The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1918, Page 1

y GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 227. YANKS LEAGUE SOLON ATTACKS RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE Declares Women Cannot Vote Under Statutory. Provision of 1917 . GRANT COUNTY SEAT CASE Sen. Cahill, Representing Leith, Contests Suffragettes’ Privileges The supreme court is asked today by Sen. J. J. Cahill of Leith, on behalt i of his ‘native village, to’ determine whether Chapt. 254 of the session laws of 1917, which partially extends constitutional. approved a constitutional amendment extending full suffrage to women, and which will be submitted» to thej voters at the fall election for their ap- proval. At the same session the leg- islature: passed an act giving women the privilege of voting for all offices and on all questions not embraced in the cdnstitution. Under this act wom- en have voted in a numver of local elections and one state primary. The issue’in‘which Senator Cahill | 1 the elective franchise to women, is} i is interested is the county seat fight; in Grant. Leith was one of the con- testants at the recent primary for the honor now held by. Carson, through selection by Governor Han: | | na’s board of county commissioners. The legislature in 1917 ; BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THU! RSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1918. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. ‘DAD AND STA THE BOYS 5 Ww LEAGUE CLAIM {Anthony Walton Brings Election Contest Suit to Supreme Court RULED OUT ON LIMITATION | Judge K. E. Leighton Sustained Tribunal That registration on the part of the voter is obligatory is the principal contention of Anthony Walton, J. E. | Erb and Bert Solberg, defeated league | _ Hegislative candidates from War coun- ty, in their election contest apalnit) Ben Olson, Guy Humphries, O. J. Clev-; | en and George Reishus, successful can-! didates for the Republican nomination | “BIG {JREGISTRATION | OBLIGATORY IS | Demurrer in Ward County |, OFFENSIVE MADE TO IRON QUT ST. MIHTEL SALIENT: HUGE ARMY UNDER PERSHING French Check German Push Near Lorraine Sec- tor—Hun Command Now Faced by New Problem ON WIDE FRONT. Washington, Sept. 12.—With the French and Ameri- can troops striking in on a wide front south and east of Verdun today, the greatest battle, perhaps the decisive struggle of the war, may have begun. Early reports show that this first employment of General Pershing’s new army is on a wide front, the joint French and American thrust covering 20 miles. Apparently the initiative effort is to force the enemy out of the St. Mihiel salient, which he had held since 1914. The American troops have been holding the front along the easterly and southerly sides of the salient. Their lines, according to latest informa- tion, included the front where the front crosses the Mo- selle river. The course of that river is the direct road to Metz, which it has been expected here would be the first in the recent primaries, which is be- ing argued on an appeal from the: Ward county district court in su-! preme court today. ‘ ! Ni legislative candidates in Ward coun-} ty at the June prim: Ss WAS contest-| ed originally by Walton, Erb and Sol: berg on the grounds that 1,000 votes! were sworn in at Minot on primary | ; election day. The contestants con-} ;tend that the primary laws require: that voters register in the regular ; Manner, and that 1,000 voters could ‘not legally have failed to register, un-| {less they had been permanently ill) The nomination of the anti-league|. objective of the first phase of an attack by General Per- shing’s men. \ It is now believed here that Marshal Foch has struck the blow he had had in preparation ever since he deter- mined to withhold the bulk of the American army from the fighting until the stage was set for decisive action. The movement planned, however, may not develop to its full extent for several days. (By Associated Press) American and French troops began an offensive on a 20-mile front in Lorraine near the German border. The movement evidently is aimed primarily at the elimina- DRIVE \ for the last two.years or more. Even|tion of the famous St. Mihiel salient, which for four years had when the registr boards i ae Sn ee eee don dss Soters | Projected into the allied line southeast of Verdun. ‘may register with the county auditor The attacks were launched on both sides of the salient on a jor other officer qualified to accept! 