The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1918, Page 1

BISM. eee ARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1918. FARMER SHOT TO DEATH AND _ AVENGER BADLY. WOUNDED IN. HAZELTON SHOOTING AFFRAY Aggrieved Farm Hand, Aft Quarrelling, Takes ‘er Months of Iil-Feeling and Former, Employer's Life and Injures Brother Arr | i | | [ie | | ‘) BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE IN THE HOLY LAND. London, March 4.—British troops { operating north of Jerusalem in | Palestine have made an advance | | along a front of 12 miles to a min- | imum. depth of 3,000 yards astride | and weat of the Jerusalem-Nabu- | | lus road, the-war office announced | .| today. SUPPLEMENTARY TREATIRS WITH a BRIDGES TO. North Seen.in-Crippling of ‘Railroads | ¥ 'MAY MAROON FRANCIS CHECK JAPS lIntent to Prevent Invasion from | ¢ —+% | Washington, D. C., March 4.—W, "| | H. Groverman was made district | | representative of the fuel admin- | istration today for lake docks on | Lake Superior and on the west | shore of Lake Michigan, with | | headquarters at Minneapolis. He | will allot among ments of coal. | northwestern FINLAND 10 BE “OCCUPIED: HUNS President of French Council weer 6 |SAMMIES TOO MODEST INCLAINS "FOLLOWING PUNISHING VICTORY. INPLICTED ON TEUTON INVADERS ey | in Official Statement Warmly Compliments United States Forces on Success in Repelling Germans BLOODY DUEL TAKES 4 POCALL RULE” ON THE , i | Sar | BRITISH DROP MORE CHECK MORE SEVERE — *:!:. PLACE IN STREETS) | SHIGAGO BOARD LEGAL | HUNS REPORTED rassivaity of American Ambas- ROUSE SWEDEN sat ll he THAN FIRST THOUGHT GER } ‘ | ||. Washington, D. Gy March 4— | | | “sador’s Reaching Viadivos- | | [or finaat, Mar. 4—tn, the month | nee a: | | The “call rule” for grain “to ar- | | TATE RE ts : i Y i ate- | E Several Bullets Fired Into Body | | rive established in "908 by the | | Thought Germany Reserves ras | tock Is .Remote | —-— | ment issued today by the war of. | Number of Hun Dead Between of Dying Man—One in | Chicago board of trade was held | | ky | . : | Official Protest to Be Filed with| | porns in the mea’ eerie’ te | Lines Testifies to Good * ’ {by the supreme court today not { | Hand for Self Outside of Washington, D. CG, March 4—The! fe ‘ | British t = occupied by | Hospital Here li 49. be In restraint 6f trade un- | | : 4 ; | eee aninston, De Ciasaraten 4 The| Berlin Against Further | British troops in France. In the | Marksmanship | | der the antitrust law. M4 Greater Russia | bridges on the trans-Siterian vallroad | i Encroachment H pea eee Hanne pape ee i || <'njunctions issued by Federal | -——— jbetween Lake Baikal and the Chi- pcenaai Ee ee j é re With a bullel lodged in |'|| the rule’ sperations were sch) /INVASIGNS ‘TO CONTINUE | "2% {ronter John F. Stevens, chatr é a red wnenecer alongs” Me his brain, another in his | | |.aside. Goard officials contended | | ie. Pee ted aha eed tthe ten |A “MILITARY NECESSITY” INY Paris, Sunday, Mar. 3.—Pre- | abdomen and a third in his | | | the Tule incteased instead of de- | | ff partment. This may prevent Ambar- | - mier Clemenceau visited . the | shoulder, R. S. Piatt, agent | Eo eal ek ama RL | No Cessation of the Inroads on sador Francis trom reaching Valdivos:/qig Plea Made by Germans to American troops today and. re- : Hy i aee eee | poly, 3 4 ‘ yi ; kK | ) s in y ry for. the Standard OilCo.:at |!) gated after the government's suit Ukraine and Finland Seen in | '°*. i | - ‘ R viewed the soldiers who repulsed i i Hazelton, lies in the Bis- | || was filed in 1913, | i |. While without details, officials here | Justify Invasion of Neu- the German attack Friday. The azelton, lies 1 | 2 i] the Press Dispatches ‘believe the Russians are destroying . ollowing semi-official not marck hospital in an uncon- | | * x aa Se ithe bridges to prevent. an expected tral Territory lissued: ig semi-olticial note was | scious condition. His pulse | London, March 4.