The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1918, Page 1

=|THE BI ABU TA Saat HIRTY- EIGHTH YEAR, No. 175. ‘CK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION BISMARCK, ‘NORTH AKON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918, PRICE FIVE CENTS. BiG MONEY MEN A. R. Rogers of ‘Minneapolis Talks: About Liberty Loan: Drives PRESIDENT WOLD. SPEAKS Head of Ninth: District. Federal Reserve Bank Addresses Bankers (: ——— ? » » PROGRAM TaDAy. 10;00.A. M. Address—Banking as a Service” | > —Dr.. Thos. ’ F.. Kane, president | University of N. D. i Address— “Universal Military | Training’—Prof. F.. KE. — Lurton, Supt. Public Schools Hast Grand Forks, Minn, _ Adjournment. 2:00 P.M: Address— “Government Finan- cing.”—Hon. Theodore Wold, gov- ernor Ninth Federal Reserve bank, | ‘Address — “Loyalty” — Josgph Chapman, vice president North- | Wosteta: National bank, Minneapo- 8. Addregs—‘The Liberty Loan’— A. K. Rogers, chairman Ninth Dis- trict. Liberty Loan campaign. Altscellancons. find unfinished bus- iness. ‘Report of aiemberd of the execu- | tive council of the American Bank- ers’ association, . Report of committee on nomina- tions. Election of officers. Selection of place for holding the next annual convention: | Appointment of standing com- | mittees. Adjournment. ao Mandan, N.D,, July. 12.—Prominent bankers: were the leading speakers to- day. atthe “closing ‘sessions of the North “Dakota Bankers’ convention. af Uiberty. -methods were discuss- ed ‘by ALR: rs, of Minneapolis, chairman of the! Ninth’ District’ Liber- ty. Loan committee: President Kane, of: North: Dakota’ university; discussing | “Banking As. suerte Evrton,’ of: Rast Grand: Forks, Stan, speaking ny ding, ala Theodore ‘presittent of the. ik of. the’ Ninth jabout “Govern- re on today. district, .. who ment , Financing,” Mandan, N.D,, July 12.—The six- teehth annual canvetition of the North a Dakota: ‘Bankers’ - association opened here at ten o'clock Thursday morning, - At ‘the hour of opening ‘the registra- } ¥ tion indicated that this year’s conven- tion would be one of the largest ever held in the state. Meeting: Convened. The meeting was called to order by President C..R. Green and’ invocation giyen by Rev. Hugh H. Owen, of the First Presbyterian church of Mandan. The entire audience then rose and! sany, “America.” be ‘Hon W..H. Stutsman then gave the Ha address of welcomé on behalf of the \ Commercial club. and the citizens of Mandan, which was responded to by Han. Wesley C. McDowell, of Marion. The annual addres sof the president of the association wa sthen delivered. Reports of Committees. The reports of the’ following com- mittees were made at two o'clock, the hour set for the hearing of reports of all: standing committees. Credi: Forms, Farm Labor, Insurance, Immi- i : gration, Bank Education and Taxa- d tion. 2 i Immigration Question. The report that is being given by far the most consideration by the members of thé association ~at this session is the report of the commit- tee. on immigration. This matter has! been .given much consideration in! the, past but no definite plan has ever been worked out. The bankers, | however, feet that the time is ripe| that some action should be taken and nut only that but that the need is imperative. BUY W, S. §.——— SHIPPING AND SPECIALTIES IN . \ OPENING SPURT 4 . ‘New. York, July.12.—Shippings and specialties’ imparted some degree of strength to: the’ general list in the early dealings of today’s stock market. a Marine preferred gaing almost a point a or while Atlantic Gulf and Sumatra to- bacco rost 2 peints. Industrials show- ed - perceptible improvement under load of United.States steel and Cruci- ble steel and equipments were frac-| tiohally better.’