12-mile front on the south and 8 miles from the side. The assaults Elgin received 1,000 votes, Carson 7851; and Leith 752; The law provides that; | the two highest’ shall go on the ballot | ‘at the fall election, when the location | of the county seat will be finally de- H termined. Senator Cahill contend. that under Chapt. 254 of the 1917 ses-! sion laws women voted in the pri) mary election, and that 76 more wom- en voted to nominate Carson than those who voted for Leith. Counting out these 76, Senator Cahill sas primary and would go on the final He contends that Chapt. 254 is because, it nad 1. ballot. unconstitutional | eeratcr ees" “] AM ABOUT 10 COMMIT THE ONLY | eas ae —— —» : iret te aerate ae) CRIME | EVER HAVE BEEN GUILTY quired by Sec. 122 of the constitution. In the 12th judicial district, where Senator Cahill originally ‘brought his contest, the action was dismissed when the court sustained a demurrer of the defendants, who are Commis- sioner McDowell and other members of the Grant county election: board, who contended that the court was without jurisdiction, that there was no authority of law for the proceedings of the contestants, and that ‘the lat-| ter had-no grounds for action. The case arrives in supreme court today | on an appeal from the order of the lower court sustaining this demurrer. Nuchols & Kelch.of Mandan represent- the petitioners and appellants, and John F. Sullivan of State's Attorney I. N. Steen of Grant county represent the election board. | The case is of general interest in view of the fact that the supreme court’s decision as to the right of the legislature by statute ‘to extend the right of suffrage to women may af- fect the standing of women électors in Mandan. and} Indiana and Illinois, where they enjoy |- their priviege also by acts of legisla- ture and not by constitutional amend- ment. BUY W, S. 3: GUARANTY ACT WEEDING OUT. WEAK SISTERS State Examiner Explains Reason | for Numerous Recent Bank Failures ' M. E. Howland, a deputy examiner, ; has oeen appoimied temporary receiv- er of the Rolette county bank at St. Johns, which State Examiner J. R.| Waters has closed-for investigation. It is. probable that the St. Johns sthie, a new institution, may take over the ‘Rolette county bany buildias, fixtures , and its good paper at face value and accrued interest, and that much of capes from Burleigh souri River. “lam about to commit the only crime | ever have been, guilty of —against myself,” read a note pin- | med to the coat which was worn by Sheridan V. McElroy. Napoleon printer charged with the robbery of the Napoleon bank, and which was found yesterday on the banks of the Missouri, west of this city. \McElroy, who had been a trusty about the Burleigh county jail, where he was held pending his trial in Logan county, disappeared Monday. ‘His coat and hat were found in such a position as to in- dicate, in conjunction with the note, that he had committed sui- cide by diving into the swift cur- rent of the Big Muddy. The Napoleon bank robber created « sensation last spring, when the body jof the cashier was found lying across , h the open door of the safe, from whic’ a considerable amount of currency KAISER PUTS PEACE BURDEN Amsterdam, Sept. 12.—Speaking < Emperor William declared that every- one in the. remotest corner of the Fatherland knew that ‘he had ‘left no stone unturned to shorten the war as far as possible for your people and for the’ entire civilized European the slow assets of the suspended bank; worid.” may be taken over at an agreed price) by the new concern. ‘Mr Waters now is conducting negotiations to this ef- fect which, if successful, wit), he be- Heves, result in closing up the affairs) of the Holette bank in short order. | R. M. Stangler, a former well known} deputy examiner kho has been dis- charged because of physical disability’ after a year’s service in national army, has been appointed temporary receiv- . er for the Knox state bank, recently closed by the state examiner. The new crop of bank failres is at- tributed by State Examiner Waters to. the operationof the bank deposits! guaranty act, which became operative|> JN 1. The institutions which have been closed. says Mr. Waters, altho in an unsatisfactory condition, had man- aged to exist under former banking laws, but the provisions of the guar- anty act required a probing into