The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1918, Page 1

GHTHEYBAR2! BISMARC A BERLIN EXAGGERAT GERMANS HELD ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT GAINS, But One Compartively rifling Advance Reported in Last 24 Hours ENEMY TANKS A MYSTERY {| WOUNDED RANGE Co | GERMANS ADMIT | 60 TO 70 PERCENT Berlin, March 28.— German losses have been heavier at the vital points on the front. The slightly ' wounded are esti- mated at 60 to 70 per cent. { | + 4° British Destroyed Machines! They Were Forced to Abandon London, March 28.—In the last twenty-four hours, the Germans, have made but one comparatively trifling gain, as the result of num- erous massed attacks along the whole front, says Reuter’s. cor- respondent at British headquar- ters. For the British there may. be claimed several distinct local successes either in completely repetling German blows or in counter attacks, * Tanks a Mystery | Nothing can-be learned of the.ap-; pearance of enemy tanks on the Brit- ish front, while those left by the Brit- ish were systematically destroyed, the correspondent. reports. The enemy is continuing to bring troops from far and near to replenish his reserves and along wide stretches! of the German front is held up by a screen of troops. Pressure Less Determined Although the Germans continued to use their infantry with ruthless prod- igality, the general pressure along the front {s for the moment less. deter- mined. ‘This may be attributed. in GERMAN SPIES ‘Urges That Government Take CAUSED PLANE PLAN FAILURE Senator Overman Says Employes) of Curtis Plant Have Prac- ticed Sabotage WOULD DISCHARGE THEM, Over Works and Operate Under Martial Law Washington, ‘D. C., March 28.—! ment to keep up its air program were made in the senate today. It was; also charged there were spies in the "BRITISH HOLD. ;as of “unbeard part for the enemy. waiting to bring h rtillery preparatory for an. Curtis plant. up heavy artic 3 an 410 1|-were secretary of war, I would oie eee effort and ‘in part to eX | commandeer the Curtis plant, and put INVITE WILSON. | Senator..Oxverman.. declared._spies Governor ‘Personally to -Ask! took metal braces and sawing them in | two, joined the: pieces with lead and President to Speak at State Encampment | thn painted over. (The first Bristow | machine. tried“fell: An: investigation | , showed the defect. Many..other pieces | | algo‘had been tarapered with, the sen- } jator sald. | ALLIES HOLD WELLISWORD FROM RIGHT | | EXPECT 15,000 GUARDSMEN | Council of Defense-Believes 100,-iirench Cease Falling Back in| 000 People Will Attend Southern Sector—Enemy Great Gathering Attacks Heavily ¢ | A personal invitation to President | sty ATION WELL IN HAND! Wilson to address the North Dakota home guard encampment and On to Victory conference in. Bismarck next: British Seem Masters of Their! July will ‘be extended ‘the chief exe- Section of Long Battle- H { Arras. cutive by Governor Lynn J. Frazier, and Secretary Thomas Allen Box of the North Dakota Deiense Council; upon their visit to the national capi-; tal next week, it was announced at! |rance, (Ey Associated Press), Mar./ front Today British Army Headquarters in state council of defense headuarters ' 78,—News received trom the extreme today. 'wing {8 that the allies are holding “There is no reason why we cannot! well. (This refers to the southeru; have fifteen thousand home guards-| sector, where the French have been; men and a total attendance of 100,- 000 at this meeting,” sald George: V: Halliday, director of publicity for the North Dakota council of defense, to-| day. “The state council of defense will ask the war department to loan/ tents accomodating 15,000 people. We are confident from reports already re-| cl falling back.) Near Beaumont-Hamel the enemy ttacked heavily. Severe fighting fol- lowed. This morning it appeared that the village virtually was No Man’s Land with the contending lines drawn jose on either side. Hard fighting prevailed at several ceived, indicating a stupendous am-j points along the battle front during ount of enthusiasm all through the state, that we will have an almost/ 100 percent attendance of all the home guard units now organized, and before the date of the encampment! there/will be many more units. Biggest Men Available. “We will impress upon the govern- ment at Washington the importance of sending to. North, Dakota for this/ | great event the very biggest men available,” ssid Director Halliday. “We want. the very diggest man of them all, President Woodrow Wilson, who never has visited North Dakota, ‘but