The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER | Cloudy. s RUSSIAN CAPITAL SOON, TO FAL PRICE FIVE CENTS.. SAMMIES| DOSE THE HUNS WITH THEIR OWN MEDICINE MILWAUKEE OVERWHELMINGLY ENDORSES THE BERGER MONSTER MAJORITY Socialist Pro-German Candidate Receives as Many Votes in Beer City as Lenroot and Thompson Combined in Toga Contest REPLY FROM RACE VERY CLOSE IN G. O. P. RANKS LaFollette Standard-Bearey Run- | ning Loyalist Candidate Stern Chase Milwaukee, Wis., Mar. 20. —Reports from all but seven counties in the state up to 1:30 o’clock today, gave Lenroot, loyalist republican, a lead of 2,488 over Thomp- son. With some counties complete and most of the vote reported in others, Len- root had 61,663, and Thomp- son, 59,175. Milwaukee, Wis., March 20.— Outstanding features of yester-| day’s loyalty primary were a five-fold increase in the socialist vote, the overwhelming victory of Joseph E. Davies, for the dem- ocratic senatorial nomination, and the close race between Irvine L. Lenroot, the loyalist candi- date,.and James Thompson, who carried the banner of the LaFol- lette republicans in the senator- ial/race of that party. Lenroot’s supporters main- tained that what advantage there was on returns up to 11/ o'clock rested with Lenroot. With 14 counties missing, scat- tered reports’ from: 57 gave Len- root 56,696, and Thompson 54,- 763. The missing. counties and precincts are: so. situated as to make an accurate forecast im- possible, although it appeared that Lenroot’s ‘home district which is always slow to report, would give him a majority suffi- cient to overcome that of Thomp- son in the city and county of Milwaukee. It may be days be- fore the deciding votes are in from the backwoods. In Milwaukee, Berger cut heavily into the Thompson vote, and polled practically as many as Lenroot and Thompson together. ‘Ihe Milwaukee vote on fairly complete returns was Berger, 15,496; Thompson, 9,' 917; and Lenroot, 6,181. ‘Socialist Vote Impressive. It was generally conceded that it was only the heavy socialist vote which prevented the nomination of ‘Thompson by an unmistakable mar- gin. In the state legislature, the Socialist members ordinarily vote with the La- Follette faction. In Milwaukee the socialist vote for municipal officers in the non-partisan primary was even more impressive. Mayon Hoan, socialist, received the highest number of votes of any of: the four candidates. estimated close- ly at 20,823. Under the nonpartisan! primary system, the two receiving the highest number of votes become the candidates at the regular election. ‘The socialists also nominated all their men for all cily offices and six of the aldermen at jarge. Narrowing Lenroot’s Lead, Returns from scattered precincts up to noon, with 14 counties missing, nar- rowed Lenroot’s lead, according to computings by the Milwaukee Journal. It showed Lenroot 60,643, Thompson 60,109; Berger 33,799. Ot the missing counties, all but Waushara and, Marquette were claim- ed as normally favorable to Lenroot, ‘by the Lenroot leaders. Five of them are in Lenroot’s congressional dis- trict. OVERMAN BILL CONTAINS ALL WILSON ASKS; Measure Gives. President More|* Power Than He Now Enjoys in Conduct of War Washington, D. C., March 20.—Re- taining substaitially the legislation asked by President Wilson to give eh’ mpowers to reorganize and co- ordinate government departments and agencies in prosecuting the war, the Overman bill advanced as an adminis- tration substitute for the senate mili- tary committee war cabinet and mu- nitions director measures, was order- ed favorably reported today ‘by the senate judiciary committee by & vote of 81.to.7, get Be yaoimneise 9 : anil patie ofl) 19. A984 tent * KAISER, GIVING HOLLAND MAY BE EN ROUTE Answer on Seizure of Ships Ex-| pected From Netherlands This Evening < CONDITION UNACCEPTABLE Not Believed Allies Can Agree to} Terms Suggested by Dutch Government | EXPECT REPLY FROM _ | HOLLAND BY TONIGHT | | i) | . Washington, D. C., March | | 20.—Holland’s reply in the ; | shipping negotiations is on | | the cables, the government | | was advised today and is ex- ; | pected to arrive before | ; night. | CONDITIONS NOT ACCEPTED. London, Eng., March 20.