The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1918, Page 1

4 } that given by the accused man and his THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 19. LEAGUE REFUSES TO LIMIT TH GERMANCENSOR PUTS A BAN ON ALL REPORTS Situation Among Wage Earners in Dual Monarchy Is Ex- ceedingly Acute. TEUTONS REFUSE TO EVACUATE TERRITORY Condition on Various Fighting Fronts Remains Unchanged —French Active. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Vienna, via Amsterdam, Jan. 23.— The newspapers of Vienna reappeared today and the workmen in a majority of the factories resumed work. With more than one million work- ers on strike and reports of wide- spread disorders in Austria-Hungary, the situation in the Dual Monarchy is clouded, as the censorship has stifled all news. The German censorship also has forbidden all German newspapers from telling of the situation in Aus- tria. People Hungry. The efforts to quiet the hungry peo- ple in their demands for peace, appar- ently failed in their purpose and the censorship, waich permitted the prom- ises of the government's spokesmen to reach the outside world, again has. resumed its vigor. The trouble is said to be deep-seated and is a mixture of war wearniness, hunger and anti-Ger- manism. Little news has come from Germany on the political situation there, but it is indicated that the Austrian emper- or is not unmindful that the trouble in his own land may force Emperor William to change his attitude toward the Russian peace negotiations. It is reported that’ further Pan-German at- tempts to hold meetings in Germany have been broken up. by peace adher- ents. © Los The refusal on the part of Germany to give a guarantee of the evacua- tion of occupied territories is -em-! Dhasized in a long statement dealing with the peace negotiations at Brest- Litovsk issued through the Bolshéy: iki telegraph agency. \ re On the fighting fronts, the ‘situation! is unchanged. Small raids and spirit; ed artillery actions at various fronts. In Albania, the French have repulsed | enemy reconnaissances in the Skumbi/; Valley. The British labor party opens its annual conference today. Labor's atti- tude toward the carying on of the war and peace aims will be discussed. GERMANY UNMASKED. London, Jan. 23.—A long statement dealing with the Erest-Litovsk negotia- tions issued through the Bolsheviki, telegraph agency at Petrograd em- phasizes the absolute German refusal to give any sort of a guarantee of the evacuation of occupied territories. “In such circumstances,” the state- ment says, “the words self-determina- tion sound like mockery of principles and the peoples concerned.” The statement then asks what ob- ject the Austro-German imperialists had on December 25 in recognizing the principle of a democratic peace and answers: “The same object as was followed ‘by Wilson, Lloyd George, and other| imperialists in exhibiting their dem- ocratic program and throwing human- ity under the complete demination of capital.” After a wordy speculation as to, what prompted the Germans to take, the course they took in the negotia- tions, the statement continues: “The revolution cannot live in an at.) mosphere of deceit and falsehood. The revolution may not at a given mo-| ment be in‘a position to repudiate the! annexationists, but it will never humil- fate itself to call black white and won't cover up the brutal annexation- ists’ pretenses with the figleaf of de- mocracy. : “The significances of the Brest-Lit- ovsk Pourparlers are that they strip from German imperialism its _ false coats temporarily borrowed from the democratic wardrobe, and that they expose the cruel reality of annexation| and capitalists. There is nothing more to tbe demanded from the Pourpar- ers.” DAUGHTER OF {4 SAYS SHE FIRED THE PATAL SHOT Fargo, N. D., Jan. 23.—Julia Kovlin, 14 year old daughter of Anton Kovlin, charged with the murder of Alev Pen- asuk ‘last September Tuesday testified in district court that she fired the shot which killed Ptnasuk during a quar- rel.between her father and their neigh- bor over the possession of a colt. Her testimony was practically the same as wife earlier in’ the day. ‘Mrs. Panasuk, widow of the murder- ed: man, who witnessed the struggle, | testified previously that Kovlin him- celf fired the shot that killed her hus-; 118 LIVES LOST IN enemy in the Mediterranean, abou! | EVENING EDITION THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [=== BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 1918 Se ee PRICE FIVE CENTS SINKING OF BRITISH STEAMERS IN | MEDITERRANEAN BY HUNS|IN DARDANELLES London, Eng., Jan 23.