The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1918, Page 1

THE. WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR 94. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. |PLANS GIVEN FOR OUR NEXT LIBERTY LOAN Issue Will Mature in Ten Years and Will Bear Interest From May 9 NONPARTISAN ADMITTED HIS PRO-HUNNISM Witnesses for the State Tell of Organizer’s Statements at Goodhue, Minn. Washington, D. C., April 4— The third issue of Liberty loan bonds will ture in ten years— On September 15, 1928—the treas- ury department announced today, and will bear interest from May 9, next, payable annually on September 15 and March 15. The Liberty loan campaign will last four weeks beginning Satur- day and ending May 4, the treas- department announced ja inke will be given five days af- ter the close of the campaign: to tabluate and report — subscrip- tions, OPPOSED LIBERTY BONDS! | i Declared This a Rich Man’s War and Urged People Not to Invest in Loan I y- i Red Wing. Minn., April 4.—Six of! HE BIS i i 1 | | | BISMARCK, N "THREE AMERICANS DEAD IN LONDON BILL PROVIDES "HEAVY PENALTY FOR SABOTAGE sion between airplanes, Lieut. S. Hugaenin of contingent, ‘Corporal Seisert and Private Kraut- man were killed, A fourth man was j Injured. RUSSIA WOULD BUILD ARMY OF Thirty Years’ Imprisonment and $10,000 Fine for “In. tent to Act” F DAMAGE TO FOOD COVERED Destruction of Livestock and Grain or Farming Mate- rials Made Crime i | the eight witnesses for the state in the trial of L. W. Martin, national Nonpartisan league organizer on trial here charged with obstructing enlist- ment in the army and navy, testified luuay Unat Martin in a talk made be-} fore a farmers’ meeting at Goodhue last fall, declared: “I am proGerman | and intend to make a proGerman! speech.” | The defense in cross-examining the! pa aeaean ag witnesses sought to show that -Mar-| os oy , tn’s statement vie made in answer to! Modifies Original Demands, | a certain published statement that his !* . utterances at a previous meeting were! Which Included Kursk and Voronezh UKRAINERADA. “OFFERS PEACE proGerman, and that his statement! | was merely a quotation from the news: ' papers’ statement. Each witness declared the- defend-| ant claimed the war was a rich man's! war, and said “we should be careful’ not to buy Liberty loan bonds, but; should let the rich buy them. The|:Press)—Peace has been proposed to epople should not weight down their! the Holsheviki government by the old gray shoulders with Liberty! Ukraine rada of Kiev, the non-Bolshev- bonds.” ‘Witnesses were asked if they | ika organiaztion, according to rumors| did not recall the defendant's ‘state-; Jere. ment: “I am subject to draft and will: It seems that the rada is willing to! go’ when called,” | lake concessions and to modify its} Four witnesses’ recalled they heard: -riginal demands, which included his statement that he was. subjec |vavs of the governments of Kursk draft, vee ye oe ‘ind Voronezh. : TRAVELING TROPHY, » the sssietee” fe ‘Sanerit TRAINS ‘FOR .DRIVE © 't ‘krainian rada, which at present ig at Unique Publicity. Stunt: to He THIRTY GERM AN at ‘aganrog, ‘it having fled from. Kiev Used in Third Loan Campaign | a , i St. Louis, “Mo,, April” 4.—Traveling | SITUATION IS COMPLICATED | Moscow, April 2. (By the Associated | ; | Conferees of the senate and house | wtilities, o | SEVERE PENALTIES ! FOR ANTI-WAR WORK Washington, D. €., April 4.— tion of Force Equal to Japs and Germans severe penalties for destruction ot war materials or sabotage. ae | : WILL US Commanders of Former Imperial Forces Will Be Asked ‘to Take Charge Penalties of 30° years’ imprison- ment ‘and $10,000 fine are provided in the bill tor acts which actually, or are intended, or which “there is rea-j son to believe’ are intended to in- jure or destroy war materials or; The latter include arms,; Moscow, Tuesday, April 2. (By the munitions, livestock, clothing, food | Associated Press.)