~Most of these gains were materially extended during the first. half hour. Liberty bonds were: 4 y steady. i Oy BUY W. 5S. $.. i .. AUSTRIANS MUTINY ) Serious Outbreak Reported inj Serbia We Corfu, July 12—A serious mutiny y ! among the Austrian troops in one ‘e the, occupied districts of Serbia is ” announced by the Serbian press bur- : eau here. The garrison at Kraguy- a evatz, the former Serbian arsenal, “2G ~—s broke‘ into rebellion because of bad i ( food;! the @statement < declares,-~and | { k many’ eb thts nonlety were: killed. j y The-mi 9 vat AEP Auppressed after a b veritable ‘batile t which machine guns aba: artiliery were freely used. . . OF NORTHWEST | ON PROGRAM! ~ \Huge Army Needed to Cope with -German Invasion; Japanese Ready to Strike at Vladivos- tok Kaiser’s Action Crystalizes Al- lied Sentiment; War Will Be Fronts ‘Who wins Russia London, July 12. wins the war, The assassination of Count ‘von Mirbach, German ambassador to the Bolsheviki, affording the Germans an excuse for renewing the conquest of Russia, has brought the allies face to face with this great truth. Russia is on the eve of its most tre- mendous_ disaster—more menacing from the viewpoint of the entente than the fall of the Czar or the ascendancy of the Bolsheviki. That disaster is the occupation by the Germans of the greater -portion- of Eurogean Russia. The Brest-Litovsk peace treaty is about to become in fact what it al- n” “The Kaiser is preparing to throw an army into. Russia to seize by force of arms what he now controls by dip- lomatic action—complete authority over the stricken people. Will Cause Allies to Act. Tf he succeeds, his success’ will con- |stitute a world menace for years, be- fore and after the war ends. Tife great question now is, will the entente permit him to succeed ’ President Wilson and the allied war jcouncil have agreed that some action must be.taken in Russia to cope with ithe German menace.“ Now that ‘men- ace has ‘crystallized into. a direct threat by the. Kaiser to take. Petro- grad and Moscow, it is likely that the allies will strain every nerve to get the Huns. It can be thrown in from two. sides there already da:-a.‘smat) force of American, French and British marines, Land the. eastérn.,,coast, where. Jap- ‘anese. and » American, marines have been landed, at Viadisvostok. .' Awaits Wiens Word. Japan is said to be waiting. only for President’ Wilson: to say. the word be- jfore landing:an immense army at Vilad- jisvostok to proceed along the Trans- Siberian railway into the heart of Siberia, This ‘forte, in , conjunction with the Czech-Slovak army now op- erating at various points in Siberia, would be the nucleus of a vast Anglo- American-Japanese army, which could keep Siberia, at least, out of the hands of the Huns. It is believed in London that Pres- {ident Wilson will now-give his consent to the Japanese campaign in view of the immediate peril of a German in- vasion of Russia. On the other side of Russia another front will probably be established, ex- tending from Kola, on the Arctic coast south to Petrograd and eventually ie Moscow. To fight the German’ on this front ja big army wil have to be landed, for it is here that the German menace is greatest, 500,000 Huns Ready. The Teutons are, rapidly mobilizing a huge force about 300 miles west of Moscow, according to latest authenti- cated reports, and this force will march into Russia in conjunction with janother great army which will ad- vance from Finland along the Mur- man railway and attack Petrograd. ——uy w. 8.8. SLOPE COUNTY "COUNCIL COMES OUT ‘OVER TOP : iChairman Nanted President of State Association—Plan Is Adopted © i | PATTERSON REPRIMANDED! Sheriff W. H. Johnson of Slope icounty, chairman of the Slope county council’ of defense, has been elected {president of the North Dakota Asso- ciation of County Defense. Councils, jand the Slope county plan of organi- {zation and operation. has been adopt- jed as a standard, ; It was Sheriff Johnson and the Slope county council which so thoroughly |chrew the fear of God into one C. A. | Lindbergh that he declined to make his promised speech at Amidon dur- ing the récent campaign. Lindbergh }announced that the date was cancel- |ed ‘because of the illness of a daugh- ter. The county council, with proph- jetic instinct, had _ahnounced a full week in advance that the speech would not be given. Previous to this an- nouncement the council had adopted a resolution clamping the lid on po- ‘Titteal meetings in Slope county. Rep. Nils Patterson, a league _fire-eater, and J. H. Sinclair, the leaguer who Fought to Victory on Two an army into Russia at once to fight —the far northwestern coast, where « FRENCH NIBBLE_ a Count..von.. Mirbach, German am- baswador to Russia, who was, assass- inated at ‘Moscow, and whose death will briig.a renewal of the. war’ be- tween Russia and Germany,. from present ‘indications. ¢ ‘ HUNS UNITED IN ATTITUDE Political Leaders Are in Sympathy KAISER HAS ONLY PLAN London, July 12.