The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1918, Page 1

2 ‘THE WEATHER =| Mild temperature. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 89 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 80, 1918 BALKED, HUNS ARE : DG HUN CORPSES PILED HIGH, “LINE FIELDS Grewsome Spectacle Presented by Territories Over Which Germans Fight NO TIME. TO BURY DEAD Conditions of Battleground ‘De- scribed as Almost Unbear-. able—British Busy London, March: 30.—The Morning Post's correspondent in France draws: @ gruesome picture of battlefield con: ditions. “Prisoners state that the country-! side is full of bodies. and that the air 4g horrible with the odor of death,” he writes. ‘Wells cannot be used. The ruined villages are impossible as | Dillets because they are strewn with! German dead. There are great piles | of ‘bodies along the roads and be- tween them. The enemy has only meen found time to bury any of his dead. ‘Fresh Troops Sickened The spectacle of the battle carpet- ed with the bodies of their comrades has affected the fresh troops, who in| this way have discovered that the British are not too'weak to fight. . Pri- soners: say.that the British endurance and .skil: in. fighting is. delaying the progress of Germany's, army. “Among the feats. of this British | endutarice may be’mentioned. ‘that of} a: detachment, which . marched 18 hours, fought. throughout one night 1d halt of the next‘.day, ‘repelling ecaptured a cer-} AGES -Hour Day Made Effective | by Arbitration Commit- | tee at Chicago | i { NEW SCALE RETROACTIVE Chicago, March 30.--The eight hour | day, wage increases’ and equal’ pay: for like work by men and women were granted to Chicago’ packing house emploreca today ‘by Judge Samuel Alschuler, arbitrator in the recent wage hearings here. Several other demands of the workers also were ‘granted. ‘The award was made on the six principal points raised by the em- ployees. It establishes a rate of dou- ble time on holidays and Sundays and time and a quarter for the. first two hours ‘overtime .on other days, with time anda half each succeeding hour, A day off a week and 20. minutes daily for lunch were ordered. 4 Retroactive to Jannary 14, 1918, the| hourly wage was giyen; an increase of from 3%c to 4%c an hour, those employees: earning less than 30c ‘an hour being Given the jleree the larger increases. ‘NUMBER PLEASE,’ GREETS SAMMIES ON. WAR I PHONES Paria, Mar. 3 0.—Thirty-three Amer: ican teleptione girls, ‘who speak, Eng- lish and French equally. well, hav just: arrived to operate, the switch? boards in the various army. headquar- ters. Théy have been divided between the principal army centers, Paris, Gen- eral Pershing’s headquarters ‘in the field and the headquarters lines of communication. American officers have been pleas: antly surprised in using the telephone to hear the familiar ‘number, please,” or “line’s busy.” Although the French telephone equipment is not American, tthe girls are fast becoming ‘used to it and officers notice an im provement in the service. French col- leagues of these -girls sre surprised at the rapidity with which: they. take town connections. All the girls are provided with a regulation colored skirt and ‘blouse and a dark blue hat with the orange and white cords of, the Bignal corps, to which they have been attached. A white bressard indicates their. rank. If the experiment with girk operators, proves successful, it is understood that more will be brought over from America. Monkeys Are ys Are Study of Enemy ‘Aliens Chicago, Tll., "March 80.—Twenty-two enemy jaliehs. were arrested today in}, the vicinity of thei Police say that t has becomes favored hamaviot whi aliens and slackets, “tUatcot ‘whom: spend their days around. the Monkey | |” the. in- Etause sing he antes If DEATH PENALTY FOR .{ Argentine. a luxury, Slackers, Cranks Not to be Humored.| tion or taste over corn, barley, riceor other cereals,” with the demand that he must have wheat and can’t eat substitutes is either a slacker-or-a ‘crank—and we must mot humor either. food “ dtstribtitfion system. ered’ when in : ment of; agricultu fa¢t that ‘ttie’ systaut x was administered for the upper classes, who could get hams at $60 each, butter at $5 a pound and other delicacies at the best hotels i fthey had the money to pay.. The poor people could not pay and were forced to. suffer. contrast’ in England where the lead- ing hotels were the first to cut off their ments the food needed for the soldiers and the industrial workers in war. factories,” cess in rationing’ the- allies could-not be’ expected without sacrifice. in the United States. Ato Pati 00, Sul gwen lined |: | ESPIONAGE ASKED Washington, March 30.