The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1918, Page 1

“THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy. THIRTY-! EIGHTH YEAR. NO.7 PRICE FIVE CENTa. SAMMIES WIPE OUT HUN MINE BATTERY AIRMEN WREAK GREAT DAMAGE ¢ ON GERMAN F ACTORY TOWN COBLENZ RAID KILLS 60 AND WRECKS TOWN Much Material Damage Done by! Bombs Dropped by British Airplane Squadron THOUGHT THEM AMERICAN | ! | | | Consternation Caused by Ap-| pearance of Flyers Described by Neutral Traveler if | eet cn s | London, Eng., March 19.—Fifty per-| sons were killed and great material! damage was done by bombs ‘dropped | by entente airmen when they raided | \Senate Sub-Committee Favors} tions in the state. Coblenz, Germany, on March 12, ac- cording to a neutral traveler who ar: rived Monday at the Hague, the Times says. Vhought They Were Americans. “The people belieyed the raiders; were Americans,” the traveler said. “I was in the neighborhood of big mu tion works at Mulheim (north of Cob- lenz) and also on the Rhine, at 10 minutes past noon, when suddenly all, the factory whistles started blowing | and the sirens were sounded. Many! women rushed from the works, while passing streetcars were stopped as the crews bolted into the nearby houses, | Fear American Planes. | “Presently someone exclaimed: | ‘They are Americans!’ Another per-) son screamed aloud, ‘The Amer s are coming!’ A Dutchman | knew) rushed up to me and said, ‘Didn't | tell! you the Americans would come sooner | or later?” 1 cannot say whether the machines actually were Americans ‘but the striking thing was the evi-) dence that there has been general skepticism whether American planes} would come and equal fear of them) when they do,” | The neutral traveler added that at though the machines merely passed over Mulheim on their way to ob lenz, it was not until 4 o’cloek that the “all clear” signal was sounded BAKER TAKES — ARMY APART TO. SEE ITS WORK: Secretary of War Declares He Is) Well Satisfied With Or- ganization | i | On Board Secretary Baker's Special | Train in France, ‘Sunday, March 17.—j (By the Associated Press.) —“While! we are busy at home,” said N. D.! Baker, the American secretary of war, in a talk to officers at the Ameri-| can staff school today, “with our in- dustrial preparations and training of) troops, our hearts are transplanted to| France. My visit has brought me « great uplift in spirit. As a boy takes! a watch apart to see how it is made} in order to understand the functions | of {ts parts, I have been {aking this/ army apart.” NEW ENGLAND ROUNDHOUSE IS. | LAID IN RUINS Early Morning Blaze Resulting in Thousands of Dollars Dam- age Thought Incendiary New England, N. D., March 19.— (Special.) A blaze believed to have! been incendiary in origin, completely destroyed the Milwaukee roundhouse at this point early this morning and badly damaged two engines occupy- ing the stalls there. The loss wili run into several thousand dollars. The roundhouse is in ruins, and the engines will not be fit fog service until they have been completely over-/ * hauled: The fire- was discovered about 2 o'clock this morning, The roundhouse night watchman advised a Tribune representative that he left the prop- erty at 11:15, last night, according to! his usual custom. He stated that ait-| er he had extinguished his torch and lantern no vestige of a blaze from which the fire could have been kin- dled was left in the roundhouse. The fires of the two, engines had been pulled early: Sh the evening and the clinkers hud been thoroughly drench- ed. The floor of the roundhouse is of concrete and its walls of solia stone. The blaze started near the door, and it is generally believed here that it was deliberately kindled as a part of a program of sabotage which has been carried on in this section of the state for some time past. A care-! ful investigation is being made. New England is a terminus for this| branch of the Milwaukee line. The roundhouse was built several years 480, and contained three stalls. Trat- s8oietnthis-andsofvthe rant oH phefide san sintit toveinot}Ves “dome” " USE GAS HELMETS TO FIGHT COAL BLAZE ‘Houghton, Mich., March 19—-Men wearing gas masks | fought a mysterious fire in | * a 100,000-ton coal pile of the Calumet & Hecla Co. at Dol- lar Bay today. A strong odor of gas rose from the burn- | ing coal pile and spread over the countryside for several || i . miles. FLAT BOOST OF 15 PERCENT T0 POSTALSTAFES More Pay for Postoffice Workers Everywhere Washington, D. C., March 19.