The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 6, 1918, Page 1

4. a) | THE WEATHER A Partly: cloudy ‘tonight. $5.4 AO Fixed by C — 150 THOUGHT 10 HAVE DIED IN THESINKING OF ILLINOIS RIVER | ~-BXCURSIONBOAT NEAR PEORIA’ Scores on Dance ‘Floor of Pleasure Steamer Crushed to Death or|; Drowned When Vessel Runs Into Obstruction During a Dense Fog REMARKABLE SUCCESS ACHIEVED GO DOWN WITHIN FEW FEET OF THE SHORE " Panic. Adds Horror to Disaster, and Many. Are Trampled Seeking to Escape Peoria, Ill, July 6.—An inves- tigation-by the’ United States government ‘into the sinking of the excursion steamer Columbia last night with the loss of from 100 to 150 lives, mostly women, was promised -by John Dougher- ty, assistant. district attorney, this afternoon. ; Survivors of the distaster, charged that the steamer, load- \ ed with nearly.500 excursionists ran on a:sandbar in a dense fog. It was declared that. although the’ ship. was‘within 10. feet of shore-at ‘this time she was backed! otit into-deep water with-- iting {o' ascertain the ex- tent o he tjuries she had ‘sus- tained. As the ship reached |‘ mid-stream she. tial broke j Divers chopping “a ‘hole thru : hod ed out the the dey _cabin ated out the body. woman’ Hands-clang tightly. to the” ye tite vatringe y. A litthe: Inter a: moved from. another deck. The ee of. two women wearing wrist’ watches were re- moved by the divers. — Each. watch had stopped: at exactly 12:05- o'clock, showing that. the ship :went: down: in seven. min- utes, as the first distress -call was sent out at 11:58 o’clock last night. One woman who was among the 200 persons in the dance hall, which becauge of its two narrow doorways, proved a death trap. to scores of merrymakers, said * that after-the first slight shock | of the collision; the orchestra' _the-. battle line and..who. fought so} BY AUSTRALIANS CHIEF TOPIC GERMANS ADMIT BEATING Prisoners Ruefully Acknowledge Drive Had Been Conduct: 3 ed with Cleverness -and Courage (By Associated Press.) | ‘With ‘the British Army in France, | Friday, July 5.—Along the, whole British front today the main topic of | conversation was the remarkable suc-{ cess achieved in Thursday's attacks south of the Somme by' the combined Australian and American troops, ag- “sisted. by a fleet of English mannéd | tanks. Even the German prisoners’ were “admitting ruefully. that the. drive had been conducted: with cleverness and! invincible, courage. To this . praise| jas added'a:telegram: from Field:Mar- "shal: Haig to the forces. inyolved,’ in- cluding’the American detachment, ex- pressing’ his © ‘warm. ‘congratulations on the ‘vittory hich attended ‘the, oper- ations: and 00 the skill and’, gallantry. with which: it/ was, executed. - 1s Show Mettle. Naturally, the pens interest ‘of the day waé-in the American soldiers who: had: made’ thetr. initial appearance on fiercely that they: have established ah’! enviable. reputation. and.’drawn. the ction, ANAL sex Would be. second, DEN Sear 4 ardy’ yeaa K: The Australians ‘and Yankees ;to- day * were. holdiiig their newly -won possession ‘strongly after haying ‘re- pulsed a--seriesof three counter-at- < tacks during the night—one on each flank and a ‘third-in’ the center.- All these enemy assaults were thrown back -easily and still more~ prisoners were added-to the large number taken yesterday, while many of the hostile infantry. perished in the attempts to regain that which. they had lost. Additional reports confirm previous ones that the enemy casualties Thurs- day were exceedingly heavy and that! the German list of killed was very ‘long. Not only did the attacking forces work havoc in the enemy ranks but the’ supporting artillery main- tained a most destructive fire over the German territory. BUY W. 8. 