The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 25, 1918, Page 1

if i by Ty , 7 THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 110. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1918. British and Fr Hold Under Heavy GERMANY GIVES SWISS. VESSELS NO GUARANTEE Declares Safety of Boats Cannot Be Insured Inside of Three Months MAKES U. S. RESPONSIBLE Says Fate of Ships Flying Our Colors Rests With Presi- dent Wilson Amsterdam, April 25.—Germany has given no positive guaranty that ships from America sailing in the next ‘three months for Switzerland will not be sunk, it is shown by a semi-official telegram from Berlin today. The Ger- man government, says the message, declares it is impossible to guaranty safety for such vessels before three| months have elapsed for technical rea- sons, as only after that time can it be certain that all German warships abroad will have received the order to spare them. Referring to the fact! that such vessels will sail under the; American tlag, the telegram says: “Should any German war vessel not receive such order and sink one of these vessels, the responsibility will not fall upon Germany, but upon the president of the United States.” SPEAKER CLARK TO DECIDE HIS COURSE TODAY Presiding Officer af House Con- sidering Acceptance of Stone’s Toga . ecApril 25.— Whetsar Speaker. Clark will accept Gov wWardner’s proifer of, the senator- ship to fill the vacancy:. caused by Senatof Stone's death will be disclos ed in a statement the speaker will issue late today. . “I am not going to say anything about it,” he explained, “until I make; this statement.” | FRANK WHITE'S | HOSS WRANGLERS SHOW THE EAST Journal of Education Comments on Ease With Which They Handle Critters Col. Frank White of Valley City, with his depot brigade of western hoss wranglers and cow-punchers, is mak- ing the east sit up and take notice. The current issue of the Journal of kiducation has ‘the following to, say about the east ‘with which the former Flickertail- gdvernor’s . men handle four-legged critters: i “When the “war ‘activities of the United Stated ‘began to take shape and Newport. News became the ship- ping centre fdr’ all war materials for France, the congestion. became unbear- able. It took.two full days to load 1,000 horses onto a transport, but} when Colonel. White of, North Dakota | was put on the job with 900 men from the Intermountain Region they loaded 1,000 horses in, fhree hours, and every- else in equal record time. The men of the mountains accomplished every- thing in a sixth of the time that city | draftees could do it. This war is de veloping appreciation of every section ; of the United States by every other section, and we hope to do our bit in promoting such inter-section | appre- | ciation.” My ay STATE’ BOARD OWNS: 15° BIG LIBERTY BONDS The state:,board of university and school lands, now has:on deposit with the state treasurer 15 shiney Liberty loan bands of the second issue, each of which represents Uncle Sam’s faith and credit to the amount of $10,000. The state board made application for $290,000 worth of the second loan. The loan was oversubgcribed, and the bonds were distributed pro-rata among the larger subscribers, the board. of university and: school lands having to content itself with $50,000 less than it bid for. ‘Each of the bonds is reg- istered and credited to the state of North Dakota on Uacle Sam's ledger, and if one of them should be'lost or stolen it could promptly be replaced. Every six months Uncle Sam will pay the state board $200 interest on each of the 15 bonds, which wil earn the state $6,000 per annum. Ws" ington, LORD ROTHMERE i RESIGNS BILLET | London, April 25.—Lord Rothmere, brother of Lord Northcliffe, has resigned from the office of secretary. * | } { | of state for the air forces, it. is announced today. 9. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND IS IMPROVED TODAY | St. Paul, April 25.— | Archbishop John Ireland, who recently suffered a re- | lapse after recuperating trom a physical breakdown, was somewhat improved to- day. It was said the arch- bishop had a good night and that he was resting easy. | | | | | PRIVATE AGTS OF MINISTERS ARE CRITICISED Bitter Newspaper Comment on Conduct of KuehIman and Czernin Causes Suit LIBERALS ARE DEFENDING Declare Aristocrats Did Nothing Worse Than Peasants Fre- quently Have Done ‘London, Eng., April 25—Count von Hertling, the imperial German chan- cellor, according to an ‘Exchange Tel- 2graph dispatch from Copenhagen, is -eported to have brought a suit against che veutsche Zeitung of Berlin for an article published Wednesday in which Or, Kuehlmann, the German foreign secretary, and Count Czernin, the for- mer Austrian foreign secretary,, were attacked. The newspaper asserted the -wo statesmen during the negotiations at Bucharest acted in a manner which abased their countries. Secretary von Kuehlmann, it was represented, was seen often with a well known mem- her of the under-world, while Count Czernin every evening visited a thea- tre where dancing girls were among he performers. The German liberal newspapers, fi is added, sharply © criticized the Deutsche Zeitung saying that Dr. von Kuehimann: had not: done anything worse than is often witnessed by the. Berlin population .when the annual meetings of the peasants are held in he German capital. STEAMER GOES OVER WITH 500 MEN ON BOARD Believed All Workmen on S. S. St. Paul Were Saved, But There Is Doubt An Atlantic Port, April 25.