The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1918, Page 1

Ma THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 10. . BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918. EVENING EDITION THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ——— PRICE FIVE CENTS. CENTRAL POWERS WITHDRAW PEACE TERMS SAMOCRATS WILL SOON MOVE INTO WINTER LODGINGS WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ONE STEP NEARER REALIZATION TODAY AS A RESULT OF HOUSE VOTE Republican Leader Mann and Representative Sims Saved Day for Fair Sex by Rising from Sick-Beds to Cast Their Ballots. BILL GOES TO SENATE TODAY FOR APPROVAL OF UPPER BODY Resolution as Adopted: Does Not Limit Time Which May Be Taken to Complete Action on Par of Necessary j Three-Fourths of the States. Washington, D. C., Jan. 11.—Woman’s suffrage was a step nearer realization today as the result of Victory in the house last night, when a resolution was adopted authorizing submission to the states of the Susan B. Anthony amendment for national enfran- chisement of women. SICK BED VOTES DECIDED. The vote was 274 to 136, exactly the required two- thirds majority, but Speaker Clark had promised to cast his vote in favor of the resolution if needed. Re- publican Leader Mann and Representative Sims, both of whom came to the house from sick-beds, brought the votes which settled the issue. GOES TO SENATE TODAY. The resolution as adopted by the house calls for sub- mission to the states of the amendment, and does not limit-the time that may be taken to complete action on the part of the necessary three-fourths of the state legislatures. The resolution was sent to the senate today. Galleries Thronged. While members in their seats and throngs in the galleries wait- ed with eager interest,'the house adopted by a vote of 274 to 136 a resolution providing for subinission to the states of the so-called Susan B. Anthony amendment for national enfranchisement of women, {ie Speaker Clark Decides Fate. : But for the promise of Speaker Clark to cast his vote from the chair for the resolution if it was needed, the change of a single vote to the opposition would have meant defeat. Republican Leader Mann; who came from a Baltimore hospital where he hag been under treat- ment ever since congress convened, and Representative Sims of Ten- nessee, just out of a sick bed and hardly able to walk to his seat, brought the votes which settled the issue. Champions Assail Senate. The house hardly had adjourned before the suffrage champions began their fight for favorable action on the senate side of the eapi- tol. Recent polls there have indicated that the necessary two-thirds vote could not be mustered, but encouraged by the house victory and counting upon the influence of President Wilson, who came to CERTAINLY APPROVE ANTHONY SUFFRAGE) fore state legislatures during the com- ing year. They feel sure at least of forcing a vote in the senate before Fifteen General Assembly Ex- tended to Women Present Limited Suffrage. the present session ends. Confident of Result. SAME BODY MAY VOTE ISSUE NOW EXISTING Advocates of the amendment had Should the national suffrage amend- been supremely confident of the re- sult in the house after President Wil- ment come before the Fifteenth legis- lative assembly in special session the son advised the members who called ast of this month for ratification, upon him Wednesday to support it. there is apparently little doubt as to! They were so confident that the close its fate. i vote was received with amazement, and some of the opponents were al- most as much surprised. ‘When the first roll call was finished unofficial counts put the result in doubt, and before the speaker could The fifteenth legislative assembly | extended North Dakota women the same limited franchise which they have enjoyed in Illinois, Indiana andj certain other states, and it submitted to the people of the state, to be pass- make an announcement there was a demand for a recapitulation. Then the} ed on at the general election next fall, a constitutional amendment which name of each member and the way he was recorded was read. would establish universal suffrage in North Dakota. Announcement of the vote was On Senator Lindstrom’s senate bill greeted with wild applause and cheer- ing. Women in the galleries literally No. 12, providing a limited franchise, the senate vote was 37 aye; 11 nay, fell upon each other’s necks, kissing and one absent and not voting. In the and embracing, and shouting “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah.” The Resolution. The resolution as adopted follows: house the bill received 88 affirmative votes, 19 nays, and six were absent and not voting. The constitutional amendment, also introduced by Sen- ator Lindstrom, passed the senate 38 to 10, one absent and not voting; and the house 86 to 21, with six absent. With no change in the personnel of either branch of the legislature, it would be safe to predict there will not be much of a fight in the special ses- sion should the national amendment come up for consideration. The Votes ' for Women league at the last regular session maintained a very large