The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1918, Page 2

Claims of France to Alsace Were Admitted. | Just by Hun Emperor a Statement of France Contain: Contains | Letter Written hy) Charles Promising Influence for “France’s Just Claims Regarding Alsace-Lorraine,”—' Austrian Emperor “Under Berlin’s Eye is Taking on Himself Lying Denials of Count, Cernin,” Prefaces Letter. Paris, April 12.—The following note was is-, sued last night: | “Once caught in the cog wheels of lying, there! is no means of stopping. Emperor Charles, under! Berlin’s eye, is taking on himself the lying details of Count Czernin and thus compels the French government to Herewith is the text of an autograph letter communicated on March 31, 1917, by Pricen Sixtus De Bourbon, the emperor of Austria’ q brother-in-law, to President Poine consent to thé French premier THE LETTER iately with the prince’s “ ‘My Dear Sixtus: “The end of the third year of this war, which has brought so much mourning and grief into the world, approaches. All t ples of my empire are more closely united than ever in the common de- termination to safeguard the integrity of the monarchy at the cost even of the heaviest ‘sacrifices. “Thanks to their union, with the generous co-operation of all national- ties, my empire and monarchy hav succeeded in resisting the gravest assaults for nearly three » vantages secured by my troops, partic: ularly in the Balkans. Praises French. “France, on her side, has shown force, resistance and dashing courage which are magnificent. We all unre- servedly. admire the Bd ine PEN: al to “Therefore, it is a special pleasure’ . to‘me to note that, although for the, moment adversaries, no real diverg-! ence of views or i eparates | any of my empire from France, and that I am justified in hoping that my | keen sympathy for France, joined to that which prevails in the whole mon- archy will forever avoid a return of | the state of war for which no re- sponsibility can fall on me. France's Just Claims. “With this in mind and to show in a definite manner the reality of these feelings, | beg you to convey privately and unofficialy to President Poincare that | will support by every means, and by exerting all my personal influence | with my. allies, France’s just claims regarding Alsace-Lorraine. “Belgium should be entirely res: | tablished in her sovereingnty, retain-! Ing entirely her African possessions without prejudice to the compensa- tions she should receive for the loss- es she has undergone. be reestablished in her sovereignty and, as a pledge of our good will, we, are ready to assure her equitable na- tural access to the Adriatic and wide’economic concessions in Aus Hungary. On her side, we will de- imand, as primordial and essential con-| ditions, that Serbia cease in the future * alf relations with and suppresses ev-! U @ry association or group whose politic-: al object aims at the disintegration of | the ‘monarchy, particularly the Serb-| jan political society, Narodni Ochrana, | that “Serbia loyally and by every’! means in her power prevent any kind, of political agitation, either in Serbia Gr beyond her frontiers, in the fore-| going direction, and gives assurances| there of under the guarantee of the entente powers. Nothing About Russia. | ““The events in Russia compel me} to reserve my ideas with regard to that country until a legal definite gov-| ernment is established there. “Having thus laid my ideas clearly | before you, I would ask you in turn,} after consulting with these two pow- ers, to.lay before me the opinion first. of France and England, with a view to thus preparing the ground for an understanding on the basis of which pfficial preliminary negotiations could be taken up and reach a result satis- fatcory to all. “Hoping that thus we will soon be able togethers to put a limit to the) ¢ sufferings of so many millions of men} ‘and: families now plunged in sadness! and anxiety, I beg to assure you of! my warmest and most brotherly af-| fecion. _ Signed: ‘The'note adds: “Count Czernin. having recognized, by-his note of April 8 the existence of this negotiation due to the initiative) of.a personage of ‘a rank far abov his,’ the Austrian government now i semmoned to give an explanation me the ‘attempt’ avowed by it and of the details of the conversation of its dele- | gates. 