—By the sinking of two steamers by the it three weeks ago, 718 lives were lost, it was officially announced today. The announcement was made in the house of commons by Thomas McNamara, financial secretary of the admiralty. FAMINE FACES RUSSIA, RIGID BANON EATING Chaotic Conditions Increase with No Immediate Hope of Reconciliation. CANCEL PASSENGER TRAINS Railway Chiefs Doing Best to Re- lieve Situation with Diables Equipment. Petrograd, Jan. 23.—Since the dis- solution of the constituent assembly and the disappearance of any immed- iate hope of reconciling the opposing political parties, attention in north- ern Russia is centered on lack of bread, practically all foodstuffs, and the transportation breakdown and commercial stagnation as the result of closing of the banks. Have Little Bread. Petrograd, Moscow, and all the ci- ties of northern Russia have little bread. Tie bread allowance in Peiro-| i H grad today .has been reduced to a quarter pound daily. Eggs are not ob- tainable at any price. The commis- sion has also limited fresh meats to children between: the “ages of three and twelve, with a half pound month- ly to each child. Potatoes have been substituted for bread at Novgorod and many other places in North Russia, but the cost is equivalent to eighteen cents per pound in petrograd, and consequently the masses of the peo- ple cannot buy them. Passenger Trains Suspended. A general suspension of passenger trains began today in an effort to speed the. transportation o foodstuffs from Siberia and South Russia to the north. Mem?ers of the railway men’s unions are remaining at their post trying to maintain transportation, but locomotives and cars are badly dis- abled, and traffic is hindered ‘by mass- es of soldiers from sections of the country who insist their trains have precedence over freigits. j FORMER DAKOTA CONVICT KILLS FLORIDA KEEPER Price Set on Head of, George Bar- rington, Who Served Six Years Here. George Barrington, released from the North Dakota state penitentiary, Oct. 6, 1917, after ‘serving six years on conviction of assault with intent to murder made on a railway ‘brakeman at Jamestown, is a fugitive in Florida, with a price on his head, after the. cowardly murder of Deputy Sheriff; J. M. Freeman of Gadsden county, in tke Quincy, Fla., jail. While Freeman was entering the un- | lighted jail, with a negro prisoner in; his custody, he was met at the head of a flight of stairs by Barrington, who felled him with a blow from a piece of facing torn from a window sill, knocking him down stairs; fol- lowed him to the bottom, took a gun from Freeman’s pocket, and with it fired four shots into the deputy sher- iff’s body. The officer’s. cries and pleas for mercy brought speedy assist- ance, but Barrington met them at the door of the jail with his deadly re- volver, and under its protection made his escape. At the coroner’s inquest it devel; oped that a general jail delivery had been planned, and that the attack on; Freeman had been premeditated for several days. Barrington is described in Florida reports of the crime as an English- man, 30 to 40 years old, 5 feet, 4 in-! ches tall, weighing 135 to 140 pounds. A cell-mate testified that Barrington had told him of serving ten years in Sing Sing and 12 years in North Da-| kota, and that he was wanted in Bis- marck and New York for murder. F. §. Talcott, warden of the North Dakota penitentiary says to his knowl- edge no charge now stands against Barrington in this state. The fugitive was classified at the North Dakota prison as criminally insane. “He was a pure product of the bowery, frail, subnormal and one of the genuinely criminal class. He served his full time-here, with nothing remarkable io feature his record. He had attacked a brakeman who endeavored to put Mim offa train in Stutsman county. He ‘told me when his time was up band. The case is expected to go to the jury tomorrow. here-in Ogtober that he was going south for the winter.” | HOUSE ENDORSES STAALE FOR HIS SERVICE TO U.S. oe oe eo oe oe oe oe % For the first time in the his- * tory of the Fifteenth legislative assembly, Nonpartisan league memers of the house this morn- ¢ ing without a dissenting vote > commended officially Rep, Staale ’ Hendrickson of the 40th district. There was a perfect thunder of ~ ayes when a vote was taken