The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 10, 1918, Page 1

' THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. | THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 173. “BISMARCK ARCK, NORTH. DAKOTA, WEDNESD RUSSIAN SITUATION PUZZLING ° BECAUSE CONDITIONS CHANGE | ‘GREAT RAPIDITY. 1 WITH SUCH Impossible to Come as Yet. to Any Decision as to What Milita Aid May Be Extended FEAR INTERVENTION MAY WEAKEN WESTERN FRONT Project for Economic Assistance Going Forward—Armed Prisoners in Si-_ beria Washington, July 10.—The govern- ment regards the situation in Russia as so rapidly and constantly changing as to make it impossible to come as} yet to any decision ‘as to what mill- tary aid may pe extended by the Unit-| ed States. This was’ stated authori- atively today. All of the plans so far submitted which’ involve military action, the United States government feels, 1n- volve at the same time a weakening of the western front. It is the decision of the government that nothing must be permitted to detract from the mil- itary strength, in France and Bel- gium. The project for extending economic aid, it was stated, is going forward favorably. ‘ While the situation sur- rounding the question of military ac- tion continues to be so kaliedoscopic, i€ was stated, no announcement of policy is possjple. , News of’ Armed Prisoners. The first definite news of an armed body of German and Hungarian pris- oners in Siberia was contained in a re- port received today ot the state de- partment from the United — States consul at Vladivostok, telling of the capture by. Czecho-Slovak forces of six hundred prisoners and the town of Nikolsk.about 80 miles northwest of Vladivostok. The Czecho-Slovak lost 40-killed and 200 wounded..: They were opposed, by a large force of Bolshevik, red guards apd armed German and Hunz: prisoners. The defeated rei gu and prisoners took armored trains and retreated’ toward =? Haborzsk“ on’ the Amur river. ‘ The populatio) f..Nikolsk wore. te- potted “wiry? fr to: the Czeeho- Slovaks. “he. prisoners are being ex- amined in an effort to learn. where they got ‘heir arms... ‘The censul reported that the Bol: sheviki hinged several) msn.beéra of the Nikolski -administration and & number of railway employes. BUY W. §. 8.——— TWO ASHLAND MEN ARRESTED FOR TAR PARTY Madison, Wis., July 10.—Ephriam Gay and George Buchanan, Ashland, | have been arrested in connection with the Ashland tar and feather episodes, according to announcement of Attor- ney General Spencer Haven today. ne said that William F. Shea, Ashland. had been appointed as special attor- ney to prosecute the cases and that the mass of evidence had been gath- ered by detectives appointed by Gov- ernor Philipp two months ago. De- tective reports filed’ with Haven im- plicate. a number; of other persons. Further arrests are antictpatetd. BUY W. 8, 5. FRW COUNTIES MAKE CHANGES IN. DRAFTBES Reclassification Will Result in Small Addition of Class One Men ~ The district draft board, now in ses- sion here, has reclassified question- aires from a half-dozen counties which acted under Provost Marshal General Crowder’s recent order, up for consid- eration. The percentage of changes is not great, as a majority of the coun- ties reviewed théir classifications dur- | ing the late. winter and early spring, under directions from the district board issued in‘February. In some in- stances men are advanced from defer- red classifications, and in other in- stances the local boards, upon review- ing claims, have given the registrants more deferred classification. In a ma- jority of instatives the reclassifica- tion has been made after an examin- ation by the local legal advisory board. ‘Only & few counties to date have filed with the -district board questionaires of young men who regis- tered June 5, 1918., The total number of registrations was 4.800, and it is not anticipated that the number of appeals to the district board will run greater than in the first draft, which was about 50 per cent. The district board will remain in~session several days. AUY W, S. 107 DIED IN RAIL CRASH Nashville, Tenn., July 10.—Revision of the casualties in yesterday's collis- onthe Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Lollisrailway, nédr° Nashville, shows 107 dead and:86:injured. Among the dead are 35 undentified negroes. No official statement has been made as to the cause of the collision, pce Says Statement | this. ry | by the United States, | { CZECHO INTERESTE BATTLE AGAINST AUSTRIA} Statement of Committee Dis- claims Any Quarrel with Soviets Council—Must Have Order London, July —10.