The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER i GENERALLY FAIR HE BIS CK TRIBUNEL: LAST EDITION - 1, . THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 149. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. French in Brilliant Counter Attack | Check Teutons in "WILSON SENDS LABOR URGED © T0 REDOUBLE. THEIR EFFORT President, Wilson in Telegram Says War Can Be Lost in America DELEGATES MAKE REPORT Indications Are That Some Spir- ited Controversies Will Be Fought Out Can Lose War Here. Washington, June 11.—Presi- dent Wilson today telegraphed to the American Federation of Labor and the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, in conven- tion at St, Paul, Minnesota, urg- ing renewed efforts of labor in support of the war program. * “The war can be lost. in Ameri- ca as well as on the/fields of France and ill considered or un- justified interruptions of the es- sential labor of the country may make it impossible to win it,” said the president’s telegram to Rob- ert Maisel, of the American alli- ance for labor and: democracy. No controversy between capital nad labor should be permitted to inter- fere with the prosecution of the war, the president said, until every instru- mentality set up by the government has been employed tp settle it. To Mr. .Gompers, ‘the president telegraph- ed: ‘ “Please corivey.to the 38th. annual convention of the, American Federa- tion of Labor my congratulations upon the patriotic.support which ‘he mem- bers of your organization have ziven to the program of the nation in the on thé battlefield, whers so many’ of ‘our younger’ men_are now in uniform, but. equally in. the factories and the ship yards and workshops of the coun- try.where the-serayite Supported and supplied: by:the Idyki industry of your skilled cfaftsmen. i % ‘ “We are facing. the, hardships of the crucial, months. ofthe struggle. The nation can face them confidently, assured now that thé” intrigues of the enemy can never divide our unity by means of those industrial quarrels and class dissensions which he has Mled so dil{gently to foment. In) these days of trial and self sacrifice the American workingman is bearing his share of the national burden nob-; ly. In the new world of peace and; freedom which America is fighting to establish his place will be as hon- ored and his service as gratefully es- teemed.” : President's Telegram. The president's telegram Maisel said: “The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy has my earnest hope for a successful convention (that will give added strength to future activi- ties. Caled into being to combat ig- norance and misunderstandings, skill- fully played upon by disloyal influen- ces, your organization has done a great; and necessary work. It has aided materially in promoting the unity that iproceeds frpm exact understanding and is: today a valid, end ‘important part of the great machinery that co- ordinated the. energies vf America in the prosecution of a just and right- eous war. Can Be Lost Here. “The: war can be lost in America as well as on the fieids of France and ill considered or unjustitied in- terruptions ‘of the essential labor of the country may make. it impossible to win it. No controversy between capital and labor should be sufered to interrupt’ ft ‘until every ‘nstrumental- ity set-up by the government for its amicable settlement has been employ- ed and its intermediation heeded to the utmost; and the government has set up: instrumentalities: wolly fair and adequate. And this duty to avoid such interruptions of industry wher- ever they can be avoided without the actual sacrifice of essential rights rests upon the employer as imperative- ly as upon the workman. No man can afford to do injustice at-any time ‘but at this time justice is of the es- sence of national defense and contests for any sort of advantage that at other times wold be justified may now jeopardize the very life of the nation.” St. Paul, Minn., June 11.—With the preliminary details of opening day dis- posed of, the delegates attending the annual convention, of the American Federation of Labor. here, today got down to real business which probably will keep them in session for ‘two weeks. The various ‘ committees appointed | yesterday began preparing reports and recommendations to submit to the federation and indications were that many questions to be brought: before the convention would bring about spirited fighting. The federation now has a member- ship of more than 2,700,000, according to the annual report of Frank Morri- son, secretary. During the past year 355,044 members were added. ‘There are 27,735 local unions in the federa- tion, the report said. to Mr. enohes and Fargo—June 16: ° FIFTEEN NEWLY FREED CONVICTS WILL GO TO WAR Fifteen out of 20 minor of- fenders, whose terms would soon expire, pardoned or pa- roled from the North Dakota penitentiary, will immediate- ly enlist for service overseas, announced Nelson A. Mason, secretary to the governor, to- day. The pardon board com- | pleted its work last evening. OC SMITH SPEAKS IN. BISMARCK WITH PICTURE Pershing Man Who