on “ the following resolution: % “Whereas the nation’s need to- “ day is more manpower, and “» whereas there is in our house at % least one member who is respond- ° ing to the call for more men, “ now, “% “Therefore, be it resolved that the house extend a vote of thanks and congratulations to the gentle- man from Divide, Staale Hend- rickson, on the arrival of the lat- est. member of his household.” & The arrival of this lustl son at the Hendrickson home in Co- > * wcau delayed the arrival of the stalwart warhorse from the 40th, ¢ % and he got in last night just in ¢ © time to be present at the opening % Si el ie ees i ee el ie ee ae a ae Se ee og | of the special session this morn- ¢ ing. i i DOCTOR KANE IS ~ CALLED 0 HEAD NORTH DAKOTA U Fargo, N. D., Jan. 23.—A meeting of the state board of regents Tuesday, Dr. Thomas F. Kane, president of: Oli- vett college, Olivett, Michigan, was el- ected president of the university of North Dakota at Grand Forks to suc- ceed Frank L. McVey, resigned, and G. W. Randlett, head of the extension department of the school of agricul- ture at Brookings, S. D., was elected head of the extension department of the North Dakota agricultural college here to succeed Thomas Cooper, re- signed. Dr. Thomas Kane was_ formerly president of the university of Wash- ington, Louis Van Es, dean of the veterin- fary department of the agricultural college was elected director of the ex- periment station, formerly held by Mr. Cooper, at the suggestion of Dr. E. F. Ladd, president, who suggested that the two departments have separate heads, CAMP LEWIS BOYS HEAVY INVESTORS IN LIFE INSURANCE Washington, Jan. 3.—Camp Lewis at American Lake, Wash- ington, is the first camp to apply for more than $200,000,000 of gov- ernment voluntary insurance for soldiers. Applications from sol- diers there up to yesterday totaled $204,000,000, representing 22,059 policies, with an average of $9,- 267. ‘the church REALISTIC STORY OFNAVALBATTLE Former German Cruisers Goeben and Breslau Attack in Bos- phorus Straits BOTH ARE BADLY CRIPPLED British Aircraft Assist Fleet in Giving Finish to Sea Fight. London, Jan. 23.—The British des- troyer Lizard was about two miles from the northeasterly point of the Island of Imbros on patrol duty at 5:30 o'clock last Sunday morning when it sighted the warships Goeben and Breslau (Sultan Selim and Midullu), says an Official statement from the ad- miralty giving a detailed report of the engagement which resulted in the loss of the Breslau’ and the beaching of the damaged Goeben. The Breslau was steaming in a nor- therly direction followed by the Goe- ben which was about a mile astern. The Lizard at once gave the alarm and opened fire. The Goeben sighted British. moni- tors in Kusa Bay on the northern cor- ner of Imbros ad engaged them, the Breslau continuing to fight the Lizard. The destroyers Tigris now joined the Lizard and the two destroyers en- deavored to cover the monitors by forming a smoke screen. The Monitor Raglan. Meanwhile, the British monitor Rag- small monitor M-28, which was on fire amidships, blew up and finally disap- peared about 6 a.m. The enemy ceas- ed his fire, and altered his course to the southward. The Tigris and the Lizard followed the enemy. At 7 a. m. when the Bres- lau was about six miles south of Cep- halo, a large explosion was observed abreast her after 4@miel, Two or three. minutes later three more explosions took place and at ten minutes past seven she sank by the stern. The Goeben continued a southerly course until.an attack by British air- craft forced ‘her to alter her course and head for the Dardanelles. In the act of turning she struck a mine which caused her to settle down aft. She pro- ‘ceeded slowly up the Dardanelles, es- cortéd by enemy seaplanes and the tour ‘Turkish destroyers which had re- turned to her assistance. Aircraft Attack. British aircraft attacked the Goeben repeatedly and obtained two direct hits when she was off Uhanak. The Goeben now was in such a damaged condition that she was steered for the shore and beached. Shortly after she was beached two more direct hits were made on her by aircraft who were engaged heavily by several en- emy seaplanes. In the encounters which took place one of the British seaplanes failed to return. “German survivors from the Bres- lau” adds the official, statement “ex- pressed their intense..dislike for the Turks and said they had hoped to be sent back to Germany on the Goeben’s return