The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1918, Page 1

HELP PACK AUDITORIUM Co, OF WAR ZONE || amounting to $806,- Secretary Makes Safe Return After Spending Six Weeks in France DY TO TALK NOW NOT REA Promises to Discuss What. He Saw in Battle Fronts After Seeing Wilson An Atlantic Port, April 16.— Secretary of War Baker ar- rived here today from Europe. | He said he would go to Washing- ton at once. “T return with a sense of pride and confidence at the achievements States and allied troops abroad that would justify many trips across the water,” Secretary Baker said as he stepped aboard a train bound for Washington. The secretary returned ‘on cne cf the large steamships which flew the German flag before the United States entered the war: “Our party arrived at 0 o'clock this morning,” the secre- tary continued. : t To Discuss It Later Mr. Baker said he would: be prepared ‘to discuss later the his- of the United} Washington, D. C., April 16. — Liberty loan _ subscriptions 465,230 were report- ed today to the treas- ury from eleven of the twelve federal re- serve districts. This is $114,853,450 more than was reported last night and in- cludes most of Mon- day’s subscriptions. | No report has come ! from the Minneapo- | lis district as yet, where the selling campaign started yesterday. % CONSERVATION RALLY TONIGHT Large Audience Will Hear Engi- i { i| ; veloping n the neighborhood of i STRONGHOLDS | Germans Capture Bailleul on the | Northern Front, Says War Office FRESH ATTACKS BREWING {| London, Eng. April 16.—The Germans have captured Bailleul ; on the northern battle front, the war office announces. The Brit’sh have fallen back to new positions north of Bailleul and Wulverghem. | Fresh German attacks are de- [ i Wytschaete. | A German attack southwest of | Vieux Borquim was repulsed. TEN GERMAN | TRAWLERS IN BRITISH BAG} Sunk by Gunfire in Cattegut— Crews Saved by Britons’ Ships; No Casualties \ i t { | i | London, Eng., April 16—Ten Ger- man trawlers have been sunk by gun. | | fire in the Cattegat (between Sweden | | ana Denmark), the admiralty an- ‘nounces. Their crews were saved by, | British ships, ‘There were no British ! casualties. | , The operations in the Cattegat, the} | statement says, were undertaken by | ofa statement made at Vo- logda by Ambassador*Fran- | | cis, the state department | made it clear that thé land- ; ing of Japanese and British forces at Vladivotosk- was not in pursuance of any in- ternational agreement, but merely was for the purpose ' of protecting Japanese and | British interests. : > BURLEIGH I$ OVER TOP AND | a i In giving out today. the text | | | | i County Districts Simply Can't! Stop Taking Subscriptions, Is Report BISMARCK COMING CLE. ‘Capital City Responding to Bond 4 Drive as It Never Has to Other Appeal NORTH DAKOTA WILL GO OVER, | *’Fargo,.N. O.. April 16—Confi- dent that ‘North Dakota Will over- : subscribe its. $6,500,000’ quota of Liberty, bonds, W. C.. McDowell of | AS BRIGADIER INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES ‘count had an interview of half an j hour yesterday with Emperor Charles, GOING STRONG [BLACK HAND: 1 |Attempt on Life of Attorney Will Assume Active Command of | Brigade After Retiring From Foreign Birth ‘London, Eng. April 16—Count Czernin has decided to enter the army after retiring trom the foreign portfolio, the Copenhagen corespond- ent of the Exchange Telegraph Co. cables. He will command a brigade on the Italian front. The correspondent also says the and that a sharp exchange of opinions took place. PLOT AGAINST | MILWAUKEEAN, | W. A. Zabell Traced to | Italian Prosecutions Milwaukee, Wis. _ April 16.— | Two bombs, one near one side and the other near the front of | i District Attorney W. A. Zabell’s | | residence on Furman boulevard, were .efound early today. The | missiles were removed before any | “damage was done. Police believe ~/ the bombs: were, placed by some- "one in revenge for the eprosecu- tion of eleven Italians found guil-- April 16. — Billings | county has subscrib- | ed 75 percent above | its allotment and 20 of 32 townships are yet to be heard from. | —Albert O. Christen- | son, Billings county chairman. | ° BERLIN CLAIMS ey “VICTORY OVER SAMMY SECTOR Wolff Dispatch Says Line Was Rolled Up Despite Brave Resistance of Enemy A. P. TELL ANOTHER STORY Correspondent With Americans States Huns Were Repulsed With Heavy Losses Amsterdam, April 16.