The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1918, Page 1

TH THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 187. STIRRING UP CLASS AGAINST ~ GLASS NO CRIME IN AMERICA, — JUDGE AMID U. S. District Jurist Declares When -Agitation ‘Geases Re- forms Will End and United States’ Will Enter Crustacean Stage J. W. Brinton was acquitted at- 8:80 this. afternoon in federal tion Brinton ‘walked inte The Tribune offlee; asked for a perate inter. view. with the publisher, stating that he wished to learn certain tals as to the letter from J. of Garrison <which The ¢ publishedsome'time ago, and while the: pubtisher was en- gaged in courtecusly-cexplaining the facts surréatding this matter, Brinton, whe was: sténding, com- mitted an <anprovoked assault he toe the publisher, whe was seat- aud ‘not in a position to defend himself. Brinton‘ then-‘tarted for the exit. The publisher stopped him ‘and the men clinched, hut ‘were separated by members of The Tribune staff before any fur- ther blows were struck. Brinton was allowed to leave the office unmolested, stating that he ad- ited himsclf in the wrong and that‘ he wonld give himself up at police étation, This he failed te do, aud a warrant wag issued for his arrest. Brinton was found in the lobby of the:MeKenzle by Po- Ice Capt. Huber and was arraign- ed before Justice (.-¥. Bleckreid, where he waived_examination. He ‘was bound over to district court, and his bond in the sum of $100 was signed by Edward. G. Patter- son, proprietor of the McKensle. «A ruptured eyeball has resulted rom Brinton’s cowardly blow, and serlous consequences are feared. <The defendant isn’t caarged in this indictment .with ‘stirring up class inst class. -That isn’t any offense against the law.. We haven't come to .the*tiine that the discussion of evils, though ‘itidoes stir up class against class, “is forbidden in the United State ‘and made criminal. And when we do, then we will simply pass into the:-crustacean stage.. We won't see ~any tore changes: as-jiongias sich a statute is in-force.’ ~ Bo: Judge C. F.:Amidon im federal coutt ‘instructed the jury to which he consigned the case of the governmént versus Job W. Brinton, general man- ager of: the Consumers’ United Stores Co., at 12:30 this afternoon. Brinton was charged on three counts with vio- lation of the espionage act of sune 15, 1917, i Judge Amidon “dismissed thé first count, charging interference with the militaryand naval forces of the United States, on the ground that it was not: sustained by the evidence, and the case: goes to the jury on two counts, charging an attempt to cause insubordination or mutiny» and an al- tempt to interfere with the recruiting and enlistment service of the United States army and navy. He referred especially to District Attorney Hildreth’s closing argument, in which he made a ringing appeal to the jurors to back up their country and the president and the national ad- ministration and, to come back from their deliberations with consciousness of duty well done. Hildreth scored the arraying of class ‘against class; the preaching of class hatred and the rousing of class prejudice, which he declared tended to handicap the gov- ernment in the successful prosecution of ‘the war. He commented on the fact that Erinton had failed: in his Garrison to make any reference to America’s glorious achievements in the past. “ ‘Hew to the line and let the chins fall where they may,’ quoted the dis- trict attorney in conclusion. “Let us retire from this trial with the con- sciousness that whether as jurors, ad- -vocates or citizens we have done our duty in enforcing the laws of our coun- try.” Judge Amidon’® charge to the jury consumed about an hour. In: part. he said: The Judge's Charge. “Gentlemen -of the jury: You have heard almost everything argued ex- cept the issues in this lawsuit. Now, | want to see if I can take your mina vack to the simple question which you are here to determine. You may think that when you bring in a. verdict in this case you are passing on whether Brinton at Garrison made a good, eco nomic discussion or not; whether he properly divided his time between pa- triotism and the discussion of the stores whose establishment he was there to promote. but your verdict really won't respond to. any of these things. You cannot vote in this case on these questions at all. The only question. you can vote on when you get to your jury room is this: ‘Is the defendant guilty of the crime that he is charged with. in the indict- ment?’ or ‘Is he.not guilty of that crime?’ This is the only issue that is submitted. to you. and I entertain the gravest doubts from the argument that has been made whether you can fetch your mind to that, question or not. Class Agitation Endorsed. “Také for example the argument that has just closed. The head _and tail of his argument was that Brin- ton attempted to array class against class. Ihave been on this earth quite a spell myself, and I never have known.of any great reform being car- ried through that the people whose established conditions would be dis- turbed by the carrying out of the re- form did not say that the people who (Continued on Page Two.) ., | INFORMS JURY ISON ASKS BLIMINATION OFLYNCHLAW | Declares While Fighting Lawless | Passion Abroad We Must ‘Hit It Here__ |TEUTONS USE PROPAGANDA ON Wi President Says Every Lynching Here Damages Our Cause Abroad | | ! | { | i Washington, "July 26.—President Wilson today in a persona! statement addressed to his fellow ¢ountrymen. denouncing mob spirit and mob ac jtion, called upon the nation, to: show | the world that while it fights for de- mocracy on foreign fields it is not de- |stroying democracy at home. The president referred not alone to mob action- against those suspected of being enemy aliens or enemy syt- pathizers; he denounced most ei |phatically mob action of all sorts, e1 ‘pecially lynchings of. negroes in the south, it is known that he Included them in his characterization of mob spirit as “a blow at the heart: of j ordered law and humane justice.” Used as German Propaganda. It is known that the lynchings’ of negroes, as well as attacks upon those. suspected of being enemies or sym- pathizers, have been used by the Ger- man propaganda through Central- and South America as weil as in. Europe, | { | | the United States as a champion of- democracy are a sham. Deeply con- cerned by the situation the’ president decided to address his fellow. cquntry-’ men and declare that. “every mob con- tributes to German lies about the Unit: ed ‘States what her“most ‘gifted lars cannot: improve upon ‘by way of ‘eal: untny.” - The president's lows. Wy fellow countrymen: “I take the ‘liberty of addressing you upon a subejet which so vitally affects the honor of the nation and the very character and integrity of our institutions that I trust you will think me justified in speaking very plainly about it. “T allude to the mob spirit which has recently here and there very frequent- ly has shown its head amongst us, not in any single region, but in many and widely separated parts of the coun- try. There have beén many lynchings and every one of them has been a plow at the heart of ordero¢ law and humane justice. No man who -loves America, no man who really cares-for her fame and honor and character or who is truly loyal to her institutions can justify mob action. while the courts of justice are open and the governments of the states and the na- sion are ready and able to do thein uty. . ~ ‘statement in full tol- Fighting Lawless Passion. “We are at this very moment fight- ing lawless passion. termany has out- lawed herself amongst the nations be- cause she has disregarded the sacred obligations of law.and has made lynch- ers of her armies, Lynchers emulate her disgraceful example. J. for my part, am anxious to see every com- munity in America rise above that level, with pride and a fixed resolution which no man or set of men can afford to despise. “We proudly proclaim to be the champions of democracy. If we real- ly are, in deed and in truth, let us see to it that we do not discredit our own. I say plainly that every Ameri- can who takes part in the action ot a mob or gives any sort of counte- inance is not rue son of this great democracy, but its betrayer, and does more to discredit her by that single disloyalty to he standards of law and of right than the words of her states- men, or sacrifices of her heroic boys. in the trenches can do to make suffer ing peoples believe her to be thet LOS PINCH © to contend that the pretensions of! BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRI -—- DAY, JU LY 26, | ! Hl | AFZRTS Rheims-Soissons salient. STARKWEATHER RESMUES HIS PLACE IN PEN Confirmed Jail Breaker Arrested in Custer, S. D., as Slack- er Returns i i i i FACES A KILLING CHARGE | Jesse Starkweather, confirmed . jail ybreaker, horse-thief.and alleged man- killer, is again behind the bars of the {two years as a fugitive. Starkweath- er and an accomplice two years ago jwere brought down. town by a; guard sto, have ‘soe déntal work done. They professed a difference of opinion, in choice. of dentists, and the accommo- dating guard left Starkweather in one agaist s chair, while: he accompanied the second convict’ to another. prac- titioner’s office. Starkweather walked out of the dental room into .a: car which awaited him on the street*an made his getaway. ag Nothing further was heard’ of the fugitive until this week when: wire from Custer, S.