The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 29, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | LAST EDITION. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 138. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. (By Associated Press) -FOCH STOPS HUN DRI a -General Foch now has the situation well in hand and French troops are beginning to gain on the German advanced forces in a contest of speed. No import- ant line of communication is yet threatened by the advance of the German crown prince. Those on the Somme declare it is not too much to say that another 48 hour's will see the German drive definitely stopped. High praise is given the French reserves for the perfect order in which they are coming. into the fighting line. The German attack across the Aisne apparently ‘is slowing down as the Franco-British troops begin counter attacks on the wings and French reserves are rushing in to stem the enemy onslaught in the center, where it has reached the Vesle river. _ Around Fismes, about half way between Soissons and Rheims and the center of important allied communications, a desperate battle is being fought. Berlin ‘claims the Germans have crossed the Vesle on either side of Fismes, but the French still are in the town and are holding to it stubbornly while the reserves come up. ee Rs On the right, northwest of Rheinis, the British are maintaining a commanding position on the massif of St. Thierry, north and west of the town of St. Thierry. French troops on the left have stopped the German onrushes by strong counter attacks and are holding firmly to the high points of Neuville-Sur-Margi- val:and Vregny, north of the Aisne, and the heights between Ciry-Saloogne and Vasseny, which dominate the Vesle.- Heavy fighting continues all along the front from south of Pinon to almost north of Rheims. Overwhelming numbers enabléd the Germans in their first attack to penetrate the allied lines to beyond the Aisne and capture more than a half score of villages and 15,000 prisoners. The greatest advance was made in the center, four miles to the Aisne and then six miles to the Vesle, a total of 10. As in the offensives in Picardy and Flanders, the enemy advance has assumed the form of a blunt-nosed wedge with it’s apex less’ than three miles in width lying between Bazoches and Fismes. SITUATION WELL IN HAND + Notwithstanding their success in pushing the allies from the Chemin des Dames and the heights of, Craonne to beyond the Aisne and into territory un- touched by fighting since early in the war, the enemy has not succeeded in widening the “elbow” about Montdidier nor in changing the allied line in Champagne east of Rheims. Direct highway and railroad communication between Soissons and Rheims has been broken by the Germans, but neither of these shell-devastated cities appears to be in immediate danger. Observer's assert that 48 more hours probably will witness the halting of the German crown prince. The French forces are moving forward swiftly and General Foch has’ the situation well in hand. ( ' “gi Boche for Breakfast” Is), Slogan of Americans as: They.-Push Forward. aa nn —z WondetfaD Morale; of; the , Men | uittens ofl! _yassligi’ \ Wai tine AmePitey Arniyoiit; France, tne ey 28. The American line now runs 150 to 200 yards east of Cantigny, as a result of the successful attack today. The nearest German trench is several hundred yards east of where the Americans have dug in. é The Germans, it has been found, had many outposts and machine gun emplacements in IS “PERMITTED” BY THE GERMANS _emone ant and Ge! oh hain vl Y First 3 “FREE” RUSSIAN REPUBLIC Yanks First e sh aati ait “With Germany’s consent” another republic has been added to the f It is to be known as “White Russia,” as dis- tinguished from “Greater Russia,” which is the Bolshevik nation. list of “free” Russian states. ue Wye \ USSIA NO DAKOTA BOYS IN EARLY LIST ? Washington, May 29.--The casualty , |lst. today: contained thirty names di- vided as follows: Killed in action, 5; died of wounds, 5; died of accident, 1; died of disease, 10;- wounded ‘severely, 7; missing in action, 2. i 7 . Officers nameg included were: Lieutenant Francis A. McIlvaine, In- dianapolis, killed in action. Major John Frank. Carmegt, SteLonis, and .|Lfeutenant Cholomondeley Thornton, Bennington, Vt!, wounded severely. Lieutenant “Raymond W. Parker, ‘Champaign, Ill., missing in action. Lieutenants ‘Philip A. Hunter, York, S. C.; Franklin Burche Pedrick, Wash- ington, D. C., and Louis M. Edens, Cabool, Mo., prisoners, previously re- pt porting missing. THE LIST Killed: in‘ Aetion. Lieutenant Frances A. Mclivaine, ‘| Indianapolis ;: Privates Jiosupas: Dem-}; eszkivich, Pittsburgh; Joseph William Guyton, Evert, Mich.; Clyde Marks, Indianapolis ; Falls, Mont. Died of Wounds. Privates James 0. Dolin, Foster, W. Va.; Geo. H. Ewing, Auburn, Was! John P. Gearin, Tippecanoe City, Oh Jesse M. King, Meriden Conn.; Findley M. Shuler, Bryson City, N. C. Died of Disease. Carl A. Sipper, Great Hecruit Harry D. James, Hannibal,} Mo.; Privates Frank A. Baker, Rich- MEMORIAL DAY IN BISMARCK o ', Memorial day in Bismarck.,will™ | be. observed, with special: services | at St. George’s church at 10 a.