The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 14, 1918, Page 1

THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. 10. L 202. i U.S. INFANTRY | » IN NEW DRIVE | SAYS GEN. MARCH The 131st Regiment Alone Cap- tured 150 Men and Many Guns From Germans 50 MILES FROM PARIS \ Lines Have Now Reached the General'Position of 1916 Be- fore Hindenburg Withdrawal Washington, Aug. 14.—The 131st in- fantry of the 33rd U. S. Division has been engaged in the fighting south of ‘the Somme, and particularly in the re. { pulse of an enemy counter attack av Chihilly, General; Mach said today at his. semi-weekly conference with news- paper. correspondents. This regiment alone captured three officers, 150 men and seven milomgre guns. General March reviewed the situation in the picardy salient, where the lines have now reached the general position as in 1916 before the Hindenburg withdraw- al. At no point is the enemy within ov miles of Paris. BUY W. HUN SUBMARINE CREEPS UP 10 N. Y. HARBOR | i { Sinks Oil Tanker of 7,123 Tons Valued at $1,500,000 Carry- ing 7,000 Bartels of Oil ' New York, Aug. 14.—A German -sub-| marine approaching the gates of the| New York harbor. sank the oi} tanker| nel Jast night. Thirty-five merhbers of the crew, were brought here today and report that’seven others are miss: ing. “They were picked up by ‘an Amertean steaniship. The Kellogg. was ‘of 7,123 tons and valued, at ‘more than $1,500,000 and was under the command of Capt. C. 1... White. Tampico, Mex., to Boston with ,7000 barrels of crude ofl. The ship was owned by the Petroleum Transporta- tion company and was launched a year ago at Oakland, Calif.) » LASSIGNY ERIE, ‘N. D. MAN ON CASUALTY LIST Washington, Aug. 14—Among those listed in today’s casualty list as deaa from wolinds ig the name of Private Thomas T. Dokken of Erie, N. D. BUY W. 5, 8.—-—— $900 GIFT 10 - “RED CROSS IS CULPRIT'S FINE John Johnson Who Approached : Burleigh County Draft Board Dealt With Leniently OFFICIAL COMMENDED \ “Upon condition that you pay the $100 you gave to the local board in combination with $100 more to the lo- cal Red Cross, I will enter an order to discharge the case against you,” ; Were the words of Judge Amidon in federal court this morning, in dismiss- ing the case of the United States jagainst John Johnson, a Grass Lake township farmer charged with offer- ing a bribe to the local board in or-| de rthat his son might be exempted from military duty. | - This case has attracted considerable attention because of the fact that it is| the first of its kind in. this part of} the state. Careful invesigation was! !made both by United States Attorney ; M. A. Hildreth and Judge Amidon be | fore any disposition of the case was | had. Mr. Hildreth in federal court| this morning moved that-the informa-! tion against, the defendant be dis missed. In his address/to the court Attorney Hildreth paid the local board high tribute for their part’ in the af-| fair, complimenting them for ‘therr | prompt action in bringing the case be- | fore the public. | Judge Amidon in his charge said: “This is the first time a charge of this kind has been ‘brought before this court.. I wish to be quite clear and specific in what I'say. Mr. Johnson is charged with offering to pay the sum of $500 to the local board that his son might be exempted from military ser- yice. The conduct. of the board from BISMARCK, NORT GENERAL HU! ALONG SOUT TWO | RCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDA} » AUG. 14, 1918.. TRIBUNE ey ahaa Ae PRICE FIVE CENTS. sED 7 U HUN ARMIE / SS FLANKED * the great Franco-British ttack against weeweeoenooneccoos= _ This map showing the strength of the, German armies on the western) front - from’ Ypres to Rheims and their commanders, illustrates how the armies of Von Below and Von Hutier are in peril of being outflanked by} the front of Von der Maritz, opposite Amiens. The dotted line opposite Amiens shows the gains made in the first day of the’ allied drive. If this wedgé! 'can be driven.so far into the HUN lines as to reach Peronne and St. Quentin, Von Below to maintain the; German front will be forced to retire between. Lille.and Cambrai, while Von Hatier to the south will have.to with- draw his force of nearly half a million men to the line La Fere-Laon. “This retreat >in turn will compel the crown.prince to give over his re- sistance to the French and British at- tacks between Sotssons and Rheims and fall’ back to the north of the Aisne. This far-flung plan shows why Gen- eral Foch, master strategist that he is. picked the spot east of Amiens for!” the launching of sthe second great allied drive of 1918. BRITISH TOWNS TO ADOPT U. S. TROOPS * (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n) London, Aug. 14.—The hospitality of British private homes is to be extend- ed to American soldiers and sailors. Newport, England, .will adopt‘ the sol- diers and sailors from Newport, R. L, Worcester will adopt Worcester, Mass., and it is proposed that London adopt, New, York. i | | BERT MAKES FRESH PROGRESS — RN END OF PICARDY BATTLELINE ALLIES ENCOUNTER STUBBORN RESISTANCE ABOUT CHAULNES; GAINS REPORTED ALONG OISE Seems Certain That Germans Will Be Forced Soon to Evacuate Lassigny-Wooded Territory in this Sector Makes Advance Slower Than in Soisson-Marne-Rheims Drive. Capture 28,000 Prisoners Since Last Thursday. (By Associated Press) London, Aug. 14.