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

& ‘ TRIBUNE == PRICE FIVE CENTS. { ench and British _ Net Allies SLOPE ENJOYS ~ GREAT FOURTH IN BISMARCK Safest, Sanest and Finest Cele: bration in History of . ‘~~ Capital City SMITH MAKES: FINE TALK Pershing Soldier Urges State to Purge Itself of Pro-Ger- man Taint 1 <4 _ The safest sanest and finest Fourth of July celebration in ‘the history of the capital city passed into history at midnight withut the firing of a single giant firecracker; without the logs of a-solitary..case of lockjaw; without one lonesome. spree. The ban, placed on the sale of fireworks by the state council’ of defensg* and’ Mayor: Lucas was. religiously observed. The. day. ‘ was in respect to explosive noisemak- y ers the quietest Fourth Bismarck can remember. In “all othér respects, it was gne of the most interesting. and satisfactory. Crowds began to pour into the city at day-break. By noon every ‘dewn- town street was lined on. both sides| with ‘close-packed automobiles, which had disgorged thousands into the ho- tels and restaurants and the eating places’ of the Pleasure Zong When the patriotic pageant. began to move f at 1:45, the streets for several miles Kf were.on dehse mass’ of humanity: The parade, headed. by Adjutent .Gené log forte y ’ the:stalwart Wilton ¢ agent. Hom: } gaurdsmeén from:other Stopé points, in uniform, ‘and showing the - results : of intensive drillin s ca tion’ to‘ business, large numbers. x Pgh ado . usual originality; the crowds’ fancy.iw imet, in, ftom: a death-dealing: Dias sented “with: attragtive ti committee’ of women: very appropriate’ group.” 1 a ters of Isabelia, ‘ Degree: of . Honor. Woodmen of the World, Elks and oth- er fraternal associations’ contributed attractive cars. occupied by members in costume. The Grand Army of the Republic had a very swall group iu line, but no one received such lusty ‘and genuine ‘cheers ‘asthe nbole rear- guard of the fast vanishing boys in ‘ blue. i ’ The Worthem shows’ beautiful hors- e es, with equally fascl: ers, the youngsters with their poriies, the juvenile Charlie Chaplins and’ oth- er: features of the: long. pageant all were thoroughly appreciated. “Smith Makes Great: Talk. The line dissolved on its return to \ the capitol grounds, where several hundred cars had preceded the march- ers. The park was packéd many tiers @dee -paround the ‘state house -when Secretary George:.N. Keniston intro- duced Corp Hareld J. Smith, the + speaker of the day, who made his ad- dress from the second story balcony. on. the etast side of the building. In spite.of. the: high wind, it was quiet here, and the Pershing soldier’s excel- lent speaking voice carried to: every part of the ground. ate, Corp. Smith’s address was a plea for | stalwart, 100 per cent. Americanism 1 hete at home; for an’ Americanism which will countenance ‘no foreigu » @lement; which will insist upon the Dservance of American customs; re- spect . for - American ~ institutions; ~ speaking, reading tnd thinking in the American tongue. He spoke as a 100 ' per. cent, American to 100: per. cent Americans, ‘and recommnded for those who did not meagure’up to this standard the barb: wire of an intern- ot Ma 7 , t y we must be on the alert over here. . - He earnestly urged:greater support for the War Savings Stamps move- ment, one endeavor in which ‘North Dakota has not maintained its other- wise fine record. He bespoke unstinted | ) i | \ support for the American Red Cross. | and told how: this’ organization in ad- e dition to its many duties’ on our side \ of-the line, now has taken ypon itself the feeding of American soldiers in » German prison camps.” He expressed pothing: but confi- dence in “the ultimate “result: over there; assured his héarers that the German advance at a cost of fi } to the allies’ one hed gone e: \ our forces-wished it. and that it nad been necessary. for the alliés ‘to give ; German this opportynity to wantonly ‘ sacrifice its manpower fn order to consume .the surplus of .2,500,000 men which the collapse of the Bolshevik vernment and the tul peace of rest-Litovsk had | relt ffom the 4 Rusisan front. The balance of power is’ being restored, said: Synit! have 900,000 American fighting me reserve over there; soon we will have 3,000,000 American soldiers in the “al- ‘ Med lines. Then said the Pershing t ~ soldier, the real fight. will 4 - Smith spoke to an ‘appreciative aud- ee ‘ “(Continued on Page Right.) ¥ w stage eye or hand-or leg; without, repre-|auid there’ hasbeen encourage i*iment to:extend it’s activities to- ting lady rid-|° ment stockade or the firey depths’ of; e hades. While the »boys are’ fighting | Te the foe over there, he. insisted that/ NOTED WESTERN WAR WORKER T0 CONCLUDE WEEK Hon. C. F.:Fisher of Sheridan, Wyo., Will Speak on the * Streets Tomorrow The Hon. C. F. Fisher of Sheridan, Wyo., appearing under the auspices of | the speakers’ bureau of the national council of defense, will: bring North Dakota’s Loyalty Week to a fitting, close Saturday. evening with, an adq- dress-on war work. Mr. Fisher. will speak on Broadway, between Fourth and Fifth street,and will be introduc- ed. by the Hon. Andrew Alexander. Bruce, chief justice of the North Da- kota supreme court. C. F. Fisher, has been prominent in war work throughout Wyoming and South Dakota from the time America entered the. great conflict. He has de- livered several thousand addresses un der. the routing of the national speak- ers’ burep and his work is reported to have bee very effective. Yester- day ‘he‘was'the principal Fourth of July orator at Aberdeen. He’ comes to Bismarck today, and will spend two days here as a guest of his brother, Dr. A. M. Fisher, who has just re- ceived his commission as captain in the medical officers’ corps, and will| leave in the: near future for active/| duty. BUY.W. 8. Se = Finland Is Expected To Declare War on Entente Powers Soon kholm, ‘July 5.—At édi- bo Offices here;“a declaration war by Finland against the ny hours’ present estab- f Germany assisted-the Finnish. government to sei a ei oa gg the ‘ted: guard, which was - en: deayoring to establish a regime of--Bolsheviki type, was defeat- ‘ed. ‘German influence has since ‘Seen. predominant in Finland tment .for the’ Finnish govern- ward’the Murman coast, where} jruns the Murman railway from the White seaport of Kola, built to give the allies another en- trance into Russia, An entente force, including American ma- rines, has been guarding this railway and the supplies at the port. \ Reports from Stockholm on July 3 declared that Germany had landed additional large mili- tary forces on the Finnish coast, these troops being well, supplied with artillery and full equip- ment for“service in cold regions. ——— tur W. §. . WOMEN MEET TOMORROW AT STATE HOUSE Session of State and Local Com-, mittees of Council of De- fense at 9:30. * The Burleigh county and state wom- en committees of the council of de- fense will meet in an important -busi- ness session,and war conference at the senate chamber at 9:30. Saturday morning, when all women representa- tives of the various: county and state committees are asked to report. Mrs. F. L. Conklin. chairman of'the state committee of women, will preside, and ‘Miss Julia A. Newton of the agricul- tural college and Miss Aldythe Ward, secretary of the North Dakota welfare ;commission will speak. General headquarters for. the day will be maintained at the women’s rest rooms in the Haggart block dpjo- site the Federal building, where arr jwomen visitors to: the city are re- anested to call and. get acquainted. The.morning ‘session of the women’s jcommittee of the council of defense will be held in the senate chamber at j the state house at 9:30 when the hour and place of later sessions will be an- nounced. L. W. HILL HEADS GREAT NORTHERN St. Paul, Minn.. July 5.