The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1918, Page 1

offensives of the past spring tion. The French. south of M that the momentum es the ahi y, PRICE FIVE CENTS. UGH GERMAN LINES 8 I, 000 PRISONERS held by the British. This’ ie oked upon as: mcr held by the Germans in Flanders i is very | low, BRITISH OAVALRY ENTERS. CHAULNES AHEAD OF ARMY ENGAGED IN AMIENS DRIVE With the British “Army in France, Aug. 9.—British cavalry ae and some infantry Were sighted this morning. When last heard from directly, they, togéther. with! in the neighborhood of Chaulnes armored ‘cars, were operating back of Framerville, and have now progressed many kilometers beyond, cleaning up many villages ‘and the country. ; Canadian horse troopers, cooperating with the French forces, cut. off a large force of Germans today on the Somme front. CAPTURE STORES Allied airmen have, blown up many of. the bridges over the Somme and the enemy retreat is seriously retarded.’ - An enormous quantity of stores and pan on have been abandoned by the Germans in their retreat. COURT UPHOLDS SALOON ORDER “OF BURNQUIST St, Paul,’ Aug. 9—The supreme court today upheld the order issued by Governdt Burnquist closing the sa- loons at Blooming Prairie. They were opened recently on a restraining order issued in the Ramsey county ‘district court. ——Bur w MILITARY MAPS BEING DRAFTED ‘Major H. .G,--Boyden, attached to General Barry's staff at the central department headqurters: in Chicago, is here for the purpose of asking state officials to. assist. in the compilation of information to be used in the mak- ing of a progressive military map in which the war department jis now en- gaged. This work is now in progress all overythe United States, and is be- pose of his present tour to cover every GOVERNOR ASKS WEEK OF MARINE RECRUITING Governor Frazier today issued a proclamation requesting that the week of August 11-17 be observed as “Ma- rine Corps Recruiting Week.” The gov- ernor states that congress: has raised the authorized strength o fthe marine corps from 30,000 to 75,000 men, and ot fat all Roptmanters ae authorized re. watting ‘agen have been aske tho an” se part!in the ‘cai paign. SURGICAL RELIEF _ AFFORDED INSANE P, M. Casey ot the 8 of the state ‘board of control, who has just retufned from the state hospital for the insane at Jamestown, reports that Dr. C. H. Hotchkiss, the superintendent, has met with unusual success in recent surgical work, and that some difficult loperations which he has performed have restored patients to normal con- dition. The work is new and most ex- acting, ‘and every operation performed to date has resulted satisfactorily. CRETE Hert ‘Curdling War Whoop of > Western Warrior Gives. . Boche the Willies “Joe Young . Hawk, an Mandan ‘In- dian’ of Ethowoods, 'N. D., who fs serv- frig with the American forces here:in France,’ was captured a short time ago by five Germans, who took his gun away from him. But Young} Hawk was determined not to remain captured for very long ae least,” says Major A: B. Welch in’a letter home. “The Indian waited his chance and then suddenly taking his captors un- awares he lunged for one big Hun and broke, his neck}. Killed’ two:.with “hip pare hands and marched the other two back to the American linés, “He was shot through the leg in the fight but Js now in an American hospital and) getting along as well. a» could be expected. And like his fore- bears of old, ‘who liked nothing’ bet- ter than a fight, he is just aching to get out. of the hospital and be at it again.” Major Welch is particularly inter- ested in the Indian soldiers for since the recent death of ‘John Grass, the Sionx chieftain, he became the first white chiét.of the Sioux by reason of being Grass’ adopted son. He is there- fore alwaya,6n the alert to find out just how Uticle Sam’s Indian fighters are standing the “gaft’'of modern warfare,\ Member of “Second N. D.” Joe Young Hawk was a member ot the old Company. 1,- Bismarck, of the “Smashing Second” North Dakota reg- iment, when it entrained for Camp Greene last summer. Majo¥. Welch at that time was captain of: Company I but has'since heen promoted to major. <The major. concluded his story by saying: “Tl am terribly proud of him. He ought: to havea medal for really it took all kinds ofnerve.” LST AOS Dorn Sueur? stirs This map shows how the allies;have made almost a aR line ‘of ‘the battle. front between. Montdidier .and roken by the savage thrust of the British and French armies. A wedge has been re railway, and'early today the British were only a mile away from the Chaulnes- supplies for the cen troops fighting in the Montdidier ‘sector of the. front. western tip of the Lys salient, fave been abandoned by the Germans and are now from the Lys salient, which ha sbeen forecast in recent dispatches. The ground “DUAN SOUNDED Army. of Future Wit Be Reeruit- sed Entirely on: Selective j ‘Service Principle |RECRUITS ‘NOT’ ACCEPTED ‘amstructiong ‘to discontinue alt~ac- ceptances. of voluntary. applications for military service were received today by Sergt. Richard ¥. Martell, in charge’ of the Bismarck recruiting office or \the ‘United: States army. He ig. also directed to discharge recruits ndw on hand