—(By the As- sociated.. Press)=-North of St. Mihiel '6n Supday night, says a‘ Wolff: bureau! | ===|THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE-== FROM TOURS | “rimsr Scio) BACK TO NEW | wrweetce” | TOENTERARNY | ricer xp, | OFVANTAGEIN. ALLIES’ GRASP |{Important Setbacks Suffered by Britons Do Not Affect .: Defense as Whole COMMUNICATIONS SAVED | | Flanking Movement of Germans Fails to Win Through to Hazebrouck Rail Base (By Associated Press) Tremendous pressure exerted py picked, fresh troops in the desperate German effort to drive the British from Messines ridge has compelled.a slight retreat on the northern ‘sije” of the Lys battle front. The tows ‘of ; Bailleul has been evacuated, and’t : | British front withdrawn to a lne. 'ning north of that town to the nor of Wulverghem, and thence to Wyt- schaete. ES Wytschaete occupies the highest | point of the easterly ridge system, and the British have been firmly estab- lished here since the early dayé.of the enemy offensive. The Germans, through their push into the southwest, | are now apparently in a more advea- | tageous position ,to attack it, :eapd their expected drive upon it wassre- ported developing this morning. As; | it forms the pivot of the; British ling, j which bends. here ‘to. the: north, ea extremely determined ‘defense a9 is looked for from Field,;. Marahal Haig’s troops. ceiver s Ground, torieal voyage which took hiin to) ie : |the commander in chief of the grand! Marion, chairman of the ‘Liberty |. ty of. rioting at Bayview last Sep-. | dispatch from Berlin dated Monday, British Still on Good : England and France, where he} neering Experts.Talk on fleet. \ [Pears Coneet t ee Iee SOeNy ly tener oe eieney ee |the ‘main: part of the’ American posi-| Although” the loss of Baillyel ‘and conférred with the entente war: that every man engaged’ in: the terms in state prison, | tion “situated to- the. “eastward and| Some of: the . comparatively, high < ' ground around it such te Monto _ Fuel Situation GODDARD ON LOAN DRIVE bond selling campaign «must: re- « | Southeast of Maizey, on the right bank HN). | omain in the fie until every per- | sree STEELE GOERS “| ovina the district has sekl ghuen 581 MORE MEN jot the Meise river, was taken by ‘an <opportunity..to.-subscei Siz « { Ad. 4 _ | storm. os ‘ ; | ‘ Seat! Aven a = 7 \ in ‘A large section of the main enemy k i =|) Burleigh went over the top’ at noon} ! ‘i : OVER TOP IN 7 | today, and “it. is "still’ going strong, | : T lines of défense on the high road from 8 5 Lille and Revetsberg, represents,a, cided setback -for the -defense, British line’ 1s* stfll on ground | higher than the Germags, oceppy., British artillery thus possesses numety ous vantage points from which it.cag continue to pour ina devastating fire . upon the attacking cohimns. ;, Chfet among these spots is Mont Kenell, leadeys and General Pershing and. assembled ‘military, fact: which he will present to. Pre dent Wilson. Reed “The secretary left-American, shores about six: weeks: it ar- i riving at.a-French port arch 4 10. At Paris he conferred with i i | | | | i County. Chairman Will Tell How’ d on th ads j Small villages: and country districts | ae Mihiel to Bourois, a distance’ of It Went Over—Governor | — y |which have doubled and trebled their/ 3 miles. .the siistpatch adds: was { ¥ quotas have .jbeen asked to suspend | 2 ; | operations, but have replied that’ it is! Frazier Presides Arthur J. Balfour, British for- | eign secretary, and General. Foch of the French army. With interesting addresses by M.| A. Daly and M. F. Brown, fuel super-! ‘Great Loyalty Demonstration’ ‘per cent: subscription this morning, Marks Winning of Liberty | beyond their. power. One -little. town,; largely. populated by people of: Ger-| man birth or.descent, reported a 345) an {rolled up despite. thte brave: resist- M 4 { {ance of the enemy, who suffered the} be : | severest’ casualties in addition to the/ Which. towers up more than #0 te Burleigh County Required to ‘loss of prisoners, i GERMANS COMPLETELY ROUTED. The German attack against the from the low ground. .... Appayeptly Field, Marshal Haig's forces. still: have a firm hlod on this more valuable: re- gion. ‘ What may be called the: frontal