The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1917, Page 1

. ‘members of Co. A and other units of , and Killdeer branch lines, from Het- THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 210 ? BISMARCK, NORTH DAROFE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5. . 1917. THOUSANDS KILLED \ BISMARCK BIDS FIRST SOLDIERS | FOND FAREWELL Hundreds of People Gather at Station to See National Army Men Depart NORTHERN PACIFIC NO. 8 RUNS PATH OF GLORY Journey Through State Today One Long Triumphal Pro- cession—Others to Go There were few dry eyes in the crowd of several hundred people as- sembled at the Northern Pacific sta- tion this afternoon to bid farewell to Burleigh county’s first contingent of the great national army when train No. 8 pulled out to the strains of “God! be With You Until We Meet Again,” feelingly played by the Second regi- ment band of Harvey. The station and platforms were crowded half an hour :before the ar- rival of the train, and long before tie} three Bismarck young men who are the first to answer Uncle Sam's call for a select service army made their appearance. All the young men are; immensely popular, and every mem- ber of their wide circle of acquaint-j ance who possibly. could make the train was there. In addition, there were Col. Frank White of the Second and Mrs. White; the F'rst from Fort Lincoln, members of Co. J, the headquarters and the sup- ply company of the Second; drafted | men who will follow today’s advance guard within two weeks; members of the local exemption board, clergymen, business and professional men, all anxious to do full honor to the first group of Capital ‘City men called to the colors. Those who went today, representing. five per cent of Burleigh’s net quota of 89, were: Pe, Laake EUGENE WACHTEP, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.’C. Wachter and actively associated with the Wachter Dray & Transfer Co. FRANK JOHNSON, for several months past on the office staff of tne First National bank. C. C. OTTOSDN, advertising sales- man who has made Bismarck his home for some years past. In St. Paul this trio will be joined by the fourth membér of the party, Walter G. H. Hagmann, a popular Bis marck traveling salesman, represent- ing a Duluth hose, and who only a few months ago was united in mar. riage with Miss Georgia Carpenter, formerly librarian of the state histor. ical society at the capitol. From the Twin Cities the young men will proceed direct to Des Moines where they will report to Maj. Gen. E. H. Plummer, commanding the 88th di- vision of che national army, headquar- tered at) Camp Dodge, 11% miles north of town, and reached by inter- urban. Here the boys will be joined during the ensuing two days by five percent of the net quota from every county in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, whose complete net quotas are 5,272, 17,778 and 12,749 men, res- pectively, and by men from the north- ern half of Illinois, totaling 9,366. The comnlete quota from Camp Dodge is 45,165, and the second contingent of 40 per cent will begin to move Sep- tember 19. Triumphal Procession. The course of Northern Pacific train No. 8 from the time it entered the state at Beach this morning has been que conunueus triumphal precession. At Beach the entire town turned out to see the one representative of Gold- en Valley county board the train. At Medora there was another demonstra- tion when two Billings county nation- al army men entrained, and the pro- cess was repeated on a larger scale at Dickinson, when Stark county bade farewell to its four candidates. At Mandan the band and the entire ropulace were out to bid Morton coun- ty's eight men God-speed and to greet the delegation from the Mott tinger, and Grant, Dunn, ‘Mercer and Oliver counties, 15 in all. When the train reached Bismarck it carried 39 select service men. The number was swelled by three here; by three Kid- der county men at Steele, and at Jamestown by two men from Eddy county, five from Benson, and three from Sheridan, completing the first contingent over the Northern Pacific. At the same time, the Soo line was picking up men from Ward, Wells, McIntosh, Barnes, , McLean, Foster, Logan, Sargent and Burke, making a total of 91 men who left North Dako- ta today tu report for duty at Camp Dodge. Impressive Farewell. The ‘farewell at the Bismarck sta- tion was an impressive one. In spite of the size of the crowd, complete si- lence reigned as the train pulled out, except for the solemn measures of the grand old religious hymn of part- ing. Mothers, sisters and _ sweet- hearts who had come to bid loved ones goodbye, stood surrounded by sympathetic friends, and there was none to intrude idle curiosity upon their grief. As a last tribute to the boys before they boarded the train, the band played America, while every- (Continued on Page Seven.) — eeeecooconcoocoooo=., ee ee, Good Bye, Mother ___|CHCACO MAYOR TRANG AT FORT DODGE IS IN FULL SWING Quotas of Men Arrive at Big Can- tonment From Illinois and Minnesota PROCEEDING TO CAMP. Washington, Sept. 5.