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

; | mons county farmer, at Hazelton on March 4, THE WEATHER Probably showers tonight. THIRTY EIGHTH YEAR. .No. 134. / ‘imoeai NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918. ~ GO TO WHITE'S FATE RESTS WITH iuRY REFUSES TO DRAG SCANDAL INTO, CONSIDERATION OF CASE “Mrs. Piatt Nor Her Reputation Are at Stake in This Trial,” Scott Cameron Dramatically Tells Jury in Closing Statement —Widows of Murdered Men Follow Closely Addresses to the . Jury—Defendant Is Unmoved Throughout the Trial—Tells His Story of the Shooting ; . f WHITE GETS TEN YEARS = After three hours’ deliberation the jury , which tried Clarence White of Hazelton for } the murder of Charles D. Sloan, wealthy Em- found White guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced him ‘to 10 years in ‘| the penitentiary. — P > Glarence White’s case went to the jury early Thursday after- noon, after vigorous addresses to the jury by Scott Cameron, state attorney of Emmons county, and E. T. Burke, former supreme court justice, who is counsel for the defense. -. Any effort.to drag in Mrs. Piatt or her.alleged relations with the defendant was carefully avoided by State's Attorney Cam- eron. “Mrs. Piatt or her reputation are not in this case,” he em- phatically told the jury in his closing argument Thursday morn- ing. | “Why she has been dragged into the case is not material. The sole question is,-did Clarence White kill Charlie Sloan in the White shot Sloan in self-defense. || He hinted at a family scandal,|| which ‘was a-major portion . of ee story told late: Wednes-! | peuced’ an ‘Austrian’ batt OA athole tragedy, Mr Burke | tae prrarconere eae contained in rested.upon Sloan's account| | Ki leged.i per‘relations be-|/ tween Mrs. att nd the defend- “He went. to Piatt and aid that he has’ seen Mrs. Piatt sit-/ Washington, D. C., May 23—Def- | aeeune ment. th: er Pellegrini and his White's: ‘cheek. ME White was) in- consolable ‘because ‘of’ the loss of wee Cees Aowd. charged .th judge charged .the|. iury ee, Conga the: idianer hour. “tne widgws of the: two. ‘mur- dered -memsat through the argu-' ments'of'thé attortieys, follow ing the recital of thé testimony | closely. “Piatt told me on Sunday, the day before the shooting, that if I” denied Sloan’s charges that I had been im- H “BACK OF LINES Casualties ‘Among Patients and ‘.Staffs of Hospitals: Thot _to Number 100 NO AMERICANS IN. LISTS ; |, Aetna Chemical. plant were-ac- || tually. “going off.” No, the pho- ped et the explosives vat the tographer ‘didn’t have an ad- vance tip, that the disaster was coming—but explosions contin- ued: thrpoghout : the afternoon, and the camera man, arriving on the scene after the first. blasts. ke teint: waited: -until “it exploded. Just ‘after the’ photographer, got him on: the tank and yelled: “Hey, benzine in there! Beat it!’ He did—just in time. ‘The picture below shows what wap left of the main building after the explosions, which left the whole plant and the town of Oakdale (Pittsburgh suburb). as well, in ruins. THE: BISMARCK. TRIBUNE ne UTFANE TT A LAST. EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. . OR GO TO WAR mow" his lens: on. the chemical building” this picture a watchman. saw’'-” 4 ~~ IBVERY MAN OF DRAFT AGE IS CONSCRIPTED Deferred Classifications, Given No Consideration Under New General: Order AFFECTS BASEBALL ‘MEN Men of Big: Leagues Must Enter Essential Occupations or Join Fighters Washington, D. C., May 23.—Every man of draft age must work or fight aft- er July 1 under a drastic amendment to the selective service regulations . an- nounced today. Not only idlers, but all draft registrants engaged in what ‘are held to be non- useful occupations, are to be hailed before the local board and given the choice of a new job or the army. NO DEFERRED CLASSIFICA. TION Deferred . classifications granted on account of de- pendents will be disregarded manner charged by the state?” | entirely in. applying the : ae Heaiacieots ans ti : {ALIANT COMANOER Hayy A rae may be at . r. Burke’s defense was tha’ ! om oO! SS or in AN’ DME” NCAPTURED, | Class IV and if he. falls within the regulation. and refuges: to take; useful. em- “ployment he will be\given a