5. BARNUM & BAILEY | CIRCUS IN WRECK ONE MAN KILLED faltered: and many dancers | paused. Some ‘one then ‘cried | j "On with the dance,” and ,the ~ | music continued until suddenly | the boat lurched over on its side | and water. began rushing thru the windows. The wildest panic *| followed. Out of the first 24 | bodies recovered only one was , that of a man, two were chil- | dren and the majority were those | of girls betvicen. 10 and 20 years | Youngstown, Ohio, July 6. —One man killed was the toll of a railroad accident at 6 o’clock this morning when Barnum & Bailey circus train No. 2 crashed into the rear end of New York Central, New York-Chicago limited at Girard, four miles west of here. pheysboro, — Ill., The man killed was | Thomas Kooney, 25, of Mur- ||nored. old. ( Peoria, Ill., July 6.—One hun- dred and fifty was the estimate. made by the police of Pekin early today of ‘the dead as a result of the sinking late last night of the excursion steamer Columbia | the Illinois river, while Capt. | F. Mehl of ‘the steamer placed the number ‘drowned at 100. A squad of police was sent to the scene in an emergency car as soon as word of the disaster was received. -F; Miller, on re- turnitig ffm ‘thefe said they counted ‘£0 ‘on the upper deck alone. ::When' they reached the scene he said “large nine il of persons were swimming the water, and frantically call-' ing for help.’ When the boat started to list the people were sltd over to that-side of the boat,’ which was crushed as an egg- shell. floor were crushed to death or, drowned.” i} Police report that a large number of people were injured by the broken glass and in the wreckage. | The scene of the disaster is isolated from telephone and tele- graph communication and de tails are gdmning i in slowly. Most of the victims reside in Pekin. Party Had Been Rasclae. The, excursion. (Continued. on fae Fey got The people on the dance nities. Kooney was thrown between a hostler. || i | two cars-by. the impact. ii BUY W. S$. 6. 954,000 YANKS — ACTUALLY ON ~ FIGHTING LINE High Water “Mark in United States’. Participation in . ‘Front Defense Work Washington, July _6.—American troops actually’on the fighting Ines in Europe about July 1 numrbered 251,- 000 according {o information given to- ,; day by General March, chief of staff, and other members of the war -coun- cil at their weekly conference with members of the senate military com- This was the high water mark for the United States in its front line par- ticipation: the senators were told, ‘but of the million-odd Americans now over seas or enrolite,-a substantial portion, it was stated. soon will be trained | 6nough to insure a steady increase. | Shipments of American troops are expected during the next few months to be somewhat less than during the recent three months’ period. Among the reasons given were the doubt of ability to retain bottoms recently. se- cured from the allies, and that a large part of. the ¢rops given preitmpiu-, ‘ary seasoning in, this, country. have been sent over. ee oak esired’ tort Fs ' HUNS. ATTEMPT eo ‘ | ON AMERICAN LINE | Paris, July 6.— German ‘troops last: night ini seanenat in Lorraine, at Xivray war office: announced ’'t | that the enemy was? com pletely, repulsed’ in :thi : | fort, ashe was in raiding at- ‘tempts . at points, on’ ihe \. Freneh front.". «*.; AND.AMERICANS _ON BRITISH FRONT $2.40 WHEAT IS UP. 70 WILSON POR SIGNATURE = by Boosting Price 20: Cents Bushel SENATE ACCEPTS’ CHANGE ‘WASHINGTON, D..C., JULY 6.—CONGRESS SETTLED TO- DAY THE LONG STANDING) (CONTROVERSY OVER* GOVERNMENT GUARAN- | PEED PRICE OF WHEAT ‘BY |- APPROVING °A_ PRICE: OF |’ |$2.46 AS A SUBSTITUTE: FOR $2.50. AS_ CONTENDED : FOR. BY THE SENATE. ‘THE SEN- ATE. :ACCEPTED.. WITHOUT EBATE THE SUBSTITUTE EVIOUSLY, ADOPTED. IN tHE H |MEASURE. TO. THE. P HIS. GEAR W Aideton, July 6—In an‘eftort to being ‘the: deadlock over: the- senate propose! to increase ‘the government’a minimum guaranteed wheat price: to $2:50, thé ‘house today adopted,’ by”a Vote of''150 to t106,‘ a!