The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1917, Page 1

The Weather Generally fair. THE BIS THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 280, BATTLE OF MOU GERMANY OFFERS PEA MRS. IDAH McGLONE GIBSON, Author of ‘Confession of A Wife,’ Covers Bianca DeSaulles’ Trial ser) | LATISTORNE HAG POUNDS GERMAN LINE BEFORE CAMGRA Reinforced by Other Divisions, the Teutons are Putting up Strong Resistance BRITISH ESTABLISHED | IN NEW TERRITORY Italians in Hand to Hand Fight-|. ing Hold Back Horde of Hun Invaders (By ASSOCIATED PRESS.) AN UNFRIENDLY ACT. A arate peace offered by the Bolsheviki government in Pe- trograd apparently has attracted the central powers according to a report from Stockholm, an emis- sary has gone to Petrograd with an offer‘of peace from Germany and allies. It is reported also that General von Ludendorff, Field Marshal von Hinderburg’s principal aide, and the reputed strong man of the German s:aff, has gone to the eastern frontier in connection with the Bolshev- iki offer of an armistice. American government officials regard the Bolsheviki offer as an act that would place Russia in the list of unfriendly nations, Fhe British government, through ‘ite ; minister of blockade, deciarés tha’ the making of peace’ by..Russia would put them virtually, ou! the pale of civilized Europe. Reinforced. by divisions from other sectors of the western front, the Ger- mans are resisting desperately the Rritish advance.on Cambrai. Around Fontaine Notre Dawe, less than three miles west. of Caiirbal. and the -Bour- Jon. wood; cloge. by, the most strenu- ous ‘fighting “has - occurred with the British making progress: 9 General — Byng is combining his attacks with. consolidation work and the British are firmly ‘esta>lished in} their new‘ positions, which give oppor- tunity to: destroy the usefuiness ‘ot Cambrai as a supply center, as well as’ a starting place for a drive’ éither north behind the Drocourt:Queant ling, or east against Cambrai. Heavy fight- ing is taking place at Moeuvres, and at Crevecoeur.. Tue Bourlon wood is dominating a hill to the west of Cam brai, and the Germans have put strong resistance here as well as at Vontaine Notre Dame, which flanks the wood to the west. The Lritish have made advances at the southern and southwestern elges of the wood. Neaf Moeuvres, General Ibyng’s' men have taken Tadpole Copse, which domina/es the village, part of which tue Germans still hold In addition to nearly nine thousand prisoners, the British have captured large quantities of war material and several score of guns. Activity in Flanders. Fighting activity has been renewed in Flanders, but on a small scale. On the litlian front, the forces of Gen- eral Diaz in hand to hand fighting are holding up strong AustroGerman a'- tempts to advance. On the Asiag» plateau west of the Brenta river, the Italians have checked an enemy en- circling movement with the odject of surrounding ‘Monte Meletta, the vant- ago point in this region.| The Ital- fan first army holding io its positions, inflicted serious losses on the attack- ers and captured 200 prisoners. East of Erenta, toward the Piave river, the Italians still hold firmly on the imporiant Monte-Grappa/Monte- Tomba line, protecting the eatrance to the Vinetian plains. The fighting here is of the most desperate charac- ter. The Austro-Germans are aitack- ing in massed formation, aided by; strong artillery fire. They have been unable, uowever, to make a deat in the Italian defenses in the last three days. CAPPS RELIEVED OF DUTIES ON ACCOUNT OF FAILING HEALTH Washington, Nov. 24—Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps, general man- ager of the shipping board’s emerg- ency fleet corporation, was relieved from duty in that position tonight by President ‘Wilson at his own request because of i]l health and with expres- sions of deepest regret by the chief executive. His successor has not been named. While Admiral Capps’ physician has advised him that to continue at work in any capacity would imperil his life, there were reports that friction be- tween the admiral and Chairman Hur- ley hastened the former's decision to retire. NORTHCLIFFE STEPS UP. London, Nov. 24.