The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1918, Page 1

t .C, A. war work, held in Chicago on Ap | THE WEATHER jini: me ¢ TRIB THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 108.: BISMARCK, ‘NORTH I DAKOTA, | (MONDAY, APRIL 22, 18: PRICE FIVE CENTS, ARTHQUAKE WIPES SAMMIES DRIVE TEUTONS FROM NEW POSITIONS Gains Made in Violent Infantry Attack Promptly Wrested From Germans AIMED TO SEPARATE ARMY Plan of Enemy Was to Divide French and American Forces, It Is Thought (Associated Press.) Having withstood a violent German infantry attack in force the ‘Ameri- can troops on the sector northwest of Toul today have driven the enemy from the positions he gained Satur- dey and have restored the situation completely.. The American main po- sition held out against the enemy but he held advanced positions, from which he was ejected Sunday. by counter atacks. To the east the Ereneh lines also have been establish- ed. Indications are that the Germans intended to make the attack the start of an effort to separate the Ameri- can and French troops, and, perhaps, wipe out the American.sector. Gener- el Pershing’s men, however, fought desperately, and only retired from Sei- cheprey before overpowering numbers. The enemy was not able ‘to hold the village and soon evacuated it. Sunday Was Quiet. After the Americans had driven the Germans from the occupied post, the enemy did not attack again, and Sun- day was comparatively: quiet: east ‘of St. -Mihiel. The German offensive, which persisted throughout the day and-into the night, was preceded by most violent, artillery fire, but the Americans were dismayed and stayed at their'guns to meet the enemy at- tack. Two German airplanes. were ‘brought down by American machine gunners. ‘Berlin, in its official statement, des- cribes Saturday's action lengthily. Admission was made that the fighting. was severe, and it is claimed 183 Am- ericans including five officers and 25 machine guns, were captured.. Hea- vy losses, it is said, were inflicted: by the Germans, Awaiting De igion: ‘ On the-Picardy and ‘landers battle fields, the Germans have not resumed théir attacks,° and aparently are a- waiting for the’ high command to'de cide where to: strike. next, while fresh troops and*new supplies are baing brought forward. Meanwhile, French reinforcements are pouring in behini the British lines. Fresh troops are now with Field Mar shal Haig’s men on both the north ern and southern legs of the: salient south of Ypres. Near Pobeca, on the southern leg, the British have driven the Germans from same odvanced posts. In this area, where strong Ger. man attacks were repulsed, saneuin- aryily last week, the enemy artillery is most active. Today the German offensive begins its second month without having sep- arated the British and French and with the British army still intact. Where the next blow will fall is un- certain, but the Allies are prepared to meet it as they have met others. GREAT NEED FOR MEN IN Y. M. C. A. WAR WORK NOTED H. P. Beckwith Finds Immediate | Need for 1,600 Helpers for Association | H. P. Beckwith has just returned from a meeting of the treasures handling the financial end of the Y. M.| rit 15. Mr. Beckwith reports a very interesting meeting. One of the mat-/ ters brought to the atention of the | meeting was the fact of the great need + for men, for both at home and abroad. as secretaries, chaffeurs, mechanics and clerks. The need is estimated, at 16C0 men per month, beginning with April 1, of which 600 will be used at: home in the cantonments, etc, and 1000, for overseas. At the present time (on April 1) there are employed in American can- ton ments, 3003 men, and overseas, 2385, of which 294 are women in the canteen work. Expenses are kept down to the minimum. The total ex- pense, including the work in this coun- try and abroad, runs between four KNort! |the conference, and ‘Win S. 