The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1917, Page 1

| | . 2 Pa The Weather ‘CLOUDY THIRTY- SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 166 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1917, NORTH Hepes MONDAY, JULY 16, 1917. | NATIONAL GUARD TO FRANCE SOON -LEER WONT YIELD AFTER CONFERENCE Paris Hails Retirement Germany of First Import- George Michaelis, New Chancellor / ance to Make Maiden Speech : Next Thursday RETIREMENT OF HOLLWEG MAY MEAN NEW DEAL Hindenburg and Ludendorff Can- _ not Persuade Extremists to Recede in Demands Amsterdam, July 16—A Berlin telegram from an Amsterdam news agency quotes the Tage- blatt of (Berlin to the effect that the Catholic and Center. party’ tn the reichstag has decided, with two dissenting votes, to make a declaration. in favor. of peace ef- forts without regard to the atti- tude of the national liberals. Copenhagen, July \16—Dr. George Michaelis, the new chancellor, will de- liver his maiden specch in the reich- stag Thursday. The address is ex- pected to contain his announcement of his forthcoming program, and is awaited with great interest. Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff, who were sunimoned to Berlin by Emperor William, are con- tinuing the conferences with party leaders, Dr. Michaelis is, participat- ing in them. Representatives: of the Berlin press were. receivyed:, Saturday. by General Ludendorff,. who said‘ the’ situation on all fronts was favorable. The Pan-German. -. Independence league adopted resolutions against the proposed peace action of the reich- FORMER CHANCELLOR NOT POPULAR WITH PARTY Paris, July “t6 .—The Paris press hails the retirement of Dr. von Beth- mann Hollweg from the German chan- ‘cellorship with various degrees of sat- isfaction. Some of the comment is in’a jubilant tone, while other editors ‘treat the event soberly. All are agreed that it indicates a crisis in Germany among precedents important. The phrase “scrap of paper,” fre- ‘quently cropped out in the comment, and some of the journals traced the chancellor’s downfall to that early-in- the-war utterance of his. The Petit Parisian says: “Though the chancellor changes the German masses remain the same. It is they who desired the war, to satis- fy their apetite for universal domina- tion. * “Bethmann Hollweg would. never have been disavowed had the hope of his masters been realized by victory.” Another paper says: “The ‘scrap of paper’ has finished by strangling Bethmann Hollweg lib- chaneellor’s supreme efforts to hook up with the peace party. The latter rejected him because it considered him compromising.” stag, declaring the) adoption of the ma-| jority’s . program) Spasukb indefinite couthtianice: of the-war and. the political ahd economic ruin’of the Germans.) - Still Tsist on Terms. Amsterdam, July 16.—According to the Berlines:Tageblatt reichstag party leaders, attoritheyihad Been received by Marshibvor! Hindenburg And Gen- eral “Ludeturtf,*tectded to’ maintain the terms! 6f peace! resolutions agreed on before the interview. It is reported from Vienna that Germans and Bohemian members of the upper and low- er houses of the Austrian parlia- ment have adopted jointly a resolu- tion setting forth their desire for peace within the country and of the possibility of living side by side with the czechs without abridgement of the “national self-determination of both elements.” The resolution says, how- ever, that a separate Bohemian con- stitution would not be recognized. The adoption of the resolution evi- dently was prompted by. the increas- ing unrest among, the czechs, an im- administration’s Believed Vote Can Be Reached bling of the state troops at company on War Measure by This Week SETTLEMENT HOPED FOR BY AUGUST FIRST ‘Washington, D. ©. July 16—The senate today entered on its fifth and probably final week of considering the food control bill, while leaders conferred in further ef- forts to perfect the measure in such a.,way as to meet the wishes of, Pres- ident: Wilson and to insure. its pas- portant element, lof Austria’s . ‘popula, 4 tion. They ‘are reported to be in sym-]! pathy with the millitaristic policy of the Germans in Austria. Germany's first commoner chancel- a ‘bureau- crat without even a noble “von” be- fore his name, has as yet given no indication of his policy regarding re- lor Dr. Georg Michaelis, form and peace. Neither the conserv- atives nor the liberals have ventured to call hini their own. The chancellor's first step was to receivg representatives of the two divergent groups in the reichstag and permit them,to explain their respect- ive standpoints, The German papers unite in charac- terizations of his energy and fair- mindedness, but are most reserved in their predictions of his probable pol- icy. Kills Peace Program. The Cologne Vblkezeitung, the Catholic organ of the: pan-Gérman sympathizers, says Dr. Michaelis un- doubtedly stands nearer the Right than the Left parties. comment evidently emanating from Wilhelmstrasse is that the new chan- cellor regards as his mission the res- toration of the internal harmony of the nation, whgtever policy may be adopted. No matter what else mt=y result, the change will undoubtedly mean the disappearance of the von Bethmann-Hollwegg peace program. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollwege’s pol- icy regarding the ultimate aims of the war had from the beginning ‘been a personal one, in which “the chan- cellor, above the parties” had formed a program above parliamentary par- ties, the military authorities and the emperor alike, and he endeavored to impose it upon a changeful sovereign oscillating between vistas of brilliant ambition and realizations of cold facts. Upon the puissant military caste represented by Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Luden- dorff, and a blundering, unbrilliant berligment: New Deal of Cards. The appointment of Dr. Michaelis undoubtedly means a new deal of cards. Herlin papers which were pub- lished before the appointment of Dr. Michaelis was known, show that the emperor \was confronted ‘by the neces- sity of dropping the imperial chancel- (Continued on Page. Three) The line of | Bage. Under this agreement the senate wil vote on the bill Saturday and then the measure will be rushed to conference, where an early agreement jis looked for so that legislation may be enacted before Aug. 1. Senate leaders today considered the draft of proposed changes designed to compro- mise the chief points of dispute in the Gore substitute, plainly the restriction of administration authority. Adminis- tration leaders are opposed to this provision. A fight may also come over the question of government control over steel, iron, cotton and other prod- ucts. It is believed that in the end legis- lation will be worked out limiting Of Hollweg All Agreed It Indicates a Crisis in UIPMENT FOR GUARD 10 COM THRU AT ONCE Express Shipments Will Be Made as Soon as Reports Are in Department 6 Hands FEDERAL MUSTER WILL BE MADE AT LINCOLN Major Douglas Settle, U. 8. A, Will Have Four Captains as { ; Assistants Supplies’ for the national’ guard, which “Has péeh’ called’ ‘into federal’ service, will he forwarded by, express as soon’as thé’¢ommanding officers at their home stations give the strength of their commands and other infor- mation as directed in a telegram sent from headquarters to Governor Fra- zier on July 14. This advice was wired Adjutant General Fraser by Adjutant General Heistand of the Central department today. The information required should ‘be in the hands of the Central department by the 1 Jfddle of the week, and supplies should ibegin ar- tiving by the middle of next week. Federal Mustering Officer. Major DouXlas Settle, a regular ar- erated long ago by ,the war party the | my officer, to whom has been assign- ed the task of mustering tho state troops ‘into federal service, is ex- pected to reach Bismarck today. Act- ing on instructions from the war de- partment, Major Dana Wright, ‘rank- ing North Dakota officer in the fed- eral service, has named Captains tenants Behonek‘ and Renden ‘assist- ant mustering: officers. Where, when and how this’ mustering: will ‘be. done is not yet indicated: It is reasonable ve'this’miistering will bo done "Fatter the’ ‘tréops have beén mobilized at Fort Lincoln rather than that the federal officers’‘will be required to personally visit each of the 26 com- panies scattered ‘over the state, but the latter ‘plan may ‘be adopted. Assembling Proceedings. While direct reports on.the assem- rendezvous go into General commander of the Central depart- ment, wires reaching the office of Adjutant General Fraser here indi- cate that the first step in the mobili- zation of North Dakota’s two infan- try regiments is proceeding in a rap- id and orderly manner. In towns which have no armortes, the troops are being quartered in the school houses and other public ‘buildings, while many hospitable citizens have opened their homes to the soldier ‘boys: No provision is made for paying for sleeping quarters for the troops where the state has not already sup- plied armories or other quarters, and the company commanders are making the ‘best of the ‘facilities available. Companies: Now in Service. North Dakota troops in federal serv- ice are in company rendezvous today Barry, as follows: First regiment—A, Bis- marck, Fort Lincoln; B, Fargo; C, Grafton; D, Minot; E, Williston; F, Mandan, Fort Lincoln; G, Valley City; H, Jamestown, Fort Lincoln; I, Wah- peton; K, Dickinson, Fort Lincoln; L, Hillsboro; M, Grand Forks; machine gun company, Grand Forks; headquar- ters company, Valley City; supply, Grafton; regimental band, Lisbon. ‘Second regiment—A, Minot; B, New Rockford; C, Crosby; D, Devils Lake; E, Langdon; F, Carrington; G, Rolla; H, Harvey; I, Bismarck; K, Bllen- dale; L, Hankinson; M, Beach; ma- chine gun company, Dickinson; sup- ply, Hillsboro; headquarters, Bis- marck; band, Harvey. government control, but in substantial regulatory power to food, seed and fuel. Debate on the bill was resumed in the senate, with prospects of voting on the amendment being taken during the day. TWIN CITY FIRM THAT SHIPPED POISON BEANS MAY BE MADE TO ANSWER Failure to Appear Before State Food Commission Will Mean Prosecution Fargo, 'N. D., July 16.