— The death penalty for many | acts of espionage will be pro-°: posed in legislation to be brought before congress, Senator. Overman of North Carolina, active head of the | senate judiciary committee, said today after hearing tes- timony of. government agents in charge of anti-spy work. pe Sa | \ | | + WHEAT DROPPED FROM MENUS TO HELP WIN WAR Hoover’s Request for Abstinence to Be Assisted by Eat- ing Places HARVEST UNDER ESTIMATE Washington, D. C., Mar. 30.—Wheat and wheat products were wiped off the menus of several hundred of the country's leading hotels today in re- sponse to the food administration's request that every “independent, ev- ery well-to-do person in the: United States”. ‘should pledge -complete ab-' stinence from wheat until the next {harvest in order to supply, the impera- tive needs of the allies. Hotel’ managers’ assembled '. here from: every .state were. told by. Food Administrator Hoover that the: need tor wheat is even greater now than when the new regulations were prom: algated, and ‘that a census revealed ‘chat’ the ‘harvest had ‘been less ‘than was. estimated, that. shipping difticul- lies. made it imperative to feed: the alliés from here instead of from the It ig impossible to ‘send corn, .8o that wheat must:bé America’s chief: contribution to ‘the rations of the allied peoples. abroad, * Must Begin With Social Leaders. Mr. Hoover said the renunciation of iuxurious foods must begin at the top; an enormous price in -casyaltiés, al- i | socially, to. set. an example, and ibe- cause the industrial ‘population 1s de-/ of the river th pendent largely on bakers’ bread, which must have a@ considerable pro- portio nof wheat to ve durable, There). tore, the asked the hotels which have {as patrons people of wealth to set an example by refusing to serve any wheat whatever until the new crop comes in, using other cereals ahd pota- aes instead, i “We stand at the most critical per- iod of onr natfonal history since. the | made. battle of Gettysburg,” Mr. Hoover de- clared. “We may have to cut our} wheat ,consumption..more than one! half, but the sacrifice" must come} from thos who ‘have the most, ‘not! trom thgse who have the:least. Plenty by Sept. 1, He Says. i “Our wheat acreage this year will | be greater than ever before and if the iord ig good to us in the matter of! weather} our difficulties will be at; an end by September 1—that.is not a: The reply, was an outburst of ap-. dlause. + “We have pladged ourselves to save! wheat’.for -victory,’ John Bowman of New York, head of the food adminis-; ration’s hotel division, announced. Dr. Alonzo Taylor, the food adminis- ration's representative on the war! trade:board, told the hotel men wheat! § nota necessary element of diet, but ong period of -sacrifice.” | “Wheat has no advantage in nutri- Dr. Talyor ~declared, “and the ‘patron who comes to you “The break down’ i. the German I discov- ermany for the depart , was due! tq the There was a great Mr, Hoover made it clear that sue- oF | | SHOUT “TO HELL || |. “WITH THE KAISER” | | Coshocton, 0., March 30. |. —A mob of between 500 and -| | 600 persons late last night | and. early this morning visit- | i ed 16 homes in this city and | and: WOMAN ATTEMPTS 10 | TAKE DEUMIN BREAK DOWN Germans Press British Back, _ But Fail to Seize Prize Fought For FRENCH MAKE: STAND | With Aid of New Reserves Des- perate Resistance Is Of- fered Enemy d| London, March 30.—The Germans, | attacking yesterday at Deumin. and Mezieres, pressed’ ‘back the British from Mezieres,’ the war office an- nounces, All the enemy’s attempts to éaptara| Deumin broke down after sharp fight-! ing, which lasted throughout the aft- srnoon. Mezieres, captured by the Germans, ‘s In the sector south of the Somme, where the principal gains of the Ger- mans in the last few days have been It is 10 miles north of Mont Didier. DESPERATE RESISTANCE Paris, March 30.