The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1918, Page 2

‘Chicago, lll, May 23,—Night let-, ters purporting to show how various members of the 112 I. 'W. W. on trial here conspired to prevent the suc- cessful enforcement of the draft law, “camouflaging” patriotism to delude real patriots, were read into the rec- ords of Federal Judge Landis’ court today and indicated that while the defendants of the draft age talked and wrote against conscription, they reg- istered) June last to avoid arrest, planning later to disappear or hide to escape being drafted. “Iam wearing a United States flag in my coat to keep stool pigeons off 1, W. W'S WORE FLAGS IN ‘ COATS AS CAMOUFEAGE the scent.” were the words of Alexan: der Couurnos, one of the defendants, wh was employed in the |United States weather bureau office at_Hur- on, S. D, as recorded in leters taken from his files. These letters also show he had registered but had Been active in advising*others how to avoid the draft. In a letter sent to. the editor .of the Industrial Workers of the World newspaper, “Solidary,” Cournos advis- ed the organization to issue a pamph- let against conscription and described methods by which members might es- cape war duty, NORTHERN RED CROSS DIVISION IS FIRST TO GO OVER THE TOP Washitigton, May 23.—Nearly one: half of the American Red Cross sec- ond $100,000,000 war mercy fund had | § ‘been subscribed on the face of returns | received, at headguarters here last) night at the end of the third day ot the weeks’ campaign. The total sub. scriptions from the twelve districts} was $44,070,555, but it was recognizes | that these figures were incomplete | and did not represent the maximum) of subscriptions up to this time. | Necessity for those chapters, towns} and states, which have oversubscribed to. continue their efforts was em. phasized in a statement sent to war] fund managers by Henry P. Davidson, | chairman of, the Red Cross war coun-} cil. , | Mr. Davidson called attention to the! fact that the arrangements for the campaign were made early in the year, before the recent German. drives in Picardy and Flanders, and that chang- ed conditions called for increased Rea cross funds. For that reason he ask- ‘ed all workers not to lessen their ef- forts to secure subscriptions until the close of the campaign next Monday night. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION. Minneapolis, Minn., May 23.—Offi- cial recognition of the northern divi- sions claim that it was the first di- vision in the United States to go “over ithe top” in the Red Cross drive, ci 5 | 1UO w eceived at division headquarters today. In a telegram to John Leslie, ‘di- vision campaign manager. George S.' Fowler, executive secretary for the second war fund campaign, Washing: ton, D. C tated that the northern division was the first to pass it's ‘That the northern division had gone over it’s original quota of $2,200,000 was wired to Washington Tuesday, af- ter Minneapolis, leaders had made every effort to get in touch with state and county ‘chairmen. Although no more definite figures ad been received up to a lata hour + was de Pethat mil a that the ot $4595 40), as reoappe. Minneapotis, yes in sigat The telegram to Mr. Leslie read as follows: | “Northern division is the first to re. port, official figures showing: that it has gone over it’s quota. Other di- visions are running strong, one or two. positive that quota has been exceeded, but your report of first official figures places northern division as first in se curing quota. Congratulations to you and all with you.” Encouraging reports are pouring in- to Minneapolis from virtually all of the terirtory which émbraces the Dakota: an (Montana, it was‘said. t. Paul an- nounced tonight that it’s $500,000 quo- to had ‘been exceeded. COUNCIL WILL "NOT GULTIVATE DER TRACT - Agricultural Committee of State Board Reports Cost Would Be Prohibitive Because it will cost an everage of $13 per acre to break and sow to flax some 20,000 acres not now un- der cultivation owned by A. D. Gaines » Rear Sanger, the agricultural affairs committee of the council of defense recommended today that the council, not attempt to purchase tractors and undertake this task, as had been pro- posed, but ‘that the cultivation ‘of this land be left to patriotic farmers of the community, whom C. M. Whitmer of Yucca, member of ‘the council stat- ed were prepared to put the tract in crop. i An expenditure of $23,000 would be required by the council to get the land in cultivation this year, the com- mittee estimated, this sum inclyding; the purchase of tractors and plows] and the operation of the outfits, to- gether with the purchase of seed. In a statement today, A. D. Gaines stated that 2,000 acres of his land already were under cultivation, in the hands