The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 8, 1917, Page 1

t ¥ t | ‘ ih > The Weather Generally Fair. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. Teutons Pour In Human Torrent To Stem Allies TB eet PERSHING FORCE LANDS IK LONDON AFTER UNEVENTFUL VOYAGE OVER, THE ATLANTIC STIRRING WELCOME Commander “Assigned Brigadier General as Aide and Give Military Reception TRIP DELIGHTFUL, SAYS LEADER OF U. 8. TROOPS Especially Enjoyed Journey » Through Danger Zone With Escort of Destroyers ARRIVES IN LONDON. London, June 8—General Persh- ing arrived in London this after- noon. «He was welcomed by American Ambassador Page, Lord Derby, under secretary for For- eign Affairs, General French, com- manding the British home forces, and others, including Lord Brooke, who will be attached to General Pershing’s staff while he is in ‘England. A British Port, June 8.— Major General John Pershing and his staff arrived here ‘ this morning after an un- eventful trip. All members of his patty were in good health and spir- it. Their ship was escorted into jot by Amerionn des- HEARTY WELCOME A hearty welcome was. ex- tended, to:them by official re- Presentatines: of Sirs pee ty, ware municip- site Sigs Ae ier the:" A 5B army: toGeneral' Pershing. as aide:to He took up his duties with General Pershing as soon as the latter reached here. Stirring Scene. A formal welcome to the, men on the landing dock was a stirring scene. A party, consisting of regiments with band, was drawn up. When Major Pershing\had been introduced’ to the naval offiters, he inspected the guard of honor, while the band played “The Star Spangled Banner.” ,Pershing’s Statement,,, 16: i Genegal. Pershing said foithe Ase0- ciated Press: it ad? pres “The trip has been ‘delightful, particularly the latter stages). when. we were escorted through: the danger zone by our own de: stroyers. Speaking for mysel and staff, we are glad to be the standard bearers of America’ in this great war for civilization. The opportunity of landing at the British. port and the welcome we received are significant and™are deeply appreciated. We expect in the course of a short time’ to be playing our part, which, | am confident, will be a very great part, on the western front.” British Delegation. The Sritish delegation, which wel- comed the Pershing party on bdard the deck of the liner, consisted of Rear Admiral ~ Stileman, Lieutenant General Sir—~Pitcairn. Campbell, and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool. The ships docked at 9 o'clock. After the band had played the na- tional anthem, it played “God Save ear 0) the King," all. standing at salute throughout. Studying French. On the voyage General Pershing and his staff devoted themselves to hard work on the study of French. There was great enthusiasm on board when three .American destroyers came up to act as escorts. General Pershing left almost: imme- Passenger Trains to Give Way to Freight Washington, June 8.—The war time transportation program of American railroads was outlined In a statement today by Howard Elliott, a member of the railroad war board, on the coun- cil of national defense, which is oper- ating the country’s lines as one sys- tem. The policy of the board as set forth by Mr. Elliott will be to move essential freight first and to run no passenger trains that can be removed ‘without serious inconvenience to the traveling public. Mr. Elliott urged railroad em- ployees and the public to co-operate in moving freight at high speed. [Fargo Y Youth Hero of Air Kept Secret Young Son of William Lee of Gate City Has Been lying for French Two Years NEWS COMES THROUGH LETTER FROM SISTER Fargo, iN. D., June 8.—William Lee, son of Archie P. Dougan of Fargo, has been flying for the French armies for two years, winning fame by his daring feats, unknown to his father until this morning, when he received | word from a sister in London telling of his son’s career. Lee, 23, was one of the American aviators selected to rain Wilson’s-mes- sage of war upon the German armies. REDENBAUCH TELLS TALE OF DUNN CRIME Is Unmoved: ioe Sobs. of “Mother “and Sister) of, Dead Woman wgou BROKE A’ cE A MOTHER'S HEART,” SHE CRIES |= t} Pah tina. gage Gane 8.