af- Great Engineering Feats | visors tor the Northern Pacific, on the | The great | engineering feats’ animportant topic of fuel conserva-, which Americans have accot-| tion; a patriotic talk by Governor | | American positions on: the right bank ,of the river Meuse, north of St. Mih- iel, and Sunday, was made by a force | of about 400. picked_troops who recent- | and stated that applications were still \: ‘ * coming in, apparently as strong as! Furnish 16 for Fort Logan, on the opening day of the campaign. | i The same is true in a lesser degree of Colo., Draft tacks of the Germans upon the ridge system back of Messines, ‘Wytschaete and Hollebeke furnish the spectacular Service Flag plished to accommodate the acct-' | ynn J. Frazier and one of H. P. Goa-| Steele, “N.. D, !dard’s famous mulating arrivals of American soldiers in France were inspect- ed by the secretary. AID FOR FARMERS ASSURED AT CAM Probable That Furloughs Will Be Granted Farm Workers Camp Dodge. Ia., April 16.—Aid for tarmers whose sons have been called into the military service at Camp Dodge is assured in an order received at division headquarters from the war department, directing that furloughs. be granted to all enlisted men under the grade of first sergeant who are needed at home to help with the rush of spring work. Division staff officers are Working on the. plan which wil} be followed pursuant to the orders from the de- partment and the release of soldiers for farm work will be arranged ag soon as possible. { i Furloughs must be granted | éxtept in.cases where such Action will inter-, e seriously with the:training* work. | fer J 4 | thing to:say about North Dakota's na- tive fuel, and the patriotic duty which/ rests upon us of making the most of or when men are schedyjed for trans- - fer to other posts. { Applications for the furloughs of jour soldiers rapid-fire talks on the i Third Liberty loan and how it went ‘over. in Burleigh county; with a mo- ‘tion picture exhibition showing the : work of coal in war, the training of and battle scenes in; ; France, and with a concert by the | popular On to Victory orchestra, the | Program arranged for the patriotic jrally to be held at the Auditorium this evening under the auspices of the North Dakota Council of Defense " promises to be an unusually attractive one. A packed house is assured, de- {spite the weather. Bismarck patriots |are simply given another opportunity to prove themselves bigger than weather. The program will open at 8 o'clock, “with Governor Frazier presiding. The {talks will be short and snappy. The fuel experts will illustrate their lec- tures with interesting demonstrations , showing the combustion of fuel, and ‘ the moving pictures showing the prop- ! er and improper use of coal, and the | congestion lw | past, winter because of a fuel fam- and terrible suffering hich occurred in the east during the ine. Governor Frazier will have some- soldiers must be made by: the pi rents it, and Chairman Goddard will have or relatives of the soldiers through) some interesting facts to tell of the their respective local boards:on forms: great: Liberty loan compangn which; | will practically come to a close to- which will be provided. ‘During the time the soldier, furlough his pay and allowanc' ston with the exception of his com- pulsory allotment called for under the war risk insurance act, and deductions for Liberty bonds contracted for and insurance policies. ‘is on night. Everyone is invited; there é3 will will be no charge for admission, and | | the meéting will be one of the most worthwhile that has been held here “under the direction of the ‘North Da-/ ; kota ‘Council of Defense. The “Bismarck Home Guard will {march to the Auditorium in a body at 7:5 and will police the big building; | April 16.