The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1918, Page 6

q . ‘ SIX eee BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE SATURDAY, APRIL 20; 1918. ENGINEERS WHO FOUGHT IN BIG. BATTLE LAUDED “Interesting Reading for Ameri- cans,” Baker Declares of Detailed Reports | OWN OFFICERS COMMA Battalion and Two Regiments) Working With British Hold Sub-Sector Washington, D. C., April 1 Detailed reports of the participa- tion of American engineers with | the Briti ymy during the first days of the Germans onslaught have reached the war department, trom General Pershing and will be} made public, “They will make splen. did reading for Americans” Secretary aBker sid in making the announce- ment The text of a message from General Rawlinson, the British commander, to General Pershing highly prai Americans, is given. The engineers fought under their own officers, They | lost two officers killed and wounded; twenty men kifled and é wounded, and 4+ missing, some of whom probably will be found with British organizations. The report stell how two regiments | and a battalion of enginee: work- | ing with the British forces, consoli- dated and held a sub-sector of the British lines from March 26 to April} 3 against repeated German assaults. Pershing's Report. General Pershing’s report says in part: “In reference to mention in mary of activities, noon March 25 to} March 25, of American troops fight-| ing with British armies and to the) daily cabled summary of the battle.! March 29, 1918, the following has now} been established from official reports “The commanding officer of a Unit- ed States engineers regiment has re- ceived a copy of the following letter | | i sum: | commending the action of the troops|at an executive committee meeting in| chair, of his regiment: ‘I have received the following from the commanding general, ———corps: | “T desire to convey to you and| ranks under your orders my admira-| tion of the splendid service which you | and they have rendered in connec- tion with corps light railroad. Than 8} to the untiring energy of officers, | non-commissioned office’ ind men, who have risen to the occas i manner beyond all praise, and their! usually good ar gallantry, much of what might other wise have fallen into thé enemy hands has been saved. “acquaint all ranks” TWO SHIPS ARE “T should like to add my own ap- preciation of the excellent services rendered by the officers, non-commis sioned officers and men of the light railroad service of this army direct ate, in connection with the present | operation. Will you be good enough | to acuaint tqo their untiring service.” “Certain units of United States en-| gineers serving with a rBitish army | between March 21 and April 3, while under shell fire, carried out destruc: tion of material dumps at Chaulnes, | fell back with British forces to Mor \ euil, whe: the commands laid out [ trench wo then proceeded to Dem- | uin, and was assigned sector of de- | fensive line which was constructed | and manned by them, thence moved ; to a position in the line near War- fusee-Abancourt and extending to} side of Bois De Toillauw. The com- | mands started for this position on March 27 and occupied it until April 3, during this time the commanding officer of a unit of United Sttes en- gineers being in comand of the sub- sector ocenpied by his troops. This command was in more or less con- tinuous action during its stay in this position. On April 8 the command was ordered to fall back to Abbeville. TESTIFIES NO WARNING WAS GIVEN PUBLIC Lusitania Inquiry in New York Reveals New Events Pre- ceding Sailing New York, N. Y., April 20.