this morning. By noon the mercury had climbed four degrees, ° | with promises of still warmer weath- er by mid-afternoon. The mercury fell to four above at St. Paul last night, and at Williston it dropped to two above. The ‘official report from Moorhead, Minn., shows | it o have been the coldest spot in the middle west last night, with a tem-. perature of 10 degrees below zero. It was only two degrees colder at; Prince Albert, the only other point; on State Weather Observer Roberts’; dope sheet reporting a minus zero, ex- cept Winnipeg, which scored a rec- ord with 14 below. Weather Obesrver Roberts predicts fair but colder weather for western’ North Dakota tonight, which may; mean below zero temperatures. Last night fourteen hundredths of an inch of snow fell, the heaviest precipita- tion recorded here for more than a month. COLD AT FARGO. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 5.—With a tem- perature of eight degrees below zero at 7 o'clock this morning, and with the mercury still falling, residents of this city had their first taste of real cold weather this year. Reports indi-; cate that the low temperatures are general throughout the state. BSWARCK “HAS ONE GITH OF STATE'S LEAL ARCHIIEGIS Of Nincteen Practitioners Licens- ed in North Dakota, Capital Claims Three The North Dakota board of archi- tects’ examiners, of which A, Van Horn of Bismarck is secretary, has of intrvducing intoxicating liquor on’ granted state licenses to the follow- Indian reservations. is preferred against one ster, which the United States adn Fisk, Murphy and Linde defend- ing in a civil action. Jurors Here. Jurors here for the term are: D. Bantleon, Flashe! ; bon; Wm. J. Morrow, Grand Forks; c. 'L. Williams, Colgate; Fischer, Wales; The same charge .d- hed aye Jamestown; Robert B. Stacy-Judd, Mi- Fred r; C. D. Clow, Lis- Joseph Wi N. Nortz, Devils Lake; Geo. McIntyre, Grafton; A. L.| ing architects: Joseph A. Shannon, not; Bert D. Keck, Grand Forks; Fred- erick W. Keith, Bismarck; Carl A. Lovin, Bismarck; Arthur Van Horn, Bismarck; Eugene K. MacFarland, Valley City; George H. Bergenhagen, Minot; Gilbert R. Hortun, Jamestown; William’ J. Edwards, Grand Forks; Andrew Fraser, Minot; William Bb. Peart, Chaffee; Herman Garbe, Kra-| Ittner, St. Louis, Mo.; Ed Coltom, mer; F. E. Shaw, Sheldon; Steele; Fred Bangaste, Bowbells; V Ole Ness,’ Hatton, and George Gage, Jr., Joseph Rosatti, William F. Kurke, Ole A. F. Ross, Steele; N. A. Graves, Carring-, Braseth, Andrew J. O'Shea, Martin B. ton; C. A. Barrett, Watford City; B. Walker, Devils Lake; John F. Art2,, Fargo, H. Jamcock and George Hancock, all of The board will hold its next Aatler; William Gill, Wheatland; A-| meeting here in April. All architects Steinecker, Milnor; Geo. Dickinson, Brinsmade; Venturia; D. A. Cross,’ of other states desiring to practice in North Dakota must procure a license. E. W. Blaisdell, Williston; A. M. Reu-| The same applies to lumber dealers, den, Mandan; G. R. Cook, Gardner; J. R. Malloy, Wahpeton; L. H. Dough- —(Continued on Page Three) me manufacturers of ready made houses, supply houses and mail order con- cerns. sf cost $4.1 so if one does not invest until next December he must pay $4.23. Department of Justice Takes Monster Mass Meeting Deciding of Aliens pathetic Strike Pb dna D. CG, Dec. 5— St. Paul, Dec. Governor Eurn- CON Rl CMAN vernment operation of railroads Zo le for the, duration of the war, if ets In 8 neice: to Newton \B, ' unification of the transportation Raker, secretary of war, declined to} 4 systems is not permitted by con- call upon the federal government to| - settle the street car difficulties here, the interstate commerce commis- : son: time will ly resuli An increase in rates, a govern- ime will simply resuli in an attempt ment loan of money, and suspen- to defy duly constituted authority in Minnesota.” pooling laws as far as railroads Immediate action by the war de- . are concerned, for the duration of ij tha. Wak: Were seecommended by i Hes: between gome of the employes | Rep. Albert Johnson, Fresh From the commission as an alternative. . Of the Twin Cities railways and the ‘ ; t company was asked in a telegram sent France, will Speak at Audi. government take over temporarily ‘0 Secretary of War Baker today by i and operate all railroads and coal c torjum December 21 mines with a view to remedying union in St. Paul gathered in a mass ae transportation and price problems | Meeting in the Auditorium. Rep. Albert Johnson, fresh from the The uation is serious,” the tele-' French front, whither he accompanied ath of Illinois. It proposes that, | 8tam said. “All the railway shops of, the congressional delegation which if the temporary contro! should demonstrate better conditions, the , industries are equally affected.” spent some ‘ime under shellfire, will arrangement should be made per- J. M. Clancy, president ‘of the St. speak at the Bismarck Auditorium the Paul Trades and Labor assembly, and evening of Dec. 21 under the auspices {chairman of the meeting, declared of the Burleigh county chapter of the Washington, D. C, Dec. 5.