—Russia will torm supplies, railroads, electric lines, ca-|an army. of 1,500,000 men not inte- aals, engines, mac‘sines, vehicles, ves-| tlor in power and equipment to the 5 dams, deservoits, acqueducts, | Germans and Japanese, M.: Podvoisky, structures, electric, wireless and tele-| a#sistant secretary of war, declared graph and telephone plants, and “all! today at a conference in Moscow of cther articles intended to be used by|the various military department the United States or any associate | heads. nation in conection with the conduct| » This would be the first.step in arm. of the war.” | ing the whole kussian nation. He said The legislation also penalizes wil-; the army organization was impossible ful manufacture of defective war ma Without the old officers and outlined terials, including ‘their ingredients.! a measure to enlist the services of all The bill was passed py the senate{ generals ‘and publish their names, a year ago-in restricted form and!giving to citizens the right to state recently was broadened and “brought | objections ‘to. anyone. FRONTS PUZZLE \ STRIKERS RESUME WORK | Norfolk,.Md., April 4.—Striking car | penters and . others. workers. in. the! army.and navy bases in the. Hara pea, Roads: district, returned, to work to-| day, Their demands will, be passed | on immediately, it was said... I ORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1918 PLANE COLLISION London, ‘April 4—At the: Lincoln- shire airdrome today in a ground col- the. American flying recently \ of Wisconsin, 1,500,000 MEN |Plans Announced’ for Mobiliza-' E OLD GENERALS| exhibition trains laden with war tro- phies ‘and all forms of munitions.and | armaments, gathered. “vom the, att! fields of Europe, will be-used through. | out. the country to advertise thé Thitd | Liberty ‘loan. The plan« originated here with the publicity department ‘of the eighth: federal reserve ‘district. ‘Thirty-four trains of tour,cars each | —two flatcars, one coach anda sleep-! er—will be sent on the various rail- roads throughout the. United States, it is announced, f The two flat cars wil contain can- non; machine guns, and other large pieces of ordnance. . The: coach will be-used forfexhibition of smaller mu- nitions and imprements gathered: on the. battle fields. ~ D. W. Hickey, transportation direc- tor of the Publicity Department of the Bighth Federal Reserve district has ‘been placed in charge of the trains. | ‘Soldiers and sailors will accompany these trains to demonstrate how the guns and other paraphernalia are used. An effort is being made to have a number of Canadian officer?, who have seen duty in Flanders and who have been invalided home ec- company the trains. GERMANS SENT INTO FINLAND Amsterdam, Anril 4.—A: Berlin of-| ficial communication received here reports the landing of troops in Eng- land. The statement says: “Part of our naval forces this morning, after. a difficult passage through the ice and mine fields, land- ed troops destined to. give help in Finland, at Hango.” : UNCLE SAM STILL NEEDS MEN FOR RAILWAY WORK J. P. Hardy, state director of the’ United States public service reserve for North Dakota, is in receipt of .a| letter from Washington to the effect that county enrollment agents of. the reserve may still take applications for induction into the military railway di- vision for the next couple of, weeks. The government still needs between two and three thousand men covering almost every occupatfon in the rail- way service, ‘Applicatts in the west- ern part ‘of: the state _may apply through H. F, O'Hare of Bismarck, T'urleigh county enrollment agent, either in person or by mail. DICKINSON’ NORMAL SCHOOL PLANS MADE ‘Secretary Liessman of ° the state board of regents announced today that all plans have been completed for the opening of the Dickinson nor-; mal summer school. P,.S. Berg,’ su- perintendent ofthe Dickinson . public schools, has ‘been appointed conduct- or. The summer school will be con- ducted in the same building vised in former years, but along regulation in- stitute lines instead of as a review school, and it will form the nucleus for the Slope normal ‘school, which the board of regents hopes to formal- ly open in the fall, a |. WANTS ARTIE BUES- Milwaukee, April 4.