The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 5, 1918, Page 1

‘ 16 i ‘ , i .o. | STATE FARMER. GRAIN | ALERS CONVENE HERE ,. WHITE IN FULL STATEMENT OF = CAUSES LEADING UP TO DOUBLE KILLING AT HAZELTON MONDAY * Gunman. Insists That Slaying of Slo of Sloan Was Justified and| + That He Endeavored to Save Piatt, Urging Him to Put up His Gun and Keep Out, ‘ . —_——_________--__—® INQUEST HELD OVER in WiLson Wwibt TAKE OVER. | FIRST OF VICTIMS | | SEMAN COMPANIES! pocKS : : : | Washington, o. & March rr 3 ‘ tends to take | | "Jury. Finds Wealthy Farmer) | Gyer the Hamburg-American nd | | Wan oto Deth— Roan Rane Con | to South Dakota Hoboken, N. J. He arranged to- | +} Linton, N. D., March 6.—With the blood of two fellow, men rest- | ing-on his head, Clarence White pa peacefully throughout the! ght which ushered the second | of his victims, R. S. Piatt, out ‘of _ the world, and this: morning; “ seemed in good spirits, enjoying | a, hearty breakfast and: talking freely with Sheriff Meinhover} and State’s Attorney Campbell regarding the shooting. He wasi not informed of the death -of Piatt until: mid-forenoon, when’ White expressed regret,’ but: ro consciousness of guilt. 5 i The double-slayer made a full * frank statement of the shooting to -State’s Attorney Campbell last ‘night, bearing out the facts | as‘ presented in’ the :Tribune ort} Monday. He dnd. ‘Sloan; + said) ite; had’ been’ the’ closest of friends up to two “months ago, when Sloan, the alayer.; claims, | made his. first charges |} ‘ White of intimacy. with. ton woman, , ‘These c were frequently’ repeated, said White; became matters: of common and’ Knowledge. Monday. Sloan came |: ih. with ‘the avowed” Hetermina,,, tion of: having a settlenient with White. ‘He called, | White’ over to his‘automobilé, and: the men éx-| , ghanged -perhaps 25 words whe a) ‘White alleges, Sloan‘ called him: &-vile-name‘and declared’ his ‘in-| heats iatopale, | day. with Senator Martin,’ demo- ‘| cratic leader, for an amendment | to the urgent deficiency appropria { tion bill giving him: such author- f ity. EMBASSIES OF ALLIBS NOW IN | 1 | i “FINN CAPITAL’ | | | I | { 2! im | | |Swedish Government Will Be| Asked to Furnish Safe Con- duct to Tornea | i 250 OTHERS. ARE AT ABO! Stockholm, March . 6—The mem- | bers of the British, French and. Ital- | fan. embassies who left Petrograd last | week, ate now at Heisingfors, accord- | ing. to information. reaching the; American ”legation: ‘here. , The Swed-| ish ‘government: will be asked to use (ite good’ offices. to secure a trdin to carry ie diplomats to Torneai’ on ‘the in indrad,-and fifty éthe inualng some: Ame! ‘cana; are now at Abo, on thé»weste coast of Finland. They have:been ad- vised’ to’: attempt . to reach., ‘territory under control of the Finnish: govern- ment, as Sweden’ will not kel gen ships tas Abo. t tention’ of. trampling.."him into | the ground. : “I knew that: with | ‘gne arm:1 would be-no match for | Charlie,” said. White, so I start’ ed's hooting,” . | ¢” White does ‘not explain’ ‘how: he! ‘hanced to. have a gan in ‘his ‘pocket | ‘ when he went out to meet Sloan. The slayer: is.a southerner. and is. said 'to| have made .a practice: of: going arm- ed: He contends that he acted clearly | in: self-defensé’when he shot, Piatt. ‘Piatt, a half-brother’ of Sloan, wit-| ‘essed the latter's murder “and-imme- i diately-rughed to the Platt home and, ‘returned With: a gun, opening fire ‘on! AVhite into the Hazelton’ Mérdantile | Co. and’ there exchanged more shots with him. Piatts aim wes wild, but White, who is a well-known’, crack| shot, registered every one of the. six bullets. in’ his'revolver. ite doesnot. cldim-that he: was |: suffering from a ..brain — storm *s tiental: aberration-or any unusual. ‘i Citement at the time/of the: shooting. In ‘his own mind he {s. quite clearly| Convinced that he was juatifiéd:in: act- “Wig as: he did; that Sloan had given ‘Bim. ampie provocation | ‘and. that,’ the ‘tinal _analysia, he acted © ‘fa sel detehse. Ses Slt probably will not, be possible to: ‘give ‘White hts preliminary exam- ination. inside of ten days,” said Scbtt Caineron, state's attorney for Emmons county, this: morning. “I. have other work to-do in the county which will ‘keep me fully occupied for’ that length of time. Unless White, demands ‘an ‘earlier hearing, it will not 'bé held. be- tore the middle of the month. © Mr. ‘White's statement to me is'very ‘com: “plete. He claims that he actéd in, both oer does not appear depresed. He i, delivered himself up,: and “he ig giv- i ding the sheriff no trouble: No demon- ‘stration of any kind: was made when | we teft Hazelton with ‘White to. bring ‘him to the county jail here.” + “Neither. Sheriff, Meinhover nor ‘State’s Attorney Cameron ‘is willing to reveal the identity of the women in the ‘case. Hazelton Divided. a ent Camps Today, Harelton, N. March: ‘ ton’s / sympathies Hate ly the one center i y:, News. of ‘the death ‘of R's i Ptatt, in the Bismarck ‘hospital early this pornine. was received ‘heré with Probably ‘110 ‘three mnie county’ were mors erally: popular than » White and ‘two, victims, Charles D..Sloan and ‘here frém, always. seemed: | Government Doesn’t Purpose to | Velopments in Siberia but at present instances in’ self-defense. The. prie- |" JAPS WATCHFUL WAITERS WHILE “Act Until Psychological ~ Moment Comes LOYAL RUSSIANS ARE COY London, Eng., March 5.—It is under-| .Stood ‘that the Japanese government 4g. extremely well informed of the de- 8 adopting, policy: of watchful wait- ing: Japan is carefully avoiding ar- ousing the: antagonism of loyal Rus- farmer’ to make good his pledge to|: Recognizing also that China 1s en- titled to consideration as a. protector of the fronti¢r and which Japan does fot actually botded,’ Japan, the dis- Patch. says, probably has agreed with ‘China’ ona: plan for Prompt coopera: ton,**.; of Yankton, S..D., March 5. ‘won the state: ‘college baaketbal pionship by. defeating Sioux Falls col- lege 30 to. 20 last. night. Yankton | THE WEATHER | FARMERS’ UNION Big Agricultural Organization | jhe Farmers’ halécover that such discriminatio was’! the law is unfair and discriminating, | contemplated, 1: 16t: already,entorced, , at the ‘éxpense of ‘dent Montgomery made a hurried trip report another great victory for. this {| aggressive farmer organization, North Dakota afrmers, through the interces- sion’ of the Farmers’ union, will not be discriminated against in the matter oft.Federal Farm loans. The Farmers’ | unon has enabled the North Dakota Uncle Sam of a bumper crop. need cot sane, er tote er 'BISMARCK.COUNCIL ireaiely sensitive of outside interfer- T ro} INITI ATE, CREW Fifteen Candidates for Ucn | 1 YANKTON WINS 8. D. Siteton of othcors and an imporant : » BASKET CHAMPIONSHIP business ‘session, followed with a sthoker, ‘Saturday evening. A class -|and good cheer in abundatice. Evary | U. C. T. in the jurisdiction is heen { 4 eq. There will be eats, smokes, talks | i and urged to attend. i Siow Falls'and ‘Aberdeen below. “ | WOMEN OF N. DAK. MAY VOTE APRIL | GERMANS WITHIN 100 i MILES OF PETROGRAD | London, March 5.—Narva, 100 | | miles southwest of Petrograd, has been captured by the Germans | and the enemy is reported to be | continuing his advance on Petro- | grad according to. an Exchange. | Telegraph: dispatch. from Petro- | | gt dated Monday ia eal WINS FIGHT FOR NORTH DAKOTA Procures Ruling on Land Loans MONTGOMERY ON THE JOB Tappen Man Looking After In-| th / terests of Soil, Demand- 4 | ed Action The -Farmers” Union Kas won another big victory for the farmers of NorthDako- ta in advices received today by President R. J. J. Mont- 'gomery of Tappen to the effect that the United States farm.foan board at Washington has upheld, the ’ Farmers’ union’s contention © that thé Farm ‘Loan: bank. | wae j Pendent each upon the’ , constitutes the only. a | legitimaté and honest: FARMER GRAIN DBALERS GIVEX FINE WELCOME) -———* | Secretary Keniston af Commer- | * cial Club Greets’ ‘Conven- tion Delegates» TOBE BIGGEST “IN. STATE Association Never jHas Had More Attractive Program _ Nor Larger’ Crowd “There aré thyee tactote in the cost | of production “of food “cereals—seed, soil and sale,” said, George N. Ken- iston, secretary of the Bismarck Com- | mercial .