The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1918, Page 1

BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDN WILHELM AND " LUDENDORFFIN OSS OF 400,000 MEN: BRINGS HUNS - Germany’s Supreme Effort to Break Allied Front "+ in West Apparently No Nearer Accomplished | Than the Day the Drive Started, Almost) Week Ago—-Forces Being Massed Now for ‘Kaiser and Commander of Troops Quarrel as to'Methods for Great Offensive jPUTS GENERAL IN: PLACE : Advises Military Genius That a | Hohenzollern Still Is Em- ‘ : peror of Germany Paris, Marth 27. — Emperor William and General :von Luden- dortf had a violent quarrel before the attack onthe western front, according to. a prominent Swiss who has just returned from Ger many,‘ as told to him by the corre- spondent of tie Temps. He..is quoted as saying: “There was much indiscreet talk in. Berlin before the present of- | DISAGREEMENT ceicenaeehg eee gry today. d aras the An in the prog: of the Annual Meeting of Farmers’ Bronson for. Supreme Court ‘ENGAGED LOST: MAY RUN 450 PERSHING HAS NO ON AMERICAN TROOPS ENGAGED Washington, D..C., March 27,—Gen- eral Pershing eabled the war department hat he had nothing to report so rican troops were concerned SDAY, MAR 27, 1918 ka THING TO REPORT battle on the western eo ‘Entire State Ticket, ,With Three Exceptions Given Approval at; Organization Last Night—Baer, Young and Sinclair Are to Be Supported for Congress—j — ! Fargo,..N.. D.: Marsh 27.—A..C. Townley, president of the Nonpartisan league, J. W. Brinton, manager of the United Consumers’ Stores Co. and Albert Blair, Boston, will be the princigal speakers. of today’s program of the state convention, of the league, which opened here yesterday with a secret caucus and In’ which the present officialse of the state were re-in- PRICE FIVE CENTS, TEUTONS CONTINUE” FURIOUS ONSLAUGHT SOUTHWEST OF HAM Boche Slow Down in Patient Attempt to Cut Through British Line Further North Where Desperate Resistance Has Been Offered-— Hard Fighting Last Night About Town of Albert—Casualties Estimated From Prison- ers’ Reports. British Army Headquarters in France, March 27.— (By Associated Press)—The Germans last night continued their furious onslaught south- Attack in Region of Roye and Noyon, Where Allies Are Forewarned and Prepared. , | BRITISH RECAPTURE TWO TOWNS IN SUCCESSFUL COUNTER ATTACK ‘London, March 27.—The British deliv- ered a counter attack today between the angle of the Ancre and the Somme and re- captured “Marlancourt and Chipilly, the war office announced.this evening. Wy te y QT in cian ate imeliae Seer = TET "GERMAN. NEWSPAPERS. PREPARE...... ¥ PEOPLE FOR ALLIED OFFENSIVE - ‘ Washington, D.C.,.March-27.— Official - French dispatches received here today say newspapers:in‘Germany are preparing the |- people for the Franco-British offensive, forecasting the entry of a powerful army of reserves. : “ * BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS MERELY | PRELIMINARY TO LONDON SEIGE | London, ‘March 27.—Lieutenant Gen- | eral Von Rohne, German authority on ord- nance, says in the Vossiche Zeitung, of Ber- lin, that the bombardment of Paris is mere- i | lyinthenature of a trial for guns which » | are really intended to bombard London, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. London is about 105 miles from the nearest point on the front. *. f vz (By Associated. Press) ? ¢ Germany’s supreme effort to break the allied front in tre /west apparently is no nearer accomplishment than on the day / the drive started, and she is estimated to have lost 400,000 men /. during less than a week's fighting. She has not given up the attumpt, however, for advices from of Roye and Noyon in.an effort to break through there in a pre- liminary rolling: up--process, either tothe north or to the south. As against’ the chances of her ac- complishing this -purpose may be the: allies, There seems.to be no } doubt now as to where the heaviest | stroke is to fall, and the opportunity led forces to meet it—an opportunity lacking in the early \stages of the the front indicate: her forces. are massed for a drive in the region Prepared for, Attack f counted the factor of forewarning (UKRAINE AND is offered of disposing of the vast al- drive, The entente line) 99 it now. feans standing together, presents, an a ‘. unknown, front throughout the battle tured by Russians After area. There has deen .a slowing Bloody Battle down in the German pressure north of the Somme, except posgibly in the vicinity of Albert, where the British are holding doggedly. {n the Noyon i regidn, and along the line of the| Oise, to the east, the French, by, their valiant defense, havé likewise ‘com- pelled the Teutons, weakened by their ceaseless efforts and heavy lossés, tu Telax their pressure. y Germans Admit Failyre Meanwhile, it is clear that the Ger mans themselves are ing com- led to.admit that their success in giriving back the enténte ‘lines for uch great: distances‘ on.so wide & front is ‘by no means a decisive one. “Nobody can foresee what will re- It from it,” Genetel Ludendorff. de- pclae in’ an: inter ithe victory: he \ London, March 27.