The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 8, 1918, Page 1

’ THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. 147. ° THE BIS . K TRIBUNE ‘ LAST EDITION BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY JUNE 8, 1918. \ PRICE FIVE CENTS, 2 Up Victo ry Yanks Follo GERMANS MAY STRIKE NEXT NRAR ST. MIHIEL; TROOP MOVEMENT NOTED What Future Holds for American Troops in That Sector Has Not Been Disclosed—To Be Used in Hard Fighting With the American Army in France, June 8.—Amer- ican troops on the front northwest of Chateau Thierry mowed down the enemy with much gun and:rifle fire at midnight last night when the Germans made an attack on their. positions. They fought’ like demons and at one point killed 100 Germans. : Before they made their attack the Germans sent over a smoke cloud, supposedly of black gas. During the fighting the Americans wore gas masks. ‘ PREPARING FOR NEW (DRIVE : With the French Army in France, June 8.—The revival of artillery activity in the sector between Noyon and Montdidier is claiming.attention today. Whether the Germans intend to deliver another blow here with their still powerful reserves cannot ‘be foreseen, but the indications point to such an event. ‘The second Franco-American attack in the neigh- borhood of Veuilly-la-Poterie and Bouresches was a bril- liant success to the allied arms. It was continued yes- terday with an advance in the Chezy sector, further northwest on the line. ‘ ‘By ASSOCIATED PRESS With the American Army in France, Friday, June 7.—Reports of recent heavy German train movements from the direction: of Metz toward the St. Mihiel salient have aroused discussion in the American expeditionary forces as to whether the enemy is, plan- ning an assault in the Woevre. __ From a tactical point of view the neighborhood of St. Mihiel, with it’s sharp salfent; offers-a logical place for a German attack. A drive through St. Mihiel to the southwest, it is considered, might have a triple object—the menacing of Bar-le-duc, the out- flanking of Verdun from the rear and the elimination of the sali- ent which has it’s apex'at Verdun. j i EXPECT ENGAGEMENTS Perhaps permanently the-allies have stopped the enemy at the Marne. - Many engagements ofa technical nature may be expected :even: he: Germans. detaraii ermine. itis uaeless to continue ree ee any the Marne.and elect‘ ait the ‘allied line at other places, The position of the railways and the formation of the ter- fain northwest. afd notrh of Bar-le-duc offer the Germans an opportunit; ‘course, what 'the future holds: for the American forces aroufid St. Mihiel is not known, but the salient there is being discussed as.a possibility not to be lost sight-of. ‘Another place which is likely to see more fighting is the sector around: Montdidier, where American troops recently captured Can- tigny. - Another important point at which American troops. are stationed is the territory around Chateau Thierry. It may: be considered certain that whatever the future holds, the America forces undoubtedly will be used in some hard fighting. ; the Germans to the east of Torcy in the district northwest of Chateau Thierry. “The French continued their advance.on the American left. At last reports the opefation was) pro- gressing satisfactorily. ‘The German gunners in this region are very active in securing ranges on allied positions. This work, however- is carried out with difficulty as te allied cannon incessantly harrass the enemies ' battery emplacements and bombarded the rear ‘of his lines. Most of the German shock divisions used in the Marne /battlefield have ‘been withdrawn from that area. The enemy seemed somewhat dis- heartened, replying only feebly to the allied fire, Prisoners arriving at the rear appear to be, thoroughiy.exhaust- ed and depressed. ; Quite important advantage have been gained by the allies during the past two days. The French, American and British troops have participated in these actions and the bag, of prison- ers is considerable. - The tactical situation ‘of the allies ia improved by the reconquest df a num- ber of dominant points. As a general rule the great German effort in the great. German effort in the valley’ of the Marne seems to be fading away as the enemy comes in contact with something approaching his numbers. ATTACK AMERICANS. The Germans launched their thrust ‘against the Americans in the vicinity of ‘Bouresches. They were completely stopped, howeyer, about 400 yards from the American trenches. This re- sult was achieved despite the intense enemy bombardment which includec the use of gas in a new form. The American artillery was active all night in the Belleat. wood sector. The fire increased in. intensity at four o'clock this morning when the Ameri cans attacked in the southern part of the wood, taking prisoners and a num: ber of machine guns. The battle war stil raging here this afternoon. , ‘REMOVE THREAT. With the British Army in France June 8.