¢lub, in extend{ng the’ Cap- | ital City’s cordial sweleome to 400 farmer grain dealer delegates. to the Seventh annual convention of the Notth- Dakota ‘ausociatidn, who filled e main’ floor of the Auditorium at ‘the opening, ;fession, 8b) 2) Niglock this afternoon. “Any of them and all of tion,” continued the spgaker. “You do not care where you ‘buy the seed if it is good. You.do not: care ‘where you grow..the eral ie the soil is pro- ductive of :your’ cro fou do not care where you. sell your product, if] the price is right, and the transaction “Politics and: business: do not seem to mix..-An attempt. to: mix, them cre- j ates: ‘& turgid; agitated | mags, ‘but. the | two elaments never at St:’ Paul was acting out- side its rights’ jn-declining: to make loans to: North Da- kota farmers who'had pi cured state aid for the ‘pur-: chase of seéd and ‘feed:un- der’ the new bonding. acts. i at Union: was jis att ‘North Dakota... Pres-| ‘0 Bismarck ‘and’ insisted on action Vv. Brennan | | Paul ; land bank ‘his interpretation of the| Brennan. farm loan act for loans made by its | “President ‘Montgomery of the North | ‘ime. kept the. wires hot. “We'll carry his fight direct. to Washington, it} “It. is an injustice to the state Today's advices from. Washington . ‘ —Annual Election. Bismarck ‘counell, United Commer: ! f fifteen grip knights is to be inittat- . ATTY. ASSERTS ‘Grand Forks; N. b., March 5.—That “Temperature at 7 a..m. ... Temperature at noon . Highest ‘yesterday .. Lowest yesterday . ‘Lowest tast. night. ‘Precipitation . Highest wind velocity of: ‘ns family until; two when bad blood: developed. ‘sioaeeas : : rge: sail; For twenty-four houts ending vat | noon Mar. 5. - Generally. tair colder to- women may vote and are eligible for! offices.at the city. election April 1. is A. Bangs, presented to the city. counc! dMoniey, The opinion which was: giv- | in response to an inquiry, holds that a 1917 session Jaw confers the right of-suffrage upon all. women for; i presidential. electors, ‘surveyors, con- ‘stables ant offices of cities, villages | tt police magistretes | and justices, of the seenee | 'the opinion. of City Attorney Gece; E have the profection of ‘the Jaw, which} ‘aw should: make some Yery .positive | i | demands’ ‘upon. business.” Each,depend- | | ent on the ether-—this is:indeed ideal-| | ism, . but; both businesa and the dar ' agree that’ the best interest of each! | can only be Cconsetved by a fair and full. cooperation: If" business is., un: fair, dishonest; the,.law should treat ‘0. jt.'as.it would any other offender, It it should -be:repealed. or amended. The farmers, should.:organize, must -organ- ize, and: must effect such:an organiza- tion’as will bé fair to themselves and | permanent—fair , to the productive from ‘ Assistant . Attorney " General! capital which they employ, and fair-to : Daniel * _’| immediately wired: to the St. the. common; carrier. who transports! his grain. ; “1 want to, congratulate the North! North Dakota seed and feed bonding} Dakota Grain. Dealers’ association on | act, as ‘it affected-the’ first ‘mortgage| the. fact of. their ‘organization; and 1} security ‘required .under thé federal hope ‘that,every farm-owned élevator | in North Dakota will. ride with you, | regional banks:,.He also got’ in’ ‘com! and, like an honest ‘man, pay, its fare muniaction with, ‘Washington: for doing so. “Twould especially commend to you! people .in- support’ of. the president of the: United States in conducting this (Contuyen? ea rage sures.) ALLIES AGREED ON DETAILS OF JAP INVASION Unele Sam in Accord with Euro- * pean Ententeé‘on. Necessity of Intervention WORLD WRITHES. | Dakota Farmers’ union: inthe. mean-| the intelligent'and liberal spirit of our ti t | t ; need be, with a thousand farmers to} back it up,” said President Montgom- | ery. and-an injury. to the nation to hold up farm loans at this-time when our farm. ers. need every penny they. can rake to- gether to enable them to put in a ‘win faa aE the war crop.’ ” London, March 5:—The ‘€ven- ing News says’ the question of Japanese intervention in Siberia has been settled and that all.the allies. as well asthe United States have agreed to immediate action safeguarding the interests of the powers. U. 8. IN AGREEMENT, Washington, 0. C., March 5.— The United «States now is in agreement: with Japan, Great Britain and the other co-belliger- | ents on the principle of action in Siberia, but. the details remain to be” worked: out, This. became known today ag the cabinet met with: President: Wilson to discuss the subject, : NEXT DRAFT IN APRIL IS - Washington, D. C., March’ 5.—Announcement of the date of the next\draft is im- minent. The provost mar- shal general's office has pre- pared an. “important, : nouncement,” which is. be- lieved to‘deal-with the time’. - Path of summoning Prager oie er | the men will; Let ienge fo: favo, in ‘April. Pablica’ oth aunouncencat fy held ap by actually :com- | mingle,’ Business requires “and” should | NEW RUMOR: 4 | | > I UNFAIR METHODS CHARGED | AGAINST FERTILIZER CO.'S | \ | | Washington, \D. C., March 5.— | | Complaints were issued today by | the American Agricultural Chemi- | Brown Co, of New Jersey, charg- | | ing unfair methods in suppre: | |.ing competition in the manufac- i | que an sale of fertilizer. | TOUL HEROES — TOGET FIRST | Probable That American Decor- ated by Clemenceau Will Be Further Honored | Two Lieutenants, Two Sergeants and Two Privates Recognized ‘By Premier With the American Army in France, Monday, March 4. By the Associated Press. The first Americans to win the new American medals for bravery in action prob- | | -ably will be.men who parti- | |. eipated in Friday’s success- | ful fight with the Germans | in the: Toul ector. Among | them, undoubtedly, will be some, if not all, of the men. | | wha were decorated yester- day by Premier Clemenceau. The fighting records of | | the various soldiers are “compiled and on’ ‘these _re- cords recommendations will be made by the general com- manding the division... The data is being: gathered care- fully so as'to. make certain that none will ‘be honored | especially for simply doing _ his duty. | The entire American eisoailionar? force is waiting to ‘see who among | them will be the first to get the first American medals. ; A German gun in perfect condition, | - | which was captired by the Americans [jest week may be sent to ‘Washing- on. of ammunition is now in possession of | intelligence officers. Those Decorated. It. is now permissible to give the! names of the men decorated yesterday | by the premier, They are: i _ Lieutenant Joseph Canby, Brooklyn, | A ‘Lieutenant William | Charleston, 8. C. Sergent Patrick ‘Walsh, Detroit. | Sergent William Norton, Arkansas. | Private “Buddy” Pittman, Brooklyn, N.Y. | Private Alvin Soily, St. Louis. | The sergents have been in the army | for many years. Both the privates distinguished | themselves by running through the barrage laid down by the Germans} during the raid and delivering mess. | ages. : | Lieutenants Canby and Coleman went out into No Man’s Land in day- light and each took a German prison- er. Sergent. Norton killed. a German: lieutenant and two soldiers. He was} challenged by the lieutenant to leave his dugout and led out his men fight-! ‘ing. Sergent Walsh took command of | a detachment in front of the wire when his captain was killed, and con- tinued the fight. | | WITNESSES HOME. FROM GATE CITY| |Hazen People Testified’ as to Lincoln Day Disgrace | Coleman, inte i |) Hazen, N. D., March 5.