The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 1918, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE == BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, HUN ALLIES FAILED THEM AT CRUCIAL MOMEN! | FRENZIED FINANCE A LA MODE DESCRIBED BY SOCIALIST LEADER CLEVELAND PRE By VICTOR late. For more than a week now late. Certainly the agent in the Ger know that. Troop movements, of Basel squats out flat on the } many. The Rhine cuts it in two. gateway and the speaking tube int any man who does not want Germ But nobody will stop you fro straight out of Superland. chalky whiteness, like a man with dark brown freckles. The combination is the mark of long continued underfeeding. ' The doctors have a WE AMERICANS ARE PIG-DOGS But they were not downcast, these thin supermen. Indeed, they were swanking abit. And schdeinhunding! To schweinhund is to name-call one's enemies, . particularly to name-call/ them schweinhunde—in English pig-! dogs — a term quite meaningless as you may. see, save to Germans. To them the word implies touching bot- tom in all that fs. low in the hu- man. And. ‘why-. shouldn't these . thin. su- permen swank-and s¢hweéfhhuod? Had not Russia accepted defeat , by agree- ing to an armistice in.the east? Had not Italy been taught-her place in the south? And were not millions of good Germans. and thousands of. good Ger- man guns being brought from the east to the west? And. was not the finish ing blow about to be dealt the enemy’ there, especially the British and the} Americans, pig-dogs that they were? HOPE FOR WEAKNESS ON.Y. S. LINE « It was hoped and believed that the weakness sought would be found in that section of the line held in part by the Americans. These troops would be green. They had come far and perhaps would not be so. well equipped as the French and British. There was to be no waiting on weather conditions, no putting off operations for a conventional “spring drive.” The big lunge forward would not be delayed an in- stant after reserves were stationed and the weak points in. the allies’ line determined. “The kaiser,” so the word came, “is ready to spend a million lives to ‘break through this time.” Literally. Hindenburg would hurl his men forward faster than the guns| could kill them. LET THE TRENCH- ES FILL WITH THE BODIES OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED, and let the living sweep over them in great waves that would engulf the enemy). and win the war. But Christmas time came and went New Year's passed. January was slipping away. And still no drive. ‘Weather conditions prevented it, some said. “Too much snow; too much mud.” etc... Doubtless there were plenty of both. But they were not what delayed the drive. WHY: THE DRIVE WASN'T DRIVEN /Back of these delays stand two veasons—reasons as big as moun- Aains in importance to the allies’ cauge and in menace to the kais- ‘ er’s. These reasons are: ONE: The unexpected attitude of Mr. Lenine of Russia. TWO: The unexpected attitude of the Hungarian troops when the news was broken to them that they were to leave the calm east and go into the fiery west. i When the armistice was arranged, with Russia the Austrian and Hun- garian troops thought their job end- ed. Indeed, it appears tuat the whole eastern front thought the was was over, or practically over, when Rus-| sia declared for a separate peace. It is not surprising that the invitation to step out of the safety zone and be killed had in it some of the elements of shock. The Hungarians protested at first in whispers to one another. Then some of the bolder ones began to talk out loud. MAGYAR REGIMENTS ARE SPLIT UP. The order to delay operations in the west was given. The wholesale move- ment of men and guns from. the east to west was stopped. Obviously Germany could not strip the Russian front of troops with Mr. Lenine acting as he was, And, worse still, the Rut people in mass were showing hostility. to. German Ce ied on J pase eight). THE INSIDE OF THE FATHERLAND Tells What Is Going on Today Among the Kaiser ’s People, Who Still Honestly Believe Their Wilhelm Has World "Licked to a Standstill Editor of the Cleveland Press. (Copyright, 1918, by the Newspaper Enterprise Asscciation. The train from Germany was late. All trains from Germany were Basel knew why the trains were late. A man with half a head could course. ine between Switzerland and. Ger-| Basel thus becomes at once the} It ment’s station in Basel, which at times throngs with Supermen, | Those that I saw that day were very thin Supermen, mottle-faced, | loose-skinned at the neck. They had it in common, the mottled face WHY THERE WAS NO GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE WESTERN FRONT LAST FALL; HOW HUNGARIAN TROOPS THOUGHT WORK DONE VICTOR MORGAN, EDITOR OF THE SS, WRITES FROM Jat $250 for tue MORGAN. all trains from Germany had been man governments station in Swiss FALL ito the Fatherland. any to win the wa n safely go. m going into the German govern- | the dropsy, pin-pointed with tiny | scientific name for it. | MEXICO FORCED = TO RECOGNIZE GERMAN PLOTS : ams ed i | front. They had not Chicago, IIL, comes were scheduled for time it is believed, went to the federal duilding yester- day an: made his report. deputy collector that he had not kept hooks on his tips, were killed’at Mestre, S | by bombs dropped by German raiders. | They were William, Platt and Richard| ordered the arrest pf six leaders of} Fairfield, and, they were the first Americans to be killed: on the Italian TIPS LISTED AS INCOME BY LOYAL BARBER Jan. 39.