The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1917, Page 1

ip. The Weather Generally fair. ), “WIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 295 BISMARCK HOME GUARD T0 MAKE DRIVE FOR R. C. Ten Squads will Report at Com- mercial Club Monday to Launch from confinement at Tobolsk, say quarters, A special train manned by Petrograd in pursuit of former em EXTRA! CZAR ESCAPES Petrograd, Dee. 15.—Former Emperor Nicholas has escaped BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 1917. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE coke TO fAVE. FAILED advices reaching Bolsheviki head- sailors has been dispatched from nperor, of Revolution ‘Indicated in City Campaign BURLEIGH COUNTY HOPES TO WIN STATE'S BANNER Will Seek to Lead North Dakota | Fuel Administrator I. P. Faker to- j day received instructions from Wash- ington designating Thursday and Sun- in Increase—Members to day nights as lightless nights. No ad- vertising signs or street display lights Get Service service Flags can be used. Theatre signs must Bright and early Monday morning be completely dark in order that fuel the Bismarck Home Guard, 100 strong,'be conserved in the production of will launch the Capital City’s Red electricity. Mr. Baker's order based Cross membership drive, determined, on netrnetons from Coal Administra- a tor Garfield, follows: in Bismarck, to make it a “Red Cross, “Order of fuel administrator, taking Christmas” indeed. The plan was efrect Dec. 15 cancels presen: order; Placed before the guardsmen at their regulating time advertising sigas snail weekly drill in the state armory last }9 ‘ghted. Ia its place all signs of; unanimous approval. It was determin- a certain section of the city to cover,' and advertising signs are ordered dis- and there is expected to result 4 continued completely on Thursday ana wholesome rivalry which will add to; Sunday nights of each week. Lightless Nights Today’s Reports HEAVY FIGHTING IN ITALY AGAIN IS ON | side lights more than are nécessary a for safety and municipalities with ans Seeking to Advance East cluster lights or extra brigut lighting: of River—B iki is for white way effect must reduce on ols Win'Gos Partial if Mot Gass Complete Collapse Believed Condition Arises Because so much lighting as is necessary for safety. “These nights will be called light- these nights with as few lights in homes as possible. Please understand and Sunday nights there shall be no more outdoor lighting than is abso- lutely necessary for safety foristreets, Thursday and Sunday nights to only | less nights and we wish your local pa-' pers to urge householders to observe; the spirit of order {s that on Thursday } sack Territory PROPOSES PEACE OFFER. London, Dec. 15.—Emperor Wil- liam in his Christmas message proposes to make a final peace of- | fer to his enemies “on whom in ; ease of rejection will fall the responsibility for a bloodshed in 1918,” according to.an unofficial Berlin telegram forwarded from Geneva by the Exchange Tele- evening, and it met with hearty and every kind including merchants’ signs, | passages and dangerous theatre signs, also display lighting on; that you are charged by the United | ed that each squad should be assigned puildings and elsewhere, hotel signs | States fuel administration with giving| spots and; graph Co., today. ‘ | Partial, if not complete collapse of| full effect to tuis order using the fuil; the courver revolution in Russia is/ jauthority: granted Haas by the fuel ad-| indicated in an announcement of the! ministration to enforce same if there! are individual violators. Detailed or- ore official news agency, which | der will be sent you by mail.” says u e Bolsheviki have captured . three important cities in the Don Cos- Former Missouri-Pacific Valuation Engineer Apprehended at Siberian Town sack territory and that General Kale- | Ob | W W ARE dines has been arrested, apparently by his own generuls. oe te With General Korniloff reported de- Closely Guarded, Wobblers Enter feated and wounded, and General Kale- dines under arrest, the only one left Plea of Not Guilty Before Judge Landis of the counter revolutionary leaders | is General Dutotf, hetman of the Ural, SUSPICIOUS. PERSONS | SEARCHED ‘FOR WEAPONS the success of the campaign. “On these same nights, stores not| Most of all