The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1918, Page 1

© THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR % THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. Lat es Hepes ot Sa cht ty BNL ob % ° * o o ° ° Lg ° co ° ° oe ° ej¢ ° Co + > BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WI DNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1918 AMERICAN REINFORCEMENTS APPEAR IN BRITISH BATTLE ZONE SAMMIES SOON TO BE FELT BY HUN INVADERS Reuter’s Dispatch Tells of New Detachments of United States Troops LA BASSEE FIGHT STILL ON Struggle Continued With Un- abated Violence—Concen- | ~ ° trating Artillery London, April 10.—American reinforcements have appeared in the British battle zone, says a dispatch from British headquar- ters ‘in France, to Reuter’s Lim- ited. Their presence in the fight- ing line, the correspondent adds, should soon be felt. The battle which began yester-}.. day morning between La Bassee| and Fleurbaix, the correspondent says, is continuing today with|.. unabated violence. The artillery duel has extend-; ed southward to Arras, while the| Germans are attacking ‘between! Armentieres and Messines, on} the Belgian border... - : i The enemy has brought. into) action. a trémendous concentra-| tion of artillery. and. is: throwing in. his infaritry in dense masses. The Germans, ‘the .writer:.de-| clares, plainly are making anoth- | er effort to. break thru ‘thé Brit-| ish ppsitions.... - i GERMANS EXTEND SECTOR] With. . the British. Force. in France, April-10.-—(By ‘Associat., éd. Press) —The'-Germans tg moriing extended the sector yesterday's attack.to.the. north. ward 'by Jaunching.a drive! against the British ‘between Ar- | mentieres and Messines. , 1 Germans Leave 800 Prisoners. "| Once yesterday, and again/last eve-| ning, the Germans gained ground at! Giverichy, but each time the British | threw themselves so -fiereely on the invaders that the latter ‘were forced | to withdraw, ‘the last tinfe leaving up-! wards of 800 prisoners‘ behind them | BISMARCK AND “GRAND? FORKS JOIN IN SUIT City, Assessor Estimates Motor! Vehicle Law Costs $4,000 / Annual Tax / BURKE TO BE OF COUNSEL Thé¢ cities of Grand Forks and Bis- margk will intervene with Fargo in the ection to be argued in the supreme coyrt next Monday afternoon to de- tefmine ‘the constitutionality of the vision of the motor vehicle regis. prationiaee which provides that no por- jAion of the funds collected under this statute shall be expended within the Mmfits of any incorporated city or vil-| 2. Fargo: took original action in: bring ing a test case for hearing before the supreme court April 15, and both Grand Forks and Bismarck have auth- orized their city attorneys. to cooper- ate with counsel for the Gate City. Former Associate Justice £. T.’ Burke, city attorney for Bismarck,. will ‘col- laborate with former Chief Justice Burleigh F. Spalding of Fargo and At- torney George Bangs of Grand Forks in arguing the matter before the su- preme court. F. W. Packard, chair-; man, and Commissioner George A. ‘Wallace of the state tax board, which is made the principal defendant, will ‘tbe the opposing counsel. “Chapter 156 of’ the session laws of 1917 attempts to take from the regular tax lists all autos of the state,” said Judge Burke today in ex- plaining the cities’: action., “Instead of paying taxes upon this property, the owner procures:a license from the secretary of state at a cost determ- ined by. the engine power of his ma- chine, and averaging about $7. ‘This ‘fund is first, used by the secretary of state to pay his special deputies, cost of, tags and other expenses, and the balance:is used by the state high- ‘way commission and by the ‘counties of the State. y | y “The real joker fs found in these words: b rovided,. further, that none of this money the limits of any incorporated city or village?” x z a : a os abate ace WhaACes “that the ct $4,000 in taxed: thrttig! er cities of ‘portion. \ shall be expended: within | , t PROTEST AGAINST JAP FORCE IN VLADIVOSTOK Moscow, April 9.