The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1918, Page 1

a epee ese IS THE WEATHER | Probably showers tonight. THE BIS ‘THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 135. . PRICE FIVE CENTS. VON HINDE JURORS AND SPECTATORS IN TEARS) "ozee,netse nexon ,° AS MISS LUSK BARES SECRETS OF | PASSION IN EXCUSING HER CRIME Relates How Wisconsin Veterin- arian Won Her Confidence and Then Her Love—Contemplat- ed Suicide Several Times Refused to Tell Mrs. Roberts Of His Liasons with Teacher Waukesha, Wis. May 24.—With two jurors and many spectators in tears, Grace Lusk, brought to a dra- matic conclusion late yesterday her own story of her.life almost until the slaying of Mrs. Mary Newman Rob- erts, for which she is now on trial. Swaying in the witness chair at times as if on the verge of. collapse, often lowering her voice until it was almost inaudible, she denied that she ever pursued Dr. David Roberts anc charged that he. first appealing for her help in the preparation of a book, finally won her sympathy ‘by telling of his unhappy homelife. After de scribing many meetings in Chicago and other places during a course of nearly two years, Miss Lusk told ot arranging a conference with Dr. Rob- érts in a Milwaukee hotel in May, 1917, about a month before the tra. gedy. It was to this meeting which she carried the same pistol-with which she later shot Mrs. Roberts. lintent on Suicide. “Thad decided that the situation haa to be straightened out,” she testified, “and that if Dr. Roberts did not care for me, I would take my own life. 1 told him how sincere I had ‘been in my affection. That I would never have allowed it to start ff he had not assured me that Mrs. Roberts did not care.for him. Things now were be- yond my control. My reputation was gone and my, life ruined. (Mrs. Rob- erts also was hopelessly wonged. If this had been a game on his part, and if I had been so simple as not to have understood it, 1 would take the consequences. “Then he said he cared ten thou-) sari times more forme. I asked him to'tell-her., Me said it was impossible. T again;.asked him if he cared: for me. He assured me he did.’ 1. then took the’ pistol,:made him. put, his righ hand‘omi@ bible and asked him to swear that he would go: home and tell the truth... He said that At. was imposetble-a. tthattime. - I: said that 1 would give him until the’ loth of, June and he:then ‘swore that he would: tell’ Mrs. ‘Robattssthat..we cared‘ for each other. ‘T:told hi mto ask for his freedom and he-safd: “Do you think that will ‘be necessary if I’ tell the truth?’ Then I put down the gun and hy - SATISFIED. WITH . VERDICT told him that heneed not “telf-her if he did notv#antogK’He sald:'that’ he would tell imrpthat’ it was ‘better ‘to be honepe?blind: sxant itis * ih 3 tan sbiig iusbd AHA At tl it Migs Lit8k pauséd hid he abe under “tie “brim. of hi hat, hd¥'Shoulders ‘shiing with 8OUY: | worse,” said Clarence. White-of Hazel- Two jurymen! “opeily + wiped the tears from their eyes while scores of women were weeping in the hushec courtroom, Although it was ten min- utes ‘before the usual time, Judge Lueck ordered an immediate adjourn- ment and the defendant staggered to her feet only to almost fall into her father's arms. ‘ ‘ Today she continued* her story and later in the day she faced a severe cross examination by the prosecution. Friends fear she will break down’ un- der the strain. ‘ First Meeting. Miss Lusk ‘began her testimony this morning dy telling of her first meet- ing with Dr. Roberts, of how.he had | telephoned to ask her to come to his office to help with with some manu- script he was preparing and of hof, instead, she had invited him. to, meet her at her offices at the Y. M: C. A. She said he told he rof some financial losses and remarked: i “You won't care for me as a friend if I lose my money.’ ‘Most of my friends are poor,” seh said. , At a later meeting in her offices when they were’ working .over the manuscript, she said’ he Jeaned over her desk and kissed her, and when she reproved him, kissed her again and asked if she cared for him. She said she replied that he was married and that he said: A “Model Wife.” ‘ “There is no ‘happiness or love in the heart of either myself or my wife. I should like to ‘be free, but that is imposstble, as in the eyes ot the law Mrs. Roberts is a model wife.” Simply she told of their growing in: timacy and of how he confided his ‘Dusiness and family troubles to her while they worked together on the manuscript of his ‘book which he ‘brought to her. Later she described visits to Chicago, where she said that they registered several times as man and wife, Dr. Roberts on at least three instances buying her railway ticket from ‘Milwaukee to Chicago and paying the hotel bills. Instances of Jealousy. Then she related instances of his jealousy, of how once he had forced her to obtain a receipt from a Chicago hotel to prove the story she told him of her visit there. She denied that there was ever any reason for this jealousy. Always, she said, Dr. Rob- erts assured her that -he cared for her more than any one else and protested when she was away from home even for a day. At*many points she flat- ly contradicted the story Dr. Roberts told on the witness stand. She denied that she had ever threatened to go to dinner in Milwaukee with a mar- ried man if Dr. Roberts did not take her, saying that the only married men she. knew were husbands of friends. Regarding a meeting in April, 1917, at which Dr. Roberts had testified that she struck him in the face when he refused to swear that he cared for her more than any one else in (Continued on Page Two.) GERMANS CUT BOATS THRU Photographs Show That Recent Blockading, Operations at Zeebrugge Succeeded =< OSTEND OUTLET SHALLOW Doubtful Whether Vessels Can Find Egfess at Western _ Mouth of Canal London, May 24.—Having failed in attempts to blow up two concrete lad- en ships sunk in the entrance of the Brugges canal at weebrugge, the Ger- mans are now. engaged in cuting away the piers in an attempt to outflank the Obstruction. Photograp! j taken 3 days ago by British naval airmen show this, and they also ‘3! how completely the canal entrance has been blocked. The photographs whith have been viewed at the,admiralty by the Asso- elated Press also show that German craft in the canal are headed west- ward, indicatin~ that’ they. are evident. ly trying to pass out by. way of Os- tend, where the canal entrance is not blocked as completely as at Zeé- brugge. # It is doubtful if there is enough water at the Ostend outlet for even the smaller boats to get to sea. . WHITE 70 PEN 10 BEGIN TEN YEAR TERM Hazelton Man. Coaxicted.of Kill * dng Charles D. Sloan Is Committed Today. “I am satisfied-that I have. had a ton when sentenced by Judge Craw- ford of Dickinson in Burleigh county! district court this morning for the murder, of Charles-D. Sloan, a wealthy Emmons rancher, at Hazelton on March 4. White was found guilty of man- slaughter in the first degree after the jury had ‘been out about three hours, and the jurors fixed ten years in the state penitentiary as the punishment. Judge Crawford this morning passec sentence on White in accordance with the jury's findings, and at noon today |\the Hazelton man ‘began his ten years term. { it InvWhite’s‘own mind his_crime is the result of a chivlarous impulse. He considers himself a victim of ciroum- stances, placed in a ‘position. where a southerner could not have done otn- jerwise, than as he did. He holds that he was compelled to meet Sloan and ‘to kill him to protect the good name of a woman: phoma few mo- ments later he made a widow. With good time and‘ every possible allowance, White, who is now 31, will leave the state prison at the age of 37. He has no’ immediate relatives, his closest’ kin: being cousin »in the| south who have written him, but who could not ‘be here for the trial. AMERICAN AIR SQUADRON WILL DEFEND PARIS Offer Made by Chief of U. S. Aviation ‘Service Accept- ed by the French Paris, May 24.—An American esca- drill of American’ aviators will help to defend Paris against enemy air raids. -ffer of this help was made spontaneously by the chief of the Am- erican aviation service, and accepted by the French government. An oficial announcement says the ofefr was made after an air raid some time goo. It was proposed to organize an American squadton, especially de- tailed to defend the French capital. FRANCE FOR DEAD Our Boys Sleeping in French Soil Will Be Honored May 30 With the American Army in France, ‘May -24.