The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1918, Page 1

q i ) ‘ ft m . ! ¢ , a * ous bre ITALIANS HOLD LINE E RYWHER THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION _ THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. "No. 155. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918, PRICE FIVE CENTS. BURNQUIST BEATS LEAGUE AUSTRIANS GAIN FOOTHOLD | ON WEST BANK OF PIAVE; > TRUTONS ACTIVE ON SOMME British Claim to Have Defeated Enemy Along Italian Front—Hints of Counter Offensive— Losses Described as Frightful in All Press Dispatches i ——_—__———- \ 80,000 KILLED : _ Paris, June 18.—Eighty thousand Germans were killed, wounded or made prisoners during the offensive between Montdidier and Noyon, Captain Andrew Tar- _ , dieu, who accompanied Premier Clemenceau to the front on Sunday, told Marcel Hutin, editor of the Echo de Paris, upon his return to Paris. ‘ (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Holding their lines intact along virtually all the 90 miles of battlefront from the Adriatic to the Asiago plateau, the Italian and. allied armies appear to have given the Austrian armies a serious setback. Approximately 1,000,000 Austrians have been hurled against the Italian front, but have gained little except along the Piave river, where their progress is seemingly too slow to’be threatening to the allied positions. Losses which are described as frightful have been inflicted upon the Austrians in the areas where the principal fighting has taken place. In the-mountainous country, where the British have been holding their positions solidly, thousands of the enemy have perished, while they have paid heavily for every foot they have advanced along the Piave river front. 5 GAIN FOOTHOLD . In the Montello area on the upper Piave the Austrians seem to have gained a foothold on the west bank of the river. North of Zengon loop and at Capo Sile, lower down, they have also moved westward, but their greatest, gain does not exceed two or three miles. It seems that, so far in the battle the Austrians have gained the most ground at Capo Sile, a village situated. west of the Piave river and-surrounded by low marshy land, which-does not end itself readily ‘to a rapid, advance by the Austrians. The vital mountain sector along the upper reaches of the Brenta has not been broken. On the contrary, the British claim to have defeated the foe. ‘As‘long as this front holds firmly, according to military experts, ‘thée'stability of the Italian line is assured, unless a seri- Hs! ould be made along the Piave river east of Treviso ‘ Belluna. HINTS OF COUNTER OFFENSIVE There are ‘hints of a eounter offensive in reports from Italy. The success of: the Italians two weeks ago in the mountainous country to the west of Lake Garda and the evident concern of the Austrian command ‘over an advance there, may indicate that if the Italians strike back it may be along.this part of the front. A success there would isolate the Austrian forces fighting east of Lake Garda and turn the right flank of the enemy armies. While the gigantic Austrian attempt to break through to the plaing of Italy has occupied the center of. the stage, events of importance may be taking shape in the Somme battlefield. Heavy firing by the German artillery in the Ancre valley and northward to Serre is reported by the British. It is on this part of the front that a German attack has been expected by the allies and:the German bombardment may. be the prelude,of:a resumption of the enemy’s offensive in France. Austria’s offensive against the Italian front has been checked for the moment, if not brought to complete failure. Fighting has ceased in the mountains from Lake Garda to the Piave, where the allies broke up the first enemy blows. Along the Piave the Aus- trians have been unable to advance from the western bank of the river. . Despite months of preparation and a stupendous preliminary bombardment, the Austrian attack in the north on the Asiago pla- teau and between the Brenta and the Piave collapsed almost at it’s inception before the stout resistance of the French and Italians. In‘ counter thrusts the Italians Monday regained several positions in the mountains. Around