The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1918, Page 1

, BURNQUIST QUESTIONS 1 | U.S. TROOPS OCCUPY THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. SAMMIES MAKE BOLD RAIDS ON GERMAN LINES Number of Invasions of Teu- tonic Trenches Success- fully Carried Out REACH SECOND DEFENSE Dash Carries Americans 600 Feet Beyond First Bar- riers of the Huns Paris, March. 11—American troops have made a bold raid into the Ger- man lines in Lorraine, the war of- fice announces. “CARRY OUT THREE RAIDS. With the American Army in France, Sunday, Mar. 10.—(By The Associated Press)—American. troops, cooperating with the French, have carried out three large raids opposite the Ameri- can sector in (Loraine. Two of the raids were executed. simultaneously. last night. The Americans swept past trated -to the -enemy’s second” lines, the German first lines, and pene- trated to the enemy's second lines, 600; yards back. The two simultaneous raids, one northwest and one northeast of x x x (deleted) were made after intense artillery preparation lasting for four hours, in which the German positions were leveled. At midnight, two for- ces, each one of x x x (deleted) with small forces on their flanks, moved on the German objective. behind a creeping ‘barrage, each ‘on a front of 600, yards. When the Americans reached the enemy first lines, the bar- tage was lifted so as to box in the German. positions at voth‘ points: Germane fled. . f The men dropped into jthe gnemy trenches, expecting a hand-to-hand fight but, found the Germans ‘had fled.|” Continuing. their advance,, they. went forward 600 yards to’ the second ‘Ger-|~ man’ lines: All: the ‘tinié; the- Ameri- -can machine guns were firing’on each flank* of, the two. parties :to. prevent the enemy from undeftaking flanking operations. One French flanking party found two Germans wounded in a dug- out and ‘took’them prisoners.. The Americans found:none, > ' The Americans remained for 45 min-| utes: in the enemy lines. They found excellent concrete dugouts ‘which they blew up, and also brought back large quantities of materia] and valuable} papers. While .they were in the en- emy lines, German artillery began a vigorous counter ‘barrage. It was cuickly silenced by American heavy and light artillery which hurled large cuantities of gas shells on the batter- ies. Mortar Battery Distinguished. An American trench mortar battery, the homes of most of whose men are} x x x (deleted) participated in the ar- tillery preparation, preceding the raid, helping to level the enemy positions. The artillery, both light and heavy was manned ‘by soldiers mostly from x x x (deleted). Soon after these raids had been car-} ried out the Americans staged another along toward the right. -They went over the top after an artillery prepar- ation for: 45 minutes. .At this place, ‘the dugouts were found to have been constructed principally of logs. ‘Engi- neers accompanying the raiding party completed the artillery’s work of de- struction. The infantrymen who. took part in this raid are from x x x (de- letel) end. the engineers from x x x, (deleted). The raids were carried out skillfully and but for the fact that the Germans fled more ‘prisoners dowdtless would have been taken. American gas shells are believed to have caused many casualties. among, the enemy. No Americans are unaccounted for. 4 MEFS SAID TO NOT BE AFTER . MARTIN'S JOB County Chairman S. J. Nagel Says League ‘Has No Can- . didate for Senate Rep, 'F. W. Mees has been suggested as a probable candidate of the league for the senate from Morton county, te oppose Senator W. E. Martin, an old warhorse of mariy years’ service: in the upper house, who it is understood, will seek_re-election. Simon J. Nagel, a member of the state board of con- trol and chairman of the Morton coun- ty Republican central committee, de- nies that the league, as yet, has any candidate for the senatorship. He is inclined to doubt that Mr. Mees: is seeking the toga. Mees is a very en- ergetic leaguer, He did good work for the organization in the house and has made a number of speaking tours for the Nonpartisans. He has resided in Mofton ‘county for many yecrs, has a ‘wide acquaintance and is generally known among the farmers. RESUMES HER DUTIES oo “ | GERMAN ICE BREAKER | SINKS; CREW DROWNED | | | | _ Copenhagen, March 12.