The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 18, 1918, Page 1

HE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR oo THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 75. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, pees MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS, KAISER wiLl NOT BELIEVE SPY _ I$ STATIONED BEHIND LINES| Sammy Discovers Signals Being Sent From House Back of American Position INTER ENEMY TRENCHES Valuable Information and New Model of Rifle Protection Brought Back With the American Army in France, Sunday, March Press) — American, intelligence offi- cers report evidence leading to the conclusion that possibly a spy may be within the American lines north- west of Toul. Early today an Ameri- can sentry saw flashes of a signal light from a window facing in the di- rection of the enemy lines, He fired through the window and dashed into the house, but failed to find anyone. Four hours earlier, important tele- phone wires within the American lines were found to have been cut. In. Enemy Trenches, An American patrol last night en- tered the enemy trenches at one end of the sector, and penetrated them for. some distance without difficulty, Much valuable information, .was. gathered, A's they were adout ready to return, they came in contact with the enemy, ‘ who opened fire with machine guns. The Americans jumped to a safe po- sition and hurled grenades at the en- emy gunners, silencing the guns. Returning to the American side of No ‘Man's: Land, the raiders brought back. with them a German rifle breach, protected by a metallic cover over the muzzle and.a snap clip cover, both of which operate quickly and ef- ficiently. Officers declared it was the best thing of the kind they had ever seen for protecting rifles. The mech- anism was turned over to the intelli gence ‘department with the recom mendation that the attachment be furnished American troops. FRAZIER HAS PASSED BUCK TO ADJUTANT Now Up to General Fraser ‘to Work Out Salvation of North Dakota Home Guard TO BECOME STATE MILITIA The no light task of doping out an effective legal organyation for the North Dakota home guard, which will bring units now organized under the state militia regulations without ef- fecting their usefulness or depleting their ranks through the necessary enforcement of rigid military stand- ards, is. now up to Adjutant General H. Angus Fraser., Governor Frazier passed the buck Saturday night in the follinwing proclamation: “In order to promote military train- ing, to provide military protection for the state, to unite uader proper mili- tary authority, and to give legal standing to the home guard compan- jes: now voluntarily organized, to give the greatest possible assistance to our federal government and to all patri- otic. organizations, for the benefit of our soldiers at me front, and to be of. the great ice to our nation, “It is her eas pro¢laimed that an active militia shall be organized by the ‘adjutant general; for military duty within and pursuant: to the laws of the staté’ of North Dakota, not in conflict..with the rules and -regula- tions: of the United Statey govern- ment, and that all home guard com- panies and other military organiza- ‘tions now existing in this state shall become a’ part of the active militia by ‘nmiaking application to.the adjut- General within 30 days from date, : and. by complying with the rules and regulations of the state military de- partment and the constitution of the laws of this state. “Given under my hand and the great seal of the state of North Da- “kota, this 16th day of March, A. D. 1918. “LYNN J. FRAZIER, “Governor. “By the Governor, “THOMAS HALL, . “Secretary of State.” APPLE CREEK SCHOOL HELPS THE RED CROSS Mrs. Edith T. Conklin, secretary of the Burleigh county chapter of the Red Cross, today gratefully acknowl- edged the receipt of a check for $18 from Miss B,.Tennison, reported to J. L. Bell, chapter treasurer, as the proceeds from a basket picnic given by the pupils of Apple Creek School District No, 1, the evening of Febru- ary 21. Mrs. Conklin complimented (Miss Tennison afd her pupils on the patriotism and enterprise which they displayed and'@xpressed ‘the apprecia- =O YOW (OP fel BAL peel See Lol) for the ube support gtved ité work. 17.—(By Associated t * GERMANY TO PROCEED TO PROCEED + GERMANY TO PROCEED | AGAINST AMERICAN | PROPERTY HELD THERE London, March 18.