Montello, just below where the battle line reaches the Piave, the British still hold their positions, await- ing further efforts, but the enemy made no attacks there Monday. The-enemy command is reorganizing its shattered units. Between Zenson. and Fossalta, a distance of less than three miles, the Austrians succeeded in crossing the river after having been defeat- ed in efforts todebouch north and south of these points. Zenson is east. of Treviso and if the Piave line should break while the northern line holds, the Venetian plains would be open to the invaders. ALL EFFORTS CHECKED, . Rome, however, in its latest statement reports that all the Austrian efforts to enlarge the gains on the western bank, between Zenson and Fessalta, have been checked by counter attacks. . Prisoners taken by the Italians, French and British now total 5,000. The latest report from Vienna makes no claim of marked gains, except the capture of Capo Sile, on the west bank of Piave, south of Fossalta. The number of prisoners is now reported; as 12,000. Emperor Charles is reported to be in the southern Trentino, directing the offensive, and dispatches from Switzerland say that thousands of troops are being sent into the Trentino. Further Austrian efforts undoubtedly may be expected. ACTIVITY IN FRANCE MINOR : Activity on the front in France continues of a minor char- acter. German efforts to drive the French from their new gains around Hautebraye, northwest of Soissons, were repulsed by the French, who increased their captures to 370 prisoners. Small raids have been carried out by the Germans against British positions in Picardy and Flanders. ‘American positions northwest of Chateau Thierry are being bombarded heavily with gas shells and there are indications that the enemy may again try to drive the Americans from Belleau wood and other territory recently gained. The enemy artillery fire also has increased along the Marne east of Chateau Thierry, but there has been no infantry activity. On the Luneville front enemy raiders have captured a few American prisoners, while in the Vosges, in Alsace, American gunners broke up a German raid. 92 AUSTRIAN: DIVISIONS ARE ~INBIG BATTLE Million Picked Troops Fail to Gain the Objective Set for Drive Against Italy SLAUGHTER IS TERRIBLE Central Power Armies Ordered to Advance Regardless _ of the Cost Paris, June 18.—Ninety-twoAustrian divisions consisting of 80 divisions of infantry and 12 of cavalry have been hurled into the greatest battle that Italy has yet fought, according to an official. announcement at Rome, re- ceived here through the Havas agency. Seventy-one of these divisions have al- ready been identified. The forces engaged comprise three fourths. of the whole Austrian army and the best troops under the com- mand of Field Marshal Boroevic. The number of men in an Austrian division.is not exactly known but the number of divisions engaged would in- dicate that: approvimately one millfon |. Austrian .soldiers ‘have been thrown into the ‘battle. Papers found. on’ officers show-that|: after forcing the passage of the Piave, the first day’s' objective. was the Tre- viso-Montebelluna: railroad. In two days of fighting the enemy columns succeeded only in realizing the mini- ‘mum assigned for the first day, ac- cording to the, official note issued at Rome. : .\.But :one. single allied aviator has heen.Jost,.during. the Austrign, offens- ive, while 44 enemy. machines have been broaght down.: “In artillery and airplanes Austria is using all her available resources,” says tha, official note... “Not, less than 7,500 cannon of all calibres have been brought into action. Three Austro- Hungarian armies under the command. of Field Marshal Boroevic are engaged. in fifihting desperately with enormous military. means. Ordered to advance atiany cost, without thought of blood sacrifices. the Austro Hungarian regl- ments, readily obey. Thousands of corpses &trew the battlefield overlook; ing the mountainous Italian sector and accumulate along the iPave, but the/ag obejctives which the enemy was to reach are yet far away.” BITTER FIGHTING. Italian Army Headquarters, June 18, —Bitter fighting is in progress along the Piave river. The Austrians are sustaining large losses from the con- centrated fire of Italian batteries. Re- peated counter attacks are being made by Italian infantry, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. STOPPED EVERYWHERE. Rome, Monday, June 17.