—Witnesses | from the Expansion school district who. went to Fargo to testify before the federal grand jury there as to the | Lineoin day depredations of sons of | German families in that vicinity, who are alleged to have broken up a Lin- !coln day program then in progress, tearing down and trampling in the ; mud an American flag and mutilating a portrait of Lincoln, have returned from the Gate City. "A hearing of | those implicated was ‘held here be- | forea-local justice of the peace, who} {referred all of the evidence to the | federal grand jury. It is not known that any indictments have been re-| turned. | ———— | AMERICANS REPULSE | HUNS'IN LORRAINE. | ! | Paris, March 5—A German at- | [tack last ‘night on the trenches | |\hetd by American forces in Lor. |. raine was repulsed, the French | | official statement issued today an- | nounced. A | cal. Co. of Connecticut, and the | | U.S. MEDALS’ NAMES OF MEN PUBLISHED | 4 ONCE MOREOUR The weapon with several belts |: |Lorraine front, were active ipatrol work in which they took | that the case be taken from the jury | j because the government had failed to| | Shipment Valued at at’ $30,000: Is. Ree +. | | JAPAN ABSORBED IN i THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM Bae {| to London: By The Associated | Press—The Russian situation is | | completely absorbing the press | | and the public. There have been | | frequent meetings of the Japanese | cabinet, at which, doubtless, the | entire question was considered | | most carefully with the full realiz- | | | ation of the serious nature of the | { pesponelbilities involved. - SAMMIES SHOW _ UPHUN FORCES Germans Driven Back Last Night After Sudden Attack on American Front | TAKE SEVERAL ‘PRISONERS (Associated Press) Once more, the American troops, holding the sector east of St. Mihiel, in French. Lorraine [have proved themselves more \than a match for the Germans. Another of the numerous sud- ‘|den‘strokes the Germans on this front: have: been « ‘launching re- cently upon, the American _posi- tion was driven in-last night, ap- parently with considerable force as the attack was one to warrant ‘notice in today’s French official statement. It was met firmly by the' Americans, however, as ;was last week’s German ‘thrust in the same region, and’ the ene- my was driven back. © Besides repulsing the enemy attack, the Americans on the in prisoners a number of { a number of Germans. AMIDON HOLDS JURY CLOSELY TO INDICTMENT Instructions of Federal Jurist | Reminiscent of Kate O’Hare Claims Fargo, N. D., March 5.—The case of | the government against Henry Von Bank, president of a school district in North Dakota, on trial here for viola- tion of the espionage act, was given to the jury at 12:30 today after a mo-| tion made by the defendant's counsel | prove the offense charged in the in-; dictment had been overruled by Fed- eral Judge Amidon. In instructing the jury, Judge Ami- statements, ‘that he would rather see} a pair of old trousers flying from the school house flag pole than an Ameri- can flag,” and whether the language used by him was made with the delib- erate intent and purpose of causing | insubordination, mutiny, disloyalty, ori disregard of duty in the military and | naval forces of the United States, The jury, he said, must ngt fnd the defend- ant guilty on the grounds of disloy- | alty but guilty or not guilty of the par- ticular crime charged in the indict-| ment. GEORGE AND STEWART PAY VISIT TO GATE CITY COUNCIL U. C. T.; John L. George, grand’ counciltor for the Dakota-Minnesota domain of the United Commercial Travelers, and Dan Stewart, past councillor ¢f ine ‘Gate City lodge, have returned from Fargo, where on Saturday evening the grand councillor paid a tormal visit to Fargo Council No. 65. The Ladtes’ auxiliary, a feature of the