The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1917, Page 1

The Weather i Generally Fair. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 121 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1917. HINDENBURG LINEIMPERILE S POSTMASTERS OR CARRIERS SWEAR IN REGISTRARS Special Authority Conveyed To- day in Message to Governor Frazier NORTH DAKOTA SECOND REGIMENT SEEMS SURE Altho Not Regarded Probable Here, Washington Says New Unit Is Asked Authority to swear in registrars for June 5 is conferred upon every post- master and mail carrier in North Da- «kota by special instructions received this morning by Governor Frazier. In a@ majority of the counties of the state this work already is well under way. In a majority of instances, the sheriff and his deputies, each accompanied by a notary, has visited every. pre- cinct. This plan was adopted by Slreriff French, who had four cars en ployed yesterday in scouring the coun- ty and lining up the registrars. His list for Burleigh county now is com- plete and will be one of the first filed with the governor. To Report Tomorrow A report to the governor of the ap- pointment of registrars and the con- dition of supplies—a sort of “when you're ready, fire” message—is to be made by wire by the sheriff of each county tomorrow. Today the gov- ernor has been engaged with Adjutant General Tharalson in checking over supplies and making certain that ev- erything required for the registration of North Dakota’s selective service unit is at hand. The adjutant gen- eral will be given additional clerical help during, the, rush- Thousands of, blanks are tobe: mailed out, and there is so. much..red tape connectéd with the registration that painstaking care must be: exercised. A number of young traveling men working out of Bismarck have already procured and filed registration cards, in order that they need not: be called back from their ruh on Tegistration day, June 5. ask Meh, Question of Dependents An interesting question was placed before the governor and the adjutant gencral thisegnorning.. involving the meaning of tHe tenmetslependent” as used in connagion sah the draft. A Bismarck sales| Sdyised, that while he was married, wife Wes,not en- tirely dependant, upon ,him,, and: ex- pressed the Heth eb tinder these circumstancés he should not register as a man with dependents. Adjutant General Tharalson assured him that his conclusions were correct; that the war department under these conditions would not regard his wife as a de- pendent, and that he would be sub- ject to draft. “A careful investigation of all such cases will be made,” said the adjutant general, “and if it is found that any man’s family is not clearly dependent upon him, but has other proper and good means of support; or if it is found that his affairs will not suffer from his absence, then he, will be con; sidered eligible to draft,.(;,,.. New Regiment, tave Although the enlistment ofa, second, national guard regiment for North Da- kota had not been regarded as prob- able at local military headquarters, dispatches from Washington this morning advise that North Dakota is to be called upon immediately for a second regiment of national guard in- fantry- Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa are the only states in the Thirteenth division affected by orders issued by the war department yester- day, which call for recruiting up to full strength all existing units of the guard and the creation of new units necessary to complete the sixteen in- fantry divisions- Montana, in the Twentieth division, is asked for a regiment of infantry and a squadron, less one troop, of cavalry. INGENDIARISH CHARGED. IN FOREST FIRES ‘St. Paul, Minn., May 23.—Members of the public safety commission gath- ered today in special session to con- sider charges that forest fires in northern ‘Minnesota were due, in part at least, to incendarism. According to State Forester W. T. Cox, the charges have .a direct relation to the war and therefore are proper subjects for investigation and action by the war board. It was pointed out that the fires began after announcement of the government's plan to construct many wooden ships as a means of combatting the submarine menace. The situation in the north today is very bad, Mr. Cox said. Reports §n- dicated many new fires and higher winds. PRESENTED TO KING. London, May 23.—The American medical unit under command of Gen- eral Harry Gilchrist was presented to King George today at Buckingham Palace by Ambassador Page. $150,000 Fire Wipes Gary Off Minn. Map: Village Is Completely Destroyed When Department Breaks Down BLAZE STARTS IN BARN; TWO BUILDINGS INTACT Crookston, Minn., May 23.—Gary, Minn., a town of 550 inhabitants, 20 miles south of Fertile on the Winni- peg branch of the Northern Pacific; was practically blotted off the map by fire Monday night. Three blocks of the business section were destroy- ed, only two or three buildings re- maining intact in the business section at midnight. The loss is estimated at $100,000 to $150,000 by Mayor Louis Garden. The fire started about 5 p. m. ina ‘barn in the north part of town. It is believed boys smoking in the barn, which was owned by Mrs. Mary Cramden, set fire to the structure. Fanned by a stiff northwest wind the flames swept over the business sec- tion entirely beyond control. Gary's fire engine broke down in the emergency and a hastily formed bucket brigade, which atempted to Stay the flames with water from wells and small pools, was helpless. PROLCERMANISH OF COUNT TISZA FORCES CRISIS Emperor Charles. of Austria Wants to Free Vienna of Potsdam Dictation ACCEPTS. RESIGNATION OF HUNGARIAN PREMIER’ London, May 23.