—In their attacks between Zenson and Fossalt along the Piave the Austrians have been stopped everywhere, says an ot- ficial statement issued tonight by the Italian war office. In the mountain region and around Montello there have been no infantry attacks by the en- emy. The allied troops have taken several hundred additional prisoners and some machine guns. The statements read: _ “On the the mountainous front and around Montello, the enemy did not re- new his infantry attacks. During the day a successful thrust was carried out by our troops. We occupied sev- eral positions, capturing machine guns and some hundreds of prisoners. “Important actions developed south of Montello and along the Piave in the zone between Zenson: and Fossal- ta, but the enemy everywhere was stopped by our counter attacks. Sev- - WINS NOMINATION BY 5 —_e DOWNS LEAGUE | - o ° YANKS FIGHTING ON GERMAN SOIL National Guard of ‘Sev- eral States Now Ac- tively Engaged in Of- fensivé: on Alsatian Lines ° "Washington, June 18.—The war dey partment -authorized’ formally today the announcement of the fact that the 82nd _ division national guard, ‘is ‘now. fighting: in Alsace, jon German terri- ‘tory. 7Since the dtyision has been in action its presénce has been identified bythe Germans, permitting the fact to be disclosed. k The ‘thirty-second division is. com- posed of troops which left this country com- manded by Major General: William G. ‘Haan under whom it was trained at Camp HcArthur, Texas. It was a‘ soldier’of ‘this’ division, Private J. W. Guyton. who had the dis- tinction of being the first man of ‘the American ‘forces to be killed“on Ger- man soil. The division took over a Sector of the line in Alsace just north ‘of the Swiss border. only. a:short time Michigan. and Wisconsin 0. As it was reorganized before its de- parture for Europe, the 32nd division was: composed of the following old national guard units, from Wisconsin and” Michigan: iB Thirty-second headquarters troop, made up from third and sixth Wiscon sin infantry and first Michigan cav- arly. Be ag "One hundred nineteenth machine gun battalion, fourth, fifth and sixth Wisconsin infantry. Sixty-third infantry brigade: Brigade headquarters, first Michigan infantry brigade headquarters and 32nd Michi- gan infantry, 120th machine gun bat- talion, 31st and 33rd Michigan infan- try, 120th machine gun battalion, 31st and 33rd ‘Michigan infantry. 125th in- fantry, 31st and. 33rd Michigan and 5th Wisconsin infantry, 126th infan- try, 31st and 32nd Michigan infan- try. : Sity-fourth infantry brigade: head- quarters, first Wisconsin brigade head- quarters, first Wisconsin brigade headquarters and 2nd Wisconsin in- fantry, 121st machine gun battalion, 8rd and 5th Wisconsin infantry. 127th infantry. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th ‘Wisconsin infantry. 128th infantry, and first Michigan field signal battal- ion. ‘rifty-seventh field artillery brigade: brigade headquarters, first Wisconsin and ist Michigan field artillery and ist Wisconsin and 1st Michigan caval- ry. .119th field artillery, 1st Wiscon- sin and fist Michigan cavalry. First —" (Continued. on Page ight.) |~ (Continued on Page Hight.) STATE MINE BY 15,000, CLAINS C,A.LINDBERGH League Candidate for Gopher Governor Expresses More Confidence Than He Looks IS SATISFIED WITH VOTE Says Twin Cities Gave Him 8,000 More Than He Had Any Reason to Expect “I claim Minnesota by, 15,000,” said Lindbergh, interviewed when his train stopped here at noon today. Mr. Lind- bergh already had received the early report on Minnesota from morning pa- pers. ‘Neither he nor BE. A. Bowen, one of the principal league organizers, whom he picked up at Jamestown, en route to Gladstone for the first of a series of ..orth Dakota Lindbergh ad- dresses, evidenced in their general bearing the confidence they vocalized. “In every campaign I have made in Minnesota | have been defeated on the face of early returns,” said the league’s Gopher candidate for govern- or.. “The Associated Press has here (scanning: the latest returma) jtew de- ‘tails and comparatively nothing from the country districts. Probably ‘not more than thirty country ‘districts are represented. in. these returns... - Satisfied With Twin Cities, “J. got. eight thousand more in tne Twin,.Citjes..than 1 expected. 