The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 10, 1917, Page 1

ee HAIG-PETAIN DRIVE MAKES CAIN AT YPRES)! Forward Movement Gives British Better Grip on Yores i Sector FRENOH SUCCEED IN ‘CAPTURING BIXSCHOOTE Hour.aige Ripe Yet to Deliver Fin- aitew ‘at Lens, Say Re- ports 1.) (PEACE MEMORANDUM. By London, Aug. 10.—A_ special } subcommittee of the British la- bor party executive committee has been preparing a memoran- dum upon the issues raised in the war and the ideas of British ta- bor in regard to peace proposals. Briefly the memorandum is an endorsement of the demand for the reparation and restoration in behalf of Belgium and other in- vaded countries, a declaration-in favor of the right of individual People to settle their own destin- jes; liberation of oppressed peo- ples from Turkish mis-govern- ment and demand for the estab- lishment for a league of nations for the maintenance of peace and the elimination of the world wa The memorandum _ indicates that Germany is threatening the very existence of independent na- tionality striking a blow at all faith in treaties and declares that the victory of Germany would be the defeat and destruction of de- mocracy and liberty. It is. further declared that the essential conditions of a treaty of peace will be the establishment of a “league .of nations adhered to by all present belligerents.” The conference of the British labor party held at Westminster today voted to send delegates: to the Stickholm Consulated:confer- ence by Giie million forty-six thou- sand to ftyfi-five thousand. The conference was in an uproar, which ended only when the result of the card vote was announced. (By Associated Press.) While the entente guns are still hammering the German lines in Flan- ders, the infantry has rot been entire- ly inactive. Today important gains by both the British and the French on a seven-mile front, taking in West- boek Bixschoote, are reported. British troops last night finished the task of driving the Germans from Westboek and likewise cleared them from the lines they still were clinging onto, the ridge near the town. This forward movement gives Field Marshal Haig a better grip on the section of line immediately west of Ypres. Silence from British. The French near Bixschoote ad- vanced east and north of that place. Silence. from_the British side regard in the artillery battle continues. As in the period preceding the initial at- tack in the Flanders offensive, the German reports are the principal reli- QHIRTY.SEVENTH YEAR, “NO. 188 PROPOSE MILLIO SECOND MAY BE MOBILIZED ERE UNTIL RECRUITED Opinion Is General That Regi- ment Will Be Held at Fort Incoln for Few Weeks The impression is general lovally ance for news of the bombardment’ that the Second regiment, which still and these continue to emphasize its importance. Not only in Belgium, but along stretches’ of the Arras battle front, there are evidence of activity by the entente forces. London today reports ids ‘b h t of. extensive raids by the British east oi ifiited from the drat Monchy in the Arras area, and day by day, reports come in of the notable work of the Canadians. It seemed several times ‘that | ® the falf’o€ Lens ‘was imminent, but evidentfy the hour has not been con- sidered ripe to deliver the final stroke. EVACUATE ARMENTIER. Paris, Aug. 10.—A dispatch to the Havas agency from Hazebrouck, says it was learned there that the whole population of Armentier will: be evac- uated. No details are given. “KAISER WILSON” ON BANNER STARTS. RIOT Washington, D. C., Aug. 10.—A ban- ner displayed at one of the white house gates by woman party suffrage pickets, addressed to “Kaiser Wilson,” was torn down today after an indig- nant crowd had jeered and hissed the suffragette for several minutes. ‘The banner was carried by Miss ‘Lucy Burns. It was inscribed: “Kaiser Wilson: Have you forgot- ten your sympathy with the poor Ger- mans because they are not self-gov- erned? Twenty million women are not seif-governed. Take the beam out of your own cye.” BECOMES A LAW. Washington, Aug. 10.—The adminis- tration food control and food survey bills were signed today by sident Wilson and became law. lacks several hundred men of war strength, will be mobolized at Fort Lincoln immediately .after it receives federal recognition and is mustered into the service and will be held there until vacancies‘in the ranks can be The Second battalion of the First regiment now quartered there is: expected to go in advance with the Firgt to Palo Alto, { lif. to which it is understood North ‘akota troops have been definitely sed as part of the 20th division. While Fort Lincoln was designed as a battalion camp, it can easily be made to accomodate a regiment by transferring the commodious officers’ fesidences into barracks and _utiliz- ing the married men’s quarters. The Second is slowly receiving its equip- ment, and even were it compelled to use tents for shelter for the next few weeks, as did the First regiment for three ‘months prior to its departure for the Mexican border last summer, it