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City Co SON wae ILLERY FIRE COMPELS G 7) t Y . LORRAINE 1S >” BECOMING BIG STORM CENTER - Teutons Dumbfounded by Yan- -an enemy sniper’s camouflage «suit; 4 THE WEATHER ‘ GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. THE BI 70. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 13, 1918 AMERIGAN ART “HONS 10 A Positions Occupied by Sammies Growing in Military Importance ABANDONS STRONGHOLDS kee Pluck and Accuracy of Their Firing With the American Army in France, ‘Monday, March 11.—(By Associated Press.)—The sector occupied by Amer ican troops east of Luneville, whict was designated formerly. merely as being Lorraine, has déveloped sud denly into one of the most active on the fronts, from the standpoint of. artillery fighting. American artillery | men are hurling thousands of shells: daily against the German positions, making it virtually impossible for the enemy to occupy them. Investigation shows that they have been virtually | abandaned. This ‘is especially true in! the neighborhood of certain places! northeast and northwest of Naboer,| where it is now permissidle to say) that the two raids mentioned ag hav-, ing taken’ place simultaneously, have taken place, . Normal artillery fighting continues. in this’ sector, shells falling on towns on ‘bdth sides of the lines. At one place the Germans used mustard shells. A small number of Americans} walked through the gas later. Last night an American patrol brought in made of woven brownish colored grass, the: same as the landscape. There was. the. usual.work-by.-patrols in. No ‘Man's: Land during .12 night, but no encounters have been reperted. Conditions were excellent today for tlying and many hostile and friendly | planes were in the air, and in virtual- ly. every allied plane there was an American observer. Once or twice-the Americans went close enough to the Germans to try their machine guns but without result. une plans in which there was’ an American went far back of the enemy lines. It was the target for hundreds of enemy shelis,. which: seemed. to ‘burst all around it. On returning, the merican admitted they seemed pretty thick but he was unharmed. REDUCTION IN TIMBER SIZES SPEEDS SHIPS Believed Building Program of Vessel Corporation Will Be Expedited Washington, D. C.; March 13.—Re- duction in ship timber sizes used in wooden construction in the south was authorized. today by the shipping board’ to expedite construction. John H. Kirby of Houston, Texas, | vice president, of the Southern Pine. association, has ‘been named to take a survey of.pine forests to determine the amount of material available for wooden ships as a further step to in- crease the output. ; Officials hope that the changes will speed up construction so that. addi- tional contracts may be placed; but it is not their intention to undevtahe further building until the present de- layed ‘program has been put forward. FIVE MEN ARE. BURIED ALIVE; ONE THOT DEAD Reno, Nev., March 13.—Five mem bers of a Southern Pacific section gang were buried and 100 feet of snow shed destroyed in a snow slide at Lakeview, a quarter of a mile east of summit, Calif. today. Four of the men were alive when dug out of the snow, but the fifth has not been found. One of the rescued men has both legs ‘broken and the others were seriously hurt. RAILROADS SOON TO RESUME USUAL FREIGHT HANDLING Washington, D. C., March 13.—Or- dinary commercial traffic soon will. be handled by railroads in a normal man- ner, ‘Director General McAdoo an- nounced today in commenting on re- ports that the railroad administration contemplated 9” HE syatem, of restricting ong ah ariel commodities, sade? 2astbbs 2 TRENCHES. IN TWO WESTERN SECTORS BISMARCK HOME GUARD T0 MAKE m f BANDON THEIR FRONT LINE BIG DRIVE FOR CLOTHING FOR ~ REFUGEES IN WESTERN WAR ZONE) Discarded Wearing Apparel and ‘Other Supplies Must Be) Had to Protect Destitute Sufferers From Hunnish Ruthlessness EVERYONE IN CAPITAL CITY ASKED TO DO THEIR BIT IN HUMANE CAUSE Red Cross Chapter Meeting Impresses Upon Workers Im-_ portance of Early and Effective Action If Situation | | -Is to Be Remedied ty { || ii WHAT BISMARCK CAN DO TO HELP RED CROSS SOUGHT TO LEAVES JASSY, EVADES PLOTS Ambassador to Roumania De- clines to Put Foot in Trap Austria Set w HOLD EMBASS Dual Monarchy Believed to Have Regarded Them Possible Hostages ¢ ibesenanenereense ALLIED EMBASSIES LEAVING ROUMANIA Washington, D. C., Mar. 13.