—The as- sertion that no special instructions were given the passengers who sailed on the Lusitania on her last trip to be’alert against danger, was made in federal court here today by James H.. Brooks of Bridgeport, Conn., one of the survivors, who testified in the proceedings brought by the Cunard company for a limitation of liability | in damage suits amounting to $6,000,- 600 growing out of the disaster. The witness who said he was on deck when the torpedo struck, declar- ed that no drills were held during the voyage and that he was not assigned to any particular life boat. The men who’ attempted to lower the boats aft- er the torpedo struck, he testified, ap- peared to be unfamiliar with their duties. Boat Goes Down. ‘When the ship was hit, he declared he entered a boat on the starboard side but the sailors, he said, were un- able to release the chain tackle and the boat went down with the ship. Testimony that he saw no life belts on fhe boat deck during the voyage was. given by Ogden Hammond, an- other ‘passenger, who also‘ testified that he saw no boat drills and re- ceived: g0 designation to a particular life -in case of need. "When the Lusitania was hit by the t jo, the witness declared, he and hfe? wife went on deck and searched in ‘vain for ‘life \belts.They then entered a ‘lifeboat which was| ready for lowering, 8: but. the sailor at the boat lost of the falls and the occupants were thrown into the } “His wite’s body, he said, was.. ed the | | three || iships have on WAR PROGRAM — IS ASSAILED | ‘BY MCUMBER Washington, D. C., 6 verely criticised in the senate | today by Senator McCumber of North Dakota, who de- fended the part’ taken by Congress, and resented re- | ceipt of many postcards bear- ing the late Jos. M. Choate’s words “for God’s sake hurry up!” “The delay is due to shame- ful failure of those appointec by the administration to speed up” said Mr. McCum- ber. Despite appropriations of | more than $1,750,000,000 for the government shipbuiRling program, Senator McCumber said, it had been “grossly neglected” and not one tenth accomplished of what shoul¢ have been done. “Referring to aviation, the | in this country. ‘Wild, awful extravagance’ in government war expendi- _ tures also was criticised by Senator McCumber. a W.C. T.U. COMES HBRENEXT FALL Bismarck Picked as 1918 Con- | vention City of Temper- | ance Workers Bismarck w: convention city of the North Dakota! ian Temperance union Women's Chri Fargo. The white rivboners er here September 20 for a three day: Mrs. Maude B. Per N. Y., college young peo-| for the national W. C . U, has heen engaged as the prin-| cipal convention speaker. The program committee now is ondence with other speake nal prominence, and an un- y of talent is prom- meeting. ill gath- se in} of nati ised for the ani CAUG Pitsburgh car | ferry Ontario No. 1, hound for the } port of Rochester late yesterday, was y two di provisions | on board and are in danger of being crushed by the ice, Piss A i B 3 i Siceneeee ARETE inch Tires are Stocke: sregnaceyeengestse: SESSES Qa wae sC Le LE SD eT pe | RE-ENACTED, BUT bof Robert P. Pri | Rheimer, France and ‘a mere bagatelle’ |) cut dows, but will recover, it is; fhe is of Ru: | patriotic remarks la Rheimer recently wa | fiy an an flag from the front) j window of his house and keep it there | ¥ ‘y ar the period of the war h } entered ‘sistant I. }men and took Rheimer from his cell. yi the | baske ns ofi to | apologized for whateve | ing hody g| host ee | Pleaded. | as the body | to the chair again while the cord was. HT IN ICE, loosened pril_ 20. —The | wiINTER WEATHER AND Lught t in the floe of ice which | tod has imprisoned its sister ship, the Ontario No, 2. nee yesterday. The Kansas wheat belt. TESTED OVYEZ! OYEZ! OYEZ! Hear the Verdict of the Test Car Jury. 3 . “Secure surc tire service in Tested Tires, They give eure service because B it is proven service. : Their endurance and durability have ‘been proved 3 ‘in the one way to assure mileage to the motorist, under the car on the toad, every type of road, throughout 4,178,744 tire'miles.” ,” : 3s That is the verdict of the jury of Goodrich’s forty Test Cars, which, 8 for a year have hammered Goodrich Tires from state to state, putting the A nation-wide test to them. Every kind of road, every kifidsof’ climate, every kind of weather shared in that verdict. % i, “These tircs defeated us,” the roads testified. “On such testimony the veraict’of the Test Cars proclaims, “Matchless in strength and dependa- - ‘ bility are Goodrich Tested Tires.” Here is certainty of service for the tire -e You See Ths Sia user, because it is proven service. # SILVERTOWN CORDS, and BLACK SAFETY TREADS have proved themselves in actual road tests under‘light and \conquerors of the road. Hearken to this ver- dict brought from America’s roads, and make ed sure of your tire service in the tires that 4 wont the title “America’s Tested Tires,” “TRIAL FOR ALLEGED HUN] f SOLDIERS WH | ~ HAVE DIED | i * PRAGER HANGING: Today’s Expurgated Death Roll of Honor. . COLONEL KILLED. Philadelphia, Pa. April 20.