council | which Fargo, the ‘social ‘feature of t the os hap | the Bismarck \visit. fs report that’ ctke ladies made a huge} sMCcess of at | H | ‘Tokio, March 2, via Shanghai | | "BRITISH, FRENCH AND ENGLISH — AMBASSADORS IN TOKIO 1K GOVERNMENT TO USE FREEHAND German Propaganda in n Siberia Will Be Opposed as Orient= als See Fit—Mlitary Stores at Vladivostok to Be Guarded From the Huns TEUTON DOMINATION IN RUSSIA ASSURED | | Central Powers to Decide Fate of Conquered Territories Under Treaties , | Japan, reports indicate, : will {act soon to protect Allied. inter- Heste in eastern. Siberia. Press: ~+|dispatches received in. London: | say that the British, French: and: |Italian ambassadors ‘in * Tokio: jhave or will immediately ask the jJapanese government to take whatever action it may consider necessary to oppose German stores at Viadivostok.- It is be- lieved in Washington that: mili- tary activity by Japan is immi- nent. Need for Japanese action has been ‘increased, it is felt; by the signing of peace by the Bolshev- iki and German invasion of ‘Fin- land. Also there are further:re- ports of the hostile attitude: of the Bolsheviki-element in’Sit j as'well as of thé thousands of released Austro-German ... war prisoners who have: been: armed and drilled: ' A‘-belated dispatch from Pekin says that’ Ruestan forces are menacing the frontier of China, or eastern ‘Turkestan. . Turkish and German agents have been active in.this'te attempting to arouse ‘; th hamniedans against the’ chide government, Beha German Dominion. is Articles of the, treaties sig; bi Russia and the cehtral powers ¢ Py nat go into detail. but-Gernian.dominatfon © fthe territory taken from Russia iis assured. Article 3, :: provides : that Germany and Austria shall be permit- ted to decide the fate. of the, ‘terri- tories “in the agreement with: their population.” The new Russian fron- tier from the Gulf of Finland. to the Caspian sea is to be determined’ la- ter but Russia is to evacuate Anatolta, and surrender the provinces Batouin, Kars, Ervian—the remaining portions ; Many tens of } legion. This the ‘Belgians construe jof Ancient Armenia—to the Turks. j, This territory has a combined area ; of -20,000 square miles, and a” popu- | lation of more than 1,600,000. Roumania Accepts. Berlin announces officially. that Rou- | mania has acepted the German, armi- Stice conditions. The peace negotia- tions were interrupted last: week by the sending of the previous armistice jand it was necessary to agree to a | mew one before peace por parlours | could be continued. In the Verdun. sector, a French Bur. | prise attack at the Calomne trenches attackers forward, 600 yards on a front of 1,200 yards to.the carried the | German fourth line. The French took 150 prisoners. American artillery has | DISLOYALTY NOT AN ISSUE) shelled effectively, a large, assemblage of German troops in the sector north- west of Toul. The German artillery fire, however, has slackened consid: erably. SIX TONS OF YARN | FOR THE LUCAS CO, Received by Big Store : Six tons of Red: Cross ‘yarn;: vi alued don told them that they should de-! } at $30,000, were received by the A.W. termine what was the nature of the| Lucas | language used by the defendant.in his; Co, today for distribution throughout the state. The Lucas, Co. since the war began has. handled’ for the Red Cross units of: North. patie thousands’ of dol} worth of the approved yarns u: th the manufacture of sweaters, mufflers, sox, wristlets and. other articles fee the boys in the/trenches. GERMAN, AGENTS ‘TRY. >. TO. BLAME BELGIANS ‘Washington, Mar.’ 5. — How’ the Bel. | gian people are defying: their cone military masters in protesting | the effort to séparate Flanders from the rest of Belgium and the deporta- tion of: judges who sought ‘to: inter- fere, is described in an official dis- patch teceived ‘today at the ‘Belgian as SINN ieee wand ‘ had’ been well worked ott in seat tor