The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1918, Page 1

| THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THE ‘BISMARCK TRIBUNE MORNING EDITION THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 1 18, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Austria Faces Starvation PREMIER GEORGE LAUDS AMERICAN OVERSEAS FORGE Unity of Command and Aid of United States Owed to Ger- many, He Declares “WE ARE ALRIGHT, “MESSA Word From Army is “Be of Good Cheer;” All Allied Gener- als Are Confident London, May 4.—Premier Lloyd George who has returned from his vis- it to France in which he attended the sessions of the supreme war council and went to the front, spoke enthusi- astically today of the American troops. | “The Germans have rendered at least two great, services to the allied cause,” said the Premier. “They have accelerated the advent of the Am- erican troops and they have made uni- ty of command.at last a reality. The French and British are fighting in close comradeship, each with full ap- preciation of the qualities of the oth- er.” “Have you any message to bring from the army of the people?” the, Premier was asked. To this he re- plied: e IRELAND STILL UNDER TENSION 2 Dublin, May 4.—Although Ireland is quieter than before the announcement of conscription there is still great ten- sion of public feeling and much discus- sion of future prospects. SRDITION BILL MOVESTOWARD FINAL STAGE Conference Report Adopted by Senate With Vote of 48 to 26; Controversy Ends — ©. Washington, D. C., May 4.—Protract- ed controversy in the Senate over the sedition bill to severely penalize dis- loyal acts and utterances and interfer- ence with liberty loan sales and the army draft, ended late today in adop- tion of the conference report on the! measure by a vote of 48 to 26. The house is expected to agree to the re- port next week. Opponents of the measure who have contended that freedom of speech and the press would be curtailed lost their fight to strike out a clause giving the postmaster general authority to with- hold mail believed to violate the es- pionage laws and restore the France amendment excepting from the law truthful statements made with good motives, ‘The bill was initiated a year ago and SAMMIES WIPE | QUT POSITIONS HELD BY HUNS Brief, Intense Aritillery Prepa- ration Precedes Onslaught of Americans PENETRATE TO THIRD LINE Infantry Operates Successfully Under Own Artillery In An- other Raid at Dog’s Wood With the American army in France, ‘May 4.—(By the Associated Press.)— American troops in the Lorraine sec- tor yesterday morning carried out a raid on the German lines south of Hall- oville, on a 600 yard front. After an intense but brief artillery preparation, the infantry, accompanied by pioneers, went over the top and penetrated the German positions to the third line. They found not a single German. The attack was on a German salient. The artillery completely levelled the German positions and the pioneers fin- ished the job by blowing up all the enemy works, thus eliminating the sal- ient | A German raid, which it was expect- ed would be carried out on the sector south of Verdun, failed to materialize. the Germans opened a Parliam ent, Helpless in Food © Situation, Stopped by Emperor RESUMPTION OF HUNEFFORT AT KEMMEL NEAR Muggy Weather Prevents Aerial Observation; Allies Are Prepared British headquarters in France, May 4.—There are unmistable signs of a resumption of the German effort to force the allied positions on the hill chain west of.Kemmell. Last evening tremenduous bombardment on Scherpenberg and on Mont Rouge but no infantry action fol- lowed. ‘. At 5 o’clock this morning the artil- lery crashed forth again upon the Ang- lo-French lines north of La Clytte and to the south of Mont Rouge. The allies are well prepared for the attack, but -the weather is thick and wet so that aerial observation virtual- ly ds impossible. DOZEN AUSTRIAN CRISES IN WAKE OF FOOD DEMAND Correspondent Who Knows Sit- uation Tells Problems Hun- gry Enemy Faces RACE HATRED INFLAMED Parliament Prorlogue Statement Admits It Can Only Hinder Not Help London, May 4.—“There are at least a dozen crises in Austria today,” wrote one of the best informed English cor- respondents yesterday, all these cris- es appear to concentrate on the prob- lem of food. Even the racial ani- FOOD MINISTER SAYS PEOPLE MAY HOLD OUT WITH REDUCED RATION The Hague, May 4.