—The French have thus re moved a more or less serious threat to the village of Locre, which itself is an important. defense for Mont Rouge and other. hills lying immedi- ately to the west. The Hospice lies only about 500 yards southeast of Locre and is on rising ground which is but slightly lower than the site’ of the village. The enemy has long coveted Locre and retention of the Hospice woula give him a good jumping off place for another assault in the lost light which he has delivered against the village. 3 There were heavy bursts of shelling from German guns at various points along the British front last night, but no unusual operations have been re- ported. x \ TAXES MAY BE LEVIED jWashington, June 8.—Adoption of a syestem of taxing periodicals on the basis of circulation and an additional tax on all advertising based. on the size of a page, as a substitute for the postal zne_ system, was advocated to- day by’ Representative Albert John- son at the war revenue hearing of the house ways and means committee. sie said his plan would provide a method by which periodicals would pay the cost of handling second class postal matter. Chairman iKtchen, explaining the zone system, said its operation, which will become effective July 1, would in- crease the cost of distribution of one ‘New York newspaper $125,000 a year. Mr. Johnson said he believed there should be a tax on all advertising, in- cluding bill boards and street car dis- plays. B.C. MAHLE CHANCELLOR OF UL. T. Duluth, June 8—E. C. Mahle, St. Paul, was last night elected grana shancellor of the United Commercia: Travelers of Minnesota and North Da-/ rota in annual canvention here. JoJhn McGran of Fargo was elected grand tunior counsellor. Other officers alected: Grand secretary, J. M. Dresser, St. Paul; grand past counsellor, J. L. Jeorge, Bismarck; grand treasurer, Robert E. Braden, ‘Minneapolis; grand conductor, Frank Tornskampen, ‘Still- water, Minn; grand page C. W. Final, Jrookston; grand sentinel, W. N. pon udson, Duluth. / A, W. Lindberg, S. Paul, and W. N. Curtis, Minneapolis. were elected to membership in the grand executive. committee for two years. Grand Forks, N. (D., was chosen for the next annual convention. A hor contest between Grand Forks and St. Paul preceded this election. This ena: ed the business of the convention. A NEW BUICK. ‘Dr. A. L. Kershaw, well known Bis- marck dentist, is driving a new Buick roadster. MILLS HOOTED FROM STREETS OF DICKINSON: Tutor of Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare. Not. Allowed to Talk in Queen City Diskinson, \N. June 8.—Walter Thomas Mills, socialist, tutor of Kate Richards O'Hare, convicted at Bis- marck of sedition for likening, the mothers of North Dakota soldiers to brood sows, and declaring the soldiers themselves fit only for fertilizer, was hooted off the streets of Dickinson on Friday afternoon in: the midst of an *|address scheduled under’ the ‘auspices of the Nonpartisan league. Every hall in the city except the Bohemian had been closed to the socialist.’ Mayor Jessen had opposed his coming to Dickinson. In spite of this, he was ‘engaged in addressing a street crowd of about 70, half of whom were Non- partisans. when the towns-people des- _|cended upon him and drove his to cover. 106 REGISTER FOR CLASS OF "18 IN COUNTY Registrations Considerably Few- er Than Anticipated by y War Department 4,500 IN NORTH DAKOTA The Class of 1918 registered 109 candidates for seleceive service with the Burleigh county: local. board. Wed- nesday, On a ten: percent basis the war department expected from: Bur- leigh county180: men, but it probably had not, taken into consideration’ the. patriotic spirit which-has led so many Bismardck and: Burleigh county boys ‘t oenltst the. moment: they attained their majority. \ = ‘Of the 109,°108 are-white and one is" colored. "Ninety-one are: native born,. four. are naturalized ‘citizens; three have: first-payers-and. eight: are: alféfit.”'Of the allens‘and those who have: first papers only, one is-an’Ital- fan, seven Rugsians,.and Norway;-Mex- ic an/Austria furnish one apiece. ° Hereafter boys attaining their. ma, jority will: be ‘registered every ninety days. . Official notice ‘to; this effect will be, received in-a,few days. : PUPILS OF MOFFIT SCHOOL TO AID RED | CROSS WITH PARTY Moftit,,N. D., June 8.—Bupils of the Moffit school, under thé direction ot Miss Alice Monaghan, their teacher, will’ glve a program at the Moffit town hall Wednesday evening, June 12, for the benefit of the Red Cross fund. A cordial invitation is extendea the public. * INFLICT CASUALTIES. London, June 8.—British troops toop,prisoners and inflicted casualties in raiding and patrol actions along the northern part of the front last night, the war, office’ announced to- day. The statement reads: “We captured -a few prisoners last night in a successful raid in the neigh- borhood of Hulluch. Our patrols in- flicted casualties. on ithe enemy in Strazeele sector and captured a ma- chine gun. “The hostile artillery has been ac- ie nott hof Albert and southeast of ras.” 7 PERSONS INDICTED “AS SPIES Madame De Victoria, Accredited as Baroness, Caught in: Federal Dragnet cy ACTS. BEING INVESTIGATED i Agents of Department of Justice Hot on Trail of Alleged Conspirators New York, June §.