The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 7, 1917, Page 1

The Weather Generally fair. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 290. DEAD PLA BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917. Evening Edition THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE === FIVE CENTS ED AT 5000 TEUTONS CONTINUE DRIVE AGAINST ITALIANS THRE CASE (Bomb Cause SFHATE PASSES RY SOME TE THS AFTERNOON Arguments Begun in .United States District Court at 11 | This Forenoon TOTTEN RAPPED TO ORDER FOR INJECTING POLITICS Townley Press Agent Secks to. Get Declaration for Wilson Into Record i The O'Hare case will go to the jury late this afternoon. Arguments were begun at 11 this forenoon, Judge Wade allowing each side an hour. Judge John Carmody of Hillsboro, assistant United States attorney, led off for the government. Arguments began after Judge Wade had overruled Attorney Lovell’s re- newed motion that the verdict for the defendant be directed on the ground that the indictment did not charge the commission of any defense nor any purport to commit an offense. It was necessary early in the course of Judge Carmody’s argument for Judge ‘Wade to caution counsel for the de- fense against interfering with the gov- ernment’'s stating of the case to the jury. Intent Was Evident. Judge Carmody argued that Mrs. O'Hare's own admissions had clearly established ‘the intent of her ‘lecture at Rowman'to discourage and obstruct enlistment-in the Untted ‘States army. “She selected a good place ‘to ‘deliver | this lecture, a hot-bed ‘of. dissension, | where, as the witnesses for the de- fense have testified, a great many; people were prepared to receive with sympathy and applause her remarks. | “Mrs. O'Hare stated that President Wilson, after being re-elected as the man who kept America out of war, stepped down from his pedestal and j plunged this country into war to nrn- tect Morgan’s millions. That state ment was made for only one purpose —to create dissatisfaction with the administration. By her! own Words | Mrs. Q'Hage stands convicted. Asai woman shg,comes into this court en:; titled.to,,no less consideration; than:a‘ man charged of the same offense, and no more. Mrs. O’Hafe, as her wit- nesses have said on the stand, is en-| titled to a square deal, but so is your; government entitled to a square deal.: Mrs. O'Hare comes from generations! of American ancestors; all that she is and all she has she owes to Amer- ica. The least she could have given in return was her loyalty.” George Totten Talks. George A. Totten, Frazier member of the state board of regents and) president of Townley’s Northwest Service bureau, which furnished league newspapers with canned edi-/ torials and cartoons, was the last wit-;| ness on the stand for the defense. He knew Bowman and the people of Bowman very well. He knew all of the witnesses for the government. They all, he stated, belonged to a fac- tion opposed to his brother, Judge Totten: “They represent the faction that has been opposing President Wil- son and his administration which we have been supporting,” said Rev. Tot- ten sententiously, and Judge Wade found it necessary to use the gavel again. He ordered Totten’s political decla- ration stricken from the records; in- structed the jury to ignore it, and ordered the witness and the counsel for the defense to stick to the case. On cross-examination, Rev. Totten stated “he had not had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. O’Hare, and he was excused. Couldn't Stand It. Mrs. A. Olson of Bowman, testify- ing for the government, stated early Tuesday afternoon that she stopped at the side door of the Cosy theater in her car while the lecture was in progress; that she sat within 20 feet of Mrs. O’Hare and heard what she said and that after standing it as long as she could she drove on. She heard Mrs. O’Hare say that the mothers of soldiers abroad were given no more privileges than brood sows. Mrs. Olson on cross-examination de- nied that she was a member of a) party which hung someone in effigy at Bowman during the last year. In fact, she had no recollection of this occasion. Hanson Heard It. Ole Hanson, grain buyer at Bow- man, former real estate man and bank- er, attended the O'Hare lecture. He said he knew of several boys of draft age, whom he named, who were there and who heard Mrs. O’Hare’s lecture which appealed to him as being of a nature to discourage enlistment. “Mrs. O’Hare said that her boy wasn't old enough to go. for which she thanked God, and that if he was old enough he wouldn't have to g0. She said that the boys who are en- listing for the army are nothing but the scum of the soil and fit only for fertilizer for the French soil,” said Hanson. " At the completion of his testimony the government rested. D. R. Lovell + (Continued on page four) ; Explosionon No 7 Coach Fargo, Dec. 7.