—A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam says that the Hungarian cabinet, of which Count Tisza»-was premier, has re- signed: IOV: L203 ‘Count: Tisaaij'the “iron man” of Aus- tria-Hungaty,’‘has been. for many years the leader of the pro-German party in the dual monarchy. On the accession of Emperor Charles the ma- jority of the officials of the Tisza regime have been dismissed or have resigned. There has been persistent reports that Emperor Charles keenly resents the dominance of Berlin in Austro-Hungarian affairs and that ‘Count Tisza was the one great ob- stacle which prevented him from free- ing the empire from the influence of Potsdam. HINGED ON REFORM. Amsterdam, May 23.—A Budapest ‘telegram received here by way of ‘Berlin says Premier Tisza submitted ito" the ‘king’s proposal for franchise reforms. The king feserved his de- cision, upon which will depend wheth- er the cabinet will resign. The count, the dispatch says, is leaving for Vien- na, where he will be received by the king. Belgians Deported _ By Germany Havre, May 23.—The Germans have resumed the deportation of Belgians, according to information received by the Belgian government. Three thou- sand are reported to have ‘been de- ported from the suburbs of Brussels since the beginning of May. The deportation of Belgians was re- ported to have ceased last month as a result of representations made by Pope Benedict and ‘by protests of some German socialists. On May 14, however, the Belgian government learned that all men in the Belgian province of Luxembourg were being deported. ‘ DISKING FARMERS SEEMS TO BE 1917 FASHION IN DAKOTA Milton, N. D., May 23.—Trampled by a runaway team of horses and rolled by a double set of disk drills, which passed completely over his per- son, B. Thoradson is suffering, from an urgly gash in the back of his head and a multitude of cuts and bruises. THROWN FROM TOP OF BIG LOAD AND LAID UP IN BED - Edinburg, N. D., May 23.—Thrown from the top of a double-box load and alighting on ‘his head in the hard- packed highway, Sig Sigurdson was rendered unconscious and;has since been confined to his ped,,in-a serious condition. CROP IN TEXAS | BEING GARNERCD: BICGER YIELDS American Reaper Begins to Hum Over Winter Wheat Reg- ions of South HARVESTING HASTENED BY DRY WEATHER Early Market Movement Expect- ed Over Entire Northwest by Field Experts Chicago, May 23.—An American reaper and binder began to hum the world’s greatest note of agricultural symphony, the harvest of the crop in Texas yesterday. This informetion reached the grain exchange yesterday from Ft. Worth. From now on the note will swell until: the cresendo of tens of thousands of such macl:ines burst over the great granaries of Kansas, thence on through the spring wheat valleys of the Dakotas, until about the first of September wher the last sheaf has been cut in the far Hudson Bay country. “The ‘Texas harvest has started”, flashed over the wires of the brokers and crop stu- dents safd that never in history did such a message carry more or hope and meaning to the world, for this crop, according to leading statesmen, enters into the grand strategy of the war and into the very existence of na- tions. Good Omen The word from Texas was taken as a good omen, too, for it showed the harvest had been started three days earlier than normal, and even three days is important when the whole world is crying for wheat: Another cheering note was added to the sym- phony by Bernard Snow, the crop 3ta- tistician, who said that Texas is ex- pected to yield 15,000,000 bushels, or 10 per cent more than last year. Dry weather accoupts for the early start. In August Here Mr. Snow said that indication were that the spring wheat of the Dakotas should begin to harvest by August 1. “The movement to early market should begin by June 15 and will flow in increasing volumes day by day an- til it reaches the maximum between the end of October and the middle of December,” said Mr. Snow. “This means that the new crop laps over in point of distribution, on the old crop (that of 1916) by thirty days and sup- plements to that extent any deficiency in stocks held from last yeaf.” 6725 MINIMUM FOR 1917 WHEAT FARCD PROPOSAL Price-Fixing Conference Expect- ed to Adopt Resolutions Late This Afternoon DELEGATES TO‘HAMMOND HEARING TO BE SELECTED Fargo, IN. D., May 23.