The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1918, Page 1

arr inkt Auditorium Po BISMARCK TRIBUNE THE WEATHER Mild temperature. H | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 191s -THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. — NO. 88 ERMANS HALTED 5 PRICE FIVE CENT. LES FROM PAR : A : Ina th- ¢ ¢ 6 ° ‘ ° ° + oe 8 et 6 * ° Pai a led i ~ Sn nn At ae sess F 2 Es Sie nat Saito Ger ce ata esi aes ane " i \ aids, BISMARCK SEES | PGERMANY CLAIMS i M A UJ ARRIET THOMAS ALLEN BOX Pace CONTROLLING 4 peas ] ‘ | 75,000 PRISONERS } RT RT Toya ee ie aR EL SITUATION ON THE ete ded | poamestit | | ; - !| Berlin, aMech 29.—Since the be- |. TELL WHAT OUR | Paris, March 29,—The great bat- CAN NOT DENT i and ‘es " {| ginning of the great battle now t if tle is no wraging over hy front of |) herd | ‘progresa German forces have ta- ; |, more than 70 miles. Thi ion || ov aly i 6 than 7 les. This extension d {F"| | ken 70,000 prisoners and 1,500 guns 1 | of the line has increased the num- || J on || says today’s army headquarters re- i| i | ber of German reserves engaged. || 4 T ret ports. ' 1 Although no decisive success has || leat q \ i : } i! been attained anywhere there is —_—_—_ , the . foal es iE : ‘ ae. | Increased confidence here. The 5 i ec pile ee oe | : Lieutenant in Royal British Ar-| | impression is that the allies no ||Enemy Blocked at Montdidier iaeen Koad len ven Fine Farewel i ' till ‘a By | longer are compelled to permit the | i 4 bx Py ‘BRITISH UNITE | ery te Speak sat Audi || enemy by his maneuvers to shape { and Pocketed by Recap- sae This Afternoon 1 | torium Tonight ' || the course which the battle shall |! tured Villages ere- H take, * - , IN FINAL TEST | | y a cere? b: ‘ | : i: wie oH ol q HAMMERUD. IN. CHARGE, ‘FRAZIER. WILL INTRODUCE | | Dar eee |BRITISH LINE IS - HELD —= ica moto OF DEMOCRACY * GEN.PERSHING sou or ccasame uae cece = fears wee | Governor to Present Council of | . North of Somme Allies . Have = squads— 7c) | ! z : i = a me ported aa ene Defense Speakers—Hig © | Made Advances Against - = : i ‘ j i 2 / beaeaasiad tats, (Knowledge That This Is Supreme Crowd Expected | | | the Foe in Places J = é tial ioe blaring fot 8 heme pend Trial Brings All Factions i With the hour of this evening's pa- | | H é am = vy" ande of throats, the waving of flags Pogether [et trams to18:80;" to accommodate fy) CASSOCINERR TREES? si i and the tossing or hats, the thir po church-goers who wish to participate | | The southwesterly thrust = 5 large Slope contingent of Select Serv- lin Good Friday observances, a capacity | | | rf m4 5 iS a ice Soldiers steamed out of Bismarck SOLEMN MOMENT FOR ALL) sudjence is predicted for the addresses | | Commander ot American Forces! < ihe German wedge into = aa on a special train at 2:30 this after- | Eee ee to be delivered by Lieut. a | ' | ‘the alied lines has been stap- oz: % peliees i fay | Onarrie. Royal Vritish artiilery, and laces em at Disposa! ort a on! jer. = noon. Two thousand Bismarck peo- \ PI Th t Disposal | ped short at Montdidi re ple turned out to see the Burleigh Realization Thrust Home That sergt. Fred C. Havelock, of the fan-| | s | The enemy seems definitely v= H county boys off and to speed on their | E thi D a | ous Priicess-Pal’s, who under the aus- | of France | held there, 57 miles from = way the 293 boys from west of the | verything Depends on | pices of the North Dakota State Coun- | —_—— | Paris, by th o= F river which the train carried when This Great Clash leil of Defense will this evening tell ae | Paris, by the enclosure of v= ‘4 it reached Bismarck. i jcapital city folk what our boys are | ‘MAY BE SUPREME HEAD, the town within a poeket d= When the train pulled out ofthe London, Eng, March 29,—The facing over there.