The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1918, Page 1

4 4 Peocereesereserwees, THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR, THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4, 1918 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [== PRICE FIVE CENTS. - PHOTO OF $S. GEORGE WASH INGTON @INTERNATIONAL § FILM SERVICE agusseranp. in France.” REPUDIATION OF ENTIRE LEAGUE PROGRAM SURE Semi-Official Canvass. of 53 Counties Shows Amend- ments Behind 5,000 LEAGUERS SWITCHED Highest Total for Proposal. that Number Below 52,000 Initiators Defeat for all of the amendments initiated by the Nonpartisans in the recent general election with the ex- ception of the hail amendment, was reported at noon today following the completion of the semi-official tabula- tion by the secretary of state of offi- cial-returns’ from 91 counties and semi-official returns from the two oth- ors. Thig tabulation doés not include the total’ vote from nine counties, which is expected to increase the ma- jority against the amendments by ap- proximately 500. The secretary of state’s ¢abulation at noon showed a total vote of 93,502. The total for the constitutional amendments providing freer methods of amending the constitution was 46,- 325; for the amendment removing the debt limit, 46,272, and for the amend- ment authorizing the state to guar- antee the bonds of all manner of state-owned public utilities, industries and enterprises, 46,826. ‘The last-named amendment would have the necessary majority were it Mot certain that the total vote in the nine counues which have so far re- ported only the vote for governor will increase the whole number of votes cast a point where present majority of 150 for this amendment will have ‘been reduced to a minority of 300 or more, ‘No important change is expected in the official canvass in the total num- iber of votes shown cast for the amendment. ‘Such change as there will be will merely add to the whole number of votes cast. and increase the handicap which fhe league amend- ments have to overcome. In short, the league's entire eco- nomic program has been repudiated ‘by the pople of North Dakota, and at least 5,000 of the 52,000 leaguers who assisted in initiating these proposals, vy signing the league petitions, re- fused to give the league echemes their final endorsement at the polls. BURLEIGH COUNTY COMMISSION WILL GIVE YANKS VOTE Board Finally Decides to Count Seven Out of; Nine Soldier Ballots ‘Received The Burleigh county commission which originally declared its intention of throwing out soldier ballots at its meeting yesterday acted on instruc- tion from the attorney general and canvassed seven of the nine ballots which had been recei¥ed by the coun- ty auditor. One of the ballots thrown out was voted on'the 8th and the oth- er on the 22nd of November. Attorney General Langer ruled that the affidav-| it accompanying such ballots should! shaw that the ballot was voted on elec-| tion dayfi, November 5.. No change wag made in any result in this coun- ty. Six of the seven split even on {ne state’s attorneyship, reports Audi- tor Flaherty, while the seventh did not vote for this office. MINOT MAN WANTS OUT Mail Carrier Who Killed Man Asks for Pardon Attorney B. R. Sinkler of Minot ap- peared before the pardon board yes- terday-to plead for Elmer Crowell, a Minot mail-wagon driver who about a year ago shot to death a drayman who collided with. Crowell’s wagon. Crowell was convicted of manslaugh- OUR MESSAGE TO FRANCE: FOLKS ASK JOBS FOR ALL YANKS AT THE CAPITOL ‘State Auditor Kositzky has been advised that petitions are being circulated in various parts of the state requesting Governor Frazier to find places at the capitol for returning soldiers. A number of drafted men went from the state house and their places are being held for them. State officials are in doubt as to the expediency of attempting to find places for all of North Dakota’s 25,000 soldiers at the capitol. FORMER KAISER MUCH DEJECTED OVER FUTURE Sits at Window Writing as Against Time, Hour After =. «Hour, London, Dec. 4.—filliam Hohen- zollern wears a dejected appearance, according to the press correspondent at Amerongeon, Holland, who says he hag talked to someone who has “come much in contact with the exile.” He quotes as follows: “The former emperor wore an attitude of relief “Written in the blood of their sons on reconquered French soil, the name of the United States will be more than ever, and till the end of time, cherished 10 BE NAMED BY MEMBERS Like Ceaser He Spurns Crown Offered at St. Paul Conclave TO A REFERENDUM (By Associated Press.) ‘St. Paul, Dec. 4.