Appears in Great Council of Defense Film Here for Opening TO STAKE OUT HOMESTEAD Has 640 Acre Option Awaiting Him at Dickinson—New Dates Announced Corp. Harold J. Smith, who appears in ths great war picture “Pershing s Crusaders,” which is to be exhibited here three days beginning Monday. evening at the Auditorium, will also appear in the flesh on the opening, night, when he will favor Bismarck with one of his rattling, slash-bang talks which have proven so immensely popular throughout the state. ° e: tary Thomas Allan Box of the council of defense today announced an exten: sion of Corporal Smith's Nortn Dakota schedule ag follows: ‘Williston—June 13. -Minot—June 14, Niagara—June 16, Bismarck—June 17. in City ‘Today.. Secretary. Thomas Allan ‘Box and Corporal Harold L. Smith, the Massa- chusetts nationaf guardsman whom General: Pershing sent back with 49 other veterans from the French front to tell. America of the war, returned last everfing from their official swing around: North Dakota, in the course of which they touched almost every county in the state and talked to at least 100,000 people. The tour leaves Corporal Smith as thoroughly in love with North Dakota as it has made ‘North Jekota his devoted admirer, and the corporal plans to spend a week of his furlough, which begin to- day, in the state. He is now work- ing on his own time, without govern- ment allowance, and he _ will speak in Bismarck, New Rock- tord, Minot, Williston and Fargo be fore, he leaves the state. He has al- ready spoken in practically every oth- er large town in North Dakota, hav- ing traveled as high as 200 miles a day by,.automobile and visiting as many as/six towns in a day. “after’the war I'm coming back to North ‘Dakota to live,” said Corporal Smith this morning. -“I’'ve never seen a better country nor a finer people. I would be perfectly content to spend the remainder of my days in any one of twenty towns I have visited in this state, and I have thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity of meeting your peo. ple and sneaking to them.” Corporal Smith is making arrange- ments for the taking up of a soldier's homestead in the Bad Lands, with the hope that if the war spares him he may return to ‘North Dakota to be- come a cattle baron or wheat king. After speaking here next Monday Cor- poral Smith will go to Dickinson to file on a 640 acre homestead staked out for him. This evening the corporal will speah at Steele, filling an engagement made for last week, but which had to be postponed because of poor train con- nections. Averted Wreck; Gets 50 Cents And a 5c Cigar ‘Houghton, Mich, June 11.—Matt Pe- terson. a former section hand, was walking along the South Shore. and Atlantic tracks near Pilgrim, a few mile seast of here last night. He dis- covered a pitce of rail missing. The evening passenger train from the south was due. ePterson flagged the approaching train. ‘The, passengers crowded about Peterson and one man gave him fifty cents. Another gave him a cigar. 4 mation, | The most important: portions Peterson does not smoke. SPECIALWORD 10 MEXICO Says Purposes of Nation in This War Are Disinter- ested WILL STAND BY RUSSIA Ready to Show Real Feeling To- ward Sister Republic Torn by Revolution Washington, June 11, — President ‘Wilson's address here last Friday to @ party of Mexican newspaper editors which was never given out for publication in the United‘ States, is expected to be recognized as one of. his most important war utterances. It dealt almost wholly with pan-Ameri- canism by agreement among the pan- Americans and it was obvious the pres- ident tok opportunity to send back to the Mexican people through ninety or more representative newspaper ed- itors a personal message to emphasize the disinterestedness of the United States in all its part of the fight for world democracy. It was the president’s wish that his speech, inasmuch as {t practically was addressed to the Mexican people, should be published in Mexico first. To that end no copies were given out * HOME GUARD CALLED OUT TO REPULSE THE NONPARTISAN CLAN |. Red Wing, Minn., June 11. —The Red Wing home guard was mobilized this afternoon to disperse a parade of Non- partisan league . members which was said to be march- ing toward this city. An or- der was issued this morning by the county attorney pro- hibiting the parade. if NORTH DAKOTA TELEPHONE MEN FLOCKING IN From 300 to 400 Expected Here Wednesday for Twelfth Annual Convention BIG PATRIOTIC MEETING Tracy R. Bangs to Address Pub- lic Gathering-at Auditor-— - , um Tomorrow Night Between 300 and 400 telephone of- for publication in this country, until today, although it was sent to the em- bassies and legations abroad. The address was printed in Mex- ico City yesterday morning and it was the intention of officials in charge of the matter today not to give it out for publication in American newspa- pers. It was said that this decisfon had ‘been reached on ‘the president's wishes. : f “This decision, however, was re versed and the whole text was given out by the committee on public infor- }of the’ ‘sp “\were ‘cabled “tot! United States from Havana last’ night | North Dakota, and thé.annuai address by the Associated Press. In emphasizing the disinterested- ness of the United States in the world war, the president sald: -“One of, the difficulties that I ex- perienced during the first: three years of th ewar, the years when the Unit- ed States was not in thé war, was in getting the: foreign offices of Euro- pean nations to believe that the Unit- ed States wae seeking nothing for her- self, that her neutrality was not selt- ish and that if she came in she would not come in to get anything substan- tial out of the war, any material ob- ject, any territory or trade, or any- thing else of that sort. In some of the foreign offices there were men who personally knew me and they be- lieved, J hope, that Ia was sincere in assuring them that our purposes were disinterested, but they thought that these assurances came from an aca- demic gentleman, removed from the ordinary sources of information and speaking the idealistic purposes of the cloister. They did, not believe that | was speaking the real heart of the American people, and! .knew all along that I was. Now, I believe that everybody wso comes into contact with the American people know that I am speaking their purposes.” As a concrete example the presi- dent referred to his declaration that he intended to stand by Russia. “We cannot make anything out of} Frank ©. Packard of the ‘North Da- Russia at this time.” he said. “We cannot make anything out of stand- ing by Russia. at this time—thte most remote of the European. nations so far as we are concerned, the one with which we have the least connections in trade and advantage—and yet the people of the United States rose to that suggestion as to no other that [ made in that address. That is the heart of America and we are ready to show you by any act of friendship that you may propose, our real feelings to- ward Mexico.” i NEWSPAPERS MUST WATCH - ‘THEIR STEP Washington D. C., June 11.—Federal court decrees prohibiting newspapers from publishing articles held to em: barrass the administration of ujstice. although not acts committed within the presence of the courts, were sus- tained today by the supreme court in upholding judgment against the To- ledo Néwspaper Company, publisher and N. D. Cochran, editor in chief, of the Toledo Ohio News-Bee for con- tempt of court. Justices Holmes and Brandeis dis-| sented. Justices Day and Clarke, both from Ohio, took no part in the de- SUBMARINE IS REPORTED SUNK BY BRITISH CRUISER An Atlantic Port, June 11.—A German submarine was appar- ently sunk by a British steamship a week ago Sunday morning off a British port, according to passengers on the vessel, which ar- rived here today. A United States army officer who saw the single shot fired at the U-boat, expressed the opinion that a clean hit was made. > 5 Two destroyers then closed in and dropped:'depth charges at the spot where the submarine had disappeared.” The liner carried 176 passengers. y ficlals and operatives,.with their fam- ilies, will assemble. here’ Wednesday. for the twelfth annual convention: of. the North Dakota Teléphone: associa- tion,, which opens at 10 tomorrow’ morning, when the visitors will be wel- comed to the city by George N. Ken- iston, secretary of the Bismarck com- mercial. club, who assumes this. pleas- ant task in the absence of Governor Frazier. The .respoase will be made by Judge Jobn.Carmbdy: of Hillsbarp. .ascistehtU>S-district attorney fof of the president, by Hi.W. Wilson of 'New Rockford, follows. ‘Business ‘mat- ters: will: occupy the remaindet of ‘the morning. ‘ In. the; afternoon an hour will -be- devoted :to visiting the‘ numerous ex-, hibits’ which will be found: in the com- merical. club rooms, and at 2 the form- .al program will be resumed with an address on ‘regulation of telephone companies from a representative of the North Dakota raflway commis- sion.. ‘Miss lsther Sorenson, traffic director for the North Dakota Inde- pendent Telephone Co., will tell of the small exchange operator, and H, L. Reade, state fire marshal, will discuss the telephone and the fire alarm and A. J. McInnes, manager of the Cen tral North Dakota Cooperative Tele- phone Co., will talk on the managers’ problems. Patriotic Meeting. In the evening a big patriotic meet- ing is to be staged at the Auditor. ium, where Attorney Tracy ‘R. Bangs will be the principal speaker. The Grand Forks barrister will be intro- duced by Judge Carmody and will talk on “The> Mobilization of our Resour- ces.” Thursday morning will be de- boted to an inspection of exhibits and to a managers’ conference and meet- ing with ‘the board of railway com- missioners. Thursday afternoon kota tax commission will discuss the taxation of gross earnings, and M. E. Young of Chicago will talk on sav- ing on maintenance. The annual elec- tion of officers will immediately pre cede adjournment. Thursday evening “The Whispering Wires of Var,” an interesting and authentic picture showing ’phone men at work in the trenches in France, will be exhibited at the Bismarck and the Orpheum. The public is invited to attend all of: the sessions of the ‘phone men and is especially urged to assist in well- ing the crowd at the Auditorium on Wednesday evening. Officers of the North Dakota Tele- phone association are H. W. Wilson, New Rockford, president; J. 