-resolttion’ by:: Reprécentative McLaughlin of: Michi- gan to, make the price 92.40. Thy, house previously rejectéd a sub- stituté by Representctive ‘Morgan o% Oklahoma ‘Which proposed a’ guaran- teed, price of $2.65 a bushel. The bill now goes back to the senate for con- currence and ‘house leadets predicted approval without further conference. The vote was preceded by an hour's debate in which opponents of increas- ing: the previous guaranteed price of; $2.20 a ‘bushel, led by Representative Lever of South Carolina, declared that under the existing ‘guarantee the coun- try would produce.a Wheat crop that has never been equalled in its history.. Those who. favored the increase led ‘by Kepresentative Haugen of Iowa, in- sisted that other products were sell- ing at exorbitant prices and therefore the wheat price should: be increased accordingly. * ’ WALL § LISTLESS, NewYork, July:6.—Nominal and tr- ‘regular changes were recorded at the listless opening of today’s stock mar- ket, leaders showing no decided tone. Dealings were of the usual week end ||. character. Equimpents developed firm- |. ness but shippings and oils yielded substantial fractions. Rails were ig- Liberty bonds held steady. SE: AND SENT. THE. & ‘pitere | Last Fall When -todenom- t to Rule ~ hell, former, mayor rg, and an, officer in} ae was-instant- g at Gerstner avia-| le flying in a scout on. the “flying ee secondly to re- ports recelyed eye. Gerstner field is announced. | ‘the niactine, but 6x} jon‘ as to. how’ thé accident Ee sips occurred. It is ers be-fastened in ty belt and wheth- y the. wrecked ‘ma- t et ‘Mitchel ‘for re-election as, mayor. of Pee York.’ He had served one term: aa “the chief city, ;the-youngest. mayor everelected: to’ that office... On July:19:he would have ‘been’ 39 years old. 3 Major. Mitche! went into, army: serv-|3 ‘ice. with. previous | military - training, having taken the course.at, Plattsburg ‘while’ he ‘wag inayor... Upon joining the: aviation, corps he - was. trans- ferrew ‘to Sahdiego?: Calif: where af- ter’ successfully covering the cadet training © ne: became a full fledged flyer. was frequently mentioned as: having: shown undsual daring. BUY W, 8. Se *SERGHAMMER AND | BYRNE OUT OF GAME | St.Paul, Minn,, July’6.—It | became ‘known; today . that | I ‘Bobby Byrne, third baseman, | and” Marty Barghammer, 8 shortstop, of :the St. Paul baseball: club of the Ameri- can association will be-out of | (tlre game indefinitely. “Both | | men recently injured their ||, | “throwing hands‘and Manager. photographs disclosed’ brok- en-bones. Kelly, has been obliged’ to | | use jee battery. men. in (his ' || | infield.; » July Major ; _ | the! great War picture which, has et, . |exhibiting to’ big houses.at:the mee Aa a la =| rs Kelly “announced that’ x-ray ||| /{} mesday, and died late yester- ‘|| day, it was announced today. | ¢- “RESUMES ACTIVITIES. London, July 6.—The Ger- man artillery was active last . night in the region between ‘Villers-Bretoneaux and the Ancre northeast’ of Amiens, where the Australians, as- | sisted by Americans, have re- | cently gained some valuable ground, according to today’s.’ | war office reports. ., i | 2. GERMAN ARTILLERY x | |: NO PEACE FOR GERMA. SHE ACCEPTS WI "___PEACE TOMORROW IF SHE DOES FAMOUS FOOD SPEAKER WILL. | TALK TONIGHT! "|Hon. C. F. Fisher of Sheridan, |' (By. the Associated Press.) A sWith.the American Army on the. Wyo. uae Patriotic.” fysitish. Front, Friday, July-5—Until , ress us y agcepts the ‘Conditions’ laid VISITING BROTHER HERE President Wilson, she cannot The Hon. C: F. Fis! Fisher of sheridan, pace -and she cap have peace tomorrow. if.she accepts them. David Wyo., one ofthe best known: weste ers'on the staff of the U. S. food ad- Hiloyd “George, the British premier, 'ministration’s speakers’. bureau, will, gave this message to the American tropps. training, ou..the ‘British “frént deliver a . patriotic address: at, the Auditoriam: tonight ‘between the two after avreview. today. showlngs. of: _“Pershjng’s -Crusage! David Lloyd-George Says, Arriv- _ al of Million American Sol- diers Convinces Kai- ser of Defeat The arrival ‘in “France of 1,000,000 Antericat, soldiers iad’ made. the: Ger- as ‘pettaln. i The’ British’ prime nilnister’ stood ‘in er. arrived: in Bismarck fo ‘| day’ for-a brief visit, with his.brother, (Capt. A: .M. Fisher, of,the medical; of- |) ficers’ corps,’ who soon is'to leave for active ‘service... The . Wyoming, man | ‘ conies : to Bismarck, from | Aberdé#in 4, where’ he ‘was the principal speaer ta two ays Colebration held ly in-bronzed: ‘Americans’ x: of the “oratar: tor. this e orge said,’ ‘in part: on, 'C. -T.:-Hetretd. former 0%, OA Ne the on. i Srnok ot South ‘Dakota; Mays ‘food’ administrator, say: a wireste; ( Roberts, Burleigh county. fepd. ‘éo administrator: i such’ a. fine ' body <of: “' men. tion meeting‘bere. He is one ‘of ’ the: U.S. food Samnitietratlon' ‘8 most ettye tive and most popular, speakers. understand he, will speak for you to- of great: joy''to all of -us. night, and-I hope you will secure for him the large hearing which he :de- serves.” Mr. Fisher will speak this evening about 9:30. The public is invited to hear him and also to see the final showing in this city of the North Da- kota Council of Defense war films. showing the boys of, the First and Second North Dakota in training atJ. \. ort Lincoln, and the National--war, film, ‘Pershing’s Crusaders,” showing some of these same boys in action on ands come across the ocean. */The fa of her getting in. here. -Part of Mighty Force, of a force of hundreds of thousands, Camp Dodge, la., July 6.— fighting qualities of Americans. i} KILLED AT DODGE | Second Lieutenant Grant A. | \ realizethey haye made another mis- | MeDonald of Grafton, N. D., ||take. | was accidentally shot while | | on the rifle range here Wed- any nation in the word has ever. suf- ' A board of officers will inves- | | tigate the shooting.. haye a-source' of great hope. CHICAGO SWINDLER AND ABDUCTOR os ee OF NORTH DAKOTA GIRL ACHIEVES = DARING ESCAPE FROM FAST TRAIN: | Tony Zalatorious, Who. Robber Bank of $40,000 and Enticed Hebron Girl; se ve Govet a Single) yarn ee eee * Away from Home, Leaps from Speeding North : [Riaste: Siguien We are of toate lest - Coast Limited : “While Thomas McFarland; Ghi cago bank clerk, wanted in the-Windy-Gi tective, slumbered a! \%. ity for a $40,000 bank-swindle, clad only in B. V..D.’s and handcuffed, wormed his: way out of.a Pullman car window and leaped from the North Coast lim-;| spe: | contident. clear. what we are fighting for. the kaiser and his advisors -will, ac- cept the condidions 1 | fweh Great Britain tomorrow. any’ intention to do so. all-are fighting. “What ‘are we here for? Not be- |. the great pripciples laid down by Pres: \idextt, Wilson. t his side, Tony Zalatorius, chi. est battle the world has ever’ known. has “said. ited shortly after midnight this ‘morning, while the train was speeding eastward between ‘Bis-| the Lo marck, and Jamestown. at Jamestown and immediately warmed, ‘the wites‘in‘an “effort to’ apprehend him. Today noon McFarland returned to Bismarck, reporting that: h jnian bank clerk in the State bank of »Chicago, raised to $40,600, an entry of $600 to the credit of his accomplice, Charles Klamaus, arrested recently’ in; . San Francisco. Then, during the; first. Liberty Loan drive, Klam- aus presented a check for $40,- 100. .The