—Speaking before the Bavarian chamber on the food situation, the food min- ister said conditions permitted the hope the people would be able to hold out. He said it might be necessary to reduce the bread ration, but not before the time potatoes will be plentiful. A reduction in the meat ration was unavoidable, he continued, but the milk and fat rations would not be reduced. The food administration added that the Bavarian situation was far better than any other of the states. THIRD WAR LOAN BREAKS RECORDS RESIGNATION OF AUSTRIAN CHIEF IS UNAVOIDABLE Dispatch Says Von Seydler’s Must Quit When Emperor Returns From Front HUN PARLIAMENT STOPPED Emperor's Order Will Be Follow- ed By Forcible Measures to Prevent Renewal (By Associated Press) London, England, May 4.— The Holland News Bureau says, according to an Amsterdam dis- patch to the Exchange Tele- SUCCESSFUL RAID ON HUN LINES NEAR DOG’S WOOD. With the French army in France, May 4.—(By the Associated Press.)— An official note says: e “On May 8, 300 American soldiers, after careful artillery preparation, raided the German lines near Dog's wood in the Lorraine sector, penetrat- ing through the German’s first, second and third lines. “The raid, constituted the first time that American infantyr in this.section h aveoperated under the protection of their own artillery.” graph Company that the resig- nation of the Austrian Premier, Dr Von Seydler, as soon as:the Emperor returns is unavoidable. Austria-Hungary supplies some of the most important items of the.cur- rent news, with a critical economic ard political, stiuation officially conceded to be developing at; home just, as her armies at the front are. apparently: about to be launched in @ new ‘attack “The message I bring from the Brit- ish army to the people at home is: mosities of the composite empire, which have always been the weak timbers of its structure, have been inflamed into unusual bitterness by sectional jealousies over food distri- bution. These crises appear to have reach- ed a culmination today in the govern- ment’s decision to prorogue parlia- ment during the present phase of the war for the reason that it could not help, but only hinder, in. solving. of economic problems on which every- thing depends, in the words of a’semi- provides maximum penalties o it « vi i » {ty years imprisonment and a $10,06 : Bet ecodseneers we ree right. | £ine or both for a wide variety, of vs Of the great battle now going on, the disloyal acts. It attends the espion- i Premier said: jage act, and, with the “Woman spy’ “T saw General Foch, Sir Douglas bill recently passed, completes the Haig, General Pershig and other ot- cycle of legislation urged by the de-| ficers of the higher command, and periment ecetneras ith power bsg | 710! e vernn WI : ney ere alnumber of Tegimental of-|eal with sedition and disloyalty and ficers and soldiers, who had actually | ~ ted ti _molviolense: Which inability been in the figting line during the last | ‘ti P ¢ ak six weeks of very strenuous work, and to ch oe terane of persons mi their confidence also was amazing. _ | ‘RE, disioval w races: OF ALL NATIONS Twelve to Fifteen Million Pur- chasers; Tabulation of World’s Loans WILSON ACCEPTS CHALLENGE: BUYS $500 WAR BOND achinetan, 1D. C., May 4.—The third liberty-Joan breaks the records of all devas sur iuuver of subscribers with an estimated roll of between 12,000,- 000 and 15,000,000,000 bond buyers, but “Out-Matches President” total subscriptions are less than “TI have met no pacifists, no pessi- mists, among them: “Apart from the mishap of the first few days, which ‘they all recognized, they’ were confident that they were winning and that they. were inflicting great losses on the enemy. “When the enemy got ground,’ they said, ‘we make them’ pay°an enormous price’ for it: That the legislation is unnecessary, unconstitutional, too drastic and con- fers too wide discretion upon admin- istrative officials have been the prin- sipal arguments of those opposing it. _ > McCumber. For It The final vote today was along non- vartisan lines, many Republicans join- ing. a: majority of Democrats, in sup- WILSON PARDONS SAMMY SENTRIES Theatre and Starts Immen- se Rush of Buying ‘Washington, D. C., May. 4.