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CITIZENS Lack of Information From Board Of Education Matter Of Comment. LOCATION OF NEW SCHOOL NOT KNOWN Little Interest Shown Over Spe cial Election To Be Held Next Wednesday. Members of the school board foel that the taxpayers of lli.smarck will vote favorably upon the proposition to bond the city l'or $50,000 for an other grade school building. At least, none, of them is alarmed and none is ready to issue a formal state ment as to the building policy now under consideration. The offer of the Tribune to set forth Ju a statement just what the school board intended to do with the $5li,IJ0U and the additional $10,000 or $15,W0 necessary to furnish the .building, lias not been accepted as yet. This was made because a num ber of taxpayers have asked for in formation before casting their ballots for or against the bond issue at the election next Wednesday. On North Ward Site. As far as can be learned, the board proposes to erect a new $50,000 grade school building on the grounds par tially occupied by the 'North Ward school and in addition, to build a heating plant that will supply the •old and the proposed new grade building. It seems that the heating plant at the North Ward building is practically out of commission and in order to kill two birds with one stone furnish a heating plant and another grade school^ the new buil ding will be located near the old one. There is a feeling that one grade building located in the west end of town will servg *11 present purposes Opposition to locating the new buil ding near the (North Ward school has mvejoped. Whether it will gain much strength by next Wednesday is not Henoch? School authorities contend that s'eVfejity-five per cent of the1 school po^'ttfation reside east of Fourth Street..'They are depending upon tj^is, situation to win out easily at the''elation next Wednesday Up in the Air. As a matter of fact, the school board is more or less up in the air over the building program. They know that additional school facilities are needed, but no one has been able to advance a policy that is for the best interests of the city and one that will relieve conditions that must arise as the town developes. It is pointed out by those opposing building a modern school near the North Ward, that within a short time sdverity-ifi've |per icent of the popu lation will not be residing east of Fourth street. In other words, they ask whether the 'present board in tends to build for today only. A clean-cut statement from the board, showing the congestion in the schools and the population now with out school facilities, would be a guide to the voters Wednesday. Why the school board is reluctant to state their plans upon wlii^h the appeal for a $50,000 bond issue is demanded, is not known. Certainly the taxpayers are entitled to this in formation. Probably alter a statement of con ditions has been made, there will be little or no opposition to authorizing the bond issue. The Tribune knows of no active opposition now, but it would like to present to the taxpay ers, the intentions of the board. What reasons are there for asking the tax payers to vote on a question that means assuming an additional tax burden of between $50,000 and $&5,000. SCULLY fT-V The Weather -PARTLY CLOUDY GUILTY, SWOOHS Bragdon, Wealthy Minneapolis Jobber, To Be Tried Next. Minneapolis, April {.—"Kid" Scully, arrested in Hot Springs, Ark., follow ing a sensational story by the young daughter of a Minneapolis minister before the grand jury, which is inves tigating rice 7 conditons, was found guilty tonight of committing an of fense against a young girl. Scully, who is blind, swooned and fell to the floor at the reading of th« verdict. Sentence will be pronounced later. Joseph W. Bragdon, a wealthy bus iness man. will be placed on trial next Monday to answer to an indictment returned by the grand jury recently sifter a number of young girls had given testimony. Club women have been taking an active part in the vice investigation. *i$* r$ w^ppr^" Counter Our Questions On Sussex Affair Berlin, April 6.