—Czecho-Slovak | now operating in Russia desire toj fight in western front and do not want to be mixed up in Russian internal | affairs. A-memorandum to this ef- fect has been presented to the Japan- ese foreign minister and the allied am- bassadors in Tokio by Col. Vladimir Hurban on behalf of the Czecho-Slo- vak national council, say the corres- pondent of the Times at the Japanese capital. ‘The memorandum says that the con- flick between the Czecho-Slovaks and the Rusisan soviets must be settled forthe following reasons: “Our/ forces are acting in Kussia according to the orders of the Czecho- Slovak council which can only be mod- ified by Professor T. G. Masaryk in agreement with the other members of the council. These orders are to transport the forces from Russia to the French front. The Czech Army. “The Czech army .consists of offi- cers and volunteers whose object is to fight Germany and. Austria to lib- erate the Czzacho-Slovak nation and to establish an independent state: We shall pursue this course to the last men. We desire above all to exhibit our determination on the battlefields of France. “Phe Czecho-Slovaks are a eublagat: I sMaking_the. first, steps.to-) See eC [9 =the A tech trib: ufe and have no ioral right. to pur- ‘sue.a policy of protection with regard to ‘such ‘a state as Russia. | No party in Russia and no class is capable of establishing anything that will endure. Order must bé reestablished by force, firm. and energetic. but friendly. and humane force which ‘will open to the Russians the possibility of again find- ing themsejaves! ‘ “For varfous’ reasons the Czecho- Slovaks cannot attempt to accomplish Their clear duty is to pursue a \strategical movement toward France.” BUY W. 5, 3——— AMIDON DRAWS LINRS FINE IN FREEING KLUDT Argument in Restraint of Draft Must Be Made to the Draftee Direct WISHEK TRIAL PROCEDS | Remarks designed to restrain enlist.) ment in the American army or to in- terfere with the operations of the) draft law must be addressed directly | to a member of the army or navy or to| a man of draft age to come within the provisions of the federal statutes de- {fining sedition and espionage, ruled U. S. District Judge C. F. Amidon inj quashing the indictment against Te Kludt of Bismarck on demurrer filed by his counsel, Judge E. T.. Burke. Judge Burke argued that the indict- {ment did not charge that Ben Kludt had addressed his remarks to any sol- | dier or sailor nor to any young man} of draft age whose enlistment or in-/ duction might be affected by Kludt’s | eriticisms of the American govern-| ment. Several other indictments | were quashed on the same grounds. The argument of the same techni- eality in the case of John H. Wishek. Ashley banker, did not bring about |the-same result. Judge Amidan over-' \ruled the defense’s demurrer to the! | indictment on the grounds that when! John Wishek is alleged to have told C. | P. Bunrstad, the Logan county ranch- | er, that “America is going to lose | this: war. and I (Wishek) must have jmy money,” he was not directly af- fecting the attitude of anyone eligible: \ for service toward the army and navy. U.S. District Attorney Melvin A.| Hildreth concluded his opening state-| ment to the jury about 11 o'clock this; morning, and State’s Attorney Rem- ingto of McIntosh county was the first witngss called for the prosecution There is a large number of witnesses, and it is possible that several days will be consumed in the trial. Senate Anxious About Condensed Milk Profiteers Washington, July 8.—Thé food ad- ministration was called upon by the jsenate today for information regard- ing control of milk condensaries in- profits. A resolution adopted by the senate requests an explanation if no action toward control has been taken -SLOVAK TROOPS WOULD FIGHT ON WESTERN FRONT; NOT D IN-‘RUSSIAN ROWS) HIT BOOZE’ AND TOBACCO "by the treasury cluding prices, paid and received, and |. FINNS WOULD EXPEL JEWISH POPULATION || Stockholm, July 10.—The Finnish government has or- | dered all Jews expelled from | Finland before Sept. 30, ac- | cording to reports reaching | | the Jewish press bureau here. | | The Finnish Jews have is- | | sued an appeal to tHe world |; i, for assistance. ‘ PREPARING 0 FRAME NEW WAR REVENUE BILL House Ways and ‘Means Com- mittee Busy in Import- ant Project Assessment: ~ on Liquors and - Smokes Will Be Doubled —Other Items Washington, July 10.—Preparations for framing the new war revenue Dili went forward in the house ways. and means committee today with attention centering upon the list-of suggestions for new. or higher taxes on: luurie: and necessities. ‘submitted yesterda eas) department... (Membets ‘of thé-camimittee indicated that the list would. form. the -basis\ for consumptitom :taxes‘in their .dtaft: of the bill, though soine'of the proposals would be‘ changed’.and others: disre- garded. ‘ °.