—Louis W. Hill, chairman of the executive board of the Great Northern railroad, was elected president of the road at a meeting of the board of directors here today. Mr. Hill succeeds President federal manager of the road... < + $122.98 for the Red Cross. ‘and the SPREDY PEACE nte nations is expected at. "matter the more readily will our ene- W. P. Kenney who recently was. made ii _ laundry, BIG CLEANING FOR STICKERS FROM ELKDOM Antlered: Knights Worked Hard Over Fourth‘and Show Great Results” STREET DANCING POPULAR The Fourth was a big day for War Savings Stamps in the Elks’ kangaroo court, . Justice: was ground ‘out early and late, and the fines paid in Thrift stickers: aggregated $1,330.86 for the day. .The total for the week to date, ! with two big days to go, is $2,451.47 for Thrift stamps. . The Fourths. fines which went to the Red Cross totaied $254.16, and the aggregate for the week: to date: is/ $373.47. Dances bought and paid for on the pavement yesterday brought in total from this cource 1s $232.08. The Elks will continue their pave- ment dances tonight and ‘tomorrow night, and Bismarck folk are urged to turn out and trip a measure or. two for the good of thé cause, The Red Cross needs the money, and Corporal Smith assuredly has convinced the people that the boys over there ‘need the Red Toss, : —BUY-W, §, 8. 3) Leading, Article in German Press “Discusses Basis on Which | ROP SITUATION IMPROVED ‘e.phed> article ‘the ‘socitilist :iewspaper’ Vor- werts ‘of’ Berlin declared that the de- sireof the:Gérinan people Yor a speedy peace with Hdnor ;is so strong that a sénsible accommodation {rom the oth- er side, would’ ‘be-bound:.to lead to its realization. - | Neate vcs Our enemies’ today, ‘édntinues ‘the newspaper, “have ithe opfutunaty ot: obtaining if ace wot prescrip 4 tre ae ee forces on both sides. ‘ “The policy: of truth demanded by.! Phillip. Scheidemann. (socialist. lead- er) requires an admission that. the ecenomic forces of the German ‘people are not inexhaustible and the fact that we are cut off from overseas raw material is being increasingly felt. “The more candidly we speak of this mies believe us when we say that this oppressive situation can only induce us for years to make greater military efforts but noteto accede to condi- tions dishonoring the German. people and damaging their interests perma- nently. “The. conclusion of a peade with honor thus corresponds to the inter- ests of our adversary in the same de- Gree as our own.” Until well into June of the present year the gravest fears were enter- tained in-Berlin for the failure of Ger- man crops owing to the drouth in April and ‘May, writes Dr. Dieckmann in the Taegliche |Rundschau, but lat- ter the change of weather brought an, improvement. so. that without exag- gerated expectations the new: cereal year beginning. August 1, promises to be better than the last one. ‘Last year’s, failure of the’ fodder crop, the writer adds, caused very con- siderable shrinkage of livestock which will detrimentally influence. cultiva-| tion, in the. coming year, more so as the shortage of ‘manure cannot nearly. be made good. by artificial fertilizers. Dr. Dieckmann. next points out ‘that potash supplies to German farmers; owing té the shortage of labor and the difficulties:.. of . transportation are nearly 100,000 carloads in arrears. The writer insists that a “full pund of flesh” should be exacted from Ru- mania whse. crops must be subjected to tthe “strictest control.” Turning to the meat supplies Dr. Dieckmann fears that next year will bring but litle improvement.. He says a majority of .the breeders declare that Germany's stocks of cattle and ‘n§zs_will take tep years to recover their normal size. Germans, he concludes, are turning! in greate rnum-ers to vegetarianism, this: being conclusivety evident in the: multiplication. of kitchen gardens. es- pecialls in thé vicinity of large cities: | » 2 NOON PRAYER Washington, July 5.