The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 15, 1917, Page 1

The Weather Generally fair. THE. BISMARCK TRIB THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 272 PETROGRAD REPORT AMERICANS CARRY OUT SUCCESSFUL AEVOLUTIONSTS DENY KERENSKY HOLDS CAPITAL Stockholm Reports State that Cruisers Achored Neva Control Situation in HEAD OF BOLSHIEVIKI ISSUES PROCLAMATION Assert Withdrawal Due Only to Prevent Blood:hed in Streets of City TWO THOUSAND KILLED. London, Nov. 15.—Two thou- sand persons have been killed in street fighting in Moscow Tues- day afternoon according to 're- ports brought by travelers arriv- ing from the Swedish frontier as forwarded by dispatches from Etockholm. Stockholm, Nov. 15.—According to press reports travelers who arrived yesterday in Hapranda, Sweden, trom. Finland, say rumors are cur- rent there that Petrograd is in flames. Lieutenant Colonel Mouravieff, commander of the forces defending Petrograd, according to an undated dispatch from Haparanda to the Da- gens Nyheter has issued the follow- ing proclamation: " "i “Kerensky, has.circulated. a false rumor that \the troops,in Petrograd have gone over voluntarily to the; pro- visiozal government. The. troops of the free Russian people are not retir- ing, and are not surrendering. They only have evacuated Gutchina in or- der to avoid useless bloodshed and take a defensive position near Petro- grad. The position now is strong enough to resist forces ten times as strong as Kerensky.\Our’troops are in the best of spirits. Order and calm prevail in Petrograd. i “besides the cruiser Aurofa, the; warships Sarga and?:Svobody, the training ship Afrika,/ahdsix torpedo boats of the Baltic fltet*have arrived from Helsingfors and'anchored in (ne Neva near the Nicholas bridge‘in the; British front line. A sanguinary st center of Petrograd,-whente they can bombard the entire*eapital. “The crews are made up of Bolshieviki.” WILSON CALLS. BIG FOUR MEN TO CONFERANCE Leaders of Railroad Orders Sum- moned to the White House on November 22nd. PATRIOTISM AHEAD OF ‘PRIVATE INTERESTS Washington, Nov. 14.—Once again President Wilsop has undertaken per- sonally to prevent a general strike. He has called the heads of the four great railroad brotherhoods to meet him in conference Nov. 22, and will insist that patriotism be put ahead of private interest; that there be no attempt to handicap the operation ofa vital part of the nation’s war making machinery. The president is confident that nothing unpatriotic will be done but if the necessity arrises he is prepared to take the required steps to prevent a tie-up of transportation. In announcing today the coming conference with the union chiefs, Wm L. Chambers, chairman of the board of mediation and conciliation, made public a letter from the president which said: “It is inconceivable to me that pa- triotic men should now, for a mo- ment, contemplate the interruption of transportation which is so necessary to the safety of the nation. The last | thing I wisi to contemplate would be the possibility of being obliged to take any unusual measures to operate the railways and I have so much confi- dence that the men you are dealing with will appreciate the patriotic mo- tives underlying your efforts that I shall look forward with assurances to your success.” At the time of the threatened strike averted by the eight hour law last; year, it was understood that the gov- ‘ernment had developd plans for emer- gency operation of the railroads, if that became necessary. At that time the United States was not at war. President Wilson's letter was sent to Mr. Chambers two weeks ago, be fore the mediation board chairman left for Cleveland Ohio to confer with the union leaders. It is understood the conferences held there were pro- ductive of substantial agreements, but that the engineers, conductors. train- men and firemen were unwilling to commit themselves unconditionally to arbitration, although welcoming me- FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE FOSTER 1S DEAD ‘Washington, Nov. 15.