'Grand Forks Herald, has been: asked | SCWAB NEW CHIEF OF SHIPBUILDING CHAS M SCHWAB Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel corporation and probably the foremost organizer in American, has been named by. Presi- dent Wilson to be director general of the Emergency Fleet corporation | which is charged with the task of building ships to carry supplies and men to Europe and thwart the U- boats. With the extent of America’s participation in the fighting depend- ent largely on the ship program, Pres- ident Wilson is said to have become impatient of the delays and to have virtually drafted Schwab, who ac- cepted the post as a patriotic duty. PROGRAM FOR EDITORS’ MEET IS GIVEN OUT Busy Two ‘Days Arranged for North Dakota Newspaper- men’s Conference THREE BIG MEN COMIN ess | Burr McIntosh, “Dr. Thomas Moran and Dr, Willard J... | Bleyer to Talk usy two. days’ prograin’ for the} Dakota editors who are ‘to gath- | er here Friday and Saturday for a war | conference called by the North Da-| kota ‘Council.of Defense was planned j at a meeting of the Grid, Iron: Club Sunday evening, when George V. Halli- day, director of publicity for the state council, requested that this organiza- tion take charge of arrangements for the gathering of newspaper me It is expected that the newspaper men, of whom are least 200 are ex: pected, will begin to arrive Thursday | night and that by Friday noon a ma-} jority of' the press representatives \ be hete., The McKenzie hotel A has been designated as headquarters for Mitchell will ‘take’ charge of the registration of visitors there. The first conference session will be an executive meeting of the newspaper men and the coun: cil of defense at 3:30 Friday afternoon in the house chamber..at the capitol. Chief Justice Andrew A. Bruce will preside. Sam H. Clark, publisher of Jim Jam Jems, will extend the newspaper men a welcome on behalf of the city, and G. A. Monteith of Finley, president of the North Dakota Press association, will respond for the fraternity. There; - will be. short talks by Dr. Willard! G. Bleyer, dean of the college of jour-; nalism of the University of Wisconsin, | and Dr. Thomas F. Moran of Purdue university, who comes as a personal | representative of President Wilson, and there will be discussed a plan otf ; paper in the state can directly coop- | erate with the council of defense in its | patriotic work. Friday evening a banquet will be! served at the McKenzie, beginning at | 9:30. Judge Bruce will act as toast- master. Governor Lynn J. Frazier will deliver an address of welcome, | ‘and Jerry D. Bacon, publisher of the to resnond. Mr. Bacon, who now is in’ Chicago, has advised George V. Halliday, director of publicity for the Council of Defense, that he will make @ special effort tobe here. Dr. Moran, | Dr. Bleyer, Sam Clark, Herbert A.j Gaston of the Courier-News, Carl A. Nelson of Cando, press member of the council of: defense, and yohn H. Blcom of Devils Lake are scheduled for responses. Norman Black of the| Fargo Forum has been asked to sing “Over the Top,” and songs will be) asked from George W. Stewart of the Wilton News and F. E. Ellickson of and five million per month. This fig- ures out less than 2 cents per day. per man, or 51 cents per month, which is the expense so far. The secretar- ies and men in charge of the camps and cantonments both abroad and at home, have an everage monthly: alot- tment of $106.24. This includes mar- ried men and single men, the allotment for married men being $100 for their families at home, and not to exceed $75.00 for the men abroad. There is no need to elaborate on the value and worth of the work at this time, but suffice it to say that Gen- eral Pershing thought enough of the Y. M. C. A. so that he has turned over all the canteen work brought to the organization, which entails:.more expense, but is really a position in which the Y. M. C. A. can fit in very nicely and do a vast amount of good. As to the finances of North Dakotd, while not so high in amount, it stands 100 per cent in collections, and is aheadr of the other st he central division, in this respect. the Regent Times, famous minstrels of tl Fourth Estate. Mrs. J. V. La- Rose has been requested to sing “The Marsellaise,” ‘and, Henry Halvorson has been asked for “Keep the Home; Fires Burning.” George Humphreys. Miss Bergliot Caspary and other well known Bismarck vocalists, have been asked to contribute, and there will be music by O'Connor's orchestra. An executive session will be held at the Commercial club rooms at 19 o’clock Saturday morning. Saturday noon a war luncHeon will be served at the Grand Pacific, where Burr Mc- Intosh of ‘New York and Dr. Moran will Speak.