The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1918, Page 8

HIDDEN PRON ~ FOEPOPULACE | Wounded Sent to Belgium; Half | of Many Divisions Were : Killed i PRENCH ESTIMATE 300,000 | Official Statement After even Days of Battle Clears Figures “Washington, D. C., April : P French official estimate ot the Ger-| € ‘man losses in the great battle on the | ‘© western front puts their total casu- alties at between 00 and 300,000 | ot th The Germans | clared, People their heavy sacrifices. (4) (It has been possible to identify, the ff despatch says, nearly 100 German di- VY visions, more than ten of which were| IO twice engaged. Some of the divisions Si} is<declared, had to ‘be relieved al the end of the first day after losing; more than half of their men. ‘The despatch follow: ‘After an eleven d } ing which the Germans have reckle ly pusiied forward their attacking es, one may gather a fairly accu- t rate estimate of their losses. t Division Nearly Swept Away. lt “In the first place, it has been pos- iS sible to identify nearly one hundred of Ei their divisions since the begining of| a the. offensive, more than ten of which| S wrere: twice engaged. Some divisions to be withdrawn at the end of ‘first day, having lost more than aif of the men; such was the case af the 45th and the 88th The latter! has been nearly entirely wiped out.| W Among those that have suffered the| k most are the 50th, 12th, 28th and eae) divisions, as well as the second asian guard) the 16th the 2ist| Ad 26th divisions of reserves. ¥n. the second place, an enormous number of corpses were found on the battle front, and the prisoners on be- tC ing questioned acknowledge the ex- tent of the losses of their respective units, rp a ‘e i "To conceal from the German people! {the heavy sacrifices that their of- fensive’ methods required, the Ger-! el mhansare sending most of their 4 wounded to Belgium. ¢ ‘It is not an exaggeration to esti- ¢'mate ‘the total of their losses at be- §, HASPLANS -FORGREAT GUN ais Men Declar Declare It is Not; Worth Develop- ment Washington, D. C., 4 fora super cannon, a great gun of long; , range, possibly similar to the one ‘with which the Germans have been bombarding Paris, have been ‘subm ted to Secretary Daniels by uaval ord- nance experts after months of ¢ perimenting. It is understood, ever, that the report includes a s ment that the ordnance officer: helieve the military value of such a ‘weapon would compensate for the! ;| time and money which must be spent! | in perfecting and developing it. i Reports were heard that the expect- ed range of the gun is 105 miles _NOSHORTAGE OF . FARM LABOR IN " WASH. HE SAYS. Nashington, D. C., April 2—A. L. ‘Barkman, chief of the farm service " division of the department of labor, ) inced tbday on returning from 4! m day trip through the west that | bare is no foundation for reports of | @ serious shortage of farm labor there. fo" “There is a good steady demand for | T'farm labo! rr. Barkman said, “but; a present-calls are being met generally. (Kansas has the prospect of an 80 per cent winter wheat crop with 9,500,000 acres.” M °Mr. Barkman said 1--re wheat was CO'meing planted in South Dakota than WC' ever. before and Oklahoma farmers re having more cpplications for rm. work: than can be filled, ‘GIRL DELINQUENTS — T0BE CARED FOR | BY $250,000 FUND Washington, D. Cc. Dc, Apr. 2.—Presi-| lent’.Wilson has set ‘aside $250,000 of ‘his $100,000,000 war emergency fund for the commission of training camp iclactivities to establish additional re- ¢:formatory facilities and houses of de- iye:tention for delinquent girls and wo- found near military camps. The ; will be spent in the south, 4 ‘a majority of the camps are| Ipecinigpen and it is planned to aid sev- feral existing state reformatories by ding new cottages which will ac-; \commodate thirty or sixty occupants. “Each state witl be required to share ‘expense of construction by appro-| ting a sum equal to its allotment ‘and must agree to complete the. re-j formatory within one year. Apr, 2,—Plans y coma committte to disburse the|' being organized by Chair-| ek, of the commission, in- ect its members Mrs. New- ker, wife of tne secretary ING CHAMP. HONOR MEDAL ER IS ENSIGN ipr. 2.