the worth-while, eee for busines SS must not show in- bodied, red-blooded American saen of! Lismarck are active or associate mem- day expresses satisfaction that on Christmas eve there will not be a single dwelling, flat or apartment, bus- iness house or office in Bismarck without its: Red Cross service flag services in ‘all the churches of the county Sunday to increase this total to 2,700 or 3,000. Al! Red Cross memberships’ taken out prior to“July 1, 1917, will be ‘eon-|' bership procured since July 1, 191i, will run until Decemer 31, 1918, up- on which date the new memberships| staff of John F. Stevens, head of the and the renewals taken in tue drive) American railway commission of Rus- beginning ‘Monday will expire. sia, is reported to have been arrested. Mr. Smith was said to’ have been arrested at Thica, Siberia, in com- bers of the Bismarck Home: Guard, and when they. place their shoulders to a wheel, tuat wheel ts bound to re- volve. Chairman H. P. Goddard to- sending out into’ the night its cheery message of ‘Peace on Earth, Gocd Will to Men.” Must. Get. Flags.. ¥ 3 ‘Burleigh county now fas 1,700 Rel vay Cross members. It is hoped through the drive which formally begins with sidered to Have expired as of Decem: ber 1, and it*wfll be as much the put WENT TO RUSSIA WITH pose of this-drive to procure renewais' y as to obtain new memberships.’ Mem- JOHN STEVENS STAFF Petrograd, Dec. 15.—Charles S. Smith of St. Louis, a member of the ‘The Bismarck Home Guard has de- cided to handle the drive in squad formation. ‘Tuere will be Len groups] pany with M. Oustraoff, former as- of eight men each, under the regular] sistant minister of railways. corporals, and there will be an of- ficers’ squad headed by Capt. E. G. WAS MISSOURI PACIFIC MAN. Wanner. ‘Tne squads will be headed| St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 15.—The St. as follows: Squad No. 1, Corp. W.| Loufs man whose arrest is reported in P. Lomas; Squad No. 2, Corp. B. C.|a Petrograd dispatch, apparently is Marks; Squad No. 3, Corp. F. A. Lahr; Squad No. 4, Corp. J. P. Glinton, vice Corp. P. R. Fields, who was compelled to leave for the east today on a busi- ness mission; Squad No. 5, Corp. F. A. Copelin; Squad ‘No. Corp John A. Larson; Squad No. 7, Corp J. 1.. Whit- ney; Squad No. 8, Corp. C. W. Me- Gray; Squad No. 9, Corp. James A. Brown; Squad No. 16, Corp. Grant ‘Marsh. All of the squads will report at noon each day during the big drive, com- Pare notes and swap encouragement and suggestions. It is tue desire of President Wilson that every home in America take at least one §2 Red Gross membership, which entitles the holder to the National Red Cross magazine, an interesting périodical which brings the most recent Red Cross news each month. A family may take a $2 membership and as w. many single dollar-memberships as it} nt in pleases, and it is entitled to a star on Aid its service flag for each membership taken. “Burleigh county wants to win that f silk banner which carries with it the state championship,” said Chairman H. vp. Goddard this morning. “Judge Young advised by wire just this morn- {th t. /ing that the banner is to be awarded| {he Bovernment. to the county showing tue largest per-| “Secret service men and represen: centage of Red Cross memberships at (Continued on Page Two.) Charles H. Smith, formerly a valuation engineer for the Missouri Paciiic rail- way. He went to Russia with the American railroad commission. EALISION, KOT BOLE BURSTING, WRECKED U. SCHOOL, SANS EBCLEN Government Accountant Confident Enemy of Nation is Responsible for Disaster H. Ebelen, government account- charge of the Bismarck Indian school, recently closed for the term, is satisfied that the explosion which wrecked the main building of the in- stitution the fore part of this week was caused by high explosive placed under two water tanks in tue base- ment of the building by some enemy who has been operating in the prov- ince of Orenberg. General Kaledines’ fall probably fol- lowed the capture of Rostov, Nakhit- cneten and Taganrod by the Bolshe- viki. There has been heavy fighting in Russia, in which it is stated Ceneral Kaledines is losing.. Nathitchevan is across the river [01 from Rostov, while Tanganred is on the Gulf of the same, name, ten mile3 west of Rostov. The announcement of th. otfticial news bureau says that the captors of General Kaledines have invited the Meer ot Rostov to go to the capital ay 5 ae ss of the Don territory, to discuss tac Chicago, Dec. 14.