—The Spanish and Swiss ambassa- dors at Berlin have been di- rected by the German for- eign office to notify the American government that Germany will proceed with measures against American property in Germany in the same proportion that action is taken against German property in the United States, Reuter’s Amsterdam correspondent reports. | —n ik BALANCE IN OUR FAVOR Washington, D. C., March | 18.—There | is a hundred i | the U. S. as there is Ameri- | according to estimates pre- | sented recently to a senate | committee by A. M. Palmer, | alien property custodian. The greater part of Amer- | ican property in Germany is | represented in Standard Oil | company interests. BATTLES FOR HIGHER WHEAT IS ON AGAIN Gore Would Have Price of $2.50 Per Bushel Based on No. 2 at Primary Market. Washingion, D. C., March 18.—Senators from western agricultural states today re- newed their pressure for , government guaranteed wheat prices. - When the senate resumed debate today on Senator Gére’s proposal ‘for a guar- antee ‘of $2:50 per bushel, based on No. 2 instead of No. 1, and effective at local elevators instead of at pri- mary markets, Senator Cur- tis of Kansas presented let- ters and petitions from farmers and agricultural or- ganizations stating that wheat is being raised at a loss at present prices. - Senators Sterling of South Dakota, McCumber of North Dakota, and Norris of Ne- braska, favored favored FRANK WILDER SUCCEEDED BY MAURICE DUFFY Grand Forks Man New Deputy to Secretary of State Thomas Hall Maurice Duffy of Grand: Forks, form. | er assistant postmaster there, suc-| ceeds Frank Wilder as deputy in the office of Secretary of State Thomas Hall, My. Wilder concluded several years’ service in the secretary of| state’s office Saturday night. For a major portion of. the time he was en- gaged as corporation clerk. He .suc- ceeded John Andrews as deputy about a year ago. The new deputy secre‘ary of state igs a graduate of the University of;| Norta Dak?.s, where he wis a mem | ber of Chief. Justice Andrew A. Bruce's: and Associate Justice Luther E. Birdzell’s classes, He is a mem- ommendéd from former professurs and from a large congregation of friends at ‘Grand Forks. ‘Mr. Duffy will enter upon his new duties immed- iately, and will move his family to Bismarck as. soon as he can find a dwelling for them. Mr, Wilder has not announced his plans for the fu: ture. NO GERMAN CLASSES IN WHEATON TODAY ‘Wheaton, Minn., March 18.—There will be no German classes held in the school house here today. All of the German books used in these classes were taken from the building last night and a bonfire made of them by unknown persons. The persons re- sponsible left’ a placard on the door, reading To hell mit der kaiser.” | DEMOBILIZING OLD LANDSTRUM LEVIES i Amsterdam, Sunday, ‘March 17.— | A Vienna dispatch to the Voss- with the Austrian forces, consist- {ing of men born in 1867, 1868, and i 1869, will begin immediately, and [willbe completed by May, mail | ber and December, tespectivel, | | 414 eo ab times as much property in | | can property in Germany, | | | | the death of 16 persons and the in- {not yet been definitely determined, ische Zeitung of Berlin says that | | demobilization of three” of the | | oldest ‘Landstrum levies, serving | 1,000 LEFT HOMELESS BY | | | | | Caps Ignites Grenades in French Factory AMERICANS TO RESCUE|+ o— INCREASED. RATES FOUND JUSTIFIE: Washington, D. C., March 18—Proposed increased pro- | portional rates for transpor- k XPLOSIONS| | tation of grain products | from Minneapolis and St. —— | Paul to’ Chicago and Milwau- Dropping of Box of ‘Percussion [boots torts. east bs kee forwarded by found justified today in tentative report by an inte i state commerce commission examiner, D a Y- i $$ |Red Cross and Army Ambulances Among First on Scene— Nurses Are Busy Paris, Friday, March 15.