who knows that ‘North Dakota is with him in this great struggle, and who has taken ‘a deep and friendly interest in the patriotic activities of the state. “One of the first acts of Governor ; Frazier and Secrétary Box upon their arrival in Washington will be to seek. ‘ an audience with: President: Wilson, and they will explain to him fully what|; ths big On to Victory drive means for ‘North Dakote. and, through ye vs kota, the nation at lar y Frazier and Secretary Box/sls6 will call upon war department officials for permission to use Fort Lincoln and the militaty reservation for the, encamp- ment and with a request of a loan of; tents sufficient to acco.rodate 15,000 men, 2 “The state counc’ € solved to make this the biggest, pa triotic. demonstration the northwes' will have this summer, and Secretary oliraged by the cooperation ged: to believe. tbe. council enw il of defense is re-) the night in consequence of enemy at- tacks. The latest reports indicate that the British have kept the situa- tion well in hand, | —$$— 2 BERLIN CLAIMS GAIN Berlin, March 28—Troops of the German crown prince penetrating toa depth of 60 kilometers (37 miles), from St. Quentin across the Somme, have captured Mont i | | i LLIED LINE ST LINE: GERMANS PAY HEAVILY. "Thrust: Against Amiens in the North Defeated by Troops Beyond Somme 'FEROCITY IS UNHEARD OF ‘Huns Become 'igerish in Des- peration as They See Vic- tory Vanishing (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Striking with almost unexampled fury against the allied points where French and British lines connect, the Germans last night drove in a deep wedge to the west and forced the French out of Mont Didier ten miles west of Roye, which the Germans took Tuesday. The thrust against Amiens in the north seems to be well held by the British along, their front north of the Somme where they have maintained their tins fiem- ly at all points, and even have advanced: it in places. French Check Germans In the Noyon and Lessigny regions jand along the Olse to the east, the Freach are. likewise preventing the Germans from getting an - opening. The force of their drive was thus di- | Charges that German spies were re-{ Verted to the west of the Roye -re- | sponsible for failure of. this’ govern-! gion, and the forward push there de- veloped the ‘fiercest. fighting of: the present battle. Huns Pay Dearly Paris characterizes the engagement of ferocity.” The ! French regiments, however, made the Germans pay dearly for every ‘bit of ground: they covered in their desper- finally ‘retiring in. good order to the heights’ west, of. Mont. Didier. News dispatches ‘fronr ‘the front «this: morn- ing reported ithe line in this sector to ‘be holding well. en -. / Germana, Fear’ Flanking The: Gérnians apparently wishing cane | to. protect their right’ wing from a flanking attack, have developed a threat on the extreme north of the resent front in the region east of London: reports the ‘beginning this “morning. of “a heavy bombard: ment of the British‘lines in this sec- tor, followed -by the development of an’ attack. btu The possibility is not lost sight of that this attack so far north on the front may herald the extension of activity along ‘the lines to the north in the development of a German push for the channel ports. Meanwhile, the German line is being extended to an apparently dangerous extent on the southern front, where a flanking oneration has been pointed to as most {likely to prove effective. Germans Use Artillery put down an intense bombardment along the front between Acheville and the .Souchez ‘river (south of Lens). but up to the time of the filing of this dispatch at 10 a. m., no infantry action -had been. reported, The Germans: made several assaults near Rossignal wood, zut on each oc- casion were driven back. Near Sally Laurette another sharp engagement occurred, and here also the British maintained themselves and secured prisonere. A 4 The Germans are continuing to bring up artillery and rush in new troops from various parts of the line in preparation for a continuance of the drive. STOP FIGHT TO PREVENT A K. 0. Fort Worth, Texas, March 28,—A scheduled fifteen round bout between Otto Wallace of Milwaukee and Jim: my Reagan of San Francisco wae stopped in the eleventh round to save Reagan from a knock out. SECRETARY BAKER — ON WAY TO ITALY Rome, March 28.—Thomas Nelson Page. the American ambassador has left Rome to meet Secretary of War. Baker, and accompany hi mon a visit to the Italian front. BAKER IN PARIS. Didier, says today’s official report. ¢ . - * tem‘is under of death. ; {lot doidy Jdatt sit arin ont 10, MOH99 Paris, Mareli 28.