—Joe Reden- gh, confessed double murderer, now serving a life sentence in state prison for the murder of Patrolman George Connery in Minneapolis, relat- ed in detail in Ramsey county district court today, how he shot and Killed Mrs. Alice McQuillan Dunn :as she slept in her father’s home on the morning of April 26. Redenbaugh was the only witness heard this afternoon in the trial of Mike Moore, alleged go-between in the Dunn murder plot. All through the, long ordeal, he-was cool and an- Swered ‘questions carefully and impas- fotidtely.' At times..a cynical half- curled the corners of his lips. ‘Hé ‘told: of being hired by Moore to xin’ the woman, of entering the horhe early in the morning, and firing three shots ‘into the ‘body of, Mrs. Dunn as she lay sleeping beside her sister. He spared . nothing, answering questions willingly and relating every. detail, ap- parently. undisturbed by the sobs of the mother and sister of the dead woman, who sat in the court room all afternoon and listened to the sordid recital. z Faces Mrs. McQuillan. a Redenbaugh, the slayer of Mrs. Dunn, and the mother and sister of this victim met. face to face for the | first time late today. | The exchange of words was brief but the meeting was the dramatic fin- ale to a day of sensational happen- ings, coming only a few minutes after Redenbaugh had bared the details of the murder plot and its execution and the hundreds of spectators were leav- ing the court room. Redenbaugh was seated by Deputy Warden Sullivan of the state prison and. Mrs. Redenbaugh had just greet- ed him, clasped his hand’ and seated herself before him for a brief chat, Suddenly a black veiled woman pushed her way up the aisle, past the attorneys’ table, and leaned over Mrs. Redenbaugh’s shoulder to stare directly into the prisoner's face. “Qh, you poor boy, you pgor boy. You can’t realize what you hgve done. I do feel sorry for you, but you have broken a mother's heart.” It was Mrs. McQuillan, mother of the murdered woman, who spoke. Redenbaugh, who had glanced up surprised at Mrs. McQuillan’s appear- ance ‘before him, wilted. He sank, back in his chair, and his eyes were fixed on the floor. “?’m—I'm sorry,” he said, but did not ‘look up. SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY Ladies of Park (River to Devote Selves to Warriors Park River, N. D., June 8—Fifty ladies of Park River have formed a Soldiers’ Aid society, headed by Mrs. M. Hansen, which will devote its .en- tire time to the service of the fight: sing laddies. a /n exclusi-e and hitherto wu: American soldiers who have just landed in Europe. BuaMAROK, NORTH 1 sorte DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917. jor. Gen. Pershing —oO— “You Bet I’m on the Job!’?--Gen. Pe: Pershing pui ished: photograph of Maj. Gen. Pershing who commands’ the 696,000,000 v. S WHEAT CROP JUNE ESTIMATE eT Conditions of Winter Grain Much Improved—Total Still Be- low Average ,; NORTH DAKOTA SHOWS. CONDITION OF 85 ie South Dakota Has Best Spring Prospects—640,000,000 Bush- els in 1916 Washington, Dxpacr June. 8:+/The prospective wheat crop of the United States was forecast today at 656,000,- 000 bushels, combining a revised esti-. mate of the badly damaged winter wheat and the first estimates of the new spring wheat crop ‘based on June 1 conditions. That compares with 640,000,000 bushels harvested last year, and 806,000,000 bushels the aver- age crop for 1911 to 1915. Conditions of spring wheat by im- Portant states follows: ‘Minnesota, 93; ‘North South Daota, 97. The average for spring wheat is 91.6. Dakota, 85; Winter Wheat Better. Improved weather conditions during May increased prospects of winter wheat, and indicated a crop of 373,- 000,000 bushels. The crop began this year under adverse conditions, 12,437,- 000 acres having to be abandoned be- cause of severe winter and other causes. April 1 conditions indicated a production of 430,000,000 bushels, but during that month growing condi- tions were so poor that estimates were reduced to 366,116,000 bushels. No Labor Dictator Needed---Wilson' « Washington, June 8. — Secretary Wilson today denied published re- ‘ports that the government was con- sidering forming: a national industrial council.;"No labor dictator, he said, is needed. General Mcintyre “1s Chief Censor Washington, June 8.—Brigadier General Frank Mcintyre, chief of the insular bureau of the war depart- ment, today formally assumed addi- tional duties, as chief military censor. GRAND LODGE ODD FELLOWS SELECT CHIEFS FOR YEAR B. A. Fahl of Farge Fargo Grand Mast- er—Grand Forks Gets Next State Convention Valley City, Dy June 8.—The Odd ¥ellows today picked Grand Forks for the next annual meeting and elected officers, as follows: Grand Master, B. A. Fahl, Monango; Deputy Master, O. A. Webster, Grand Forks grand warden, W. E. Byerly; trea: urer, O. Sérumgard, Devils Lake; sov- ereign lodge representatives, C. F. Holmes, Inkster, and A. J. Fields, Wil liston. Officers. appointed are: Andrew Robbie, Cavalier. grand marshal; H A. Armstrong, elton, conductor; W. S. Wyckersham, guardian; C. G ‘Burgess, Valley City. The grand encampment of Odd Fel- lows elected the following officers: Grand patriarch, (. H. Noyes of Cogs- well; high priest, George Elmslie of Devils Lake; senior warden, Frank Frazier, Wal 2; junior — warden, Bert Lageiave, ond; scribe, Chas. H. Lee, Walhalla, and grand treasur- er, J. S. Cole, Lishon. The representatives elected to at- tend the sovereign grand lodge, to be held at Louisville, Ky., in September, are: P. B. Rognlie, Esmond, and J. S. Cole, Lisbon. Goethals Fires Men Who Charged Him With Delay Washington, June 8.