the arrairs of all state banks which rc- vealed defects demanding immediat> action on the vart of the state exam- iner. In one instance, at least; says Mr. Waters. a bank: which he. has closed should have been proceeded against tem 'yeatd’ago, but it had been nursed along in the hope that it might solve its difficulties, The emperor said it took two to make peace, that one could not do it unless he could overcome the other. Germany was confronted with her en- emy’s will to destroy her and ,she mus tpreserve her existence. After mentioning his ‘offers of peace, the emperor said the leaders had made it plain to,everyone who wished to understand “that we are at all times ready to offer the hand of peace.” ’ ——1ur w. 8. 5. President: Signs _Bill to Create * . Dry Ristricts Washington, Sept. 12.—President Wilson today signed the joint resolu- tion empowering him to establish pro- hibition zones around shipyards, mu- nition factories, and cantonments. The measure is aimed specifically at the town of Oliver, Wis. which has sprung up with many saloons across the river from Duluth, Minn. It is un- derstood that the order for a wide zone about the Duluth industrial cen- ter to close up Oliver will go out at once. UPON ALLIES. the Krupp munition works at Essen, |' OF’ READS ALLEGED SUICIDE NOTE Man Charged With } Napoleon Bank Robbery: Es- County Jail and Leaves! Coat and Hat with Message on Banks of .Mis-| was missing. McElroy, employed as a printer on the Napoleon Homestead, Was sarrested months latcr, charged with the robbery, but not accused of any connection with the death of the cashier. The,only evidence against McElroy seemed to be of a highly cir- cumstantial nature, hinging upon the ‘fact that he appeared to be in more affluent circumstances’ than he had before the robbery. McElroy, who has a brother and a nephew in the newspaper business in {adjoining counties, had enjoyed a gooc reputation prior to his arrest, and, jwhen he was brought to Burleigh jcounty for safe-keeping, the Logan. county officials recommended liberal |treatment for him. In consequence, he had been used as a trusty, coming and going about the county building much as he pleased. McElroy’s form: [er home is in Wisconsin, where he jhas a wife and three children. iTHEY SAVED THE | PEACH PITS; MAKE | YOUR OWN MORAL Some capitol girls are obeying , Uncle Sam's injunction to save | | peach pits for the protection of the Yanks ‘against Hunnish gas. _At their boarding house they had five pits laid aside, and then they turn- ed up missing. They discovered ; that a lady of the house, ignorant | of the part which these pits were to play in the war, had thrown | them away. , They insisted that the pijs must be:restored, and to make good measure they claimed six of || them. And a very distrait lady, after recovering five perfectly good pits, spent, half a day prospecting until she discovered a sixth. It was not of this year’s crop, but she had made good the half-dozen, and done her bit, and now the capitol | girls wonder whom the joke is on. | | There may be a point to this story. a | eee tates CES NG BUY W.& BRUTAL METHODS USED BY HUNS “IN COLONIES London, Sept. 12.Reports contain- ing .evidence of the brutal methods employed by Germany in the adminis- tration of her coloniés in Africa, made public today’ by Edmund 'M. Georges, acting secretary of the interior, Union of South Africa, constitute the Brit- ish government's reply to Dr. M. Solf. the Gérman secretary of state for the colonies that Germany would demand the deturn of her colonies at the peace conference. Iti one elibie.most sedsational in the history-of Germany’s-ruling of-her colonies, ROR oh Be eral. tehir registration, the leaguers as-| {Sert. These thousand voters’ oily le-| jgitimate excuse for not having regis-| tered, contend the league trio, would! 25 SANTEREIE Number. Listed Up at 3 O’clock This Afternoon: Not: Quite Up to Estimate! « oa ibe that they had been nut of ‘their| {polling précinct for at least ninety | ~~~~-~~~~~~ | days prior to the primary election. \ Walton, who was high man among | i E N 500 | the league legislative candidates, was | v ‘idefeatel by 74 votes, The leaguers | 7 , } contend that if the 1,000 Minot votes} $ . which they assert were not.legally reg-; is rt . 