—The senate to- day passed a resolution requesting the president ‘to: igue’a: proclamat’on cail- ing on the American people to observe | ; noon prayer during the war. It now goes: to- the’ house. Senator‘ Phelan of California, read a letter’’ from Secretary Tumulty terdam, July’-b—In\-w leading | th LSON Fourth of July Address at Mt Vernon, Is Praised. by “Allied ‘ RIGHT Urges InternatipnafTribunal to Pass Upon the Disputes |” esident. Wil- red'é)l feelers’ for mis ee, with! new and unquolified ' conseogation ; of America to the, strugrie or “eloaing intlitary. tC § ¥ Bathering dunt Vernon, is nation, the of officials and-of diplomats of the al- lied nations. Pes Fd : ‘He spoke to: the Wo the -logical sequel ,{o; aid he spoke sfforce: with: eral ‘weeks ago. - “Must ‘Destroy | eracy. Unreservedly, tH pres a int ‘declared that: there’ could be .no, peace ' which: did’:not "1 e.gaverned-ahd gustained by. he. organized ’ opinion? of; mabkind,”, Lwas' the way, he siimma: gle‘sentence the obj inthe world: war.’ {Whether the presi dare ing his remarks direttly't the recent if humaaity. 5 omere| ik e: of theé:celebration of, American’ indepetidetice ‘: emphasize) to, the :wor.d theiwat’aims of the ni* tion ¢an ‘only be divined.. He did not deal with the progress of the war.or a fidentiener Lane ot it, but ue 3] elquently. of! America’s, attitude igwe ‘Geemany's ‘so-called peace trea- les’fh.thé-east by grouping the people of! Rasuléi"' forthe moment; whorgan- LA te ee ae eatate (Re one. e., ‘sta against the ene- fitee Soe Nwerty, Et he, Past’arid Présent Grapple... “The ‘past aud the present are in deadly grapple and the peoples’ of the world are being done to death between them,” said President Wilson. 3 ¥There’ can ‘be but ‘one issue. The settlement. must be final. There ‘can be no compromise. ‘No. half-way. de- cision: would ‘be tolerable. No. half: way decision: is conceivgble. /-These are the ends for which the associatéd epoples of the world are fighting and which must be:conceded them. before there can be peace.’ SU AG Last “1. The destruction of every arbi- trary power anywhere that can separ- ately, secretly, and of its single ‘choice; disturb the peaee ofthe ‘world or, if: it. cannot be presently destroyed, least its reduction’ to virtual impot- ence. BG ts eae “2. The ‘settlement “of every ques- tion, whether of territory of eovereign- ty,. of economic arrangement, or. of: po- litical. relationship, upon ‘the basis. f the free acceptance’: of that: settle- ment by the peple immediately con- cerned, and: not uponthe basis of the material: interest or advantage. of any other nation or. people which’may de sire a ‘different, settlement. for the sake of its own exterfor influence or mastery. aes Vag ean Consent of All. Nations, * “3. The ‘consent of’ all -hations to be governed in their conduct toward each other by the*same, principles of honor ‘and ‘of respect for the ¢mmon law of civilized society that govern thé individual citizens ofall ‘modern states in their relations with-one an- other; to the end: that all promises and covenants. may; be sacredly ob- served no. private plots or conspiracies hatched. no selfish jnjuries Wrought with impunity, and a mutual: trust established. upon ‘the. ome found: ation of.a mstual réspect:for: right. “4, The establisfinent of an:organ- ization of e which shall make. it certain.“that “the cdtabined power ‘of, free nations will check every. invasion of right_and serve to make peace and. justice the*more: secure by aftording a definite tribunal of opinion to which all met ‘omit and by which’ every interan io i readjustment that ‘cannot be amicably agregés the ‘p vles directs conthraen Mal be. tioned: :* ee AE % “These o 2 bs; *, Great. -ends. cannot. be to.a single sentence.’ What we seek .