—The American line steamship St. Paul overturned while being warped around ‘aer pier here today after coming from a nearby drydock. It is believed that all persons on board, between 500 and 600 workmen escaped, but as the ves- sel lies two-thits submerged with her bow on the bottom and her stern high in the air, the military authorities were unwilling to announce that no one perished. Whether the St. Paul's seacocks were left open or ballast shifted remained to bé determined. Many workmen appeared to have been imprisoned in the boat’s hold. At least six men were drowned, and a number of others are missing, ac- cording to some of the workmen who were allowed to leave the pier. Five of the dead were laborers and one was a member of the ship’s crew. U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FINDING PORTO RICO LABOR San Juan, Porto Rico, April 25.— Two thousand skilled workmen have heen registered in Porto Rico thru the efforts of the United States em- nloyment service of the department of labor and signified their willingness to “9 anvwhere in the United States to; aid in shipbuilding or any other essen- tial war work. ; ; Sem ts | THREE KILLED IN | STREET CAR CRASH | et | . Birmingham, Ala., April | 25.—Three persons were | killed, another fatally in- jured, and ten were also seriously hurt, when a | street car turned over while | rounding a sharp curve here 4 today. 1 | | | | | | & MOTOR BOATS PLAYED THRILLING PART IN ZEEBRUGGE BLOCKADE (By Associated Press) Dover,. Eng., April 25.—One of the most thrilling in¢idents of the British naval raid on Zeebrugge last Tuesday :| was the rescue by American built motor ‘launches of nearly 200 mem- ‘bers of the crew of two block ships sunk at-the entrance to the Brugges canal. Thé feat. was accomplished under a heavy fire and the actual LIBERTY DAY CELEBRATION AT AUDITORIUM Dean of Journalism at Wisconsin and Representative of Wilson to Talk | STATE EDITORS TO COME Anticipated That 150 to 200 Newspaper Men Will Be Here for Conference Liberty day will be observed at the Rismarck Auiitorium on Friday af- ternoon with one of the most im- pressive programs to be presented in the northwest. The speakers will in- clude Dr. Willard .G Bleyer, dean of the college of journalism of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, and Dr. Thomas F. ‘Moran of Purdue university, who comes here as a personal representa- ive of President, Wilson. Governor Lynn J. Frazier will deliver the open- ing address, in which he will discuss che relatio nof the North Dakota State council of Defence and the journal- ists of the stale as regards patriotic effort of all kinds. The Program. Liberty day, by proclamation of President Wilson and Governor Fra- ier, will be observed as a half-holi- day in North Dakota. In Bismarck all state, county, city and private of- tices will close for the afternoon, and everyone wil be expected to join with the state editors in program, which will begin at the Auditorium at 2 in he afternoon. After. a patriotic concert by O'Connor's orchestra, Governor Fra- zier will speak, and the chief execu- ‘tive will be followed by Dr. Bleyer, whose subject is “Newspapers in the Fight for Democracy.” Dr. Moran’s talk will concluds the program The urdue. man, who won a.. large .fol- iowing in this state when he spoke at the recent war conference in Bis- | narck, will deal with America’s work an the ‘ware chs. -y : aa ‘Friday . evening’s banquet, to be staged at the McKenzie* hotel, begin- ning at 9:30 p. m. will be the big event of the newspapér men’s war con- ference from a social standpoint. The} yrogram as definitely arranged at a) meeting of the Grid Iron” club’ last 2vening follows: Toastmaster—Hon. Andrew Alexan- der Bruce, chief justice of the North Jakota supreme court. “Over. the Top’—Governor Lynn J, Frazier of North aDkota. “Poison Gas”—Dr. Willard G. Bley- er, dean of University of Wisconsin college of journalism. “Camouflage’—Sam H. Clark, pub- lisher of Jim Jam Jems. “Wire Entanglements”—Jerry D. Bacon, publisher of the Grand Forks Herald. “Barrage Fire’—Dr. Thomas I’. Mor- an, Purdue university. Trench songs—Mrs. F H. Steele, (Miss Bergliot Caspary, Henry Halvor- son, George W. Humphreys and