The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1918, Page 1

Probably showers tonight. Ag j THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 182, ‘HE’ BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1918. PRICE: FIVE CEN TS, GREATEST BA GERMANY FACES GREATEST FOOD CRISIS OF WAR ‘e Situation More:Critical Than at Any, Time Since Big | Struggle Began 44 PEOPLE FACE STARVATION \ Even with Reduced. Ration Ef- \ fective June 1, Supplies Will Not Suffice - Washington, D. C.;. May, 21—The food situation in Germany, officials. i here. believe, is the amost critical it 4 has been at anytime. Information reaching Washington from many. sour- ’ ces indicate that even with the re i duced rations planned for June 1 the i country will not have enougp food to carry the population through to thé next harvest and further reductions will have to be made.: The reduced ration was to have been put into operation March 1, but the measure was postponed in the hope that, grain would be forthcoming : in large quantities from the Ukraine. | «When this hope vanished, the..Ger-) : man government saw the reduction was inevitable. Germany began con- suming her 1917 wheat crop two months before it was intended to start on it, andthe potato crop has not turned out nearly so well as Ger- man agricultural interests had hoped. | ‘EVIDENCE OF @ = GERMAN-IRISH |, Goverament Agents Reported to \ Have Unearthed Evidence” \ | \* in This Couatry ALL QUIET IN DUBLIN Total Absence ‘of Bxeltement Is + Washington, D. 3 an dence of plotting/;petween 4aqrman and irish agents in chis country for. an up- rising Yn Ireland has been uncovered by United States government agents, J und is partly responsible tor recent arrest of Irish leaders, by ‘the British governmeni. ‘This evidence, which may be made public soon, is understood to show det- initely that Irish leaders, mainly Sinn- i keinn sympathizers in the United | States, have been in touch with Ger- man: representatives who agreed to furnish money to finance a rebellion in Ireland. There was even some dis- cussion of the chances of sending Ger- man soldiers to‘take part in thé war: fare on Irish soil. jiyei ye ye The uprising was set for about this t time when the Germans ‘had‘planned to feach the channel port after their « y great drive in Fyance, ang it was be- q lieved England would, be. thrown’ into confusion by the German yictories. PaTust FEE NO EXCITEMENT IN London, Eng.,.May, 21.—A t * sence of excitement in Dublin fs re: } ported in all digpatchés tq the morn- i ing newspapers from. the Irish capital, " and as far as is known there has been no untoward incidents, in, connection with the Sinn-Feinn -unrest’ inthe country. There is no outward indica. >. uon that anything is. happening ov z: about to happen outside Ireland's daily routine. é shee A correspondent of,.the Daily Mail . says tae calm {s unsenational, and|. the people appear unpeturbed by the! recent happenings. Conscription in..:reland continues to hold attention. {> RED RIVER HAS ENOUGH RAIN 10 RUNTO JULY 4) ; Nearly Two Inches of Precipita- ‘ toin Reported in Fargo in Last Sixty Hours Fargo, N. D., May 21\—Heavy rain is falling in the Red River valley to- day covering virtually the whole of North Dakota. The rain will do won- ders for the grain, some of which needs moisture badly, and some of which was injured by frost. Observ- ers declare this moistire will carry the crop to July 1 at least. Nearly two inches of rain has fallen in Far- go in 60 hours. ‘ The temperature is below normal. ————— NO DUTCH SAILINGS. ‘The Hague, May 21.—The Dutch government has prohibited the sailing of all Dutch steamships from Dutch ports. Sailing vessels and costa) fish- ing craft are excepted from the rul- ng. > wes os ve iow quid’ tire and pofson gas, the’ Zeppelin RENEW TERRIFIC (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) London, ‘May 21.—The great battle in ‘Picardy and Flanders is about to be renewed. It will be the greatest battle in the world’s history. The fate of civiliza- tion depends ‘upon it. Field Marshal Vom Hindenburg has been feverishly reférming his divis- ions and preparing=to renew the of- fensive. It is now thdicated that the first blow will be lainched this week —two, months after, the beginning of the’ first stage of the battle. Moon Now Favorable to Hindenburg’s Plans. The moon is now in about the same Stage;as at the ‘beginning of the March drive. ‘the Germans do most of their fighting at night, Hin- denburg isn’t oveflooking any little details like that. According 1o the estimates of the French general staff, the Germans have massed 1,800000. men along the front ‘for the nel drive. | The allies aréf not, in the habit of announcing the: number of men in their armies, but: it is an open secret that they too, Bave been reinforcing their lines in’ preparation for the terrific battle. ‘ The greater part of their reinfoyce- ments are made up of American sol- diers, who have, been) pouring to the front in a steidy stream for two tional army men.’ The battle will ne ‘the first test for the. American. troops. ‘They. will take as important a part in it as the French and British. : ' Germans Believed to Be Preparing Triple Orive. There have been some. indications paring, for a triple drive along these lines: ‘i i 4—A great offensive against the French: and British on the front, calculated to capture and Arras and fh to the sea. | 2a naval offensive against the British fleet in the North Sea. 3—A terrific drive by the Aus- trians against the Italians to cap- ‘ Since:the -war began it’ has been typical German ‘strategy to spring 2 surp }. offensive Se eeeeie ine WSO IE bombardments, and’ the most ‘recent; tid 75-mile gun ‘that shelled Paris when the spring drive began, are in- stances. : ‘What. will time? Germans Willing to -| Give 700,000 More Lives. Some critics believe it will come in the form’ of a descent upon the Eng- lish coast by a German fleet greater OPPOSITION 10 HUN-AUSTRIAN ALLIANGE SEEN Von. Hertling and Von Kuehl- mann Openly Voice Antag- onism. 40. Proposal London, May 21.—Strong opposition to the recently arranged alliance be- tween Germany 4nd@- Austria-Hungary‘ | is' voiced by Chancellor Von Hertling and Foreign Secretary Von Kuehiman, taecording to reports received in the ‘Hague and transmitted by the cor- respondent of the Daily Mail. The chancellor and foreign secretary are reported to haveidaid:that they wash- ed their hands of the entire matter as they objected to the methods by which thé military part of the con- vention was devised over their heads by the German higher command. General Ludendorf is said to be in- sisting that the agreement be passea and. signed at once. Whe miélittrA sections bind each party to aid the other with. all iis forces. against any and every enemy, thus compelling Austria to place all her forces at the disposal of Ger- many. ¢. Indianapolis, Ind. May 20.—Charles W. Fairbanks, i former vice president of the United States, is critically ill at his home here with Bright’s disease. His con- dition was better today than for a few days past, it was reported, but vhysicians stated tonight that he may not recover. SWEDEN SAVES HUN PLANES. London, Eng. May 21.—Two German aeroplanes of a new and large type which were forced to land in the ‘North Sea were rescued by Swedish steam- ers telegraphs the correspondent of the Evchange Telegraph Co. These are the machines mentioned in the of- ficial British air report as having been driven down in the seajafter the raid Sunday. months. Among‘them are many na-| that the German general staff is pre-) on the foe at the opening |. Cj the surprise’ “be this)" FORMER VICE PRESIDENT C. W. | FAIRBANKS IS CRITICALLY ILL! DRIVE ON WHICH HANGS THE WORLD'S FATE than ever before assembled. But the British and American-fleets are ready er, in. fact, for such. a mave- and secondary to. the gregt business which lies before the German general staff—namely, the effort to, destroy the allied armies and force a German made peace on the world. Hindenburg: has been quoted as ‘say- dng that he will sacrifice ‘a million men to bring victory in the:new drive. Its first stage cost him 300,000, so it is safe to assume that-‘he will, not stop this time unti) 700,000 more have been hurled: into the inferno. | This forms the best possible: cri- terion of what the-battle will be like. Huge. masses of German. soldiers will be thrown, wave after wave, against the allies lines, ; to, Cs left. mnepeied. and dead gn. the field. Phe, fighting will Shean ‘gcuatarianesein tha: the world has yet’ witnessed; «” Employing such tactics in -an ‘of- fensive, we must be prepared to hear that the enemy has gained some ground at first. | Foch Must Save His Armies Intact. | But the German objective is not the capture of more French or Bel- gian territory: despite all’ the talk about.the drive for the channel ports jand for Paris. into the French. and British lines which will enable Von Hindenburg to cut one or thé other armies off, sur- | round it and destroy it. ; |. If the alileg can be pocketed in the | southwestern corner: of Belgium and the northwestern corner of France, this danger will become a real men- ase, General Foch, commander-ia-chiet of +-thé allied forces, theréfore: fares, the task of: saving’ his armies intact, st whatever: ‘cost. in: territory. “..Even though théjallief péjdriven:to the ea, there is every, for confiderice in his ability“toldoy Bea Drive to Be entered ° at Two'Roints on’ Frost.’ < ‘The German drive, in°the, opinion of two points: will be. -centered , at: Hs} in ie TH - wélige into. the, allied line ‘and cost the: British the towns of Armen —tieres and, This portion ‘of ‘the front is nearegt the chan- nel ports of Dunkirk und -alais. © The tine hete’is held mainly by the British-although éome French, Belgian: and :Pertugese ‘units are helping. 6 main purpose of an offensive:ati Ypres i:not the-cap- tire of that (ruined city, but to cut off the!British from theif “imain’ hases.at Amiens and Arras. . TO BECOME GENERALS Washington, D. C., May 21—Nomination of Major General March, acting chief of staff to bea full general, and of General Bliss, chief of | staff, to be a general _ by | brevet:wWas sent by President Wilson’ to the senate today, MARCH AND BLISS " | | | | | a eee aE | ° hs ¢ HANLON & OKES MUST PATCH U: City Commission Serves Notice -on Contractors in ‘Down- Town District The city commission by resolution has served notice on Hanlon & Okes, thecontractors who laid the bitulithic pavement in the down-town district, that defective, work must be repaired immediately. ‘In many sections of the first district the pavement is rutted and gouged out, and it has caused a great deal of unfavorable comment. Under the contractors’ bond they have guaranteed the pavement for a certain number of years, and the city will hold them to their guaranty or declare tehir bonds forfeit. ‘> o AAAOAAA Wessessddtad tA TAIL lewOASastbbbstsbtssts Ad tevtslted GHARLES. W. FAIRBANKS. TTLE IN. GERMANS WITH NEARLY 2,000,000 MEN mi g bites is This would be merely: a diversion, |" It's real aim is to drive a wedge; [the majority of the, military. critics, | ‘POOR PAVEMENT) Mfnot Girl Dies. . After Eating . >» Poison Candy - Minot, «N. D., May 21— Grace Berkelo, three-year- old daughter ‘of .a local hotel proprietor, died: in. convul- toddy leas “than, an. fter® she ‘ig@aten indy purchased at a local: confectionery... An’ investi- gation to determine wheth- -er'the candy contained poi- son is being made. : HUNTINGTON IS DEPOSED FROM VIRGINIA R'Y Disobedience of Railroad Admin- istration’s Orders Given as Cause for Cut FIRST TO 'BE REMOVED | McAdoo Hints That Similar Ac- tion May Be Taken in Other Cases If Needed ; Washington, D. C., May 21.—C. W. | Huntington of New York has been re- moved by Director General McAdoo as president of the Virginian. railway for disobedience of the railroad ad- ministration’s order for maintenance and improvement of his road. J, H. Young, of Norfolk, Va., has been ap pointed federal director of the road. The Virginian is a coal carrying road running from Deepwater, W. Va., to Norfolk, Va. Huntington is the first railroad president to be removed by | Director General McAdoo but it was hinted today at railroad administra- tion: headquarters that similar action might be taken against other execu- tives, who do.not cooperate well with the federal management. The complaint against Mr. Hunting- tons was that he failed to comply promptly with the suggestions and [orders of the railroad administration insisting on: technicalities involved and consulting at length with the road's counsel before carrying out in- structions. fy BRITISH MAKE HUN PRISONERS Northwest of Merville,in Flan- ders Salient, Allies Im- prove Position London, May 21.—Northwest of ‘Merville, in the Flanders,salient, the British improved ‘their’ position’ last night, the war office announced . Thirty prisoners and six machine {for the convention have. not been MEET TONIGHT 10 PLAN HOTEL MEN'S MEBTING Business Men of Bismarek Are ‘ a, secondary. attack along: this line to Big’ Convention BROUGHT. BY. PATTERSON Host of the McKenzie: Seored : Beat on Bigger: Cities ‘1 at Minneapolis As is generaly known, Bismarck has been selected by the Northwestern Hotel Men’s association as the place for holding the 1918 convention of that. organization, and the time has now arrived when it is necessary to set the date and perfect the arrange- ments for the forthcoming convention, The Northwestern Hotel Men's asso-|; ciation is composed of proprietors and representatives of the leading hotels in six northwestern states, and the holding of this convention in Bis- marck will be a very important event for North Dakota and the capital city. It is very necessary that we complete the arrangements for entertaining this convention without further delay, and I therefore request representatives of the Commercial club and represen- tatives of all Bismarck hotels to meet with me in the parlor of the Hotel McKenzie at. 