The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1918, Page 1

we ara Bienes | GENERALLY nD eae a EB ciealinid ieee eases anata stent a . THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 106. Marshall Haig BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918. Ta PRICE FIVE CENTS. es Aggresive With Quick and Decisive Results GERMAN DESIRE FOR PEACE Is BRANDED HOAX Huns Wish for Harmony With ‘ Neighbors a Belusion, Says Cecil BRITISH EQUAL TO TASK Minister of Blockade Says Teu- tons Have Failed, But Struggle Is Not Over London, April 20.—Before the pres ent German offensive began, German officers in neutral countries were p.e- pared to wager that the Germans! would succeed in dividing the forces! of the allies within a fortnight, Lord | Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, | declared in a speech last night at Hitchin. “A month has passed and the Ger-! mans have not succeeded, Lord Rob ert continued, “but we would be wick-} edly foolish if we believed the hat- tle had ended. We have an indefinite period of terrible an@ strenuous struggles before us. We must nut underrate our enemy, who has ha.l| the great advantage of fifty years of preparation for war; favorable geo- graphical post on, and. united com- mand. Equal to. Task. | “But. the British citizens who have! withstood the Germans for forty years on equal terms have proved that their: valor is equal to Germen training. while recently our forces in France have been placed under command that great soldier, General: Foch.” Lord Robert’ did not think that the enemy’s formidable advantage would decide the battle in ‘his ‘favor, but the alies must not come’ under the sway of a too-easy optimism. He concluded: “We are fighting findatitiably for the. freedom of * thé :.world.) Ahyone' who says the Germans. desire to live, '. in peace. with their neighbors is in- dulging in voluntary : self-deception.” CITIZENS TAKE 4 MOONEY AIDES OUT OF TOWN! Fl Centro, Calif. April 20—Israel Weinberg, acquitted of a charge of murder in connection with a prepared- ness day bomb explosion in San Fran- cisco, in 1916, and J. Edward Morgan, who were scheduled to hold a meet- ing last night in the interests of Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of mur- der,’ were escorted out of town today by a committee of citizens. Wanted Mooney Pardoned. El Centro, Calif, April 20.—The entity, of Morgan was not establish- ed. The announced purpose of the meet- ing. which had been widely advertis- ed by Weinberg, who described him- self as “one of the martyrs of the Mooney case,” was to create senti- ment in favor of pardoning ‘Mooney. The automobile in which the pair were spirited away had not return- ed to El Centro at a late hour last night. 1 San Francisco, Ca Calif, April 20— Maxwell McNutt, attorney for Israel Weinberg. said last night that he de-' lieved J. Edward Morgan, Weinbere’s | companion, to be a speaker who had been making a tour addressing meet- ings to secure funds for the defense of Thomas J. Mooney. | SIBLEY AND TRYGG TOWNSHIP JUVENILES ORGANIZE. SOCIETY; MqKenzie, N. D. ). April 20,.—About of the young people of ‘Sibley and | Trygg townships met at the hospitable | home of Anton Johnson and: erganiz- ed.a Young Peoples society, the pur-| pose of which is to assist, by enter- tainments, socials, etc.,.in raising mon- ey for the erection of a church in their locality. The officers of the. organiz- ation are: David Trygg, president; Hallie Belk, vice president; Ernest Kell, secretary and Lawrence: Mad- land, treasurer. Rev. -Olson of Wil- ton was present and assisted with the organization. ‘NELSON 54 PER CENT OVER MeVille, N. D., April 20.—Nelson county. went “over the top” in’ magni- ficent style in the Third Liberty loan drive, having over subscribed ‘the al- lotment of $175,000 54 per. cent, ac. cording to a report received Wednes- day afternoon from the county chair man, J. P. Lamb of Michigan. Bonds were sold to the amount of $:73,650, which was $89,000 over and above the,amount allotted to this county. . Every district et its quota, and in Bergen and Rubin it:was more than doubled. Bergen with an allot- ment of $5,000 sold bonds’ to the amount of $10,300, and in ‘Rubin, where the allotment was $2,000 the sales amounted to $4,200, | dispatches. Signal corps. |Brothers:- |speed up airplane production. POTTER SLATED TO WM.C.POTTER Potter is slated to be put in charge of the entire production end of avia- tion work, according to Washington This work has previous- ly been under the direction of Maj. Gen. George O. Squier, chief of’ the Potter is one of the big firm of Guggenheim is depended upon to figures in the and 42 SAMMIES IN FRENCH LIST OF Large Number of American Am- bulance Service Individuals and Secitons First Organization From United] States Granted This High- est Privilege ngton, D. April 20.