—Viscount Reading lord chief justice, has been created an “ear?” and Lotd Northcliffe a “vis count,” according to an official state- ment issued this evening. ° i Artist De Alton Valentine. Attorney for Madame De Saulles Explains the Nature of Client's Frenzy. STATE TURNS CASE | OVER TO DEFENSE Minneola, N. Y., Nov. 2 —"Hypothy-| reosis,” which he termed an affection of the thyroid gland and which eventu- ally produces a state of mental in- firmity, was today given by her at- torneys as the disease from which! Mrs. Blanca De Saulles was suffering when she shot her divorced husband, John L. De Saulles, at his Long Island home the night of Aug. 3. ' This definition of the cause of the defendant’s alleged temporary loss of accountability was given by Henry A.) This sketch of a scene at the De SauJes murder. It- shows Mrs.’ De Saulles as she appeared in court wearing a simple, white shirt- waist and dark skirt. In the upper lefthand. corner. is: Supreme Court Justice Manning. Below, in. front: of the judge, is the clerk, with his face partially hidden. by:the broad shoulder of Henry A. Uterhart, chief coun- ' sel for Mrs. De Saulles. To the reader's right is District:Attorney Charles R. Weeks. i —= trial was made e y U.S. COURT FOR Announcement Made Today that Judge Wade of Iowa will Preside for Amidon JIM JAMS JEMS CASE MAY BE TRIED THEN It is announced that there will be i Mere Girl with Madonna Face i} Uetis:how “Husband Neglects '| PATHETIC SCENES MARKS FIRST OF KOVTH ALLIES NEAR RUSALEW IK Ancient Site of Mispah in Holy Land Under the Fire .of British Gun3 REVOLUTIONS GIVE UP SECRET PAPERS May. be Used as Capital by Central Powers STORM MISPAH SITE London, ‘Nov. 24.—The site of ancient Mispah, five thousand yards west of the Jerusalem-Nabu- lus road, has been stormed by the British, the war office announces. The British mounted troops which | had advanced northward were forced backward by the Turks. Petrograd, Nov. 24.—Te text of cer- tain confidential communications be- tween the Pussian foreign office and foreign governments was published to- day by Bolsheviki and Social revolu- tionist newspapers at the instigation of Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki for- eign minister. German and Austrian politicians, 'rotzky. declares, may try to make pital out of ‘these ‘documents, but : he warns them that when'the German Myartord prolétariate by meatis of’a revolution, da LGN TIA séctires access to their chancéltories, they will find there documente--which “MINBOLN * will show, tip ‘no better light. than . f those now published. 4 SECRET TREATIES London, Nov. 24.—The .documents published by the Bolsheviki tnclude secret treaties and telegrams sent by the Russian foreign office, Ambasse- dors abroad, and Ambassddors in Petrograd, the correspondent in Petro- grad of the Exchange Telegraph com- pany, reports, in all seventeen docu: ments were published. BUYERS MUS AT TO MOL THER LIENS Railway Commissioners Summon Grain Men to Appear and Show Cause Next Week Charged with improper weighing and grading of grain, G.-H. Sawyer of ‘Roach and R. L. Olson of Berthold, xpressly for The: Tribune by Special J ! Her Soon after Marriage FAMOUS MURDER TRIAL By IDAH McGLONE GIBSON, Author of “Confessions of a Wife.” Mineola, 1. 1., Nov. 24—Oyes! oyes! oyes! cried the clerk of the court. And so close beside me that I felt her frail form: against mine Bianca De Saulles | stood facing the judge who would speak the welcome words acquitting her of the charge of murder of her husband, John De Saulles, or, who covering his head with the ominous black cap would declare that she must pay the ‘dire penalty for her deed. K TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKO, SATURDAY, NOV. 24, 1917. Evening Edition Depth Bomb Of Americans’ TAINS RAGING *-E TERMS TO RUSSIANS MONTE TOMBA. Destroys Sub STILL HELD. Battle on Sub Sea Craft of Teutons . GERMAN CRAFT WAS SHATTERED BY BOMB Washington, Nov. 24.—Definite news of the destruction of another German submarjne by American de- stroyers reached the navy depart- ‘ment today in a cabled report from Confidential State Documents Vice Admiral Sims. The submarine, ! : damaged by a depth bomb, went down with al lon board after a destroyer had attacked a liner and was attemp:- ing to take her in tow. Two destroyers took part in the action. One, sighting a periscope at 400 yards, headed for it, and drop- ped a deadly depth bomb. Soon af-|’ | terwards the submarine came to the surface with no sign of life aboard. ‘ne second destroyer steamed up and attached a line but the U-boat appar- ently shattered by the bomb went to the bottom. i UNITED STATES "WONT RECOGNIZE - THE BOLSHENK ‘ Notifies Russian Ambassador that Extremists have no Standing at Washington TRUE SPIRIT OF i RUSSIA TO ARISE Washington, Nov. 24.