—The forenoon ses- sion of the National Nonpartisan league today was marked by the same secrecy as were the opening -sessions ysterday. An official announcement issued stated that the convention ap- proved permanent articles of associa- tion for the league. A-written statement given out by the league regarding the forenoon ses- sion read: ‘The national convention meeting in ‘St Paul has now approved permanent articles of association for the league. These grticles place. dhe management’ of the affairs of the or- ganization entirely in the hands of the membership, under the following proceedure: (‘Each state organization is to ve governed by a committee of five farm- er members to be gosen by the league fn state convention. “The chairman of each state com- VOTE when he arrived in Holland, but that! mittea elected by the state conven- soon vanished, and could not even be restored by the arrival of his cheery wife. The latter has been a. real heorine, and has done éverything to encourage her husband. Herr Hohen-) zollern feels a sense of horror. “The former emperor sits at a win- dow writing as against time, hour after hour and sheet against sheet.” M’KENZIE BOY BADLY INJURED FIGHTING FRITZ Mr. Helen Allen Receives Notice of Wounding of Husband in Action An official telegram from the adju- tant general at Washington yester- day advised Mrs. ‘Helen Allen, 106 West Main street, that her husband, Private Lester Allen of Co. A, 137th infantry, was severely wounded in ac- tion in France on October 5. Mrs. Allen had already received a letter from her husband under date of ‘No- vember 4, advising of his injury and urging her not to worry, as he was{| getting along all right. Mrs. Grace Hancock, 106 West Main street, and Ernest Allen of Bismarck are sister and brother of the wounded Yank. Lester’ Allen was born and reared on a farm near McKenzie. He went to Camp Dodge last summer in the same contingent with the Schnecker boys of Bismarck, and after spending only four weeks in training was sent overseas, where he participated in some of the stiffest of the fighting up to the time he was sinjured in ac- tion. Prior to being selected for serv- ice, Private Allen was engaged in farming north of McKenzie, where he has many friends. DIDN’T THINK ENOUGH OF U. S. TO FIGHT FOR IT WEARS ITS TOGS Grand Forks military at:tnori- ties are anxious to know what should he done with 2 neutral alien who was mustered into the service and who claimed his dis- charge by claiming his neutral rights, thus forfeiting his Ameri- can citizen ship, but who persists in wearing his military uniform. he Adjutant general has declined to give an opinion on ths subject. The regulations give dischargeed soldiers the privitege of wearing their uniforms for 99 days after their return home. Communities where such a privilege has been claimed by individuals who had forfeited their right usually Fave found a means of making the practice sufficiently obnoxious to ter and sent to the state prison for an indefinite term, secure its abandonment, it is said. i tion will be a member of the national committee. “The membership of the national committee will be as many as there are states members of the league. To Select Chairman. “The national committee chooses its own chairman who also becomes president and chief executive officer of the league. ‘After completing preliminary work of the convention and electing Presi- dent A. C, Townley to succeed him- self, the committee now in session be- gan auditing the books of the league. “A referendum of the election of President Townley is proposed. The articles of the league do not provide for a referendum of this kind, but it is being taken at the personal request of President Townley.’ Following is a league organ’s ac: count of the meeting: A. C. Townley today refused to ac- cept the presidency of- the National Nonpartisan league for another four years, unless the question of his elec- tion is submitted to a referendum of every member of the league in the United States. ‘ ‘Forty-five delegates from 13 states in the union late today elected Town- ley as president. He refused to ac- cept the presidency, unle¢s a majority of the league members through a ref- erendum elected him. Townley Refuses Election. Delegates suggested that he be elected through referendum of exist- ing committe and Townly promptiy refused this. He insisted upon the election, if he is t obe reelected, com- ing direct from the farmer members. (Continued on Page Hight.) WASHBURN BOY DIES IN LAST HOURS OF WAR Lieut. Victor B. Wallin Killed in Action in France on November 11 Washburn, N. ~.. Dec. 4.—Lieut. Victor R, Wallin, the first Wash- burn boy, born and bred. to ose his life in the great war, was killed in action in France on November 11, the day on which the war ended, ac- cording to advices received by his family here today. Lieut, Wallin has two other broth- ers in the service, Lieut. Homer ‘Wal- lin in thé navy, and Corp, Clarence Wallin in the artillery service in the Philippines. The jboys made their homes here until about four years ago. Mrs. Wallin now is in Boston with her son Homer. The father, who died about ten years ago, was at Fort Stevenson in the early days. _ : TOWNLEY WANTS FRAZIER WILL . ASK FOR THIRTY DAYS’ SESSION Governor Frazier in his second inaugural message will urge the general assembly to complete its work in thirty days in order to save the state money which is badly needed for administrative purposes. By statute the regular session may run 60 days. Legis- Jators are noncommittant on the subject of a short session. WOULD USE OLD FORT LINCOLN IN AERIAL POST Military Men Believe Bismarck Should: Be Division Point on Chanute Line { The use of Fort Lincoln as-an aer- ial station on the proposed “Chanute- (Bell” aerial post route from Boston to Seattle via Chicago, the Twin Cities and Spokane, is being urged by mili- tary men who are conversant with the bost. Fort Lincoln was designed as a four-company post, fad it is not regarded probable that it will be re- occupied for this purpose. It would, however, say military. men, make an idea] aviation landing, testing and training ground. The fort sits in the midst of several miles of perfect- ly level prairie, without a tree build. ing or other obstruction within a wide radius.