The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1918, Page 1

\\. WP oh : Be ’ wth § ay) ; ta J ~ es a rN, i } 1 i THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 137. "BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1918, CK TRIBU ————— | N [ ( AST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALLIES LA |LINDBERGH, LEAGUE IN MINNESOTA DENIED THE USE OF HALLS IN CITY OF DULUTH Duluth, Minn., May 28.—After he had been refused the use lof Shriners’ Auditorium late yesterday, Charles Lindbergh, Non- |partisan candidate for the nomination for governor, hired the Woodman hall, west end, and paid for it, but when he and his -keys were turned in the doors and the trus- informed Mr. Lindbergh that there would 7 eo SAMMIES IN COUNTER NOVE OUTWIT HUNS Pershing in Communique De- clares That Troops Show Great Valor _—_ AMERICAN’ LOSSES ARE VERY LIGHT Heavy Casualties Were Inflicted Upon Germans by United States Forces Washington, D. C., May 28.—Another section of Gen- | eral Pershing’s communique | of yesterday, made public to- | day by the war department, | | | said that an enemy bombard- ment and a gas attack on American advance positions | in Picardy before daylight | yesterday was repulsed by | counter attacks. ‘Two places, i | | | | i in ‘the Atnerican lines were penetrated: An attempted raid accompanied by artillery fire in the Woevre also was repulsed. There were gas at- tacks in Lorraine yesterday. %. “Section B—In Picardy before day- light this morning the enemy after a violent bombardment with high ex- plosives and gas, attacked our advance positions in three detachments. In two places he penetrated small por- tions of. our front lines. Shortly af- terward our troops counterattacked, expelled the Germans at all points and occupied part of the German trenches. Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy and some prisoners were ta- ken. , Our casualties are light. In one case an American was taken prisoner ibut was rescued by counter attacks. and all of his captors were killec. Our troops displayed a fine offensive spirit at’ all times and have achieved a notable success. During the early hours of the morn- ing in the. Woevre. & hostile fire, sup- ported ‘by violent’ artillery fire. at- tempted a raid upon our lines. This force, which was composed of three officers and about one hundred men; well equipped with light machine guns blew up, our wire sand attempted to capture portions of.our trenches. They were completely repulsed by our.in- fantry and our artillery, leaving one officer and; four men dead; ‘in’ our trenches and out wounded prisoner in our hand§s>;Fittéen ‘or ‘twenty, dead |<? were observed near our wire and ten stretchers weré seen being carried from this point. Here also our Josss appear to have been relatively slight. | | marine, in an address at Dusseldorf on party arrived, the, tees of the buil be no meeting there. i “I, would not: do anything to \is quoted as having said to C. J. man hall. i “I understand you won't,” w | swer. BELGIUM SAYS Former Minister of Marine! Voices Ambitions of Prus- sian Military Party M Amd#terdam, (May 28:-We must retain Belgium economically, politic- ally and militarily,” said Admiral Von Tirpitz, former German minister of Sunday, as quoted in the Nachrich- |ten of that city. The admiral’s address was delivered | before the Dusseldorf branch of the reactionary fatherland party, where he is one of the leading supporters. ‘Speaking of Germany's, requirements after the war, he said: “Neither. central. Europe, the Orient nor northern Europe can supply us with raw materials requisite to our industries. “We need to have the sea free from Anglo-Saxon tyranny for that pur- jose.!? Apparently the admiral did not men- was. discussed at the same meeting in a-highly optimistic manner ‘by Herr Bathmeister, 2 deputy in the Tandtag. DRAKE BOY IS KILLED IN ACTION Army Casualty List Issued’ by Government Contains Hl 38 Names | Washington, D. C., May 28—The army casualty list today contained | | VON TIRPITZ | liveratéty! “Yesterday in Lorraine, the enemy | ‘3 names, divided as follows: was usually active in bombarding our! , Killed in action, 7; died of wounds, trenches with gas and in patrolling.|1; died uf drowning, 1; died of dis- On one occasion a patrolling party ap-:ease, 5; wounded severely, 18; miss- proached our lines with cries of ‘Kam-| ing in action, 6. erad,’ our troops replied with rifle; Ortticers named included: Major | fire. One of the hostile detachment Raoul Lufbery, Dieppe, France, killed | was killed and his Lody secured.” | in action; Lieutenant Walter B. Schaf- a ae et ‘er, Ottumwa, lowa, missing in action. | The list: Killed’ in action: Ma- \jor Raoul Lufbery. Dieppe, France; Z ; Sergeant Carl Leforge, Flemingsbure, | r, " i Ky.; Corporal Christian S. Anderson, i iis Spencer, lowa; Privates Arthur S. A 40: Cook, Chicago, Ill.; James P. MecKin- ei Ries 'ney, Batesville, Ark.; avid D. Nea- uhh |renberg, Drake, N. Dir Ezra Woods, 3 |New Milford, Conn. | | Died of wounds: Private Jos. Ast, : ‘ ; Lawrence, Mass. 4 : 7 | Died’ of disease: Corporal Alexan- Washington, May 28.