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

& i ~ is THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. THE BI! THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 144, } BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WED! DAY, JUNE 5, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. YANKS DEAL ALL BUT 40 ON CAROLINA NOW ACCOUNTED FOR “Don’t Use Your Wireless; We Won't Shoot,” Said Hun Submarine Commander S. 0. 8. SIGNAL SENT OUT Submersibles Laid Mines During Stay in, American Waters —One Discovered: _ TEN MINES FOUND. a Lewes, Del., June 5.—Reports prevail heer that the German U- boats which raided coastwise shipping on Sunday and Monday have strewn the Delaware bay and the waters around the Dela- ware. capes with floating mines. Ten mines have been found, it is reported, and government mine Sweepers are searching for others. Two of them were exploded by gunfire and the remaining eight were récovered intact. No con- firmation of these reports car be obtained from government offi- cials. Shipping has been held up for the present. NO CHECK ON SHIPPING. Washington, June 5.—Whatever the purpose a submarine raid off. the Atlantic coast and whatever numbers of submarines. hereafter may come to American waters there wil be no check on the flow of men and munitions to France, Secretary Daniels said today. “The great duty of our navy,” said he, “ig to keep open the door to ‘France; to carry our'men and mu- nitions. to the great battlefront and to guard food supplies for our e Migerents. That: ange ac: hus far and: we will ® p the road open.” FY department’ had. no advices’ at noon today » trol fleet hunting so alited that was last Virginia and proceeding on the tehory: that many. submar- arrive, “although hav fothing’ to. indicate that more than two have been. erating. When America etroyers and. were sent abnoad for, work .in the, war zone, it y fealized that. submarine MUAmerican Wal ters weHeBatirelylsossibie, and th Rt rs “ay tio iG iewtO Grom a aE Winericaas’ standpoint: officials “tdlieved’ the.’ despatch of the swift naval craft! to foreign watere was unwarrant- ed but Americén troops could not be sent to Frahce with any degree of security and the United States could not take ite fair shate of the Burden of thé war unléss they {went. That was the considera- tion that impelled the government to rush ships abroad. As one re- sult not an outward bound troop ship under Américan convoy has been successfully assailed. ‘Meanwhile -it has been realized * that the length of the American coastline and the limited number of swift destroyers that could be retained at home m: por for raiders to striké at coastwise traffic or even at the transports. New York, June 5.—“Don't use your wireless afd we won't shoot,’ is the newest “Made in Germany”, war slo- gan, under which the emperor's sub- marine commanders are carrying their campaign of frightfulness into Amert- can Atlantic waters, according ‘to per sons among 250 survivors of the steamship Carolina who. were brought to this port aboard a coastwise schoon- er early today. The Carolina was de- stroyed by U-boat gunfire 50 miles off the Delaware Capes on Sunday evening: ‘Stories told by passengers indicated that Edwin W. Vogel of New York, the ship's 19 year old chief wireless oper- ator. pJayed a spectacular part in the tragedy: ¢ , When the submarine messaged the “Use no wireless—we don't shoot.” Vogel defiantly repeated his “‘S. u.'S.” signals and was on the verge of an- swering queriés fom the Carolina's po- sition when Captain T. R. D. Barbour, Vogel’s commander, ordered him to quit ‘his key and see whether the Ger: mans would keep their pledge, passen- gers declared. Captain Barbour said he decided to accept the propositio laid down by the U-boat. skipper ‘because he believed diss _nt would have meant forfeiture of (Continued on Page Three.), BRITSH OFFICIAL WAR STATEMENT | London, June 5.