of ten different tenants, and that all were doing everything pos- sible to increase the acreage and put in a big crop. _ S és “T made loans from my Minneapolis banks last fall aggregating $5,000 tq buy seed and feed for my tenants, and I had to put up $5,000 worth of my Liberty bonds as Security,” said Mr. Gaines. “I did object to having these lands taken over indiscriminate: | ————— STEP LIVELY! CORNS QUIT WITH “GETS-IT” The Great Corn Loosener of the Age. Never Fails. Painless. Watch my step? What's the 1 go along “right side up without care, | go along “right side up without care,” even with corns, becavse I use { Corns Simply Can't Stop: Us, We Use “Gets-It.” “Gets-It” the painless, oft-like-a-ba- hana-peel corn remover. ! tried oth- er ways galore, until I was blue in the face and red in the toes. No more for me. Use “Gets-It’’ It never fails. 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I have blways been: willing to do every: thing: within reason to. further the |’ raising of a ‘big, crop,*and I. have never; doubted’ the. right of the de: fense council to take over these lands and cilltivate them.” WHITE’S FATE RESTS WITH JURY; STATE REFUSES TO DRAG SCANDAL INTO CASE (Continued From Page One.) sult. He asserted that White did-not act in self defense when he turned his back on Sloan, walked several paces and then turned and fired, sending two or more shote into Sloan's body, firing, charged the, prosecutor, even after Sloan had ‘fallen to the ground or while, he was falling. ¥ The prosedutor ;ecalled the tes- timony of Miss Minnie’ Ward, a Hazel- ton waitress, that White had’ shown her his gun and told her that “he Was going to get Sloan.” He declared White had a reason for wanting Sloan out of the way, and that, while this reason had not apeared in the evi- dence, the jurors could draw their own conclusions. White’s sole pro- vocation at the time of the shooting asserted the prosecutor, was contain- ed in his remark, as he started firi- ing, that “Nobody can call me ‘a son ofa — — and get away ‘with it.” The prosecutor insisted throughout his opening argument -that White's crime was- deliberate, premeditated murder; that there was/no evidence that Sloan had threatened, as White stated, to ‘stamp the defendant into the ground,” and that White was not acting in self defense when he shot Sloan. : « The shooting of Piatt, which follow led the killing of Sloan has hot enter- ed into the trial. Inasmuch as Piatt was gunning tor White when the lat jter fired the fatal shots the prosecu- tion appears to have admitted than in his case the kiling was justifiable homicide. The court room. was crowd- ed this morning, and the closing argu- ments of Judge BE. 'T. Burke, for the defense, and Scott Cameron, for the @itq. were (istened to with rapt atention. _ : & THE WEATHER | hours ending x 50. 62 65 | + For twenty-four noon, May 23. ‘emperature at 7 a. mL. . ‘Temperature at noon Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday . 33 Lowest last ‘night . 48. Precipitation ....... 01 Highest wind velocity . 28-S Forecast. For North Dakota: Unsettled weatl- er tonight and Friday; probably ‘show- ers; somewhat warmer tonight; cool er Friday west portion. Lowest ‘Temperatures. Fargo .... - 40 Williston . Grand Forks . St. Paul . (Winnipeg . Helena Chicago Swift Current Kansas City ORRIS TS. ‘Meteorologist. a2 SERIOUS FIGHTING | Po | REPORTED. AT KIEV. Moscow. May 23.—Serious. fight- | | ing in Kieve, capital of Ukraine, is | |'réported, The | wewly appointed Ukrainian dicta: | | tor has been desieged several times | | by troops, which remained faithful ; to the Rada. Z of 4 BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE HUNS REMAIN INACTIVE: NO SIGNOF DRIVE Infantry Operations on Western Front Continue at a Mini- - mum; Prophesies Fail BRITISH AIRPLANES BUSY German Aerodomes~ind Billets Behind Lines. in. Flanders and Picardy Bombed (Associated Press.) Infantry operations on the western front continue at a minimum, and neither side gives an indication that intensive fighting is about to be re- sumed. The artilley fire is normal. In.the air, however, the hostilities are at a high pitch, as they have been for the past week or more. where there has been no heavy fight- fmg in six weeks, the British and Ger- mans are carying out raids, evidently for the purpose of gaining information as to their opponent’s plans. On the French front, the American sectors and the British front, the lull is unbroken and even raiding has quieted down, eas British Planes Busy. British aeroplanes are harassing ser- iously German aerodromes and billets behind the lines in Flanders and. Pic- ardy. The Germans are seeking’ to check the British and in: figifting Tuesday 18 enemy machines were ‘ac- counted for by the British. iar to the rear