—Major Gen-ider Dodge. Algonac, Mich.; Privates eral Leonard Wood's request that hei Jas. Burton, Salada, S C.; Alfred A. be given more active duty than aS/ Ferguson, New York; Walter P. Hen- commander of the western depart-| nesy, Scrariton,. Je.¢ William Roe, ment, it. was understood today, will be; Russell, Kan. and “Thow' shalt not covet.” granted by the war department, ana the general wil be assigned to train another division of troops, probably at Camp Funston. General Wood's detachment from command of the 89th division at Camp Funston, which will go overseas, ane his assignment as commander of the western department became known yesterday. At a conference yesterday with Sec- retary Baker, General Wood requested that if he could not be sent abroad, he at least be given active work to do. This request, it is understood, will be granted. Just ‘before General Wood's engage- ment with the president, Secretary Ba- ker went to the white house and took with him General March, the new chief of staff. It was the first time the chief of staff had been in con ference with the president. ODD FELLOWS PLAN FOR BIG MEETING Grand Forks, N. D., May 28.—Plans for the annual grand encampment of North Dakota Odd Fellows. to be held || here June 4, 5 and 6, have been prac- tically completed. Grand Patriarch G. N. Noyes of Cogswell) will respond to Mayor H. M. Wheeler’s address of welcome. A memorial program wil be held Thursday morning. The 148 North Dakota Odd Fellow lodges are expected to have from 400 to 500 del-| egates in attendance. WILL TRAIN 850 MEN. Minneapolis, Minn., May 28—The University of Minnesota has signed a contract with the war department for the training of 850 national army men beginning June 15, it was announced today. Of the total 500 will be trained at the Agricultural College in St. Paul and 350 will be assigned to. the main campus for training under the engin- eering faculty. Died, Drowning: Private Mike | Shade, ‘Makarova, Voronsh, Russia. Wounded Severely: Sergeant Eli- |Jah F. Pettis, Gordo, Ala.: Corporals John G. Flynt, Mount Olive, Miss.; Oro Ockerman, Koleen, Ind.: Arthur H. Quick, Kansas City, Mo.; Wagoner Dexter J. Leclair, Albany, N. Y. Pri; jvates Foster R. Barry, McKeesport, Pa.; Timothy J. Callaghan, Gortdaring, {Ireland; Roy R. Carter, Punexsautany, | Pa.: James A. Holland, Brooklyn, Y | Arthur M. Hubard~New Haven, | William Kearns, Morris Park, Omar E. Lahue, St. Joseph, Mo.; ‘Her- jbert J. Lewis, Malden, Mass.; Ben Moats, Oglesby, Tex.; Herman H. Reich, Blomer. Wis.; Samuel Swartz, Chicago; Jan Spelak, Detroit; Michael |T. Wilman, Ashland, Wis. | Missing in action: Lieutenant Wal- ter B. Schaefer, Ottumwa, Ia. / Pri- vates Frank J. Aliano, Bristol, Conn.; Raymond C. Kerby, New Haven; An- ton Linhart, Bee, Neb.; Chas. M. Mc- Govern, Charlestown, ‘Mass.; Clarence Mitchell, St. Louis, Mo. | * «THE TIDE London, May 28.—The Germans yes- terday forced a passage of the Aisne river west of the British sector, com- pelling the left of the British line to ‘fall back, the war office announces. The enemy maintained pressure all jday yesterday against the British on the Aisne front. Severe fighting con- tinues today. In Flanders, on the Lys front, local fighting was resumed this morning. ‘The Germans are developing attacks ; of great strength along the entire Aisne front. The announcement follows: ‘‘Con- tinuous pressure was maintained by the enemy all day yesterday against the British troops engaged on the Aisné front, and severe fighting is stil: % CANDIDATE get you in bad,” Mr. Lindbergh Andersonfi trustee of the Wood- vas Mr. Anderson’s reported an- “My speech is loyal and is only to advance my candid: f governor,” Mr. Lindbergh further is quoted. y cama “T understand,” Mr. Anderson said, and walked away. Eight hundred men had assembled to hear Mr. Lindbergh’s talk. “MUST KEEP ? HOOSIER AVIATOR * DIES IN TAIL SPIN | New York, May 28.—Ca- det Charles B. Passwater of | Noblesville, Ind.,.was killed { at the Hempstead, L, I., army aviation field today when an airplane in which he attempt- ed to negotiate a “tail spin” ! at an altitude of 2,000 feet, crashed to the ground. le EERE, 8 0 °. LUSK GASE TO JURY BY WEDNESDAY Closing Arguments in Wiscon- sin’s ‘Triangle Murder Case Being. Made Waukesha, Wis.;; May, 28.