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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-07
PINTO jim STAR
DEFENSE WITNESS
IN PANKOW CASE
Well Known Montana-Dakota
Character Tells, Of Desire to
Use Gun on Borchert
SEEKING TO ESTABLISH
DECEASED WAS LOVEMA

Pinto Jim" GARNER, old time Mon
tana cowman and miner, called to the
stand in the Pankow murder trial this
morning to tell how he was called to
the PankOw home 1T midnight a year
or two ago upon the occasion of one
of Charles BOrchert's nocturnal calls,
proved the real star for the Defense
"Bill Pankow runs to my house" :"
said GARNER, and he yells, Jim, get
your gun and come over-Charley's
over to Henry's raising ...! grabs
! my double,barrelle,i! shotgun and
beats it over to Henry's. There the
lights was out, Mrs Pankow was lynn
on the couch and Charley was sittin'
there beside her.
j. Il sez to Charley, 'ChHrley, you
skunk, what in ar( you doin'
ihere,''.I sez. sez, Cha ley, if you
lived in "a civilized co}ntry they'd
talse you out and string 3! ouI up! Now
gettin's good.' -. ss.-l.t.rAs - IA.
II was so ALFRED mad I fe'.s ike
,
but says to myself, Jim, y6l hain't
no police officer, let them 10 it as
has a right to- and l yells to Henry.
who all this time was in another room
where Charley had chased him,
Henry I sez, come out here and
shoot this here pizen pup-he amt
fit to live'!"
Henry didn't shoot, and when Bill
Pankow arrived back on the scene
a couple of hours later he found every
thing peaceable Charley spent the
remainder of the night at the Pan.
kow's and apparently the old friend
ship was renewed
The defense claims that BOrchert
came to the house at midnight on this
occasion and informed Mrs. PankOw
that if she didn't open the door he
would kick it in. Mrs. Pankow let
Borchert in and was reasoning with
him when, the defense claims, Pan
kOw came out, and BOrchert attacked
him. Mrs. Pankow tainted. The de-
fense claims that Borchert then drove
the husband into another room and
compelled him to remain there while
BOrchert ministered to Mrs. PankOw.
Then Bill Pankow, brother, ran for
pinto Jim,' who seems to have es.
tablished a reputation in Dakota and
Montana for tanning bad men and bad
horses.
Borchert, the defense is seeking to
establish, was possessed of mad in
fatuation for Mrs Pankow. His mania,
the defense is contending, developed
into an intense hatred for Pankow,
who had been Borcherts good friend,
but who stood between Borchert and
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DEAD PLACED AT 5000
Bomb Cause
Explosionon
No z Coach

Fargo, Dec. THE explosion Of an
internal machine, nn the express; car
on train No. Z on the Northern Pa.
cific Railway caused the destruction
of the ""r near Windsor. North Da-
kota, Wednesday, according to infor-
ma.4on ODtalned by Oflcials investi-
eating the affair, is was announced
here today. In connection with their
inquiry of the fire, it is also believed
that an internal machine fired an ex-
press car on another Northern Pacific
train near Bismarck two weeks
earlier, when a through express car
on the North Coast Limited was total
ly destroyed.
The explosion that destroyed the
express car Wednesday is described
by an express messenger as occurring
in one end of the express car. where
many packages are stored. The car
filled with black smoke Immediately
and fire spread rapidly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-07
OLYMP|AN MESSAGE
FROM KE.RENSKY IN
. !. REFUGE Of SAFETY
Former Premier Writes Letter to
Socialist Newspaper De-
nouncing Successor.
FOOLS; I, KERENsKY,
TELL YOU THIS"

Petrograd, Dec. THE social-revo-
lutionary newspaper, 1.-THE Peoples
Work. publishes letter from Ker.
ensky, the former premier, in which
the following passages occur:
DO you not see that your frank
ness is being made use Of and that
you are being deceived? You were
promised peace with the Germans
within three days. Where Is 1t?
Where is the liberty which was prom.
ised you?
ut is dishOnorable, infamous.
Fools! 1t is l, Kerensky, who tell you
this. For eight months safeguarded
the liberty of the people and the fu-
ture happiness of the masses Of work
ers. Now they realize that when was
in power liberty was and democracy
really existed"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-07
II DEGREES IS
LOW MARK FOR
THIS BUREAU
Cold Breaks all Records in the
Last Forty-four Years for
Date
FAIR WEATHER WITH L
a,l,,, RISING TEMPERATURE
RIVER CLOSED.