2 EASTERN STATES IN STORMS GRIP ‘Charles.’ _New England and Middle > Atlantic’ Localities: ington, “D.. C., April 11 —Sou- ew england and the: middle tic at districts’ tonight were ui traordinary April wea- j smi Ww nd driving, rain ac- sh northest .wind, much of yan coast from. |. to.Cape Co were “rom. ‘twenty toi: ‘Th cyclonic depression of ‘Wednes:| - |) blew | MAY REASSURE RUS! ‘well as “Writish and | according to ad Serbia should’ . ers, of, “headache medicine. -lneadache and that miszral zolds or congestion... And it act |Musterole is a clean, white Rain; Slee and Wind Sweeps made with oil. of mustard. Better fan's | | taustard, plaster ‘and docs not b lit affect stomach and heart, as scme in- | ternal me do. croup, stiff. neck, a pal and ache frosted feet, colds. of the Chest (it | supply the proof, are and communicated iramed-! | All the peo- | day night off the Carolina coast, i stead of passing to sea as the w ther forecaster had predicted, incre; ed in intensity today and began mov ing slowly northeastward. High north- vinds blew over’the iVrginia and rolina cyoa ained a At Cape 42 miles an hour. an hour, U.S, MARINES IN = VLADIVOSTOK TO ~ CONTROL DOCKS British and janes Forces ave Supplemented by Jackies D s from that place. s are in control of docks, while the Japanese are guard | the railway and ammunition de- i D ling of American marines ai ed to have a re ng effect in Pussia. With Amer ning the Bri and Japanese in.protecting life and the vast for the et the Siberian port the en: e is given a distinctly inter. national character which it is Deliev- | ed here should quiet fears of the Ru: ms aroused by German sugges. tions that a Japanese invasion has be- | Since the attitude of the United |} States is credited with having stay- ed the proposal for real Japanese in- tervention in Siberia to check Ger- man influence, participation by Am- ericans ounted upon to emphasize the purely local character of an oper- ation undertaken to protect life and property where there is no competent } Russian authority to enforce order. No details are available as to the number of marines landed. In fact the | navy department tonight had not been | officially informed of the landing. though American warships are at | Vladivostok and the step was not un-! | expected. SHIPLOADS OF GRAIN WILL BE SENT HOLLAND: hortage of Food in Little Neu- | tral Country Met by War Trade Board Washington, D. C., ri —In- mediate shipment of two ahlplonila of grain to Holland was authorized tod: by the war trade board to meet t growing shortage of food in that cow try. A third steamer will be permitted | to proceed to Argentina from a south-| ern port of the United States to load! grain for Holland. Rub Mustergle on on Forehead: and Temples A headache remedy without the dan- | Relieves le foehng Used only externally, and in no way can Excellent for.sore throat, hitis, on, pleurisy, rheumatic, lumbago, leurisy, ¥ ly aches of the back or joints, muscles, bruises, chitblains, (COMMANDERS OF JURY POINTS TO |Ruiz, of | DENIES | Big Bend border. ; horne he had. given instructions to his} | bis soldier: lif any sniping had o ‘have been done b | to the American side. \ | of America E mo i j | louse REQUESTS MINOR ar materials belonging td a | trading. A Talk to Mothers About | and cold troubles that children are! | children need outdoor exercise and) | colds are bound to come. They know,/| | | cold troubles, from head colds. asthma! « DAVE AWAY HEADACHE BORDER ARMIES FIVE MEN AFTER HOLD A PARLEY""A MOB” VERDICT Metin “Forces and ‘Reigrel and Four Others Ordered | Langhorne, of America Dis- Held in Prager Lynching cuss Situation | Probe ~ CONFESSIONS MEXICANS FIRED ‘TWO MADE | dental of participation. “If Sniping “Occurred Civilians |Saloon Porter : Tells of Carrying | Did It; We’Stopped For Flag; Reigel Admits He | Supplies”—Ruiz i Was Leader | i a Blanca, Texas, April 11.- | parley between American and Mex ican commanders was’ held late today! at the Santo Nino Ford, three miles! from here. Col. Martinez Ruiz, com-! Collinsville, Ill., Apr. 11.