—Tips as _in- the first when a barber Hie told the but estimated them yea: , TWO AMERICAN RED CROSS MEN IN ITALY German Eombs Dropped on Ital. ian Hospital Cost Lives of Ambulance Aides KILIED WHILE GIVING HELP | Might Have Remained in Safety. | But Boys Bravely Answered Call for Succor to the Red Cross, Sunday night, enralted ‘i the Amer- Official ‘Notice of Propagandists | ican organization, having enlisted pre- Taken for First Time by Chamber -of Deput-es Mexico’ City, Jan. Propaganda at last has reached: the} the raid began. \c i \ 1 stage where the Mexican gover’ nment | the yard ot the hospital and killed, and in Westphalia also are reported. Tue | four people and wounded a number of | The steel making district of Essen has One received a fragment of; been affected and the keel workers has taken official notice ‘of legislative committee, which sits dur-| patients. ing the recess of the legislature, has;‘a tomb in the heart, directed the attorney. general to. in-| was struck by three fragments in the| yards have ‘bee out since F\ vestigate charges that Heinrich Von| stomach and legs. minister to| victims of the raid were held today.| have been prohibited. The' strike agi- Eckhardt, the German Mexico, has-been responsible for al-| The long line of carriages bore thir Ameri leged corruption in the Mexican. cham-| tive coffins. ber of deputies. ers covered the The work train proceeding from,can delegation. | the yards at Chihuahua City to the| j scene of the train holdup January 23, when forty were killed and eighteen Notable Demonstration. \vfously in a branch’ of the British Red Rald on Hospital. # Platt and Fairfiet hdd just arrived | 30.—German|at a hospital on a motorcycle when Five bombs fell in while another! e funeral of the! an flage and flow. caskets of the Ameri- | i litor of Wor ‘waerts, the socialist organ, | orable as those of Monday night. The| ong lines of soldiers, sailors, arij 2nd independent socialist leaders in} sky was clear and there was little lians, filled the streets. Funeral or-| the Prussian diet. girls carried away. The Villa forces) ations were delivered from the steps: ment i attacked from both sides of the rail-' of a church by the mayor and a repre- road and almost annihilated the train sentative of the government who re- guards of 100 federals and killed or ferred to the death of the young Amer- executed many of the repair crew. troops were sent out from Chihuahua! City Sunday, but the Villa forces had) fled to the mountains. ed and mutilated Many wound-! say Lhey were killed while performing federals were brought back to the state capital on the train. All train service between Chihuahua City and Torreon has been suspended because of the activities of bands. Villa ‘ jeans. Courage Cost Lives. Companions of Fairficld and Platt an act of bravery. They were at a Fed Cross camp far out of range of. the raid and could have remained there with safety. But with two oth- ers, they decided to go to. Mestre, where the raid had already »egun, and |WAR WORKSIN GERMANY TIED UP BY STRIKE Labor Situation in Empire Daily Becoming More Serious — 90,000 Men Out FINN REVOLUTION GROWS Swedish Subjects in Finland En- dangered by Revolt—Ital- ian Smash Success London, Eng.,. Jan. 30.— Nearly 500,000 persons are al- ready on strike in Berlin and the number is heing added to hourly, the Exchange Tele- graph correspondent at Co- penhagen telegraphs under Tuesday’s date. The move- ment is being extended to provincial towns. « The Berlin correspondent’ of Politiken, Copenhagen, reports strikers have formed a workmen’s council of 500 with an ‘‘ac- tion commission’’ of 10 men and women, including Hugo Haase, independent socialist leader, and Philip .Schcide- mann, socialist leader. (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) | |. Dissatisfied: with the progress of! |the peace negotiations and Prussian | Italian Army Headquarters in North-| electoral reform, Germany's workmen | ‘ern Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 29.—Two Am- | ericans attached have brought about serious strikes in| Berlin, and other parts of the em-} pire.. The German government has begun repressive measures and. has | the Independent, Socialist at Kiel; workmen army. | | arty, while | the ‘leaders of tue obdurate| have veen sent into: the! 90,000 Workmen Out. i In Berlin, and its suburbs 90,900 workers were not at the}? tasks IMon-; iday, seriously hampering ‘the electric | works and airplane factories about! the capital. Strikes in the great man-| | ufacturing district along the Rhine in ‘torpedo factories and in dock} Meetings in ‘the in: rial centers i tation has been fostered by the inde- 'vendent socialists, and not by trade, ‘unions. The authorities are said to have imprisoned Adolph Hoffmann, ed-| The strike move-| said to be directed against! the delay in passing the Prussian re- | form bill and the annexationists’ prop- eganda conducted by the Fatherland party, which has assailed bitterly the conduct of the German emmissaries at Brest-Litovsk. Finnish Revolution. In Finland, the revolutionists have set up a government of their own. Late reports are to the effect that the fighting has lessened in intensity with tho revolutionists in control of the south, and the government forces (Continued on Page Five) ~ (Continued on Page Five.; THE WATCH ON THE RHINE |at various: places in Keat and Essex, BIG PACKING HOUSES PAID TO STAY OUT Washington, D. C., Jan. 30.