—There is the clos- est union between. the political lead: ers of Germany and Germany army headquarters regarding their readi- ness to receive peace proposals from the allies if they are offered in a Spit: it of sincerity. This statement was nade in the Reichstag by Imperial Chanchellor Von Hertling, says ‘an\Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Cop. enhagen: The program of Germany's foreign policy, the chancellor added, was laid down in: Germany’s. reply to the papal peace note and it would be adhered to. That woild be a’ righteous peace and Germany has not and will not change her policy, however strong the idea of destruction. was expressed in speeches in allied countries. The recent utterances of President Wilson and Foreign Secretary-Balfour, ; he continued, forced Germany to con- tinue the struggle. Admiral Von Hintze, the new Ger- man foreign secretary, in succession to Von Kuehlmann, made a binding \declaration to Count Von Hertling that he was willing in every way to jfollow the _ imperial - chancellor's policy. Chancellor Von Hertling told the Reichstag ‘main committee that the government. intended vigorously to prosecute the reforms already begun. He commented on the problems in the east and in the west and concluded with the remarks on the government's future program regarding the decla- ration made in November 1917, which had been accepted by a large majority in the Reichstag.’ The change in the foreign ministry, the chancellor said, was not caused by any real differences of opinfon, but arese out of personal discussions revealing matters whic! should not be made public. ay WS. RETURN BY AIRPLANE King Albert and Queen Go Home| as-They. Came Paris, July 12.—The King and Queen of Belgium, who had been visiting defeated. Pat Norton for nomination tod England, have returned to France by congress in the Third, ignored this resolution, and Patterson ridiculed the men who drew it. Upon pressure from the county councils, the state council has quietly suggested to Mr. Patterson the advisability of apolo- gizing to the Slope county council. the same means which they used in crossing the channel, to England— through the air. The return passage the newspapers say, lasted 30 minutes. The Royal couple said they were de- lighted with the experiences of the ‘aerial voyage, *~GASUS BELLI“, exe was in theory—a mere “scrap of «. , the ‘explanatory. TOWARD PEACE: Von Hertling Says Military and, (| times is the, great The world war may be fought to a finish on the .plains of Rissia. Ger- many and the‘ailies are getting ready to re-establisli ‘the eastern , front. This map’ shows ‘the Russian military situations as it exists tajay. ‘Here, is ys ‘<1--At ‘Kola Al can, French and British: marines @te in control, form- cing thé nuclies” of what may be a ‘great allied arm which. will march on Petrograd; ss | 2.—In Finland:, the pro-German ; White Guard government is preparing TURKEY: WILL | ~ MAKE REPORT ON _SBIZURES ~ It: us Nee 8 gre ; to Obtain Facts: 8 MAY BE: WAR ON OTTOMAN “/Washington, July 12.—Turkey ‘has ‘informed the United States through the Swedish foreign: office that so far’ as the true facts as_to. the reported seizure of the American consulate and sacking. of an-American hospital at Tabriz, Persia, by Turkish soldiers, have not been ascertained, but it will be done. at the earliest possible mo- ment. The United States asked for an ex- planation. of this. incident, which if regular Ottoman, troops were involved, might mean -a declaration of war, through. both’ Spanish and Swedish diplomatic channels. The attack was reported June 19 by the Spanish con- sul, who took charge of the consulate when the . American, consul with a large party of Americans and other foreigners left the Persian city at the approach of the Turks. Minister ‘Morris at Stockholm re- ported.today that the foreign office had informed him:the