—Investigations by agents of the department of jus- tice are beinw continued into the al- leged activities’ ofthe seven persons against .whom’ indictments charging conspiracy to comumit espionage were returned here yesterday by a federal grand” jury... Meanwhile five of the seven are being held without bail to await trial. The one woman indicted, Madame Marie De Victorica, is a pris- oner on Elis Jaland, while four: of the six men Cark. Rodriger, Willara Robinson, Albert Fricke and Emil Kip- per, are in Tombs prison. Two others, Jeremiah A. O’Leaty, prominent Amer- can Sinn FeFiner and John T. Ryan, a Euffalo lawyer..aré fugitives. The:in- dictments name two, others, Rudolph Binder and Hugo Schweitzer, both of whom died last year. Five Appeared in Court. Foremost among the five who ap- peared in court was Madame De Vic- toria, also known-to the federal auth- orities under various different names. She is accredited as a baroness and reported to be related to the Empress of Germany. i : . Since her, arrival. in this country , Shortly . before: the United “States. en- tered: the’ war, Madame De Victoria has, maintained: siutes at ‘many jprom- inent ‘hotels ‘and, st: is ‘sald dispensed with money, with-a, reckleys abandon.’ ‘To: federal. authorities «she is known |as ‘Baroness Kretachman, Marja: Von Kretschman, Vssiere, Marie Victorica and lark, ¢ 2 Uae / She and f ‘being Geri ‘Rodriger's alias. es include “Carl'.. Roediger, ° Herman (Wessels, Haro *. Schroejers. . A. Schmidt, P. Stamm, H. Stamni, Dillon and Hudson:..It is sald he.was form: erly a-leutenant commander in. the German navy. and entered’ this. coun- try by. means of ‘a’ fradulent: pass Members of the group’are accused of ‘assisting’. Madame ' De :.Victorica aid “Rodriger in ‘establishing means of communication with Germany and procuring chemicals and other ingred- ients for the manufacture of bombs. to be placed on docks, transports and vessels carrying military supplies. Two indictments were filed against the deefndants. One charges them with conspiracy to commit espionage, which provides death as the maximum’ venalty or thirty years’ imprisonment. ‘The lesser indictment charges conspir- acy to commit treason which is pun- ishable by two years’ imprisonment or a fine of $10,009. HALLIDAY BOOKS . BIG WAR FILMS George V. Halliday, director of. puv- licity of the North Dal Council of Defense. returned this morning from the eastern part of ‘the state after booking. “‘Pershing’s Crusaders,” the newest and greatest of the official gov- ernment war pictures, for Grand Forkes on June 20. 21 and 2°, and for Fargo on June 23, 24 and: 25. ‘Allied Pressure Against German Lines at Chateau-Thierry Continues AMERICAN TROOPS DRIVE GERMANS ACROSS MARNE General Foch has thrown American reserves into.the great Second Bat- tle of the Marne. United States troops on Tuesdayattacked a German force which cross- ed the Marne south of Jaulgonne (indicated by the arrow on the map), and after a short but fierce fight threw them back across the stream and des- troyed the bridges. \ It was the first time the Germans had attempted to force a crossing of the famous river since the start of their drive, and America is to be con- gratulated that it was her own soldiers who frustrated the enemy. The Americans captured 100 prisoners in the battle. They are‘ also tak- ing part in the Marne battle at Neuilly wood, according to the announce- ment. of:the French war, office. k * SUBMARINE CHASES AMERICAN | “. STEAMER:LOADED WITH FOOD ~ |... BACK INTO HER HOME PORT| foe As ‘Man Atlantic: Port, June.8,—An American steamer loaded with foodstuffs put: back'to:port here today and chased:by a:submarine. The ship’s. captain was said to have re- ceed again.” j The captain is’said’ to. have told: naval officers that the sub- marine was sighted: off the Virginia Capes. Before torpedoes could be ‘dispatched with any accuracy of aim the steamship turned toward ‘port, leaving the submarine behind. » ~ Unconfirmed reports circulated in shipping circles here today were that a German U-boat either had been captured or sunk off the Virginia coast yesterday by a United States destroyer. A destroyer which has been patrolling the coast. in this vicinity returned to port’oday. Members of the crew refused to talk regarding their operations. ‘A coastwise passenger steamer put into port here today after ‘sighting an object ‘her officers feared was an enemy submarine. Port officials believe the German craft of the Atlantic coast may have extended their operations to the far southern coast, where Harbor craft were ordered last: night reported she had been |" quested: the naval ‘authorities to arm his vessel that he might pro-| .. the object was sighted. to,proceed from the river mouth into the harbor. HIGH SCHOOL MOTTO HOISTED HIGH ALOFT Residents in the vicinity of the high school were scandalized this morning to. find that during.the night the graudating class motto, “Over the Top,? had been paraphrased, with an appropriate addition to the text, and swung aloft during the night from the cornice of the building. SURVIVORS CAN STILL SMILE AFTER U-BOAT SINKS SHIP Fhese.men are the survivors of t he schooner