—Members of the Ameri- can and allied special mis- sions to Roumania, have left Jassy. for Odessa under as- surances of safe conduct from the king of, Roumania. They had been held for quarantine. EVADE AUSTRIAN SNARE. \ i > BISMARCK BUSINESS MEN'S MASS MEETING ==. SEVERELY CONDEMNS RECALL MOVEMENT AS ~ UNPATRIOTIC ENDEAVOR TO DIVIDE CITY RESOLUTION OPPOSES. RECALL WHEREAS, A movem special election for the pu city commissioners of our 1, ing of steps of this kind ; th: impartial, business-like and hereby pledge to them our 1 I | Great War; that the natio divided efforts of its entire of our people should not greater -duties by an unn municipal campaign; and t | tion; that the city comm will be called for. . compresses. Men, women, enlist in this work. mittee of the Burleigh county school as a reference work. Donate garments for big. drive of week of March 18-25. Communicate with Capt. Wanner of home guard and clothing Miss Agnes Orr needs more workers for the surgical | dressing section. There is a crying need for bandages and high school boys and girls can A : When yoy have finished your Red Cross Magazine send it to County Superintendent Parsons. The executive com- Red Cross and those in charge of the sthool auxiliary want a copy of this magazine in every Word regarding the missions came fram Minister Vopicka, who. said the Austrian authorities had at}empted | to hold the missions -for thirty days, : An investigation by mombers of the: missions indicated there was no san- itary reason for their detention, and the protest was made which i | | 1, | + rescind its action regarding U.S. MINISTER ent has been initiated to call a pose of removing one of the city, NOW BE IT RESOLVED: : ‘ That no conditions exist which warrant the tak- at it is the sense of the citizens here assembled that the city commissioners of this city have endeavored to perform their duties as officers in an efficient manner; and that we loyal co-operation and support in the performance of their official duties, 2. That the citizens of our city are doing their ut- most to meet the demands upon them incident to the n is passing through a crucial period in its history and needs and is entitled to the un- citizenship ; that the attention now be diverted from their ecessary, bitter and partisan hat they should be spared the expense necessarily involved in holding such election and other elections of like kind. 3. That the said movement be most severely con- demned ; that those fostering the same be urged in the interests of patriotism and duty to our national govern- | ment to withdraw ‘their petitions for such special elec- ission be, thereupon urged to the same; and that the people of our city be requested, by the publication of these reso- lutions, to lay aside petty ambitions and selfish purposes, to rise above personal enmity and partisan bitterness, and to stand as a unit behind the administrations of city, state and nation ‘until our crucial hour. Members of the Bismarck Home Guard will assist in the drive next week to secure clothing for the needy in France and Belgium. | Americans connected. with Formal action .was taken yesterday at a meeting of the executive|The French and British committée of the Burleigh county chapter and B. C. Marks, chair- man; has selected the following committee to direct the drive: — The Bismarck Home Guard which has put so many good drives over the top during the.last few months, has undertaken, another worthy campaign, the collection of worn-and:discarded clothing and other supplies which the American Red Cross must have for refugees in the war zone. Capt. E. G. Wanner announced this! morning that full plans for the drive have not,been made, but that the Home Guard is in it heart and soul, which means it will be| made.a success. This campaign will be the most important matter | for discussion Friday evening, when the Bismarck unit, meets for its regular drill. ‘Ways and means will be discussed at this meet- ing, and full details will be announced Saturday morning. The big drive will begin March 18 and will extend through the week. Every Bismarck man, woman, boy or girl who has some garment or other | article contained in the enumerated list which would be of use to: the destitute and suffering victims. of German ruthlessness in Bel- | gium and France is urged to be ready for the Home Guards when they make their call. eee Sammies’ Shells Obliterate at Least Five Graups: of Gas Projectors RAID GERMAN POSITIONS 4 | % ~ | SON OF TEDDY | ROOSEVELT HURT { New York, March 13.