The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1918, Page 1

I> ~ ernment reached Washington. today. THRWRA GENERALLY FAIR. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NEW NOTE FROM GERMANY TO BE REFERRED TO MILITARY COUNCIL SITTING IN PARIS President Wilson at Work Upon Reply to Aus- tria’s Acceptance of Terms Laid Down in Last Communication—Situation Far From Clarified. <4 Washington, Oct. 30.—Another note from, the German gov- It supplements the last brief communication saying armistice terms were awaited, by reciting in detail governmental changes which have taken place in Ger- many, as evidence that the kaiser has been deprived of all power! to make war and negotiate peace. the state department shortly before noon to deliver it. Address Americ@n Government. This time the Germans do not address President Wilson per- sonally, but send the information for the American government, | apparently recognizing that the state of personal appeals passed with the transnffssion of their armistice and peace pleas to the; allies. Formulating Terms. It reiterates that the actual powers of the German govern-} ment have been transferred to the reichstag. The note probably ; will be forwarded immediately to Paris, where the supreme war council is reported to have already formulated terms which might permit the cessation of hostilities. Working on Reply. It was learned that President Wilson was working today on; a reply to the last note from Vienna, in which the Austrian govern- ment accepted all terms and conditions demanded by the presi- dent. The reply, which may be made public before nigh®, is ex- pected to inform the government at Viemna, that their request has; been referred to the governments with which the United States is! associated. Drastic Terms. The armistice program said to have been prepared by the supreme war council had not been reported on early today by the! American représentatives. The governments, however, are known ‘to favor terms equally as drastic as those agreed on‘at Versailles. Officials here regard the Austrian situation far from clarified, ; and are inclined to wonder how far the government at Vienna is qualified to speak for anyone. It is understood that they will be dealt“with on the presumption that acceptance of armistice terms amounting to unconditional surrender will be the best guaranty of good faith. , Secretary Lansing had not today received: the note purported to be coming from Count Andressey asking him to intervene with the president to secure early action. Another communication to the president himself was not in order, no reply having been re- ceived to the last note, and. it is presumed that. Count. Andressey has adopted this unusual procedure to convince the people at home of the government’s sincere desire for peace. ; It- was’ stdted later thatthe: now. FSR eee POUR INTO _ HOULAND one or all of the co-belligerents of armistice terms. sur w. 4. 8. Pathetic Sights M Mark With- drawal of Huns From Belgian Soil. REK-BATZER IS VICTIM OF FLU Well Known Hazelton Business Man Passes Away—Wife Also Il. MANY DIE ON THE WAY ARMISTICE TERMS REACHED Fredrick Oderlin appeared at] R. K. Batzer of Hazelton, one of Em | mons county’s best known and most successful young business men, pass- ed away at a local hospital at 3. o'clock this afternoon s{ter less. than # week's illness from‘ Spanish influ- enza. The deceased was brought here Tuesday in the last stages of pneu-} monia, and at no time since his ar- rival was there much hope for his re- covery. The deceased’ was a brother of H. O. Batzer, the Hazelton banker, He is survived by a young widow, who is a , Patient in the samd* hospital. ———awy w. 5, 8 - ‘LETS UNCLE SAM PAY FARE HOME; PRODUCES BAIL ad Max Plasterer, Charged With’ Sedition, Has Economical System. Washburn, N. D., Oct. « .—George Meirstadt, a plasterer of Max, who served in the Civil war, after he had been brought all the way from Fargo, where he had been indicted by tha federal grand jury for seditious ut- terances, decided he did not want to stay in jail here but handed over $200 in bail, to obtain his liberty until his trial on November 19.. Just why the veteran-allowed himself to be brought here all the way from Fargo, in charga of Deputy Marshal Trotter, as a pris- ener, is a problem, unless he figured he would get a free trip, at the ex- nense of the government, so close to to his home at, Max. But perhaps tt just happened that way. Just. before hiking up the hill to the jail, Meirstadt was allowed to stop at the office of Attorney T. J- Mculloch. It didn’t that the attorney long to find that the veteran had enough certificates of deposit on his person, which would permit. him tc give a 200 cash bail. \ “Then, why sojourn in jail?” in- quired Mr. McCulloch, So Meirstadt did not go up the hill but visited around Washburn. all fay. and took the train for Max in the af- ternoon. The veteran claims he is the victim of some spite work. He did some work for a Russian, who refused to pay his bill, but against whom he god