—Extra detach-| gysnension of military operations. ‘ ments of police and secret se:vice| The artillery activity which hag men guarded the courtroom totay, been very heavy along the western when 106 members of the 1. W. W.| font for the last week or more, has were arraigned before Federal Judge! the fronts. Hai of the Tash esi Landis on a charge of conspiracy] day, the Germans gained 300 yards of | against the government. The defend-| front line trench. British positions in ants, one of whom is a woman, were tie are caval sector are being indicted by a federal grand jury last Bullecoury poet Neth ot (thet pear September. Sixty others indicted still river. are at liberty. Persistent efforts by the Austro Ger- oy devectives, aided federal court fonds etait ae whe, ttallng de. attaches in guarding the entrances to Cat OF Lae a rOnte, the court room. Every person who river continue, but with little success, was not known to the officers, or abd -heayy casualtios. whose spnsersnce was deemed in any ean eaten abe of ue d Ge has way suspicious,, was- searched f vg veinler, Toye George weapons. ie pewad~ Searched fOr says, as Germany is straining to strike Because of the large ‘nd’ ver of de jofere-Americat help Sperm ae fendants, Judge Landts’ summoned nage America and Great Britain caa them to tue bar to plead in alphadetl:| construct in the nex! year, depends | cal order. oN, 3 a the destiny of the world. Not as a eponte, guilty,” was the uniform ri There is no prospect for world safe- ated ty, the British Premier declared in a : league of peace as it would be a farce TEN INJURED. without victory toward which the allies —— a fi 3s. Peac Sancavilla; Wis, Dees 15-<"Ten per: are making progress. I’eace proposals |when Prussian military spirit “is sons were injured, more or less seri- drunk with fulness” bi ously today, when a Janesville-Rock- Pe eomine een Se betrayal of trust. Premier Lloyd ford interurban car jumped the track} (eorge said he agreed with President while rounding a curve. Wilson’s war aims, and gave warnng = rere against men “who think there is a half- HEAVY FIGHTING IN ITALY. way house between victory and de (By Associated Press.) feat.” ' Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Dec. 15.—Heavy fighting is -in progress today on the mountain front in the north, east of the Brenta river. The enemy is attempting to advance his position as he has those west of the river, which would give him two lines of approach to the Brenta val- ley and the open plain. London, Dec. 15.—A Petrograd dis- patch dated Friday announces the re- sumption of the Russo-German armi- stice negatiations, and says they are now concerned with the eransport of! troops from the front, the question of seas and conditions of fraternization. Russia maintains her attitude in re- spect to thansportation of German ‘ troops to other fronts, contending that the eGrmans should not send the close of the drive. Burleigh county can win it, and if we all do our best I know she will win it. We _Want that banner here in the state capital of North Dakota.” ‘Women Point the Way. 5 “The women of Bismarck and Bur- leigh county who are knitting their hearts and souls into sweaters and ufflers and sox for the boys at the ront are putting the men of this com- munity to shame. The least we can do is to put our dollars at work, buy- © ing the yarn which these women must } We can’t afford to let our wives and mothers and sisters and sweethearts call_us_slackers We've -(Coninued on page two)~ OARD OF REGENTS INJUNCTION HEARING OVER TO NEXT WEEK Tecause Attorney General Langer Announces Tat All Who Applied up to Noon Today will be Ac- cepted; Examined Later RECRUITING MACHINERY BREAKS UNDER BIG LOAD | Washington, D. C., Dec. 15.