'P. Smith, Beach, ice president; |. A. Liver- more, Fargo, secretary-treasurer; A. J. McInnes, Dazey; M/M. Borman, Ab- ercrombie; W. ‘F. ‘Ruck, Cando; J. D. Ordegard, Northwood, and H. A. Brown, Cooperstown, executive com- mittee. CATTLE PRICE HITS HIGHEST OF AVERAGES Chicago, June 11.—Prices paid for cattle at the Chicago stock yards have reached the highest known at that market, it was said today. For sixty- six steers averaging 1,427 pounds, one big packing firm paid $17.90 a hun- dred, the highest ever paid for a good bunch of steers, according to yards statisticians. One fancy steer sold at $18, or ten cents.higher than any previous figure. T. L. Gunderson of ‘Centerville, S. D., is homeward bound after dispos- ing of twenty four cars of cattle at nge Toward Paris " HONS’ GREATEST GAINS SINCE SATURDAY NET SIX MILES IN VICINITY OF VIGNEMONT; MOST THREATENING SECTION NEAR ANTOVAL (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Moving with steadiness, in spite of the firightful losses inflicted upon them, the Germans, in their plunge southward on the line from Noyon to Montdidier, continue to gain here and there in the center of the line, where their greatest effort has been exerted and where the French re- sistance might have been expected to be most stubborn. : The enemy’s greatest advance is at Vignemont, six miles from the line as it stood last Saturday. The French have launched counter at- tacks on the left of their line, which may be an indication that they have reached the front where they will make their final stand. This line seems to be along the Aronde river, a small stream flowing west and northwest from the Oise and roughly paralleling the line of the advance. ; The Germans, according to the official statement issued by the French war office, reached the vicinity of this stream. This marked the limit oftheir advance, however, and the French immediately attacked and drove the enemy back to the line passing through Belloy, south of St. Maur, south of Marqueglise and Vandelicourt. The village of Mery, west of Belloy, was retaken by the French Monday night. : PRAISE FOR YANKEES IN. FRENCH REPORT |Courage Under Fire Wins: Eu- logy, of Highest Official— Praise Ambulance Men _ Paris, Monday, June 10,—Praise ‘18 given’-the! mariaes and ‘other’ Ameri- can troops who took part in ‘the fight ing last week northwest of Chateau Thierry, in an official ‘statement is- sued. tonight giving a summary of the operations there. It is declared that with “strong wil and irresistable ac- tivity, the American troops. continue absolutely to dominate the, adversar- jes they oppose.” June in advancing our line,” the state- ment adds, “gave us a view of the enemy which ‘permitted us to exploit the situation: Also in the evening tne American troops, pushing forward to- ward Bussiares and Torcy, and con: tinuing to clean upu Belleau wood from local opposition, advanced their line for more than a mile. “The American infantry showed it: self very skilful in maneuvering. The courage of the officers and men bora- ered on temerity. One Lieutenant hindered in hi sadvance by a machine gun, threw himself almost alone into the woods where it‘ was established and, having killed its'crew, returned with the gun over his shoulder. The courage of combatant troops was equalled only by the magniicent coolness of certain of their ambulance men, who amidst a hail of bulets gave first ald to the wounded before carry- ing them to a field dressing station. “Operating in Liaison with the Americans, our troops the next day, widened considerably the gains of the day before, while the division on the right progressed northward. During the morning our troops captured Veu- iily-la-Poterie cemetery and, finally, ‘by a single dash they’ carried the heights southwest of Hautevesness. Our troops met with stubborn resist- ance which they broke down com- pletely. “The German suffered irreparable losses. One of the companies opposed to us which counted 100 bayonets at the beginning, yesterday only muster- ed 37. five of whom belonged to an- other company and five to the regi- mental reserves.” FIGHT ON STATE BOARD OF UNION TO BE RESUMED Row Growing Out of Townley Chain Store Scheme Comes Up Again Friday The fight on the state board of the North Dakota Farmers’ union, growing out of the Bismarck meetings which this committee subjected Townley to a quiz on his chain store scheme, will be resumed at the quarterly meeting of the Burleigh county union to be held at Baldwin on Friday. After a hot debate at the last meeting ot the union, in Bismarck, prepared reso- lutions, presented by stockholders in local chain stores, demanding the re- moval of members of the state board for their criticism of Townley were laid on the table. These resolutions come up again Friday, when the Town- fey and ant{Townley faatiqns will $17.50 