The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1918, Page 1

ge <r Paswrsreresesonasn me THE WEATHER Warmer Tonight. ” THE BISMAR K TRIBUNE[= ae: THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. . BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WOND WARDENSHIPIS | ENVELOPED IN MUCH MYSTERY Two Members of Board of Con- trol Deny That Appoint- ment Is Made. BADGER CLAIMS THE JOB Former Deputy at Wisconsin State Prison Resigns to Accept Berth. Has James Whalen, late deputy warden at the Wisconsin state prison at Waupun, resigned his badger job to accept the wardenship of the North Dakota penitentiary, as a successor to Frank S. ‘Talcott, recently re- signed? If he has, through what authority has he received his appointment? These are two questions over which official North Dakota, league and an- tileague, is much exercised. Saturday evening came a query! from a ‘Milwaukee, Wis. news cor- respondent offering @ story on the; resignation’of Mr. Whalen, who was to become warden of the North Dako- ta penitentiary. James A, Brown, chairman of the ‘North Dakota board of control and tho only member of that ‘board who has been on the job. during the last week, was immediately interviewed, and he positively denied, in a state- ment to the Bismarck representative of the Associated Press, that Mr. | Whalen had been considered or that) any appointment had been made. The-Courier-News, official daily or-| gan of the Nonpartisan league iia North Dakota, in its Sunday morning issue carried a similar denial from P. M Casey, president. of the Equity Coope ative Packing Co., and a member of the board. The Courier-News stated, further,| that “Since Warden Talcott tendered | his resignation, Mr. Casey has been} the only member in Bismarck.” This is not a fact, Chairman Brown was in Bismarck on Saturday and he had been in the Capital City and in daily attendance at the offices of tho state board of control since Tues- day of last week, when he returned from Kansas City, Mo., whither he had gone to deliver an insane patient. Mr. Casey had not ‘been here during all of ‘last. week, nor had Simon J. ‘Nagel, another league member, who was in Oregon, delivering an insane patient to.the.state hospital for the) insane there. ‘ ‘Both MrCasey and Mr. Brown daily during. the!last''Week ‘have ‘positively denied any!saction: ‘by the board of control on the selection of a succesf- or to Mr. Talcott... Both have statqd that the problem is one which requires sober thought and careful considera- tion. There has rot been a full meet-! ing of the board ‘since Warden Tal- cott’s resignation was officially an- nounced. One member of the board has stated that there are not over three men available in the United ‘States who could satisfactorily man- age the North Dakota prison. Mr. ‘Whalen has been an applicant for the job, but he has not been mentioned as among the three. i GERMAN NAVY CONTEMPLATES ‘FINAL. SORTIE Amsterdam: Dec. -23.—The attempt of officers of the German high seas fleet before the armistice was signed) is characterized by, the Berlin Vor- waerts as “the last. devilish crime against.the German people that sealed the doom ofthe Pan-Germans.” Re- fusal of the sailors to go out and fight is regarded as, the first step toward, the German revolution... This mutiny is described by the Vorwaerts as “an act of self-defense by 80,000 men against the vililonous Pan-Gernam plan. “To understand the positign,” con- tinues the newspaper, “it is mneces- sary to go back to the feverish prop- aganda ‘by the PanGermans at the end of October for a so-called national fight of despair. To save their necks they concenved the idea of baiting the people into a forlorn hope which could only end in complete extermin- ation. The death of the doomed 80.- 000 did not concern these maniacs in whose reckonings human blood never counted. Their notion of military | honir was that the whole people should suffer themselves,to be butch- ered rather than undergo the shame of defeat.” “With their minds steeped in tne worship of might they had no inkliug of the revolutionary currents amons; the men. They still imagined that irou} discipline was paramount. Their | fiendish plan was to send out the) ships to be sacrificed to the last ship. The news spread like wildfire. « ‘at the last stage of the war are) we all to be killed?” they asked. “The officers harangued, cajoled, in| vain. Three times the order was giv- en. It was a difficult position for men with no backing but their feeling of solidarity. A thousand were impris- oned at Wilhelmshaven. The choice between freedom and imprisonment was not difficult. It was revolution. It was the irony of fate that the Pan- eGrmans, with what was to be their Jast desperate blow, should themselves have started the caonflagration.. It GEN. HELDRETH q GOD’S SERVICE STAR ¢ o DEFENDING BiG U. S. District Attorney. Argues “Pargo Case In Supreme Court Today. | | i \ | “UL S$." Distridt “Attorney. M. A. THik dreth, defended in’ supreme court to- day a.verdict of $25 which