the Bismarck Mixed quartette. Press panygerics—George W. Stew- art, publisher of the Wilton News; rc. E. Elickson, publisher of the Re-; gent Times. ‘Melodies orchestra. Executive Session. An executive session of the news- paper men will be held at the Com- mercial club rooms at 10: o’clock Sat- urday morning. Governor Lynn J. Frazier will preside; there will be brief talks by Drs. Moran and Bleyer, and Governor Frazier, as chairman of the North Dakota Council of Defense, will explain a tentative plan of pa- triotic publicity which has been pro- yosed by the council's press bureau. \Noon-Day Luncheon. The conference will officially close with a war luncheon for the newspa- per men at the Grand Pacific hotel at 1:30 Saturday afternoon. Drs. Moran and Eleyer will make brief addresses, and Judge A. A. Bruce will preside. Actually, the conference will con- tinue until the stroke of twelve Satur- day night, when the big meeting will formally close with the last strains of a dance program which E. G. Pat- terson of the Hotel McKenzie will ten- der the visitors and their wives, to- gether with Bismarck’ friends. COOLIES TO FRANCE 13,000 Chinese Laborers to Re- lieve Shortage Peking, March 25.—About 18,000 Chinese laborers have been shipped to France, according to the Shun Tein Ehihr Pao, a Chinese daily news- paper. Their wages are from $30 to $40 per month. Thirty thousand more men are needed and will be recruited by French agents in Shantung, Chibli and other northern provinces: of Freedom—O'’Connor's transfer was made in less than five minutes, GERMANS CLAIM NO HURT Berlin, -Apfil 25, (via London).— Geman naval operations off the Fian- ders coast, says an Official statement {59,000 AUTOMOBILE * ALL BISMARCK BANKS CLOSE LIBERTY DAY The Capital City Clearing House.asso- ciation .. announces that all Bismarck banks will close at noon tomorrow in honor of Liberty day and in order that em- ployes may join with the North Dakota newspaper men in the patriotic rally to he held at the Audi- torium tomorrow af- ternoon. ay HANGARD, NEAR AMIENS FRONT Battle Continued With Violence Throughout Night in This Sector CHANGED HANDS _ THRICE Paris, April 25.—The Germans have captured the village of Hangard, on the front southeast of Amiens, the war oftice announced today. The battle continued with violence throughout the night in this sector. The French lost Hangard, recaptured it, and finally were again forced out of the towa, but are holding the ground immediately around it. | TEMPLARS “NAME MINOT AS NEXT MEETING PLAGE Granville W. Wilburt of Willis- ton, Advanced to Grand Commandership Jamestown, N' D., April 25.—Minot N. D., was chosen as the next meet- ing place of the annual conclave of the Grand commandery, Knights Templar, of North Dakota, which clos- ed its two-day session here yester- day. Granville W. Wilburt of Williston was advanced to. grand commander, «. L, Stockwell of Fargo was re-elect- ed grand recorder, and Alexander B. Taylor of Fargo was re-elected grand treasurer, C. ‘Eddy of Fargo was elected grand senior warden. LICENSE TAGS OUT The automobile registration depart- ment of the secretary of state’s of- fice has sold 59,000 tags to date. The number is still almost 20,000 short of Secretary of State Hall’s estimate. Applications are still coming in, and if bumper “crop predictions are made good, there will be a big demand for tags for new cars by mid-summer. + PROCLAMATION Whereas, President Wil- | son and Governor Frazier have proclaimed Friday, April 26, as Liberty day, and. whereas Bismarck is making plans to celebrate | this occasion with the North Dakota newspaper .men in a mass meeting. at the Audi- torium ‘on “Friday after- noon; and whereas the Cap- ital City of North Dakota should ever be ready to set a patriotic example for the state at large, Therefore, I, A. W. Lucas, president of: the Bismarck City Commission, do hereby most earnestly urge that every place of business and private as well as public of- fice, suspend business at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 26,‘in order that everyone may join with the newspaper men who will be our guests in the proper celebration of this glorious occasion. A. W. LUCAS, President, Bismarck City Commission. Given under the seal of *] id | | i | | given out today by the German ad- miralty, have.in-no way been impeded by the British attack on Zeebrugge and Ostend. ; ‘|HUN ATTACKS REPULSED BY THE TOMMIES Three Assaults on British Lines Result in Heavy German . Losses BRITONS GAINING GROUND Positions Much Improved— Prisoners Taken in Coun- ter Drives London, Eng., April 25.