—The Town of Lassigny on the southern battle front for which the French have been struggling over hills and through valleys has been cap- tured according to the Pall Mall Gazette. It says tsat the capture took place today. The fall of Lassigny has not been officially confirmed. While there have’been no definite reports of the resumption of the drive against German positions along the southern end of the Picardy battle line, dispatches this afternoon would seem to indi- cate fresh progress made there by General Humbert’s army. It is said the French, are advancing steadily on Noyon, and while the stubborn defense of the Chaulnes-Roye road has de- layed operations, the storming of the Noyon positions is im- pending. Farther north, the British army commanded by General Raw- linson, is known to be encountering desperate resistance along its whole front. It is at a virtual standstill, and advices show that the, Germans holding the Chaulnes heights seem detremined to cling to their positions at all costs. The French army on the southern end of the battle line was at least five and one-half miles from Noyon, according to latest idetailed reports. CONSOLIDATING GROUND. , From Morlancourt south to Lihons, the British apparently Fred R* Kellogg off the Ambrose chan-| beginning to end has been clean and ‘She was on her way irom; | higlt. minded: . They took prompt ‘ac- tion in order to bring this matter be- store the public and they showed high | principles and good sense. These men are working in fields where much dis- | ‘cretion. is required. They must use {their own judgment based on facts. People get fragments of. truth and think their sons-are being treated un- | favorably and that partiality is being shown. It is a time when people say ; fierce things without knowledge. - The time is ndt'far off, 1 hope’ when we will be more calm and less w§lling to iudge our fellow men with severity. AG Ate al 768, OO0-MEI The Great Teacher once said. ‘He that saith of his brother, “Thou Fool” is in danger of hell fire.’ I wonder wha: Torpedoed without warning, at -0:v6| p.m. last evening, the Kellogg sank; within six minutes, the crew said. No| submarine was seen, according to Cap-| He Rete Bn viet ah . hite. tata , Pro-German, Thou Disloyalist?’ ” | “The board acted wisely in bringing An Atlantic Port, Aug. 14.—A Ger the matter to the court, in oder that man submarine fired a torpedo at a/the matter could be handled publicly. fishing trawler off Cape Cod this | We have all looked into this case and morningf according to report brought| are of the opinion that Mr. Johnson by Capt. Morrisey of the craft. Be-jacted through ignorance, and misin- cause of a fog the craft was able.to| formation. with no criminal intent.” escape. In discharging Mr. Johnson, Judg: FIRES ON. FISHING CRAFT. ! BUY W. 8&6. ——— BOLLEY URGES ' NORTH DAKOTA : ss. SEBD IN 194 F { lon said: ‘ | “I am convinced you had no inten- | tion of bribihg the! board but desiree {to substitute a sum of money in lieu | 4, of your son. It was a wrong on your | part. You did it partly through poor | advice thinking that by the paying of {money your son could be exemptea ; from, military service. Under the j Present conscription act the question i of money cannot enter. The sons of | rich and poor stand uvon the same | eqality. There is no possibility where seed commis-| wealth can buy an exemption from sioner has issued the following: military service. The United. States: “It is very important that the farm-/ 0f America needs and calls on. every ers make arrangement for the seed for| 80n between the ages of 21 and 31 the crop of 1919 that it may be the| to step up to the line on a basis of greatest crop.ever produced in the! absolute equality. Birth, culture, ed- . H. L. Dolley, state ‘state. It will be needed. The Pure|ucation and fortune are all blotted ou: ‘and all men stand together in a com- {mon service in a common need. Johnson paid over $100 to R, D. Hos- | kins which with the $100 in the hands } of Sheriff French made a contribu- ‘ Seed Laboratory has been unable te carry out its field crop inspection ac- cording to the. usual plans because of inability to procure the men necessary for the field crop’ inspection work. However, many farmers are familiar | with the method of listing and certify: ing. We also have on our records a large number of those who have pedi- greed or improved types of ‘seed, 01 field crop inspected grain. they and others will, as soon as they have threshed, send us a fair sample of the seed which they intend to hold for sale as seed-for sowing purposes we will at once be in position to give them report upon its quality and get the state seed list built early for dis: tribution. This list will be sent to all those who wish to buy. This should aid those who have seed for sale ant those who wish to buy. Send in your samples at the earliest possible date. We wish to locate all