- i : | formed by a series of. vil- = capital city it carried five from Gold- eierilt fogs Lieut. MacQuarrie and his secretary ay | vali y = en Valley, 23 from Billings, 20 from, pe for awash no one attempts arrived in the city on No. % at noon | Probability That Great French! pages valiantly cA Ovaren od » = Stark, 52 from Grant, 45 from Dunn, : a ee a name (ae ane dba? hae today, the British veteran having ad- | ‘ . i ' replied OOPS. .. " 5 = | 36 from Mercer, 21 from Oliver, 71. Scale ‘too great for any geography | dressed more than a thousand peo-| Strategist Will Lead | spite continuous counter at: = from Morton and 27 from Burleigh, ical designation began one week ple at Jamestown last evening, ‘The | Dri H | tacks last night, the Ger- = the last contingent of the first draft. | ago we morning. To say that it | came train brought in Governor Lynn | ' rive on Huns | mans wer ‘mot able to” dis- = At Steele, 36 Kidder county men B been a week of the greatest J. Frazier, who had been in fargo at- | | | lodge Petain’s:men from the = boarded the train, and 43 from Griggs |:ci™" ie aed stress. st the Bri ant ; tending the Nonpartisan state con-| | paris, March 29.—G ) Per | hamlets on hills ab M = boarded the train at Sanborn, com. j igpreple ee erate angartakif | vention, and Secretary Thomas Alle? | | Gedo Goneral Nocmae eecening | ets -OBRCne about = Pleting its complement of 378 of the ““P° imal e a te ile ander king. | Box ‘of the North Dakota Council of | fora wartartaat a on at ar the towns. ; = i straightest and bravest and best boys! 4 epee e of England, indeed, of + nerense, . under whose auspices. this Vinael yee a iy peconting. tei. Infor Between’ Montdidier, and . oe 1 any state or nation ever has dedicated | the whole Gritish empire, has | ovoning’s meeting is being held, | mation ‘and placed at his disposal the| h pay es = a to the cause of liberty. = been committed to the test of one Feazles'to Preside: | Whole resources of the American army | the Somme, | the rf a Nay Ss = i \" ‘ The, Burleigh county boys. aaped| Singh or acre Everyone has real- | ay chief executive of North Dakota, | ' peeauorment MWe Ree note tay seem My pon perrartiag 4 nut 2 y tl jome Guard. an eaded ty 4 Governor Lynn J, Frazier will preside 1 eT oama” ground since yester _ 7 the Bismarck band, paraded from the | sie The most impressive effect af | over the meeting. and will introduce | Lad come. ihe eae ine: duotes| their westward push towitd: es = j federal building to the’station between ' the-crissis-has bean the: sweeping... i the speakers: President «A: W.-Lacas ~hto you that the ‘AniSrican yeopte would Amiens, the great diltied gup- tu} solid walls of people ‘lining ‘the. side! walks. At the station hunareds of.: epople, relatives, friends, well-wisn- | ers, had congregated, -and. the. plat | form was crowded for a*length of two. blocks. The Bismarck’ Elke’ ‘band played pending: the arrival of the! train, and its “Keep the Home Fires Burning’ brought a haze to many! eyes. roy éh Thon the special train, gay in-flags, national colors, pennants: and ban- aside disputes. Today there united nation,. whose with the soldiers pacifists journals have of day, the fallen in-line with the all.” political factionat only the rts are in Franc others. They have dropped their criticism “of the management of the war, and ceased to talk of peace by Megatiation. + “An unknown factor in the battle toward which. the English people @ eagerly looking is the Ameri- ters, pulled in, midst a voiciferous! can army in France. “Where are cheering.. Each coach had its own) designat “Mandan is Behind: the Americans?” “When are they You;” “We'll Cash This Draft in.Ber; coming in?” are quesiions, being lin” “Berlin or Bust,” “Mercer asked everywhere. All the Ameri- cans in London are being asked by their English friends for an- swers. to these queries. GRANT COUNTY County Will Go Over the Top.” i All of the boys had flags and but-: tonnieres. All were smiling and en-| thusiastic ,even if there wera here and | there. eyes which bore traces of re-| Lot the city..cominission. will-assist the | governor, | ‘Bismarck people are urged to remem- ‘er that the 4uditorinm will accommo. date only 1,100 people, and to recall} | the tate of late comers at similar dem- | onstrations. held here during the last two or three months. : | The On to Vietory orchestra will be- jgin its patriotic concert at 8 o’clock, | ‘playing: selections especially rehears- |ed for this occasion. The curtain will |rise promptly at 8:30. The churches ‘generally will hold their Good Friday jservices at 7:30, giving worshipers | ample time to reach the Auditorium j ry 8:30. The Home Guard, Boy | Scouts, Grand Army