—German troops this morning attempted to raid ‘the British lines southwest of Morlancourt, in the region east of Amiens, the war office announced today. Although the enemy was supported by heavy artil- lery fire, he was repulsed and left prisoners in the hands of the British. The statement reads: “A few prisoners were captured by our troops last night in successful raids in the neighborhood of Lens and south of La-Bassee canal. “The enemy attempted a raid early this morning southwest of Morlancourt under the cover of a heavy bombard- ment. He was repulsed, leaving pris- oners in the hands of the British.” s + | | | ANOTHER MILLION YOUTHS WILL First Anniversary of Power Mobilization EXCEEDS HUNS’ INCREMENT BY 400,000 MEN French Have 400,000 and Ital- ians 356,000, All Called in Advance of Maturity But 52 Burleigh county select service men of the class of 1918 had registered up te noon Wednes- day. Burleigh county one year ago registered approximately 1900 men and it.was being relied upon to sign up between 180 and 190 of the class of 1..8, Sheriff French’s original estimate was 150 men, which he today reduced to conform with the initial guess of R. D. Hoskins, clerk of the board, which was 120. © ‘ A light registration is anticipat- ed throughout the state because of so many young men having en- listed as soon as they became of age, or before. ‘ Washington, June 5.—Today, on the anniversary of America’s first man- power mobilization, another million youths, the estimated strength of the class of 1918; register on the first sta- tion of the journey to the colors. When their draft’ registration cards come into their hands, they come to the disposition of a swift, smoothly- working and practiced organization, whose agencies in every country-side, hémlet, and city of the land: have ‘as- ‘sumed successfully the task of dis- ‘eriminating between the nation’s need |for' men who can fight or work, and its additional need for men at home to support its dependent dopulation. * Experience Successful. » Observers, foreign and domestic, military and civilian: alike, class the performance to date under the ‘Amer- {can ‘selective service law. as. the most. tangibly successful. of its military ef- forts, and regard the accretion to the Man-power~ reservoir of-.the: young- jJortiy, one year ago. as the most.cer- tain‘ assurance. of the final’ downfall of the Prussian autocracy. ‘Be it near or far, the day .of Allied victory ¢can- not.be evaded,.the practical. military jew is, so, long as. the rising. flood ‘ped''and equipping, can ‘be turned to {;Provost-Marshal General. Crowder, who supervises the draft, fixes the ten- ve number given above for the day’s new total, and likewise from the experience tables of the year places the number of potential soldiers to be added to the list today at 750,000, concluding that the class will be 75 per cent composed of military effec- tives. 1,300,000 Mobilized. As they assemble at the registering station today, the total of men raised by the draft in: the United States for its armies will pass 1,300,000. Before the end of the present month, the mob- ilized total will have passed 1,500,000, for the immense military machine that owes. its existence to the readinéss of plain‘ ricans to fight is moving for- ward to a goal. that will meet Presi- dent Wilson’s demand ‘or “force, force to the ‘utmost, and- force without stint.” 4 The: 4,500 local boards: throughout the country who take the burden of the’ work have named _ registering clerks for every 100 of the young men within their jurisdiction. Men, absent unavoidably from their homes on reg- istering day may apply ‘to any. board for their cards. will pass)into the existing: classifica- tions of registered men and, in ac- cordance with their physical quali- fications, their status as to depen- dents and as to industrial or: agricul- tural occupations, they will be as- signed to Class One, Two, Three, Four or Five. The overwhelming majority, however, as indicated by the estimate given, the provost marshal general expects to find placed in Class One. ne Go to Foot of List. They will go to the foot of the list of 1917 registrants in each class and will not be called, the regulations pro- (Continued on Page Four.) FRENCH OFFICIAL * WAR STATEMENT Na European {hattlefront.; f ° e Paris, June 5.