1 istered are thrown. out, the contest- z ‘ ants, Walton, Erb and Solberg will |have been nominated. Whether the supreme court will rule upon this u principal question is doubtful. The issue on which the contestants ap- ee ae ae | peal to the supreme court is the order of Judge Leighton sustaining a de- murrer of the defendants to the con- testants’ petition. An appeal is faken from an order fof Judge K. E. Leighton. dismissing jthe action of the contestant and ap- i : ;pellant on the degindants. demurrer, | | holding that the statute of limitations, MANY TO- COME IN LATE irequiring that an election contest must ibe brough within ten days stter the! canvassing board had certified the re-) People Who Went to Work Early | suit of ita canvass, had been violated. is i ill Si | The lower court sustained the de- This Morning Will Sign Up jmurrer. The only issue involved is! this Evening. the date upon which the canvassing | board completed its labor. The de- | fense contends that this date was July 8, 1918, and that affidavit of contest; CITY REGISTRATION Ward. To 3p. m.| was not filed by the appellants until | One... 3* | July 1., 11 days thereafter. The ap- Two 90 peliants contend that the canvassing Three 65* board did not officially complete its! Four . a work until July 11, and that the affi-/ Five 60 davit of ---test was filed within the Bix: 82 prescribed ten da: BUY W. 291 411 ive cy *—The count in Wards One ana| Liberties Advance Three was made at noon. It is prob-|, 9, | able that during the three hours from! On McAdoo’s Request | 2 to 3 the totals in these wards were | materialy increased, and ‘fi is safe to, For Taxemption conclude that at press ume, 4 p. m..! Nay York, Sept. 12.—Secretary Me: | the total registration for the city is | adoo's request to congress for immed-j more than 500. General Crowder’s e8-jjaté enactment of financial legisla- mals See bbe >{egistration ition including further tax exemptions | June 5, “ott ‘will not apply to cities | O° ee aaah bonis ed Paris d 5, 1917, e forthcoming loan acus such as Bismarck. where voluntary en- ‘advance in outstanding Liberty issues | drat’ age. and. men over the former | ,tzg,opening of today's trading on | draft liait of 21. haeheee ver {the stéck exchange. The second 4’s| 3: ¥ 8€N-/ advanced slightly over 3 1-2 per cent! {to $8: the second conver tine ane | y 3 14 9 thir -4'S When EBismarck’s six registration folly ie atl te H boards complete their labors at 9; ‘The rise in the 4 1-2's was not re- o'clock this evening it is probable that! tained, however. reactions of 1-2 to 2 a least She, thousand blue cards will! per cent setting in. presumably on e securely tucked away in as many patriotic pockets. The actual count| Toft taking. at 3 p’clock this’ afternoon was 411, but from two of the largest wards this report .was based on figures taken at! 12 .o'clock. Many Bismarckers who} ~went to- work early this morning will not find ‘time to register until after supper this evening, when the regis- trars probably will put in two busy hours. i The second general ‘registration day in Bismarck has passed off without unusual event of any kind. Regis- trants began presenting themselves as early as 7 O'clock, and there has been a steady stream at all the regis- tration places from that time on. In Ward One early this ‘morning an Illinois registrant presented himself iwth a reque:€ that Uncle Sam furnish him with transportation for a visit to his old home before he goes into ser-| vice. He was advised that, this was a detail over which the registration: board had no jurisdiction. In Ward Four one Turk, and a Chinaman had registered early, this afternoon. Ward Five reported a Turk, ‘a Syrian, sev- eral Greeks and one Pawnee Indian, Bert Short. Bear of Oklahoma, in the citysen route to visit relatives among the three tribes of Berthold’ reserva- tion. Representatives of every European race are included among «the regis- jtrants. A majority of those who pre- sented themselves for registratiqn to- day were in position to promptly give . ; (Continued on Page Three.) 