--The explosion of an infernal machina on the express car on train 7 on the Northern Pa- cific Railway caused the destruction of the cor near Windsor, North Da- kota, Wednesday, according to infor- Mauon oOv.amed by oMMcials investi- gating the affair,.is was announced here today. In connection with their inquiry of the fire, it is also believed that an infernal machine fired an ex- press car on another Northern Pacific train near Bismarck two weeks earlier, when a through express car on the North Coast Limited was total- ly destroyed. The explosion that destroyed the express car Wednesday is described by an express messenger as occurring in one end of the express car. where many packages are stored. The car filled with black smoke immediately and fire spread rapidly. {7 DEGREES |S LOW MARK FOR THIS. BUREAU Cold Breaks all Records in the Last Forty-four Years for Date FAIR WEATHER WITH L *o)s RISING TEMPERATURE RIVER CLOSED. While navigation has been closed since Dec. 1 owing to float- ing ice, the river did not close until Thursday evening at 6 p. m. The average date for closing .has been Nov. 26 and the latest 3 10, which was in’ 1899. This is the latest but one for the river to freeze up. 4 When taken to task by a repredent4- tive of The Tribune for handing out such of ere cold weather, WeatRer; @bgerver Roberts compliy mental thé representative with hig chgice of words, saying that “excep- tionally cold” was strictly correct, the minimum temperature: recorded this (Friday) morning being the coldest of record of any Dec. 7 in the history of the Bismarck station, covering a pe- riod of 44 years. Only once in that period was a mini- mum of 17 degrees below zero reached (1902). This protracted cold period, according to Mr. Roberts, is due to the loitering of an area of exceptionally high atmospheric pressure over Al- berta. This “high,” as he calls it, is at last moving slowly eastward, and fair weather with rising temperature is the menu offered for Saturday and Sunday. At Williston, N. D., the mercury fell to 20 below zero. Swift Current was the coldest on the map at 26 degrees below. St. Paul reports zero. RATES NEARLY AS LOW AS BEFORE LEAGUE PUT ITS FINGER IN PLOT North Dakota Railway Commis- sion by Hard Effort Undoes Legislative Bungling. The North Dakota. railway commis- sion bas won what is considers an important victory in procuring the restoration of joint tariffs from Fargo to inland points which were canceled by the Milwaukee, Soo line and other railways when the league rail act— S. Lt 77, establisning distance tariffs— became effective. Territory served by these roads has been compelled to pay a combination of local rates much higher than the old joint tar- iffs, and there has been much com plaint on the operation of this par- ticular feature of the league law. After considerable correspondence, the railway commission has obtained from the railroads its consent to re- store the old joint tariffs in most instances. Senate Bill 77 was enacted largely because Fairmount objected to ‘the fact that in some instances the joint rate via Fairmount from Fargo to Soo line points was lower than the straight tariff from Fairmount. Under the new tariff none of these joint rates is lower than the Fair- mount rate and some are higher, the territory affected paying the freight. TO DEFINE POSITION, Washington, Dec. 6.—On receipt of expected advices from Russia, the Russian embassy will issue a state- ment @&fining its attitude toward the BolshevViki. It is expected the state- ment will express the opinion that Russia may best’be served not by an- tagonizing the Bolsheviki, but by giv- ing the new government an opportun- ity to show how far it can restore nor- mai conditions. WAR RESOLUTION AGAINST AUSTRIA Berlin Claims Capture of Four Thousand Italians in Latest Drive RUMANIANS PREPARE TO FRATERNIZE WITH SLAVS Two Futile Attempts Made by the Germans to Break Through Lines at Verdun DECLARE WAR. Washington, Dec. 7.