The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy. THE'BIS LAST EDITION THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. ' No. 126, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1918 1K TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS. ~ GREATEST HE ID HAS | S BEEN OF | TO BRITISH FLEET | GERMANS TAKE TIME TO MAKE READY FOR NEW MOVE ON WEST Realizing They Are Committed to Heavy Fighting, Huns Prepare Carefully ALLIED AIRMEN SCORING Take Advantage of Every Oppor- tunity to Invade Enemy Ter- ritory with Bombs (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Committed, as they are, to @. con- tinuation of heavy fighting on the wes- tern front, the Germans apparently are taking their full time before be- ginning another forward operation. In two ‘weeks the enemy has made only one determined attack, and this was repulsed by the allied forces south- west of Ypres, f Along the vital sectora of the sal- fenut, driven by ¢he Germans since March 21, the enemy artillery has oeen active. The German big: guns are hurling thousands ‘of shells into the allied positions, but theer are no signa of renewed infantry activity in)" strength. , Allied Airmen Score, Allied airmen are taking advantage’ of every opportunity to invade enemy territory. Many more tons of bombs have been dropped on tmportant -rail- ‘way centers. and other military tar- ge.s behind the Germé nlines in Flan- ders and Picardy. In aerial fighting, lie British’ rave. brought down six ‘|ita éditorial comment, will leave Great more enemy machines.’ While British naval. airmen’ ‘bombed German sub marine bases. at ‘Zeehrugge snd Os- tend, army filers continue the aerial: ‘bombardment. ‘of ‘Brugges. sf American Artillery Active. | West of Montdidier, in Picardy and’ northwest of TophA: uy men are harrass@g a heavy firey ‘believed to Rave sector a ating ab inOa Lively fighting Corno region south’ of ith ). damage.-is een calised-on both. the Mont with the Italians throwlhg,/paqk repeated. Aus-/> trian. efforts toir the st it of the moult Elgewhere: ian front, the 4 but theré;gre,no indications that the enemy is ready to start his heralded attack. Mee aiare PUBLICATION 'OF MAURICE LETTER CALLED A PERIL London Observea Severely. Criti- cisés: By London, May.14—A great deal of attention 4s ‘being “attracted tothe ar- ticle in the-current issue of the Ob- server, in which the letter of Major General Maurice, accusing the gov- ernment of making misstatements about the military situation, is describ- ed as fie most ‘perilous’ episode of public Iffe°during the war. The Ob- server sive that General Maurice is not the feading figure in the affair and that the source of the mischief is Colonel Repington, the military cric- ic, working through the ‘Morning Post “and that dubious sheet, the Natural- ized News.” — . What the Observer refers to as tht “Naturalized News” is the ‘National ‘News, a Sunday sheet started some time ago by a naturalized alien whose antecedents, the newspaper says. “ough to have prevented the board of trade from giving & license.” The Observer declares the whole aim of the intrigue is to stab in the back the present. chief of imperial staff, Major General. Sir Henry Wil- son, because Colonel Repington has a private: enmity against him and be- cause the General has been the chief military advocate’ of allied unity of command. x The Observer demands that the gov- ernment ruthlessly put down treach- te mang wind ‘Moré Than, 41,000 Lost in Killed ling today is 41,612. ‘pany, week of the war. _ | week was. 38,691. | | SORTED ER Pea OSNABROOK MAN IN| TODAY'S CASUALTIES | | ‘Washington, D. C., May 14. The casualty list today con- tained 72 names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 14; died of wounds, 7; died of disease, | “8; wounded slightly, 21; miss- | ing in action, 27. - \ _ PRIVATE GEORGE L. | ROUKE, OSNABROOK, N. Du was wounded slightly.: | { ? FAVORED NATION CLAUSE DROPPED BY THE BRITISH Andrew Bonar Law Makes Im- portant Announcement in House of Commons. London, May -14.