The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1918, Page 1

Ww \ ) ‘ BISMARCK +f ton. 10 _ TROOPS INTO FR [ | ’ HUNS’ ATTACK ON ARRAS WAS. . . BITTER BLOW Carefully Planned Drive Netted Germans Nothing But En- hanced Casualty List MARCHED AS ‘ON REVIEW Commanders Made No Effort to Save Massed Men—British Refused to Retreat British Headquarters in France, April 1—(By The Associated Press)—| The German attack along the Scarpe} river on March 28 had as its objec- tive the city of Arras and the formid- _ able Vimy ridge. The attack was sup- ported by a heavy assault south and southwest of Arras, units of at least eleven German units being employed, but the main result they achieved was to. swell the total of their already Breat casualties. Om the morning of the 28th, at 3 o- clock, German artillery of all calibres; opened a terrific bombardment on the; British, . It was obvious the enemy in- tended to attack and at 6:40 o'clock _«the British gunners unloosed an ava- lanche of steel against every known place of assembly the Germans might be’ using, -'Shortly after 7. o'clock the; enemy advanced, They. came forward | slowly and detiberately’ in full march-| ing‘ order. ‘Bach man carried rations} fot six. days,’ two ‘blankets’ and tw> pairs: of ‘boots. | The company com- manders were mounted. : On the extreme north the storm lay between Gavrelle and. Oppy, the ‘Ger- mans “pivoting ‘on Oppy. The Ger- mans -lost terribly in the heavy fight: * ing which ‘lasted all day, during which the- Lritish fell’ back::to .a line ‘be- tween: Beilleul and Willerval. - The}. German attacks against * thése’ ‘posi: | tions were futile. Elsewhere north of the ‘river the British “stopa':: their, groun dand. pushed forward ‘slightly Friday and Saturday.. é fy WILL. HAVE NEWFIRE | LIMITS RULES)’ More Rigid Restrictions to Be Thrown Around Construc- tion of Buildings The necessity for more rigid restric- tions. governing the construction of new vuildings and the repair of old ones within the fire limits of Bis- marck, and need for the extension of these limits were thoroughly dis- cussed by the city commission at its regular meeting ‘Monday evening, and Commissioners Best and Bertsch, City Attorney Lurke and State Fire Mar- shal H. L. Reade were named a com- mittee to draft a fire ordinance which will meet the demands of the situa: Commissioner Best reported that no, further expenditure on the Capitol street railway could be expected, from the state board of control under its present appropriation, and advised that the‘city must pave Fourth street} z; up to the rails and make the best of a bad situation. The board, he stated, might discover enough rails to make) one more good crossing, which he suggested be installed at Fourth and , | Avenue B, where the executive man- sion is located. | ‘Commissioner Bast urged that The! Tribune make note of a letter from} the Hughes Electric Co. referring to; a recent complaint of Judge Cassel: man, who found an arc lamp dark on Sixth ‘street. The company stated. it! was anxious to. keep all of the lights; burning, but that it'was a physical im- possibility to inspect each light’ every day,,and that it must ‘rely largely up* on ‘people residing in the vicinity re-) porting lamps that go out. ‘Commis- sioner Best said his experience had: proven «that .the company always promptly repaired lamps when notice was given, and he urged that citizens! who find arc lamps not ‘burning immediately notify, the lighting com- ‘tue city weigher reported that he] had weighed 1,440 loads during March and that he had collected $144. Upon petition from ‘the ‘keeper of the city detention hospital, .who stated that he 4 wanted to put in a win-the-war garden, but that pumping water by hand from ‘a £60-feet well was too much of a task, authority was given for the installa-| tion of a gasoline pump to cost not, more than $35. i | SCHOOLBOY SHOT £ WHILE AT LUNCH a Eléven-Years-Old' Francis Coyne Fatally Wounded | Hettinger, ND, April 2—Francis| Coyne. 11-year-old son of Mr. and DAN BRENNAN. ~ NEAR DEATHIN ‘| sult of double pneumonia, from which ‘he has been suffering since last Fri-| {in St. Paul on his +return from ‘Ro-| : quieting the rioting. SENATE WILL STAND PAT ON $2.50 WHEAT Washington, D. C., April 2.