—The Minne- ous Burma beans into the state of. North Dakota probably will be prose- cuted on,account of the shipments, be- cause of failure to appear: before the state food commission as requested, it was said today. It was thought possible by some, of the food experts that the court would into the state. apolis firm which shipped the poison- |. be asked to issue am injanction to}; y lor or virtually’ the entire Prussian | prevent further shipment of the beans| Stren Regimental officers in charge are: First, J. H. Fraine, Grafton, colonel; G. C. Grafton, Fargo, lieutenant-col- onel; Frank Henry, Bismarck; Dana Wright, Jamestown; B. C. Boyd, Hills- boro, majors of infantry; C. E. Hunt, Valley City, major of medical corps. Second, Frank White, Valley City, colonel; T. H. Tharalson, Bismarck, lieutenant-colonel: C. F. Mudgett, Val- ley City; J. M. Hanley, Mandan; E. 3. Geary, Fargo, majors of infantry; F. E. Wheelon, Minot, major of medi- cal corps. First field hospital company, Lis- bon, T. C. Patterson, major. To Wire Barry. Company commanders are expected to have wired General Barry, com- mander of the central department, by tonight, the names of their organiza- tions; number of men and otticers represented, and whether they prefer to remain at their company stations not to exceed fifteen days, or to move immediately. To Mobilize at Lincoln. Fort Lincoln was designated by the war department mobilization camp site for all state troops. Whether the First and Second regiment will mobi- lize there, and if they do, the date upon which they will be moved could not be stated by Adjutant General fraser today. ‘No equipment has been received for ‘North Dakota's 3,000 Murphy, Wilson and Barker and Lieu-|- American Steamer BAD vam | TAMPERS SLAY Brilliant _Tactics—Making Some Gains ROME REPORTS CAPTURE Lost to Germans in Belg- lum RUSH GERMAN TROOPS, Washington, D. C,, July 16—The whole Russian. front, from. the Gulf of Riga:to Rumania, is re ported in official. dispatches today from Petrograd’-to the Rusaian embassy here,..to be alive with battle. The Germans are said to be rushing troops from the Italian to the French: fronts, and. to be rearranging their positions, Frdm the northern front, at Riga, German. forces aro rushing by sea transports. On the Lem- berg front, the @roops are being shifted back and forth by means of heavy automobiles, in an at- tempt to prevént further advances by General Korniloff. On the southern front In the Carpathians the Austrians are said to be in full flight. ee (By Associated! Press.) Although the movemont4if the Rus- slan‘ipfantry-ongdgett ti epdral‘Kor- niloff’s big offénsive in eastern Galicia is’ being hampered by bad; weather, the cossacks apparently have been able to keep. up the dashing tactics. This is indicated by reports from Pet- rograd to Rome today that ‘the town of Dolina has been occupiedby Rus- sian forces, Advance ..of 30 Miles.: If this announcement is’ true, it means an advance of more than 30 miles for the Russians since the open- ing of the drive south of the Dniester, a week ago. The ollicial reports have placed nearly, two-thirds of this did- tance from the starting point as Kel- suz, taken by Korniloff, is some 20 miles from Stanislav, which virtually was their place of departure. At Kalusz the Russians were re- established on the westerly bank of the Lomincz, whence the Austrians had not been able fo drive them, al- though _ heavy’ attacks have been launched in the attempt. he route thence to Dolina lies along the Stan- \islau-Stryj railway lin An advance here, means considerable‘ progress in the movement now under way, intend- ved to throw General von Boehm-Er- molli’s.army back against the Carpa- thians, The Rome report indeed de- clares that this already has been ac- complished. French Make Progress. The hard fighting that has marked the last few days along the French front in northern France still con- tinues. Last night the Germans made spirited attempts to regain the import- ant observation points they lost when the French on Saturday night took a strongly fortified position in the vicin- ity of Mont Haut and the Teton in the Champagne district. The attack- ing forces were able to make no im- pression whatever on the Teton posi- \tion and’ at Mont Haut they recovered only a narrow foothold on the edge of the disputed ground The French, in local operations, made some progress south of Ailles on the Aisne front and repulsed sev- eral strong attacks near St. Quentin and south of Corbeny. Railing opera- tions only were reported from the British front. Three attempts made by the Bri. tish yesterday to recapture the posi tions won by the Germans on the Bel gian front were repulsed with heavy losses to the attackers, the official statement says. CAPTURE 36,643 MEN. Petrograd, July 16.