The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1918, Page 1

Jas ‘ eh i hi ) i { ce (eae a det pe | : f ; i ys i | n ae * told ‘Police, Mesistrs ; how, the acc - on the side: \ “HELEN ‘ROBION « Helen » Robjdou, ter ‘of George’ - Robidau, Eight street, Hulda »Batcher, forth Bienth Street, and’ Doris Pherrill, 407, Ninth lexlus. hotuiens >fering trom ‘wounds receiv . minnie ee driven by James: 11 Second’ street, struck them: at - 9:80 last evening. \ The: girls are. all companions and: were ret ig fromthe home: of a relative of Helen Robidou's when a car going north on |Ninth street turned the: corner at ‘Thayer and ran the girls Gown, before they realized what Strack ‘them. Lying: Face. Downward, ‘There were cries and a few groans, Mr. McDonald: and. Fred Roberts who was in the car’ with them ran aboui| 100/-feet west, on: a aye before the] machine ‘cou he stopped, ‘say. resi. ;dents in that, i vicinity. Helen “obidou and Hulda’ Batcher! were ly- 6: dows ward on. Pee pavement from the and dre. Doris Pherrtl, rc cl hips badly: ae returned. homé alo! * Carl Nelson: of the - Northern Pro-}* ry duce. company, who' resides on’ Ninth)’ street heard the’ cries and: rushed: to the ‘acen of "the accident: He picked teal‘ eon who, eeeeenas Ht rom the ears. and cai er t.: Alexis): while) “aaa th et erie moth: ght they, fecorer.;« Both;.o! them were ae this morning.and |’ Hulda was: the ‘brighter ‘o! ob two, : MeDonald at His. Mr. McDonald: wag st) his farm thls morning’ and could! rot be reached, He te Bleckreid: last ‘going. only as evening that bh miles an hour. it climved the’ curp:on one north aide of Thayer and s' ‘at the alley west of Ninth ‘a distance of about 100 feet after. striking. the ‘giris.. Two of them were, carrying a clothes basket and ac- \ cording: to Mra,"Robidow' were on the rs. right: side ‘of the: street ‘while the car, she alleges,’ cut the corner at ‘Thayer’ and* Ninth where the accident occur Tae girls could ; not! tell ‘whether the lights were on: and’ noone could tay how fast thé’car was, going. Mr. McDonald) itisists. that he’ was) not g0- ing faster than six :niles and seems:to think’ that “the Robidow girl struck the..curb’ when the tar shit her. The Katcher girl Fecelved: the force of the ol % ‘So eran heads of the girls are Both’ of the: fractured at the base of the: brain and, Hulda Batcher <1 ‘aaa ‘i, Batcher employed by ard Oil \Company.:* ayy we BRITAIN T0°AID “DYE INDUSTRY Ww Help to Combat Hun Trade shter) of 1. the "htana- After War. ee: (er, Newspaper Enter Enterprise Asta) London, Aug,” 13—Goyernment backing ‘for the ‘British dye industry ito aid in fighting ‘that of the Géermgns ateey the war ts promised. ‘ ir) Albert Stanley; president of the i neath of Trade, in.an address recent-, ‘ly, said ‘the ‘government is prepared to make loans to dy manufacturers and, grant, them atc gutright to meet the’ increased cost of buildings and ‘equipment, ~~ The govyernment,. he added, has de-| cided that’ the importation of. all dyes, except under license, should be pro- hibited ates at least ten jyears. The development'of dye-making has been hampered by, the demard on it for ‘the; supply .of* explosives.’ Ger- man's pre-war monopoly of the dye , business has: beet of inestimable, val- ue to it for thts purpose. ~The gov- ernment ‘has already granted a sub- sidy to a Hmited company, ~ around |/ *‘ which was to be grotiped the principal dye-making concerns, but the object has not yet been attained. , ‘Therefore, afd: Sir - Albert,’ a has become neceseary if Great in is to be independent of: Ger- many for dyes after the war. operationa Hal lacie ate this ‘ca: chan jtem of compt ANA BOARS ARTIS Ellsworth of Hazen "Gets Six Months And « Thousand. ind Dollar Fine Charles Ellsworth 0 of. Hazen who hers eye! to a-violation ofthe fed- ‘gen: ‘Wt RUSSIANS, IS THREATENED cidaties of Betrograd to Stem - Anti-‘Teuton Sentiment has | Acie Started . TROOPS RECALLED To EAST “London, Aug: 