—Con- in effect. The convention was attend- county chairman, received today a gress forgot the work of declaring ed by a crowd.numbered by. the-labor message from J. T. Jerould of Minne- war on Austria-Hungary today with men at 12,000‘and by remaining in apolis advising that Mr. Johnson ‘the expectation of having the formal session indefinitely would. yirtually would’ be available for that date, and eign relations committee which han- wear union -buttons. Employers, on he’ made he occasion for a county died the resolution was in conference: the other hand, declared that neither rally of Red Cross workers here. A Postponment of the Austrian war the’ railroad shops nor other indus- general in@itation is extended to all declaration by congress until next trial plants were generally tied up. members of the Red Cross and to citi- house foreigh committees. ‘Chairman’ company chiefs. Flood of the house committee said hé ported and more than 1,500 peace offl- attend. hoped to get the resolution before cers were on duty. the house tomorrow, but postponment Governor Burnquist assured Secre- Steps to Restrict Activities | Question of a General Sym- gress, was recommended teday by declaring that “interference at this sion of the anti-trust and anti- GIVE TALK Hl RE partment toward settling the difficul- A joint resolution to have the representatives of practically every was introduced today by Rep. Sab- the Twin Cities are idle and all other| visited Amorican troops there and manent, and a commission created to fix upon real compensation. that a general tieup of industries was American Red Cross. B. C. Marks, war resolution passed by Friday. The bring about a general strike in sup- tne engagement was closed'at once. senate was not in session, but its for. port of the car men, ordered not to | Congressman Johnson's address will week appeared possible today after ‘ Street car service continued about zens everywhere to ‘hear. Mr. John- conferences between the senate and 90 per cent of normal, according to son, and it is especially urged that until Friday appeared possible, and ;tary Baker. that he would use every t n in such event: it is believed the sén- “power at. his command to uphold the ry ate could not act until next week /Wignity, of the state and would not, i L U unless simultaneous action in both hesitate, to.call upon the federal gov- 3, and a cent will be added’ for each succeeding month of 1918,| No disorder was re- chairmen from all parts of the county} houses could be o3tained. The Resolution. The official text of the resolution reads: “Whereas, the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government has shown its Hostility to the government and people of the United States by severing diplomatic relations and has formally adhered to the ruthless policy of submarine warfare adopted by its ally, the imperial German gov- ernment, with which the United States is at war, and has given to its ally every support and aid on both land and sea in the prosecution of the war against the government and people of | | the United States of America, there- fore, be it Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, that a state of war be and is hereby declared to exist and to have existed since noon of ‘the fifth day of Decem- ber, 1917, between the United States of America and the imperial and — (Continued on Page Three.) ernment should conditions today be- come such as to necessitate it. | Practically all union workmen in St. Paul and Minneapolis are attending a convention called at 9 a. m. today Lat the St. Paul Auditorium, at which the union men are discussing the diffi- culties of the striking street car men, to determine what action shall be taken. I tis planned to make the conven- tion a continuous affair, which will virtually mean a general strike in sympathy with the union street car men. ree The convention opened in an order- ly manner, more than 2,000 home guards and deputies patrolling the streets to maintain order. The street cars, according to officials of the com- pany, are running nearly on schedule and will continue to do so, unless riot- ing occurs. Acting Sheriff Davidson has issued a warning that no disturbances will be tolerated. —~ (Continued on Page Six) NO. 7 IS BURKED Jamestown, Dec. 5.