—The con- ditions laid down by the Dutch foreign minister for the acceptance of the de- mands of the Associated governments as’ regards. taking over the Dutch: spip-| | ping are not likely to be acceytable to! | use. governments, according to Reu- ter’s dispatch from the Hegue. today. it adds, however, that -a concession | may: be made to the extent that the arming! of the Dutch vessels may- not} ve insisted upon. i CLAXTON ASKS EX-PEDAGOGUES | TO COME BACK Hopes to Recruit Depleted Ranks . of Teachers From Re- tired Veterans The bureau of education states that Commissioner of Education Claxton is now appealing to the patriotism uf! former scnool*teachers to nil the rank of the teaching profession depleted by the war, and to school and state authorities to repeal the existing laws which prohibit married women from teaching in the pudlic schools. The following statement is author- ized by the Commissioner: “From every part of the couniry come reports of large numbers of teachers leaving the schools ot county and city to enter some brarch of the! military service of the country or tu engage in clerical, commercial or in4 dustrial occupations at salaries much larger than those received as teach. ers. Reports from normal schools indi- cate that numbers of students graduat- | ed from them this spring will be less | than las year, Unless something can be done to relieve the situation the places of many trained and experienc- ed teachers will be taken by young; veachers without experience or profes- sional training. There are, however, in the country, scores of thousands of persons, most- ly women of good scholarship and training, who have had successful ex- perience as teachers but who have retired from active service, Many of these might render valuable service again in schools, as a means of relief in the present crisis. 1 recommend,} that they be called again into active service and that laws, ordinances and regulations of school boards ptohibit- ing maried women from teaching in Dubtte schools be suspended or repeal- The Commissioner urges that norm al schools give special courses this summer to former teachers, to en. able them to enter’ the work again. MOST MEAT EATEN | ON MEATLESS DAYS | LLIB EEE | Washington, D. C., March 20.—Meatless days have not conserved the meat supply, Joseph P. Cotton, head of the. administration’s meat division, told the senate in- vestigating committee, but on: the other hand he be- lieved there had been mpre AVIATORS, TAKE VALETS ALONG! { Aviators need valets. As this pic- ture shows the clothes they have to wear to keep them from getting num> from the cold are so ‘bulky that they can’t well get into them alone. Note the warm wool lining of the outer suit which is worn over their “regular clothes. WILSON NAMES COMMISSION ON PRICE FIXING Prominent Administrative Offi- .cials on Board to Pass on Purchases Washington, D.-C:, March 20.—The creation of a price % commis.:on wider the war indus‘r ard which will pass upon all basi w mater: ials pu sed by the government aad establish a price fixmg policy from time to time to be aporovel vy the president as annonised today by uhe council of national defense. The committee is comprised of the following: Robert S. Brook: , of the war in- dustries board, Vrigadier General P. E. Pierce, surveyor gener: al of supplies for the war. cep: paymaster, John Hanco bureau of supplies and ac navy; fuel administrator W. Taussig, chairman of commission; of the federal trade commission; Hugh Frayne, of the war industries board; Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the war industries board, and an ohter civilian member to be appoint- ed later. tariff the W. J. Harries, chairman DUAL SLAYER HAS HEARING Preliminary Examination to Be| Held at Linton This - Afternoon | Linton, N, D., March 20.