—Steele | ‘turned out en masse to celebrate the! ; Successful conclusion of the big Lib- | erty Loan drive, which in many ways ' was uniqye, and in every way success- , ful. Following a preparatory cam- paign made by County Chairman John F. Pobinson, ‘agsisted by Judge A. M. Christenson of the supreme bench, | the books were scarcely open before the Steele assignment was over sub- ; scribed and the Third Liberty loan service flag was flying just beneath; Old Glory on the county flagstaff. | In the evening, Steele's pride, Co. | A, mounted home guard, assembled from far and near and gave an exhi- vition drill that showed a remarkable aptitude on the part of these farmer boys for ths work. Capt. Crowell's men will prove a great attraction at the big encampment in Bismarck next July. The regular company of home guards, under command of Capt. J. A. | Prescott, followed with interesting maneuvers, after which the crowd that had lined the streets proceeded to the opera house, filling it to the; utmost. The meeting was presided over by R. L. Phelps. Invocation was given by} the Rev. Sage. i Community singing | was led by W. P. Bailey, followed by {| selections by the Red Cross trio andj the home guard quartet, Reports of the work of the thrift and savings stamp committee showed most satis-; every district .in the county. There are no, laggers. Every community, from Bismarck down to the smallest country district, has crossed the line and is still forging. ahead. Bismarck ‘is “responding to this Third Liberty loan drive as it never has responded to any other appeal. The spirit is reported as 100 per cent American. Committees which felt at first they had:been rather shabbily treated in the matter of territory now are boasting of their districts as the, best in the city. Residence territory, where committees expected to do lit: tle, believing most of the heads of families would be solicited down town, are proving that as~bond-buyers the female of the species is fully as ready as the male. The Third Liberty loan will have a greater distribution in Bismarck and Burleigh county than either of its pre- decessors. There will’be a much larg- er number of small bond-buyers, tak- ing $50 and 4100 denominations, andj this is the end which has been sought: in this campaign, in order that the) American ‘people may be proven tobe j behind the war and back of the ad-| Lives ministration with the dollars as well as their ballots. Statistics Tomorrow: Acting under’ instructions from headquarters, the Burleigh and Bis- marck loan committees will withhold statistics on the. drive: until tomor- row. noon, when the big drive will end, so far as the city is concerned, factory progress. The Red Cross re- chapter, who presented a record of; remarkable work done by the whole ve mailszauion, | John F. Robinson, chairman of the | Liberty loan committee for Kidder! ly over the top in the first 12 hours,' with some sections still to be heard from. An interesting and significant port was read’ by the secretary of the; with a luncheon-at the McKenzie. The! results, now being tabulated by W. L. Roran, will be announced at this meet- ing. County Chairman, H. P.»God- dard and City Chairman P. R. Fields will have reports to present, and county, reported the county practical- everyone will have ap opportunity to! know tomorrow afternoon just how well their city and county have done. The Tribune is permitted: to. say Adjutant General Fraser is today | issuing to North Dakota counties form- al calls for their percentages of a! | quota of 581 men, called to entrain |during a fiveday period beginning | {May 10 for Fort Logan, Colo. Notice; of this call was received last night} |from Provost Mrashal General Crowd- er. Burleigh county will. send. 16 men; Morton county 15; Grand Forks 35; Cass 40 and other counties in pro- portion. These will be class one men, selected in accordance with the re- cent classification, under which ap- proximately 18,500 North Dakota reg-} jistrants were placed in the first di- vision. NATIONAL CHILD) WELFARE CONGRESS AT HOT SPRINGS Prominent Workers to Discuss| Means of Saving Babies’ Hot Springs, Ark., April 16.—“Chil- ‘dren's Year,” launched April 6 by the children’s bureau of the United States government department of la- bor ‘will be followed up by a national child welfare conference which will mark the opening of the general fed-| eration of Women’s clubs biennial con-! vention here on May 1. Julia Lathrop, ! chiet ofthe United States children’s; ; Bureau will preside. Dr. Jessica Piexotto and Dr. Grace | 4, Méigs of the children's bureau and Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles, president of the general federation of women's; clubs and chairman of the child wel-| farg: commitiee, Council of aNtional Défense, will speak. ly had been transferred from the Rus- sian front. .Aithough the Americans