III
While navigation has been
closed since Dec. I owing to float
ing ice, the river did not close
until Thursday evening at s p. m.
The average date for closing has
been Nov. 26 and the latest Dec !
10, which was IN 1899. 1his 10 the
latest but one for the river to
freeze up. .
When, taken to task by a representa-
tive of The Tribune for handing out
such I exceptionally cold weather,
Weather. Observer Roberts cOmpli.
mentd the representative with his
choice of words, saying that "excep-
tiOnally cold" was strictly correct, the
minimum temperature recorded this
friday morning being the coolest of
record of any Dec. in the history Of
the Bismarck station, covering pc.
riod of A years.
Only once in that period was a mini
mum of II degrees below zero reached
19O2). This protracted cold period,
according to Mr.. Roberts, is due to the
lettering of an area of exceptionally
high atmospheric pressure over A.
berta. This "high," as he calls it, is
at last moving slowly eastward, and
fair weather with rising temperature
is the menu offered for Saturday and
Sunday.
At Williston, N. D., the mercury fell
to 20 below zero. Swift Current was
the coolest on the map at 26 degrees
below St. Paul reports zero.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-07

The scarcity of yarn has no ter
rors for Mrs. John Halcrow of Bowes-
mont, Pemoin county. Recently Mrs.
'Halcrow, who is in her 10th year.
"teased'' carded and spun the yarn
she used in knitting socks and sweat
.ers for the boys in khaki. In all she
has spun two fleeces of wool and has
knitted the yarn into socks and
sweaters. This she did besides knit
ting her full share of supplies for the
Bowesmont Red Cross chapter. This
devotion to our soldiers by one OF the
pioneers of the state, is stirring
example of the great patriotism. with
which the women are backing the gov
ernment
Mrs. HalcrOw is one of the best
known women of the state. She is a
woman of splendid Christian char
acter and mother of most repre-
sentative family Mrs. J. G. Moore
and Mrs. G. w. Moses Of this city,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-07
PAUL JEWELL IN FRANCE.
Mother Receives Much Deleted
"Soldiers' Post Card. y

The first SOLDIERS postcard" re-
ceived from a member of Uncle Sam S
second expeditionary force in France
came this week to Mrs. Marshall H.
Jewell of the state historical library
from her son, Lieut.. Paul jewell, OF
Headquarters, 151st U. S. F. A. Even
the very brief message contained on
the bare card has been censored, a
word indicating the length Of time the
boys have been in France having been
deleted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-07
War Needs
Ban Shou
Windows

New York, Dec. 7.--If recon-.
mendation sent out today by the war
advisory committee of the National
Retail Dry Goods association is fol-
lowed, lights In the show windows of
dry goods stores throughout the Unit
ed States will be turned off each eve
ming when the stores close.
The suggestion was forwarded to
5000 department and dry goods estab-
lishments in all parts of the country.
The general adoption of the idea
would save thousands of tons of coal,
the committee declares.
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STUNNED BY DISASTER =

- Stunned by the magnitude Of the
disaster which has overwhelmed '"thei
garrison city by the sea-" the people
of Halifax today bent all their ener-
gies to relieving the injured, feeding
the hungry, sheltering the homeless
and gathering their dead.
A heavy snowstOrm set in early to.
day, and while this, in a measure, i'm.
peded the work of relief and rescue,
1t served to aid the firemen in fight
ing the flames, which still burned
fiercely in many places among the
ruins In the devastated district.
Reports from the improvised
morgues and from hospitals, churches,
schools and private residences seemed
to bear out last nights estimate that
at least 1000 lives were lost when
the Belgian relief steamship limo COL
lided with the French munitions
steamer Monte Blanc, causing the de-
tonation of 1000 tons Of trinitrotuloul.
one Of the most powerful explosives
manufactured.
Help from outside began reaching
the city today. Doctors, nurses and
medical supplies arrived today. Other
trains we're reported to be on the way
and expected to arrive today. Vir'
tually all business is suspended and
schools are closed, while the inhabit'
ants generally are turning their at.
tention to relief york Soldiers and
sailors, includingi seamen from an
American warshhs which rushed to
the port when 1t received word OF the
disaster, are patrolling the stricken
district and aiding in the rescue work.
It was established today that 1t was
25 minutes after the collision before
the explosion occurred At the first
shock, houses rocked, vessels broke
from their moOrings, bits OF shells
whistled through the air, buildings
fell upon their occupants, shrieks and
means rose for second above the
awful din, and in all parts OF the city
men, women and children ran into the
streets, many of them insufflCiently
clad. Then fire broke out in hun.
dred places.
Ordered to Flee.
Orders we're at first given that ev-
erybody should flee to the south OF
the city, and in short time Barring
ton street resembled road OF Bel
gium or Serbia when the Inhabitants
fled before the Germans. Every va
riety of vehicle was pressed into serv-
ice for the sick and infrm. Men,
women and children, some carrying
hastily snatched belongings, hurried
along the pavements, and overflowed
the streets Stores were deserted,
houses torsaken, and the entrance to
Point Pleasant Park was soon black
with humans, some massed in groups,
some running frantically back and
forth. The widest rumors were in
circulation and every bearer of It'd
ings was Immediately surrounded. Inc
stories lost nothing in the telling.
When later, flying automobiles
brought the good word that the dan
ger was under control, the crowds
returned to find their homes mass
of wreckage and in ashes and rela-
tives dead or wounded.
Tells Experiences.
William Barton, former telegraph
editor Of the Montreal Gazette, related
CONTINUED on page four)
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70 DEFINE POSITION.

