The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER Partly cloudy*and cold "BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TU: THIRTY.EIGHTH YEAR: .NO. DR. HUNS INSURE - INDEPENDENCE OF PROVINCES Von Hertling Declares Self-Gov- ernment Will Be Given Cour- DEFENSE ‘18 EMPIRE'S AIM Minister Declares ‘Miikitenance of Territorial Integrity Alone Is Sought Amsterdam, Feb. 26—The central powers intend to give/self-government to the provinces of Courland and Lith- | uania, Imperial Chancellor Hertling declared in his address inthe reich- stag yesterday. The operations of the central powers in the east were be- ing carried out with the sole aim of securing the’ fruits of the peace with the Ukraine, i “We do not intend to establish | ourselves in Esthonia or Livonia,” the ; chancellor said. 2 The chancellor asserted the central powers had freed Poland with the. in- tention of. calling an independent! state into existence. The constitution. al problem involved was still being’ discussed: in its narrower sense, he! said, byt the three countries involved. “Defense of Fatherland,” “Our war aims from the beginning were defense of the fatherland, maih- tenance of our teritorial integrity and freedom of our. economic develop- ment,” said the chancellor. “Our war- fare, even where ft must be aggres- sive i naction, is defensive in alm. 1 lay special stress upon that just now in order that, no: mjsunderstandings may. arise in regar:dto our operations in: the: east. . Their sole aim isto se- cure; the fruits of our peace with the Ukraine.” >. i a Féb, 26—Graphic | stories of: tescues from the wrecked | s.eamer’ Floritkel ,were related today! by the survivord recovering: here from tue lerrivle nardsmips they endured beiore they were. “Saved from the} steamer. - 7 Waen the captain of the Floritzel reached here he was in such g state of collapse. that he could make no s.atement, Members of the crew-said the mistake in» reckoning which brought, the Floritzel head on to the coast twenty miles north of Cape Race when ail hands thought she was well out to sea she turned westward for; ‘ulifax, was due to running without| the patent log. ‘The heavy snow: form-| ing an icy drust as it struck the sea, | made it impossible to use the log to register jhe steamer’s progress; against ‘the storm. The steamer, therefore, was -nayigated by dead reckoning and as frequently happens in this region of shifting currents and pbafling winds, the calculations were off. Many of the persons were swept to deatao haif:ciad, in less tan 15 minutes after the steamer struck! the rocks. Many. were drowned: at the| foot of .the compantonways ‘by’ seas which filled the saloon.- F i Directed ‘by officers, the crew, look: ed after their passengers and: those who escaped. from. the saloon sought safety on the bridge deck. .Two hours later, a: giant wall:of water thundered upon’ them, wrecking’ the structure bodily from: {ts:base and engulfing 30 men and women.’ A short: while later, £0..persons, clinging’ desperately to the roof;of ‘the smoking room, mét a similar. fate. aig The stout’ construction’ of the. wire- less house. saved moat of ‘the. sur- vivors: ‘Thirty-two persons piled into this ‘room; packed so closely they cquld neither sit’nor,lie down. They were without food, water, or adequate clothing... They were often engulfed by seas. Some of them badly injured ‘by flying timbers, and other wreck-| age- died as they stood. The pitiful manner: in which members of famt- lies ‘died one by ohe was etaphically described by survivors. GARFIELD ASKS’ ~ WINTER COAL BE ~” STORED FOR USE Washington, D.C. Feb, 26.—Fuel Admintatrator Gai ‘today advised all householders to buy their normal supplies ‘of coal: for’ next winter. in the regular way ad soon as the coal is available. se Dr. Garfield denied that he bad urg- ed people last year not to put in their fnormay supply of coal for this winter's Uae. es : Regulations governing the ‘distribu- land and Lithuania | Pe MANY PATHETIC SCENES | jleast a dozen letters that have dealt France. Here's Tribune's Special Staff Cor- respondent’s Answer to Ques. | tion That Is Being Asked To-! ‘day in Millions’ of American| Tomes—‘‘Just What Kind of a/ Man Is General Pershing?” | | The First of a Series of Six. Articles; About the Commander of Our For-| ..ces in FCrance, , | By C. C. LYON. | Daily Tribune’s Reporter With Gen-| eral Pershing’s Army. (Copyright, 1918, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.) With the American Army in France, Feb,.26.