—Fire of un- known origin totally destroyed com- bination express and baggage car on ‘Northern Pacific irain No. 7 at noon today. Fire was discovered between Windsor and Cleveland. At Cleve- land the burning car was switched into the clear and other cars escaped damage. Special train carrying North- ern Pacific officials and extra express and baggage car was sent from here shortly after noon. Loss has not ‘been estimated and further details will not be known until officials re- turn from their investigation. To Organize Industry Washington, Dec. 5.—George M Peek, of Moline, Ill, today was ap- pointed industrial representative of the war industries boar to direct the conversion of the country’s manufac- turing facilities to war work. War Evolves New Kind of Government SO: ~ —O> Special Correspondence from N. D. COCHRAN Of Our Washington Staff. * Washington, VD. U., vec. ».—War necessity is working a marvelous change in this country of ours. There is growing up right under our noses a new government, a new democracy, something more democratic than any democracy our greatest democrats ever advocated, or perhaps dreamed of. It is growing inside, outside and all around the old government. And it is growing with mighty little as- sistance from legislation. its govern- ing law is the law of evolution. Years ago, when some of us older fellows studied geography, the United States consisted of numerous states and territories. On the map some were green, some yellow, some blue, some other colors. And we learned that each state had two senators who represented the people who lived in that particular blue, yellow or other colored patch. Each state had so many members of the house of repre- sentatives. And our laws were made by the two houses—the senate and the house of representatives. No senator or representative repre- sented anything in particular. Each pretended to represent all of the peo- ple and interests in his particular state or district. As I grew older I saw dimly that! certain senators who were elected to represent the state of New York, be- cause that was the rule of the game, really represented certain interests— for example, railroads, transportation. ‘The transportation interest simply had _to be represented, but there was no trial democracy, is organizing with way to get representation except to rcontrol the politics of the state. So the state of transportation got busy and controlled the state of New York, the state of Pennsylvania, etc. The reason “:ransportation controlled the blue or yellow patch on the map,’ known as New York, or Pennsylvania, or Ohio, was that transportation was more vital than the geographical state —the patch on the map. The people fought this usurpation | of their power, but in general they, lost. Oil, transportation, coal, steel, food, cotton, wool, mining and other, industrial states were insistent on rep- resentation, and got it. Labor, too, was insistent, but quite generally lost | because it wasn’t as well organized as the other: industrial interests. And the other interests didn’t see the im- portance of labor being represented in the new state. As industry organized—pushed to it’ by necessity—the trusts came. And, we fought the trusts. We tried to| get industrial peace by insisting on! industrial war—competition. We tried to thwart organization and enforce ‘competition by law. Industry didnit always understand just what it was | trying to do. It didn’t understand , fits own urge. It didn't attempt or-, ganization of the whole, which was the real answer to its urge, but tried to make a part—its part—the whole} thing. All this war was going on when we were at peace with all the world. Now| , that we are at war, we are organizing | for peace—at least amongst ourselves. | The new government, the new indus- —o-— Industry and Labor Represented in Washington wonderful speed—and because all of its parts are organizing and aiming at a harmonious adjustment