—John W. Fos- ter, former minister to China, dean of the American diplomatic corps, and father-in-law of Secretary Lansing, died here this morning after a long ilmess. He at. one time was Secre- tary of State. The immediate cause of the’ vener- able diplomat’s death was asthmatic trouble, although his advanced years and failing health had given his fam- ily great concern for more than a year. Funeral services for Mr. Foster will be held here Saturday, and the burial will be at his old home, Evansville, Ind. BRITISH MAKE CREAT DEFENSE ON FLENISH LIN Bavarian Troops Make First Real Effort to Hold Passchendaele ‘ALLIES FACE HEAVY BARRAGE OF ARTILLERY With the British Army in Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 14,—The forces of Crown Frince Rupprecht of Bavaria have made their first pretentious ei- fort to regain Passchendaele village, in accordance with the edict of Field Marshal von Hindenburg, that the place should be recaptured, and have failed. The enemy’s attack was made yes- terday afternoon with large forces, but the assaulting troops were hurled back after a grim struggle, leaving | the. British, Jing..before: Passchendaele. | intact. Barrage of Artillery The main attack was met by a bar- rage of artillery, but answering to {that famous discipline ingrained by Prussian military rule, pushed through this rain of death, and reached the gle followed at close quarters. The Germans battled doggedly, but the Brit- | ish soldiers flung themselves upon the enemy with such ferocity that he was compelled to give ground, and finally retired, leaving men dead. Terrific Bombardment The enemy attack was prefaced by a terrific bombardment which began at four A. M. yesterday. All day Passchendaele and vicinity were shelled continuously by the con- centrated German artillery, while the British heavies and field guns replied with a violent bombardment of the enemy's position. No such artillery duel had occurred along the British front for weeks. For hours it was maintained by both sides with a drum fire intensity that shook the country for miles about. Windows in houses for fifty miles away, rattled, and in a town seventy-five miles by aeroplane from the scene of activity the detona- rug-: BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 1917 rs tea aRNSCAN ASS ROR WALLA WAIVES EXAMINATION: IS BOUND OVER Stipulation that Evidence Taken Most Momentous News Since War in Hearing of Chief Shall Ap- ply to Subordinate NO EFFORT MADE TO GET HALL ON STAND Counsel on Three Sides of Case Agreed—To be Tried at De- cember Term WALLA BOUND OVER. By stipulation of attorneys for the state andthe detense Eugene Walla, clerk in the automobile reg.stration department of the secretary of state’s office, this atternoon waived a preliminary hearing in Justice Bleckreid’s court, and it was agreed that all of the evidence taken in the pre- liminary hearing of Hall be con- sidered as applying in the exam- ination or Wala. Judge Bleck- reid bound Walla over to the dis- trict court, and rendered the amount of his bail from $2,u99 to $2,000, the same bondsmen con- tinuing. totn of these cases will come up at the December term: of’ dis- trict court, beginning December’ 5, with Judge W. L. Nuessle pre: siding. Hall was in court but no effort was made to place him on the stand. The hearing of Eugene *'M. Walla, | clerk. in the automovile registration department of the secreiary of state’s office, on a charge of embezzling $3,- -400.-of- the: state's-funds,--se? for 10 o'clock this morhing, was, again post: poried’ to 2 o'clock ti afternoon be- cause of the continued iilness of the defendant, who, as his counsei stated yesterday, is suffering irom a nervous byveakdown, induced vy a “bad scare.” The state has subpoenaed for ‘the Walla hearing practically all tie wit- nesses who appeared against Secre- tary of State Thomas Hull, including (Mr. Hall. It is nov believed, how ever, that all of tuese witnesses wili be put on, as their ‘estimony would be practically identical with that giv. en in the Hall hearing. W. O. Eu- wards, one of the siate’s importan: witnesses against Hall, will not here to appear agains: Walla, as ine left at noon today for Helena, ‘ont., to make an investigation of the Bank- ers’ Insurance Co. of Helena for tie state examiners’ office. It is not certain that Walla wilt face examina‘ion. It is generally be lieved today that he will waive a pre- liminary hearing and go direct to dis- niet court to face tue charge agains: im. The preliminary hearing of Secre- tary of State Thomas Hall, charged with the embezzlement of $3,400 of tions could be plainly heard. (Continued on Page Three.) the state’s automobile registration (Continued on Page Three) With the publication more than There is no better med: editions. in advance. place your order. An ideal combination morning editions...The rat month. All editions will a month or— t 3 cents a Day Total Net Paid Circulation In Excess of 5,500 Daily | Tribune goes into Nearly Every Home in | Bismarck of Morning, Evening and Sunday editions, The Tribune covers the local field thoroughly. There are circulated in Bismarck daily 1300 Copies ium for local or foreign ad- vertisers in the state. Practically 