judgment. Then ‘thé Russian, he claims, swor uence and charged him witli’ ‘se A Mother Clasps Dead Body of Baby Rather Than Bury in Enemy Soil. | Amsterdam, Oct. $0. When German retirement in Belgium and Flanders began it was expected that | 250,000 refugees would seek safety in Holland. Up to Saturday night only: 17,000 had ‘crossed the :frontier.: All! | but seven ‘were French people. The 1 stream began to trickle.in slowly. At first several hundred arrived each day, but the number now has grad- {ually increased. However, ‘there has been time to organize at all frontier stations food depots. So far there thirty miles‘ apart. At those points the fugitives are registered by .the military authorities, and must undergo a physical examination. tacle of the weary-mudstained war victims, toiling through the slime and rain, was affecting, and the suffer- ings of the women and children and old people’ on the 150-mile tramp were intense. Sleep on Bundies. On the passage the refugees slept at night on the bundles they carried. The motley collection consisted of all classes, and a remarkable number of grandmothers of 80 and 90 braved the trip in wheel-barrows pushed by the more sturdy: .The fatigues of the journey were too much for some of the travelers. The weaker ones died on the way. Many of the refugees are suffering from grip and bronchial af- fections. Many pathetic incidents occurred during‘the march, Among the refugees was a young mother with the body of her six-months-old babe clasped to her breast, The babe had died four days previously, but the mother had jrefused to bury the body in soil held \by the enemy. The Dutch villages on the frontier have rendered efficient assistance to the refugees, although food is not plentiful. ~ ‘ BUY W. s, 5} —— RELEASE OF PRISONERS, London, ‘Oct. 30.—Lloyd George be- lieves that if any’ armistice with eith- er Germany or Atstria‘Hungary was reached the immediate and uncondi- tional release of all prisoners in e1- emy countries would be a condition, the} have been two main streams, some! The spec-} "BISMARCK, NORTH ‘DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, ocr. 30, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS LANGER UNFIT 10 HOLD HIGH LEGAL BERTH Justice James E. Robinson De- clares Attorney General Miserable Fizzle. (POINTS OUT, HYPOCRICIES | Si ee | Poses as Spectacular Law En- forcement Officer_and Then ! Violates Laws. { i That William Langer is unfit to hold | the office of attorney’ general to | Which he seeks reelection at the polls jone week trom today, is the solemn conclusion of Associate Justice James k. Robinson, a lawyer and jurist of | more than fitty years’ active practice and the league's highest legal uthor- {ity, who sets forth his conclusions in the following letter issued from his chambers in the snpreme tourt of {North Dakota today: i “Ociober 30, 1918. | “And still, the attorney general jfiddles while Rome burns—and_ the | pestilence prevails. Fifteen thousand j People of the state are attacked by | the plague, and from the Rismarck j j hospitals there are ten or more fun- | erals daily, and the people are dying all over the state. And now the at- torney general is a candidate for of-} tice and it seems he is better satis- {fied to have the people die all over the state than to come out like a man and a patriot and to declare, as the tact is, that his pet dry bone statute iis an absolue fake and a fraud; that it was never passed by the senate, {and that any person in the state has an absolute right to import liquor for {personal and medicinal purposes. “And now the attorney general has }come out with a proclamation saying: ‘Within the last few days many physi- jans and health authorities from var- ious parts of the state have advised (me that whiskey and brandy can be used. advantageously in treating se-! vere cases of influenza and pneu- | monia, and have asked permission to {secure limited quantities of these - quors for such purposes.’ -So the at-! torney general graciously deciares | that whiskey and brandy may be con- sidered as medicine and ‘prought into the state for such treatment/in man- ner prestribed by law, during the epi- demic only... And that the lMquors must be obtained through registered (Pharmacists, and private importation !4y absolutely prohibited : Who 'ls the Attorney General? | “And. who is the attorney general to. prohibit importations’ of liquor when there is no law to prohibit the samo ,and when the U. S. statute of March 3, 1917, expressly permits the importation by any person for medi- cinal purposes?) Why was. not tho at- torney general so candid as to say to} the people: My own good wife was taken with the plague; my physician | Said that she must have whiskey or die, ar _ I secured a ‘-‘e official to run and tustle for a bottle of good | jliquor ,and thereby saved her life. L jhad no time to get it from the phar- ‘macist and when stricken with the plague you will have no time, and; ‘hence it is proper and right that you ; should all jhave some such medicine ‘for use