—Secre- tary Baker today came to the relief as busy in local courts yesterd: of thousands of men who had volun- e hearing on rPesident Lewis eered for the regular army but had ‘rawford’s temporary injunction re-| been rejected because of the break- ining the board of regents from} down of the recruiting machinery, by organizing, to have come up hefore ordering that all qualified applicants \dge Cooley at Grand Forks, was set| who presented themselves before noon rer until next week. today should be accepted, even though Secretary Baker Comes To Rescue of Voulunteers Who Just Got Under Wire men from the east to France and Bel- sium. The Petrograd newspapers announce that Germany has withdrawn her de- mand for disarmament of the entire Russian army. Bolsheviki units at Kieve, have been disarmed by the Ukaranians and sent to their homes. BOLSHEVIK! WINNING. Petrograd, Dec. 14.-The cities of Rostov, Nakhitchevan and Taganrog, in the Don Cossack territory, are in the hands of the Bolsheviki troops, ac- cording to a report issued by the offi- cial news bureau. General Kaledines, leader of the Don Cossacks, the an- nouncement adds, has been arrested, | ——_—— by Generals Kaldin and Botatsky anc san wien their staffs, who have invited the 1 mayor of Rostov to go to Novo Tcher- j THE WEATHER. | kask, the Cossack capital, to discuss Montana: Generally fair Saturday, the suspension of military operations. somewhat warmer in east and colder LOSES 5,000 SAILORS. in southwest portion; Sunday partly London, Dec. 14.—It ‘is stated ot- cloudy. | ficially that Norway has lost 5,090 sait- ‘North and South Dakota and Min- ors during the war, a Central News nesota: Generally fair Saturday and dispatch from Christiani: repor:s. The their examination and other details could not be accomplished until later. Thousands of men seeking to volun-' teer before the new draft regulations went into effect at noon had been turned away because the recruiting stations were swamped. | arrangement of shipments on probably Sunday, slowly rising temper- sinking of two more steamships is told It in the dispatch. | ature Saturday. COAL FAMINE FACES THE UNITED STATES PP COUNTER REVOLT {NATION WIDE ©'IN RUSSIA SAID} LACK OF FUEL IS REPORTED of Transportation Condi- tions NEW YORK CITY YARDS HAVE SMALL SUPPLY| Cleveland Public Institutions May Have to Close Because of Shortage Washington, Dec. 15.—After confer ence with Fuel Administrator Gar- | field today, Chairman Thompson of the operating committee of the east: | ern railroads, declared the coal fam- | ine was due more to a shortage ot | transportation facilities than the shortage of coal. Chairman Thomp-; son and Administrator Garfield went! over the whole transportation ques-! tion with the result that with the re- rail- ; roads, eliminating long hauls where shorter ones will reach the territory, | and also eliminating the so-called “soft” haul, immediate improvement is expected. The regult:of the plan would-be to supply coal to localities from. the nearest producing: or shipping: center | instead of over the lines of ordinary, trade. At the department of labor. ‘today : it was declared that the labor situa-; tion now is particularly favorable and can, in no way, be charged with re- sponsibility for the coal famine. NEW YORK SUFFERS SHORTAGE. New. York, Dec. 14.—With half of New York’s coal yards empty and suffering increasing in the unheated homes of the poor, the fuel adminis- trators today exerted all of their ef- forts to release the thoudands of tons of coal tied up at tidewater, or in snowbound cars at sidings. ‘The general fuel situation is regard- , ed as the most serioug in the, histary, of the city. Hundreds of’ tenéments’ and homes ere-wjthant, heat;, roretaes tories have been compelled to shut down, and churches, schools, theaters and public halls are affected. * 100,000 OUT OF WORK. ‘Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 15.—One hun- dred thousand men were out of work and hundreds of Cleveland’s largest manufacturing plants were shut down today because of the shortage of coal. The companies affected, many of them turning out rush orders on war mate- rials, urgently required by the gov- ernment, depend upon the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. for electric power. Late yesterday the coal short- age reached such an acute stage that the Illuminating company shut off all current to the big electrical manufac- turing plants. 2 PITTSBURGH LACKS COAL. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 15.