-m.,’ | when holy communion will be cele- | brated. At 10 o'clock a delegation of Bismarck. home. guardsmen will | proceed: to Riverview and St. | "Mary's cemeteries, where’ the | graves of deceased veterans will | be decorated and a volley fired. At 1:30 the home: guard, Elks’ band, Salvation Army. and band. women's’ home guard, ;Boy Scouts, ‘Camp’'Fire Girls -and other -semt- \ military and patriotite and fratern- al organizations, are asked to meet at the state armory ‘to form an es- cort for the Grand Army, Women’s Relief Corps: Spanish war veterans and Ladies' Auxiliary to Co’s A and |, in a, paradé tHtough the bus- | iness: section to the Auditorium, where Memorial day exercises will begin at 3 o'clock. Rev. Mi J.Hiltner will offer’ tl | invocation, and Rev. George Buz zelle will deliver the ‘Memorial day: i address. There will be community singing of old battle hymns, and | Lincoin’s Gettysburg address will | be read. At 4 i i gram for the benefit of the Red | Cross will begin at the Country | { | | o'clock a_ patriotic pro- club, where the Mandan Country club members will be guests. At | 4:30 a solemn titany’ will be said | at St. George’s church, with special | intercession for our boys in the | army and navy. Every one is in- * field.of battle south of Laon, Dames. ous infantry. ing the Vesle. : Cail ue crown. pee completely curied ur I shall make further progress. “God. has. granted’ us: a furthér. .Greetings.” %. “AMERICANS CAPTURE TOWN ~ KAISER WIRES EMPRESS Amsterdam, May 29.—Emperor William, who is. on. the has today attacked the British and French on the Chemin 4 The strongly: consolidated ‘height, after being. sub- jected to:mighty artillery fire, We have crossed ditself ” Americah ‘troops in their first assault’ in Ricardy have scored ‘brilliant success. nen here he had been repulsed the previous,day, General Pershing ¢ ‘> on the Aisne front, has'sent ‘the | following telegram to the express at Potsdam: . . aed “William (apparently Crown Prince. Frederick enn site has been stormed--by-ouriglori-.. the Aisne, and’ are gpproach- “Fritz, with the first guards infantry -division, was one of the first to reach the Aisne. (This ig.evidently another ref- The twenty-eighth .division- also ... The British and French were losses are small. : Tomorrow we | “splendid ‘victory’ and ‘will? help Y eee ct against) the. Germans iy Striking the’ enemy “en advanced.their line to a considerable depth on a front of oni and on-fourth miles, captured the town of Cantigny, west of Mont- didier, and took 200 prisoners. jHeavy losses were inflicted on the Germans, while the Americans suffered relatively sniall cas- ualties. In the capture of their first town from the Germans the Americans carried out the operation in less than three-quarters of an hour and many of the troops who participated had aided in repulsing the Germans on the same sector Monday. German counter attacks were broken up guns and rifle fire. by the American artillery, machine On the other American sectors there has been increased patrol Cantigny. Fi America’s first offensive blow was struck a ae eat French tanks apparently did mo *& coalition government. has’ been fi de de: a Co have much to do, as the Ameri-| and tiati i faa rd Picts aac can artillery. already had pre- tho hegeaatigee are proceeding: regarding the pare ibithunta will pjay in pared the way. A bright sun: ~~ White Russia includes the province of Lithuania and takes in the territory north of the Ukraine, with Poland and Baltic provinces on the geese Great Russia on the north and Siberia! on the east. Its chief city is insk, y > wv 5 | vited. This evening a special Memorial | | service will be held, at the. First | Presbyterian church, while other mond, Va.; Cleo E. Brundage, Seattle, Wash.; David Hatch, Lobdell, Miss.; Ed Jackson, Greenwood, S. C.; Mack Jones, Crawford, Miss.; Paul. R. Law- son, Bellows Falls, Vt.; Chas W. Mc- Laughlin, Hutchinson,’ Minn.; Douglas S. Thompson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Orris| ¢. A. White, Walker, Cal. Diled of Accident. and artillery activity since Monday. East of Luneville German gas projectors which were used ‘to harass the Americans. Sunday || churches will have special services || and Monday have been destroyed by American artillery fire... | this evening or tomorrow morning. | French and British troops have completely restored the situ- 7) ation in Flanders, where four German divisions on. Monday at- acked on a six mile front east of Locre. The Germans failed Americans as they dug’ in in their new: positions. ! came out and shone on. the | As the Americans started out across no man’s land there were} many jokes about “eating boche for breakfast.” The Americans fought as though they were vet- erans and there was no hesita- tion when the officers sprang forward and shouted: i “Come on, boys!” | Several officers describing the situation, that the: outstanding feature in their