—Presi- dent Wilson received a great demon- stration tonight at a local theatre when a four-minute sperker announc- official explanation. Before this an- nouncement was made Premier Von Seydler met party leaders, impressed upon them the necessities of the sit- uation, offered vague promises of re- forms for the. discontented races’ de- mands and issued warning that any agitation would be dealt with by all lawful means. Great Britain’s largest war loan. Figures on leading loans of the principal billigerents were given out today by the treasury as follows: British victory loan ‘in 1917, 5. per Scent; subscriptions $5,096,254,320. United States second liberty loan, 4 percent, subscriptions | $4,616,000,000. Kighth German war loa Y% per- on Italy. The crisis in Vienna; is, marked, by the dismissal of the“ Austrian: parlia- ment by the emperor’s order andthe declaration that forcible measures would be taken to make a resumption of it’s sessions impossible. ‘A. state- ment issued makes it clear) the gqv- ernment was embarrassed by. theca - rting the legislation. He rameater Hard- Two Democrats, Senators Autocracy. Sits Tight. Parliamentary. government, or rath- er parliamentary’ debates, are to be suppressed and an autocratic govern- ment will try to hold the heim. What straits Austria has reached were partly revealed by the Premier’s speech and also by the German offi- visions in the legislative body over the grave food situation and the various racial grievances inthe Austrian body politic. and desired a free harid ‘in’ the next fe wmonths. . - Made Charles to Front ip anek Meanwhile Vienna dispatches,. haye reported Emperor Charles leaving for ed the President had bought. still an- other ‘bond, this time one for $500. Last Wednesday, when ‘the Prest- dent agreed to sponsor the “Match for President” movement by buying a $50 bond ‘on the installment plan after previously subscribing for nearly $20,- 000, it was believed he had reached cent and 5 percent, subscriptions $3,- ' 600,000,000. ‘French war loan of 1915, 5 percent; subscriptions $2,261,864,409, Austrian seventh war loan, 5 per- cent; subscriptions $1,150,000,000. Italian fourth war joan, 5 percent; In these offensivés’ you ean always buy land if you are prepared to PAY | wick of Georgia and Reed of Missouri, the purchase. price. But the cost’ for | ;,; i 4, blicans in opposi- the Germans is gteat and is increas- [joined with 24 Republicans in opp! ing.’ “Phey were certain that the Ger- mans would #0on be-sorry they had DOOMED 70 DIE ion. The vote for adoption includes My- ers, Montana; Walsh, Montana; Jones, Washington; Poindexter, Washing- committed théiiiselves to these attacks even if they are not already 80.” “HOT A MORSEL SENT GERMANY FROMUKRAINE Berlin Newspaper Declares No Gain to Germany Has Come Thru Treaty . Amsterdam, May 4.—In the course | of a sharp criticism in connection with | recent events in Ukraine, the Vor | waerts of Berlin states that affairs in the east are in a deplorable condition. ton; McCumber, North Dakota and Sterling, South Dakota. Gronna Opposed ; The vote against adoption includ- ed Gronna, of North Dakota; Senator Johnson of South Dakota was not listed as voting. 7 The bill penalizes language “intend- ed to incite, provoke or encourage re- sistance of the United States, or pro- mote the cause of its enemies,” an wilful display of the flag of any en- emy nation. Other Provisions Another important provision would punish statements designed to curtail production of war necessities or the teaching of advocacy of any of the prohibited acts in the measure. One of the chief controversies in the senate was over elimination by the conferees of the France amend- ment providing the bill should not ap- ply to truthful statements made with good motives—the general libel low. Senator France of Maryland, its author, and Senator Johnson of Cali- fornia’ led the fight to retain the d| martian in France for sleeping while Death Penalty Washington, D, C., May 4.—Presi- dent Wilson’s action today in pardon- ing two soldiers of the American ex- peditionary ‘force who had ben con- demned to death by a military court- on sentry duty and commuting to nom- inal prison terms the death sentences imposed on two others for disobeying orders, was viewed by many army of- ficials as approval bv the President of Secretary Baker's stand against the imposition of death penalty in the army except in special cases. Privates Forest D. Sebastin of El- dorado, I11., and Jeff Cook of Lutie, Ok- lahoma, were‘the men pardoned. In reaching his decision, the president took into consideration their extreme youth, the former being 20 years old and the latter 19. He concluded they did not realize the seriousness of their} offense and its possible disastrous re-/ his maximum effort. Tonight a man in the theatre ,audi- ence announced he would buy a $5,000 bond if ten other persons met the challenege; then there was a pause. The president, from his box quietly beckoned to an usher and told him to inform the speaker he would take one of the bonds. The announcement started a rush of buying that extended even to the chorus, every member of the company purchasing a bond and swelling the night’s total at the theatre to more than $100,000. A MILLION SUBSCRIBERS IN NINTH DISTRICT—WOLD. Minneapolis, Minn. May 4.