— Thirty thousand men for the first incre- ment the National army are on their way to cantonments today to begin training for service over- seas. Under command of leaders delegated from their own num- bers, the different sections arc proceeding to their respective camps. Ch Sentara, 15 (By Associated Press.) th Des Moines, la., Sept. 5.—Training | of soldiers for the new national army '; began today at Camp Dodge, the ‘Thir- teenth division cantonment, with the arrival of the first contingents from Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa and part of Illinois. po Within a few days, 2,258 men will} ev: be in camp, representing five per cent ! sal of the 45,165 who are to be molded | ev into soldiers here. WAR GRIPS HOMES Of men-~-five per cent of the 251,965 mens farm-from d moulded into tional army. mothers and sisters AMERICA TOOAY AS MEMBERS DF NATIONAL ARMY DEPART SCORE “BILL” THOMFSON. wives and’ childrei—for a suit of Grant, Ul, Sept. 5.—Believing ' ihuki anda rifle aud a course of train- that Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, isg that: will change them into im- and his party, would pass through | portant. cogs “of tie Americdn war machine. Location, of Cantonments. Locations of the six cantonments in the central depart» , the number of men to be trained at them, and the s from which they were drawn here today on their way to the fair at Kankakee, Ul., the follow- ing placard was posted prominent- fy on the road last night: “We kelieve in Ameficanism.” “Big Bill’s type not wanted. “Cood roads straight ahcad.” M.- SLT 38,895, «Camp Grant, Rockford, men. Hlinois . will send Wisconsia 7,181. mp Dodge, | men. ,dHlinois lowa, 12,749, Minnes ve draft from, the} North Dakota 5,272 states in the central department of ‘amp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.-— e army—bezgan reporting at six huge 986 men. Michigan will send 30 ntonments to start iraining that will | £91, and Wisconsin 5,695. 1 them into the world war. Camp Tayla Louisville, Ky.—42.- They came frora the city and the} 319 men. Mlinois will send 1 3 k and profession to be] Indiana 17.510 and Kentucky 14,2 sldiers for the new na- Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, 0.—43,- The types of«mten*rer}Cg2 men. Ohio will send 38,773, and rting for military instruction affects | Pennsylvania 4,* erything and everybody. Some we acne Funston, lesmen, others farm hands. All lett 518 men. erything behind—their: jobs,-riches, ; SORGLE 8,1 and some of them! TGantinued on call, 12,600. josen in the selec Fort Riley, Kan.— ouri will send 18,660 , South Dakota, 2,717, Pawe Seven. Major General Edward H. Plummer, the camp commandant, said there! would be no congestion in assigning the men as rapidly as they arrive, as under his direction, a large staff of officers had made all necessary pre- liminary arrangements. i The men are being given an oppor- tunity to choose the branch of service they wish to serve in, General Plum mer said, and assignments will be bas- ed to a large extent upon their quali-) % fications. BS Formation of four brigades was be-| 4, gun today, two of infantry, command- * ed by Brigadier Generals C. C. Ballou and W. D. Beach; an artillery brigale commanded by Brigadier Gencral Foote, and a depot brigade headed by | . Brigadier Gencral R. M. Getty. 2 Heavy Program. e A heavy program of work faces the |. men. Forty hours drill a weck { planned, according to General Plum-| s, mer, with Wednesday and Saturday | 4 afternoons off. The men who pro- gress with their work will have the} two afternoons for recreation, while those who are backward will have to}. use that time to “catch up” with the others. In this manner the men will be kept abreast of each other in mili tary knowledge. | “There must be some evening study | « by the men,” General Plummer said. ! 