The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1918, Page 8

SAMMIES ‘G0 IN’ ON LIBERTY DAY T0 BACK ALLIES British Front:After. All Night, ‘March SITE Battalion of Infantry. Arrives on! Senator; ‘ive in the penetrating of the battle:|. 7 5 ino he secor chosen for them-and they were greeted with great enthusiasm, From the south of Ypres in Belgium to the region of LaBassee, in Farnce, the ‘new offensive of the Germans is being carried out with great despera- tion, with thousands of men, under covey of unprecedented bombardments of the allicd rear lines, endeavoring to pierce the bravely defended fronts hed by the the British and Portugues —and now also at some unnamed | point ‘by Americans. On several sectors of the new twen- ty mile battle line a few deep sali- Vents have been driven by the enemy, but in the process the Germans now- here have been able to break through, the line merely bending back unde the great pressure. Particularly deep are wedges northwest of Armentieres and northwest of LaBassee—salients wnich seem to make certain the exac- lation by the British of Armentiehes and to threaten seriously the import ant railroad junction of Bethune. British positions southwest of Arm entieres, lying- between the riverr Lys and Douube, north of Armentieres along the five mile front between the Ploegsteert wood and the Wytschaete- Messines ridge have been pressed back by the Germans. East of LaBassee, Givenchy hill, the key to Bethune, has been tenaciously hed by the British and the town of Givenchy retaken, while to the north in the region’ of Ypres the enemy’s attacks against the high ground about the Messines ridge averywhere, have been decisively re yulsed. The British in recapturing }ivenchy made nearly a thousand Ger. mans prisoners. ‘At Oakland, 3; At Sacramento, | which came swinging along the road A 2 4 : | lusty uniforms and unshaven faces of of the mob and is said to have implicated another man, named to} American troops are now reinforc- denied that he was a spy or that he had hoarded powder with the) presented to the senate today in wide- | {ne gheatar portion of Which the Ger. d the flag, and that he did not beg for! tee’ of the subject. that now apparently have their objec he ‘had reiterated before the jury ev-, gravely disappointing, charged gov- the newspaper man, he was in a Col-| = urgently recommended that control be ‘Denying H Spy, Tearfully Kissing Fla Denying He Was Spy, Tearfully Kissing Flag, Asking No Mercy, Miner Was Hoisted to Death | “All Right Boys, Go Ahead and Kill Me, But | "Wrap Me Up in the Flag When You Bury Me, | Ta e In the Fla en You bury Me. i P p gs y TOLD IN REPORT ENTHUSIASM HOLDS SWAY | i Merely Looked On—He never Shed a Tear, : i flag”? F J Except When he Kissed the Flag,” Former U. Front of Heaviest At- 4 Ba Py ey ‘ : tacks: ing Victim Denied He Hoarded Powder or Different Aspects are Disclosed | Wasa Spy. , Through Minority and Ma- April 10.—(By the Associated Press) —tThe first of the American fighting ped in the American flag formed the last words of Robert Prager, = et Jay] Cont and have been greeted with in: hanged here by a mob early last Friday, according to testimony to- opp VIEWS TAKEN ense enthusiasm. The oyeseas plo * : were present 2 ej iry whic ‘as held! 1 i ;_ into a certain sector after an all night Peer uby beens whe were present at the inquiry which was held) One Committee Denounces Opti j into 8 carta n-sect af athes an-all night mism, the Other Considers he Americans showed that they had the jury. been long on the road. Prager was hoisted into the air by boys from 12 to 16 years old, Washington, D. April 0.—Diffi- culties encountered in developing the) purpose of blowing up the Marysville mine. Riegel, it is said, paid: ty different aspects through majority | DOr robert ¥ a tribute to Prager’s bravery, declaring that the latter never shed/and minority reports on. the ‘military | Hae ub tarc ei) thelr strong ar mercy. ame 4 | The majority. through Riegel made a confession early today to a St. Louis news- Chambériatn, of Ofegon, chalrnian, de: fect conkers eranee and Béleiee ery detail mentioned in his statement] tomorrow night. No arrests will be{ ernment officials responsible for the | to the reporter. made until after the inquest, accord-/ program with misleading the public ; insville saloon about 10:15 o'clock on | ¢) taken from the army signal corps and/ Thursday night when a policeman | DYING WISH || placed in the hands of a single execu- At Li Rosen’s Clothing Shop Features Florsheim Shoes One of Our Many New Styles in Rich, Datk Tan’ ' Fluctuating prices and unknown brands have emphasized the importance of relying on a quality trade mark—have convinced more men than ever before that the Florsheim Shoe is dependable now as heretofore and that selecting. Florsheims is a safeguard—positive assurance that you are receiving full value in style, fit and service for the money you expend. eee, We are ready to show you our assortment of Florsheims —new styles of the season—we have of Florsheims ex- actly suited to your taste and requirements. : Rosen’s Clothing Shop Only One Store. McKenzie Hotel Bldg. y DOYS, Leader OF MOD VLOnTesses > Gites | 4 ; Prager Said,—Then They Pulled the Rope—I 0 R (; 0) M MITTEES Reinforce Depleted Forces Along S. Army Man Tells Coroner’s Jury.—Lynch- fone ates | With the British Army; in France, — jority Findings Collinsville, Ill, April 10.