—The senate was pre- pared to stand by its action in fixing the price of $2.50 per bushel for the 1918 wheat crop. A committee was named to meet house | conferees on the agricultural | bill, the chief dispute being the price of the wheat crop. BOCHE SHELLS GET PREMIER'S | CAR WINDOWS) Clemenceau Ventures So Near! Lines That German Gun- . | ners Get Range | ] ! Paris, April 2—Premier Clem- | enceau, while making his daily visit to the front yesterday, ven- tured so near the first line that his automobile was shelled vigor- ously by the German Artillery. All the windows were. broxen, but M. Clemenceau was not hurt. | ' The premier returned to Paris enthusiastic and full of confidence in the favorable issue of the pres- ent great battle. ST. PAULTODAY Fitst. Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Is Suffering From | Double Pneumonia i 4 Daniel ‘V. Brenna,’ first assistant | attorney general, is: at the,point.of death: in a St: raul hospital as a re- jay, when he was taken to a hospital | chester, Minn,, whither he had accom- yanied ‘his father: for treatment: at os’, Mrs. Brennan has been at her hus-| oand’s side for the last 48 hours. Her, orother, Rep. Patrick D: Norton has) veen called from Washington, and the sutferer's mother and brothers have! deen summoned from Devils Lake, | Attorney General Langer received a message this morning stating that three doctors had worked over Mr. Brennan all night, and that he had| several times seemed to be at the point of death. This morning very lit- tle hope was entertained for his re-; covery. : i Daniel V. Brennan, a popular young) Devils Lake attorney was made first assistant attorney general when Mr. Langer entered upon his administra- tion in January, 1917. The young as- sistant has won a name for himeelt in his new capacity, and has fought hrough some of the biggest actions | ‘n which the attorney general’s otfice was involved. Personally, Dan .Bren- nan is immensely popular throughout | North Dakota, and the tidings from; St. Paul today are sad news to thou-) nds of warm triends and adiurers. Mrs. Brennan and her two children ned her a:1s)and here ab.wt a year azo, and the young couple have been Dopalar. i, capital city society QUEBEC RIOTS | RESULTED IN FOUR DEATHS, Victims Principally Innocent By-| standers Struck by Stray Bullets Quebec, April 2.—Fighting between | the ‘rioters ‘in Quebec and’ the’ mili- tary-forces which resulted last night in the killing of at least four civil- ians and wounding of a number of civilians and soldiers continued into the ‘early hours today. » After mid- night the firing died down, but snip- ers were busv for hours. The sol- diers declared there will be no re- laxation of stern measures inaugurat- ed to crush the rioting. , The killed and wounded civilians appeared to be innocent victims who were not connected with the disturb- ance in any way, although the’ sol- diers endeavored to ‘be careful in AUTOMOBILISTS MUST || ‘DRAIN RADIATORS TO | ‘AVOID BUST TONIGHT ||| ‘The weather forecast for tonight is for fair and cold- || ver. Mr. Roberts estimates | | | tonight at,ten degrees above ‘Mrs, Fred Coyne of the Strool neigh- ‘porhood. was accidentally. killed while eating his: lunch at noon recess pet school: when 9, 22-rif_le with whic! chum was was dischai sending a bullet plowing through Coyne 078 MIPIM te winless Pia aes n | | } | the lowest temperature for | | | | ' zero, It will be advisable, he issayai:for autoists to drain. hj | sixties. af tied ea INFANTRY IDLE WHILE BIG GUNS PLAN NEW DUEL Each Side Massing Artillery, Huns for Offensive, Allies for Counter TO. MAKE. HEAVY ASSAULT Germans Will Throw 77 Army Divisions Into Drive With Amiens as.Goal (By Associated: Press.) Infantry operations on a_ large scale on the Picardy battlefield have died down while both sides prepare for the next move in the: great con- flict. Vicious local fighting has oc- curred between Albert and Montdi- dier, but the Germans have been checked in all attempts to advance toward Amiens, while the Franco- Bricish troops have made small gains between the Somme and Demuin. The German artillery fire is reported to be weak, indicating that the enemy has not yet been able to move his dig guns across the barren region be- tween, St. Quentin and Albert. Seventy-seven German divistons are on the battle line waiting for une guns ‘efore attempting another gigantic ef- fart to redch Amiens,: North of the Somme. there are 40 ‘divisions, while 37 are on the line between the Somme and Chauny. Lae ‘ Plan Counter. Offensive Meanwhile, ‘the allied armies are making‘ready not only to counter an- other German blow, but probably also fer a_counter offensive. » Ameri¢an troops not-unlikely ‘will-participate in the renewal of heavy ‘fighting along most of the line, as More than 100,000 are moving toward the battle lines. The Germans aré | massing troops ‘vefore, Albert. where their, attacks were beaten back. by. the British *on)’. | Monday, ."The- British’ command: looks for ‘heavy German-effdrts” north of the Somme, where’ it-is believed’ the enemy has most of his fighting force. | GRASS HEADS SIOUX CLAIMS COMMITTEEMEN Aged Chief Justice of. Dakota Nation on Way to Crow ‘Creek Parley Fort Yates, N, D., April 2.