— | Capt. Archibald Roosevelt, | a son of Theodore Roose- velt, was wounded in action with the American forces in packaage, bales or crates. with’ serial | ;dress' of the chapter from whom it : Some Rules. The following rules should govern the collection and shipment of all worn and surplus articles for the Com- mission of Relief in. Belgium, 1. All articles. collected should be; assembled, inspected and packed in space provided for that purpose. No part of this work should be. carried on where articles of standard chapter production are handled. 2, Only articles appearing on the list of “GARMENTS NEEDED,” will ‘ye accepted. Such articles must be of strong, durable material but need not be in perfect repair. 3. Articles should be inspected on-/ ly to determine whether the condition! warrants their acceptance and elim- inate those not wanted. Final inspec-! tion anu assortment will be done by the Commission in its own ware-| houses. | 4; It is not necessary to pack} shipments for direct overseas dispatch | ‘out only in such containers as will in-| sure their reaching the warehouses of.the commission intact. | 5, For each shipment chapters will prepare four typewritten copies of the} form ‘of shipping memorandum ac- companying instructions. Of these| copies, ‘one will be retained “by the! chapter, one will be put*into case or package, and two will be mailed’ to the Commission for Relief in Belgium; { 165. Broadway, New York City. le 6. Chapters should number their numbers in direct sequence, putting under the number the name and ad-| comes. i 7. All shipments will be consigned F. 0. B. to “The Commission for Re- lief in Belgium” 1 Center ‘treet, Bing- hamton, New York.” 8. Chapters will report on March 25 to Division Bureau of Supplies to- | | 1 | | eo WIDOW OF GARFIELD DIES AT AGE OF 86 Los Angeles, March 13.— Mrs. L. Rudolph Garfield, widow of James A. Garfield, 20th president of the Unit- ed States, died at her winter home in South Pasadena, early today. Mrs. Garfield would have been 86 years | | old. April 9th. Pneumonia developed Sunday night and STEAMER WITH 494 ON BOARD Early Today Off Coast of New England An Atlantic ik | @ngland coast. passengers off. The ashore ‘during a heavy fog. “(Continued on Page Eight.) DESTRUCTION OF 400 ENGLISH TOWNS DEMANDED BY GERMANS, "Amsterdam, March °13.—The destruction of four hundred English towns by G by. the Berlin Tages Zeitung of: the allies in confiscating “If we are in a position erman airplanes is demanded “as a reprisal” for the action 400 German merchant ships. to destroy the whole of Lon- don,”: the paper says, “it would be more humane to do so than to allow one more German to bleed to death on the ye Bam tive bpeyeigaat Be Arana or sorrender oarpetres pity woul unpardonablé. z tality:are stupid in‘syar titel? ont LY ess aiid tine! binod oft. ~»|Second ‘Defenses Again Pene- | she died at 4:30 a. m. today. on™ anere es GOBS AGROUND Stranding of Kershaw Reported Port, March 13.—The | steamer Kershaw of the Merchanis'| soldiers drew an official denial today and Miners’ line, with 121 passengers | from Major General March, chief of aboard, reported early today that she was aground off the southern New -The coast guards have rigged UP | program. already worked out. breeches ‘buoy in order to take the Pre! . vessel went | ¢————_____________-» Sie oN paar trated by Jack Pershing’s Fighting Men With the American Army in France, ; Tuesday, ‘March 12—(By Associated ! Press.)—There was greater artillery activity by the Americans on the! ;Toul sector today than at any time since they took positions there. Ameri-| | can shells have obliterated at least| | five groups of gas projectors which) H had been set up by the enemy in preparation for an attack. Fires back/ of the German lines also were caused, fand a number of explosions were { |tions, penterating to the second line.! ‘No prisoners were captured, but a! {number of the enemy were killed by! ;Shell-and rifle fire. Along the Chemin Des Dames, the; ierew .of a German raider which fell) jat Clamency. on Monday night were| made prisoners by American soldiers. | !The Germans later were turned over: jto the French. -* i FRANCE HAS NOT | ASKED FOR MORE '. SOLDIERS, MARCH |. Washington, D. C., March 13.