of the working relation of the parts with each other and the whole. And war is responsible for it. I doubt whether any man had the whole vision, unless it was President Wil- son himself. Anyhow, it started with the creation of the council of national defense and its advisory committee. The genius of the greatest men in all of the various industries and inter- ests was gradually mobilized to help prosecute the war. Industries that once had to buy representation in gov- ernment were invited to accept rep- resentation in government during the prosecution of the war. The result is that we have now—at least for war purposes—a central gov- ernment made up of the representa- tives of the states of Steel, Railroads, Coal, Food, Metals, Oil, Shipping, Wool, Cotton, Electricity, Finance, Manufacturing, Merchandizing, Econ- omy, Health, Publicity and Labor— | doubtless others. And because of war necessity, the political government has called into being a new state and is demanding what the law prohibits—the complete organization and mobilization of all the vital forces of our industrial life. Congress has passed no law enlarg- ing the president's cabinet. There is no necessity for making a new cabi- net, with representatives of all poli- ‘tical parties in it—who, for the most part, probably, would be lawyers. The president has created a new cabinet (Continued on page four) Italy Is Being Pla by the Austrians and German: of troops. FRESH FROM FRONT, SEES GUARD ORLL { The Bismarck Home Guard on Tuesday evening had the privilege of | drilling before Lieut. S. G. Mason of Buffalo N. D., who for the last six months has commanded an, American ambulance section of 46 men and 20 cars on the Verdun sector of the French front. Lieut. Mason left the University of Minnesota, where he was a student, and enlisted’ in the American ambulance service in France when the clared war on Germany. He was there when “hell was popping right and left,” but he ‘brought his section United States de-, nned. BERLIN, Dec. 5—Austro-German forces yesterday captured some hill positions in the Sette Communi, on the mountainous front in Northern Italy, the war office announced today. MASSING TROOPS Italian army headquarters in Northern Italy, Tuesday, Dec 4.—Great forces 1.of :men and, guns have been massed 3 in the Asiago section, accord- ing to reports and resumption of the offensive is expected. The reports indicate that the enemy is employing ten divisions NEGOTIATE PEACE FERLIN, Dec. 5.—The negotiations between the German and Russians for an armistice are extending to the Roumanian troops, the war office announces. (By Associated Press ) President Wilson’s message calling for war against Austro-Hungary and enunciating strongly America’s pur- pose to defeat the German power, as now constituted, is printed most prom- inently by London newspapers. In their comment, the newspapers ‘re- ceive the adgress kindly. After four days’ efioris, which brought them small gains of terrain at a great cost in casualties, the, Ger- mans have not renewed their efforts in the Cambrai sector.. The British salient there, however, is still a men- ace to the security of the German lines, nortn and ,south of Cambrai, and the German artillery bomberd- ment is probably but the prelude to further desperate efforts to wipe opt. jue gains made by General bynj’s troops. : British artilery yesterday broke up ;enemy. troop concentrations” east of ; Gouzeaucourt, and near Moeuyzes, on the southern and northern legs of the salient, respectively, and Ger- mans violently shelled the region of La Vacquerie, the centre of much‘of through six months with the loss of; the fighting activity of the last few but one man killed and five wounded. “The trouble,” said Lieut. Mason last night, “was the shell-fire. You can’t do much racing when you have an ambulance filed with wounded. One :must drive carefully and take his; medicine.” Lieut. Mason has procured his re- lease from the ambulance service and has made application for an ad- mission in the American army. He is anxious to get back. The French people, he declares, are confident of an ultimate victory, but are prepared to courageously face a long-continued struggle if need-be. The man from Verdun is here as a guest of Warden F. S. Talcott and family, friends and neighbors of many years’ standing at Buffalo. Other military men who attended the home guard drill in the basement of the jMasonic temple