- The buildings are new and in excellent condition, and could be remodeled for any -use which the aerial post route might require of them. It is understood that the plan contemplates the creation of “division points” at intervals of 500 miles, and that Chicago and the Twin Cities would be two of these points. Such an arrangement would make Bismarck logically the next stop. DAWSON BOY _ ON HIS WAY HOME AGAIN Sergt. J. F. Kepler Mustered Out Ist Before Being Commis- sioned Lieutenant S$. 5. Kepler of Dawson, writing from the Andrews hotel at Minneap- olis, with instructions that The Trib- une which has been going to his son, Sergt. J. F. Kepler. at Waco, Tex., be transferred to the writer’s address, says: “My son was discharged from serv- ice November 25 and arrived in Min- neapolis on the 28th. From here he goes to Wakon, la. for the holiday season, and then to Dawson, the home of his father, and from which point he enlisted. My son was attending officers’ training school in Texas, and would have been commissioned second lieutenant January 15, 1919, if the Germans had not concluded on that memorable day, November 11, 1918, that they had started something they were unable to put a roof on. “He prefers civilian life, though he willingly waived all exemptions that he might be inducted into service.” ‘Sergt, Kepler has a goodly num- ver of friends in Bismarck who will be pleased to learn of his safe return to North Dakota, the state of his (May 9, 1918, and was a member of Co. V, first battalion, at Camp Mac- Arthur, Waco, Tex. CALLED HOME BY NEWS OF ACCIDENT TO HER MOTHER (Miss Callie Wieder, field organizer for the public library commission, has been called home to West Branch, Ia, by news of an accident in which her mother was severely in jured. FRAZIER TO ST. PAUL Governor May Be Allowed in on Nonparty Convention Governor Lynn J. Frazier left last evening for St. Paul to attend the na- tional convention of the Nonpartisan league. birth. He was inducted into service; THIS IS FRANCE’S MESSAGE TO AMERICA AS PRESIDENT WILSON SAILS WITH LEAGUE CLAIMS AMENDMENTS IN LEAD IN FINALS Basing Contention on Semi-Offi- ficial Returns From 51 of 53 Counties SEVEN SHIRES ARE TARDY Notified Messenger Will Be Sent for Abstract if Not Here By Friday Nonpartisan league officials at the capitol, with the exception of Secre- tary of State Hall, are this morning claiming success for a majority of the league constitutional amendments. This claim is made on the face of in- ‘formal and semi-official returns from 51 out og 53 counties. The secretary of state’s office by noon today had tabluated the semi-official returns from all but six counties, and had in- formal returns from four other coun- ties. The only counties from which no returns at all were available were Morton and McLean. The secretary of of state asserts that his tabulation would indicate that all of the prin- cipal league amendments have lost by a small majority, The state canvassing board upon convening in statutary session yester- day found that no returns of any de- scription had been received from sev- en counties and that seven omers had failed to report the total vote cast in the recent general election. Secre- tary of State Hall was instructed to notify the counties which had made no report that unless this report was} received not later than December vu a messenger would be dispatched for the same at the expense of the county. The counties concerned were Bot- tineau, Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, (Morton, Wells and’ Williams. Bur- leigh county redeemed itself late yes- terday afternoon by sending its offi- cial abstract to the capitol from the county building in Bismarck where the abstract had been retained. The seven counties, from which reports have not been’received on the total vote are Adams, Grand oF'rks, McKen- zie, Rolette, Sheridan, Slope and Grant. State Auditor Kositzky who claims that the league amendments have al- ready a sufficient majority of «ll the votes cast, referred to the statutes yesterday and discovered thatthe state canvassing board may adjourn from day to day to await belated returns, ‘but that in no case may it adjourn for more than three days in all, ex- cept to await the return of a messen- ger dispatched to any county seat to bring in the official abstract. Under his interpretation of the statute, un- less some county fails to return its of- ficial abstract by Friday, the state canvassing board must complete its of- ficial canvass upon that date, and no soldier votes received later can be counted. Attorney General Langer in a formal ruling on the question had expressed the opinion that the board could adjourn to a later