and determined lobby here, as did one or two other organizations favoring equal suffrage. They did not always fe “Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to women. Re- solved by the senate and house, etc., two thirds of each house con- curring therein, that the follow- ing article be proposed to the leg- islatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States which, when ratified by three fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of said constitution, namely: i “Article. Section 1—The right | | of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Section 2—Congress shall have power by appropriate legislation to enforce the provisions of this | article.” No Amendment. Every attempt made to amend this language was beaten. Representative Gard of Ohio tried unsuccessfully to PERMANENT WAR QUARTERS FOR AMERICAN ~ ‘TROOPS NOW BEING PREPARED IN CENTRAL FRANCE CITY WHERE OLD GLORY IS FLYING BURKE SEEKS REVENGE FOR . INDIGNITIES Former Associate Justice Submits Hall to Gruelling. HISTORY REPEATS Secretary of State Called by i Prosecution for the Defense. | emueaee | ILLNESS OF JUROR NECESSITATES HALT. Mandan, N. D., Jan, 11.—An un- expected breax came in the Walla trial just before noon today, when the sudden illness of W. C. Die- tring of New Salem, one of the jurors, necessitated a recess until this afternoon. ‘rhe state rested at 9:30-this morn- ing, after State Bank Examiner Wa- jters and A. W. Carlson of the secre- tary of state’s office had repeated the testimony given by them in the Hall Charles A. Holiday, Walla’s business partner at Baldwin, was the first wit- ness for the defense. He testified that when Walla called on him for a loan he advised he had to raise $809 and that Hall would look out for the est. J. O. Lyngstad, deputy state treasurer, was recalled as a, witness va vefense. as was W. C. Edwards, deputy examiner, E. A. Thorberg, chief ucpuy examimer; and H. E. Kilmer, srecial event of t*e automobile regis- tration department. ‘ mage wi. ‘lb. .tuexe, counsel for the defendant, took the id and told of an alleged conversation which he over- ehard between Hall and Walla, in which he alleged the former express- ed his intention of pleading guilty. while the latter declared he would fight. Walla, the defendant, was on the stand when a recess was taken. His testimony was almost identical with that given in the trial of his chief. Attorney General . Langer is not cross-examining the witnesses for the defense to any extent, and the case is progressing very smoothly and rap- idly. Mandan, N. D., Jan. 11.—Revenge for the bitter attacks made upon him by Attorney George W. Thorpe of Jamestown during the closing hours of the Hall case was sougat by Judge E. T. Burke, counsel for kugeng M. Walla, Thursday afiernoun, when he subjected Thomas Hail, sec’ tary of state, to a decidedly vindictive cross- examination. Although called as a_ witness for the state, Hall was subjected to only the most perfunctory direct ex- amination by Attorney General Lang- er, who immediately surrendered to former Associate Justice E. T. Burke his prey. The line of cross-examina- tion pursued by Burke was in no par- ticular respect more severe than that which Walla was exposed by the state in the Hall trial, but it was a revelation to ‘Morton county district court attacues. Langer Called Hall. Secretary of State Hall was called to the stand about 2:45 o'clock and left the witness box at 5:20 last eve- (Continued on page two.) BURLEIGH COUNTY 10 BOND 10 BUY | FARMERS’ SEED Warrants to‘the Amount of | $200,000, If Needed, Authorized. The Burleigh county commission late Thursday afternoon adopted a seed warrants up to the amount of $290,000 for the relief of Burleigh| county farmers who may need assist: | ance. : Petitions bearing 250 to 300 signa- tures were presented from sections of the county which were hardest hii during the last year by drouth or hail. Some of these petitions were intro- while others came in by mail. One hundred signatures would have been sufficient to authorize the action ta- ken by the board. The commission does not believe that $200,000 will be required to care for the seed and feed needs of Lur-| leigh county farmers, but warrants can ve issued to this maximum if ne-. (Continued on Page Five, (Continued on Page Five.) cessary. case. ' . like Congressman La Cuardia of New . York, now a flying man on resolution authorizing the issuance of! ~ duced by J. M. Brandier, county agent, |- iu Two of the men recently were CONGRESSMAN WHO VOTED FOR S. S. BILL ENLISTS IN ARMY MIS. ROYAL C. JOHNSON AND CONGRESSMAN R. C. JOHNSON. 1 CLTIZENS ARE PREPARING 10 WELCOME BOYS Natives Over the Prospect. CLEANLINESS IS CARDINAL Wi!! Be Emphasized in Providing Piace for Sammy to Live In. A City in Central France, Thurs- day, Jan. 10th, (By Associated Press.)