The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 14, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. ——\ ~ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS. HAZELTON POSSE UNDER ARREST FIFTEEN ARRESTS FOR RIOTING - MADE AT HAZELTON AS RESULT QF KILLING WEEK AGO TODAY Number of Prominent Citizens Taken Into Cus- tody on Serious Charge and Carried to Linton for Preliminary Hearing WHOLESALE CONVICTION FOR MURDER MAY BE THE RESULT If Pennington Is Found Guilty All May Face Same * Penalty, Announces Prosecutor—Actual Slayer Makes a Statement The arrest of Harry Ellithorpe, village marshal of Hazelton, on a charge of rioting, was recommended to State’s Attorney Cameron of Emmons county this after- noon by Attorney General Langer. The attorney general holds that Marshal Ellithorpe was implicated in the riot which culminated in the murder of Mrs. E. L. Perras one week ago. Ellithorpe’s arrest will be the sixteenth grow- ing. out of this killing. Linton, N. D., June 14.—Sheriff Meinhover, with four-deputies and four automobiles set out this forenoon for Hazelton to make the first group of arrests growing out of the killing of Mrs. E. L. Perras, one week ago‘this morning. The sheriff carried with him warrants for Louis Torkleton, John Lundie, Harold Kramer, Harry Hanson, E. J. Babcock, Chirles Armstrong and Roy Arm- strong, father and son; Ron Babcock, son of E. J. Babcock, of the Victoria Elevator; Herbert Dawson, Saml..Wright, Jr., Cliff Wright, Fred Kaiser, Vernon Scott and James Leggett. It is expected the sheriff will return with his / . prisoners this-afternoon-and that they will be arraigned this: evening. The charge against the 15 is rioting, and this charge, stated Scott Cameron, state’s attorney for Emmons, this morning carries with it any crime which may have been committed by any, mem- ber. of the mo bduring the riot. “For instance,” said Cameron, “4¢ Pennington, the man who shot Mrs. Perras, is convicted of first degree murder,as charged, evefy man who can: be proven to: have participated in this riot- stands convicted of the game tof these fifteen men fs only a beginning. We intend to go to the bottom of this affair, and other jarrants. now, are -being prepared. Some will be charged with unlawfu: assembly and other crimes not so seri- ous nor so comprehensive as rioting. * The fifteen whose arrest was orderes today have been identified as mem- bers of one of both of the two parties ‘which visited thé Dougherty farm pri- orto the shooting, or who'were with the party at Mrs. Perras’ house when she was killed.” * ‘Those under arrest include some very prominent and substantial citi- zens, but a majority are hardly more than boys. They are not of the cai ibre which goes to make up the ordin- ary mob, and the greater number are men who never have been known to take a drink, and the charge tha: many in the-mob were drunk the night of the killing is strenuously denied. PENNINGTON MAKcS STATEMENT “1 had ao more: idea of killing thay woman -than I have of killing you, standing here now.” said C. Penning- ton of ‘Hazelton, slayer of Mrs. F. L. Perras, talking through the bars or his cell to a Tribune man this morn- ing. “She had: threatened: to go into the house and get 2 gun and shoot some one, and I just fired once to scare her. She kept on talking for a minute and then started to fall. I said, ‘My God, I. believe I have killec * her,’ and turned my gun over to Cha- lié Babcock, who.was standing just back of me. Nobody took my gun away from me, as the paper said yes terday; 1 was anxious to give it up, and I wished I had never seen it. Came to House. “Ed Babcock, manager of the “Victoria elevator, and Harry Ell. thorpe, the town marshall, were in the crowd that came to my house and ask- “ed me to come with them. They said they were going to tar and feather Wallie Dougherty because he was hoarding his wheat. 1 didn’t want to go at first, but finally when they came around about 11 o'clock, I ‘got up and ~ went with them in one of their cars. There was a jug of booze in the seat when } climbed in. I have always liked a drink now and then, and I guess I must have taken several. A number of other men in the crowd were well lighted up by the time we got to Mrs. Perras’ house. “There had been a lot of talk about Wallie Dougherty and his wheat. I was working every day on my dray and heard a lot of it, but paid little attention to it. The Perras family had always beén good to me and my folks, and I had nothing in the world against any of them. (Mrs. Perras was the last woman in the world I would have harmed intentionally. I can’t understand why I did it. I have always