The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1917, Page 1

THIRTY SEVENTH THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 2350000 NO. HANG KS WILE EAST OF YPRES IN BIC DRIVE At Early Hour Germans Were Surrendering by Hundreds in Flanders STRONG POSITIONS GAINED BY ENTENTE ’ Crucially Important Positions in Teuton Defenses Are, Captured British Front in France and Bel- gium, Oct. 4.—Field Marshal Haig’s forces in the offensive begun east of Ypres this morning in some places have penterated the German lines to a depth of one mile and have over- run the crest of. the Passchendaele- Gheluvelt ridge. At an early hour, the Germans were surrendering by hundreds. The British already ‘have penetrated well ;eyond the hamlet of Broadseinde in which lie the cross roads formed by the highways jvetween Zonnebeke and Moorsland and Passchendaele and Beclaire. Further, to the south, Cameron vov- ert where there had been much hard fighting, was left well in the rear. ‘Important Defenses. Today’s battle .was along strong- holds which comprised” the ‘crucially 4 important, cystem of German defenses along | the © Passchendaele-Gheluvelt | ridge. ‘ The northern wing of the onrushing British troops was. battling forward this morning within a short distance of ,Poelcapple, and: it fad a: footing-on|, the famous: Gravenatafet ridge, which Jets out trom the Pasthendaele ridge to the west, and had crushed: through! the Sonnebeke;Hroaddeind Be, which ;is; an integral, part of; ‘ne tae schenddelt-Cheluvelt’ chain. “ Under. Heavy Clouds: The. prisoners: ar mping in: much more rapidly and in “grealer numbers than in. the Jat) push; Everywhere the British here done. splendidly. ,in one. of the most attempted on* Nod launched. ,jindgt heavy clouds:and | a mist At 10 cledar he t furiously. . ts Wasia@pparent ‘that the’ Germans would; msatievery meant: to} retake this invaluable: territory,and) determined counteroattacks jwere ‘ex-! pected. -The British casualties have’ been exceedingly light.,.;;; In their offensive,today,on: ‘the Ypres sector the British gained all.their,ov-| jectives to a,,depth, of 2500 yards. General Frederick :B.. Maurice, chief ; director of military operations of.the war office, told the” ‘Associated press today. } NEW OFFENSIVE. London, Oct. 4.—Field Marshal Haig has vegun a new offensive east of' Ypres, the official’ statement from British headquarters in France; issued today, says. The British attacked at 6 o'clock this morning and are mak- ing satisfactory progress. ANOTHER AIR RAID. { Paris, Oct..4.—Another aerjal raid over Germany was’ made last night by} French aviators. The cities of Frank fort and Rastatt were bombed. Ratstatt is a town of 14,000 in Bad? en. This is the--second attack on Frankfort in the last week,’ since the French inaugurated their policy of re- prisal raids. To Give Important Speech. Copenhagen,, Oct. 4.—Dr. Michaelis, German chancellor, according to a dis: patch from Lerlin,. is:expetced to de- liver an important speech in a few days on international political ques: tions. The chancellor will answer an interpellation concerning military pro- motion of pan-German agitation. DEFENDS REPRISALS. London, Oct. 4.—Applying the prin-! ciple of ‘an eye for an eye aad a tooth; for a tooth we are most reluctantly forced to apply to the ‘enemy the bombing policy which he has applied to ds, Lieutenant General Smuts, for- mer commander of the expedition against German East Africa, said to- day in an address. ATTACK SCHOONER. London, Oct. 4——-The American schooner A. F. Conlon was attacked ‘by gunfire by a German submarine Wednesday morning off the Scilly is- land. The crew of eight men was landed safely. I WAR SUMMARY ——_—___————_—+ By Associated Press. Striking east of Ypres, the British this morning began another drive on; the German lines. Field Marshall Haig | has announced satisfactory progress. The renewal of the drive comes after an eight day interval. On Wed- nesday of last week the British swept forward on both sides of the Ypres- CK TRIBUNE 235 BISMARCK, NORTH DAROM: THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 1917. FIVE CENTS WASHINGTON PREPAR How Much War Tax Will You Pay? Read This Expert Article and Figure It Out Basil M. Manlv Analyzes War Ta: Bill for Businsss Men Who and for the Many Who Must Give Up Some of Their PrcSts Must Hereafter Pay Income Tax—What ‘‘Capital Invested’ able Income. eee ; (EDITOR’S NOTE—Right on top of the passage of the war tax bill by congress, The Tribune presents herewith an analysis of this very im- portant measure for the benefit of business men of Bismarck and others who will have to pay ‘part of their profits and pay income tax” to” the government. Our special Washington correspondent; Mr. Basil M. Mantey,! has been at work for some weeks onthis bill, familiarizing himself with its intricacies so as to be able upon its passage, to write clearly, accur- ately and authoritatively upon it at the proper time for the bencfit of Tribune readers. ‘This article by Mr. Manly is the result.