minds was the wonderful morale of the men and their absolute confidence in themselves. The Germans pour- ed machine gun bullets all around the Americans as they| were digging in, but no attention was paid to them as jokes and quips were handed back . and! forth. Take It As Sport. The demeanor of men wounded in action was found. similarly cheerful when the correspondent visited the field hospitals this afternoon. He, saw stretched out on their cots a num ber of these Americans, for the most part only slightly wounded, who act- ed like school boys returned from a great day of sport, smoking cigarettes, eagerly relating their personal exper- jences and laughing loudly at the humorous incidents, ‘Lieutenant George E. Butler, for- merly an attorney in Indianapolis, who was slightly wounded in the leg, said that going over the top was like ‘a maneuver in the trafning camp; back home. The men were eager for it, he said, and some of'them re- mained up in the trenches all: night taiking about the approaching adven- ture with cheerful anticipations. Indifferent to Danger. “When we reached antigny,, he ad- ded, “It was only a pile of brick and stones. Our artillery had, leveled the town. The German machine gun bul- (Continued on Page Bight.) says counter attacks this morning. by | French and British troops reestablish- ed our line east of Dickenbusch Lake. Berlin, May 29.—Official report from | headquarters says up to present 15000 prisoners have been taken. French Army in France, May 29.-~| Twenty-five German divisions joined; in attack and forced further back, few | French and British divisions holding line, tanks, machine guns and posi- tion gas shell were principal factors in successful advance asked from numerically superior forces of Ger- mans. Paris, May 29.—The long range bom- bardment of Paris began again early this morning. : London, May 29.—German troops who counter attacked last night against the Americans who captured Cantingy. west of Montdidier, were re- pulsed with heavy losses, reports Reu- ter’s correspondent, at the British army headquarters in France, today. Moscow, Saturday, . May 25.—The press is giving a great deal of at- tention to the sugegstion of allied in- tervention in Russia, and Bourgeois as well as Bolsheviki newspapers are unanimous in expressing op,osition. They sal th eoccupation of a part of Siberia would not be disadvantageous for the Germans and might turn out badly for Russia. Italian, Army Headquarters, Tues- day, May 28.—One of the most bril- liant mountain operations since the beginning of the war was carried out by the tlalians in the Tonale region, northwest of Trent, early this week, particulars regardnig which are now being received. The basin of Presena lake was captured by. Italian Alpini after forty hours of’ fierce fighting against a numerically superior enemy. The great Resena mountain’ Was reached by thé Alpini aftér attacking WAR BULLETINS London, May 29.—Haig’s statement |four times under a heavy fire. i | | jcarried out alone by the Americans. ‘dead and at | The enemy was. finally oyerwhelmed by a bayonet drive. The ground was hard and slippery with late spring snows, the Italians advanced steep ascents, down preci- pices and over glaciers. London, May 29.—Berlin newspa- pers apparently have been given orders to tone down their war en- thusiasm, says the Amsterdam corres- pondent of the Daily Express, report- ing on German comment on Monday's fighting along the Aisne. The Cologne Volks Zeitung says of the fighting: “Our new success shows us again how justified is our confidence in our great leaders. It would be premature to draw final conclusions but it is|, C.; j; enough for the German people to know oe that it’s confidence in the spirit of the troops can never be disappointed.” Amsterdam. May 29.—A Wolff bur-| eau telegram filed in Berlin on Tues- day, in giving an account of the fight- ing along the Chemin des dames, brief- ly mentions that among the prisoners | taken from the British were a number the German drive of American doctors. | Paris,- May 29.—Not the least en- couraging news ye8terday was the brilliant success of the Americans in the Montdidier sector which all the newspapers feature. It was the first important action All reports agree that they behaved like veterans. This is pronounced the best augury for the early future when American help will weigh heavily in the balance. London, May 29.