The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1918, Page 1

Saree P £ taken by the ‘British in this fighting. Partly Cloudy. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 111. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1 918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. iNorth LOSS OF MONT KEMEL HAS NO VITAL EFFECT Resistance of Allies in Ypres Not Disorganized in Any Way MAY ABANDON SALIENT! Evacuation Would Not Destroy Defensive Value of Hills to the West (By Associated Press) The loss of Mont Kemel has evi- dently failed to disorganize in any way the allied resistance in the Ypres region. The line, in fact, seems to have stiffened since this isolated | height was taken by the Germans, and the enemy after a day of desper- ate struggling yesterday found him- self held fast everywhere. Loocre, west of Mont Kemel. an’ Vorrmeceele, two miles south of Ypres, were the cmer points under atack by the Germans in their vain effort to develop their success of the previous day. At each, although the fighting fluctuated during the day, the! enemy failed to gain his objectives and today is no farther adwanced. to- ward them than he was yesterday morning. - | French Fight Gallantly The French fought with great gal- lantry in the Locre: sector, inflicting severe losses on the enemy in his four attacks, the last of which carried him into the village. Last evening the French counter attacked: vigor- ously. and regained the place. The British were no. less, stubborn in their defense of Vorrmeceele, at which point they were obliged to hold fast the line curving .to' the east and. north. around Ypres was not to be’ abandoned. Today still found them in possession of the village and -hold- ing fast’in the; wood on the south- west side of the town. Several hun- dfed prisoners were taken’ by — the British in this fighting.” “* 1 ‘May Abandon Ypres There seems quite a disposition the part of. military observers to fore- cast the éventual abandonment of the Ypres salient as the result of the fall of;Mont Kemel. It has been pointed out by the British war office ‘that this result will not necessarily follow. It is likewise abserved, how- ever, that should an evacuation of Ypres -become necessary the. taking of Mont Kemel has not destroyed the defensive value of the rans of hills to the west, from which it stood out and which have been referred to as the backbone of the Flanders posi- tion, ‘Meanwhile the cost in men to the Germans in the progress thev have made without winning more than a tactical advantage has been more than enormous. On the Somme battlefront the situ- ation has worked more in favor of the allies. The recapture of Villers- Bretonneux and its dominating high ground by the British has made the German tenure of Hangard. to the south extremely precarious, and they have already lost part: of the village. | ‘London: reports: ‘a further. advance- ment of ‘the allied line last night in this sector. An. attack-.by; German ; tanks was broken up by the British | fire. More than 900i prisoners were | $75,000 STATUE | TO COMMEMORATE | INLAND SES PACT) Rep. George M. Young Proposes Memorial to Rush and Bag- gott,'at Duluth ae | Washington, D. C., April 27.—Erec- tion of a $75,000 statue at Duluth, Minn., to the memory of Richard Rush and Charles Baggott, who negotiated the treaty for disarmament of ships upon the Great Lakes'proclaimed 100 years ago today by Pep. Young, of North Dakota. Rep. Miller, of Min- nesota made a spech on the event. WAGES FAIL TO KEEP PACE WITH EXPENSES Washington, April 25.—Increases in wages paid in Germany ‘have utterly tailed to keep pace with the increased cost of living says the April bulletin of the department labor. The average increase in wages has been 50 per cent while the living cost has gone up 300 per cent... The great- est increase in wages has been re- ceived by Prussian metal workers who are now getting 69 per. cent more than they formerly received. Yn- creases as low as 16. per cent have been reported and some. women are still being paid less than $2.50 per week. ‘ The purchasing power of money has, dropped to one-fourth its value before the war according» to. the bulletin. German workingmen, it says, are be- ing underfed. One egg per week is their slowance. Oleomargarine is limited to an ounce and a half for a family of four. Sugar is more plentiful the family allowance being one and one-half \|tencing of Mooney and reopen a legal Paris, April 27.—A Ger- | man attack near Thennes on | the front southwest of | Amiens was broken up last night, the war office an- | nounces. Artillery fighting continues on the front be- | tween Villers - Bretonneux | t and Hangard. | NEW MOVE IN MOONEY CASE BRINGS DELAY Attorney for Convicted Man Charges Malfeasance on 2 the | TO NOLLE PROCEEDINGS -_ st San Franciscofi Calif, April 27.