of the Republic, i Women's Relief Corps, Ladies’ Auxil- j lary and similar organizations plan to attend tonight in a body. | : 5 ———" __Holmboe Studio, Recently Appointed Secretary of the North Dakota State Councu of. Defense who is en route to: Washington to attend a con-| ference of all state councils called by the National Council of! Defense. “ON TO VICTORY—WIN THE WAR FOR PERMANENT WORLD’S PEACE,” BOX’S MESSAGE TO BIG RALLY “On to Victory—Win the War for Permanent hold it a great honor for troops if they ; were engaged in the great battle. I ask it in my name and in that of the American people. | “There is at this moment no other! question than that of fighting. In- fantry, artillery, aviation—all that we | have are yours to dispose of them as you will, Others are coming, which ‘are as numerous as will be necessary. |1 have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be {engaged in the greatest battle in hi ( tory.” | MAY BE GIVEN SUPREME CHARGE ; Was one of the victors in the battle \of the Marne, would be placed in su- ; preme command on the western front. |The Daily Chronicle yesterday said ply. base, but Paris;declares the Anglo-French forces are holding the enemy firmly along a well-defined line, which at no poin¢ is less than 12 miles from this ob- jective. .. \ nN) The German Purpose. -- The German .purpose, now that the southwest ‘has been thrust to the 4 There have been several reports re- | cently that General Foch, one of the greatest strategists of the day, who | checked, apparently is to close in with- jin the angle formed ‘by the ‘rivers Avre and Somme, with its point at Amiens. It is in this triangle, there fore, that further fighting of the ‘most intensive nature is to be looked for in the immediate future. The Germans continue to sacrifice their men recklessly in their desper ate attempts: to break the Anglo cent leatve-taking, and when the train | pulled cut: it.carried with it Bis-| marck’s heart and its hopes-for a vic-| BANKERS N 0 T Pecmeents ‘HUNS’ MASSED iwtetemnas F Og cave ATTACK MAKES ‘an announcement bearing on the co-| French terrier, as reports from both | ordination of British and French mili | ‘he French and British war offices tes itary exertions might be expected al-| tify. | most immediately, and that an influ. , ential role might ‘be assigned to Gen- jeral Foch. FRENCH RETAIN Peace,” is the message which Thomas Allen Box, secretary of the North Dakota State Council of De- fense, sends to the Bismarck Loyalty rally to be held at the Auditorium this evening, on the eve of his | departure for Washington, whither he is called to ‘i attend a national conference of state councils, called by the national council of defense. Secretary Box i had hoped to meet the citizens of Bismarck at the area eaoaae ' Auditorium this evening, but he was called to Wash- Germans Penetrate Marcelcave, 12 Miles East of Amiens, South of Somme British Front Maintained. North of the Somme the British front has not only been stiffly. main- tained, but has been advanced in places. Today's statemen from the London war office shows the British foiling the German efforts to embar rass the allied defense by estaplish- ing a movable line in the Arras re- gion through a great assault. ‘The uerman reserves, thrown in ‘after the penetration of the outpost lines were crumpled up in the battle zone, by the devastating fire of Field Mepahal | Haig's artillery and machine. guns ‘GRIP ON TOWNS \Terrific Counter Attacks Fail to! tire recources of the Americdn srmy A in France at the disposal of. the Wrest Villages From | French staff for use in: the great dat- Hands of Allies ‘tle, according to Paris reports. This | offer, the advices state, was made to | General Foch, the great military strat- ‘BRITISH GAINING GROUND! egist and chief of the war ministry windows and returned with good | meausre the cheers of the.crowd. ° { { . The better part of Bismarck gath-| Defeat Capital Scrap Till | ered at the Northern Pacific station | at 2:30 this afternoon to say goodbye! After War ral to 27 select service men, the final con-| tingent of the frat draft pha bo | New Leipzig, N. D., M March 28.