The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 19, 1918, Page 1

%) ih, yo 4 ae’ a | 'ernnor J. A. A. Burnquist maintained ~~ shis big lead over Charles A. Lindberg THE WEATHER: Partly cloudy tonight. HE B LIBUNE LAST EDITION" THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 156. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FRENCH CHE BURNOQUIST GAINING ON LATERETURNS rd Vote Cast in Minnesota —Total May. Reach 350,000 EAGUE MEN DEFEATED venth Congressional District Is Only One. in- Doubt— Lundeen Is Beaten COMBINE ON MEYERS. * _ Minneapolis, Minn. June 19— 4 Complete returns from Monday’s primary election in Minneapolis, ~ <1) show a plurality of 2,723 votes for J. E. Meyers in the hot’ race “i for nominations for mayor. May- or Thomas Van Lear, who was indorsed by the socialist organiza- tion was second on the list and will oppose Me; at the elec- “tion. The five didates who were eliminated the primary today sent messages of support . = and congratulation to Meyers. Complete returns for congress- , man from the fifth district, gave ‘Walter Newton. of Minneapolis, a est Lundeen who sought renomi- nation on the Republican ticket. “St. Paul, Minn., June 19.—As Gov- of Little Falls, for the Republican ‘omination for governor, interest in ‘the state wide primary election re- turns today shifted to the sharp con- ‘test for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Returns for Governor on the Repub- Hican ticket from 2,617 precincts out patock 12,878 and Returns from’ 1,543 precincts gave E. Wheaton: of Minneapolis, 11,- votes whe W, L. Comstock .of nkato,_ the other Democratic can- A242, Comstock had “Returns from.2,498 of 3,119 precincts ;governoft, on the ‘Republican’ tick: ‘gave Burnauist 180,156 and Lind- erg 131,498. For Republican Lieuten- sit governor,1,695.. precincts gave Frankson ! 9,384 Ofdne 71,040 and Stepheris' 40,737: 'Fraxikeon is the in- cumbent. 78 pint on Clifford -L. Wilton ‘cortinued to hold hie lead’ t6# rénomination for attorney general,' oh the: Reptibliean ticket. His' majority’ ovér Thomés''¥: Sullivan ‘of St. Paul, was 11,700 ‘with half of the returns compiled. For clerk of the supreme court; Irv- ing A. Caswell, of Anoka who had had a hard three cornered fight for renom- ination, still leadg the field. Half-of the estate gave him 68,041; Herman Mueller, St. Cloud, 63,785 and George G. Magnuson, St. Cloud 52,061. The other Republicans holding ‘state offices have such large majorities that sia renomination is seemingly assur- ed. The bitter _. struggle between Nonpartisan . league -.and Repud- lican candidates for success: at the state-wide primafy election last Monday, .has been /reflected by the record breaking vote. In 1916 the primary vote wag‘ 168,308 available re turn, from 2,279 of 3,119 precincts give a total of 285,678 votes cast for governor on | Monday and it is expect- ed that the’ total gubernatorial vote probably will reach 350,00. Governor J. A. A. Burnquist leads his opponent, Charles A. Lindbergh in the race for the Republican nom- ination by more than 50,000. The lat- est gures, representing 2,279 precincts out of 3,119 in the state and includ- ing 27 complete counties, give: Burn- quist 167,923; Lindbergh 117,755. The‘ fead of Judge ‘W. L. Comstock of Mankato over Fred E. Wheaton of Minneapolis for the Democratic nom- ination for governor was. further re- duced by early returns today and at 10 a. m. the Mankato candidate was only #258 ahead. Reports from 1, 358 precincts gave Comstock 12,207 and Wheaton 10,949. Ottertail county returns will further deruce Comstock’s -lead, it was said, but the figures were not obtainable. ‘Returns available this morning indi- cate that from oné to.three of the present state officers are in danger of being defeated in their fight for re- nomination. Irving A. Caswell. clerk of the supreme court, held a lead or but 3,119 votes over Herman Mueller of St. Cloud, with less than half of the state precincts heard from. Al- though Clifford L.. Hilton, attorney general, and Thomas Frankson, lieu- tenant governor, had ‘majorities of 10,000 cr more, political leaders de- clared that precincts unreported might change the. situation consider- ably. 1525 precincts out of 3119 give Burn- quist 127,126; Lindbergh, 78,259. 250 precincts received: Lieutenant Governor, Frankson 14,464, Crane 8,- 804; Stephens 5.990. Secretary of State, 204 precincts— Schmall 19,643, Malmberg 8,342. Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner—239 precincts, Putnam 16,698, Tiltquist 10,676. i ‘Clerk Supreme Court, 242. precincts —Casswell 11,023, Manguson 8,018, Mueller 8,798. Governor, Democratic, 268 precincts —Comstock. 6,049. Wheaton, 2.456. « State Auditor. 241 precincts—Preus, 19,886; T. Josvold, 8,787. “~~ (Continued on Page Three.) Want Law to Ban Hun Language from Schools of Wisconsin Ashland, Wis. June 19.