been a hard worker, tending to my own business and letting other peo_ ple alone. Those fellows got me into this, and they're surely as much to blame as I am. If they had let me alone and kept booze awayfrom me it would never have happened.” Pleased with Arrests. ‘Pennington was anious to learn whether any other warrants had been issued at Hazelton, and when he was informed that fifteen members of the mob would be placed under arrest he expressed pleasure. “If I have to {suffer for this they've got to suffer t90,” sald Pennington. “They’re more “to blamie than. was. I want to_ see (Continued on Page Six.) WOMEN FAIL 10 LAND ON ~ LABOR BOARD Move to Place Fair Sex on Ex- ecutive Council Voted . Down DEMAND EIGHT HOUR DAY Call Upon President Wilson to Establish It for All Industry ‘ St. Paul, Minn., june 14.—Women delegates to the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor. suffered their initial defeat today when a resolution enlarging the exec. utive council to thirteen and includ. ing two women members was votea down. Nearly a score of other reso- lutions affecting the postoffice depart- ment, shipyards and ‘private. corpora: tions were adopted without dissen: tion. ‘A recommendation that the selection of the convention city be left in the hands of\ executive council was de- feated after speakers on the floor had stated that such actioh would be in violation of the principles of democ- racy for which the federation stands. Another resolution which was adopt- ed calls upon President Wilson to is- sue a proclamation establishing the eight hour work day and payment of time and a half for overtime in all parts o fthe country. Strict observ- ance of the eight hour work day in the postoffice and other governmental departments ~was requested. The health of employes and efficiency in these departmerits is being impaired, it was said, by the necessity of work- ing long hours. In case of emergency, however, overtime was advisable, ac- cording to the resolution, the work- ers to be paid for time and a half. The practice of permitting employes in) navy .yard service who yearly are granted a thirty days’ leave to ac- cept pay instead of stopping work was declared to be lowering the stand- ards of labor. A resolution making it mandatory for workers to take their leave of absence unless the govern- ment decided otherwise was adopted. A proposal to abandon the practice of printing the financial statement in the Federationist, the Organization’s monthly publication met with favor- able action. The increased cost of paper and printing, it was said, made it advisable to have the statement printed “quarterly and sent to officers (Continued on Page Eight.) BLRGRAPH COMPANY MUST REINSTATE MEX President Wilson Takes Hand in Controversy Between West- ern Union and Operators EMPLOYES MAY ORGANIZE All Grievances Should Be Sub- mitted at Once to National War Labor Board Washington, June 14.—KEvidence that President Wilson intends to see that the recommendations of the na- tional war labor board are followed to the letter was seen today in the text of his communication to the heads of} the two great telegraph companies asking that they accept the board's findings in their controversy with their employes. , The fact that the president had per- sonally taken .up the case became known last night with the announce- mene that Clarence H. Mackey, presi- dent of the Postal Telegraph Co., that his company would waive its rigat to discharge men who have joined .a union, and that Newton Carlton, presi- dent of the Western Union, woulda send his answer Monday. The war labor board's decision in the case was that the men should be permitted to join unions. The president's Jetter to the telc- graph heads, made public today, reads: 2. we ot President's Letter. na “My attention, has been called to. the: fact that ‘the-national war labor board, after ‘a. Careful consideration of, the, questions: at ‘issue. between the ‘tele- graph companies and their employes, have arrived “at a’ decision, the essen- tial points of which are embraced ‘in the following: ~~’ . “1, The employes have a-right. to join § union if they, so..desire, and igeharged for’ folning the union, to deal: with the: union or. to recognize ‘it.. yt! “s; Committee’ of employes: should be recognized in presenting * griev: ances. * ¥ fs “4. ‘Where employes and employ- ers fail’to agree, the question in dis- pute, should be determined by the na- tional labor board. “3. The telegraphers’ union shou:d not initiate strikes or permit its mem- bers to initiate them, but should sub-| mit all grievances to the Nationa:| War Labor Eoard. MILK TO BE 13 CENTS. | Chicago, June 14.