—Tedford hampion swil rersity, no’ |ST. LOUIS-CHICAGO | with slaying Mathias Wetzstein, con- 4 honor ‘Sat {hebHinry 9 for saving the ‘AU. is. 38S Mag shale ‘been ‘commissioned: Jan ensignby Secretary Daniels, ‘aes ‘cording to a cable message. r ere today by the youth's father 6 | Cann, together with another sea- {man, Ora Graves, when the vessel sprang a leak volunteered to enter the bilge flooded with eight feet of water and closed the opening in a pipe con- | | nection to the sea. Ensign Cann, better known in “Teddy” was the champion 100. y: j senior swimmer of America when he {enlisted in the naval reserves last | |summer. He also holds the world’ junior record for 160 yards and the Metropolitan championship — for and 440 y: rds and a half mi a half mile. CELTIC, LINER, BELIEVED SUNK A Torpedo Strikes Vessel Bound} for America; No Passengers re sending most | oftheir wounded to Belgium, it is de-' to conceal from the German) New York, | steamship Celti Star Liners, was attacked and tor- pedoed by a German submarine, ac cording to reliable information re- eived today in marine circles here, during a voyage from England to Am: | erica, Efforts are being made to sav the ves: which it is believe: ried no passengers. If there were any American soldiers | on board the Celtic, it was said to- | day, they were very few in number as carried as ‘casuals” returning home. It was stated that there were no sick |} or wounded on board. PACKINGTOBE | UNDER CONTROL Wilson’s Maciek of Board Believed to Indicate War | Regulation | Chicago, IL, Apr. 2.—President Wil-| son's action looking toward the stab- | | lization of meat prices through the naming of a commission of five mem- ‘bers which was seen as pressaging virtual control of the packing compan. | tes by the government for the period of the war, was commented upon in the following statement issued by J. Ogden Armour. | “Armour & Co., is unqualifiedly and) | unreservedly for whatever course the | president decides to be the best meth- |od whereby to utilize the packing in-) | dustry as an efficient contribution to ja successful solution of the war prob- lem both at and behind the firing line. | Whather the president decision be to regulate, to control or to take over jand operate our plants and properties !count Armour & Co., among the sol-| diers glad to salute orders and en- | thusiastically to obey IELECTIONINWIS. TO BE RAINY, IS | . April 2.--The | one of the big White} BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE URGENT WAR BILLS THRU: as | ; ans May Be Commandeered By Government WOULD ENLARGE Men Unfit for military Duty May Be Clerks; Aviators’ Pay Not Cut Washington, D. C.. | ant war legislation w: | by the senate, including various am- |endments to the national defense act, ‘and separate bills authorizing the con- April 2.—Import-| |demnation or lease of land for war'| purposes and empowering the presi- operate and railroads to government | ident to commandeer street and interurban hipyards engaged oi | work. thorize the secretary of war to pre- scribe zones in navigable waters en-; | dangered by artillery practice, trans- portation of explosives or other war | activities; emtpowers the president to call for war department clerical duty | men of draft age physically unfit for military service, and provides for the enlistment of men outside of the draft ages for civil duty. One provision specially continues the extra pay al- | lowance of fifty percent for army avi- ators, which the war department pro- posed to abolish. Another bill passed authorizes a service medal and ribbon for all reg- ular army and national guard men and officers who have done duty on the Mexican border, Alien draft legislation was brought up by Chairman (Chamberlain of the military committee, but was passed over at the suggestion of Senator Lodge of Massachussetts, of the for- eign relations committee, which is considering the proposed draft treat- ies with Great Britain and Canada. MACFARLAND HAS NOTHING TO SAY President of ‘Valley City Normal Silent on Resignation Valley Cit: N..D., April 2.—“I have nothing to say in this matter until T have met with the board of regents and have discussed the questjon,” said President MacFarland of the Valley | City normal when questioned concern- ing a reported demand for his resig: nation from the board of regents. jubilee as president of the Valley City institution in-1917, admits that he has received from Charles secretary of the board, a request for his resignation, “I have not made up my mind whether I will resign,” was the most Mr. MacFarland would say. WEATHER WORD). | Milwaukee, V Apr. 2.—Showers | according to the weather man, may be; | looked Wisconsin ; voters. "| tous special senatorial election. i In the closing days of the campaign! , republicans, with Congressman Irvine L. Lenroot, as their candidate, and the | | democrats, led by Joseph E. Davies. | | predicted that the disloyal vote will) go to Victor L, Berger, the socialist | candidate. for today when \ | i | AIRPLANE MAIL TO | BE OPERATED SOON April 2.