—General John J. Pershing is commander-in-chief of all the Ameri can forces in France. His military word is law. Not since the Civil war days of Grant has such unlimited power been. placed in the hands of any one leader, What sort of man is this General Pershing? What’ of his military methods? . How does he: treat. his officers and men? Is he going to make good or is he going to fall down on his big: job over here? Undoubtedly there must be in Amer- ica, an intense interest: in the: man who {s to lead into battle some two milfons of the pick of our manhood. I came to France with the first con tingent of. American troops last June and I have been with them ever since, I’m beginning to feel that } know the real conditions in our army over here. i From American parents I’ve had at 1 with General Pershing. . One trom & widowed mother ‘that came only the other day is typical. “My only. boy is a private in the ranks ander General Pe-shing,” she wrote “I worry about my son d3y and right because: he is so young— he's only 18—AND [ KNOW 59) LiT- TUR ABOUT GENERAL PERSHING is the general good.to my boy and the thousands of other boys whose lives and. comforts are in his care? Is ‘he the type of gen- eral who will risk: their. lives un- less objects ‘of réal., military im- Porante are to be attained?” ..; ‘op the benefit of this motacr and tll other Americans who are inter ested, I’m going to draw, as test Ican, a picture of the REAL Pershing. te eral inet tion of coal for domestic parpo ANG be> i the These regu. | eryt! ‘rat 7 ”, Possibly my. picture. won't ‘satisfy the general himself: or some ‘of:his ‘mont ardent admirers, but: above ev- erything else, i'm going t i OMAS MORAN ESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1918 ° ~ PERSHING 'S DEMOCRAT OR AME REPUBLICAN, SAYS ORATOR = ALLIED RAID | at | This is General Pershing’s latestpicture, just received from C. C, Ly- on, the Daily Tribune's: staff corresponaent with the American troops in c Observe the soldierly bearing and the grim yet just expression of the man who is mainly responsible for the physical and moral welfare of America’s young men in the trenches. KAISER PRAISES HIS DEAR “WOLF” Merchant Ship Destroyer Returns to Berlin Amid Rejoicing Berlin, via London, Feb. 20:—An of- ficial communication issued today save: iH “The auxiliary cruiser Wolf has re- turned home ‘after fifteen months in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. “The kaiser has telegraphed his wel- | come to’the.commander and conferred the ordér; Pour Le Merite,’ together with a -nuniber of iron crosses, on the officers and crew.” Sunk-American Shipe. According to. the British admiralty | statement, three American vessels were sunk. by the auxiliary cruiser Wolf—the steam whaler Beluga, 508 tons, belonging to the Pacific Steam Whaling company of San Francisco, the Winslow, a four masted schooner of 566 tons, haling from San Francis- co and the four-master schooner En- core, 651 tons, the home.port of which was San ‘Francisco. The other vessels mentioned are all British, except the Hitachi Maru, Jap- anese, of 6,656 tons, the home port of which was San Francisco. % AIRCRAFT REPORT 1S ENCOURAGING ‘Washington, D. C., Feb. 26.—Encour- aging reports on progress of the Amer- fean aviation progrdm were brought to Washington today by representa- tives ofall. the firms building air- planes: for the army, summoned by Secretary Baker for a conference. They all are tremendously encour- aged about ‘the work they are doing, Mr. Baker said, after the manufactur- ers had told their. stories. ‘He describ- ed. the conference as “a progress re- port.” gine bujlders are ahead of their sched- ule, he added, some are behind, but all are working with great enthusiasm} and confidence in the result of their labors. TO ENTER SENATORIAL ‘RACE, ay Some of the aircraft. and en-; 1425 PICKED | AMERICANSIN “Go Over Top’’ and Chase, Prus- sians Beyond Objective \ «Point HAND TO HAND FIGHTING ee ‘Some Criticism, Becanze United | States Soldiers Exceeded the | Point Designated WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN | FRANCE:—Feb, '26.—Details of the Franco-American raids on the Chemin | Des Dames show that 126 picked | members of Americans participated. | They moved eagerly toward the at- | tack. Some of the Americans made | captures and others chased Prussian, | troops through the trenches as far at | 750 meters, going. beyond the objert: | {ives sought. | Carefully Planned / The raid had been planned carefully ' and rehearsals were held the,ilay be- j;fore. The Americans among the 100 in the attacking parties wefe surpris- ed at the precision with’ which the French shells fell..and went a little faster than they should have and were | within 30 yards of the dropping shells when they reached. the German lines. Relief had just beew‘completed in the German trenches gnd officers were just making the founds. The Germ- ans took shelt in .a dugout. A French shell de a direct hit and the enemy scattered about the trench. At the same;‘moment, the Americans j and French jumped in, ’ There was some hand to hand fight- ! ing, but the entire enemy party at this (point :was - captured. The raiders chased the enemy out of other shelters apa along communication — trenches without catching any. There was some. criticism of. the fact that the Americans were go. enthusiastic about their task that ‘they went ‘beyond ter objective. “TRENCH RAIDS French Grand/ Headquarters:—Feb. 26.