—French troops, supported by reserves, are offering desperate -resistance.to powerful as- saults of the enemy, the war office anounces, The battle, which was resumed with renewed violence ‘during the night,; was progressing | on a front of 40 kilo- | meters: (about, 25 miles) from ren ilto beyond. Laselgny. . i . SITUATION: SATISFACTORY British « Army Headquarters Prance,, March '3¢. ’ By the Associat- ed Press.)—The situation today. from xigwpoint is reported as} factory:~* Along the “British! section of ‘the: battle front last night there was comparative quiet. : British France, March 29. Army y Headquarters in| (By the Associat- ‘ed. Press.)The German attempt to; force the British back’ along the ‘Scarpe and. capture Arras cost them: though. they, used 10 divisions. North’ ‘British held to their, nositions and wavered but slightly} before the enemy: onslaught. South of the river. however. the British re- tired slightly between Fampoux and; Boisleux. There was ‘herd fighting on bot sides of the Scarpe.. To the north the most desperate conflict was waged | about. Rouex, ‘which was the scene of sanguinary strugel struggles | Jest year. \N ADMITS -THAT SPIES ARE ‘IN PLANE PLANT! | Suspect Taken With Blueprints of Air Machines Makes Confession i Newark, N. J., March 30.—Admis-' ‘sion that a group, of German ples’ Hempstead, ‘N.Y. on Long Island, ; has beén obtained: from Mrs. Lydia! | White, a. woman arrested yesterday, | the police here announced. The woman, who.ls 25 years old,| She told her. BISMARCK BOY WEDS Jolin Williams, ie First Meose- | heart Boy to Marry “y Cards have ‘been received in Bis- marck announcing the marriage at Aurora, Ill, of John Williams, Jr., son of J. R. Williams, formerly custodian | of the high school, and who now is an Intake, Mont., rancher. The groom and his brother, ‘George, had lived for | several years at Moosehearth, nation- al home of the Moose fraternity, and | he is the first ward of that institu- tion to become a benedict. The young ;man is employed in the Burlington ; _| railway shops at Amare. \LINTON GIVES EMMONS * PRO-GERMANS DRAFTED MEN FAREWELL Linton, N. D,, March 30.—Rev. | George Buzzelle of Bismarck was the principal speaker at a farewell recep- tion. tendered: Emmons county’s 45 select service men’ at the. Linton the- ater the evening prior to their de-:- parture. A. patriotic program was piven, a banquet was served by the), saath ‘ofthe "Red Cross, the. boys | arith movihg. pieture: show, senna ; ha withy Towers) Wind’ the retin] “colbrs.to Tire: house’ 2] was packed hase anes hte aed town turn e Milwaukee descaek ee aoldiers of in} -|HERO OF MARNE TO BE IN: CHARGE. OF |BIG a DRIVE! if | i | | | j General Foch, hero of the Marne, whose quick blow through the Ger- man center with the French “army of maneuver" turned the kaiser’s horde back from Paris {s the man who. will |be in charge of the inter-allied “army of maneuver” when it strikes iback at ) the ‘Huns. JUDGE WADETO “TALK ONGREAT LIBERTY DRIVE | Educational Campaign for Third Loan Will Begin Next Wednesday i \TO FINISH “IT; UP QUICK ‘Chairman: H. P: Goddard Says Three Days Should Put HOR Burleigh Over Juddf( Martin J, Wade sof Des Fe ‘Moines, one of the most popular jur- iists who ever has presided over a jOne-of the most eloquent orators the | n| State ever has heard, will fire the! Secretary Box Urges Reduced opening gun in’ the Burleigh county, drive for the Third Liberty Loan at jthe Auditorium on Wednesday even- ‘ing, April 3. Of course, the big build- ‘ing won't begin to hold the crowd,’ ; which should be sufficient warning for; j the 500 people turned away Friday | night to report early next Wednesday ‘and spike down a good seat, while the: | getting is good. Judge Wade comes to Bismarck to | finish up some business left over from| cago and points east to North Dakota. ‘the mid-winter term. The Burleigh county Liberty Loan committee was | fortunate to obtain his consent:.to an address during his stay in \the city.