of the German lines, British bombing squadrons have visited,eastern Belgium and the river Rhine. . Three fires resuijed from bombs dropped on Mannheim and a large conflagration was caused on railway property near Liege, Belgium. ‘Bombs were dropped at Metz, and Thionville. Lively fighting continues in . the mountains of northern ‘IKely, with Italian and British <roops on the of- fensive. ‘i In the past years of tne war a per: iod of extraordjnary- activity by the earial squadrons of the contending armies in France hasbeen considered as.an indication that events were rap- idly shaping themselves for, an of- fensive.by one side or the other: At the present moment the most notable feature. of the war. situation is the remarkable work of airmen in various sectors where “a’’German attack: is | looked for. 2 "Pais: activity has not been restrict, ed tothe actual battle area, ‘but. far ‘back:-of- each front there have: beer daring raids./ The» Rhine: cities “are ‘eing frequently bombed, while Paris hos again -been in danger of a new German ‘attack from the air. f sAmerican, aviators: ‘have: borne 2 prominent: part: in’ this’ fighting?.""In, the Luneville and Toul-sectors. they. /have given a magnificent account of themselves.: while: further north, and even in the defense of oLndon, they have demonstrated their 'fighting:’ca- pacity: - rE 3 as ‘The German plans’ for a'resumption of the offensive in France have been seriously hampered bythe ‘sudden blows of‘the alljes here and there along the front.’ The eGrmans have bee nforced, back at numerous points, and new lines which may ‘be more eas- ily defended have: ‘been’ established by the allied nations. x The Americans’ on tor have given the enemy no rest. The artiHery has’ battered‘ the’ German lines night and day, while the infantry ‘men have raided German outpost post- tions and have profed themselves cap- able of outwitting and outfighting the enemy. General: Pershing’s men. have won several hot fights with the foe) and have captured prisoners. A night gas attack was loosed on the Ger- mans ‘by the Americans near Toul, three waves of shells drenching a wooded position: of thé enemy: with poisonous fumes: > - ' "ys. Fidench, too have ‘been at work in various sectors, particularly in the Somme region. They have gain- ed ground here And: there’ at points where positions of tactical yalue were ‘wrested from the Germans. Further north, the British front has) been fairly quiet, with tremendous bursts of artillery fire coming at in- tervals. The German official state- ‘ments says that British attacks av) various points were repulsed. Reports from the’ headquarters ot! the French army are that there has been a redistridution of German troops along the entiré front. :A Ger- man attack is expected soon, probably in the Somme region near Albert or on the Avre river, where the Grmaz} cannon have been‘ thundering for sev-| eral days, but so far the German gen- eral staff has not shown it’s hand. It is known that: there are great masses ‘of troops. Within striking: dis- tance f the front and it is believed that when: the ‘enemy is-ready to strike there will b only ‘brief~artil- Iry fire as a prelude to the actual as- sault by the infantry. The last re- port from the French war office men- tions heavy artillery fire in the Somme regibt and at Plemont, néar Noyon. wheer there was; terrific fighting ear- ly in April. PROSPECTS FOR BUMPER WHEAT _ CROP BEST EVER ‘Prospects for a bumper crop of at any'time in the last ten years, Com. missioner of Agriculture atid -Labor Hagan ‘advised the state council of defense in a formal report today. The spring wheat acreage now sown is ’7,- 700,000 acres, an increase-of 100,000 acres over 1917. The seeding:is:- com- pleted everywhere in the state, ana in most sections the wheat is already up. “The crop is in an excellént: con- dition—as good and even better: pros- pects are ‘general - throughout . the state thah We have had at this season of the year Inthe last’ ten years,” said Mr. Hagan. The’ cofiniissioner reported an‘increase of more than’ ¥ér cent-in-winter rye acreaye, 1,500.) as . compared <with : 686,857/ residence of . the , 000 aéPes “last-year?<: He adtattted there Linquiry into thé past would be left en- their, own -sec:| wheat are better than they have been|. CHARLES B. HUGH Washingtgn, D. C., May 23.