—Jack* Egan, the new manager of the Milwal 4 8 “play third ‘base this season.: : was with Mobile in the Southet ciation last season, has ‘been Baltimore, but would’ rather Milwaukee, Egan satd; Kaiser Preparing to Land In! TRANSPORTS ON ‘FINNISH COAST SOME HANDSHAKER | Prince of Wales.Clasps Rights of Tuscania Survivors Glasgow; April 4-—Daring a re- cent visit ofthe ‘Prince: of ‘Wales to: ‘his city, he reviewed and shook, ‘hands with 250 officers and men of, Psychological Moment fot’ Coun- | ter Stroke Has Passed, ‘Belief —— ‘vading Troops Southwest of Helsingfors BERLIN... MINISTER HURT | _ Petrograd, Wednesday, April 3. (By the Associated Press.)—Thirty Ger- man transports with troops: have ar- rived at-Hango, on the southern coast of Finland, southeast of Helsingfors. The Bolsheviki commissary for Finnish affairs reports that the Bel- gian minister to Russia has been wounded. by White Guards or gov- j ernment troops: while. attempting to ; pass into the rebel lines. REAL WAR SHOW AT THE MUSEUM | Curator M. R. Gilmore Has Ex- | hibit Fresh From France | | | i A case filled with war material; fresh from. the battlefront in France ‘has been added to Curator M. R. Gil-) more's most interesting military mu-| 'seum at the state historical rooms. 'The collection has been loaned to} ; the state museum by Lieut. Sidney} |G.. Mason, -who spent a year on the; | west front with an American ambul-: jance corps, rendering such good ser- | vice at:Verdun and in other gruelling feampaigns that he was decorated with: the French croix re guerre. i The exhibit includes a regulation; ‘ench army helmet, the “little tin! ! hat” to: which our boys refer in their letters: home; a French gas mask of| the type generally adopted by the al-: lies, and a German mask, which is} held to ‘be inferior to the French’ jtype; German belts with their hypo-! critical inscription, “Gott ‘Mitt Uns,”) purchased from. German prisoners) whom God had temporarily oxerlook-! ‘ed; a French aerial machine gun belt; .j i.French cartridge. clips, a French sig-' | nal pistol with which are fired trench | flares and signal lights; a French of-' ificers’ revolver of the long-barreled | Colt. type, looking far less efficient; than the deadly bulldog automatic; {carried by American officers; a Ger-| /man machine gun belt; the brass case! | from which was shot one of the huge! -milometer shells, and the ventilat-/ jor from the cockpit of a German; jtaube which fell within the French | ; Hines.” ; Thé. display is properly ticketed and is attracting a great deal of at- | tention: | ph sis A es i SENTENCES TWO i Judgé Martin J. Wade on Wednes-; { day. sentenced Joe Couture, conyicted at..the December term of court of horse-stealing, to 1 1-2 year’s impris- onment, and A, “McDowell, convicted at the same time to perjury, in con- nection. with the samie ‘case, to one year. anda day's imprisonment. Both gave notice of appeal, on the grounds that the Indians from whom the hors- es. were stolen were citizens, mak- ‘ing the case.one for the state and not for tedaral. courts. Judge Wade fixed Couture’s. appeal bond at 92,500 and "pat $2,000. The former is *by Judge B.'T. Burke, and by Sulivan, @Sullivan of | in the demotion of many officers who, | @or which they are better. equipped. the Tuscania. With them were the|FOCH’S PLANS UNKNOWN only two women survivors, two stew-! ~ “a ardesses who slid down ropes into a! ‘ life boat. The survivors were lined, ° Washington, D.-C., April 4.—With up in front of the St. Enoch: station) the. battle of Picardy brought ‘to a when ‘the ‘prince arrived. He talked | standstill for the time being, at least, with a numer of. the men and listen-i and-the initial momentum of the Ger- e] Yo stories of some incidents of the! man drive overcome, military observ- Tuseania disaster which they related | ers here were plainly puzzled tonight to him. t by the fact that a great counter as NEW PROMOTION | stroke under the rules of strateggy. | they think is pasing if it has not al ‘ ready passed. | Officers here admit frankly, how: j ever, that they do not know, what ; the situation at the front is. If any . | Report has come ‘from General Bliss Pershing’s Order Brings Demo- tion to Men in High Ranks i that,the plan of campaign mapped out SEs - ,by General Foch is of far greater Washington, D. C., :April 4.