—A fourth Ameri can inquiry was added today to others awating reply at the Foreign Office when the American embassy requested information regarding the steamer lEagle Point, recently sunk off Queenstown, and asked whether she was destroyed by a German sub marine. The Foreign Office states that as yet it has no information from the Admiralty regarding the Susse, the Englishman, the (Manchester En gineer or the Eagle Point. The Adiniralt has countered the question regarding the Sussex with a request for more exact details on the time, place and circumstances of the Sussex disaster. No supposition or possible explanation covering the case of the Sussex have been ad vanced in authoritative circles, either at Hie Foreign Oflice or at the Ad miralty. Only one .supposition is heard in unofficial circles to count for the incident in case it should develop that a German submarine is concerned, is that the Sussex in build resembled a. transport or a cruiser. Another possible explanation, fre quently heard, is that the sinking of the Sussex occurred in the region, not only theoretically but actually, in fho zone of war operations, and on the route used largely for the con veyance of troops. Commenting on the American in quiries on the torpedoing of the steamers, Sussex and Englishman, the Hamburger-Nachrihten says: "Who on earth cares in Germany whether these ships ^ore torpedoed by German submarines or not? They belonged to and were used by the •enemy and were destroyed. Thaf is all we care about at the moment." Many Families Homeless Along Ragiii^JWvof—LaCrosse Is Hit Hard. La Crosse, Wis*. April —With the Mississippi river higher than during tne record flood of 1903, and still ris ing, fiopd conditions here are serious. While no loss of life has been report ed, property damage becomes great er each day with the increase of wat er. Several miles of new embankment which forms the right of way of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad between Desoto and Genoa, near here, was badly damaged by water flowing over it. The new city park, donated at a cost of $200,000 by the late A. W. Pettibone, was shorn of shrubbery when the driveway protecting it broke. A score or more of families were driven from their La Crosse homes today, while owners of summer resi dences across from Dresbach, Minn., are removing their furniture. Large quantites of ice stored at the resort will be ruined. DEROGRATIC ME C0RIII1TEE10IEEI Fargo, N. D., April 0.—•Democratic executive committee held a meeting here today and called a session of the entire State Central Committee, to be held in Fargo on A*pril 21st. The purpose is to arrange for the Democratic primaries by placing a full ticket in the field. According to the figures given out at the state banking department Thursday, 649 banks and 4 trust com panies reported for March 7, 1916, against 6*0 banks and four trust com panies, reporting Dec. 31, 1915, show ing a decrease of one banking house in the state during the last four months. Loans and 'Discounts. Loan and discounts have increased over the December report to the amount of $955,352.12. Overdrafts have decreased 173,584.51. Banking houses, furniture and fixtures have increased in value to the extent of $1,798.29. Cash on hand has decreas ed $16i2,984.76, showing that the mon ey is more generally distributed and in circulation. And the total increase in resources for the period of Dec. 31, KSU -Jf "-.'.w- FEDERAL ARMY WINS OUT III CLOSE VOTE Noses Out National Guard as First Line of Defense Behind Regulars. BIG VICTORY FOR GARRISON'S PLANS Efforts .of the .National .Militia Lobby to Force Recognition Is Resented, Washington, April 0.—The Senate retained the Federal volunteer pro vision in the army bill late today by a vote of «0 to 34 rejecting Sen ator Lee's amendment 1o strike the section from the bill. The vote end ed a four day debate on the section. Advocates of the National Guard as the first line defense behind the regular army, supported the admin istration vigorously and the struggle was one of the hardest fought in this session of congress, it began after the defeat of the military com mittee last, week, when a proposal to create a National Guard section of the Army General Staff was writ ten into the bill. Narrow Margin. The narrow margin by which the Federal volunteer provision was re tained makes it doubtful if it will be in the measure finally framed by the committee between the two Houses. An effort during the debate on the House army bill be insert this sec tion which is designed to provide such a force as the continental army was defeated. Without republican support, the volunteer section would have been voted out by the democratic sen ators, despite the fact that it was •unanimously recommended by the military committee. Twenty-four democrats and ten republicans, in cluding nearly all the progressive re publicans voted to strike it out. •Nineteen democrats and seventeen republicans votMtoTetain it Scores National Guard. The vote followed charges that the National Guard organization through out the country were conducting a lobby against the volunteer plan. Senator