—! left on a special train. for Camp to} ’ i Dodge, Is., where they will report to-/@ Et together banaaet of (he Grant morrow morning for training in the|CoUaty Bankers’ association was held | national army. _ |here, when fifty plates were laid, and | ae per sot 27. bah in theres of a most enthusiastic session-held. Res-| Rudolph G. Hammerud o! marck, o who had under him two gides, Pani | Ponses ae mate to Lents apa ‘A Slattery of Bismarck in’ charge of | proposed by Toastmaster Clair Cor-| squad one, and Edwin G. Boehnke of nell, and resolutions were unanimously Bismarck, in_charge of squad .two,/ adopted - proposing that. all contests ‘(Continued on Page+Six.) {for a permanent county seat for Grant| France, (By Associated Press)—Mar. | |e deferred until the close of the war,; 29—The Germans were able to pen-| , | that every effort in the meantime may/| etrate Marcelcave, 12 miles east of 9 h 000 MORE ! be centered upon necessary war work.| Amiens in the region south of the: MEN CALLED: ‘ LAWISTARDY ington by an urgent message today, and in his place he transmits this message to all the people of the com- monwealth : “The time has come for us to know the facts. We must put the case in stark and naked words. The millions of easy-going, complacent Americans to whom the war as yet has no real meaning must be aroused. They must be made to realize that their lives, their liberty, their happiness are at stake. They must be | given to understand that whether this war is won i or lost depends upon their realization of their per- sonal responsibility, and whether thy are willing or sonal responsibiilty, and whether they are willing or selves.” CONFLICT SANGUINARY British Army Headqaurters in, |G. N. eKniston, secretary of the Bis-| Somme, only by means of heavy | marck Commercial club, was the prin-| massed attacks late yesterday, which {cipal speaker of the evening. Others! gradually forced the British back. \who talked’ were Attorney Hogan of, It was in this district, south of the |New Leipzig, R. H. Leavitt of Carson,! Somme, that the invaders continued A. N. Patterson of Leith, Herbert H.| to make their greatest efforts. The) | eeeeeeerorooonnooo owen one neonnonereree Hallenberg of Carson, A. T. Neiter and| British there are. battling stubborn- i 4 Alex Eberhardt of New Leipzig, A. D.| ly and ‘brilliantly. YELLOW PAINT “ON T 0 VI CT ORY” Sprecher ana Dr. Mackey of Man- Conflict Most Sanguinary. | staff who has been reported to: oe ‘likely to be placed in-.supreme’ com- extreme Paris, March 29.-Violent fighting | mand of all the armies on the _continued last evening in the region | western front. ,of Mont Didier, the war office an-} CROP SERVICE. = E nounced today. In spite of German! counter attacks, the French held on| ‘to the villages which they took yes- tan. The conflict in this region has been H Z i . : : H most canguinary and at most points FOR BERGER’S MEANS SACRIFICE terday fa tne een Moncel was: TO BE. GIVEN 3 War. Department ‘Refuses to) DUTCH IN NAY ee ane cone ane aitonee, ADVERTISING ——— _|_ North of Mont Didier, French and BY. ROBERTS Wait for Congress and Makes | Ames, “Ia, March 29.—Edward | Abancourt and Marceleave. This point | iG one War Can’t Be Won by Shirkers Brae Sroops. held he ane gerne | isis RU a 3 a z anes “| Monday, April 1, a ly crop repo! * | (Dutch) Uhl, fullback on the Iowa | seemed to mark the extreme advance Second Draft | State College foot-ball eleven in 1915) against the British. | and 1916, is one of the Ames alumni! The German attack in this region; who. have: recently joined the navy.! was made from Ceriey on the Somme | Uhl isin the engineering depart-| supported »by artillery from across ment. | the river. Posters of Socialist Candidate and Slackers extremely heavy. ing service will be instituted dy the Daubed by Rice Lake a “BRITISH GAINING United States department of agricdl- Loyalists “On to Victory” means on to sacri-|_J.ondon, March 29.—On the Somme ture through the Bismarck offices of ici ii a &. W. Roberts, ‘meteorologist’ “tp fice, it means efficiency, alertness, | the British have maintained their po- eternal vigilance, sverlasting dili- | sitions and gained ground in places|Charge of the weather bureau for ty ur for Rice: Lake, V March 29.