The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1917, Page 1

THE WEATHER Generatly fair, THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO.300 TAKES - TWO MEN, WOMEN AN CHILDREN PERISH IN RUNAWAY CAR Sixteen Dead and Scores Injured in Pittsburg Street Car Accident. LIGHTS DIE IN TUNNEL Motorman Loses Control and Car Plunges Down Grade in Fatal Runaway. Pittsburg, Penn., Dec. 24.—The death list was increased to six- teen late tonight when two of the injured died in hospitals. Many of those who escaped alive from the wrecked car are so sseriously in- jured that they will probably die. The work of identifying the dead progressed slowly and it was midnight before a list could be obtained. Of the sixteen dead, nine were women, one a child and six men. The bodies of two wom- en lay unidentified at the morgue at this hour. CHRISTMAS HORROR. Pittsburg Street Car Runs Wild Kill- ing Many. Pittsburg, Penn. Dec. 24.—Six- teen .persons were killed and every other one of the 114 passengers on a Knoxville street car was more or less hurt here late today when the car ran away in a tunnel which connects the south side busmess district with the south hills At the hospitals, the doctors said that a number of the in- jured would die New Type Car. The car, which was of the latest low floor, steel type, was packed with city bound shoppers when it left the sta- tion at the south end of the tunnel. A minute or two later the trolley is said to have left the wire, and the lights went out. At almost the same instaat, for some reason not yet“deter- mined, the motorman lost control and it dashed down the steep grade, gain- ing momentum as the*wheels slipped. along:the wet railes” The passengét's were thrown into panic. ..,<f8w feet from the mouth of the tufinel is a short curve, but so terrific was the speed the car had at tained that the wheels at this point. left the. fracks/t and turned over on its side. ‘ aes Runs: Amuek. It did: not stop, but, tearing ‘along the sidewalk, struck a telegraph pole, ‘the roof was ripped off and men, wom en and: children were scattered along the roadway. Even then the wreck continued on {ts way and finally brought up in a litle confectionery store near Smithfield street. Eerly reports placed the number of dead at seventeen, but a canvass of the hospiials and the morgue showed that sixteen had been filled outright, (Continued on page four) ROOSEVELT SEES NO PLACE FOR BOOZE IN WAR TIME ECONOMY Lowers Eficiency in Camp and in Shon Effect is Quite as Disastrous. ABSOLUTE BAN IS TEDDY’S COUNSEL Washington, Dec. 24.—A letter from Thedore Roosevelt favoring war time prohibition not only for fighting men but for citizens working on rail- roads and in mines, factories and shipyards was made public tonight by Dr. Clarence True Wilson of the Na- tional Temperance board. Answering a letter from Dr. Wilson, Col. Roose velt wrote that he had favored pro- hibiting the use of food grains at the outbreak of the war, and added: “Neither the men in the army nor the men engaged in doing vital work for the army in connection with rail- roads, factories, mines and shipyards should be allowed to waste strength and health in drink at this time. The same reasons that render it necessary to prenibit the sale of liquor to sol- diers in uniform, or within a given number of miles from a military camp, and to stop its use on battleships, apply to extending similar protection for all citizens engaged in the work or railroads,. factories. mines and ship yards. “I may mention that my sons who are aow in the army in France write me most strongly (just as General Pershing has expressed his public opinion most strongiy) as to the harm done to the men of the army'by per- mitting the sale of liquor to them, stating that they believe in absolute prohibition for the army in war time —and one of them adding that his ex. perience has made 2 permanent prohi- bitionist of him. “[ wish your boara every success in its eftort to stop ali waste of food. men, labor and brain power during these days when the nation needs every man at his best.” 'RED TAPE AND DELAY ALLIES OF ATILLA BILL Washington, Dec. 24. — War time efficiency is being practiced as well as preached by the gov- ernment. President Wilson has sent to all the executive departments copies of a letter recently ad- dressed by Secretary Redfield to his bureau chiefs: Forget how things were done before the war; eliminate red tape,” the letter said. “We must learn with the Germans that ‘the war won’t wait.’ Delay is the kaiser’s ally.” Secretary Redfield has instruct- ed all his bureaus to install ma- chines for stamping on papers the day and hour of receipt so that delay in action may be traced to personal responsibility. He is re- fusing to sign documents not so stamped. KAISER TALKS OF BATTERING WITH FIST AND SWORD If the Enemy Does Not Wanti Peace, He Says, He Will Bring Peace by Force. GOD’S HAND IS NOW VISIBLE Emperor Addreses His Troops on the Western Front in Opti- mistic Words. Amsterdam, Dec. 24 ‘mperor Wil- dun on Friday, according to a Berlin despatch, and in an address to the, -roops thanked them warmly for their efforts. 5 ruc for the calm and heroic war- riors on the western front,” he saic, ‘the éncymos development ‘of Ger- man forces in the eas: arid in Italy, aever would have been possi2le.” In a speech to the Second army on uurday; kmperor “William said: “It has been a year full of events tor the German army and the Ger- man Fatherland. Powerful blows ‘have yeen delivered and you comrades in he east have been able to bring aJout sreat decisions. “Every one of you had to exert 2very nerve to the utmost. The feel ng may have been frequently with you; ‘if we only had something be- ind us! if we only had something be- ind us; if we only had some relief. t came as the result of the blow in he east, where it is seen that the atorms of war there are at present si enced. God grant that it may 2e for- aver.” Talks at Verdun. “Yesterday I saw and spoke to your ‘oassing through all minds like the 3cent of the morning breeze was the hought; ‘You are no longer alone.’ “The great success and victories of the recent past—the great days of vattre in Flanders and before Cam ‘rai, where the first crushing offens- ‘ve blow delivered upon the arrogant 3ritish showed that desuite three rears of war and suffering our troops still retained their old offensive spir- ‘t—have their effect on the entire fatherland and on the enemy. ‘Future Confident. “We do not know what is still in store for us, but you have seen how ‘n this last of the four years of war God’s hand has visibly prevai'ed, pun shel treachery, and rewarder heroic nersistence. From this we can gain ‘irm confidence that the Lord will be vith us in the future also. “If the enemy does not want peace hen we must bring peace to the world oy battering in with the iron fist and who will not have shining sword the doors who will no: have peace.” MANY CANADIANS GET VALOR DECORATIONS Cttawa, Ont., Dec. 24.—London dis- patches to the Reuter Agency here to- day said seven thousand decorations have been conferred during the war on members of the Canadian. expedi- ttonary force for valor in the field and for outstanding war service. Sev- en officers and 12 men have gained ‘he coveted Victoria Cross. of those !the ministry. of public iam visited the front north of Ver-|arose and spoke of the great philan- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1917 JURY IN TEN MINUTES ACQUITS TOM HALL (COUNTESS VICTIN OF FIRST DECREE OF RED TRIBUNAL Woman! Minister of Public In- struction in Cabinet of Late Premier Kerensky. WORKMAN IS PROSECUTOR Sentenced to Pay Back all the Money Alleged Misplaced or Remain in Jail. Petrograd, Dec. 24—Countess Pan- in, who was minister of public instruc- tion in the Kerensky cabinet, was on trial today charged with misappro- priation of public funds. Mers was the {first case tried by the “popnlar revo- lutionary tribunal.” The countess was convicted and sentenced to “imprison- ment until the return of the money, and to public censure.” Court Room in Palace. The small court room in the palace of Grand Duke Nicholas was filled with friends and sympathizers of the countess. The judges, five working men, and two soldiers were all elected members of the Petrograd workmen’s and soldiers’ deputies. They sat at a long table draped in red. To the left, near the wall, the defendant sat, a ‘soldier with a bayonet on either side. President Reads Charge. The president of the Bolsheviki | court read the indictment. “Who wishes to speak to the prose- cution?” he asked. No one replied. The president then invited a statement for the defense. An elderly man, a former employe at instruction, thropic and educaticnal activity of Countess Panin. He denied the mis- | use of funds and said that the count- ess had refused to acknowledge the fight of the present government to de- mand the money. He‘declared that she would return the funds to the consti- tuent assembly, which was the sole authority over her. Red’s Harangue. Next, a young workingman, speak- ing for the prosecution, matie a clumsy heated speech to the effect that nobility of character and educa- tional activity need not cloud the fact that the countess took public funds. and opposed the authority of the Workingmen’s and