in Case of an emergency Why jdid he not say that he had made an investigation and found that the bone idry law is an absolute fake anda fraud, as declared by the senate in extra session, without a dissenting }vote? Why did he not say that the ‘senators are not all liars, and thet ithe record clearly shows that their; declaration is true: | Langer Shows No Fitness. | “Now, in this matter, I have tried hard to induce Mr. Langer to do his {duty, but he has not kept faith with ime. Hence, as a judge of the supreme !court, I deem it my solemn duty to | state those matters and to show that the attorney’ general has shown no fit- {ness for the duties of his office. | His Opinion on 44. i | “For instance, he gave to the gov- 'ernor a solemn. opinion which was message to’ the. house, commend- (Continued on Page Four.) Owing to high cost Bismarck. The New Ri BY CARRIER Per Month . Per Year ..} seription. ‘federal trade conunission. pile EARLY, CLOSING. Stores. Cannot Remain Open YOUR VOTE Wak DO IT. Your ‘vote will do it. Your vote will either clamp the chains of socialism firm- “ly about your state or it will reject the invader. It is a matter entirely up to you. This responsibility cannot be passed on to your neigh- bor. The obligation is. yours and yours alone. You cannot evade the issue. You know what socialism is. You know what it-has done in Russia. You know the type of men and women, too, who are behind socialism in North Dakota. You know Kate Richards O'Hare, convicted of sedition and sentenced to five years at hard labor i in Jefferson prison. You know Walter Thomas Mills, indicted under the fed- eral espionage act and soon to be arraigned, and yet making campaign speeches for the socialist state administration in North Dakota. You-know what the St. Louis platform of the socialist party in America stands for, You know that the socialists now in control in North Dakota stand. for that program. You know what your boy, fighting over there in France for you and for his home, thinks of socialism. ' You know what he must think of you if you assist in fastening socialism upon his home state. Your duty is clear. You can do but one thing, if you would be true to your- self and your family and your country. You can repel the Hun here at home only by voting for the people’s candidates on the democratic ballot next Tues- lay. - YOU WILL do it, if you pause for a moment to consider what North Dehota will be as a Kolshevik state. ler arene irs [3 SUESgNT 9UUGUTUOTUUIUTyEEUSRUPUTUUEST TTS ‘MISS NIELSON FULLY QUALIFIED FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC ~ INSTRUCTION, DECLARES LANGER. Attorney Géneral Gives'Lie tol Lie to Reports Spread by | Opposition to People’s Candidate for Important State Office. OBJECTIONS URGED RULE:EFFECTIVE TOMORROW NIGHT) - League Head of North Dakota Legal Department Sets Public Right. After 6 Except On Saturdays to Save Fuel. { aa ain reply to charges preferred by a 20 tT tos e Superintendent of Pu lic In- ie o Meccan elanghe structior N. C. Macdonald t- the ef- March 31, 1919, no store which |*¢ct that his opponent, Minnie J. Niel- shall be lighted, heated or warm. |£0" of Valley City, cannot qualify for ed through the direct or indl- the office which she seeks, Attorney rect consumption of coal “or petroleum or their groducts may be kept open on Sundays, or be- fore the hour of 8 a. m. or after the hour of 6 p. m. on week days, except that on Saturdays the hour jot October 29. says: “I am of the opinion that the por- tion of Sec, 1105 of the compiled law: of 1913 which adds to the qualifica- of closing may be ‘extended to 10 c'clock. This order was official. | fications for such offices found in said Sec. 82 of the constitution, can UNCONSTITUTIONAL| General William Langer, under date; tions for the office of superintendent ! of public instruction is unconstitution-‘ al, and that you, possessing the quali-; TyDAYS LEFT ly promulgated today by Capt. |. P. Baker, fuel administrator for North Dakota. Confectioneries, drug stores, news stands or stores using wood for fuel are especially exempted from _ these restric. tions. BUY W. S. Sem INSTITUTE IS OFF. Wi -ashburn, N. D., 7, Oct. 30.—The Me- Lean county teachers’ institute, sched- uled to open here November-18, has been called off( on account of the Spanish influenza epidemic. ‘Not only are practically all the town. school in the county closed but approximately 80 per cent of the country schools, ag well. So far Washburn has had only four cases of the disease and none is re-| ported as serious. of labor and print paper, The Tribune has been forced to increase its subscrip- | tion price effective November 1, 1918. Subscribe today and get the old rate, You save $1.20 a year if you live in ates Are: ‘ BY MAIL IN Three Months . Six Months One Year . City Subseribers who are in arrears are: asked to call at the office and settle before November 1, as all arrearages will be ‘figured at the new rate unless settled by November 1. Mail subscribers except those residing in Bismarck can enjoy old rate