new number in’ Clase I that. will: send him into the mili- tary service forthwith. - Lo- cal boards aré authorizéd to ‘use diocretien “onl = dap they find enforced chatige of. ‘employment - would ~ force undue hardship on his de- ‘ pendents... . HITS BASEBAL “PLAYERS| : Provost ‘Marshal Geteral , Mate nec tice “work of. ight” r tions may re- quire professional ‘ baseball’ players either to! enigage:in , Some useful ‘occupation’ or : join the army. : ~ v3) Te Solve Labor Picola Both the militaryjauthori¥es: and de- partment of labor, officials ‘believe. it will go a long way toward solving the labor problem for farmers, ship- builders and other war ‘ industries. The list will be extended fram time to time as necessity requires. To prosecute Slackers. Slackers who leave the country to iproperly | fijendly{ =" Mrs. ‘Piatt, S Fy . . f | he (Sloan) "would ill me” teatitiea [Large Hospital to Which United on tholrraturne (2 eee {Clarence ‘White, who on March 4 States Workers Were At- ; ae shot and killed Charles D. Sloan and sate ere G R. 8. Plat at Hazelton. tached Thot Safe ‘ \ EI HT Ot OUT OF OF White was the only witness called é : T HUN GUNS to the stand in his own behalf... He s . With the British “Army OUT OF FIGHT traced the beginning of ill feeling between himself and Sloan, his former employer and benefactor, to one day. in early spring. White testified’ that |" Sloan had brought im a load of hogs to Hazelton and that he, the defendant had, sought to assist him in building in Francé, May 23.—Ger- man airmen ‘have again pitals behind the lines, and this time have killed and tent pf his loss when his left hand was torn off in acorn shredder last fall. He broke down, and went into the house, crying. He had been liv- ing with the Piatt’s while recuperat- ing from his injury. Mrs. Piaft, in a sympathetic mood, seated herself on a couch beside White and rested one hand on his shoulder. Sloan, coming in suddenty, discovered Mrs. Piatt and White in this attitude, and, White testified, immediately charged them with improper conduct. Both Mrs.| ~ Piatt and White entered energetic de-| nial, but Sloan would not be convinc-} ed, and two days later before the killing, White testified, Sloan inform- ed Piatt that his young wife and White were lovers. Piatt, wild with rage, accused his wite and White on Sunday, May 3,| one day prior to the killing. White! and Mrs. Piatt reiterated their de- nials. Piatt demanded that they face Sloan with him and before Sloan deny the group. Included in the casualty lists are the names of sev- erql sisters, who stood by their posts. NO AMERICANS KILLED There is in the neighbor- hood one large hospital and another in which there are American workers, but neither of these appear to have suffered. Last sum- mer a number of American doctors and nurses . were killed and wounded when these same hospitals were raided by the Germans. This latest horror was perpetrated Sunday night apparently by 4 squadrons bombed heavily British hos- | IS UNDER WAY Tract of 320 South of Beach Is KRAMER. BANK‘ TO PLEAD Charged with Cutting ‘Down Crop by Seizing Farmer’s Seed Wheat for Debt “Since you have repudiated your contract with me, after | had the seed in the ground, | wish to call your attention to the follow- ing ofder issued today by the North Dakota Council of De- fense,” H. G. Garber of the depart, ment of justice.today wired C. H. Blanchard of Orange, Calif, in serving upon him an order of the state council directing that Gar- ber take over 320 acres in Gold- en Vailley owned by Blanchard, -cropping the same to flax prior to June 15 on the terms Uecreed this May 23.—North Da- was medicted todav by Harry «. bur, state executive secretary. ELBOWOODS BOY BADLY HURT IN Private Joe Younghawk of Ber- thold Reservation Listed with Injured } Washington, D. (., May 23.--The | army casualty list today contained $3 names, divided as follows: H NORTH DAKOTA WILL REACH $500, 000 MARK BY THE END OF WEEK IN RED CROSS DRIVE + $100,000,000 North Dakota’s quota is ATTACK ON HUN, Wilbur's 's prediction was based on par- $407,800. J *SisTER OF PARNELL ! ? DIES IN WORKHOUSE. London, May 23:—A_ sensation | was created in Dublin today by the ; | death in the workhouse hospital of ; Mrs. Emma Ricketts, sister of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, the : famous Irish patriot. i HEAVY QUAKE RECORDED AT ry college, 200 VOLUNTEER | SOLDIERS WILL Men to Be Recruited from All Parts of Country and Given Mechanical Course Fargo, N, D. May 23.