—Re- moval of the death sentence imposed upon Thomas J. Mooney, a complete setting aside of all previous proceed- ings in his case, and a new trial for him will be moved in court next Thursday on the allegation of willful 3 fraud and malfeasance in office on the part of District Attorney Charles M. Fickert and his assistants, it was an- nounced here today by Maxwell Mc- Nut,.attorney for the condemned man. ‘Mooney was convicted of murder in connection with the preparedness day bomb explosion here on July 22, 1916. It was expected that Mcuivutt’s action would: postpone indefinitely the resen- si fight. Ly ca BRITISH LIST ; OF CASUALTIES FOR WEEK HIGH a . ote cree the heaviest item in the ordinary diet. i FRENCH BREAK UP "LIBERTY D AY GERMAN ATTACK | Two-Billion Mark Passed in In- Kansas, New Mexico, Missis- tial rep day raised the subscription total for {the country to $2,113,998,3a0. This represented an addition of Part of Prosecutor $78,000,000 and only partial reports from yesterday's intensive canvass. Idaho and added ceeded their quotas. first city in the U. ‘S, of more than 250,000 to win the honor fl exceeding its quota by 17 per cent. Italian steamship Duca de Abruzzi were taken suddenly ill on board. to- day and were rushed to a hospital. Pending diagnosis physicians said the phoid fever. CASUALTY LIST | [ne ean eee casualty names, divided ag follows: dent, 4; died of disease, 2: wounded PUT LOAN ON WAY T0 GOAL tensive Canvass Legal Holiday on OTHER STATES MAKE LINE| @ sippi, Idaho and Southern California On Washington, D. C., April 27.-—Par- s on Liberty day sales in Liberty loan campaign to- e Third Kansas, ‘New Mexico, Mississippi. southern california were today to the honor roll of ‘fates and districts which have ex- Detroit was the Hawail has subscribed $4350,000,00, 6 MEMBERS OF ITALIAN CREW HAVE TYPHOID An Atlantic Port, April 27—Thirty- ix cargo handlers in the crew of the mptons - resembled. those of ° ty An examination of the rgo was begun. 103 NAMES IN __{ Washington, D.C, April 27—Tha list.,today contained 103 Killed in action, 11; died of acei- Dakota Press Lin _ Defense Council On War Publicity f WING MAN IN CASUALTY LISTS TODAY Ottawa, Ont., April 27.—The name of P. J. Froden, Wing, N. D., is listed among the wounded ‘in to- day’s overseas cas- ualty list. “ NO AUSTRIAN BLOOD SHED FOR CONQUEST Vienna Newspaper Lays Down Ultimatum to the Beast of Berlin ANNEXATIONS OPPOSED London, April 27—"One_ thing. is certain,” says the Arbelter Zeitung of Vienna, as quoted in an Exchange Telegrapn dispatch from The Hague, “We are not going to allow Austrian bolod to be shed either now or later on _to retain German conquest.” This statement is made in criticism of Germany's action in. the. direction of virtual annexation of the former Russian border states of-Livonia and Esthonia. NORTHCLIFFE TO . RESIGN BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH says it understands that Lord North- cliffe, chairman of ‘the London head- quarters of the British migsion to the United States and: director of propa- ganda in enemy. countries, tendered his resignation on. account of ill health, but-that at the request of the | April 27.—(By Associated Press) —Tho| - severely, 47; wounded slightly, 37: | premier cons More Than 18,000 Men Either mlsslng a action, 2. Twelve fticers | to continu ns “duties intr aia: ss Bole ye named. . Rie Killed, Lost or Missing cessor can be’ found. : i : Tantra TOTO CCC in Action 4 — Gaon angie: eB BY DEFENSE COnNOL ADOPTED London, Eng., April 27.—Casualties in the British ranks reportea tne> The following tentativ tline f bl week totalled 18,369. The losses were ve outline for a publicity campaign t divided as follows: conducted by the North Dakota press through the state counell bea | Killed or died of wounds: Officers, defense in support of the national government's prosecution of the | 408; men 2,661; | war, submitted by Governor Frazier, chairman of the state council, Wounded or missing: Officers: 2,-| | W&8 unanimously adopted by the North Dakota newspaper men in | 071; men 13,229, executive session at the Commercial club rooms’ this morning: | Despite the heavy fighting for more A strong and loyal press service is essential to the success of the |than a month passed the British cas- a work which the council of defense has undertaken. ualties reported are only now begin.| |. fe Fab? procure the cooperation of the press, the council of defense ning to approach the high figures for| | feels that it must be in position to make intelligent use of the services week after week last year, when the| | 8 Senerously tendered. Eritish weer on the offensive on tho| | di on investigation conducted by the California council of defense western front. The increaso recently iscloses the fact that the newspapers of that state are asked every” | has been on the average of fitty per| | Week for 1,029 inches of free publicity, by railway companies, the cent, each week over the week pre- army and navy, the forest service, automobiles companies, theatres, ceding. Last week, the aggregate was| | Politicians, Liberty loan and similar Patriotic campaigns; national 12,368 and the week previous 8,129. . parks, real estate and land agents, university and other educational me inetitations; state comnelt of etense stock selling