The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1918, Page 1

i | + BISMARCK, NORTH DAK JULY 17, 1918. a} OFFENSIVE. NO LONGER SEEMS GENERAL DRIVE German ‘Assaults Becoming. Lo- calized Without Effect Aimei at SMALL PROGRESS IS MADE]: : Gains Not Consistent with Ef- fort Expended—Losses Are Heavy dev THE ASSOCIATE: ARESS) The German stake (ate its third day and according to the views of ajited-observers, it has no longer the ‘character of a genéral attack. It already , they declared, worked itself into. a series of loca! operations. The] success of at least one of these’ opera- || tions,: however, would amount to a considerable achievement for the Ger-| | mans. What the German high command in. |} tended the offensive to ve cannot be surmised. a defense that was sufficlently stu born ‘tot prevent the immediat achievement of ‘tore important objec- tives, and the Germans ave purstiea their usual tactice of making the most |: Of ‘local successes along the front. Thus, the offensive ‘now ‘dppéars largely. to take on the aspect of a turning movement against the nelle ‘Make Progress. two :sectors: of: the | Byer ‘flames. when it. fell: Marne they at- tacked the posifions commanding ‘the hefghts . on’ 'the-: river © fronts. “The French reached ‘two -farms ‘north. 0! 1-ChapelesMonthode encountered fresh’ en- emy: troops, who. appeared: to have again forced; them back: The vattle 4s continuing’in the slope and in the day held ‘up at’ Cha¥illon, and ‘Rodema wood: Since. that time; they: hav forgéd forward’ along the line farther to. the northeast :towards Rheims. .«* Miolent Fighting Today. % - -Today's:reportd tell of violent fight- ing. in the: Courton wood. The -point where the combat is taking place is not known, but’ conceding that the enemy has reached’ the middle of this area of forest ‘lands, he has advanced about four and ‘one-half miles from '|Lieut. Quentin, Haby of Family, It apparently encountered | | ie fine vie witnessed the batt! (sin... fhe’ Germans had. been | \ Dies , While Cousin Philip Watches Battle in the Air, Un- aware That Principal Actor in Tragedy Is a Relative—For- mer Presidest“Learns of Loss ——_ D BOY*HAD: CHANCE | PROVE TRUE BLUE | pe cas 5 | *GLA | TO Oyster’ 17.—“Quenti I are very to the frontzand had the | chance to render some serv- ice to his eéuntry and to. show the staff there was in | him before: the fate befell | him.” This statement was issued ; by Colonel Roosevelt today | after press. dispatches had | furnished ‘confirmation of | earlier reports that his son, || | Quentin, chad. been killed. a i? Paris, July 17.—Lt. Quentin the.enemy lines.. It was not in Philif Roosevelt, Quenti the vicinity of Chateau Thierry, and ‘saw’ the machif did not; know. until later | aero) “Wwas-that.to! “LONDON GETS REPORT - London, July 17.—Lieutenant ‘Quentin Roosevelt, Col. Roose- forces on ‘the Marne front, was killed Chateau Thierry on July 14, Says an Exchange Telé- graph dispatch. YOUNGEST SON | Roosevelt has -been killed in an} ; \air fight. “His machine fell into); -° 057) >. 3 ‘A Recent Photograph from the Fretich Front a eG Aviator About to: Ascend) | : ide : General: ta velt’s. youngest son, who has| ‘been attached to the American) WSS DRIVE ROOSEVELT | AIR D UT. Q ‘ ‘ == : % *PERSHING AWARDED. “ORDER OF THE BATH | of the ath and | skar-H. Bliss, the | | American representative at | | the-supreme war council, has been given the grand cross of the order of St. Michael.and | | St.” George. nounced officially today. | > This was an; || | | Ms Andrew Bonar Law Announces _ Capture of Prisoners. in Parliament HELD FOR )F1V:E HOURS Teutons’ Stalled by American PRICE FIVE CENTS ASSAULTS OF HUNS BREAK DOWN UNDER - HEAVY FRENCH FIRE ANCOR CR. shane hi ie AC gS he | FORTY-EIGHT HOURS HAVE SUFFICED FOR HOLDING OF MASSES LAUNCHED IN CROWN PRINCE’S GREAT OFFENSIVE MON- DAY—ENEMY UNITS TURNED BACK FROM PARIS NOW ENDEAVORING TO’ ASCEND THE MARNE ARE HELD IN CHECK BY FRESH TROOPS—POSITION OF ADVANCED TEU- TON DETACHMENTS BECOMES PERILOUS—POSITIONS ' OF ENTENTE SATISFACTORY—KAISER HAS ALREADY LQST 100,000 MEN Paris, July 17.