—Resolutions fixing the. minimum price for 1917 wheat at $2.25 in all probability will be adopted at the close of the price- fixing conference which opened here today. This is the opinion of J. M. Anderson, president of the Equity ex- change. A telegram received at noon from Congressman Young, who is acting in behalf of the Equity, advises that the committeee on agriculture in Wash- ington has promised to withhold ac- tion on the food bill now before that body until a delegation from the Far- go price-fixing conference can be heard. Delegates to the Hammond hearing of the committeee on agriculture on the food dill will be named today and will carry the resolution to the fed- eral body in the shape of a petition About 50 delegates from different farm organizations of the United States are in attendance today, and R. McKenzie, secretary of the Cana- dian council of ‘agriculture at Winni- peg, is here. ARE UNABLE TO EXPLAIN CAUSE FOR SUICIDE Minneapolis, May 23-—Minneapolis police today were trying to clear up the mystery surrounding Carl Swir- kum’s attempt to commit suicide here. Swirkum, a Russian, has been uncon- scious since last night when he was found hanging from a bedpost in his room. He had just come to Minn2- apolis, and had just finished writing his banker fér $100. According to ice, he was in good health and fir- bdndial standing’ They were unable to explain his act. TRIBUNE! Last Edition . HINDENBURG |S SPECTATOR OF FRENCH VICTORY Head. of Teuton. Armies Sees Move Forestalled by Quick Action of Entente BATTLE STRUGGLE FOR OBSERVATION POINTS German System of Fortifications More Formidable Than Any, Yet Encountered On the French Fronts in France; from a Staff ‘Correspondent of the American Press, May 2.—Von Hin- denburg himself:.is understood to have ‘been a spectator of the French victories yesterday on the Moronvil- liers range which resulted in the cap- ture of several lines of German trenches and a number of important observation points. ‘The German com- mander is known.to have been just northward of this section on Sunday. His presence is supposed to have been in connection with an attack on the French line, which the Germans intended to deliver on Tuesday morn- ing. The French forestalled them and aftar demolishing German machine gun nests, and other defenses with artillery, launched an assault which was so brilliantly successful that more than 1,000 Germans were cap- tured. At the same time the French obtained elbow room at the ridge for future operations. Struggle for Points. As outlined. by the correspondent today the operation in this region de- veloped into a “struggle for observa- tion points,” possession of which is indispensible under present condi- tions of warfare. On their forward drive on the Moronyilliers range the French captured all those positions dominating the surrounding territory. From them they are able to watch the moyement of Gerad supply col- umns and reinforcements, and thus (Continued on Page Three) ITALIAN WAR WISSION'AT WASHINGTON Joffre and Viviani Arrive . France—Departure is Kept Secret Washington, May 23—With the ar- rival here today of the ‘Italian war ‘mission, headed by his royal high- ness Ferdinando di Savoia, prince of Undine, conferences with American officials over war problems are to begin after the visitors have been for- mally received by President Wilson. The conferences will have to do principally with obtaining railway equipment, coal and iron and steel. It is likely also that another loan will be- welcomed by Italy. Guglielmo ‘Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy, is another mem- ber of the mission. The Italian mission was received by high American officials and escorted ‘by troops of cavalry. The visitors were taken to the house of Joseph Leiter, which will be their home while in Washington. They were re- ceived enthusiastically by crowds at the railway station. ARRIVE IN FRANCE. Paris, May 23.—Marshal Joffre and former Premier Viviani arrived at Brest last night on their return from the United States. KEPT A SECRET. Washington, May 23.—The French mission sailed from New York on May 15, unknown except to a few officials and many American newspapers, which loyally kept the secret, so the distinguished guests of the nation might not be unnecessarily endan- gered by the German submarines. Wilson Wants Press Censor in Washington, ‘May 23. — President ‘Wilson today renewed his efforts to put an enforced newspaper censor- ship section into the espionage bill. Senators Overman, Fletcher and Nel- son, the senate conferees on the bill. were called to the white house early today and urged by the president to agree to a censorship section which the senate once has rejected The conferees agreed to sound out sentiment, but expresseddoubt that the senate. would agree to any cen- sorship whatsoever. | Bismarck’s Patriotism Will Be Measured by Support Given Local Red Cross Organization Here is the Red Cross personal ap- peal: “But we will not ask you for money alone—we are making this personal appeal to you for more than money. We want your in- terest in the great work of the AMERICAN RED CROSS through its Bismarck chap- ter. We want you to become a mem- ber of this chapter so that the nation may know that we in Bismarck have not lagged behind the other cities which are contributing so generously tg the RED CROSS. “The rolt is betngiicaitedi Let us act quickly, that we may answer proudly. Let the strength of its RED CROSS chapter measure Bismarck’s patriotism. Membership is unrestrict- le J SEND TROOPS, AT ONCE 70 ‘AD OF FRANCE Marshall Joffre and General Petain Want Men Trained or Untrained Immediately FACILITIES FOR INTENSIVE INSTRUCTION IN EUROPE By GILSON GARDNER. Washington, May 23.