—The most serious coal shortage in the history of Pittsburgh and vicinity prevails at this time with no immediate relief in sight, according to the local fuel ad- ministrator. Dealers who reported to the administrator stated that if no (Continued on Pago Two.) at | LANGER FEARS TOWNLEY WILL NOT CET SQUARE DEAL IF HALL 1S TRIED IN BURLEICH Morning. Attorney General Once More Injects Political Issue into Trial of Secretary of State in Another Affidavit of Prejudice Filed this “DRUNKARDS, JAIL-BIRD AND MEN OF NO CHARAC TER ATTACKED CITY HEADS JURY SECURED. Jury was secured late today and opening statement of state was started shortly before 5 P. M. Fears that Townley’s Nonpartisan league will not get a square deal if the Hall case is tried in Burleigh county were expressed by Attorney Gen- eral William S. Langer this morning in a voluminous personal affidavit of prejudice filed by the attorney general after the impaneling of a trial jury had peen under way a half day. The attorney general answers charges of irregularity in connection with his refusal to prosecute on affidavits alleging fraud in the last city election and in connection with the paving in district No. 1 by stating his positive conviction after thorough investigation that such charges were unsubstantiated, and that the affidavits in alleging fraud in the city election offered as substantiation the testimo®y of men without character, some of whom had been in the penitentiary or in jail for various offenses; several of FRAZIER URGES COOPERATION IN RED CROSS URE Proclaims Week of Special Effort Beginning Sunday and Asks All to Join. WOULD HAVE CAMPAIGN NOTED IN ALL CHURCHES Governor Lynn J. Frazier last eve- ning officially proclaimed Red Cross Week, té begin Sunday, December 16, and to continue until Christmas eve. The governor says: “A proclamation ‘Mhab'been issued by President Wilson falling for ten million new members t6join the Red Cross within the pets jod beginning Sunday, December 16, and ending Christmas eve. It is ne- cessary therefore that a systematio campaign be promulgated to secure a strong working membership. North Dakota nas ranked high among the states in loyally responding to every effort that has been put forth to aid our nation; and in view of the great importance of this call, we should per- mit no stone to be left unturned in order that this Christmas membership drive may become the greatest suc- cess yet achieved by us. “These are times when all agencies within the state must be utilized to further the interests of this great or- ganization that means so much to the ‘boys who have gone and those who are yet to go to the defense of our country. Since the opening day of the drive falls on Sunday, ministers and heads of the several church depart- ments are urged to call snecial atten- tion to this subject in the services they will have in charge on that day. “During the week, teachers in the public schools will have a splendid (Coninued on™ page two) German Officers Waited For Fresh Laundry and Than Joined Americans 'MACHEDO BOUNCED FROM PORTUGAL'S PRESIDENCY AND BANISHED COUNTRY New Regime Expatriate Executive Until His Term of Office Expires. SENT TO THE BORDER BY SPECIAL TRAIN LIBSON, Dec. 14.—The newly es- tablished revolutionary government | has decided to send former President Machado from the country by a spec- , fal train. It was the determination of the government that the deposed president must live abroad until the expiration of the term for which he was elected. Major Norton De Mattos, who was minister of war in the Costa cabinet, has demanded a month's furlough, after which he wishes to be sent to the front. Libson, Wednesday, Dec. 12—The dismissal of President Machado from [office has been decreed. Commissioned Men of Hindenburg Army Coming Over to Enemy in Large Numbers ‘TWO U. 8S. ENGINEERS WOUNDED BY SHELL With the American Army in France, Dec. 15.