inquiry of the United States had fiot reached the Ot- toman government until July 5. Then the matter was. presented with a re- guest for. a. telegraphic ‘reply, which now ‘has come in the form of the statement that an investigation is proceeding. It is assumed here that the Turk- ish governnient actually ° is. having great: difficulty in communicating with itsforces in Persia, and: it: will be particularly, hard to obtain the facts if the Tabrizz outrage was com- mitted by Kurds or other irregulars, BUY. $8 ——— RUMANIA NEARS FAMINE VERGE; CROPS FAILURE Starvation Stares Peasantry..in ~ Face—Germans Steal Spare Food Paris, July \12.—Rumania’s peasant | population is.in a more precarious con- dition from lack of food and clothing than at any. time’ since Rumania en- tered the war, Reports reaching the Associated Press from authoritative sources indicate that all crops this year are failures. The cron of corn which in normal national staple. probably will yield léss than one- twenty-fifth of the usual annual yield. | of wheat, and other cereals there is only sufficient to feed one tenth of the population. What little food there was has been requisitioned by the Germans. The bread ration has been reduced further and amounts to less than palf. a pound daily. The crops in Bessarabia: are uncer- tain and are in almost as poor @ con- dition as in. Rumania. ‘If the Germans expect any food from this -waste ‘territory, the reports. con- clude; they’ can have-only the slen- der hope of better crops ‘next year. ; For the present Germany will get only a mouthful, ui jit Mi to. advance on the Murman railroad and capture Petrograd, aided by a German army. 8.—German troops are mobilizing west of Moscow for occupation of the country, There are more than 300,- 000 German ‘troops in this vicinity: 4.—An army of Armenians has sur- rounded Baku, in the Transcaucasian republic, and is prep@ring to retake it from the Turks. 5.—Phe Czecho-Slovak army is marching to the Caspian sea to re- lieve the Armenians. 6.—Between Cheliabinsk and Tomsk VON MIRBACH’S __.. "SLAYER TAKEN One’. of Assassins” Arrested on Thursday, Says Dispatch London, July 12.—One of ‘the mur- derers -of, Generalvon ‘Mirbach, Ger- man ambassador to. Russia was ar- .| rested. Thursday. according \to a Mos- cow: dispatch to the Frahkturter-Zelt= ung,, Which is transthitted: trom Copen- hagen -by the Exchange ‘Telegraph company. BUY W. », FOOD CONTROL. NOT TO END AT ‘GLOSE OF WAR John R. Cites, Ne New Ministry Head, Says Change Will Be Gradual INDEBTED' TO AMERICA London, July 12.—Food control in England probably will continue for at least a short while after the ending of hostilities, according to John R. Clynes, the néw head of the food ad- ministry. Discussing this subject, with the Daly Telegraph, the new controller sald “Whether tho food ministry’ will be continued after the war depends on how long the war lasts. but it is clear the conditions created will not sud- flenly disappear when it is ended ant for a considerable time the allied na- tions will be required to act in co- operation both as regards ‘supplies and. prices until normal conditions re- appear. Unfortunately, these con tions will be delayed until the forces! or food production can be brought. to a point where all kinds Of necessities | again are bountiful.” Regarding aid from oversens, Clynes said: “People of this country, have little Mr.) idea of our indebtedness to America|, and the colonies for the abundance and regularity of our food supplies. Conditions of transport Smproved en- ormously.”” The food controller paid tribute to the American “spirit, of patriotism” which -has -been willing to undergo sacrifices in order to feed England. “~The best and inferior grades of meat,” continued Mr. Clynes, “alike now go to the well to do districts and poorer districts and all classes ar paying the! same- price for an equal share of the best and worst por- tions.” avy wes. 3 _ RUSS RAIL MEN. STRIKE Walk-Outs Promise to Become General Paris, July 12. 2.—Russian rail vay {men are on strike in several districts according to a Zurich dispatch - quot- | ing the Leipsig Neueste Nachrichtén. The strike threatens to become gen- jeral, the newspaper reports. BUY W. S. 8. sere ae 000 TOMMIES British Force ‘Now Equals That | in 1917 Paris, July 12.