—With less than one hour's debate the sen- ate today passed the resolution declaring war on Austria-Hun- gary. Declaration of war on Austria passed by both houses in congress today, with brief debate. Presi- dent’s signature now only thing required. House accepted the sen- ate resolution. The resolution was adopted by the Senate unanimously, 74 to 0. Senators Gronna, of North Da kota; Norris of Nebraska, and Varcamann, of Mississippi, who voted against the German war declaration, supported the resolu- tion. Senator LaFollette of Wis- consin left during the speech making. and did, not cast his vote. H Meanwhile, there was: every in- ' dication that the, resolution would pass.in. the, souse with enly’ one dissenting, .vote, “Rep. London, Socialist... Members: \were’ so sure of that they deserted the chamber in droves, to escape the speech making and return later for the untina. After the house acts the two res- ’ olut ons will'be reconciled or one substituted for the other. No time for a vote on the ‘resolution was set by the house but ‘it was be- lieved it'might be expetted before six o’clock’ this 'evenitig. ‘ " feria wae Berlin, Dec. 7+-Four thousand more‘ Ttalipns” have'teen captured “in’ the’ new! Austro-German offensive on the northern’ front, bringing up the total’ to 15,000, according to today’s official communication. TO FRATERNIZE WITH SLAVS. Jassy, Rumania, Thursday, Dec. 6.— It has been decided that. the Ruma- nian troops shall associate themselves with the Russians in the proposed armistice, though the Rumanians have rejected every attempt at fraterniza- tion, says an official announcement made here today. Hostilities were suspended today ©” the whole front. — an! FUTILE VERuowW ATTEMPTS. Paris, Dec. 7.—Two attempts were made by the Germans: to attack the French lines east of the Meuse in the Verdun region last night, after a heavy bombardment. The attacking forces, the war office announces to- day, were driven off by the French fire. BOYS IN CAMP AWAIT ACTION ‘President Takes His Time in Con- sidering Applications for | Discharge from Service. | One hundred North Dakota regis- trants who have appeals pending with Fresident Wilson already are at Camo Doige. The prodability of any large percentage of these men returning home is slight, according to the sta- tistics of the district board, which show that of a total of 734 appeals from decisions of the district board for presidential clemency, but 34 have been acted upon, and in every case the action of the district board, hold- ing the registrant for service, has been upheld by the president. Adjutant General Fraser yesterday wired to Washington his report upon North Dakota’s registration expense. which totaled $15,094.45, or a»out 79 cents for each registrant examined, and $2.86 for each select service man accented. The exnenses of the local boards were $4,925.80; registra- j tion costs, as distinct from the work of the exemption boards, were $4,- 959.27; clerk hire amounted j9 $3,- 817.30; district board expenses, $1,- 186.19: miscellaneous items totaled $654.11, and traveling expenses of dis- trict board members, three of whom resided in as many corners of the siete were $451.78. This expense was the smallest per select service man accepted of any state in the union which reported draft expenses. : 52 FROM WILSON: War Needs Ban Show Win dows, New York, Dec: 7.—-If a Secon | mendation sent out today by the war advisory committee of the National! Retail Dry Goods: association is fol-! lowed, lights in the show windows of dry goods stores throughout the Unit- j ed States will be turned off each éve- ning when the stores close. The suggestion was forwarded to 3,000 department and dry goods estab- lishments in all parts of the country. The general adoption of the idea would save thousands of tons of coal,/ the committee declares, : PINTO STAR DEFENSE WITHESS | IN PANKOW CASE Well Known Montana—Dakota Character Tells of Desire to , Use Gun on Borchert SEEKING TO ESTABLISH | DECEASED WAS LOVE.MAD “Pinto. Jim” Garnier, old time Mon- tana cowman and miner, called to the stand in the Pankow murder trial this morning to tell how he was called to the Pankow home et midnight a year or two ago upon the occasion of one of Charles Borchert’s nocturnal calls, proved the real star for the defense. | “Pill Pankow runs to my house.” said Garnier, “and he yeils, ‘Jim, get your gun and come over—Charley’s over to Henry's raising ....! I grabs. my. - double-barreled: shotgun --and beats it over to Henry's. There the lights was out, Mrs. Pankow was lyin’ on ‘the couch and Charley was sittin’ there beside her. “I sez to Charley, ‘Ch-rley, you ;skunk, what in —— arg you doin’ here, I sez. I sez, ‘Chg ley, if you Jived|,in a ‘civilized cofatry they'd take you out and string yjuup.. Now get the: h+-+, out of hqde wi i, oe, gettin’s good.” ays re re WAR RESCRIPT EXTENT OF CATASTROPHE GROWS AS RUINS ARE VIEWED AND WIRE COMMUNICATION 1S ESTABLISHED Halifax is still burning and a blinding snow storm makes it hard to rescue the in- CONSIDERED Ih BOTH BRANCH Twenty-four Hours Will See Passage of Proclamation of ' War Against Austria. BULGARIA AND TURKEY ; OMITTED FOR PRESLNT Sentiment in Favor of Including All German Allies Little in Evidence. Amsterdam, Dec. 7.