—Two hun- dred volunteer soldiers will be train- ;| ed in special lines at the ‘North Dakota College of Agriculture, beginuing June 15, it was announced today; by E. R. Keene, dean of engineering of the who will direct the work. The training course will ;consist of j automobile repairing, forging, concrete work, wireless and carpentry. Deane Keene is given a’ faculuty of 15 members to train the men, who are | now being recruited throughout the | country. INTERMITTENT SHELING. Paris, ‘May 23.—There was intermit- | WASHINGTON tent shelling on the river Avre, last | Splendid Marksmanship Shown by Sammies in Silencing German Batteries 4 ‘ a pen for them. When he, (White) Taken Over by. Department Fargo, N. D., Comrie discovered that he could not drive voanacd poet ag Lain ‘ y, Le 3 kota will exceed the $500.00) mari] tial reports irom several counties , With the American Army in Trance, a nail with his one remaining hand,| _ the personnel and patients of Justice Official in the Red Cross drive by the end of| which show moze than $217,009 Wednesday, May 23.—(By ithe Assocl- he for the first time realized the ex-| of the different hospitals in y : {he week when the drive ¢) . it} In the Ked war fund drive for @°Vejated Press)—The accuracy of ‘the re ‘i ‘ American artillery fire on the Picardy front is attested by information: that eight out of ten :German. batiories, which have been active in, bombard- ing the American positions have béen destroyed by the American, artillery- ment since their éntry int> this sec- tor. Direct hits were obtained. in most instances. In addition to this the American Sines have torn up the enemy rear Ines. UNLIMITED POWER FOR PRES. WILSON Secretary Baker to Appear at Conference on Draft Washington, D. C., May -23.—After a conference between Secretary Baker and Chairman Dent of the Rouse mil- itary committee today the committee arranged to have the secretary ap the charges. “Sloan says if you do rs tate not confess and tell the truth he will) Of enemy airplanes, which week by the state council, i. €, | kiled in action 14; died of wounds [night, th ewar office announced to-| . ” ref that theowner, if the land already ON e * wo z | pear today at a session designed to Kile You, Wilte, cymes the defendant's compres nines re ” has been culitvated, shall receive 12;\dled of, disease. a pcvounided nt Shock: d by U: |day. troli th | give tthe president unlimited’ power testimony. score of machines. reat verely wounded slightly 4: miss- iocks. Hincaaehs niversit: French detachments patroling in the | ae ‘ Ms g 25 percent; or if raw land, ten per- ing: in aktion 1. iv y) | Champagne brought in. prisoners and | as to the number of men he may call Tt was then, said White, that he) umber of bombs were drop- cent of the crop. Garber and M. The livi includes: Severely wound- of Chicago to Have Been |some war material. a rey baught a gun. The following morn- ed, diggi Hy f Carlyle, Mont., had TADOLa Vy ing White testified he was walking} Ped, digging vast craters in H. Bowen of Carlyle. Mont, had cq, PRIVATE JOB YOUNGHAWK, hi ; — | . down the street when Sloss, who had| the hospital grounds. Co ED ete ie erat cropred, | ELBOWOODS, N. D.; wounded slixht- in- Chile Fe «|DRY FORCES WIN driven up in an automoble, accosted | Aeroplane Brought Down. | Garber claims, Blanchard raised |1¥; PRIVATE BRUCE COCHRAN, ——--- MISS STINSON * SECOND SKIRMISH him and called him over. There was; A three-seated aeroplane flying at! this ante. A complaint to the coun- | GRAFTON, N. D. 2 RS Washington, D. C., May ‘A hea-| STARTS ON L i he ees & hot exchange of words, and, White| a low altitude was brought down. The| cil of: defense followed, and the | vy earthquake occurred this morning! MAIL FLIGHT || Refuse Appropriation for Food Tae teasing: tobenleuutentetd rhe enemy coutetn cand: pilots, sustalied’- couricll (took immediate. action. TOBACCO TO BE centered at a point not yet determin- || | P tion Bill af comparatively light shrapnel wounds, E. J. Platen of Dunn Center is REGULAR RATION ed. The shocks were juse dying down { Chicago, Ill, May 23.