would be no great hardship. The Second is practically a green regiment. Many of its officers nave been rejected; it will be necessary to transfer men from one company to another, and a generally confused condition exists in the unit. All of these adjustments could be accomp- lished much more satisfactorily with the regiment mobilized than with the various companies at rendervous in their home stations as at present. Re- cruiting in both the First and Second regiments was halted August 5, when the First was mustered into Federal rice, and the mustering of the Second by companies began. The First is very near war strength, but the Second lacks approximately 600 men, who can only be supplied now from the draft. FARMERS BUY ELEVATOR Woodworth Plant ‘taken Over; Northland Man Manager Edinburg, N. 'D., Aug. 10.—Fordville farmers have purchased the Wood- worth elevator here and wil! operate it as a farmers’ elevator, with Ole Aafedt, late manager of tae Northland Elevator Co., in charge. First American Gurl to Announce She Will Join Russian Death Regiment | | Declares Women Have Same Right to Fight as Men and Believes Many Will Follow Her Example New York, Aug. 10.—An American girl is going to Russia to join the Russias women’s “Regiment of. Death.” She is Frances Gifford, 21, an artist well known among New York's colony of writers and painters. She met me at the top of the two flights of staivs over the stable in Greenwish village, where she has her studio, It was very hot, and the odor of horses as well as art permeated the atmosphere. She is a small blond girl, with great v!ue eyes that look in- to yours so earnestly that you feel she has thought a great deal on the sub- ject of how she should do her bit in making the world safe for peace, as she insists She had evidently just moved into this studio, and we sat among the debris of ‘household furniture and talked over the Russian situation, of which she has evidently been a deep student. “Why do you want to go to Rus- sia to fight?” | asked. “Because,” she answered, “I shall be fighting for peace, and ul- timate peace will come through Russia. By fighting by the side of those brave women | shall be fighting not to make the world safe for democracy, as it is called, but to make the world safe for PEACE.” “Do you think woman’s place is in the fighting line?” I asked. “Why not?” she answered. “Shall not women as well as men make the world safe for the children that come after? “That is just the point. What will be the effect on their children if wom- en take an active part in war?” “None,” she said. “Before and aft- er bearing children, a woman is capa- ‘ble of military duty. Women have demonstrated they can endure physi- cal hardships as well as men. They are quite as brave when facing any danger of the body or soul.” “Why don’t you try to go in some capacity fc America?” I asked “Because I do not consider America is helping the coming of peace; to me, the only way that peace can come is through Russia.” As she said this, her great blue eyes became suffused with tears, but they did not fall. It was then I asked her, how old she was. And she an- swered: “Twenty-one.” “Aren’t you rather young to decide this question for yourself in this way?” She looked at me in surprise. “The American army, she said, is taking many boys of 17, 18 and 19, and they begin to draft them at 21. It; has been always said that a girl is older at that age than a boy. It seems { Ou mueg ua Fae Three) FAEMPTIONS - ORDERE ~TRAMES OF MEN | ) FIXED | NOT EXEMPT 10 AT VERY LIMIT) DISTRICT BOARD)» ants se In Some District A As High as 80) Local Commission to Make Re- Percent Ask. for Dis- ee charge CALLED-TO GOLORS BY SEMTEMBER FIRST Men Will Be Assembled in Board Districts « Befare ° Mobiliz. ——e Washington,» Aug,’ /10.—Wholesale claims for exemption jfrom the army draft, reported from -many . sections, caused Provost Marshal General Crowder to telegrafli the governors of the states /directing that -local boards “reduce “discharges for de- pendency tq a far shiore restricted class and to very ;nccossitous and clearly defined circuths) ances. bg In some districts, a8 high as 80 per cent of the registrant: called for ex- amination are filing claims for dis- charge on the grown of dependent relatives. Such @ condition indicates, General Crowder said ,that unfair ad- vantage is being taken of the regula- tions designed to,proiect men who properly should -bé’ exempted . from military service ‘and actually threat- ens to interfere.seriously with the raising of the national army. Instructions Issued. ‘Regulations under which men of the national army wilk :be called to ‘the colors beginning: Sépt. !, were issued tonight by the provost marshal gen- eral. They made out in detail the whole program to,,bé followed until every soldier of the selective draft army. has been accepted by the ad- jutant general of the training can- tonmant to which he fs assigned. Two hundred thousand of the first 687,000 men will be-called up to Sept. 1 and forwarded to their camp» be- fore