-From July 13 the Russian official statement says 36,643 men were captured by the Rus- sians. General Brusiloff's forces also | captured 93 heavy and light guns, 28} trench ‘mortars, 403 machine guns, two aeroplanes and some equipment. The Russians yesterday captured 16 officers .and 909 Austro-Germans | in eastern Galicia, the statement says. | Py ~ Sunk; Three Lost, Washington, D. ©. July 16—The sinking. of the American steamer Great and the killing of three men, one an American and the injury of | troops, which number it is anticipated if be, augmented. to. near war 1gth Of 4,008 enlisted men.by the (Continued on page two.) 1 two members of the naval armed guard” was ‘announced today by the DRIVE IN EAST Korniloff, However, Keeps Up OF DOLINA BY RUSSIA British Fai] to Win Back Ground CK TRIBUNE ==] been made. HE'S MAN OF THE” HOUR iN TT FRONT Under Gen. Korniloff’s leadership the recent marvelous advance of the new Russian democracy’s army toward Lemberg, capital of Gellcia. has J EATON GUAR MOBILIZING FOR SERIE Eleven States of Union Sent Mil. itia Into Federal Service on Sunday ai ‘WILL PROCEED TO STATE i CAMPS FOR ORGANIZATION Early Departure of State Troops for Europe Indicated by Of- ficial Orders Washington, basis of advices’ t today: work of tha Tetemption boards had not been completed, the war department officials said the drawing for the army drawing se- lection could hardly be sarted be- fore Saturday. Fifteen states had not reported the completion of their exemp- tion boards. The process of the boards is to file two copies of their completed lists of regis. trants as soon as the serial num- bers have been arranged. Washington, Jilly 16.—Mobilization of the national guard for war service ‘began today. While no orders for embarkation for France: will be given until August 5, when: the entire ‘force will be formally drafted into the Unit- ed States army, there are. indications that some divisions will ‘be regarded as ready to ‘board transports soon after that date. By GILSON GARDNER. can soldiers are going to France jus into service to take tiem. what problematical. enough transports available now, and the situat: were. satisfactory, great bulk of the the féderalized Cargo ships are just as important as transports, as the amount of sup- plies that must be taken to France for an army of any considerable size is tremendous. 4 Of course, it. would be more than folly ‘to! t food, munitions character and the plete equipment of a modern army. The war department, from the sec- retary down, is working with almost superhuman energy to overcome what at times seems insurmountable obsta- cles to land an effective fighting force in France at the earliest possible mo- ment. Up to a few weeks ago it was not thought good strategy to send more American soldiers to France this year than was necessary to evidence our good faith to our allies and for moral effect on Germany. The allies had about given up all hope of landing the knock-out blow on Germany this year. Russia's ability to renew an offen- sive on the eastern front was doubted, and it was thought America could best contribute to. the final overthrow of the kaiser by ‘diverting all possible shipping to the feeding of her allies and supplying them with necessary war material,’ while training her armies here. Suddenly Russia, tations, gathered herself together and began to strike. Then came well au- thenticated rumors of great atis- faction and unrest among the people of Germany. The possibility of defeating Ger- many THIS YEAR again claimed the attention of the allied strate- gists, and it was decided to press the enemy on every front and try to force a decision. It is not too much to say that the} allies hope the German people are sufficiently disheartened so that six months’ pounding on all fronts will convince them they are doomed to in defeat, and cause them to turn their rulers. Under these suddenly changed con- could best contribute to the end sought by adding to the allies’ as possible. The reason for this is only partly military. The bigger reason is to prove to the German people that their State department. Tulers lied to them when they told Washington, D. C., July 16—Ametl- as fast as transports can be pressed Just how fast this will be is some- If there were n in respect to cargo ships it is probable the regular army and militia would be in France within the next few months. TROOPS WILL BE SENT TO FRANCE AS FAST AS SHIPS CAN TAKE: THEM Russian Revival and German Disturbances Bring Decision to Rush Soldiers for Combined Allied Attack in Mammoth Effort to End War This Year them America would fight only with her dollars, and could not send more {than a handful of soldiers to Europe in less than two years. ‘When the news filters into Germany that shipload after shipload of Amer- ican soldiers are landing in France a 4 | year and a half before the kaiser and von Hindenburg said they conld, it. is going to be pretty hard to restore the morals of the German people—at least this is the reasoning of the al- lied strategists and statesmen, and it seems both rational and logical. While it is impossible to get