—The British fighting forces in France now aggregate two million men, ‘says the Havas corres- pondent on the British front. This equals the number on the front in 1917. ALLIES PREPARE 7 MEET HUNG’ “THREAT OF NEW WAR IN RUSSIA |_____RUSSIA--THE BATTLEGROUND OF THE WORLD | the Czecho-Slovaks have wrested con- trol of the Trans-Siberian railroad {from the Bolsheviki. /%4,—Ten thousand German and Aus- trian troops, former prisoners of: war, are fighting the Czecho-Slovak troops at Irkutsk. 8—General Semenoff, in command of ah army of Cossacks and anti-Bol- sheviki, has driven the Bolsheviki, aide@ by Germans, back near Chita. | 9—Vladivstok, captured by — the Czecho-Slovaks, where American, Brit- ish and Japanese marines are helping them to maintain order, LONGPONT IS. CAPTURED BY. FRENCH FORCE Allies” Also: Continue: Progress | North of Chavigny; Farms Taken RAIDING. NETS PRISONERS Paris, July 12.—The village of Long- pont, on the Suvieres river east of Villers-Cotterets, has been captured by the French, says the official state- ment from the war)office today. The French also: continued their | progress north of Chavigny farm and east of Faverolles. Javage farm, northeast of Faverolles also was oc- 'cupied. In raids north of Montdidier and in [tne Champagne the French captured 5 prisoners. The official text reads: “Our troops continued their prog- ress north of Chavigny farm and east of Faverolles. Last night our troops occupied the village of Longpont and the Javage farm. , “Two raids, one north of Mondidier and the other in Champagne resulted in the capture of 15 prisoners. “The German artillery was rather active on the ioe bank of the Meuse (Verdun re} tie 8. $.——— WISHEK’ THINKS KAISER WORLD'S GREATEST MAN? Witness’ Testimony as to Bank- i i ers’ Regard for King Bill \ Stays in Record ' “SCANDAL” STRICKEN OUT “Mr. Wishek told me that the Ger- all the world,” testified Dr. George Grant of Wishek, witness for the fov- ernment, in its prosecution of John H. Wishek, Ashley banker, former sen- ator and recent candidate for gover- nor, under an indictment charging in- terference with the sale of Liberty bonds. Efforts of the defnese to have Dr. @\Grant’s evidence stricken out met no success. Herbert Larimer of Ashley, a la- borer, testified that Wishek had told, |him at the Barbara, S. D., depot, one ‘day, “that he wouldn't havé his son working in an ammunition factory molding bullets to be shot into his |relatives in Germany.” An alleged statement of Wishcek’s which Isador Geith of Lehr said was too scandalous to repeat orally, but ‘which he wrote for the benefit of court jand counsel, was ordered stricken out’ after Judge Amidon had had it under ‘consideration for a couple of hours. Counsel for the defense is confident jand insists that the prosecution so far has failed to make a case. Sev- eral witnesses are yet to be summon- ed by the government, and the de-| {fense has am equals ———avy w PETROGRAD HAS PLAGUE London, July 12.—Owing to the Krave. shortage of food, cholera jis on the’ increase in Petrograd and hun- {dreds of persons are daily falling vic- [tims to it says a: Russian wireless dis- -| Patch received today. mun kaiser. was the greatest man in} RECEDES. BIG BITE PETAIN GIVES GERMANS LOTS OF HIGH LIFE Salient Allows Foe Little Chance to Rest MAY PRELUDE REAL DRIVE While Regarded of Local Im- portance, Significance Is Being Recognized (BY |THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) “General Petain fs giving the Ger: ‘mans on the westerly side of the ‘Marne salient little rest in their post- tions east of the forest of Villers-Cot- terets. Last night. his troops again drove in on this front and made sub- stantial progress. The most tangible result reported from this latest fighting is the cap- tupre of the vidage of Longpont, to the outskirts of which the French Mad pushed in their advance on Wed- nesday night. A farm in this neigh- | bor' ‘hood also was taken. i Driven Ahead at Chavigny. The French lines were likewise driv- en ahead at the Chavigny farm dis- trict north ‘of Longpont. A formed push also was given thy line