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening, May 21, to set the date for the! convention and complete the necessary arrangements. E. G. PATTERSON, Chairman Convention Committee for North Dakota, It is not improbable that: the an- nual convention of the Northwestern Hotel Men's association, which Mine Host Edward G. Patterson of the Mc- Kenzie has procured for Bismarck, will assume the nature of a food con- servation conference for the boni- faces of the northwest. The dates set, but they prabably will be fixed for a time when Food Administrator Hoover can send one of his best known assjstants here to address’ the hotel men, and it has been suggested that Dr. E. F. Ladd, food administrator for ‘North Dakota, may call a meeting at this time of the state hotel men who recently enrolled in a voluntary food conservation association. Dates for the convention will be set at a meet- ing of Bismarck business men called by Mr. Paterson at the McKenzie ho- tel this evening. The Northwest Hotel Men’s asso- ciation covers Iowa, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Wis- consin. At tke fife“#ert. annuai con- vention, held at t).c Radisson in Min- neapolis last July, Bismarck was un- animously voted t}.e sixteenth annual mecting on invitaticn of Mr. Patter- son, who described the cxpital city as ,ot. quite so large as Minneapolis, "1 wool doa yard wide, anc one of the prettiest ttle towns in be United States.” -Mr. Patterson’s invitation received the emnnort ‘North Dakota Hotel Men’s association represented by President Klaus, and ‘Bismarck was unanimously designated as the 1918 convention city. This will be the first time in the history of the association that it has met in a HISTORY OPENS __ * FRONT THIS WEE BATTLE; NAVAL 2—Between Amiens and Mont- didier, on the southern extrem- ity of the line—the Picardy of- fensive. Here the army of Gen- eral Pershing is entrenched. Montdidier is likely to become as famous in American history as Valley Forge or Gettysburg. Sec- retary Baker has stated that America, has half a million sol- diers in France, and of these a large number are concentrated on this front to save the allied army © from the new blow. The German strategy in preparing for this double advance has in mind two things; if successful, it will force the' allies to retreat along the whole Mne from Montdidier to the sea; it will also prevent General Foch from shifting his men from one zone. to stem a German onrush in the other. Second Defense System Prepared by Reserves The first contingency Foch has pre- pared for by building a tremendous second defense system behind the present line. If the allies are forced to fall back, therefore, they willbe able to make a stand in strongly for- tified positions, on soil which has not been drenched with the blood of countless battles. It has been confirmed that Foch’s famous “army of maneuver,” or re- serve army, made up of troops of all the allies, under the direction of the Versailles war council, has been work- ing for months in perfecting 27 lines of arenches behind the present battle zone. The advance on Amiens would have to be in a triangular wedge formed by the rivers Somme and Avr, which meet at Amiens. Both sides of this triangle are under the fire of the French and American guns, which will inflict tremendous losses on a Ger man:army attempting to take Amiens. Heaviest Fighting Will Come ‘Before Amiens. For this reason the Germans will be in a precarious position, open to flanking attacks from the south as well as‘ the west, unless they first weaken the allied line to the north of Amiens. From Amiens. and. Montdidier the line now turns at a sharp angle .to the east, following the line of the Olse attract ‘the allied reserves away from the center and to: make the ‘battle appear'like an. advance on .Paris: ‘This attack, however, is not likely to develop info. a ‘threatening ‘of- fensive. i y ‘All things considered, the heaviest fighting will:take place before Amiens. Hers. they’ will in al probability de- ubliver’ the supreme blow which em- braves ‘all Germany's final hopes for victory. ‘> FIVE OF MACHINES THAT MADE RAID ON | LONDON ARE DOWN London, May 21.—Of the 20 to 30 Gotha machines which took part in the raid on London on Sunday night, five are reported officially to have been brought down. Of- ficial confirmation is lacking to the report that two others fell into the North sea. CROWDER HOPES FOR 750,000 IN REGISTRATION Fully Million Will Register and 75 Per Cent Will Be Avail- able for Draft Washington, D. C., May 21.—Estl- mates today by Major General Crowd- er that probably three-quarters of a million men will be obtained for the army by the registration on June 5 of all youths who have attained 21 years of age since June 5 last. Fully a million youths, according to General Crowder's estimate, will be registered. At least onefourth of them, he thinks, will be exempted on various grounds. 8 DAKOTANS IN CASUALTIES Donnybrook, Talemo and Minot Boys Numbered Among Wounded Today Washington, D. C., May 21.—The divided as follows: Killed in action 3; died of wounds 1; died of accident 7; died of disease. 