of $4.00 a year until November 1. ‘Subscribe now and save ONE DOLLAR ‘on a year’s sub- 1 All RubschiaHoné pay able strictly in advance under ruling of The Bismarck Tribune Co. qualify under the laws of this state! for the office of state superintendent | of public instruction.” Miss Nielson’s frienas consider this | an effective answer to the only argu- ment which the Nonpartisan adminis-| tration has really opposed to the election of the Valley City woman to the post which Mr. Macdonald now |holds. Mr. Langer’s letter follow: OPINION. ctoder 29, 1918. , “Miss Minnie J. Nielson, ' “Valley City, North Dakota. “Dear Madam: “I have your letter of recent date in which you set forth that you are a duly qualified elector for the office of superintendent of public instruc- tion in this state and over the age of twenty-five years. You ask if under the laws of this state you can quality to hold the office of Superintendent of. public instruction. |. “In reply I will advise you that Sec- tion 82 of the constitution of the state of. North Dakota provides for thé elecion of a superintendent of public instruction and prescribes the qualifications for eligivility to such office, which are that the person seek- ing to qualify for the same shall have {attained the age of twenty-five years, ‘'shall-be a citize nof the United States, _and shall have the qualifications of a | State elector, “The supreme court of this state thas held that the legislature can ( (Cottinued on Page Two.) BUY W.S.8.——— # (CANDIDATES FOR | ARTILLERY SCHOOL MAY CRAM FIRST The adjutant general’s office has received a few blank applications for .enlistment in the coast artillery school at Fort Monroe, Va. This, ad- vises Gen. Fraser, is @ concentration ‘camp for instruction and training of {men and officers for overseas duty in the heavy artillery. A working knowl- edge of-algebra, geometry and, plane | trigonometry is required. Those in- ! ducted into this service will be per- \nhitted to attend a qualifying school j before taking their final entrance ex- aminations. The school offers courses of two and six weeks, respectively, and is for the purpose of brushing up on the mathematical studies required. Registrants interested are invited to communicate with Adjatant Geserat Fraser. IS RUMOR AUSTRIAN LINES CRUMBLING = BEFORE SLEDGE HAMMER . BLOWS OF ALLIED ARMIES General Retirement Over Entire Piave Front— Day’s Offensive Nets 20,000 Prisoners—War Council to Decide on Peace Overtures. (By Associaed Press.) { The Versailles conference, it is reported, has agreed on the terms for anarmistice, and also on the final peace terms. It is said that they will be submitted some time soon to Germany. Reports are that the allied nations will demand the surrender of the German fleet including all submarines and occupation of | fortified towns on the Rhine. Internal conditions in Germany and Austria appear to be lrapidly gr owing worse. Rioting in which a large number of per- sons was killed is reported from Budapest. In Germany, the popu- jlation ii is said to be in a panic. Banks are being stormed by deposi- tors, it is reported. One year ago, the Italian armies were streaming westward | from Izonzo with a great military disaster imminent. Today, ithe British, French and Americans are pouring through what | appears to be a breech in the Austrian line east of the Piave river. Valdobdiadene has been captured, Conegliano has been occu- pied, and along a line stretching south to the Treviso-Oderzo rail- road, the allies are moving steadily ahead. Prisoners numbering more than 20,000 have been taken. Reports from the Piave front seems to indicate that after the ‘first rush of the allies the Austrian resistance weakened greatly jand that along the center of the line that the enemy defense has been crushed. The allied sweep eastward appears to have gained momentum yesterday, and it is probable the next few days may see the whole Austrian army fronting the Piave in retreat toward ——~--~~~ I the Taglimento. Advancing Northwest. Not only are the Austrian lines yielding on this front, but rther north and west the allies are advancing. The capture of |Cogueliano, the key of the Austrian position, is considered a fatal | blow to the enemy plan to hold the northern end of the line. Bitter Fighting on Meuse. ! , Bitter fighting has been going on in the Meuse sector during ithe last day or two. East of the Meuse the American forces haye ‘moved ahead once more and wrested positions from the Germans. {West of the Meuse, the Germans have been heavily bombarding the American lines. American long range artillery has‘ been pounding the supply lines of the Germans. ! West of the Argonne forest. the French have begun an attack ‘which seems to promise the turning of the Aisne line, the main {obstacle to the French advance in the Vouzieres sector. The new jattack was over the front. from Quentin-le-Petir. to Herpy, north of the Aisne, and. progress. made in.the-first-few-hours.of .the on- ‘slaught indicated important results are within reach. Tightening Hold. . On the Oise-Fere front, the French are tightening their hold on the lines about Guise, while to the south they have moved ahead jin spite of the desperate resistance. Near Valenciennes, the British are apparently checked, for !the moment at least.. No significant progress has been made there ‘during the last day or two. The French, Belgians and British have improved their lines about Ghent. FRAZIER FEARS CROOKED WORK Fee eT ONS ee oe Wields Big Stick Over Opposi-| tery and machine gun fire north of ‘ ‘- A Verdun, and the bringing down of sev- tion in Letter Threatening eral enemy'planes, with the failure of Prosecution. We f AVIATORS SAVED. = * 4s. Piave, Oct. 30.