—Busi-| gence, says Secretary Thomas Allen| by successful counter attacks, the| North Dakota. Reports will be. re- ness men, professional men, farmers; Box, in the message which he gave, War office announces. WILL FILL UP THE RANKS! After holding celved aay eae oy Me. Letieked |; and laborers yesterday afternoon p2-| the s of North Dakota today, Mr.| their line all day in the face of re- ¥ io will” publish a ly dullédn raded in a “For America” demonstra- se eee why we are ae soit why | peated assaults by numerically supe-| Which will indfcate crop conditions ta tion,. carrying large flags. Citizens | ye must win and how. His address to’ rior forces, the British retired a short) every county in the state. This serv. | ‘also carried paints and brushes and! the people of North Dakota upon, distance from their advance positions | ice will be in addition to the seed and | went to signboards that bore political! whose cooperation he is dependidg to at some points. feed reporting service recently insug- | gdvertising and. pictures of Victor) make the work of the State Council of| The Germans again suffered exceed-|Urated here by the United Stated cér- Berger, socialist candidate for United} Defense effective follows: ingly heavy losses. The British took al. investigation division of the de- ! States senator, and painted out thi “Entered into by us in the interest! Prisoners. pattment of agriculture. an | 0 picture and advertising with yello lot free nations and for the benefit of —— Weather conditions to date bave 3 ORIVE IS ALL OVER ‘been almost ideal, Mr. Roberts. | paint. free peoples everywhere, the war has | Teporta: Mr. Rol | mates Washington, D. C., March 29.—The: The ground is in fine shape for plow- | TO SEE LEAGUE BALL. |now resolved itself into a life and) pritish withdrawal before the German|ing and seeding, and a large pe¥cegt- ) | Columbus, ©., March 29.—Soldiers | death struggle for the safety of our- ' Washington, D. C., March 29.—The first men of the second draft are call-| | ed despite the fact’that congress has| | not yet amended the law 'to change} | the basis of apportionmeht as Provost \ Marshal General ‘Crowder ‘has asked, | | but it: is practically certain no more will be called until the question is set- tled. . The 95,000 men now called it is un- ‘derstood are needed at once to. fill up divisions and other units or to take * places of men transferred to other di- visions to make up deficienctes. Congress Still Parleys +. iWashington, D. C., March 29.—Pre- liminary to a. final vote today the Senate favored an, amendment to the Q fo yr | FRAZIER BOARD MAKES DEMAND FOR. RESIGNATION OF M’FARLAND Fargo, N. D:, March 20.—According to a special dispatch of the Forum, the North Dakota ‘Board of Régents have demanded that President George McFarland of the ‘ Valley City Normal school resign at the close - of-the present: year. President McFarland, . who is serving his 26th year‘as head of the ‘school is not likely to sign the resi dispatch adds: advance was made according to pre-|age of the 1918 wheat crop in training at Camp-Sherman, the can-/ selves. The situation is critical in| arranged plans, and “is all over now,”\is in. The only danger is. of a cold tonment at Chillicothe, O., will see|the extreme, and we should know it.’ Major General J. Franklin Bell today | tain followed by a severe freeze, league ball this. year—the Columbus | It is time for facing facts, not ilu-}told the senate military committee. | the weather chief. Killing trosts. and Toledo teams of the American As-| 5 " He said the allies have known of the} ben recorded in North Dekota'as sociation will be in action before the Forced into war by Germany, WhO) present preparations for the present|/as (May 15, but of. recent 3 start of the season. Exhibition gamea Violated our rights as<puthlessly, \as | auiye siyce’ soon after they were be-faverage dps been, j the yell” there on yApril -6, Tid she, did thosg,, of Belgium, we are ley, é ‘ive prepal that date; and ic th % these: AiO REOKt freezing, Mit : . he entertained. Cy ADODAONGODAAONOSONANONSDOAUSOOANOANDADONUOSACALS: w doite jab visitltm vel hose, K Fan an igng .to. renSaturday ‘and Gating. a yar ‘At self-defense. We ai [leisy ue ) Bell: ree tly teed l tt urned from the, battle front. ~ (Continued: ‘oh..Page..Five.)