—Final figure for the three big cities of the ninth district in the third liberty loan campaign were announced tonight. Governor Theodore Wold of the Fed- eral Reserve bank said that the out- look is that the district will show 1,- 000,000 subscribers for the third loan as against 621,000 subscriptions for the | second loan. cial statement that all food supplies from Ukraine this month will be given to Austria on account of her greater need. The Hague correspond- ent of the Times, discussing the Ger- man food shortage yesterday, remark- ed: “Even the ordinary German public realizes that something worse than food scarcity threatens Austria.” ‘ For two months past the exaspera- tion between the Slavonic sections of the Austrian population and the other races has been at the highest point of tension. TAKE OFF THIRD OF COAST TRAIN SBRVIGE JUNE 4 subscriptions $1,000,000,000. NEAR PANIC IN JAIL FOLLOWS TINY EXPLOSION Chicago, Ill., May 4.—The explosion of a percussion cap placed in a bottle which contained a fluid which looked like nitro-glycerine caused a_ panic among hundreds of prisoners confined in the county jail late this afternoon. The explosion gave rise to reports of an attempted jail delivery and scores of patrolmen were rushed to the jail in automobiles only to find all prisoners, including four condemned murderers, were safely in their cells. A number of I. 'W. W. members now on trial before Judge Landis are being held in the jail, but were in court at the time of the explosion. An investi- gation is being made. ADMIT 1. W. W.'S whe nthe German artillery the front and have announced. greatly increased activities along the Austro- Italian lines. The Rome official state- ment does not give a like picture of the’ front line activities, but records’ in- tensive acrial operations with the en- tente airmen bringing down fourteen enemy machines. The German offensive in Flanders .has been held up now for five. days. General Von Arnim evidently has been forced into this inactivity by the severity of his losses and the time necessary to marshal new forces for_a fresh blow. Concededly, the enemy has. fresh troops for a greater thrust, if he thinks it advisable to employ them here. One such hint of an impending thrust developed Saturday morning, began violently to pound the Franco-British line from Locre to south of Yareh where his main effort of April 29 was made. The bombardment was not speedily followed by an attack. = Allies Strengthened “The peace concluded there has be-| amendment, declaring it would pre- come a peace calculated to scare away | serve constitutional liberty of speech opponents still at war with us,” the jand the press. It was opposed by the newspaper says. ‘department of justice, however, as a jburden of securing convictions. “It was agreed with Russia, that Es. aes E thonia and Livonia would remain und-! -INDDODT er its sovereignity,” the Vorwaerts continues. “and three weeks later a/ There has been a strengthening of the allied defense at important points along the northern and southern. sides of the Lys salient. The French have ‘ thus operated successfully in the Locre region, which is one of the main objec- Chicago, Ill, May 4.—One third of OF DISLOY ALTY re Ce ono ancerae adel all the passenger trains between Chi- proach to Mont ‘Rouge. and the Brit- ‘cago and the Pacific coast will be elim- ish on Friday night strengthened their lines in the vicinity of Hinges, north- sults upon the unit to which they were attached. Privates Olon Ledoyen of Atlanta. Georgia, and Stanley G. Fishback of Connellton, Indiana, were the men convicted for disobeying orders. Their was commutted to three | sentence Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and they | The final city figures as announced | Twelve Million Annually and 11,- | 728,000 Miles of Train Haul | Will Be Saved are: St. Paul $14,371,900; Minneapolis, $20,922,600; Duluth, $6,929, 4 personal union of these countries with | ; : anon was benevolently consitered| ILL ARSENAL will be brought to this country for| pe ‘e see only enormous political dam-| |imprisonment. Details in these cases OF MENNO | inated after June 1, according to word i, Y wo age being done Ukraine and not a mor-| ' have not been made public. The sol- . received from Washington by railroad Foundation of Government S| west of Bethune. ell ot bread (tp bel: aupplled Germany) —- |diers are 19 years old Fe acaers officials tonight, this step it was said,| Case Laid When Witnesses nite Somme _front: has teen threat 1 . y.’ ‘ * All four of the men wer 3 would save approximately $12,000,000 . ptary Saett The Berlin Tagebladt says: |Store-House Full of High Ex-/;, the regular army. FOR W AR BONDS djearana cut ‘of ee oe eles et Testify to Fund furious activity for several days past. in haul. SIGE H | paoearayr the French which gained them com- “We cannot deny that we have not! succeeded :in winning the affection of| the population under our military rule; of Lithunfa, not to. speak of Poland. | plosives Menieed by — L RAGUE MEETING Spreading Flames |“ STOPPED. MOVED. | Committee Will Sell 1,000 Sheep, 100 Steers-to Pay for Comp- R. H. Aishton, regional director of} the wesern railroads, and assistant to W. G. McAdoo, director of railroads said such a plan had been under con- Chicago, Ill, May 4.—The founda- tion in the government’s case against 112 leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World, accused of violating the manding ground in the Avre sector southeast of Amiens, and similar op- erations by the British around Villers- Bretonneaux, just north, the fighting espionage act, virtually was complet- ed today with admission into the re- cords of statements covering expendi- tures for alleged seditious literature soon after America entered the war. y It is precisely the same in Ukraine.! Even ‘optimists may see that the east- | | sideration and has been worked out. | me aaded he had not been officially in- | formed that it was to be put into ef- ‘fect on any certain date. Under the revolutionized ,plan of has been left almost entirely. to at: tillery. Big guns are still booming threateningly in the Avre region and elsewhere around the great Montdidier salient. Davenoprt, Ia. May 4.—The eatieg| THEN PERMITTED | ern structure stands on a very unstable} Rock Island arsenal for a time thi | ps : clear St. Bonifacs Minn, May 4A Non-/ * =. Tetion of Quota foundation. It was always clear that|evening was in peril. Fire was 5 Ukrainé at the edrliest possible mom-j| covered in the rafters of one of the| partisan league meeting scheduled to} me ae " F be held on a farm near here late! Yankton, S. D., May 4.—Executive This ent would’seek union with Russia.” GERMANY PREPARING _ TO TAKE DRASTIC STEPS Washington, D. C., May 4.—An of- ficial dispatch today from Switzerland said the central powers are preparing to take drastic steps in Ukraine as the! result of difficulties in obtaining sup-| plies from that country and the revolt against Teutonic rule. SMALL QUANTITIES FOOD GRAINS RECEIVED. Washington, D. C., May 4.—Stock- holm dispatches to the state depart- ment today said the first trains with Ukrainian grains had arrived in Ger- many, and that. the planned reduction of bread rations had been postponed, although the quantities received were negligible and the situation was un- certain. W. S. S. Directors to Meet. | Omaha, Neb., May 4.—War Sav-| (ngs directors from fifteen states west of the Mississippi river will meet ss Amaha Monday with Frank Van- derlip, chairman of the National war savings committee to adopt a uni- form pian of war savings for the cen- tral and western states. | | | | 1 | largest warehouse buildings. building was stored with explosives of the most powerful nature. Prompt- work by the firemen held the flames in check before it reached the explos- ives, The origin is unknown. tions started. PROVOSTGUARDS | KEPT ON DUTY Minneapolis, Minn., May 4.—Illegal| sales of liquor to soldiers in uniform! continue in St. Paul anld Minneapolis; to such an extent as to warrant the keeping of the provost guards from the 36th infantry on duty in the two cities, it was officially declared to-| night. | SATURDAY ONE OF HOTTEST MAY DAYS Investiga- Saturday was the hottest early May day for some years past, with a tem- perature of 89 at 3 p. m. At noon the mercury stood at 79, and it kept mounting until late afternoon. The hottest May day on record was the 11th of May. 1906, when the mercury climbed to 96. today was stopped by Hennepin county denuty sheriffs who were rushed from Minneapolis to the scene in automo- biles at the request of residents of the neighborhood. The leaders were told by the deputies that Non-partisan loague meetings were not permitted in Hennepin county, about 75 persons