in the }area south of Longpont, east of Faver- olles. The extension of the front- under at- tack to the Faverolles region is note- worthy as showing that the process of straightening out the line between the Aisne and the Marne is being carried. still further south and is threatening the local salient held by the wermans between ‘he Longpont district and the American sector north _~ | West of Chateau Thierry. May ‘Predlude Real Drive. The series of operations carried out by General Petain on this :front-dur- ing the preesnt week has been ‘genet- ally regarded as of merely local im- portance, designed to straighten the j line and fortify it against the expected renewal of the German offensive The possibility is not overlooked.: however, j that these may be a prelu’,- more j important attacks. : | The time has not been considered |, 0poprtune. to General Foch, ‘the allied commander : im. chief to. abandon: his. sive on‘a large scald, - but: it isnot impossible that thé fééling out opeta- {tions which are in progress .on- both the French and British fronts. have other than purely defensive purposes. Scouting Operations, Last night's action on the British front were all in the nature of scout- ing operations. The majority of them were on the Flanders front where dur- ‘ling ‘the day yesterday, Field (Marshal | Haig’s men had conducted a raid in force in the vicinity of Merris, north- ;east of the Nieppe wood, on the road to the railway junction of Hazebrouck, bringing in more than 120 prisoners. Additional raids .last night in the Meteren and Kemmel sectors on this front resulted ‘in the taking of more prisoners. On the assumption that the Ger- mans, if they decided to open up their attack on a new front when they re- sume their offensive, will strike some- where between Rheims and Lorraine, some ifiterest may be attached to the report in the French official state- 1 ment today that the enemy artillery is displaying rather marked activity on the front northwest of Verdun within this area. Germany Still Hesitates. Germany continues to hesitate to challenge the allies to heavy fighting ‘by a resumption of offensive move- ments. Initiative in local engage- ments and raiding operations is in the hands of the allied troops and they continue to harrass the enemy at many points between Ypres and Rheims. British troops on several sectors have raided the German Hnes on the Flanders and Picardy battle fields, the Australians in one place bringing back seventy prisoners. Between the Aishe and the Marne, French patrols have penetrated the art positions near Bussaires, south of Corcy, the scené of the latest French gain which the Germans have made no attempt to dispute. On the Marne front Ameri- can troops have routed a German pa- trol which attempted a raid. On this front as well as bn most. of the Brit- ish front from Ypres to the Somme the weather had been rainy. Air Platoons Suffer. Air platons have suffered from the unfavorable atmospheric conditions and artillery activity has decreased. Berlin claims that five airplanes out of an American squadron of six which jattempted to raid Coblenz fell into uerman hands, the crews being made | prisoner. There is not confirmation of ‘this report from any other source. | British airmen have dropped bombs on? Offenburg, a manufacturing town outhwest of Karlsruhe, Germany. merican aviators on the Toul sector ; chines. Austrian forces in eastern Albania ' continue to retire before the pressure the advancing Franco-Italian de- tachments. In the Tamorica valley the enemy is fleeing northward be- fore the French who have reached the eral villages. Italian troops on the west have occupied the commanding ; peak of Glumaka, capturing 250 pris- oners. The height commands the dis- Bolsheviks Report Successes. Bolshevik troops report having gained: successes over the CzechoySlo- vak troops in.eastern Russia, and:Si beria. It isiclaimed the Czechs hi heen driven from towns in Volga both northeast and southeast, of Moscow. (Continued on Page Two.) y French Commander on Marne- defensive role and tarn to ‘the iggres: ” have accounted for two enemy ma- . valley from the east and occupied sev-* tricts between Berat and the Tomori-