— { | The Hindenburg, a large | German ice breaker, struck | a mine south of the Aland | islands Saturday and sank, | according to the Dagens Ny- heder. Several members of the crew were drowned. - BAKER REACHES PARIS: VOYAGE WITHOUT EVENT Secretary of War Quietly Drops Into French Capital for Inspection “e RECEIVED BY FIGHTERS Paris, March 12.—Newton D. Baker. the American secretary of war, ar rived in Paris this morning. He was received by General rersuug, Ueues al Tasker H. Bliss, tthe American | chief of staff, French officers repre- senting Premier Clemmenceaux, and Amassador Sharp. The secretary's voyage was without incident. 400 PEOPLE TURNED AWAY Great Outpouring of Bismarck ' Folk to Show Appreciation for Lloyd Spetz’ Sacrifice FINE TRIBUTE IS PAID Rev. H.C. Postlethwaite Eulo- gizes Dead Soldier and Cause in Which He Died _—. After 1,100. peoyie nad reverently filed’ into the Auditorium and found seats Sunday afternoon, it became necessary to close the doors to fully 400° more, ‘who desired to join with fellow townsmen in a last tribute to the memory of Private Loyd ‘Spetz, Co.. A; Fighting First, who fell while assisting in beatng back a Hun at- tack on the Toul sector of the west front last week. When the hour for the opening of the memorial services came, every seat in the big amphi- theatre was filled, yet throughout the exercises there prevailed a solemn hush as though the hundreds of peo- ple gathered there sat in the very presence of their dead. ‘gne stage was draped with Ameri- can flags, which also screened the ‘vox reserved for (Mrs. Anna Gradin and daughler Esther, mother and sister Of the deceased, and other relatives. A place of honor at the middle of the stage was reserved for a partrait of Private Spetz, which was surounded by. flags and a wreath of flowers, while other huge clusters of beautiful blooms flanked either side of. tne stage. ‘ . Rev. H. C. Postlethwaite, pastor of the. First Presbyterian church, with which the deceased was affiliated, de- ivered’ the “memortal address, eulo- gizing the city’s first soldier martyr | and the great cause in which he fell. Especially did he commend the Spar-| tan spirit of patriotism displayed by this loyal American mother when called upon to give her only son to the cause. Rev. Postlethwaite was assisted by Rev. W. J. ‘Hutcheson. of McCabe Methodist church,.‘who offered the prayer and the benediction, and Rev. L. R. Call of the First Baptist church, who delivered the invocation. The Presbyterian church quartette sang unusually effectively, and Henry Halvorson’s « solo, “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” proved very appro- priate to the occasion and was ren- dered with unusual feeling. The con- gregation joined in the chorus with (Mr, Halvorson and in thé singing of “America” and “The Star Spangled Banner.” : The Bismarck Home guard company and the Boy Scouts attended in a body, and the entire center section of the parquet was reserved for them. A detachment of the Home Guard escort- | ed Mrs. Gradin and her party to and from their cars, and the guardsmen ‘Blso: acted as ushers, BACK FROM HETTINGER J. J. Osterhaus, state dairy commiss- foner, and Deputy H. L. Pluderbaugh are home from Hetinger county, where they spent’ the past week engaged in wed aE werd He pias has: resumed her duties in the ¢ E commissioner of ‘apateee hate confined to Her home fof several caterer <__, Bouse, ia assisting wit farm’ institute work. They report a tendance and very satisfactory ‘AT MEMORIAL —_ | Pershing, Tasker H. Bliss and| Officers of Allies, Greet * American Leader NEWTON Secretary of War Who Quietly | AEROPLANE ACCIDENT | PROVES FATAL TO TWO | 4 \ C., March | 11.—The: navy: ‘department | | | | | | = = a =: 5 0 ae Ss = 9 today anounced the death of Andrew Donnie Skaggs and Leo Shott Harvey, as the re- sult of an aeroplane accident in naval service in France. Skaggs lived at Bewbern, Tenn.,’and Harvey in Cin- cianati, O. Details of the accident. and the date were | not given. 1 ————_———+ NORBECK CALLS EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE South. Dakota Lawmakers to Convene for Consideration of War Measures. Pierre, S. D., March 12.