Chamberlain of the commit tee warned the Senate that if the Natioanl Guard proposed to become politically active and endeavor to in fluence legislation as it had done in this case, he would in future oppose any further Federal aid for the State soldier. Disintegrate Guard. The struggle had little nearing on teh general question of preparedness beyond the fact that the advocates of the volunteer plan asserted it was vital to any scheme to back up the regular army with citizen soldiers, while opponents declared it would serve only to disintegrate the Na tional Guard. All senators who spoke on the subject declared in favor of preparedness and many urged even more liberal provisions for the regular army and National Guard than the bill makes. Others urged that the volunteer section be made stronger. The sec tion under dispute provides for the organization by Congresisional dis tricts of 261,000 Federal volunteers, wholly under the control of the Pre sident and for their training in peace time under such regulations as the President may prescribe. Training Camps. It. was designed to provide for sum mer training Camps, similar to those held last year at Plattsburgh, N. Y., and elsewhere, and also for the or ganization of volunteer army units in country districts, where its members could spare time during the summer for a month or more of intensive (Continued on Page Two) Resources of North Dakota Banks Nearly 100 Million Per Capita Deposits $110.35 Immense Gain Made Since De-comber 31, 1915 Call, Is Shown by Table Below More Money in Time Cer tificates. &A 1915, to March 7, 1916, is nearly two million do.lars, the exact figure being $1,853,221.47. Liabilities. A glance at the schedule below will show that the capital stock of the banks has increased $55,000.00 the surplus fund increased $198,504.W undivided profits decreased $l,fdl, 751.12 deposits subject to check have decreased $465,273.31 demand certi ficates of deposit decreased $70,131.16 and the time certificates of deposit show a very material gain of $3,306, 157.67, showing that the people are placing their money on deposit with the plans to draw interest. Savings deposits have increased nearly a hun dred thousand dollars and bills pay able have decreased over a third of a ontinuea on Page Two) J- wXS -J. Alkfi" .'-•v.- THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 84 (NEWS OF THE WORLD) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1916. !(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) fXVS OINT0 MIT VERDUN Germans, .After Violent Attack, Occupy the Village of Haucourt. FRENCH SAY THEY DOMINATE POSITION London, April ti.—Not only have the Germans engaged in heavy lighting with the French around Verdun, but they have launched a new attack against the British possessions near St. Eloix, which ifcs a few miles south ol' Ypres, in an tndeavor to regain 600 yards of trenches which the Brit ish won from them ten days ago. There have been gains on both the German and French sides. The Ger mans captured the village of ilau court. Of this operation, the French offi cial statement aays a series of tacks in which laige numbers of men took part, followed a bombardment of extreme violence: these attacks were checked by the French fire, but' one more furious than I lie others, launched at the center against the village of .Haucourt. resulted in the Germans gaining a foothold. "In spite of repeated checks and bloody sacrifices." The French claim that this village is dominated by the French guns, Prevent Assault. On their side, the French forces carried a. large section of the posi tions north of Avoucourt and in se vere hand to hand fighting south of Ft. Douaumont, drove the German:: back through their underground pa» passages for a distance of 200 meters, along a front of 500 meters. They succeeded also by their curtain of fire in preventing an assault on the Cote du Poivre to the east of the Meuse, Avhicli the Germans had sub jected to a long and intense bombard ment. Aerial Loses. The French ^war office officially an nounces that during the month of March at total of German aero planes were destroyed, and that the French aerial ioBWyimounted to only •13'uetfopiah^. T""' Another town in Mesopotamia, Fel ahie, has been captured by the Brit ish, which brings the relieving forces so much nearer to Kut-El-Amara, where Gen. Townsend and his com mand have been besieged for many months. A Spanish cabinet has been called to consider the question of the tor pedoing of Spanish vessels. The British steamers, Zent and Yesuvio, also have been sent to the bottom. Satisfactory Peace. An official report