—Get Ameri- can soldiers in France. That is the message. Marshal Joffre is emphasiz- ing daily in Washington. It has been cabled also by Gen. Petain, now in supreme command of French opera- tions, who begs that,;volunteers, men, officers. and, equipment be sent im- mediately, so a large army may be in France within three months, Gen. Petain promises the men in- tensive training in France They will not be thown at once into battle. At many places the battle front is “quiet,” and less trained troops will be \given carly duty helping on the quiet sections. This will relieve French troops for more, active work. It is urged that volunteers be per- mitted to go and serve temporarily with French officers and troops. These men, Petain suggests, would get training which would enable them to train other men arriving raw from the United States. Officers would be given courses at the St. Cyr Military school. France feels the great need is for men, trained or untrained, at once. If the plan of our general staff is fol- lowed and this country waits to raise, equip and train a large army before beginning to get the men across the ocean, the help may come too late. The shipping problem is another in- sistent reason /whiyf this government should not wait tg’ sérd at farge, per- fectly trained} army: | |) ¢ By the time an army of’a half mil- lion men is ready with equipment and commissary there will be no ships to carry it. It is not possible to transport a half million men, even in normal times, without enormous special ship- ping equipment and much time. In the present disorganized condi- tion of shipping, with every vessel menaced by increasing’ subrnarine danger, it ‘would be practically im- possible. The only way American fighters can help the allies is to begin at once “trickling” men into France. Every freighter should carry a few fighting men; every passenger ship should add to its passenger list a quota of offi- cers and men going to France for training and subsequent organization into an American army. Even in this way, assuming that a start is made at once, it will be many months before anything like a half million men are on the western front. This is one reason for sending volun- teers, such as the Roosevelt division. Volunteers can be had for this ser- vice more quickly than men selected under the selective service act. The volunteer could be on his way with- in 30 days. ‘he selective service army must be held together, organ- ized, officered and equipped, and will be found doubtless in the United States still drilling when snow flies. France has passed the maximum of her man strength. Men and still moe men are needed in France to push back the German legions. The fight is belng won, but at a terrible cost in men to both sides. The weakening of the Russian front per- mits Germans to double their strength on the western lines, which makes doubly insistent the need for more men from America. If this country is to strike an ef- fective blow in the war it must strike a quick one. The only way to strike a quick one is to begin “trickling” men to the fighting lines. MINNEAPOLIS MARKET. St. Paul, Minn., May 23.—Minneap- olis cash wheat No. 1 Hard, $2.98 to $3.01; No. 1 Northern, $2.88 to $2,93; No. 2 (Northern, $2.78 to $2.88; No.3 wheat, $2.63 to $2.78. Market late. ed. Every man, woman and child can and should belong. Join. today—for yourself and for each member of your family.” Clip out the coupon below and at- tach remittance. Memberships are classified as follows: Annual, $1; subscribing, $2; contributing, $5; sus- taining, $10; life, $25; patron, $100. > 1917. Mrs. F. L. Conklin, Bismarck, N. D. I hereby apply for member- ship and enclose .... dollars $.. Address FRAZIER ASKS STATE TONOTE LIBERTY WEEK Governor Co-Operating With Federal Reserve Bank in Floating Bonds BIG DRIVE WILL BEGIN WITH SUNDAY SERMONS, The cooperation of the entire state in the observance af Liberty Loan week, beginning Sunday, May 27, with sermons in all of the churches of North Dakota, issasked by Gover- nor Frazier in a proclamation issued late’ this afternoon. Governor Frazier has given the cx- ecutive committee fo North’ Dakota his fullest support::in its efforte to line up this state for its share of the big Liberty Loan. With his prede- cessor, L,.B, Hanna, chairman of the committee, he joins in urging tnat the pastors of the churches of every denomination address their parishion- ers at e‘her the morning or evening service May 27 upon the Liberty. bonds and the necessity for the peo- ple loyally subscribing to this soan in order that the government may have proper financial support in the great undertaking upon which it has entered Pastors from whom thé executive committee already has heard have ex- pressed a willingness to feature the Liberty Loan in their Sunday sermons and have approved of the plan of making May 27 Liberty Sunday in North Dakota. May Carry Any Amount The treasury department at Wash- ington has ruled that a nationa) bani may carry any amount of United States government bonds, and that regardless of the amount they may carry, it shall not be considered an oyer-loan, The executive committee took the matter up with the state examiner J. R. Waters this week and received his assurance that state banks may buy United States bonds in any amount that the condition of their banks may warrant, and that regardless of the amount bought, it shall not be considered an over-loan. ENGINEERS, AND HOSPITAL GORPS REACH ENGLAND London, May 23.