The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1918, Page 1

k A q i « te 6 eT, ee fe MACHINERY FOR REGISTRATION OF 75,000 NORTH DAKOTANS SET. IN MOTION BY GENERAL FRASER Everything to Be in Readiness for President's Men Between Ages of 18) . and 45 Into Military Service—Expect Date to . Be Set for Fore Part of September Wee PROVISIONS FOR EXEMPTION Broader provisions for exemptions have been written into the new man power bill before congress so the na- | tion’s war industry fabric may‘not be upset by unduely i large with@rawals of men over 32 years of age for mili- Proclamation Calling tary service: Provost Marshal General Crowder today, before ‘the senate military committee, e able to substitute the werd ments” for the word: “indu law in the section affecting would make possible a, more Jaw and prevent the induction into the army of many men performing a usefal work at home, and yet not engaged in war industries; Machinery for the registration |~~~~~~ of 75,000‘ North Dakotans be- tween the ages of 18 and 45 was set in motion this morning by Adjutant General Fraser in re- sponse to a message from, Pro- vost Marshal General Crowder. | A registrar. will be appointed | in every election precinct in the state, and where the number of prospective registrants in any. precinct exceeds 80, two regis- | trars will be appointed, as Gen- eral Crowder requests one regis- trar for every: eighty people. | These registrars will be appoint- ed: by the local baards,. who al- ready have been notified by Gen-| eral Fraser to make: their’ selec: ; Zz ‘General. Crowder asks that all - the: registration machinery of | local. and district. draft’ boards be so perfected that it can he’ set | in- Haga and be ly. within a fer nde af aft- er ‘he dr for the pee Lieaa ry vet the of'18 ana which will iim ediately fol- low. the passage by congress of the: new selective. service bill. Action upon this bill is expected by the last of this month or the first of September, and General Crowder anticipates that the pet Ee det abprom acres the le the registration age lim-! fore part of September. its have net been agreed upon by congress, all tions are! being made on an 18-to-45 basis. : On this basis, North Dakota is| expected to register 75,000 men, as compared with 68,000 be-/ tween the ages of 21 and 31 registered June 5, 1917. i ‘BUY W. 8. S.——— 16,409 TOTAL CASUALTIES ON FRENCH SOIL Army and Marine Casualties Are Being Tabulated as Fast as Received i \ eee Washington, Aug. 6.—Army and; marine casuaities on the Marne-Aisne! salient made public today numbered | 498; 358 soldiers and 140 marines.; This brought the total to 1,213 and the! number of all casualties since Ameri- can forces have landed in france total | 16,409 i Three army and two marine corps | lists were given out early today. AY recapitulation shows: Killed, army 31; navy 7; died of | wounds, army 6; navy 1: wounded, | army 313; navy 19 wounded, army 7; navy 111. Total army 358; navy 140.; Today's lists contained mostly the! names of wounded whereas a list of| yesterday showed 459 killed “These do! not represent one day’s: fighting. but casualties for several days. One of today’s army lists contains Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt's death. Lieut. Roosevelt, was reported July 17-to have fallen in combat north of: the Marne -on July 14. Several days! later it was announced German avi-| ators had given notice of his death and | burial -with honors. i BUY WS. S——— ADOLPH TO CINNCY { Louisville Sells Pitcher Luque to; Riyals Louisville. Ky, Aug. 6.—Pitcher| Adolpho Luque has been sold by the Louisville club of the American As- sociation to the Cincinnati club of the} National league. Luque was the leading twirler of the- American Assoclation, having won 12 games. and lost, 2; He played the | United States declarea war. xplained he deemed it advis- is “occupations and employ: — | stries” used in the: present industrial exemptions. This | libertl interpretation of the — | vf LOOSE TONGUES MUST NOT WAG, SAYS -AMIDON clares Federal Court Jurist | $100.00 FINE FOR SIMMONS | Benedict: Man Convicted. Under | Espionage. Act Is Given Light ' Penalty s |. E..E. Simmons of Benedict, indicted ron threes counts under the’ espionage | act of June. 15, 1917, was convicted on the third. count by a federal court Jury. which ‘returned its “verdict this morning, commending Simmons to the clemency. of the court. The’ court assessed a fine of $100-as the Bene- dict man’s . punishment.