90 per cent of the homes in Bismarck get one of the Tribune's several Tf you are not a subscriber you are missing the best news service obtainable in the local field. Evening readers should remember that on Sunday, no papers will be delivered unless orders are placed Call 32, Circulation Department and is the Evening and Sunday te is only seventy cents a cost you only ninety cents o— SUB CAMPAICH DF TEUTONS HAS BEEN THWARTED Commenced Says ‘Leading British Expert GREAT BRITAIN CAN EASILY MAKE UP LOSS Loss for Last Week Less Than Usual Wreck Rate in Piping Times of Peace New York, Nov. ‘15. Pollen, noted British war expert, hag made the fol- lowing statement to the. Associated Press on the submarine warfare: “Anything unsatisfactory in the mil- itary and political situation in Europe is balanced hy the extraordins that the German submarine has broken down altogethe: submarine is defeated. This. is the most momentous event since the Unit- ed States declared war, It. means we can all stay in and that America can really come ia. “Six months ago, shipping was be- ing destroyed, according to some an- thorities, at the rate of 9,000,000 tons per annum. Had this loss continued, the Germans had the right to expect not, indeed military victory, but a peace that would mean something! much less than defeat. ‘This was Ger-| many’s only hope, and was the Allies’ only anxiety; for everyone, including the German high command, that with sea communication reasonably safe, the military defeat of the German army was certain. “In the first, fortnight of November, the rate of losses of British tonnage of ships greater than 1,600 tons each has’ fallen to about one snillion tons, a year. The present’ ship-building| ‘capacity of Great E'ritain alone can) make this loss good in'less than eight months. At the rate America, Great 10 BE IN FLAMES AMBUSCADE CASUALTIES ALONG T _ORAWNG: THE LIE fens ao ) Rowe. es + 4 90S} he C) Me Ss x no! BY J Cu dare , Dit wn$ ormdeit ® Po evel mai 2 = OG orite MIT, I CQ \ Parma rfeal Rye W NQuercte FConesiiana ae 4 Cy - La brsare Mon falcone Ogerro Partogruand When the Italians draw their line back to the Paive River they will have shortened it to 60 miles of front, a very small portion of what they had to defend when the Austro-Ger mans first began their drive. The first front is a heavy black line num bered 1 in the map above. The second line extended through Udine; the third, along the Tagliamento River, from which the Italians. retired after preparing for a stand on the Paive, num-j dered 4 in the map. Villa Holds Post on Mexican Border Opposite | Camp at Presidio, Texas Britain, and Japan are striving to at- tain, we should replace this loss in less than eight weeks. The rate of loss for the last week is actually less than. the annual toll of wrecks in, peace times. It is an amazing develop- ‘ment, It is not to be expected that | losses. can remain as low as_ this. They must fluctuate. But they should never cause us serious uneasiness again.” VALLEY QTY NORHAL STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL IN THIN CLOPCMENT Two Couples Come to Bismarck and are Married Before Par- ents Arrive on Scene py ana Four Valley City normal students were made two in Bismarck on Wed- nesday afternoon just before Sheriff James J. Kelley of Barnes county and the parents of two of the principals arrived in the capital city to halt the cercmony. The parties to the success- ful clopement were Harold B. Rude, formerly of Minneapolis, bui who gave his residence as Eismarck in apply- ing for a license, and ‘Miss Beatrice M. Witte of Mankato, Minn., and Li- onel Bermer of Bismarck, formerly of Valley City, and (Miss Esther I. Rich of Towér City. They came to Bismarck om Tuesday ening, and ; procured marriage lice at County Judge Bradley’s office aout noon Wednesday. In the afternoon they appeared before Rev. W. J. Hutche- son and were married. About that; minute there arrived in the city Sher iff James Kelley of Parnes county, Charles S. Rich, father of Mrs. Beh- mer, and A. J. Hairston, sep-father of Mrs. Rude, intent upon stopping the elopement. They immediately com ;Municated with State's Attorney F. E McCurdy. who called up the coun , ty judge's office and discovered that y licenses already had been issued, Last night the newlyweds and the irate pa- pas, with Sheriff Kelley, slept under ‘the same roof at the Grand Tacitic, and today everyone appeared happy ani disposed to mak2 tne best rf , things. TROOP TRAINS THROUGH National Guardsmen En Route to Atlantic Seaboard Points Two troop trains transferring na | tional guardsmen from Americar | Lake, Wash., to the Atlantic seaboard {passed through Rismarck at 11 and 2 o'clock Wednesday night. DRAFT MAIL HEAVY | Seventy-two Sacks Required to Transport Single Form The handsome new offices of Ad _Ojinaga, Mexico, Nov. 15.