Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-01-24

the scene by special train. Arriving
unattended and unarmed he address,
ed the citizens announcing his inten.
ton ITO uphold the law and protect
the court with my own body if neces-
sary." The address had quieting
effect. Even brother Of the Negroes
alleged victim openly endorsed the
Governors appeal.
Military operations have been com.
paratively slight. On the western
front raiding parties and artillery
duels appear to mark the extent of
action. On the Riga front the Rus
SLAMS have made slight advances of
their lines north Of Mitau. In Ru-
mania, the Teutonic forces have cap
tured Vadeni, between Braila and Gal
atz. Their progress is now very slow
The neutral governments have been
requested to recall their representa-
tives at Bucharest Greece is comply
ing with the Allies demands. The
German submarines continue to take
a heavy toll of the Allies shipping and
neutral ships with contraband.
Gov. Baumberger of Utah, in his
message to the Legislature, said,
More than sixteen years ago the peo-
pie of Utah adopted an amendment to
the constitution providing for the in
itiative and referendum. / recon-
mend the passage of an appropriate
law designed to make the constitu-
tional provision effective"
He also recommended wOrkmen's
compensation law and regulation of
public utilities, Utah being the only
State besides Delaware having no leg
islation on that matter. In regard to
taxation he showed that farms, shops
and stores are taxed proportionately
far more than necessary and recon-
mended exemption of homes and
homesteads in reasonable amount
He also urged an anti-injunction law
for protection Of labor
+ +
The American and Mexican Com
missioners met in New York on the
18th and formally dissolved without
coming to any agreement on the ques.
tions that have been under considera.
ton by the Commission during the
past four months. The commission
was convened at the request of Gen
eral Carranza, August 9, after the
fight at Carrizal, Mexico, in which a
detachment Of American troops was
destroyed by Mexican forces. 1t was
to discuss and submit for ratification
an agreement for the withdrawal Of
the American troops, and other ques
tions that might come before it. The
| failure of the Commission to arrive
at an agreement will throw the whole
question back into the regular diplo
| matte channels.
Max Keuerman, a private of Bat
terry D of the Second New York Field
Artillery was subjected to the "spread
eagle" punishment for alleged insub
| ordination at the armory in New York
| City, on the order Of Lieutenant Frank
A. Spencer. He was strapped to the
| wheel of gun carriage with his arms
and legs stretched along the tires
| The mans plight was witnessed BY
visitors to the armory for an hour, at
! ter which no more visitors were ad
mitted.
| After being unbound Kellerman wa:
put in solitary confinement. An in
vestigation was ordered by the Fed
| OAoA VoA OOpdA IACAI, LAc
having been federalized, and Lieuten
ant Colonel Thomas @. Donaldson, o
General Leonard Woods staff, tool
charge. The five privates were sen
under guard to Fort Hamilton, to re
main there as prisoners, until the cas-
against their officers has been cleared
The House passed on January IL
resolutions instructing the COMMITTEE
on Rules to proceed with it's investl
cation concerning advance informa
ton on the Presidents peace note. I
was especially instructed to deman'
of Thomas w. Lawson, the names h
had refused to divulge, in his testi
mony, Of high officials alleged by hin
to have profited from the transaction
The power of the Committee to dea
with recalc1trant witnesses wa
strengthened. Lawson appeared an
declared that Congressman Henry ha
told him that Secretary McAdoo,
Senator whose name begins with c
and Pliny Fisk, a broker, had profile
by the leak" He gave other hearsa
authority duplicating others.
Congressman William Kent of Cal
fornia, introduced the following resc
|
luton:
Whereas, there has been undue an
unnecessary friction between the col
relative branches Of Government IL
Gated, respectively, in Wall Street
New York, and Washington, Distric
Of Columbia; and
Whereas, The Washington branc
held the opinion that peace was t
| o6 nj nd
world, whereas Wall Street NOR
largely profited by a state of war; an
Whereas, The President of the Uni
ed States, in ignorance or needles!
ness Of Wall Street interests, did hun
bly, ask the nations at war whether j
their respective views it might not b
we'll to consider the possibility of d.
sisting from slaughter; and
Whereas, It has been alleged tina
the rumor of such diabolical question
ing reached some of the speculato-
, of Wall Street before it reached oil
ers, to the result of inequality of pro
it among said spectators; now, Their,
fore, be It
Resolved, That all rumors of sue
leakage of information be pursued t
their lairs and that the Rules Commi
tee of the House examine all broker
newspapers, ticker tapes, secretarie
stenographers, Members of the Hous
and Senate, and all sources of new
rumors, and lies, including all liar
l ancient, modern, and prehistoric;' an
, be it further
Resolved, That out of the contin,
: ent fund of the House be paid all los
es accruing to spectators in Wa