-—Ambassador Bakhmeteff, of Russia, formally noti- ‘authority of the extremists: now:!in control of the Foreign Office at Petro- grad. Two Destroyers Take Part in' fied the State Department today that} ‘|'the Embassy does not recognize the BY TALS ‘Snows Reddened with Blood and Passes Piled High with Brave Dead MOST VIOLENT ENCOUNTER | OF THE ENTIRE CONFLICT Greatest Blow of Teutons is Aimed at Two Positions Which Control Line BERLIN CLAIMS. Berlin, Nov. 24.—Italian attacks against the Austro-German posi- tions against the Brenta river, and between the Brenta and Pia rivers, yesterday, failed, the Ger- man war office announced today. British attacks on the Cambrai front in France yesterday. were repulsed in front of Bourion, Fon- taine and La Folie wood, the an- nouncement says. The statement adds that thirty British tanks were shot to pieces, and lle before Fontaine. (By Associated Press) Itallan Headquarters in Northern Italy, Nov. 24—The- battle--of the mountains is raging with unexampled violence. The Italians again: hold the Monte ‘Tomba, and Monte Persica po- ! sitions which they lost last night. The ; losses have been very, great, but the j enemy's far exceeds those of the Ital- jans. On the outcome of the moun- tain battle depends the result: of the ; enemy's greatest effort’ to ‘break through the Italian lines to the Vene- tlan plain. The recaptare of the Ital- fan positions on Monte Tomba’ was accomplished ‘by a succession -of' bril- liant charges. which:.dyed:'the ‘snow’s red and left the ground piled with’ en- emy dead. Monte Potrica ‘was lost and won four times, the enemy: finally being thrown back. Although the‘loss- es have been terrible, those of the enemy are by far the greater owing to the condition of the fighting fleld-#nd ésperate.,..heroism of ‘the. Italian troops. ;;., ‘ Nie iq) Breaks in Full Fury. 3 The battle, which had been gradua}- ly gathering force in the last few days, In a letter to Secretary Lansing, broke in full fury early yesterday and following the resignation of three of the chief officers of the Embassy to eee aint rere we ed te BiEnt avoid having relations with the Bol-' struck at Monte Pertica, wished band sheviki the Ambassador said the Bol- masses of enemy infantry were hu T sheviki government was not repre- eq against the Italians. "The fi hting sentative of the true will of the Rus- was extremely violent. ee sian people and that he would not “The enemy's greatest blow was recognize that or any similar govern- gimed at the stragetic key of Monte ment which would lead the country Tomba and Monte’ Monfenera. Here into non-participation in the war. i the full force of two divisions, one The Ambassador said he considered German, the other Austrian were hurl- ‘himself duty-bound to remain at his oq jn a furious atack on the ‘Italian post, and would do so with a compe-. pipnt wing in an effort to turn the tent staff of assistants. While ex- wing and cut the army from {ts line Utterhart in outlining the case he will endeavor to prove in justification of the Chilean heiress on trial here charged with murder. The trial began in supreme court here Monday and the prosecution rested at noon today. an adjourned term of the United States district court, held in this city, commencing on Wednesday, Dec, Judge Amidon will no preside, but has | secured the services of Judge Wade, | She is only a little girl with a beau- ‘tiful madonna face that a modern ar- tist would givé years of his life to paint, as she looked this morning in the court room at Mineola. All the grief was expressed in the ‘buyers for the Victoria Elevator Co., and R. A. Rasmussen of Palermo, H. J. Arnold of Stanley and N. G. 1. ent elevator companies, have been ; son of Stanley, buyers for independ: | pressing the belief that the true spirit of Russia was bound to arise, he said it was evident that until conditions changed the embassy could not exer- cise in full measure its essential duties and therefore he had authorized members of the embassy to find other flelds for their.activities. | John Slokine, first secretary of the embassy, and an officer of the Russian of communication along the Piave. Now comes