paying teller found the entry for $40,600, did not doubt! its authenticity, and paid the ‘check in’ cash, which: Klamaus é pur- Detective McFarland discovered the loss of his prisoner when he awoke’; £1 $50. -The indie was discovered some time later, after both Klamaus and Zalatorious ‘had made their getaway, “piAbducted "Hebron: Girl. alatorious.. Kis, pockets filled “with money, came to North Dakota. For some time he attended ‘an Adventist training school at Harvey, it is claim- ed. Then’he, drifted westward, driv- ing a high-priced : car, well-dressed, good-looking. At Hebron, Martha Walth, daughter of a well known; fam- ily, fell for bfs!-blantishments, ana her trip with Zalaterious to Glendive, font. proved his. undoing... At ‘Glen- dive ithe raat patente: procured Za)- e ‘had discovered no: trace of Zalatorious, for) Previo Countryside. resounded chéérg -in-regulation American style. | BAtish:, atorious’ arrest ‘on a, charge of abduc- jfielda, tion. At police station his. descrip: ts tion was found to tally with that of TO: EXAMINE ALL |-he Chicago bank swindler. The Chi-|/ NEW. ‘REGISTRANTS cago police were notified; McFarland |! NOW IN CLASS ONE | came on, identified his-man, and was’ ‘Washington, D.-C., July 6. returning with him when Zalatorious 4 }made his daring. escape in his negli- ee draft executives were : ee shortly after midnight this morn- ' hal ed by 0 { Snel Zalatorious is 24-years old, five tae 1 boards call w eleven’ in heightth, and weighs:*175' to have’local P pounds. . He is dark, good-looking, as 1 thick hair brushed back from a high iately all new forehead: When McFarland tae. a | 4 tra under ‘the selective im he was dressed in a pair ot ane cuffs and one suit of BV. D823 bdeagi draft Taw Pil ere been: took nofbing more with Him, when, rab liplacea in class one. slipped from the window: of bis bert! ie troops [AMERICAN FIGHTING SPIRIT AND COURAGE BRINGING MUGH. COMMENDATION FROM ALLIRS Companions i in Arms Proud of the Way the Yanks Handled Them- , selves in Capture of Hamel and Vaire 4 Woods Thursday {ULTIMATUM OF PREMIER sd Smperor ‘realize that’ his: defeat) ,, a aytomobile,, in the center of. the [th io“have Te-, Tantied in’ France.’ Beside: hte, jualties/ appareity fiscount Milner, the British sec- of, state ‘for ‘war,.and ‘William ‘Hitghes, tbe™ “Augttalian. premi- Mine you .on being in com-; “Hon. ‘C.F. "Fisher ot ‘Shier ‘Whe! e them.Iam glad. they are Wyo., 'was.the principal speaker Jp Hy. ‘on: one “not on aa Meier if We 3-and.4 at the Tacoma Park: as ‘are anxious “that ‘many. more » thous, that-you are here at all isia sourge . “At the same time, it is K seuyee of great disappointment to the kaiser who never.quite expected you. He was assured ‘by. his advisers that Amgrica was so pacific there was no danger “His next illusion was that even if you declared war you could not get * “But you are here, not a part of a force of a few thousands, but a part ‘to-‘have expressed delight with the So the. kaiser’s advisors ‘and the kaiser “ We are grateful that you are here | to ‘fight, but of course you are not fighting only for America, not only for France, which’ has suffered more than fered; -you are fighting for, the liberty j/of the world. In your faces alone we We see {there determination to win and we are President Wilson yesterday made it voiced by the | president they can have peace with | America; peace with France, péace/ “But jhe has given no indication of; Because he will not do so is the very reason we ““T "dim delighted. to have seen these imeén here.near the field of the great- We. stand ‘here, as a great American ‘at Armagedoni fighting for! As. Mr. siya George concluded, the with three to the review the premier ‘and ‘his’party watched American and training on nearby @ | There was silente for Provost \Mar-' | Gen nerai, Crowder today. | I for. ‘physical examination im- |. regis | -||heads. \1'.dfd-‘tiot ‘know. 4 (Continued ‘on Page’ Right.). ' BOYS KNEW WHAT 70 Do. AND DID IT LIKE VETS Wounded : Chicago Lad: of 20 Tells How He ‘Fought. and. ‘Killed ‘Two Boches With the British Army.