—AI of the great packing houses were given $500,000 of stock in the Cleveland stockyards last yea fter they had threatened the es.ablish a yard there themselves, Attorney Heney, counse! for the Federal Trade Commission, de clared at the packers’ hearing today FIFTY PLANES TOOK PART IN ENGLISH RAID Invaders Repulsed by British Machines, All of Which Returned Safely i | FEW CASUALTIES REPORTED | Damage Seems to Have Been Lit- | tle — Anti-Aircraft Guns Protected. London London, Eng., Jan. 30.—in last night’S‘air raia three persons were kuled, and ten injured, it was’ of- ficially announced ‘toaay. It is feared six other persons were buried in the ruins of a house. Jan. 30.--In . last bombs were dropped London, , Eng. night’s air raid: it is announéed officially. “here were several aerial engagements, .All the Pritisu machines returned safely. About fifty aeroplanes took part in last night's raids.: One of thei’ drop- ped bombs in the southwestern out- skirts of London, and another in the outlying northeastern district. There were a few saenelee in sovthwest- ern London. Raid Easily Checked. The second moonlight raid of the year carried out by oGths last nigaf) appears to have been chacked by the combined activity of airplanes and an- tiaircraft guns which kept the raid-| ers from the heart of London. | Conditions for the raid were as fav- wind. GREAT GRAIN WAREHOUSES IN VIENNA BURN| London, Eng., 30.—The grain warehouses of the city of Vienna are afire, and enormous damage has been caused, according patch forwarded from Amsterdam by the Exchange Telegraph Co. Revolu- tionar are suspected of having started tho fire. Here is where Switzerland leaves off and Germany begins. * ‘The barbed: wire fence is the boundary. The river is the Rhine. This picture was taken near Basel, in Switzerland, where Victor Morgan, noted American editor, sent to Europe by the Daily Tribune to re- port on ‘‘What Is Going on in Germany,’’ started hi; investigations. popireds of ae On one side of the. stands a Gc|-man sentry; on the other side, from which this picture was taken, are two Swiss soldiers, Men are stationed every: hundred: yards along the entre border, extending rn | troal to a Vienna dis- PRESIDENT OF NON One Reason Why Agriculturists After an interesting al bankruptey. proceedings wer That the Consumers’ U $960,000 since July 1, 1917, trols this gigantic corporatio: sole finar concerns is his 00 monthly can dispense with his servic admissions elicited from the O’Hare this morning. for large amounts. During office at St. Paul to cover. eheek $500 at one time and publication, which a year ago ing the league. ITALIANS THROW BACK AUSTRIANS ON NORTH FRONT After Heroic Defense Invaders Are Forced to Give Up Important Positions Vienna, via london, Jan. 30.—The Italians, who are attacking the north- ern front, are being reinforced con- stantly by large numbers of troops, says today’s official announcement. | After a stubborn struggle, in which the Austrian troops are said to have made a heroio defense, ticy were forced to give up Monte Val Bella and Col del Rosso. The Austrians have been bombar ing with extreme violence positiv:s captured by the Italians. The Italian fire has ‘been powerfully centered on | Points behind the enemy lines. Extremely heavy losses were suf- fered by the Austrians, two of their divisions being almost completely wiped out. More than 2,600 prisoners have been taken by the Italians in their success- ful attacks upon the Austrian lines lon tue Asiago plateau, the war office announced today. Six guns and 100 machine guns have also been cap- cured. BERLIN ADMITS DEFEAT. ‘Berlin, via London,Jan. 30.—The Italians retined possession of Col del Rosso and Monte di Val Bella on the | mountain front after a renewal of | thei rattacks, army headquarters an- |nounced today. The Italians were | unsuccessful in the Monte Sisemol. | Sealey Meaney i |GREAT NAVAL | | PICTURE WAS A DECIDED HIT Boy Scouts of Bismarck Give ! | | i Capital City Thrilling Pic- | ture Show | “Victory,” the-great American naval {drama picture shown at the Auditor- ium Tuesday evening under the aus- | pices of Troop 3 Boy Scouts, made a | splendid appeal in the capital city. | The large play house was crowded to | witness this spectacular feature which | was taken with the aid and permis- | sion of the United States navy. | The production stirred the patriot- ism of every one present. Cheer af- | Daniels, Rear