E. H. Cole which was sunk offithe New Jersey"coast by one of the U-boats. The fact that they lost their ship and hadn't had a meal for more than 36 hours. couldn’t keep them from smiling ha, they ars: Carl Cariton, happily when the y were landed on good old United States sail again. From left to right ‘William Herl en, Captain H. G. Newcombe, William Jones and $ aman Samuelson. KAISER BILL'S CUP WORTH ONLY $40 ‘New York, June 8—German proof of the saying that all is not gold that glitters, was forthcoming here today with the disclosure that the “magnifi- cent’ cup which Emperor William awarded to the American winner of his ocean yacht race in 1905 was not gold and was not worth $5,000 as was announced at that time. It was made of pewter with a thin veneer of gold and was worth scarcely $40. The deception recoiled against the emperor during the recent Red Cross ENTIRE HUN OFFENSIVEIS: PUSHED BACK Wedge Driven Into the Teuton Forces North at Chezy— Positions Improved —_— FEW MINOR ENGAGEMENTS French Take Heights East of Hautevesnes — Attack Over Big Front \ DIRECTED TROOPS ~ Washigton, D. C., June 8.‘ —General Pershing person- - ally directed the fighting of | American troops at Cantig- | ny, from which place the Germans were driven with a loss of 200 prisoners, mem- | bers of the senate military | committee were told today i at their weekly conference | with war department off: cials. ey The village was taken| by the Americans May: 28 and ‘ all German attempts to’re- capture it have ‘been in vain. Hees The important part Amer- ican: troops have taken in: checking the recent.German - drive was told to. the'sena- tors, who were informed. that the advance practically has stopped for the time be- ing. is By ASSOCIATED PRESS Allied pressure against.» the German lines northwest of Cha- tedu Thierry shows no ‘indica- tion of relaxing. ©The enemy having yielded readily tothe first thrust against him on Thursday, the entente forces have pursued their advantage and are realiz- ing new progress in a series of local operations. The whole German line at the tip of the salient driven into the allied front has been pushed back in this process. The allied line is now astride the,Clignon and points of vantage have been se- cured north of that stream. According to reports from the front the attack of Thursday be- gan over a front of about three miles, but the reaction has now spread until it extends from hill No. 204, west of Chateau Thier- ry, to Dammard, over seven miles to the northwest. Along all this line the allies have won ground with encouraging rapid- ity. z The official statement issued by the French war office men tions two violent attacks against the Bouresches-le-Thiolet * line. It is on this section of the new drive, it was revealed today as it was auctioned and reauctioned until it ad- ded $120,000 to the nation’s mercy fund. President Wilson was in the audt- ence when the “gold” trophy, bear- ing the emperor’s likeness engraved on the side, was smashed with a ham- mer on the stage of the Metropolitan opera house here a few weeks ago. Persons who had desired to’ see the lcup. broken had paid.$5 each to the Red Cross to get on the stage. The “gold” remnants were later to have been sold for cash for the Red Cross, but the dealer to whom they were of- fered said they were pewter, and he was not an alchemist. Wilson Marshall’s yacht at Atlantic won the race for which the cup was the prize. HEALTHY RAIN WAS GENERAL OVER STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING Central North Dakota was visited by another healthy shower Wednes: day evening, when .35 of an inch of rain fell at BiBsmarck; .49 at Ellen- 5 at Bottineau; ..62 at Devils 3 at Lisbon; Au at Jamestown, and .35 at Minot. ‘Rain was also gen- eral in the Red River valley, Wahpe- ton reporting 55 and Larimore .53- While there were local evidences ot wind and electric storms west of the river, no damage had been reported up to a late hour today. Some phones are out of commission in the city. pas ascico bso ag DRAKE ATTORNEY HERE. John ‘Selb of Drake is in Bismarck on legal business. battle line that the American marines have been in action and they probably are still operating here. The fact that both Ger- man assaults were repulsed with heavy losses indicates that these Americans are still fighting with their initial vigor. According to official state- ments the heights east of Hau- tevesnes‘have been'taken by the French, which may*indicate that a wedge has been driven into the German lines north of the Clig- non and that the remnant of the Germans further north at Chezy and Dammard may have been ac- celerated by the danger of be- ing trapped by the rapidly ad- vancing allies. ; Further north the French have improved their positions in the neighborhood of Ambleny, while at Faverolles, in the Villers-Cot- terets area a violent bombard- ment is reported. Patrol engagements of a minor nature are reported from the British front. American marines and French troops on the sector northwest of Chateau Thierry have driven the Germans back two and a half miles on a front of six. (Continued ‘on Fae Three.)