he + sured in the d yurt of C sustained when the -veneered | owned by Clara Smith Russell fell up-| on her. Amanda ,was the dangh? of the proprictress of a rooming house! ‘She was going up or down stairs when one wall of the building, it is alleged, collopsed, spilling her into the street and depositing upon her sundry tons| ot brick and mortar. ‘Mrs. Clara Smith Russell, the defendant, appea- ed through Judge Knauff. The ver- dict is probably the largest personal injury award in the history of ‘North Dakota state courts. MENRESCURD FROM MINE Neugane, Mich., Dec. ‘2—After he-| ing entombed for ‘sin the un- der ground workings of the Cleveland Clift Mine here three men today were apaprently well and suffe: no ill ef- fects from their long imp! mment. A fourth, man caught was” instantly killed. The survivors were found alive late yesterday by the. rescue crew. ‘The men had suffered litle physically. ex-| cept from hunger during their. ith- prisonment. ° WARNS AGAINST BOLSHEVIS —? ©. P owveewoe Colonel Lebendoff was secretary of} the navy in Russia when Kerensky was in power. Now he is in America to warn ‘against Folshevism and to! wag this last, devilish crime against the German people that sealed their doom.” ask aid ‘to overthrow it in his own| country. ’ side of a ‘Broadway building in. Fargo}, in the Clara Smith Russell, building. |! SENATE HOPES TORUSH ACTION ON TAX BILL Washington, Dec. 23.-~The senate met earlier than usual today, hoping to get action on the war revenue bill today so that the threeday holiday plans..proposed: for Christmas may be placed in effect. ‘Senator La Follette’s substitute for the entire bil must be disposed of. .| The Wisconsin senator is expected to] }|thake his. first,;speech, within a,yean in support of his measure: situs! The luxury’ tax imposed the 20 ‘per cent rate on a variety of articles avobe fixed prices, estimated to raise $1$5,000,000. In disposing of amendments to the war revenue bill, the senate expressed its first dissent from the finance com- | mittee’s decision, by eliminating the tax on so-called luxuries. Y WOMEN WORKERS BUYING CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR YANKS Paris, Des. 23.—He wanted to buy a Christmas present for his girl back home s0 that she could show It to ail the other girls and destroy their peace of mind because it had come from France. He knew just what he wanted, too, but every time he thought of going into the shop and trying to ask in French for the thing he want- ed, he got red ‘behind the ears. He had gone over the top in the past, ux afraid, but he couldn't do this. At last, when his leave was all up, he went into the canteen and asked the ¥,.M. C. A. woman there to make the purchase for him. He gave her the:address and hoped it wouldn’t be too much trouble to send the pack- age. “Of course it won't,” said the Y. M ‘. A. Woman who buys dgzens of uch gifts each week. “I'll enjoy it. I'll see that the package goes all right, ond. if vou Wee, Wl write her a little note too, telling her how well you'rd looxing.” \ “That will be nice,” said the pri- vate. He counted out the money, 4 gencrous amount. Still he lingered. and it was evident that he had some: thing else on his mind. “Anything else I can do for you?” asked the woman. “It's like this,” began the private, hesitatingly. He stopped, swallowed, and started al over again. “Pease be careful what you say in that note, won't you Ma’am? You sce—my girl —she’s funny about some things—she might think—well. you know how women are,” finished the private wisely. “Pll tell you what,” said the Amer- ican woman. “I'll tell her I enjoyed meeting you, because I have a son in the army myself.’ Will that do?” “That will be fine,” said the private heartily. “I wouldn’t have mentioned it. only you know how women are.” He smiled at her understandingly, sa- luted turned and went out. LOCATION OF TROOPS. Wachineton. Dec. 28.—The exact location of 35 combat divisions and sixty full divisions in Germany and France, Germany and Luxembourg, as they were stationed Novemver 28, was announced today: First division, Canecht. Luxembourg: 34th, Lemans;. Séth, Lemans; 88th, Lagny; 41st, St. Aignan. (The 1st North Dakota is with the 4ist division.) : ¢ MIDDLECLASS PARTY TRIES TO DOMINATE Counter Political Movement to Stem Socialists Now Under Way In Germany. . REPUBLICAN. DEMOCRACY Right and Center Parties Still . Disorganized Through- out Empire. (By ‘Associated Press.) Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 22.