—Andrew Bonar Law, chancellon of the exchequer, made an importa. announcement in the house of commons Monday, the Times says, when in reply to a ques- tion of Sir Edward Carson he said the British government intended to adopt a,policy similar to that of the French government in denouncing all commercial conventions containing a general clause “most favored nation.” Such a step, the Times declares in Britain free in matters of fiscal policy. ‘Up to this time, the United Kingdom ‘has heen bound by commercial treaties “with allied and neutral countries guar- ‘anteeing reciprocal “most favored na. tions” ‘treatment in discal matters. BRITISH REPORT HEAVY CASUALTY and Wounded, Says Offi- , cial Statement London, May i4—The total Britis casualties reported in the ‘week end-| They are‘divided as follows: Killed oridied.of wounds: Officers, 501; men, 6,069. Wounded'or men, 33,82% 35 Reports. British casualties usual- ly are wo! jidble for some time af- ter the,détion’ in‘ which they are sus- tained. The Jarge total in the last week evidenfly. represents losses suf- fered when the fighting in Flanders and Picardy was at its height. oCm- plete records have’not been given out, but it is probable the British casual- ties of last week are the heaviest of The total last asitig: Officers, 2,123, | 3 WILSON’S HAND SCAR-COVERED, BUT IN SERVICE): $ | President Removes. Bandages from Member Badly Burned on a British Tank Washington, D. C., May 14.—Presi- dent Wilson removed the bandages which have encased his left hand since he burned it four weeks ago by taking hold of an exhaust pipe in the British tank that visited the white house. The hand was healed, but ugly scars re- in covering the entire hand. The president was compelled to give up golt for two weeks, but recently he has been playing a one-handed game, at which he has become quite pro- ‘ficient. iMRS. EVANS, SLAYER OF DR. MOORE, PARDONED. Pierre, S. D., ‘May 14.—Governor Peter Norbeck today granted a par- don to Mrs. Mae Evans, sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment on a charge of manslaughter for the killing of Dr. W. Moore, a veterinarian at ery. REPORT THAT THOUSANDS OF KRUP: RIFLES HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN TO GERMANIZE U. S. ARE INVESTIGATED New York, May 14.—Reports that thousands: of rifles had been secretly imported from the to “Germanize” the United States were related today at an inquiry conducted by State Attorney General Lewis into rumors of hoard- ing of arms by German interests in the United States, Edgar A. Holmes of this city, a Witness, credited the report to a man named James H. Crossley. Holmes as a broker, tried to buy the rifles, but was unsuccessful, -he said. During the nego- tiations, he said Crossley told him that some one million rifles had sen via the Hoboken docks of two German steamship companies and were to be used in the United States if the Germans were successful in reaching the English channel, been imported from ports. Brookings. Krupp works at Essen in order YORK HERALD IS DEAD IN FRANCE ‘James Gordon Bennett, One of America’s Best Known Newspaper Men, Dies PROMINENT AS SPORTSMAN Active in Yachting—Backed the Great Explorers—Sent Stan- ley After Livingstone Baulaiu, France, ‘May 14.—James Gordon bennett, proprievor of the New. York Herald, died at 5 o'clock this morning. Mr. Bennett's, last words before lapsing into unconsciousness were in relation to his newspaper interests. Mrs, Bennett was with her husband when he died. a Dispatches from Paris lately gave Mr. Bennett's condition as serious. He had been for some months at his villa in Baulaiu, in the Rivera after an ill- ness and advices now announce that he had had a relapse. James Gordon Hennett, one of the most original and picturesque figures in international journalism, and un- doubtedly the geratest genius among the pudlishers of American newspa- pers of his time, was born in New York city, May 10, 1841, the only son of James Gordon Fennett, founder of. the New York “Herald.” . He receiv- ed his education from private tutors and was carefully trained for his jour- naliatic career by his. father, who took great pains to initiate his’ son and heir into complicated mechanism of every. branch. of newspaper work. To build up a:eyeat newspaper. had been the leading purpose of the fath- er’s life, and it-!s said that his. last injunction to his son was to sustain and develop that ‘which he had cre- ated. Old Bennett died in 1872 anc hijsson fell hel:rto his large ‘fortune, and ‘to. the,Herald,-which had ,been 4 i wy, th. GTP QR-WHE Ker: sutas sovntcl oi is th oer alt the onerey. gagacity, variéd ability, personal probity. and tremendous én< terprise that had distinguished “his father. Although his. enogmous wealth and his position ‘as Publisher of the Her- ald gave hit great pérsonal power, he never used {t for his own personal ad- vantage or iglorification.. He sought no honors for ‘himself, cared, nothing for titles and (rank and declined any personal share of credit for the great OWNER OF NEW | ii CURTAILMENT OF TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAINS, 1S ORDERED | — | Washington, D..C., May 14. Director General McAdoo to- day ordered: curtailment of transcontinental; passenger schedules from Chicago west, effective June 2; t0 save.11,- 728,000 train miles a year, by | eliminating competition, and | eteing down running sched- ules. x ©. More Than That Maximum Fin- ished and Delivered to Gov- VIRTUALLY ALL OF STEEL Majority Were on the Ways or Under Contract When U. ° S. Entered War Washington, D. C., /May 14.—The first million tons of ships completed and delivered to the United States government, under the direction of the shipping board, has”been put on the high seas to help defeat Germany. A total of 195 vessels: of: 1,108,621 tons, was completed up to May 11, accord- ing to statistics compiled by expeary of the shipping board. ’'Since January 1 more than :ualf-of the total tonnage, 660,896, has been \deltvered and. the. monthly totals have shown a steady increase. iy Most of the ships delivered were re- quisitioned on the Ways or contract form: when the UnitedStates entered ithe’ war. ‘Virtually | all are of ‘steel construction. None (of,.the ships- of the great wood! prograys has been. de- “tdthoegh~ have: been launched, ‘due ‘to: delay ‘in obtaining ‘boilers ‘and other machinery. ‘The tirst. completed: wood ship built on contract for the government now. is undergoing speed trials. off the ‘Pacific coast." HUNS LEAVE TOWN IN SAMMY SECTOR With the American Army in France, journalistic, achievements of his.news: paper. He. lived and labored to per- petuate the fame of his father, not to gain in distinction for himself. A few years after he had assumed control and active dirtction of the New York Herald, which continued to thrive under his management, Mr. Gordon went to Paris, where he. es- tablished his residence and headquar- ters and where he founded a Paris edition of the New York Herald. At ‘lished with a view of supplying Amer- ican travelers’ in Europe with. cable news-from home, but gradually it de- veloped: into:a large important paper and was made the cable clearing house of the Continental news intended for the New York Herald. . ° ‘A few years later Mr. Bennett also established a London edition of hi» per, but ‘the experiment failed and after a little more than a year, during which time the maintenance of the pa- cost him about $1,000,000, Mr. Bennett discontinued the venture and devoted his energy to the ‘New York (Continued on Page Three.) per had This photograph just received from the ' Daily. Tribune’s London bureau shows the famous old British cruiser Vindictive after she returned from the raid on Zeebrugge, April 23. Note how she’s battered. She had led the British raiding ships in the successful My Saturday’ May’11, (By the Associated Press)—In the Luneville sector, our vatrols early this morning establish- ed the fact that the Hamlet of Ancer- ville has been abandoned by the en- emy. The Germans had not even at- tempted to occupy shell holes in the salient. which recently was torn up by our artillery. Quiet prevails today on all fronts-in which there are Amer- icans, according to reports. Poor vis- ibility has prevented aerial activity. GOVERNOR FRAZIER “LITHUANIA TO HAVE CHANCE GIVEN IRELAND May Be “Free” If She Will Help. Germany Bear Burdens of War, Says Kaiser INDEPENDENT HUN STATE Border Country May Go as Far as It Likes, so Long as Wil- helm Approves Course f LITHUANIA MUST SHARE | GERMANY WAR BURDEN ‘Amsterdam, May 14.