—Word iwas received at the William Penn ‘ICs Collinsville, Olkla., This! Charter school here today that Col- is ae ‘A onel Raynal C. Bolling, reported in of Time; Chief of Police In- | ticial dispatches several days, ago as terferes junissing, bad, been kiled fy petion in | France. Phe school authorities have = | no details.” : April 20,—'The talned. 42 naines Washington, -D. Killed inaction, Died“ et wounds; Died of disease, Wounded severely, (. After Being Ordered to Fly Flag Man Reported to Have Dis- obeyed Wounded’ slightly, 17. 2 es Misging in action, 2. . f Killed in Action. Collinsville, Okla. April tap 3 rie eounter’ part of Lhe’ recent. lyachit Corporals Jotun l. Hendrickson and Sl iarl Snow; Privates Carl H. Alson, “| Lonis Kanperate, George °C. Stanislaw Stefanski, Girelamo si, ville, HL, was checked here tonight when Ch Miller, « int chief of pol able to convince a crowd of fifty men that it would be better to give Henry | alleged proGerman, whom Vis: Died of Wounds. Corporals Roy lL. Boyce, Leon Ware, ad hanged, a chance before the | ae council of defense tomorrow morning | ane Joseph W. Zwinge; acre, nes _ North Dakota member — saic [ae eSanad hotline: Rieter tine fey 1. Rood | there were no planes’ in || in ’a scmi-conscious condition when | Dieds6F Disease. _ Privates Edwin A. Dehaven, Ea sard J. Flaniéry, both pneumonia. i Wounded Severely. Ihisinior Renny sere at wa ways! Seren! Gn A: Dickerman; Pri Tae BU : YS vates dan ‘Theodore CG jan birth, although @VE ae Ho dence in the hands of the couneil ot 6. aay defense is said to indicate that he is) 1 + Heed a ermaGn, and that he had made anal At the direction ot; council | | thought ites St. John. MisSing in Action. Licuts. Rgbert B, Rhett, Moses Tay- lor, Jr. conmittee of the defense instructed to Amer Today reports reached Collinsville | that the flag had been removed. Two! members of the council of defense ine | mediately went to the Rh 4 nd placed him under arr hroupht to town and te At 10:45 o'clock tonight, the erg the jail, over. powered Chief Miller and two patro “LIMIT JUNE 1, Tarmers Must Dispose of Pro- duct Before That Time, in City Hall, | Ladd Says ‘ Dragging the prisoner to the second seer floor of the city hall, into the home} Fargo, N. 1), April 20.4In granting guard armory, the men stood on oa! a request of Food Adiinistrator EB. I. wrapped a doubled electric light | Ladd, ot North. Dakota, the fede edrd twice around his neck, attached | food addy ration has extended the other end to the saports of a! time for farmers to sell their wheat | HW goal and commanded him | from May 14 to e 1, Dr. Ladd an- ar in the flag, nounced tonight. Farmers must di mplied h the demand, | pose of all surplus wheat on or be- disloyal stato: | fore June, the anavuncement said. he may have made, Then the Fermission fer farmers to bold seed y was removed. Rheimer's writh- | wheat for next year’s crop has heen swung twice past the goal] refused in three states, says the tele- gram from Washington. In the event f a crop failure this yet the grain ration will supply seed for next crop, “T trust that every person holding wheat will comply with these require- s Dr. Ladd, “so that no} ry- on! Rheimer nent ¢ ive the man a chance,” Miller “Give him until § o'clock to- morrow morning and we'll see that he gets a real hearing.” Members of the mob relented and wung back, he was lifted i will be necessa the part of the government.’ N REPORT RAIN IN WHEAT BELT. Berlin, via London, Apr 20.— There o., April 20.