—Chief Justice John Grass, and Chiefs Ben- Jamin White of sort’ Yates, Robert Higheagle of Bullhead, M. Red Tom- a hawk of Cannonball and Arthur Tibbitts of Cannonall, as delegates of their tribesmen from the Standing Rock reservation, are on thier way to Fort Thompson, Crow Creek res- ervation, South Dakota, where on Friday will be held a final council. in the matter of the $7,000,000 claims which the Sioux allege against the United States government as a re- sult of unfilled promises in the Black Hill treaty relations. At this council will be adopted terms which the Sioux will submit to the United States court of claims at Washington. Should their claims be found just. and the amount, demanded awarded, each member of the Sioux nation would re ceive several thousand. dollars. The Black Hills dispute dates back to the It was violation of treaties, reserving the Black Hills to the Sioux which brought on the revolt of 1876 which culminated in the Custer mas- sacre at Little Big Horn, 250,000 TONS OF JAPANESE SHIPS New Shipping Provided Partly * by Private Shipbuilders _ Tokio, April 2—The amount of ‘onnage to: be turned. over to the United «States py the Japanese ship- ping commission: is estimated by the press at about 250,000 tons. Of this 150,000 tons will be provided by the; government and the remainaer by shipbuilders in exchange for Ameri- can steel. An official announcement will be made soon. CREDIT TO ALLIES _ NOW FIVE BILLION Maximum Raised. Today by Loan of $200,000,000 to British . Washington, D. C.; April 2.—Credits to the allies in the last year were rais- ‘%!ed today to more than $5,000,000,000 by a loan of $200,000,000 to Great Brit- ain.” That nation’s total credits from the United States now are $2,720,000, 000 and all of the allies $5,160,600,000. BRADDOCK TO BCND Will Build New Fire Hall to House Chemical Engines 2--By a hei 00° which the even . | Former Governor J. 2A,, Devine, su- ae t Se en eet "HEAVY VOTE | IN WISCONSIN || TOGA FIGHT’ Milwaukee, Wis., April 2. —Reports from all parts of the state indicate a heavy early vote today inthe sena- torial election despite. fair chilly weather. | It' was re-. ported that the dry and wet. questions in many localities were instrumental in aug: menting the vote. PARIS STANDS | AFTER ANOTHER MORNING RAID Curtain of Fire Thrown Around| | City Protects From Ger- | i man Taubes Paris, April 2—An air. raid warning was soundéd at 3:15 o'clock this morning. Anti-air- | Craft guns began to fire immedi ately and a continuous curtain of fire was placed around the cap- ital. At 4:25 ‘it was announced | all danger was over. ‘ The night was calm and the moon|. gleamed fitfully, through the light and fleecy clouds, amidst which glided the twinkling. lights of the. airplanes entering Paris, CAPITALCITY WILL OBSERVE: © Unusually Impressive. Demon- stration: Planned. for Not- ‘able Anniversary i | i | DEVINE, O'CONNOR, TALK | perintendent of the state industrial | school at Mandan, and Rep. J. FT. | O’Cannof. f,,Grand Forks, the great- | est oratonnof:the Fifteenth Legfisla- ; tive assemil#y,"“have been invited to address thei’Liberty day demonstra- ; don’ in. Bismarck ‘on Saturday -after- | 100n, April 6. | The afternoon of Liberty day. will | be celebrated in ‘Bismarck as a half- holiday.’ The: state house force will | be released. for the afternoon, county offices probably will close, and a-ma- rity of ‘the business and profes- sional offices of the city will observe the occasion by suspending work for at least a portion of the afternoon. Loyalty Parade . A great Liberty day loyalty parade, more impressive than anything Bis- marck has yet seen in this line, is being planned by Capt. KE. G. Wanner, chairman of the governing board of the North Dakota home guard and commander of the Bismarck unit. Every military and semi-military, patriotic, fraternal and ‘business or- ganization in the city is extended an invitation by Capt. Wanner to take part in this parade. He has person- ally invited the pupils of the public and parochial schools ‘to participate, and he urges every business house in the city be represented by an ap- propriate float. “Flags of All Allies All of America’s allies in this great struggle for freedom, entered by ‘America just a yéar ago next Satur- day, will be represented -in the parade} by their national colors. The Elke’; and Salvation army bands are expect-) ed to furnish music for the marchers. | All of: the labor organizations of the city have ‘been especially urged’ to take part. because ‘this war is ‘one in which organized labor, by its loyal support ‘to the government, is playing ‘a most important part, bot The parade will begin at 2 o'clock. Patriotic exercises to be held on the commons north of the Auditorium, if} {Continued on Page Three.) ~ | ae NORTH DAKOTA | DEMOCRATS IN FARGO SESSION Fargo, N. D, April 2.