—The Germans last night threw new forces into the battle south of the.Marne and attacked the Frenclt forces north of Agan, the south of this point. On the fronts farther to the east the % er |the war office announced today. The enemy succeeded in penetrating in- to-Bourdonnerie. The battle is continuing in the' woods immediately to French held the enemy in the southern outskirts of the Bouquieny wood, and at the village of Nesles. A-powerful attack likewise was made by the,Germans in the direc- counter attack. \tion of Monvoisin, but the enemy was driven from this locality by.a French On. the front between the Marne ‘and. Rheims the fight developed lively in the Courton wood. .The Germans attacked in the Virgny region, on this front, but their assault here broke down completely. long the line east of Rheims the Germans delivered local attacks, notably in the Prunay region. These efforts by the enemy were fruitless. “Tn rénewed ‘assaults on Beatin repulse. The French positions throughou were maintained intact. HUN REBELS DESTROY NEW lont theenemy suffered a sariguinary t the region to the east of: Rheims HOLDING GERMAN MASSES f On the French Front in France, July 17. (By the Associated Press.) —Forty-eight, hours were sufficed for the holding of ‘the German masses launched in the crown prince’s great offensive Monday. The enemy units, which were turned back. from the direction of Paris and are endeavoring to ascend the Marne,-are ¥ ‘held in check by the fresh troops. Ses-en-Tardenoys, which was approxi-; mately the -location gf the line on} Sunday. Here and farther west in| Rodemar wood, the Germans are mak- ing the steddiest and most threatening : gain, ‘pushing southeast toward Eper- nay, which Ifes ‘south of Rheims. | East of Rheims, the Germans have attacked the new French positions on the south side of the Vesle. The} French official statement reports that the attack was a failure. Fro. mthis ‘point eastward there is no report of fighting, the French of- ficfal statement. saying, however, that their lines havé jeen maintained in- tact throughout the region east of Rheims. Heavy. Hun Losses. , Unofficial reports from the battle area state that the German losses since, Monday ‘morning are estimated at 100,000. This report, if accurate, | i evidence of the ferocity of the fight- ing. & Reports declare that the situation | is viewed as being satisfactory..by the! allied commanders.” There will. how-! :.@ver, ben-an anxious period until the German turning” tovement threaten: ing to pinch off the Rheims’ ‘salient is definitely. stopped. } Huns Tae Prisoners. ‘Monday the Germans’ captured. 13,-! 000 prisoners, according to Berlin. The first lengthy official statement on the! new offensive did not mention any) decided gain and the statement of; Tuesday night showed the allied re-| sistance still strong if not stronger. | The latest German report says’ the |. allies delivered counter attacks on the Marne that the Germans had locat | successes ‘south of Rheims, and that / the situation ig unchanged éast of! heims. Forty-one German machines | ave been accounted for by French machines. Berlin. claims machines, | On the ItaJian front, near Monte, Grappa, Italian troops have gained | ground, and have taken nearly 100/ prisoners.- Vienna says all attacks; were repulsed. The French advance | tu pthe Devoli Valley in eastern Al-/ bania continues, and three more vil-| the destruction of 31 | Jages have been taken from the Aus-/tion tomorrow: This word was! {received this afternoon by Sen-; trians. ‘Premier Lenine, as head of the Rus-: sian government, is renorted to be; about ready to ‘break off diplomatic | relations with Great Britain and oth-| lin the present spring began. ac- laerial battle between German JOINED YEAR AGO Quentin Roosevelt in April, 1917, joined the Canadian avia- tion corps to train for service with the American army. He was commissioned last fall and tive. service with the American air forces on the front. On July 3 he took part in-an and American machines_in the Marne region, and a few days later it was announced .he had brought down his first German airplane ,north of Chateau Thierry. . COLONEL LEARNS OF LOSS | Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 17.— Col. Roosevelt Jearned that“his! son, Queiitin, was missing thru press dispatches. The colonel had planned to visit New York today but canceled immediately his engagement. He.is to speak at Saratoga tomorrow and in view of event a decision regard- ing his plan for this occasion probably will be announced some time today. Late reports from London and Paris that Quentin had been killed could not be communicat- ed to Col. Rooseveit, who re- mained in seclusion with mem- bers of his family. Quentin is only 19 years of age. COLONEL WILL SPEAK Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 17. — Col. Theodore. Roosevelt will deliver the principal address at the republican state conven- ator Theodore D. Robinson, ‘a NETS $74,000 ON FIRST DAY Committees Exhaust the Entire Supply ‘of Cards jin 12- - Hours ‘Campaign LIMIT CLUB: IS GROWING (Thousand Dollar Subscriptions | Are Coming in Rapidly— Everyone Helps if es THe “first dayof Bismarck’s' W.-S S. campaign ‘closed with more than 71,000, or almast. fifty per cent ot ) the city’s $150,000 allotment, pledged. | The .committees: worked so well and with stich siiccess that the entire sup- yply of cards was: exhausted yesterday, ‘and ‘this “morning the teams were i forced to lay off.’ pending the arrival ‘of more:cards from Fargo on No. 3. ‘All of thé committees reported. :un- jusual success. The team which was |assigned one down-town block report- (Bd $3,500 in pledges last night. ‘This | included two Limit. cluy members, whe’ jad gone in for the maximum of $1.-} 1000 apiece. This committee has two! lother Limit club’ memberships to sign.| u pas’ soon. as the cards arrive. The| Limit ¢lub ‘Toll now has passed the 125-markyand probably will touch 30 | before night. ; |, The ¢ommittee which topped the list with $8,500 received a pledge from every person called on with one ex- ception. This was a young woman clerkk who had a heavy Liberty Toar: | subscription to pay for, and, although | She offered to come in, the committee | {agreed that she was doing her bit. | A committee which had a small ter-} ritory south of the tracks to cover re-} ported $1,600 in pledges ranging from} | $20 to $200. Many of the people can-} nephew of the colonel. er countries which have armed forces | on the Murman coast. any wos. & ARMY CASUALTY LIST SHOWS 38 DEAD IN ACTION Washington, D, C, July 17—Tue army . casualty “lst today- shows: Killed in action .38;; died of wounds 16; died of disease 1%;,died of aero-|best and promises improvement as, ship to’ 23., The Skidoo number will plane accident 2; died of other causes|the new men become efficient,” was|not {fong* persist, asa “MiMW'for the : wounded sevefely 96; missing 9;/the board's answer to comment of!Jimit cit), and tomorrow will see fur- Prisoners 1; total 172. BUY W. 5, s——— HITS WEATHER BUREAU Chicago, July 17.—The federat | Weather bureau has been hit by the j war. Delay in posttintg, weather maps resulted in an investigation by the Chicago board of trade, which founc that so many bureau men had enlisted jin military service that the force was jgreatly disorganized. n | “The weather bureau is doing its ' f the trade. vassed had never heard of War Sav-| {ings Stamps. The saving feature and) {the high rate of interest paid by the} government appealed to their thrift jas well as their patriotism, and money |was unearthed from odd hiding places! and invested in the campaign $r the} {democratization of the world. H The Limit ‘Club. | ! Additions to the Limit club official-j lly reported today by L. K. Thompson, ; | chairman of the Limit club committee. | jare N. O. Ramstad, A. B. Currier and lw. H. Eodenstab. These accessions | swell the officially reported member-| ther additions. Pluck: Which Made Drive a Failure London, July 16.—/Andrew ‘Bonar Law, chancellor, of the exchequer, aa- nounced in the house of commons last night that the Americans*had captur- ed a thousand or more prisoners south of the Marne, after having-driven back the enemy. ae : The German prisoners captured in the counter attack by the Americans -{at the bend of the’ Marne number. be- | tween 1,000, and 1,500,. They include a complete brigade staff. | Mr. Bonar Law ‘read the following communication to the fiouse: - “The! enemy attacked’ .early this morning on’a front. of 90 kilometers, pretty evenly divided east and west of Rheims. ‘The city itself, was not at- tacked. “West of Rheims the Germans pen- etrated on a front: of 36 kilometers (22.37. miles) to: anaverage-depth of from four to five kilometers.» ie “South of the Marne, by a, brilliant counter attack the ‘American _trogps drove the enemy back and took a thousand or more prisoners. “East of Rheims the enemy has been ; heayily repulsed and ‘has ‘suffered a | complete check. Le Drive Held in Five Hours. | The great Gérmanattack was defi-| nitely, held upon the whole front east of Rheims: five hours after it was) launched, according to‘ the latest ad- vices reaching. London, and the. only German gains worth mentioning were in the neighborhood’ of the Souain| road and Prunay, where they suc- | ceeded in. penetrating for about one; and one-half miles on a narrow front. | At both these points the French in-| itiated. stfong counter attacks late in! the morning. On the front west. of Rheims the Germans had rather. more success, but the only important gain to their cred-/ it for the morning’s work was the| crossing of the Marne and.a zone; little -more*than a mile: beyond’on a! front of about 10 miles. The Marne in this district ‘is onlya small, river. | It.is shallow and can: easily be ‘cross- | ed in the early morping -mists. Its loss to the allies, however, deprives them of. a-fairly valuable. defensive landmark. * Mk TSS : i “6 Starts at. Midnight. The battle began with’a wholesale bombardment inaugurated about mid- hight along, , the whole front from Chateau Thiefry to Massignes except | for a narrow sector around Rheims. | BUY W. 8.St—+ WOMEN FOUNDRYMEN Austin, Texas, July’17—Women are! sWinging hammers in a foundry and machine shop here.» Ten already have ‘been employed in the one shop to fill| vacancies of young men called to war. The: women are engaged chiefly in "AERODROME German Revolutionists in the ‘Army Blamed for Act of ( Incendiarism TWELVE ARRESTS MADE Ten Belgians and Two Teuton|, Officers Accused by the Government \ London, July 17.