—Odessa has been recaptured by the Soviet and Ukrainian troops after a bloody battle in which: naval forces took part, according to a moscow dispatch from the semi- official Russian news agency. entered by German troops. celal Afghanistan. —of--southern--Russia, and | | tqmthicitgsat Russia :iaiiwsd) clainis.. ODESSA PORT runs, with British, French and Amer- {Important Wheat Town Recap- NAVAL FORCES TAKE PART The German war office on March 13 ‘announced that Odessa had been Semi-offi- announcement was then made that Germany -had obtained a ditect route by; way of Russia to Persia and Odessa is the most important ‘sed- - the. apringwuness, there, is a further court order, noise fensive. concerning extremely vio- lent scénes between Germany's | feaders at general headquarters. | General von. Ludendorff spoke so violently and so° authoritatively that ‘the emperor, becoming very | pale, arose from ‘his chair, pound- ing the table, and declared: “Gen- ,* eral, are you or’! emperot of Germany!’ ‘Z “Me_und Gott!” fe General von Ludendortf replied he was only a-soldier and more © than anyone else desired . peace.. He: sdid he was convinced that his plans for an offensive. were capa- ble’ of bringing It about.” ~ |More Than 2,600 Men Will Go to Camp Dodge Beginning Friday Morning +'WARD COUNTY. SENDS MOST “| Railway schedules for the’ troop | |movement which will begin March 29 | and continue until -April_2, and during | select service men will be transported ; to Camp Dodge, were made public to- | day by Adjutant General. Fraser. | Bowman, Slope, Adams, Hettinger, | | Sioux, Emmons: and Dickey counties | | will -move 215'men-Friday via ‘the Mil- ; waukee line. On the same day 335 {men will leave over the Great North- | |ern from McHenry, Bottineau, Pierce, | ‘Towner, Nelgon and Ramsey counties. ! |The movement of 441 men will begin March 29 and. will ‘continue over | |March 30 on the Great Northern, tak-, ing select service soldiers’ from Me Kenzie,. William, -Mountrail, Renyfile. and Ward counties. eet Beginning at Langdon: on the after- ty | oon of March 30, anothér Great Northern’ train will pickip 391 men from Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh, | Grand Forks, Traill, Steele and Rich- land counties. wa . Burleigh county’s men'‘go Friday, | with five from Golden Valley, 23 ‘from Killings, 20 ‘from’ Stark, 52 from Grant, 45 from Dunn, 36 from. Mercer, 21 from, Oliver, 71 from Morton, 35 from Kidder and’43 from’ Griggs, 378 then ‘in all, traveling over‘the North- jern Pacific: main and branch lines. | April.2 the Northern Pacific,’ start- ing at Minnewaukon, will pick up Ben- gon, Eddy, Sheridan, ‘Statsman La- Moure, Ransom‘and Cass county men ‘to the. number, of 389, The Soo line | will handle two movements, 381 men on the 29th from’ Burke,. McLean, Wells, Foster, Barnes, Logan, McIn- tosh and Sargent counties, and 38 men on the same date. from Divide county. : . Cass county:sénds 109 men on this call; Mountrattl: county sends 110, Ward, 112, and McKenzie, 90.. The émallest numbér to go from any coun- ty. will be fiye from Golden Valley. The number of*imen is regulated both by population dnd by, number of vol- untary inductions or ‘eulistments for which each cougty: has received credit on the first draft. Many of these credits will not apply to the first draft ibut will cut down the second. DRYS OF CHICAGO | GIVEN, SETBACK Chicago, Ils, ‘March 27—The wets won another victory today when Judge Gridley in the superior. court ordered stricken from thé. docket the petition for a mandamus filed by the Chica- go dry federagion t6 compel the elec- tion board to. priat. the. proposition whether Chicago shall be dry terri- tory on the tallote for use at the eléc- tion. next Tuesday..