—An oficial list of the individuals and tions, of the U. S. Army Ambulan Service cited by French army com- manders for bravery was received to day at the office of Surgeon Gen- eral Gorgas. ‘orty-two separate ci- tations are noted. In two instances, entire sections were commended. Section 'N 646, commanded by Ljeutenant E. Drake, was commend- ed on two o given the right to wear the “Four- ragere.” It is ganization to receive thi other American se ‘as a unit was No. is honor. The n commended 632, commanded der was as follows: “The section rendered most valua- ble services to the 8th division of in fantry and showed great coolness and devotion in making certain the evacua- rapidity and comfort in spite of the difficulties of the road, and frequent ment.” LEAGUE TALKER AMENDS VILLAGE LICENSE TO TA J. A. McGlynn: of f Sydney, Mont,,) Had Ideas of Own About Terry Ordinance Terry, Mont., April 20.—J. A. Mec} Glynn from Sidney, Montana, one ot | the non-partisan league speakers tour-} in Terry last Saturday afternoon, and | there was a fairsized crowd of far’ ‘mers | iin Teyry to hear him. Bpt the gentle- jman refused to speak when present: | ed with an ordinance of the town in| which he had to agree to make no the community. lows: “That I dm a citizen of that I have subscribed to and pur- chased $........ Liberty Bonds, that I have donated $.......... to the Red Cross, that I have donated $...... to the Y. M. C. A., that I am not pro-Ger- man, and that I will not ‘make any seditious utterances, or make any re- mark uyipattiotic to my country or its government, or any remark, the tend- ency of which would set up class hatred or.community strife.” When the blank was, presented to him Mr. McGlynn said that he was a citizen of Montana, that he had pur- chased a $50 Liberty bond, that he haa subscribed $1 to the Red Cross ai given $2 to the Y. M. C. A., but wh he. came to the later part of ihe agreemefit he run his pen through this: ‘or any remark the tendency of which would set up class hatred or community strife.’ Upon his refusal to, thus obligate himself, the mayor re- fused him permission to speak until hé could call the council together and learn .if.it would waive that part of the ordinance. At the meeting of the council . Mr. McGlynn refused ‘to $8,000 was allotted to. the city :of McVille and the amount, poste Was $11,750; °° saan ‘change i attitude, on, this refusal mrt a vot fd. u nenling usly to, re: SPEED AIRPLANES HONOR SOLDIERS: TO WEAR FOURRAGERE| sions, and finally was; the first American or-; by First. Lieutenant allen H. Muhr.! Thé citation in the official French or-! tion of wounded with the greatest) interruptions by the enemy’s bombard. ! speech which would be seditious or! calculated to stir up class hatred in! The agreement Mr.; McGlynn was asked to sign was as fol-| MOB’S VICTIM IMPRISONED TO SAVE HIS LIFE gee Believed Only Safe Place for Alien HANGED FIFTEEN SECONDS! Aged Russian’s Neck Torn and Cut by Noose at Collins- ville Last Night ‘Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 20.—With) neck torn and cut by 4 noose with} ; vhich an irate mob. at Collinsville, Oklahow:c, last night attempted to is to be taken to whe federal prison at Muskogee as a measure of further Precaution. A mob of fifty men cap- rurea Rheimer last night and swung semrconsctous condition. , They re- } eased him only ‘narles Miler, assistant chief of po- ‘ce. who ‘pleaded that he be given “he right of a hearing. Rheimer had een taken trom Miller and two pa- rolmen at the jail 1° members of he party who dragged the prisoner to ne Home ‘Guard armory and tied an slectric light cord about his neck and wung it over a Dasketball goal post. | e was then placed upon a chair and ter he had complied with a com- aand that he Kiss every star on an American flag held before his face, ne chair was removed and his body eft swinging ii che air. He was al- | owed to hang fifteen seconds or more | efore his capuors relented and cut ; 2im, down. He is t;fty years old, and says he is 1 naiive or Russia. . MUNITIONS «TO... |’ BE TAKEN FROM [ens VLADIVOSTOK) Russian Government Orders Re-| moval to European Terri- | tory of All Suppiies Harbin, April 19.