—Trench raids along the French front have increased during the last month to sich an extent that they have become in some instances battles in which thousands of men have been engaged and hundreds of prisoners taken. The artillery is throwing un- heard of quantities of shells. The ob- ‘jects of the raids vary: widely. _Some- ‘| times @ raid is undertaken in order to }@entify enemy units and at other times _to improve the lines, or cap- | ture observation points. Again, a raid may be made to destroy:the enemy's works and prevent him from attack- ;ing. This was the case in Saturday's jTaid in Alsace, where the Germans j were in strongly fortified lines, which | they had held since December 14. The enemy positions were bombarded be- yond recognition and placed in such ! condition as to hinder operations. ; The correspondent watched the | showers of metal, tearing away. the | wire entanglements, flattening the gun | emplacements, and setting fire to the | enemy’s ammunition dumps. The op- ) eration was.a complete surprise to the ‘Germans and most retired to rear | positions. Only a few positions were ‘taken, but: valuable military informa- tion was obtained. _ DISTRICT. ATTY. DRAWN INTO PROBE OF MONT. SOLONS Crum Impeachment Articles Un- finished When Wheeler Also Charged With Sedition Helena, Mont., Feb. 26.—Draft of ar- ticles of impeachment in-the case of Judge Charles L. Crum of the Fif- teenth judicial district had not been completed by the committee in charge when the Montana house met this af- ternoon and that body adjourned to last night, when the report announced, would be received. Judge Crum, who resides at Forsyth, is accused of. dis- loyal acts and utterances, and the ar- ticles the house ‘will send to the sen- ate are based'on testimony given be. fore the house by numerous witnesses last week. A-resolution, in the house, to ask the resignation of B. K. Wheeler, United States district attorney, was lost by one vote. It was moved by Carll of Yellowstone and Kelsey of Custer. It follows in part: “Whereas, the unfortunate construc- tion placed upon the espionage act by the federal court of Montana ‘has call: ed forth vehement protest from all portidns of the state, and, Wanted, Appeal Taken. ‘Whereas, we believe. it is td the best interests of peace, safety and good government that an appeal should Have been taken from such de- cision to’the circuit court. of appeals by the dfstrict attorney for the state of Montana, and, .- ay ws h appeal has been ‘Whereas, no suc! takea, : “Now be it resolved by’the Fifteenth legielative assembly “of the state of ed / in extra-ordinary. concurring, that ea the: resigna- NORTH DAKOTA LOYAL TOCORE _ SAYS KRAABEL Eight Thousatid of Our Best Boys in the Service Pledge of State's Patriotism 7 PRAISES DEFENSE COUNCIL f | Declares Organization Is One That / Ha; Proven Its Worth to Commonwealth | i t el tS North Dakota is loyal, aggressively patriotic, essentially American. Its; pledge of feaity to this great Republic is 8,000 of the state’s best and brav- est boys in the service of Uncle Sam. North Dakota is back of President Wilson for a fight to the finish with autocracy, declared Lieut. Governor A. T. Kraabel, in welcoming the National Council of Defense speakers to North Dakota, ‘ The people of this state are loyal in every sense of the word. The same great cause of humanity, the same great issues of liberty, the same great principles of freedom around which the people of the eastern and more populous portion of our nation are rallying affect equally every home and every man, woman and child here in the wide agricultural west. The farm, the factory and the mine, and all that belongs to the exchange and distri- bution of their products must stand or fall together. The day is long past when any class is sufficient to itself. In fact the war is. rapidly teaching that even a nation like ours occupy- ing the greatest portian of'a continent. is not-sufficient unto itself, but is de. pendent “upon other.. nations in» a: hundred ways. Unless:the world shall start on a downward march, back to- wards barbarism and savagery, the na- tions who still respect the Ten Com- mandments must stand shoulder to shoulder and