any figures from the war depart- ment, it is probable there will be 200,000 American soldiers in France before the snow flies. It is POS- SIBLE there will be twice that nd troops to Murope: any ster than they can be supplied with transports of every thousand and one things that go to make up the com- contrary to expec-| ditions, it was decided that America’ strength on the western front as large; an army as possible, delivered as soon } number. The Pershing expedition is merely the advance guard. Pershing has half a division, about 15,000 men. This | will be made a whole division; after which a division of militia will follow and be followed by a division of regu- lars, and so on. It has not yet been determined in what order the militia divisions will | be sent. The militia has been formally called to the colors. The president's proc- lamation names Aug. 5 for its formal mustering into federal service and harge from state control. Within a few weeks thereafter many regi- ments will be on their way to France. The difficulty of transport service will be somewhat relieved by the re- turn to service of the German in- terned ships, aggregating 600,000 gross tons. These will be available for the war department from August some of these ships are freight while the Hamburg-American ‘s are peculiarly adapted to fast transport work. U.S. CONVOYS SUNK FOUR SUBMARINES London, July 16.—Four of the larg- est and most modern German subma- rines were destroyed by American hips, which were convoying the | first instalment of American troops ; to France, according to aereport trom | German sources, as contained in a | Rerne dispatch to a Rome news agen- y. and forwarded from Rome by the Central News. - Denies Rumor of Lumber Strike | Chicago, July 1 A report that all lumber workers affiliated with the I W. W. west of the Mississippi were to strike beginning tomorrow was dis- | said The first clause of President Wil son’s proclamation providing for the federalization of the national guard for the war became effective yester- day, Under it, 11. states, including Minnesota, North and South Dakota, went on the federal payroll-from that date. Actual qyncentration of troops in the state camps began, today. Ap- proximately half the strength of the national guard is more than 125,000 included in the. forca assembling. The first step in their preparetion has been ‘to send tothe armies, addi tional clothing for, their..transporta>, tion to the divisional camps... Full campaign equipment will be issued at the big camp, reducing the amount of matter to be transported with the troops. Civilian Watchmen. Rapid progress is being made in releasing the nagfional guard regi- ments, which had ‘been in the federal service since the dclaration of war, guarding the property. This work will be taken over largely by civilian watchmen. The next step in the gen- eral mobilization will be the order- ing of divisions to the camp sites al- ready selected for them. ‘A full sup- ply of tentage is available, depart- ment reports show, and the division will entrain ‘as rapidly as the com- manders of ‘the ‘departments from which they, come, and those in which their camps are located, are prepared. The most serious shortage of war equipment for the guards is in the auxiliary. For training purposes the big regiments undoubtedly will con- tinue to use the equipment. they have, supplemented ‘by such addition- al ordnance as the regular service can spare. It is regarded as practi- cally certain that if the guard divi- sions are sent to France at an early date they will be equipped with fresh artillery on their arrival there. Pre- sumably, their first war work will be with the famous French “75.” Departura of the guardsmen for France, it was indicated today, will be governed by the shipping problem. War department officials regard many divisions of the state troops as virtually ready now for the intensive training ‘behind the fighting lines in France, which will prepare them for their place in the trenches. There is no reason why some elements could not go forward at once, except for a lack of transportation and the submarine menace. ;CAVALRYMAN'S. BODY FOUND NEAR SCENE OF 1 W. W. OUTBREAK Globe, Ariz. July 16.—Private Cas- sidy of A troop of the U. S. cavalry, on strike duty here, was found on the railroad track of the Old Dominion mine today, with his throat cut and his body mangled by a freight train. The coroner began an investigation as to whether he was killed by the freight or murdered and his body thrown on the track. FIND EXPLOSIVES. Jerome, Ariz. July 16—Two boxes of caps used to detonate dynamite and correspondence alieged to reveal details of I. W. W. plans to tie up the copper mining industry in Arizona were found here today a suitcase, to belong to James (Red) | claimed’ today at the I. W. W. head- j quarters’ here. William Haywood, sec- iretary of the organization, said he had heard nothing of the report. Thompson, known as an | WOW. leader. Thompson was deported with 62 other men last Tuesday and aow is held at Prescott.