—(By Associated Press)—A pro- | test against the landing of ; Japanese armed forces at ' Vladivostok has been sent a | by acommittee representing | a committee of the All-Rus- | sian soviet. NEW HUN DRIVE EXTENDS LINE 10 130 MILES Battlefront Now Reaches From Ypres in the North to Coucy le Chateau ARMENTIERES IS IN PERIL | tie ———— Converging Attacks From North and South; Threaten— ‘Huns in’ 4, Miles (By Associated Press) New German attacks have carried the. fighti in the great battle on the western front into; Flanders and, extended the battlefront to a stretch of: about 130 ‘mites, from “Ypres. -in < the north 40 Coucy-leChateau on the extreme French right. > +: > The German blow yesterday be- © tween La Bassee'and Armentieres has driven a deep salient into the British lines below - Armentieres s and the'region itself was reported under attack: this morning, © {The infantry fighting is spread- * ing ‘northward following a heavy bombardment “by. the Germans. * CARMENTIERES IN PERIL - Armehtieres seems in serious peril “from ‘converging attacks north and south. The British, however, are holding -the line southwest of the town and have prevented a crossing of the Lys by the Germans at Bac St. Maur, four ‘miles southwest of Armen- ‘tieres and another at Estaires. The maximum depth of the Ger- man penetration was about four and a half miles at Estaires. Grev- anchy’ was retaken by the British in a counter thrust. The German effort on this new front, if:not:more successful, does not ‘seem likely to have any - greater effect than to compel modificstions in the British line north of La Bassee canal. IN AWKWARD SALIENT. tondon, Eng., April 10.—“In_ this norning’s attack the British forces en- ‘ered trenches west of Lys and Doube,” said Major General F. B. Maurice, chief director of military op- arations at the war office today. The attack extended from Armen- feres to Messines. “The German gains today,” contin- today j ted General Maurice, “in conjunccion vith the results of his attack yester- ‘av have placed Armentieres in an wkward salient.” ’ NORTH DAKOTA BAPTISTS WILL MEET AT FORKS Convention City Chosen Today for Annual Meeting Sep- tember 25 to 29 Fargo, N. D,, April 10.—Grand Forks was. chosen as the convention city of che North’ Dakota Baptist conference ‘o be held’ September 25 to 29 next. It was decided at an annual spring meet- ng of the board of managers of the North Dakota ‘Baptist conference. Rev. D. E. Deake of Minot was elected state evangelist and pastor at large ‘o. succeed Rev. W. R. Hill, now in “ederal service. : THE WEATHER | For .24. hours ending at noon on April 9: Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest: last night. Precipitation . Highest wind Forecast For. North Dakota: Generally . fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer to- night and east portion Wednesday; fresh to strong southerly winds. i » Lowest Temperatures 26 Fargo . Williston Grand. For! St.Paul ... Winnipeg | to the Japanese consul there || 21; Associated Press)—Russia’s national FRENCH FORCE HUNS BAGK IN. 'Germans Prevented From Gain: ing Advantage in Heavy | Attack on Lines {BRITISH RECAPTURE TOWN, Wrest Fivefichy From Teutons— Front of Offensive Is Ex- panding Today Paris, ‘April 10.—German troops last night delivered a heavy attack on the: French lines near Hangard-en-Santer- | | re, which was met by a French coun- | ter attack, preventing the Germans | from gaining any advantage, the war office announces. West of Castel and west of Noyon German efforts to ad- vance failed. | BRITISH RECAPTURE TOWN | London, April 10.—In their new at- | tack on the front north of the Somme battlefield the Germans yesterday forced their way into Givenchy, but the British recaptured the town, the war office announces. Fierce fighting continued during last aight on the front north of La Bassee canal. The British troops are stand- | ling on .the line .of the rivers Lawe: and Lys..and are..engaged in heavy fighting with’ the Germans at the river a s “aeguas Mensa: Clebmont® ee crossings ‘at. Estaires , and” Bac { Maur... : “ t} | The German, front of attack is. ex- | \tending today. Early this morning a! bombardment was. begunfon the Brit-! ish positians from the Armentieres re-| |gion.as far: north as the. Ypres-Com-/ ines ‘canal. On the southern part of; ‘this front Infantry fighting ts report.’ Ponto; 25'Dems ed to have-begin: ai SARA noe) MILTON BRONNER. . By , | 1 « Special Staff Pispatch. { | | Washington, ‘April 10—Why is the | ‘aim of the great German drive Amiens ' fy i and not Paris, which fact is clearly in- | dicated by their strategy? Acting President Steele Charged As already stated “Amiens is the great railroad center of the English | With Opposition to Lib- j erty Loan | | | army,’ connecting “by ‘direct. straight ' yailroad. line with the-French ports of valais and Bologne. Amiens taken, ‘his main railroad could not be used fand the. English would be compelled |.0 use-a more roundabout route, also inaking use of the ports of Havre and pom amare ' Dieppe. which, in some ways, would | be a deadly Slow. HERE ONLY TEMPORARILY ; The English channel is narrowest : Ae marcare __,lat the straits of Dover, between Cal- ‘ - and Dover an ‘olkestone on the dressed a communication to Prof. A.' English side, This 21-mile stretch can eo Gueles haan prentdens of rue MI- be crossed by swift boats in an hour. i Ing his resigna- The British are able to stretch a pro- ‘ion after a meeting held yesterday’ te:tive net of destroyers and submar- js ‘war’ commateines Of (he, Associar| echt neuen” eeled: reserve: troops a S93 troops {tion of Commerce discussed the charg- eae auppiles: Bote ee e je canine Steele which declared he Make Calais and Boulogne untenable) had openly voiced bis opposition to and Havre and Dieppe ‘become the re hegre tothe etteet er next best possible ports. But these’ Steele had. declared he did not ap- + : prove of the'bonds.as a method of fi- aancing the war and advocated the THOUSANDS HAVE axation of war profits as a. better FAILED TO SEND IN | method. It is also charged that Steele INCOME TAX BLANKS : eritteised the work of the food ad- ministration. i * . The North Dakota board of regents Washington, April one | were notified of the action and that | Thousands of cases of fail- i \ i \ | ree under Steele's administration the | ures to file income tax re- | | | | | i Selool “hag been! going tackwart. At! | turns have been uncovered je meeting brought ou tyesterday it | by internal revenue agents brough % in | by internal reve ie competent. tout: ther, ieele was I) | and steps are being taken to compel filing of delinquent reports and_ payment. of proper penalties. Moscow, Tuesday, April 9.—(By the flag henceforth will be red, with the inscription ‘Rossiskay Sotzialyrtich- eskaya Federaticnaya Sovietskaya | Respublika,” (Kussiah socialistic fed- eratice soviet republic). This was de- cided upon today in a resolution pass- ed unanimously by the central. execu- tive committee of the all-Russian so- viets. | een | Board Hears Nothing. | “We have had no word from Minot; on this subject,” said Secretary ‘ vharles Liessman of the board of ré- gents this afternoon. ie ‘Steele oe nee came from West Virginia about a year ago to temporarily relieve President REGENTS PLAN Crane, whe Js doing Post-graduate APRIL SERIES work at Columbia. Mr. Steele in any event probably will not remain at Mie | 0 F MEETINGS not after the close of the spring se’ mester, as we expect: President Sessions at University and Agri-| Crane back by, summer.’ | rs ——— | cultural College Will Take RUSSIA DESIGNS I Up Budgets | ——— FIRST SOCIALIST - | Secretary Liessman of the state; N. ATION AL FL. AG: board of regents announced today that meetings will be held April 16 and 17 at Grand Forks and April 18 and 19 at Fargo... At Grand Forks heads of the/ Minot, Mayville and Bottineau normal {schools will meet with the regents. ‘The board will aiso.det contracts for the new chemistry hall.. At Fargo, in addition to taking up agricultural mat- ters, the regents. will confer with heads of the Wahpeton, Ellendale and | Valley City normals. At both meet- ‘ings bidgets for the ensuing year will be considered, and it is probable that gat Fargo some ates wl sg een ¥. to, the requested resignation of Presi- | TWO CADETS DIE | dent George A. ‘McFarland of the Val- C2 | AT KELLY FIELD | ley City normal. Advices -received from the university today are to the < effect that Dr. Kane, the néw presi- ‘San Antonio, Tex: April 10.—Ca-| dent, will ‘arrive from Olivet, Mich., det E, A. Ankrum of Champaign, Ill.,| the latter part of the week to take up mA his. dutieg,. .The capital city is looking. forward to: aa early visit: from Presi- dent Rene; who! hasamunrber of warm Te eekly tpn ° Beaumnon Nintewtese Daminatr ° KEEP YOUR EYE ON AMIENS! It’s Vital Base; Foch Says It Shall Not Fall; Here’s Why Allies} | Are So Determined About It : COUNTER BLOW "jase @ Larho; se ROMA Beahn Ribecourt. 08, serberie Soissous. oe"? oVilers-Lotterets "Se~ Me are nearly three times as far from TROTZKY NEW HEAD OF RUSSIAN ARMY "CONSCRIPTION i AND HOMERULE FOR IRELAND Prime Minister Announces That | “Irish Will Assume Place in Great War SENATOR STONE STRICKEN DOWN sc pose nat ~WITHPARALYSIS. © ax oom Self Government jChairman of Foreign Relations) London, April 9.