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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 36 (newts ujt xiu wubld) BISMARCK,

GARRISON RESIfiHS: ASSOCIATED PRESS) (NEWS OF THE WORLD) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1916.

The Weather SNOW

WITH WILSON s

TREAT ARMED

AS Germany and Austria Will Place

New Order in Effect After

February 29.

WASHINGTON NOTIFIED

OF NEW GERMAN PLANS

Will End All Chance of Dispute

Over Submarine Warfare

in Future.

Berlin, Feb. 10.—Germany and Aus­

tria-Hungary purpose to treat as war

ships after February 29, all armed merchantmen of countries at war

with the Teutonic allies. Germany already has issued a memoranda to the neutral governments to this effect and Austria-Hungary immediately will do likewise.

Neutral nations are informed of the ned order of things in the Greek memorandum "that they may warn their citizens against further entrust­ing their persons or property to arm­ed merchantment -belonging to pow­ers at. war with the German Umpire."

'Alleged secret instruction by the British admiralty l 'or merchant ships 1o lire on submarines is made the basis for Germany ^ putting ariu°d

.merchantmen in the*category of war craft.

Washington Notified. Germany and Austria formally have

notified the United States that begin­ning March 1, commanders of their submarines will consider armed mer­chant shiys of tfee Entente allies io be warships and will treat thajn ac­cordingly. ' < >

Under such instructions, a com­mander would lie at liberty to sink, without warning, any armed vessel whether passenger or freight carry-ing. "

lligli' btllcia'ls of the state depart­ment seemed disposed to consider the development broad enough to war­rant the claim that the fundamental questions involved in the conduct of submarine warfare have been settled in accordance with the contentions of the United States. •

This is based on the belief that with Germany and Austria-Hungary giving notice that they will sink, without warning, all armed ships, the government cannot legally claim the right to sink unarmed vessels. That is the principle for which the United •States has contended so vigorously since the beginning of the negotia­tions over the conduct of the submar­ine warfare.

Will Not Create Issue. In view of this situation, American

citizens, it is stated, by high author­ity, now may be warned that they will take passage aboard armed mer­chant ships at their own risk, and be entitled to no more protection from the United States than if they had embarked upon a belligerent warship.

Officials today seemed not' to be able to concede that any issue could arise in the future from a submarine warfare conducted under these rules.

YOUNG FOR AUTHOR

MELViN RYDER

Melvin Ryder, author of "Rambles Round the Caiupus," is one of the few college students whoJias suc­cessfully written and had published, a book about campus life, while still an under-graduate. His book, pub­lished by Sherman, French and Co., (Boston, has an appeal to students and graduates of ail American col­leges and universities. "Something different"—is what one critic says' ©f it.

ME MOTS EM CM _______

New York, Feb. 10.—Dr. M. S. In-gils, a Canadian army surgeon, who arrived today on the Anchor liner, Cameronia, from Liverpool, declared that he had knowledge of the capture, in the British nets, of 17 German sub­marines and told how the crew ol tine of them had been found shot to death, after it had been towed ashore. Dr. Ingils said he had been allowed to descend in this submarine and had seen the bodies.

"To save them from death by suffo­cation," he said, "the commander had shot all his men and then himself, ap­parently."

Dr. Ingils added that the British are now making use of glass bottom boats in scouting for submarines in conncction with a hydrogen air fleet.

GOVERNMENT CLAIM

Minnesota State Official If eld by ' /

Ramsey County Gran^/Jury,•> >

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SECRET INDICTMENTS

FOR OTHER OFFICIALS

St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 10.—Two in­dictments were returned by the Ram­sey county grand jury late tod ' iy,

against R. C. Pickit, former clerk of the state investment board, charging forgery in the second degree, in con­nection with the recently discovered irregularities in the handling of cer­tain trust funds of the state. Three secret indictments, understood to re­fer to the same irregularities, also were returned.

Pickit is charged with forgery in connection with two warrants on school districts, which were cached at the office of the state treasurer, Walter J. Smith, after :.he endorse­ment of the school treasurers had been forged. One was for $18,000, under date of 'May 29, 191G, and the other for $6,000, under date of Au­gust 21, 1914.