—Secretary of War Baker arrived in -Paris’ today from London. « . LI SN ater NAPOLEON BANK CASHIER FOUND DEAD AT SIDE OF RIFLED CASH BOX Napoleon, N. D., March 28.—H. C. Biers- boro, assistant cashier of. the. Merchants State bank, was found dead in the bank late yesterday, and approximately $600.00 was missing from the cash box, it was learned _ today. Biersboro was alone in-the-bank at the time he was killed, way today to determine cause or died, A post mor- ate push, for an outlet, the Frenchj. The German artillery. this: mornipg || * BURLEIGH’S _» LAST. QUOTA . OFF FRIDAY | |’ ‘twenty-Seven Select Service | || Soldiers Go Tomorrow to Join'Comrades Good rriday in 917'marked Amer-| ica’s entrance jn:}the world’s war. Good Friday. 1918.ztomorrow. will see the beginning of tHe departure of the, last contingent of 5,280 select soldiers | whom North Dakofa has contributed | to the cause, in ition to its 4,600 nationa) guardsmenjand men in other | branches of the service bringing: the | | State's total. of fighting men to at) {least 10,000. | | burlelgh: county. will send 27 men jtomorrow, all of the: balance which | this. county owes op the first dratt.; |The boys will report to the county) ! 90ard at 9 o'clock:temorrow morning, ! and will entrain atthe Northern.Pa- jeitic station adout2:30.. The after; ‘noon, until after the: departure. of ‘the {Special train, wil: be observed as. a! holiday, and the Home Guards, Boy | scouts and other patriotic and semi- military ‘organizations. will turn out to see the select seryice soldiers off. Astreet parade preceding the depart- ure of the train, fpwhic hthe select! sedvice men will heve’ the post of} honor, will be headed by the Bismarck Elks’ band. Burleigh county already, bas approx- imately between 400 and 500 men on the firing line in France. At Camp Dodge, Camp Stevens; Ore, Camp Cody, Kellyfield; Camp Greene, Fort ‘Oglethorpe, Fort ‘McPherson and. in other training camps ‘and cantonments, | Burleigh has-at least 100 more. Those j who go tomorrow afternoon are; Roy C, Dorland, Chicago, Ill. Hans Garness, Ada, Minn. Frank Vv. “Montgomery, Bismarck, Harry Bernstein; Bismarck. Ferd H. O. Friese, Bismarck. Lester- Allen, Bismarck. Jobn J. Chickosky, Wilton. | Fred W. Lovelace, Hatlem, Mont. Willlam L. Goldrick, Chicago. _James E. English, Eatdn,. Colo.’ Rudolph G. Hainmerud, Bismarck. Reo’ Lx, Knauss, Bismarck. George HR. Linp, Bismbrck, Walter: W. Samstad, Grove City, Minn. ee William, F._Civey,-Te¢umseh, Nebr. Harold .B. Olson, Genoa, 'Nebr, ‘Edwin G. Boehnke, Pacatello, Idaho. zerd J. Frankenhoff, Cicero, {1. ‘Paul A. Slattery, Bismarck! . Lester ‘Hartnett, Hauge,. N.’D. Frederick Wilhelm, Butte, Mont. John .K. Carlson, Baldwin. ‘Hartvick °S, - Anderson, . Bismarck. Charles J. ‘Walcher, ‘St. Anthony, : XD: : Matt Aho, Annandale, Minn: Zachary .T.’ Slattery, Bismarck. : > Alternates. Edward Christoferson, Bismarck. Samuel Lahti, Minneapolis. - Carl -H.’ Carlson, Bismarck. Linus Heidt, Bismarck. Isaac D. Wiggins, Beach Grove, Ky. ; LeRoy’ Whitney, Engelvale, N. D. PROCLAMATION. ~ | { | Whereas Bismarck city and Burleigh county are once more called upon. to { dedicate pledges of their || best young manhood to. the | | cause of Liberty, and where- | as’ the Bismarck Home!! Guard has, arranged in ap- | appropriate farewell demon- stration for the 27 select service soldiers who will leave at 2:30 Friday after- | noon for Camp Dodge, and ; whereas the city owes these ||.young men every . possible | mark of respect and esteem | and honor, therefore, ade I, A.W. LUCAS, as Presi- | | | dent of the'City Commission | of. Bismarck, do call upon | every citizen of Bismarck to | | day aside all other business | |. for at least a brief time prior } to the departure of the spe- || cial train which will carry | our boys: away from us to- | morrow’ afternoon and’ to ' unite with their families and | their. friends in ‘bidding | them farewell and God- | | speed, and I further suggest | } that the business houses of the city close for at least_a ' short time,: from 2 o'clock | until 2:30, in order, that their employes may. have an opportunity to say good- bye fo our brave defenders. Signed: A. W. LUCAS, ‘President Bismarck City Commission. ; March 28, 1918; * BANKS TO CLOSE ‘Bismarck banks. will -be closed; ‘Friday. afternoon, | March 29, during ‘the time devoted to the farewell dem- ‘onstration: to. be given in honor of the men who én- train tomorrow for Canip i ! In | | t le 7 { | | K, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, FRAZIER WILL ; offered by Bismarck's new On to Vic- }(0.