The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1918, Page 1

fe oy THE WEA GEER: Partly cloudy tonight. “ “BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. "aan iene fremont shila ee LAST EDITION’ SOCIALISTS OF TOWNLEY JUNTA WANTN. D, LAND ‘When State Central Committee Meets Issue.of State Owner- ship of. Farms May Be Discussed. Uy ONE WILLING DISTRICT — Forty-ninth Legislative District Believes Program Should Be Carried to Logical Con- clusion J When the, republican -state central] committee of North Dakota, of which William Lemke’ of St. Paul, one of A. C. Townley’s chief Heutenants in the ‘Nonpartisan league, is chairman, meets at the capital September 3 to frame a platform upon which league candidates for state, office will make their campaign, it #-ill find at east one district delegate pledged to the jncorporation of a’ plank in. this plat form advocating the state ownership of‘farm lands, horses, cattle and ma- chinery, “the same to be acquired ob the basis of values for the three years immediately preceding the war.” The 49th legislative district, com-; posed of Hettinger and’ Adams: coun- ties, in selecting Attorney P. B. Gar- berg, state’s attorney of Adams coun- ty, to be its delegate to the state con- vention, instructed him to advocate the adoption of this plank. It also bound its representative in the state. legislature to the sanie policy. It is believed probable that other districts, where the league control was more nearly absolute, also issued similar instructions, but +p.at the precinct committmen: were pledged to silence on ;the’ matter. In the 49th district, the convention ‘was ’a, rather stormy, seasion, with Hettinger county split square through the middie on the public-ownership proposition, and the news leaked: out ae % 4 “7 How-lt Can’ Be Done. * This: plank. is jeunt<when ta: ken in- conjunction with: a propose! amendment’ to 185 ‘of the state h authorizes the} ‘or city to make in-: improvements; or to engage in any industry, é1 or business not prohibited by. article 20 of the con- stitution,” and. with Another proposed amendment which changes the state debt ‘mit from $200,000 to read as/ follows: “That all ‘bonds in excess of| $2,000,000° shall be secured by first) mortgages upon.real estate in amount not to exceed one-half of its value; or upon, real or personal roperty OF) state-owned utilities, ent ses or in-| dustries, In amounts not exceeding its! value, and provided, further, that ‘the state shall pot issue or guarantee Aonds upon property of state-owned utilities, enterprises or industries in excess of ten million dollars.” 5 These two amendments, with eight others, will be submitted to the voters at the November election through an initiative petition, signed by $8,000 voters, unless court action similar to that taken in the New Rockford cap- ital removal case phould prevent. In this matter, the secretary was man- damused to prevent his placing on the ballot’ an amendment removing the capitol site from Bismarck to New Rockford. The initiative amendment to the constitution, under which thfs issue was submitted, was attacked op the grounds that it was not self-exact- ing, in that it afforded no proper ma- chinery through which propositions in- itiated by the people could be placei on the ballot. The court upheld this contention, and. that decision still stands. ‘When league managers brought to the secretary of state’s office some months ago several trunks filled with initiative petitions asking that the ten cardinal points‘of “House Bill 44,’ the league's famous so-called socialist constitution, be submitted. the secre- tary asked Attorney General Langer for an opinion as to the former's rights-unden the supreme court de- cision in the capital removal case. The attorney general declined to rule up! on the matter, and when the date came for advertising constitutional amendments, Secretary of State Hall included the “Soul of House Bill 44 | along with sevenyothers. Mr. Hall; stated in explanation of he did not care to take upon his shoulders responsibility for thwarting. the expressed will of 50,000 electors; this being the number of signatures which appeared on the initiative peti- tion. ‘ ‘Unlegs theré is successful legal in-} terference, the ten amegdments em- vodying the league's idéas of a mou- ern constitution will go on the ballot fn. November. They undoubtedly wil be approved,-if submitted, and will go to the legislature in January for rati- fication. If a bill providing for the purchase of all-the farm lands- and livestock and machinery in the state— a project involving an investment of something over ‘a billion dollars— should then come before the legisla- ture, which in all probability will be} entirely controlled by the league, the way will have been paved for action. ——PUY Ww. S. S. TO TAKE OVER EXPORTS. | A Russian syndicate has been formed to take over the whole of the imports and’ exports of Russia. Ex- port Will'hé based - the license sys- ‘tem. ''Bratict Gfticdd are:2e'be estab- from a second lieutenancy—his rank his act that} (By Ne WILSON TO REACH COAST IN OCTOBER . (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) . Washington; Aug. 15.