—Supplementary | @dvance of Japanese troops. A large —_— FOR NEW PEACE praine’ . pee ! i ibili i Hee be cre 50 EC Be eS person. j- i f veey little Possibility \ at | | . jand the Bolsheviki government were | they could be readily destroyed. lands is only a preliminary to the to- late the Americ thiobe iar tie ‘ | he will recover. ie Bree i signed at Brest-Litovsk in addition to| —_— !tal occupation of Finland, Further Concessions by Bolshe-| sector whenecthe hooes t le | abilities are that before the | | ' the main peace treaty, according to! Official dispatches to the Swedish oa nel y Just: re- i night is over, Clarence i | i : |a telegram from Rrest-Litovsk by way pecarion ody, BCs Germany. pas ot viki May Save a Strip of palled brillientiy strong enemy | White, Hazelton gun-fight- »| | Pe TT) |of Vienna. and - Amsterdam, which | 5 Wee. her iantion to sceupy. Finland Their Country te ne ° ti feet ich * |, OF who this morning shot aaa e | gives no. details ‘of the treaties. i 434 and that Sweden has: protested. — gers ioe by th operation as | and instantly’ killed Charles Kabat , |.. Formal: anhouncement-of the sign-' \ j Germany advised Sweden, the dis-! ; cs en y le premier, - i |'D. Sloan and later turned") ; ——" ling has tot.yet been received trom | as patches say, that it was necessary to! GERMANS TAKING FINLAND] one myfence the general com- | his smoking ‘gun on Piatt, | | Three Days’ Conventio -of Inde-| the Russian side, but a late radio- | temporarily occupy Finland to restore : ghee ean man ing the army... decorated F i anaial>| BY mn nde- | H ; order, but gave assurances’ that she| ‘with the war. cross, certain. offi | will havea second life-to an- | z i gram from Petrograd said the treaty | L ‘ n ar, Ce $ i f | dent Elevator Men t : had no intention to take permanent|Leave Only Narrow Ribbon id Hose’ oy i 1 swer for. hy hs ile Se LP L gnericbliah aaa omar Ma {would be signed Sunday. ie nia | possession of the territory.: Sweden| hed a privates-w] lose bri ery | - Piatt’s young wife is at || Begin Tuesday | As the German official’ statement | ee Tae jprotested also against: the Aland Along the Gulf—To Expel.. able een particularly - remark- i his side. He: recognizes no | | | ogy Te 4 ne y the 4 |. | islands.being placed in the war zone. sok 3 % tN | el aa ‘has juttered NOt a | [mse cas pene Coser al spose ir eee Ped id ree s unty’s Weal-| “he: occupation of. the Aland. Is Revolutionists Check: Was Seyere |: | ince he’ reached the | |INTERESTING " PROGRAMS Nee Alp ate thiest'Men Is Cited by the . | lands, the dispatches say, is to make) - | “This check to the ener ; word since he’ reac e : |sia. it, is inferred in some. quarters EY Re them.a base. far supplying the Germans... : :,.. (Associated. Press.) tae heck to the enemy ate. | hospital. Dr... Winchester, 4 Sa uhos CU ETRE YON Oe [ere Ae Reon ee \ Federal Grand Jury occupation of Finland. There are 500| Ritssia’s delegates at Brest-Litovske| 20K wth me Bee | far: more: Bes, ony aay Bee Hy R (eee es % wi x ely acconinedieg Mth (Men Prominent in Organization | nile the Germans reserve for them. acne parle ptpnens! on the islands for/ have halted the Getman invasion ot | rowed Tk 3 re Freeh tion pal raed: B ie ~ Work and in Government | selves a ‘free hand outside the Mmits | OPPOSED. TO ENLISTMENTS | was notified by the German command.| Creat Russia by agreeing to the peace! nent had modestly aunotin ced ce eiry tt dance axa cial 1 Service Slated of Great Sel See \ er of his intention, and while so far| terms offered February ‘21. Peace | that some of the enemy had been i are in a ten i . iy 1 . . Pa i Fargo, N.°D., Mar. 4.