on the submarine discussion in the ways and means of the Reichstagg today gives the views as voiced by Nationalist Major Ernst Bassermann, one of the leaders of the faction urging an extended use of sub marine, who drafted the report. The earlier reports of the commit tee's deliberation were from govern ment sources. Major Bassermann, in his report, declares that the resolu tion of the committee intended to ex press neither confidence nor lack of confidence in the government nor criticised the earlier conduct of the submarine campaign, but only to bring out the belief in the Riechstag that the submarine weapon would be used as an effective means of meeting Great Britain's methods and winning a satisfactory peace. Transport Lost. An Athens dispatch to the Daily Mail says that a telegram has been received from l'reveza to the effect, that a large transport belonging to the Entente allies has been sunk off the coast of Greece. The telegram added that it was believed many were lost. French troops in hand to hand fight ing southwest of Fort Douaumont to day carried underground passages and works along a front of fifty meters to a depth of about 200 meters. A violent bombardment was direct ed by the Germans to the cast of the Meuse against Cote du Poivre, but the 'French curtain of fire prevented an infantry attack, according to the offi cial statement issued by the war office tonight. WAS BROUGHT MCI TO SIAIE SCHOOL Young Man Who Led Party From Reformatory Captured In St. Paul. State Transportation Agent D. J. McGillis has returned from St. Paul and brought back to the reform school at Mandan, J. iF. Singer, for merly of St. Paul, but who escaped from the iNorth Dakota State Reform school at iMandan last September. He was captured in the Minnesota city last week and held pending the arriv al of the transportation officer. Sing er lead a bunch of the wards of the state from the school and has been at large until his capture by the St. Paul authorities. He is now again under charge of the superintendent of the institution and will finish out his time. Srtbmii. Washington, April G.—Categorical denial by Secretary Lansing Ia.te to day was the official answer to presist ent reports that the American troops might be withdrawn from .Mexico shortly, regardless of developments in the hunt for Villa. Both Mr. La using and Secretary 1 taker of the war de partment indicated that there was no present intention of changing the orig ial orders given Gen. .Funston. News from the border that traia load of supplies shipped by private firms had left Juarez today for Oasaa Grandes and Pearson, where they will be available to Gen. Pershing caused satisfaction here. Although the army officials were not the actual shippers, it was believed the practical result would be the same. Secretary Baker indicated today that in the present status of the Mex ican campaign, i..e motor truck lines from Columbus are to be the principal artery for supplies with whatever use may be gained from the railroads as merely supplementary. State depart ment dispatches during the day from ST Supply of Chicago Menaced by Big Fight With Producers' Association. Chicago, April 6.—Borden'rf Con densed Milk company today filed a bill in the United States district court asking for an injunction restraining members of the Milk Producers' asso ciation from interfering with the com pany's contract for the delivery of milk at various plants in the vicinity Qf.jCWcago .v. The company In ItW 'bill slates tmtt 80 percent of its milk is obtained fronv 2,420 dairymen, who are members of the association, which has declared a strike against Chicago milk dealers who have refused to grant the de mand of an increase from $1,331-3 to $1.55 per cwt'., for milk during the summer months. The petition states that'members of the association have committee acts violence at Hebron, Marengo. Srn ton and Elgin, 111., shipping stations, and asks that the federal court re strain the dairymen from a repetition of the act. The company declares it has ben compelled to close more of its bottling plants and is sustaining a loss of $3,000 a day as a result of the milk strike. Judge Landis will hear arguments on the bill next Saturday morning. Chicago is confronted by a serious shortage in milk as a result of the dairymen's strike. Today the big dealers admitted they were getting about half their usual snppTy and had found it necessary to limit their de liveries to private families by cutting off stores and ice cream manufactur ers and others who "buy in wholesale quantities. Flood Victims Have New Trou bles to Contend With From the Elements. Fargo, N. D., April 0.