—At the re- ception of the Austrian delega- tions, says a Vienna dispatch, the emperor remarked \to the presi- dents of the parliaments: ‘It will be the finest day of my life when | can conclude peace.” Washington, Dec. 7—A declaration of war with Austria-Hungary promised tonight to be voted by congress with- in the next 24 hours. Consideration of the war resolutions will begin tomorrow in both senate and house and developments today vir- tually made it certain that sentiment in favor of including declarations against Turkey and Bulgaria in spite | ot President Wilson’s advice had been checked. Administration leaders tonight ex- pressed confidence that debate would be comparatively brief and that the declaration\ would be approved by ov: | erwhelming votes before adjounrment tomorrow. ‘ Floood Submits Report. The house, after Chairman Flood had. submitted. a report stating that a state of war with Austria actually had existed for some months and that American troops probably soon would be fighting onthe Italian front, form: ally agreed to proceed tomorrow with consideration of the resolution as un- animously reported by its committee. After several, hours’ deliberation the senate foreign relations committee un- animously approved .a..resolution in somewhat similar form and directed | Chairman Stone: to place it ‘before the senate, when, ,it, reconvenes, tomor, ‘Jnanimous consent required under “I was so all-fired mad 1 fat Ike aate rules for immediate discussion combing his hair with my six¢hooter, but I says to myself, ‘Jim, rs hain’t no police officer, let them, ao it as has a right to,’ and I yells to Henry, who all this time was in another room where Charley had chased him, ‘Henry,’ I sez, ‘come ,out here and shoot this here pizen pup—he ain't fit to live’!” Henry didn’t shoot, and when Bill; Pankow arrived back on the scene a couple of hours later he found every- , thing peaceable. Charley spent the remainder of the night at the Pan- kow’s and apparently the old friend- ship was renewed. ‘the defense claims that Borchert came to the house at midnight on this occasion and informed Mrs. Pankow that if she didn't open the door he would kick it in. Mrs. Pankow let Borchert in and was reasoning with him when, the defense claims, Pan- kow came out, and Borchert attacked him. Mrs. Pankow fainted. The de- fense claims that Borchert thén drove the husband into another room and compelled him to remain there while Korchert ministered to Mrs. Pankow. Then Bill Pankow, a brother, ran for “Pinto Jim,” who seems to have es- tablished a reputation in Dakota and Montana for taming bad men and bad horses. Borchert, the defense is seeking to establish, was possessed of a mad in- fatuation for Mrs. Pankow. His mania, the defense is contending, developed into an intense hatred for Pankow, who had been Borchert’s good friend, but who stood between Borchert and (Continued on page four) of the resolution will be sought by Chairman Stone, who believed tonight that no senator would object and that the matter would be disposed of be- fore adjournment, differences between the senate and house resolutions quickly adjusted, and the final draft sent to the president tomorrow night. Objection by a single senator, how- ever, would force over the resolution until Saturday. Report Recites Causes. The house committee's report dealt with the causes for the declaration, re- citing Austrian submarine depreda- tions, her approval of the German sub- marine policy’ and the intrigue and plots of her official representatives in this country. Representative Flood spoke upon the reasons for not extending the dec-) laration to Germany's other allies. He said such a step merely would strengthen Germany's hold upon Bul- garia and Turkty, while for the pres- ent at least there could be no ques- tion