{s the reign of law, based. upon the con- sent ‘of. the governed afid sustafied by..the orgabjzett’ ppintoir‘6f: mankind. >» “These. ty 3 achieved by debating’ and: seeking recognize and accommodate what statesmen: may wish, with.-their. pro- jects for balancés of powér ond-of na- which sald the president regarded the |.tional opportunity... ‘They can be real- noon prayér. as a “beautiful thought.”) “TO HELP HARVEST Chicago, Jifly 5— Fifty members of the reserve officers training camp gt Fort Sheridan ‘lett for:Huron, S. D., (6: i for ‘arm work. They will receive if th with, room, board :and. ized only -by the ‘determination of. what the thing. peoples‘ of the world desire, with théir Jengiog “hope tor usj- Lice and for:social freedom, and‘oppor- tunity.” 5 f v The president's speech in full’ was as follows: |. <> 3 ¢ Gentlemen of thé diplomatic corps “7 (Continued on ‘Page ‘Two.) ~~ ~ | BNTENTE PUSH fon’ of 6e¥*} ought of al: ‘m Sgutocracy/or its potence. wn:the con: |, ized in a: sin:|- as address. |" . Secretary. je foreshad- |” vera gnds, cannot; */be | . ig UNCLE SAM - CELEBRATES ~ BY CALLING SUBS HAND More Ships Launched on Inde- pendence Day Than U-Boats Can Destroy in Month’s Time HALF-MILLION TONS OF _SHIPPING LEAVE WAYS b Patriotic Achievement of Loyal president addressed a spigil gathering | * Labor Hailed with Re- joicing Nation Over Philadelphia, Pa., July 5. —This ‘country’s Fourth of “July ship nee eo aggre: ed..87 ‘and eight others ae ip.on the: making: Ma “making: a. grand. total - for the. week. of 95,. according to:reports. received today by the emergency fleet corpo- ‘tation here. 0s Of these 53 are wood and the balance :of: steel. con- r The total dead- | struction, ” T t ~“weight—tontiage “is'474,464, the ‘wooden vessels” share being..187,000 and that of the steel "287,464. “The sticking of two ships" “on the: ways and the post- ponerient, of -11 launchings “the Columbia ‘river be- - cause of a freshet, held back ‘officials expetted to official.’ ly “announce on Independ- . ence day. WAR PROFITS RISE FROM ZERO TO 180: PER CENT Washington. July 5.—Some figures on’ war profits were sent to the sen- ate by the treasury. today in response to a resolution by senator Borah of Idaho, ‘calling for - formation regard- ing -profiteering. - was incomplete. that for the present the names of. the concerns listed were withheld and that “no special signifi- cance” should be attached to the data, as it was secured from income and ex- cess . profits filed. * ‘The dairy interests listed showed profit increases. from zero to 180 per .cent,; banks up * 80 per cent’ cntrac- tors.as high as 596 per cent and flour mills as ‘high+as 437 per cent., The maximum’ increased profit list- ed, 2183 per cent was of a food deal- er with $1,000 capital who showed a loss of 484 per cent in.‘916. Another per cent excess. In clothing trades a conce $400,000 capital: increased its . profit 15 per cent ;one with $2,500 capital reported 191 ‘per cent increased prof- its.” Some: of the flowr. mills capital ant profit: increases teported were respec- tively: $20,000, 112 per cent; $20,000, 95 per cont; $90,000, 236 ‘per cent; ‘profits in 1916 beine $48,000 and 260,- 000 in 1917; $25,000 capital, 437 per cent. * Among neat packers listed data on none of the larger. concerns were avail- able. eas! BUY W, 5. $.——== OF CASUALTIES : Washington, July 5.—The army cas- ualty list tday cantained divided as. follows: - Killed in action 5. Died’ of, wounds 7. Died of accident and otber causes 1. - Died of disease 2. Woinded’ severely 3. Missing in action 5. The list includes: @. ‘DIED OF: WOUNDS. Private Gotfried Schwemmer, North Milwaukee. Wis. DIED OF ACCIDENTS ANO OTHER CAUSES. ‘Although some enormous profits | fainted. weer shown, the letter said the report|? the: ere | not near the returns: as y we Ley food concern with $325,000 made 34.75 | Sceams, ‘AMERICAN LIST || 23 names | &uar Deen Private. Loute*Bernstetter;°Fedora, |'resutt sain 1,500 Prisoners. FINDS HUNS UNPREPARED TO MEET ONSLAUGHTS OF AMERICAN AND ~ AUSTRALIAN DETACH .thing to Consider as The game of striking the en 3 NEGRO | SOLDIERS Convicted by Military Court of Assaulting 17-Year-Old White Girl ° | gore 7 Camp Dodge, Iowa, July 5.