13—Germany in tne bitterest nae of her defeat on the €-|.west front is menaced in the east oy. - the perpetually growing movement against her occupation of \Ruesia. troops are. stationed but that. these forces havé all that they can do to arms.: * —wrw, 8 LOTS OF HELP: FARMERS ASKED ~TO.NAME NEEDS » bor Reserve Has Big Vol. . ~unteer' ‘Force Ge j \Nochatge ‘Is made “for their ices, but -in rier can’ amply ‘afford to pay, the value of the work'ls estimated, andthe’ farmer ‘Is given an oppor- ‘ tunity to do; that, amount to « , the Red Cro: ‘The plan is work- ving Mtoe and everyone Is well sate, \tefled. avy w. 8! 5. AFGHANISTAN IS READY FOR HUNS Won't be Conquered Without a Battle (By: Newspaper Hate rise Ane) ~“pondon, Aug. 13— 1 ‘known that pan-German expansion ‘plans of the kaiser ‘call: for: the conquest of Ar ghahistan as a step toward India, but when the Germats reach’ that little nation ‘and start~ thelr: steam roller ‘crushing’ process, they. won't find it/1 easy. “The paramount factor in the lives of the natives, say recent advices from Indig, is their state. of. military pre- ‘paredness: Out: of political chaos a new Afghanistan was created by Ab- dur Rahman, father’ of the present Amir, or Tuler, ;who fought hig way to the throne and immediately organ- ited the’ scattered. army: ‘The Germans helped him, it is tme, but i they figure on occupying nation without. a battle ‘they will-be mistaken: ‘Rahman introduced’ a sys- ry military training ‘translating the British military man- uals into Persign and Pushtoo for his army. He hired Turkish Officers\'to aril} his men’ and built forts ‘all over ue Kingdom, especially. along its fron- PB. He» established” arsenals, bought gutis and: munitions from the British, built storehouses for emergeney stor- ing’ of ‘foodatuffs, and; built’ strategic roads ocer:the most passable parts. of jis ‘kingdom: His plan was, to’ raise an army, of 1,000,000 men.’ '> The present ruler has carried out this ‘work, until’ nowAtg“hanistan is well fortified against, invasion’ it its soil by any. nation: ‘ ? APY W.s. 5. ALTA’ GIVES, 24,000 a PreeeR TO. ALD BRITAEN (By- Newspaper. Enterprise Ass'n) London, Aug. 13:—Since the begin- ning of the war the island of Malta has given: 24,000 men to the British’ air’service, motor jdrivers’ corps, ar- tillery, labor battalions and the navy. BUY W. 8,8. ———— CUPID TAKES’ RELLO , + GIRLS IN LONDON (By Newspaper Enterprise ' Ass'n) London, Aug. 13.—So many girl tel- ‘tephone Operators have been married lately that:London is feeling the short- age. Young woren are entering the Womeh’s Auxiliary Army Corps or By rene Women’s Royal Naval service to he sgarce. ie There is’ no part, where German). keep the populace down by oe oft Chairman whitney of Local Le } HELPING ‘OUT RED. cross : where the | ia tured Peronne, Bay great German off U. SIS BUILDING WORLD'S BIGGEST Will Occupy 186, Acres Nae Southhampton, England... (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n) London,\ Aug.‘ 18.—American .s0l- diers who are invalided from the’ bat- tle fronts: to England’ will find their country has made the best possible provisions for, their welfare in “Bligh- ty.” uml country estates have been leased ‘by the United States’ govern- ‘;ment, on, which to construct. the néc- essary hospitals to take care of the wounded, © Plans.have just been completed. for the construction of the largest, mili- tary hospital in the world on a coun- try, estate ot 186 ace near South- amptop : The central building will be around an old manor house, around which the , | American Red Cross is building ten acres of frame huts.