—-Flat inerease of 15 per it for all employ- ces in the postal service, whethe: on annual salary or day b nil cluding those of all grade was recommended today by the ate postotfice sub-committee in re ing the annual, postofice approp tion bill. aproval by the ful Committee, but are | expected to be adopted. SALVATIONISTS OF JAMESTOWN G0 TO FRANCE es one ‘Commander and Mrs. J. M. Hale Head Delegation of Eleven War-Workers | Chicago, 11), . March 19,—Eleven Sal-} vation Army workers of whom three pare women will leave tonight for, | France to aid in the administration | of the Army's huts. hotels and restau- {rants along the west front. They; {form the third contingent of the rmy’s workers that have gone from here, and are headed by Commander and Mrs. J. M. Hale of Jamestown, iN. D. PROVISIONS MADE KNOWN (Dutch Government Wants to jor the session, guesses vary as to the| Share in Tonnage Accord- ing to Treaty The Hague, March 19.—The Dutch foreign minister, Dr. Loudon, in the second chamber today made. the fol-| lowing statement with regard to the! Anglo-American demand with respect! to Dutch shipping: “The German government, declared its inability to furnish 100,- 000 tons of wheat in two months, the Dutch government makes its consent conditional. Following are tne con- ditions: “Holland ought to be able to count on sharing the tonnage provisioning the different countries, in accordance with the draft agreement of London. Bunker coal necgssary for the trans- port of merchandise to Holland ought to be furnished to Dutch ships. allied governments ‘should guarantee that no troops or war materials will be transported on the ships, which should be unarmed; should remain free to participate in navigation, and that vessels destroyed | are eventually to be replaced by oth-| ers imediately after the war.” The minister added that the gov- ernment was unadle to get further than this. | ures is not ——— | THE WEATHER | | % For twenty-four hours ending at noon, March 19. Temperature at 7 a. m. .. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday’ Lowest yesterday Lowést last night Preciiptation Highest wind velocity + Forecast. For ‘North Dakota: tonight and Wednesday; somewhat cooler northeast portion tonight. Lowest Fargo .. Williston. St. Paul Winnipeg . Helena . Chicago .. Ki spydtt ‘Current, . 907 NBBARS CHEN sill ai) er 1 ORIS Mio roma Aberdeen) )S 018 feN10 Hi alt SOR Wino anoint” Pes wopaanit ee i ny Meteorologist: i eet sgt ofl * SOUTH DAKOTA | i | n-| having; The; that the crews! 2|mit fishing and hunting for longer 33) similar to the one now Partly cloudy > Temperatures - | 4 LEGISLATURE \First. Extraordinary Assembly in History of State Began Yesterday ‘TO DUPLICATE OUR SPECIAL |Matters to Come Up Generally me as Those Recently Considered Here Pierre, 8. D., March 19.—The South Dakota Legislature met today in spe | cial session to enact emergency legis: lution designed -to meet war condi: Chief among the H | subjects to be considered are ratifica {tion of the federal prohibition amend iment, extension of the state’s police | power to cope with pro-German activ | ities, appropriations to meet increased | expenditures of state institutions and | entranchisement of South Dakota sol diers in France, Prohibition advocates predict that | the ratification of the program, in ltact, provably will be complete in a | week or ten days, ! Seven Bills Reported, | -At the house meeting tonight sev jen bills were reported by their respec | | tive committe and given first anc} ; Second readings. One joint resolution ly Representative Swanson of Brow: ‘county also was given two readings, cae bills x for an appropriation $14,300 for repairs to Aberdeert nor. a hool, $5,000 additional expeise for Separtish normal, $3,963.60 to can ;cel warrants issued by Spearfish, $10, | !00) to purchase additional land for state schools, a pill legalizing the as | essinent by countries of funds for the | support of home guard organiaztions and donations fer war relief societies | A bill putting accident and health | insurance companies under the pres ent insurance commission laws gov. | erning-all-ather ingurances-and a-bil:; creating and legalizing a siate coun. | cil_ot defense and appropriating $20, '000 for their use in cooperation with| ‘the national council of defense in war | work, also were given readings. The Swanson resolution calls for a} vote of confidence in the national gov ernment and called for all farmers of ithe state to support the nation by sup | plying all possible food. Governor Peter Norbeck called the session following agitation all over the state, which seemed to start from no where all at once and to have the | full support of practically every news: ; | paper in the state. | The legislature, according to Gov. | ernor Norbec to consider bills of ywital importance to the state. Two f the expected measures deal with the state's military forces, and the rest are the outcome of conditions be ought about by the war, No Time Limit. there is nd time limit set! 1 While [length of the meeting. The governor | has indicated indirectly that he thinks; ; the needed laws should be passed in little more than a week. Legislative “dopesters,” however, on some hands, | refuse to agree with him, maintaining ; that, since the bills are all big ones, | | that more time must be taken for i their ‘consideration, and refuse, they ; say, to be “railroaded” through the work, At least five bills are already pre- pared, or atleast will be ready for Presentation at the opening tomor- row. These measures are set forth in the executives official call as legis- lation of vital importance, The bills are for the readjustment of the state twine plant; help for the exhausted fuel funds at state institutions; fran- chise aid for soldiers serving the country and state tbroad; legal auth- ority for the state council of defense and state home guard corps and con- sideration of the federal prohibition amendment. Not Less Than Two Weeks. These five bills alone, according to some of the legislators arriving here} ahead of the session, will demand at i least a day’s time in each house, and will make adjournment in less than two weeks hard. Just what treatment will be accord- ed to the expected additional meas- known. As yet no an- nouncement has been authoritively made of any other legislation, but there are rumors of several other mo- | tions to be proposed, among them be- jing a change in the game laws to per- | i | periods as an aid to the food conserva tion move and one for state . labor in ‘force in | Maryland. There is also considerable talk of a (Continued on Page Three.) | AMERICANS BOMBARD TOWNS WITHIN LINES | With the American Army | in France, Monday, March | | 18.—(Associated Press)— | | American artillery on the | | | Toul front today bombarded | | towns within the enemy ines, Some,shells hit.in the | ‘OWN o and, stnetain IS IN SESSION ‘AMERICA MUST 130,060 tons, a reduction of about }cuits and of pastry, has been com-; ; een imposed on hotels and restau- » | 18 HUN MACHINES DESTROYED IN AIR FIGHT WITH BRITISH London, , Eng,, March 19. | —EKighteen' German ma- | chines were destroyed, eight were driven down out | ' of control, and an observa- | | tion balloon was destroyed | | by British aviators in the | | air fighting Sunday, accord- | | ing to an official statement | | dealing with aerial activi- | on the western front. | | | | i | REDUCEWHEAT CONSUMPTION | | | His Country Will Demand = | More Cereals of Us | ARE TAUGHT TO 8S JFFER | a | United States Must-Learn Some; of Deprivations Now Com- mon in Europe Baltimore, ‘March 19.—America must do more toward reducing the domestic | consumption of cereals and increasing exports of that food to France, de-) slared Andre Tardieu, French high | issioner to the United States, in: s he’ delivered here | t | aight hefore the Southern Commercial | songress. “You must do it because it is a case Jand just ALLIES IGNORE GERMAN MADE PEACE TREATY | Decline to Recognize Policy of: Plunder Forced Upon Rus- sian People THE FIGHT WILL GO ON Continuing Battle for Right and Justice (By Associated Press.) German made peace treaties forced on Russia and Roumania will not be) recognized by the entente allied pow- é cided at a session in London. he declaration is voiced that the al- ' lied powers are “fighting and mean to} continue fighting” to put an end to this aggression. A Political Crime. The treaty with Russia is called a} political crime in the statement issued by the council and Germany's attitude toward Russia at present is declared to be tantamount to annexation, Ger-; j many is described as a “destroyer of | {national independe and the impla- | ‘able enemy of the rights of man. | In persisting in the fight for right} the statement says the | peoples of the allied nations may their trust in the armies now the central powers. The conference} was attended by Premiers of Great! Britain, France and Italy. The United; States was represented by (eneral’ | Bliss and Vice Admiral Sims. Hypocrisy Charged. Charging the allied powers with hy-! | ntente Announces Intention of | , the supreme war council has Cal The | French High Commissioner Says| et, of plunder is denounced and | VO KILLED AND 33. HURT WHEN HANGAR COLLAPSES Miami, Fla, . Mareh 19.