*. a; pe tte et Besides doubling ‘prese b uit; taxes on} liquors ‘and<tobaccos, quadrupling ‘soft drinks levies‘‘and. making’ general; in- creases in . other’ existing -ratés,- the treasury suggestions includes taxes’ on’ retail‘ prices of jew* atid’ clocks,-~rexdent Vd to. army © or navy 2men}: twenty per Cent on automobifes;’ bicy- cles, musl¢al “instraments ‘ eté.;\“ten cents a ‘gallon ‘on gasoline to be‘ paid by the wholesales; ten per cent-on: ho: tel bills for, rooms over $2.50.a-day or American: plan: over -$5; ten. per. cent on,all cafe or ‘restaurant bills and: es of unstated amountits: ".on*".men’s. suits selling: for. more than’ $30, wom en's suitg over $40 and coats over $40. Men's hats ‘gver ‘34; shirts over $2; pajamas Sover.-$2; hosiery over 35 cents; shoes over. $5; gloves over $2; underwear over $3; all neckwear and canes; womens ‘dresses over $5 and all furs, fans. étc.; children’s clothing iricluding suits over $15; purses, toilet articles, over $2. In addition. to all these taxes, which would be levied directly upon the con- sumer, the list‘proposes doubling the resent motion picturs admission tax and imposing a tax of five per cent on moving picture theatre rentals with ‘LULL 0 ||Indications That: Great. Combats ‘} cern,as day by day: they improve their | positions by advances in local opera- tions which a year‘or so ago would ‘Of | bv. the German ‘command ; that .““suc- | Ochrida while the Italians are advanc- « BEFORESTORM of. Recent Offensive Will Be Rivaled © 5,400. HUNS ARE PRISONERS Franco-American ‘Troops Make Inroads on German Forces —Berlin Still Bluffs (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) ‘Fighting activity.on-the western ang Italian fronts still is confined to local operations. ‘The lil} on both fronts, however, will. not. be prolonged as there are. many signs-that.thte great combats which markéd the German of- tensives ‘on the wést#and the Austrian stroke in: Italy. will shortly be rivalled. 5,400 Prisoners Taken. Satisfactorily as have been the “nid- bling” tactics of thefallied command, apparently.:they: have. no the Germans to actin. can troops: on ‘the:,Fyench’ front have taken 5.400 prisofier’s since June 15. The German hesitation in resuming the offermive is’giving the allies, ‘al- though prepared to meet it, little con-/ heve been looked. upon as sizable bat- tles. it - Ivan attack against the new French positions in the Longpont region, south of the Aisne, the Germans have failed to advance. The enemy has made ‘no attempt to recoup the losses sustained in the French forward . movement southwest of Noyon, in. which the Ger- mans lost..530 prisoners and 20'"ma; | ‘chine guns. . The weather on-the Brit: | ish front: has been ‘rainy and. unfav- orable. > « ‘ ; i sak ./ + Berlin: Bluff,.Continues. — Rerlin continues. to; report officially that ‘all “allfed. efforts are being. re- vulsed. Allied ‘patrol’ actions are made ito. ‘appear..as attacks and ‘allied at- tacks:as ‘small raids. Claim is’ made cesstultlocal: engag: nts” have been ‘fought west*of Chatam Thierry where the American’ and’French* hold : the Jine. northwestward ‘toward the Retz forest, east of Villers-Catterets. »Al-j lied’ communiques make: no mentiot of any—fighting. there. aa Allied Successes in Albania Franco-Italian successes in. Albania| apparently threaten seriously the Aus-| tro‘Hurfgarian situation-in’ central “At, banfa. ;The* French: are;making ‘good gains fneastern Albania west of Lake ing speedily in’ the west. The Aus- trian line anoears t ‘be V shaped with; the allies pressing hard:on both flanks and the point of the salient being near Rerat. An, - Austrian © retirement of; any moment would probably confpel; the Bulgarians to rearrange their! lines in Macedonia, east of Lake Och-| rida. A new provisionel government} for Siberia has been set up in Vlad- ivostok, Row in control of. Czecho-Slo- vak forces, It, will oppose the cen- tral powers. ‘The new government is PRICE FIVE CENTS. *JOWA REPUBLICANS” FRAMING PLATFORM Des Moines, Ia., July 10.— Republicans of Iowa met here © today in state convention to formulate and adopt a plat- form and to select a candi- } date for state superintend- | ent of schools, the only nom- | ination undetermined by the | June primary. | a ALLIES SEEKING TO RUSSIANS ON MURMAN COAST IN RESISTANCE TO THE BOLSHEVIKS JAP PERCEIVES FUTURE DANGER IN RUSS MESS Professor of International Law at Tokio University Pre- sents Argument THINKS WILSON IN ERROR Declares Bolshevik Pretensions Not on Plane with U. S. Democracy London, July 10.