— Joseph Riegel, Wesley Bea- | ver, Richard Dukes, Jr., Enid Elmore and William mander of the Mexican federal forc-; Broekmeier, charged in a es over here, and Col. George TT.) 7 ’s’ verdic ‘oni Langhorne, commandeing the Ameri-: coroner's * verdict ght with the murder by hanging of Robert P. Prager, an en- emy alien, were arrested to- night and taken to the coun- I at Edwardsville, Ill. where they will be held with- out bail for action by the grand jury. W. Trautmann, first assis- tant. attorney general, who has been present at the in- quest which started last Monday, is quoted as saying tonight that when‘the grand jury convenes next Wednes- day he will present a trans- script of all the evidence ad- duced at the inquiry — this week, and will request in- dictments for the five. men. They were not. | Mistreated they said. An effort is be-| Collinsville. Ill, . April 1. —Five mer ing made by Colonel Langhorne to! were recommended held for investiga have the M ns wounded yesterday! tion of the death by lynching of Rod at ‘the Santo Nino ford brought here; ert P. Prager, an enemy alien, by a! for medical (realmente 5 treatment. jeoroner’s jury, which at 6:20 o'clock | ; tonight brought in a verdict that Pra- FRENCH OFFICERS 50,°3) ,tanfed bea mod! THe men, TO TRAIN TROOPS IN AMERICA, PLAN | can trops in the Big Bend district, met under a cottonwood tree on the Ameri-| can side of the Rio Grande and discus- sed the situation on this sector of the} Colonel Ruiz informed Col. Lang men not to fifire across the border for; jany cause aad he denied that any of had fired. declaring that | rred it must vilians living in| {the district opp here who were known to have arms. He told Col! Langhorne his column was moving to-{ rd Ojinaga and had stopped at the, n Juan mines for supplie: being | completely without pr for the} Jong march, His expeditionary column humbers 609 me Anxi over the safe erican officials of the Jaan mine} was relieved late today when they | ere released and permitted to retw io’ f three Am: | arrest have been prepared by Cor | oner Roy A. Lower, are: Joseph Riegel, Wesley Beaver, Rich- ; and Dukes Jr., Enid Elmore and Wm | Brockmeier. The jury, which has been sitting ing the movement of American trops! at the, inquest started last Monday, a the sea by sending additional | Pee oon nS al 2:20 o'clock ining camps in the Reigel Was Leader Riegel yesterday is alleged to have appeared at the inquest tnd to have f | confessed that he was the leader of the mob which hanged Prager. He is 2 Collinsville miner and was formerly the United States army, from which ‘he received an honorable discharge. jIn his statement at the inquest he is | said to have implicated Wesley Beav s one of/the men who accompanier j bim to the basement of the city hal be !on the morning of the hanging. In a Washington, D. C., “April 11.—The | siatement to newspaper men before nggestion that priyate wire houses | be was examined by the coroner he i: 1 handle grain ot | 8 siid to have asserted that he knev | the names of persons who participated lin the hanging and was prepared tc submit their names to the proper au Jashington, D.C Cc , April i France | been called upon to aid in hasten- i after a oouerence tonight with \ eral March, acting chief o! . cabled his government sugge: ing that any officers that can be ped be detailed for duty in Americ SPECULATION BE STOPPED in exchanges today Food Administrator Hoover. The rec- ommendation was made in a letter in . Hoover replied to a noti- ges of self im- June and July a saloon porter here, also at the’ inquest, but is sai¢ denied that he took any part in the flag two blo led to his death. Prockmeier are also miners who live | here, posed restrictions for as ‘Prager was march Dukes, Elmore and When you’ are overworked, feel less or languid. or when you can't or eat, better take Hollister’s Rocky Mountain ‘Tea, livens you up. |i purifies the blood, soothes and regu- lates the stomach, makes you eat and sleep. .