Officials connected with the case refused to discuss rumors that the three secret indictments named Treasurer Smith.

Pickit, who has been held at the Central police station here for sev­eral days, was formally arrested late tonight.

He will be arraigned tomorrow.

ILL; BY

IS Washington, F<eb. 10.—The federal

government's claim against the Amer­ican Sugar Refining company for un­paid duties on sugar, at New Orleans, has been compromised for $52,185, ac­cording to an announcement made to­day at the department of justice. The compromise was effected on a basis not involving fraud and a government suit to recover unpaid duties, which chanced fraud, has been dismissed.

Chicago, Feb. 10.—Two hundred of a total of 400 persons who attended a dinner given tonight to Chicago's new archbishop, the Rev. 'George Wil­liam Mundelein, were taken ill of ptomaine poison, after the soup course. The archbishop did not par­take of the soup, nor did Governor Dunne, who were among those pres­ent,, and both escaped.

"You will note that the church and state are safe," the archbishop re­marked, looking at the governor, when it was possible for all to re sume the meal.

L TO CRUISE WITH ELEET

Washington, Feb. 10.—A fleet of re­serve battleships carrying the naval militia from all parts of the nountry will participate in the maneuvers of the Pacific fleet, if Secretary Daniels' plans for mobilization of the reserves are approved b.v congress. An ap­propriation of $77,0<M> is asked to carry the militiamen from the Great Lakes and other sections to join in the mobilization.

The details at the plans, which in­volves the fim peace mobilization ever attempted by the navy have not been made public.

EXCHANGE VIEWS Non-Partisan Army Increase Bill

Will Be Before House in

Three Weeks.

QUICK ACTION URGED

BY PRESIDENT WILSON

Entire Committee on Military Af*

fairs Was Opposed to Conti­

nental Army Plan. Washington, Feb. 10.—Republicans

of the house military committee as­sured President Wilson today that a strong army increase bill drafted in a non-partisan spirit and accomplish­ing all the main objects sought by the war department's plan, would be on the house calendar within three weeks at most. They tokl him, however, that the committee practically was unanimously opposed to the depart­ment's continental army scheme.

Headed by Representative Kalin of California, ranking minority member of the committee, the republicans called at the White House at the Pres­ident's invitation.

Exchange of Views. Today's conference was described

l'-iter as friendly exchange of views. The only difference of opinion was on the question of the continental army proposed by Secretary Garrison as a substitute for the .National Guard irf Uie lirst line of defense. The presi­dent was informed that while the committee . opposed the .secretary's idea, » scheme was in process of for jnuhititin, by which Hie mem tiers felt

|-ei*t.uin the ..National Guard could he ' /e^ded into- an effective instrument of Rational defense and brought, up to the strength believed necessary by military experts.

The only urgency in the president's remarks, it was slated, was his plea for quick congressional action to put the country in an adequate state of defense. He found his hearers in hearty accord with him.

WHITE TO REFERTE. New York, Feb. 10.—Cha-iey While

of this city was today .selected to ref­eree the ten-round bout between Jess Willard and Frank Mo ran on March

Germans Claim Distinct Advance

and Capture of Trenches and

•^JlJtone Craters.

FRENCH MAKE-ADVANCE

SOUTH OF THE' SOMMfr

Muscovite Advance on East Gti-

lician Frontier Continues;

Greek Position.

London, Feb. 10.—There has been no diminution in the severe fighting between the French ami Germans in the Artois region of France, north­west of Vinmy.

According to Berlin, a large section of French trenches has been captur­ed by the Germans, while near Neu-ville traters that had nwu previously lost to the French wen- retaken. A few prisoners and 22 machine guns alsofell into the .hands of tin? Teu­tons.

Paris asserts that i n t h e district around ill ' lock Folic to the southwest, if Virny, the German!-: were forced out of communicating t rendies lliey had so occupied, and that two strong at­tack - i against the French were re­pulsed, the 'Genuans being able to hold one mine crater.

Take First Line Trenches. Herliii admits. iluU Hie French

south of; the Somnie river entered the sections of the German first line IrenchoH. There have lieen bombard­ments on the remainder of the fronts.