- 0 ‘The ‘question. wilinot:be. submitted SCHRDULESTOR. ‘MOVBMENT OF ‘which more than 2600 ‘North , Dakota! dorsed: with: the. excep! “special privilege out*of' government.” the afternoon progrem. ‘ Secretary of, State—Thomas. Hall, assembly. ste-indorsed. gown | indorsed. i place left open. | Supreme Court Justice—Harry A. attorney general. in. of Liytenant Governor Kraabel and two rail- road commissioners, -ata caucus which lasted until 2:30 this morning. Rev. R. Maxwell, of ‘Denver, Colorado, the first speaker on the morn- ing program, declared that the aim of the Nonpartisan league was to take Albert Blair of. Boston severely arrfaigned citizens who failed to vote! and advocated “cleaning up” the “partisan press” of the country. -Fine weather for seeding kept many farmers away, but it was expect any farmers away, but it was expectéd this afternoon's meeting would be largely attended, as Mr. Townley will deliver his address at the end o' STATE TICKET. *Governor—Lynn J, Frazier, Hooale, re-indorsed. ' s | Lieutenant Governor—Howard R. Wood, Deering, speaker of the lower house at the Fifteenth legislative assembly. |, Bismarck, re-indorsed. Auditor—Carl. R. Kositzky, Bismarck, re-indorsed. P ‘Treasurer—Obert -H. Olson, Bownian, member of Fifteenth legislative H :Attorney General—William Langer, Mandan, re-indorsed. Commissigner of Agritulture and Labor—John N, ‘Hagan, McHenry "Gupsrintendent: of *Miblic’ Inetruction=-N.'C. Macdonald,. Bismarck, re- Commissioner of Insurance—S. A. Olsness, Sheyenne, ré-indorsed, Commissioner of: Railroads—S. J. Charies F, Dupuis, Temple, member of Fifteenth legisiative assembly; third Aandahl, Litchfield, _re-indorsed; A> Bronson, Grand Forks, assistant) : CONGRESIONAL TICKET. \ Congressman. from First District—John M. Baer, Fargo, re-indorsed. A . . *. Congressman from. Second District—George M. Young, Valley City, re German units, as given by prisoners, one arrives ‘| indorsed. Congressman from Third District—Jamea-H. Sinclair, Kenmare, mem- ber of Fifteenth legislative assembly. Again naming: Governor Lynn J tricts at Stone's hall. last night. The entire Nonpartisan ticket of , indorsed. 1 | ing, speaker of the lower house at the FRENCHMEN GET |last legislative assembly, was nomin- ‘ated without opposition for lieutenant Frazier as their standard bearer, the Nonpartisan. league state convention indorsed a complete state ticket, with the exception of one member to the railroad commission open, and representatives to congress from ‘the three North Dakota dis-| which was left two years ago was re-indorsed with the exception ‘of Lieutenant Governor A. T. Kraabel and two members of the: railroad commission, S. J. Aandahl of Litchville being the only member re | Howard R, Wood of Deer- | governor. AMERICAN WAR i | Olson for Treasurer. | Obert H, Olson of Bowman, a mem- First Men Outside of American Forces Decorated for Dis- tinguished Service 1 | SAMMIES HONORED. NAMED | With the American Army in Frauce,/ March 27.—(By the Associated Press) —The honor of being the firs! isen| outside of the American service’ to receive the distinguished service cross has fallen td two French officers—Mr- | jor’ Jaques Corbaron, of the French! mission attached to the American for-| ces which were north of Luneville, and Lieut. De La Giglais of the/ French artillery. Both officers gave assistance to the American troops! while they were under heavy fire. The distinguished service cross hasj also .been awarded to the following Americans: “Colonel Douglas MacArthur, Col- onel George E. Leach, Lieut, Colonel | Wm, A» Donahue, Captain Thomas. T.; Handy, Gaptaih. Philip J.’ McAuley,| First Lieut. W.,E. Word, Captain Charles. J. :Casey, Captain. Lloyd D. Ross, Captain ‘Richard’ Smith, First Lieut, J.P. Rosenwald of the medi- cal corps. All these officers disting- uished themselves in the ‘fighting on | the Luneville sector... General Pershing has sent a spe-; cial -message.;to the ‘next of:kin of Medal Sergeant ‘Peterson, who was wounded in action March.5, and who died.» later... «Notwithstanding his wound; Peterson supervised’ the care of_ wounded brought to the dressing | station. The cross was awarded him for his:devotion to-duty. «1 ) ¢ Colonel MacArthur, who was wound- ed recently, and Captain Handy were among. the Americans _ who. were “4 | ber of the lower house, was nominated \ i i jas the league candidate for state treas-| | urer’ to succeed John Steer of Rugby, | and Harry A. Bronson of Grand Forks, at present serving the state as assist- Ldorsement for supreme court justice Indorse Congressmen. For congress the delegates gave! | their indorsement to John M. baer of; ‘Fargo, First district; George M. Young! !of Valley, City, Second district, and | James H. Sinclair of Kenmare, Third| district. i district by the Nonpartisan league a »--a¥ Gyo to Till