must learn to co-operate in.a higher degree than ever before.) Not only in our dealings with our| GENERAL AMASA P, PEAKE URGES UNITS TO STICK IN DEFENSE OF THEIR STATE | AT SPLENDID RALLY IN THE AUDITORIUM THOSE ALREADY | INDUCTED INTO SERVICE TO GO New Orders Suspending Volun. tary Enlistments in Two Classes Not Retroactive Under orders issued by the Provost Marshal of February 25, volutary en- listments for the land division of the signal corps, at Fort Leavenworth, and ; for the engineer corps, at Vancouver barracks, are cancelled and no more men can be accepted for either of these branches. The only open calls are the medical training school at Ft. Riley, Kans., the sprice production di- vision of the aviation section, at Van- couver Barracks, Wash., bricklayers for Camp Sevier, S. C., and the infan- try at Camp Dodge. Men already inducted into service can be forwarded, and will be sent Friday night of this week, in addition to those reported yesterday. Louie Clooten and John Gourdette. BIG GUN DUEL IN AMERICAN SECTOR GROWS Germans Begin Violent Bombard- ment of Sammies’ Batteries with Gas and Shells AERIAL ACTIVITY LESSENS With the American Army in France, Monday, Feb. 25.—By the Associated ‘Press.)——The*. artilery: duel in the American’ sector,;northwest of Toul pmans fired:a.hundredor more shells during the last twenty-four hours, and late today began’to bombard violently. some of our batteries with gas and ex- plosive shells. A The American artillery. has replied constantly, doing much effective work against the enemy front line trenches, his battery positions and wire en- neighbors, but also in our dealings with foreign nations must. we learn to; be honest and fair. Our sacred and, written promises and pledge to them must not be a scrop of paper, their) holy temples and works of art must! not be a special target of cur cannon, ' their land, their property, their help- less women and children must not be! looked upon as our lawful prey and booty. ‘How America Got In “While this war looked like a strug-| jgle for industrial advantage mainly represented local European issues, ; this country stood aloof, but now sav- agery and brutal instinct has refused to respect even the accepted usages and customs of war, now that interna- tional law and the practices of a thou-/| } sand years have been tossed aside, | now that destruction, robbery and pill- age have been proclaimed the rights .of the strongest, our country has thrown her billions of wealth and her | millions of men into the scale on the side of humanity. “Yhe principles of the Declaration of Independence and the fonstitution of the United States are not scraps of paper. Before this war is over, no matter how long it takes, Kaisers, ty- rants and all other blood soaked relics from the dark ages of ignorance and superstition will learn that three hundred years of American freedom has produced a nation that believes in decency, law and order. Gentle- men, our state is a farming state. Practically nothing else, and as such, nothing gives us as. much pleasure as tilling our farms, unmolested and in peact. ‘But we have at present 8,000 of our best.boys at the front, most of these boys born and raised in our ~~ (Continued on Page Three.) TAFT SELECTED BY CAPITAL TO ’ BE ARBITRATOR Former President Will Represent Industrial Executive in Labor Parley Washington, D. C., Feb. 26—Form er President Taft was chosen today by representatives of capital as their representative for the public in the joint conference here between em ployers and employees to establish a basis of relations during the war, The representatives will also, mane a mi so represent the public. CADET AVIATOR FALLS TO DEATH Dallas, Tex., Feb. 26.—R. E. Stall, of Detroit, Mich, a cadet in the aviation branch of the signal corps, fell two hundred feet at Love Field and was in- stantly killed today. He was -pinned under :the ‘wreckage. of ‘his. machine. He. was: making his, second, solo flight when ‘the,accident: happened, and in Aer days would have won sare his com-|. tanglements. ‘Numerous enemy work- ing parties also were shelled. Be- yond observation ‘by “balloons there has been no aerial activity owing to the low clouds and rain. American machine guns last nfght and today fired many ‘thousands of rounds in the rear of the German po- sitions where marked movement of men and material progresses. The en- emy tried unsuccessfully to hinder the American patrol work by hurling new and powerful flares into the American wire entanglements. REDS RECAPTURE PSKOV; FIGHTING | IN THE STREETS Bloody Battles Reported Between Conquering Huns and the Bolsheviki London, Eng., Feb. 26.