—Leading dem | ocratic committeemen from all parts of the state were in session here to-| day at a conference of the democratic | state central committee: _ Important questions were before the conference and were being discussed this after- noon. * MAY MERGE EXPRESS COMPANIES IN UNIT | Washington, April 2.—A merging of tne expFess com- | | panies under a new corpora- | | tion to operate them as a | \-unit for distribytion-of prof: | its is under considération be: tween the railroad baer \ MORE DRASTIC (Twenty Years and Fine of; ‘ votes, *-The. ‘total. vote, for the three) | candidates was as foJlows: J’ .\. Jes FIRST BRISTOL | PENALTIES FOR PRICE FIVE CENTS TRAINING CAMP. H FRONT LIN $20,000 for Boosting Kai- | ser’s Side of Row | —_—— i { | 1 CAN’T BLOCK BOND ISSUES i ‘fender in Class With Other Traitors | - { Washington, D. C., April 2—In fav-} orably reporting a bill to impose Cras-} tic penalties on disloyal acts, the sen- ate judiciary committee adopted an amendment. by Senator Poindexter prescribing imprisonment for 20 years HUGE OFFENSIV |National Pride to Be Made Subservient to. Win- Knocking Liberty Loan Puts Of-| i ning of Great Movement About to: .- Begin on West Front yes ASPECT OF GENERAL PERSHING’S * ARMY NOT IMPAIRED BY CHANGE. Building Up of Purely United States Force’ to MdeDeay and a $10,000 fine for whoever “shall by word or act support or favor the| cause of the German empire or its/| allies in the present war, or by word, or act oppose the cause of the United| States therein.” i The committee also approved the! same penalties for persons obstruct: | ing the government war. bond issues, and for “wilfully attempting as well; as actual attempts to obstruct re-j cruiting or enlistments in the army.”: i MAYOR WHITE ‘FOES DOWN TO | Former. Dig incon Chief Execu-' tive Nosed Out of Office ° _ by JV. Jessen : \ Dickinson, April 2.—J. V. Jessen! carried’ every ward in Dickinson on Monday but-one, winning the mayor- alty election by a plurality of 200 sew 491 -votes;~ Alfred: White -291, Roy Butler, 282. : Mr. Jessen, whose eldest son, Fred- erick, i8 with the American forces in France, is the pioneér clothier of. the city. ‘He is a member of the Dickin- son school board, president. of the Dickinson Building and Loan associa- tion and in’ many other ways is close-| ly identified .with: the business inter- ests of the citys: Among the new aldermen who were elected today are: F. L. Roquette and J. W. Reed, both prominent mer-| chants; C. Pederson, district agent for; the Delco Light supplies; Herman; Rabe, manager of the Dickinson bot-| tling works, H. F. Rase, grain buyer and farmer; J, W. Sturgeon, lawyer. ARMENIANS AND GEORGIANS ALLY | IN DEFENSIVE) Petrograd, April 1,—(By the Asso- ciated Press)—Fierce fighting has broken out in the districts of Batoum, Kars and Ardaham, in the Caucacus, The Armenians and Georgians have formed a large army for the defense of: the territory against the Turks,; who have begun military occupation; of the three districts by virtue of the! Brest-Litovsk peace treaty. i JUDGE WADE HERE | TO FINISH TERM i Distinguished Des Moines Jurist Will Be Loyalty Speaker | Judge Martin J. Wade of Des: Moines, Ia., will arrive in Bismarck tomorrow ‘to sentence Couture and MacDowell of Standing Rock reserva- tion, convicted at the last term of the U.S. district court for horse thiev-| ing and perjury respectively, A stay; of sentence was obtained by the con- victs last» December on the ground that inasmuch as the Indians whose stock was ‘stolen were full citizens of the United States, the case was one for state and not federal courts. Judge Wade has overruled this plea, and it is understood that after sen- tence is pronounced, Judge E. T. Burke} representing the defendants, will ap-; peal. to the United States supreme court. Tomorrow evening Judge Wade, who has a great popular fol- lowing in the Slope since the trial ot Kake Richards O'Hare, last Decem-} per, will deliver a patriotic address at| the Auditorium. j PLANE BURNED | 2 Euffalo, N. Y., Apr. 2. the Curtis Aeroplane and Motor Cor- poration was burned at the aviation field on Thursday, it