Soldiers’ govern- ment. He exhorted the judges to dis- regard-the personality and past of the defendant. Countess Panin Speaks. In her “last word” the countess said: “As has been stated, I have not mis- used the funds. I consider myself re- sponsible for their safety and will de- liever them to the constituent as- sembly, to which alone I must account for my actions, Since the convening of the constituent assembly has been postponed, the money has been de- posited in the state bank until it as- sembles.” The so-called misappropriation of public funds consisted in the transfer by the countess of all the ministry funds to the state bank, which left the safes in the ministry empty when the Bdlsheviki took control. She de- nied their right to the money. TRIBUNE FORCE WILL CELEBRATE Jn order that members of The Tribune staff may cele- brate Christmas with _ their ilies, only the mornng edi- is issued from the Trib- une offiee today. This edition has been distributed to every subseriber, both by mail and by carrier. That the staff of The Morn- ing Tribune can observe the day also, there will be no Wednesday morning issue of The Tribune. The Tribune wishes _ its growing family of friends and patrons a Merry Christmas and all the good cheer that goes jwit hthis blessed holiday. FORD PROPOSES 10 FABRICATE SHIPS ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH DETROIT PLANT TURNS OUT FLIVVERS Washington, Dec. 24.—Five million deadweight tons is the shipping board's estimate of America’s 1918 out- put of shipping based on builders’ re- ports that show the government's pro- gram of 8,246,308 tons is 18.2 per cent on its way to completion. The forecast is a minimum estimate with one labor shift figured. Every. effort will be made to put oz two and wherever possible, three shifts in yards throughout the country. Henry Ford, serving with the ship- facturing and shipping fabricated m: pert, has proposed extension of the frags program. He has advised that the board have built in the south la number of fabricating yards in which would be turned out steel ves- sels on the endless chain system em- ployed by Ford in his automobile fac- tory. Ten ships would be laid down at once in each yard. | Mr. Ford will go on a trip through-| out the south in search of locations f 2,015,000 reported 2,390,000 Christ- are sick | and to investigate facilities for manu- Mas members with chapters not re- soldiers and sailors. Every American a- Porting and continuing their work this soldier is to have a Christmas bag ping board as a manufacturing ex-, terials. VOTES AND DELIVERS ITS FINDING AT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE®& MORNING abl PRICE FIVE CENTS 12:25 O'CLOCK THIS MORN NG Verdict of Not Guilty Pronounced by Twelve Good Men And True Gives to Secretary of State Vindication and Finest Christmas Gift of Any Man in All North Dakota TOM HALL—VINDICATED CARDINAL GIBBONS IN ADDRESS TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS COUNSELS HOLY CHILD'S PERFECT OBEDIENCE! 'NEWLANDS DIES Baltimore, Md., Dec. 24.—Car —Car- dinal Gibbons in a Christmas mes- sage to all soldiers zand sailors in the service of the United: States, issued today, says: “The message of Christmas is that of obedience. The child, whom all Christendom loves and adores, came into the world of His own making to fulfill the will of His Heavenly Father. God Al- mighty though he was, He could say; r- | Say; ‘in the volume of the book it is written that I should do Thy will. Behold, I come.’ Before the infant babe opened his mouth, He taught in His hu- man iorm the wonderful lesson of obediance. “While sending to all of you my very best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I entreat you to learn this lesson of the divine infant and be obed- 1ert to the will of your superiors.” GOLDEN VALLEY” WINS SILK RED CROSS BANNER Fifty-Five Per Cent of Male Population Enrolled in Patriotic Society. BURLEIGH CO. RANKS HIGH Over Thirteen Millions Enrolled rolled in the National Move- ment for Membership. Golden Valley wins the silk banner in the Red Cross Christmas member- ship drive with 55% per cent of iis population enrolled or 3,357 members. Eurleigh county is well up among the leaders with a total membership reported of 4,805 or 33.9 per cent. Fin- al returns from the county will boost this total. Judge Young made these announce ments shortly after midnight this morning when he stated that 165,000 members had been enrolled in the state in one of the most remarkable drives ever made in North Dakota. The figures reflect the sterling pa triotism | of the farmers. Bowman county under suspicion since the O’- Hare affair come through fine with amount is devoted to the Red Cross county and the balance goes to the Y. ‘where the German-American popula- 1,518 members. l.ogan, a tion is loyal showed a fine record. Grand Forks, Trail and Nelson counties are tied for honors. E county enrolled approximately forty- six per cent of its popoulation. Judge Young estimates that the to- tal drive will net 170,500 members for the state. “Every county did well,” he said, “and it was a remarkable manifesta- tion of the loyalty of tue people and the potent appeal of the Red Cross society.” 