°D., announced that Jesse Starkweather was under arrest, | charged with being a slacker. A pris- on attache was dispatched to Custer the same day. Starkweather was identified as the man who had es- |caped from the North Dakota peniten- tiary, and he is now back in his cell to complete a twice interrupted term of imprisonment. ed of horst stealing. He had served only a short time when he madé his first escape from prison. While a ' fugitive he is alleged to have killed ja man named Crowley in the Killdeer ;country. He was tried on a charge lof manslaughter at Mandan and the {jury disagreed. During the trial, how- jever. he was discovered to be the es- {caped horsethief and he was returned {to the state penittentiary to complete jhis sentence. The charge of man- |slaughter still hangs over him, and! jhe will face a second trial when his original prison term is completed. He |was to have been tried in Hettinger ;county last Oetoner: and it is possible that his case will come up at the Oc- tober term of the Hettinger county court this fall. In spite of his long criminal career, | ; Starkweather is now only 25 years {old. He had a wife when he was first | convicted, but she hs procured a d}- vorce and now is living on a home- stead in the Slope, with » young child | born ‘shortly after its father’s first | viction, ay wes. s. Peasant Rebellion Breaks Out in savior. How shall we commend de- mocracy to the acceptance of other | peoples, if we disregard our own by, proving that it is, after all. no pro-; fection of the weak. very man con-| tributes to the German lies about the, United States what her most gifted; liars cannot improve upon by way of calumny. They cat at least say that such things cannot happen in Germany except in times of revolution, when law is swept away. Asks Active Cooperation. “I therefore very earnestly and solemnly beg that the governors of all States, the law officers of every com, munity, and, above all, the men and} women of every community in the! United States all who revere America | and Wis hot keep her name withou: stain or reproach, will cooperate—not passively merely, but actively ane; watchfully. to make an end to this dis- graceful evil. It cannot live where the community does not countenance it “T have called upon the nation to put} its great energy into this war and it} has responded with a spirit and gen-| jus for action that has thrilled: the world. I now call upon it. upon “its men-and women everywhere, to see to it that its laws are kept inviolate, its fame untarnished Let us show the Ukraine Ss | the HUNS between Chateau Thierry and Solago North Dakota state penitentiary after | OF ALL SALES Starkweather was originally convict- |, : ‘ 5 es. a / The shaded portion of the maps hows the territory gained by the French and Americans in driving back Lf :They are seeking to pinch the Germans entirely out of the NEW MILLING ‘i DICKINSON HAS __ “WOMAN LAWYER Dickiggon, N. D_ July °6—Dickinson now has @ full-fledged wom lawyer in Mi ‘rances Burnett, sister of At- . F. Burnett, a popular Dick- jon: young woman who. has been ad- mitted to the North Dakota bar. at Grand Forks. Miss Burnett passed with the:ighest honors in a success- ful. class® of nineteen candidates for admission to the bar. She is the sec- ond woman to take up the practice of Jaw.in North Dakota, and: the first to. epgage in: this profession west of the Missouri’, river. She -had capably served as an assistant in the office of her .brother ‘for several years” before taking up her law course ‘of two years! at the University of ‘Minnesota. She finiehed«her studies at the University of ‘North Dakota.. Attorney Frances Eurnett has recently had ‘an attrac: tive offer to’ engage in. government work at Washington, but she had de. cided to. remain \ here. until winter, when ‘she may'accent a position at eine. ea eee RECORD MUST BE KEPT NOW ! Dr. E. F:Ladd, Federal Food Ad- ministrator, Announces New Rules SUBSTITUTES ARE:DEFINED Dr. E. F. Ladd, federal food admin- istrator for North Dakota, in a bulletin issued today ¢alls attention to the fact that a careful record must be kept of all sugar and ‘flour sales, and he also more clearly defines wheat substitutes. His revised summary of regulations, which, affects every deal- er in food products and every house- keeper, follows: All sales of wheat flour or sugar made at retail-in North Dakota must be recorded on federal food administra tion ‘Customer's Card .No. 1, which must be signed hy the buyer. retained vy the merchant and sent to the coun- ty administrator ‘or, the federal food adminsitrator ‘at :the. end of each month. FLOUR SALES—Flour sales are limited to a thirty day supply on the basis of one and one «half pounds pef week, except farmers or others engaged in hard physical labor in construction camps, who are inac- cessible to bakeries, who are entitled to six ounces per person per day or two and three quarter pounds per per- son per week, not including children under four years of age. No flour sale in the city in excess of 24 1-2 pounds at one time. No flour sale in the| country in excess of 49 pounds at one (Continued on Page Two.) London, July 26.