to Constantinople after the raid.” Our aircraft reported Monday afternoon that the Goeben was still ashore in the same position and that she was stil being bombed. Meetings Continued. - The special evangelistic meetings conducted by Evangelist Sprong of New York, will be continued in the First Baptist church through Sunday. Special music will be furnished this evening by the church quartet com- posed of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Wessel, (Miss Carrie Haugen and John Hughes. Considerable interest is being dis- played in the meetings and a number of new members have been added to; ATTACK ON RED CROSS AND Y.M.C. A. WORKERS LEAGUE'S FIRST OFFENSIVE IN THE WAR The Nonpartisan league trained its big guns on the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. in the opening of the special session this morning, when Kep. Peter- son of Towner, league floor-leader in the - house, introduced a resolution ‘branding workers in these causes as “no better than Pro-Germans.” The resolution was much similar to one re- cently adopted by the North Dakota Defense council. It reads: “Whereas the kept-press of this state and some eastern papers has published editorials and other 8 ents defaming the good name of the state, and its people, | accusing us of_not being patriotic and loyal, and whereas certain pol- iticians and’ self-styled patriots have traversed the state under a cloak of the noble orders of the Red Cross and -Y. M. C..A, thrusting their poisonous daggers and defaming our state govern- ment and its people, “Therefore be it resolved that this Fifteenth legislative assembly of North Dakota, in extra session, condemn such action and brand them as lies and falsehood, as this state has proven beyond the reason of a doubt that its people are as loyal and have sacrificed as much, if not more, than any state in the union, according to its means, and are still willing to sac- rifice for the sake of democracy, and that these self-styled patriots are as much traitors to this com- monwealth as the pro-Germans.” It is further resolved that the text of this resolution be printed in the newspapers of the state and in the eastern press and that copies be fur- nished North Dakota members of the national congress. It is expected that the first break of the specital session will come when this resolution reaches the senate. An- ti-leaguers insist that its real object is a veiled attack upon patriotic organiz- ations which are doing a great work in the prosecution of the war. GOVERNOR FRAZIER’S BRIEF MESSAGE TOUCHES ON NOTHING NOT ALREADY OUTLINED BUT MAPS OUT PROGRAM FOR EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Jan had been hit heavily and sank. The|_ GOVERNOR FRAZIER’ SPECIAL MESSAGE sence eoecoresreesed GENTLEMEN OF THE FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE IN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ASSEMBLED: Since the adjournment of the regular session, conditions have deve'oped which are unparalleled in the history of our ry. We are in the greatest world’s struggle and our ment is making the most extensive and the most costly preparation ever known in the world’s history for the suc- ‘ cessful prosecution of this war. International law and treaties must be kept sacred. All nations of the world must be protected against future wars by the establishment of democratic form of government that will trutly be by, for and of the people. Autocracy, plutocracy and militarism must be put down. The United States is in this war for prin- ciple, justice and democracy. And the great problem of the Amerjcan people today, is to win the war as soon as possible. All resources of the nation are pledged for that purpose. The people of North Dakota are doing their part and the state must co-operate with the nation in order that the best results may be attained. Many of our boys are now on the battle front—many more are in training camps, and still more are ready to go. These boys are making the supreme sacrifice, and it is the patriotic duty of every citizen to back our army in every way possible in order that they may accomplish the desired results as quickly as possible. And the best support we can give them is insignificant when compared with the sacrifice that they are making for us. FOOD PRODUCTION One thing that is absolutely necessary in order to win the war, is to have a sufficient supply of food products. And this nation is looking to North Dakota as a great