—Closing arguments in the trial.of Grace Lusk who is charged with the murder of Mrs. ‘Mary Newman Roberts, ‘began to- day and it is hoped that ‘the case will be in the hands of the jury by tomor- row night. Rive experta, retained: Iny.the. de The German-attack ‘th Flanders was| fense testified that Miss Lusk was in- sane at thte time of the shooting, and experts retained by the state testified that she was quite sane. The defend- ant herself testified that she had no recollection of, the, shopting, but the state through a wit s quoted her’ saying shortly afterfthe tragedy: “Yea, I shot her because she called me such awful « names,omit T do not funder- stand how] dj¢ is) aD D. S. Tullar, who made. the ppening argument for the prosecution, de- manded the extreme penalty of the law for the defendant. Mr. Tullar argued that the evidence proved that Miss Lusk was sane at the time of the tragedy and quoted her own testi- mony as proof of her ability to distin- guish between right and wrong. Mr. Tullar told the jury to remem- | ber that Dr“ Roberts was not on trial} and that the only question that faces them was the guilt or innocence of the defendant on charge of murdering Mrs. Roberts. He also quoted the commandments “Thou shalt not kill” | Henry Lockney began the argument | to the jury for the defense. He de-| clared that the jury had the choice; of five verdicts as follows: Guilty of; first degree murder, guilty of-second | degree murder, guilty of manslaughter | in the third degree, not guilty and not guilty because insane. The first he} said, involved premeditation, the s¢c- | ond was without premeditation, and) the third was any slaying done in the) heat of anger. | Mr. Tullar asserted tha at the in-; terview on June 21 between Miss Lusk | and Mrs. Roberts, the school teacher, | after being assailed for her relations with Dr. David Roberts, deliberately went upstairs, obtained a pistol and on her return “calmly and deliberate- ly” fired a ‘bullet through Mrs. Rob- erts’ body. The shot not proving fatal, Mrs. Roberts ran from the room, pursued by her assailent, but was finally forcea Y.|to turn in a corner when the last shot was ‘fired, Mr. Tullar claimed. y.: | Miss usk then fled up stairs, he.said, and attempted to end her own life, | “in an effort to cheat the law.” MINNEAPOLIS | CADET KILLED San Antonio, Tex., May 28.—Flying cadet Paul M. Currie of Minneapolis, was killed in a fall in an airplane jast night near San Antonio. William A. Currie of Minneapolis is his fath- er. & taking place on the whole front of the Eritish sector. “Toward the end of the day the Weight of the enemy's attacks carried his troops across the river Aisne to {the west of the British- sector and compelled the left of our line to fall back. The enemy is developing his attacks in great strength along the whole of the Aisne battlefront. “On the Lys front local fighting was recommenced this morning in the area east of DickeDusch lake. “On the remainder of the British front a number of prisoners have been taken by our troops in successful raids carried out at diferent points during the night and the artillery has beer: active on both sid s.” UNCH eee it so calmly and de-} | crossing jt seems probable that a de- | termined following up of the enemy; | ‘% | with th eproceeds from fines. OF BATTLE cs HUNS CROSS AISNE ALONG TWENTY MILES Battle Is Continuing Fiercely | While Germans Struggle for River -Vesle BRITISH RIGHT) FLANK NOT GREATLY AFFECTED Attack in Flanders by Teutons Believed to Be a Subsid- iary Affair (By Associated Press.) The Germans, striking south from the Chemin des dames after carrying that important, ridge/Festerday, have pushed rapidly and ¢fected a cross- ing of the Aisne river. ietween Vailly and Berry-au-bac. % This represents a front of nearly twenty miles along which the armies of the crown prince have crossed the Aisne. In additidn they have pushed south: of 'the river ‘and are striking for the river, Yésle, which parallels the: Aisne along the greater part of this front at an average distance of about five miles. The battle is continuing fiercely along the whole Aisne front today, the brunt of it being borne by the French. French communications are excellent in this sector however, and the probability is that reserves are speedily being sent up to the threaten- ed points, ‘The British when the battle started apparently were holding a line ap- proximately twelve miles long, Dbe- tween Bermicourt, several miles north- west of Rheims, and Craonelle, across the Aisne to the northwest, the line straddling ‘the Aisne at about: mid- way. this distance, near Berry-au-bac. There is rio indication that’the Brit- ish right flank was materially. affect- ed by the shdck. The. left flank, how- ever, felt the effect of. the .impact upon the