2, wounded severely 18; wounded slightly 8; missing in action 2. Among ‘those contained in the list are: guns were taken. A counter attack on the new positions launched’ this morning after a period of heavy shell- ing was crushed. by British artillery ‘land machine guns. city so small as Bismarck, but the hotel facilities and other metropolitan advantages here are considered more than sufficient to provide ample en- (Coninued on page two) Wounded severely: IRVINE E. Mc- CORMACK; ‘DONNYBROOK, N. D; Wounded slightly: PRIVATES EL- MER .L.. DOKKEN, Palermo, N._D.; LYMON J. JOHNSON, Minot, N. D. casualty list today contained 41 names, | PERSHING’S SOLDIERS IN THICK OF GREAT OFFENSIVE: MAY." COME AT THE SAME TIME How the German Divisions Are Massed . The French general staff bag dis- covered that the German. divisions are placed in this manner along the ront: Arnim. . . wg 110 me a oe r° Ten divisions (120,000: men) be- tween ‘Nieuport and Ypres, urider.: command of General Sixt Ven Arnim. Forty divisions (480,000 .men) between Ypres and the Lal Canal, just north of Arras, under General Sieger, One hundred division (1,200; 000 men) on the 50-mile front: be tween LaBassee and Mentdidier, under General Von Below. r It was no doubt because of the great concentration of Germans’ de fore Amiens that General Foch pick- ed this part of the line to be'strength- lery. i Germany Calls Every ‘Man and Boy to Front. To counteract the reinforcement of the allied armies, Germany has called into the fray every man, boy and: mar chine she could rake together for her last great adventure. ‘ be Traffic on all the German railways for a week has been stopped to per- ‘mit the passage of troops. They have been taken from Rumania, from Rus- sia, rote the peat ‘and “fielde— éven from the hospitals of Germany, Hindenburg has been refitting..gi- visions which are. half composed*'of wounded men only partially recovered and of boys of 18 and 19. For ae. beginning of the spring drive,he de- pended largely on the class ‘of: 1916, boys of 21, but now he’has dipped im. tothe nation’s man-power to Wt ex; tent of. calling the, classes of 1919. and 1920 farahead of their time. 4 Ludendorf Gives Word for Renewal of Battle. i get For:two .weeks allied airmen. have brought reports.of great activity: be hind the German. lines .while pg 2 fantry was idle, resting for the pew: attacks. In the meantime, the Ger mon artillery. has. been bombarding. with, cver“increasing intensity "1ho whole allied front from Yprés to ple have shown théir imputico heve the drive started anil oer ag The military authorities hove, been feeding them with excuses,’ such ss had weather, the necessity for réfofin- ing shattered armies, etc. 1 eer (But now ‘everything is. in readiness, ° and Ludendort, chief of the general staff, has given the word and, named the. date for resumption of the atrug- gle. - Tho, fate, of the world may be dactd- ed in the next few weeks. poh ALLIES TAKE ADVANTAGEOR- TRUTON DBLAYS Improve Positions Here: and There by Strong Local: Attacks on Huns or Delay in launching of the great;ex- pected German offensive epparently is giving the allied troops litle ,con- cern as they improve their poajtions here and there by strong local dt- tacks. . Whether the Germans gre preparing to renew the heavy tigh:- ing is not yet clear, but strangely they do not react against the Anglo- French nibbling tactics. tie On the Lys front, between Mont Kemmel dnd the hefghts of Mont Rouge, ney Scherpenberg, the French have greatly improved their positions in a forward, movement along a front of'two miles. Not only were import- ant gains made, but more than 400 German prisoners captured. The cn- emy as yet have made no counter at- tack tl Between the Somme, and the Arras, the British and the French are ‘bar- assing the Germans by rushing their outposts. The German artillery fire is especially violent south of the Somme and north of Bethune, uortu- west of Arras. To Bethune has come the fate of so many other jowns and. cities of Northern France and it is now a mass of ruins as the result of the German bobardment. Ther is no let up in the intense acrial’activ- ity. British aviators have. destroyed 27 German machines, and driver down % others out of control, as well as burning three balloons. Bomolag squadrons also are busy behind the German lines, and Monday @. ton of: bombs was dropped on Landi orth: west of Karlsrhue on ue Rhine. Sev- eral fires were started. pare On the Italian and Macedonian fronts, there have been strong ‘patrol actions. aise i * KANSAS TORNADO ©... KILLS FIVE PEOPLE | Hays, Kan., May 21.—/ tornado sweeping. over. the: northern part of Ellis county: | this morning killed’ five: per? | sons and caused considerable | destruction of property. Mr.* |.and Mrs: Alexander ® Geis | and their three grandchi isdken were killed. er oe ened ‘by the American men and artil: ”