—-Major Gener- al. Goethals, general manager of the emergency fleet corporation, today dismissed F. A. Eusted of Boston, as- sistant general manager, and F. H. Clark of New York, the two engi- neers who originated the wooden fleet idea. The dismissal of the men today fol- lowed their action of last night in is- suing statements virtually charging)? General Goethals with holding up EARLY REPORTS INDICATE LESS RECIS TRATIONS Believed From Data Compiled in Adjutant General’s Office 65,000 Will Be Limit PROBABLE AVERAGE NOT MUCH OVER SEVEN PCT Many Counties Well Over Ten but Others Show Falling Off— 20,000 Ready to Go REACHES! 126,374, St. Paul, Minn., June 8.—Minnesota registration returns today total 126,- 374, against the government estimate of 132,887 for the 71 counties and the city of Dultuh enrollment reported so far. Registrations numbering 10,241, compered with the estimate of 9,244, were included in returns today from Jackson, Kandiyohi, Martin, Recker and Daota counties. At noon today Adjutant General Tharalson reported that 42 out of 53 counties had reported a total of 48,167 registrations. Of these 42,557 are native Americans ;5,108 are aliens; 450 are enemy aliens, and 52 negroes. . Of the native whites, 22,279 claim exemptions and 20,278 claim none. The eleven counties yet to be heard from include Morton, Grand Forks, Williams and some of the other of the state’s largest, and it sems safe to predict they will average about 1,000 registrations each. Ward county, which report- ed today, took rank next to Cass, with a total of 3,100 registrations. Adjutant General Tharalson calls attention to the fact that North Dakota in the last few months has contributed at least 3,000 enlisted men to the vari- ous branches of military and naval service, which fact will cut down the registration totals to that extent. It seems safe, how- ever, to predict that the total will run 60,000 or better. Early Reports. Thirty counties, some of whose re- turns are still incomplete, reported Thursday to Adjutant General Thar- alson a total registration of $32,869, cluding aliens and colored, among whom_ 15. have cited the exemp- the shipbuilding program in the na- tion’s emergency. (Continued on Page Eight.) VAST NUMBER OF BEING PUSHED Attack at Mesines Is Like Volcano Surrounding Hills Shook Like Jelly When Mines Were First Exploded RENEWED ACTIVITY IN REGION OF 8T. QUENTIN London, June 8.—All the — special correspondents at the front in their description of the Mesines battle fea- ture the tremendous explosions of mines which preceded the Eritish ad- vance. The earth opened and the German line disappeared, is one terse description. Every writer likens the effect on the surrounding territory to an earth- quake. One says that the hill on which he stood shook like jelly. ‘ An- (Continued on Page Eight.) MINISTER AGED: BO SUSPECT 1 MISSOURI CASE Preacher Known as German Sym. pathizer Being Investigated by Authorities LETTER WRITTEN BY “‘ PERSOL GIVES CLUE Springfield, Mo., June 8—An_ 30- year-old preacher, known as 2 Wer- man sympathizer was under survell- lance today by authorities investigat- ing the various abduction plots that were being unraveled as a result of the mysterious disappearance last week of the 14-months-old child of J. Holland Keet and the subsequent arrests of seven persons, alleged to have been implicated in the kidnaping plot. The preacher, who lives here, was named in a letter received by the po-! lice and alleged to have been written | ‘by Charles Persol. The authorities declared they would investigate thor- oughly his recent movements to con- nect him with an alleged plot to seize GERMANS FORWARD TD. STEM THE BRITISH TORRENT CLASH TO COME: es Each Succeeding Staggering Blow of Allies Proves More Ter- rific Than Last , MESSAGES OF DEATH “ROM CAPTURED POSTS Deadly. Bombardment From Big G@yns—Reasurring News “Comes From Russia Vast numbers of Germans are be- ing rushed forward by Von Hinden- burg to stem the British torrent which has swept over the heights dominating Lille plains and which threatens to sweep the Teutons from the great industrial section of north- ern France. As every. succeeding clash. between ‘| the. ‘mighty armies on the western front dwarfs the preceding one, so the initial one of the battle of Mes- sines promises to be merely a prelude to the struggle which is to come. Makes Bill a Liar, The British¢thrust follows almost on the heels of re triumphant an- nouncement