4, “The course of study will consist of lectures on the work of the day and @ discussions of tactics. New worky to be taken up the following day will be discussed and explained.” L starts at once, the dant announced, and the sol- diers first will be trained in the chool of the soldier,” with and with out the rifle. School of the squad, the company, battalion, regiment, bri- gade and division will follow. “Personal hygiene, the care of the (Continued on page two.) 00 Cornerstone of Capitol Laid 34. Years Ago Today France and Englan the Allies ae to $2,266,400,000. LW. W. RAIDED; TAY WOOD PLACED UNDER ARREST ——— Chicago, III., Sept. 5.—Govern- ment otticials today made swecp- ing raids on I. W. W. headquur- bd ters in all parts of the country. | In Duluth, Portland, Seattle, Chi- | cago, Denver, Los Angeles, and other cities the headquarters of ii | the organiaztion have been raid- Grant, General John A. “Black “& ed, and at Chicago. W. D. Hay- Jack” Logan, Henry Villard, pres- " a jdent of the Northern Pacific: and 6 |. Mon tational secretary: of the: Ie viol German capitaliat de ..W. W., has been placed in cus- a party of German capitalists and | tody. In all the raids, quantities SOSH OSS Thirty-four years ago, »-Bis- marck, territorial capital of Da- kota, was ablaze with color, life + and the blare of bands. The % most momentous event in the % istory of the territory had come —the laying of the cornerstone of the new tertitorial capitcl. The city’s notable gucsts in- + cluded ex-President Ulysses S. + % noblemen, including the Prus- i sian ambassador to America, who Of ‘records.and | eriited matter carried a personal message’ have bcen held by the authorities. from Prince Bismarck. & The original capitol ncw-forms 2! the central wing of the state | house. Two other additions have & 2 been built as the growth cf the + GOES NTO ONIFORMS state necessitated more office * rooms and new offices. %| ‘Washington, Sept. 5.—The first of POSS SES Soo oO OO) the national army went into uniforms today. | Into 14 cantonments, poured !groups of recruits, the first five per icent quota of drafted army. Each | group on its arrival was supplied w | equipment ofa s Training will | start tomorrow. > second quota of forty per cent goes to camp Septem- ber 19. FIRST UNIT OF ARMY oan Million to .. Washington, ‘Sept. 5.—Loans of $1,- | 0,000 each to Great. Britain» and Most’ h} Reports to Provost Marshal General) France were mate by the government | Crowder, indicated that the mobiliza- today bringing the total-advancesto~tion was proceeding smoothly. of the groups took trains this morning. of the experiment station at Fargo, | ies.” ROOTED FOR hls PRO-CERMANISM Suvionrtration Ftarts When Thoxrpcon and Party Start for State Fair EAR FLAG PROM ONE OF T3E AUTOMOBILES \City’s Executive Is Hanged in Ef- figy by T ove Opposed to His Plat Washington, Sept :.—A search. ing inquiry into the utterances of German language newspapers in the United States, Socialist magazines, and I.terature of the orm { last Nine Killed In Air Raid Over London n Gerter Genes Has Acria! Defense Ready Be- fore & Theirs ENCLAND I8 INVADED ON THREE SUCCESSIVE NIGHTS ELEVEN KILLED. London, Sept. 5.—Eleven per- sons were killed and 62 injured in night’s air raid, it is an. nounced officially today. London, Sept. 5.—Nine persons were killed and 49 injured in last night's aerial raid which occurred over the London district about midnight. One! raider is reported to have been | brought down off Shern: it is an- nounced officially. The full este the damage caused by bombs i: unknown. One bomb fell just outside a hospi- tal. and another hit a retail store in so-called peace socict cs and asso- ciations regarded as likely to lead to prosecution in some instances is being conducted ty the depart- ment of justice. The department considers its position strengthened by the re- cent decision of federal judges in Georgia in sustaining the action of Postmaster General Burleson © in refusing the privileges of the mails to the Masses, and the Jcf- fersonian. Recent utterances and activ- ities of Mayor Thompsen of Chicago, and the . Republi- can, a newspaper which endorses him in connection with the con- vention there with the People’s Council of Peace is being scru- tinized. The time is not distant, how- ever, when the government will begin prosecution. Chicage, St pt. 6.