The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1918, Page 1

: j EK. GENERALLY FAIR Sere ee Mister Set Saou et eee ae THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. © No. 191. ‘ ‘ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDN SDAY, JULY 31, 1918. SAY FONTANA | PRAYED ROR - GOVERNMENT Parishioners Tell of Invocation ' of Divine Guidance for President —_ / LINKED 2 FATHERLANDS Pleaded for Peace Between the Old and the New— Many Testify Members-of Rev. A. L. Fontana’s flock; sestifying in his defense in fed: | eral court ‘here. today, told how tho! divine prayed for President Witson| and for congress and the government, and how he asked the Lord to give} them wisdom “that thjs terrible war | might be ended.” Some of the_wit-; nesses spoke English well; others spoke it poorly, and at least two of the joa: war expenses are now running morning's witnesses -spoke it not at! all, although one of them had resided at New Salem for 21 years. A number of the witnesses wear the “On to vic- tory” buttons” distributed in large numbers by the North Dakota counci: of defense. Others had Liberty bond, Red Cross or other patriotic insignia on the lapels of their coats. Fred Grube, aged 29 and in Class | 4 in thedraft, was born near New Salem in Morton county and has spent; all his life there. He. has been a! member of Rev. Fontana’s chiirch/ since boyhood. ‘He had heard the de- large, and the burden of taxation 1m) REATEN GE SALARY BOOSTS | ‘UL. § MUST BE EARNED SAYS W.G. McADOO| Washington, July 31—Railway em. ployers were told by McAdoo in an nouncing details of wage increases for more than 500,000 men that the gov: ernment expected new energy increas- es in return for advances in pay and that labor disturbances must be elim: | inated. \ { yw. 5. 8. —- 60 MILLION PER DAY IS U.S.WAR BILL Nation’s War Debt Now 12 Bill- ion as Compared to Eng- Jand’s 36 Billion IS §2,000,000.00 PER HOUR Washington, D. C., July 31.—Amert- about fifty per cent higher than those of Great Britain, it was shown today foy comparison of tpeasury reports and recent financial statements. Ow-) “ASIA OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES i ed States government. ES COOCTS this country is only about one-half\as | much as in England. | Although the United States has\ largely superceded Great Britain as; the. financial reservoir upon which other allied nations draw, the agre-, gate of such loans in this ccuntry ts) + alld a Here’s the latest efficiency feature in aircraft production. The motorcycle is stand- ard equipment on this reconnaisance. machine, its object being for use where a landing is | made on the outskirts of a city or in the country. Heretofore the aviator has either had to | \ telephone for help or trust that a passing automobile would take him into the town or sta- tion. This idea was originated by Glenn Martin, aviator and airplane builder for the Unit- SAFETY DEVICE TO AID AVIATORS NOW. SUCCESSFUL Amsterdam, July 31 Bt. SArratt, a French aviator, has carried out the first experiment on record of falling from a moving plane ith a para- chute. He dropped 800 yards with an ALLIED TROOPS FIGHT - - WAY EAST TO COMPEL RAPID RETREAT OF HUNS All Around Salient There Has Been a Continuous Battle During the Last Two Days—Germans May Retreat to Vesle River (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) In spite of the tremendous efforts put forth by the Germans to check the relentless pressure of the allies north of the Ourcq river, today finds the German positions there in great danger. | French, British and American troops, fighting their way east of Fere-en-Tardenois, have driven a wedge into the enemy line and seem to be in a position to compel a hurried retreat from Roncheres and St. Geme, at the extreme bottom of the salient between Sois- sons and Rheims. SOUTH FROM SOISSONS _The allied line today runs south from Soissons to Grand Rozy, and then it begins to turn to the east. It passes just north of Fere-en-Tardenois and continues to the apex of the wedge at the village of Nesles, where it turns sharply south toward Roncheres. |The allies’ advance in this region seems to have placed, them in a dominating position. CONTINUOUS BATTLE All around the salient there has been a continuous battle dur- ing the last ‘two days with the Germans launching repeated coun- ter attacks against the allied lines. They have all failed and the ASSASSIN ATED allies have gained important ground at various points. 3 i Immediately south of Soissons and west of Rheims the enemy IN ‘ lines are held strongly. : ! There now seems to be littie doubt that the Germans will lretreat to the Vesle river as soon as possible, any. possibility of ¥ fendant pray for President Wilson, a 5 9 | still one-fourth of Great Brit: i umbrella 12. feet in diameter ana > 3 oe a é e ei car ne eon Fifty Million a Day. Clothing and Provisions Brought | 2"¢ed, safely. | Similar experiments Field Marshal of German cae ae vtant tee iw British posit Ms at Mertia in tne Ljaccill , i The United States is spendiag fifty} : | for the pilot will be undertaken soon. j s e s sitions at. Merris in the Lys-sali- The court sustained an objection| . inion dollars per day or more than. Into Germany by Way jAlthough the trial was made at a Killed by, an Agent of jent, where the Germans were driven back by a surprise attack from the government to a line of ques- i tioning upon the part of the defense; by which it sought. to place before! the jury the witness’ opinion as to the! two million dollars per hour ‘The, nation’s war debt is now a little less; compare¢ , j than $12,500.000,000 as with Great Britain's $36,000,0)0,000. ALLIES MUST CLOSE GAP of Russia | no. obstacle’ to dropping from” even henght of 800 meters it is said there is greater distance. When successful the employment:of the parachute will! save the lives of many aviators, who; Revolutionists t on Tuesday there has been a heavy bombardment. TO INFLICT LOSSES, SOLE OBJECT. . PLOT HATCHED AT MOSCOW! ~ Washington, July 31—The sole object of the allies and the > impression which Rev. Fontana‘s re-; t 4 Before the war both nations collect- y markes made upon. his, attitude to-| ri iy | will be able t i 2 | . . A * r ward the army, and navy. Judge |0d aPProximalcly one vi etal get ise Eee MED Rek dicot don oe nies /Germans ‘in the Soissons-Rheims salient, now is to kill:as. many Knautf, chief of council for the de- {axes eagh year low Grit initea | (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) |did Capt. Raoul Lutherry. Captr Sar-| Amsterdaty, July 31—Field Marshal | men .as possible, General March said: today at his semi-weekt: fense; then introduced into the record | 4 | + a 17 a ry 5 5 . * . a long statement as to the showing| States about four billion, but the popu-|" /London, July 31.—Germanyy is loot-| tt was in the air about. eight min-) Von Eichhorn, the German command-i conference with newspaper conferees. Whatever objective either ‘ lation of the United States is gbout) f utes after leaving. his aeroplane. er in the Ukraine, and. his adjutant! gide had at the beginning has be bmer’ ss which'the:deferise purposed to make |18100 OF toe Gn a proportionate | ME Asia. : SORRY <8, $ vie idjutant|side had at the beginning has béen submerged by developments tieroush “these” witednes: “The “60°! ner capita basis the people would ve, Asiatic food and wool are relieving AA AT cd 3 led tee bomh in Kiev on/in the fighting. ; ( ff ekeip scm ean called ypon annually in the Unitef@jthe Teutonic food and clothing short-: v sday,<accaraing: «to, -offlefaly an; HOPES DISSIPATED 1 court.once more sustained the govern: ‘ tents. “objection, upon the grouna | States.to raise about eight billion OF) age. it py nouncements received here. The bomb | General March pointed out that the salient had been greatly y that the evidence which the defengo|#out the amount now contemplated; nie, reach Germany by a tempor-| TIE was thrown at the men while driving | slackened, thus dissipating the hépe of; the allies’ bagging the : bile sought to introduce. ‘was <trrelevai, |, de Talsed this year. by revenue and | fe | Bung A to their headquarters from the casino. |} 4 . j % meng intnaterel-wad'not applicable to theyincame,.taxation, ald other forme of Ary trade route: across, the Caspian : ACU! t -VAmie told niktahat's Sa}aGaee was Capt oreo ee oe chemny seoldiers: Na A es tetas Of AUOCRRRE Se assessment. * EX sea, and ‘through Ukrainia, dda org i|¥on? Dressler, Oe ane The enemy withdrawal since last Saturday has reduced the 2¢, Bache; aged 3, 8 resident of the |e oie SUL Nie fae That's why. the alliés want to re-°; f A The bomb was throwh from’ a cab line to 54 miles. ‘ eas New salem f jantty for 18, OF 204: - : onstruct the eastern: front, at least ig ‘which drove close ‘to their carriage Arrival ofsthe 42nd (Rainbow) division is reported, and is yearn Beard ve ae penta ay i ufticiently to shut off Germanyy from | iy they, Were APRTOACHINE shes mae | participating in the fighting east of Fere-en-Tardenois. The-third HY U) Y f | 4 —_—_—_—_ re ce. assassin and} eens . * A A congress and higher officers wisdom: ; | Asiatic iarkets. ane: the cab driver have been arrested. regular division was also identified as in action at Serginy and “He (prayed for. Peace het ween our| BIG ( K IN IN | Must Cat Supply Line Dr. Ladd Gives Out Latest: Set) ‘The crime has been traced to the so-|Cierges, where the crack German guard divisions have been de- nt oa 01 — many : z r a 7 3 . f z 4 ; war,” testified the witness. | f now, because “Russia. si transportation| on Tuesday Hichhorn. was. a lad.of 23. He de- NOTHING TO REVEAL 4 : z M. castes B brother ot the ‘pre i baci and Asia’s is unorgan- | clared at the inquiry into the crime}. Genera] March had nothing to reveal as to the extent of the ceding witness, is not quite 31 and has! ized. oh RO that he came from the province near ear A ‘ 4 sy lived near Néw, Salem for 17 years. He | —_—- The Allied job is to cut the supply | BUT TWO POUN r» | Moscow to kill the field marshal as| casualties sustained by American forces in the recent ‘fighting. is In Clase 4 of the draft. He heard! p SEMEN Weenie bv Goren UNDS OF SUGAR | on agent of a communist committee. |He said, however, that General Pershing -had been ordered to Rey. Fontana Lnplore the Lord to “be Declares Marked Improvement | ee etgue Ab iacdey eloped :byy Germanst: ; hee —— leable the casualties as. received, and these would be given out with the president and congress ana! : | efficiency. 4 Revised regulations in which appear| General Herman Von_ Eichhorn, the} ‘one istri i - to give them the wisdom_to do right.” Is to Be Noted in Dakota |" yiitte grain is. reaching Germany important amendments to former rui-|German military dictator of Ukraine, hese at aes He Hy are cs ee dictelbe on of cant: Under cross examination, Gaebe! Generally leear or through Tiussia, because there | 88, are issued today by) Dr. 2. 1*.| had a brilliant career in the armies of | jes over a long period hereafter. Unite ates announced the told zat a gathering co the cate at aa bane i cane j Ladd, federal food adauinistrator for|the German emperor, He played an/eéntry of six more divisions in the fighting. As in the case of e home of Rev. Fontana about two; __— is oF fi Nor! akota. One of the. changes|important role in the development of} six divisions announced last we hes il: i 2 months ago, when a call went forth | OALLED TO WASHINGTON, But sheep ‘can walk. And German} which will most immediately affect }the German military machine and was jay aisle regiments in each sal se will be built: around regu through the countryside and a large | ALL S | agents in Turkestan and Bokhara are/ every home with a sweet tooth is the|one‘of the first commanding generals | y regi ie is] es a Be o number of. Rey. .‘ontana’s parishon- | see buying millions of sheep in herds, |ruling made effective tomorrow which | to use the telephone in commanding General March announced also the conversion of 15 national ers assembled. Judge Knauff was} -ecent. rains. shave miterially | which are téken by train or driven) reduces the sugar allowed each family | troops in the field. He demonstrated | army cavalry regiments, numbered from 301 to 315, into field there, testified’ the’ witness, and a'helped the Crop situation over the|to the port of Krasnovodsk, on the; to two pounds per month. Heretofore |the practicability of the telephone in’ artillery These’ will comprise part of the artillery units for the Jarge number of questions were ask-/ state generally and losses will be muct | Caspian, them transported across the|each individual has been entitled to;September, 1905. divisi i . a ed as to the patriotic.quality of Rev.jjess than estimated two weeks ago,’,|Caspian to the Russian or Persian | three pounds. When ‘the gréat war broke out he IVISIONS. ; ‘ t Fontana’s~ prayers and discourses. | said Commissioner of Agriculture and {shores and driven on to points where Dr. Ladd's complete. list of rulings,|was assigned to the Russian’ front. | =< Judge Knauff asked the church peo-|{abor John N. Hagan this niorning. | they can he shipped by railroad. revised to date, follow: * His work attracted much attention | PREPARE FOR RETREAT : ple assembled there whether they.had | “jn some sections in the northa’m part | Famine Probable Must Be Recorded. and he was in command of the Ger- Paris, July 31.—French aerial observers, says the Mati a. : heard anything disloyal in Rev. Fon-| of the state the rains came too late to; It is proper to speak of these Ger-) 1. All sales.of wheat flour or sugar|man army which captured the Rus: atoas) Mio lee rt 8, Says ‘tne Matin, T tana’s prayérs and sermons, said/ be of much benefit. and the losses will;man purchases as “loot,” because the! made at retail in North Dakota must | sian stronghold of Kovno in August, port that there are signs behind the present German battle front buy food eral food adminig- | 1 For this achievement he was|of preparations for a continuation of the retirement northward. Gaebe. He didn’t thoroughly under-! stand what {t was all about, but gain- be heavy. This is particularly true | Asiatic shepherds cannot of Great Northern territory from Mi-j With the German gold which they-get be recorded on tration custom card No, 2, which awarded the medal of merit by Em-! The enemy is destroying much material and big fires have ed the impression that the people had | not west.” {for their sheep and wool. Famine is| must be signed by the buyer, retained | peror William. ‘b been called there because they were! Mr, Hagan has been called ta, Wash- likely to follow. in’ central Asia. | by the merchant and sent to'the coun-| In April, 1918, he was sent to/ een seen, ‘i 4 ’ to be as witnesss- Mrs. Fontana in-| ington as a member of the national) The Armenian and Georgian arm-|ty ‘administrator or the federal fooa | Ukraine by Germany to supervise the —_-—— iH terpreted the questions. which were| agricultural advisory baard for a con-/ies, surrounding the port of Baku,}administrator at the end of each |‘establishment of a new government | RETAIN POSITIONS put in English, for those present whe / ference which he is advised will be have preyented the Germans from} month. y Nope for the Republic. He placed the whole | Paris, July 31.—A’ ican t tained thei iti ‘ could understand nothing but Ger-| of great importance. Mr. Hagan is of |using the Baku-Batum railroad, which! 2. FLOUR SALES: Flour salesare | republic under martial law and ar-! aris, July 31.—American troops retained their positions in rested members of the ministryy who! the region of Seringes-et-Nesles, which they carried after violent man. z J. A. Wipke, retired farmer at New Salem, had heard Rev. Fontana pray for the president and for the ending the war, Paul: Hoharg, -who is 38 years old and has lived near New; Salem 21 years, but who.speaks no English, testified through an interprs:| ier that Fontana had played for epace between the “old fatherland ana | the new fatherland.” - Mr. ..oharg al) so ha dheard the divine pray for rains, | that there might be plenty for. every- . the opinion that the meeting will have , connects the Caspian and Black seas, to do with the fixing of the price of! for this traffic. cotton. The commissioner made no; But it cannot be wholly stopped un-s reference to an alleged interview/til a barreir 1s thrown across Ger- which emanated today from Fargo, ev. | man imports through Persia, where; idently originating with league news: | the Turks are holding Tabriz, and paper organs there, to the effect that;through the Astrakhan district of “North Dakota will require at least/southern Russia, where the Czecho-| $2,000,000 for the relief of farmers|Slovak army on the trans-Siberian | who los ttheir crops thréugh drouth.” | railroad has lately. been trying to et He indicated no intention of asking/fect a juncture with the Armenian- for $2,000,000 of the 95,100,000 appro-|Georgian forces on the, north slope priation set aside by congress for the! of the Caucasus mountains. , relief of farmers. A i Field Is Vast one to eat. at filled out, and Walter Ledabl of N Salem, insurance agent, aged 25, and TROOPS DESERT the defense. / | ss : ——atwy w. 8.4. j Germany, Warns Public of Fath- | a : (By News) r Enterprise Ass’n.) | (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) f . Henry Albright. aged 25, born and | ae reared at New Saluem, and in Class 2} : of the draft because he had a broke: limb at the time his questionaire wa: s in‘class 4 of the draft, corroborated ; the testimony of former witnesses for | U. S. Will Cheapen : Messages by Wire! , erland to Not Aid Them Wasihngton.July 31.—Telephonesand| Amsterdam, July 31.—Desertion telegraphing will be cheaper when: from the military and naval forces | If this:-barrier is not thrown up by | the allies, Germany can secure untim- lited supplies.of mutton, wool, cotton, jgrains ang cattle from the simple { tribesmen of central Asia—Afghans, Turcomans Kirghiz and Persians. | Furthermore, © Germany, unless | blocked by the. re-establishment of an jeastern economic military front, can jdevelop the gold, copper, iron and other metal mines of central Asia {and the sulphur and ‘salt of the east- limited to a«thirty day:supply on. the of 1.1-2 pounds per person per week, except farmers or others engaged in hard physical . labor in construction camps. who are inaecessible to baker- ies, are entitled to six ounces per per- | son per day or 2-3-4 pounds per per- | son per week, not including children under four Years of age. Farmers Excepted. 3. No flour sales in the city. in ex-! cess of 24 1-2 pounds at one time. No| flour sale in the country in excess of 49 pounds, EXCEPDION—Farmers, ; ranchers or threshing crews, located (Continued on Page Four.) oF Your Subscription —when does it tern Caspian shore. Siberian furs and Chinese silks and {rice can also be taken to Germany | by this overland route, possibly reach- ing the central empires by next sum- expire? Look at the yellow address » label which is pasted.on your It shows you the date he said were conspiring against the! fighting, according to a nofficial statement. from the war office central powers. ‘ | today. im He ieee tee pide heen of} The Germans made four attacks against the French positions the Ukrainian government in May ,east of Oulchy-le-Chateau. They were repulsed and the French and succeéded in placing Premier |]ine was held intact. ipa Ph ‘has since peat oper /. The French ‘and Germans carried out raids on other points on the sectors east and west of the Marne salient, but there was no General Von. Eichhorn. 2 n change at these points. ~ When it was found that the peas-) . Sy AST b WANT TO POSTPONE RETREAT ants of Ukflraine had secreted their: stores of grain, General Von Eichhorn ; put into operation strong measures! which amounted to confiscation of all stores of food in the country. It has been reported that ruthless measures were adopted against peasants, who organized to precent looting of their possessions. Late in May he sent an urgent ap- peal to Berlin to meet an insurrec tion in Ukraine. It was later an- nounced that a large force of troops was held subject to his call. Generat Von Eichhorn was born on February 15, 1848, at Breslau, and en-| tered the military school in Berlin in 1886. TO RISE IN REVOLT. Paris, July 31.—Strong German reaction Tuesday shows, in ‘the opinion of French military experts, that the enemy is deter- imined to postpone the retreat to the Vesle as long as possible, ‘notwithstanding the wastage in man power that policy involves. | The Germans, yesterday, according to General Hutin, in the Echo d’Paris, threw in five of their best reserve divisions in a counter attack between Fere-en-Tardenois and Roncheres, without | appreciable effect against either the French or Americans, GERMAN EFFORTS FRUITLESS With the American Forces on the Aisne-Marne Front July |31.—Efforts made by the Germans to advance their lines against ‘the Americans on this front last night and this forenoon were Hruitless. The. Americans were content to hold their positions 1%. Sear aper. 7 the government gets through organ-|rampant in Germany. So'diers are|mer—unless the Czecho-Siovaks in paper, ect London, July ~~ 31.—Information fovme Ay iad Bevre sae tangy these industries. A telegraph quitting the army by the score at the|eastern Russia, the Daéghestarese, Ar- your subscription expires. reaching Stockholm, s: the Times, along their slightly advanced front. The German line is giving wire can be used to send a telephone |first. oppertunity that presents icelf, entene aud Shai lb me Buia f New i regulations requite correspondent there, shows that Bol’ away, both to the right\ and the left. There was hard fighting message at the same moment it is be-|according to stories in the German sus, an e British north o¢ Bagda hat all mail subscriptions shev: regime has come to the end: f ; i 2 i i A ing asea to Caold (antolegrephisties™| newspapers: jare enabled to re-establish some .sort imust he paid in advance. In of its tether, and that the Russian |duTing the night without, advantage on foe aide Piting. the sage. In the past different systems| The government has issued proc-|of a continuous eastern front. addition, all subscriptions masses. workmen and peasants are’ night the Americans made a pretense of retiring from the town have been maintained for these pur-|lamations warning the public and the| Sererpnchake hr Sastere must be stepped on expira- about to rise in arms against the Bo+| of Seringes. The Germans advanced into the town on noting the poses. By doubling them up and do- army that it wilh take tater ee |BELFIELD BOY Hon’ date. ‘ La EN purported evacuation. Two American companies then stepped in ing away with rented offices by put-|ures to prevent further esertions, Tribune readers should SOY: Westy Setereeen ‘and enveloped the Ger killi sa Th te i “| N H # A i pe e Germans, killing every man. e air forces c= tee Pee ee ace teae public wlll j Sa ea tot A at aan Bench ee BADLY WOUNDED wate ee ae Manel and 'Huns Seek to Lure [on both sides were busy this morning, one of the American observ- be served at a great saving of mdéney./ers of war are being facilitated by] Washington, June 21.—The marine piration date. i Dutch Workiiigmen (ers was attacked by eight enemy machines, but escaped and re- ‘ NY WS 8 civilians, who do not shrink from|corps casualty list today: Kilfed in 4 Pa os 3 turned to his base. ENGLISH CAN SEND ! TROOPS MORE GIFTS . (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) London, July 31.—The weight limit of parcels which en be sent to the x been advanced ‘from seven a ge iar and parcels of that Welght can now be’ seht to’France or Italy for 26 cents. helping men to flee the country if they can make a few marks by it. Help is said to be rendered by fur- nishing deserters with clothes, cash, “safe conducts’ to the frontiers and in other ways. The government re- minds the public that “smuggling' ‘of human beings” is tantamount to'trea! son and will be ruthlessly dealt With. action 4; died of wounds in action, 2; wounded in action, 12, total 18. The army casualty list: Killed In action 36; died of wounds, 40; of dis- ease,’ 6; of aeroplane accidents, 1; wounded. severely 67; missing in ac- tion, 24. (1 Wounded severely,..Private Thomas, Sharman, Belfield, N. D. K Bismarck Tribune (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) The Hague, July 31.—Krupp’s, ap- parently having difficulty in getting Dutch workmen, owing to reports of| an epidemic at Essen. are sending | to Holland who- exhibit food provided at the emissaries bags: full of {Krupp plant and to tell tales‘of. the delightful life there, - 4 DELAYING RETIREMENT Paris, July 31,—Against either the French or the Americans the German crown prince has good-reasons to hold up hjs retire- ment to Vesle. First, he may wish to prevent the Fre ich, from using the Soissons-La Ferte-Milon railway; second, he Yay want (Continued on Page Three.)