Sept. 5. The whole busines:,,of assembling the levies at--entraiusig péints, pro- viding’ them with: shelter, food and transportation and giving them their actual induction into military life is entrusted to the civilian local boards which‘select them for service. Until the men reach the camps they will not be in contact with uniformed offi- cers. Under Civilian Control. + The civilian; control is carried for- ward thru every stage of the draft to the very gates of the military camps, where the making of soldiers will be- gin, to be completed within sound of the guns of France. The actual ¢all for men will go in each case from the provost marshal general to the state adjutant general stating the number of men to le sup- plied at a specified time by the state. Each local board will be promptly in- formed. of its proportion in the cal! and the adjutant general will fix the date when men from his state »hall entrain for the camps. Immediately the local boards will make out the list of men to fill the call from the roll of accepted men and it also will fix the place of entrain- ment and the exact time of depart- ure. - Orders to the men will be posted and also be sent them by mail. They will be directed to report to the loca! board at its headquarters not later than 12 hours or more than 24 hours before the time of departure for camp. “From the time specified for report- ing to the local board for military duty,” the regulations state, “each man in respect of whom notice to report has been posted or mailed shall be in the military service of the ‘Unitel States.” Find Rooms in Hotels. Prior to the arrival of the men at the board hedquarters, board mem- bers are instructed to make: arrange- ments for their accommodation and to find clean and sanitary sleeping places at hotels and lodging houses, to arrange for their meals and to provide lodging and meal tickets to be taken in payment and redeemed for cash Jater by the government disbursing of- ficer. In its discretion the boards may grant permission for the men to re- main at their homes. Arrived at the board: headquarters at the hour fixed for reporting the men will be drawn up, the roll called and agents of the board will take them personally to their quarters, re- maining with them until every ar- rangement for their comfort has been made. Emphatic instructions are giv- en that the quality of the food fur- nished shall be good and the board is held liable for secing that meals are adequate. First ‘Military Ceremony. Retreat roll call at the board head- quarters, set for 5:39 p.m. on the day of reporting to the board, will be the first military ceremony the draft- ed men pass thru. The board mem- bers are directed to be present in per- son and to inform the men of their military status, impressing on them the fact that disobedience of orders is’ the gravest military crime. The light hand baggage, containing toilet ar- ticles and a change of underclotning, which the men are permitted to take with them to camp. will be inspected by the board and the lists of men sent forward made outiand copies of original registration cards prepared. For each district five alternates will ‘be summoned to the board headquar- (Cont ‘on Page Three) | announces Mine Host J R ports Tomorrow--18 Men Un- conditionally Accepted OALL FOR ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS COMING Probable That. 200 More Names Will Be Drawn to Fill Bur- leigh County Quota The Burleigh county exemption ‘board tomorrow will certify to the state board the names of men who have been accepted after a physical examination and who have claimed no exemptions, ‘and ‘also the names of those who have been accepted on phy- sical examination and who have claimed agricultural or occupational exemptions, which must be passed on by the district board. The number is not yet determined. To date 18 men have been uncondi- tionally accepted for service, naving made no claims for exemptions on any grounds and having been found phy- sically fit. This is not quite 20 per cent of Burleigh county's quota, and approximately 135 men have been ex- amined to obtain this number of eligi- tbles. There are almost as many more who have passed the physical examination. who have no dependent relatives, but who claim agricultural or industrial exemptions. The fate of these men will ‘be determined by the district ‘board. The total number absolutely rejected for physical disqualifications is small. The local board has not passed on claims for exemption on the ground of dependent relatives, and probably will take no action on these claims earlier than Aug. 17, which is the final day upon which the first], class of.registrants may. file proof of exemption. Today isthe last.date.up- on which the original’ class of regis- trants may file notice of claim for ex: emptions . Examinations for the first 200 regis- trants will continue over tomorrow TO AID SAMMIES Frazier Says Northwest COMPENSATION. Is Loyal, FOR SOLER of Student Officers To- day I8 JOINED THERE BY THREE OTHER GOVERNORS IS OUTLINED Insurance for Fighters Provided in Bill Introduced by Fort Snelling, Minn., Aug. 10.