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

The Weather Generally fair. re THIRTY.SEVENTH YEAR, NO. GERMANS STORM SALIENT HELO BY AMERICANS Superior Numbers Under Barrage of Fire Take Twelve Prisoners THREE U. 8. BOYS KILLED AND FIVE ARE WOUNDED War Department Communicates with Relatives of Those First to Fall CONFERS WITH PERSHING, Paris, Nov. 5.—Before leaving Paris for Rome, David Lloyd George, the ‘British premier, had a long interview with General Pershing.. ‘the Ameri- can commander came especially trom the “American army headquarters to meet the British prime minister. Field Marshal Haig, the British commander, also was present at the contereace. Washington, D. C., Nov. 5.—Ameri- can troops of the overseas expedition- ary forces have experieaced their nrst real clashes with the enemy. On Sat- urday a German raiding party swept’ over the parapet of a trench occu- pied by an American company, and after a brief hand to hand encounter returned to their own earthworks with 12 prisoners. General Pershing’s first dispatches announced ‘at the war de- partment early today reported that three Americans were killed, five wounded ‘and: 12 ‘cajtured. Protected hy.a heavy barrage fire, the « Germians advanced across “no man’s land ‘and ‘stormed ‘the American salient. Cut oit ‘from reinforcements ‘by the rain of German shells it. is thought’ they were obliged to meet a force greatly superior in numbers. “With ‘tue exception of one German captured, nothing is known of the ex- tent of.the enenry’s losses. The first fragmentary: details: niade,ae -nient! ofthe tocatton of the tirsf, but Berlin dispatches indicate it. wag in the te- “gioh: of the RAlwe- Marne canal, in the ection defended by the crown prince & forces. American- troops captured. by the Germans. in’ the trench raid on the morning of Nov. 3 probably were trapped in their dugouts and torced to surrender or be blown to pieces with hand grenades without a chance for their lives. : : This is the only explanation of army. officers today, lacking any details uf the fight. General Pershing’s brief report merely stated that the German artil-' lery had dropped a heavy tarrage fire about»a sector of the trench, cut- ting the men off. \No explanation of the casualties and the 12 men taken prisoner was received. The fact that one ‘wounded German was captured, however, indicated the trench had been reoccupied by the Americans. ‘A: single shell, scoring a direct hit in the trench, might have caused the casualties. That would not explain, however, the surrender.of the remain- ing 12. Under anything short of posi- tive orders the 12 would have been ex- pected to offer desperate resistance to the Germans crawling up in the dark- ness to jump in the trench, and there probably would have been more than one wounded German left behind when the raiders retired. A MOTHER'S ONLY SON. Chicago, Nov. 5.—A__ tear-choked voice answered the telephone at the residence of William C. Oberst, step- father of Herchel Godtrey. it was a woman’s voice, and there was no need to ask if she had heard: “Yes,” she sobbed, “a telegram came | from the war department at 4 o'clock this morning. Do you think it is right. I thought it might be he was killed, you know, and they didn’t want to say so right off.” The reporter reassured her. He said the list was at hand and her son’s name was not among them. “Oh, yes; but I don't know; maybe it would be better if he had been, the way thosé awful Germans treat pris- He's my only boy. Do you oners. think—— “| think,” said the inquirer, “that There is you are-a lucky mother. I always a chance of his being ex- , changed.” “what do you niean, explain,” she id. “The inquirer explained and said it was always done in all war. And thus, the first war loss of a Chicagoan reached his mother. Godfrey is 20 years old, was employed by the West- ern Elictric Co. and was one of the first to enlist upon the declaration of war. SNEER AT AMERICANS. Berlin, via London. Nov. %5.—Out- side the brief reference in the general staff report, no details are available here with regard to the capture of the first American troops in France. The official bulletin says they were made prisoners by the region of the Rhine Marne canal, in the section of the front defended by the German crown prince’s army, while the news- papers have played up the capture of the Americans in their headlines, the only comment is made by the Lo- kal Anzeiger, under the caption “Good 'Mornini ‘Be be : ‘Three Cheers Galled For. The newspaper then says: ‘ ‘cheers for the Americans. [Aree 262 } BISMARCK, NORTH: DA BIG CAMPAIGN FOR WAR FUNDS, | STARTS TODAY Four Million Wanted to Assist in Securing Camp Recreation Centers WANT PASSION FOR HOME - KEPT ALIVE IN SOLDIERS NEW YORK END HOT CAMPAIGN | FOR MAYORALTY Senator La Follette Hailed as Next President by Socialistic Pacifists Washington, Nov. 5.