—Editor.) BY BASIL M. MANLY. Special Dispatch to Tribune. Washington, D. C., Oct. 4—With the passage of the war revenue bill every American, man, weman and child, becomes a federal tax- payer, ! You cannot buy any article that has been freighted by rail or water, you cannot ride on a train, send a telegram, visit a theater or ball park, buy a bottle of patent medicine, a baseball bat or any other kind of sporting goods, a tube of tooth paste or any other toilet article, own an automobile, a motoreyele or a motorboat, draw a time draft, buy a bond or share of stock, or send in a proxy for ar, Means—How to Calculate ‘‘Excezs Profits’ and Your Tax-! H LA FOLLETTE CASE BEFORE DMMITTEE Members Are Undecided aa What Course to Pursue in the Matter SOME SENTIMENT FOR PROBING LEAGUE SPEECH , Deportation of Wisconsin Senat- or to Berlin Urgell by Toledo Clubs Washington, Of, 4.—Décision as to what action it shall take on petitions demanding. expulsion of ‘Senator La Follette was again postponed today by the senate privileges and election committee, Another meeting will be held tomorrow when it is Aoped to'de- termine whether any action shall be taken, and if so, whether before or af: ter adjournment. of: the present ses. sion. The committee is considering vari- election, without paying tribute to your Uncle Samuel. Moreover, through the income ‘and exee ns who have never known what it is to te than five million Americ ‘ous courses. Today the question of a 8, not less formal investigation, and hearings up- profits tax Profs ta on Senator LaFollette’s speeches and XC statements was discussed. Several money out of their pockets and pay it over directly to Uncle Sain’s senators were said to favor a resolu- collectors will now have to lenny to make out their tax returns and tion deploring his attitide and cen- on pare ay suring him, More drastic action, such as expulsion or impoachment, it was t-pestaatious offensl*es apes PRACTICE DRIVE. “>: ; recommended to Washington. : policy applies to instruments of war Menin road. Some heavy fighting followed, the Germans making desperate attempts to regain the valuable high ground they had lost. Almost every inch of it, however, was held by the British. With today's renewal of the drive, the battle of Flanders is growing more and more to resemble last year’s bat- (Continued on Page Three.) aa F ARLES HORE I ORDER OF PERS Believes Too ‘Much’ Time Lost in North Dakota's vs Apahty Has Dis. | appeared’ ‘With Departure of ‘Chasing Germans With Bay- 1. conets cant ON TRENCH LINES { Hay, TE — ey v raining | Quarters vAibek én in France, Oct. 4—Masot General Rershs ‘bur: appeals in this ieainpaiat™! sata! ing: itaday. watched a battalion, cua Ma- jor’ General Siberts command as it man of the executive committee. wh: storined “ind took three part -of’a progtani’ of Nema-which is, being. ¢ and which will’ be ly: ‘into! regimental, brigade and divi; ‘sional’ attacks, nches as Baltallon ! prob is a carried out, ‘devettped ‘gra Several French officers also witness- ed today’s maneuvers, which were cri- ticised by American and French ob- servers and the general himself. sajé that in taking the three trenches He Soldiers did not use their rifles. Teihe thought, was a mistake. “You must not. forget that the rifle is distinctly an American weapon, and I want to see it employed,’ ” said the general. “There will be plenty of ‘opportuni: ties for. its use, and if you are unfa- niliar with the weapon, you. will lose those opportunities.” The general said he had heard of soldiers in this war who had been chasing “iermans a hundred yards or more for an opportunity to: bomb or bayonet them, when they might have stopped and shot them easily with the rifle. To carry on for the next six months or a year with the best the French and British have evolved, in three years war experience and do out experiment- ing on the side is the gist of the policy which has been largely adopted by the American army now in France and This as well-as tactics. While many American students of war believe ‘beneficial improvements can be worked out, they realize that : the most important problem now is to get on with the war. NEW NATIONAL PARTY PROPOSED Chicago, Oct. 4.