-. The count} under which; he was convicted’ charg: ed interference with recruiting for the naval forces of the United States. “This is a time for men to bridic their tongues,” said the court in sen- jtencing Simmons. “You have talkec too much and you have talked foolish- ly. I realize that you are from Mis. souri, that warm southern blood flows in your veins, and that you are prone to be hot-headed.. I am not able to think of you as actually disloyal. don’t believe you intend to be unpa- triotic. But you talked too much. = | “This is a time when men are se- ‘vere in their judgments. Men go about casting javelins at one another and all must suffer. You have sut- fered in this case. The rights of the) individual are small, but the rights otf} the nation are large. I am glad the! jury had the grace to accompany its verdict with a recommendation for ex- treme leniency, and I will accord tt! to you in the minimum fine. Go back to your community with malice to- ward none and charity toward all. Be- have yourself. and-don’t go back in aj spirit of anger and retaliation.” ! Simmons asked permission to speak | for himself. He was’ too affected to: say much, but he intimated that his! arrest, indictment and conviction were the result of a “frame-up.” . The court Tecited to him the tale of the Man on}. the cross, and his plea: ‘Forgive them, Father, for they know not what, they do.” i The case against Fred J. Holtje ot Williston, indicted under the espion-| age act. was called shortly before noon today. Judge W. H. Barnett of; Fargo is defending. | “Big business “started this war for} Self-agerandizement~ and Wilson toox. hold of.it and made it a world-war for democracy.” This in effect was one of the state- ments attributed” to E, E. Simmons, | Benedict liveryman, charged. with vio- lation of the espionage act, who talk-| ed from the witness stand for two! hours in his own defense in federal court Monday afternoon. Simmons.confined himself largely to the discussion of economic questions out of which he believed the war grew | {and of economic conditions growing! :out of the war. He was changed by the prosecution with having said that | the allies were getting the worst of it in the big: scrap in France. and| that the munition makers and big business interests aw their loans jeopardized, and that to save them the Mr. Simmons expressed himself as very much opposed to. profiteering and he deelared he believed that this {evil thrived under war conditions, He, showed much knowledge of social ; economy and socfalism, was outspoken in his views, and talkea steadily for two hours with little prompting. J. A. Hyland of Bismarck defended and District Attorney M._A. Hildreth prosecuted. Many people from Bene. dict and vicinity were in town as wit- nesses. Simmons at various times has been in the land business, in the livery business ai infeld Sesiahnen make for the houler ville. team, ; pursuits in wenediet \ engaged 0..9théfand “Latin-Americans of other coUn- scltries. Five Thousand Indian Soldiers Will Be at the Front in a Year -—Make the Best of ‘Fighters Six Redskins Penetrate Six Miles! ‘Behind German Ljnes’ and | Break Up an Officers’: Feast Lt BY J, H. DUCKWORTH, N.-£. A. Staff Correspondent. Hampton, Va., Aug. 6.—The® Indian! ' is on the warpath again—this time Be | ter HUN scalps) “Just what’ we expected} the india | is as Breat a. master of camouflage ab ever,” sald William Anthony Aery (of; Hampton institute, when he read the! story of: the six Indians with. Per: | shing’s army. who.in a daring night re- | connoitre penetrated six miles into the Getman lines, and, finding a number! of high German officers banqueting in la chateau, broke up the orgy with ter- rifying ancient war cries and’ moderr hand grenades. “Heap big eats.’ We throw bombs. We-happy. They. very. sad,’ was the way tha Indian corporal reported the success, of his little mission. © Hampton ‘has been an Iidian as well as.a negro school ‘since 1878. | Many of it graduates are now in the army. “The : Indian is putting forth real effort {n the” war,” says: Arthurs. Parker. ‘president of the Societ¥ of American Indians; “Loving liberty ap [he does;.he will fight for it. Knowing | the tragedy of ‘broken treaties’ hé wilt) No Time for Foolish Talking, De-‘ fight that there be no more*tfeaties broken. “The Canadian Iroqiois, or Six Na- tions, early got,into the fighting. With |, them were Indian boys from the Unit- ed .States. The. ‘nation’. of ‘Tona- wandas in’ New York have just de- clared war. against.Germany. “sThe Indians ate all volunteers. In| - the army cantonments at Camps ,10- gan, McArthur, .’Travis and: Bowie there are’ 1,500 Indians. ~ Elsewheré, including ‘¢itizen’ Indians living in white’ communities, there are 2.000 more. ‘Within @ year there will be 5,000: fighting Indians in army service, besides'a thousarid more in co-ordinat- ing branches.” ° There are no separate Indian units: The ‘War. department. devided that the red'm&n“and the. white are to‘ fight to- gether sidé by side as Americans. ‘The German people have been: told not.to b8 afraid of the American army “because: it is: made up ‘of Indians and negroes.” Well ,those six Indians who made..the ‘six-mile bike behind. the) German. lines probably did look like a | whole army to the surprised German officers. They did: better than the kaiser’s armies have recently. BUY W f.6 -—— RUSSIA WILL FINISH WAR SAYSGERMAN Dr. Hans Vorst, Officer of Red Guard, Reaches This Conclusion SLAVS HATE THE TEUTONS; New Government Will Be Form- ed‘to Fight Domination of the Kaiser Washington, Aug. 6.—It is Russia Yhat will finish the war. This is the declaration made to Dr. Hans Vorst,! by an officer of the Red Guard accora: | ing to an article by Dr. Vorst in the Eerlin Tageblatt. Dr. Vorst is considered in Germany one of the best judges of Russian af- | |fairs. and wes sent to Russia by the | ; Tageblatt to report conditions. Through © conversations. with the | Russtatis of all classes, he comes to the condlusion that the Soviet govern- ment: is thoroughly detested, but that the hatted of the Russians for the Ger-/ mans is still greater. A merchant declared to Dr. Vorst: “The war with Germans is not over. ; A new government will be formed in (Russia. . It will decree a general mob- ilization and will drive the enemy out lot all the territory that he occupies.” The officer of the Red Guard, who de, clared that Russia will end the war, | added, according to Dr. Vorst: “A national rising so powerful and! so general will be accomplished that victory will return to our flag.” | BUY WW, S. S- {QUITO GETS. FIRST ° ' FOREIGN FINANCIAL HOUSE IN EQUADOR Washihgton. Aug., 6.—The — first banking institution with foreign cap-' {tal to be established in Ecuador -has | been organized at Quito. capitalization of 400,000 sucres, equal | a to approximately $200,000 in American money.. Branches will be established at other points in South America and { it is announced that'the business of the bank will be principally to deal with foreign countries. None of the capital stock is owned by Ecuadore- ans, but there is no American or Eng- ; lish_ money in the institution. The) stock is owned entirely by Spaniards Tt has at” i | A group of ‘American Indian goldiers in camp at’ Camp Bowie, Fort, Worth, ‘Texas... The photograph shows the fine' type. of man- WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND WOMEN -.’ NURSES VICTIMS OF SUBMARINE e. ‘(By ASSOCIATED PRESS) A British Port, Saturday, ‘Aug. doing early,this morning of: the British hospital ship Warilda was one of the most. harrowing disasters in the history of submarine warfare; ‘The ‘number of dead:is variously estimated from 105 to 130 and includes several women nurses. The ship: carried 600 sick and wounded. Among them were seven Americans, two officers and five enlist- 1 ed men, all of whom have been accounted for except one private. aid department and the crew comprised about 200 men. receive them and sent to hospitals in various parts of the country. | The’ torpedo struck the after part of the engine room, killing the third’ engineer and two other members of the engine room| force. The dynamo was destroyed, plunging the vessel into dark- | ness. 5 ‘ ah 100. PATIENTS KILLED OUTRIGHT Just over the ‘dynamo was the wardroom, which contained | Imore than 100. patients. Most of these were killed outright by the explosion and’ the others, many of whom had been freshly | injured by the torpedo, found themselves trapped. It was impos- | jumped. overboard and.were- picked