—The Bour- goise party in Germany are striving to erect a solid front against the ma- jority socialists In the coming clec- tion of the national assembly. The elections are only four weeks away, and the former right and center par- ties are still much disorganized. Intact Party. The socialists have an intact party organization and have a strategetic advantage because they now are in virtual control ofthe government. Ay added factor is that the Ebert govern- ment has been strengthened in Its position by the action of the recent revolutionary campaign by. widening the jurisdiction of the cabinet. This has ‘been interpreted as marking the defeat of the ultra-radical tendencles championed by the proletariat extrem- ists. Problem’ Serious. Friedrich Naumann, a progressive leader, writing in the Tagesbladt re- calls that the position of the major- ity socialist is similar to that of the national liberal at the time he Ger- man empire was founded. mates that the radicals polling 35 per cent of all votes in™1912 may be able | to increase that to.50 per cent in view jof the political transition to the left. Herr Naumann says that the prob- Jem isc most serious, and can only be solved if the eGrman democracy takes united action on behalf of ad- vanced liberalism. He adds: “The socialist flood continues to rise, but, with it rises our fear of the devastation of German economic: and| political. life. “ A’ sound. republican democracy is our only salvation.” The assembly will be called to ord- er ten days -after the eections which will be held. Jan. 19th. This period will be used in, collecting the vote and ararnging technical details. OUR BOYS MAY HAVE GENUINE ENGLISH: DAY London, Dec. 23.—If your son is in| France or England at Christmas time you-needn’t necesarily feel that he is losing all the joy of life. Per- haps he is going to have the oppor- tunity to a real English Christmas. Invitations “have: been issued to as many American soldiers .dnd sailors as possiv.é in’ France, through Y. M. C. A. secretaries there, and those ir camps and on batleships in England {were not forgotten. More than two | thousand of them will be entertained for the holidays in London homes alone. And on Christmas day 1,500 more will watch the brandy burning on the top of the pudding and eye the roasted pig in families who are to do everything possible to make this holiday one that the American guest will aways remember. , Invitations poured in to the Inter- national Y. M. C. A. Hospitality league from many farms outside of London, too—from Devonshire, where riding and. shooting were offered from Scot- land and from Ireland. “T want two boys for the whole of their leave.” one Irish woman writes. “Lam going to give them the kind of Christmas my boys would have liked if they had not ‘deen killed in France.” WORD OF WAR WAS SPREAD IN SIX MINUTES { London, Dec, 23.—It required only six minutes to inform the British em- pire that England was at war on the night of August 4, 1914, says Lord} Harcourt, who was then colonial sec- retary. “On that unforgettable night” he said to the empire parliamentary as- sociation. “I was in the cabinet room, Downing street, with a few colleagues. uur eyes were on the clock, our thoughts on one subject only; ‘but there was a feeble effort to direct our) conversation to other matters, We were waiting for a reply, which we knew full well would never come, to our ultimatum to Berlin. “When Big Ben struck 11:30—mid-, night. in Berlin—we left the room, knowing that the British empire was; at war. “7 crossed to the colonial office to. send a war felegram to the whole of} the British embpire.. 1 asked the of- ificial in charge of that duty how long it would take. He said ‘about. six minutes.’ “] asked him to return to my room; when he had done his work. In sev-} en minutes he was back and. before morning I Teceived an acknowleds- ment from every single colonial pro- tectorate, and even islet in the Pa- cific. “So the grim machinery of war be- gan revolving in perfect order and with verfect preparation ‘because. more than two years previously, an individual war book had been pre- pared by the colonial committee of de- fense for every single vrotectorate and island. It was at that moment He esti-T AY, DEC. 23, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS + RICHEST INDIAN _ HELPS WIN WAR 7 | > Jackson Barnett, Oklahoma's welth- fest Indian, living seven miles west of Henryetta, owns $907.000 of Liberty ‘bonds. He apparently does not real- ize that from his 160-acre allotment in the Cushing oil field he has been made. worth $2,500,000. His business affairs are managed by C. J. O’Hornet, his guardian, to whom Barnett looks as a father. When Mr. O'Hornet told ‘Barnett his money was needed, the Indian said: . “Sure, me held whip kaiser.” AIR HOLE IN RIVER GRAVE FOR FARMER Nels Nelson Drops Into Icey Wa- ters While Seeking for Lost Team of Horses. BOY NARROWLY ESCAPES Washburn, D., Dee. 24.