1 | | | 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. THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD at WASHINGTON, just issued the following rul- | ing: me “All newspapers must dis- continue sending papers after date’ of expiration unless subscription is renewed and paid for.” Tribune readers should watch their. date labels and renew promptly before their subscription expires, thereby’ not missing a single issue. “Last day of grace is Oct. 1, ,You will have to hurry. Bismarck Tribune | ad were progressing favorably, at late reports. A barrage prevailing for hours preceded the thrust. Heavy concentration of allied artil- lery and airplanes had been effected. The German reply on the whole was weak. : STRIKE AT METZ. There have been many predictions in unofficial quarters re- cently that an American offensive movement was likely to be wit- nessed this fall and Lorraine has been mentioned as one, of the more probable fields for'the attack. The German citadel of Metz, lies only somé ‘fifteen riites to the northeast of Pont-a-Mousson: at the -edsterly side of the salient under attack, and it seems not beyond probability that this may be a further objective of the offensive should it develop favorably incrushing out or,materially reducing the salient.’ The removal of this salient in fact would seem to be a necessity before a great drive of any force into Ger- man territory is attempted, otherwise the German forces on the j west would be left in a threatening position on the left flank of the attacking armies. ARMY UNDER PERSHING. It is known that General Pershing has a huge American army under his command and there seems little doubt that adequate forces will be at the disposal of Marshal Foch for a strike in this sector were the initiai opening moves to develop a suitable opening present. The St. Mihiel salient is nearly 20 miles wide from Fresnes, 12 miles southeast of Verdun, to Pont-a-Mousson, and somewhat more than 15 miles in depth, with its apex just to the southwest of St. Mihiel. It was driven into the French line in a sudden Ger- man erruption in the early fall of 1914, before the line had become entirely stabilized after the Marne and Aisne battles. CHECK GERMAN PUSH. The French checked the German push near St. Mihiel and pre- vented a debauching movement on the flank. The positions taken « up by the Germans were strong once, however, and there is on record no previous organized attempt to reduce this menacing bulge, pointing at the heart of France between the fortrdss of Ver- dun and Nancy. Marshal Foch has caused the launching of this attack almost coincidently with the virtually complete elimination of the various salients the Germans drove into the allied lines in their offensives in the. present fighting here. The Hindenburg line has become the principal German defensive position along its whole length and German defense: was stiffening at all points where British, French and Americans were pushing in on them. : A NEW PROBLEM. The German command, it appears, now will have another problem to meet in dealing with its foe at a very distant quarter from that in which the bulk of the fighting has been done in this year’s campaign. The question will be, it seems, whether. the re- duced German manpower has left General Ludendorff with suf- ficient: forces to maintain his from Ypres to Rheims and at the same time turn back a thrust by the allies further south. ' CONSTRUCT SUPREME LINE. Washington, Sept. 12.—A supreme line of defense to be called “parsisalline” is being constructed by the Germans from Antwerp to Metz says Marcel Hutin, in the Echod d’ Paris. The article also says that the Germans are putting the Antwerp forts in a de- fensive condition. PREDICTS SURE VICTORY. : Manchester, England, Sept. 12.—“Nothing but heart failure on the part of the British nation can prevent our achieving a real victory,” said Premier Lloyd George speaking today at Man- chester. The Premier said the British casualties in the last offensive in France were one-fifth of what they were in 1915. . RETURN FIRE WEAK. American Forces on the Lorraine Front, Sept.. 12.—French and American forces this morning directed a terrific barrage fire on the forces of theenemy. The reply of the enemy at some points was vigorous, ‘but at some points it was weak. There are indications at some points that the Germans are withdrawing their artillery, but it appears they are going to put up a stiff fight before being driven out. CROSS CANAL DU NORD. London, Sept. 12.—British forces have effected a crossing of the canal Du Nord to the northwest of Havrincourt, Field Marshal Haid announced today in his official report. The canal here forms the main defense of Cambrai on the southwest. A short distance to the north the British have pushed to the easterly banks of the canal east and north of Moeuvres and established themaelves , 4 : * ace (Continued on Page Three) = ee