—John H. there has been no clash reported, the| was made, they report to the Bolshevi- killed, and some made risoners. : 18 H examinations have __ been dee eas : FR AZIER L NIN} Wishek, former candidate for | Swedish troops have not been with-| ki government, because every day of ‘As avinatter OF 4 fied abet i | made disclosing ithe loca- | | With representatives of the United | | governor -of North Dakota, was \drawn and the feeling is described| delay meant more demands by the |-** a of fact,” the' latest tion of the bullets, but no | |-States'departiment of agriculture and ; indicted by the federal grand | here as being very tense. |Germans. Added provisions require |TConnaissances have shown that | operations can be performed || men_of tiational prominence in farm | ! jury for sedition, it was learned ieee amacperaE? |the Russians not only to retire from|in addition to these losses, the | unless the patient rallies. | | organization movements on the pro-| here tdddy. | T ALK DUTCH T0 Turkey's Asiatic provinces, but also | Germans left quite a large num; A The bullet in Piatt’s brain | | Sam. che Farmer Grain Dealers’ as: ' Wishek, ‘who is a well known bank- j from territory in the regions of Kars. ber of corpses between the lines. i i ft eye 7 7 Li er of Ashley, a community composed : gh, taken from It was a very fine success, ‘re- entered below his left ¢ y ot’ managers and stockholders inde- 2 the Turks during the past wars. . Soe and lodged back of the optic || pendent farmer’ elevators, wil open wrasty of Germans, vas isacted oo! T ANGER Bern also annomees the singing eeting great honor on the ten vity.. A scond ‘bullet is | | 1ts seventh annual convention at Bis-| : Z i |of peace terms and the cessation ot rican infantry : embedded in his stomach | | marck auditorium tomorrow afternoon | na aera i he i seat baatta bavine iekee ae | operations. When ‘the forward move- and the accuracy of the artillery \ ‘ | and a third in his shoulder. | | Teva tia Ha blry bea ieee. Cooley Grants Injunction Prayed ings of liberty bonds were unsafe for THE U N FL AG: ment. halted the invaders erate, a fire, ee ie thus shown they: | The bullet in his brain is | |, ‘ ‘ | persons to keep their money in. At-; a Wa ne : l/are capable of attaining'the max- 3 vention this year because the fed- by Chairman Lewis F and appoaching Luga, 88 miles south-| ffect fi j the one which probably will | {rat regulation of grain grading and : Crawford i eee sat Rt ate anoemente ould Baegey jiwes ol Retroerad, | material Shich the hae I | i % i 0" produce his death, The marketing and the supervision of the rawfort jhe made today to secure bonds for| Belgian Declared He Would Tell Huns Grab Finland. adopted.” y Ww 7; } e' roblems for the i a f enera! ere Oo Bi s Ww i ‘Ss from American units | chance of recovering from farmer grain dealers—problems, a; BRONSON WILL | APPEAL OPPOSED ENLISTMENT Attorney : strip along the Gulf of Finland and/ along the Chemin Des Dames searched | his other injuries. »| Promitent western farmers’ elevator Ashley, N. D., March 4.—It is re- to Head in | at the request of the Finnish govern-| No Man’s Land in rain of machine Domai ¢ cherie Hmnnaeer stated recently, which Grand Forks, N. D., March 4. ported here that Wishek’s indictment | pies | ment is to undertake the expulsion ol Ag bullets for thirteen missing men ‘ Hazelton, N. ‘i ae euler Pass threaten the very existence of inde-|__Judge C.. M. Cooley today (isa result of his attitude toward enlist- ED OLD TROUSERS | the Finnish revolutionists and Bol-| of a patrol party but did not tind ; D. Sloan, a prominent Antibes pendent elevators everywhere. [handed down a decision grant-| ment in the United States army. It is PREFERR! | Finland. any trace of them except one -man, ing four miles south o: ak. §.