—Dr. Sakue Taka- haski, professor of international law at the Tokio university, arguing in ex- Premier Okuma's new magazine Taik- wan for Japanese intervention in Si- seria, is. quoted by the, Times as say- ing: , “Japan's. defeat of Russia exposed Russia's weakness -especiatly to the kaiser; ‘hence Japan is probably re- ‘sponsible for Russia's collape and ‘it is: Japan’s duty’to sace her. 1 think President Wilson‘errs in placing Bol- sheviki professions on a plane com- parable ‘withthe democracy of the Unitéd' States. “When -we -think- of -the.danger=to- Siberia which threatens the future of Japan, a‘ danger’ from a nation far more efficient and more to be dread- ed. than ever was Russia in the old. re- , | Bime,: it "becomes our right to tinter- yene in Siberia.” Professor ‘Takahashi says says the salvation-of Siberia should be carried out by ‘supplying the - people with necessaries .and.. by. conserving the means of transportation for men and material. To put these measures in- to.effect. the writer says. Japan must send an army stron genough to gain the confidence of the anti-Bolsheviki and to protect the men, material ana raiways. Professor Takahashi proposes to make Siberia a buffer state in order to counteract German penetration in the far east. It would be populated by the Russian bourgeoise ‘now in Si- |beria, by Russian refugees of that class from Russia, Japan and America and my slavs desiring to escape from the present film tax eliminated. ave RHesesay by the administration. (Continned on Page Two.) the oppression of the central powers. HARVESTING A CROP. OF HUNS : An ‘American patrol near Chateau Thierry going out to. bring in a batch of prisoners.| Below, some: types of. German “kultur” they brought back with them. Darwin was right! | 1 ¥ | GAIN GERMANS PREPARING FOR BIG DRIVE IN EFFORT TO RETAKE | VALUABLE GROUND YANKS WON Enemy Artillery Ofens Bombardment of Considerable Intensity AID LOYAL WOULD RESCUE REPUBLIC Only Interest. in Intervention Is to Save Country from Piece-Meal German “Assimilation” | London, July 10.—Measures taken by thg allies to aid non-Bolshevik Kus: stans on the Murman coast are sum- marized by the Daily Express from Russian newspapers. The first allied intervention occur- red early ia April when Finnish white Suards assisted by Germans, fact the red guards at Kem. ‘The red ‘guards were reinforced by and Anglo- ‘rrench detachment. The next Kus- sian report mentions the landing of a force of Lritish marines to cooperate in, the defense of the coast. Defens- ive. measure6, were gaid te be- under the leadership of a Rusrian, a Beit- isher and a Frenchman. Allied Vessels Ther: Two British and one Freach war- ship and some Britésh trawlecs were in the harbor of Kola in addition to a Russian squadron. A report from the committee of the White sea fleet to the Russian naval commissioner in Moscow, printed in a Russian paper, said that Kemp (assumed tobe Rear Admiral nemp of the British. navy? had declared there was no aggressive design regarding the Murmansk re- gion, only a desire to help the Ki repudli¢ and protect the coast and tte railroad. 7 The Bolshevik government, hovever, protested. Leon Trotzky, the war min- ister denounced as high treason any |help given “the foreign detachment mich. lias. invaded _.the, soviet repub:, ie.” A dispatchto the Daily Mail from Copenhagen quotes German paper's as saying that there are 25,000 Bolshe- vik troops left on Kola peninsula. \ BUY W. 5. 8. COUNTRY MUST. BE SAVED NOW BY DEMOGRATS Salvation from Other Sources Impossible, Declares Badg- er Chairman i WAR PROFITEER YEGG MAN! | | Wisconsin Leader Apologizes to! More Common Criminal for Comparison Milwaukee, Wis. July 10.— The | question in this war is variously stat- ed. It’s real purpose was never bet-; ter stated and never will be mpre clearly defined than it was by the/ greatest living statesman when he said that we were entering the strug-! gle in order that the world might be made safe for democracy,” said Thom as M. Kearney of Racine, during the course of his address as temporary! chairman of the democratic state con-| ference called.for the\ purpose of rec: i ommending a state ticket to go before) the primary on September 3. Several) hundred delegates representing all! parts of the state were present. ‘Mr Kearney reviewed various phases of the war and referred to the “Ameri- | can ideal” as “our fim of govern:: ment, of the liberties it recognizes, of | the freedom it guarant of the op:/ portunities it affords, of the blessings it aids the God of all in dispensing; to His children.” “Let it be settled now for all time to come;” he continued. “Let us all sense this problem in its complete-| ness and with confidence and trust! in the right and in the God of rights, | } let us do all that we can do to support jour country in this, the day of its trial. As democrats we are particu-| |larly interested in \the outcome ot} this war. The ideals we are striving | to protect dre those which our party | has stood for unflinchingly from the} ; beginning of