—The M’ADOO CHAMPIONS ' northwest is in the great war to the finish and no section of the country will prove more loyal or more help- GOVERNMENT RELIEF ACT fal in its prosecution, according to|Indemnities for Disability Range the opinion expressed by governors of three states who gathered here today to witness the review of student offi- cers “North Dakota will carry its bur- den,” said Governor Frazier, who was accompanied by Adjutant General Fra- ser. “The state of North Dakota is in good condition, except in the cases of some farmers, who have not had crops for two seasons.” “Iowa is no slacker state,” declared Governor Harding. “We will send every available man to’ the front, and keep the aged and infirm to harvest the crops and plant those of next year.” “South Dakota is as loyal as any state in the union,” declared Governor Norbeck. “We will have big crops this year,,and we are able to handle them.” The governors were guests at an informal breakfast in St. Paul this morning. Tonight they will be guests et a banquet in St. Paul. MAJOR STEDMAN RECOMMENDS 158 TO SECOND CAMP 143 Principuls ‘and 6° Alternates Approved by North Dakota Examining Officer The board worked again last night]893 CANDIDATES WERE until midnight, and this morning it exarained 18 men There were yet ap- proximately 65 members of the first class of registrants to be passed on when the board met again at 2 this afternoon. This lot should be finished ‘by noon tomorrow. It then will be the duty of the board to certify names of accepted men to the district board and also to sum up averages on which will he based a call for su‘licient regis- trants to complete Burleigh county’s auota to 110 per cent of the net, which is 89, or a total of 98. This call prob- ably will go out Monday, and judging from results to date it will not be for less than 200 men, and probably for 300. May,See Early Service. Advice from Provost Marshal Crow- der today indicates that Burleigh county’s first draft quota may be called into service Sept. 1, and may leave for cantonment Sept. 5. So far as can be learned. local select service ‘men will train at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia., where work now is in progress on one of the 16 great can- tonments which is to house the na- tional army. Only 200,000 men will be called to the colors Sept. 1, and it is not known how the various states will be ranked in this call. MARINES FIGHT TD KEEP CARB American Training Camp in France, Aug. 9.—The marines of the expedi- tionary force will make a fight to re- tain their forest green uniforms against a tentative order which would place them in regular army khaki. The marines think they can arrange a necessary supply of their distinc- tive clothing, but army officers felt it would be perhaps better to have the entire expedition uniformed alike. The marnies hold that to abandon their distinctive dress would tend to lower the morale of the men, which, in turn, would rob the expedition of the spirit of friendly rivalry now ex- isting between the services. The marines cite the case of the Alpine Chasseur in France who won their fight early in the war to retain distinctive uniforms of dark blue against an order that, all French troops should wear horizen blue. The marines today subscribed to a fund of $60,000 to buy French war ‘bonds, the fact evoking great cheers from their French trainers. TWO MEATLESS DAYS EACH WEEK ABERDEEN HOSTELRY DECREES Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 10.—Two meatless days each week hereafter will be the rule at the She man hotel, Hudhard. The meatless menus will be made as attractive as possible, and the vege- tarian will have a real feast ' EXAMINED IN THE STATE Major R. §. Steedman, U. S. A. North Dakota examiner for the second officers’ training camp to be opened at Fort Snelling on Aug. 27, has. recom: mended for admission to that camp 143 candidates and 15 alternates. No- tices have been sent to all candidates designated. Those who did not ‘meet the requirements of the department will receive their notice from. the cen- tral department at Chicago. North Dakota's quota for the sec- ond officers’ training camp is 113, which may be increased 30 per cent if the number of eligibles is sufficient. The quota will not be increased, how- ever, if there is not an abundance of good material. Major Steedman announces that 120 candidates were physically disquali- fied; 100 were found under the re- quired standard in other respects, and 15 candidates withdrew after filing their applications. A considerable number of candidates were not consid- ered at all, as manifestly unfit, and were not directed to report for medi- cal examination. About 486 applications were filed with Major Steedman from all parts of the state, and 423 were directed to report for examination. Of this num- ber, 393 were examined, 158 were ac- cepted as principals and alternates, and 235 were rejected. The List