—A peasant. rebel- | lion has broken out in Ukrains on a formidable scare, according to advices! received todays Seventy-five thousand | peasants, fairly efficient troops with) their officers and_ inspectors are; marching against the Germans, de-: tachments of whom have withdrawn | before the hostile advance, retreating to Kiev. The peasants are well armed. | UY WLS So Whiskey in London Is 35 Cents a Glass; (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n) London—“France isn't so bad after; all,” said a returned soldier. “You! can get good whisky of pre-war qual-' y over there for $1 a quart, while! in London you pay 35 cents for a drink of whisky that would disgrace the name of Scotland, or $5.25 | quart.” Buy Ww. MORE GERMANS KILLED. Washington, July 26.—Rioting by | peasants in the occupied. regions of} White Russia is increasing and many German soldiers have been “killed,! our utter contempt, forthe things, that, (Continued on Page Tyo: says .an_ official dispatch today from | Stockholm. t [ee ed | “Your Subscription —when does it expire?, Look at the yellow address label which is pasted on your paper. It shows you the date your subscription expires. New. regulations require that all mail sabseriptions must be pald in advance. In addition, all subscriptions must ‘bé stopped on expira- tion date. Tribune readers should watch their date labels and renew promptly before ex- piration date. ‘Bismarck “Tribune Company 4 TTING FOR FRANCE ~ lingly until October , above regulation or rule is modified. | July 22, 1918. 1 1918. ; “‘TWo TOWNS Ann FRANCO-AMERICAN TROOPS — SWEEP ONWARD IN DRIVE AGAINST RETREATING HUNS Crown Prince Hard Pressed to Extricate His Army from Trap Set. by General Foch—Japan ‘to Join United States in Intervention (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Villers Montoire, a little town more than five miles south of Soissons, has been taken by the French and Americans, while farther south they have captured Ouchy le Chateau and swept on to the eastward of the town. NEAR VITAL POINT Between the Ourcq and the Marne the Americans are press- ing hard against the enemy line and have taken the southern half of Le Fere forest; which brings them up to about four miles direct- ly south of the vital town of Fere en Tardenois, the center of the road leading back through the Marne salient and through which |the German forces along the southwestern sectors of the line must retreat, Ris forest, farther southeast toward the Marne, also is being emptied of the Germans. The capture of Villers Montoire and Ouchy le Chateau seems to show that General Mangin, while keeping up his pressyre all jalong the German line, is able to concentrate large forces at, vital points, the loss of which is menacing to the Germans. a R GUL ATIONS | The Franco-American line in a week’s fighting shows an i q advance of from six to eight miles. AFFECT FARM CLOSE MOUTH OF BAG Villers Montoire is on the Chateau Thierry road. It is south- west of. Buzancy, which has been reported unofficially to have Farmers May Now Have Bight Pee" taken by the allies. Its capture marks a new step in the Pounds of-Flour a Month from Own Wheat or. ON, GRHEIMS 7 Ry Maun 3 ain - 1 SCALE OF MILES Y process of closing the mouth of the bag in which the Germans are struggling. The fall of Ouchy le Chateay takes from the Germans the pivot on which their retreat farthdr south has been swinging. Its loss to the enemy, who defended it sternly, is a serious blow. : NEAR HILL 150 The French official statement says the allies have advanced eastward of this town, which would bring them to the vicinity of Hill-150, which is the dominating height in that region, and which would give the allies an observation point over long stretches of the Ourcq aswell as both banks of that stream. | Details of the British progress on the line from Gueux and iMery Premezy, west of Rheims, are lacking. The reported rapid Fadvance of the British there, however, would seem to suggest there was plenty of power behind their thrust and their progress should continue. On the whole, the German retirement on the Marne salient appears to beicontinuing. This is evident on the western side of the salient, but on the southwestern part, north of Rheims, nothing has been reported as to the enemy withdrawal. “BATTLE OF WOODS supply needed on the above basis to! ZA : i With ‘the Allied Army on the Aisne Front, July 26.