and awaiting assignment. More than/-200 applications for: en- letment -wete on: hand: when this’ or- der came... The Bismarck recruiting office was literally swamped with vol- unteers. following ‘announcement of probable favorable action:-in Septem- ber on’ the amendment” to the selec- tive service act, extending ‘the draft ages from 18 to 45 years. | | End‘of Volunteer System. -‘“This means the end of, the! volun- teer system of recruiting an army in this country,” said a local draft ofti- ‘cial today. “It means that in the future we will have only one army, in’ stead. of three—thp regulars, the guard and the national army—as we have had. And this army will be cre ated on the sélective service principle. Many of the men who will register in September will never get into the army at all. Those who'do get in will he assigned to the branche of the ser- vice for which they seem: best fitted: This is the most radical step which has been taken in the military history pee been taken ‘in ‘the ‘military his- With the British Army i in Fran e, "tReuter’ 3) ne 9_the Ger- mans are ‘blowing: up their. ammunitipn.dumps in the cattle area. This ‘is considered an indication that they are preparing ‘to retreat. - ‘The British casualties since the beginning of the present drive. are but’thrée-fifths of the number of Lees de coun” a0 My . (0) ae this. y swift'“whippet” tanks are re- ported by airmen far ah {many places was appar any farther forward. MORE MISSING SHOWN INU. 8. CASUALTY LIST) ‘Washington, Aug. §.—One of the features of the casualty lists an- nounced today is the number of men missing. The names of 303 officers and men missing in action were contained in thé army lists made public today. The | total list aggregated 468. The marine list brought the total up to 520. Near- ly half of the men were from Pennsyl- vania. There 220 from that state and 47 from Philadelphia alone. The number missing was the largest, in action since the Aisne-Mame fight- ping began. on the list of missing. The list includes: Private John L. Boehm, Tower City, The list in five sections includes: Wounded severely: Private: Same? Kartenson, Gardner, N WILL Aue Shen STOP 1 THIS LINE? yy Parq Rheims... The Germans have halted) on; thisi line'along the riaver, Vesle, but the concensus of military. critics! isithat they: must fall back to, the Aisne before. long, afternoon. Cavalry patrols accompanied There were four officers | ead of the infantry advance. ‘The infantry at ently checked only by sheer inadvisability to push \ MONTDIDIER IS SURROUNDED AND | ALLIES GAIN ELEVEN MILES (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) _. Paris, Aug. 9.—General Foch has struck the Germans ona new front with such brilliancy that the remarkable successes are lost somewhat in the admiration of the manner in which the blow has been carried out. Military officials agree that the new stroke will have important consequences. As in the Aisne-Marne thrust the tactics have for their object the squeezing of two sides of the salient. The allies have for their object the Peronne highway. This rpad is as important from a military standpoint as was the Sois- sons-Chateau Thierry road in the Marne sector.«1 If the allies reach it, all Germans south of the line from Mont- |didier as far as Noyon would be placed in as serious a condition as were those caught in the pocket on the Marne on July 9: That is the first and immediate danger to the enemy. ~ MONTDIDIER SURROUNDED The first day of the fighting relieved Amiens from the Ger- man menace. . Montdidier has been surrounded and it will be pos- sible to establish the Great Northern railroad through Amiens, the loss of which has seriously handicapped the allies. It is held here that the new offensive is likely to paralyze the larmy of the, crown prince. In addition the mere announcement that the victory is due to the initiative of the allies will be a sad blow to the German army and the German nation. ea ‘PENETRATE FO! FOR 11 MILES London, Aug. 9.—The Franco-British forces south of the Somme have reached a depth of 11 miles, according to official news received here today. The cavalry, tanks and armored cars are proceeding ahead. It is announced that the Germans will be unable to hold Montdidier. It is also believed that the Picardy front makes Amiens, secure against enemy, attack and removes the menace of a thrust to Paris. The advance all along the line |averages from fiye to ‘gx miles. 14,000 PRISONERS ARE TAKEN : IN BIG DRIVE ON AMIENS FRONT London, ,. Aug. 9.—British official reports claim the capture of 14,000 prisoners and guns too numerous to mention on the | front ‘south of the Somme. The cavalry still pursues the enemy jand the British advance has gone as far as Le Quesriel and Caix. GAIN DEPTH OF FOUR MILES ON FRONT EAST OF MONTDIDIER ‘On the French Front. in France, Aug. 9.—The French have penetrated six. miles east of Montdidier to a depth of four miles. Three thousand prisoners have been taken. The advance was carried out with few losses to the allies. AMERICANS PLAY ue Atak , London, Aug. 9.—The general feeling here is tha ye) thee’ of the successful new battle. cannot be over rat tbe i iy (Continued on Page Three.) 7 *