The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1918, Page 2

aman Bod cH OMe saa? grew aeeeemet mney yn Two. SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918 BRITISH LINE STANDS FIRMLY EXACTING HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE FROM ATTACKING HUN HORDES: POE ADVANCE FALLS SHORT OF PROSPECT Military Experts Say Gain of Germans Far Less Than Expected AIMED TO REGAIN LOSSES | Sudden Blow Was Meant to Pe- store the Former Hinden- burg Line (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) In a battle that has rivalled in ferocity any that has preceed- ed it during three and a half years of warfare, the British, on afifty mile front, have withstood | a great German offensive in its initial stages. At some points: the British line has been bent! back, but not as much as had been expected by military ex- perts acquainted with the forces the Germans had brought up and the penvers« Upen ¢ As t 4 2 the 4 on that part of the front j west of Cambrai, where the figh ing was apparently hottest, the t- _ British line has nowhere been’ broken and Field Marshal Haig’s men have inflicted frightful cas- walties on the enemy. Berlin Claims 16,090 Prisoners As an indication of the sangui- nature of the fighting the Berlin foreign office states that 16,000.men and 200 guns hav véen captured. This may be com- pared.to the British losses in the German counter offensive of December 4, 1917, when 6,Qv0 men and 100 guns were captured. | Tue first reports of infantry tight-| ing were indicative of an attempt on the part.of the Germans to driv wedges into both sides of the Cambrai| salient, isolate the British troops fur-| ther east and regain the Hindenburg: line, from which they were drive: on November 22 patches have proved that this was, in- deed, the plan of the German general staff; The fighting on the rest of the figty mile front was but a side issue to tha terrific onslaught aimed ai Gauche wood and Lagnicourt, the south and north, bases of the salient British Withdraw Slightly There is no data upon which it is! possible to estimate the success at-j tained by the Germans to the south, but names of towns where the armies were battling on Friday show that on ‘he northern side of the salient the Germans bent the British line back about two and a half miles, It was reported that St. Ledger was -the scene of a hard struggle and that Doi- gnies had been retaken by the British. These points are about four milli- metres or 2.48 miles, back of the Brit ish lines as they stood before the at tack began. Berlin claims that the British first line positions from Arras to La Fere were cé\ptured. All Strength of Huns Used The concentration of men and ar- tillery on the British front, as shown in Official reports, demonstrates t'y! the Germans are making a determn ed effort to’smash the British front. Ferty divisions, Or about 400,900 Ten tonic troops are in the fight. The ‘otal number of cannon the Germans e employing cannot be estimated, but unofficial reports say that there pre 1,009 guns on one small sector \ustrian and Bulgarian troops ha nade their appearance on the Brit ront, Kaiser and Hindenburg Watch The attack was launched under the venta and a drive there world or the purpose of gai on a road to the pists Italy. The Germars, continuing their 2d vance in southern Russia, have c: tured the city of Ochrakey, £1 mi northeast of Odessa. The German ere also continuing their intasion fur-} ther morth. Chaotic conditions are re- ported in northern Russia, where the people are fleeing az bezt they may from the invading Tcutons. |; GERMAN‘ | |. KULTUR Louden, Mar. 22 A dispatch o the Exchange Telegraph from says the, pc, of 5 ra tl ete fin: mnie “BIG GUN FIRE UNEQUALLED IN WORLD ANNALS Concentration of | Forty Divisions at i Cambrai |DEPREC ATE CAPTURE BRAG| ‘Claim of 16,00 Prisoners by the! i Germans Believed Ex- ageration London, Mar. 23.—The news coming | | from corresijondents at the front to- | day that forty German divisions were engaged in the fighting on the front of jattack and that the greatest co} tration of artillery in the world's ; lory was operating gave the Br sh {public an idea of the tremendous | Struggle on the west front. But noth- ing in. the dispatches, either from Field Marshal Haig or from the news- paper men had prepared them for the German claim which reached London late tonight of the capture of 16,00" and 290 guns as the r 7 the first day's fighting in the new | German offensive, and the disposition at the moment is to regard the claim | fas an exaggeration Lightly Held Positions Dropped d to th correspondents. | v als, where they d out in re of the fighting t had been expected These positions en intimated that the Ger aim the capture of sev- ilages, but the di hint of their names, saying only j it was inadvisable to indicate the present British line, because onld be giving information to th nemy. Al the dispatches emphasized th heavy cost