date, and an adjournment to December 10 had al- ready been announced. When the state canvassing ‘board met yesterday, however, it merely adjourned until 1:30 this afternoon, after instructing the secretary of state to camp on the trail of tardy counties, The secretary of state's “ffice this morning was engaged in tabulating the vote on the principal league amend- ments, and it was expected that def- inite results on at ‘least 51 counties would be available by noon. The secretary of state has ruled that when soldier ballots are received ‘by county, boards after their official abstract has been filed with the state canvassing board, the county board must, if such ballots are received pri- or to any adjourned meeting of the state board, file a second official ab- stract, recording the #oldier vote on all offices and constitutional ques- tions. The soldier vote in any event promises to be very small, and it is doubtful whether it will affect any ‘but very close local contests. CASEY AT THE BAT P. M. Casey of the state board. of control has been seriously ill bite flu at his home in Fargo. ROUSING FAREWELL GIVEN TO PEACE PARTY AS IT LEAVES NEW YORK ON EUROPEAN TOUR Band Plays “Over There” and Sea Planes Execute Daring Stunts Above Presidential Steamer— Shores Lined With Spectators—First Scene of Kind in History New York, Dec. 4.—Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, sailed today. for Europe.to participate as one of the five rep- resentatives of the United States to thé peace conference to be held in France. i m The transport George Washington got under way at 10:15 a. _ The President’s party included two other American represent- atives, Secretary Lansing and Henry White, former ambassador to France. Played “Over There” An army band on the shore played “Over There.” _ With the President waving his hat to cheering throngs aboard river craft, the George Washington turned her head toward the seas shortly after 10 o’clock. As the big liner straightened her course the Presidential salute of 21 guns thundered from the transport guns, which during more than a year of war had served to defend thousands of American oldiers from German submarine jattacks. The big ship got more than half way across the river before she turned. Give Airplane Exhibition y As the fleet started down the bay, a squadron of airplanes dropped from the clouds and executed a series of daring loops above the President’s ship. Off Staten Island, the George Washington met its convoy, the battleship Pennsylvania. They passed quarantine at 11 o’clock. : As the squadron steamed out to sea a single airplane travel- ing only 50 feet above the water could be seen leading the way. Across the waters of the Hudson just as the George Washing- ton was about to sail, there came the roaring cheers of more than 2,000 American soldiers returning to American shores on the British transport Lapland. From crowded rails, every port hole, and decks the returning men shouted greetings to the President. rst Time in History For the first time in the nation’s history a president stepped on board a steamship which was to take him to Europe, when to- day Woodrow Wilson walked up the plank of the transport George Washington. The George Washington was prepared to sail two hours later to France, where the President is prepared to take part in the peace conference. A picturesque military reception was accorded the president, Secretary Baker, Secretary Lansing, Sec- retary Tumulty, Mrs. Wilson and others who were passengers on the special train. Archway of Flags An archway of American flags had been erected. As the president stepped from the train and shook hands with Gen. G. H. McManus, bugles and drums sounded, and an army band played “The Star Spangled Banner.” Accompanied by Gen. McManus and his staff the presidential party moved slowly under the archway of flags and between solid rows of soldiers who presented arms as the president and Secretary Baker passed. fe Former German Craft Admiral Gleas, head of the cruiser and transport division of |the Atlantic fleet, met the president and shook hands with him at the entrance to the gangway. Aboard the transport, the presi- dent was introduced to Capt. MacAusley, the commander of this former North German Lloyd steamship. Secretary Baker planned to leave the transport before it got under way. Secretary Tumulty however, remained on board for a final interview with President Wilson, and it was arranged that he be taken off by a tug-boat at quarantine. : In High Spirits The president, in high spirits, said he was looking forward to the voyage as a rest, indeed, the first real rest since he assumed office. He remarked that it might be “an enforced rest for a few days.” Thus acknowledging his reputation for being a poor sailor. An office desk in one room of the president’s suite was piled Rive week telegrams and official documents before the transport sailed. z On the train trip from Washington extraordinary precautions were taken by the secret service. Meanwhile, 200 secret service experts had thoroughly examined the George Washington and the loyalty of every officer and seaman on board was absolutely proven. - (Continued on Page Four.) = tas tae