—Three negro ~-soldiers. . convicted by court martial’ of “assaulting and outraging” a 17-year old white girl on the can- tonment’ groinds the night of May 24 were hanged: here today. with virtual: ‘ily the entire division:witnessing the’ executions, ss Set _ The three traps were sprung simul \tanedusly at 9:09 a. m. and death was almost: instantaneous in each case. The ‘negroes’ marched to'the scaffolds singing “God have ‘mercy on my soul.” The ‘negroes were- Nelson Johnson of Tuscamba, Ala:; Stanley Tramble of. Stroud, Ala, and Fred Allen vot ‘1 Georgiana, Ala., all selective servige ‘the: namber' that’ shipping’) en. :, £ y pay Me te, and Tramble were declared by military police officials to have confessed their complete guilt, but Al- len, while admitting his presence when the crime was committed, maintained tothe last that he mad not outraged the girl. Parents of all three are dead, but Allen leaves a wife and ten year old son. Three Negroes Faint. Three negro spectators fainted when the men drop- ped to their death and another ran amuck. He started on a dead run di- rectly to the scaffold, ut guards over- powered him. A white soldier also Four negroes were arrested the morning after the assault. which oc- curred shortly before midnight May: 24, but one , spect was acquitted when it wa:sestablished that he was scene of the crime that With a young soldier escort, the girl was sitting on a hillside when, accord- ing to he rstory at the trial. four ne-} groes approached, oné of them repre-| senting himself as a military police- man. struck her escort a blow on the head and in the stomach, dazing him. The negroes then dragged the girl | to a nearby clump of bushes. Her and. alarm sounded by her escort, when he recovered. aroused rn with|that section of the camp, and military g| Police threw, out a dragnet that re | sulted in the arrest of the suspects early the next morning.) ..ay 25. A} summary cour tmartial was organized | a] to try the negroes, and trial started a few days after commission of the; crime. The finding of the court was} not announced until yesterday. tfter it had been reviewed and approved by President Wilson. Both the girl and her escort were from Des Moines. The girl was de- clared to be in a serious condition after the attack, but®since has re-) covered. i When the sentences of death was | read to each negro separately Wednes- day morning, their first knowledge of | their.fate, a respectful “Yes, sir,” was | the. only comment, but they collapsed } when returned to confinement. | They had prayed since then, their d said.“and this morning at 5:00; o'clock were. holding an in.promptu religious service. Chaplain J. P. Jack-| ensen of North Dakota administered | the. sacrament at 7 o'clock. ‘The ne-) groes were composed when they walk- | ed onto the scaffold. ‘Newspaper men were the only civil- ians admitted to the scene of the exe- cutions, Every soldier in the division | not assigned to other duty was ord-| ered to attend thé hangings. i buy wes. 8 ——— UNITY CHECKS SPIES. Paris, June 5,—The operations of | spies behind the allied fronts have) fo aigreat extent chécked as a 6f placing the allied arniies un- der one command. DIVISION”: SEE: EXECUTIONT | Temperature at 7 a. m. ; Precipitation | Highest wind velocity MENTS ON WEST FRONT General Foch Is Giving German Command Some- to Effect on the Morale of Teuton Troops of Last Few Allied Thrusts : (By. ASSOCIATED PRESS) ’ Harassing of the German lines in the western zone shows no signs of letting up, and the allies continue to gain ground here and there and bringing in large