—During the crossing of the Piave by Italian and British troops, an Austrian plane attacked ;an Italian observation balloon and attempted to pass through it. Both ‘the balloon and the plane were set on jtire, and the burning mass dropped to the ground. Neither the Italian ob- server nor the operator of the Aus- trian plane was injured. |told by General Pershing in his com- {five American planes to return, was — ' The state council of defense, the of- | fice of the attorney general and every! other law-enforcement resource at his | j command. will be utilized by Governor !FrazierIn preventing or prosecuting ; Violations of election laws and corrupt! | practices act at the polls next Tues-| ‘day, the chief executive advises in # ‘letter today directed to state’s attor-) ‘neys, sheriffs and executive officials | of all the counties of the state. The governor cites the fact of complaints | having been made and “some e' ‘dence produced tending to show viola- tion of the election laws in many lo- calities at the June primaries,” and he urges every official who is to act at the general election November 5 to thoroughly familiarize himself with the election laws and the corrupt prac- tices act of our state, “and to impress upon each individual official that he} is entrusted with the enforcement of) the provisions of these laws, that the eection may be free from violations.” “It is the sacred privilege and duty. of all voters to:cast their ballots ac- cording to the dictates of their con- science,” continued the governor, “and in order that we may have a; truly democratic government by the people, we must have honest elec-} tions. All patriotic American citizens are willing to abide by the decision of ;the majority, and that decision can; !be determined only by a fair and hon- | jest election. “Therefore, all state's attorneys, theriffs, members of the’ state council of defense, city officers ed election officials are especially requested to see that there be no violations of the election laws on November 5. The ac- tive cooperation of all citizens and Officials to make the coming election the fairest ever held within our state; will be greatly appreciated. “Should any violations or election | frauds be pervetrated, I will use all means at. my disposal to bring the of- fenders to justice.” ave w as ANTI-COOTIE GARMENT. Washington, Oct. 30.—A trench un-| dergarment chemically treated as°a Preventive against vermin has been approved by the war department and shipments na .quantity overseas ord- Similar enrmeale are in use by the British. = 1 munique yesterday. AUSTRIANS IN RETREAT, On the Piave, Oct. 30.—Austrian forces are retreating under ever in- creasinfg pressure, and it is thought the pressure on the enemy will be- come overwhelming as soon as all the allied forces can enter the offensive. |Latest reports show the Austrians re- jtreating steadily to save themselves in the Piave district, where 150 addl- tional guns and 2,000 more prisoners were captured today, FLEET CONCENTRATES. Paris, Oct. 30.—The Austrian fleet has been hastily concentrated at Fi- ume. A few vessels remain at Pola. but all that were at Caterraro have left. It is said that the concentra- tion was demanded by Hungary. Fiume is the chief seaport of the {kingdom of Hungary. Pola and Cater- ‘raro are in Austrian territory. It is probable that Hungary demanded the concentration of the fleet at Fiume to have control of it should the dual monarchy dissolve. There is a strong movement for independence under way in Hungary. AMERICANS READY. Italian Headquarters on the Piave. Tuesday, Oct. 29—Hlements on the American exneditionary force are now ready to take part in operations ot tne Piave. RETIRING EASTWARD. Italian Headquarters on the Piave. Oct. 30.—Austrian forces are retiring, eastward in the region of Taglimento. They are leaving behind them scat- tered on the road toward Vittorio, sev- en miles north of Taglimento. and Scaille, farther to the west, many ne guns and munition wagons. MALTREAT PRISONERS.) London, Oct. 30.—Germany has flag- rantly broken the rules of internation- al law in her treatment of British vrisoners of war declared Sir Georze Cave, the British home secretary. @) the house of commons yesterday. Some of the German internment camps he said were reasonably well organizbed, but there were other camps: where conditions were: almest