—While wandering about on the ice covering the Missouri river, searching for his team, which he had lost in a fog, Nels Nelson, a prosperous farmer of Conk- Unk, a few miles west of Washburn, fell through an air-hole Friday even- ing and was swept away, by the swift, current before two neighbors who were with him could rescue him. There is little hope that the body ev- er will be recovered. A son of Thom- as Thompson, who with Henry Dahl was with Nelson at the time of the tragedy, féll ‘into the same hole, but one foot clung to the safe ice long enough to permit his father to seize it and drag the boy to safety. Nels Nelson had ted out about 6 o’clock with his team for Fort Clark, across the river, but he lost his way in a dense mist and wandered about on the ice for four hours. Dur- ing this time he tied up his team, making his way ahead on foot. Fin- ally he saw a light for which he made, thinking it to be the town of Stanton, on the west side of the river. He found, instead, that it came from a neighbor's house. Here Henry Dahl, Thomas Thompson and the latter's son joined Mr. Nelson in a search for his team, which were tethered some- where in the woods on one bank or the other. During’ this search Nelson, without a sound or a moment's warn- ing. dropped from sight in an air-hole. It was pitch dark at this time, the swift current had dragged the drown- ed man’s body far under the ice, and further search was out of the ques- tion. Dahl and Thompson therefore returned home with the latler’s son, who was soaked and dripping. Nels Nelson was about 35 years old and was single. He came to McLean county six years ago from Wausau, \Neb., where a sister is now residing. Although possessed of only limited means at the time of his arrival, by industry and thrift he had acquired six good quarter-sections of land, and he was universally respected by all who knew him. TWO CHECKS FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN CLUB’S DINNERS Two North Dakotans at least will assist the Rocky Denver, Colo., in treating returning Flickertail fighters to a Christmas din- ner with al ithe trimmings in New York tomorrow. Two $5 checks sub- scribed in response to the published appeal of the Rocky Mountain club reached Governor Frazier’s office last week and were forwarded to the club secretary at New York. It is prob- able that many more subscriptions have gone direct to New York, as the address of the clu) secretary there was given when the public announce- ment of the dinner plans was made. (Mountain club of; sterdam. his family and household staff. ization that has no life. government has ordered Posen.) ASSOCIATED PRESS WINS SUIT TO PROTECT NEWS | Injunctions and orders of the fed- jeral courts of New York restraining |the International News service from pirating and selling news gathered by the Associated Press were sustained today by the U. S. supreme court. In addition to sustaining the injunction from pirating Associated Press news dispatches from first editions and bul- letin boards and from bribing em- ployes, the supreme court held there was nothing in the proceedings to show that the Associated Press had “unclean hands," this in response to the defendant's contention that the petitioner had been guilty of similar practices. Washington, Injunctions granted the 4 ated Press to stop pirating of ne by the International News Service were sustained today by the Supreme Court of the United States. As between the public and news gatlicring organizations, Justice Pit- ney expressed doubt whether there could be any property in uncopyright- ed news. As between rival news gath- ering organizations he said there was a quasi property interest Refering to contentio ternational New sociated Press wa of the same practices as the defendant. Justice Pitney said there ts nothing in the lings that puts the Associated in the position of having unclean of the In- that the As- hands. NOT TO SINK BOATS. Washington, Dec. 23.—It may be stated authoritatively that president Wilson will oppose strtnuously the sinking of warships surrendered by Germany. This object has been dis- cussed with much interest among al- lied and American naval officials here. Officials have professed to know | nothing about the attitude of the pres- |ident until today when it was eared that he views the plans as altogether undesirable. ‘STATE OWNED UTI BIG LOSSES (N BOLSHEVIK] Berne, Dec 23.—Information failure. Official statistics show ably exceeded receipts. locked in the safe of each governor or commissioner and they knew at once what to do.” LITIES SHOW from Russia brings confimation of reports that the socialization of industry there is a complete that in almost all of the 135 fac- tories and mills controlled by the state, expenses have consider- During the first eight months of 1918 the government paid out more than 400 million rubles to meet this deficite and has already been compelled to advance more than a billion to finance industries under its control. 10 SUPPLY EUROPE FOOD MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM BEFORE ENTENTE NATIONS SAYS WILSON |\Distribution One’ Way to Solution Through Or- ganization Formed by Hoover—President Does Christmas Shopping — Hindenburg Concen- trates Troops at Posen. Paris, Dec. 23.