— Mayor Thompsor the center of a menacing demon stration by soldiers here this morn- ing as his party w mobilizing in fifty automobiles for a trify te th» fair at» ankakee, Hl Banners -of a political nature were torn from “Tits and other machines.. The automo- biles’ were standing in the Michigan boulevard, which bounds on the west, when the soldiers began to gather. Cry “Slackers.” “Slackers,” they criet and used other terms. There w an American oH “Take that down, what are you doing with that?’ they yeried The crowd collected in almost nv jtime and the demonstration was ex- tended all along the line of automo- biles. “Those in the ¢ numbering perhaps a hundred wearing the so- called “Dig Bill, cowboy hats, pulled them dewn over their eyes and sank into their seats. provost guard having acted in an in- stance The traffic jam was straight- ened out and the procession move down the streets amid hoots and cries. Hanged in Eff-gy. ivities of those opposed to the ors attitude toward war and ace took the form last night of the hanging in effigy of the mayor. Men- bers of the General Lloyd Wheaton Post No. 74, veterans of foreign wat of the United States, were in charg of this ceremony, which took plac on a downtown boulevard and was witnessed by a crowd blocking, for a time, ‘all traffic, singing, “We'll hang Old Thompson to a sour apple tree.” They hung the dummy to the top bar of a “safety nd,” on the | A placard tied to it read ‘“S Vig Rillious.” A policeman cut down the dummy. ELECTRICIAN RESIGNS J. & McDonald Leaves State; Suggests Gorman as Successor J. S$. McDonald, formerly of Fargo, now of Miss: jay tend- ered Gov: pr his resignation from the rd of electrical ex- aminers and suggested that !. H. Gor- man of Fargo be named to cerve in his stead. nt’s park , It was all over in a few minutes, the * “contingent who will which a number of girls w sleepin The raiders were shelled by anti-air. craft guns, and several British ma- chines took to the air to attack the invaders. The streets were deserted | at the time of the raid, it being long! after theatre hour. Air Offensive Ready? “Has Germany got her great air of- “fonsive ready before ours?”, is a ques- tion y morning papers, regard ing the invasion of England on thr i nights. Another paper, yuently warns of Germany's ition to invade England with air- large fle ys: to be getting ony n invasion ylans. ‘The! raft came, bombed and Our guns fi and our ‘aft went up but thout result. raid’ this) departed, This is the ninth serious vsummer, and out of 120 machines, jwhich have crossed our coast, Ger many only admits. ue loss of seven.’ GERMANY TRIES 10 | SHIFT BLAME. FOR. WAR UPON RUSSIA Amserdam, Sept. In an inter: + view, the German chancellor, Dr. George Michaelis, has made a ment in regard to di: tial in Petrograd for high tre eneral Soukhomlinoff, —tormer ister of war. Great prominence has been given in the (¢ un press recently to testi mony said lo have beea taken at the Soukholminoff tr tending to show, Russi responsibility for the begin- ing of the ur, Accounts of the trial reaching th }country have not contained such tes- timony. | Chancellor Michaclis said: “The statement of the former Rus: n war minister and the former chief of the general staff, General Januschkevitch are of the greatest im- portance. They are calculated com- ‘pletely to destroy the legend ot Ger- ;many’s guilt in starting the war and they will force Muropean opinion if the. reports are allowed to be pub- lished abroad to revive its judgment on Germany.” Travel Light Is | The Advice Given To Drafted Men Drafted men “ot the first 5 per ‘cent pave today for mobilization camps are directed in resolutions issued yesterday to take a minimum of civilian clothing and per- sonal belongings. Toilet articles, tow- els and handkerchiefs are recommend- jed and no objection will be made to: ‘two changes of underclothing, but other articles are frowned upon. Attention is called to the fact that civilian clothing will be discarded when camp is reached and it was sug- gested that clothing not worth keep- ing be worn. The men may carry jonly light hand baggage on the train, jand suitcases and hand bags will not| ‘ be allowed for permanent u camp. min- f Advertisers Why North Dakota is one of the best fiecids for advertising both for- eign and local is indicated by the New York Post in a recent editorial. The Tribune commends its sentiments to the advertising field with the ass ance that the Post is conservative in its figures. he Post editorial follo “The suspicion develo; nds that, in nge mu the farm's the place Wealth accumulates ‘ather than r room industries, to make money. “on every rod of ground, where trade ‘usu;ps the land.’ las big as a tom-cat,’ exults an Tllinoi: farmer. sells for $16." North Dakoti boasted in 1910 of less than 75,000 farms and farmers. Director Cooper, New York Post Advises North Dakota Field Hard heim. ‘A pig. i to Work the estimates that the total value of her ne leading crops this year will be in XC of $20: that is, if we | low for a sn se in the num ‘her of North fers, each one will r for these five leading