—A political | Committee Was En Route ee oe was thrown in the ! PA ouse of commons today by Da- to Senate ivid Lloyd George, the prin min- ‘ jister, when he announced con- HOME |scription would be extended. to | Ireland and stated the govern- iment intended to extend home jrule to Ireland. During part of jhis speech the prime. minister ;Was interrupted by angry Irish ‘members. | Irish approval of the proposed |measures was not foreshadowed |by the attitude of thenationalist jleaders, nor did the Ulster fac- ‘tion show any signs of concillia- ‘tion. John Dillon’. denounced ‘conscription. Sir Edward: Car- ;son, the Ulster leader, while’ap: | proving conscription, objected‘to ‘the introduction of the homerule ‘measure at this time. ‘The houge |approved the introduction of the BURR IFINTOSH MAY COME HERE rere’ mer were jnext’ Tuesday.’ =» Ree : Premier Lioyd George said the | Noted Editor, Artist and Actor’ exclusion of Ireland eityoyed Interested in State Edi- tolerated any longer. . Ii le Moscow, Tuesday, April 9. ;. —Leon Trotzky, foreign minister, has been appointed | joint minister of war and marine. He has been acting | | as minister of war since the | government was removed to | Moscow. ATIONALISTS OPPOSED 'REMOVED TO HIS Washington, April 10.— | Senator Stone of Missouri, ; chairman of the foreign re- lations committee, was stricken with paralysis to- day while riding in a street | car en route to his office. | The senator was removed ‘to the senate office building, where medical assistance summoned and was later PRICE FIVE CENTS: oo & 8 &© © © & © & 8 + Se wile eieree *INEW ENGLAND } persomabotriends. and’ the Com: ne is planni Ir, joerc hanriereiibiom tiie tenon he EHTS Bigland, and the stretch of water is through her representative‘had 7 tors’ Conference (| 1 many | times harder to guard against Co approved the war and voted to Tremendous work’ would have. to | be done to make Havre and Dieppe REVIVING GRID IRON CLUB: as efficient military ports as Calais BA i and Boulogne, where the English have jury McIntosh, publisher of the! to‘be done to make Havre and Dieppe famous McIntosh art magazine and | as efficient military ports as Calais (ne man who made a success of “The and Boulogne, where the nglish have Gentleman from M sippi” which | expended milions on harbor facilities.' .as1 in the shade even the exceptional | But once in Amiens, Hinden-burg’ york of Thomas Wise, is among the| would do more than merely slow up prohavilities for the North Dakota | the movement of British forces and’ eqiiorial war conference to be held in supplies He would be in a position pisinarek on April 26 and 27. Wiring dy the sacrifice of troops, to march! trom new York yesterday, secretary towards the channel shores, so as to ‘phomas Allan Box of the state council! sut off Calais and Boulogne and 80 o¢ getense says: i achieve the kaiser's great object— M. Alhgon will handle our pub-| possession of these ports. i licity and will endeavor to get Burr In no time Calais and Boulogne: y-intosh to speak for us. Dr. Talcott would be converted into nests for sub- \\ ijtiams of tne school of journalism | marines, just as Ostend .d Zeebrug- | o¢ Columbia university may speak for | ge are. From here they could sally|,, . H. Davis, manager of the Mun-/ out and prove a most dangerous men-| 56. publications, will help us. So will) ace to English troop and supply ships.|jjan seitz, manager of the New York, Also, the Germans would be able to Word.” ; achieve their heart's desire—Bombard-, \\,;ing further, Secretary Box says: | ment of English cities by long dis:|«1arvey O. Higgins of Creel’s office, | fene> guns, | six Jackson place, will handle our pub-| y and help us get a speaker. Uharles F. Homer of the treasury puilding will furnish speakers for Val- fey City on April 19.” To Revive Gridiron. | T E E K OIL! l'ecause the conferenceof the 26th | 0 s jand 27th will bring to Bismarck prac: | CAPITALISTS tically every newspaper in North Da-| koia, it is planned to revive the Grid; Iron cluv, which has been more or less somnambulant since the last regular! ‘session, during which it staged some | jof the greatest stunts in the history | CER. | of Flickertail extravaganza. Walt} New England, N. D., April 10.