—An intensive ELECTION TOMORROW OF nation-wide eampaign to obtain funds for the war camp community recrea- tion service. was begun today and will continue throughout the week. ; From coast, to coast an army of vol- unteer workers was soliciting sud- scriptions for $4,000,000 needed to Provide. wholesome surroundings for enlisted men adjacent to the camp ter- ritories. ; The movement, under the direction of a national committee, is the resul: of an effort by the navy department , and war department commissions on | training camp activities to reestab- lish home ties for soldiers and sailors when they are on temporary leave ; from their training quarters. On the theory that if the “passion for home be ailowed to become dulled, the eu listed.men will cease to make the su- , breme sacrifice in its defense,” and ex- tensive prograin has been mapped out for the welfare of the men in the nation’s service. In brief, the plan is to esta>lish connections with the different navy and army cantonment camps. REO TRALL SOON 10. BE CONNECIED __ THROUGH COUNTY a ea Is eas oe “Field Slough,” Long Worst Spot in Highway, Being Filled in - —Much Road Work The Red Trail soon will be a defi- nite, continuous, absolutely passable \ highway. throughout the length of Bur- Jeigh county as a result of work which now is being done east of the J. A. Field farm, where a grade is being! made across the’ notorious Field's’ ‘slough. This bog, long a terror to atttomobilists, was up to three or four ; years ago, comparatively dry. For the last three years, howeyer, water has stood in the slough the year ‘round, and the old road grade has been sub- merged, forcing automobilists to leave the Red Trail and make a wide de- tour. Now the grade is being raised, carrying the trafl straight across the slough, and, if present good weather continues, the new highway should be open to traffic by next Saturday. Commissioners Patterson and Ward inspected the work last week in com- pany with F. Holmboe, who made a number of photographs of the road- building machinery at work. Dirt i& removed from a hill on the near side of the fill by an elevator grader, drawn by one of the county’s sheavy traction engines, and loaded direct, without rehandling, into dump wagons. Another large tractor hauls a string of six to a dozen of these loaded wa- gons across the fill to the point where it is to be dumped. Every trip made by these heavy engines packs down the grade, and the commissioners anti- cipate that when the fill is finished it will be ready for immediate use. Two elevator graders and two en- gines are working at this point, and | were it possible to procure men and tgams 25 to 30 wagons could easily be kept busy. The fill is being raised several feet above high water mark and is being made of an ample width. The cutting down of the hill on the east side of the slough also is a marked improvement. To Gravel Trail. {| It is the commission’s plan to sur- ‘face five miles of the Red Trail with gravel each year until the road is com- pleted throughout the county. l- | though it has ‘been so dry during the last summer that the gravel placed on the McKenzie slough fill has not had a chance to pack properly, it has made a road which is far superior to any of those which have a mere dirt surface. The gravel, combining with the gumbo, sand and clay, will in time give a surface equal to tar-macadam and will protect the grade from ra- vages of weather. When the trail has ‘been gravel-surfaced for its entire length, it will be the best highway in central North Dakota. Many Sloughs Filled. A large number of dangerous sloughs in Commissioners Patterson's and Ward’s districts have been filled during the last summer .with the use of the elevator graders, which enable the road crews to make more rapid progress and do better work. In Commissioners Hedstrom’s and Pesonen’s districts, in the northern pert of the county, many miles of good roads have been built during the year, and much improvement is in , Progress or about to be undertaken ‘in Commissioner Swanson’s district. | Burleigh now. has 4,000 miles of public niles have heen rhway, of Whi LO NATIONAL IMPORTANCE Hearst Press Backing Hyland, Tammany Candidate for Mayor | of New York New York, Nov. 5.—Eleventh hour statements, containing charges, coun- ter-charges and protestations of con- fidence marked the virtual close of New York’s four-cornered _ political campaign. The campaign will be de- cided Tuesday. Senator La Follette-of Wisconsin was cheered as “the next president,” at a mass meeting at which Morris Hillquit, socialist nominee for mayor, was the principal speaker. “We want peace,” was another dec- laration that brought applause. Mr. Hillquit and his campaign man- agers gave out a statement in which they essayed to prove by figures that his election is assured. Mayor J. P. Mitchell, who is seeking srerepion es tase, aly | Every Man, Woman and — Child Vitally Interested In Success of Italian Line the ground that allithe disloyal and seditious elemenits ‘in’ the city are ar- rayed against:him, John F. Hylan, ‘caatlidate of Tam- many Hall, with ‘his’ only ‘newspaper support’ coming from the puDlications qwned - by- William. ‘Randolph ‘Hearst, | announced his election was assured. He. renewed his charges of extrava- gence and favoritism to moneyed in-: cable dispatches from Italy for the, tion, every American must steel him- terests. jainst the, Mitchel-admints, oj are Been scofealt important nows “Ait Wifliam M. Eennett who won the “Republican nomination. from. ‘Mayor . Mitchel in the primaries, asserted he was confident of election. BISMARCK PILOT AT KANSAS CITY EN ROUTE SOUTH Captain Shephard Green, Taking Gros Ventre to Tennessee, Talks of Upper River Kansas City, Mo, Nov: 5—A strange boat nosed its way into the; municipal warf at the foot of Main street Sunday night. It bore the name Gros Ventre. That identified it with the northwest. The Gros Ventre had come from Lismarck, N. D., on the way to Clarksville, Tenn., the sec- ond boat to make the trip from Bis- marck to the mouth of the Missourl river in 20 years, it was said. High winds which had flapped waves over’ Snags and sandbars forced a lay-over here. The boat left Bismarck Octo- | ber 5. ‘Navigation on the Missouri river north of Kansas City has its difficul- ties, accotding to Shepherd Green, skipper of the Gros Ventre. But Mr. Green declared they were not as ser- fous as painted by enemies of river development. The river at this time is at low stage, so the boat naturally encountered many snags. The Gros Ventre’s captain said the Missouri was not being developed as it deserves to be. The Gros Ventre, which is 125 feet long and 34 {eet wide, will be used in Cumberland river traffic. A com- pany of Clarksville merchants pur- chased the boat to defeat the high cost of transportation by shipping on water wherever possible. While here ‘Mr. Green gathered information on the methods in use by the Kansas City-Missouri River Navigation Co. Captain Green made the sugges- tion that gasoline propelled boats should be used in upper Missouri traf- fic. They are more practical, he said, than steamers; cost of operation is less, and the displacement due to; cargo of fuel a steamer must carry becomes an item worthy of considera- tion. The Gros Ventre, equipped with gas engines, draws only 13 inches of water when traveling light, When carrying her capacity of 125 tons, the Gros Ventre draws three feet. TO ORDER MINERS BACK. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 5.—Alexander Howat, district president of the Kan- sas Miners, will order the striking miners back to work this afternoon, according to a telegram received from him today, The message from Mr. Howat was given out from district headquarters here. ADVANCE $3,000,000. OTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1917. K TRIBUNE [om] IST FROM FIVE CENTS FRANCE German Forces Cross Tagliamento River in Drive | \ %, je) I, ST PAuponta Nae OL 4 irl) ase (VCO GSR er) agi - ine (<9 3 2 The black line in above map shows the front as Italian troops had pushed it onto Austrian soil; blocked ine marks the Austro-German drive from above Tolmino to the Gulf of T rieste, touching Udine. The dotted line along the Tagliamento River is probably where Italy will make her next determined stand against the German drive. The arrow points to Ploecken pass through which Teutonic troops have poured, threatening the flank of General Cadorna’s forces. Washington, D.C. Nov. °5.—The hext two weeks: will; carrythe most une have 5 cans have read since we declared: war, in the opin- jon of authorities in Washington. It is hard-for the peaceful, easy- going American © citizen to realize, but it is TRUE: that the manner of ltfe of every man, woman and child in the United States, for years to come, the sacrifices they will be called upon to make, the number even who will be called upon to give u_ptheir. lives in tthe nation’s service, is at this very minute being determ- ined, 3,000 miles away by Italian troops, Only two battles of the war—the Marne and the Verdun — equal the present struggle in importance. There are three great turns which this decisive battle may take, each of which is fraught with enormous consequences. FIRST, Cadorna’s army may be crushed, italy overrun and cut to pieces. SECOND, Cadorna’s troops, which are reported to be making an orderly retreat. may be able to stop Macken- sen’s drive by holding the prepared Positions, which are understood to rest on Udine, until the French and British have time to rush big guns, ammunition and, if neal be, troops from the western front. THIRD, Mackensen, in the ardor of Pursuit, may outrun his lines of com- munication, just as Von Kluck did in the drive toward Paris, and give Ca- dorna a chance to administer a defeat comparable in many clements to the battle of the Marne. . In a week or two, we shall know which of these turns the battle will take. Let us, therefore, see just what the big effects of these possible event- ualities on th progress of the war and our own plans will be. We might as well face the blackest chance first. If Mackensen crushes Cadorna, overruns Italy, and destroys UNDERGROUND ROUTE OF MEX-GERMAN INTRIGUE BELIEVED DISCOVERED Et Paso, Tex., Nov. 5.