@ gas attack, MacQuarrie. is render- {the situation which confronts the free {at Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot, and jto everyone who had France, where he spent nearly four 1918 ST _ PRESIDE OVER | LOYALTY MEET Governor to Introduce Soldiers Fresh From the Front at Auditorium Friday i | | | i ON TO VICTORY ORCHESTRA Bismarck’s Popular New Musical | Organization to Play—Big Crowd Expected | } i | Governor Lynn J. Frazier will pre-{ side at the loyalty meeting at the Bis. | marck Auditorium on Friday evening and will intvodace the speakers, Lieut, Hector MacQuarrie of the Royal British of Bismarck, veteran of three years’ and seven months’ service with the Princess Pat's. President A. W. Lu-} cag of the Bismarck city commission will act. as honorary vice chairman, and Secretary-‘Thomas Allen Box of the North Dekota State Council of De. fense will have general charge of the evening's program, whicz will include addresses from two soldiers fresh from the French front, community; singing of patriotic anthems, national! airs by the On to Victory orchestra, | and an explanation of the work of the| National Council of Defense and what it ‘expects from every patriotic citi-| <én, trom Secretary Box, the recently appointed executive. The Bismarck home guards and oth- er military and patriotic organizations vill attend in'a body, and the guards vill police the Auditorium and offt- jate as. ushers. The hour for the pening of the program has been set t 8 o'clock, and the people are ask- d to be in their seats as early as possible, The patriotic program to. be tory orchestra, an excellent 14-piece organization, should not be missed. Lieut. Hector, MacQuarrie is speak- ing in. Jamestown tonight, and. will go. from ‘Bismarck to Dickinson, In- valided. home: threugi=tnfirmities: aue ; ing the cause: splendid service in arousing America to a realization of countries of the world, He has spoken his addresses have been revelations heard them. sergt. Havelock, a former Bismarck boy, returned only this week from years of. strenuous fighting. with the famous Princess Pat's,.a command which has seen such gruelling service that only forty of the original person- | artillery, and Sergt. Fred C. Havelock | j PRICE FIVE CENTS, LL STANDS FIRM ES ENTENTE LOSSES Important Forces FRENCH MEET HUNS ‘ REPORTED CAPTURE OF | | PETROGRAD CONFIRMED | | . Petrograd, Mar. 28.—Of- , | ficial dispatches published | | | here confirm the report that | Odessa has been recaptured | 4 by the Bolsheviki troops. i BRITISH LOSS BXAGGERATED BY GERMANS Machine Guns Taken by Huns | Number 600 Instead of 900, | Reported by Huns ied violence FIGHTING TAKES ON “UNUSUAL FEROC NEAR MONT DIDIER Blocked on Lassigny and Noyon Fronts and on Left Banks of Oise, Germans Throw Forward in Other Sectors HAND TO HAND INFLICTING TERRIFIC LOSSES Teutons Concentrating All Ener- gies Upon Beleaguered Region Paris, March 28.—Blocked on the Lassigny and Noyon fronts, and on the left bank of the Oise, the Germans last night, threw forward important forces in the region of Mont Didier, the war office announced today. Here the fighting rapidly took on ex- traordniary ferocity. French regiments fought hand to hand with the enemy and in- flicted heavy losses. Finally the French fell back to the. heights immediately to. the west of Mont Didier, ; The-text reads: “The -hattle was fought with sustain- yesterday . evening and last night. The Germans, blocked by | the valient French troops and cruelly punished before Lussigny at.c Noyon |tronts on the left bank of the River | Vite, concentrated all their vfforie:on. jthé French left and threw forward tumportant forces in the region of Mont | Didier, sroreeyinin | ‘At .this point, the engagement soon developed an unheard of terocity. i | French regiments, fighting hand to London, Eng. March 28,—4England, | hand inflicted heavy losses upon their in considering her losses in the fight-| 48sailants, and did not falter Iin- ing in France, must take into consid-|@lly, they withdrew, in order, to the eration the usual erGman exaggera-; helghts immediately to tno west 0% tion, Major General Frederick Brown | Mont Ditliér. Maurice, chief director of military op- | sina has been intermittent ran i 100 TANKS WERE CAPTURED Prisoners in Hands of .Teutons _Include. Many. Wounded Who Were Left in Field erations at the war-office said to-/Onading\fon the remainder of the day. | front.” nel remain. Sergt. Havelock has a three months’ furlough, and