—Fran- plaza at 8 o'clock after the Federal cisco Villa again holds a port on the} forces in command of Juan Cordova Mexican border this morning, and the! evaculated and came to the American Mexican Federal army slept last night| side of the liner in an internment camp at, Presidio, The Villa forces under Martin Lapez Texas, opposite here, { ne were driven out of the town yesterday. Following a’ two hours’ assault of morning. It was estimated today that Ojinaga which started at sunset last more than 200 were killed on both night, Villa followers occupied the sides. UT ONE STATE | ARESOWN COMPA : te | "Wl TR Allegation that Western Electric North Dakota Complimented on Co. is not Giving Service to. be Taken Up Patriotic Frugality and Care in Building Army The complaint of the Jamestown city commission against the Wes‘ern Electric Co., whom it charges wilh asking too much for heat, light anc power, and with supplying insuffi- EXPENSE OF SELECTING : cient service to its consumers, will be MEN $2.72 PER CAPITA heard by the Nor:h Dakota railway te in the union handled Commission at its statutory LU the registration and first draft at a in Carrington on December 4, " anita cos NY, i it was announced tais morning lower per capita cost thaa North Da) secretary Calderhead. The comr kota, Provost Marshal General E. H.’ sion has received a somewhat similar Crowder advises Adjutant General: complaint from H. A. Mackoff, village Fraser in a letter complimenting attorney for Lelfield, who alleges North Dakota on “her patriotic frugal- that the George S. Chrysler Ligh: & ity and care.” Power Co. is not giving adequate ser- The cost of the draft in Norta Da-, vice and asks an investigation of {ts kota was estimated by General Fraser books to determine whether it con: at $14,000, or $2.72 per capita, and not operate day and night or at least was so reported to the provost mar- all nigh. 33 hal general. General Crowder, replying says: “In preparing a tadulated statement as one of the outstanding proofs that the s ive method of raising an army is much to be preferred than the volunteer method, I have called upon the several states for an analy sis of their expenditures reduced to a unit cost of inducting men into the service through the selective service; system. It is interesting to note thai the reports from the states vary quite widely, and I know that you will be proud to hear that the item of cost in North Dakota is next to the lowest of that in any state in the union. Since this tabulation of rela-| d tive cost will be submitted to con- gress and through that medium to the public. North Dakota will receive ap- propriate recognition for her patriotic frugality and care.” Commenting upon the handling of the draft in North Dakota, General Fraser today paid a hig compliment to the patriotism and efficiency of county officials serving on draf boards, who, with a very few exceptions. | have submitted no bill for their ser vices, and who have worked day after! edge of. concerning the value of the day until far into the night, keeping, property, earnings, expenses and gen- up their official duties and caring for| eral financial condition of the Hughes the draft detail. A list of all these) Electric company and to bring with boards is to be compiled by the adju-j them ‘he minute book, ledger, stock But one sta HUGHES ELECTRIC MUST SHOW BOOKS) The state tax commission has the} right ‘o examine the books or records} of any corporation to determine the valuation of the property, the earnings and expenses and general financial condition of the corporation, accord: ing to an order signed today by Judge} W. L. Nuessle of the Sixth judicial | t. The order was signed in the the North Dakota tax commis sion vs. the Hughes Electric company of Lismarck. Judge Nuessle in his order “orders that KE. Al Hughes, ‘Robert W. Dut- ton, U. RR. /Aasness appear before the) tax compgesion at their office at the capitol. (building in tne city of Ris-| marck on the 2ith day of November, 1917, at two o'clock in the afternoon, | and then and there ‘o testify as to} such maiters as they may have knowl- { \ jutant General Fraser resembled o sub-postoffice this morning, with mai! sacks stacked high everywhere. Sev tant general, w'o will give the names| book, inventory book and blue prints of those who served their country|or books of the engineering depart- GERMAN FIRE CAUSES MORE AMERICAN HE FRENCH FRONT Teutons Singling Them Out For Intensified Artillery Of- fensive ITALIANS CHECK HUNS AT THE RIVER PIAVE Reports from Petrosrad Conflict —Nicholas Czar of THREE KILLED, Washington, Nov. 15.