—Gerleral! scope than would ‘be involved in an Pershing’s reiterated recommendation! effort to hurl the enemy back to his that only officers who show the high-| old lines. The German defenses 6st efficiency be placed in command] there. which successfully stemmed the of troops sent to France has resulted] British assault in 1916 are still ‘in- | tact and even if the allies were suc- in the early months of the war were! cessful in rushing the German lines promoted from ranks of majors and! back they would face those defenses tactics of the allies, it is a carefully guarded secret. It is possible, it was suggested captains in the regular army to that} when their own organization was bad-! of colonel in the national army. Army! ly demoralized by their advance and ;. ‘ orders today showed that not less| their men showing the wear and tear than fifty. such officers had resigned| of a prolonged offensive. their commissions as the result of| For this reason some of the offi. reports of officers of the inspector; cers. were inclined to look elsewhere general's department that the men: for the aggressive campaien to which fad failed to attain the standard re-' they are pinning their faith. quired. Alt ti he offi who have lost thelr temporary pro RED CROSS PLAN MERCER COUNTY IS moons will be tried in other posts The remainder will go back to units! ot the regular army in their former | grade, The vacancies left by this; change will be filled largely by pro- moting temporarily other regular army officers, | While the number of officers who have failed to make good is large, a; vast majority of those promoted pass-' Sale of Tickets at Center Wil! Net $750—Other Com- munities Respond Center, N. D., April 4—The plan or Pershing to explain the defensive | GETTING RESULTS} ed the tests and cases of exception- ally good work have not been uncom- mon. Two officers who were majors in the regular army a year ago and who were assigned to national guard regiments as colonels, have been rec- immended by their division command- for promotion to brigadiers. SRee TaEas Se) '21 HUN PLANES BROUGHT DOWN London, April 4.—In intensive air- fighting thigieen German aircraft were downed and eight sent down out of control .by British airmen -Tues day, according to the official com- munication issued tonight. The Brit- ish, themselves ‘ lost eight machines, i which are missing. APPROVES. DRIVE | The North Dakota council of de- fense has approved plans for a state- wide drive for. $10,000 to be made by the W. C. T. U,-with a view to estab- lishing five coffee and chocolate kitch- ens. somewhere in France. Bismarck’ \share ‘ofthe fund- will- be $500, t | inaugurated by the Oliver county Red { Cross chapter,as a means of raising} | funds has met with a cordial recep- ‘tion throughout the county. The sale fof tickets, with prizes, at. Center first day, and the total receipts at Center will, aggregate $750,. The plan | covers the enti | of donations to the-Red Cross are be- jing held in each of the 12 branches of the Red Cross in Mercer. Sales ‘trom each of ‘these places are aver aging $250.: The year's subscription donated ‘by the Bismarck . Tribune was drawa at Center by John Hess, with No. 174. COMMISSIONERS HURRY: HOME TO SEED FARMS . The Eurleigh county commission ad- journed to permit its farmer members to hurry home to finish seeding, after voting to do some necessary repair work on’ the Red‘ Trail and: petition- ing the states ‘highway commission for federal :dind to -become available on -post-roads:in 1918, =. - * |.amounted te more than $500 on the! county, and auctions { --| been: invaluable... -- PRICE FIVE CENTS. see LY \LENROOT LEAD GROWS TO NEAR 12,000 VOTES More Than Hundred Thousand Wisconsin People Voted for Berger FINN OFFICERS — HEAP INSULTS ON AMERICAN ‘Order Military Attache From| U. S. Legation at Stockholm From Vasa Restaurant ‘Milwaukee, Wis., April 4.—The lat- est, though incomplete returns from | publican, a plurality of 111,669; over ; Davies, democrat. Additional returns reported during the night swelled Len- root's vote to 148,244; Davies’ to 136,- and credited eBrger, socialist, 103,431, The latter carried sev- /en. counties where the population was largely German. (PLAY WACHT AM RHIN Allied Representative Compelled to Stand While Hun Music Is Being Rendered | | | Stockholm, April 4.—The American and British urmy officers who re- feently visited General Hannerheim, jthe Finnish White Guard leader, on jorders from their Stockholm legations, were insulted and threatened with Tuesday's election. give Lenroot, re- | WHEN HUN TALKS PEACE, PREPARE ‘DRIVE ENTERS _ ON THIRD WEEK Both Forces on West Front Pre- paring for Resumption of | — Heavy Fighting | iHUNS BLAME WEATHER Say Climatic Conditions and Not’ French and British Halted Their Army P By Associated Press) jermany's “peace. drive” through ; Picardy enters upon its’ third ‘wee with both forces preparing forthe ad sumption. of heavy fighting, dut: the FOR WAR, ITALY | Patriotic Roman Paper Warn Italians Against Czer- nin’s Camouflage personal violence by Finnish officers jin a hotel restaurant in Vasa, accord- ling to a report trom the war corres | pondent in Finland of a Swedish news- |paper.. The correspondent says that ithe. two visiting officers who figured | in the incident wearing the uniforms{ {of their army ranks entered the res- {tdurant when it was crowded with) Finnish officers. mainly from a unit! which had served in Germany. The visitors scarcely had time to order {their meal before a ‘Finnish officer japproached the table and told the of- ficers their presence was not de ! sired. Later, another Finn asked the or- chestra to play “Die Wacht Am s | { i URGE GRANITE RESISTANCE} i i Rome, April 4.—Italians are warned | against the speech of Count Czernin/ by the Giornale d'Italia, as, it says, Austria-Hungary has spoken of peace | before every new offensive against | | Italy, | Rhine.” Everybody. arose, the Ameri-| Austria, the paper adds, now has| can and the Englishman plainly de-|t*reefourths of her army on the Ital- sirng to avoid threatening violence! 4a" front, where weather conditions also rose, Another Finnish: officer,!™#yY allow her to undertake an offens- however, swaggered to the table, and | ive immediately. Italy must be able/ said: {to resist on her front line like the | { “It is our ‘principle not ‘to sit’ in’ Anglo-French resistance: on‘ the west- ithe ‘same room ’ with Englishmen.” ; &' front. - On this granite. resistance | ‘The American replied that he was an ,deepnds’ the safety of’ the world. American not an Ejiglishman, but'the | ar uae ie , Finn responded: “It. is all the same; ‘ y you have just two minutes td get out : j iret 800 KILLED IN ANTI-JEW RIOT : | EMPLOYED IN EGYPT. IN TURKEST AN Cairo,’ April 4.—The British officiat | OTTespol t the Palest: front Sived vans actane dnatance iu ‘Agitation’ Against Semites in + The visitors, wha had finished their, {meal, left tthe’ room ac¢ompanied by, gives, an account of an instance jn which an airplane was employed in! Kiev Assuming More Acute Forn, Is Report ‘the. insults ftom Finnish officers. |, | AIRPLANE AMBULANCE | actual service as an ambulance. When a little mobile force rounded up the Turkish post at: Hassana; onthe east-! ern side of the'Singi peninsula, one’ of the British soldiers received a’ wound which necessitated an immedi- ate operation. An airman at once, volnteered to carry the wounded man; to the nearest hospital, 44 miles away | jacross the desert. Ky this trip the man's life was saved, - WRITES CREED FOR AMERICAN iets Set STATE OFFICIALS | | T0 ATTEND RITES) Large Number of Officers Will! Go to Devils Lake | Moscow, Tuesday, April 2. (By the; Associated Press.)—Anti-Jewish riots | have occurred in Turkestan. In Ko-| | kand 300 persons were killed andj ; much property destroyed, according | to the Ranneyi Outro. { ; . Anti-Semitic agitation in Kiev, it} adds, is assuming acute form. When that city was captured by the Ukrain- ians most of the inhabitants they shot; were Jews. i Patriotic Citizen’s Bel Forth by Maryland Man Washington, D. €., April 4.—‘The Americans’ creed,” tor which the city Cyaan of Baltimore offered a price of $1,000,; Attorney General William 8. Langer; was made public today, Its selection} and Mrs, Langer, Assistant Attorney; was the result of a “national citize General H. A. Bronson, Associate creed. contest,” approved by PPr Justices Luther E, Birdzell and R. H./ dent Wilson, Speaker Clark and a host! Grace of the supreme court; Chair-! of famous Americans. The author of | man F. E. Packard of the state tax, the creed, who wins the $1.000 prize,;commission, Chairman James Brown) is William Tyler Page of Friendship! of the state board of control, State; Heights, Md., near Washington. | Treasurer John Steen, Dr. W. F./ It reads: Crewe, secretary of the state livestock “The Americans Creed.” {board, and a number of other state “I believe in the United States of| officials and friends from private life! America as a government of the peo-} will leave tomorrow for Devils Lake| ple, by the ‘people, for the people,/to attend the funeral of Daniel V.) whose just powers are derived ffroni! Brennan, first assistant attorney gen-| the consent of the governed: a dem-/eral, which will be held there at 10/ jocracy in a republic; a sovereign na-/ o'clock Saturday morning. The Bur- ‘fon of many sovereign states; a per-'leigh County Bar association will ‘ect union, one and inseperable; es-|send flowers as a token of respect.) ablished upon those principles ofj|and appropriate resolutions will de ‘reedom, equality nad justice and hu-/sread upon the records of the Bur- \manity for which American patriots ‘leigh county district court at the op- crificed their lives and fortunes. ening of the May term. The North “Ll therefore believe it is my duty! Dakota dar association will take simi- Ves ‘ jlar action. Every officer and employe; “1 therefore believe it is my duty|at the state capitol assembled in the; '*o.my country to love it; to support, house chamber on Wednesday after-) | its constitution: to obey its la’ to!noon participated in the adoption of: lrespect its flag; and to defe it! resolutions expressing the love and {against all enemies.” {respect which everyone at the capitol The idea of laying emphasis on the; felt for the young barrister. duties and obligations of citizenship; ——— in a national creed otiginated with, Henry S. Chapin. and was first an-/ EDITOR GOES TO WAR nounced by him’ in September 1916. | pe The. idea was approved by the presi-|Ranney Succeeds Palmer on Kill- dent and endorsed by “the vigilantes,” | a nonpartisan organization of authors, | deer Tribune artists and others for patriotic pur-) pe t poses. : | Killdeer, N.)D., April 4.—Charles The creed awarded the prize was} Palmer, one of the Slope’s most prom- selected fro mseveral thousand sub-/ ising young publishers, has gone to mitted, because it was not only briefly; war, and the Killdeer Tribune has but remarkably comprehensive of the| heen taken over by C. J. Ranney of} best in American ideals, history and | Dodge. traditions, as expressed by the foun- der of the republic and its greatest | statesmen and writers. SAMMIES LAUDED | 3a i | i MEETING IN MINOT | The state railway commission has; the rates for several public service; corporations supplying various North ; Dakota cities light and heat under London, April 4.—The ‘British war | consideration at its stated meeting in office pays a compliment to American |'Minot. One. of the most important airmen in the official statement is: cases to be heard involves the prices sued tonight on aerial operations. chargéd and the services rendered by “During the last fortnight of in-| the Western Electric Co. at. James- tense fighting in the air” says the|town. Rate ‘Expert James A. Little, &tatement, ‘the ‘assistance rendered| Chief Stenographer Leota Hender- |by the personnel. of.the Americane|shott. and Commissioners Aandahl, | i | _ ties -| Garda to thé Plave river. UKRAINIANS KILL HEBREW: fighting front has remeined virtually unchanged since