—Although the influx of hundreds of staff officers belong- ing to the lines of communication branch of the American army has not yet begun, and although their transfer from Paris here is sup- posed to be a deep secret, this beautiful little city in central France is already aware that it wild soon be host to the newest Allies. American flags are already waving from many buildings, and the citizens are in a state of ex- citement, preparing what pre- mises to be a most enthusiastic welcome to the new comers. Pre- parations for the advent of the Americans, numbering several hundred officers, and twice as many assistants, are almost com- pleted, so that when the men be- gin to arrive in a day or two, each one’ will find comfortable quarters arranged for him either in some one of the half-dozen hotels here, or in private houses that have been rented by the advance scouts. : Quarters For Length of War = | They will find themselves quarter- ed “for the duration of the war,” in !one of France's healthiest and most} beautiful cities, where cleanliness ap-| ntly has been made cardinal | ec, where food, especially fresh | By L. HARPER LEECH. Special Staff Dispatch. Washington, D. C., Jan. 10. for the war—to win the w This sign might well be plastered across the door of m 374, in the house of representatives office build- ing. It is the office of Congressman , Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota,' who is now a private in the regular army at Camp Meade—drawing $33 per month as a soldier and turning back into Uncle Sam's treasury the 7,500 and extras flue him as congress- man. ' Johnson's secretary, Hiram Bouch- er, is serving in an ambulance corps. His young brother-in-law, Lange Thoad, who used to help adout tio office is in the air service. Mrs. Johrison is running the mod- est little home in Washington, taking care of the two little Johnsons, Ever- ett, 9, and Harlan, 7, who are attend- ing public school and growing up to be real Americans like their husicy western dad. . “Of course it is lonesome,” said Mrs. Johnson, “but I think my hus- band is right in joining the army. He feels that as ue voted to send other men to the front, he ought to be will- ing to go himself. He would not apply for a commission because he has not had military training. If he feels that he ought to give his all to his country I certainly ought to back him up and I do.” Johnson retains his seat in congress ‘Closed the Italian’ front. Hundreds of French deputies, members of: the British House of Commons and members of the German Reichstag have pursued the same course. However, Johnson and La Guardia do not take their pay—al- though they could do so, and although p&th are in moderate circumstances. ! LARIMORE GIRL WILL NOT PRESS ASSAULT CHARGE Cases Against Five Grand Forks Young Men Dismissed at Crookston. Crookston, Minn., Jan. 11.— Charges of criminal assault against five Grand Forks young men, made in Polk county by Miss Adelaide Chapman of Lari- more, N. D., were dismissed by the county attorney upon the fail- ure of the complaining witness to appear. found guilty in federal court at Grand Forks of violating the Mann white slave act in connection with the same case and were givei light sentences, The:others were found’ not guilty, but were im- mediately rearrested and charged with the same offense in Polk county. chp Gs ee ee | y vegetables in season, and dairy pro-| ducts, are plentiful, where the water | supply offers none of the drawbacks} that mist be contented with close be hind the fronts, and from which they can operate fully as advantageously cenirally as from Paris. The new quarters will from the; oueset, be operated with a view to the greatest possible comfort of the men, | and the least possible disturbance of | local conditions. One of the first | moves will be to install a “sales com missary” at which foodstuffs brought from America will be sold at less than the local market prices, if possible, so that the presence of the Americans will not have the effect of forcing up prices to the distress uf the inhabit- ants. REVOLUTION IS FOMENTED Former Commander in Chief Is Organizinz Anti-Red Struggie. COSSACKS ARE RALLYING| London, Jan. 11. majority of the Cossacks and the population | of the Don district are grouping themselves around the Don mili- | tary government under General Kaledines, according to a special | dispatch from. Petrograd, tenaing to give an authorized account of conditions in South Russia. Gen- eral Kaledines’ principal aim is not to fight the Bolshevki, but to consolidate democratic republi- can power of the Don district. | Struggle Against Reds. General Alexieff, former Rus- sian commanderin-chief, around whom has gathered a corps of some 25,000 officers, has consid- ered it necessary to organize a struggle against the Bolsheviki | on an all-Russian plan and to | create in Russia a moderate liber- al regime. Monarchial principles | are said to be very strong among | Alexieff’s groups. General Kal- | edines and his party oppose Gen- eral Alexiff in his desire to utilize the Don government against the Bolsheviki, and is willing to in- clude in the Don government rep- resentatives of all deriocratic or- ganizations in order to bring an end to civil war. REPUBLIC OF THE DON Petrograd, Thursday, Jan. 10.