- Separate buijd- ings for the medical staffs, the kitch- ens, and {he operating room/are called for: Special attention:fs being given to the construction of}'a Jarge isola- tion ‘hospital “for the treatment Jand cure of ‘special cases. The ‘hospital will be:able to support itself in: a large medsure, Ten acres of vegetable gardens will be intenstye- ly cultivated, assuring ‘the men of a continual fresh supply of vegetables, Four ‘hundred beds will be avail- able six weeks from the time work fd started. Many of these will'-be in’, tents, which will ‘be turned over. to convalescents on the completion of the main buildings. A ‘direct road to Southampton will enable amibulatices to bring the Amer- ican, wourided: direct from the Piers to the hospital. Miles of sunny walks inside the hos- pital will:be,open to the soldiers. Entertainments and - amusements wil} constantly, be provided. ‘The spa- cious groubds give ample> opportunity for all sorts of games, from. croquet to fishing! Everything ‘possible yill ‘be: done to brighten'the lives of these men, who have’ given themselves for their’ cause: ——-—BUY W..S 4 SOLDIERS TO SALUTE" (By. ‘Newspa Enterprise Ass’n) ‘London; Aug: -13.—A ‘new army or- der calls for all soldiers to salute with the right’ hand; the, head turnéd to- ward the person saluted: | A left-hand from the dotted: ;line shown on the map: and in furi ume and the intervening towns ARMY HOSPITAL ‘H RIGHT HAND{ 3: the fall-of Bapaume, Peronne, ‘and ‘Roye to the: advancing Fren i d ltanlinent "| the: Germans continue thelr retreat. The great allied: ‘driv i ‘New York, August 1 43: —-abrmad uD: | marines agaip: took toll: of Americai: shipping; in/ waters adjacent to this. port; for, the second time yesterday | morning when ‘the Somerstad, (a freighter of 3,785 tons was,sunk, . Tv ‘was, torpedoed not far from: where the: Bane Diego was blown. up July 19: “The ‘crew ‘of’31 was brought here. The craft was under charter of the United, States shipping. board and’ was on its way back from Bergen, Norway. Capt. Hansén of the freighter de- clares that his boat’ was sunk at 8 a. m. yesterday morning.* German Press. Opens Violent Campaign i in _ Abuse of G of Gen. Foch; Gen. ‘Von Ardenne Declares AL! \ ‘lied Leader. - Lacks. Initiative ind Denies, Him Place az Dom; inating Character in Military “History. % ee (By # Newspaper : Entegpgive. Ass'n) ‘On the eve of the great*Franco-Am-' eri¢an offensive on the, Marne and the, Franco-British drive in Picardy, ‘the 'German. press opened a violent::cam- paign against, Marshal Foch, presum- bly:to console and amuse the Germa mblic. while it awaited the ‘great vic- tory; Ludendorff had. promised them. *“General:von Ardennein a three-col= umn’ article in the Berlin Tageblatt, called “Général Foch {n-the Judgment of His Countrymen and’ Contempor- aries,” begins by denying that Foch is one of the “intellectual giants” of mil- itary-history,/or. even: ‘one oe the’ Homer inating, characters. » He declares English’: Gritics have les dlared Foch to lack jnitiative- Then he asserts that Foch is-at the head of * “coalition “army,” “the parts of which’ represent separate ‘interests, while the English and -Antericang ‘in particular are’in constant rivalry.” After a long ‘passage on the. sup- posed using up‘ of the allied reserve assistance |such an extent that telephone girls, salute will be allowed only in cases of pnrieal, decaracty, ot ‘the right. Sa army and’an elaborate discussion of ighting which continued two. months cap- id advanced beyond: them. ‘Last March the e drove thé Brtish’from these'cities to the line shown at the extreme left. their recent offensive, as the map shows, the Britigh have reached and passed the line from which they stated in the first Battle ‘of the Somme. The star epows where American troops, oro jnto the battle Saturday. have captured Marlancourt.’*. . SOMERSTAD SUNK BY GERMAN he OFF'U.S. COAST: _ TORPRDOED: MONDAY HORN TBINK FISHING VESSEL. Nantucket, Nettie; two fishing -vessels were ad- waters today. > {DESTROYER ‘SUNK. ndon, Aug. 13.