and $17.85 and a carload of hags at $16.55 a hundred. He took with }bim in all $95,000. pe prepared for a stiff tight, and in- teresting developments are anticipat- ed. _ lled carpe “The operations on_ the ‘sixth’ of}. d GAINS ON AISNE This part of the battlefront, however, apparently. is not the most menacing to the French. It is further east that the Ger- mans seem to be making their most telling gains. Here, along the right bank of the Oise they have reached Antoval, a: village which lies on the crest of the hills above the important town of Ribecourt, lying on low, ‘flat lands west. of the Oise. : The Fx h admit that their line of resistance to the west and south of ‘Ribe- court hag been withdrawn in consequence. lee eee kts This movement has not resulted as yet, according to 5 in the. withdrawal of the French lines east of the O gist the Ourscamp and Carlepont forests, strong positions from which the French defended their positions in’ the earlier attempts “of the Germans to cross the Oise south of Sempigny.’ . : ee essubre -ENTERS: CRITICAL STAGE 2.2.00 The battle in the new area may now bé consideréd: as having definitely entered it’s critical’ stage, as in the Somme; Flandets and Aisne combats the third and fourth days of the. offeristve were most menacing to the allies. It now seems. certain that,tbe present German operation constitutes a very, ‘serious blow ‘at: the allied Inies from the Oise to the Marne, as well as thréatening, the level. country behind the-present battle lines. Before thigcan be reached, however, the Germans may ncounter. even greater ‘resist- ance than they have overcome since their offensive bega! "3 The only other operation of significance reported was carried | out by Australians on the British front at Morlancourt, east: of Amiens.’ Here the British advanced to a depth of half.a mile over a front of a mile and a half. More than 200 prisoners were cap- tured by the British. mek : ADVANCE AT HEAVY COST : Battling their way forward in the center of Montdidier-Noyon line the Germans are making slight gains. The ‘fighting’ is the most furious of the year. German advances have been made at heavy cost. : aa ee Along the valley of the Matz the Germans are making their main progress. The apex of the new salient now extends from Mery to Elincourt, about seven miles. Monday, in sanguinary fighting, the Germans captured Mery, Belloy, St. -Maure and reached Elincourt and Marquesglise. The deepest penetration has been to Marquesglise, two:miles south of Russons-sur-Matz, a depth of about five miles. : FRENCH LINE HOLDS : On the western wing the French line holds steadfast and heavy and continuous attacks have made no impression upon it. On the east the Germanse have advanced from several hundred yards to a mile, the greatest gain being on, the right center in Thiescourt wood, from which they are reported to have debouched. Artillery is being used in great. numbers by both armies. The French gunners have reaped a heavy harvest from the ad- vancing enemy columns. Villages changed hands repeatedly and the French war office says the French troops “fulfilled with ten- acity their mission of resistance.” Berlin claims the capture Sunday of 8,000 prisoners and some guns. The French resistance is reported to be stubborn. Monday night’s brief statement says ground has been gained southwest of Noyon. MARINES ADVANCE Compared with the offensive of May 27 between Rheims and Soissons, the present German effort is making progress more slowly. The American marines on the sector northwest of Chateau Thierry, which protects that town and Villers Cotterets, continue their attacks. Monday the marines advanced into Belleau wood, a distance of two-thirds of a mile on a front of 600 yards. The nofthern edge of the wood is all that now remains to the Ger- mans. ; On the British front there has been little of interest. On the American sector northwest of Toul the artillery fire has in- creased but no infantry activity has developed. Austro-Hungarian troops on the mountain front in northern Italy have carried out surprise attacks at several points only to be repulsed by the allied troops. The artillery fire is most pro- nounced on the mountain front and along the lower Piave. GAIN THREE MILES French Headquarters in France, June 11.—The enemy. suc- ceeded, at an immense cost, in pushing his advance from a mile to three miles deeper into the allied front yesterday. At Marque- glise, the southernmost point of the salient, he was about seven miles from his starting point. ned The fighting was almost unprecedented in fury. The Ger- mans, continuing to attack in compact masses, were mowed down by the allied gun fire. Wave succeeded wave in the attack, and when a position is finally taken by the enemy, it is frequently promptly retaken by the French. In these counter attacks the French invariably find the ground littered with German dead, the bodies of the enemy lying in heaps. The Germans, ‘it is estimated, had used between 20 and. 30 divisions up until last night. As the enemy’s advance is:slow. he (Continued on: Page Two.) a F fal a