—An airplane, | mail route soon -rill be established between Chicago and St. Louis, post-: {master Win. B. Carlisle announced | today. He and Colin M. Selph, Pod | master at St. Louis will hold a con- ference next week to complete details | of the plan, Mr. Carlisle said. “The service will be similar to that | between New York and Washington,” said Mr. Carlile. ‘We have not definite-| ly decided what the rate on mail will} be. T understand the rate on the New York-Washington route is 24 cents an ounce.” LEHMAN IN ‘IN JAIL; HONEYMOON BRIEF | Slayer of “Mathias Wetzstein | Violated Bond Chicago, im ae Beach, N. D., April 2.—Intercepted on; his honeymon, following his marriage at Billings, Mont., to Miss Lillian M Conrad of Beach, Adolph Lehman, a weolthv Richardton rancher, charged victed, sentenced to twenty years in the venjtentiary..and released on bond of $20,000 pending a appeal to supreme court, was take into custody at Spo- kane. Washington, for violating the law by leaving the jurisdiction of the; local ditrict court and was returned | to jail here to await action from the supreme court on his appeal. | WHEAT PRICE BILL GOES TO CONFERENCE i Washington, D. C., Apr. 2.— | —Senate amendments to the | agricultural _ appropriation bill, including the provision |! for increasing ‘the govern- || | ment wheat price “guarantee |; to $2.50, were disageed to by | the house today and the measure went to conference. ‘A*weparate vote will be de- Bat Fin dred ‘o to the polls in the momen: | + jand large FRANCO - BRITISH ADVANCE REPORTED Paris, April 2.—French and British troops advanced last night between the Somme and Demuin, it is an- nounced officially. Over most of the front between | the Oise and the Somme the night was calm. Heavy ar- | tillery fighting occurred at | some points. 4 Important to All Women Readers of This. Paper Thousands upon thousands of wom en have kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else, but kidney trouble ‘or the result of kidney or bladder d ease. Tf the kidneys are not in a healthy | condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased, You may suffer pain in the back, headache and loss of ambition. Poor health makes your nervous, ir- ritable and may ‘be despondent; it makes any one 80. | But hundreds of women claim that Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Poot, by restor ing health to.the kidneys, proved to be just the remedy needed to over: come such conditions. A good kidney medicine. possess- ing real healing and curative value, should be a blessing to thousands of nervous, over-worked women. Many send for a sample bottle to| see what Swamo-Root, the great kid- ney, liver and bladder medicine wil) do for them. Every reader of this pa- per, who has not already tried it, by enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., may receive sample size bottle by Parcel Post You can purchase the regular medium 81ze€ stores. HIGHEST PRICES PAID For.Men’s cast off Suits, Coats and Shoes. WE ALSO BUY. JUNK OF ALL KINDS IN HANDFUL OR CARLOAD LOTS. : We have accepted the agency for the Fargo ron & Metal Co. Inc., with a capital of $50,000.00 and we can pay the highest prices. ‘Don’t leave old iron around to rust but bring it, to us or Phgne 358 and we will call for it ad pay you the high- est price. COLEMAN’S NEW AND 2ND eupied STORE id ane T Cleaned, | FORMAL EDICT ON RAILROADS Washington; D. C:,-April 2.—Presi- dent Wilson’ by proclamation today delegated to Director General McAdoo bottles at all drag | U.S. SENATE ; Land and Ship ‘hip Yards Interurb- DRAFT| passed today) ie The defense act amendments au-| all powers to operate ‘ratlroads and contract with them for government compensation, conferred on the presi- dent by’ the railroad act. This was virtually done when the. government asssumed management of the roads December 26, ‘but a-new proclama- | since then of the railway measure. HUNT REASON FOR DECLINE OF EXPORTS | * Washington, D. C., April 2—Ameri- 's falling trade balance, while far m the point where imports equal po} is being studied intently by ott ‘ials to see if the unfavorable ef- st on foreign exchange may not be ottiet and restore the dollar to it is worth less ‘han 100 cents. Imports for ;rebruary, the depart- ment of commerce announced toda increased $8,000,000 whilé exports de-| clined $56,000,000 compared: with Feb- {ruary of last year, the total being $207,715,540 for imports and $411,786,- 343 for exports. For the first eight months of the fiscal: year imports | unted to $1,841,216,090, an in-! se of $94,000,000 over last vear. | The exports were $3,863,248,227-| which was $219,060 ,0U0 less .than last | year. Consequently ‘the ‘trade bal-! nee of $2,022, 7 is less by $500,-; 009,009 than in 1917, RANCHER ACTS AS | HIS OWN SURGEON A. Fitzpatrick Sews Up Bad Cut in Upper Lip | Dickinson, N N. D., April 2.