one of the bloodiest strug- gles of the war, which went on all last night and today, with a steady session of attacks and counter at- icks. ‘What the outcome will be cannot be foreseen, but the Italian arms have again covered themselves with glory and have snatched back victory when Elements of Insanity. Causes contributing to Mrs. De Saulles’ impaired mental condition, Mr. Utterhart said he would show, are to be found in a history of his client's of Iowa. it is not stated just what matters will come on for hearing, but it is presumed. the matters — involving great brown eyes, that one can {m- cited by the North Dakola railway agine were Mary’s when she follow- commission to appear before it Wed- ,ed behind her Son up to the plac: nesday, November 28, to show cause of crucifixion. why their licenses as deputy state in- Ne M - ey A married Secretary McAdoo’s daughter me enemy yields tribute to Italian Jast May, have offered their services ee erne reuse grees to the American government during anq disconcerted by the impetuous . Clark and Crockard, s ¢ arising ; closed the brown eyes behind when The dark curling lashes hardly dis-’ snectors, weighers and graders should Yale athlete and clubman whom she shot. A fracture of the skull, suffered several years ago, left a bit of bone pressing upon Mrs. De Saulles’ brain and this served to aggravate her al- jeged mental ailment, he said. ‘ With announcement by the defense \that Dr. Smith Eli Jeliffe, an alienist,| would testify in Mrs. De Saulles be-| half, together with Dr. Louis C. John-| son of John Hopkins university, whom Mr. Utterhart termed a “physiological | chemist,” it seemed certain that long battle in which medical techni-| calities will figure will precede the, placing of the case in the hands of; the jurors. Domestic Infelicity. Mr. Utterhart sketched the defend-! ant’s early life, her marriage to De Saulles, their martial troubles, which ended in her obtaining a divorce, and her version of what occurred at her former husband's home, “The Box,” ; ‘near Westbury, Long Island, on the, night of the tragedy. | The trial was resumed this morning with the examination of several wit- nesses called by the prosecution.! Their testimony was finished and the, state rested its case shortly after the! noon hour with the reading into ‘the; record of two letters exchanged by De; Saulles and the defendant, purporting! to show that their four and one-half! domestic relations with the former ° out of some alleged unlawful utter: ances in Jim Jam Jems, will be one of the cases for trial. There are several important civil matters on the docket including sev- eral actions against the Northern Pa- cific Railway Co. for damages. Mud Ocean Confronts Americans With the American Army in France,! Nov. 24.—Rains again have turned the American sector in to a sea of sticky mud. Low visibility has caused the artillery activity to subside to normal. Routine patrolling continues. FOOD DEALERS MUST: OBTAIN LICENSE OR not be revoked under tue new grain grading act. Complaini. against the five named was made by J. A. McGovern, chief deputy inspector of weights, grades and measures. even for a moment the: while lids op- ened wide, so long were they . Bianca De Saulles well merits her husband’s compliment given in the heydey of his love for her. “Bianca is the loveliest girl in all the world.” The face so near me, ‘one of the most exquisite 1 have ever seen, is still faintly oval although very thin,’ A while an unearthly whiteness makes it look like a deati-mask from behind which shines dimly the light of a COMMITTEE 10 Al sorrowing soul that cannot be quenched. . She wore a simple little black crepe de chene skirt and a white crepe waist buttoned in the back, its coft rolling collar caressing the girlish throat. “Has sie on a wedding ring,” ask- ed a woman on the other side of me. I lookéd ai the delicate hand still clasped and answered “No.” She.Jooked too young to be a moth- jer or even a wife, for although they say she is 23, she might be 17 or 18 quite as well if you judged her by her appearance. But ae I looked again the light from the window came in and rested on her wavy brown hair and there just. ai the temple I saw five white hairs. As 1 caught a view of them Bianca De iSaulles put up her hand as though she too had perhaps discovered them for the first time this morning and kota Will Co-Operate with Dr. Ladd’s Department. Fargo, N. D.,- Nov. 24.