—Chicago today may become the birth place of “a new na-; tional party,’ ’as yet unnamed, which proposes to elect “half a dozer U. S. senators and between twenty and forty members of the house of repre sentatives in 1918,” according to an announcement of leaders who are in conference here. In 1920, the prospec- tus of the party says, a march upon; Washington will be made to “take pos- session of the government.” The new party will de recruited from the prohfSition, progressive, single tax, and social democratic groups, the latter asserting its mem- bership is composed of former adher- ents to the tenets of the socialist par- ty, who have found it “theory bound! and unadaptible to new conditions as well as unnatriotic in the preseat world crisis.” Mea who participated in the recent St. Paul conference of} the National Nonpartisan league have been invited to ‘be present, but not as Official delegates. | Vice ‘president of the First National |nor £. said, is not seriously considered. ! | ‘Tnere was some ‘sentiment in the j committee toward :investigating the seaator’s speech before the Nonparii- ‘san league -at St. & } CAF 10 Won't Include Gronna, The committee virtually decided ‘there was no: primae facie basis for, ‘extending an investigation if one should be;decided upon, to Senators Stone, Gronha, orothers named in the _ betitions. lt, was decided that the corhmittes has authority to; recommend such an ‘investigation withbut having any ¢x pidsion or other ‘formal resolution he-, fore it. | | Another point decided today by the) committee. was should it decide to rés- ommend an inquiry, it would’ have to! ; Boys for Front A 6 | being outa, resolution to that ,effect| for adoption by the senate'before a TED |. i {adiocranent with, its nispect of be-| -APPOIN wT coming a. vehicle tor tempttrons Uébate: FOR ELEVEN pistRicts| und possialy delay adjournment. -WANT HIM DEPORTED." Cohtinbus) ;Ohip., Oct. 4-Ueporta- tion of Senator: Laloliette and his. sup- porters throughout: the: allies’ ilines!to “We ‘Want ‘to get ) get under the hide ine Mt A. R. Rogers. of Minneapolis, ¢hair- will handle the second, likerty, Joan, fa, tihdrésalng a meeting’of the North Da- dota) Committée ) meh iat‘ithe‘ Waldorf! in Fargo on, Wednesday. J: L, Bell, iter ences was urged inva resolution ived today. by Governor ‘Cox ‘front! the. Executives’ clu) of Toledo,' repre: Sentilig 24 clubs and. associations ai that. ¢ity. A copy of the resolution was sent to President Wilson and to Ohfo senators and congressmen with the request that they be entered in the congressional record. DEMAND EXPULSION. Denver, Col., Oct. 4.—Resolutions re-; bank, and chairman for the Bismarck district, returned from the Gate City today, enthused over the prespects of complete success for this great cam-| paign in North Dakota. | “It is impossible for us to feel that questing the expulsion from the sen- we can sit back here and say to the are oe ‘Rohert M. ‘ ence were boys who are going to France for us: @dopted and forwarded today to the ‘Go ahead and do the job. If you get oats by Eddy Council No. 16 Jr. 0. shot, we are sorry, but it must not interfere with our business or our com- F eee jcouree as ontenomeuc to , ‘ the best interests of the American fort,’ Chairman Rogers told ne North | people: dnd so essentially:, traitorous Dakota committee men yesterday. that the safety of the American re- “The splendid and enthusiastic re-| public demands his expulsion as an es- sponse which has come from district, ample io other traitors.” chairmen in all parts of the state, means success,” said former Gover- B. Hanna, state chairman for the liberty loan campaign. “There is a different atmosphere in North Da-; kota now than existed earlier in the war. The people have lost their apa- thy. As our own boys leave to take their places on the fighting front, our people realize that it is our war, that we must win it, and