* Saturday afternoon at 2 another final executive session will be held; and the-remainder of the after- noon ‘will be devoted to entertain- | ment, Saturday evening a mass meet- ing will be held at the Auditorium, where the public will be invited to bear Burr McIntosh and Dr. Moran. Governor. Frazier. will. preside,. and ithe On-to-Victory orchestra will play. restored the wires almost as fast as ‘the enemy shells disrupted them. -|trick and hurled’a grenate at the Ger-; {was blown off and he died later, a COURT MARTIAL i Capt. | publicity through which every news- | jed. The remainder were made up of MACHINE GUNS ACCOUNT FOR ENEMY PLANES Two German Taubes Brought Down by Americans Northwest of Toul AMBULANCE MEN HEROIC Venture Into No Man’s Land and Bring Off Wounded During Battle With the American Army in France, Sunday, April 21.—(By Associated Press).—Two. low-flying German air- planes were brought down Saturday by American machine gunners in the attack .in and avout Seichtery, north- west of Toul. The machine gunners| who bagged the Germans had been ordered to retire, but they remained! at their position and fought efectively | against the enemy aviators. | During the engagement, the Ger-| mans concentrated their artillery fire! on the American telephone and tele- graph wires, which were cut many times. Courriers were forced to pass through two or three barrages in or- der to maintain communication. In the meantime, the men of the signal corps, many of them smoking cigar- ettes in face of a heavy bombardment, Ambulance men ventured into No Man's Land during the thick of the fight, and did heroic work in gather- ing up wounded. One German, who | had offered to surrender, attempted to explode a. bomb on the. ground as three. Americans ‘approached him. ‘An-, other ‘soldier, however, discovered the man, One of the: German’s legs prisoner of the'men he attempted. to blow up. ‘A village near the front line, which the correspondent visited today, tells a-mute tale of Saturday's fighting. BILL OFFENDS PRES, WILSON PRR Oe ! Chief Expresses Disapproval of Measure as Leaning ‘o- ward Autocracy Washington, D. C., April 22.—D’resi- dent Wilson came out-today in oppo- sition to the Chamberlain bill, which would try violations of the sedition laws by court martial, and in a let- ter to Senator Overman of North Car- olina, declared his belief that the mea- sure is unconstitutional, If enacted, the president declared, the bill would place the United States on a level with its enemies. The mea- sure, he satd, is opposed to the spirit and purpose of the espionage laws. FAMOUS HUN AVIATOR 18 SHOT DOWN Baron Von Richthofen' Killed in Somme Valley— Was Great Flyer 1 | London, E ng. April 22.—Captain| Baron Von Richthofen, the famous German aviator, has been killed, Reu- ter’s correspondent at British head-; quarters reports. The captain was brought down in the Somme valley.. His body was re-) covered and will be buried today with military honors. i Since Captain Boelke was shot down! in October, 1916, Captain Von Reicht-! hofen has been the most prominent and. successful German aviator. 550 NAMES IN | CANADA'S. LIST. _ | OF CASUALTIES One Hundred Men Killed in Ac- tion, 341 Wounded; Others | Gassed. or Missing aot | Ottawa, Ont., April’'22.—The Can- adian casualty. list’, contains 550 name for the week erding today. Of these, 100 were killed in action, 30 died of wounds, and 341 were wound. gassed, missing and ill. In today’s list appears the name of B. Johnson; Minneapolis. ANOTHER AMERICAN _ REPUBLIC IN THE WAR. Guatemala City; April 22—The national assembly at its: session today declared the republic of Guatemala to occupy the same po- ion toward the European bel- _ligerents as does;/the United ‘States, LADY MINTO. IS MEMBER OF ABOUT ALL WAR RELJEFS LADY MINTO. There are few relief organizations | of war charities in Great Britain that do not claim as'a member. Lady Minto, wife of. the former viceroy of India. She works daily for war relief and has given. large sums of money. $40,000,000 NEW MARK FOR ‘OTH DISTRICT Director A. R. Rogers Reports) That ‘Subscriptions Still _ Are Coming In’ Minptanolis, Minn., April 22.