—When anal outlaw oeotehs got the vetter of him)” and bolted, running under a wire clothesline which cut entirely. through | the upper lip of the rider, pulling a tooth and leaving the lip dangling, A Fitzpatrick, manager of the C. C. ‘ead ranch in the Bad Lands, with the nearest physician a day’s ride away and with the work of the ranch press- ing, procured an ordinary needle and | thread and with a bottle of peroxide! | for an antiseptic, stood in front of aj; mirror and sewed up his own wound, | | When the cut had healed nicely, he removed .the stitches, and his friends | knew nothing of the accident until Fitzpatrick showed up one day with j a scarred lip and a missing tooth. i rogaixas HUN INVASION: ” | Cami Made, Md., Apriki*?+-~When ° 12,909 national army’ men arrive in altimore, Saturday, after hiking from | their comp hey will protect the city | 1 normal head. who celebrated his silver = Liessmann, = The Aenea $5. Down and $1 Buys One of Our N This is not an orname tion was made necessary. by. passage | ay | parity in those neutral countries where | Swiss Bracelet Watches is eneral 79th division. Prestdent Wilton will make an address at the “over there” exposition. WHOLESALE BEEF BUTCHERY FOUND iTwo Billings County: Men Ar- rested for Cattle Killing Fryburg, N. D., April 2.—A whole- sale beef butchery in which at least eleven animals belonging to Ed Jos- suck, Henry Fritz and others, were slaughtered in the Bad Lands was dis- covered by riders who chanced upon two piles of hides and heads near Pleasant ‘Flat, The brands had been leut out of the hides to hinder identi- |fication, Deputy Sheriff’ uster has arrested. Andrew and Charles Miller on suspicion, Each has given bonds in the sum of $1,500 for his appear- yance April 9, ‘FIVE KILLED AND FOURTEEN HURT ‘Mysterious “Explosion in Bolt Works Slays and Maims | Pittsburgh, Pa., April 2.—Five men | were killed and 14 seriously injured an explosion at the plant of the Flannery Bolt company near here to- ; day. Eleven of the injured, all un- conscious, were brought to a hospital here on a special train this after- noon. The cauge of the explosion has not been determined INDIAN LANDS SALE Large Number of Parcels Adver- tised for April 22 Fort Yates, N. D., April 2.—An. im- portant sale of Sioux Indian lands in this county is advertised by Commiss- ioner Cato Sells for Monday, April 22. GUARANTEE PRIORITY { FOR RAW MATERIALS | Washington, April 2.— | Creation of a requirements | division which will establish | priority of deliveries in raw | and manufactured war ma- terial was announced ‘today by the war industries board. | The division will eliminate | competition among thé gov- | | ernment departments in ob- taining supplies. & i \ i | | ce ner It hepylty tn 8 daya, iaprove “avoid omach trouble, vise wel a Week ew Model, 15 Jewel, | 50 PRISONERS AND 13 GUNS tor between Avre and: the: [ace ‘river ers, the war office announces. ‘Thir- teen machine guns were captured. Near Hebuterne, the British made.a successful attack capturing machine guns and prisoners. ‘A German coun- ter attack was repulsed. GRASS RECOVERS Chief Justice of: Sioux: Able. to : Return Home’ Fort Yates, N. = Grass, chief justice and ranking. tri- bal potentate of the Dakota nation, who has been quite ill in the agency home. While here, Chief Grass, 50 cts. 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April 2\—Mrs- Kathryn Warriors Fear Him, widow of the Indian policeman of this hame: who was killed in the last battle., with: Sitting Bull, died at.'the home of his daughter, Mra. Herbert Toon at the age of 75. CHRYSLER THE WINNER ; Gets Nice Contract on Big: Mar- marth Bank Building Ielfield, N.-D.,. April 2.—George S. Chrysler of: Belfield has been award- hospital here, has returned. to his ed the heating contract for the’ $50,- as {000 building which is to be erected vice chairman of the Sioux county at Marmarth by the ‘First National Red Cross chapter, posed for a photo- bank. . «Overnight Relief» for Constipation por mild, pleasant-tasting combi- nation of simple laxative herbs with pepsin that is known as Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, taken just before bedtime, will afford grateful relief next morn- ing, without griping or other discomfort. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin The Perfect Laxative.’ | SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE (33 Sises ) $1.00. 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