—Pskov, miles southwes tof Petrograd, has been recaptured by the Bolsheviki and street fighting is going on there, ac- cording to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd, dated Mon- day. The Red Guards are resisting the German advance everywhere. The capture of Pskov by the Ger- mans was announced in the official statement issued last night at Ber- lin. VOLUNTARY INDUCTION IN TWO DIVISIONS IS SUSPENDED FOR TIME Voluntary induction for the land di- vision of the signal corps and the en- gineers closed at midnight Sunday, Adjutant General Fraser announced toddy. These two divisions have all the men they need for the time being, and no more voluntary enlistments in these branches of the service will be received for the present. All other divisions heretofore named, however, are still open for voluntary inductees. | THE WEATHER | For twenty-four hours . ending at noon, Feb. 26. Temperature at 7 a. m. Temerature at noon Highest yesterday lowest yesterday . Lowest last nigh t Precipitation .. Highest wind velocii . Forecast. For. North Dakota: Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Wednesday. Lowest Temperatures Fargo ... ison Williston St. Paul . Kansas City .-.. _ ORRIS W. grows ‘more fntense daily, The Ger: | « . FIRST COLONEL OF FIGHTING FIRST” TALKS. Tells of Difficulties Atterid- ing Organization of Orig. inal Infantry Regi- ment WOMEN’S COMMITTEE _ SELECTS NEW CHIEF Mrs. F. L. Conklin Temporary Chairman; Mrs. Phil Meyer Secretary : p. m.—Dr. Thomas Moran of Purdue university, enlisted for the period of the war with the national ¢oun: cil of defense, at the Auditor- ium. 8:15 p. m.—United States government war pictures at the Grand theater. These pictures are endorsed by Mr. Charles Edward’ Russell. i. 9 p.m.—Dr. Thomas Moran: | at the Grand, 9p. m.—Covernment,’ war pictures at the Auditorium.” The public is cordially inv: éd to hear Dr, Moran and_see | these war pictures. There is, no charge of any kind fora mission, Fab Tian “Diseipling, *: organizat that's ¢he:thing. lt doesn't. matter- much whether you drill -with ‘a. miod- ern rifle’ of with a broomatics. “A. shotgun filled with buckshot will-take. care of the weary willies.and the otb- . er undesirables who are coming. in here and attempting to run our, state for us. If you haven't 4 rifle handy, you will find there are plenty ,of ‘will- ing shotguns in North Dakota. It isn’t always the most modern rifles. that ‘wins a war. ‘Tis the man behind the gun that counts, We sent two‘of our battalions to the Philippines with ‘old 45 Springfields. After they had chas- ed the legs of the Filipinos, the little browh fellows said, ‘We didn’t mind the little pom-poms (thte high-power- ed, small-calibre rifle). so much; it Was tne big pom-poms that scared us,” So General Amasa P. Peake of Val- ley City, father of the North Dakota national guard, first colonel of the ‘first “Fighting iFrst,” advised the home guard units assembled’ in a splendid rally at the Auditorium ‘this morning. The floor’ of the big thea: tre was filled, principally with home guatd units from every part of the Slope, some with uniforms, others iwthout; some with rifles, and some with none, but all intent, earnést and determined, an excellent type of citi- zen soldier. eee “I remember vary well ‘back in 1885 when the first national’ guara regiment was organized in North and South Dakota,” said General Peake. “We had much the same trouble you boys are having now. We had to. buy our own uniforms and guns, ;and: it was the cities worth while that-came across with the necessary funds that stuck through thick. and. thin. anv made the First regiment something we will always be proud.of.”. Géneral. Peake complimented all of the guard units on the proficiency ‘dis- played ,and particularly. did he. com- mend the splendid showing: made by. the Golden Valley company... All. of the units put. orack squads, 'shroagh the manual of arms on the stage of the Auditorium, and remarkably. good work was done, Ree Boyd Proud of: Service... Capt. S. J..Boyd of the Moft ‘comt- pany, Spanish war veteran and. grad- uate of the second Fort Snelling’ off- cers’ training, camp, declared. he was proud to -have‘had a part in the ome guard movement. “Following the withdrawal of the national guard from North Dakota incendiarism ‘and vio- lence ‘of different kinds became ge eral in our district. | We felt for some form of protection. step was to organize a ban and then came the ‘home THe home guard has done a great deal of good work, and it will do moi . in' Executive Session. . The home guardsmen, who number several hundred, went into’ executiy Session this afternoon. It Js yantic! e| pated that a definite program for" work of these organization: launching of a state ass At the meeting of the ‘North’ women's committee ‘of: the *