—Much inter- est is expressed by politicians in the proposed trip of President Witson to the west. In October he plans to be in Galifornia, and Joe Tumulty now making up an itinerary based on in- vitations from various. organizations. Coming before the congressional elec- tiéns in November, the trip will have its political effects. suv w. cen) JAP LEADER IN RUSSIA FIGHTER Gen. Otani Has Funston Jaw and Marse ‘Henry Mustache Man Who Will Lead Allies Fa- miliary With the Ground =| ee BY GEORGE B. NEWLAND. - (N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.) At the Japanese embassy there is much nodding of heads and smiling at the mention of Gen. Kikuzo Otani’s name, which: is the embassy’s way of saying what a fine man the ranking ofticer of the Allies’ Russian expedi- tlon really is. ~ * 5 Gen. Otani is regarded as one of) the most brilliant officers in the Jap- anese army, qualified by temperament! and experience to lead the forces which are going to the aid of the Kus-| sian people. . \In plain American, he would be call-| ed a-“soldier of the old school.” -He i sessentially a fighter. As a member | of the army council, he hae a resyoris-; ible share in the deliberations of Jap- an’s supreme military. body. He was summoned to that duty from Tsien- ih eo where he was governor gen-| eral. ee To visualize him, think of a sturdy,| traight-backed person with a Fred Funston jawiand a. Marse’Henry. Wat: che. The mustache is tani has just passed hig sixty-second year. ~ But he is as ac- tive as a, junior’ subartern. ‘4 As leader of the Japanese army in the Russian expedition he will tover more or less famijiar ground. He was a brigade. commander in the Rugso- Japanese war. it is ndt felt. here, however, that there will be any, re- sentful memory among the Slavs be- cause of that former connection. In the wat ‘between China and Japan 20 years ago, Otani was chief of staff. He has a splendid record of efficiency, having come up. through the ranks | when he graduated from the Military Academy, Tokio, 39 years ago. He was made a full general two years ago. In his capacity as ranking officef, he will be in close touch with the com- manders of the various allied armies composing the expedition. (Officials of the Japanese eubasgy say he will in every way fulfill the exactions of REST AT HOUSE'S WILSON TA ‘Manchester, Mass., Aug. 15.—Presi- dent Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrived | here today to be the.guests for the week end at the summer home of Col. House, escaping by a. few hours some of the hottest weather of the season. | He found the north shore delightfully ; cool. : Bee eA ass 2: | Washington, Aug. 15.—The president | and. Mrs. Wilson left here iast. even- | ing for Manchester, Mass., to stay over | the week-end with Col. House. The president{s purpose was to rest for a; few days. He has many important problems which he may discuss: with Col, House. t | BUY W. S. 8. Woman Pilots Paris To London Air Mail aper Enterprise Ass'n.) raris, Aug.. 15.—Mme. Decorne, not-' ‘ed in peace time as a member of the French Women's Seagull Club, has been’ appointed pilot of the air mail i | | \ { | While France boasts many woman fliers, Mme. Decorhe willbe the. first to enter_the flying service of her coun- try since the beginning of the war. BUY W. 8. 8. Seven Boys Leave For War, Training = Lyle R. Fox of Wilton, Vernon Hal- lum of Regam’:Alden I. Nelsop of Dris- coll, Elmer; H. Johnson of: Wilton and Harley J. Holta, Harry F. Raseshka and Ward R. Lewis of Bismarck left on No. /4 today) for the North Da- kota agriculjural college at Fargo, where they will take a three months’ course of intensive training m mechan- ical arts to prepare them for special service ir Uncle Sam’s army. ay On ‘Augast 30 Burleigh covnty will send three limited service men to Camp Dodge. They are Charles H. Boyle of Bismarck, Harry A. Clines» of Hazelton and Arthur W. Feltheim OF OLD SCHOOL, SUMMER PLAGE To Discuss PROBLEMS. ~ | service between Paris and Laondon.| ARMY OF ~ SMILLION Mf ~~ -FRANCENE ene yan eee .. Ma GALLS FOR 12,600. ; © Washington, Aug. 152—Provost Marshal Crowder today: called upon ‘34 states for 12,000 white'draft regis- tranis for entrainment between August 30 and/31. North. Dakota is asked for 150 who will be sent to.Camp Dodge. ‘ Washington, Aug. 15.