—The enemy coun-| ter attack on the new American posi- tions was met by the allied gunners with a hurricane of fire. Waves of German infantrymen were stoppea ‘own back, leaving large Killed or wounded: on: the | numbers <6! ground. * Provate William W. Wait, Schenec- tady, N.Y. : Wounded Severely. Major John Frank Carmack, St. Louis; Lieutenant Cholmondeley Thornton, Bennington, Vt.; Corporals Clarence » Mich.; Nickolas Malec, Chicago; Pri- vates Frank Aldridge, Cardston ,Al- Hancock, Grand Haven, berta, Canada; Jesse J. Cox, Nash- ville, Tenn.; Frank Moore, West Lay- ette, Ind. Missing in Action, Lieutenant Raymond W, Parker, Champaign, Ill. Missing in action: (previously re- ported wounded severely): Sergeant Eugene F: Sharkey, An- sonia, Conn. Note—Private Louis Epstein, Btook- lyn, N. Y., previously reported missing now reported as returned to his com- pany. ‘ Prisoners (previously reported miss- ing): Lieutenants Philip A. Hunter, York, Franklin Burche _Pedrick, Washington, D. C.; Louis M. Edens, Cabool, Mo. ‘ | | WAR SUMMARY | Theer has been no let-up as yet in south from the Aisne and both the French and the British have been forced to give fur- ther ground. Gonfidence is expressed in Paris that allied reserves, now rap- idly coming up, will shortly turn the scale. Apparently the Germans already are being held in the center of their ad- vance, along the Vesle river, in the vicinity of Fismes, where the point of the German wedge has been thrust. The pressure on both the allied flanks, however, has been such that both have been compelled to fall back. On the west, the French lines have been withdrawn to the easterly out- skirts of Soissons, whieh town is about seven miles south of the near- est point of the battle line as it ex- isted before the:new German drive ‘begun-on Monday. This considerably (Continued on Page: Bight.) JURY IS ASKED T0 DECIDE WHETHER WOMAN PURSUED Counsel for Grace Lusk Appeals to Jurors to Judge from Own Experience TRIAL CONCLUDED TODAY Waukesha, Wis., May 29.—The case | Grace Lusk, school teacher charged with the murder of Mrs. (Mary, New- man Roberts, is expected to go to the jury tonight. James Clance’ at the opening of court today ‘began the closing argu ment for the defense. | Mr. Clancey appealed to the jurors! to judge from their own experience whether a woman of Miss Lusk’s char- acter and attainments would “pursue” a man as, he said, had been alleged} by Dr. Roberts. | Final argument was begun by W.| D. Corrigan for the prosecution. APPLAUD PROGRESS. London, May 29.—German newspa- pers already are applauding the ad- the Aisne front as a dynastic victory for the Hohenzollerns, but the corres- pondents show that he gained no stronger a line than that which he| already held. At the same time the enemy by extending the battle line has seriously dispersed his forces, all) loss constantly higher than that of the/| defenders. ‘Fhe active front is now 190 miles long. Observers are agreed that the losses of the allies are comparatively emall. Their retirement was deliberate and t to gain north of Mont Kemmel a nd were driven from elements vance of the crown prince’s army on| of which must»be fed with a ration |me they gained near Dickebusch lake, ern end of the attacking line. west of Voormezeele, the east- In Picardy and elsewhere along the western front there has been no change. -The artillery fire is strong on important sectors on the northern end of the line. OUTNUMBERED TEN TO ONE With the French Army in mand perceived: when ance on the lines then held wo a withdrawal towards stronger France, May 28.—The allied com- the German offensive began that resist- uld be impracticable, and effected positions in order to give the re- serves time to come up. The enemy found both flanks were hold- ing, however. The Germans pushed forward as quickly as possible with all the troops at their disposal. The allies gave way, fighting hard. Both the French and British troops on the flanks fought with extraordinary courage and succeeded in holding on, ing the great odds against them. numbered 10 to one. x The enemy now has the Ai self in an awkward position w action. : USE NEW GUN Examination of the shells discharged by the notwithstand- In some places they were out- isne at his back and may find him- hen the allied reserves come into Germans in the long range bombardment of Paris, which began again Monday, indicates that new. guns are being used. Larger shells are being employed than formerly, the caliber of the guns being 24 centimeters (914 inches) instead of 21. ‘The powder charge is greater, seem to have increased. A shel but the force of the explosion does not ll exploded yesterday only a dozen yards from a man seated on a bench, and did not injure him. —_—$—$————— NIGHT NEWS SUMMARY. ee New York—Olive drab and khaki cloth will not be made hereafter fo’ civilian use, the woolen and worsted goods have decid- ed at the request of the war depart- ment. Washington—One union expres: company for the United States wai created by agreement between Direc- tor General M¢Adoo and the Adams, American, Wells Fargo and Southern companies. was carried out in good order. Chicago—Acting. police chief Alcock manufacturers of (declared German agents were send- |ing women into various cities and camps to undermine the morale and health of American soldiers. ') Binghamton—Katherine Stinson, av- iatrix, landed upside down in a po- tato patch, injuring the propellor of {her airplane and her pride. s| San Francisco—Thomas J. Mooney, 8 | convicted of murder in connection with the preparedness day bomb explosion here in 1916, was re-sentenced to be hanged on an: indertimate “date, not less than sixty nor more than ainety days from today. ~ cha