—A story of how German offi- cers are surrendering is told by an American officer just returned from the British front, where he had been undergoing instructions. t One night recently, a German offi- cer crawled across no man’s land to the British wire, raised his hands and cried, “Comrade, comrade.” British soldiers covered him with rifles, whereupon the German said: “Excuse me, if I lower my hand. I've got a package here.” The surprised British granted the request and the German dropped into the trench. In his hands he had a package of laundry. He said he had decided to surrender a week befote, but had waited until his laundry came back. Two Americans Wounded. A bursting shell has wounded two American railway engineers working behind the British front, according to reports received today. The projec- tile struck in a pile of picks, shovels | and other tools. i whom were notorious drunkards, and noue of whom were men of reputation. |The attorney general says he is con- j vinced thot these affidavits were filed in an effort on the part of unscrupu- ; lous politicians to use his office to dis- |credit the newly elected commission- ers of Bismarck—A. W. Lucas, R. C. Battey and Christian Bertsch, Jr. None of these men is personally known to him, he states, and there existed no reason why’ he should not have made a thorough investigation have been ready to prosecute out the facts have warranted. The ts he could discover did / not war- rant any consideration for the charges, he states, and he placed everything In connection with the case before Judge Nuessle and State’s Attorney Mc- Curdy, who agreed with his ‘conclu- sions. In the paving- matter, he engaged C. W. Litton, “because he was the head of 300 iavoring men,” and Harry L. Glibert, tecause he was a union man ana had rendered efficient serv- ice m locating Minot red light resorts, for which he was highly recommended by Rev. C. W. Finwall, Several meet- ings were held by the attorney gen- oral,at, the home of Mr. Litten; Dr. Ladd was called upon for an expert chemist, and he recommended ..one Trof. R. H Slocumb, who after inves- tigating numerous samples submitted to him, reported he could detect no evidence of fraud. For this reason nothing was done in the paving fraud cases, and Mr. Litten was removed from the state payroll. Wants it Moved. Because the affiant considers that he has won a great and lasting en- mity by his. spectacular enforcement of law and order, and particularly be- cause the city of Bismarck is preju- diced against him, because he is the state’s leading exponent of law and order; and because lying and slander- ous and libelous and abusive stories have been circulated about him and his manner of doing vusiness, particu- larly in the city of Bismarck, and es- pecially by one newspaper in this city; and because “affiant verily believes a cause exists to transfer the action to some other county where the court may feel better assurred that poli- tical desires of those opposing the Nonpartisan league and the unwar- ranted and vicious attacks made on the attorney general will not be pres- ent, etc, and etc,” the attorney gen- eral once more asks that the case be removed. He challenges charges made in open court against the integrity of his official conduct, and asks the chal- lengers to make good their charges. All Between Friends. “I can't quite get the logic of the general's argument that opponents of the league are interested in this mat- ter in one way or another,” said an in- nocent bystander this morning. “Tom Hall, the last I knew about politics, was just as good a leaguer as Mr. Langer. Ih fact, IT think Tom got a bigger vote last fall than Bill did. If there's any little thing wrong, it's between friends, and I can't see any room for dragging in the hated enemy. If any- thing's going to discredit the league it's this prosecution, and not what any- one outside the inner circle may think or say about it.” Juror Heard Talk. A near sensation was sprung this morning when a juror reported he had overheard some discussion of the Hall case through the partition of his room in the Northwest hotel Friday night. He stated on cross-examination, how- ever, that the conversation did not appear to be intended for his ears and that there was nothing in it which formed a fixed opinion for him. 28 Jurors Examined. When court adjourned at noon 28 veniremen had been called into the box; 27 had been examined; seven re- jected for cause and nine peremptorily challenged. One juror remained io be examined. The line of examination which As- sistant Attorney General Brennan is directing toward jurors tends to indi- cate»the state will admit that the money was returned by the defendant, but that the return of embezzled funds does not affect the crime alleged. The jury box contained an even doz- en men, and but two peremptory (Continued on Page Two.)