of direct military operation by the United States against these coun- tries. None of the allied powers, he declared, had even suggested that the prosecution of the war could be bene- ficially affected by such declarations; neither Turkey nor Bulgaria has com-| mitted aggressions against the Unit-' ed States, and the latter has not even broken diplomatic relations. War Effective. The senate committce resolutions makes war effective when the prest- dent approves the resolution instead (Continued on page four) + The scarcity of yarn has no ter- rors for Mrs. John Halcrow of Kowes- mont, Pem ina county. Recently ‘Mrs. Halcrow, who is in her 76th year, “teased” carded and spun the yarn | she used in knitting socks and sweat- ers for the boys in khaki. In all she ‘has spun two fleeces of wool and has knitted the yarn into socks and sweaters. This she did besides knit- j ting her full snare of supplies for the! Bowesmont Red Cross chapter. This devotion to our soldiers by one of the pioneers of the state, is a stirring | example of the great patriotism, with which the women are backing the gov- ernment, Mrs. Halcrow is one of the best known women of the state. She is a woman of splendid Christian char- acter and a mother of a most repre-} sentative family. Mrs. J. G. Moore and Mrs. C, W. ‘Moses of this city, Matron of Seventy=Six Cards and Spins Yarn To Knit for Soldier Boys Mr: Ti John Booth Cooley, Mrs. Harry ale, wife of Dr. Tisdale of Grand Forks; Mrs. J. Shingler, wife of Rev. Shingler of the Milton Methodist church; Mrs. G. 'B. Wylie of Bowes- mont, state corresponding secretary of the W. C. T. M A. 0. De Frate of Jamestown, M Mae and Robert and John Halcrow of Bowes- mont are her children. Mrs. Halcrow brougit the spinning wheel which she used, from her old home in Scotland upwards of 5) years ago. She was among the first to join the Red Cross and has given splendid support to all its activities. The Bowesmont chapter has a memver- ship of 147, while the town proper only has a population of 110. The other members are from the sur- rounding districts. Mrs. Halcrow devotes most of her) time to the knitting of Red Cross; by President Wilson as receiver of articles. jured and ‘recover the bodies of those killed—Impossible to verify any figures American sailors perish in explosion. PLACE DEAD AT 5,000 WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Five thousand are believed to have been killed, in the explosion in Halifax Harbor and the fire which swept North Halifax and Dartmouth, N. B., according to advices from a naval commander, reaching the Navy Depart- ment early today. The Navy dispatch says these figures have not been verified, however. The report which came from a naval commander, who witnessed the explosion from a point 52 miles off Halifax, and later proceeded to the harbor to render aid said that all of North Halifax was destroyed, three ships sunk and many others damaged. HALIFAX, N. 8., Dee. 7—Fires are still burning in the se x, Which were ip e rious] tions of Halif astrous munitions in this morning, se xplosion. impeding the wor injured, and recovering the bodic The snowfall, however, come quenching the flames in the ruins devastated by yesterday’s dis- A heavy snow storm set of rescuing: the of the dead. as an aid to the firemen in Special trains, bringing doctors, nurses, and medieal sup- plies arrived here today. Other special trains have been sent with injured persons to Windsor, and other places. where there are large hospitals, There is wreck and ruin on the city is damaged—glass b and floor shattered. days. New Years. OLYMPIAN WESSAGE FROM KERENSKY I - REFUGE OF SAFETY Former Premicr Writes Letter to Socialist Newspaper De- nouncing Successor. “FOOLS; I, KERENSKY, TELL YOU THIS” Petrograd, Dec. 7.—The social-revo- lutionary newspaper, “The People’s Work,” publishes a letter from Ker- ensky, the former premier, in which the following passages occur: “Do you not see that your frank- ness is being made use of and that you are being deceived? You were, promised peace with the Germans within three days. Where is it? Where is the liberty which was prom- ised you? “itis dishonorable, infamous. Fools! It is I, Kerensky, who tell you this. For eight months | safeguarded the liberty of the people and the fu- ture happiness of the masses of work- ers. Now they realize that when I was in power liberty was and democracy | feally existed.” KERENSKY SAFE. Stockholm, Dec. 7.