— |; Tosecu HOR. i witness, Ky drew his gun and fired. Mrs. Piatt Not Called. Mrs. Piatt, a young and quite at- tractive woman, was in the court room during Whitds testimony, but ‘the state did not call-her in rebuttal. while the observer was not hurt. When! the second man to comply with questioned why he had, directed his men against hospitals, the captain ex- plained in a matter of fact way, that he didn't see the Red Cross signs. He said he was seeking military objec- the council of defense’s land con- scription orders. He today ad- vised the council that he has his tractor outfit busy breaking for flax a sect?on near Dunn Center, FOR THE SOLDIERS With the American Army in France, May £3.—Tobacco, which heretofore at 8:45 a. m.’and until the seismo-| graph records have been removed | from the machiies definite data will| not be available, Miss Katherine Stinson, the aviatrix, started on a flight | from Chicago to New York, with mail at 7:30 o’clock this Washington, D. le 23.--Dry forces in the hotiee. ‘today ‘won a secy || ond skirmish in favor of national pro- | hibition during the war, when on a | preliminary vote an amendment was | has been chased by soldiers or is- case ane proserttlon vee itary tives and had no desire to molest hos-/ which he is cultivating under or- acd Bs the Red Crogs-and Gther de. Thought to | morning. || approved refusing any of the $11 546,- White's testimony att told | pitais. ders of the council. encies, will be made a part .of the| Chicago, Ill, May The earth-| | !000 appropiration in the food produc- him that Sloan would kill him if he dd not admit improper relations with Mrs. Piatt. The defense rested early this morn- ing, and State’s Attorney Scott Cam- eron of Emmons county began his ovening argument to the jury. He declared White a southerner, with the; southerner’s code of ethics, which per- mitted the drawing; of.a, gun.on..any man &t any time for any fancied in-| ~~ (Continued on Page Two.) iThe first raid began "shortly after ten o'clock and lasted until 11 o'clock. Not satisfied with this. the enemy-re- turned ‘at 11:40 o'clock and bombéc; more. Women Prove Heroines. In one building which was damaged most seriously all patients were suf- fering from compound fractures, which made-it-necessary- their limbs -be {strapped in the air. Not a woman left (Continued on Page Three.) The North Dakota Council of De fense’s campaign to place every till- able acre on the firing line is working. Already tthe order issued by the coun- cil Tuesday, cohscripting North Ds thousand to the acreage which will be devoted this summer to producing the bumper flax crop which Uncle Sam expects from North Dakota. “(Continued on Page Three) kota’s: idle acres, has added severat, regular rations. On the recommenda- tion of General Pershing each soldier will receive dailf four tenths of an } ounce of smoking tobacco and cigar- ette papers. DUTCH MINISTER QUITS. Amsterdam, May 23.—August_ Phil- lips, Dutch minister to the United States, who recently returned on ac- count of ill’ health, requested his re- \Jease from the post. quake reported from. Washington to-; day is believed at the weather bureau office at the University of Chicago | to have o re(d in Chile. The ins-| truments indicated that the tremor; which ia@ted several mintes was | ‘south by southeast of Chicago three} thousand nine hundred mile distant./ This spot is approximately the same, it was said, as a quake two days ago | | which: caused loss of life and consid-| | erable damage in Chile. Cleveland, O., May 23.— |} New York Central railroad officials report that Miss {| Katherine Stinson, the avia- trix, flying from Chicago to | New York, flew over Ohio {| about 11 o'clock this morn- ing. a o ?. Flies Over Ohio | | tion bill until the president issues the proclamation prohibiting the use of food in the manufacture of liquor. THREE MEN Lost, Washington, D. C., May 25.—Three men were lost in the sinking of the American tanker, William Rockfeller, torpedoed in European waters May 19th, the Navy Department’ ahdounc- ed today. All officers and 61 men were landed uninjured. Yee