—The American dead, sleep- ing in the soil of France, will receive the homage of the American army on Memorial Dav. Many of those who have given their lives for their coun- try are buried in graves over which shells and bullets are flying, close to where they fell. but wherever they are resting their comrades will bear them in mind and pay tribute to their, PIERS T0 LET (= tee 2D MEMORIAL DAY IN _| Akron, 0., May 24.—Evan H. Williams, noted tenor, died’ this morning: at the city hospital, after an illnes of one week. Death, which was due to blood poisoning, came |, while Mr. Williams was sur- count by his wife and chil- | ren. PRINGE ARTHUR HEADS MISSION TOWASHINGTON Former Governor General of Canada Here in. Connection with Jap Matter MILITARY MEN IN TRAIN At an Atlantic Port, May 24.—On a mission tothe emperor of Japan, Prince Arthur of Connaug™'. a cousin of! King George of England, and son of the former Governor General‘ of Canada, arrived here today on a Brit- ish cruiser... With those accompanying him and atended by representatives of state he left immediately for Wash- ington where he will call on President Wilson. At an Atlantic Port, May 24.— Prince Arthur of Connaught, former governor general of Canada, and a cousin of King George, arrived here today 3 head of a Gritish mission to the United. States were met by Breckenridge Long, assistant secretary. of state,, Col. BE. M. House, General White, Clive Bailey, British consul-general, and.other American and’ British officials. 4En Route to Japan. Washington; D. C., May 24.—The mission feaded by Prince Arthur, the staté department announced today, is on its way to Japan.’ It © will come (0 Washington to call on. President Wilson. The mission’s visit to Japan is ‘{n connection: with the recent ap- pointment of the emperor of Japa)’ fo a Field Marshal in the British! army: fair trial, and \F tagre a0 lepinpialnt tard 31 ota a make.- In view of the evidence sub- f aha s. 7 iu mitted here. It might have been much |John R. Joyce-Reported, Dead. in Today’s LNSt of Cabual- ties Over There Washington, D. C., May 24.—The casualty list today contained 44 names as follows: Killed in action, 4; died of wounds, 9; died 6f accident, 4; died of.dis- ease, 10; wounded severely, 16; wounded slightly, 1. . : The list includes: Died of wounds, JOHN R. JOYCE, CROSBY, N. D. Died: of disease: Cook Eearnest L. Foncaunony’ Faulkton, S, D.; Pri- vate Emil F. Kraft. St. Paul, Minn.; Severely Wouh@ddi ‘Gusti La Glick- son,,Mineapolis, Minn.; __ Silgntly wounded: -Brucé Cochrane Grafton, S.. D, nile QUIET DAY, With'the American Army in France, Thursday. May 23.—(By the’ Associat- ed Press.)—“The day has been quiet on all ‘positions occupied ‘by our troops,’ says the oficial statement is- sued tonight. 4 " BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918. ON BATTLE EVE | Germans Straining Every Mus- cle to Reach Goal First, ‘Says British Premier CONFIDENT ABOUT RESULT {Those Best Inférmed as to Pros- pects Feel Safest, Declares Great ‘Statesman i Edinburgh, “May 24.— “For the Germans as well as for us, the next few weeks will be a race between Hin- denburg and President Wil- son,” said Mr. Lloyd George in an address here ney: “The Germans are straining every m to reach the goal first, on the eve of the American —helg’ becoming available ‘for the allies. “I can honestly say,” the premier declared, “that the government has neglected ‘no possible means for find- ing out whether there is any honorable outlet out of this war‘ of horrors and tra- gedy. Mr. Lloyd George’s address was delivered in connection with the conferring-of the freedom of. the city on him. 4 On Eve of Great Attack.) . “Wa@jare on the eve of a gr@it Germag attack,” he said., “Th who kaow best what the p pects ate feel.'most. confident about the results.” eles Speaking for the time neces- sary, for'‘the: United States ; to prepare for full participation in the war, the. prériter said that i PANY ‘Jat the presept, moment. did ‘not have whaty,Was' equivalent: to one-fifth 6f4H€ fighting strangth which thesefiemy had: received owing to/the! collapse. of Rugsia. |He added/fhat it took time to train and equip armies, and that American Yelp could not be regk- oned ‘on for some time.” The premier’s'‘statement about the submarine operations was most optimistic. He said that since April, the output of ships for the first time ‘exceeded the losses. Great Enthusiasm -_.,, Mr. Lloyd George was receiv- ed with great enthusiasm, the people arising and cheering again and again.’ He read a re- port he had just received from the admiralty in which it was said: “As regards the meeting of enemy submarines, that is going on satisfactorily.” Mr. Lloyd George said he felt happier than at any other time during the war over the pros- pects of making the most effec- (Continued on Page Three.) GERMAN TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM AMERICAN SECTOR | | With the American Army, | May. 24.—German troops which faced the Americans along the Toul sector for | many weeks have been with- | drawn and sent to the battle | area of northern France. | GOPHER BOARD 10 WASHINGTON: WANTS LIGNITE Chairman of Commission and Rate Expert Will Ask for Lower Freight Rates REDUCTION IN COAL PRICE Fuel Administration Will Order Cut in Cost of Bituminous Heat-Maker St. Paul, Min., 24.——Chatrman Ira’ B. Mills and A: L. Flinn," tate and traffic expert of the’ state rail- toad and warehouse commission left tonght for Washington to confer with federal fuel and: railroad administra- tion officials on the proposal for lower freight rates on shipments of lignite coal from 'North Dakota fields to Min- nesota consumption points.: Repre sentations have been made to the state commission that lignite can be supplied under reduced rates at prices to put it into competition on a fuel value basis with the bituminous. pro- duct in Minnesota, towns, To Reduce Coal Price, Washington, D. C., May; 24.—Reduuc- tion of the government fixed: ‘price ‘of bituminous’ coal will be: ordered by the fuel administration as’ soon. as a result of an agreement by which the railroads will pa: the, standard price reached today by Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director General. Mc- Adoo. ve ¥ . The.amount of the reduction is to ‘be worked out at further conferences between heads of the two administra- tions:. The-atitude’ of’ the railroad commission ‘was understood to be that the-maximpin, skquid Ue lathe felgh: borhbod of \$2:25 ja’ ton; and.‘that the fieure might ‘be lower. . This 1s 5 or 40 cents below thepresent general average govern ent prices for bi- tuminous foal ‘at the/nitnés. : The rajlroad administration has also agreed fo‘ distribute cars evenly am- ong: ‘all nines, bandoning the prac- tice:under ‘private’ management of fur: nishing 100 per cent.supply to mines turning out railroad coal, and cutting the’ supply °t6! dthéromities » in: (the! same localities not holding railway contracts. This arrangement, advocat- ed by Dr. Garfield as a means of pre- venting the drawing of labor to the railroad mines and curtailing produce tion by the other collieries, is now expected to result in greater produc- tion during the remainder of the year. AVIATRIX CAN'T RESUME FLIGHT Propellor of Miss Stinson’s Plane Broken in Landing Binghampton, N. Y., May 24.—Miss Catherine Stinson will not be able to resume her flight from Chicago to New York until afternoon today. The propellor of her plane was broken when the machine turned up on its nose when she landed in a swamp on a hilltop four miles from the city last evening. Vex s. THE RED CROSS WAR MAP. Showing Where the Relief Funds Go To. memory. m GRRNANY ¢ $343,304 Ly ca Js RUSSIA $1.245B45 SpoLAaND \, $20Q006, tat AUSTRIA ¢ \. \ ( RUNOARY ey ‘ , The appropriations on this map were made befere March 1, 1918, with the exceptions of $500,- Bate’ 4 | 000 to the Canadian Red Cross and $1,193,125 to the British Red C MAN-POWER TO BE DRAWN UPON FOR ANY FORCE NECESSARY T0 WIN WAR; BIG FIGHT ON WEST FRONT IS STILL DELAYED Heavy Operations Remain in Anticipation—Huns Are Massing at Rheims ALLIED MEN EFFECTIVE Inflict Great Damage on German Billets, Aerdomes and Artillery Posts ASSOCIATED PRESS. Heavy fighting operations on the western front still are in anticipation. What really is going on behind