to the Germans of the da. ruggle and depict the ground, from whicR the British have with ‘drawn as being littered with German dead. NO CHANGE IN } U.S. RELATIONS Western Front Not Material NOMALY WILL REMAIN Washington, D. C., Mar, 23—Am-: erica’s attitude toward Bulgaria will not be altered, at least for the present. by operations of Bulgarian troops on the western front. Reports that Bulgarian units had ‘been brought up to the line opposing the British forces were received at the without arousing any apprehension of an immediate diplomatic change. It | was indicated that certainly until the ; troops of the Balkan'state ,regarded «against line the present anomalous situation prob. vbly would continue. Although a co-belligerent of gov- ernments at war with the central pow- ers with Bulgaria is allied, the United | States has refrained from declaring a state of war or even breaking dip- lomatic relations, fairs has caused diplomats of France, England and Italy to send to th governments long explanations, anc it is known that sug; ion from for- elgn capitals have reached Washing ton that the United States should for: mally include Bulgaria among its 7 emies. HURT SOLDIERS REACH AMERIGA Sixty-Five of 101 Wounded Are Direct From Battle- z fields. An. Atlantic Port, Mar. ingent: ot i01 sick and w ers, sixty-five of them direct from France, arrived at a base hospital i day. These sixey five members vi 118 known to have been in contact | with the Germans on the French fron arrived recently at an Atlantic port | and were sent directly to the local, Four of them are suffering from) lin one of the engagemént American patrols and German rai{d-) ing parties. None of their wounds, | however, are serious. | George H. Bishop, infantry; Floyd | | M. Clark, infantry; and Manuel San- ders, field artillery, are suffering from | gunshot wounds, and Andrew J. Hen- sley, infantry has a shell wound in | his left foot. *¢| Son Williams; colored, a member ot. a atevedore regiment, is the most ser- ye injured of the arrivals, He Jost both feet, supposedly in an coer, regunent has not been on the! 8 between as his Seip AF ipgpictitepn Arthur, menn- | hi Ske -ouemy. Artillery, and) nced. positions | spatches gave! WITHBULGARIA | Activity of Bulgarian Troops on’ state department without surprise and ; 1s Germany's tool, were actually used | held by American troops’ This state of at} vounds and were probably under fire | f Blatchford Sent | - To Panama Zone Washington, D. C., Mar. 22. —Major General Richard 5a {| Blatchford, has been detailed 1} to command the Panama can- al -department. It -was an- |’ nounced today that he already i) has left for his new post. “e IRONS G! GIVEN BACK HIS FORMER RANK | Washington, D. v adier General Jame: A. /recently commanding a_ brigade’ at Camp eene, N. C., has been reliev j ed, the war department announced to, | day following the report of a medical {board that he was physic: disqual- {ified for active service abroad, Gen- ee ch 23—Brig- lro} until feral Irons resumes his rank of Col- onel of infantry and has been assign- hed to the Forty-Ninth regiment, Another regular army officer with- from the National army is Bri- | gadier General Charles L. Phillips, who has been relieved of the com- mand of field artillery at Can)» Wads- | worth, S. ©, and ordered to Puget ; Sound to take a coast artillery com- jmand with his regular rank of colonel, | PRODUCERS OF | WHEAT BEGIN VITAL BATTLE Dakota-and Minnesota Farmers, Start “Spring Drive” to Aid in War ‘EXPECT RECORD ACRE: AGE) | Fargo, ja were successfully holding the tans back on the battle the farmers of North Dakota. linudsota rted their to help win the wa beginning to seed the largest acre- ge of wheat ever planted according | to reports received here by the Cour- ews, ‘Which indicate that — the j wheat seeding is general throughou | North-Dakota and western Minnesota. this; Accordingto agricultural experts this | goods are being licensed for import. the earliest general movement of ceding: that has ever taken place and edict that thousands of other} will be seeded in the next few days if the good weather brevails. Half Seeding to be Done in Week The weather during the last week} phas been exceptionally fine for this time of the year, according to wea-! ‘ther bureau officials, and ff another week of good weather is forthcoming | | wheat experts declare it will result | in more than half of the wheat acre- age being seeded. While most of the experts were of the opinion that the early spring seed- mg augers well for a bumper crop! this season, O. W. Roberts, of Bis- marck, director of the United States} ' weather bureau expressed fear. that | the seeding had been started a little! too early. “While an ordinary freeze might not damage wheat” he said, ‘a hard freeze would probably destroy ger. minating grain. April 10 is _ plenty: | early enough to start planting.” Reports from Devils Lake, Diekin-| son, Mott and Grafton, North Dakota, | and Crookston, Minn., all declare that{ | seeding was started today, the earlies' in history, WOULD COMBINE ‘Resolution of Loyalty Legion Favoring Concentration of Votes Wilwaukee, Wis., Mar. 22.—‘Resolu-! i ved that the chairman of this meet-' ‘ing appoint a committee of five for: the purpose of taking steps to com- bine the loyal vote of all citizens at 2, 1918, on one of al candidates for tes senatorship and that the sults of their efforts be transmitted | to all chapter resolution was adopted by a} vote at the session of the W sin loyz night. Tt wa Srane of Weyauwega, | democrat. It is not b that th introduced by Charley eved, howev olution will have any ef. situation senatorial in ndidates, J or the republican candidate, Irvin L. root, will withdraw on account of resolution. FALLS INTO A CANYON, DROWNS: Bozeman, Mont., Mar. Mar. 23.—Mrs. A. . Braten, wile of a prominent Boze- man business man was accidentally - | drowned in Bridger Canyon this after- noon, while walking in the mountains; -| for fresh air. RHEUMATIC PAINS | Quickly Eased By Penetrating Hami Wizard ou | A safe and harmless preparation | to relieve the pains of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back and Lumbago is. | Hamlin’s Wizard Oil. It penetrates quickly, drives out soreness, and | limbers up stiff aching joints and | muscles. You will find almost daily uses for | it in cases of sudden. mishaps or ac- cidents such as sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, bites ‘and stings. Just as re- liable, too, for earache, toothache, | croup and colic. Get it from druggists for 30 cents. ; If not satisfied return the bottle and get your money back. Ever constipated_or have zfice headache? Just t }-Liver ise sa lle» 8 Pas Be sents, “| . D., Mar. 23—While allied | fronts | WISC, LOYALTY the Unit ed | lty legion conference to-, a prominent | this treatment with. Anuric. - | TRADE BOARD TELLS BANNED IMPORT LISTS Luxuries and Many Food Stuffs to be Shut ‘Out to Save | Shipping LICENSED \ ALL IMPORTS + Two Articles Among the! | Eighty-’ Most Unessential Are First Named shington, D. C., Mareh 23.—The first list of imports to be prohibited | entrance into this country in an effort to conserve tonnage for prosecutio of the war. was made puslic Friday by the war trade board under author i y of President Wilsons proclamation (of Fedruary 14, which put all Importer ' | Under license. | Ry denying permits for the importa: } tiop of certain metals, food stuffs and ‘uxhries, which’ can be obtained here | jor can be ficed to the greater |} ineed of putting ships into war b ORDEREDTO ES Old Army Refuses to be Dis- men are 'b Tobisk.» 1 4? The entire western end of the Trans- Siberian railroad is congested of machinery, guns, am- Md autémobiles. All sorts of *| French War Cross {| and show the Germans ‘that the ture of the capital would be ‘useless: ds” the government is prepared to fall: || back constantly before the :Gernin> advance, resisting and slowing down | with traing munition at “Awarded American With- the American | the enemy onslaught. Army in | | iti i * material and factory equipment 2 ¢ } Move Munition Factories war material a France, Mar, 22.—(By the Assoc- | ay available rolling stock is being | were stacked’on flat cars, and gov- iated Press)—Colonel John W. | neeafor’ the, evaewation of Petrograd | ernment ‘employes, factory workers Barker, whos ‘home igiin: New, along the trans-Siberian railroad to-| and thousands of German and Aus: trian - prisoners pre bene eee unition works and’ the Shlusselburg | Omsk and other Siberian cities VMpowder factory, near Petrograd, em-] industrial | work in re-establishing the nloving from 30,009 to 40,000. work-! plants. “CASTORIA For Infants and Childrel. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always i Bears the Bignature | York state, has been awarded the | | French war cross for gallantry in | | action on the sector east of Lune- 4 ville. i . ward the Ural mountains. The Putiloft DENOBILIZE, RUSS REBEL banded by Bolsheviki Gov- ernment Order \ SHS 1) ALGOHOL-3 PER.GENT, § ANegelableTrearalion 11 | simifating theFood by, sula- ting the Stomachs a and Bowels of ARE NOT NTED! REPRE Moscow, Tuesday, Mar, 19.