|day urged such reduction in rates as Hundreds. of Bismarck people already) a war measure which will materially | have heard Judge, Wade. The hun- ‘dreds who have not are anxious t0; producing a win the war i Crop. hear him, after reading his address to Kate Richards O'Hare, preliminary to | have been employed in the plant of! sem:encing her to five years’ imprison- | the Curtis Engineering corporation at! ment for sedition upon her prompt! | conviction by a-fedéral court jury here last December. Believes in America. | Wade believes in America and the! | opportunities it offers; he believes in! | was turned over tottie federal authori-' the war; he:has confidence that Amer-| ties and held: in $10,000 bail, together | ica will’do -her best bit in the war; ‘with Frederick Atnold, a boarder in| ‘he thelieves in North Dakota, and does her homé at. Henistedd.. The police / | Mot "believe that the people who list-| say a search of theif room here dis- closed the blueprints. story of spies in the Curtis plant af-| Iter being questioned by an inspector, who immédiately notified the federal: authorities.” ~~\Continued on Page Three.) + UNCLE SAM MAKES | LIAR OUT OF OUR i, LOCKS TONIGHT | “y Washington, March. 30.— Turn the. hands of your | elocks and watches. forward | one hour before retiring to- night, and add one hour of daylight to the nation’s ef- | fort to win the war. Every- | body’s doing it, and if you | Jail, you will be an hour late to church tomorrow, an hour late to work Monday morn- ‘term of federal court in this city, and} | BISMARCK BAKER } j onbek of bismare who appeared ‘be-| | and secures a permit at once. H r0 BODIES OF 54 ae FOUND INWRECKAGE \Death List as sa Rawal of German |} Bombing of Paris Church A | { Is Growing Enormous Mass of Stone Covers i Remains of Victims of Hun’s Menace Paris, March 30,—Rescue parties at work in the church which was struck yesterday by a shell from a German long range gun have found more bodies. It is now known that 54 women were Killed, An official - statement issued ’ in Paris last night said 75 persons had been killed and 90 wounded, most of| them women and children, by a shell which fell on a church in the region of Paris during Good Friday services. The shell struck the north side of the church, bringing down part of the roof. Nearly all the debris fell in- ward, upon the heads of the congre- gation 60 feet below. Heart. Rending Sight The edifice is now. a, heart rending sight. ‘he enormous mass of stone, crumbled, in ‘all states and’ sizes lies in the middle of the naye ‘and piled | to about the same height’ as,the high: altar, which was not damaged. All the stained glass windows, some of which were ‘ot historica] interest, are shattered.‘ The church although begun in the middle ‘ages, was’ entire- ly remodeled in the..epoch of the Renaissance. : In-addition- to» H, Stroehlin, ‘consu- lar of the Swiss legation in Paris. who was killed, it is ‘feared his wife. is also a victim, although searchers have | not yet found her body in the debris. Among the injuréd are Countess. Mor- | | reached today by senate and |IS HEART-RENDING SIGHT | 4 — THIRTY DAYS’ and, Viscount. Molitor and. former Sen- | ator, Louis Gautteron. . M’ADOO ASKED FOR LOW RATE FOR LABORERS| i | Fare for Farm Hands as a War Measure |ATTACKED. SENATE AND HOUSE AGREE ON FINANCES ‘Washington, March 30.— | An agreement on the admin- ‘istration bill to create a war finance corporation, fixing its capital stock at $500,- 000,000, the amount of bonds it may, issue at. $3,- | 000,000,000 and providing a | voluntary system for licens- | ing security issues was |e | | 4 house conferees. oJ MEAT GORGE FOR DAKOTA All Restrictions on Consumption of Flesh Foods Removed for Month NO MEATLESS TUESDAYS Fargo, N. D., March 30—All meat restrictions have boen removed for 30 days. Upon instructions from Wash- ington, Dr. EB. F. Ladd, federal fuel administrator for North Dakota, to- day issued the following order: “Beginning Sunday, March 31, meat- less days will be entirely suspended for a: 30 day period:' This: removes all restrictions on the sale and use of meats: during the month of, April. “During: April meat may pe, nerves and used on Tuesdays.” - LORA LITTLE CHARGED WITH ANT-AR WORK, League Arrested Under ifs Sedition Act MY METHODS Declared Compulsory Vaccina-| nation Unholy Traffic on Part of Doctors’ Trust ' “VUNABLE 70. 