up, perished. {less invalids are told by survivors. ‘The ship remained afloat more) headway because the engines could not be stopped. This condition | greatly ‘hampered the rescue work and in addition three of four boats were smashed while being lowered, throwing their occupants, ‘into the sea. All-the soldier. patients and the nurses testify to the heroic efforts of officers and crew. Notwithstanding the excitement and | onfusion which were increased by the inky darkness, the crew; junder the masterly-direction-of the officers, went cooly ‘and meth- /odically about the different tasks of bringing the sick and wound- ed on deek. The morale of the wounded, lying on deck waiting to be taken ; off, is described by members of the crew as “too fine for words.” | They never complained or-urged the rescuers to hurry. WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST FIRST AID ; The less seriously disabled assisted their more unfortunate mates to: go first. Women were placed in the first boats lowered, | notwithstanding their protests that they should not precede the | patients. The Warilda had been-in the channel service two years and this was her first crossing from France in which she did not carry a number of German: wounded prisoners. Members of the crew; remarked over this fact and some éxpressed the opinion that it was of sinister significance. The American Red Cross is making the survivors comfortable, ; and putting the patients on trains to be removed to hospitals. The admiralty, this evening issued the following communica- | ‘tion concerning the torpedeing: “The homeward: bound. ambulance transport Warilda was tor- ; pedoed and sunk on the third of August.” The Warilda: was built at Glasgow in 1912. She was 411 feet, does not regard the work done by a| long, had a beam of 56 feet and a depth of 34 feet. Her registered | tonnage.was 7,713. She was:owned by the Adelaide, Ship Co., of, Port: Adelaide, Australia. ..- ‘si hood they. represent—the kind of whom Germany i is “not afraid! | 3.—(Delayed.)—The torpe-| There were aboard’89 nurses and members of the voluntary | _ More than 650 survivors, brought here shortly after 6 o’clock | were given first aid treatment, food and clothing. The patients: were placed aboard special trains; which had been waiting to): ‘sible for outside. aid to reach them, and all except a few who! Stories of the fearful struggle in the darkness to rescue help-| than two hours arid for a great part of the time continued under} N FORCED 10 GIVE WAY BEFORE ALLIES ON THE LYS SALIENT: POSITIONS ON ANCRE TAKEN Americans Hold Fismes Despite Heavy Firing of Germans, Who Have Singled Out This Point for. Special Attack (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) On the Rheims-Soissons front the situation has been stabi- lized, while the opposing forces prepare for further movements. Uneasiness along the northern front continues. Crown Prince |Rupprecht of Bavaria has carried out another withdrawal, giving ‘up territory along the La Bassee canal, in the apex of the Lys jsalient. Meanwhile, the French and British are organizing the territory evacuated north and south of the Somme in Picardy, HEAVY ARTILLERY DUELS Heavy artillery duels and patrol actions are in progress along the Vesle. French and American troops in small units have crossed ; to the north of the river at various points, mostly on reconnoitering i expeditions. The enemy has failed in attempts to prevent these jincursions. Fismes, in the center'of the line, which is. held. by the Americans, apparently is the especial mark of the German gunners, and they are bombarding. it violently. The Americans, | however, maintained their positions and even have sent patrols acrass the river at this point. IN ALLIED CAPITALS _ In allied capitals it is not believed that the German, crown prince will attempt to stand long on the northern bank of the Vesle, but will soon retire to prepared positions north of the Aisne. The Vesle line is capable of being outflanked without much effort,” jand it would seem the part of wisdom for the enemy to withdraw to behind the Aisne. NO INDICATION OF PLAN General Foch has given no indication of his plans. The activ- ity along the Vesle lends color to the opinion that the Germans between Soissons and Rheims will have.to. give. more.ground.. It |is not improbable the allied leader is. waiting until -his-troops: and " |guns in strong force reach the southern bank of the Vesle before continuing operations against the crown prince. Except. for occupying the ground. given. up. by. the: Germans along the Ancre and west of the Avre; ‘the allies have made’ Tio move against the enemy on these sectors. Elsewhere on. the western front there has been no activity ‘of importance. RECONSTRUCTS B DIVISIONS f With the French Army in France, Aug. 6.