—Re- ports from Rostov today say that the Republic of the Don has been de- clared existent with General Kale- ie @ i tallion of the Russian legion com- NON-ACCEPTANCE OF ALL ENEMY | POWERS MAKES PROPOSALS NULL AND VOID, SAYS VON KUEHLMAN German Foreign Secretary Pleaded in Vain with Ryssians, Threatening Dire Consequences of Resumption of War in the Eastern Theater. LAYS BURDEN FOR FAILURE: TO | AGREE. ON TROTZKY'S POSITION _|Great Enthusiasm Reigns Among] Declares If He Had Been Actuated by Same Motives as Central Nations Brest-Litovsk Parley Would Have Been Successful — Turk Presided. (By Associated Press) The central powers have withdrawn their “no forci- ble annexations or indemnities”’ peace offer of Dec. 25 made during the negotiations with the Russians at Brest-Litovsk. The offer was conditioned upon its acceptance by all the powers hostile to the central em- pires, and the former having failed to accept it as a whole, it has become null and void, the German foreign | minister announced at Brest-Litovsk yesterday. PEACE WITH RUSSIA ONLY. The failure of Russia’s allies to respond to the invi- tation to participate in the conference has resolved the ; question into one of a separate peace between Russia and the central powers, it was declared by Count Czernin. The attitude of the Russians was not reflected in the dispatches reporting the proceedings, which were evidently of German origin, and came by way of Am- sterdam. The Russians have been strenuously object- ing to the continuation of the negotiations at the eastern end of the German operations, but their insistence upon the removal of the conference to Stockholm has not been met by the Germans. SUCCESSFUL RAIDS. British troops in the Ypres area have executed suc- cessfully three raids into the German lines. Many casualties were inflicted and prisoners taken. On the remainder of the front in France the artil- lery on both sides is active. VON KUEHLMANN MAKES STATEMENT. Amsterdam, Jan. 11.—The central powers have withdrawn their peace terms made public at the Brest- Litovsk conference on Dec. 25, it was announced by Dr. von Kuehlmann, the German foreign secretary, in his speech at the Brest-Litovsk ‘conference with the Russians yesterday. Owing to the non-acceptance by all the enemy pow- ers of those terms, Dr. von Kuehlmann said they had become “‘null and void.” LBNINE FEARS RUSSIANS MUST STRIP FOR WAR Believes Bolsheviki Must Stop the Demobilization of Armies. CONSULTS WITH SOCIALISTS Czernin Urged Separate Peace. Count Czernin, the Austro-Hun- garian foreign minister, at a full sitting of the peace conference at Brest-Litovsk on Thursday said that as ‘Russia’s allies had not re- plied to the invitation to partici- pate in the negotiations, it was now a question of a separate peace between Russia and the central powers. He gave reasons for not wishing transfer negotiations to neutral ter- ritory, and said that if the Russians were animated by the same inten- tions as the central powers, the re- sult of the negotiations would be sat- isfactory. If not, responsibility for war would fall exclusively on the Russians. Von Kuehimann Stands Pat. Dr. Von Kuehimann, the Ger- man foreigrt minister, said he con- sidered that the difficulties which had interrupted the previous ne- gotiations were not sufficient to justify the failure of the peace work and a presumable resump- tion of hostilities. He said it was the fixed and unchangeable deter- mination of the central powers not to conduct elsewhere the peace negotiations begun at Brest Lit- ovsk. ® | Oo PT ee ee ee « KUSIANS WITH THE ALLI So * Paris, aJn. 11—The first bat- @ & posed of members of the Russian expeditionary force, which held a @ sector on the front in Champagne @ until the time of the revolution, ¢ > has left for the trenches.. It was > formed as tie result of an appeal « by General Lokonvitsky who com- ¢ manded the Russian contingent ¢ @.in France. Further detachments + will follow as soon as they have % been organized. ooo oo oo oO London, Jan. 11.—Nikolai Len- ine, the Bolsheviki premier, al- though he has possibly gone on a holiday trip to Finland also pos- sibly may go to Stockholm to con- . fer with German and Austrian so cialists, the Petrograd corres- pondent of the Daily News says. dn a speech before his departure from Petrograd, Premier Lenine said: Fears War is Imminent. “| fear we. shall have to stop the demobilization and prepare for war. If Germany and her allies do not accept our conditions of peace, Grand Turk Presides. ..A Brest-Litovsk dispatch giving an account of the session yesterday, says it ‘was opened at 11 o'clock, all the delegates, including the Ukranians, participating. Tallap Pasha, the Turk- ish grand vizier, called the meeting to order, and turned over the chair to Dr. Von Kuehlmann. After a lengthy review of the pro- ceedings to date, Dr. Von Kuehimann said he hoped they would lead to a |salutary result. His hope was based jon knowledge gained during the nego- tiations and on the expressing by the Russian delegation of the Russian peoples’ wish for secure and lasting peace. He continued: Resumption of War. “1 consider the difficulties met with up to the time the negotia- tions were interrupted were great enough to cause the of the » i ex ° dines as president and prime minister. Hy (Continued on Page Three)