—Belated snow storm hit this district tonight, with moderate temperature and high winds prevailing. The blizzard started about ten o'clock and was quite vio lent for some time. For dispos sessed people who were driven out by floods the blizzard adds to their troubles. It is not pxpected the fclizzard will cause any serious in convenience. Wreck Victims Were Looted Elviria, Ohio., April 6.—Fifteen se cret indictments against looters who robbed victims at the scene of the Amherst' wreck were returned here to day by the Lorain county jury. A thor ough investigation has been made by the county prosecutor and Sheriff Whitney. Only *11 in cash was re covered from the wreck, in which 28 were killed and 40 injured. Not one bit of jewelry was turned over to the authorities by the rescuers. It is be lieved that more than $2,000 in money and a large quantity of jewelry waa stolen. THE WEATHER. North Dakota: Partly cloudy 4 Friday, witn much colder in west portion Saturday fair. Lansing Denies That American Troops Will Be Recalled From Mexico FIRST TRAIN LOAD OF SUPPPLIES HAS LEFT JUAREZ FOR GENERAL PB'.RSHING DIAZ REVOLUTION LINING UP IN SOUTH. Special Agent John L. Rodgers, at Queretaro, told of continuance of ne gotiations with Carranza on the rail way question. It was stated officially that Rodgers' messages were some what vague and indefinite, regarding the exact status of the negotiations or the proposal under discussion. Interest in political questions affect ing the Mexican situation was renew ed by receipt at the state department of correspondence between Horst von der Golz, alleged German spy, and aide of Coptain von Papen, the former German military attache, was un derstood some of the correspondence submitted by the British government dealt with the activities of Von der Goltz in Mexico. Official attention also was given to Hie reported revolution of Felix Diaz in southern Mexico. Information of the department of justice locating Diaz in Mexico has boen laid before the state department. The latter also has unconfirmed rumors that. Diaz is securing both men and supplies from Guatamela. Governor L. B. Hanna Will Be Called To The Witness Stand Today. SENSATIONS ARE NOW ANTICIPATED ^lafntiftis -feWiino in thejnoW famous Youmans case, in which Grant S. Youmans sues the banking board of the state for nearly $300,000 and which has resulted in some very melodramatic scenes in the court room, will be completed by noon. The plaintiff will rest at that time and the defendants, Gov. Hanna, Thomas Hall, and other members of the banking board, as well as the First 'National bank of Minot will begin to put on witnesses to show that the ac tion of the board and First National bank, was perfectly proper. Youmans on Stand. Youmans, who has Jieen on the stand, has made many admissions and has shown a number of times that he is plainly on the defensive, will leave the stand at noon. Gover nor L. :E\ Hanna will likely be the first witness put on the stand for the defense. Other of the defendants will follow and it is believed that the case will drag on for the next five or six days. Speculation Rife. Much speculation as to the plans of the defense is indulged in by the plaintiff's friends. An effort has been made to at least find out on what lines the defense will proceed in its attempt to show that the bank ing board acted wholly within dts authoriy and powers when it liqui dated the affairs of the bank. Unethical and Unprofessional. In yesterday's session. Judge Knec shaw inimated' strenuously that he wholly disapproved of the "unprofes sional and highly unethical" manner in which Attorney Manahan conduct ed the cross-examination. Sensations are anticipated at the session which opens this morning. The crowd was as large as usual yesterday. SALARY PRIVILEGES ARE ATTACKED London, April 6.—During a discus sion in the house of commons today of the motion presented by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer Reginald Mc Kenna, that no member of the house should receive a parliamentary salary and also payment as a member of the army or navy, but must elect which he would receive, a commotion was caused among the Unionist members, owing to Sir Edward Banbury, moving an amendment seeking the abolition of payments to members of parlia ment altogether. This question of abolition has a large number of supporters among the Unionist members, but the Banbury amendment was denounced by some of the Unionists as a breah of the party truth. Andrew Bonar Law, the Colonial secretary, rebuked Secretary Banbury for raising the question. He said that if Sir Edward's objection was to get rid of the present government, he shou.d do it openly and on an isue -big enough that the Unionists would not be concerned. .",.v .,, Last Editfojf INDIANS WILD TRY TO Twenty Ap&chee Scouts Detailed To Take Up Trail Of Mexican Bandits. NEXT OPERATIONS TO BE SOUTH OF SATEVO No Late Reports Have Been Received As To Hiding, Place Of Fugitives, Columbus, N. M., April C.