including three league organizers then moved to another ‘section of the ‘arm, which is in Carver county, and held the meeting unmolested. NEW RECORD FOR SHIP BUILDING my officers of the local liberty loan com- mittee visited the Jamesville Mennon- ite colony today, gathered up one hundred steers and one thousand sheep and drove them to Utica, S. D., near here where arrangements are being made to ship them to market. The Mennonites are alleged to have undersubscribed their quota of liberty bonds and the local officials have an- nounced their intention of selling the stock and devoting the proceeds to the purchase of bends to cover their quota. No opposition was offered by the Mennonites. SET IN SEATTLE|NOPARTY RACER Seattle, May 4.—Lowering the pre-! vious record of 85 days held by | Portland, Oregon, shipyard, the 8800) ton steel carrier West Lianga, which{ holds, the world’s record of speed in steel ship construction of 55 working days from the date of keel laying to launching, was delivered to the government here today 67 days after her keel was put down. The vessel was built by the Skinner and Eddy corporation, and is the twenty first steel ship to be delivered by Seattle yards to the government this year. didate for the state Senate district, was arrested township tonight where he was again making a speech. to the Martin county jail, here. ARRESTED WHILE MAKING SPEECH Fairmont, Minn., May 4.—Meyer Brandvig, Non-partisan league can- ‘rom this in Waverly He was brought County officials, it is claimed, had received orders not to allow any Non- partisan league meetings, while A. C. Townley and James Gilbert, league leaders, are under indictment. handling traffic passengers would not longer have a choice of routes. Traf- fic to the west coast and intermediate points would be divideded between four lines as follows: To Los Angeles and junction points, Sante Fe. To San Francisco and points, Union Pacific. To Seattle and junction points, Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. junction To Portland and junction points, Northern Pacific. The cut service would take off through trains from Chicago to los Angeles, two to San ‘Francisco and three to Seattle and Portland. More than forty local trains would be dis- pensed with also, PUBLISHERS BOARD TO INSPECT WORK(|. Washington, D, C., May 4.—Frank P. Glass, president of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, to- day accepted the invitation of George Creel to send a committee representing the association to Washington to in- quire into the work being done by the committee on public information, of Claude R. Porter, special prosecutor, stated tonight that the government would place its most important wit- nesses on the stand.probably early next week. Some of these witnesses, ~«n renorted to have been planted, “in thé secret councils of the I. W. W. by tue government.” Representatives of publishing con- cerns that contracted to print part of the volume of business increased more than onehundred percent from early in the spring of 1917 to the following , September, when the government's na- tion wide raid took pl WOMAN ARTIST A SPY SUSPECT) Duluth, Minn, May 4.—Katherine | Merrill was arrested here today as was seated near the waterfront, g sketches of a coal dock, ac- cording to the police. She gave her name as Katherine Merrill and her age as 41, and informed the chief that she was born in Milwaukee, and could trace her lineage back to revolution- ary days. To department of justice of- ficials she said she could easily clear herself of any connection with a for- | Wolf, a | guilty of violation of the espionage which Mr| Creel is chairman. eign nation. In Palestine, the British have again defeated the Turks in engagements in the vicinity of the river Jordan. At- tacks by the Ottoman troops on two successive days were beaten off with heavy losses to the enemy. The British took more than 300 prisoners. Dispatches from Paris announce an- other of the German long range guns engaged in bombarding the French capital has been put out of action through a direct hit by the French ar- tillery. FEDERAL JUDGE DENIES MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL Sioux Falls, S. y States Judge Elliott today den tions for new trials in the cases of Conrad Korneman, editor of a German lanenage newspaper here and John H. Kimball business man found act. Korneman was fined $1,000 and sent- enced to ten years in prison and Wolf was given five years and fined $1,000. Notice was given in both cases that appeals would be taken.