—(By Associat- ed Press)—An order has been re- ceived at -tadivostok from the Eoisheviki government to ship the shells, explosives, metals, ma- | chinery, and machine tools, con centrated there to European Rus- sia. Freight and passenger traf- fic are to be suspendeo for the purpose, if necessary, the order stipulates. BRITISH TAKE | MACHINE GUNS FROM GERMANS | Londqn April ril 2u.—Nine machine guns, a treneh mortar. and prison- | ers were taken by the British in ; @ local operation yesterday south | of the Scarpe river, the war of- | ‘fice-announces. AG a er attack wa SMALL COMPARED: WITH LAST YEAR, Larger Than They ¥ They Were.a Week | Ago, But Far Less Than in ' Last Offensives London, Eng., April 20.—Eritish casualties: reported during the week announced today are 12,368, divided | as_ follows: Killed or die] of wounds: Officers, | o75; men, 1,639. .ounded or missing: Officers, 2,- 173; men 7,981. | The casualties reported] for this week are approximately half as large again as tnose reperted in the preceding week. Although heavy fighting has now ween in progress for a month, however, the lists have not begun to ap- proach in size those of last year in the months of active opera tions, when the British were on the ibaa > om _* AMERICAN STEAMSHIP | | SUNK, WITH LOSS 'OF | i} _ iLIFE IN GOREIGN SEAS | | Néw Yorka.N. Yn Y., Aprit/ 20—The ‘American steamship Florence H.. | | formerly:a Great Lakes vessel, bas | | been sunk with loss of lif | foreign port,.according to info: Federal Penitentiary at Musko-| +. iyach him, Henry Rheimer is in cus-! tody of a United States marshal and | hint mto the air until he was in a, at the request of; “ BRITISH LOSSES my *Raip OF SAMMIES INFLICTS CASUALTIES With the ‘American Army in| | France, April 19.—(By Associated Press)—Thirty American ‘infantry- men, with the same number of , French. troops, raided the German | line on the right . bank of the Meuse this morning, inflicting a | number of casualties on the en- | ' emy. d REINFORCEMENTS | FOUND NECESSARY | AT VLADIVOSTOK London, Eng., April 20.—Owing to increased anti-Japanese, demon- strations at Vladivostok, where Japanese and British. marines were erecently landed, it has been | Necessary to arrange for reinforce- | ments, according to a'teleyram to | | Tientsin of the Exchange Tele- | graph Co. | DAKOTA LIFE | | INSURANCE HEAD IS IN srs ai W. P. Robeson, Saneutenaéan| of Agents, Looks: Over Business Here | R. P. Robeson of Watertown, S. D..; | superintendent of agents for the Da- kota ‘Life Insurance Co,, is in Bis- marck today calling on local repre- senatives and sizing up the business | outlook, which he finds to be excel- lent. despite war conditions. i The.Dakota Life, Insurance. ‘Co. was incorporated under the laws of South Dakota as a mutual company in 1906. It practically began business on March 1, 1907, and in ‘February, 1909, the company reincorporated ‘as .a stock concern, becoming an old line, des reserve stock company. As of Decem er 31, 1917, the com: pany had in: force, $12,451,367 insur- ance, a- gain of approximately two millions forthe ‘year. © The Dakota Life has paid policyholders and benc- ficiaries $564,523, and has assets of. 41,509,735. It is regarded us one of the strog ‘home life insurance com. panies of the northwest.” STATE JOINS IN FIGHT AGAINST TRACHOMA EVIL Emergency Commission Appro- priates Funds to Aid in Stamping Out Plague | Following a conference with a delegation representing La- Moure and Dickey counties, the state) of North Dakota, thru its lemergency commission, has ;elected to bear one-fourth of the expense of a determined cam- \paign which is to be made | against trachoma in these coun- ities by state and federal authori- ties. Chairman Nelson of ‘the \Dickey county commission, {Chairman Steen of the LaMoure lcounty board, Visiting Nurse i Schove and Dr. Myer called upon! + fore him the situation in their {oped cases of trachoma already ber of patients have been re- imoved to a sanatorium in Ken-|| tucky, but-the infection :contin-| | ues to spread... It is now planned | | to segregate all of these victims | in a camp to, be erected in one of ithe two counties. | government will bear half the | expense, jand