history.” | The War Profiteer. The war profiteer, he said, belonged | in the class with the burgl:r and the common thief. with the porch climber and the yeggman, “all with due apolo-/ gies to these lesser criminals.” He criticised Wisconsin republican congressment and senior senator for what he termed the harrassing of President Wilson in his war course. |“phey do not intend, and I do not i} hof Kansas City, Kan! in Sector Held by American and Australian Troops, East of Amiens COMPARATIVELY QUIET ON THE FRENCH FRONT Only Activity of Note Big Gun Duels North of Montdidier and in the Long- pont Region (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) There are indications that the Ger- mans are preparing an effayt of some magnitude to recapture the valuable high ground won by the Australians and Americans within the past few days on the front east of Amiens, north of Villers-Bretonneaux, Local attacks occurred in the south- ern part of this region last night, but the British had little trouble in deal- ing with them. This morning, how: , ever, the enemy artillery opened a bombardment of considerable intens- ity in this sector over a front of ap- proximately 8 s from Villers-Bret- onneaux north across the Somme to the Ancre. The only infantry operation within the past 24 hours in which ground was gained is reported by Field Marshal Haig. It occurred on the Flanders front where the British advanced jtheir line slightly near Merris. This improves the position which protects Nieppe wood, and the other approach- es to Hazebrouck, the railway -junc- tion back of the ‘wood, continued pos- session of which is vital to the main- tenance of ‘the British line on the Ypres front. Comparative quiet prevailed on. the French front, the only activity of note being artillery duels north -of Mont: didier and in the Longpont region, { the northerly part of the Marne front, where the French recently made ex tensive local gains of ground. e region of Montdidier, whence.a siderable apluihe, of shelling is re.” ported, includés ‘the, Contigny sector, held by American troops. 4 The sectors of thé Marne salient |held by the Americans were unusually quiet yesterday and last night, the artillery firing being far below nor- mal. Such firing as the American gunners indulged i nwas mainly di- rected against the Germans in the heighgorhood of Hill 204 west of Cha- teau Thierry. BUY W, 8, S——— BELFAST YARDS ESTABLISH NEW WORLD RECORD Relfast, Ireland, July 10—(By the Associated Press)—Workman, Clark and Co. local shipbuilders, have achieved a world’s record in complet- ing an 8,000 ton standard ship in fif- teen days after she was launched. The vessel was launched at 9 o'clock in the morning.| By 8 o'clock the same evening all her engines and boil- ers were in position. —— BLY W. $. §. ——-— MUST CURTAIL NONESSENTIALS TO SAVE FUNDS Kansas Banker Sees No Money for Government Bonds Unless ’Tis Done Milwaukee, Wis., July 10.—Trade in nonessentials must be greatly curtail- ed and loans for nonessentials must be practically eliminated or the pub- jie will not be able to invest in gov- ernment bonds, P. W. Goebel, presi- dent of the commerical national bank , declared in an address today before the Wisconsin bankers’ association. Mr. Goebef told of the part taken by the nation’s banks in aiding lib-. erty loan work, urged that all bankers advocate conservation among their clients, denounced _ pro-Germans, i pleaded against any peace “dictated by the Hohenzollern dynasty” and ed the work of the railroad ad- tration, adding, however: “Let us hope and trust that after the war the railroad properties will revert to their former owners and be operated by them under enlightened ‘ govern- mental supervision that will make the securities of these great common car- riers a safe investment for the people.” YAN ary WL S’ SECTORS ARE PEACEFUL With the American Army on. thé | think that they ever did intend to give | Marne, July 10.—(By the Associated ‘our enemies aid or comfort. wut they | Press)—The fronts west arfd east of late relatively disloyal,” he declared, } Chateau to|troops hold positions have been un- and pointed in marked contrast }what he spoke of as acts of loyalty | usually quiet, | of the late Senator Paul 0. Husting. Wants Democrats only. Mr. Kearney urged thte nomination and elertion of democrats for congress | was far below normal. in every Wisconsin district. “It is an imperative duty” he \in conclusion: “that democrats organ- pecially (Continued on Page Two.) Thierry, where American but it is believed that heavy fighting may come at any moment. oy Last night the,,enemy artillery,.fire .,. The American gunners maintained an intermittent said | bombardment of the enemy lines, es- in the region of Hill 204 west of Chateau Thierry. i