—The Wis- consin legislature will be asked to en- act a law at the next session provid- ing for the abandonment of-the study, of German in the public and paroch- jal schools of the state, according to a resolution adopted by the Wiscon- sin department G. A R. last night. Another resolution passed by un- animous vote, favors dishonorable dis- charge, internment and the cutting off of pensions of members having pro- German leanings. 4 Definite action is expected to be ta- ken at next year’s convention provid- ing for the holding of annual meet- ings at the state capital. THREE MILLION WORKMEN ARE BEHIND WILSON Samuel Gompers Gives Inspiring Message to Chief Execu- tive of Nation ) DISCUSSES CHILD LABOR Declares No Wage Worker Will Scab on United States in This Struggle St. Paul, Minn., June 18.—Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson,. address- ing the annual convention of the Am- erican Federation of Labor today con- veyed President Wilson’s high appre- ciation of the United States efforts of organized labor in preparing the country industrially for the war. In response President Gompers of the federation said: “We ask you to take home to your chief—our chief—the great interpre- ter of freedom, justice and democracy, the message of men of the labor move- ment: ‘Nearly 3,000,000 strong, we are with you, Wodrow Wilgon, '.” Secretary ‘Wilson, who ig now a member of the United. Mine Workers Union, was accorded an ovation on ‘competion, of::hig-addregs,. Delegates to. the convention listened with, keqn attention..as-he. detaifed tho gradual incredse in wages:and Improved: work- ing. conditions. in the last fifty years, which came, he ‘said, as a result of persistent, intelligent action by trade unfonists. ; 4 After declaring that the American government was forced to enter the war because Germany was threatening the destiny of this country, the speak- ~ tconmmued on page two) MBAT REJECTED. BY ARMY AS UNFIT FOR USE New York, June 19.—Hundréds of thousands of pounds of meat intended for use on American battleships, fur- nished by the Wilson and Company Chicago packers, have been rejected because as unfit for use, Captain C. S. , Williams of the navy, testified today at the inuiry by the federal ' trade commission into charges that bad meat is being. furnished to the navy. Captain Williams, when asked if he had ever rejected any meat from Wil: | son and Company, offered for the navy | department, replied: “Yes, have rejected a great many hundreds of thousands of pounds. One lot consisted of 300,000 pounds of smoked ham.” The reason it was re- jected, Captain Williams said, was be- cause it was “sour and smeary.” He added further in reply to a ues- tion that an item of 428,000 pounds of meat had been declined and that on another occasion 110,588 pounds of ham shipped to the battleship Missou- ri, after delivery had been found “un- sound and dangerous.” ¢ PROHIBITION FOR NATION IS URGED Washington, June 19.—Mr. Colby said he appeared at the request of Chairman Hurlay as a-representative of the shipping board. Of the pending Jones prohibition amendment to the emergency agriculture bill he said: “We believe that the effect of legis- lation would be to reduce the efficien- cy of the workers in the shipyards aa reduce the output of tonnage to a sub- stantial amount.” y Concluding arguments in favor of prohibition were made by William J. Bryan, who, replying to Mr. Colby, de- clared history showed -labor is more efficient without liquor than with it. He quoted Premier Lloyd George as saying that England was fighting Ger- many, Austrja and drink, with drink as the greatest enemy. While: favoring total prohibition Mr. Bryan said he believed a reasonable time should be given for putting into effect the amendment. In line with that opinion he said he would recom- mend that production of intoxicating. liquors should be reduced: by :percent- ! " BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1918. SHELL. BURSTING. IN: ITALIAN TRENCH! an Austrian shell burst over an Italian trench. -'Note how the soldiers are crouching low to avoid being struck by shell fragments. ( BRAVE ALPINE M [ACHINE GUNNERS The Italian Alpine troops are famous for their bravery. This photo shows an Alpine machine gun squad in the front trenches. ; SPOT NEWS MAP OF ITALIAN FRONT FRENCH OFFICIAL WAR STATEMENT Paris, June 19—The Germans last night, ,after violent preparatory bom- bardment began an attack on the Rheims front between Vrigny and La Pompelle, the war office announced today, The Freich are resistivg the German blow with entire succes;. On the western front of the attack the enemy was not able even to reech the French line, in the center be- fore the city. The Germans were completely repulsed and suffered hea- vy losses. East of Rheims the French were eually successful, The statement follows: “Last night at 6 o'clock the Ger- mans delivered a. violent preparatory eo ° | ! artillery fire along:the whole front |’ age