—A revis- ed report from General Pershing today of the German raid of American trenches November 2, puts the killed at three, wounded at eleven, and missing, eleven. The first report was two killed, ‘ive wounded and 12 missing. First Lieutenant William) H. ‘McLaughlin is added to the list of wounded. Private William P. Grigsby, of Louisville, Ky., pre- viously reported a. prisoner, in .the hands of the Germans, also is among the wounded. The list of three killed is unchanged. (By Associated Press) American soldiers have carried out a successful ambush of a German party in No Man’s Land on the west- ern front, killing and wounding a number of the enemy, while German shells have caused a number of casu- alties in the American line. An American patrol, one night re- cently, lay in the mud waiting for an enemy )pariy for which they had. ar- ranged an ambuscade. The German detachment of more than: twice the size of the American party, fell into the trap. The enemy troops were surprised and did not stop to fight, scurring away with their dead and wounded. The Americans suffered no casualties. Artillery firing on the American sec: tor .is becoming more effective, and the Germans have been shelling our trenches heavily. A number of Amer. icans have been killed or wounded, one shell dropping into, a. trench, causing several casualties, American ,; artillerymen also. have been, belabor-;.+ ing the Germans strongly, and ;iti ts believed their shells: have claimed ;; quite a few victims. Stop Huns at Piave Austro-German attempts to cross the Piave have been spoiled general- ly by the Italians, and the party that crossed the Censon has not been able to debouch. Several attempts have been made to cross the river between Censon and the Adriatic but only in the marshland on the coast have the Germans been able to make progress. Here they are under heavy fire, ‘and it is improbable that any large num- ber of Austro-Germans will be able to take advantage of the break be- cause of terrain conditions On the line from the Piave to Lake Garda, the Italians have retired be- tween the river and the region north- east of Asiago reducing the, bulge in the Italian line. Austro-German pres- sure here and around Asiago continues heavy. Remove Art Treasures All the movable art treasures have been taken from Venice, and the cities of Vicenza; and Treviso also have been shorn of their works of art for safety in the event of AustroGerman success in breaking the Piave line. Germany's submarine campaign ap- parently losing its effectiveness, as British los during the last week | were only one ship over 1,600 tons and five under that weight. This was the poorest week the submarines have had since the beginning of ruthless warfare in February. ‘Although Petrograd has not been in communication with the Nystad cable station in Finland, for several days, reports from Scandinavian persist that Premier Kerensky has gained control of the capital. Reports come also from Sweden that the Bolshieviki maintain their hold on Petrograd, and are preparing for a stout resistance against the forces of Kerensky, and Generals Korniloff and Kalidines. Ask Lloyd George to Explain In Moscow, the Bolshieviki appar- ently have been overpowered, and un- official reports received in Copen- hagen being to the effect that General Korniloff has taken the Kremlin, where the extremists were besieged several days ago. Another rumor says that, Siberia has announced its independence, and proclaimed former Emperor Nicholas as Emperor. The proposed new inter-Allied war council has provoked a near crisis in British politics. Challenged in the House of Commons yesterday to eXx- plain his Paris speech on the needs for such a council, Premier Lloyd read the terms of the agreement, which he declared made it clear that the coun cil was merely advisory. Formal de- date on the interpellation will begin in the House next Monday. Negotiations for the formation of a new French cabinet are proceeding. LEY HEARING . mown AGAIN POSTPONED. The adjourned bankruptcy hearing of A. C. and C. S. Townley, which had been set for 2 o'clock this afternoon without cost in this crisis, as well as} ment, showing the location and the those who made a charge for their’ cost of the physical property of the t Hughes Electric company.” in Referee H. F. O'Hare's ofiice. has heen again postponed until 2 o'clock December 19. _ serena memase comse panel I SU a ae a ce a I a Bh ee.