—The destruction by fire of a new German aerodrome near Nivellef. is attributed to the work of German revolutionists in the jarmy says an Exchange Telegraph dis- patch from Amstehdam today. The village is 17 miles south of Brussels. Ten Belgians and two Geman non commisisoner officers have ‘been ar- rested. The day before the fire. adds the dispatch, a secret meeting ccur- red in the canteen wheer the destruc- tion-of the aerodro was discussed. ay Ww GERMANOPHILE NEWSPAPERMAN \ PAYS PENALTY M. Duval, Director of Red Bon- net, Executed Early To- day for Treason Paris, Haavas Agency, Julys 17.—M. Duval, director of the Germanophile Newspaper Bonnet Rouge, was exe- cuted early today for treasonable ac. tions against the government. The execution was carried out promptly at 5 o'clock in the forests of Vincinnes. The condemned. man died glmost in- stantaneously with the command to fire. NEED Chance in Aviation for Boys with Scientific Training i AY W. 8, S. COLLEGE MEN Austin, Texas, uly 17.—Skilled mer of college education are needed by the government. J. M. Bryant. presi: dent of the educational board of the army .gchool of military. aeronautics, announces, declaring, that twénty-five| stamping galvanized iron cotton, tags, which requires the use of, hammers. / men with general scientific. training are needed at once. The position of the German columns which had gained. a foot- ing on the south bank of the Marne has become perilous, while east to Kheims the efforts to advance have been foiled. \ )* SKILLED WORKERS | ON STRIKE:FOR | | * HIGHER. WAGES i. Newark, .N. J., July 17.— % ers and their apprentices, em: ployed in government work. walked out of their places of ' employment in various man- ufacturing plants in this dis- trict today on strike for high- er wages.” BUY WS. Se HUNS USING UP RESERV Second Line and Some of Gen- eral Reinforcements Al- ready in Action E | | i \ | | oe | Paris, July 17. m the . Marne | front, many of the second line and p@yhaps some of the general reserve already are entering the action,” says the Temps today in reviewing the | progress of the enemy offensive. “Where pelle, Montheden, we have regained ; ground.” ay Ws Se FIRST FORD EAGLE | New Submarine Chaser is Hum- ble Henry of the Water | Detroit, Mich., July 17.—The first {Ford “Eagle,” or submarine chaser, to! take the water recently has a speed | of 45. knots an hour and is built | | around a device calculated to locate | ja submarine within a radius of 30, miles, according tot tCttharles Brown- ! | ell, advertising manager of the com-' pany. who declared the boats are be-| ing built at rate of one a day. | Mr. Brown Il told + meeting of ad-| vertising men that the Ford Motor | ‘Gomipany output now includes hel- mets, caissors, trucks. motors, all planes, “Eagles” and tanks. Between 7,000 and 8,000 | skilled machinists, tool mak- ,' ‘ ow troops have assumed ; | the offensive to the north of La Cha- “Comparatively slight progress has | been made by the enemy to the west | of Rheims, but this hope of effecting a | breach in the line was not realized. The allies’ method of defense prov- ed most effacious everywhere, retain- ing the lines intact. POSITION SATISFACTORY. London, July 17.—The posi- tion for the allies at the pres- ent stage of the German advance in France is said to be satisfac- [tety | Cacualties sustained. by the |Germans in the offensive up to |the’ present are estimated to ‘number 100,000, according to |news received in London. | French counter attacks. have jbrought the bridge over the |Marne under the fire of French artillery of medium caliber. General von Einem’s army, jwhich is engaged on the Ger- {man jeft wing in the Champagre lyesterday delivered five attacks {in Suppe and Massignes.. All the |attacks were repulsed witn ‘heavy losses. : | ~ HUNS PENETRATE SIX MILES. London, Eng., July 17.—¥orces of ! the crown prince advanced three miles | further down the Marne yesterday. | This makes a penteration of about six miles at Sestigny, the most south- 'ern point reached the invaders. BUY W. f. $e rs 7 ‘| Today’s Weather | 2 o For twenty-four hours |noon, July 17. | Temperature at 7 a. m. | Temperature at noon | Highest. yesterday {Lowest yesterday | Lowest last nigh’ : Precipitation ... | Highest wind velo Forecast. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight-south por- ending at Lowest Temperatures. Fargo ... 48 Williston Grand For! St. Paul Helena Chicago . Swift Current Kaitsas City ... ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. A