that these boys of ours must be supported to the full- est extent. The effective work which| has been done by the Red Cross has had its share in bringing about this result. The people of North Dakota are ready to support the second lib-; erty loan.” Not Less Than $105,000,000. The quota for the ninth regional reserve district is not less than $195,- 000,000 nor more than $175,000,000. While North Dakota’s quota has un- officially been noted as $4,000,000, there is no authority for this estimate, and the committee will give nothing out on the subject until the quotus for all of the state in the district shail | have been worked out. North Dakota has been divided into 11 districts, each with a district chair- | man, as follows: J. L. Bell, Bismarck, ' McLean, Burleigh, Logan, Kidder and Emmons counties; J. H. Newton, Man- dan, Oliver, Mercer, Morton, Grant ‘and Sioux; W. L. Richards, Dickinson, Stark, Dunn, Billings and Golden Val- lley; J. E. Phelan, Bowman, Adams, Bowman, Slope and Hettinger; W. S. Davidson, Williston, Williams, McKen- zie and Mountrail; M. R. Porter, Mi- ; not, Ward, Divide, Burke, Renville, | McHenry; Harry Lord, Cando, Town-; Pie cheer reese! | er, Rollette, Bottineau; C. H. Doyon, | NEW MEMORIAL CHURCH Doyon, Ramsey, Benson, Pierce; T. L.- picasa Beiseker, Fessenden, Wells, Sheridan, House of Worship Near Steele Eddy; A. B. DeNault, Jamestown, - | Stutsman, Barnes, Griggs, Foster; E. Dedicated to Jack Sherman 7 A charter was issued today to the J. Weiser, Fargo, Cass, Steele, Ran- ;som, Richland; W. C. McDowell, Ma- Jack Sherman Memorial Methodist ‘ rion, LaMoure, Sargent, Dickey, Mc- Episcopal church, to be established Intosh: A. I. Hunter, Grand Forks, near Steele in Kidder county. Earl C. Grand Forks, Nelson, Trail; C. R. G. Chamberlain, 0. H. Whitney and R. B. Green, Cavalier, Pembina, Cavalier, Porter, all of Steele, are the incor- | porators. Walsh. The resolution descrives Senator La Frost Due; Take in Hot House Stuft Nipping Weather Predicted for Tonight by Weather Observ- or Roberts Frost is predicted for tonight by Weather Observer 0. W. Roberts. It is suggested that householders who have frail plants which they expect to evening, as they stand a very good chance of being severely nipped be- fore morning. The frost belt will probably include all of the southern half of North’ Dakota. It will be much colder during the night. The lowest temperature recorded ‘for Bismarck last night was 54, while down at Des Moines, where our select service soldiers are training, the mer- cury dropped to 46, and Chicago shiv ered in a temperature but 48 degrees above zero. At St. Paul it was two degrees warmer than in Chicago; Moorhead was four degrees chillier than Bismarck, and San Francisco was just 10 degrees warmer, while Pierre, Kansas City and St. Louis, following the' Missouri southward, enjoyed ex actly the same temperatures as Bis- marck. : Labor ead ah Ferlin because :of.-their “treasonable": { compulsory winter indoors transplant them this; FOR PLOT EXPOSE HE'S A TWO-FISTED FIGHTER OF THE “REBEL? TPE, THIS WAN HEFLIA TO PROBE STATEMENTS. Washington, Oct. 4.—A commit- tee of five senators was appoint- ed by the house today to investi- gate charges made by Rep. Heflin of Alabama that certain members fe oof congress had acted suspiciously “in connection with the war. The committee must report before ad- journment of congress, : ‘Washington, Oct. 4—A two-listed, fearless fighter, who packs a wallop in each hand; one of the best speak- ers in the house; the greatest cotton expert, in that body, and by all odds the. best teller of darky stories—such is Tom Heflin, congressman from the Fifth Alabama district. He is now the storm center of a squabble which involves the very safe- ty of the nation. Heflin has charged congressmen with disloyalty to their country. Some of the members booed him and demanded his expulsion. He came back by saying they were mak- ing a lot of noise because they did not want to be questioned about their votes and their mail. | GERMANY SHORT OF MATERIALS FOR MUNITION Fog Way “hy 4 oh Id Weeting to Rpeed Up, Manufacture, of . “ ‘Suppliés'” : It is a singular proof of the united United States that this Alabaman, so} j intense in his patriotism, is a scion of a confederate family which suffered much in the Civil war. Son of a doc-j tor, he was educated in southern schools and admitted to the bar in 1893. He started his political career as mayor of Lafayette, Ala. Then he! was register of chancery, member of the Alabama house, secretary of state and has been in congress for 14 years. He is a big, good-looking chap, but he appe small when he about Washington with his pal, Sena- tor Ollie James, the biggest man on Capitol Jill. HOUSE. ADS IVENTOR TO TEST ee 20% adh HoOWaaTr wo |, Mysterious Machine to Utilize woe ton RECALLS LANGLEY’S MOVE... TO'SECURE RECOGNITION Washington; Oct. 4.