corporations, various tate commissions, local chambers of commerce, fraternal organiza- tions, local business concerns, etc., not taking into consideration space SP ECULATORS IN | donated as a matter of course to the churches, schools and charitable | GRAIN RECEIVE oreetthe North Dakota Council of Def a e Nor! akota Council o! fense does hot desire SH. ARP W. ARNING increase this burden. It does ask the cooperation of the ta uselesely is publis ing one article each week, to be of real news value, to be 2 a | exclusive to each newspaper in ‘each town, and to no I Gambling in Food Stuffs Cov-: | column in deneth to te saretully prepared, bg agers - without undue ing, and to urnis| at least tw ii - ered Under Anti-Hoard- | yance of the publication date, except in case of pecedaaaha sel ele ing Provisions | ter of unusual importance may be wired in condensed form, ready for | publication, in the same manner as Associated Press or United Press _ ! | reports are received. - Chicago, Il, April 27.—Woarning | ‘The North Dakota Council of Defense will also ask that every messages from the food administra-| | "ewspaper man in the state volunteer his services as a member of a tion that the anti-hoarding law ap-| | Publicity committee; that he furnish the press bureau of the state plied to speculative grain trading council with any unusual news matter originating in his district which more strictly than has been assumed | | has to do with patriotic effort. In this manner, each newspaper can jby many persons did a good deal to- obtain favorable publicity for its community while at the same time day to force a sharp break in gratn assuring other newspapers live news matter and offering other com- values. The greatest weakness was m| | munities an excellent practical example. the July delivery of corn, which .. ,,The North Dakota Council of Defense urges that every newspaper | showed a fall as much as 4 3-4 cents| | in the state appoint one member of its staff.to be official press repre- a bushel, closing heavy at $1.49 3-8 sentative of the council of defense, with the understanding that news to $1.48 5-8 as against $1.53 to $1.53 matter mailed personally to this representative. will receive: personal 1-8 at yesterday's finish. | attention. f . . ,_. The cotincil asks further suggestions for the conduct of an effec- tive publicity campaign, which will be constructive rather than de- VON ARNIN TAKES structive. The best alternative for sedition is patriotism. Little can be accomplished by scolding a community which seems derelict or BREATHING SPELL lethargic, or even actually antagonistic. Something can be done by givin this formuntt ° through the pews sama ; your newspaper, . a rough the medium of an occasional orial, an example of Commander Pauses to Reorgan- what other sommunitics are doing. ‘ i ‘4 e A e council would suggest that its press representative in eac! ize His Drive on Ypres gommunlty, obiaia ren some prominent and influential citizen in the ——<—— : community a short, snappy interview on some phase of the nation’s (By -Ansocited Prons)apel"gti-| | A OPK Abore al i oume novel and unig, expresion of patriot; G 5 al and sen General Non Arn Sree of ee it in to the: ened ae dslemae, “Not only wal this be given publicity in sector, forth \° paused in his drive. against the allies munity will benefit: rene br ateater | beeepstit bactnraee se delog aa in the Ypres salient, undoubtedly for council will ask free and candid discussion and criticism when & reorganization of his forces for || warranted of all the activities of this department. fresh attack. y The council can never be any bigger or better or broader than its members make it. Its members should include everyone in North OUTBREAK AMONG JEWS MAY Dakota who is working toward the best interests of the state and the HAV! ED nal . London, bot les thee dis-| | - The council does not desire that any newspaper, because affiliated patch from Stockholm says the Aus with the council, should feel that its hands are tied in any way, or that trian censorship is suppressing reports there is any desire to discourage free and open and honest discussion. of the Jewish Pogerom in: Cracow. This tentative program is submitted merely that: it may be dis- ie cussed, criticised, and torn to pieces. Out of the conference, the state A dispatch from Amsterdam last | council of defense hopes for a constructive program of publicity, inde- Saturday said a. German newspaper pendent of any political influence, devoted only to the cause of the had reported a serious outbreak| | American people, back of which every American newspaper in North against the Jews in Cracow. One| | Dakota will be glad to cooperate. woe twenty persons to have been injur- o ¢ 9 NETHERLANDS SBE NO CRISIS - WITHGERMANY Denied That Kaiser’s Minister to Holland Has Left The Hague EXPLAIN EMBARGO PLAN Imports to America Not Prohib- ited But Only to Be Licensed Washington, D. C., April 27.