sorts of seeds of high quality, as wheat, oats, barley, flax, corn, potatoes, alfalfa, brome grass, etc.” Interned Germans at Ashville are Stricken Ashville, ‘N. C., Aug. 14—Half a doz- en German civilians, interned at Hot “prings, N) C., are reported dead of typhoid fever and 166 ill as the re sult of drinking unfiltered water from the French Broad river with the hope that their illness would prevent the war department from transferring them to the; military. prison camp at Ft. Ogisttiorpe, ‘Ga, * ‘ MAIN RAIL | mmm BATTLE LINE gush A sar” \are consolidating the captured ground while the artillery is being cali \brought up to bombard the Germans who maintain themselves in ‘CROWN: PRING |the old positions of 1916-1917 west of the upper course of the Somme: The infantry activity here Tuesday was comparatively iquiet, Field Marshal Haig reports, but there seems to be little doubt that the British are only waiting a favorable opportunity jagain to. hit the German line. MADE APPRECIABLE GAINS. i In the-hill and wood region between the Matz and the Oise, ‘the French have made appreciable gains, and the French are re- [ported to be holding Massif Lassigny against heavy attacks. North of Gury, the French are fighting forward in the part south of \Plessier d’Roye; to the east they have reached Belval, one and Jone-half miles south of Lassigny. At Belval the French out- ' flanked the heights west of Lassigny. Along the west bank of the Oise the French have gained one and one-half miles toward Noyon. Seemingly the Massif Lassigny is inidanger of being lost to the ‘Germans. GROUND IMPORTANT. ) ROADS CONDITION OF AUTO VICTIMS IS UNCHANGED Little change is noted in the cohdi- tion of , Helen Robidou and Hulda Batcher ,the two girls who were hit, by | an automobile Monday evening at Ninth and Thayer driven by J. D. Mc- Donald. Attending ‘physicians state that it will be several days yet before the crit-; ical stage has passed. It has been def- initely established that both skulls were fractured. Doris Pherril, the third girl to be hurt, is doing ‘nicely. She escaped with a bruised hip. UY Wes. PARCELS BY AIR. Camden, N. J., Aug. 14.—Air mer- chandise-carrying lines between Cht- _. BIRTHDAY SIN |. REGISTER AUGUST 24, Washington, Aug. 14.—Registra- tion Saturday, August 24, of all youths who have attained the age of 21 since the last registration will be held to meet army draft calls in September. About 150,000 men will register and most of them will qualify in class one and therefore will join the army about a month after their Snames have been recorded. Telegraphic orders to local auth- | orities to arrange for the registra- | tion already have been distributed- President Wilson's proclamation, THOSE ATTAINING TWENTY-FIRST ~ MUST REGISTER AUGUST 24 This high ground is important to the enemy because French {guns placed there command all the territory northward toward |Roye and eastward toward: Noyon. : ‘ f the French, the Germans | With the Massif in possession 0 1 be forced to evacuate Lassigny and Noyon, and bonsibly ihe effect . would |entire line southward from Chaulnes. This would have some upon the enemy positions westward to Rheims, depending on how far the enemy would have to retire, which probably would be through Nesle and Ouscard, and based on Ham. : Field Marshal Haig reports that since last Thursday, the al- lies have captured 28,00 prisoners and 600 guns. Several thousand machine guns and much war material also were taken. Aerial activity continues intense. German airmen are engag- ing the allied fliers in combat to prevent reconnoitering and bomb- ing works. Forty-eight German machines were accounted for and 74 tons of bombs dropped on military targets be- Berlin reports 29 Allied airships shot down. onday were repulsed, especially CE JUNE FIFTH i | tained their 21st birthday, to register | on Saturday, the 24th day of August, between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. This reg- istration must not be confused with; the larger registration to be’ made in| Monday, September in pursyance of the legisla-| hind the German line. tion now pending: before congress. | *. alli rts This registration concerns only those | Berlin reports all allied efforts M who have, since June 5, 1918, and onjbetween Matz and the Oise. ,_ or before August 24th, 1918, attainea Patrol activity continues in Flanders. their 2tst birthday. In yi f) There are no indica- Along the i demand for Class ~ men this registra- tion is deemed necessary. All local boards in\North Dakota will immed- iately start publicity campaigns in or- der that those required ‘to registet ew of thejtions that heavy fighting is about to begin there. Vesle, the Germans have not repeated their ineffectual attack are bombarding the Franco-American lines with high explosives and gas shells. seed which was raised from previous! # Thus, if, _ With Typhoid Fever) tion of $200 which was given to Mrs. cago, Boston. Philadelphia, \Washing- s. L. Conklin, secretary of the Bur- ton, New York and other cities, will} leigh county Red Cross chapter, and be established by the Swift Aircraft} \ placed to the credit of the Red