batches of German prisoners. emy a solid blgw on a small sec- tor now has been taken up on the British front and an advance of a mile and a half on a width of four miles with the capture of 1,500 prisoners south of the Somme testifies to the hitting powers of. the Australians aided by American detachments. efforts to hold the attacking Australians and Americans,. who have appeared on this part of the line for the first time, were in vain. The enemy made no immediate counter attacks and con- tents himself with bombarding the new allied positions. German Capture 1,000 Prisoners. Between the, vise and the Aisne where the latest French -low gained considerable ground and more than 1,- 000 prisoners, the uermans have not attempted counter thrusts. ere also, the enemy artillery has been the only means of retaliation for the grund and prisoners lost. The German : have given up their counter attacks and heavy gunfire against the new Amer- ican position west of Chateau Thierry, but. are bombarding the village of St. Pierre Aigte south of the Aisne gained by, the French ‘Tuesday... > ce. SS Alectptiire’ Hamat. . ii In woof PRA ue Soltys. the’ allies.¥éthpturéd ‘the ‘Village! et! Hamel jandiijthe Hamel ands Vaire;: woods aun atthe village, The 8, are on h round. ‘The Epic at AutrechéP also take’ Seley $5 * from GermansiAlong the Andre Aus~! tralian troops progressed 500 yards on a front of 1,200 yards. y , Successful Thrusts. Through the’ successful ‘and. succés- sing thrusts in ‘the past ten days or ner , the’ alies on the western’ Leow: ; ‘hve taken: from the’ Germans’ posi- tions which-would have been very ust- ful-in future operations: Whether the policy of nibuting is holding back:a renewal of heavy enemy attacks is:not known but there can be no douby ‘thi by pushing, she Germans out of)16¢a\ important, ‘positions here and there‘be- tween | Ypres’ and Rhéffns;' General xoch is /glvitig the -Gérniatr coniniatd’! something::to:considér 8évibusly ase the, effect ,oaG number of prisoiiéi's' taken'In the past weck is nearly 6,000. Attacks Repulsed. Almost without exception Berlin has declared officially that the allied at- tacks were repulsed. It claims ‘that the French thrust north of the Aisne was broken up in the front line white it describes the thrust on the Somme as “patrol attacks” which were frus- trated. On the Italian front, General Diaz soldiers among the | has been equally successful with his local attacks and his captures of pris- oners since last Saturday is now well over 4,800. KQethe Italians continue their opera-~ 4{6ns; near:the mouth of the Piave and rapidly are driving the Austrians back to the line of the old river bed. 5 American Independence day on tho American sectors passed off with ‘narmal activity. -If there were any anticipations that the Germans might seize upon the Fourth of July as @ day upon which to strike a blow against the Americans, they did not materialize. ay W. 8. S BISMARCK BOY TIES RECORD N 50 YARDS A world's record for the fifty-yard dash was tied in the Fourth-of July games ‘at the capitol athletic park Thursday afternoon when Franklin Roberts, son of Weather Observer ~. W. Roberts, made it in 5 1-5. The evens the world’s best mark for the distance and lops one-fifth from 0. w. Roberts’ record, which was at one time a top-notchery PRESIDENT WANTS CONTROL OF ALL TELEGRAPH LINES Washington, D. C., July 5. President Wilson informed con- gress today that he would like to see the resolution authorizing . him to take over telegraph and telephone lines passed before the proposed recess of congress. BOY W. 8, S.——— ———qoxc—um i? { THE WEATHER ry ?. . WEATHER REPORT. For Twenty-fur hurs ending at noon July 5. emperature at noon . Highest yesterd: Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Forecast: For North Dakdta: ‘Fair tonight antl Saturday; warmer Saturday and west portion tonight. a Germanhiorale. + Tie’: we