'On the -oast -frontier - the' Russians *ure strongly on the offens-

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DEAD IN BERTH Dickinson, X. I)., Feb. 10.—"Fong

'Gang, a wealthy Chinaman, was found dead in his sleeping berth on the train at this station and the body was taken olli. He was ticketed to Seattle and had an order for passage to Hong Kong. Friends at Boston have been advised.

Three Men Found Dead

in St. Paul St. Haul, Feb. H).--Three men, one

unidentified, and said to be from North Dakota, were found dead in their bed in a rooming house at 7 a. m. here today.

Two of the men. J. B. Crosby and Charles Davidson, roomed at the house several months. Last night they met the third man, a friend, who arrived from North Dakota.

REFUSAL OF PRESIDENT TO ii }}

PUCE ME 1 'i-t n hi

Lieutenant C. W. Minitz Says

Battery Was Responsible for

Explosion un E-2. New Yorlc, Feb. 1-0.—Responsibility

for the explosion upon the submarine E j2 at the New York navy yard, which resulted in five deaths, was placed upon the Edison Storage Bat­tery company by Lieutenant C. W.

Minitz, counsel for Lieutenant Clias. W. Cooke, commander of the vessel, who summed up the evidence in the case this afternoon before the naval court of inquiry.

Commander W. IT. McGrann, Unit­ed Slates navy retired,, who has repre­sented the KJdison interests, declared on the contrary that they could not lie held at. fault, due to the accident. Lieutenant Minitz contended the stor­age battery, from which, it has been asserted, hydrogen gas was escaping prior to the explosion was in accord­ance with the direction of its manu­facturers, as was its ventilation sys­tem. • . . . . . .

Commander McGrann' argued that the real issue 'was whether the Edison company misrepresented its battery

-or failed to disclose anything it had reason to believe the navy department should know in regard to. possible danger. He held that if naval official* failed to determine the fact, it was1

not' the manufacturer's fault. He held the explosion was "anavoidable acci­dent" and might have happened un­der, any conditions.

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FEATS OF GERMAN COMMERCE RAIDER NOT ALL TOLD, SAYS BERG HAS NO FEAR THAT BRITISH WILL CAPTURE MYSTERIOUS MOEV/E

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NEW ARMY PUN IS PRESIDENT WILSON ACCEPTS RESIGNATION; WHICH IS

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY; ASSISTANT SECRETARY

ALSO RESIGNS. H

MAJOR GENERAL HUGH L. SCOTT NOW SECRETARY AD INTERIM

GARRISON WAS ALSO OPPOSED TO ADMINISTRATION AT­

TITUDE ON INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

Washington, Feb. 10.—Secretary Lindley M. Garrison resigned today because President Wilson would not "irrevocably" support . the continental army plan, and because lie# opposes the adminis­tration's program of setting* a definite time for Philippine inde­pendence. President Wilson accepted the resignation and has not selected a successor.

The president; probably will take personal charge of tile na­tional defense plans in Congress.

ASSISTANT ALSO RESIGNS Assistant Secretary Brcckcinidge also resigned as a mark of

loyalty to his chief, whose views he shared. The President a<j<^ ccpted his resignation. Both take effect immediately. Major Hugh; L. Scott, chief of staff of the anny, automatically becomes Secretary ol' War, ad interim. ; ;

It is known that one. of Secretary Garrison's principal reasons? for his conviction that only a Federal continental army, instead of' a reorganized National Guard, could 'be the main militaiy depend-1

encc of the nation was his belief that some day the United States may be_ called ujwn to defend the Monroe. Doctrine, and in tht&» < event he foresaw that the National Guard might liatixe available, for use outside of the United States, before a declaration of war.

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TO Arrives in New York With Wife,

But Declined to Tell Where

He Is Going.

New York, Feb. 10.—Lindley Garri­son refused to discuss his resigna­tion as secretary of "war upon his ar­rival here from Washington at 9 o'clock tonight. He declared all in­formation regarding his retirement must come from Washington.

Asked if he had any comment to make on the retirement of his assist­ant, Henry C. B. Breckenridge, Mr. Garrison replied:

"Mr. Breckenridge will have to speak for himself. I have troubles enough of my own."