Monday” ; a ars! North of the Somme’ the” British . have improved their positidgs - by small attacks, whfle on the import- ant sector south of the river there has been no infantry action” * ~ North of. Montdidier the, artiller bombardment. bas been violent, bi the enemy has made no: attempt: attack. t a nMid Silence is being. maintained by doth sides as to the next act in the titanle military contest: Temes re Huns Blame the Weather” ~*~ German newspapers - declare shat the German ‘drive was halted .by'bad weather and not, by the Franco-Brit- ish defense. Admission is- made’ thet the Germans are having ‘great dif: ° culty in moving'up heavy guns mad supplies over the muddy ‘area-of' the somme, and the transport ig in poor shape of the nécessity for. constrict- ing new roads. ,, , ot Amiens, the primary.’ o| the’ German ‘effort, i8 tee " | ser for the moment... A wwilitany pi lamation posted» there ipfarms. ; vopulation that. threatening ; Ti hi teen rémoved’ and, exbotts i m to maintain confidence: 0-7 f° #4." ~Fy ; Americans Bombatded “ins | Prarie troops. ip cee arg ‘ ‘oul and in an’ unnamed p| been ‘subjected: to a eerie Mi ment from*epemy guns, + Ges ab were used mainly in. the fire. ag: | the Americans jn the unnamed. place. |-High: explosive shells and gaa.projec- j (ors were used tn the artillery -attacy, ; northwest of ‘Toul; but Ho-efeat asta: age was. done. e »Recqnnaissance dnd ‘patrol abtivi- are incredsing ,on’ the | Italian ‘tront. especially, froni, west’ of, ‘Lake r The ‘Ite jians have captured sévéral énerityguf- posts and: madé’a, number, 6} ers. Te cies ie .Germans in Finland ; A German force has been ‘landed'at Hango on the southern coast of Fin- land, to aid in the campaign. against the Finnish rebels the Finnish govern- ment forces aré bombarding Tamer- fors, north of Helsingfors, while new Pussian reinforcements are repdrtet to have arrived to help the rebels, who control most of southern’ Fin- land. een Germany’s offensive on the seas fell down last week. Only “14: British, French and Italian steamships were junk in the past week, while in the previous seven day period,” 37: were lost through the activitiés ‘of German submarines. Sa STANTON HOPES Me MAKE HOME GUARD. *" FINEST: IN ‘STATE Henry Sagehorn, Elected | Cap- tain, Is Veteran of 10 Years’: Army Experience { Stanton, N. D., April 4-—Former Governor J.'M. Devine, superintend- ent of the state’ industrial. schoo! Mandan, and George N. Keniston; sec: retary of the Bismarck Commercial’ club, were the principal speakers ‘dt a rousing farewell demonstretion given for the 42 Mercer county boys called to Camp Dodge. During his stay here Secretary Keniston..organ-. ized a home guard of.80 members, with Henry Sagehorn as. captain. Mr. Sagehorn had 10 years’ experience ‘fa Uncle Sam's regular army, and it. is pected to make an excelent jeader for the Stanton boys. With'a cap- tain so well qualified as Mr. Sage- horn, and with seven men in-the com- pany who have served in the regular army, Stanton hopes to’ make: its bome guard unit second to none: in North Dakota, é SUBMARINES WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR .HUNS London, ‘April +.—tlow do,the Ger- | mans obtain the accurate knowledge, which they are known to poseess,.of whether conditions in England, is often asked here, ., This: knowledge essential for them in their air d and captured documents show. that their meteorological ‘reports -are |! ly complete, despite the’ tact: that | pudlication of weather data or, fore- casts is permitted in English: papers. An English meteorological ‘exbett declares that the answer: to, the ques- eion is. not .through. any system: spies and land wireless, but”tHat ¢ data is derived from observations tak- en by submarines. : The important point for’ the st mans, he says, is to know the weather conditions off thé northwest: cqast Ireland and he thinks that a sul ine working’ at that place “is. ai to send weather reports to Germs by relays throughout, the wiféless “sp- attached to the royal ‘afr'service has| Bleick , and “Johnson are in attend- occ [ameees t SEAS as ‘he Br