—The Germans con- tinued local attacks last evening, ana during the night on the main battle front, the war office announced to- day. 4ttempts made on the French lines at Carlepont wood, Dommiers, Corcy and in ‘the neighborhood of Chezy failed. The statement follows: “Local attacks continued ‘last even- ing and during the night on the northern outskirts of Carlepont wood, two German attacks were arrested: by the fir eof French machine guns. Oth- er efforts in the region of Autreches, east of Dommiers and near Corcy al- 80 were broken up. North of Corcy an infantry attack sypported by tanks fenabled the French to extend their line to th eoutskirts of the forests. “South of the Ourcq the Germans made violent attacks against Chezy and southeast of this locality. French troops broke all their assaults, in- flicting serious losse on the advers- ‘i i | L ry. : “The artillery ghting continues t¢} be very spirited north of Aisne and in the regions of Rheims. sters who had not) reached their: ma-|:. of the American ‘armies, diflled, equip- | Names ‘as recorded '|'' REGISTER TODAY FOR SERYICE America’s Initial Man- Will Witness Enroll- ' ment of Great Class of 1918 (CW, FAIRBANKS 18 DEAD AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Former Vice President and Fam- ous Hoosier Statesman Dies at Indianapoljs, Ind. SERVED WITH ROOSEVELT Nominated for, Same Berth as Team-Mateof Charles: E. Hughes~-Spoke Here i eee wena eo Indianapolis, Ind., June 5.—Arrange- ments were being made today for the body of Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice president of the. United States, who died‘at his home here last night, to Me in state in the Indiana state capitol from 10:30 o’clock unutil 1 o'clock Friday. ‘he funeral will be held at«the. Fairbanks’ home at 3 i in Crown Hill cemétery erat |” ‘ B55 i @tudyles’ Warren Fairbanks,: former Wiceipr sig of the United’ tates and former” lidiana, died last night. Déath‘was due to interstitial nephritis, which has been a chronic ailment with him,-but not regarded as particularly serious until recently. All members of the former vice-president’s family, except Major Richard Fairbanks, who is in France, were at his bedside. Charles Warren Fairbanks was vice president of the United States during the second Roosevelt administration and in 1916 he was again the repub- lican nominee for the same place, on the ticket with Charles E. Hughes. He was discussed more or less as a presidential! posstbility in: connection Of the last four republican national convent bie - Mr. Fairbanks Wasa’ native of Ohio, but had madé-his home'th Indianapolis since, 1874, eifortly after his marriage paar di (Coninued on page two) i ® C.P.1 All ‘along the eastern coast where shibyanis | way have sprung up over night, Uncle Sam’s army of! AMERICANS IN ‘FINE COUNTER OUSTGERMANS After All Night Ride on Army Trucks. Join. Battle in Fine Fettle FACE MACHINE GUN FIRE United States troops Holding an Important: Position on Battlefront PRAISE FOR AMERICANS, London, Tuesday, June 4.—The disclosure in the French official statement today ‘that American troops have been engaged in hard fighting in two sectors of the pres- ent great battle fine and have again demonstrated: their spien- did quality, as they: did at: Can- tigny recently, is most welcome to the British public. The Americans, it is noted, are'in th efield in sec-' tors where the fighting is most intense, namely, “between the Marne and the. Ourcq rivers where the Ger s do not appear yet to have yielded belief in their ability stil further to develop their thrust. for Paris, It was pointed out tonight that the German advance. was continu- ing, through attacks of unabated violence, but with a greatly re duced rate of progress. The view of the military experts here isthat the enemy will-con- tinue to develop the present’ ap- erations as long as, but no long- er than, they prove fruitful,. but’ that as soon as it becomes appar- ent. that,the opposing forces: are: | becoming: equalized’ there will:-be' |” Janother:: BY ASSOCIATED PRES. ._ With the American Army in France, ~| Tuesday, June,4.—In an encounter be. tween an ‘American patrol and-a-party of seventeen ‘Germans on the Luneville front’ early toda Another’ pattol ‘destroyed concrete. observation Dust. | i German , guns and airplanes were .. :*-!'most. active ‘on ‘the \Luneville, sector)’ The artillery. showered. the areas behind the American lines with):. today.” afternoon, and*‘burial}’ Hited “tates” ‘senator. for} .&: explosives, shrapnel: and gas shells. to a degree unknown for many weeks.; ‘goffie distance ‘behind, the: American lines. They! were-attacked; by Ameri- ‘an aviators but succeeded’ in escap: ** Continued’ oh Page Three:) 111; {VOTERS URGED » TO REGISTER During the four days bé- ginning Wednesday, June 5, I will be in the office of the city auditor from 7 to 9-each evening to register voters. Voters desiring to cast a bal- lot at the primaries June. 26, for county, legislative . or state nominees, are urged to " register. 