were outnumbered more than two to one, the esociated Press correspond- ent with the American army tele- graphed under date of Monday that the Germans ‘were completely re- pulsed and driven back into their owt trenches. The known casualties in- cluded 64 dead, many wounded, and eleven prisoners, beside the number of wounded who were dragged back to the German lines by their com- rades. BILLY ROBINSON WANTS TO SELL HIS PHEASANTS Famous Collection of Acclimated Game Birds to Be Put on the. Market “Billy” Robinson, the Mandan game farm keeper, wants to sell out. He offers the state of ‘North Dakota or some private association of sports- men an excellent opportunity to obtain six pens of Chinese pheasants, fully acclimated and guaranteed to breed in this latitude. Rodinson came over from Scotland some years ago, bring- ing his Chinese pheasants with him. He had won success with game farm- ing on large private estates in the oll country, but he encountered new obstacles here, and, while he has fin- ally produced a race of pheasants that will stand the gaff, he has decided,as a means of livelihood, to turn his atten- tion to other matters. Robinson has offered his birds to the state, which plans to start a game farm near Man- dan, but has not succeeded in closing a contract as yet. He wishes to dis- feature of the operations as. reflected in today’s news, .One brief paragraph in Field Marshal Haig’s report, how- ever, has an importance attached to it that should not be overlooked. .It recalls the repulse of heavy. German attacks south of Vieux Berquin. The German line here runs along the eastern border of Nieppe Wwod, and it is by a push to the northwest in this region that the enemy hones to reach Hazebrouck, some five miles ; distant, and take this highly import- ant railway town. ‘ t i Flanking Movement Fails ’ Well nigh vital rail communications to the Messines and Ypres regions would thus be cut. The ‘Brtish. line is being strongly held in this region, however, and the flanking movement shows no signs of making progress, as the report of the engagement shows, The German effort at present seems centered on the northern side of the Lys battle field, no important fight- ing being reported from the southern sectors. HIGHER POTATO RATES HELD NOT . TO BE JUSTIFIED, Washington. D. C., April 16.—The’ interstate commerce commission. to- day held to be unjustified the pro- posed increase in potato transporta- tion rates from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North and South Dakota and Michigan, to a wider range jobbing and consumers sections of the mid- dle west, south and east. BRUSH FIRES ENDANGERING GOPHER MINE BRITISH PREMIER and’ act as ushers. Other patriotic TALKS WITH HEADS (1% feniuigy onions ar a OF LABOR PARTIES | extended every citleen of Bis- (nothing. more at this’ time than’ that Lurleigh county, if over, ‘well over,’ and that the big drive has lost none of | |its momentum,’ ° Burleigh will easily simply sitting at the desk and re-| hold its own ‘with other counties in fact brought out was that Steele and vicinity had gone over the top, and a good deal more, by voluntary and un- solicited subscriptions, the committee } “Surgeon General Rupart Blue, Unit- ed States Department of puolic health and Miss Lathrop will be the princi- pal speakers at the public health con-; Keewaatin, Minn., April 16.—Brush anid forest fires surounding the -taln- ing location at the Bray mine last night kept citizens on the alert today vose of his pheasants and his buft! | Scotch bantams. which go with the Chinese dandies, with as little delay as possidle. and he will be glad to marck to turn out and learn how he ‘ ae in| ¢ s. 1 i f the big’ loan,| ference which will be the chief event re v London, April 16.—The’ labor mem-}™ay become an important factor in ceiving the applications, for loans. | the oversubscription of \y ‘| receive tenders from any gun club|to gaye mine and private pro , p winning the war and relieving human! Rev. George Buzzelle of Bismarck | and will have done its share, With the/ of the: bienplal program: Mey Shin that is interested. He guarantees the| ‘The sities were ore er Latif eral bers of the cabinet in an interview throughout the convention the govern- with, Premier Lloyd George last’ night ‘ \ ‘rest of North Dakota, to make the! birds to live and take care of them-/ noon with a promise of much-needed gave the address of the evening. The selves and to breed satisfactorily un-!rain to°wet the fields and aid th | sutfering and distress. pressed the premier ‘o grant sélf- gov- ernment to Ireland on the’ basis’ of the majority report of the Irish conven- tion before conscription is put into operation. It is understood that the conference had satisfactory results. and there will not crisis. 