—In the arrest of Ernest Lorendorff, government agents here believe they have-discov- ered an “underground route” by which information has been transmitted be- tween the United States and Mexico City for relay to Germany. RELATIVE OF BISMARCK PEOPLE DIES IN FRANCE Word has been received here that Lieut. 'W. H. Falconer, nephew of the Pioneer Burleigh county Falconers, and a son of Dr. Falconer of Lancas- ter, Ont., who was one of McGill's first graduates in medicine, a half cen- tury ago, was killed in action in France while serving with the royal flying corps. NEGROES WIN FIGHT. Washington, Nov. 5.—Coincident with ne*s that a conference now in session in London is considering the Rumanian situation received here to- day, it became known that the United! similar ordinances in Baltimore, Rich-' and Washington, Nov. —Louisville’s negro segregation ordinance was de- clared unconstitutional today by the supreme court. The decision affects her effectivencss as a fighting na- self for a long war, in which the Unit- hed States will have to spend hundreds of thousands of lives and billions ‘of j dollars before’ Germany ‘can be crushed. With Italy crushed, the Austrian submarines operating from the Dal- matian coast, which “\have’ for more than a year been held under control by the Italian ndvy,; would ‘again re- sume their activity in the ‘Mediterran- ean. The transport’ line! that supports the allied army at Salgnik@:could then be maintained only! with’the greatest i difficulty. | To inaintain this transport line and | protect the ships carrying grain and cotton from Egypt and the east, Briv- ain would be forced to increase great- ly her force of destroyers and patrols ‘in the Mediterranean, and by so much !weaken her Atlantic patrol, with grave menace to trans-Atlantic ship- ping. With Italy crushed, or driven into the plains of the peninsula, Germany would be free to transfer huge num- bers of effective troops to the Russian and Rumanian fronts, and push her conquests there to the point where she would cease to be menaced from that direction, leaving Britain, France, and the United States to be met with augmented forces on the strongly in- itrenched western front. i lf Cadorna, however, can stop the Germans on the Udine line, or any isimilar series of prepared intrench- ‘ments, until the allies can bring {strong reinforcements, it may be pos- sible to inflict such heavy losses on the massed Austro-German troops that it will be a victory gained at a cost as dear as the early advances at Ver- dun. If, fiinally, Cadorna, in some way, which cannot now be foreseen any more than the turn at the Marne could i be, should turn his defeat into victory and inflict severe losses on the Mack- ensen forces, the effect in Germany would be tremendous. 30 OF CREW ON BERMAN CRUISER DE W BATTLE British Destroyers Sink Auxiliary | Marie in Brisk Fight North of Kullen London, Nov. 5—Thirty men on the’ German auxiliary cruiser Marie of Flensburg were killed in an engage- ment with British destroyers, accord- ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis- patch from Copenhagen. The Marie, a 3,000 ton vessel, met the British destroyers 12 miles north of Kullen. She immediately opened | fire, which was answered by the de- stroyers. In 10 minutes she was ablaze. Of the 8) members of her crew 30 were killed and the others took to crew are believed to have been res- cued by the destroyer. TAKE 6,000 PRISONERS. Berlin, Nov. 5.—Austro-German troops have crossed the middle Tag- flamento river in northeastern Italy en 6,000 prisoners, the war of- the Presbyterian ¢ suspended church long enough to in- vestigate flames which could be seen through the panes of glass in one of the windows. out and the fire guished before any damage was done. Lignite ashes and live coals had: blown from an ashpan into a piece of bagging used to list the bottom of the window sash. The burlap had caught fire during the morning service and; SUES COUNTY FOR | BATTLE t agi 1° DEMOCRACY Washington;..Nov...5.<—The.. offi- cial casualty list of loss. of Ameri- can troops in France follows: KILLED. Private Frank E. Enright; sis- ter at Pittsburgh. Private James P. Gresham, mother at Evansville, Ind. ., Private Merle F. Hay; father at Glidden, ta, ‘WOUNDED, Private John J. Smith; brother ‘at Luddington, Mich. Private Charles J. brother at Stanton, Tex. Private George L. Box, father at Altus, Okla. Private Homer Givens, father at Cloverdale, Ala. Private Charles L. Orr, mother at Lyons, Kan. CAPTURED OR MISSING, Sergeant Edward R. Halybur- ton; father at Stony Point, N. C. Hopkin, Corporal Nicholas L. Mulhall, Jersey City, N. J. Corporal Edwin H. Haynes; mother at Woodward, Okla. Private Herchel Godfrey; fath- er at Chicago, III, Private Vernon M. father at Oroll, Okla. Private William 8. Grisby; mother at Louisville, Ky. Private Frank