crops five leading crops he means oa jer. rye, flaxseed and wheat: I i u puts the value of corn, potatocs, and} ture. ARMIES. NEAR TRIESTE, COAL OF ITALINS Offensive Under General Cadorna Making Headway Toward Chief Objective CERMANS CONTEMPLATE “STRATEGIC RETREAT”’ Artillery of British Renders Flem- ish Line Hazardous for Teu- tons FLEE IN DISORDER. Petrograd, Sept. 5—The first refugees from Riga arrived here today, and gave dramatic descrip- tions of their last hour in the city, before the German occupation. The first shells were fired from the direction of Uxkull and fell early Sunday morning, causing numerous fires and spreading clouds of suffocating gases. The people rushed into the streets, many only partly dressed, and there was a gencral rush to reach the railroad station, which secm- to be the enemy’s chief target. This panic resulted in heavy los- ses, and according to one news- Paper several thousand were lost. The next night after midnight, a Zeppelin appeared over the city and in the rays of its searchlight citizens could be seen fleeing. Duenamuende on the Riga front, was evacuated by the Russians, and has been captured by the Ger- man forces, the war office an- nounced today. Ducnamuende lies at the mouth of the Dvina north- west of Riga. The heavy costal guns there fell undamaged into the hands of the Germans. (By Associated Press.) Italy's long years of preparations and Genogal Cadorna’s stragetic abil- ity as commanded continue to bear fruit in the great offe! e, the Ital- iaWarinies aresiow waging tor 'T Although official announcement lacking there ms little reason. to, doubt dispate from various sources that Monte San Gabriele, the last of the Austrian strongholds in this dis- trict has been taken by the Italian troops, giving them possession of the entire chain of hills dominating the Corizia area. This emminence in fact has been virtually at the merey of the Italians ce the fall of Monte Santo its neighboring stronghold. 950 Prisoners Captured. With the taking of Monte San Gab- iele the capture, of 950 prisoners, probably all the remaining Austrian garrison with 32 offi is reported. On, the Franco-British front, the British hail of shells being dropped upon the German lines in Flanders ts causing the Germans to contemplate abandoning a wide expense of terri- tory there now being swept by Gen- al Ha’ big guns, and those of the French co-operating with him in his Belgian campaign. Entente Push. The launching of the next Entente push apparently is imminent, and, as a measure of preparation, the Ger- mans are reported to be removing the civilian population of a district. ex- tending 12 miles more to the east of the present front in western Flanders, as far as the Thorough Tourtrai lines embracing the area of some 200 square miles. One theory advanced for the report- ed evacuation is that the German com- j mand, dreading the effects of the next drive is preparing to flood the low- lands by diverting the water from the river Scheldt, thus flanking the Allied progress. Another supposition is that the Germans lacking the men to hold the lines are preparing for another “stragetic retreat.” Air Forces Active. Meanwhile, the air: forces of both sides are active, not only immediately back of the opposing lines but in wide- ly extended fields. Germany is pushing her air cam- paign st ‘England to an extent that is leading London to wonder if Germany has got her great air offen- sive ready before the Br On their side, the ‘British have car- ried out further extensive bombing raids in Belgian, delivering the Brug- ges docks where the Germans have a submarine base, a heavy blow. FIRST HIGHWAY AID PROJECTS APPROVED BY U. §. DEPARTMENT Dakota federal highway aid atements | and 2, emh in Cass county and 16 miles North 7 mile: n Foster, have heen improved by the nited States department of agricul- Bli of the Secretary J. W hay at $32,000,000, or ne: g609|North Dakota highway commission per farm. Then there are the!advised today. Detail surveys start: hogs (which grow much bigger than!ed in Foster county tod In Cass tomcats), the cattle, the sheep, and/county thev already have been com- “the fowls. We would ady automo: pleted, and plans and specifications manufacturers tention to North (€ states; though bile and piano rect their age | Dakota and stdjoinins it is probable that th fairly well stocked with such luxur- SI y are already, miles of the Meridian road. jter county two different sections of ill he available within a week. The s county project upon which fed- aid has been assured covers 17 In Fos- tate road are covered. .