—Milk will be 13 cents a quart in Chicago after August 1, it was announced today, as an out- come of the hearing which has been conducted by W. E. Lamb of the fed- eral: food administration. A decision on prices to be paid producers during suly, August and September was not reached. «| divisions each, with each division ‘cop: or = eomes: off they should: ut off President Wil- them from any aerial attacks, the allied gunners have been playing a stellar role. employed by the Germans, the gunners, with the aid of their masks have stuck to their posts, working at times for four hours at a stretch under heavy gas bombardments, being relieved only when wounded and carried behind the lines. Note the camouflaged protection overhead to hide Crown Prince Finds Barrier’ to the Oise Valley Impregnable a ‘London, June. 14.—The German crown prince continues his attempis to overcme’the forest regions barring his way into the Oise valley and al- though, \by. heayy fighting, he gets a little nearer to Compiegne, his pro- cess is very slow. The enemy has progressed about a mile on the véty narrow front’ nortn- east of — Villers-Cotterets, but the ‘French troops are showing such deter- mination in counter attacks that there exists a spirit of confidence in Gen- eral Foch’s prudent handling of the situation. It is clear, too, that the American forces in the region of Louresches are showing grit in-hdlding oft the Ger- man attacks, which gives the enemy grea tand unexpected trouble. The enemy Josses have been far heavier after five days of bitter tigit- ing during which he only advancea about six miles, than during any pre- vious engagement. on the Aisne. The view ofthe military expercs still is that the;enemy’s main attack has not yet been delivered Japan Will Adopt German Plan of Army Formation Tokio, Friday, June —An import- ant council attended by Prince Fush- mi, Field Marshals Yamagata and Ter- auchi (the Lieutenant ‘General Oshima, the war minister and 6thers wah held in the general statf office today. A’ joint conference of the field marshaJs and the admirals has been summoned for June 10. London, June 14—A dispatch to the Times from Tokio quotes the military correspondent of the Tokio newspaper Ahahi as saying that the business con- sidered by the council at the general staff offices oniJune 7. was the aboli- tion of the brigade system for the army, adoption of a corps system sim- ilar to the German and the increase of the army to twenty-five corps.of two taining. three’ regiments... Alterations also‘are contemplated in th enavy, the correspondent adds. . Pro-German. Threat ‘Lands Seditionary in -County Jail Virginia, Tage 14—"1 will go. aia fight: ‘for ‘the -kafjer when. the’ time ‘they ett the’ kafser’s “heaa son’s head. first, because if bead not interfered -the “war. would be over now.” ' Fecdoiaee si _This statement is alleged to have been made by.Charles Ritter last night and as a:result he is inthe jail today waiting for the kaiser to go his hail. He will be tried some time next week under the espionage act. PAT O’BRIEN FALLS HUN SUBS ACTIVE ALONG BAST COAST Ships Ready to Sail from One Atlantic Port Are Held Back on Reports AMERICAN CRAFT SHELLED Swedish Steamship Dora of 1555 Tons Has Been Sunk— Nine in Crew Killéd An Atla Port, June 14.—An American steamer from West Indian ports arriving here today reported that on Tuesday off Cape Hatteras, the vessel picked up a wireless call for help from a ship between here and the, shore, which, the message said, was being shelled by a German sub- marine, ‘The fate of.the vessel was not learn- ed. The last ship definitely known to havo fallen victim to German submar- ines in American waters was sunk on June 10, the day previous, SWEDISH SHIP SUNK. London, June 14.—The’ Swedish steamship Dora of 5 tons gross, has been sunk without warning (pre. sumavly by a German submarine) ac cording to a dispatch from Cofen- hagen to the Exchange Telegraph Co. Mine members of the vessel's crew were killed, A British steamship arriving here today reported that she received wire- léss messages from the British, steam- er Keemun.last night that ‘she -was being ‘attacked by a German submar ine.’ Two ‘hours ‘later word ‘was re- ceived from the, vessel that she ‘was sinking: Be ae The, Keemun, a vessel: of 5,871 ton», said she ‘was off the Virginia capes. She was last reported as leaving In- dia. : ne Saeeh Ships ready’ to. sail: from here last. nightt ‘and today..were; held; back on reports that a submarine was: operat- ing eighteen miles. off the. Virginia capes, a! cate New Source of Asbestos. An enormous amount of asbestos Is being found’ inthe’ Prieska ‘district, Cape Colony, ‘and thousands. of bags are now, being shipped to England. It is said to be of very good quality. 