Follows. “a” Alexander, Leonard H., Minot. Alphson, John A., Grand Forks. Andrew, David H., Velva. Andrew, Mark, Mapleton Aspinwal, Wm. B., Wahpeton. “pg” Bale, Max F., Cogswell. Barr, Walter W., Valley City. Bublitz, William F., Valley City. Byrne, Lwrence M., Minot. Boyd, Samuel J., Mott. Burke, Wm. A,, Washington, D. C. Bacon, Julius F., Grand Forks. Butler, Harry E., Grand Forks. Blore, John H., Linton ‘Baker, Lyman A., Bismarck. Lowen, Ellsworth Bismarck. Beall, Holly M., Bismarck. Bade, Courtland W., Wahpeton. booth, George Edward, Fargo. Brickner, Chas. F., Fargo. ur Carlson, Carl J., Jamestown. Cole, James L., Kenmar Cooney, Thomas M., Williston. Carlson, Arthur B., Minot. Cooley, John B., Grand Forks. Carrell, Lafe E., Casselton. Craig. Raymond W., Lisbon. Fargo. Collar, Arthur F., “p” Day, Robin A., Bismarck Daugherty. Richard R., Minneapolis. Drummond, Walter Scott, Esmond. “Ee” Esser, Nels 'N., Crosby. Ellison, Wm. P., Huff. Elliott, Arthur, Fargo. fr Fairbanks, Eugene R., Valley City. Falconer, Addison B., Bismarck. Farmer, John W., Selfridge. Fitzgerald, Ray E., Fargo. (Continued on Page Three) From $40.00 to $200.00 a Month Washington, D. C., Aug. 10.—iAuthor- ity to make effective the government's program of insuring the armed forces of the nation was sought of congress today in bills introduced in both houses by Senator Simmons and Rep- resentative Alexander. The proposed legislation was framed to follow plans already announced in general outline and would provide. in- surance at minimum cost for Ameri- can soldiers, sailors and marines, the insured men paying the premium; family allowances to dependents of men in the nation’s military @r naval service; indemnification for disabili- ties and the re-education and rehabill- tation at government expense of in- jured men. Allot a Minimum. A feature would make it compulsory for officers and men to allot a mini- mum of $15.00 a month of their pay to dependent wives and children. The maximum compulsory allotment ts half pay. These allotments would be supplemented ‘by family allowances to be made by the government of $5. to $50 a month, according to the circum- stances and number of dependents. Liberal indemnities for partial and total disability are included in the program,: varying from $40 to $75 per month minimum up to $200 a month for higher officers. Insurance would be written by. the government.on lives of the men ‘at a rate.anprosimately _ $8 per thousand in sums of $1,000 to $10,000, the premiums payable in in- stallments. : Cost $556,650,000, “The total cost to the government for two years is placed at $556,650,000, which Secretary McAdoo estimates at less than six per cent of the cost to the country of conducting the war. Children up to 18 years pf age, or those older, who are unable to work, and wives of men and officers, would be given family allowances. The amount would depend on the size of the family, the allotment made by the husband or father out of his pay and other circumstances to be determined in each individual case. The bill does not attempt to cover the method to be pursued in re-educa‘ tion and rehabilitating injured men. Twp principles, however, are recog- nized. Disability Compensation. The man’s obligation to avail him- self of such opportunities as the gov- ernment may provide under penalty of loss of compensation for “any pe- riod of nureasonable refusal,” and a man’s rights to disability compensa- tion regardless of his individual eco- nomic recuperation. The amount of indemnities paid in case of partial dis- ability, however, would vary from time to time, according to the altered circumstances of the man fneured “Assume that a man was totally dis- abled by losing both legs und arms,” Mr. McAdoo wrote the president, by way of illustration, “under the com- pensation of this bill if he were a private and unmarried, he would, re... ceive $40 a month, and if he needed, a nurse or attendant he would receive, up to $20 additional. Aid for Dependents. “If he had a widowed mother de pendent upon. him for support he would get another $10. If he subse- quently married, his compensation would be increased at once by $15. If, later on, he had children, the com- pensation would again be increased $10 per month for each of the first two children, a possible maximum of $105 per month. “In addition to this monthly pay- ment he would be fitted with artificial limbs and have treatments. His com- pensation for pensions would not be affected by any increased earnings. ‘When disability results in death, dependents would receive from $15 to $60 per month, the sum again being rated according to the circumstance of the dependents., This featare of the program is regardless of the in- surance which the man or officer may take if he wishes to pay the premium there for himself.” FINO'S LETTERS TO KAISER WILL BE EXPOSED London, Aug. 10.—A dispatch to the Times from Athens, says the govern- ment has discovered correspondence between Emperor William of Ger- ‘many and ©x-King Constantine and will lay it before the chamber.