Cross. Manufacturing Co. | NOTICE TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS ‘ ' | i lof t jarrears. In order to get print’ paper to issue at all, publishers |, ; must obey the war mandates of Washington. gee |. The Tribune desires to assist the government in every pos- ible way to cut down waste in the consumption of news print) hus saving coal for war purposs. It proposes to follow to the \letter the instructions of the, War Industries board and to that. end must have the cooperation of its city subscribers. It will be impossible for our carriers to see each individual reader and The Tribune management asks that any subsctiber | who owes for a month or mofe kindly call at The Tribune office | and get his subscription paid to date, so that we can continue'to | deliver the paper each’ evening. ‘ If you do not receive your paper promptly between now and | October 1, kindly notify The Tribune, for no stops will be entered ; {for non-payment of subscriptions until October 1. .On that daté ‘every delinquent will'be taken from the list in conformity with the following order from Washington: : “Discontinue sending papers after date of expiratidn of sub- scription unless subscription is renewed and paid for.” This is final and imperative. Help the subscription depart- ment cooperate with the War Industries board by calling at the Tribune office without delay. ** = iaee Pr | i excepts Hawaii and Alaska tem- porarily. Only men in the armed service are exempted from regis- tration. ‘The following iclegram was this morning received by Adjutant General |vraser from Provost Marshal General Effective October 1, The Tribune is compelled by- the ruling | Crowder: he War Industries board to cut off all subscribers who are in+ py, will soon issue a persons “The president ‘oclamiation requiring all specified therein who have, since the dth.day of June, 1918, and on, or be lfore the 24th day of August, 1918, at- WEATHER SAGES DECIDE BATTLES |Their Advice Determines Plans | ar | of Generals (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n) Paris, France~ Aug. 14.—The destin- \ies of nations in war time have passeQ| apie wind conditions. \from the dssks.of commander-in-chiefs | to the charts of weather prophets. All questions of offensivé warfare, night attacks, air raids and gas bom- in its full. | bardments are \hands of meterological experts, Their|ingly. and have gone the HUNS one} enga: decisions as to atmospheric: condi-' better on many an occasion. now placed *“in the i] will have ample notice.” i It is estimated that the registration , in North Dakota will place 1.000 men} ‘on the draft rolls.’ Adjt. Gen. Fraser | and his assistants are getting out the proper notices. Gs 9END IN PROTEST. , Washington, Aug. 14.—Organized la-, | bor's euphatle gpnosition te any work! couthern part of the Thiescour or fight provision in the new man) Anas 9 cn ee é power bill extending the draft ages ig Germans found positions ein expressed in a letter from Samuel/to offer strong resistance. e enen \ Gompers received today by members and their old trenches there are sti Jor the military committee. ‘entanglements. | ttons, posstbilities of fog, chance s of; Washington, Aug. 14. jrain and direction of the wind deter-!at the state department from disp | mine the final plans of the command-‘clares that the German government has served notice on the pers. ‘Finnish government that its army must proceed against the Allies There are only a fe wot these weath-' within two weeks. The notice is in the form of an ultimatum. ler stations in the armies, for: only a{ w are needed, but these stations’ TURMOIL IN BOHEMIA. é ‘e worth regiments of men. London, Aug. 14.—Turmoil in Bohemia has resulted in the SD ee eae” yen execution of 72 soldiers, newspapers at Dresden say. The Hun- Rees inGlt fade on clog ts, ¥ garian garrison has, been reinforced. Munich newspapers state |observed by the allied aviators. Their/that even a slight incident may bring about a general uprising. |mass their mén on cloud | air raids and gas attacks are never at-, —_—— {tempted without assurances of’ favor- TREAT PRISONERS CRUELLY. (By Associated Press): ‘i With American Army on the Vesle, Aug. 14.—W orn out and weakened by hunger, two British prisoners staggered into the merican lines after escaping from the Germans. They had been ged in the Marne battle and took seven days and nights, to, (Continued on Page Three.) GERMANS RETIRE A MILE. (By Associated Press) With the French Army in France, Aug. 14.—The Germans now are in Plemont about a mile southeast of Lassigny, to which they retired following a new advance by the French. General ‘Humbert’s army moved forward two miles yesterday, and took he St. Claude Farm, which makes the hold of the French on the plateau secure. At Plemont, the dy to receive them and were able my took Plemont early in June, Il organised with barbed wire —A report from Stockholm received reliable sources say dispatches de- 2 ‘ makin, In their early attacks ‘this year on’ | the allied lines full advantage was ta- ; ken of the clear nights with the moon} Naturally enough the al ccord |lied armies have been planning