—A British destroye: ral sunk bya ‘submarine in the Med- iterranean Aug. 6, the British admir- alty ‘announces. lost. BR er staff, General von argente concludes as follows: + | “Pinally, when: one. consides. sat |Genéral Foch tried to give effect to the so-called: unity; of command by mixing up) the separate contingents, jthat he 4s now reproached—perhaps not entirely without reason—with hav- \ing too greatly favored the Italiah ‘front, and: that: freshreg roupings are now-in-preparation and partly carried Ont, one must admit that General Foch has. not’ quite corresponded to = {the ideal) which the imagination’ of theFr ench and Italians had made of him: In ‘any,case, the 67-year-old leader has not got a bed of. roses.” The. Berlin Lokal Angeiger, in an article headed, “More Bloodletting, Bays; \“It is evident. from the | simultane- ,ous and similar attacks of the French ‘on the Algne’that it was not'of their Own initiative that the English on the Lys ehgaged in partial attacks, which were too strong for mere reconnais- sances and too wéak for, an offensive, with: even’ the slightest prospect of success. Doubtless both operations were the results of Foch’s delibera- tions, and it would not be surprising if the fresh and’ blody losses were con- siderably to increase the dissatisfac- | ® tion’ about Foch’si achievement’ which an no longer be hushed up either in Paris drondon. has a strong support in’ Clemenceau, who can ‘hardy drop the generalissi- | mo, ‘without exposing himself to the reproach of having insisted upon | his appointment.” Bth . the articles quoted are obvi- ously alee by | the fermen general | Fochts” slices lack! of an ‘organized: staff, lige: aus In ug.'13.—The Earle and ded to the submarine’ toll in American Six’ members of the, crew were picked up 100 miles from ! te Foo Mees jostel, Whe Gertie Bailly is avillage a mile southeast of Ribecourt, in a w rooded destryed the: vessel by gun fire. |section and it, is of great strategic value. The French are now pete were seven It-is true that Koch |’. F RENGH WAKE B INPORTANT. _ GAINS: SOUTH OF LASIGNY: — GERMANS RETIRE ALONG OSE Presaute of Allies. a Voice General E¢acuation of ‘Trenches in River Bed. Positions about Bailly” Occupied ‘by Entente Forces. Foch attempts. ae Movement Over Big Territory. . (By the Associated Press Association) ‘Allied forces this morning began a general attack against the German line running from Chaulnes sodth to the Oise river, a ifront of about 25 miles. Dispatches filed at London shortly. after hoon reported various -gains, especially south of Lasigny, near the Oise. *! “The Lasigny masses, the steep slopes Which have been strong- ly defended by the Germansfi are reported to be within the grasp of the French and unofficial dispatches say: this natural fortress will 80 nbe' wrested from; the: enemy: Farther south the French haye advanced to the village..of L’Econvillon, squth’ of’ the eastern extremity of Thiescourt. and virtually on‘the cree, of the hills overlooking long reaches of the ‘Oise. They also havé made new progress east of St. Claude farms. i ABANDON TRENCHES. - re i As an immediate result of the gains made in that sector the Germans are abandoning their trenches in the Oise west of Bailly. It is sald the French have occupied these positions. j North of Lassigny along the railroad running to bi there are, so far, no reports of progress. - , Tf the allies succeed in carrying the heights south oe ‘Las- 2 signy; they will force the: enmy.to retire from the Roye district, asrthey’ will have the Roye-Noyon road under their firejand will’ dominate the whole region with 'their artillery. % The advante reported during the last few hours, is, contin- ued, would probably, have its’ effect 8r'the German Positions in. the Ourscamp and Carlepont forests. > ; : RELOCATION. OF LINE. f If the Germans axe outflanked by the allies a retirement rom that region would be probable: ahs would’ necessitate a reloca- tion’ of the'line running frdm the Oisg to Soissons. : Late dispatches tell'of hard fighting at Fismett, on the north +bank. of ‘the Vesle between Soigsons and Rheims. The allies, ‘among whom are Americans, were forced’ back across the Vesle ff bait ‘a ‘counter, attack i is reported to. have festored the- allied posi | Ie: ions.» yo ; ‘rom Chaulnes northward the Allies appear to have held up by the, Germans. There ‘have been local engagements albii hes Nine, byt; at no point have the Frénch: or Abarat sycc icing: marked inst the Germans: in this line, mal ay TAKE BREATHIN MING SPELL. ae Paria, Aug. 3.