The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1918, Page 8

_ INBROAD DAY Inprecedented Daring and Hero- ism Shown by Two Officers and Four Men RECONNOITER TRENCHE Sammies Wanted to Learn Whether Hun Firing Party Was Out in Force With the American Army in France, March’ 28.—-( By the Associated Press). | [—Two officers and four men went! lover the top today in broad daylight, | ia feat seldom accomplished. Although the sun was shining and the sky was clear, the \mericans de- cided’ not to defer any longer, their | determination to learn whether Germans were present in great numbers in a firing enemy Mrench. When day came, there were, faint clouds showing back of the Ger-| man line, and the Americans deferred | for'a time hoping for a fog or rain, ; fbut when the clouds lisappeared the} four men and two officers decided to| make the adventure, although they) would -be under the of a watch and in aplace where pistol vullets ‘migh find their mark. i (Machine guns were posted and the} Americans with grenades swinging at their waists and rifles in hand clam- ‘ored up from the firey steep and out, lover the parapet. Moving from shell | hole to shell hole the patrol proceed- ed. In the trenches behind them their ‘comrades stood with their fingers on) their rifles ready to fire the instant! any Germans might show themselves. | Return Unscathed. After being gone for some time the! ‘Americans returned. The watchers in; tthe American lines, when they saw) them, breathed easier, and at this mo- | ment the Germans sighted the pa-; trols and. rifle bullets started to/ smack. Unscathed they returned to: ‘our ‘lines bringing all the information! they sought. i Four Prisoners Taken, < With the American Army in France, (March 29.—(By the Associated Press) '—Four prisoners were captured by’ fthe Americans on the front northwest | fof Toul, sometime last night or early, rthis “morning, according to reports ‘from the line. It is not known wheth- er the prisoners were engaged in an attempt to rafd the American posi-: tions or whether they were brought in by an American raiding party. WILSON PUTS FINGER INTO -_ MOONEY MESS Unprecedented Action of the’ President Results in Sur- prise at Capital HAS PLEA FOR CLEMENCY Sacramento, Calif, March 29.—-Pres- ident Wilson has telegraphed Govern- or William D, Stephens of California, asking executive clemency for Thom J. Mooney, now under death sentence, it became known here today. Mooney was convicted in connection with a semb,.explosion in ‘San Francisco, in a@ preparedness parade wuly 22, 1916, which caused the death of ten persons, and injured 40 others. ACTION UNPRECEDENTED, Washington, D. C., March 29.—The, ‘only comment of the White House of-| ‘ficials today on President Wilson’s | telegram to Governor Stephens asking ‘him to extend executive Clemency in ‘the Momey case was that they would’ neither deny or affirm such a tele gram had been sent. The president's action, which has few precedents in American judicial history, ‘comes ‘after the climax of uch effort by agencies of the feder- 1 government to have the conviction f/Mooney rev ‘rsed and to get for him new trial. INY RAGS, ANY ~ BONES; THEY’RE | . LOYALTY GOODS Hettinger, N. D.,. March 29.—Hett- Inger is observing Loyalty Day, toda: ith a rummage sale which promises | produce several hundred dollars for ithe Red Cross. Bright and early this morning people began arriving ‘with their automobiles heaped high | with “old iron, copper lead tin, inc, aluminum, rubbers, overshoes, | nto ‘tires, inner tubes, rope, rags and apace and gloves. All of this junk | ing assembled at the Hettinger nity. Elevator, where it will be sort- Weighed, paid for at prevailing es, which are unusually high for ; nd all kinds of scrap metal, the proceeds will go to the Red Cross. At 3:20 following patrotic ex- Sercises. in which the entire country- «Side joined, everyone adjourned to) the Milwaukee station to bid the Ad-| ms county boys farewell on the start | ‘ot their journey to Camp Dodge. | ae : MARCH R és " Mothers ‘ghould see that the whole family take ‘or 4 doses of a thoro, puri Bes m: cleaning medicine this -, Now is thé time. The family healthier, happier, and get getter if the blood is ee ‘puritying, the stomach an saned out, and the germs of Win the and request.two. thrift stamps. The | purchase-of the stamps is made Bec | jondary, however, as the main object | ! of the campaigners is to release the | caddies for farms, It is figured that there are about size, whose average number of caddies dailv is 2 of 25,000 boy: HE’S A HERO; BRAVED KNIFE TO BE SOLDIER Harold Hopton of Bismarck. who left this week for the base at Camp Jackson, Columbia under Major Quain, al wanted to get into thi ly that he underwent a severe gical operation to place him in condi- tion to pass the physical tests. The young man was born in Rothwell, Eng. and is a graduate of the University of Southern Minnesota. He was em- ployed as stenographer in the office SEMI-OFFICIAL Gives Bri liancy and Bravery in Stub- born Defense hospital “NEW AND MIGHTY BLOW” | Vossiche Zeitung Predicts Big-| ‘not merely our bit,” said scoutmaster gest Stroke of Offensive Yet to Come March 2 erman Ga f terdam, offi North lin pay en) ep | bl sh Credit for Bril-| which | ready pierced enemy r siche | |WHO’LL HEAD NEW |, The semi-; ette of Ber- | this tribute to the bravery of 1 ey our opkonent ‘has at mane vic- ing CO preston’ bar ay nee ‘Slogan of troop three, now. beginning | tory easy for our troops, The enemy | fellows who cannot belong to the bo; vs battalions immediately assembled for, scouts because the membership limit | ue big ative to. onlietyall Doxgjin the counter thrusts. wherever..the oppor-' is only thirty-two for each troop. city. 3 tunity appeared favorable. “Even the There'{s only one indenpendent tropp| “I've Bot the boys, and now I want cavalry threW themselves in resolute’ in Bismarck, That is the one Stewart | one scoutmanster and two assistants onslaught against our storming bat-) heads. But there are many little fel-! tor them,” he explained. “It's a pat- | talions to prevent. them. froin break-| lows who would like to belong to the riotic duty at this time to assist in | ing through, but all-ip vain.’ uts, And: they're the.lads who need | organizing the beys. It’s helping the lars “A New and Mighty Blow” «Scout training most, Stewart says. lcountry to win the war. The boy H phe German supreme.command is” very: boy in Bismarck a scout, | scouts have been helping in the thrift | about to deliver: a new and mighty !.and every scout a manly boy,” is the {stamp and liberty loan campaigns, and low on ‘another part of the front 2 J will “tear’d new hole in the al- iB.” the Vos- situng of Berlin decla BOY SCOUT TROOP BEING FORMED? “We're going to do our damnedest, Jack Stewart of Troop three B.S. A.. last night, following an explanation of what they’re going to.do. His. preced- the presttent TKS Dimlished tatters of appreciation ‘for’ their “he with experience in handling boys, and instilling the things for which the sceut rules stand, into their minds can do work needed greatly “by our country at this time, by putting him- self~at the’ head of this” troop of youngsters who play on the streets.” Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. is what puts some- thing worth while across. definitely | of State Superintendent of Public In- f struction N, C. Macdonald when he | the British troops In France: was sent to Fort Stephens, Ore., on “The British soldier detended him- December 12, with 20 Burleigh coun-| Self heroically. His batteries fired | ty select men enlisted for the Until our riflemen overpowered the | coast artiller Because of a phy-, men serving the guns. 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