The retiring cabinet officer, who was accompanied by his wife, declin­ed to tell where he was going or how long he was going to stay.

IGTMENT tSan Francisco, Cal., Feb. 10.—In­

dictments against 39 persons, includ­ing •German consular officers, alleged agents, shipping men, and crews, were returned today by the United States grand jury, in the alleged Ger­man bomb plots and shipping plot cases.

'Franz Bopp, consul general for Ger­many; Baron IE. H. von <Schack, vice consul; iBaron George Walhelm von Brinken and 29 other individuals and firms were accused.

Two indictments were found against von Schack.

Mr. Bopp, Baron von Schack and Baron von Brinken were indicted on a general charge of conspiring to set. on foot, provide and maintain a military expedition against Canada from within, the borders of the Unit­ed States.

(Captain Hans Berg; only baby on Appam when German* captured it: Appam at anchor at Hampton Roads captains of British vessels sunk by German commerce raider.

Lieat. Hans Berg, -who with a crew of twenty-two Germans, brought the captured British liner Appam to (Hampton Roads after a voyage of over 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands, declares that the German com« (merce raider Moewe, which is still at large, has probably sunk many more British vessels since a part of itg crew brought the Appam to the United States. He says he has no fear the British will recognize the Moewe, |m it flie# th« British flag;, :

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TO TRY TEIPER AT APRIL nRR OF COURT

Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 10.—John Ed­ward Teiper, will be tried before a jury at the April term of the (Supreme Court, for the alleged murder of his mother, Mrs. Agnes M. Teiper. Both prosecution and defense agreed that after the return of an indictment by the grand jury today charging Teiper with matricide to which he pleaded guilty, that it was desirable to await the possible recovery of Grace J. Tei­per, sister of John Edward, and a victim of the Orchard Park tragedy.

Held Different Views. Upon the contention on the one

hand that the continental army or ul-, \ ^ timately universal service was the naer,;!*' lion's Only reliance^and the position on the other that no one " plan could; be forced upon congress, President; Wilson and his secretary of war part­ed official company.

Mr. Garrison's resignation was ar complete surprise to official Wash­ington generally. He made no per* sonal explanation. Several hours be­fore the official announcement he had boarded a train with his wife for Newi York, and word had been passed at the department that he had gone for an indefinite stay.

The acute differences of opinion which led to the break began early in the year, when opposition to the con­tinental army plan began developing in congress. There had teen indefi­nite rumors of the possibility of the: secretary of war leaving the cabinet, but they never were continent in offi­cial quarters. The secretary every­where was regarded as one of the strong men of the administration, up­on whom the president leaned in the difficult situations, both domestic and international, which have marked bis administration.

Correspondence Made Public. The circumstances which led up to

the resignation are detailed in the secretary's correspondence with the president, which was made public to- -night by the White House. The pres­ident, the letters disclosed, belieVed the training, organization and control of a military reserve should be under immediate federal direction, but is not "irrevocably or dogmatically com­mitted to any one plan." He wrote Mr. iGarrison that he could not force any specific plan on congress, and added: "I must welcome a frank ex­change of views and a patient and thorough comparison of all the meth­ods proposed for obtaining the object we all have in view."

Mr. Garrison's contention that only the plans of the war department could be considered seemed to the president "wholly unjustifiable." (Mr. Garrison considered "reliance upon the militia for national defense an unjustifiable imperiling of the na> tion's safety."

Opposea Philippine Bill. In resigning, he wrote the presli

dent: "It is evident that we hopelessly

disagree upon what i conceive to b« fundamental principles."

iMr. Garrison characterised tlM Clark amendment to the Philippine bill, providing conditionally for the independence of the Islands within four years, an "abandonment of the i < ' duty of this nation—a breach of trust ' toward the Filipinos." The president' replied it was his judgment that tho Clark amendment was "unwise at this time," bat added: "It wouM clearly be most inadvisable for me to take the position that I must disaent from that action should both hooea:

of congress concur in a bill niiftodj] ing that amendment"

He said he must withhold Jaig^ ,, (Continued on

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