was admitted in a statement given out today by offic- jals of the company and the United States signal corps. The fire was ‘accidental and in no circumstances could be attributed to the work of spies, it.was said. The airplane,.was not entirely ein view re “the "fact eaaeatty? ivan hes tS {an almost unbelievable tale of the per- des- i Proceed When Men Have Received Proper Training British Army Headquarters in France, « April 2,—(By Associated Press)—The Brit-"." ° ish stormed strongly held positions in a’ wood along the Luce river yesterday. When the enemy withdrew after sharp fighting, he left the grounds strewn with its dead... The Germans shelled the wood heavil after it was occupied by the British and or-'* ». ganized two counter attacks for the put". * pose of retaining it. Both were caught in the British artillery barrage and broken. “: _ Washington, April 2——The announcement from-London that American army units are to:-be brigaded with Freneh and: British organizations was interpreted by army officers here today indicating that the United States government: is | ready to thrust aside all questions of: national pride in placing American power at the immediate, disposal. of the allies. j The plan was decided on at conferences be- tween Secretary Baker, and Generals Bliss and. Pershing and British and French officials. TO RUSH TROOPS OVER © re Details of the method to be followed presum- ably will be arranged by General Pershing. There was every indication, however, that American [troops now in training here are to be rushed across regardless of their proficiency and fed into the [French and British machines as battalions. or larger units. ; USED HAMMER AND ,, The British statement. care- fully notes that the national as- : pect of General Pershing’s army: SHEARS ON GIRLiis not to be impaired. The.build- cea ing up of that purely American Inhuman Stepmother Arraigned) War machine will proceed as rap- in Dicki Court |idly as possible. In Dickinson Cour’ To supplement that, however. other American units will be fed Dickinson, N. D., April 3.—Exhibit- to the front thru British and ing a cleft in her chin made with 4; French lines to meet the presen’ dow trom a hammer; showing mis- emergency. shapen humerus bones in both arms, i resulting from mishandling, and dis-/ Arranging Transportation playing punctures from some sharp! ‘Arrangements for the trans- instrument in her back and shoulders,| portation of these additional muscles which had been dug into with} American ‘forces,”. the - British a pair of shears, hands and feet froz-| Statement says, “are now being en and inflamed and teeth knockea | completed. Beats ak out, Tillie Jordan, 14 years old, tol], This was regarded here as secutions which she has suffered at the hands of her step-mother, Roses be devoted to taking f Jordan, Mrs. Jordan was arraign as * ; . on complaint of Judge Sterand, juve- Ammerentt units, and. Unaties ‘nile officer, after neighbors had told/18 Said, the early delivery In burs, of her treatment of her stepchild, The| ope of at least double the Ameri- little girl, who cane ane tinglish, can man power that could. have told on the stand of one instance when} hee: Wi in . med two stepsisters held her while hee) Haan for’ warded in the same time stepmother calmly jabbed fer a B pair of shears, None of the Jordans} To Build American Army x speak English. The father remained | outside the court room during the pre-| It was noted that the state-i liminary hearing. apparently as much! ment pointed out that the Amer- in fear of his wife as is his daugh-|ican forces merged with the Brit- ter, ae gonian (has pect held to} ish and French are to be: with- the next term of district cour! \ a * she bonds of $500, and her victim has been | cee pee ie waning ind given a good home in Dickinson. jcomple and “Genera! Persh- \ing wishes to withdraw them: to +] build up the American army,”. oF NO BULGARIAN TROOPS | | —— che first), FIGHTING IN THE WEST | 'GERMAN SPIES -—The, fir: i | Bristol airplane. made at the plant of| INTERFERE IN. GAS MASK WORK Washington, D. C., April 2- _ Washington, April 2—4 report to the state depart- | ment today from a \ Consul Murphy at Sofia, de- | | .. that. Germ: iia : : int clared that no Bulgarian | | with the iranutactise bp bene troops were moved to the | | tended for use in France were 3 | jin the senate today by Senator Thom- of Coloredgs mvho: declared ge after: | western front for the big | German. offensive. It. had MERGE SAMMIES indication that the full extent: of - British troop ship capacity: is ‘td: yi OOM 34 sredoath fide stiw aithn-ee eat oom