Washington, Dec. 6.-On receipt OF
expected advices from Russia, the
Russian embassy will issue state
ment Vefning its attitude toward the
BolsheSlki. 1t is expected the state,
ment will express the opinion that
Russia may best be served not by an
tagonizing the Bolsheviki, but by Civ
ing the new government an opportun-
ity to show how far it can restore nor
mai conditions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-07
EXTENT Of CATASTROPHE CROWS
As RUINS ARE VIEWED AND WIRE
COMMUNICATION IS ESTABLISHED
Halifax is still burning and ablindine snow
storm makes it hard to rescue the in
jured and recover the bodies of those
killed-lmpossible to verify any figures
American sailors perish in explosion.
PLACE DEAD AT 5000


WASHINGTON, Dec. Five thousand believed have
been killed. in the explosion in Halifax Harbor and the fire
which swept North Halifax and Dartmouth B, according to
advices from naval commander reaching the Navy Depart
ment early today The Navy dispatch says these figures have
not been verified however The report which from
miles off Halifax and later proceeded the harbor render
aid said that all of North Halifax destroyed three ships
sunk and many others damaged.
HALIFAX n s., Dec. Fires still burning in the
tons Of Halifax, which devastated by yesterdays dis
astrous munitions ship explosion heavy storm set
this morning. seriously impeding the work of rescung the
injured and recovering the bodies of the dead
The snowfall, however, aid to the fremen in
qucncling the flames in the ruins a.... s
Special rans bringing doctors nurses and medical sup
plies arrived here today Other special trains have been
with injured persons to Windsor, and other places where
there large hospitals r. >5 ,5... ..-' gs5.s,
There is wreck and ruin every side Every building in
the city is damagcdglass broken plaster down, windows
and doors shattered Business is suspended and will be for
days. All schools and colleges have been closed until after
New Years. ft+.t.@%
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FRITZ BETr:& WATCH OUT.
Hundred Rifles for Bismarck
Guard this Side of Chicago.

Capt. L. G.. Wanner has been noti-
fed that the Bismarck home guards
100 Remington rifles are this side OF
Chicago, and it is possible that they
may arrive in time for use in to-
nights drill.
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ception OF the Austrian deIeaa-
tions, says Vienna dispatch, the
emperor remarked to the presi.
dents Of the parIiaments:
1t will be the finest day Of my
life when ! can conclude peace"
Washington, Dec. IA declaration
of war with Austria Hungary promised
tonight to be voted by congress with
in the next "a hours.
Consideration of the war resolutions
will begin tomorrow in both senate
and house and developments today vir-
tually made it certain that sentiment
in favor of including declarations
against Turkey and Bulgaria in spite
Of President Wilson's advice had been
checked.
Administration leaders tonight ex-
pressed confidence that debate would
be comparatively brief and that the
declaration would be approved by ov.
erwhelming votes before adjournment
tomorrow. Sh 1 "h.t5h'N W.
Flood Submits Report.
. The house, after Chairman Flood
had submitted report stating that a
state of war with Austria actually had
existed for some months and that
American troops probably soon would
be fighting on the Italian front, form.
ally agreed to proceed tomorrow with
consideration of the resolution as un.
animously reported by it's committee.
After several, hours adeliberation the
senate foreign relations committee un-
animously approved a resolution in
somewhat similar form and directed
Chairman Stone to place it before
the senate when. it rcconNenes tomor1
wv 10; ,Iu nYl2,i03.. HBn'7"rt - ruE
Unanimous consent required under
= late rules for immediate discussion
of the resolution will be sought by
Chairman Stone, who believed tonight
that no senator would object and that
the matter would be disposed of be.
fore adjournment, differences between
the senate and house resolutions
quickly adjusted, and the final draft
sent to the president tomorrow night.
Objection by a single senator, how
ever, would force over the resolution
until Saturday.
Report Recites Causes.
The house committees report dealt
with the causes for the declaration, re-
citing Austrian submarine depreda-
tions, her approval Of the German sub.
marine policy and the intrigue and
plots of her official representatives In
this country.
Representative Flood spoke upon
the reasons for not extending the dec
laration to Germany's other allies. He
said such step merely would
strengthen Germany's hold upon Bull
garia and Turkty, while for the pres.
ent at least there could be no ques.
ton of direct military operation by
the United States against these coun.
tries. None of the allied powers, he
declared, had even suggested that the
prosecution of the war could be bene.
ficially affected by such declarations;
neither Turkey nor Bulgaria has com
mitted aggressions against the Unit
ed States, and the latter has not even
broken diplomatic relations.
War Effective.
The senate committee resolutions
makes war effective when the presi.
dent approves the resolution instead
Continued on page four)
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kERENSkY SAFE.