1 was willing to concede Burnquist 10,000 in Minneapolis and 5,000 in: St. Paul. 1 will: carry: Duluth by 2,000 and J will}: carry most of.:the country districts yet to: be heard from. ‘There are 3,119 precincts in Minnesota, and; these re- turns are all‘Lindbetgh votes: From |. now, on they will be Lindbergh's.” Lindbergh Jeft.St : Paul at: midnight, up to which time he had received no reports.” His first news of how things were going in Minneapolis came at Fargo this morning. He, was-not very talkative when he reached. Bismarck, ‘but he seemed’ willing to discuss pos- sibilities. E. A. Bowen, one of the leagué man- agers, was more cockey. He flatly. claimed Minnesota by 15,000 and stuck to it. “The persecution my enemies have heaped on me helped me,” sald Lindbergh. Speaks Under Difficulties. E. A. Bowen, a league organizer ana formerly clerk of the North Dakota house, spoke at Jamestown last night under difficulties. The Jamestown council of defense .passed resolutions prohibiting him from speaking, and several halls and the court house were denied him. “I spoke anyway,” said Bowen, in Bismarck at noon today. “Mr. Lindbergh was pot there and had not been scheduled to speak. If he ,had been he’ would have spoken. We refuse to recognize a bastard war or- ganization which has 10 authority from any source whatever” Series of Talks. Lindbergh will deliver his first North Dakota address at Gladstone this afternoon. He speaks at ‘Mote and Hettinger on Wednesday, at But- falo Springs Thursday, at the H. T. Ranch on Friday and’ south of Beach on Saturday. He then swings around to the northern part of the state for addresses at Devils Lake and Grand torks. Today's Weather | Today’s Weather ° %. North Dakota: Partly cloudy to- night and Wednesday; warmer in east and central portions tonight. South Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; warmer in northeast portion tonight. ‘Montana: Generally fair tonight and ‘Wednesday; cooler tonight and in éast portion Wednesday. HUNS MAY HIT U. S. FRONT _. The fifth phase of the German offensive m troops! ‘The arrows show the sectors held by U. S. soldiers. The new drive is expected between Rheims and Verdun or between St. Mihiel and Luneville. faecal. ay come along the front held by American 0,000 LINDBERGH SNOWED UNDER BY — HEAVY VOTE IN MINNESOTA, NONPARTISANS REPUDIATED St. Paul, -June 18.—1525 precincts out of 3119 give Burnquist 127,126; Lindbergh, 78,259. 250 precnicts received; Lieutenant Governor, Frank- son 14464, Crane 8804, Stephens 5990. ) Secretary of State, 204 precincts, Schmall 19643, Malmberg 8342. Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner, 239 pre- cincts, Putnam 16698, Tillquist 10676. Clerk Supreme Court, 242 precincts, Casswell 11023, Manguson 8018, Mueler 8798. Governor, Democratic, 268 precincts; Comstock, 6049: Wheaton, 2456. State Auditor, 241 Precincts; Preus, 19,886; T. Jos- vold, 8737. a oa Treasurer, 215 precincts; Rnies 17727; Fasel 494, Attorney General; Hilton 15530; Sullivan, 12475. i , Minneapolis, Minn., June 18.—J. E. Meyers, republican, led the field in the Minneapolis mayoralty race, with Thomas Van Lear, the socialist incumbent, running second. Van Lear was elected mayor on the socialist ticket two years ago. He will oppose Meyers in the general election. : Indications are that the Nonpartisan ticket has lost all the way down the line. A-lead of from 50,000 to 75,000, is claimed for: Burnquist, who appears: to be gaining rather than Josing.:as returns come in from isolated precincts. Senator ‘Knute‘ Nelson is renominated, and all other regular. republicans: appear. to ‘have been returnéd to: power in.the face of strong league opposition. Judge Comstock is the democratic nominee for, governor by a'good margin, and it is already being predicted that:he will: give Burnquist a pretty-racefor the election. — ~' : Bey Governor J. A. A. Burnquist’s majority for’ the republican renomination approached’ 50,000: this: afternoon and>CharlesA. Lindbergh, his opponent in'the state-wide primary yesterday, con- tinued.to lose ground. “. ” ‘i eer Rar Returns from 82 of 86 counties gave Burnquist 127,126 and Lindbergh 78,259. . Burnquist was increasing his lead in ‘each of the 10. congressional districts... ee oa ats Most of the congressional contests were decided without-inci- dent.’ Only one of the congressmen seeking re-election in’ the-10 districts was seemingly beaten. In the fifth district, where.a sharp five-cornered fight took place, Representative Ernest Lundeen was more than 1,000 votes behind Walter H. Newton of Minneapolis for the republican nomination. Sh i "Nonpartisan league politics attracted very little attention in the congressional contests, except in the fifth district. In this fight opponents of Lundeen charged that he had anti-war ten- dencies. : J. E. Meyers, who was drafted by the republican tonference to run for mayor of Minneapolis, led the field yesterday. Thomas Van Lear polled the second highest vote and will oppose Meyers at the election. Meyer’s majority, according to almost complete re- turns was about 2,000. St. Paul, Minn., June 18.—The tremendous majority of Gov- ernor J. A. A. Burnquist over Charles A. Lindbergh for the repub- lican nomination for governor was steadily increased today. Re- turns from 1,086 of 3,119 precincts gave Burnquist 92,147 and Lindbergh 55,902. Burnquist’s complete majority, according to this ratio, may be 75,000. ‘ Keen political observers, after studying the latest guber- natorial returns from yesterday’s state-wide primary election, made the prediction this forenoon that Governor J. A. A. Burn- quist would be renominated on the republican ticket by a majority of.50,000 or more. His opponent, Charles A. Lindbergh, who was indorsed by the Nonpartisan league, was more than 30,000 votes behind when returns from 897 precincts in 77 of 86 counties had been compiled. The latest figures gave Burnquist 76,427 and Lindbergh 45,094. Judge W. L. Comstock of Mankato was nominated by the democrats by a heavy majority. His opponent was Fred W. Wheaton of Minneapolis. KNUTE NELSON EASY WINNER United States Senator Knute Nelson, who was endorsed by the democrats, had so far out-distanced his republican opponent, James A. Peterson of Minneapolis, that it was estimated he would be nominated by a four to one majority. Several contests were still in doubt. The five cornered race for the republican nomination in the fifth (Minneapolis) district was a.sizzler. Congressman Ernest Lundeen and Walter H. New- ton were running neck and neck. In the sixth district, Congress- man Harold Knutson of St. Cloud forged ahead after a poor start, and his renomination seems assured. In the first district Con- gressman Sidney Anderson was ahead. In the third few returns had been received. Congressman Charles R. Davis was behind Charles R. Pye of Northfield. Congressman Andrew J. Volstead seemed to have a safe lead in the seventh. Congressman Halvor Steenerson was renominated in the ninth and in the tenth district Congressman Thomas D. Schall of Minneapolis had a big lead. There were no contests in three districts. Scattering returns showed that all incumbents seeking renomination for state offices were leading. SUPPORT GENERAL The Associated Press returns, when. classified by congres- sional districts, placed emphasis upon the fact that Burnquist received well balanced support throughout the state. Incomplete returns gave the governor a majority of more than 1,000 votes in each of the districts. In the first, second, third and fifth districts Burnquist received his heaviest majorities in the face of available returns. Hennepin (Minneapolis) county reported that 100 precincts out of 225 gave Burnquist 13,864 and Lindbergh 8,457. In Ram- sey county (St. Paul), 133 of 148 precincts gave Burnquist 11,071 and Lindbergh 9,167 votes. ; ‘Ramsey county complete, including St. Paul, gave Burnquist 11,849 and Lindbergh 9,620. Comstock received 5,568 votes and Wheaton 1,914. For United States senator Nelson polled 14,798 and Peterson 5,482. s