agricultural state to do her share towards furnishing this supply. Our people are willing to do all in their power, but owing to poor crops in parts of the state, it is impossible under the present laws to procure sufficient seed and feed to insure a good crop acreage for next spring. SEED BONDING LAW. The principal object in calling this special session was to amend the County Seed Bonding Law to make it meet the present needs. The amount of sced and feed to each farmer should be raised so that all available land may be put into crop. Further provision should also be made to protect the county against logs of payments. And provision should be made that where necessity demands, feed may be provided as soon as possible. MORATORIUM. I would also recommend that some provision be made to protect the ‘rights of our soldiers and sailors: who are in the service against loss from law suits or other legal proceedings during the duration of, and for a reasonable time after; the war. r COUNCIL OF DEFENSE Last April the War Department urgently requested the ap- pointment of a State Defense Council to co-operate with the Natonal Defense Council. Such a council was appointed and, I believe, they have performed good, faithful work, and | recommend that such council be legalized and that an ap- propriation be made to take care of their necessary expenses and to re-imburse the present council for the money they have been required to expend. STATE MILITIA. Our National Guard has been called into the federal service leaving the state without any organized military protection, and I therefore recommend that an appropriation be made for the purpose of providing a state militia. In view of the fact that there are now several Home Guard organizations in the state, | would recommend that all such organizations be incorporated, as tar as possible, into this or- « ganized militia and placed under the proper military authority of the state. PROHIBITION AMENDMENT. Congress has passed what is known as the National Pro- hibition Amendment, and its adoption by the various state legislatures is necessary in order that it may become effec- tive. This is a war measure that, if adopted, would not only conserve the food supply but would also conserve the man- hood of our nation. And as North Dakota was the first state to be adopted with constitutional prohibition and has always been considered as a progressive prohibition state, I heartily recommend that this national amendment be ratitied at this session. STATE GRAIN INSPECTION. It is recommended that the State Grain Grading Law be amended to make the grain inspection a department of the State Agricultural College and thus relieve the State Railroad Commissioners of its supervision. PROVISION FOR THE CARE OF INSANE PATIENTS. On account of the higher per capita cost of maintenance at the State Hospital for the Insane, I would recommend that the amount paid by the counties for the care of their insane patients be raised from eighteen dollars $18.00) to twenty- four ($24.00) dollars per month. And on account of the failure of crop on the farm operated by the state asylum, that the State Treasurer be authorized to give the Board of Con- trol a reasonable credit for the expenditure of money neces- sary in the maintenance and up-keep of the institution. BANK DEPOSITORS’ GUARANTEE LAW. At the regular session of the Legislature, a Bank Deposi- tors’ Guarantee Law was enacted but no appropriation was provided. It is therefore recommended that a sufficient ap- propriation be made at this time that this law may be put into operation. CANCELLED CORPORATIONS. Several hundred corporations have had their charters cancelled by failing to make required reports. I would rec- ommend that they be allowed to reinstate by paying a reason- able penalty and making the necessary reports. I believe that these measures are all that the emergency at this time requires to be considered. 1 tis my earnest desire, as I am sure it is yours, that this special session be of as short duration as possible. Any unnecessary delay in ad- journment will be a waste of public money, and I respect- fully call on each of you at this time when we are facing serious and extraordinary conditions, to lay aside all partisan or factional feeling and give your undivided, patriotic service to the best interests of our state and our naton. Bismarck, North Dakota, January 23, 1918. FIRE PREVENTION LEAGUE FORMS 10 FORESTALL ARSON South Dakota Meeting Presided Over By Governor Organizes Against Bugs Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 23.