F. McDougal; father at Marysville, Mo. Private Daniel P. Gallagher; father at Blockton, Ala. Private John P. Lester; father at Tutwiler, Miss. Private Harry Langhman, Chi- cago. Private Dewey B. Kern; moth- er, Mrs. Eva Tilton, Collins, ta. Private Keeckon, cannot be identified. The list was accompanied by the following announcement: “The war department has re- ceived a dispatch from the com- manding general of the expedi- tionary force which states that be- fore daylight Nov. 3, a salient oc- cupied for instruction by a com- pany of American infantry was raided by Germans. The enemy put down a heavy barrage fire, cutting off the salient from the rest of the line. Our losses were three killed, five wounded and 12 captured or missing. The enemy losses are not known. One wound- ed German was taken prisoner.” Kendall; 'PIRE SCARE AT STEELE INTERRUPTS SERVICES -The pastor of ch in this city Steele, The congregation filed was speedily extin- The congregation filed back and the maiister resumed his sermon. RUSSIANS ADVANCE. Petrograd, Nov. nd advanced in —In the region of, there had the county commissioners the Black Sea coast the Russians have enforced the statute requiring weeds driven the Turks from their first line along the roadside to be cut, Albert some places to he; Bie e. Military Situation in Italy Still Extremely Grave CADORNA STI HOLOS HIS LINE ONFERENCE ON Premiers and War Ministers Gath- er at Rome to Discuss Next Move 'MASTERY OF FIELDS IS OCCUPYING TROOPS Naval Bulletin Indicates that Ad- riatic will be Scene of Action Soon By Associated Press, Italy's situation appears increasing- ly grave today, with the announce. ment from Rome that the Tagliamen- to, west of which General Cadorna has established his new line, had been crossed by the Austro-German invad- | ers. |_ The crossing of the river apparently | has not Leen in sufficient force to com- pel General Cadorna to abandon the Tagliamento line. That this process already is ;under , Way is indicated by the’fact'that'Rome , tells of increasing Austro{iefman pres- sure against the Italian left ' wing, where the crossing was effected. | The spot selected by the enemy for the successful attempt—Pincano; about 40 miles from the mouth of the river, and about 17 miles west of Udine— was at_a point where. the marshy. ground ..encauntered. farther. :to..j the ‘south begins to disappear, the banks rising abruptly on the river narrow- | ing down. ht If General Cadorna decides to aban: don the Tagliamento line, at which ; it is by no means certain that ‘he intended to fight more than’ a delay: ing action, his next natural stand for , the defense of Venice, will-be at; the Lovinza, 10 to 15. miles’ farther west, or finally at the Piaze, some 10 miles farther in that direction. Struggling for Mastery. Meanwhile as the opposing armies are struggling for the temporary mas- tery of the field, the entente leaders, including the British and French pre- miers and military advisers, are in council in Rome to deal with the situ- ation, which admittedly is recognized as grave, coupled as the powerful at- tack from the east is, with the threat of a flanking movement by the Austro- German forces southward in the Tren- tino, west of the present battle front. {An Italian naval bulletin, referring to intense naval activity in the Gulf of Trieste, indicates that the Adriatic may be the scene of intense develop- ments, In Flanders only minor operations are reported, these being confined to artillery activity and small raids into German territory. MAY MEAN PEACE OFFER. Copenhagen, Nov. 5.—It is general- ly believed in diplomatic circles here that the visit to Berlin today of Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian’ for- eign minister, may be preliminary to a new peace offer by the central pow- ers. NEW POLISH COMSTITUTION IS APPROVED Berlin, Nov. The constitution of the new Polish state is a document aining nine paragraphs and 151 Prof. Cybichowski of War- | , who was commissioned to make the draft, which was approved by a former state council, states that the charter contains the following: “Polandto be an independent con- stitutional state.” In view of the fact that the larger precentage of the population is of {the Roman Catholic church it is ruled that the ruling house be of the same |faith. Catholicism is prescribed as ‘being the official religion to be recog- nized in connection with state func- tions and official ceremonies. Beyond that full freedom of religious belief {is vouchsafed. | ‘The state is to be a hereditary mon- archy, the diet to elect a ruler and control the dynasty’s affairs and suc- cessorship. 1 the boats. Another man was picked had the church been empty at the DAMAGES 'TO AUTO ! up by a steamship. They were landed time would probably have destroyed | BECAUSE OF WEEDS | last night. The other members of the the building. {oy | Sherbrooke, N. D., Nov. 5.—Because, | he claims, his car was injured in buck- ‘ing drifts which would not have been commercis ver Ores