until’the nation had become dry.of Rheinis trom the region of Vrigny, west of the city, as far east as La Jattacked by three divisions which were Pompelle. At 9 o’clock the enemy in- fantry began an attack on the Freach positions between these two. points. “The. French troops resisted the German attack with complete ’sué:ess, the counter: barrage of the French er- tillery proving very strong. “Betwen Vrigny and Ormes, German assault troops. were stqpped= bythe French fire and forced to return many timés to their lines of departure and were not finally able to reach the French positions. “Argund Rheims violent combats developed during the course of which the enemy suffered heavy losses and was everywhere repulsed “East of Rheims the fighting like- wise ended to the advantage’ of the French. The Germans having been successful in penetrating the woods northeast of Sillery, were driven out by a French counter: attack. “Prisoners taken in‘the region of Rheims declared that the town was ordered to take the place at al’ costs during the night.” The front of the new German at- tack is the semi-circle drawn by the enemy about the city.of Rheims in the recent offinsive on the Aisne front. The Rheims region comprised the left flank of the German attack. Ground was given by the French on both sides of the cathedral city, but the town itself and the nearby protecting forts were held. RAID GERMAN LINES. London June 19.—British troops last night successfully raided the German lines in the region of the south of Hebuterne, north of ‘Albert, the war office announced today. A British post recently taken by the Germans near Vieux Berquin, on the northern side of the Lys salient, was recap- tured. Some prisoners and two ma- chine guns being taken in the opera- tion. | . NEW DRIV HUNS LAUNCH OFFENSIVE: : in Italy by Enemy to a point five miles southeast of losses. The ground over which the of La Pampelle. ; _ The connection between Montdidier and Noyon tage to the foe. the Somme and Lys sectors. TURKS SACK AMERICAN’ HOSPITAL Washington, June 19.—Sacking of the American hospital at Tabriz, Per- sia and seizure of the American and Eritish consulates there by invading Turkish troops was reported to the state department today by the Ameri- can minister at Teheran. ~ If the report as it reached the min- ister is officially confirmed, the: out- rages may be considered an act of war and settle the long pending ques- tion of whether the Ottoman allies of Germany should be formally listed among America’s enemies. According to today’s dispatch the Turks sacked the hospital over the protest of the Spanish consul in charge as representative of American interests and in defiance of the Span- ish flag flying over the building. The hospital at Tabriz is a Presby- terian missionary institution establish- ed several years ago. For several months the situation has been so ser- fous that the force has been gréatly reduced and a few days ago it was reported to the state department that the last American had gone. There have been vigorous demands in congress for declarations of a state of war between the United States and Turkey and Bulgaria. . President Wil- son and the state department, how- ever, have not regarded this step as necessary or desirable, since these al- lies of Germany so far have not been rought into actual conflict with Americans. .. «ss. Identify Hospital... .. .. New York, June 19.—Ofticials of the here today identified the American hospital sacked by Turkish troops at Tabriz Persia, as the Colton Memorial hospital. which was endowed’ by a Philadelphia family by that name and established several years ago through the Presbyterian board. Turtle Lake Wins McLean County’s Interscholastic Washburn, N. D., June 19.—Turtle Lake carried off most of the ribbons at the McLean county interscholastic meet, held at Underwood on Friday. Washburn, which had won the cup two years hand running previously, came in second, while Wilton got third place. Considering war conditions, Under- wood, Cole ‘Harbor and Dogden and ‘Mercer made excellent showings. Despite the heat and a hard wind. the race meet ran off in a smooth manner. With a fence to keep out the crowd, the arrangements were put through without a ‘hitch by Coun- ty | Superintendent McCurdy. The grounds were black with automobiles from all sections of the county. SPEAKS AT PA! 