—The Ninth reserve dis- trict. probably. will rol. its subscriptions’ to the ‘Third Liberty - loan .-beyond | the. $140,000,000 mark, it: was predicted today by Ae R. Rogers, campaign director. Although ‘the campaign ‘jin the district closed Saturday night, reports:from various counties continue to »pour into campaign headquarters here. Of the 297 counties:in the district,; 240 have reached or, oversubscribed their allotment, it was‘said. MILLER STILL HOPES TO HAVE ST. PAUL BOUT Promoter of Willard-Fulton Box- ing Match Gets Ultimatum From Camp Grant St. Paul, Minn., April 22.—Col. J. C. Miller, promoter of the proposed Wil- lard-Fulton: boxing match, declared ‘this afternoon that he was still hope- ful of siaging the fight in St. Paul on July 4, but he was willing to talk bus- iness at any time with army officers at Camp Grant. When Col. Miller made this. state- ment, he had not yet received the dis- patch from M. H. Berry, representing Camp Grant. A dispatch from Rock- ford stated that Ferry had wired “an ; ultimatum” to Miller that unless iMil-/ ler met him in Chicago by tomorrow | noon Camp Grant would withdraw its fight offer. ‘TOWNLEY ‘CASE... AGAIN DELAYED | Murphy Seeking “Order Permit- ting Access to League Books The adjourned hearing in the vol- untary petition in bankruptcy of A. C. Townley, president of the Nonpar- tisan league, which was to have come up before Referee in Bankruptcy H. F’. O'Hare, ‘Tuesday morning, has again been continued: at the request of Fran- cis J, Murphy of Minot, representing the petitioners. Mr. Murphy is seek- ing an order permitting the creditors to examine the books of the Nonpar- tisan league as.a possible:means of re- vealing assets-which Mr.'Townley has not disclosed, and this order cannot be procured until. Judge “Amidon re- turns from California, where he has been several weeks. f Today’s Casualties j Washington, D. C., April, 22.— The casualty. list today contained 71 names, divided-as follows: Killed’'in “action, 10; ° died of wounds, 5; died of accident, 1; died of. ganas 4; other. causes, 2; wounded ‘se td zt ‘wounded slightly, 42, eS * ra | forced HAIG BUILDS UP LINES FOR _ NEXT DRIVE Field Marshal thal Suecpathienmng Defenses for Blow Momen- tarily Expected YPRES REGION IS QUIET No New Developments Where _ Belgians Stopped Turning Movement Last Week (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) While ewaiting the next German blow, now momentarily expected, Field Marshal Haig is taking advant- age of the comparative lull to strengthen his lines, both north and south of the Somme. and on the Lys battle front, the British defensive po- sitions were improved in local opera- tions last night. Similarly the Ger- mans have made an attempt to push forward their lines in the Mesnil, jmorth of Albert, in which sector they are preparing for some more improve- ment movement. The British offered a: sharp defense and oiled the enemy efforts. u Heavy artillery fire is in progress on so many parts of the front that |little indication is afforded by this ~~~~~|as to the point selected by the eGer- mans for their renewed thrust. Natur- ally, they may be expected to make further efforts. to extricate themselves from the pocket into which they have themselves along the Lys, southwest of Ypres. Thus, last night jthe enemy was reported shelling the British positions in Nieppe wood, wherein lies the houte to Hazebrouck, the railway center from which it is well nigh vital for the British to hold hin. - Nothing New at Ypres. There has been no new develop- ments. in the region north of Ypres, where the Belgians stopped a turning movement last week, preventing the British: from -being. flanked out of the Ypres, positions... The nature of. the ground and ‘disposition of the oppos- ing forces, however, make it seem im- possible that a. repetition.of the at- tempt is to be looked for. The ‘situation in the Somme region is. being for the moment even more closely Watched than’ that ‘along the Franco-Belgian border to .the north. Field Marshal Haig reuports heavy shelling of the British. line on both sides of the Somme, and Ancre. | THREE MILLION BUSHELS GRAIN FOR BELGIANS Shipments to Civilian Population of Allied Countries Tem- porarily Suspended 1 Washington, D. C., April 22—Food shipments to the civilian vopulation | of the allied countries will be sus- pended for 10 days to move 3,600,000 bushels of grain to the Belgians, who are declared to be in desperate straits. A part of the wheat will go to the population in the German occupied territory of northern France. The decision to concentrate on shipment} of this grain was made following the} receint of urgent cablegrams from the Belgian relief commission's relief repersentatives in Brussels. BOWMAN COUNTY FARMS: | TO ASSIST RED CROSS! Large Acreage Donated and/ Fund Subscribed To H Bowman, N. D., )., April 22.