- {ah Panes (By Associated Press.)° vf July 5.—American. fighting spirit and courage as displayed ‘in ‘assisting: the Australians’ in taking. Hamel 1d Hamel and Vaire woods ‘Thursday,} in brought’ forth much favorable. com- mendation. The general in command of the American’ troops was’ exceed- ingly pleased with the work: his nien had done. To-Match Allies. “Our troops understood thoroughly. when they; went oyer the top. that they were expecfed to do no less than any of their allies,” said’ the- generil to the, correspondent; today.» “Re- ports which I ;have received: trom the Australians’ iudicate that’. our. conducted themselves with it and did. all that could: wished: ra % ‘broken notbe a » The eAmeriean a eke: co : of the wound thr sips ‘lear yw correspondent: introduced told ‘the ttle ‘soldier hi one’ was o fthe Ameri lips: trembled. but his ‘¢: Are. you, from’. Ami cried, as he’ eagerly. put out “Oh, I'm glad. of s He was: lonely, he rt and wanted’ comfort’ from: somebdd who came from home. ' A ftiendly-chat began and the soldier: velling ‘desper- ately to the . cortespondent's . hand. Suddenly. his‘ eyes fastened .on: the correspondent’s: British: uniform: and a look of disappointment, tiaield to his the other side. face. Y aay Wes a: | te Pent: for. astieg and the freedom “You're not’a vankea, 02" hie Seo ORT asked, with aiquivering: voice, and..his * GRAFTON ‘TON BOY IS “The French generals I have talked|eyes were molst., The. correspondent assured him to the contrary, ‘In- stantly the boy | brignten ned and throw- ing his arm over. the Correspondent’s shoulder, he oxealined Ga Glad He’s a Yamkee, “I'm mighty. ee of. tm glad you ate a Yankee, too. Then he told bis \story of ‘his. part in the battle. and “here ie the way. it ran: ‘ “We were’ all \very, ‘anxious to’do well and we were feady to fight: to a finish. We knew there was trouble for, us over there iir’No Man's Land. None of our’ boys cared for that, but ‘the day before’ the attack: all of the: ie|meh of my company gotitogether and shook hands ahd said: goodbye, : for, you see, we did not kuow. it we | shoatd meet again. “T had ‘worked. very hard/ to be a good soldier, for J* wanted: to ibe a credit to the totkg*back: home. {i “guess I must have earned” some things, for my compiatder gave; me 24 of our chaps tq:lead ,over. the top as corporal. Apd my \men fought well.” et He paustd,”his face ‘glowing ‘with honest pridg, and. then. contidued: . “At midnight Wednesday we went forward and laid out’ eo the’ open, waitingAfor the signal: to.’advanee. Then about daylight’ came. the “bar- rage.: It was a pretty. big thitig,. ‘the biggést we ever had. Fe was just: lke a real Fourth of July, cel fo learn jtime came for ‘the | pushed out. Few Were Too’ Anxious. |. “a’ Tew of. our: boys“Were fe anx- lious and they got. so Bee to th e bar- jrage that th were’ ‘My: -pal was. struck by'a I ; Again he Srophed |there were tears in his:eyes and & bis (lump ‘was working. {/abruptly, he went on: fa fe Ht “We were ienclne ett Hamel || village and had. to go,@¥er one slope, then down the. * litefe valley and-up '| another hill. yt along all right, but down in ihe val ley there Was alot of barbed wire,that held. us up some. ||T know I got caught, but not for long. “Our men,/were fightin itke any- thing and killing @ tot'ot boches who i were in the trenches ani ‘A ‘good many ‘of the Germans: were yelling, ‘Kamerad”’ and “surrendering, | too. || “Two of the boches cate. runniig | up to mewith their hands: over baer i mem