13 MILLION MEMBERS. National Red Cross Drive for Exceeds Expectations. Washington, Dec. Eve finds the American Red Cross membership drive well past the goal of ten millions, with incomplete re- ports indicating that about thirteen million new members have been en- rolled throughout the country during the past week. The Atlantic division with a quota mas tree in every ward where there (Continued on Page Two.) 24.—Christmas ' —_—_ | THE WEATHER | NORTH DAKOTA: Generally fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday; continued cold. SOUTH DAKOTA: Generally fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday; continued cold. MINNESOTA: Fair in north, cloudy and unsettled in south portion Tues- day, continued cold; Wednesday prob- ably fair. WEATHER MAP. 7 a. m. High ‘Bismarck —12 Duluth .. wo Huron .. Moorhead . —i4 Omaha 16 22 St. Paul — 2 6 Williston 14! Denver —32 Havre . - Helena 16 Salt Lake . 48 Calgary . 2 Edmonton *—20 Medicine Hat . - Minnedosa —20 Winniueg . 16 GERMAN BAPTISTS MAKE LIBERAL CONTRIBUTION Napoleon, N. D., Dec. 24.—0O. F. Bryant, chairman of the Red Cross and Young Men’s Christian associa- tion for Logan county, was today giv- en a check for $300, representing the contribution of the Berlin German Laptist church to the war funds of the orders. Two hundred dollars of the John Roth, Sr. local Red Cross director, jwas especially active in the wor to which the entire church responded | enthusiastically. Last Day of the Hall Trial Begins with Hall Still on the Stand— Jude Burke Then Called and Recites Story of Confessions of Defendant to Him and of Installing Dictagraph to Catch Conversation Between Hal! and Walla—Machine Fails. COURT ROOM VOCAL WITH APPLAUSE WHEN THE VERDICT IS ANNOUNCED BY THE CLERK Closing Arguments Occupy Part of Night Session and Judge Cof- fey Charges Jury, which Retires for Deliberation at 12:15— Ten Minutes Later Verdict Returned Into Court—Hall Over- joyed by Result, Though Confident of Acauittal. The finest Christmas present in al] North Dakota was delivered to Thomas Hall, secretary of state, at 1225 this morning when a Burleigh county district court jury after deliberating just 10 minutes found the defendant not guilty of embezzling $3,400 of the state’s automobile registraton funds. The verdict was greeted with prolonged cheering and hand- claping from scores of prominent friends of the secretary of state, who in spite of the lateness of the hour at which the jury had retired were waiting to hear the verdict. COFFEY STILL IN CHAMBERS. Judge Coffey had not left his chambers. George W. Thorpe, of Jamestown, of counsel for the defense, had just left for his hotel, ant Attorney) and Assis General Daniel V. Brennan and Mrs. Bren., nan, who had spent her Christmas eve in the court room, an interest- ed listener to her husband’s brilliant, addresses to the jury, had left. W. HL. Stutsman, chief of counsef’ ‘for Hall, buildng. was still in the Telephone calls soon brought counsel back to the court, room; and the tired, sleepy jurors, who yet seemed not so tired, sleepy, as when they left the box, OF FAILURE OF HEART AT HOME Nevada Senator Passes Away After Few Hours’ Illness at 10:15 O'clock. HIS ILLNESS WAS UNKNOWN Born in Mississippi, Educated at Yale and Columbia, Long Known in Politics. Washington, Dec. 24.—Senator Fran- cis Griffith Newlands of Nevada died of heart failure at his home here to- night after an illness of a few hours. He was stricken while at work in his office at the senate office building during the afternoon, but was able to go home and the capitol knew nothing of his illness until the announcement of his death. No one realized the seriousness of the senator’s condition and a physi- cian was not called until late this evening. Then the heart attacks had become acute. The end came suddn- ly at 10:15 o’clock, as Mrs. Newlands and her brother watched at the bel- side. For several weeks Senator New- lands, working almost night and day on his preparations for an investiga- tion of war time transportation prob- lems, had been in a weakened state of health. He