—Clerk of Court A. L. Young made the rounds of |Eowman this’ week and raised $128, and the following tells what it will be; used for: i Object: To increase the acreage of wheat and to secure planting of wheat on Ignds that would otherwise | be idle this year, and further, the to- tal proceeds of crops so raised to be given in equal shares, when threshed, this fall, to the Red Cross and Navy League. The farmers are donating their time and labor in return for the seed being furnished them, and no expense is attached to the matter oth- er than the initial purchase of the seed. Farmers who have volunteered to! seed the wheat and the acreage: | Emil Yanksi, 5 acres. C. E. Joyce, 20 acres. Obert A. Olson, 10 acres. | Eryant Taylor, 5 acres. Seed has already been purchased | and arrangements have been complet- ed with the above named men for the; seeding of 49 acres on lands that would not otherwise have been put in- to crops this: year. Before another week it is expected to boost this to- | tal from 40 acres to 6 acres, as there is nearly suficient funds on hand with which to purchase seed now, and some more has been promised. Possibilities: With 60 acres seed- ed and a net crop of only 10 bushels to the acre, this would mean this fall a donation of $1,200.00 to the Red Cross and Navy League besides the raising of 600 bushels of wheat addi- tional which our, government urges all }nominated for United States marshal BURIAN SUCCEEDS CZERNIN, TRIHERE VON BURIAL Baron Burian, once before the Aus-| tro-Hungarian foreign minister, ha: been named to succeed Foreign Min- ister Czernin who resigned, according | to Vienna reports, LEAGUE FAILS — 10 GET SCALP OF S.J, DOYLE President Wilson Renominates Fargo, Man for United | States Marshal MANY BACKING STAIR} Bottineau Nonpartisan Carried} Petitions With 20,000 Names to Washington Washington, D, C., April 22,—Ste- phen J. Doyle, Fargo, was nominated today by President Wilson to be Unit- ed States marshal for the district of North Dakota. LEAGUE FIGHT FAILS Fargo, N. D., April —-Announce- ment today that S. J. Doyle has been| by President Wilson closes a fight that had been made against Doyle by the Nonpartisan league of North Da- kota, which sought the appointment} of L. L, Stair, a member of the state legislature from Bottineau county. ‘Mr. Stair carried a petition to Wash- ington with about 20,000 names. The democratic state central com- mittee some time ago went on record OUT TWO TOWNS PROPERTY LOSS REPORT, ESTIMATED TO BE $150,000.00 Hemmet and San Jacinto. in Ruins Following Series of Shocks ONLY ONE LIFE IS LOST Frank E. Darnell, Retired Manu- facturer, Falls Off Pier and Drowns TWO MORE SHOCKS. San Jacinto, Calif., April 22,— Two more earthquake shocks shook Hemmet, and San Vacinto today at 9:07 a. m., and 9:14:a. m. The movement seemed more pro- nounced at Hemmet than here. Loose bricks, tottering walls, and wreckage hanging precariously where loosened by the new © shocks, fell, adding to the general ruin in the business district. Los Angeles, (: , April 22.