—The' house fill providing for tests of a mysterious machine for utilizing free energy, de- vised by G. T. K. Giragossian, an Ar- menian inventor of Boston, went to the senate todey, and congressmen ,en- thusiastic over the war possibilities of the machine, planned a drive for im- | mediate action. Giragossian so impressed five mem- bers of the house patent committee of snavetroN DUE TO LACK.’ QF ALL BASIC PRODUCTS}: Copenhagen, “Oct. 4k eaders’ of various groups of German labor were received off main army headquarters this week, not for the purpose of con- gratulating Field Marshal von Hind- enburg on his ‘irthday, as first was in- timated, but in an effort to have Ger- man workmen speed up the production of munitions. The leaders submitted to General von Ludenorfi, the chief |secret demonstrations that they quartermaster general, complaints cd Betray Pear ae 0 the laboring classes. Those dealt hoard of five scientists and the secre: particularly with the operation of the; tary of the interior as a preliminary laor service law. A/|to the gdvernment buying the righ Jengthy conterenss hay devoted - to ree ties Cannon, who in the discussing the possible improvement! race of ridicule, years ago, forced of the conditions of labor, and the|through the resolution for testing maintenance of the output of muni-} Prof. Langley’s flying machine, sup- tions, which General von Ludendorft| Ported the resolution yesterday. said was the cardinal duty of the hour. Production Falls Off. Recently, by private but trustworthy reports had been received by the As- sociated Press, that the German auth- orities were experiencing a difficulty in preventing the falling off in the production of munitions owing to the lowering of the working capacity of the individual underfed workmen and 4 ena scarcity of raw materials, notably the jury investigating alleged frauds Ue more rare materials used in the man-j connection with the ese republican ufacture of high grade steel. There! Mayoralty priniaries, handed down 22 has heen a report that nickle was em- indictments yesterday, charging elec- barrassingly short in Germany. It is! tion officials with making false re- doubtful also if Germany will 3e able! Ports in the registration of | votes. to keep pace with the further increas-| Eench warrants were issued for the es in Anglo-American production if,|@efendants. At the district attorney's | indeed, it. is now even holding its fice it was said that as many as 400 own, Reliable reports from so wide-|™ore indictments might be returned. ly separated sectors and the western sepia eee front as Flanders and Argonne say’ the German artillery has strict orders SOCIALIST PAPER to spare ammunition in every way IN NEW YORK New York, Oct. 4-—The grand possivle. LAST WARKING The Milwaukee ur, organ of tho sor party here, today was denied pr eges of 1 ‘Milwaukee, Oct. 4 strolls | ELECTION FRAUDS HOW GERMAN : CASH WAS USER TO BE SHOWN Pasha Bolo Under Arrest in Paris As Spy Paid Million in America LIST OF CHECKS NOW al “IN GOVERNMENT HANDS \Expected That Disclosures Will ‘* Show Fabric of German Intrigue Washington, Oct. 4.—State depart- ment officials admitted today they have evidence that Count von Bern- storff, former German ambassador here, directed expenditure of the funds paid to Bolo Pasha, but declined to reveal their evidence, although they may do so after the French govern- ment finishes with Bolo’s case. TO REVEAL PLOTTING. New York, Oct. 4.