4t E. E. MORRIS, City Assessor.° htee of’ the .Ger..| toshave been killed: “enemy Four, German. airplanes :crossed: to! . HUNS HEAVY BLO LUSK SEDUCER ARRESTED; MUST FACE CHARGE Milwaukee, Wis., June 5.—Dr. David Roberts, veterinarian, of Waukesha, who was _ arrested last night on a complaint sworn to. by. Judge. Martin. Lueck, based on testimony brought out at the trial of Grace Lusk, who was found guilty of murdering the wife of Dr. Roberts, was to appear in court here this fore- noon to answer a charge of vio- lating the Wisconsin statutes on April 4 and 27, 1917, when he met Miss Lusk at a Milwaukee hotel. Dr. Roberts accompanied by a deputy sheriff, motored to Wau- kesha early today to secure $500 with which to furnish bail. Dr. David soberts, Waukesha, at a preliminary hearing in district court today, charged with a statutory of- fense based on evidence brought out at the trial of Grace Lusk, today on the request of an atorney was granted a continuance of three weeks, Dr. Roberts regular counsel was not able to bepresent- The-court' gratited the request that the: veterinarian! be giv- en his freedom on $500: bail TO OBSERVE CONDITION, Waukesha, Wis., June 5.—Dr. J. P. Ward has. been appointed to observe the mental condition of Grace Lusk, convicted slayer of Mrs. Mary New: man Roberts, on behalf. of the state. The defense is expected to ask for a lunacy hearing this afternoon. BRINTON HAS - CANCELED ALL j i ore. Manager. Will Not Speak in "State While Under Indict- : ment, Says Frazier “federal grand: will, not» make ander the aus- the’ league pending. his Bismarck «the latter part ;. of this‘ month, This announcement was made, at the governor's offi- ge today on receipt of -a’ protest from the Fargo war. board. Sec- «), retary Mason. stated he was advis- jved that, Brinton, had voluntarily ;_ cancelled alj speaking : engage- ments immediately after his indict- ment. ee ey ——$——__________— t Today’s Weather | o North Dakota and South Dakota; Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. Montana: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; cooler in north and west portions tonight. MINISTER TO DENMARK TENDERS RESIGNATION Washington, June 5.—Maurice Fran- cis Egan, United States minister to Denmark has tendered his resignation, to the state dapartment owlng to | ill health. Soak HUNDREDS OF DESTROYERS WILL CHASE SUBMARINES ‘OFF THE SEAS to carry out his devilish work. The United States destroyers “Breeze” and shipbuilders have rushed to completion hundreds | “Gamble” are here’shown on the ways in some of destroyers with which to clean the seas of lurk-|eastern port waiting for the finishing touches be- Ling submatinés. accounted for many of the kaiser’s pets on their democracy. ‘ does not claim any new advances. |. S. Forces Play Important Part In Checking Hun Drive German Masses No Longer Throw Themselves * Against the Stone-wall Defense of the Allied Forces—Launch New Offensive on Chezy— Yankees Drive Boches to Outskirts of Cha- teau Thierry 7 “(By ASSOCIATED PRESS) German masses no longer hurl themselves at the allied lines along extended fronts. The momentum of the Teuton advance appears to have exhausted itself in striking the yielding lines of the French and. British, which now have stiffened and: are hold- ing the foe for insignificant gairis here and there, especially along the front running along south from the northern border of Sois- sons to Chateau Thierry. The struggle apparently is changing from a’‘war of movement to a war of positions. ! F LAUNCH ASSAULTS AT CHEZY Official reports show that the Germans are launching their assaults on Chezy, Corcy and near Dommiers, ‘isolated points: of vantage. These attacks were, roughly, from five to seven’ miles apart along the line which includes ground where:the Americans have established themselves and have fought the Germang to a standstill. The French official statement says thé Teuton at- tacks were all repulsed. i es The report of operations along the British front fails to show any notable activity on the part of the Germans. At Morlan- court, between the Ancre’and ‘the Somme,, south of Albert,’ the Germans, supported ‘by: heavy ‘artillery’ fire, attempted: to: raid the British positions but were repulsed, leaving ‘prisoners behinds DETAILS OF FIGHTING « eerie Details of. the fighting. in which the American’ units have taken: part show that General