—Winter | is noting new to report from the bat- ted v into the | (le front” the official communi- pread snow and fall- ] cation the war olflice this from Missouri and [| evening. s. It also brought “Afier their ‘failure yesterday, the rainfall over the |'French “have not renewed their at- tacks northwest of Moreuil.” hel southwest and d ing temperatur sus into Ty however, generot Pe dtetinnted Ie as 178,‘7A4 Tire Miles ‘ i pe ey htt to tt heey cas i, srerpuedecnenscre Feu | “LW. W. LESS DANGEROUS” John F, Me(ee of Minneapol Seeley,/a member of the powerful safely com- mission organized by cittzens of that state to aid prosecution of the war, declared be- Minnesota and that Workers of the World is not ond half as dangerous as league memb: ed as clalists \ he interned co, MeDermont, Walter | organizing of firing squa ing them. 6évertime in order to make up lost time.” by to permit the mil deal directly with propagandists, way to curb lyneh la loyalty and enemy sentatives of the arm telligence departments and other nesses told the senate military com-| he mittee ‘ and cannot be handled under exis' laws. tion with which would transfer from ci i to military courts! martial of all per- | sons charged with violating the es-|| conference of | Sinn-Feiners, borites unanimously declaring their determination to pionage act committee postponed action until next week. NONPARTISANS'- ARE “TRAITORS” JURIST ASSERTS Judge John F. McGee, Safety Commission Worker Te: fies at Probe I. Favors Firing Squads Working | Overtime to Make Up for | Delays Washington, D/C. April 24.—dudge | Minn, the government in the the senate military committec sterday the department of justi ‘orts have been a “ghastly failure in the Industrial the Lito’ He TIU) a lat te ake hree Generations Testify ‘to the: Efficacy of—- ~ DR. CALDWELL’S Syrup Pepsin. The Perfect Laxative. in maintaining the family health. : A combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin, free from opiates and narcotic drugs, and pleasant to the taste, it acts easily and naturally,restoring normal reg- ularity. First prescribed by Dr. Caldwell more than twenty-five years.ago, it is today the indispensable family rémedy in count- less homes throughout the United States. Sold in Drug Stores—50 cts. and $1.00 A trial Bottle can be obtained, free of charge, by, writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwe!l, 457 Washington St., Monticello, Illinois traito: id they should Judge McGee advecated | mei Asks Laws Quick. Immediate enactment of legi vic uthorith tria s and German] ma‘ s the only against ation, Repre- and naval in- was ur that the situation is ting The testimony was given in conec. | | Senator Chamhe Dilly | urts | | After the hearing the While the bill was being consider- ° you will find the country ft This is the the benefits this low-cost the world. . and “work-| tioned its. validity. The Chambe' rector of the naval intelligence ser- they would not hesitate to do if they dis-| were sure only trial by jury would follow. the department of justice it-| army ous | made against spies and propaganda. IRISH NATIONALISTS ” Any Wey You Turn Every man, woman and child in when chewing gum is mentioned.. ‘ unceasing effort to give mankind WRIGLEY’S is the universal favorite —largest selling gum in mbers of the committee also ques- MINN. MEMBERS FAVOR MERGER ondorsed ant di- in bill was auley, Captain M e, who declared that threats of al by courtmartial would deter ny persons from committing acts Prohibitionists- Vote to. Change Name of Party to That of National Despite the united efforts of and the intelligence forces, sis being and naval admitted little progres: Minneapolis gates attending the special convention |} of the Minnesota prohibition party here, late today voted to change the name of the organization to the Na- tional party and to merge with that party which recently was organized in Chicago. | RESIST CONSCRIPTION. | | April 20.— The Irish nationalists, nae ae ea panda Tho resolution to ‘change the name ei sce a vosotution ;{caried a clause to the effect’ that Ms members voting for it did not, by such London, Eng. ed by the committee opposition was] | resist the conscription. The con: | achone ait themselye ee oupport developing in the scnate. Senator) | ference then adjourned until Fri- | Plas tar ipa Falla eon au o Porah declared the bill, if, passed,|| day. i ke Mt Seale ae iy om would be unconstitutional and several } «. | make Minnesota dry at the next elec- tion, were discussed. rey WRIGLEY’S at hand. hinks of WRIGLEY’S result of years of and enjoyment. of sweetmneat. Lasts! WRAPPED IN,