—Pub- lished reports that France had ap- pealed to the United States for more i staff, who said no such appeal had been made and that the movement of American troops to Europe would con- tinue to-go forward according to the || FORMER AMBASSADOR: ‘| TO JAPAN IS DEAD Washington, D. C., Mar. | 13.—Charles Page Bryan, former ambasador to Japan, and-former minister to sev- eral other countries, died. here last night of heart fail- | ure. He was 61 years old. Mr. Bryan began his dip- lomatic career as minister to China in 1897 under Pres- ident McKinley. Afterwards, he served as minister to Brazil, to Switzerland, to Portugal, and to Belgium. ‘was’ ambassador to Ja-' 1,in 1911, and 1912. 2 | {' France according to a cable- gram received today at the colonel’s office here. The message came from Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a | | major with the American Arm broken, but not badly. No danger. Ted.” | dag Smit stevens | CREEL PROTESTS | adetor: scala ‘valded the German post-| WITHHOLDING OF CASUALTY DATA. formation Says Lists Are Valueless Washington, D. C., March 13.—Chatr- | man George Creel of the committee | {on public information’ sent a written} | protest today to President | against the department's new poli of withholding the addresses of s j diers in giving out casualty lists. 5 | committee has refused to handle for! : ‘the department the lists as now is-! sued, on the ground that they j valueless to the newspapers and the; | | public. Wilsor President Wilson is studying thi ‘question, but is expected to come to, | | fea no decision until a full repor’ is re-| ceived from General Pershing, who has | been asked for further information. TROOPS BEFORE ODESSA. Berlin, Via London, March 13,—Ge ;man and Austro-Hungarian troops are | i |now before Odessa, the war office an-| | nounces. . The are. country shall have passed its |vinced the Koumanian 3 nment | dy i some assistance ghould Le given and| P. R. Fields J. A. McConkey _E. D. Hughes | Provision was made for them to leave i Rawlings J. A. Larson J. P. Spies | mmediately, ‘ nae . P. Lenhart B. E. Jones C. B. Aasness | | Austrian action was ‘rezurded as a C. A. Bonham O. E. Anderson E. A. Hughes | snare. | W. P. Lomas Geo. Gussner G. C. Wachter | With the missions went the Ameri-| W. E. Lahr A. W. Gussner Theo. Quanrud {can Red Cross workers and other J. 1. Roop Paul Brown ‘C W. McGray on Carl Pederson M. N. Roan. W. C. Cashman included’ several hundred en Benton Baker A. W. Lucas E. E. Morris = : J. P. Jackson Geo. D. Mann G._W. Allen ' ACTIVITY IN Geo. A. Welch —_J.. L. Peterson H. F. O’Hare | H, P. ‘Goddard A. R. Murray C. L. Young eg cavern te pen Ng J. P. Clinton Hi. L. Allen C. T. Staley L REGION Geo, W. Little _ 0. N. Dunham FG Gramb Andrew Person D. L. Hughes So aains | E. C. Taylor Burt Finney 1. C. Davies ROUTS ENEMY W. D. Mandigo F. A. Knowles H. W. Richholt i Chas. F. Bleckreic E. A. Dawson J. G. Cowan moranters “e GERMANS RISK “TBPPELINS IN LONDON RAIDS Night for First Time in Several Months | | London, March 13.--Three Zepp-lins | took part in last nignt’s air raid on England. One of then dropped four bombs on Hull. The other airships flew about aim- {lessly over country districts, croppmg | bombs and then proceeded back io) | sea. One woman died of shock in consequence of the raid. MANY ZEPPELIN3 LOST The Germans have sustained such j heavy losses in Zeppelins that they | Head of Committee on Public In. have employed them only at infre- ; quent intervals in the last year for jraids on England, substituting air- | planes. The last previous Zeppelin | raid on England was on Oct. 19, 1917, ; When 34 persons were killed and 56 ; wounded, On returning, the Zeppelin fleet was put to rout by the French, five of the dirigibles being brouguat | down. < BY > GOMPERS EXPRESSES SYMPATHY TO REDS Washington, D. C., Mar. 13.—Samuel Gompers, pres- |, ident of the American Fed- ! | eration of Labor, on behalf | of the American Alliance | for Labor and Democracy, today forwarded to the Rus- sian soviet congress at Mos- | | ' | to the Russian people “in their stuuggle to safeguard | freedom.” je re! | | t AMERICA PREPARING COASTS AGAINST POSSIBLE AIR-RAIDS Washington, D. C., March 13.