—Attor- ney General Gregory has sent the sen. ate military committee a letter from Charles E. Hughes, who at President Wilson’s request is directing the de- partment of justice investigation of aircraft production, saying the depart- ment's task should proceed unem- barrassed ‘by a parallel inquiry. ~ This defelopment came after the| igenate had -pasged a compromise-reso- slution accepted ‘by administration, leaders authorizing war inquiries by military sub comntittees, The commit- ‘tee’ proceeded ‘with thé appointment of it’s" aviation sub-committee after reading The: Hughes letter. The. sub-committee consists of Sen- ator Thoms of Colorado, chairman, and; Senators -Keed of Missouri, and Smith of Georgia, democrats, and New of indiana, and Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, republicans. Bs Mr. Hughes, outlining to the attor- ney general his idea of the form the investigation should take, said the en- tire history of aircraft-production since the war began should he gone into and. should be followed by a com: plete statement of facts discovered re- gardless of whether basis was found for sriminal or civil proceedings. In view of Mr, Hughes’ attitude, senate leaders said it virtually was certain that the aviation sub-commit- tee’s activities - would. be confined wholly to visiting plants and looking over the ‘present situation, and that tirely to the department of justice. No, Controversy. There will-be*ho controversy in the senate over the military commitee’s war inquiry plans to which President Wilson objected, andthe department of justice investigation of airclaf: production directed ‘by Charles E. Hughes... will proceed without having its path crossed'-by congress. wit. han acreage. of 2,544,000, ‘he re- ported very good. He noted a slight decrease in the acreage of barley, ow- ing. to the difficulty. in procuring good seed. The flax’ acreage, ‘he: stated, could not be estimated at this time, as seeding is still in progres. Mot of the old.land, he stated,-already has been seeded to coarser grains, and the greater part’ ofthe flax will go in on new breaking. | ” No More Side - | ‘Door Pullmans For Farm Hands . Stde-door’ Pullmans © for’ transient tarm -laborers-will-go. out. of fashion if Secretary McAdoa, director general of American-railways, considers favor- ably-@ recolutign: wired jhim: today by | the North Dakota, CounciJ of Defense | urging that behacheer: coaches he at-! tached to frefght trains for the ac-| commodation of farm workers, and} that a fare of not:to exceed one cent| per mile be made for their transpart-| ablon. A it pp t ‘effect was in- troduced by ‘D@rry Cafroll of the: de-| fensé council? wo algd suggested that | this -would:turnish a means of regiter-| ing tranient farm laborer, of listing the good workers and of weeding out the bad. ‘Fhe plan contemplates fur- nishing each man who accepts such reduced transportation with a‘card ot which. he wil be identified ‘by name as/ well as number. INVESTIGATING REPORT THAT-ALIEN FARMS ARE NOT BEING CULTIVATED The investigation of a report) that lands: held by aliens in: Kidder coun- ty are not being cropped, in a spirit antagonistic to America’s participa- tion in the world: War, hasbeen dele- gated (by the council of defense to R. J. J. 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Please send free tri: cf your method to: had ‘been some winter killing in rye which was plétited in. fall plowéd land, where it did not have the protection | of the stubble. The condition of oats, _ FREEHAND IN AIRCRAFT PROBE ‘ory, who, it is refarded had discussed D TS | / BS DEMANDS Developments came quickly today in a situation which had threatened an open fight on the floor of ‘the sen- ate and in which administration lead- ers_saw the possibility of two simul- taneous inquiries into all phases ot the goVernment’s aviation program. First, a compromise was reached un- der which the. resolution of Senator Chamberlain authorizing —investiga- tions of various branches of war activ- ities, including aviation,..Was passed by the senate after being stripped of language the president had construed as virtually constituting the military | committee a committee on the conduct of the war. ‘Soon afterward. Senator’ Chamber- lain received a letter from ‘Attorney General Gregory enclosing one from Mr: Hughes, in which the latter stat- ed that the work he has undertaken at President Wilson's request would be | embarrassed by a parallel inquiry. Mr.’ Hughes outlined his idea of how the| department’s investigation should be éarried on, declaring it should go into, the whole history of aircraft produc- ; tion since the war began and that/ a statement *vf results ‘should be ‘giv- en to the public regardless of wheth- er.basis were found for either crimin- al or civil proceedings in the courts. | This letter for a time seemed to threaten a new conflict. Members of the military - committee, however, , quickly. recognized the ‘force.of Mr. | Hughes’ statement, ‘and it was tentw tively agreed: that the subcommittee on aviation should confing it’s activ. ities to looking aver the éxisting sit- uation and Jeave all that has gone be- fore to-the department of justice. 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