—Three at- tacks made by the Germans on Brit- ish positions east of Amiens have been repulsed, it is announced offi- cfally. On the Flanders front yesterday the Yermans attacked French positions northeast of Bailleul, and were re- pulsed. Early this morning after an intense bombardment, they renewed their attacks in this sector, and against British positions further east The British regained ground around Villers-Bretonneux by counter attacks and took prisoners. Severe fighting was in progress all night in and around Villers-Breton- neux and still continued this morn- ing. Heavy casualties have been in- flicted on the enemy there. On the Bailleul front the battle Is continuing over a wide front. REV. CALL WILL GO TO NAVY AS U.S. CHAPLAIN Acting Pastor of First Baptist Church Tenders Congrega- tion Resignation HAS MADE GOOD RECORD Rev. L. R. Call, who has been the acting-pastor of the First ~ Baptist church since last September, read his resignation at the quarterly business meeting held in the basement’ parlors of the church Wednesday evening. \Mr. Call made application through the federal council of churches some time ago for a commission as chaplain in the navy of the United States. He expects his call in the early fall, and until then he will spend some time with his people in North Carolina and some time in the University of Chr cago, where he will write a thesis and qualify for the master of arts de- gree. He will leave Bismarck on the 20th of May. During Mr. Call’s stay in Bismarck he has built up his church in a con- structive and widening _ service. There are more members than when he came; the congregations have in- creased; the Sunday school has been standardized; more money given to Missions and benovelence than any year before, and the ‘finances are in good shape. Mr. Call has also made a large number of friends who are sorry to see him go, but who rejoice in his opportunity to give himself in patriotic service. EDUCATORS HOLD ANNUAL SESSION ‘AT MINOT TODAY Minot, N.'D., April 25.—Prominent educators from North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and other states came here today to attend the annual meeting of the Northwestern Educa- tional association. This is the thir- teenth annual gathering of the asso- ciation. The convention will close on Saturday. Dr. Lotus D. Coffman of the Univer- sity of North Dakota was on the pro- gram for an address today. It is ex- pected that one of the topics for gen- eral discussion will be the part the war has played in the shortage of school teachers, Thomas R. Kane, president of the Tiniversity of North Dakota; Miss Helen Harrison of Minneapolis, super- visor of the work of the junior league Red Cross throughout the northwest, and R, M. Black of Ellendale, N. D., are listed among the speakers. anco-American Lines lammering CORES OF CITIES EXCEED QUOTAS Washington, April 25.— Scores of cities passed their Liberty loan quotas today as shown in reports reach- ing national headquarters. Total subscriptions were raised to $1,837,868,350, or $47,000,000 more than re- ported last night. ——__ + HEAVY FIGHT IN PROGRESS NEAR AMIENS Germans Have Footing in d’Al- quelnne Wood—British Retake Ground DUEL BETWEEN TANKS Monsters Meet in Battle at Vil- lers-Bretonneux, Tommies _ the Victors London, Eng., April 25.—Heavy: fighting continues on the sector east! of Amiens, Reuter’s correspondent at! British headquarters reports. The Germans appear to have obtained a footing in d’Aquelnne wood, west of Villers-Bretonneux, but the ‘British counter attacked and drove them back , to the fringe of the wood. At sev-! eral places the British have retaken! ground, and their general position, has been improved considerably. | Both British and German tanks par- ticipated in the fighting at Villers-Bre- toneux. The British tanks, the cor- respondent says, got among a mass of Germans and did great execution The Germans made a determined attempt to rush toward Kemel Hill yesterday, but without appreciable ef: | fect, The French counter attacked! and restored the positions. { GERMANS STILL HAMMERING AT. ALLIED LINES, Attack on British and French | Sectors on Northern Front Is Continuing (By Associated Press) With the British Army in France, April ‘The German attack against the ‘British and French lines on the northern front in the Dranourte-Kem- mel sector is continuing. The ,Teu- ton assault was intended to pave the way for the capture of Kemmel hill. Vigorous counter attacks toward Villers-Bretonneux apparently result- ed in the reclaiming of a considerable part of the territory lost to the Ger- mans yesterday. The battle still is raging, however, and it is too early to make claims. WOOL-GROWERS TO SELL UNCLE SAM ON JULY 30 BASE Washington, D. C., April 25—Wool growers in conference here today with the war industries board agreed to turn over to the government the en- tire wool output of the United States at prices based on the price prevail- ing for washed wool on July 30 last. WORLD’S BIGGEST ORGAN Liverpool, ‘April 25.