by th& German emperor that the allied offensive in the west shad been definitely checked, bearing out reports that the Germans have un- der-egtimated the power and resour- ces of thelr foes and were not. ready to withstand the terrific blows given by the British. Send Message of D th. From the captured heights the Bri- tish guns today are sending their message of death across a low and level, plain of scarcely five:miles in breadth, which separates them from the industrial, capital, of, posthern, France. Lille is thé chief little group of three ctltes; fh’ Which; prior textile industry:;“It! formefly hada population of 210,009 and its two sis- ter cities, Roubaix and Tourcoing, were the homes of about an equal humber. These. two latter villages stand on rising ground from four to six miles northwest of Lille, the only high land in front of the British. Reassurance from Rugsla. Battle news is timed with the ar- rival of reassuring reports from Rus- sia. The surrender of the Kronstadt cecessionists has been followed by re- ports of the enthusiastic reception ac- corded Minister of Wer Kerensky on his tour of the Russian fronts. The energy ‘with ‘which the minister has* acted jto. restore the morale and dis- cipling of Russia’s army has appar¢ a St. Louis munitions maker. TOWN OF 60,000. IS WIPED OUT San Juan, del Sur N Nicaragua, June San Salvador, the capital of San Salvador, with a population of more than 60,000, has been totally destroy- ed, according to a dispatch from San Miguel, Salvador. No details as to the manner in which the city was de- stroyed has been received, but it un- doubtedly was the result of an earth- quake or a volcanic eruption. A dispatch from Tegucigal, Hoh- duras, says that besides San Salvador, | six other towns were destroyed. One was a suburb of San Salvador. American Legation Homeless. There was later one severe shock, ‘but the tremors continued with in- creasing violence. At the same time| there was a steady shower of dry} ashes falling. Reports say damage to the Ameri- can legation ‘building will render it uninhabitable, but that all state pa- pers were rescued. Practically all! city property is untenable. One -im- portant business section has been de- stroyed by fire. No deaths were’ reported in the dis- patch as ‘being known at that time. It is quite possible volcani¢ erup-| tions, fire, or earthquakes might have wrought greater damage after the dis- patch was sent. GREAT DAMAGE DONE. Washington, June 8.—Dispatches; from American Minister Long at Sanj Salvador, sent at 9 o’clock last night, | while the volcano of San Salvador was erupting, said part of the city had been destroyed by fire, but that it was under control. Great damage was done. aes dispatch says that about 5: p. m. yesterday, severe earth shocks | bezan and continued until about 8:45 with varying degrees of intensity. At 8:45 o'clock the volcano began to belch forth fire and smoke, appar- ently on the side of Quetzal Tepeque. ently had-its reward and revived hope that the great Slavic country may soon make her military power felt again on the eastern battle line. Ne . TERRITORY HELD. British Headquarters in France, via London; from a Staff Correspondent of the Mssociated Press, June 8.—The, number of prisoners reaching the col-: lecting station since the inning. yesterday of the new British drive fn" Belgitim has now reached more than 6,000. Many prisoners are coming in. No estimate of the number of guns captured is yet possible, but several. German batteries were taken prac- tically intact. Prisoners say scores of German guns were destroyed dur- ing the bombardment. All the conquered been held. The German losses in the counter attack were terrible. The full depth of the British attacks was 5,000 yards. Three counter attacks ‘by the Ger- mans, which were not delivered in | great force, were repulsed last night. territory has FORCES § WITHDRAW. Berlin, June 8.—The German forces on the Belgian front have withdrawn from the salient protruding westward ‘yetween the canal’s end in the north of Harrebek and the Douve basin, two kilometers west of Warnenon, says the official statement issued to- ‘| day by the German army ‘headquar- ters staff. Notes Found From Missing Crew London, June 8.—A cask containing a number of messages, apparently ritten by members of the long miss- Xe American steamer Frederick, has ‘been washed ashore at the Orkney Islands. The messages evigently were written by two Americans and five jpaniards. One was dated January 27, 1916. They contained no informa- tion as to the circumstances under which the ship was lost. One of them said: “We are sinking in mid-ocean.” Others said the writers were dying. AMERICAN SOLDIE RS ON BRITISH SOIL to the war, centerdd 'iFratice’s” great?’