—Encamp* ed in little round army tents, 20 Ap pachee Indian scouts were preparing tonight to start tomorrow to Gen. Pershing's headquarters at San Ger onimo ranch, to take up the trail of Francisco Villa. With the arrival of their wirey mounted ponies they will cross the border for the trip through the desert to the mountains of Guer rero. They slept tonight on the ground and as they did last night on the floor of a sleeping car, the berths of which were unfamiliar and not to their lik ing. Only the arrival of Peaches, de scribed as premier scout and trailer of the Apaehees, was needed to com plete their happiness in the prospect of taking the war path again after more than So years of civilization. Thirty years ago, four of the 20 made a similar trip into Mexico to as sist another cavalry command in. the capture in the Sierre Madres of an other outlaw, Geronimo, the wqr chief of the Apachees. It was Peaches, to gether with Sharley, another of the scouts, who after Geronimo had made his escape from the soldiers at Mfs calero, N. M., and again took up the war path, went into the old Medicine man's camp near Phoenix, Ariz., and captured him. Next Operations. Somewhere south of Satevo, prob ably will figure frequently in future reports of m! litary operatbrwt against 1ftan.c?i wiV Viy».r OiW the mass of unofficial and conflicting^ tie ports, Gen. Funston and his staff hara found none they regard more prob able than that made by Consul Fletch er of Chihuahua, several days ago when he said Villa was south of Chi huahua. Gen. Pershing has made no late report as to Villa's whereabouts or concerning the movements of 'the advance cavalry columns, but Gen. Funston said today he had no doubt by this time at least one detachment had gone as far as Satevo. Conditions Unfavorable. The wives of officers and men of the Seventh United States cavalry which has participates in the hardest part of the punitive expedition into Chihua hua received a heavy batch, of mail from the front today. All letters were written in pencil, none were, stamped and only a few enclosed in envelopes. The chief privation endured one letter said was in having to throw away all their personal effects, even tooth brushes and razors. Every man in the Seventh is letting his 'beard grow. One man said he lived for five days on parched corn while on duty with a small detachment. Another said he had lived for days on hard tack, one piece to a meal. All the letters expressed the ut most determination to succeed in cap turing Villa. The officers say they expect a long chase and will have to overcome great difficulties, but they and their men feel certain Villa will be captured. On Way South. A report from wi. W. C. Brown, of the Tenth cavalry, received tonight indicated that he believed Francisco Villa had fled from the district about Guerrero and was making his way south. Col. Brown sent his report from Cusihuirachic, west of Chihua hua, two days ago and said he was pursuing what he characterized as "a hot trail" of the fugitive chieftain. Col. Bor-wn referred to a skirmish his force had April 1 with ISO of Villa's men, in which three Mexicans were killed. Therfe were no Ameri can casualties. It was assumed at headquarters that this was the same engagement reported by Major Evans to General Pershing. Major Evan?: sent no details of the engagement, but Gen. Pershing added that natives ar riving at his camp had siatod that the Americans had killed between 30 and 40 of the Villa men. Col. Brown sent the report received tonight to Consul (Fletcher at Chihua hua, who forwarded it to Gen. Bell at El Paso. It is ine first time the Mexican wires have been used for the trans mission of military reports. The re port was sent on to Gea. FQnston from El Paso. Americana Arretted An American woman, Mrs. Angie Williams, and A. J. Abrams were ar rested tonight by the police^ after the discovery in an attic of the ho«M they occupied of Pablo 8!aa«s, a for mer Villa general All three held for investigation. Sianez was said to have a long ree* ord of murders to his aoeouat. HM last crime was the ktlliag of aaether Mexican named Pablo Lna 1b Jtuto last December, after a quaml over woman. After this (Ceatteaa* T»| i,- v. Vi.~ "V tr.