—Governor Norbeck today issued a call for a spe- cial session of the SouthDa kota legis-; lature to convene Monday, March 18, at -0 a, m. In his message the gover- nor suggested,‘that the legislators take | Up measures’ for taking care of in- creased expenditures at state institu: tions and for granting the voting fran- chise to soldiers. abroad. EARLY MORNING FIRE Home of J. A. Grinstein De- stroyed by Blaze The family of J. A. Grinstein, 401 South Twelfth street, was aroused this morning by a blaze which had gained such headway that they barely had time to escape with ‘their lives. The dwelling, with practically all its centents, was destroyed, and the fire department, with difficulty, saved ad- ‘Joining property from a similar fate. LONDON INTERESTED. | “Evidently they're still doing busi-! ness at the old stand in spite of the war,” said Harry E. Clough, chief clerk of the railway commission, a8 he opened a letter from Edwin J. Miil- er of te London Railway club, askiaz fur 2 cory of the commission's last report and its current railway map of North Dakota. The letter, cven though enclosed in an official envelope, bad been opened by the British cen- sor. ° = > | FOUR DEAD IN TODAY'S | U. 8S, CASUALTY LIST x | Washington, D. C., March 11.— | | General .-Pershing’s casualty re- | port today shows four privates | | ied in; action; four severely Rep. F. W. Mees: of Glen sve.;member of «the lower h the work: D.BAKERL | vey parties, wounded; ‘four dead: of wounds; + it cof) disenes, }and<! two: oy Slips Into Paris After Evading | Hun U-Boats ST. PAUL MAN IN HANDS ‘OF CHINESE BAND E. J. Purcell, Formerly of Saintly City, Captured by Yel- low Bandits | ae |HAD LARGE SUM OF MONEY Member of Engineering Party Making Important Survey in Interior of Empire Pekin, Friday, March 8.—Two Amer. ican engineers, Nyl and Purcell, have been robbed and captured by bandits near Yehsien, in the province of Ho- han. A Chinese assistant also was | teken prisoner. The party was on its way to inspect a survey, the site of a proposed rail- ; Way between Chowkaikow and Siang Yangfu. They were carrying a large sum of money with which to pay sur- An escort of 20 soldiers resisted the bandits until their ammu- nition was exhausted, when.the-party surrendered. Two of the Chinese es- | caped and reported the outrage. Is ST. PAUL MAN. New York, March 11.—Purcell, one of the two American engineers, is re- ported to have been robbed and cap- tured by bandits in China, was iden-) tified as E. J. Purcell, formerly of St. | Paul, Minn., at the offices of the, | Siems-Carey Railway & Canal com-) pany here today. He has been engag- ed'in some surveying work for which the company has contracts with the Chinese government. TEACHERS WILL HAVE ALMOST AS MUCH AS STATE Board of University and School Lands Holds But $150,000 . in Liberty Bonds While 'the impression has been gen- eral that the state board of univer- sity and. public school lands has in- vested . $200,000 in the second liberty loan bonds, the fact is that only $150, 000 of the school and university funds are so invested. The board voted to buy $200,000 worth, but the second loan was so largely over subscribed that all subscriptions of more than $100,000 were cut down 25 per cent when the bonds were apportioned. Subscriptions under $100,000 were cut down 10 per cent. The board of uni- versity and school lands, therefore, was allotted. $150,000 worth of bonds, and the trustees of the state teach- ers’ retirement fund, who had sub- -scrided for $100,000 worth, were given $90,000: With Saturday's subscrip- > dork Mtion bobi$30,000, the ‘board - will:‘have -$120,000-worth.of bonds. _ gen (GOES AS WAR LORD, NOT AS U.S. DIPLOMAT No Political Significance At- taches to Baker’s Visit to French Front FORCES STILL SKIRMISH |No Determined Attack Reported ' on Part of Either Allies or the Huns (By Associated Press) | Secretary of War Baker, the first American ‘cabinet officer to visit Eu | rope in an official capacity since the United States entered the war, is now in France for conference with General Pershing and an inspection of the American troops and the trenches they occupy between Soissons and Alsace The secretary's mission is purely mili- | tary and has no diplomatic signific | ance. On board an American cruiser Sec: retary Baker and his party eluded German submarines and arrived yes- terday at a French seaport, whence he | departed for Paris. After a few days | in-the French capital, where he prob- ably will meet President Poincaire | and. Premier Clemenceau, the secre- tary will visit the American troops in ; the field, More Artillery Activity Increased activity especially in the | artillery on the