—The German minister to the Netherlands is still at the Hague and did not leave for Germany, as reported, the Netherlands legation announced to- day. The Dutch minister to Berlin returned to the Hague, it is said, to discuss with his government the prog- ress of negotiations with Germany. No ultimatum has been sent to Hol- land, it is said, by Germany in regard to any disputes that have arisen. The legation took an occasion to deny that Holland has put an embargo on tin and kopak from the Dutch East Indies and said that the government merely had issued an order requiring that exports be licensed, This action, it {s said, had nothing to do with nego- tiations between ‘Germany and Hol- land, but was a domestic matter in which Holland alone was interested. SLAUGHTER BY BRITISH TANK PROVES GREAT Small Variety Excel Previous Report; Much Faster Than Large Machines With the British Army in France, slaughter caused by the small British tanks among a concentration of the} enemy near Cachy in Wednesday's; fighting appears to have been even greater than was originally report- ed., A few of these little engines, which are much faster than the ordin- ary big tanks, made the assault so quickly on two or three battalions of, the enemy's infantry which were form-; ing for an attack that the Germans were unable to scatter before they} were being fiercely deluged with ma- chine gun bullets. ‘Not only that,‘but a large number of men were caught beneath the tanks and ground into the earth. Prisoners estimate at least two, and probably three German companies were wiped out i na few minutes. The machines returned in such hor- rible condition from the shambles they had to be wtashed down. One German prisoner had a rough experience with the small tanks and lived to tell the story, although he was much shaken as a result of hts experience. He got separated from his unit and was hiding in a shell hole near Cachy when a tank charged di- rectly over the hold. It was deep enough to protect the German, but he was so terrified he lost conscious- ness and was just regaining his senses when the performance was re- peated by a second tank. Again he escaped and saved himself further trials by being captured. Only four German tanks appear to have been inthe action Wednesday about _Vilers-Brettoneux, although numbers of athers are rumored to have been assigned to participate in the attack. The fourth guards division, which advanced against the town from the south, expected seven tanks to accom- pany them, but three of them did not appear. PROFITEERING IN ICE UNDER FEDERAL BAN Dealers in North Dakota Cannot Charge More Than Last Year’s Prices Fargo, N. D., April 27.—North Da- kota dealers in icé will not be permit- ted to charge a higher price for ice in 1918 than during the same period in .1917 without first obtaining per- mission of the federal food administra- tion, according to a special order is- sued today by Dr. E. F. Ladd,sfood ad- ministrator for North Dakota. The order is a step to check possi- ble profiteering. ALLIES MAKING FURTHER GAINS EAST OF AMIENS London, Eng., April 27.—Continuing their counter attacks on the front east of Amiens the allies have gained fur- ther. advantages in. the Hangar#-Vil- lers-Bretonneux sector, it is announc- ed officially. . Newspaper es Up With — Men Get Back Of Program As Outlined Here Today Representatives of Every Section of State Ap- prove Plan Which Will Coordinate Patriotic Effort and Eliminate Duplication and Waste— Committee on Resolutions Presents Concrete Conception of Fourth Estate’s Duty to Nation in Period of Emergency ‘ A definite program of publicity designed to make North Dakota 100 percent efficient in its 100 percent patriotism was the concrete result of the North Dakota newspaper men’s war confer- ence which came to a close with an enthusiastic executive session in the Commercial club rooms this afternoon. : The meeting was a truly representative one of the men who have elevated the press of North Dakota to the high position which it holds today. It was marked throughout by harmony, although there were present here men of bitterly conflicting political views and men who, in their editorial columns, never spare one another. At the war conference they sat si ide by side, united in the one great cause, and they voted together to unite all of their energies and their intellects in this cause. The following general recommendations and resolutions, pree sented by a committee consisting of J. E. Rothwell, managing edi« tor of the Fargo Forum, chairman; .M. J: Connolly. of the Sl County News, Amidon; Ernest L. Peterson, publisher ‘of the Dick- inson Press ; Gilbert W. Stewart, publisher of the Wilton News John Andrews, publisher of the Lidgerwood Broadaxe, tall. of results achieved by the most successful enterprise yet undertaken by the state council of defense: n't story BRITISH LICK AUSTRIANS T0 ~ ASTANDSTILL Sea-Fight on Adriatic Results in Complete Rout of Central Power Ships ATTACK AIRCRAFT MAKE Machines Return Safely After; Dropping Ton of Bombs on Seaplane Base London, Eng., April 27.