—(By the | ociated Press)+-The Soviet ernment is rapidly disarming and di: nding the old army and eliminating influence from public affairs. The Moscow Soviets has removed from its} Ponte m nem develno Dr res intermite. PTENTSO Ss stion Thereby Promoting Dige Cheerfulness and Rest Gantt 2021 |! neither Opium, Morphine no $, expe 4 committee all soldier rep- | OU S OTIC: ee ag aoa eats ide reing’| resentatives and similar action is tak | 8¥g;, ||, Mineral. Nor Nano 100 dead weight to the feet carrying | jy 7 place throughout Ru: as the ths Recjp af ide SAMUELPTOAR, + j men and ammunition to: Eurepe. | old-army’“is presumably a one. ee ‘ont i First List Undisputed. | tence and not entitled to representa- wee | eben | ! ight’ a articles | Hon, ve } Coes \ pase Si i | or classe tiituted only} The new’ voluntary army will sel BERS ||| | Armin, i those le concerning | ect. representatives Inthe | feee |]! pelarne | which there was little argument. Li Soviets. .The old soldic: beh og i Clarified Sugar to follow: will touch various interests | ing at many plans to sk ga ee i Wintergreen Pasar rae . more closely and will not be issu jarms and return to work. +h a {Remedy fo ‘until after consultation with the} grad three regiments decline ee A fpf Ren oe Use H trades affected, so that there will be} The — Bolsh ~35 || Gonstipe ishness a ia minimum of disorganization and tered the ne i and Fever: ¢ SLEEP | The experience 0} the wilies' bh y sold: io]! Loss 0! inlnfany. sing the system | arms and forced them to 5 | resufting therefrom! ; or ver ; city. , x ied . ‘ ‘on the importation of Explain Evacuation ite Signal ; ’ the articles listed is not absolute,even| The Petrograd Soviet has ‘for seaboard traffic, owing to certa 4 | statement saying that th r Pancesib sore | irf ears ‘cond ns of commerce, Which will} ments we: under influence: Tue Gesu fs permit importation at times without | to the revolutionary move YORK-__ hindrance to the war program. Return j lazy a ud undise'llined and isn argoes trom Europe may bring pro: | assist in guard duty, In e: hibited articles, provided they can be} of the government's ¢ ditiously and there is car- | loaded e | go space. Prohibited articles also can be imported by rail from Canada or! | Me: when originating in those! in others where sich | countries, or | Effective April 15th \ | The restrictions are not effective | | on goods shipped prior to April 15th. i United. States consuls have been in- | | structed not to issue consular invotc-; es on and after April 15th for the ar-| } ticles mentioned in the list, without | i first being furnished with the number | |of the imnort license or being given; other evidence of issuance of such! | Neenses. The obligation of fur nishing | | proof is placed on the importer. | In discussing the list, Sfficials | siressed the faet that it was ajmed at; no country, but touched “all alike | | which exported any of these articles i to America. \ 'U. 8. WARSHIP | CAPTURES BOAT _ | WITH GERMANS Washington, r. 23.—A sixty | | foot ‘American racloe “poat, the Ag- gassiz, which sailed from a Mexican port with Gefmans, German flags, rifles and pistols on hoard, has been | seized at sea by an American warship | and taken to a Pacific port for inves- | tigation to determine whether she was ' starting on a commerce raiding cruise The New Method. | \ | Backache of any kind is often caused by kidney disorder, which means that ithe kidneys are not working \properly. Poisonous matter and uric acid accus | mulate within the body in great, abune | dance, over-working the sick kidneys, | | hence the congestion of blood causes | backache in the same manner as a sim- ilar congestion in the head causes head: | ache. You become nervous, despondent, | sick, feverish, irritable, have spots ap- | pearing before the eyes, bags under the | lids, and: lack ambition todo things. | ’ ©The latest-and most effective means’ | lof overcoming this trouble, is to eat | {sparingly of meat, drink plenty water | i between meals and take a single Anuric | | tablet before each meal for a while,” says the famous Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, | Siniply ask your favorite druggist ee | Anuric if you’ aren't feeling up to standard. If you have lumbago, Shien | matism, dropsy, begin immediately with PROMINENT WOMAN Moscow, Idaho—“I have used Dr. ' Pierce’s Favorite Prescription during | expectancy and found it a great help, las it relieved me of all stomach trouble, constipation. and backache. | Later: my blood was in bad condition, j causing boils and pimples to break out om my face and body. Two bottles of | Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery j.cleansed my: blood and left my skin j perfectly clear and smooth.”—Mrs. J. | M.. Fucter, 316 S. Ashore, Moscow, Idaho, Dr, Pierce’s Pellets regulate stomach, liver and: bowels. STOP ! at the - Van Horn Bett | moval will demonstrate the Petrograd the Soviet li s tatement saying the comm went to Moscow for the purpose of saving Petrograd from destruc | as they believed the government’s re- strength | government ! of the Russian people's ( Universal Military Service Gum - The use of WRIGLEY’S by the fighting » men has. created much comment across the water. ‘Even before American soldiers and sailors landed, the British, Canadian and French forces had adopted WRIGLEY’S - as their war-time sweetmeat. And now that Uncle Sam’s staiwart . boys are hitting the fine, you'll find -WRIGLEY’S a very noticeable alfy of the Allies. Keep them supplied. A box is easy to send—100 sticks—100 refreshments, «+ A Laie. Lae MOMMY sonwn sang, DO Dovil swan i Ecc@yery meat | Hi ut saqau ing, moved to Omsk and pen i