—Although the war stopped all work on the construc- tion of the great Liverpool Cathedral, the organ zuilders have gone steadily forward with their work and expect to complete the organ early in the sum- mer. It will be the largest pipe organ in Ahe world, being nearly twice the size of any organ at present in the British Isles. LONG RANGE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS RESUMED | eee | Paris, April 25—The long | range bombardment of | Paris was resume dtoday. Oe | | | | | | | | 6 ¢. LESS THAN DOZEN AMERICANS — KILLED IN GERMAN ATTACK OF LAST SATURDAY, 183 CAPTURED Washington, D. C., April 25.—The number of Ameri- cans killed in the German attack of April 20 near Seiche- prey, was less than a dozen, and the number of injured was about 20. These figures, made known today, appeared the city of Bismarck this 25th day.of. April A. D., ph Nineteen Eighteen. 2 to give support to the German claim that 183 Americans were captured, since it previously had been admitted that the American casualties were around 200. ish front further east. ENEMY BENDS. - BUT FAILS TO. BREAK FRONT British and French Each Lose a Town, But Strong Reaction Has Set In HUN FIGHTS DESPERATELY Teuton Making Terrific Effott to Show Some Definite Progress in Drive (By Associated Press) Yielding slightly at the first shock of the German assault in the renewal . of the drive south of the Somme, the British and Franco-American lines are now standing firm against desperate assaults. On the 10-mile front, whery the force of the blow has be3n concen: trated, the British hava lost Villers- Bretonneux and the French the vil- lage of Hangard-en-Santerre. ‘The British have begun to react strongly in the vicinity of the former place, and they have regained ground around it and considerably improved thelr general positions. Hangard changed hands twice before the French draw out of it and established themselves firmly on its western edge. The.Ger:' mans have made repeated futile at- tempts to debouch from the place. The fighting is continuing with the Germans desperately struggling to — make headway. ee Meanwhile the Germans have ny abandoned’ even. temperarily. their. éf- forts on the Flanders battle front: Ap: parently they are centering _ the blows on’ the sectbr.“dotninatic fF Mont Kemmel. i 5 They attacked the reach last nigltt. northeast of Bailleul’ and after being repulsed returned to the’attack today in the same séctor dnd-on the Brtit- The battle was: in progress’ when the British official ‘statement: was: {s- sued today. eet ix At 2 o'clock this morning the Ger- mans put down’an intense ‘gas bar- rage ‘on the Arglo-French’ froht - in Flanders and two hours later deep waves of infantry delivered sdults. Fighting still is in ‘progress BUSY WITH WAR: TO MAKE RACE Popular Statesman of Grand Forks Declines to Be Can- didate for Congress Grand Forks, N. D., April 26.—' fact was made public yesterday ht attorney J. F. T. O'Connor had de clined an offer of democratic candt- date for congress because it would seriously interfere with his war work. When the democratic convention was held at Fargo on April z it was decided that Mr. O'Connor would be the plausible candidate for the posi- tion, and J. M. Kelly, of Devils Lake. chairman of the committee, to notity the nominee, wrote Attorney ©'Con- we acvigins him of the act. in a letter, yesterday made Mr. O'Connor stated that he pbrind en a large portion of his time to speaking for the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Columbus, and similar organizations, ever since the entrance of America into the war. He states that since the first of the current year he has spent thirty per cent of ‘his time getting the issues of the day be- fore the people, and that if he had accepted the nomination it would mean giving up practically all of his war work until November at least. Mr. O'Connor states that, while he appreciates the fact that he may mev- er have such an opportunity again, he is content with the work he is now doing. “If, after the years have passed,” he said, “I can look back and feel that my decision was.for the best interest of the boys in the trench- es, I shall be satisfied.” ‘ In tendering his decision. to the committee, Mr. O'Connor thanks them for appointing him to a position which was unsolicited, and at a meeting at which he was not present. * DUTCH MINISTER ADMITS SERIOUS TEUTONIC CRISIS The Hague, April 25.—Speaking day in the first chamber of the Neth. erlands parliament on the sand and gravel question with Germany, _ the Dutch foreign minister declared’ he must not and dare not conceal’ from the chamber that the question. was a very serious one. He said he could not say more about it. 4 “TWO MORE QUAKES. | SHAKE SAN JACINTO, | CT TET : | San Jacinto, Cal., April’ | 25.—Two more. earthquake , | shocks occurred during last: ; night, one at 8 o’clock:and- | another at midnight. ‘ No” plas done. + >: