The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1918, Page 1

ee a~ i} = 7. x 4 I 4 1 cae i eet meagan es Sm _Of any: of “our,’citizens: that,;may <be ~Teddy’s Son May THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. ‘No. 179. " BISMARCK, NORTH DAKO! URSDAY, JULY 18, 1918. RIBUNE| _ PRICE FIVE CENTS. -FOCH STRI DHPEISESOARD KAISER LEADS LAST GREAT BATTLE FOR PARIS PAISEGHARGES Insists That Accusations of Pro- Germanisin Be Referred is to Council, - SOME UNJUSTLY ACCUSED | Body States That Many ~-Good People Are Being Alienat- ed by Gossip \ The three familiar little monks that “hear no evil, sée no evil and speak no, evil” may have been adopted as the guiding stars of the North Dakota Council of Defense in adopting a lengthy set of resolutions which insist on .a@ soft pedal on charges of pro- Germanism. The resolutions are an outcome of a hearing cond }ifor the beriefit of E. A. Togtevin, presi- dent of the Mandan Pioneer Publish: ing Co., following his statement/tojthe effect that Frazier's 15,000 majority represented the pro-German vote in North Dakota. . The resolutions recite that. “it has been: brought to the attention of the council of defense that many persons, several organizationa, and some news- papers in this state have made ut- terances and statements, by speech, publication and otherwise, which by their terms serve’ to charge, insinuate and infer that certain persons and: classes of our people within this. state are pro-German and disloyal, andj which further thereby serve to create} or incite dissention and discord among | our people.” { Record for Loyalty. | The council then recites North Da- kota’s record for loyalty in supporting every activity of ofir federal govern- ment, to which the council points with pride, and the council finds that ‘it is vitally essential that no acts or ut- terances by our people should be ‘per- justly to charge any of our people with acts of disloyalty or which serve to render a lack'of full cooperation | among’ -@ll of our .people; or which; serve to hinder and impair the ef- ficiency and cooperation of our ‘people in-unitedly supporting every war ac- tivity,” and the council resolves that “Whereas this council of defense is a proper. body yonstituted. so by law in|. . \ this staté to whom‘ should, be report-| inconceivable that the French ca) ed all acts,/ statements: or ttterances in’ the world, can be captured, French London, July 18.—The German. offensive now under way. or characterized “as: disjoyal, or which may ‘serve to hamipéer‘‘or impair, the efficiency “or our féderal government in ‘the prosecution of this war, and whereas, it is the duty of every pez- son in this state and eyery organiza- tion in this state to ‘promptly report | vi i all. acts, statements or utterances| ¥ | which may’ be characterized .as dis- y loyal to this council of defense for in- vestigation and ‘consideration, -and KILLED WHEN whereas this council of defense within Wife Seriously Injured in Acci- it spowers and duties will repress and Prevent all acts that serve to promote dent Following Blow-Out of a Tire to dig in, and turn his attention disloyalty or that evidence a lack of patriotism, as far as lies ‘within its powers, and will report promptly all acts or utterances or statements that violate any of the- panel acts of our state concerning sedition, violation of (Continued on Page Four.) BUY WS. 5. Haye Landed Safely ree New York, July 18.—Col. Theodore WOMAN /MAY RECOVER Roosevelt, just_before leaving the city : for Saratoga, to attend the Republican Hebron, N. D., July 18—Jacob state convention today, received u|Sauer, 53 years old, one of the best cablegram from General Pershing inj known residents of Hebron, was killed, which the American commander ex-|and his wife seriously injured last pressed the hope that the Colynei’s| ‘ening when-a tire on a car which sen may have landed safely Sauter was driving.over the Red Trail 2 about a half mile east of Heoron SPEAKS BEFORE CONVENTION |blew out and the car overturned. Saratoga, N.Y. July 18—Theo-; Sauter was going at a high rate of dore Roosevelt emphasized “the ne-|speed and when the tire blew out, the cessity of electing. a Republican coy-|car swerved and tipped out the occu- gress,” in an, address today before | pants. Mrs. Sauter was badly injured the New York State unofficial Sepubh- j internally. and attending physicians can state conventidn: « ‘believe she/has a chance for recovery. | eo! |system_ to before Paris, is under bombardment by the German long range.naval guns.‘ taking their part in the great battle. GERMANS TO ABANDON WEST FRONT _ DRIVE IF OFFENSIVE IS A FAILURE mitted or tolerated which serve un-| Rheims’ Capture Is Only Secondary Objective; Six Great Allied; Strongholds Bar Path of Invaders to the Capital _ (By. NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION) ithe western front is-the kaiser’s final and supreme effort. orning on the fro If_it.:sueceeds completely;. Paris will. be: under’ siege:.It -is | this. hour, for, the rest: part-even-better: than had- been ‘expected: pital, the strongest fortified city but it is“placed. by the present offensive in‘ the‘ most serious peril it. has faced since 1870. If the drive fails, it will be the last German. offensive of ‘this year. The kaiser will abandon his fight for Paris, order his armies to the eastern front.) Unquestionably Paris is;the immedi- ate objective of the drive. Rheims is a secondary objective: Its fall would merely wipe out an ugly salient in the German ‘line, from which the. allies could menace the German flanks. For this reason the battle was be- gun tothe east of Rheims as well’as west of it, to encompass the city and wipe out the peril to the flanks of the advancing German army. With its cap- ture the Germans will throw the whole | force of their blow at Paris. Defenvzs Before Paris. There are two strongly fortified towns held by the French south and southeast of Rheims which will hold up the German advance for some time. These are Epernay and Chalons-sur- Marne‘, Near the Jatter city an Ameri- can force is in. the battle line. If the-Germans can drive the allies from these two towns, the way ig op- en before them for a crossing of the Marne on the whole front-before Paris. and another‘sweep to the south of the jriver such as took place in 1914. Before Paris, -however, are four other large cities which the Germans must csapture before their menace to, Paris can become a ‘real one. They must form a sort of outlying defense the capital, covering a front of some 50 miles. These are Compiegne, known as “the gate to Paris,” which the Ger- mans tried vainly to reach last. month, Senlis which lies on. the: river Non- miles northeast of varis; equal distance east of - MILES ON 25-MILE. FRONT Capture Several Thousand Prisoners and Twenty - Guns—Move Appears to Have Been Surprise to Germans—Attack Launched All the Way from Belleau to Aisne at Daybreak _, London, July 18.—The French have gained from two. to four miles everywhere on the 25 miles of their front today between the Aisne and the Marne, according to afternoon reports. The French have captured several thousand prisoners and about 20 guns. The move this morning appeared to have been a surprise to the Germans. The manner in which this surprise was accomplished may. best be judged from the map, which shows the great forests covering the ground along the line. All the way from Belleau to Aisne the:French attack was launched at daybreak today. It was what the British call a “full dress show,” with every department, every weapon in play, includ- ing the new French mosquito tanks. These tanks-did some ex- cellent work at the most important points. “This is the moment Foch has been looking for,” said a mili- tary expert, “and if his attack is successful it should bring the whole German offensive on the Marne sector to‘an end.” Military men attach great importance to the lateral railway lines around Soissons, and say that if General Foch can get his ~ artillery into position to keep these lines out of action he will make the movement of the German supplies in the whole sector between Rheims and Chateau Thierry impossible. On:the extreme west of the German offensive “the French have reoccupied their old lines for three or four miles, \ on the Grand Morin, 10 miles south- east of Meaux. ‘ | Reserves Are Ready. Meaux already is under bombard- ment by long-range naval guns. It was the point nearest to Palis reached by the Germans in their great rush on the capital in 1914. On the line from Compiegne to Meaux. Gen. Foch is be- lieved to-have marshalled his reserves in expectation ofthe German attack. That Gen. Foch expected the drive to.come on this front was shown by | the fact that the “nibbling” tactics he has adopted after each of the four 1918 German drives were this time being brought into play on this front. The French, American and British reserves are massed behind it, to be thrown in when Gen. Foch puts his hand on the map, as he did in March, and says: “phis far. they will advance, and no farther!” % Like the last two offensives, there was little element of surprise in the current attack. It was expected on the front where it came. If there was any surprise at all about it, it lay in the fact that the drive came a few days before it was expected. - This, it is believed, was due to the! Russian situation, The German war chiefs had planned to deliver their. final great smash about July 20, but the activity of the allies in meeting the German threats in Russia, forced a change in plans~to center the at- tention of the allies on the western front. “The. Kaiser's Offensive.” The last offensive was known in Germany. as ‘The Crown, Prince's Of- (Continued on Page Four.) aS ‘The stars show where American troops are OFFENSIVE IS GOING BETTER ENTIRE STAND OF HUNS MAY BE DUE NOW With. the American Army. in France, July 18, 2 p.m. (By Associated Press.)—The entire offensive operation begun this morning on the front between the Aisne and Marne is going at The’ enemy.so far has.been unable to withstand the shocks the Americans’ and allies have delivered and are still delivering. As the whole German left flank is menaced, the enemy must draw in his troops from. the:Marne front or risk their being caught where-they are. : This: means that the finishing blow possibly has been administered to his dying offensive. F The towns,of Torcy and Givry have been taken:by the Amer- icans-in their advance. - The ‘final objectives in the Givry and ‘Torcy sectoys ‘were reached in about two hours’ hard fighting. "Troops. on this part of the! front did equally as well as those farther north, taking quantities of material and prisoners, who continue streaming back. Hastily organized attacks against the Americans developed here and there, but all were broken, and our troops.continued to advance. In one town alone on the southern part.of the front under attack the Franco-American forces have JAPS EAGER BECKER STEBL COMPANY IS | TOINTERVENE IN SIBERIA) TAKEN OVER Early Decision. on Sending Ex- |by the government: of the German pedition Is Generally Ex- owned Becker Steel Co. of America. pected by Press jwith a plant at Charleston, W. Va. : and offices in New York, ‘was an- nounced today by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian. With the company comes to American manufac turers a secret process