—Nearly | 1,000 persons are shelterless as the result of damage done to their homes | by two violent explosions, which oc- urred today in a factory at La Cour- neuve, north of Parims, which caused | jury of a large number, most of whom | are. only slightly injured, however. | The cause of the explosions has but survivors declared the accident was due to a man dropping a box of percussion fuses which set off a box | of grenades. Americans First on Scene American sted Cross and army am, bulances were among the first on the} scene, and a large fleet of ambulances kept at the American hospital at Neuilly for emergency purposes start- ed for the scene within a few minu- tes after the explosion, with two men on each car. Officials of the hospital staff supervised the removal of the injured. A number of the wounded were carried away on American trucks and| American nurses. approached to’ with- in a few hundred yards of. the burn- ing buildings and carried the injured, across fields to vehicles awaiting to! th remove them to hospitals in Paris} jal er the AOGEPTANGE OF GERMAN PEACE TS DENOUNCED Russian Ambassador to United) States Sees Existence of Country Threatened |STILL WITH THE ALLIES} Boris Bakmeteff Says He Will Continue. to Advocate C operation With Entente Washington, D.°C., March 18.— sia's acceptance of the German peace | ; |terms was denounced here today by|, Boris Kakhmeteff, dassador, the Russian who last November ly repudiated the Bolsheviki nment. The conditions impos ie ambassador dec: The embassy, he said, wi form d by Germany | threatens | | ; the existence and independence of the | ‘country. 1continue to advocate cooperation with e allies in the war on Germany. 0- Rus am | gov-| ould and the suburbs. * | i THE WEATHER STATE COUNCIL | OF DEFENSE IN | | FAVOR OF FUND Body Strongly Endorses. Cam- paign of Salvation Army for Work in Battlefields Hi The following endorsement. of the Salvation Army’s war funds campaign has been issued by the North vakota state council of defense: Lismarck, ... D. March 16, 1918. Colonel! Stephen Marshall, Provincial Officer, The Salvation Army, Minneapolis, Minn. Dear Sir:—It has been my privilege during. the last 25 years to observe the work and development of the Sal- vation Army. I am very glad to say that I consider it a privilege to be noon, Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at hoon ‘Lowest yesterday® . ‘Lowest last night \Precipitation . ‘Highest wind velocity fresh southwest win twenty: -four. hours endin; March 18, For | ighest yesterday Forecast. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday; Lowest ‘ Temperatures, Fargo ... 3e Williston . 3 St. Peul . 36 Winnipeg 34 Helena '. » 46 Chicago 40 Swift Current Kansas City . ORRIS W. Meteorologist. ROBERTS, fz at able to recommend to the people of ¢ North Dakota and the United Etates, | | this wonderful organization for good. | , I am sure that trey will receive the | | hearty support of all patriotic and loy- | al citizens wherever it is made known that they are making a drive to raise money to maintain their huts for the benefit of our army over there.” Wishing you every success in your patriotic and religious work, I beg to remain, Your's very truly, THOMAS ALLEN BOX, Sec'y North Dakota Council of ‘De- fense. | | | | 3 Four Sammies of a machine man on the left The two men.in the center are operating the gun, $@ighting! arid-fiving. ‘The man'on the righ who is writing-out: the report for superior officers, | TROTZKY NOW H EADS His OWN COMMUNE | Washington Ambassador F of Russia, had placed himself the head of a commune at Peti grad. The ambassador referr to the name for the Bolsheviki in Pet grad. Trotzky is now known as t commissary of the commune. C., March 18. 'rancis today con- | firmed press dispatches that Leon | Trotzky, former foreign minister communists as anew | at r0- ed | ro- | he | | gun squad ina el AMERICAN MACHINE GUNNERS FIGHTING IN FRONT TRENCHES first line trench on the American front in France. one feeding in the cartridge holder and the other t is observing the effect of the shots andyi | forces against the 1 rench positions at | have accounted for twenty-three more TRIKE FIRST BLO GERMANY WILL NOT TAKE OFFENSIVE ON HUNS ENGAGED BY FRENCH IN BRISK ACTION |Heavy Fighting wtih “Hepevied on Both Sides of the Meuse in Verdun Sector RUSS ADVANCE CONTINUES Huns Pushing Northward From Black Sea Toward Kherson, Commercial Center (BY ASOCIATED PRESS) French and German troops have Deen engaged in heavy fighting on both sides of the Meuse in the Verdun sector. West of the river, the French have gained the enemy positions on a front of about 1,460 yards to.a depth of 800 yards while east of the river the Germans were unsuccessful in a strong attack on a six-mile front. On Sunday the Germans sent heavy Samogneux, north of the Bois-de-Caur- ‘They entered the French line at points. Violent French artil- lery e inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers and they were unable to hold on to positions they gained. The front east of the Meuse has been the scene of much artillery fire during he last month. The French success west of the river was made at the Mallancourt, west of Lead Man hill, Tue french late Friday penetrated German trench- es at-the Cheppy wood, on a front of 0 meters to a depth of 330 meters. “rench returned with 80 prisoners and seven machine guns. Huns Give Up Raids. Raiding activity on the British front! died down somewhat and the Germans for the moment at least have given up their strong raids on the Ypres- Arras line. The artillery fire here and. in the Cambrai area is intense. British airmen persist in their’ bomb- ing raids against military targets and German machines, On the American sectors at Toul and Luneville, there has been no; change in the situation. American pa- trol parties are still visiting the en- emy lines and returning with valu- able information, On the Toul front, the American artillery fire has been heavy, the gunners shelling ‘billets, | troops, and works over an area ap- proximately six miles wide and two miles deep. Kast of Luneville, also, the artillery ‘bombardment has been heavy. Continue Russian Advance. Having occupied Odessa and Niko- layev, important naval and grain ports, the Germans in southern Rus- sia continue their advance north- ward from the Black sea toward Kher- son, an important commercial center! and capital of the province of the} same name, The Bolsheviki leaders although they urged and obtained ratification of the German peace treat yare said to have little hope that the treaty will bring peace and are calling on the local Soviets to form military organ-| izations with which to combat the Germans should their invasion .con- tinue further into the heart of Kus- sia. | AMERICANS ALONG | CHEMIN DES DAMES ARE GENUINE YANKS Y AMERICANS ALONG] With the American Army | | in France, March 17.—(By | | Associated Press) — The : American troops who have been in action along the | Chemin Des Dames are of a | division composed exclusive- 4 ly of New ‘England states. JIN MANAHAN FOR SENATOR LEAGUE PLAN Reported at St. Paul Former Congressman Will Be Nonparty Choice St. Paul, Minn., March 18. —The public was barred from the opening session to- day of the State Nonparti- san league “caucus” but the following sessions, it was announced, would be open. Endorsement for candidates for various state offices is to be the principal business. Representatives of labor bodies, as well as the farm- ers are to have places on the ticket, which, it is said, may be headed by Charles A. Lindbergh of Little Falls, © Henry Holmes, Big Lake, or Victor Power of Hibbing, for governor, and James Manahan for United States senator. BROKEN HEADS THE RULE IN Shillallahs Flew Merrily in Bat- tle With Sinn Feiners on St. Patrick’s Day MEETING WAS BROKEN UP Belfast, March 18.—In the rioting between a mob of Sinn Feiners and the police in the nationalist quarter of Belfast early Sunday, hurley sticks, clubs and stones were the chief wea- pons, but some revolver shots were heard. The trouble lasted trom mid night until 4 a. m, and many persons were sent to hospitals. The Sinn Feiners had announced they would hold a meeting in ‘St. Mary's hall, a nationalist gathering place, but the authorities closed the hall. Saturday Sinn Feiners were brought in from different parts of the country to begin imprisonment in the Belfast jail. Many sympathizers came : along. NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE Traveling Libraries A large selection of new literature has been made available for patrons of the ‘North Dakota public Mbrary {| commission's travding libraries through recent purchases, advises Mrs. Minnie Clarke Budlong ,the sec- retary. ‘She suggests that communi- ties desiring to benefit from these new books make application at once. CAPITOL MAN DRAFTED Homer Ganz of Auditor’s Office Receives Call ‘Homer Ganz of Granville, for sever- al months past bookkeeper in the of- fices of the state auditor, was notified today that he has been called among 79 men who constitute McHenry coun- ty’s deferred quota on the first draft. He is directed to report within five |days at Granville. &. > | | SUPREME COURT UPHOLOS | 1} WHITE EARTH DROUTH. | ! TRegae | | Washington, D. C., March 17.