kept at his desk, how- ever, and in spite of his 69 years ap- peared alert and active. Native of Mississippi. The senator was a native of Miss- issippi. He was born near Natchez, August 28, 1848, and lived in that state until he went to Yale in 1867. After nearly two years at Yale he ev tered the Columbian college law school Fere and gradua being ad- uutted to the district of Columbia bar before he received his diploma From Washington he went to San Francisco, where_he__practiced_law (Continued on Page Three.) Washington, Dec. 24—How the, American Red Cross has prepared to give Christmas cheer to American and French soldiers in hospitals and in the trenches in France and to thousands of children in the war zone, is told in the following cablegram received at; headquarters here today from Paris: “Funds are provided so that there j shall be a Christmas party {n every | American base hospital and a Christ- and wounded American jcontaining tobacco, cigarettes, soap, AFTER THREE CHRISTMASLESS YEARS RED CROSS PROVIDES THE CHILDREN OF DEVASTATED REGION WITH JOYS shoe strings, wash cloth, towel, tooth brush and a large handkerchief filled with candy. “One hundred thousand socks con- taining gifts will be given to the French Idiers in trenches and 50,- 000 Christmas bags to wounded French soldiers. “In two towns the American Red Cross hospitals have arranged Christ- mas parties for the children. After | three Christmasless years, the chil-| dren of the devastated region have almost forgotten to put out wooden! shoes which the French place where American children hang stockings.” hor so filed into their places, DELIVERY OF VERDICT. There was a deathlike silence as Bailiff Cook received the verdict from the foreman of the jury and delivered it to Charles Fishc', clerk, of court. Everyone leancd forward eagerly . to catch every word as the clerk read, and when he came to the words “not guilty” there was an audible sign of guilty” there was an audible sigh of loose. , Compiimen:s Jury. pie Judge Coffey briefly complimented: the jury for the intelligent attention which it had paid to every phase of the long trial, the lengthiest and: prob- ably the most important in the annals of Burleigh county. He thanked them for the courtesy shown court and counsel, and after advising jurors re- siding out of town that they need not report again this week, he wished the jurymen a Merry Christmas and dis- missed ‘hem, Mrs. Hall Advised. Someon® rushed to the telephone and called up the Hall residence and gave the silent little watcher there the good news. Friends surged to the rail and fought for an opportunity to reach Hall and shake his hand. Hail Bears no Grudge. Among the first men Hall shook hands with was Assistant Attorney General Brennan, who had made so determined an effort but a few min- utes before to convict the secretary of state. “Dan,” said the secretary of state, “I want to congratulate you on your conduct of this case. I feel you were fair all the way through, and I wish to assure you that there is not a bit of bitterness in my heart against you. I come out of this trial with nothing but friendly feelings for you, and for everyong concerned; and I feel that you never at a y time sought to do anything that you did not feel dictated by your duty to the state.” Brennan Good Loser. Brennan heartily congratulated Hall, and proved himself a good loser. Hall’s only statement to the press was: “There are not words enough to express the happiness | feel at this vindication. I felt from the begin- ning that it would come, but there have been weeks of terrible suspense. The heautiful thing in the whole ex- perience has been the unexpected friendships it has revealed. All of my old friends have stuck by me loyally, and I have found new friends that I never knew I had. Now I’m going home to Christmas and to my family.” The Jury. The jury which sat throughout seven long days on this case consisted of Samuel Robinson, Frank Anderson, J. R. Falconer, Carl Bredy, E. H. How- ell, A. F. Marquette, P. W. Thomas, Fred W. Kinsey, A. W. Swartz, Fred Josephson, Andreas Risem and C. N. Hendrix. They were as representative a group of business and _ professional man and farmers as could be as- sembled in Burleigh county. There was not a man on the jury who ts not recognized as a good citizen. They were of all political faiths and of all creeds. Statesmen There. Among the prominent North Dakot- ans in the room when the verdict came in were Senators Carol D. King of Menoken and William Martin of ‘ Huff and State Auditor Karl Kositzky, all of whom joined in the applause. The verdict was unanimous on the Continued on Page Sia.