Stockholm, Dec. IA Helsingfors
newspaper reports that former Pre-
mier Kerensky is in place of COM
plete safety. The newspaper says he
is engaged in preparations for the con-
stituent assembly and already has
been placed on the list Of candidates
at at many ''aces th1 'h0ut the en-
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PASSES /
| WAR RESOLUTION
AGAINST AUSTRIA
Berlin Claims Capture of Four
Thousand Italians in Latest
Drive
RUMAN1ANS PREPARE TO
FRATERN1ZE WITH sLAVs
Two Futile Attempts Made by the
+ Germans to Break Through
Lines at Verdun
DECLARE WAR;.

Washington, Dec. 7.-With less
than. one, hours debate the sen.
ate today passed the resolution
declaring war on Austria-Hun.
gary.
Declaration Of war on Austria
passed by both houses in congress
today, with brief debate. Presi.
dents signature now only thing
required. House accepted the sen.
ate resolution.
The resolution was adopted by
the Senate unanimously, ~ to o.
Senators Gronna, Of North Da
kota; Norris Of Nebraska, and
Varcamann, Of Mississippi, who
voted against the German war
declaration, supported the resoIu.
tion. Senator IaFoIlette of Mis-.
consin left during the speech
making and did not cast his vote.
Meanwhile, there was every in- ?
d;cation that the resolution would
pass, In the souse with only one
dissenting vote, Rep. London,
Socialist. Members were 90
sure Of that they deserted the
chamber in droves, to escape the
speech making and return later
fo- +he "oti-o.
After the house acts the two res
2 oIut ons will be reconciIed or one
substituted for the other. No time
for a vote on the resolution was
j set by the house but It was be-
( lieved Il might be expected before
six O'clock this evening. 44s ""N'
nGip1rlh Dn--LiOI TGl'gii@ SO
Berlin. Dec 7:---Four thousand NOR
italians have' 'been captured Tin tn
new Austro-G German offensive on tn.
northern front, bringing up the tota
20 $1,000. according to today's oflicia
communication.
TO FRATERNIZE WITH SLAVS.
Jassy, Rumania, Thursday, Dec g.
1t has been decided that. the Ruma
nian troops shall associate themselve
with the Russians in the proposed
though the Rumanians hav'
rejected every attempt at fraterniZa
ton, says an official announcement
made here today. Hostilities wer'
today c' the whole front
-
FUTILE vERv.N ATTEMPTS.
Paris, Dec. 1.-Two attempts wer'
made by the Germans to attack th'
French lines east of the Meuse in tn
Verdun region last night, after ;
heavy bOmbardment. The attacking
forces, the war Office announces to
day, were driven off by the Frencl
fire.
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scHRovER IS RECEIVER.