western front has not yet resulted in any determined attack | by either of the opposing forces. The Germans are more active on the Brit ish and Belgian fronts than elsewhere. Near Kippi, in Flanders, the Belgians have driven the enemy from parts of ‘the trenches he took several days ago. Recent German attacks on the Brit- ish lines in the Ypres area were checked through British knowledge of enemy plans gained from deserters and prisoners. The enemy intended to take important positions south of Houtholst forest, but heavy British fire | Prevented a major effort and the | strong British defense threw back the | strong local attacks the Germans car- | ried out. On American Sector | On the American sector, northwest of Toul, the artillery and aerial activ- ity has increased. American gunners | have shelled effecitvely various enemy targets opposite the American ‘ trenches, The German reply was with out result. German aeroplanes have attacked American trenches with machine gun | fire, while French gunners brought down an enemy aeroplane within the American lines. é Progress is being made by the Brit. tine. Eighty miles west of Bagda4, on the Uphrates river, the British have occupied Hit, the Turks retiring with- out opposition. Advancing northwest of Palestine, General Allenby’s forces have gained ground immediately west of the Jordan and along both sides of |the Jerusalem-Nabulus road. The Turks resisted strongly in both places and on the Jerusalem-Nabulus road} the British advance was two or three miles on a front of 13 miles. AUSTRIANS IN UNSUCCESSFUL © SUNDAY DRIVE Italians Repulse Enemy in Ef-| fort to Cross the River | Piave, Says Rome {| | Rome, March 11.—Austrianstroops; | which apparently were making an at-| tempt to cross the river Piave, were! | prevented from doing so yesterday by| | the Italian batteries which sank rafts jand ‘boats in the river opposite Fag- jare, the war office announced today. | TO EXTEND LIGNITE RATES \ The North Dakota railway commis- sion is considering making a request for joint meetings with the commis- sions of South Dakota and Minnesota to consider an extension of the favor- able lignite rates now in effect in! North Dakota to these two sister states which will consume a large amount of Flickertail fuel during the winter of 1918-19. Even tho especial-; ly favorable rates have not been en- joyed during the past winter, the con- sumption of North Dakota lignite has| been considerable in these states, es- pecially in the Red River valley of Minnesota. > | | | —s CALL ON BANKS FOR | CONDITION OF MARCH 4. | Washington, 'D, C., March 11.— | | The comptroller of the currency | | teday issued a call for the condi- | ish armies in Mesopotamia and Pales-| © BRITISH AIR MINNESOTA GOVE Brands Aggregation as an After Loyal Officers Had St. Paul, Minn., March of the league and some of the league members had at fi an eleventh-hour claim to | discontent.” Red Socialists. Pacifists and trine is of benefit to German authority.” ARRAIGNS “You who sign yourself league were connected with in Wisconsin and Illinois, but Dakota by its governor, who of your league. erased. two parties, disloyalists.” BUT ONE DEATH FROM’ DISEASE IN NINE MONTHS Sammies With American De- stroyers and Supply Ship Have Health Record American flotilla in British ‘Waters, ‘March 11.—(Corres- pondence of the Associated Press)—| One death from disease in nine months is the health record of the American %rces in the destroyers and supply ships operating from this ‘base, This fact and subsequent fig-| ures would prove all the more remark- able if the ratio could be given bat the number of Americans over here is, of course, not for publication, This gratitying record is regarded as; a splendid trioute to the flotilla's sen-} ior surgeon who holds the rank of} lieutenant- commander and his two assistants, junior surgeons, who rate| as lieutenants. (Sixty-two operations under general; anaesthesia have been performed by this trio since the arrival of tHe first! of the American destroyers over here! last spring, The majority of these| were abdominal operations. And all were done without a single case of in- fection, a noteworthy point. In the} same period there were 189 minor| operations. These were done under} local anaesthesia. The medical work consisted chiefly! of the care and treatment of respira-; tory diseases due to exposure from in-| clement