—In the en- gagement of allied and Austrian lignt sea forces in the Adraitic on April 22 the British lost 16 men killed and 19 wounded, the admiralty announces. Two British destroyers which for a time fought five Austrian destroyers were only slightly damaged. The official Austrian account of the engagement issued yesterday said one British destroyer was damaged se verely. The announcement follows: “On April 22 five Austrian destroy- ers were encountered and engaged by two of our destroyers in the Adraitic. The enemy fled for shelter to the fort- ified port of Durazzo, pursued by our destroyers, which had been rein- forced by five more British and one rench destroyer. The chase con- tinued until midnight when touch with the enemy was lost. It is not known what damage was sustained by the enemy. On the following day Durazzo was attacked by British air- crafts. Our machines attacked the seaplane base, dropping nearly a ton of bombs with apparent success. All of our machines returned safely to their base.” BANKER FINDS SLOPE REGION OUTLOOK G00D . N. Engen Returns From Western Part of State With Glowing Reports he GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS To the Newspaper Editors.of Nope Dakota in convention assembJed;" We, the members of your commijt- tee, respectfully ' present .the’ follaw- ing report embodying our suggestiqns as to the most. practical: method ‘of furthering war publicity’ work, in North. Dakota: * H if ¥ In the first place, we wish to) ape prove warmly and_ indorse . heuntily the efforts ofthe state council’of de- fense to work out a practical: method to aid the newspaper men-of the state in putting: their resources ‘at the ‘dis- posal of the government : for war work. We have divided our report under two main headings, preparation cf matter and method of handling. First, Preparation z This heading is divided under thres sub-divisions: collection, editing and kind of matter desired. 5 1. Collection of Material—There should be two sources of matertal. First, the’ state council of. defenso should immediately be placed y| the mailing list of all state and tional publicity bureaus, and Keep in touch with all the agencies already established, Nothing in this feport j shall be construed to mean that-the individual newspaper shall quit re ceiving matter from any agency now serving him. ‘ The second source of material is as follows: (Every newspaper shouli !have one individual who becomes aa {associate member of the council ‘of defense. Whose personal duty it will ‘be to represent the council in own community, and be on the con- stant watch for local material which would make interesting matter for the rest of the state. It shall be his dyty to prepare such matter-and submit. it to the defense council editor. 2, Editing—We recommend that..a practical newspaper man thoroughly familiar with conditions in North Da- kota be employed to give his entire time to the work of editing all. this matter collected from the above sources. and putting it into such shape that it is meady to be handed directly to the typesetters. It the state council of defense has no, funds available for this purpose, we @ gest that an immediate conferenc be held b ythe defense be trreauh war savings stamp committee, e fuel administrator. and’ the food ad- ministrator, and any other. govefn- ment agencies having publicity men We respectfully suggest that all these agencies cooperate with the clew: of making an editor available ‘for the defense council without any added’ ex- pense, merely by the use of efficiency methods. The editor employed by the state council of defense should be directly responsible to an advisory board ¢on- sisting of five newspaper. men -ap- pointed by the present convention. ‘These men should advise with the editor on the clas of material and.act as a court of last appeal in case. any one enterprise considers it is not‘get- ting due consideration, or in case Fargo, N. D., April 27—Keturning from the western part of the state| where he spent several days looking} after his banking interests O. N. Eng-! en reported today that the crop condi-| tions In the vicinity of Bismarck, ke- gan, and Sanger, are excellent “That section of the state had a three-day rain the week before last,” | said Mr. Engen. “The rain gave all grain a good start and everywhere I found farmers cheerful and stating that conditions never have been bet- “er at this particular time.” Mr. Engen is president of the First State bank at Regan and president of the Farmers Exchange bank. at Sanger. some newspaper editors tdke excep- tion to the clas of material provided. 3. Kind of Matter—It .should be the aim of the editor to concentrate on war work of special state intereat. As far as possible, the national move- ments which have their own orgah- izations, such as the Liberty. loan, the Red Cross and the thrift stamps, should be permitted to take care of | their own work, although® occasional | paragraphs of interest regarding them | might beincluded. The editor should | give preference to. state problems, | such as lignite. increased crop: pro- duction, farm labor and food: conser> vation. On the occasion. of -special |e for national war, a i (Continued on