—A request that his body be wrap- | roops have arrived on the British t 4 i ; teers were a battalion of infantry, day before the coroner’s inquest by Joseph Riegel, it was said to- Riegel, according to these persons, admitted he was a leader | of America’s declaration of war. The it in Place : ae i (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Riegel is said to have testified. He is declared to Have said Prager “ult A | nation’s great aviation program were, ing the British line in France, along a.tear except when he kis: | committee's protracted investigation | concentrations of artillery in assaults paper man-and persons present at the inquest asserted tonight that clared the entire aviation situation); was a happy lot.of men ha swung’! ‘According to Riegel’s statement to| ing to Mr. Trautmann, | with over-optimistic statements, and) came in and ordered the place closed, | ; | tive officer appointed by the president. | explaining that a crowd had collected | around the jail and a disturbance was feared, Leaving the saloon he found the crowd. “The mayor came out and made a speech and tried to get us to g0/ away” he said. “He declared the man Was gone. I said I ,did not believe} him and if he would not allow aj United States army man to go in and see he would not let anybody and [/ showed him my army discharge pa-) pers. “We Surrounded the Place.” { ‘He told me to come on in, which I did ana the crowd followed. If we had found the man in the cell we would| not have bothered him but it made us angry to feel that the police had sneaked him away. We went outside ; surrounded the place and decided to look again. i ‘The other man and I went into the; cellar and he found Prager hiding in| a’ pile of tiles. We said: “ ‘Come out of there and let us look | at you. He came out and we grabbed | him by each arm and led him out. An- other man took my companion'’s place holding one of his arms and the man/ who found Prager picked up the flag) and marched ahead. Another man and} LT led him oll the way to the tree” | Forced to Kiss Flag. | Riegel says that enroute to the| scene of thehanging s evera persons were met in automobiies and Prager | was forced to sing and kiss the flag for them. At the tree the man ques- tionéd twenty minutes by members of the mob, Riegel says, as to his alleg- ed pro-Germanism. “We asked him if he was a Ger- mah’spy and if he had tried to blow up the Maryville mine and why he did not keep his date at Edwardsville with ‘Mose Johnson. He denied he was a spy and that he hoarded powder but made no answer about keeping his date. If he had kept that date we} never would have bothered him.” This a at date was with a district mine work-|~ ers’ union leader relative to Prager’s admission to the union. “Somebody Tied the Rope” Riegel’s story then proceeds, those at the inquest say: | “Somebody tied the rope around Prager’s neck and several boys from twelve to sixteen years old pulled him ‘up. His hands were not tied and he grabbed, at the rope. They let him down and we said ‘now are you going to tell whether anybody is mixed up with you?’ told him we were going to kil! him if he did not tell everything. “He said his parents were living and that he wanted to write to them. He also said he had three partners but refused to tell their names. All the time the crowd kept getting more ex- cited and angry. Some one shouted: “String Him Up!” “ ‘Well if he wont come in with anything string him up!’ “A boy produced a handkerchief an’ his: hands were tied. “| might have been the man-who did the tying. I was drunk and because I had been in the army the crowd made wish of Robert P. Prager, hanged by! that he be buried with an American flag, was respected today when the funeral services for the dead man, were held from a local undertaking establishment. A large flag was drap- ed over his body and upon it reposed ; numerous floral tributes. GERMANY OFFERS RESPECTED | This report is understood to have been | .j adopted by a vote of eight to six in| #4 ae & | the committee. | St. Louis, Mo., April 10.—The dying | “Americans Can eB Proud” i Senator Myers, of Montana, and Kir- | by of Arkansas, joined Senator Shep | pard, of Texas in the minority report. | which asserted the majority failed to give an accurate impression of the! facts and that in the face of unparal-| leled obstacles ‘on the whole the rec: ; ord of the signal corps is one of which | every American can be justly proud.* Although the majority says the pro | | duction of combat planes has been a | substantial failure, apparently there is no great difference of opinion be tween the majority and the minority as to the present status of the pro EXPENSES, BELIEF I gram as a whole, the disagreement Springfield, 111, April 10.—That the| arising over whether there has been mob at Collinsville, Il., last Friday tended by more than 500 persons, TO PAY FUNERAL | pay the funeral expen: Swiss legion at Washington, D. C.,| inefficiency and procrastination and | misleading publicity as the majority which is attending to German inter- charges. ests in this country, has offered to s of Robert P. Prager, alleged pro-German who was lynched by a mob at Collinsville last Friday, night, v made public from the office of Governor Frank O. Lowd- en here tonight. The offer, which is believed to be in- itiatéd by the German government, by the Swiss officials age to Governor L from etary Lansing bore the in- formation of the offer reading that] | s legion “would bear all reason- ble expenses” attending Prager’s fun- eral. Beyond stating that the message had been received making the offer and that Adjutant General Frank S. son had notified the sherin at Col-| rm relatives of the of- f ate officials refused to make any comment on it, and declined to state whether it would have any bearing on the status of the . lin: — | ” BELGIAN RELIEF SHIP BLOWN UP Amsterdam, April 0.—The Belgian relief steamer Flanders struck a mine | in the free channel Monday and sank, according to the Handelsblad. The | crew were saved. {39 10 11 Secret Figures Told Some information heretofore regard- ed as closely guarded secrets is dis- closed in the reports. Among other things it is shown that: “Primary training panes to the num- ber of 3,450 and 342 advanced train- ing machines have been completed in this country: Production of training planes in the United States is now proceeding on » for the construction there of} attle planes by ,000 American ics sent across the ‘ocean for ‘he purpose and using 11,000 tons of American material: Hl | Construction of 11,500 battle planes in the United States is planed. Twenty training schools in America have graduated 1,926 reserve officer aviators, though few of them have been given advanced training, and that, Of 1,200 cadets sent last year to England, France and Italy for train- ing. only 459 have completed primary training and because of the lack of | planes the others may have to be re | alled home, TO CITIZENS OF BISMARCK You are hereby notified to boil city vater until further notice, (Signed): C. L. BURTON, City Auditor. 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