—The | Cushing, then secretary to the railway New England Petroleum company is; commission and now publisher of the now organized for business with Dr.|Fargo Post, was stage-manager, gen-! G. A. Sarchet, president; Col. M. H./ eral superintendent, toastmaster and | Elliott, vice president; Attorney! high ace of the Grid Iron club. H. P.) Charles Simon, treasurer; G. D. La-|Knappen, editor of the Palladium of} Grave, secretary and E. J, Strang, Bismarck, is one of the chief senesch- | sales manager. They are now secur-’ als, and Happy Paulson of the Forum | ing leases from land owners south-/is principle medicine man, Tom Park- west of New England, where they er Junkin, Herbert Gaston of the Cour-| expect to drill for oil during the com- ‘ews, Fred Neumier. who is now) ing summer. winning new fame in France and can't} ery be back for the revival, and other! HEBRON MEN famous North Dakota newspaper men} are prominent in the ranks of the! FORM GUARD i Gria tron club, whose honorary mem-! sacha! | bership includes practically every puo- izati 4th | lic official in the state. Organization Launched With, The Grid Iron club has come alive | Emil Krauth as Captain | with: prospects of the big press pow- | wow here the latter part of the month, ‘and something very extraordinary is/ omised in the way of entertainment; Company Organized to Begin Boring for Petroleum Southwest of Town He>ron, N. D,, April! 10.—Hebron’s oF Fe oa ee eee ctval | tor the boys of the Fourth, Beate Ungerecht, first lieutenant; Charles |The entire top floor of a Bismarck’ H. Oellerman, second lieutenant. The | hostelry already has Reet nao organization is composed of the most|and the pet possum is dare Pepita: influential men of the town. | fighting diet of game cock in pre pi So eee Sey ition for the occasion. George V. Hal- “ .{liday, director of publicity of the | North Dakota council of defense has || been initiated into the order. MEXICAN RAIDERS | KILLED IN TEXAS |. +. El Paso, Texas, April '10.—Three| Mexican raiders were killed near Ft.; Hancock, Tex., last night when Amer-} ican troops fired on a band of armed Mexicans who crossed the line, ac- cording to a message recéived here| today. The bodies of the Mexicans were fourd-in the mesquite brush near) ithe! ‘Mextean cfurd. | iatifetican! trddps havei located otheriof!'thé raiding PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT DENIED NON-ESSENTIAL | Washington, D. C., April 10.— The war industries board today i sued! a revised priority order list under which industries will get coal! and railway transportation. It | prectidés'\ preferential treatment tollany plait Which does not hav: ‘substantial percentage of pro- commit the empire to it. HEAVIEST LIST © OF CASUALTIES IN SINGLE DAY Today’s Reports Show Five Killed in Action and 245 Slightly Wounded 283 SAMMIES ARE NAMED Washington, D. C., April 10—The largest casualty list for any day since the United States entered the war was ~ announced by the war department to- lay. There are 283 names on the list. Five men were killed in action; three died of wounds; eleven died of disease; seven died from accidents; ten were severely wounded; 245 wounded slightly; and two were missing in action. Twelve lieutenants were among the men wounded. The large number of wounded in the list which is for Tuesday, April 9, indicates more activity in the Amer- ican sectors. A list containing 447 names, issued yesterday, gave the ualties of six days. ARRIVAL OF HUN IN FINLAND ENDS RED GUARD SWAY Fall of Helsingfors Predicted in Near Future Under Article 6, Peace Treaty London, April 10.—With the arrival (of the Germans in Finland, the Red Guard cause is lost, and the fall of Helsingfors is expected in the'near fu- |ture, says Reuter's Petrograd corres- {pandent telegraphing Monday. The Germans demanded the disarming of he forts aswell as Russian warships in Finnish waters, before Friday, and the Russians agreed to compl The Germans base their demands on article 6 of the peace treaty, a note attached to which allowed the Rus- sian fleet to remain in Finland until the ice melted. (SEDITION BILL PASSES SENATE |No Vote Recorded in Unaninous \ ‘Action on Measure- wittiington, D. Cy Apri: 10-—The bition. bill ‘sexe ‘ i eh 4 PR ar Be ose obstructing the Lil d ithe American side and are uets: of- exceptional importance. | ‘party’ running them down, apoB Seaeieas coor: Selective draft <waa - @irecord vote today. — rR DRCaLRETRR > oat Psi at