—A _ Helsingfors newspaper reports that former Pre- mier Kerensky is in a place of com- plete safety. The newspaper says he is engaged in preparations for the con- stituent assembly and already has been placed on the litt of candidates at many, laces th shout the em- pire. \ FRITZ BETTZ4 WATCH OUT. Hundred Rifles for Bismarck Guard this Stde of Chicago. Capt. E. G. Wanner has been noti- fied that the Bismarck aome guard's 100 Remington rifles are this side of Chicago, and it is possible that they may arrive in time for use in to- night's drill. PAUL JEWELL IN FRANCE. Mother Receives Much Deleted | ‘Soldiers’ Post-Card.’” The first ‘soldiers’ postcard” re- ceived from a member of Uncle Sam's ; second expeditionary force in France came this week to Mrs. Marshall H. Jewell of the state historical library from her son, Lieui headquarters, 151st Even | the very brief message contained on; the bare card has been censored, a! word indicating the length of time the boys have been in France having been deleted. SCHROVER IS RECEIVER. Washington, Dec. 7.—A. J. Schrover of Minot, N. D., was nominated today public moneys. every side, Every building in roken, plaster. down, windows.’ Business is suspended and will be for All schools and colleges have been closed until after Up to noon today there had been no change in the police estimate of 2,000 dead from the disaster yesterday, about the same namber being injured, two thirds of whom are suffering from cuts from flying giass. * “The ruins of buildings are’ now burning fiercely in North Halifax,” the dispatch concludes. STUNNED BY DISASTER. Stunned by the magnitude of the disaster which has overwhelmed’‘the garrison city by the sea,” the people of ‘Halifax today bent all their ener- gies to relieving the injured, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless and gathering their dead. A heavy snowstorm set in early to- day, and while this, in a measure, im- peded the work of relief and rescue, it served to aid the firemen in fight- ing the flames, which still burned fiercely in many places among the ruins in the devastated district. Reports from the improvised morgues and from hospitals, churches, schools and private residences seemed to bear out last night’s estimate that at least 2,000 lives were lost when the Belgian relief steamship Imo col- lided with the French munitions steamer Monte Blanc, causing the de- ‘ tonation of 4,000 tons of trinitrotuloul, one of the most powerful explosives manufactured. Help from outside began reaching the city today. Doctors, nurses and medical supplies arrived today. Other trains were reported to be on the way and expected to arrive today. Vir- tually all business is suspended and schools are closed, while the inhabit- {ants generally are turning their at- tention to relief york. Soldiers and sailors, including}seamen from an American warshky, which rushed to the port when it received word of the disaster, are patrolling the stricken district and aiding in the rescue work. It was established today that it was 25 minutes after the collision before the explosion occurred. At the first shock, houses rocked, vessels broke from their moorings, bits of shells whistled through the afr, buildings fell upon their occupants, shrieks and moans rose for a second above the awful din, and in all parts of the city men, women and children ran into the streets, many of them insufficiently clad. Then fire broke out in a hun- dred places. Ordered to Flee. Orders were at first given that ev- erybody should flee to the south of the city, and in a short time Barring- ton street resembled a road of Bel- gium or Serbia when the inhabitants fled before the Germans. Every va- riety of vehicle was’ pressed into serv- ice for the sick and infirm. Men, women and children, some carrying hastily snatched belongings, hurried jalong the pavements, and overflowed the streets. Stores were deserted, houses forsaken, and the entrance to Point Pleasant Park was soon black with humans, some massed in groups, some running frantically back and forth. The wildest rumors were in ¢irculation and every bearer of tid- ings was immediately surrounded. The stories lost nothing in the telling. When later, fiying automobiles brought the good word that the dan- ger was under control, the crowds returned to find their homes a mass of wreckage and in ashes and rela- tives dead or wounded. Tells Experiences. William Barton, former telegraph editor of the Montreal Gagette, related (Continued on page four)