—More than one-third of the business dis- trict of San Jocinto and a smaller por- tion of Hemmet, both in: Riverside county, about seventy miles east. of here, were in ruins today and scores of residences of the two little. towns were wrecked by a series of earth- quake shocks, which caused all:of | southern California to tremble late lyesterday afternoon. The property damage is estimated at from $100,000 to $150,000 ip the two: places. Half a dozen other towns and: cities including Los Angeles, suffered. minor damage, confined: mainly. ‘tox plate glass windows and shattered cee nices. In Ramona County. Hemmet and San. Jacinto’ have. a population of less than 1,000 each“ The towns are about three miles apart and’ lie in a’ picturesque © country’ which was made the scene of Helen: Hunt Jackson's famous novel “Ramon Only one -life' was known.'tasbav@ been lost as the result of the earthy quake, that of Frank E. Datnell,’a: retired manufacturer of this ‘city, who was drowned when he felloff a pler. Santo Monica, a beach Tesort-n 3 here. Hundreds-of pleasure: seekers on the pier made a wild rush for'solid ground when the shock came’at 3:33 p. m., and Darnell was swept from his feet. a4 ‘Order is Restored. When night fell over the partly ruin- ed towns of Hemmet and San Jacinto, jorder had been completely restored and patrols guarded the debris-littered |streets. Four blocks of San Jacinto’s business district were wrecked and one blyock at Hemmet. Three distinct shocks were felt at San Jacinto. The first tremor threw to the ground a number of horsés and peons. At the second shock, all of the buildings on the south side of Main street began to collapse and shook down those on he north side. against Stair’s appointment, declaring he had no call on the administration! by virtue of the fact that he was on! the executive committee of a poli-| tical organization devoting its entire; attention to the nomination and elec- tion of candidates on the republican; ticket. ;RUSSIAN WOMAN TELLS OF HUNS’ | ACTS OF HORROR Writes to Brother at Dickinson | That Acts of Enemy Are i Inconceivable A Rus- translat- | ed and giv en to the Post the following | letter, just received, altho mailed in: Russia six months ago. It tells of! the loss of the family, the nacht | outrages upon the women and chil dren by the savage enemy, and is as! Pitiable an appeal as we have ever seen: October 26, 1917. | Dear Brother: We are all well and wish to hear; the same from you. O, my dear bro-} ther, you are asking me to find your wife. God knows where she is. “The! enemy. when they came to our town took all the young women and butch- ered the children and only left the old women. My girl ran away be: fore they came to our town and she is now in Eeatcrino, slave starving there but thank the Lord, she wasn’t ruined by the enemy's soldiers. O Lord, you better take my life. I am very tired to live in this world of brutality. This is only a shame to see what they are doing with our children. O, my loving brother, please send me your picture. I wish to see it be-| fore I will die and please send me! often your letters. My husband is killed, I only saved my three chil-| dren and myself, while I am too old for the brutal Germans. Good bye, my dear brother. you all the luck in the world. Your sister that kisses you from far. I wish| EKATERINA PAVLOWNA. (Translated by a loyal citizen’ of to do. « Dickinson.) (Slight BRITONS PUSH LINES FORWARD ON TWO FRONTS Advances Announced Near Villiers-Bretonneaux and Albert London, Eng.,. April 22.—The Brit- ish advanced their lines slightly. last | night in local operations on both ‘of ‘the principal fronts, the war office announces. Gains were made near Villers«Bre- jtonneux and Albert, on the Somme ‘front, and Robecq at the tip of the Flanders salient. DICKINSON NORMAL ‘WILL OPEN JUNE IST (Plans Completed for Launching New Slope School T Dickinson, N. D, April 22.The inital terta of the Dickinson state aor- mal school willjopen on Monday, June 24, and will continue for a period of five weeks—six days per week. -As no quarters have as yet been provided by the Board of Regents, the summer term will be held in the Dickinson high school building. Prof. P. S, Berg, superintendent of the city schools, will have charge of the summer term, after which the permanent president of the normal will assume charge. Mr. Berg will have the assistance of five instructors, two to be selected ‘by the Board- of Regents ahd three to be chosen by himself. Those chosen by the regents will remain as a part of the perman- ent faclty of the school. Students should keep in mind” that regular normal school credits will be given for attendance at this term.” It will be more than the regular summeh teachers’ training schol—it will be a regularly authorized. state normal school term, supervised by a corps of efficient normal school instructors: ©