French front further wast where a crossing of: the Aisne was forced, and the British left was ob- liged to fall back in ‘conformity. The British line to the west of Berry-au-bac ,is now apparently whol- ly south of the Aisne. * evidently a subsidiary affair, although there was an extremely heavy concen- tration of.troops for the limited front attacked. The French bore the brunt of this blow and repulsed it. The ‘Germans succeeded only in «pushing in something like a half mile south ‘of Dickebusch lake. ‘ | This inorning the Britsh and French ‘made a.counter attack in this sector lwhi¢h; was progressing well at lat- test advices and promised’to turn the whole German effort on the northern front into a complete failure which had cost the enemy heavily. ‘Military opinion seems to be sway-; ing between the view that the attack betweeg Soissons’ and Rheims, is the main enemy effort, or whether he is planning to deal an even greater blow at the Amiens front. In view of the persistence with which the Germans are following up their early success in forcing the Aisne effort, in the shape of a drive for Paris will be looked for. BISBEE MIX-UP. PART OFI. W..W. CONSPIRACIES Government Charges. Wobblies| Planned General Drive for June, 1916 Chicago, Ill, May 28.—The Indus-; trial war in the southwest, culminat- ing in the Bisbee, Ariz., deportatons | jlast year, figured in correspondence seized from the personal files of I. W. W. leaders and placed in the ev- | idence by the government today at the | ‘trial of 112 I: W. W. leaders for vio- Nation of the espionage act, The disorders in the big mining d.s-| trict, the government charged, was a part of the general conspiracy dir- ected from I. W. W. headquarters to/| j disrupt the nation’s. war program. The big drive “into the trenches of | capitalism” was set for last June,| one letter read today indicated. It was from the files of Grover H. Per- iry, leader in the Arizona labor battles. | oe \ THIRD OF MILLION TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS The state treasurer has apportion- ed to the schools of North Dakota the | quarterly May ‘accumulation in the interest and income fund, together The to- tal is $369,990.88, distributed among 201,082 school children at the rate of $1.84 per capita. FIRST BASEBALL GAME Bismarck’s first baseball game of| the season will be played at the peni- tentiary Saturday, when the prison team will meet a capitol-Bismarck ag- gregation. For two successive years the prison has cleaned up on the state- house bunch. 1 — Weta eg | THE WEATHER | ° North Dakota: Mostly cloudy to. night and Wednesday; probably show- ia With the British troops on the northern Germans Fail in Gigantic Effort To Separate French from British; Amiens Objective of Big Offensive LAUNCH COUNTER ATTACK ACK (By Associated Press) Army in France, May 28.—British and French side of the Flanders salient launched a counter attack this morning east of Dickebusch lake for the purpose of retak- ing’ a few bits of ground which the Germians captured in this section yes- terday between Locre and Voormezeele. The operation appeared to be going well at the outset. It’s success was all that was needed to make the enemy assault a ¢domplete and costly failure. When the correspondent, visited the French last night. virtuall: the entire sector involved was intact. It was stated that the gains whic ‘the enemy made in the Dickebusch region were small. be estimated that eight guns, and the enemy pushed of Dickebusch lake. There was very hard fighting on the French left flank througho the day and the artillery duel was intense, but the German attack” pout not made in great strength. It’s object appears to have been merely to regain the high ground which the French captured on May 20. Appar- ently elements of four divisions were employed by the enemy, and it may to ten thousand German infantrymen were sent dorepnt er ia of about 6,000 yards. e attack was preceded by the heaviest bombardment si Bindentnny launched the offensive of March 21. a nee e Germans met such an. effective barrage on the French ri flank that the attackers never got to close quarters. aay severe punishment from concentrated shell fire and They sustained French machine In the conter and on the left flank, however, the enemy was more successful in the first rush. Pompier, south of.La Clytte, was captured back th e defending line somewhat south and east Gains by the armies. of the German crown prince on the Aisne front positions alon resistance to fh in Flanders:the'French of 35 have been balanced in part by the sanguinary .repulses of further at- tempts to push forward southwest of Ypres. , i int In prepared second. line the Aisne the Franco-British forces are offering strong ¢,Germans, who are ‘pressing on to cross the river, while confidently await increased enemy attacks.’ Although the Germans attacked on the southern flank on a front miles in great'strength, it is not clear what is behind the operation. Two possibilities stand out—that the Germans felt it necessary to.widen the elbow about Montdidier or that it was feared General Foch might begin a counter offensive toward Laon. Nor is i pendous movement toward ‘Amiens. des Dames the Germans suffered most heavily. tacks on the extremeties of the nearly 200 mile line are feints for it unlikely that the at- a stu- In gaining the heights north of the Aisne and the famous Chemin If the crown prince mile advance. NORTH DAKOTA LEADS NATION Minneapolis, Minn., May 28.—Offi- cials of the northern division of the Red Cross today wired Washington Officials claiming that North Dakota made the best showing of any state in the country in the second Red Cross drive for funds. With on allotment of $200,000, North Dakota has raised more than 150 per cent. MICHIGAN MAN BIDS HIGH FOR WILSON’S WOOL Interest in the White House wool took a decidedly new lease on life Monday, when by long distance tel- ephone, J. P. Lamb, farmer, elevator man and veteran citizen of Michigan, N. D., offered a bid of $250. The high- est previous bid for the wool, was $25, and Governror Frazier, who hopes to see North Dakota give President this wool is mt ‘ ae sane BRITISH JALTIES, London, May 28. ritish casualties reported in the week ending today encouraged. 168; men 3,527. Wounded or missing: men, 29,264. The total for last week was 26,677 and for the week before 41,612, the largest of any week since the begin- ning of the German offensive. The fa}ling off in the totals reflects the lull in the fight between the attack wihch ended in April and the one now be- ers in south portion; not much change in temperature. ginning. Wilson a substantial boost for his Red | Cross fund through the purchase of! reached a total of 33,604. They are divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: officers, | officers, 735; | hoped to crush the French and separate them from the British at Bery- au-bac, he failed, as contact between the allied forces has been main- tained throughout the fighting. How far the Germans advanced. onthe’ extreme ends of the new fighting front is not defined clearly, but in the center they reached the region north of Pont Arcy, on the Aisne, a four SITUATION WELL IN HAND 2 ” (By Associated Press) ith the French Army in France, Monday, May 27.—Whether the German attack north of the Aisne is merely a demonstration in force with the object of drawing the allied reserves cannot be gathered from the opening stages of the fighting. ___ The length of the front between the flanks on the attacking line seems to imply a great effort on the part of the enemy to capture territory in order to claim victorious progress immedi- ate after starting and thus improve the morale of the German public. Both the French and British troops are fighting with the greatest energy and bravery, the officers and men working together in absolute harmony. The allied commanders have the situation well in hand and had prepared to meet an attack in this region. The allies hold a series of commanding hills and the western flank is very hilly with deep valleys. | : Aged French women in the villages in the rear of the Amer- | ican sector in Picardy have asked and received permission to take | care of one or more graves of American soldiers. : The affection with which the villagers regard the Americans is most pathetic. The difficulty of languages is swept aside and | the villagers share the American sorrows and joys. In the villages where American troops are billeted and which are in constant danger from enemy shells, the Americans share their gas masks | with the peasants and teach them how to use them. HURL ENEMY BACK | Along the six mile front from Locre to Voormezeele, on the Flanders battlefield, the French hurled the enemy back with great \losses and still hold tenaciously to the positions protecting the jtidge running westward from Mont Kemmel, near Vormezeele, {where the French have taken over the line from the British, heavy fighting continues around Dickebusch lake, where the Ger- mans penetrated the allied line. Meanwhile, there is very intense artillery fire from north of | the Somme to the Avre in Picardy. The Germans have made no ‘attacks here, except for strong raids against the allied lines, espe- cially the American sector, west of Montdidier. The Americans \threw back the Germans in a counter attack: after fighting in which the enemy suffered severe losses and prisoners were taken by the Americans. (Coninued on page twe) i}