—Em- peror William has issued a | proclamation concerning Li- | thuania, in which he says it | is assumed Lithuania will | participate in the war bur- | | dens of Germany. | ?. ‘ o In the proclamation, the “Indepen- dence” of Lithunia allied with the German government is recognized. Lithunia is one of the former Rus- sian border states which the Germans have attempted to set up as a nomin- ally independent country under Ger- man influence. Germany is fighting every effort to exploit the state eco- nomically but except in the case of Poland has not attempted to force the former Russian subjects to fight with the German army as the emper- or’s announcement indicates may. now be done in Lithunia. The attempt to enroll a Polish army on-thesame plea that is now mede. in‘ the: case of Lithunia was a failure and\the “Pol- ish Legion” was disbanded. ‘The Vorwaerts of Berlin said re- cently that strong opposition was de- veloping among the Lithunians to transforming their country into a Ger- man: “semi-federal” state. Entire in- dependence. {s demanded. ‘ The ‘Henna Ree eoote ver A RNER AL OVER | million, and are found mainly in the former Rugsian governments of Kovno, Vitna, Grodno: and Suwalki. LINDBERGH CHARGE DENIED BY JUNKIN St.i Paul,: Minn; May 14++Thomas Parker Junkin, genéral manager of a local publicity ‘service, | pleaded | not guilty in district’ court today to the charge of violating the corrupt prac- tices act, brought against him by Wal- ter W.. Liggett, publicity agent of the ‘Non-partisan league. The charge grew out of the issuance of a book in “This is My 'War,” an answer to a book by Charles A. Lind- berg, Nonpartisan candidate for gov- ernor, It is alleged the former book bore no signature. The case was con- | tinued. first it was only a small paper, pub: | ~~~ ee IS ASKED TO . | PREVENT CONVICTED SEDITIONIST FROM SPEAKING IN THIS STATE Fargo, N. Di, May 14.—Resolutions calling on Governor Frazier to take steps that will prevent N. S. Randall, con- victed at Red Wing, Minn., recently of obstructing the gov- ernment’s war work, from continuing his lecture tour of the state under the auspices of the Nonpartisan league were adopted last night by the Fargo war organization and sent the governor today. The war organization is composed of about 600 Fargo citizens. blocking attack on the U-boat: base, and-thete was hardly a foot of her old hull that didn’t bear scars from the German shells poured at her. Hardly anyone thought she’d come through it —he was an “obsolete” ship. But she did. She -had performed gallantly BATTLE-SCARRED VINDICTIVE AFTER SHE LED BRITISH RAID ON U-BOAT BASE Now her fighting days are over— everybody, kne wthat—and the London papers talked about bringing her up the Thames for public inspection. But the Vindictive wasn’t through—she had no intention of becoming a relic to be stared at by a curious public. She had another good fight left in j Ore ee MeN eater | GERMAN ARTILLERY FIRE MORE VIOLENT London, Eng., May 14.— German artillery fire was vio- lent last night in the Somme and Ancre sectors, says the official statement from Field Marshal Haig today. Fighting in the Champagne Paris, May 14.—Heavy ar- tillery fighting in the Cham- pagne is reported in today’s official statement. | | ° “WHEN WARIS — OVER EXTENT OF DEBT WILL BE APPARENT Writer Declares Little Could Have Been Accomplished Without Cooperation RARE METALS COMMANDERED BY UNGLE SAM All Platinum, Iridium and Pala- dium Held by Refiners Is Taken Over MAY RETAIN 25 PER CENT Washington, D. C., May 14.—All platinum, iridium and paladium held by refiners, some importers, mante facturing jewelers and large deal- has bee ncommandeered by the govern- ment. The price fixed for platinum is $105 per troy ounce. The price fixed for iridium was $175 an ounce, and for paladium $135. ‘Manufacturing jewelers may use 25) per cent of their present stock for commercial purposes, by signing a waiver of all claims for compensation | from the. government by reason of; the requisition. Delivery to the government of man- ufactured platinum’ now held or con-| trolled by jewelers will be waived | provided they sign ta waiver of claim! similar to the manufacturers’ waiver. HEAVY. FROST NORTHWEST Gardens Badly Nipped in Three States Last Night—15 at Devils Lake St. Paul, Minn May 12—Heavy frost was general over the Northwest last night according to reports here today. Numerous reports of minor damage to crops’ have been received At Devils Lake, N. D., the temperature recorded was 15 degrees &bove zero, and gardens in the northern half of that state are said to have suffered. There was some damage to barley in the Dakotas, early reports said. Heavy frost also settled on Wisconsin gardens. MINNEAPOLIS MONEY BUILDING SEATTLE SHIPYARD Minneapolis, Minn., May 14.