—The German crown ~)prinee~is-now. engaged in. reconstructing his: shattered:divisions behind the line with theaid of the. remainder of the 1919 recruits, in the opinion of General Mangin, whose. army played such. a bril- liarit part‘in forcing the German retreat from. the Marne. ..Some !of the German divisions, which took part in this battle suffered a-reduction of company strength to fewef than'50 mieh, somé of the companies being still further depleted. in men. ; BOMBARDMENT CINTINUES : Paris, Aug. 6.—The German long range bombardment of Paris was continued: today. é FRENCH ADVANCE TO AVRE Paris, Aug. 6.—North of the Vesle the Germans have been leila in efforts to dislodge Ameyican and French units. The | official statement from the war office todgy report & French advance to the.Avre, north of Montdidfer. i | TROOPS LAND AT ARCHANGEL London, Aug. 6.—The official announcement was made today of the landing’ of allied forces at Archangel on Aug. 2. The land- ing was in concurrence with the wishes of the Russian population jand caused general enthusiasm. \ RETAINING INITIATIVE | Paris, Aug. 6.—The determined attack which the Germans ‘have been delivering against the allied attack north of the'Vesle |has failed to disturb the temporary stabilization of the Vesle front. The allied command is retaining the initjative in these operations. ‘EMMONS COUNTY | EDUCATOR WILL MYSTERY IN JOIN _Y FORCES SHOOTING Lester H. fleslowen county Superin.| |tendent of school for Emmons, left last night for Chicago to take a special | FATAL T0 3 ' course of training to fit him for over- | | seas wi non ae abcretiry:| M i as an |Gducator ema aa Fil director, was | Wife of hieaen S. D., Banker the a Mt terouehithe local offices of! hie in Hotel Tragedy In- ee volving Former Husband \OFFICERS AND ras EMPLOYES MUST __jassaia | PUNCH CLOCK | SHOOTS SELF Kenova, S. D., July 6.—Three pér- ons are dead as the result of the nysterious Shooting in the Royal ho- |ter here last night. They are: Mrs. | Frank Dexter, wite ofa Kenova bank- er; J. R. Williams. of Anderson, Mis- |souri, or Cedar Bluffs, Neb. and a The state auditing board at its meet-| Woman supposed to be Williams’ wife. ing Monday instructed the board of| Mrs. Dexter and J. R. Williams diea |control to instal a time clock at the |@lmost instantly and the Williams” capitol with the understanding that all] Woman died during the night. officers and employes will henceforth; Williams is believed to have ended check in and out as they now do at aj bis own life fter fatally wounding majority of the country’s industrial es: | Mrs. Dexter. Whether Mrs. Williams \tablishments. The standard working |Shot herself or was hit by a buller ‘day also was lengthened by orders of |{rom the gun in the hands of Mrs, the auditing board. and officials and | Dexter's slayer is unknown. employes beginning Aug 12, will go. to; ‘Mr. Dexter has not been able to | work at 8:30 and cease work at 5:30,|(hrow any light upon the triple tra. ‘instead of starting at 9 a. m. and quit-| Sedy. ting at 5..p. m. as heretofore. The us-| Mrs. Dexter, who. prior to her mar- jual hour and a half for dinner will be | riage to the Kenova banker, last No- | allowed. and the staffs will put in a: | vember, was known as Mrs. Williams, standard eight-hour day. This is done,{is believed to have beon the former jit is announced, because of the short: wile of J. R. Williams. ! age of help, the necessity for economy BUEN Se: ‘and because the state auditing boara $200,000 TO ITALY’S FIGHERS ON THE PIAVA majority of the employes at the state} Rome, Aug 6—The city of Milan has house to be so exacting or arduous} subscribed a purse of $200,000to'dbe -thall'they cartiot ‘stand eight hours: Filboa the to the Italian’ sbldiers Who ‘dor. ‘won the recent battle of the Piave. [No More Loafing on Job at the: Capitol—Hours of Labor Are Lengthened