|_The convention wilt be cailed to]; A | also alleged that Wishek objected to! PRA On the western front, the Germans; had been instantly killed. It is cer- shot and instantly killed, an 1d d order tomorrow afternoon by Presi- ing the petition of L. F. Craw- | his son’s taking employment ina fed-| Fargo, 'N. D., March 4.—Miss May, raiding operations have increased in| tain the Germans obtained prisoners Piatt was probably on ly betes ee dent A. A, ‘Lane lof Sherbrook. An|ford to restrain Governor Fra-! erai munitions plant or some similar | Burt, seventeen-year-old school teach-| scope, and are approaching the size! from this patrol. when ante Sree ee HIE morn-| address of welcome from Secretary) Zier appointees from removing branch, through the United States er, the first witness called by the gov-) of planned attacks. The attacks on Details of the German attack which the nee ead ‘been ‘bad. blood be-| George 'N. Keniston of the Bismarck! him from office as president of ; public reserve. A large number of|ernment in its case against Henry | the American sector, against the’ failed completely to reach the trenches ing. There d Sfoan for some time, |, Commercial club and the response of hoard of regents. prominent McIntosh county people|Von Bank, a Belgian, president oi| French in Champagne and elsewhere, | are now available. American artillery meals vnatter, it is alleged.’ the president will be followed by an| H. A. Bronson, assistant at-| Were Tecently called to Fargo to tes-| school district No: te oe casa com and Agninet the Beiiah lines woe. tt} men laid down a barrage fire as soon ov Ter, s ‘ Me i fhe , “tify in this case. It is said that;on trial in the United States district | greater streng' an las | as the Germans started theirs, met This Lariam pues anaes ast chess Beach. “Charles te iickerte, | torney general announced he Wishek very frequently and openly ex-|court charged with violation of the| has been usual heretofore. The en-| See Ey ; of his yhite walked out of the pool/ general organizer, and R. C. Miller,| Would appeal Supreme couft and pressed his views on the present war. espionage act in the use of language| emy artillery fire also is rears MER! CER COUN aan he had been employed. | federal grain supervisor. of the United'asked for a thirty day stay of John Wishek was formerly,a member |@busive to the American flag, testified | on all fronts. Except in Flanders! 1V TY room where he ha : rata | by : x lundgr direct examination today that| The weather has been more favorable | till several pa-| States: department of agriculture, | eed O , of the state senate. He was born in; W rH i When the two were 8! Le proceedings. , y 1K had told-her that h uld ti d_ the her- CANDIDATES IN ¢ eA ‘cea apart White whipped out.a re- have places on the afternoon program. tasbadea oot SEE | Pennsylvania, of German and French | Von Bank ha er told at he he i to military operations ts J e or e v4 volver and began firing. The first) In the ‘evening M. R. Meyers. will MERCER COUNT | Parentage, and is one of McIntosh re ther pee es re oe terrae ihe alded German blow or blows may | LINE FOR JOBS shot is belfeved ‘to. have severad| speak on “Cooperation and Democra-; Y | county’s wealthiest men. He has Fa ee enor tate tae” fal ae made soon. ! ‘ lar vein, inflicting a fatal| cy.” a strong political influence in McIn-| Beige | eRe REE TEEN outa two more bullets were} ¢ 4. Bailey of the United State BOARD MEETING ;tosh and adjoining counties. one Had? with nim “on ‘Detentber AGREEMENT AS Number of Men Who Would a 4 fell. pu “ —_—-—_— apa Aw . pumped into his body before he bureau of chemistry will talk on “Ri ON S J. W. Reilly, superintendent of Cass | Serve Pi R. S. Platt, Standard ofl agent 8t/ ducing the Grain Dust Explosion Ha-| EED BONDS pnuaL MONARCHY county schools, also testified that hey TO RAILWAYS" | ¢ Public Have Hats in this point, learning of. the murder o:[-gard®. Wednesday morning, and (.! 