— Two men were killed and 33 others injured today in the collapse of an unfinished hangar at the Dinnerhey naval air station, five miles south of here, during a | storm. | 1 | | | | + | HUNS INVITE NEWS MEN T0 Invitation Extended by Heads of | German Army to Neutral\, Correspondents | London, M: The heads of number of neutral correspondents to | be present at the German offensive jon the western front, the Exchange | Telegraph correspondents at Copen- hagen reports. ‘The correspondents, it is stated, will leave for the front on Wednesday. NONPARTISANS CONFER WITH CHIEF TOWNLEY xt necessity, because it must be done,” | pocrisy and declaring he does not| President of National Organiza- : wsserted M. ‘Tardieu. “For these last | -hree months the shipments of cereals ; .rom America.to Europe have heen | shori avout onethird of the supply | recognized as indispensavle to strictly | compromised nekds, | Summing up some of the economics | of food practiced in France and to| mphasize hb est for more food | from Ameri 1, ‘Tardieu said: “You are aware that the French na- | tion has always lived mostly on wnear bread. Our pre-war consumption was 700,0v0 tons per month. Our present’ ; consumption has been now reduced to per cent. “Of course it was impossible to re duce to any great extent the bread ra-! vion of the soldier. That ration, ; which amounted in the first years ot} he war vo about 25 cunces, hi heen| vrogressively cut down to a little over; =l ounces, “But, on the other hand, as regacds| the civilian ,opulatida, we had to es-/ tablish the individual bread-card, al | lowing only about 10 ounces per day, | which means che average consump- dion of the rench peasant or work: men before the war. “Feeding of horses and cattle on ce-* reals which could be used for the mak-! ing of bread has been prohivited. This} resulted in a decrease of 50 per cent in the number of horses in France and in an important reduction of our cattle. “We have radically suppressed, on -he other hand, all flour consuming in- lustries. The manufacturing of bis- { elely abolished, Strict rules have; rants namely: fancy bread. Why ‘No Meatless Days. “I have heard that some Americans, who were in France, a few weeks 20. | have been wondering why we have ee kept the meatless days. “This suppression of meatless days| resulted from the lack of cereals for the cattle feeding, which involved the| killing of cattle, and the killing of cat- dle was meant, on the other hand, to! oring about a reduction in the human consumption of these same sereals. 1 may. be allowed to add that, of late,| my good friend Mr. Hoover, insisted chat, as far as possible, we ought to try to substitute the meat consump-! tion for the consumption of cereals. | “We have reduced our sugar. con-| umption by 49 per cent; our rice consumption by 6L per-cent our i;m-! ports of fried vegetables have been reduced 52 per cent; of oils and fats; by 48 per cent. “The people who have imposed such | sacrifices on themselves are a people} who have kept fighting for almost} four years—a people who have moo- | ilized ,7600,000 men from a population | which, excluding the invaded teritor- | ies, does not exceed 35,000,000 inhabit- ants, a people whose women and chil- dren have taken the burden of indus-| crial and agricultural work left by the} men who joined the army, a people! whose army lost over a million men in killed, over a million men in maimed —a people whose army, nevertheless, is still holding, with an unconquerable steadfastness, over two-thirds of the! western front. | “Within the last weeks, despite the restrictive measures 1 have stated. there have been in France agricul- tural districts which had for days, to put up with a complete, absolute de- privatio nof breadwhich could not go, on., without; endangering the 'physi- cal,and,maralheailth-of the nation.’ hnotl Am amare of what) youchi ve |d absolute suppression of | ="TeGontinvedion PagePhres) ‘cerning the treaty with R HUGHES CASE t| dismi: ;Little Form Wrapped in Old: wish to discuss their opinions, con-} ja, Chan-} cellor Von Hertling has informed the; reichstag that Courland and pichunie | are united 10 Germany politically, eco-| nomically, and militarily. - In his prev- \fous speech in the reichstag the chan cellor had said that Courland and | Lithunia would have autonomy. GOES HIGHER .- sistant Attorney General Cox Loses Out in Effort to Block Appeal supremo court| The North Dakota i has denied a motion from Assistant Attorney General K. B. Cox for the jal of the appeal of the Hughes Electric Co, from a decision of Judge uessle in the Burleigh county dis tt holding that the corporation must open ils books for inspection by the state tax commission. Attorney Cox moved for a dismissal of the ap- peal onthe grounds that the com- pany did not take advantage of its opportunity for appeal within the time specified. The supreme court has given the appellant until April 5 to file its briefs, and the appeal will be argued April 15. The Hughes Electric Co. is the first corporation in North Dakota to resist the tax commission's probing, and much hinges on the court’s ultimate construction of the statute’s conferring inquisitorial pow- ers on the tax commission. MILITARY HONORS FOR SAMMY'S SON Glory for Shroud Full military honors were accorded | little Leonard. eFnton Haas, 11-! months-old son of Private M. W. Haas, 164th infantry, 41st division American expeditionary forces, whose funeral was held from the home of his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Grove. 409 Fifth street, this afternoon. Lit-| tle Leonard was born April 10, 1917, four days following America’s en-| trance in the world's war. A few days following his birth, his father was called for service with Co, A, with which he has since remained on con- stant duty. The little casket this af- ternoon was draped with the American colors, which were buried with the baby, and a guard of honor from the Bismarck home guard, in uniform and| carrying guns with fixed bayonets, escorted the tiny body to its final) resting place in St. Mary’s cemetery. * WILSON SETS CLOCKS ONE HOUR AHEAD | Washington, D. C., March | 19.—The daylight saving | | bill was signed today by | President Wilson. It puts | all clocks forward an hour {con the last'Sunday in ee | | canetthing thent back Sa |were to discuss with A, C. meeting in | tion Consulted as to Min- nesota State Ticket \CHOICE FOR GOVERNORSHIP Little Falls Man Said to Be Fay-' ored for Republican Nomi- nation, Vice Burnstad - Paul, Minn., March 19 —Nonpar-| tison leaguers gathered here in a “cau- cus” resumed their work today in a conference in which the 50 delegates ‘Townley, president of the National organization, the availability of the candidates. J.a- ter in the it was expected the ticket would be endorsed at a mass which labor representa- as well as farmers would take p labor is to have the privilege of naming some of the candidates. Though information as to the prob-| able state ticket has been withheld, some of the delegates have expressed | the opinion that Charles H. 1inder-j berger of Little Falls would he the/ league candidate for governor in the republican primaries. GREAT MOVING PICTURE: WILL BE SHOWN HERE Burleigh County Red Cross! Chapter to Present “Hu- manity’s Appeal” “Humanity’s Appeal,” a moving Bie ture portraying life as it is today inj the stricken districts of Europe, will! be shown by the Burleigh ning. The picture is particularly ap-j propriate at the present time. when Bismarck is making a drive for cloth- ers who have been driver out of | their homes in these beleaguered re-| shelterless and all but/ sions, left naked by the ruthless Hun. At each exhibition an address on the work of the Red Cross in general | zelle, Bismarck Four Minute Man. } County Chairman of the Women's Lib. erty Loan Committees for the Bis-; marck district, émbracing nineteen | counties, will assemble here tomor-} row, and it is expected that all of these visitors will see the Red Cross pictures. |CONFIRMATION OF HOLLAND'S ACTS. LACKING) No Official Notice of Nether- lands’ Acceptance of Allied Terms to Date London, ‘arch 19.—No_ confirma-| tion sahinv been received through the | Britis minister at the Hague or the Great Britain, it is learned, has sen a fresh notification ‘to the Hague. In this it is said’ that, failing unequivocal acceptance of!