— | Federal court decrees holding that | railroads cannot be compelled to | | White ‘Earth Indian reservation, | and in which the government has | | | been barring liquor sales on the | \ | court, Dismissal of a suit brought | by the John Gund Brewing Co. to | | compel the Great Northern rail- | is, telling, the ry». ode tteledt no term |uread to transmit. shipments of beer | | jywere. sustained, raG BELFAST TOWN Current Reading for Patrons of | | accept beer shipments into a large | | | area of Minnesota, formerly the | j | ground that it is “Indian country,” | | | were upheld today by the supreme | | aE: WESTERN FRONT IS BELIEF OF BAKER TEUTONS NOT ANXIOUS 10 FORCE ISSUE Trenches Filled to Overflowing With Troops, But No Ac- tion in Evidence HUNS ASSUME DEFENSIVE Concentration of Forces Thought Made With View of Repuls- ing Entente Attack Washington, ‘D. C,, March 18.—Ger- many's threat of a great spring of- fensive on the western front, no long- er impresses American military men. In its weekly review today, the war department records the conclusion that the enemy, in spite of his vast preparations, will not take. the offens- ive unless forced into it. This con- firms the opinion many officers have expressed for weeks in the face of: official forecast to the contrary from voth sides of the Atlantic. “While hostile preparationa for an offensive in the west are not slack- ening,” the review says, “it is. be soming more evident that the enemy will launch the offensive. only if com- pelled to do so by. the exigencies of the general strategic situation.” Fresh German Division. The nature of the information upon | which the opinion is based, is, not dis- | closed. It is noted that. fresh Ger- man divisions have arrived on the western front, and the. German lines are reported to be approaching the point of density beyond which it would be impossible to go without choking communication lines and hampering free. movement of reserves. Appar- ently, however, this concentration has come to be regarded as. a defensive, not an offensive movement. ‘Much of the statement is,devoted to the activities of American, troops: now | engaged on five separate fronts, one of the. sectors lying. close to the Swiss border. .The official Communique, however, adds nothing to:récently pub- lished press reports of the raids, and trench’ fighting in which the Ameri- cans: have been involved. REFUGEE SERVICE STATION OPENED IN STATE ARMORY People Invited to Donate Cloth- ing to Sufferers of France and Belgium “Refugee headquarters” were open- ed at the state armory Monday morn- ing by Corporals ‘Bergeson and Allen ; of the Bismarck home guard, who are acting as quartermasters for the Bur- leigh county Red Cross chapter in the receipt of worn and cast-off clothing and other supplies for the relief of French and Belgian refugees driven ont of territory now occupied by the Huns and who are devoid of clothing of all kinds. Corporals Allen and Bergeson will maintain their offices in the armory throughout the week of the drive. People who find it con- venient are requested to deliver their contributions to the officers there. If they find this course impossible, a mail or telephonic notification of. the men in charge will bring a home guardsman to their doors at any hour specified. The drive now on is regarded by the Red Cross as fully as important as any other campaign the organiza- tion’ has made. There is real destt- tution and suffering among thousands of French and Belgian men, women and children, driven. from their homes, robbed of. all their valuables, deprived..even..of. decent. clothing. They need everything in the way, of wearing apparel, hats, Coats, ‘shoes, shirts, waists, things for the baby; little children’s dresses, | Inasmuch as spring housecleaning time is al- most at hand, Bismarck householders are urged to anticipate the annual raid on their attics and deliver over now the year’s accumulation which usually goes to the old clothes man or to the junk heap. It is desired that articles turned in be in a clean and sanitary condition and that they be sufficiently serviceable to warrant their being carried across the Atlan- tic. DISTRICT DRAFT BOARD COMPLETED GRIND LAST NIGHT a The district draft boatd, which had been in continuous session from the date of the promulgation of the new draft regulations, com#leted its work Sunday evening, having classified more than 28,000 registrants and list- ing in class 1 between 7,000 8,000. men. So far as;can ‘be le@rned no other state board’ has.madeé such good progress, andthe Korth Dakota, die nict Srete mt are. patting: themselves e; hack, vroqatie Herat att 40k