—The investiga- ion of Paul Bolo Pasha’s secret ac- tivities and hank accounts here by K. W. Lewis, state attorney general, is expected to go far to revealing the | entire structure of German plotting in the United States. Proof that German money was. sup- plied in this country by Count yon Pernstorif, former German ambassa- dor to Eolo Pasha was to be given doday by Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador, to be forwatded,by him to his government. - Bolo Pasha is un- der arrest in Paris as ‘a ‘spy,, his de- tention follownig the disclosures: con- tained in Mr. Lewis preliminary report to Ambassador Jesserand ‘gn. Pasha’s activities‘ here. Included in the'docu- ! mentary proof, according-to Mr. Lewis, are photographic reproductions © of, ecks, ‘bank recotds, ‘letters; ‘cable gramé and other evidences ofthe ‘dis: position of the German monpy- ‘tar- nished Bolg. Pasha. in this:country by, exambassador von Bernstorff. Investigation Started,” The investigation by ‘Mr. Lewis be- gan 11 days ago, The amount: of money, which. Beristortr, ‘throtigt tis financial agent; HugoiSohmidt; turned | ‘over, to Pasha, totaled $1/683,500; ‘the | money’ coming; ixto') possession ‘Pasha bfter it had passed: through’ ‘ carefully preacranged system of! trate.” rfexp., from, one bank - tos. anothewgp { hide, jts,prigine) 7.11 «The )banking institutions! “whi formed,.what "the "attorney" general terms the “circle ‘around which” the? quoney, traveled on its way’ to'Pasha; are the Deutsches batik,’ the’ Nation!” Park bank, the Guaranty Trust com- pany, J. P. Morgan & Co. and 'the Roy- al bank of Canada. A statement given out by Mr. Lewis brings into the affair besides Count yon Bernstorff, Hugo Schmidt, Ger- man banker and agent in New York up to the ‘break with Germany, of thé Deutsches bank of Berlin; Adolph Pavenstedt, former head of the New York banking house of G. Amsinck & Co., who was questioned yesterday by. Mr. Lewis and a number of other per- sons whose names are withheld. ‘ The evidence shows, according to, Mr. Lewis, that. it was through Schmidt that Bernstorff advanced money to Pasha, Pavenstedt appear- ing as the go-between. The state department does not feel justified in revealing its facts at this time. It was said that of the large finan- cial transactions conducted by the German agents and representatives. many were wholly legitimate, although there are records of many entirely im- | proper from an international aspect. The part played by banking houses it was indicated in many cases was justi- fiable. Evidence indicating that the Ger- man funds held by the New York dank, the Deutsches Bank of Berlin, and which were employed to pay Bolo Pasha, German spy and peace propa- gandist, were placed at the disposal, of Count von Bernstorff by: wireless messages from the ioreign office, was obtained today by M. E. Lewis, state attorney general. This evidence con- clusively proves, according to the at- torney genera! that Count von Bern- storff had a direct hand in directing thé activities of Eolo Pasha who is uow under arrest in Paris. RED CROSS CIVILIAN RELIEF COMMITTEE IN AGT OF GHARITY |the United States mail following the |hearing Sept. 22 at Washington, at which a representative of the Leader was cited to appear. The order is based on a section of the espionage act, it is said, and was issued by the third assistant postmaster general, following consideration of erigence) TO DRAFTED MEN A last warning Washington, Oc was issued today to drafted men, who have failed to wer the call to the colors. The government gave notice to those who had failed. to report that they will be given an opportunity to escape punishment if they join the colors now, and explain their previous failure to do so. If they show a wil- ful disposition to evade service, they will be charged with desertion and every effort will ie made to apprehend and punish them. | CHANGE AT MICHIGAN Mic higan. Des D.. Oct. 4—Milton Swanston, Jr. is editor, and Roy Churchill associate editér of the Mich- igan Arena, whose former publisher has left Michigan. the association will be temporary. ; Submitted. ai | North Dakota's first war victim will be buried Friday morning by the Bis- marck Red Cross Civilian Relief com- mittee, as one of the first charitable acts of this organization in connection with the great war. The remains of Mrs. Joseph Jordan, the Sioux girl who suicided only a few hours before ‘the departure of her hus2and for Camp Greene, with Co. I, have been held | pending the arrival of relatives of the unfortunate young woman from the Pine Ridge agency near Poplar, Mont The Red Cross Civilian Relief commit- tee assumed the burden of the funeral , expenses, which otherwise would have It is understood | fallen on the oung soldier, who is at Charlotte, N. C., with his company.