25 Trains With Wounded Present | Hun Daily Loss Washington, D. C., April 16.— The heavy price the ea tebe ake: paying for their adva western front was told. in dis- be a cabinet i /MAN POWER BILL | WILL PASS THIRD |, READING EASILY | London, April -16.—The third read- jing of the government’s man power bill tomorrow now is regarded as as- sured. There have been rumors that a labor revolt might endanger the measure, but if, as stated, Premier ‘Lloyd George has been able to. meet the views of the labor ministers in the directiog of allowing, home rule to tion precede thd ‘application. of ‘conscrip:| "|. Third Liberty loan service flag was presented by Judge Walker in a fitting; speech and was appropriately received by the mayor of Steele, and it now; proudly floats from the city staff, fit-| ly suggestive of the loyalty and devo-| uon of Steele’s splendd citizenry. | © | *HUNS ADD ANOTHER | WOMAN TO VICTIMS | Paris, ‘April 16.—Shells | from the,German long range’ | guns killed one woman, and | { wounded another, and one in, the. Parijs. district, |: \Ninth district the banner loan division | of the nation.; ‘ EDDY. COUNTY, OVER. New Rockford, 'N.;D., April Official reports today show that Eddy county oversubscribed, its. allotment to the Third Ciberty loan by-over- 125 per cent. Eddy county’s patriots subscribed, over. $150,000. Eddy county’s quota was $65,000. - Sai RY. SPIES WOULD BY COURT MARTIAL April 16.—A bil! ser SAT RET Washington, D.C. I to ‘bring all;persons charged: with: vio- ment demonstration car. Mrs. Elmer! Blai mof ‘New York, national chair- man of health, G. F. W. C, and Mrs. C. W. Garrison, chairman of health} for Arkansas, will preside over the public health program. Cooperative department programs) will occupy the home economics con- ference presided over May 2 by Mrs. Joseph C. Gawler of Washington, who will also be in charge of a display said to be the greatest home econ- omics exhibit ever gotten together, an exhibit of the government canning club work from each state, a states | product show and a conference on clothing and textiles. , “ Jane Addams. and: Mrs. Herbert Hoorer,;'will be ‘among the:ispeakers: der any North Dakota conditions. | PEACE NOTE NOT | TO BE DISCUSSED London, April 16.—In reply to a question in the house of commons to- day as to whether Great Britain was aware that President Poincare had in hi spossession Emperor Charles’: let- ted a year ago, when Great Britain refused to consider peace negotiations, especially eKrensky’s. proposals, A. J. Balfour, secretary: for foreign affairs, said that, the government had. most carefully. considered the subject, and *had-.decided, that it. was not in the farmers in their work. k ENEMIES CANNOT. : : GET U. S. PATENT : Washington, D. C., April .16.—Prési- dent Wilson today stopped the, issd- ance of patents and copyrights to éné- mies and revoked the authority given Americans. to apply for. patents in enemy countries. ig KNUTE NELSON TO RUN. AGAIN Fairmont, .Minn,,... April. in, Canada, | that,” dahger 1s| "| lation of: the\espionage?act:under\the patches to the state : “fedverted. : es rindéction of. theanilitary court: mar-|on: the: toneervation: cOhterence dated | public; interest to: discuss it in any | Fairmont.:Sentinel today a Satea today saying that 25 eli indrend ei Phe Committed stage of the bill was! eit 1. Wae:-lartroduoed: today ty Senator Friday;:May Z,'with (Mrs. Sohn D,| form, in the house of; commons at ree dispat 1 from United ater HE with wounded are Vena veg ‘comipleted'tr the hbilve ‘ot Commons to ["| Chamberiait’ of Oregda,’ chafrrian of eraan at" the Chicago Woman's| ent. He appealed to the questioner | inute Nelson, andouncing bls> club presiding, * hot to push the matter further. dacy for re-election. | 8S Aix-La-Chapelle: every veal xf hight without further inotdent, s.- : @ the nenate military committee,