Washington, Dec IA. J. Schrover
of Minot, N. D., was nominated today
by President Wilson as receiver of
public moneys.
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Up to noon today there had been no
change in the police estimate of 1000
dead from the disaster yesterday,
about the same number being injured,
two thirds of whom are suffering from
cuts from flying glass. @ @$
THE ruins of buildings are now
burning tiercely in North Halifax"
the dispatch concludes, =.
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WAR RESCR|PT
CONSIDERED N
BOTH BRANCHES
Twenty-four Hours Will See
Passage of Proclamation of
War Against Austria. 4
BULGARIA AND TURKEY
OMITTED FOR PRESENT
Sentiment in Favor of Including
All German Allies Little in
Evidence. =

Amsterdam, Dec. 7.-At the re-
ception OF the Austrian deIeoa-
tions, says a Vienna dispatch, the
emperor remarked ito the presi-
dents Of the parliaments:
1T will be the finest day Of my
life when ! can conclude peace"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-02
NORWAY HANDS
 STRONG N01t ID HUN MINISTER
Sinking of Norweign Ves- sells by U-Boats Bring
 Strained Relations

London, Nov. 1.-The Norwegian minister at Berlin today handed the German minister of foreign affairs the following note: '.8 4ts
 According to the information so far received it must be regarded as authenticated that certain ships of the German navy in the North sea, Octob- CT 17, after sinking the escorting Brit ish vessel, sank also a number of neu- tral merchant ships among which were several Norwegian ships without talk ing any steps to either save the crew or give them time to save themselves. This conduct on the part of the Ger man war ships was the cause of great numbers of Norwegian sailors being killed or wounded by shell fire or los ing their lives by drowning.
 "The Norwegian government will not again state it's views, as it has all ready done so on seevral occasions, as to the violation of the principles of the freedom of the high seas in- cured by the proclamation of large tracts of the ocean as war zone and by the sinking of neutral merchant ships not carrying contrabrand.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-02
THE MAJORS ORDERS
 WERE DISOBEYEO
Testimony Before Court Martial Try ing the Negro Troop Rioters
 in Houston.

San Antonio, Nov. Negro sol diers of the Twenty-fourth infantry on guard duty at Fort Logan, Hous- ton, s3 of whom were placed on court martial trial here today on charges of .nutiny, murder and rioting in Houston on the night of August 23 last, during which P lives were lost, armed themselves and left the camp in ,lisobeyance of orders from Ma jor J. K. Snow, after he warned them of the consequences and advised them that Corporal J. Charles Baltimore, negro soldier, had not been killed by 8 Houston police officer, Major Snow testified this afternoon. Early re- rorts, Major Snow said, were that Bal timbore had been killed, and the ne gro soldiers were incensed.
 The trial is being held in Gift chap ell at Camp Travis, which has been converted into a temporary court room. Armed guards, with fixed bayonets are stationed turnout the auditorium and patrol the yard sur rounding the building during the trial.
 There were originally 64 defend ants, but one, Grant Anderson, i'll of pneumonia, was unable to attend. The defendants entered pleas of not guilty when court opened.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-02
THE SHOOTING UP
 OF FROGTOWN
Witness States fin Rachel -Denman
 Case That the Fusilate Was a Frame Up.

Fort Smith, Nov. 1.-Frogtown, a union camp near Bache-Denman mine No. 4 in the Hartford valley, was not shot up by armed guards of the coal mines, but by constable Jim Slan- kard of Hartford, and w. H. Cluck, a union miner, to create disturbance and force a fight at Prairie creek "for our own protection" according to statements by Wm. F. Goocher, a farmer, who swore today, Cluck made the statement to him shortly after the big battle on July IT, which cleaned out No. 4 mine. Goocher was wit ness for the plaintiff today in the $2,- 222,0OO damage suit of the Bache- Denman coal syndicate against the United Mine workers, being tried in the federal court here.
 The shooting up of Frogtown, which occurred on Sunday July 12, has been a bone of contention turnout the trial, the defense charging that guards of the company shot up the camp, and the plaintiff claiming that it was frame up to stir public sentiment to a point where a general onslaught on No. 4 mine would take place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-02
Say 5000 Men Out.

Houston, Texas, Nov. That 5000 field workers left their posts Thursday as the result of the strike which went into effect Wednesday at midnight, and that in few of the fields is there any operation of importance, is the
 claim made by representatives of the oil workers. Onthe other hand some ! Of the large operators say that many of their men continued at work Thurs day. and signified their intention to re-
 main loyal.
 Seventeen fields in Texas and Lou isiana are affected by the strike. |. The Jennings field in Louisiana, where it was reported that the strike order had been completely ignored, was not organized, according to a statement made by Geo. Slater, secre- fary of the Texas Federation of La- |bor. Telegraphic reports from local sec
 retaries in the 17 fields state that 522
 men were not employed in the field proper, but were at work on various
 wlld cat propositions and pipe line
 construction.