the German lines is uncertain, but the enemy has moved large numbers of remen from Ypres to Rheims. His ar- tery is in “position auc vveather is favorable. The German morale is reported to be much weaker. Allied Airmen Effective. Meanwhile, the allied mastery otf the air {s doing much damage to Ger- man billets, aerodromes, artilery con- centrations. etc. For more than a week, British and French airmen have been dropping tons upon tons of tombs on the German lines. The Brit- ish flyers have bested the Germans for @ long time, and yesterday they .ac- counted ‘for 15 machines. _Raids into.Germany continue and a British squadron again .has visited Mannheim, on the Rhine, where two fires. were caused. An electric ‘power Station near Sarrbrucken, was dam- aged: severely, and explosives have ‘been dropped. at. Metz. . Berlin Claims Three of Ours. Berlin claims that three American aeroplanes have been brought down onthe Lys. battl-field. . This is the first indication that American airmen were. with American troops. on this front, : : Activity on the American. sectors ey ress helo normal): 4e"Sarp= Ok. Italy begins her fourth year of. the Wert0day. “As.in France, the enemy withholds his offensive operations, as heralded as certain some. weeks ago. <n the mountain front, there has been no fighting of. moment,, while along the Plave ‘the Italians “‘ave repulsed another Austro-German attack. FRENCH TROOPS ‘CAPTURE HUNS Successful Raid on Several Parts of Front Last Night ndok Paris, May 24.—French troops last night carried out raids on several parts of the front notably southeast of Coucy and in the Vosges, in which Prisoners were taken. German raids were failures. There was intermittent shelling at several points on the front. WHOLE DIVISION OF HUNS MUTINY Thousands Under Arrest for Re- fusing to Leave East Front Washington, D. C., May 24.—A Ger- man. division at Dvinsk, Russia, order- ed from the east to the western front, imprisoned, says a dispatch to the state department today. WOULD INCREASE ARMY 3,000,000 Senate Favorably Reports Reso- lution for Expansion Washington, D. C., May 24.—The senate military committee today un. animously went on record in favor of | large expansion of the American army. It ordered a report on a resolution by Senator Reed of ‘Missouri, declaring for an increase. of 3,000,000 men. CONDITIONS IMPROVING. © Indianapols, Ind.. Mav 24.—Improve- ment in the condition of former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, who is ill at his home here, continued throughout today and this evening, Dr. J. A..McDonald. chief physician in atendanc” stated tonight. “Mr. Fairbanks more than held his own today,” Mr. Mcvonald, said, ‘Im- provement noted in his condtion this morning continuing during the day and tonight. He is resting comfort- ably. fUXORCIDE EXECUTED | AT SALT LAKE CITY Salt Lake City, Utah, May 24.—Howard H. Deweese, | convicted of the murder of | his wife, was executed in the | state prison yard this morn- | ing at 6:55 o’clock. He walk- | ed calmly to the chair and | permitted himself to be | | | Ss | | strapped securely by the sheriff’s deputy. Death was almost instantaneous. —————————————— od —— refused to proceed, and 1,000 were ped ALL DRAFT MEN CALLED TO COLORS Places Million Men in Service in Addition to the Special Units Already in Training—Persons Non-Usefully Engaged Must Give Up Soft Berths. No Recommendations Made as To Change in Draft Ages Washington, D. C., May 24.—The new “work or fight” regulations prob- ably will not ‘be fully realized by the country until the efect of its opera- tio nappears in every community. The sweeping character of ‘the govern- ment’s purpose to put every ‘able-bod- jed man within the draft age either in thé army or in some useful work is indicated by Provost Marsha) General Crowde’s order. The new regulations probably will be more closely applied as the war goes on or until it becomes necessary to raise the draft age above 31. Mil- itary authoritiés are of the opinion now that it will-not be necessary to utilize men not of the draft age. It will be the idler’s own responsibility to get a useful job before July 1. Then will come the determination’ of what this will come in for closer and constitutes useful employment and this will come in for closes and clos- er determination as the war goes on. Washington, (May 24.