last evening were ‘Lieut. Porter Talcott, who has been assigned to the 16th artillery at Fort Sill, and Lieut. Addison Falconer of the infantry arm, the former recent graduate of Fort Snelling, and the latter from the training camp at Fortress Monroe, Each took charge of a squad and in a very few minutes showed the splendid results of three months’ intensive training. School Under Way. The Masonic temple had a decidedly militaristic tinge Tuesday evening, with home guardsmen drilling on two floors, while telegraph instruments ‘busily clicked is one of the base ment rooms where a class of 20 young men liable for the next draft are qual- ifying for service in the signal corps. E. H. L. Vesperman, manager of the Western Union office, is “proxy” of the school, wuile his notable staff of instructors includes such high-grade executives as L. K. Thompson, Bis- jg marck agent of the Soo Line; W. A. ‘McDonald, Lismarck agent of the Northern Pacific; A. W. Mennen, chief dispatcher for the Soo; and C. W. Pribernow, wire chief for the North Dakota Indepedent Telephone company. The students are earnestly apply- ing themselves, and, although ihe school is but two nights old, progress already is being shown. The school will be conducted six nights weekly,| and applications for enrollment will | be received at any time by C. L. Young, district chairman, or any of the county chairmen in the Bismarck district. Students of this school when they are drafted may feel practically certain of being assigned. Among the Burleigh county students is a gradu- ate of the University of Minnesota and a member of his own district board of education. All are intelli- gent, aggressive young men who are showing a gratifying interest in the work. days. That the German, purpose’ tay have been to break through into the Somme region, as well as to blot out the Cambrai salient, is indicated’ in dispatches from the front. Isolatead enemy attacks along the northern Italian front have ‘been checked by the Italians, but the Aus- troGermans have not attacked again in force. Troop movements continue ‘behind the enemy lines, and the Ital- ian artillery is busily shelling them. The Austro-German artillery has been busy in the Asiago region. Eighty passengers and crew of the vitish steamer Apapa of 7,832 tonn, were lost wien the vessel was tor- pedoed and ‘sunk by a German sub- marine. It is reported that the sub- marine fired on open boats contain- ing women and children. About 120 passengers were rescued. SLIGHT GAINS. Rome, Dec. 5.—Enemy forces have begun an attack on the Italian lines on the Asiago plateau, the war office announced today. The only gains achieved in the attack were some positions, the loss of which has not impaired the Italian defensive line. ‘SUCCESSES IN MESOPOTAMIA. London, Dec. 5.—British troops, act- ing in conjunctic: with an efficient force of Russians, have carried out successful operations in Mesopotamia, Major General Maurice, chief director of military operations at the war of- fice, announced today. GIVE OUT TELEGRAM | Petrograd, Dec. 5A secret tele- gram purporting to have ‘been sent ‘by the Russian foreign minister to the diplomatic representatives .in Paris, London and Tokio, in August 917, and relating negotiations for China’s entry into the war, is made pudlic by the Bolsheviki foreign min- ister, Tt refers to the suggestion that the allies facilitate such a step by of: fering the postponment of the pay: ment of Boxer indemnities during the war and for five years longer with- out prejudice. Russia declared her- self agreeable, but it recited tha agreement was not completed. BACHMAN WRITES BOYS WILL SMOKE HARVEY'S WEED ON THE WAY OVER Director of Second Regiment Band Indicates Early Departure of Division BIG INCREASE NEEDED | IN PORK PRODUCTION i | | Washington, Dec. 5.—Fifteen per cent increase in the porduction of pork in 1918 will be required for domestic consumption and export to the Allies, the department of agri-, culture today announced in urging every farmer to do his share to rem- edy the shortage of pork, Harvey, N. D. Dec. 5.—Director Harold Bachman of the Second regi- ! ment band, writing from Camp Mills in acknowledgment of several boxes of cigars presented the bandsmen by the Harvey fire department, advises | the boys will smoke them “on a trans- port, bound for somewhere.” The Harvey band, he states, will be with the first of the 41st division to cross the water. ee