weather, cold and dampness, | and sea watches in rough weather. | There has also been a considerable amount of laboratory work. The general health of the Americans continues excellent, despite the rig- ors of the raw, repressing climate pe- culiar to the south coast of Ireland. | They miss the dry, crisp winter weather of the northern part of the, United States. The dampness here abouts causes colds. to be contracted easily and weakened constitutions crack under the strain. A few of such men have een sent back to the Unit- ed States but the greater majority of the sailors are in better health than in time of peace. Base of the MEN AVENGE LONDON RAID London, March 11. ‘itish aviators INVITATION OF LEAGUERS TO: ADDRESS GOPHER STATE RALLY Which Has Drawn to Its Ranks the Pro-German Element, I. W. W. and Peace Advocates SCORES LE SEUER AND FRAZIER FOR INVITATION TO PEACE COUNCIL MEET Recalls Welcome Extended by North Dakota Governor _ —Refers to LaFollette’s Sedition at “Pro and Con” ° to address the campaign rally of the Nonpartisan league, Governor Burnquist today made a scathing arraignment : Arthur Le Seuer, executive secretary. He charged that the United States into the war and said “when it became apparent that this course would result in disaster for their organization, they changed their course and made _ this claim the National Nonpartisan league is a party of “It has drawn to it the Pro-German element of our. state,” the governor continued. closely associated with the lawless I. W. W. and with the Those in charge of the league have catered to that faction of labor, which has violated the law and has been opposed. to compliance with just orders of duly constituted Addressing Mr. Le Seuer, the governor wrote: which thru my proclamation of August 28, 1917, was barred from holding meetings in this state and thereafter THE PRO.AND CON CONVENTION “The cheering and applauding of the unpatriotie utterances of Senator LaFollette at your last convention put a stamp of disloyalty upon it that can never be “In declining to speak at your party’s rall to say further that for me there ate 2 of one composed of loyalists and the other of RNOR SCORNS Organization of Discontent Denied Convention a.Place 11.—Declining an invitation its members, in a letter to irst opposed the entrance of loyalty, but notwithstanding “Its leaders have been peace advocates, whose doc- 'Y, are among their members. LE SEUER executive secretary of the the People’s Peace Council, which was invited to North was elected thru the efforts A I wish during this war, but NAPLES RAIDED BY AIRMEN WHO KILL HELPLESS Seven Hospital Patients Among the Slain From Bombs Dropped Early Today Rome, (March 12.—Naples was at- tacked ‘by enemy aviators early this morning, Twenty bombs were drop- ped into a residential quarter. The victims included seven occupants of a hospital. 20 TO 25 YEARS FOR SOCIALISTS AT CAMP DODGE St. Paul Disciples of Art Le Seuer Who Disobey Orders Court Martialed —-_ Camp Dodge, Ia, March. 11— Found guilty by a general court martial of refusing to obey orders, cight national army. men. from St. Paul, Minn. all professed social: ists, nave-been sentenced to: long terms of imprisonment in. the Leavenworth penitentiary, it was announced today. One of the mén was given 20 years, and the other seven were sentenced to 25 years’ confinement, all at hard labor, TO OPEN NEW MINE John Glover of Garrison has ad- vised the state railway commission that he contemplates opening a new lignite mine near the McLean county city and he asks. for. information as to the procedure necessary. to obtain a spur. Fi CALL FOR MARCH 4 State Examiner J. R. Waters this morning isued a call for the condition of North Dakota’s more than 7 state banks and half-dozen trust com- panies as of March 4: | CLAIMS OF AMERICANS | IN MEXICO SUSPENDED, of the naval air service yesterday made a raid over Belgium, dropping boms on the airdrome and ammuni- tion dump at Engel, the admiralty an- nounces, . Two fires were started. In | tion of all national banks of: th | United States’at the.close.of bus-|: | iness Monday, March 4. } 4 jaewn sout ofocontrol. aerial combats, three enetny airplanes were destroyed and four others‘ driven All: the ‘British’ planes_returned safely, 6 = © : | Washington, March 11.—Clatms | of American citizens to. p | confiscated by the Mexican consti- | tutionalist authorities in 1913 a