/thdie (terms, the allies | the last Sunday in’Octob na aes OO must proceed immediately to requisi- tion the vessels. > “POSITION IN SEE BATTLES county | | chapter of the Red Cross at the tw local picture houses Wednesday eve | | ing and other supplies for the suifer- | will be delivered by Rev. George Buz- | LUNEVILLE I$ ANNIHILATED |American Patrol Takes Great Risks in Locating Mine- Throwers ij IRISH OBSERVE BIG DAY | iOnly Regret on St. Patrick’s An- | niversary Was Lack of | Fight With Huns With the American Army in France, ; Monday, March 18,—(By The Agso- jciated Press)—It is now permissible to announce that American artillery jin the Luneville sector has located }and blown up a battery of mine-throw- ; ers, one of which several days ago ob- tained a direct hit on a dugout in which there were a number of Ameri- |can soldiers, most of them of Irish | descent. The battery has been causing a great deal of trouble for several days, jand the Americans were determined jto put it out of action. It was lo- {cated after considerable trouble, and the anjillery concentrated high ex- | polsives on it. i Patrol Spies Out Land. Apatrol of 24 men half Americans and half French, last night went into the German lines from an isolated ; portion of the sector. It completed | its mission of reconnoisance, bringing back the desired information. The patrol had a short skirmish | but obtained no prisoners. Irishmen Celebrate. Yeterday—-St. Patrick's Day—Irish- ; men of a certain regiment, serving in ithe Luneville sector, held an appro- | priate celebration. The men had en- ‘ tertained hopes that something would develop which would enable thém to \lay low or capture some Germans by way of celebration but nothing out of the ordinary happened. An American- patrot between Ren- niers wood and Jury wood encount- | ered an enemy patrol early. today, For an hour and a half-the American pa- | trol tried to make some of the enemy prisoners, but without result, although ja number of fights with pistols and | rifles occurred as the Germans retired | jumping from tree to tree. Anumber ;of American snipers made a number | of shots today and Germans were seen to fall. | Wires Tapped Again. The American telephone Wires with- in the America nlines were tapped again during the night not far from where the patrol encounter occurred, The enemy fired a number of gas shells at our lines. The weather last night and today was well suited for aerial work and |much was accomplished. “American | anti air craft guns drove off at least six enemy aeroplanes while others | crossed the lines at such heights that they were out of rage: Planes Cross to German Zone. | Last night airplanes from the rear of the enemy lines crossed over to ithe German zones, Soon after many explosions and flashes were heard and ; seen in the diréction of Metz. | American planes discovered during {the night that thé Germans are strengthening their second lines. It , is known that the first lines in many | places virtually have been adandoned. It is known the accuracy of. the :Ameri- }can artillery fire has had something |to do with this. BOOTLEGGING LAW ATTACKED \Jamestown Man Questions Con- stitutionality of Act in Supreme Court The constitutionality of the North. Dakota boot-legging statute of 1915 is tested for the first time ‘in a ha- beas corpus proceeding argued in *su- breme court ‘Monday, when Attorney John A, Jorgenson of Jamestown de- manded a writ for the release of. his client, Herb Germaine, ‘arested some time ago on a bootlegging charge and |now heid in the Stutsman county jail. | Jorgenson contended that the act is | unconstitutional. in ,that ‘it holds the | agent, who simply makes the purchase from one party for another party, -in- | stead of attacking the principal, the |man who sells. the liquor: or the one | who buys it. The supreme court's de- ; cision will affect. many actions now | pending in various parts of the state jand is awaited with an unusual de- | gree of interest. ‘NORTH DAKOTA. | RANKS LOW. IN STAMP. SALES Washington, March 19.—"Missourl, | \ + Dutch minister here of ‘Holland’s re-{ with a total of $9,015,850; leads in the ported acceptance of the allied terms|countr yin the salue of war ‘sa respecting th euse of Dutch shipping,| stamps, according to the first.detailed statement of, the campaign tesuediey te, vatinpals war rane oem el e and Ki: Pa ey Missouri; and: Kansas: order nai scriptions. North Sodas 96;. Minnesota. Sor oat