5 | had asked Von Bank whether or not ! Political Ring Early Sloan, who is his halfbrother, rush+| 1, Packard of Elliot and P. E. Knud- Division of Sentiment Is Found) FORCES CAPTURE te nad made the statement about the COMPENSATION | ie é ed home and procured a gun. © son of Eekleson will have places on! trousers to the teacher, and that he oi. was still in the street when Piatt re- s appeared, The latter took a , long-}. . iff and state's attorney, who immed- stance shot at White and missed, White ducked into the Hazelton Mer: cantile store, and Piatt followed, him in, Inside the store several shots; were exchanged, Piatt. fell with a bullet through his left eye ud lwo in his body. White, unscathed, ‘hand- ed over his empty. gun and gave him- self up. Piatt was at once rushed to a Northern Pacific train.and taken to Bismarck’ with Dr°» Winchester ‘in attendance. White is under arrest her: | and has been@urned.over to the sherri. tate expert with the North Di the program. Wednesday afternoon J:.W. Shorthill, secretary of the Ne- braska Farniers’ Elevator companie: and a’member of the’ national agricu' by the administration as a member 0 Farmér;. at Washington.” Cliffird Thorne, ex-chairman of the Iowa rail- | tural congress who has been selected | | way commission, will talk on “The €™S- | Railroad and are American. Farmer,” , the consideration of fhe board when | F. S. Betz of Chicago, Ill., on “Audit- It met a week ago. When they learn: | ing and Bookkeeping,” and James A.; ed, however, that they must give a first lien on their farm and other. po-' Among Farmers as to the Necessity for Action Stanton, N, D, March 4.—The Mer- er county. commission is meeting | the price-fixing board for farm pro-| again today to consider application | ducts, will-talk on “The Organized, for aid under the new seed and feed bonding act from Mercer county farm One hundred petitions awaited RUSSIAN SPOILS) Reena Vienna via London, March 4.—Aus-| tro-Hungarian forces operating in Pa- making satisfactory progress, says an | official statement issued by the Aus-| trian war office. More than 770 Rus- sian guns and huge quantities of war material have been captured. | THE WEATHER | For 24 hourg ending at noon March 4, 1918: 3 said he did. The superintendent said, ihe called Von Bank's attention to the fact that no flag was floating over the school house and that Attorney Gen- eral Langer of North Dakota had re- quested all the countv superintend-| ents in the state to enforce that reg-/ ulation. “I dont care about the law, and we ‘are not going to spend any of the school district's money for the pur- chase of a flog.” Mr Reilly testified the defendant told him. “The next} time Lill Langer says anything about the flag not floating over the school house just send him to me and I will! Government Pay on Basis of Average Net Income for Last Three Years Washington, D. C., March 4.—Agree- ment on compensation of railroads while under government control bas- ed on the average of their net in- come for their three years ending June 30 last, and substantially in the form aproved by the senate, was reached today. by the conferees on the administration railroad bill. The Stanton, N. D., March 4.—Ed Wal- baum of Stanton and C. ‘A. Heine- meyer are avowed candidates forthe Mercer County shreivalty, and it ‘is said that Felix Conrath, a member of the cotinty commission from Bevlah, who resigned last. winter to succeed Sheriff Haevischer, but did not sue- ceed, will be a candidate. H.'J. Giffey of Stanton is an avowed candidate for register of deeds , and Theor Mater of Beulah is a candfdate prospective and receptive. For clerk of court, Rd Schafer, the encumbent, will be oppos- ed by William Haevischer, present sheriff. Carl Semmler, who has deen | kota railway commission, will give an! sessions, including crop, as securtit: . ~ tH ” en iutely came up irom Heinton ae address. ° The annual smoker and ao:(for the eed ae teed advanced by! Temperature at 7a, m.. 32| talk “Dutch” to him,” Reilly testified | house ia kari ba ate tg county auditor for eight years, wants a ee hed thers hought| cial session will be held Wednesday: the county, a number of the farmers} Temperature at-noon . 