2,000 FEET; ESCAPES WITH FEW it fell, San Antonio, Tex. June 14.—Lieu tenant Pat O’Brien, Royal British fly: Ing corps, who is in the United State: after having escaped from a German war prison, fell nearly 2,000 feet in an airplane here today, but was ‘only slightly injured. O’Brien was alone In the airplane over Kellyfield wheat} GUNNERS WORKING UNDER GAS ATTACK SLIGHT BRUISES He was taken to the emer- gency hospital, Cuts and bruises about. the face and body were his chief in- juries. O'Brien was conscious when ald d him and his chief concern er his new trousers which he feared had been ruined. was In the present attempts of the Huns to pierce the allied line with their powerful thrusts, Though gas attacks are constantly being Heavily Bombarded deys and Aisne drives, to the west of the Oise. events in that region. RAIL BOARD 10 STILL WRESTLE WITH PROBLEMS Commission Will Stand. Between Shipper and the National Administration . ‘WHEAT PRICES ARE CUT Farmers Urged to Bring About , Readjustment Based” on New Freight Rates Rate Expert.James A «Liicle of the state railway. commission, who return- ed the first of. the wesk from Wasn- ington, was one of 26 state’ represen: tatives who conferred . witn’ Director General-McAdvo of the.U. 3. railways at White Sulphur Springs on June 6. At that conference, the order of the director reneral covering increases in ates and ways and means of binging about closer cooperation between the federal government and the state raii- way Goinmissioners was discussed “Unde: tne present method of con- ducting transportation affairs," said Mr. Little today, “if a shipper finds that he is injured as a result of a rate increase he would have to go to the traffie officer of his railroad cum- pany, then to a traffic committee com- posed of several officers of the rail- road companies in his territory;’ then to the regional director of railroads, located at Chicago, ana final'y to the division of public service and account. ing, or to the interstate commerce commission at Washington. Such a course of handling affairs would seem to be very difficult for the small ship- per to follow in presenting his griev- ance, “It now seems likely that the state railroad commissions will retafa their full power to decide many case; whicn ordinarily come up before them, and in other cases will act as the agenis of the federal government in secur- ing information and transmitting :t, together with any recommendation to the federal administration of rall- roads. The railroad coninission real- izes that the present situation is a very complex one, and, it is ‘doing ev erything possible to safeguard and conserve the interests o fthis state “We shall be very glad to have ship- pers or commercial organizations write the commission fully concern- ing any matter which they may wish to present to the railroad administra- tion. We can advise them as to what course to follow, if we cannot,in all cases hear the complaint and afford a remedy. Prices For Grain. “In connection with the conference with Mr. McAdoo, attention was Callea to the fact that the grain producer wil have to pay the increased freight rates on grain through the reduction in the price of grain at his market. When Mr. ‘McAdoo’s attention was called to the situatio nhe suggested that the proper course for the farmer would be to secure a readjustment or the basic price for grain, based on the increase in freight rates. This is a matter which should be given the ear- ly consideration of the farmers’ or- ganizations, as well as public officers in the wheat-raising states of the northwest.” North American Birds. A refent census of North American ‘birds shows an increase of 125 species and subspecies since 1910. But though there are really new birds In the list, many of them belong to subspecies, up to this time unrecognized. GERMAN ATTACKS ON ALL FRONTS HAVE BEEN CHECKED; EXPECT A NEW HUN OFFENSIVE British Line Believed to Be Objective of Next Ger- man Drive—Blow May Fall in Front of Amiens or in the Flanders Sector—American Positions German attacks on each side of the French salient between Montdidier and Soissons seem to have been definitely checked. Halted in their rush toward Compiegne and unable rapidly to outflank the French by ther onslaught southwest of Soissons, the enemy apparently has ceased his plunging tactics, which began last Sunday, and for a time threatened vital French positions. The French official statement says that only local fighting has occurred