—After four. daysiof constant pro in their | obfenaive the slligehave: ‘been forced to take a brea spell in face of resistance on the part of the oppesition: The fact re- ( mains, however, that the Germans have been outmanbuvered and a victory has been won, the fruits of which cannot be easily wrestéd trem. the Allies. : - General von Hutier’s position is somewhat worse and the ‘fall fof Lassigny is imminent according to indications/or it may havé already fallen. - * Opposition by. the Germans is/no longer) merely corifident to rear guard action, but resistance is offered by mobile troops and the'Germans are bombing the French rear, with field guns: -” Prisoners ‘taken :yestetday, most of them' very young, said - that’ reinforcements for’ von Hutier were not expected but that the troops on the enmy lines were only there to’cover. Marslial Foch’s next move is not disclosed. It is nob known whether ‘he ‘will continue to ‘advance along present lines or. strike . sod te 80 as “to cause gs much confusion to the enemy a8 is possible. There is belief, however, that he will’ not let the war return 0 its old familiar. state. of intermittent action. — The Allied artillery: has full control of the converging ‘road in’ and out of Royon, which, runs ‘to Ham. The difficulty of the enemy attempting ‘a retrograde movement i is apparent. German troops are evacuating their trenches in the river bed of the Oise, | Bailly ‘has fall according to news received here today. Its evacuation has ben forced by- French<pressure. working about Roye and are contesting for the heights that com- ‘ mand that city, They even held, Des Loges south of Roye, but.” |a fierce counter of the Germans drove them from that advanced: - int. i » Germany has been Loripelled to call'on Austria for assistance on the West ifront. Austrian troops have. been niahed to! He threatened sectors and ‘placed quiet points, ‘say dispatches Paris. The ruins of the towns evacuated by Germans are in flames. . The fires -may have*been started, by allied bombardment, but it/is believed they were started by the Germans Breparatory:) toa gen- eral seuament eastward. ‘ : ( RESERVES ‘ARE’ LOW. - { London; Aug. 13. —The enemy is reported destroying. villages f in his rear. The ruins of Peronne are reported to be burhing. So, far, thirty-three German divisions have been indentified in the fighting. The ‘indications are that the enemy's hair hom are gradually being exhausted apd he is drawing troops out f the Jine to extend his line and cover any gaps. This is an operatic lon \that can only be caried out to a limited degree. DESPERATE RESISTANCE. _ With the French ‘Army in France, Aug. 13.—A fearful sista cle of ruin is spread out on the great sweep of rolling pasture land behind Boulogne-la-Grasse, and Rollot, southeast of Montdidier. Thus the nemy is continuing his desperate resistance. Heaps of dead lay on each side. The spirit of the, French troops is superb. In the front, they have undergone great hardships in their advance of 10, kilometers, through fields:swept by gunfire. | The enemy, tactics are d@signed to delay the French until the main forces can 1 withdraw, but great , stocks of ‘war material are being captured as they, retire. _ COUNTER ATTACK. (By the Associated Press Association) \ With the American, Army on the Vesle,- Aug. 13: —The Ger- mans directed ene actions against the French and' Americans today, near Rheims today, he no point was a hard blow delivered. The guns on either however, were seldom silent, and at many places, (Continued on Page Mise.) 4 i side, rag tO Hyun ag ety cof )