Admiral Badger and Rear Admiral Benson were flashed on | the screen: | A splendid view of the government’s | mines, ‘battleships, moritors, hydro- | planes, destroyers, cruisers and sub- marines were shown in action during a spectacular naval battle. Bismarckers seem to be in one ac- cord regarding the patriotic Shown Bere Ss ie tee eee one $100 share in the League e Townley admitted drawing checks on his own account , stated, he found the league office there in need of funds, and’ he drew his personal check for $1,000 and wired the league. He admitted that. in September, 1917, he drew personal checks on the league treasiry to thé amount of $2600, and he admitted paying by personal ter cheer went up when Secretary | TOWNLEY CHAIN STORE SCHEME HAS TAKEN $960,000 FROM POCKETS OF NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS SINCE JULY 4, SAYS BIG CHIEF PARTISANS IN» BANKRUPTCY HEARING ADMITS HIS LATEST PLAN HAS GOT THE COIN in Drouth Stricken Section Needéd Legislative Aid Developed—Interlocking Directorate Has Steel Corporation Backed Off Boards 1 morning session, the Townley e adjourned at 1:30 this after- noon until 10 a. m. February 20. nited Store Co., a ereature of Townley’s brain, has collected from North Dakota farmers and that through an intricate system of interlocking directorates Townley practically con- mn as well as the National Non-- partisan league, and the North Dakota Nonpartisan league, and the League Exchange and the Nonpartisan Publishing Co. and the United States Guaranty Co., all of which. are schemes conceived and initiated by Townley, but that his ial interest or hope of an interest in any of ‘these salary from the league and’ his $100 monthly salary from the publishing company, ‘‘which es whenever it sees fit,’? and xchange, were interesting ident of the Nonpartisan pr league in his bankruptcy hearing before Referee H.. F. his recent visit to Idaho, ‘he. various amounts at: others: for’ large numbers of copies of the Country Gentleman, a Curtis ran:a series of articles eulogiz- He might, at any time, -Townley | said, draw ‘his ,personal: check. to:cov- er the purchase of an automobile OF & half-dozen. automobiles. on the league account. These checks,’ he stated, al: ways were protected .from ‘the ‘league treasury; in the keeping of: Mr. Keys. Townley admitted that W. G...John son, a league bookkeeper, drawing per- haps $150. to $175 the, month..for -bis services ‘in the St. Paul headquarters, had drawn out and deposited. to his personal account in July 1917 the sum of $10,000. Townley hesitated to ex- plain this circumstance, but stated .he believed it was done because there were rumors at that time that the league funds were to be tied up in some way. McCutcheon Trustee. ‘ At the beginning of the hearing the appointment of KE. B. McCutcneon of Minot, former state game warden, to be trustee, was announced. Francis J. Murphy of ‘Minot, former assistant attorney general, ig repre- senting the creditors, while William Lemke, a vice president and one of (he three directors of the ,National Nonpartisan league and chairman of the Republican state central commit- tee, appears for Mr. Townley. James Manahan of St. Paul, who represented the league in former hearings, {6 hot here for obvious reasons. Referee O- Hare’s office is packed, tue spectatori including many league legislators, ‘who are busily making notes, particularly as to facts brought out in relation to the Consumers’ United Stores Co. Legislators: opposed to Mr. Townley also are well represented. Uses Funds Freely. Townley’s evidence indicated that any of the funds of the National Non- partisan league or of the Nonpartisan rubhishing Uo., or of some of the oth- er auxiliaries are at his disposal'when he desires to use them for political purposes. He admitted having used the funds of the Nonpartisan’ Publish- ing Co., which owns the Nonpartisan Leader of St. Paul and the Courjer ‘News Of Fargo. He also admitted that Edwin C. Wood and a Mr. Fox; league organizers who appear as the defacto copartnership owning these publiva- tions had little, if anything, to'do with the’ active management of the news- papers, whose editorial policy is di- rected by Mr. Townley. Oliver Mor- ris is the editor and Herbert Gaston is business manager of the Nonparti- san Publishing Co., testified the pe- titioner. ““As a matter of fact the finances of the Nonpartisan Publishing Co. are as much under your domination as are the finances of the league, are they not?” asked Attorney ‘Murphy. “No,” replied Townley. ‘Fox and Wood can dispense with my services in the publishing company, but they cannot dispense with my services in the league.” On further examination, however, the witness admitted that he con- trolled the finances of the Nonpartisan | League Publishing-Co., just as. he con- trolled those of the league, through an executive committee composed: of himself. F. 1. Wood of the Kauity: Sx- change in St. Paul and Attorney Wil- liam Lemke. Wood and Lemke, he stated, were vice presidents of the ‘National \Nonpartisan league, atid Treasurer Keyes, he stated, handled the money for all of these i} |