along the front of attack during the last few hours. - The latest German attempt to break thrpugh the French lines lasted but five days before it reached the p which has marked the end of critical periods in the Picardy, Flan- se of equilibrium The Germans have been held north of Aronde and Matz river They have failed to make serious at- tacks against the new French positions east of that river. South- west of Soissons they advanced approximately a mile over a four mile front, but their progress was so slow that after the inception of the fighting little anxiety was felt concerning future Americans Heavily Bombarded. Sectors further south which include the points at which tthe American forces ‘are fighing have been heavily bombarded by the enemy but no fur ther infantry attacks have been launched by him. An inference that might be drawn from the apparent haste of the Ger- mans in beginning their great attack east of Montdidier, almost as soon as their sweeping advance on the Aisne front had been checked at the Marge isthat another German offensive.may be speedily launched. It: is ’not.{m- probable, according to French opinion, that this blow will fall on the British front, further north, either.‘in, front ‘of Amiens,..or in the Flanders, sector, where the Germans may, attempt ‘ta cut: their ,way. through to the channél ‘ports. ‘ In this connection’ the "Britishy official statement ‘speaks of a stron local attack by the Germans in the re- gion of Mefris, on the extreme west! ern angle of the Flanders sailent..THe attack was completely. repulved, ‘it’ 13 said. i ME EA ate ay . The: Amiens.,front ‘and .the :Scarpe jriver valley near Arras, have been ‘bombarded by the Gérmatis' who have not as yet,, however, attémpted *in+ fantry ‘attacks on the allied lines in those regions. : ae Shift Attack, ie Replused in their eforts to reach Compiegne, and drive the rench, back in the Montdidier region, Fthe Ger- mans are increasing the weight. of their attack northeast of Villers-Cot- terets with the apparent hope of forc- ing a passage between the Villers- Cotterets forest and the Compfegne forest and thus overcoming the French resistance east of the Oise. Slower Progress. The German offensive west of the « Oise is now in its sixth day and the enemy has made slower progress in the present movement than in any of the other three he has carried out since March 21. French resistance has been growing stronger as the days have passed and Thursday the eGr- mans, despite heavy attacks against the height positions around Mary, were unable to gain and sufered severe loss- es from the French fire. Along the Oise he has been thrown back across the Matz and his eforts to regain the south of the river have been un- availing. Bitter Fighting Continues. South of the Aisne on @ front of three miles the Germans have push- ed back the French about a mile in two days. Bitter fighting continués in this region and the French resist- ance Thursday at Laversine, Corcy and Coeuvres was powerful enough to prevent the enemy from advancing further westward. The Germans have a foothold in Laversine but have been unable to complete the occupation of the village. Frontal Attack. While attempting to outflank the formidable natural barrier of the Com- piegne forest the Germans have shown no desire to try a frontal attack against the new French line north of the Laigue front. There has been no fighting here and the battle fronts west of the Oise and south of the Aisne,’ although closely related have not been connected. German official statements of Thurs- day make no claim of any gains west of the Oise and the evening report says the situation is unchanged with fighting continuing southwest of Noy- on south of the Aisne and south of Ypres. There are no allied reports of fighting south of Ypres and this may herald a new movement in the north, Severe Losses. Between the southern edge of the Villers-Cotterets forest and Chateau Thierry American troops repulsed vio- lent attempts to drive them from their positions at Belleau wood and Boures- ches. The ‘enemy attacked after a heavy bombardment but was driven back with severe losses. The Americans took prisoners and machine guns. Allied, airmen continue to harrass the area behind the German lines in the (Montdidier-Noyon region. Many tons of bombs have been dropped on enemy targets and more than a score of enemy machines were brought down Wednesday by French and British av- jators. American airmen have joined in air work by dropping bombs on Dommary Barancourt., On the Toul sector in aerial fighting American planes. have destroyed two enemy (Continued on Page Six), a a