Pershing’s men have gone. into bat- tle with a spirit which is magnificent.. Their defense of tHe‘ bridges across the Marne they repulsed the enemy. in: a: decisive manner and with their rifle:fire prevented the Germans from making further serious attempts to cross the Marne. Retna non American machine gun fire.has converted the northern part of Chateau ‘Thierry intoNo,Man’s Land.” Thé Germans,;unable to hold’ their ‘positions’ under the storm’ of ‘bullets ‘poured into them by. the’Americans, have withdrawn to the outskirts of that séction of the city. Ri Rigs bi Allied, defensive measures have brokén the force of i Ger- man offensive south of the Ailette and the enemy’is;; : strong ‘local’ attacks. Although recording. “successful, er ments” in it’s latest report,,Berlin, for the first time since-May>27,> TEA b cee Foiled by the French’ in their’ éfforts,to overcome the bar." rier of the Retz forest, east of Villers-Cotterets, by frontal attacks, the Germans attempted to outflank the position by assaults north and south of it. After slight gains, the French stopped them on both flanks, American troops taking part in the fighting around Chateau Thierry, where the western wing of the battle front joins the. Marne. oe i Between the Oise and the Marne the fighting continués heavier than elsewhere on the new salient. North of Moulin-Sous-Lou- vent, northwest of Soissons, the French have improved their positions, gaining some hotly contested terrain from the Germans. Enemy attacks against the Retz forest, although strong, are being localized. . Néar Longpont the Germans were able to. penetrate the forest, but French counter attacks threw them, out again. ARTILLERY. HEAVY The enemy artillery fire’is very heavy from north of the Aisne to the Ourcgq, on the. western wing, and around Rheims, on the east, which still holds out. ; In addition to the present battle, American troops are actively engaged on four sectors and preparing to enter the front line on a fifth—Flanders, northwest of Toul, east of Luneville, north of St. Mihiel, along the Meuse and west of Montdidier. In:Picardy General Pershing’s men had given a good account of themselves before the entrance of American units into the fighting east and west of Chateau Thierry. : AMIENS NEXT OBJECTIVE Military observers expect the Germans will make another at- tempt to reach the channel ports through Amiens before the full strength of the American effort can be brought into play. The supreme war council has expressed confidence in the situation and the ability of General Foch to combat the enemy’s plans. Pre- mier Clemenceau has told the French chamber of deputies that the future depends on American help. : , There has been active artillery firing on the Belgian. sector ‘| and on parts of th British front, where the Germans have been repulsed in raids north of Kemmel, in Flanders, and between Albert and Arras, in Picardy. The German submarines apparently have not left the Atlan- tic coast. Off the Maryland shore early Tuesday an American destroyer rescued a French tanker from an enemy U-boat which previously had sunk a small schooner. Nearly half a hundred persons are still missing from the Carolina, although it is be- lieved 16 of ‘these perished from exposure. MASSACRE POPULATION London, June 5.—A big battle was fought in the Kars dis- trict of trans-Caucausia on May 24, resulting in favor of the Rus- sians, the Exchange telegraph correspondent at Moscow wires. The Turks and the Germans are retiring along the Ardon road and the population is being massacred, the dispatch. declares. London, via Ottawa, June 5.—The fluctuating character of the battle in France was strikingly illustrated yesterday. There was every reason to hope that the Germans had been held, but the enemy made another desperate effort between the Aisne and Ourcq rivers, apparently endeavoring to outflank the town of Villers-Cotterets, which he failed to capture by frontal attack. The Germans met with a measure of success, but at excessive cost and the experts consider the results of the fighting favorable to the French. The enemy failed to make any. impression at Villers-Cotterets or Retz forest. pid The part played by the Americans shows that the reserve These destroyers have already|fore doing their bit to make the world,,safe for which the enemy affected to despise is already effectively in action. on : é 5 Bag ie Ba Les] “Hucyesd end