—Dr. E. F. Ladd, North Dakota food director, working under the direction of the federal food administration announced today the appointment by tue North Dakota wholesalers of a committee to co-operate with the government in handling North Dakota food problems, W. E. Dietz and E. M. Strickner of Grand Forks and S. S. Morgan of Prominent Jobbers of North Da-; the war against Germany. CERTIFIED EMPLOYES OF STATE 10 BE FREE FARM WAR TRAVEL TAK \State Auditor Kositzky Furnish- ing Staff Men with Letter to Save Money Inasmuch as all state and federal: expenditures are exempt from the war, tax, State Auditor Kositzky in order! to save North Dakota the consider- able sum which otherwise would be expended in tax on transportation, berths and other items of travel, is; ‘procuring the names of all the em-) ployes of every state department and institution and is furnishing | them witn a letter certifying that they are state employes, and that they are authorized to travel on state business. In the case of the agri- cultural college, employes may in most instances claim exemption on bravery of the Italian troops. THRUSTS FAIL. Rome, Nov. 24.—Powerful thrusts which were carried out yesterday by the Austro-Germans after heavy ur- tillery preparation an the motatala front from Asiago plateau to the L'ren- ta river, all failed the Italian war of- fice announced today. EVERY. MEMBLR OF MMESTONNCONPAY TOBE. REMEMBERED Thanksgiving Card and One-Dol- lar Bill Sent 250 Men as Thanksgiving Greeting Jamestown, N. D., Nov. 24.—Every member “of Jamestown Co. H, 164th United States Infantry, now at Camp Mills, N. ., will receive a Thanksgiving remembrance from “the folks at home.” Members of the Ladies’ Aux- iliary of Co. H today sent the men both fedgral and state basis, a8 @ each a card of greeting and a ont majority of the agricultural workers dollar bill. There are now 250 mem- LOOK FOR TROUBLE she was still wondering what special Devils Lake comprise the wholesalers’ year old son, John 1. De Saulles, Jr.,| was legally in the custody of his fath-/ ter when his mother’s futile effort to regain possession of him led to the shooting of De Saulles, according to her claim. The Divorce Suit. Although it had been stated previ- ously that none of the facts brought out during the hearing of Mrs. De Saulles suit for divorce would become public. during the trial, a large part (Continued on Page ) Washington, Nov. 24.—Food dealers who have failed to comply with Pres- ident Wilson’s proclamation placing them under license, must obtain li- censes immediately or face proceed- ings aiming at suspending their trade operations. This was made known to- day when the food administration ad- vised federal administrators in each state that. some concerns had not com- plied with the regulations and stating that action at once was necessary. grief had put them there. And 1 wondered if when she saw {them she told herself as she fingered , them: : “This one is for the long, weary : months when [ was awaiting the com- ing of little John, when I had lost my ‘ girlishness and had become ugly and my husband left me for other gayer and more beautiful: women. “This one came from hurt pride. { “This one was for that awful time (Conuaued on Page Three) committee. A similar committee will be named by the state retailers. INSURANCE MAN HERE Director of Guaranty Pund Life Visits Bismarck L. A: Williams of Omaha, Neb. agency director for the Guaranty Fund Lite association, called on representa- tives of the comgany here this week. are on Uncle Sam's payroll as well as that of North Dakota. TO POOL EQUIPMENT Washington, Nov. 24.—A plan for pooling the entire railway equipment and traffic of the United States was taken up at a conference today be- tween government officials and rail- way heads. Congestion has reached a stage, it is realized, where radical | bers in the company. Jamestown citizens have been re- quested to send Curistmas boxes to the boys within the next ten days by Mrs. James D. Gray, wife of Captain Gray, in a telegram to Mrs. Andrew Blewiit. The future movements of the troops are unknown as inasmuch as they may see active service be- fore Christmas local people have been asked to send their Christmas measure must be put into force if ia Psy at once that they may be country’s traffic isto be saved. sure to get them.