—Clarence White, charged with the murder of! Charles D. Sloan 1d R, S. Piatt at ‘Hazelton on March 4, was brought here today for preliminary hearing. Immediately following’ his arrest, White was transferred to the bur- leigh county jail at Bismarck, because of the loca) prisoa being in an un- sanitary condition. e White will be arraigned on two charges of murder, He first shot and killed his former employer, Charles D. Sloan, following a brief altercation) on the streets of Hazelton, Later, af-| ter White had given himself up to the ‘Hazelton village constable, but ‘be- fore the latter -had deprived the killer of his gun, Ki: S. Piatt, a brother-in-| law of Sloan, met his death at White's hands while endeavoring to avenge the murder of his brother-in-law. White is a southerner and a crack shot. He has taken the tragedy and subsequent arrest and imprisonment’ very calmly. At Bismarck he was re- ported. to have been a model prisoner during the two weeks of his incarcer- ation there. A great number of Haz- eleton people will appear at White’s hearing as witnesses. Some of the idence which has ‘been brought out} since the killing appears of a damag- ing naturé, but it will not be known until today’s hearing how well sub- stantiated these reports are, White is a single man. Sloan was the father of a large family, having a married daughter residing near Hazelton. Pi- att, who was but 29 years old, repre- senting the Standard Oil Co.. at Hazel- meat consumed on those bandh than usual. ton, leaves a young widow. The Sloan estate. is - oné of the largest in Em-| mons: County.) eigQlo ISAMMIES GI +! guns of the same calibre came into ;| sitions and took their guns with them. | draw. ‘shots were exchanged. The Ameri- | cans came through unscathed, but it is; | torious fell within the American lines. BAKER PARTY HAS TASTE OF THE BIG WAR —_—— Huge Shell Explodes’ Within' Forty Yards of Secretary’s Machine Pershing Approves Award for Extraordinary Heroism— Gas Attack'Made With the American Army in France, Tuesday, March 20.—While Secretary of War Baker and his party were re- turning today from the American front line trenches, a German 1.05 mil- ometer’'shell ‘burst: along the roadside within 40 yards of the automobile. ‘The occu- pants of the car were not in- jured. The secretary visited an advanced listening post and | talked with the officers and men. ‘Approves Merit Award. General Pershing, the American commander in chief, has approved the! twarding of the first. new American military crosses for extraordinary heroism. - The reciipents ‘are Lieuten- ant John. O. Green, Sargent William Norton and Sargent Patrick Walsh. . Make Gas Attack. American “artillery on the Toul! front has heavily attacked the Ger- mans with gds shells during the last day or so, it is now: permitted to an- nounce. Four different attacks were launched. and from the manner in} | which the enemy was silenced it is | avident they had the desired effect., German Plane Chased. Away. During one period When the gas shells were flying ove the enemy lines Jest night, a (German aeroplane}! with a red tail Nght appeared over | the American lines‘and dropped a red rocket for what purpose it is not) known. However, shrapnel from Amer- ican anti-aircraft batteries burst so ,ear the German that he was immed- iotely. afterwards forced to fly for ais own lines. Last night the enemy ‘observation tower and positions on Montso were shelled heavily and heavy fire direct- ed against the enemy lineg today. At noon today the enemy opened lively fire on one of the American positions with a 37 milimeter gun, from the cem-| etery at Richcourt. The American action, and after they had fired 50 shells, the Germans ran from the po-| The American guns then shelled the village of Lahayville, where two heavy éxplosions, apparently of munitions | stores, were caused. The German artillery directed most! of its attention to dropping a few gas! shells into one or two towns within! the American lines, and shelling a cross road known as Death Corner. Enter German Lines. Last night American patrols en- tered the German front lines at two points, but did not see a single enemy; soldier, although they hunted some time. Another patrol remained in the| enemy wire entanglements all night! | hoping to ambush an expected enemy | party, but it did not appear, A third) patrol party was discovered by the! eGrmans, who hurled hand grenades} 'and forced the Americans to with-; Still another established con-| tact with enemy patrols and a few! unknown what happened to the Ger-| mans. Many aeroplanes were up un-; til it began to rain at noon, One| aeroplane from the rear of the Ameri-| can line drove off two Boche ma- chines, ‘after a thrilling battle in and out of the clouds. Another aeroplane was engaged against a German, when @ second German engaged in the fight. A friendly German cam e up to assist, | ‘but it was too late for the aeroplane the Americans hoped would be vic- On the sector east of Luneville the) artillery continues active, and few American patrols have reached the en- emy lines. One party encountered an enemy patrol and forced the Germans to with raw after a sharp skirmish. —————_ PLANE DROPS oe HUN MUSTARD BOMBS | 1 | | With the American Army | | in France, Tuesday, March | | | 19.