—Active preparations for strengthening the aerial defenses of the Atlantic sea- board were begun today by the war department with the appointment of an army, board to, select sites along.the Atlantic coast"for aero Hy | NM ajor Norm Wo eae ee" __nafiied to head the board. pd balloon. companies. the signal corps was. Big Aircraft Participated Last} expeditionary troops. It | | reads: ||MaNy HAVE BEEN LOST: “Archie wounded _ by | shrapnel slightly in leg. | | i | tions. |} cow, a message of sympathy | > SPONTANEOUS ACTION TAKEN. BY CITIZENRY ,|Disapproval of Attempt to Pre- cipitate Political Fight Expressed i as |TAKE STAND FOR | RIGHT lonly One War in Which Loyal | Americans Can Be Inter: °° ested Now ; Business and professional men, |vepresenting a large majority. of lthe taxpayers and citizens wen! {on record emphatically this aft- lernoon against any recall. elec- ‘ition., Nearly 100 of them: gath- ‘ered in the old council .rooms ‘over French & Welch's store. In- idignation, was expressed on. all \sides against precipitating a. re- leall election at this. time when \all energies should be devoted to ;Red Cross. work, Liberty. ‘loan land other “win the :war” activi- ties. Practically every man present jsigned /the resolutions ‘which vigorously. denounce a recall el tion at this time and which‘.et- |dorse the administration of: the \police /and fire department .un- der Commissioner’ Bertsch. _ ° | The invitation to attend the meeting was general. ‘H.'P. God- dard, Frank Grambs and George Welch initiated: the meeting. ard: a committee called .at every’ of: fice and business house to get an expression. 4 This demonstration «should serve notice on the little group of malcontents that there is no sentiment for a. recall and. if \those instigating one persist that they will meet with the most vigorous opposition., Welch Takes Leadership. < George Welch stated, the object of the meeting saying that in a :time-of stress like this factional difterences |should be put aside and famity quar- rels forgotten. He said that no'valid Teasons for a recall , had been ad- vanced and that now was, no time-to | distract the public mind | from’ the | raver issues confronting. the com- | munity, * | H. P, Goddard was then selected j chairman and I. C, Davis. was selected as secretary. The ‘meeting was: then | thrown open for general discussion af- ter Mr. Goddard had again briéfly. stated the motive for calling the meeting. ¥ if Special Policemen. Henry Reicholt was the first one to Present a question to Mayor Lucas who was present to answer any ques- tions. He received a satisfactory answer relative to ‘he manner of paying the special policemen. It seems {a warrant for $1,300 was drawn in fa- | vor of Chris Martineson, police chief. | Tais' was. disbursed ‘by him over. a. jlong period of time for special police and that there are receipts and ‘tec- ‘ords showing where every penny: was {spent. Sr. Lucas explained that. this. {was done at the suggestion cf. the |former-c:ty auditor who did not care {to make sv many small disdarséments. | Mr. Lucas stated the events: leading |up to the recall. He’ explained: ‘that | Private picque of a: cértaia cotetie:of |men interested ¢n domtaating ‘the tire | department. stariad. the .whals’ aftait. | He said that Mr. eBrtsch ‘had. hadian ; extra expengé placed: uy:pa his. dapart- | ment because of the recent: military | encampment at Fort, Lincoln, ‘but.tha~ | for results gained the »xpeniliture had. been no greater than: past adntitistra- Chief Martineson. | || He said that while the revall bad | | Started with disccntent:over the pa- |tronage in the fire department, cer- |tain influences ware nor aimed ‘at |Chris ‘Martineson whos2> ork every- ‘one has approved who iimows the git- | uation, : Mr. Welch stated that there was no woodchuck in the meetiag but that {t | | was called to step the :aterminable |turmoil. He said it would resolt' in | driving good dusiaess men cut of ‘poli- }tics and leave the city in the. bands jof those who would serve their. own interests, : Commissioner Lucas stated the cost ‘of the recall would ue at ledst $250 |and serve no good end. | Former City Atioraey O'Hare stated jthat in his opiniva there Was ho real demand fora recali.- 345 \ At this point Louis Best was. inspir- jed to make an impassioned apreal fcr ja meter inspector. He ,startéa m ‘to jabuse the newspapers in general and | The Tribune in particular. Mr. | Grambs called him to order of " + Mr, was surchitged With

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