—Two -import- ant steps were taken yesterday. to- ward perfecting the task of putting the nation on a war basis. Z ‘Soon after Provost Marshal Gener- al Crowder had promulgated a drastic amendment to the selective service regulations requiring every man of draft age to work or fight, Secretary Baker appeared before‘the house mil- itary committee and asked ‘President Wilson to ‘be authorized to callto the colors: al men of,-draft’ age- who. can ‘be. equipped and: trained.:\:! committeé promptly. and: unanimoualy: voted-the authority into the army! eb propriation ‘bill, about to..he, reported. to the house. « iM Under ‘existing. law power; to draft one million fighting »men,.in addition to special-units: ‘This’ limit soon will be reached.’ With the ;law changed, as the president; desires,'the man power ‘of the ‘country will’ be drawn upon for whatever force. may be necesgary to, win, ) iwi Generat’ Crowder's -new" regalation affects -habitual! idlérs; aid requires draft registrants now in‘ occupations held to ‘be non-useful sesk'new jobs:or join the army. -. Clerks * in stores, waiters, bartenders, employes at pla ces of amusement, passenger,elevator men and other employes;grountl ‘ho- tels, clubs and ‘business: buildings, gamblers, fortune. telers and, ,tace track and bucketshop attendants all, ry, fall among those clasged as non-useful,,,j {,),; ly engaged, Enforcement of the rule, ; is expected to improve the labor situ- ation in essential industries, The house military committee's ac- tion completed the army Dill, with pro- vision for the pay of 3,000,000: men iwt the ordnance appropriations on the basis of an army of 4,000,000. -The measure will be laid before the house carrying a total of $9,569,129,009 of actual appropriations and authoriza- tion for contracts amounting to §$2,- 464,416,000 more. ¥ Mr. Baker told the coiamittee fn executive session the presilent’s rea: sons for asking no limit be placed on the number of draft men to’be called. Members said later it was estimated an army of 5,000,000 could be raised without raising the draft ag2s. UNLIMITED AUTHORITY. Washington, May 24.—Congress was asked ‘by Secretary Baker,.today for unlimited authority in raising an army to the extent that men within the draft age can be organized and edqip- ed. The house military committee adopt- ed Secretary Baker's recommenda- tions unanimously and they. will ‘be incorporated into the army. bill. recommendation was made by the secretary as to a change in the draft ages. This amendment to the existing law was adopted ‘by the committee “Pro- vided, that the authority conferred up- on the president ‘by the act approved May 18, -917, entitled ‘An act to auth- orize the president to increase tem- Porarily the military establishment of the United States,’ is hereby ex- tended so as to authorize him during each fiscal year to raise by draft as provided in said act and acts amena- atory thereof the maximum number of men which may be organized, equip- ped ,trained and used during such year for the prosecution of the pres- ent war until the same shall have been broughtto a successful conclusion.” Under the army law, as it now stands, the president is authorized to call out only approximately. 1,000,000 fighting men.’ This. however, has not been construed to restrict his author- ity to call out men for the special services. 7 The purpose of the amendments which Secretary Baker prépared for the military committee is to remove all restrictions and provide for an army as large as the United States needs to defeat Germany, whether it be 5,000,000 or even 10,000,000. BASEBALL PLAYERS WORRIED: Washington, (May 24.—Whpether the new “work or fight” army draft reg ulation announced today shall apply , to professional ‘baseball players, and thereby probably put the big leagues out of ‘business for the period of the war. will not ‘be decided. until the point is raised on appeal to the pro- vost marshal, general’s, after the reg- ulations become effective July 1. At first it was indicated ball play- ers would be classed among those in two) ots