—(By Associated Press) | —A German aeroplane, both | | last night and this morning, | | | flew-over the American sec- | | for northwest of Toul and | | | dropped rubber balls 18 | | inches in .diameter, filled | | This is the first time, so far | | as is known, that an aero- | | with liquidfied mustard gas. | plane has been thus em- | ployed. IN CROSSES} } | struck and killed ‘Magnus. |. ; Highest wind velocity OCCUPATION OF PETROGRAD BY THE GERMANS NOW ONLY MATTER OF FEW HOURS; RUSSIAN CAPITAL AWAITS ITS DOOM WITH CALMNESS THE FAMOUS MOSCOW GATE Entrance to Russian Capital Through Which Victorious German Army Is Expected to Make Its Grand Entry “TOWNLEY AND ee een CAN BE DEPORTED i AS UNDESIRABLE Washington, D. C., March | | 20,—Investigation has con- , vinced the department of ‘| justice that the two men and two women claiming French ; citizenship recently arrested in connection with the Ger- i man spy ring, can only be | classed as undesirable. citi- zens rather than as ‘spies. On ‘this conclusion, they will i be deported. CHARGE FARMER | WITH SLAYING. Coroner’s Jury at Moorhead Says Farm Hand Killed by Magnus Auto Moorkhead, Minn. March 20.—A coroner’s jury in the inquest into the death of M. Magnus, a farm hand, whose body was found on a road near Dilworth, Minn., late Saturday, today rettirned| a verdict declaring that George S. Barnes, a wealthy farmer living near Glyndon, Minn., was the direct cause of Magnus’ death and that, in their opinion, Magnus was killed by the automobile driven by Barnes while ‘he was under the influ- of liquor. nes denies that his automobile Police of ficiales of Fargo, who ‘arrested him Saturday night testified that he had made the statement that he had/ struck a man out on the road and that he was in an intoxicated condi- ition. A preliminary hearing will be held tomorrow before Judge E, U. Wade, HUN EFFORTS TO INVOLVE SWEDES REPORTED TODAY Washington, D. C., aMrch 20.—Ger- many is charged in official dispatches, reaching here today from France at- tempting to have forced Sweden to become a participant in the Brest- Litosk conferences for settlement of questions affecting the Baltic. ‘THE WEATHER * >) ‘For twenty-four hours ending at: noon, ‘Mar. 20. Temperature at 7 a. m. . Temperature at noon . s Sty Highest yesterday . is Bs Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night 37 Precipitation ....... ‘None . 1485! Forecast. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy: tonight and Thursday; somewhat | * cooler tonight. Lowest Cepneraress Fargo ...... 38 Williston . Bf St. Paul 40 Winnipeg . 2 Helena . a Chicago .. 2 ‘Swift Current . Kansas City .. +. 48 ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Metecrologist in New York, on suspicion || +) . 42] FRAZIER TALK TO DELEGATES |President of Nonpartisans and League Governor on St. Paul Program | |DR A F TING RESOLUTIONS Committee Preparing Draft to Be Adopted by Convention —Ticket Endorsed St. Paul, Minn. March 20.—A, C.{ | Nonpartisan league, and Governor L. ;J. Frazier are thte principal speak-| ler: today’s session of the league |whic hopened a three-day program there yesterday. | The endorsement of a ticket for | state offices and the adoption of plat- | form resolutions by the delegates was} completed ‘yesterday and, with most | of the real work of the convention out of the way, the remaining sessions will be given over to a series of ad- dresses. The resolutions committee is still at work drafting a set of resolutions | to be presented today or tomorrow for | | adoption by the general convention. REVELATION OF | » Townley, president of they ‘National HUNS WITHIN 150 MILES OF DESTINATION Great Anxiety Exhibited Over Enveloping Movement of Central Powers |WARSHIPS HAVE ESCAPED Fifteen Vessels at Odesea Eluded Capture— People Still With Entente London, March 20.