'D wooDs, Governor Frazier returned at noon today from a speaking tour and left this afternoon for Painted Woods, where he and Attorney General Lang- er will address a Nonpartisan league rally this evening. between this assault:and the ‘one ‘di trace, except that a straightening of the-line would’ be'of*adva: Raiding operations are reported from the British fronts’ in Presbyterian board of foreign missions ic BEFORE CITY OF RHEIMS TO STRAIGHTEN OUT LINE Italians Putting Up Desperate Fight to Hold Aus- trians Along Piave River—Slight Gains Made (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Standing firmly before the war stricken city of Rheims, the French have checked a new German drive launched last night, five days after the offensive on the Montdidier-Noyon line came toahait. In the fighting the active battlefront has been extended the Cathedral City. HEAVY BOMBARDMENT ' At 6 o’clock Tuesday evening the German aftillery began a heavy bombardment between Vigny, west of Rheims,,to the village of La Pompelle, on the north bank of the Vesle river east of that city. Three hours later the Teutonic infantry stormed out of their trenches to begin the assault. According to the official statement issued at Paris the Germans were nowhere successful in their at- tempts to enter the French lines, being repulsed with heavy FOURTEEN MILES LONG The front over which the new attack was launched is approx- imately 14 miles in length. It has been expected that the Germans would sooner or later attempt to straighten out their lines in this region because the close of the Aisne offensive left the allies in a favorable position along the front from the Marne east of Cha- teau Thierry to the region north of Chalons. lines they are able to quickly concentrate their forces on either side of the angle having it’s apex at Rheims. GROUND IRREGULAR Having interior Germans are attacking. west of Rheims is rather high and irregular. To the north of the city it is more level and to the east the French, being between the enemy and the Vesle river, would be operating at a disadvantage were it not for wooded hills which they hold on each side of the village last week is rather dif Fierce attacks are’ being made by the Austrians to overcome the ‘Italian resistance ‘along the Piave but*ithe defensive line still holds. Apparently the .enemy..sees:.his hope;.of. success in enlarging his gains eorossthe, Piave: having been given a-disustrous check in-the:mbuntains from west of Asta go to the Piave. SEM OM diy aoa i In the mountains the Austrians heve been generally on the defetisive since they were ‘checked’ and:then. thrown back in the. first day. of: the offen- sive. The French and British aroynd Asiago are under a heavy enemy bom- bardment and the French Tuesday.‘re- pulsed.a, strong local, Austrian; effort. Along the Val Suganna and against the Bastion of Monte Graplia, the en- emy holds further attacks in abeyance. Gains Not Known. Along the nearly thirty mile Piaye line ‘the situation has not improved Greatly from an allied vjewpoint, al- though the Austrians haye been de- feated at most points in efforts to enlarge their gains. Where and in what force the enemy has crossed the river and how far he hés progressed into the Venetian plain are not out- lined clearly but appatently the Ital- fans have given most ground on ‘the north around Montello and on the south of Capo Sile. bd Holding Austrians, 3 From their foothold on Montello, an important plateau three by eight miles in extent which dominates the: coun- try between Bassano and Treviso, the Austrians are making violent attempts to drive the Italians off the height, while the Italians are fighting just as determinedly to keep the enemy close to the river bank. The fighting the past two days has been favorable to the Italians. In the center from Maserada to Fossalta, the Austrians are being held well in check and have been unable to make any pro- gress across the Piave despite re- peated attempts. Seemingly the Aus- trians have pushed back the Italians. several miles between Fossalta and Capo Sile and along the Fossetta can- al which runs southwest toward Ven- “Hunger Offensive” Cost Dearly. What gains. the enemy have made, however, have been hardly commen. urate with the preparations made, the shells expended and ‘lives ‘lost. Emperor Charles, unless ‘his .troops can make swifter progress, -will havo to call off his “hunger offensive” and face the populace at home. ‘ Reports reached Switzerland ‘that | socialist. manifestations occurred in Vienna ‘Monday. Awaiting Outcome. The Germans apparently are await- ing results on the Italian front be- fore resuming the offénsivé ‘in France and Flanders. Local attacks and intense artillery fire here and there mark the lull in the fighting on the wegtern line. The French and British have Improved their positions at isolated “points te- tween Rhéims and Ypres. while -re- pulsing enemy attempts. The German artillery fire has increased.in intensity from northwest of Montdidier to the Aisne. German patrols have been active against the American positions along the Marne but their efforts to pene- trate the American lines were ropuls. ed. One enemy patrol was almost wiped out by the Americar machine gun fire. BANK BOARD TO MEET. The state bank deposits guaranty board will meet in a final ‘session Thursday. When it completes ‘its: bors everything will be in readiness for the placing of the bank deposits guaranty act. in operation July:1. . A