—The detachment of United States army engineers, commanded ‘by Major Parsons, ar- rived in London this evening. The second unit of the American hospital corps has reached Great Britain. BISMARCK SENDS EIGHT. Minneapolis, Minn., May 23.—Bis- marck today sent eight men who were enlisted in the navy; Fargo, four, and Duluth, two. The approach of na- tional registration is having a stimu- lating effect on recruiting. PENNINGTON GIVEN CHANCE TO COME TO MINOT VOLUNTARILY Minot, N. D., May 23.—President Edmund Pennington of the Soo lMne this morning received from Sheriff Nedreloe a wire asking him if he will come to Minot voluntarily to answer charges of illegally importing liquor into North Dakota and of aiding in the sale of intoxicating liquors, or if he will wait for extradition proceed- ings. “Nothing has been said to me re- garding the extradition of President Pennington,” said Governor Frazier this afternoon. “All that I have learned about the case is what I have seen in the papers.” | ECOND PHASE OF BATTLE ON; ALLIES LEAD Efforts of Germans to Stem Envy tente Offensive Fail Complete- ly on West Front CROP OF PEACE RUMORS FROM SWITZERLAND Central Powers Consent to Re- cognize Rights of Spain in Territorial Waters (By Associated Press.) Evidences accumulate that General Petain is preparing another drive on the Aisne and Champagne fronts. Monday brilliant attacks won for the French all the important obser- vation posts in the Moronvilliers re- gion in the Champagne, and last eve- ning a gimilar operation was carried out in the Craonre‘fegion, where ev- eryone of the observation points in the Aillerte valley are now in French possession. i Vhe vantage ground thus won will give the French the needed opportun- ity to prepare for their next drive, Heavy strokes driven at the localities where the preliminary operations were undertaken by the French would imperil the whole Rheims sector. The second phase of the great bat- tle of the Arras, the Aisne and Cham- pagne, has ended in the complete German failure of the most deter- mined and costly efforts to. stem.the tide of victory now setting a them. The net result. of el shal von Hindenburg's efforts \to re- gain the initiative has been. that th French and British have tightened their grip on his line and have placed in great peril the key positions: held by the Germans in northern: France. Line ‘Outflanked. ‘ The customary lull, which separ- ates all major operations in modern warfate, has. now qomhe and: the-ex-- pectation is that it will be broken by a British blow ona great scale against the Droicourt-Queant line, al- ready practically outflanked. ~ In the meantime, the usual crop of’ peace rumors, which marked these lulls, has made its appearance) “Re ports from all sources, offictal;‘‘sem{- official, inspired and the Ike, "tél} of offers of Austria to Russia,’ ‘Ger- many to Russia, and’ Germany’ to the collective Entente powers. The un- named diplomats who apparently in- fest Switzerland are unusually active, but there is nothing tangible or au- thentic to show what these reports are worth. The latest Spanish crisis has sub- sided with the receipt by Madrid from Berlin of the note which Premier Prieto announces as satisfactory. Ger- many promises to respect Spain's rights in her territorial waters. COUNTER ATTACKS. London, May 23.—‘Last night the enemy again heavily bombarded our position on the Hindenburg line near Bullecourt,” says today’s official state- ment. “Our artillery replied vigor- ously. No hostile attacks developed. “We made a successful raid early today southeast of Gavrelle. A num- ber of Germans were killed without any casualties among our troops.” SUCCESSFUL TACKS. Paris, May 23,—Successful attacks were made by the Freych last night on three parts of the front the war office announces. The attacks were made on the Aisne front. - In the re- gion of the Californie plateau the French captured observation points dominating the Ailette valley. Prog- ress was made on the northern slope of the heights east of Chevreux. REDENBAUGH AGAIN ENACTS HIS CRIME Portrays for Police Methotls Used in Killing Alice Dunn and Connery Minneapolis, Minn., May 23.—Joseph L. Redenbaugh confessed slayer of Patrolman George Connery, and Mrs. Alice Dunn, today re-enacted the ab- duction and killing of Connery, taking the police along the actual route fol- lowed by the kidnappers and point- ing out to them where the wounded policeman was left to die. Plan Board to Handle Purchases Washington, May 23.—Plans for an allied purchasing board are being drawn to include purchases of the American army and navy estimated at approximately $3,500,000,000 for the first year of the war. The plan as tentatively outlined, would place a purchasing power of ten billions a year in the hands of the commission.