—Occupa- tion of Petrograd by the Ger- mans is only a matter of hours, according to dispatches from Petrograd to several of the morn- ing newspapers. The Russian capital is said to be assuming a waiting attitude, and is not dis- playing the slightest sign of or- ganized resistance. --. The Germans are reported: in: a Reuter dispatch from. Petro- grad to have reached the. vicin- ity ofg{Mno station, about’. 150 |milesyaguth of Petrograd: “Tie Austrs- German advance. iti southern Russia continues. ; The enemy has occupied Soumhy, five hours’ march from Kharkov, the dispatch says. The various. re- ports from Russia also. a eet ithe greatest, anxiety over whi ‘appears to be -an. enveloping movement the Austro-G forces are carrying out Moscow. There is. talk of, mov- ing the government to:Sharjot, |(probably Saratoff, 450:miles: isoutheast of Moscow) ; or to Nichi Novgorod (265 ‘miles northeast of Moscow.) RUSSIAN SHIPS ESCAPE. Washington, D. C., March 20.—Rus- sian warships at Odessa escaped to | Sebastopol when the Germans’ took Odessa, according to a dispatch to the state department today from, Ameri- can Consul Summers, at Moscow. Re- cent press dispatches quoted Berlin authorities as declaring that_15 ships were taken when the city was occu- pied. RUSSIA STILL WITH ENTENTE Moscow, Tuesday, March 19.—(By The Associated Press)-Russia’s réla- tions with the Entente are unchanged, M. Tchitcherin, the Bolsheviki. for- eign minister, declared in an inter- view with the Associated Press cor- respondent today. More friendly re lations were being e;tablished with the United States, he added, and he commented on President Wilson’s mes- sage to Russia as showing that Amer- lice would not take aggressive action | against her. | 1. W. W. SCHEMES COMING TODAY, i —_ | Government Attorneys Expected ; to Disclose Plans for | Sabotage | —— ee | { Chicago, Ill, ‘March 20.—Revelation | of the nature of the propaganda the! I. W. W. was spreading broadcast was! | expected to be made today by the gov. | | emment in its answer to the organ-! | ization’s court effort to procure the; return of documents seized in raids| | throughout the country. | The reasons for the governnsent causing indictment of 166 I, W. W. ; members, 115 of whom. have been rested, will be set forth in the answer! ¥/to be filed in United States district | | courte and which also will. waive de-| was said to have been dispatched urrer. | nthe proceeding follows requests of| the organization's attorney that the! )Zovernment show cause why the pa-/ pers seized in many cities should not | be weturned. Extracts will be present: | ed from various books on sabotage, it] iis said, calling on men in the war | dustries and cantonments to work and jdraw pay, but to do poor and bung: | lng work, interfering with results | | wherever possible. || ILLINOIS AIRMAN DIES IN TEXAS FIELD San Antonio, Tex:, March ' 20.—First Lieutenant Wal- , | | ter Johnson, 22 years old, of ‘*| Belleville, Ill., was instantly | | | killed this morning when the | || Canadian Curtiss — plane, | | | which he was driving, fell | i 1500 feet at Kelly Field. + _$| /AMERICA WAITS - FOR WORD FROM DUTCH ON SHIPS Actual Requisition Will Not Take Place Until Holland Is Heard From ‘Washington, D. C., ‘March 20.—Re- | quisition of Dutch ships in American |waters still awaited word’ from Lon- don at noon today and officials indicat- ed that actual seizure would not take | Place until the Netherlands govern- ment had -been heard trom, Reply to the American and British demand | thru London, but it has not yet been received here. All departments of the government which will take part in the seizure were ready to take part as soon as the proclamation is given. A procla- mation by president Wilson announc- ‘ing the requisition and: the reasons | for it was prepared-and signed yester- day ready for issuance. ‘MORE. SAMMIES* 3 TO GET CROSS : FOR GALLANTRY, | With the American Army in‘france ; )March 20.—Citation of “threé more | American soldiers carying with it the | war cross was announced at the head- | | quarters today, while on the Lane- | | ville sector six officers, six rargeants, and two privates were the war Cross atian impressive eerémony Just back of the. firing ne...