—The oer dialer {ene onanee " the | Franco-American push has resolved itself into a battle of the _ The following, therefore, is the mod-| woods. The Germans are fighting a vigorous rear guard action itication of Rule 29 as It now stands in with their machine, gun detachments while retiring before the Rule 29: AVhen a farmer brings to {allied forces. Nowhere is the Germaii nifantry in evidence. All the mill or elevator wheat grown by {indications were that the enemy is making preparations for a Minsolé the miller or cveratoe, man further withdrawal. They have been struggling hard to hold exchange basis a sufficient amount et|the northern portion of the sector. is ‘ flour without substitutes to provide | The allies are making progres in ousting the enemy from the eight pounds per month for edch per-| woods. They moved up their heavy artillery earlier in the day and are throwing shells into the German lines... The district to the south is being peppered by allied shellfire. WILL APPLY TO ALL GRAIN New milling regulations which di-} rectly affect the farmer were an- fhounced today by Dr. E. F. Ladd, fed- eral food administrator for North Da- kota, as follws: All millers of wheat and elevators handling flour in exchange for farm- ers’ wheat in North Dakota shall un- til further -notiee-be governed by. the following; instructions | réceived’ from the U. S. food administration at Wash- ington. “ “Farmers shall be permitted a sup- ply of flour from’ the milling or ex-' change of their own wheat on the bas- is of eight pounds per month for each member of their household or estab- lishment. For, the present farmers should not take flour in excess of the | son in his household or establishment until October 1, 1918, provided the farmer signs the following certificate and the miller or elevator manager has | reasonable cause to believe the truth! Uhereof: | MAKING PROGRESS ‘ , Certificate to Be signed by Farmer! London, July 26.—On all sides of the German. salient the exchanging Wheat, for Flour. jallies are reported today to be continuing to make progress, except 1918.. !on the heights behind Soissons. The German resistance to the heat thisg Fyench pressure has been determined in this latter area. The . I hereby certify a! # day delivered .b; to tl ill (or AEC ee ™. D, was | advances reported elsewhere are, for the most part, slight. On just to the north of Rheims, the plevator) at ............ N. ‘ . grown on my farm, that the amount of; the other side of the salient, ; fleur See ere tone together (allies lost the town of Mery and Hill 204 to a German counter give me a supply more than sufficient ; attack, but retook Vrigny and the greater part of the line there- to meet the requirements of my’ house- | abouts looking toward Fismes. hold or establishment under the regu: | lations of the U. S. Food Administra: | tion, and that I will not sell, lend or | deliver such flour to anyone, nor per-; With the French Army, July 26.—The entire German posi- tions within the Marne sector may fall at any time as the result The German commanders The allies are E. F. LADD, Federal Food Administrator. For twenty-four hours noon July Temperature at 7 a. m. . Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation ... Highest wind veloc: mit such flour to be used. for any pur-|of a forward movement by the allies. pose, except, mae consumption! have ordered their men to hold on at any cost. Dnt ee stened soe ./encroaching on the triangular salient. Addr : —— The foregoing reguli oe ae pri: LOCAL ATTACK marily for the 1918-crop of wheat now | Ser S i ; ie iy available in the south but will apply London, July 26. ~The Germans this morning | launched 2 to wheat held for seed and now avail-|local attack on a_ position recently taken by the British on the able for malllag ayant Flanders front. Every effort of the Teutons was beaten off. The foregoing is approved for North, g i ivered 3 yi} o ion. Dakota until further motice and mills wy Lola eae baal delivered a blow in the Arras regig and elevators handling wheat and; +ney were driven oft, flour will govern themselves accord-| ——— 1, or until the PUSH ENEMY BACK Washington, (D. C., July 26.—According to General Pershing’s {communique the American forces on the Marne continue to push {the enemy back. AUY W. S$ ——— CAT ESINECe TO AID OF CROWN PRINCE ae ending at) Paris, July 26.—German generals are holding 20 divisions of shock troops in reserve. They are destined for an operation to * gg {change the situation to an advantage for the crown prince, ‘who . 54/is hard pressed. It is hardly likely, however, that General Foch ‘ iiand Gen. Petain will allow the initiative to be taken from them. i CHANGES IN GERMANY eircuaut | London, July 26.—Revolutionary _changes in Germany are Vor North Dakota: .Fair and warm-,announced in a London Daily Mail dispatch from Berne. Full er tonight and Saturday. jexecutive and state rights have been granted to the imperial Ger- man staff. This means that the civil and military executives are s, how upon the same: basis. \ ACCEPTS PROPOSAL London, July 26.—It is announced that Japan has decided to jaccept the American proposals for a joint intervention in Siberia.” REPUBLIC’S POSITION ACUTE Amsterdam, July 26.—Premier Lenine in a speech at Moscow -:| said that the societ republic’s position has become acute in view ™ (Continued’on Page Three.) Lowest Temperature: 52 Fargo .... \ Williston . Grand Forks . St. Paul .. Winnipeg. . Helena Chicago Swift Current ‘Kansas City ORRIS V 3, © Meteorologist. 8 PRICE FIVE CENTS.