0 ON, TEUTONS - PLAN DEFENSE Significance Attached to tyemek ing Operations North |. of Albert: < ESTABLISHING NEW ‘Li bcd | Activity May Presage nother Plunge Into Territory *, of Entente . (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) The Germans last night: ténewed their powerful attacks’ {n thi nial dier region, "“whete thelr wedge ‘hed been pushed furthest toward, Paris, and. great ‘battle :» raging :alonga 26 mile front on both sides of the‘sa- lient. which has | Montdidiér point.:.The French, backed’ up “by powerful reserves are offering’ 4. des, perate resistance” to ‘the: blow. : Apparently, the French. Mm been. forced back slightly on the ern edge of this front, as- the Pati report: of the battle ment | town of Moreufl as forming #.part‘ot the line” here. . This. p) eleven miles . southesat: On the’southerly side of: the poor the ‘battle ‘fs: rdgings toa .paipt: yond -Lassigny, «which. lies: some; fougy teen: miles east, of Montdtdier. a To the north along thé pal ay f the situation: {s virtually. :unchs At only” one point, just. al ing a short . distance up. the, ‘Amiens ; road, inthe direction latter place, and occupying lage -of /Mezieres, and. the. || Maison Blanche, . just to:-th turther north were. beatel | north of the Somme there val, fighting... rs 7 runs Diggi The report: that the. Germang ai digging themselves in. petwoaa val.and La Boiselle in the regian, no! {of Albert, may be significant. , The possibility suggesta itself’ that foiled. in ‘their, attempt to; drive ‘a: | wedge betwen the French. and: Brit armies of affect-a break:in the Allied: lines, the Germans may be making/an | {attmpt-to reestablish thei? trenc As distributor of “The Truth Tell-| ‘lines, on the basis of their present ad- i Secretary McAdoo, director general jet American railroads, has been ask- ed to make a specially reduced rate for farm-workers traveling from Chi- Secretary Thomas Allen Box of the North Dakota council of defense in: @ message to Secretary McAdoo to- aid the farmers of North Dakota inj} GETS PERMISSION TO REOPEN PLANT | jer, | ing the soldiers,” and referring iC. a newspaper published at Battle} Creek, Mich., and other literature at-; tacking the army system of preven- tive prophylaxis as. “Graft in Patriori Guise;" “A Lot of Dirty Graft;” “The American Medical association, a med- ical trust, carrying on its unholy bus- ines under the pretense of protect- to ‘“goldiers who were killed or who may be killed hereafter” as mex who have no choice under the present plan of compulsory vaccination for smallpox, \typhoid and similar contagion, Lora | ‘Little, field agent for the North ; Dakota Freedom league, was arrest-| ‘ed here today by a United states! imarshal and arraigned before Com- missioner John Fort on a marge of ‘violating section 3 of the espionage act of June, 1916. The specific charge against Mrs. | | Little, who has been operating in Bis- vance, either for defensive purposés or for another plunge into entente ter- ritory. ‘The line of reported entrenchment however, is only a little mo three miles in length, and at ‘present : the move js most likely to be judged asa local measure for the protection of the town of. Albert. - Hard Fighting There. was hard fighting on doth sides of the Scarpe. To the-.north the most desperate conflict:was waged jabout Rouex, which was the scefie | of sanguinary struggles last yeari-’ The Germans succeeded in fércing jthe British to withdraw from: this place. North of Gavrelle the enemy - tried to push the British back on” © Bailleul, but were repulsed by witb- ering machine gun fire. South of the river the most bitter fighting was | about Telegraph hill, which changed John Holonbek Was Operating, Without License—Hotel marck and Mandan for several days, ; {is that she has sought to “willfully | ; cause or attempt to cause insubor- ‘dination, disloyalty and mutiny and hands. several times. Marvelous Artillery ‘Work Below, the Somme, British artillery : refusal-of duty in. the military and ‘ naval forces of the United States. It | is further: alleged that he propagan- Under Investigation Fargo, N, D., March 30.