the unexpired ‘term vf! H. T. Helgesen. Congressman Young | has served the second district of the; state for two years. Mr. Sinclair, who was indorsed for congress from ‘the: Congressman P. D. Norton, was elect-/ ed to the lower house of the state/ legislature on the Nonpartisan ticket @ year ago. Governor ‘Lynn J, Frazier's name| P. Peterson of Towner with the dec-) “nominate the ‘best governor the tion was immediately put by a dozen} delegates that’ the nominations be cast for Governor Frazier. Tom Hall to Get Support. riculture and Labor John N. Hagan, the Nonpartisan league two years a ‘was made unanimous, as were the awarded’ the French war cross for dis- jnguishedk neervice:ion= thd buneville: tonite ‘bsziab | > nee »(dorsed withoty opposition. dorsément of the three representatives 1sh10 was put ‘before the convention by C.! | laration that the pleasure was his (o! | United States has ever known.” A mo-; | bet | closed and that an unanimous ballot | || yesistance, and continued : The. endorsement of Secretary of} | State Thomas Hall, Attorney-General! ' William Langer, Commissioner of Ag-| ‘ Superintendent ,of Public: Instruction | | N.C. MacDonald, and Insurance Com-! | ‘missioner S. A. Olsness, all elected by| to icongreésaaJohw iM) Baesriwasitn | eastward from Ham on the British defenses near Roye and Noyon, having slowed down in their patient attempt to cut through the British line further north where such desperate resistance was offered. Phe HARD FIGHTING LAST NIGHT - My i Hard fighting occurred last night. about the ‘town of Albert. Large enemy forces pushed for- |ward toward the place, but at last accounts the British were holding them doggedly at this possi- © ble gateway to Amiens. SS Meath |. The conflict in the sector around Roye and i‘Noyon appears to be of great importance: from tthe ‘many indications, that the Germain: higher command is attempting to split the allied ‘front there and start a rolling up process either ‘way. ‘LOSSES RUN 50 PER CENT From the average of casualties in the various i i jat the conclusion that the German emperor has ‘lost 50 per cent of these men since he gave the sig- inal for the advance. CASUALTIES IN EXCESS OF 400,000 = « The official British statement yes- " : terday said that it had been established: . ° ; that more than 70 German divisions had. °- been engaged in the battle. The usual estimate of the present strength of a Ger- man division is 12,000 men, so that a loss - of 50 per cent would mean casualties in excess of 400,000, for the Germans in less - than a week of fighting. | GERMAN ADVANCE HELD ALL ALONG Paris, March 27.—Last night the German ad- 1 Ltorsemont tor supreme court justice Vance was held up everywhere, according to the 'to° succeed A. A: Bruce of Grand (Official statement of the war office today. The | Forks. enemy, weakened by heavy losses, it adds, has been obliged to slow up his efforts. NO AMERICAN PRISONERS : Amsterdam, March 27.—The part reported te have been played by American troops in the at- Pc Lagmcgrigs Geese oe tempted release of the British flank near La Fere 5 ‘is referred to briefly by most of the German war correspondents, but so far no mention has. been |Mmade of the presence of Americans among the prisoners. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung says the fact that the Americans got “a severe lesson” is third congressional district to succeed “espe ci: ally gr. atifying to us.” Another corres- pondent says the undoubted bravery of the Amer- icans proved no match for the furor-Teutonicus. GREAT BATTLE FOUGHT; GREAT VICTORY : WON, BUT NONE GAN FORESEE END Amsterdam, March 27.—“A great battle has been” fought and victory has been won, but nobody can foresee what will result from it,” said General Von Ludendorff, || chief aide to Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, in an interview. with the correspondent at the front of the Tages Zeitung | of Berlin. seal The general praised the British for their tenacious. | “The British believed they could rely on the strength ; of machinery. The employment of tanks and great numbers of machine guns is typical of their methods of warfare.” - The German infantry, the general adds, had only one: night’s normal rest during five or six days of battle, ~: << | “In a battle like this,” he remarked, “the infantryman: | must risk his life not only once but continuously from | trench,to trench.” oi) oui ats scat ni Je frvos ods? wet! (Comtinued-oifi Page!iThtes:); | ab fuobashid ietsavi ji mort pamseriersameren ty ePiosoi as ai ob. _Somattely 9d veto.