—A great fire prevention organization will be perfected as the result of a meeting held here Tuesday, attended by may- ors of all cities in the state county and state sheriffs and members of the state council of defense. Norbect presided. The meeting declared for summary punishment of any person caught at- tempting to destroy elevators, food de- pots or other property in the state.; The meeting approved a plan for the state council of defense to give bet- ter protection to food depots by in- structing sheriffs to deputize a suffici- ent number of men to act as intefior and outside guards for such porperty. The meeting voted in favor of re- questing the South Dakota delegation in congress to ask that postal privi- leges be denied to the Dakota Freie Presse and the Neu Deutsche 5 German papers at Aberdeen, the?@mi- tors of which have recently been plac- Governor ing the espionage act. ed under arrest on a.charge of ‘ ‘MAY BE A LONG GRIND Feared That Legislators Cannot Begin to Dispose of Busi- ness in a Week. RELIEF FOR SOLDIERS Civil Rights Bills Exempts Them from Taxes and Garnish- ment for War. SIDETRACK REVOLUTION. Joint resolution limiting legislative action to those matters covered in Governor Frazier’s proclamation intro- duced in the senate by Sen- ator Heckle and immediately adopted by a unanimous vote, was sidetracked when it reached the house this after- noon and referred to the state affairs committee. This ac- tion gives rise to a belief that the league is not so anxious for a brief secsion as it has professed to be. Senator Martin of Morton this afternoon introduced a bill calling upon the federal government to guarantee the farmer the cost of seeding wheat up to $6.50 an acre, carrying out a suggestion re- cently made editorially by The Tribune. Senator Englund introduced a bill legalizing the organiza- tion of home guard companies of not less than 25:members in villages of not less than 500 population, and providii that no members of the I. W. W. or its auxiliaries’ or any. one convicted of sedition or treason may be a member. Rep. Nils Petterson of Sargent county threw a bomb into Nonpar- tisan league ranks this afternoon when he urged on the floor of the house that the legislature pass the seed and feed bill and then ad- journ. “We have nothing to show that this bill is needed. It isn’t needed in my county. I am a farmer, my- self, and I know what my neigh- bors’ condition is. By a unique visitation of providence, these !drouth conditions seem to have struck only at Nonpartisan league members’ districts. But, if this bill is needed, let’s pass it and get through and quit and not stick around here piling up thousands of dollars additional expense ev- ery day,’’ said Mr. Petterson in discussing his motion with - the press. Governor Frazier’s message to the Fifteenth general assembly, gathered in joint session in the house chamber this morning, touched on no subject which had not been previously thresh- jed out and contained few surprises. If anyone found the message disap- pointing it was due to the fact that it contained no concrete, constructive declaration, of patriotism and support for the United States government. The message has mapped outa somewhat elaborate program of legis- lation which some members. of the assembly predict will extend the extra session indefinitely. It is the general opinion that it will be absolutely im- possible to complete the work the governor has outlined by Saturday night, and there are many who: pre- dict that the session will extend ‘be- yond the end of the month, and pos- sibly well into February. President A. C. Townley of the Non- partisan league yesterday completed a series of meetings. which he con- ducted in Idaho with the assistance of Ray McKaig, and F. B. Wood, asso- ciated with Townley in the manage- jment of the league, admitted this morning that the Big Chief may now be enroute to Bismarck. His com- ing, according to some, will simplity the situation, and, in the judgment of others will complicate things. Seed and Feed Bill. Bill No. 1 introduced in the house by Rep. Maddock, provides. that the amount of seed and feed which any county may sell its farmers in ex- change for their notes shall be limit- ed only by the acreage to be planted cants for such assistance, setting forth vided. will not-be sold but. representation seal