81| the defendant said. adding: “Well. ! BRS sion pi a a oney spent on im-| 8°me more of it, and Paul Len! tote need Tot the services of 5 Oe eine thelr minds, A number of Tienes ermay 53) ou nol SOUR. U0 MRC BAMA NPAT. | eeoveieata * during “the. last few| has announced his candidacy, F: R. £ to bene Thureday morning Attorney Gener-| petitions were also filed asking that Lowest yesterday .| 31 IRISONERS Inonths preceding the federal controi,| Cruden of Stanton is being consider. one ‘ked for Sloan al William 'S. Langer will’ discuss | the county not be bonded and assert-| Lowest last night». 28 HUN PRISO! ‘This would reduce the. compensation| ed as a candidate for the county com: Nery inally from Linton. ‘ays.and Means of Detecting and. ing that’ there is an abundance of Precipitation ..... None W RE AMERIC. AN | about $6,500,000 annually. mission from the first district,‘as en Mea yet he had ‘worked in! Regulating Discrimination in Price Be-| seed in thé county. It was alleged| Highest wind velocity. -20-S E J |*"Subject to final approval, the sen-) is M. E- Fowler. ; the county as a farm hand. ‘Last fall) tween Farmers’ Elevator Companies that County Auditor Karl Semmler, Forecast P. ATROL P ARTY ate conferees agreed to include all ; “yg: while in the employ of Sloan, and en-| and ‘the *Mills,”. and there will be, seeking to make politica) capital of For North Dakota: Snow and cold: ‘short line railroads under ‘the act in- i ; ‘ ed in cutting ensilage on a neigh- papers dealing with the value of local-the new bonding act, had mailed tonight’ with ‘cold ; Tuesda ee stead of only competing short lines. ;OPERATIONS I N a sees farm, he lost his left arm. Af-(ly-owned’ mills in conection’ with ele-| printed applications for aid, with his eee eines Bai bi aey|No Captives Taken from the Lh ter. recovering from his injury, he|vatox companies and “Price Fixing,| petition’ and a print of himself en-|POUY Sua Shu. Conch ch! ON)! enches in Recent Raids RUSSIA STOPPED ©. took employment in a local poot-room. | and ‘Who Did. It.” : closed, to farmers, bankers, business | °0%'" Po Fes ia ly b BUFFALO GLASSES BY THET 2 % Bad blood had existed between Sloan} The annual business session will be| men and laborers, broadcast over the Lowest Made by Germans BS EUTON ‘and White for some time, over some] held Thursday afternoon. An attend-| county.. A number of farmers who 3 Temperatures TOHUNT FOR SU | peed personal matter. Sloan came in this | ance of several hundred delegates and) had returned these petitions signed Fargo ai | ‘With the American Ahmy in France, Berlin, March 4.—Military. opére: morning to look after’ a carload Of) visitors is promised. ‘The weather of| explained to the board ‘that they did ‘Williston Saturday, March 2—(By the A. p.)| Mott, N. D., March 4—A pair of| tions, in Russia ‘stopped: yeaterday, hogs. He had expected,to meet white }; week has been unusually mild, a matter of course, believing St. Pant The Dyes cans the. Germans Slat | micrometers used by, Charles Merry,| says the of atatemen and ‘settle ‘their troubl it: continues, many farmers hat only their pei Winnipeg. * to have captured. on ,the, Mott rancher, in spying i buttalo, day, by the general lieving Sloan started tow at som’ te br.’ meni” ‘from central Shh be ; Chemin, Des. bly wel 1 of a pal hen the raid began, and have not lanes, BATS n ‘went and. antelope. in the pioneer ‘weatern, North. Dakota, part now. in, furnishing, eye jays