LaMoure counties on the one | hahd and the state on the other. | The origin of the epidemic of | this- strange malady, which seems to be confined to these two counties, is a mystery. Local | medical authorities have done everything within their power to check its spread and stamp it out, but in spite of all they could | do, the number of cases has in- |creased. : GERMAN RAIDING OPERATION LAST Governor Frazier and placed be-| ‘counties, where 19 fully devel-|' jhave been discovered. A num-| ; The federal | | while the remainder'| | | will be equally shared by Dickey | | NORTH DAKOTA FIFTH STATE T0 QVERSUBSCRIBE Flickertaildom Reports Sale of Bonds to 160 Per Cent of Its Quota OBSERVE LOAN LABOR DAY | Chicago and Other Large Cities Celebrate—Drive Still Is Jardy, Washington, D. C., April 20.— Subscriptions to the Third Liberty loan have reached ¥1,238,0>8,950, the treasury announced today. The fifth state to oversubscribe its quota is North Dakota, which reported today 60 per cent more subscriptions than its allotment. Mississippi is within 5 per cent of its quota. Chicago and other big industrial centers today observed Liberty Loan labor day with parades of workers and other patriotic dem- onstrations. Many manufactur- ing plants closed for parts of the day. MRS. DANIELS SPONSOR FOR NEW VESSEL Wife of Secretary of the Navy Christens the “Bell.”— Five Keels Laid Quincy, Mass., April 20—Mrs. Jos- ephus Daniels, wife of the secretary of the navy, was sponsor for the lat- est U, S. destroyer.which was launch- ed today with patriotic céremonies at the Fore River plant of the Bethle- hem Shipbuilding Co. Secretary Dan- iels and prominent citizens of Massa- chusetts were present. ‘Mr. Daniels announced that the new destroyer would be christened the “Bell” in honor of Rear ‘Admiral Henry. H. Bell, a native of North Car- olin vyho commanded a division of the ited States fleet under Farra- gut in the Givil war. He lost his life by drowning in Japan in 1868. ‘Mr. Daniels’ party then visited, the Squantum works here’ which a few months ago was a quagmire, ‘and where today there stands great ship- ouilding yards. The visitors were conducted to the ships which lay in the keel locks only. Under the guid- ance of Superintendent J. J. Nolan, a veteran shipouilder, Mr. Daniels laid the keels of five destroyers. MILLER MAY NOT PULL BIG FIGHT IN TWIN CITIES St. Paul, Minn., April 20.—Col. J. C. Miller, promoter of the proposed Wil- lard-Fulton. fight, conferred with Gov-| ernor Burnquist today. Shortly after noon, ‘Miler announced at the capital that he would leave foy the east to- night. “it is understood that local ne- gotiations were at a standstill. o Mother Beats Her Children to. Death St. Louis, , April 20. —Mrs. Katherine Kaggs, 35 years old, believing her hus- | band was going to abandon her and her | four children, late | yesterday bound the | hands and feet of the | children, Leo,. five; | Anna May, two; | Mary Rose, three | years, and Dora, nine | months, and stuffed cotton in their | mouths. She then took a hand axe and | dren to death, and NIGHT FAILURE tes, Paris, April 20.—German troops last night launched a raiding oper- ation against the French lines\in the region of Hangarden-Santree eoutheast <of Amiens. The effort was a failure, the war office an- nounced today.. .The French took prisoners in: this local action. The artitlery has. become active {ton received .in ae ci calong ae. seats battle.tine be- ny. id iNoyon. | probably fatally wounded the others. showed no emotion after her crime, was taken to the observa- | tion ward of the city | hospital today. aI !}his real property to W i store. | beat three of the chil- || | | Mrs. Skaggs, who || Drive Against Foe | French, Belgian, costly all-day attacks of The British counter Germans Cor Comp elled To Give Up Piecés Of Territory Won Allied Counter Blow Results in Attainment of All Objectives Sought and in Complete Re-::: establishment of Line as it Existed Before Hun Attack Thursday ENTENTE BUILDING UP GREAT “RESERVE ON WESTERN FRONT \Probability of Early Undertaking of General Apparent—lItalians, | Portuguese and Americans Ready (Associated Press) Field Marshal Haig’s troops took the ageres- sive last night on the southern side of the Lys bat- tle front with quick and decisive results.’ f compelled the Germans to give up the small‘bits of. grounds in the Givenchy-Festubert sector, which were all the enemy had. to show: for’ his. The Thursday on this front. blow resulted in the at- tainment of all the objectives sought and in: the back to his positions, FORMER BISMARCK MAN HEIR TO BIG GOPHER FORTUNE William M. Pye, Son of ‘Pioneer| \ Family, Secured in Rights by U. S. Court | Eismarck people are much interest- ed in the following item which ap- peared in the Minneapolis Tribune this week: “William M. Pye, Faribault, Minn., is left in quiet possession of property said to be worth anywhere from $300,- 000 to $3,000,000 by a decision made | in United States district court yes-} | terday, when Judge Wilbur F. Booth dismissed the action brought against him by Simeon S. Pye, a distant cous- ‘in. to have a deed set aside yhich was; given by Sylvester M. Pye, uncle of | both parties to the suit, conveying all iam M. Pye. |The ground of the action was that | Sylvester M. Pye was old and feeble i when the deed was given and that un-| | due influence was used.” William M. Pye is a brother of S./ | M. Pye, now in California, and a son lof William M. Pye, Sr., who was an ;early resident of Bismarck and who ; Started the first bank in Bismarck. The Pyes lived on the corner of First |and Broadway for a number of years |; in property which is still owned by || S.-M. Pye. Will Pye, Jr., married a Johnson, daughter of a river steamboat captain, iss Belle | Missouri || who afterwards was in the boot and , | ward. Will Pye left a number of years ago for Faribault to live with ;|the uncle from whom he has inherit- d this estate. His mother is believed ‘0 still be living at Hollywood, Calif. | AUSTRIAN HELD IN STUTSMAN COUNTY JAIL FOR SEDITION Jamestown, N. D., April 20.—Mike Huber is in the county jail cwaiting | a hearing upon the charge of uttering statements on or about last July. He | will be given a hearing here May 20 before U. S. Commissioner Fred G. | Kneeland. i Huber was picked up here last Sun-| i d-y charged with having asserted that United States hasn’t any business iu the war and that he would like to low up the mills, country, etc. || It 1s said Huber is an Austrian and aas homesteaded land in Canada where his family now reside. Huber was working on‘the railroad when ta- -men. under. arrest... complete.reestablishment of the British line. existed before the Germans struck on Thursday. The only offensive action on the German side was reported from the British front in the Robeea. region, near the westerly tip.of the Lys’ salient, southwest of Merville. The enemy met no suc- cess in this local operation, the British driving him | the southwest of Arras. RAIDING OPERATIONS’. There is possible significance in raiding operations carried out by the British south along the line of the Scarpe river, just to Appar- ently, it was a feeling out opera- tion to develop what forces the Germans have ready for an at- tack in this region. It resulted in the taking of prisoners and a collection of machine guns and trench mortars. A German coun- ter attack was repulsed. It seems not improbable that |the enemy will again assay .a drive around Arras, although he failed signally there in the early stages of the battle. Some way the Germans have got to force back the British line between Arras and Albert before they can go much farther ahead in their push on the Somme battle front, as their right flank is held fast by the British from Vimy to Albert and has not been: able'to keep pace with their tent, south of the Somme. BRITISH ANCHOR ON vIMY. The British anchor point on this line is Vimy ridge, north of Arras, the turning of which from the north has. been:as- sumed to be one of the German objectives in driving in the sali- ent along the Lys whence they apparently hoped to work south- Active fighting cpecations have halted while each side pre- pares for the next onslaught. It iy not improbable that the Ger- mans wil lagain attack, either Picardy or Flanders - Artois, while over every move they make hangs the menace of the allied reserve army and a en ter offensive. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER Unfavorable weather has. set- tled down upon the northern bat- tlefield, but up to the present the Germans have selected mist. and rain and cold periods as oppor- tune for striking and the lull in their attack is due more. prok- ably to’ their appalling losses, which in the last ten days have zations that. offensive ( jued on caused such depletions in organi- ae :