—John Hol- | fore Dr. E. Ladd, federal food ad-; | ministrator fee North ‘Dakota was; given permission today. to open his | bakery and cafe which was closed by} a special representative of the gOV-| ernment last Thursday because he was running without a license as re- quired. | According to the ruling, Dr. Ladd) granted a special permit for Holon- bek ‘to open his place of business to- day and continue to April 20 provided he complies with all food regulations It was stated that a Bismarck hotel is under investigation and may be closed for failure to comply with the! | ing, and just one hour be- hind everything.and every- months. The official time pieces, such as the clocks of ‘the: naval. observatory’ will be advanced to the “new time” at 2 o’clock tomorrow i morning. i ‘There will be no change in working hours, railroad train schedules or, in any- thing ‘else. The clock? is spa going to lie to every- one hour, but. every- “body. “hasvagreed to:the de- i body for the..next: seven ee PAIVE RESULTS i) | lot the army and navy, reports the| i Into the cavalry, feeling more at home | Dave Packineau, son of the Indian food administration regulations. i IN MORE ENLISTMENTS \ | for enlistment in the various branches! local recruiting station. Among re-/ cent recruits are a number of promi- nent Indians from the Berthold res- ervation, including several of the most famous riders in the northwest.) A majority of these boys have gone on a horse than on their own feet. farmer on the Berthold. reservation, and-sxho.iwon honons. ins:the; Miler a heb year agate aMneas: Wiley Abs and will fe eb that,si jour ‘earlier’ than ‘the a. daredevil rough-rider, in bis own right, secretary-treasurer; River, and B. as its executi ‘cial publication. associate editor. hall. —— | to-house The big drive is making a big driveytracts and procuring signers to peti- tions which request an order from the commander in chief of the army and navy “forbidding compulsory vac-} | cination of these originally, vigorous |. land healthy young men” and a ‘sol- emnly protesting these violations of| our boys’ bodies for the satisfaction ot any medical theory whatsoever.” da is calculated to interfere with or discourage recruiting and enlistment ‘in the United States army and navy. Mrs. Little was placed under $1,000 bond, The North Dakota Freedom league lists H. C. Johnson of Osnabrook as its president; B. A. Olson, Minot, vice president; Martin E Hegge, Fargo, and . 0. R. C. McAllen, Park Stokka, Cooperstown, board. The national Creek, Wold, Langdon; headquarters are at Battle ' Mich, where W.-S. Ensign is edi- tor in chief of the organization’s offi- W. T. Schwartz is Mrs. Little has been working in ‘orth Dakota for several weeks. She came to Bismarck two weeks ago and ; advertised a lecture. ure of her literature had been dis-! covered, she was denied the use of aj She then resorted to a house-| After the na- canvass, distributing her Probably. 100, Bismarck people and a dozen residents of Mandan have sign-; d the petitions, which now are in| ithe: ons ob:the edie -authorities. geil this, ; Poa ie Dave ison sort of minor | the war,” 4aid; c see Oh Yhe Three Tries, and. is. fone. ds more have been dong marvelous work in getting the guns back. during. : the withdrawal. One battery of héavies was cut-off and lost for three di Although often surrounded, ‘the: méa: worked their way out to the: Brifish lines with all the guns.. On ‘high ground near. Alber are five machine gunners. who off, 600 yards in front, of. thelF iowa. infantry, but'who are still: acing 4 Linn execution. among the eném: a also haye been doing a sma portant work. They have rc iat eling in pairs, stemming the ‘advance and making prisoners. The sector of the long battle: froat lying south of the river Somme con: tinued today to be the. crucial: zone of the conflict, the Germans followiag. up their small gains of yesterday: in their northwestward © drive . toward Amiens, were pressing thé ti vig-. orously. FIRST GUNS FIRED IN LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE Harvey, N..D., March 30.—Stat Chairman Wesley C.. MacDowelt. of the North Dakota liberty. loan:.com- mittee, George S. Newberry, district chairman for Foster, Wells, Eddy aad Sheridan counties, and other notables fired the first big guns in the North |Dakota campaign at Harvey. -this jweek. A meeting of district ct odtinalt jteemen was Called, and Weils Gera was thoroughly organized under: the: direction of County Chairman’ ‘H..3 Philipgy: pinks Nog way than 1 am; I was. sick that we)? hel out ¥O a tint ie