—More than $500,000 of Minneapolis capital is to be invested in the Norway-Pact- fic Construction and Drydock Co. of Seattle, a recently organized ship-| building concern, according to M..'G. Thomle, president, who is here to day. The company has just signed a contract to build ten steel ships of ent gross tons each, Mr. Thomlo said. her. This time she wasn’t to lana fighting men, or even fire guns. She was stuffed with concrete, fitted with bombs, escorted in the darkness to Ostend, another submarine _rathole, and sunk in the entrance, blocking the reat and bottling up the U-boats inside. gon begun preparations for war while THANKS SKILLED WORKERS Immense Bodies Behind Screen on Both Sides of Atlantic Win Victories London, May 14.—American naval aid has been of greatest help to the British fleet, says Archibald Hurd, writing on the new situation in the north resulting from the Zeebrugg® and Ostend raids, the extension of British mtine fiajds and increasing naval presure against Germany. “When the war is over,” he says, “the nation will form some coaception of the extent of the debt which we owe the American navy for the man: ner in which it has cooperated not only in connection with the’, convoy system, but in fighting the .swbomar- ines.” < Work In Closest Accord. If the naval positioa is improving today as it is, it is duc to the fact that the British and American fleets are working in closest. accord, supported by an immense body of skilled work: ers on both sides of the Atlantic, who are turning out destroyers an) other craft, for dealing with the submarines, as well as mines and bomb3, The Germans can hav2/,\battle whenever they, want it. The’ strength of the grand fleet has been’well tiain-. tained. Some of the finest battleships of the United States navy are.now ay sociated with it. They are not only splendid fighting ships but well offi- cered and manned. ff If Admiral Beatty were asked his opinion, there is.no doubt of what he would say a ie ue of pe ty hich:.the »U! tes. bas..xtven in’ this, respect. The. roattloas une der which the Germans wduld engage us, therefore, are:less favorable thah two years ago. SAMMY AIRMAN |. BRINGS. DOW.N EIGHTH PLANE Sergeant Frank L. Baylies of Stork Esquadrille Bags Another Hun Paris, May 14.—Sergeant Frank L. Baylies of “the stork” escadrijle has brought down another German. ma-_ chine, the eigitth to his credit since February 19. The Sergeant's. home fa, in New Bedford, Mass., and he: for- merly served in the American: field ambulance, CREEL EXPLAINS CENSURED TALK Declares It Would Have Dishon- orable for Country to Mobi- lize Before War iNew York, May 14.—It would have been dishonorable for the Unitea States to have mobilized. it's armies while seeking to avoid conflict by an appeal to international law, asserted George Creel, chairman of the com: mittee on Public information, in ex- plaining in an address here last night what he had meant by declaring in a recent speech that he was proud the United States had entered the war unprepared. a “The administration had two cours es to pursue after the German out- rages on our vessels at sea,” he said. “one was to appeal to international law, which was the right of neutral nations; the other was to appeal to arms and to go to war with Ger many. “It appears that the president pre ferred to make his appeal to interna- tional law, which he did. Germany subsequently disregarded it’s promises and the president asked congress to declare a state of war on April 6, 1917. ‘At that time this country was not ared for war. Had Mr. Wilson be- he asking gor arbitration in law, would have been drawing the sword with one hand, while holding out the other for a signed agreement.” STATE FEDERATION “ OF LABOR PLANNING ANNUAL CONVENTION 'S. S. MéDonald of Grand: Forks, president of the North Dakota Feder- ation of Labor, is in the city making plans for the annual state convention of the federation to be held June 2 and 3 at Fargo in conjunction with the delication « of the new $50,000 labor temple erected by Gate City trades unionists, and which is held to be the finest labor building between the twin cities and Butte. %