for the pro- duction of “high speed steel,” hereto- fore held exclusively by the Ger. mans. ‘MARKET :IS DEPRESSED ‘London, July « 18—Discussion ot the question of Japanese intervention in Siberia has become general in Ja- ban and is occupying attention of the cials and public to the exclusion ot! ‘other topics, says a dispatch dated Japan is about to take action. Stock market in Tokio on Tuesday was de pressed, and early decision: favor | of sending an expedition being ae pected... ...4 oh} Buy Ww. 8 $——— ONE KILLED 15 INJURED OF GUNS St. Louis, July 18—One passenger! Americans advanced beh Kansas: City-Florida . Special on the: ficials here. x man, both of Sayer, ar® both miss- ing. Ld BUY W.8.'S,—— ‘AIR RAID ‘INSURANCE FREE WITH FURNITURE, (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) | feeble resistance, but he ~ London, July -18—London furniture | ieies against fire. air raids and b m- | baniments with thelr goods, | DAonets. 2 THAN HAD BEEN EXPECTED—LAST NEW ALLIED OFFENSIVE STARTS ALONG ‘AISNE: HUN POSITION MENACED ON LONG FRONT Few Details of Big Battle Now Raging Are Ob- tainable—Rapid Progress Eastward Would Compel Germans to Abandon Drive South of Rheims ; ADVANCE ONE MILE - .° London, July 18.—Southeast of Villers- Bretonneaux of: the Somme the British line has been advanced on a front more than one mile, says an official statement from their headquarters in France. . PROGRESSES FAVORABLY On-the French Front in France, July 18.—The allied forces today are engaged in an important counter attack between the Aisne and the Marne. north of Chateau men: The attack is progressing favor- ably. KAISER SEES FIGHT Amsterdam, July 18—Emperor Will-: iam watched the opening of the latest Ger- man offensive from an. observation post north of Rheims, his favorite press corre- spondent reports in a dispatch to the Berlin Anzeiger. ; at . if (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) bd General Foch, the allied commander-in-chief, has taken the aggressive on an important scale, attacking this morning on a 25-mile front between the Aisne and the Marne, the western side of the,German Marne salient. 3 ! . Significant Counter We The attack appears to be a significant counter stroke along the Marne, ‘Rheims-Champagne fronts. From various sources comes reports that.the.battle is progressing favorably.to the allied force, which presumably. include American troops. z The front of the attack runs from Fontenoy six miles west of Soissons to the\ town of Belleau, on the Clignon river. Few details of the battle are yet available, «the main: fact officially stated being that at various points along this front progress of’ a mile to two miles have been. made and prisoners taken. SNe The situation on this front presents interesting: possibilities. The battle line, when the German offensive paused at the Marne early in June, closely resembled the letter “V” with the acute angle’blunted. Since their attack on Monday. morning the Ger- mans have made progress which has caused the form of the let- te rto change to that of a “U.” The distance from the Aisne to the present battle front south of the Marne is about 25 miles. 2 On Left Leg ‘It is along the left leg of the “U” that the allied onslaught began this morning. Behind the allied lines is the forests of Vill- ers-Cotterets, with a network of stragétic wagon roads and three railway lines. .In front of them there is an important railway line running southward from ‘Soissons to Chateau Thierry, pre- sumably used as a supply artery for a large portion of the allied trogps along the Marne river. This railway was about four miles from the allied front when the attack started today. é Threatens Position - If the attack of the allies is what it appears to be it is a serious threat to the whole German position south of the Aisne. Rapid progress by the allies tp the eastward would compel the abandonment of the German offensive which is now apparently directe dtoward Epernay to the south of Rheims, a mountain. It might, if successful, even bring about a German retirement from, the whole Soissons-Marne-Rheims salient, with potential disas-— trous results to the enemy in the loss of men, guns and material. During the last three weeks the French have carried out a number of local operations south of Soissons where the allied ef- forts are being made. By these operations the French line from $ (Continued on page eight) RAR RAR AR ARR A RRA AR fescue <= YANKS GO OVER TOP WITH CHEER — -RAMBAYONETS DOWN MUZZLES OF HUN SHOCK TROOPS With the American Army in France, July 18. (By Associated Press.) ‘ I —American troops went over the top with a cheer this morning with the IN A WRECK taanching of the allies surprise attack at Chateau Thierry. J eemoaea At 5 o’clock the American and French artillery opened fire. The © ind a terrific barrage in their first effort in less jured eariy: this. morning ‘when tne!than’half an hour. While digging in, most Americans passed over the Frisco Railroad was derailed 11 miles, first objective, and then advanced over the second barrage to the second eared ecetivel uy Pine ot Objective, which was easily taken, at the north end of the attack oppo- hTe engineer and fire-| site the Paris-Soissons road. i i Numerous tanks participated in the offensive. The American in- : ifantry went into the attack without previous artillery preparation. In ‘their advance behind a rolling barrage they captured many guns, machine guns and equipment and material. The Germans in most places offered re and there put up a great fight, which Ameri- dealers are offering free insurance pol-|@an shock troops put down. with the muzzles of their rifles and with their: Higa? 970 al i