& real Spring Medicine, 5c. Tea or tablets. ‘ Breslow's, iately after the jury brought | i¢t Coroner Lowe began the | n of warrants for the arres: of the five mén. Wesley Beaver, one of the five, was placed under: arrest at 6°45 o'clock Croup and Gold Troubles The New Treatment With Fresh Air and Anti- septic Vapors, that Makes Internal “Dosing,” Flannel ackets, etc., Unnecessary. i or catarrh, down to sore throat, bron- | chitis or deep chest colds. Just apply ‘VapoRub weil over the throat and chest, covering with a warn flannel cloth. -Leave the cover- ing loose around the heck so the vapors, released by the body heat, may be freely inhaled. The next morning the head is clear, phlegm loosened and soreness gone. One rubbing with VapoRub usually re- Neves croup in 15 minytes and an | application at. bedtime ‘prevents a | might attack. Colds are easiest to stop at the he- sinning. “Nip them.in the bud” by keeping plenty.of fresh air in the bed- room and applying: VapoRub ‘freely at the first sig of trouble. Your druggist will sell you a 25c jar with the privilege of a month's trial. Local Druggists Are Offering It; on 30 Days’ Trial—No Cost If You Are Not Delighted with the! Results, All mothers are “home doctors”! when it comes to treating the croup/ heir to, They know that growing) | that, with outdoor exercise, some! too, that these colds should not b neglected, and yet, constant “cosi! queturhs the delicate stomachs of chil- ren. ‘The answer to this problem !s the external “vapor” treatment. Vick’s VapoRub, for all the many forms of Put on the Bevo Glasses when you set ‘the table for the bite you’ve prepared for ‘the guests of the evening. As a suggesti ion for a dainty lunch: . Cream cheese and chopped olive sandwiches (on Bown bread), Dill pickles Shrimp salad, Ice cold fe vo. Itself a nutritive drink, pave makes an appetizing: and delightful addition to any meal—-hot or cold, i light or heavy. Bevo—the all-year-’round. soft drink. Sold in hotties only and bottled exclusively by ANHEUSER-BUSCH—ST, Fours ithe coroners jury that he was in the | Tho warranty. as, recommended by the jury’s verdict charged the men with the murder of Prager. Denies Participation. Beaver was at the police station all afternoon and. until a few moments before the jury brought in its verdict. He-had been called ‘back. to the inquest and given an opportunity to change the tegtimony which ‘he gave yester- day prior to Ricgél’s’ alleged confes- sion, He merely reiterated bis formal Any Sickness Leaves Weakness le cold atrips and reduces your. resistive 0a ret Eiken peda Only food—not alcohol or drugs—creates the ‘rich blood which distributes sveugth to tha body, and the concentrated) meilicinal food §COTTS EMULSION makes the blood rich and stimulates its circulation while its tonic virtue enlivens the appetite s and aids nutrition = tablish your strength quickly and permanently: "If yo ‘ aie Sins enema or nervous by all means get: ‘Boett'a Emulsion. It builds because it is a foodnot a stimulant, The testimony which had been made public has made but slight mention of Dukes, Elmore and Brockmeier. Ac- cording to the statement of Mayor J. H., Siegel, Dukes was in the crowd that gathered at the city hall, where Prager was confined. He is said to have asserted that he had a brother who died in army service in France. Brockmeier is asserted to have told crowd at the city hall, but because of did not follow the mob when lamen lit escorted Prager outside the city | Scott @ Bowne, Bioemfield, ¥. Je, ue imits. —EEE— eee ro a Lend Him a Hand Every hand in the land stretched out to help him to VICTORY! That is the way that America is going to win this war. It is the only way she can win it. We are fighting a United German people. Until every American is backing the boys in the trenches, until every hand in the land is ‘stretched out to help, we cannot expect our army to defeat the German armies strengthened by the toil’and sacri- fice of the one hundred and fifty inion PeeLle of Germany and her allies. This is a war of national resources; and every- one must add his share to America’s’ fighting strength if we are to make our superior resources count. Every hand in the land must be stretched out to help our boys if we would send them over the top to early and .certain victory. Save for the Third Liberty Loan. Invest in the Third Liberty Loan. That is the way to lend a hand. That is thé way to make a nation invincible for freedom and justice. Every bond bought now isa direct fighting aid to this boy: in the trenches in France.