—President Wilson’s conferences today and to- morrow will virtually complete the preliminaries he is expected to dispose of before going to England. They probably will lay the principal grounwwork for the coming peace conference, Mr. Wilson considers the most important of all problems of the entente nations, that of supply food to the beligerent countries, on a fair way to be solved, through Herbert Hoover, American food ad- ministrator. Participation of the United States in various coun- cils that have been handling food, transportation, etc., are gradu- ally being wound up, as it is the impression of America that these are proper considerations for a league of nations. Some who have been given the subject close attention say they would not be suprised if a real foundation for a league of nations were to be laid in the handling of these fundamental questions. KAISER ARRANGES CELEBRATION. London, Dec. 23.—William Hohenzollern has arranged for him- self a Christmas celebration after the traditional German style as far as circumstances will permit, says a dispatch from Am- There will be religious ceremonies on Christmas, eve, in the drawing room of Emerengeon castle, which has been con- ducted by a German missionary, but Herr Hohenzollern himself will deliver the sermon. Many of Count von Bentynck’s friends have been invited to the ceremony but have refused. The former kaiser’s audience, therefore, will be confined to the count and WRITES PAMPHLET London, Dec. 23.—Count Grey, former secretary for foreign af- fairs, has written a pamphlet entitled “The Peace Conference and After.” After urging the great opportunity confronting the con- terence for taking the initiative in the forming of a league of nations, the viscount says: “The conference in itself will be a be- ginning for such a league. The important thing is that the con- ference does not commit suitcide, but that it keep itself alive by adjourning, from time to time. A beginning that has in it vital- ity and power for growth is better than a more concrete organ- “It will need the united and continuous, although peaceful ac- tion of all of them, to maintain peace.” CONCENTRATE AT POSEN Zurich, Dec. 23.—Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has concen- trated a large force of soldiers in Posen. (Posen is German Poland. Polish nationalists have claimed it hs part of the new Poland, and Polish troops have envaded the territory. According to reports from Berlin last week the Polish elections to be held in several parts of FACES CRISIS Zurich, Dec. 23.—Ebert government in Berlin is reported to 'be facing with another crisis through the resignation of the minor- ity members of the cabinet. The cabinet is agitated by a rumor that Groener, who succeeded General Ludendorff as chief quarter- master general, has threatened to seize Berlin with troops who have remained fitful if order is not restored shortly. ITINERARY ANNOUNCED, (By the A tiated: Press) London, Dec. 2 Following is. the official program in connection with the visit of the president of the United States to England: ‘he presidential party will arrive at Dover at 12:10 P. M. Thursday, and will be received by the Duke of Con- naught, representing the king; John W. Davis, the American ambassador ; Lord Reading, British ambasador to the United States, and Lord Herschell, lord in waiting to the king, who will be especially attached to the president during his visit. Commander Sir Charles — Cust, equerry to the king, will meet the pres- ident at Calais and/ssill be especially attuched to him. The party will arrive at Charing Cross Station in London at 2:30 P. M. and will be received by the king and the queen and with the _ sovereigns will drive to Buckingham Palace. The streets will be lined by troops. On Thursday evening the president. and Mrs. Wilson will dine privately. r morning and afternoon will be reserved for the president to meet the British cabinet ministers. In the eve- ning the king will give a banquet at Buckingham Palace. On Saturday the president will pro- ceed_to the city to receive an address at Guild Hall. On that evening a dinner will be given by the government ut Lancaster House, at which the Brit- ish ministers wil be present. After the dinner the president will leave London for Carlisle, his mother’s birthplace, where he will spend Sunday. : From Carlisle the party will proceed. to Manchester, where the president will be the guest of the lord mayor. It is expected that the president will leave for France Tuesday. (MAKES PURCHASES. Paris, Dec. 23.—Although far away from the White House and the charac- teristic Yuletide turkey, Pres. and Mrs. Wilson will enjoy something of ‘Christmas cheer. Pres. Wilson re- c ntly slipped away on foot from the Murat residence and personally made his purchases in the shopping district, where he was unrecognized. Mrs. Wilson made somilar sorties, and it is certain that Santa Claus will visit the president’s train while en route on Christmas day. TAKE OATH OF OFFICE. Prague, Sunday, Dec. 22.—Prof. M. G. ‘Masaryk, president of the Czecho- ‘Slovak republic took the oath of of- fice as president today in the diet building. “| promise as president of the Cze- cho-Slovak republic on my honor and conscience that I will care for the wel- fare of the Republic and its people and respect its laws.” To. St. Paul F. J. Woodlawn of the F. 0. K. com- Christmas holidays. :