the state ; council of defense is seeking to pre- vail upon him to make a series of ad-; dresses through the state. NORTH DAKOTA ASKED TO BUY $6 , 500, 000.00 | Amount of Loan Quota for This; State Reduced Owing to Crop Conditions | Germans had usually given the cap-! ture of prisoners and guns in round; numbers not as actually counted, but i as anticipated. | Jur total loss of guns is about | " according to our best informa- | tion. “This compares with the Ger-; man claim of 950. | “Probably the same ratio holds good | R regarding German claims of prisoners, 4 out the German count of prisoners in- | cludes many of our wounded, whom} Capea we were unable to take with us. We |, ici i have lost probably about 100 tanks.” eee Officially Reported thes pokes Yo Widen Battle Front | Today’s London Dispatches The reference in the British attack | From Field east of Arras evidently means that | the Germans have widened their bat-| Sea |HARD FIGHTING CONTINUES ue front, and are delivering a new developing | London, March 28.—Prisoners and stroke to the north. pale The attacks which are Fargo, N. D., March 28.—Because of today may mark the beginning of a/ the unfortunate northwestern crop, | second phase of the battle. German; North Dakota's Hberty allotment has/ military writers have been hinting ‘been set at $6,500,000 it was an-| that surprises were in store for the nounced today by Charles Stuart, pub-! British, and there has been much liclty director of the Ninth Kederal | Recerse District in a telegram tg the; Forum today. | TEXAS PLANE CAMP al Flying corps at Benbrook, and Eng-| | lsh aviation camp near here, was; | killed here today when his airplane! fell while he was doing a tail-spin. His; home was in New York. This was the, 45th fatal accident to aviators here; since the aviation camp was estab-| shed last October. La Liberty. captain, a member of American wore a Fr attention until the Am had been nursed. ofthe Red’ plate discussion of the possibility of a Ger- man. drive for the coast, with the channel port of Calais and Dnnkirk as the objectives, machine guns have been captured by the British, the war office announces. |The fighting continues fiercely on both banks of the Somme. This morning the enemy opene’ heavy bombardments on the defenses east of Arras. An attack is develop- jing in this sector. Repeated attacks were made by the g | Snemy along the valley of the So-:me + lin the neighborhood of Beaumont-Ham- Fort Worth, Tex., March 28—Rob-| : ert Daniel Garwood, cadet of the Roy-| | * "TURKS ARE WIPED OUT London, March 28.—The entire Turkish force in the jel. Puiseux and Moyeneville. They were repulsed. | RECORD TIME IN BUILDING SHIPS Hit area in Mesopotamia, | ' has been captured or de- ly AMERICANS WORKED LIKE BEST VETERANS IN BATTLE OF SOMME Paris, March 28.—“Entirely new in this warfare, the Americans worked like the best veterans in the battle of the Somme,” says a wounded French captain who has_ been brought back from the front, according to Two of the American officers who were wounded were brought back with the French ferred on the battle field. The French captain refused to receive “They are the ones who should be con- gratulated,” he said, calling upon the women Cross to.look after the Americans. | stroyed by the British, the | war office announces, 3,000 | prisoners being taken. the dragoons. Each ench war cross con- ericans alongside him THOT 61 DAYS A Pacific Port, March 28.—Marking. %* | the completion of a steel hull in what. was claimed as the shortest timé on record in any American shipyard, the steamer West Grove, was launched ! here late today. She was built in 61 working days, |}and in addition much of her equip- ment was installed within that per- || iod, before she took to the water. ‘Simultaneously with the « Wéat || Grove's launching the Point Bonita, also a stéel steamer, was put in the water in another yard nearby, and the Bell Brooks, a wooden: vessel, was sent down the ways from still en- other plant, | INDICT TWO FOR. CALLING GUARDS... “SCAB HERDERS” Bute, Mont. March 28.—Patrick Doherty and Stephen Murphy were formally charged with sedition today as a result of insulting remarks madé to United States soldiers here on St. Patrick's day. The county. attorney. filed charges under the provisions of the recent sedition act pased by the special session of the legislature; They are alleged to have called a mem! the Fourteenth Uniteg:\States2 try-a-“stab herd.” As a result of the fight which followed the down- town section of the city was patrolled by federal troops. ota agli