—In reporting the new'man power bill extending the draft/ages from 18 to 45, Senator Chamberlain dis- closed: that General March had told the military committee that it wag now up to the Unitéd States to put enough'men into France to win the war. f He expressed the belief that four million Americans urider one command ‘would go through thé:German lines whenever. they wanted to. The war department's program calls: for -80 divisions or three million rhemin Franceby' June 30 next. year with 18 moré divisions in training in camps at home. ate ; All men between the ages of 18 and 45 called for-active'setvice | ander fhe proposed new man power bill, General. March said, would be in France,by next June according to the presént. program. Secretary Baker informed the committee that the present pol- icy called for thé concentration of enough of the,allied forces on the western French front to win the war speedily: “He continued that the issue must be forced and..victory. wensen the western front. —¢ ; \ The.war department insists that immediate extension. of the *draft.age is now imperative in order that the,United States may throw its full strength into the conflict and-win. 4 If the draft.ages are fixed at from 18.to:A5, ; 1 0A5,\t en-the’s of yoluntary enlistments will automatically disappear: - Large’ Program. y i > BOE lain quoted ‘exténsiyely ftom tes d mony beforg the committee by Secre- f tbs tad TOD0 MS BIT tary Baker, General March. and Pro-' yost Marshal General Crowder. \ “The | United | States, government.” General March'-i#? quoted : as’ say! All members’of ‘the federal jury not detained’ this, evening ‘with court duty plan to spend. tHe’ time*in ‘shocking. They will be taken to one of the farms “has been, asked. by :her allies to em bark ,upon,a_program’so large that it nearby and work ‘from 6:30 p.m. until dark. _ All proceeds: from ‘theirs labor ystem' Pos whether we could go through with it ‘or not, dnd. ome of these features was the provigion of men.” tay e The polity: of the war department is to put. th@-inaximum numberof men in Franc@,with the idea of shortening y ‘found from figures’ fur- ~ |, Portémouth, Aug.’ 15,-Heavy firing PLANES: AND CHASERS AFTER | ‘HUN SUBMARINE Dorothy Barrett Sunk by Shell Fire Near Cape May Off Jersey Coast ; HEAR“ HEAVY: FIRE Guns: Heard Of North Carolina Coast May. Indicate Presence of Submersibles An Atlantic Port, August Dorothy Barrett, an American craft was sunk'by strell fire near Capt May off the New Jersey coast yesterday. |! Sea planes, dropped’ depth bombs where the submarine was believed to | | have submerged. r m 0 ‘A report says that when the sub- marine appeared the crew took to the| Small-boats and ‘they have landed at Cape May. The steamer was set on fire by the shells. | One of-the sea planes flying low dropped depth bombs where the bub- bles seemed to indicate the presencej{ of the submersiples. The chasers then closed in.” No wreckage appeared, but the submarine .was. not sighted .again. STILL AFLOAT. Washington, Aug.’ 15.—The: Ameri-| can oil, tanker Freder Kellog is still afloat ‘afid *tHéFe" 18" chance’ that. she} may be brought into port.” HEAVY FIRING HE'ARD. ‘has. been -heard. off the’ North Carolina coast. where guns.have been operating intermittently. since 8 a. m.,this. morn- ing. ‘| Thebooming of heavy cannon continued for,’ about, forty , minutes. Koth. guns. were ‘héing ‘fired ‘systemat- | ically, and ‘may: indigate presence of a ‘submarine inthis area. . ‘ SURVIVORS LAND ° Boston,’ Aug. 15.—Twenty-five sur- viyors of-the British steamer. Penne- stone,ysunk by a German’ submarine of:.fthé Massachisetts coast. ;Sunday. landed at Cape.Cod’ ports today, and “reported that another boat of the crew had.been lost. r was Necessary: carefully to ascertain n; Page Bight.» will, be! turned over. to the. Red Cross. Theiarea between the black line-at'the left. and the white line Mmilessushows ithe gains: the allies ave mad lished in America, England and Scan- dinavia, “ 5 of Braddock. are now immediately near capture, | THE HUN’S STILL ON THE RUN le in the great: Picardy drivé.:.Peronne atid Bapaume | weed i | i at the right—about:.700 square 15.—The | ‘|their thrust from, Amiens. IN RUSSIA BETWEEN ANORE AND OISE ENGAGEMENTS ARE LOCAL;~ LASSIGNY STILL HOLDS OUT” Haig Announces That Germans Have Left For- ward Positions at Beaumount-Hamel, ‘Serre, Puisious-au-Mont and Bucquoy. French Have Occupied Ribecourt. LAND AT VLADIVOSTOK. Washington, Aug. 15.—American troops today began to disembark at Vladivostok and wilkjoin international force and Slovak army ‘ in Siberia. -American forces compose 27th regular infantry regiment from Manila and will be followed by another regiment from Philippines and United States. . Regiment has not been recruited to war strength.and the exact number of men is not definitely ‘known, but it is estimated at from | 1200 to 1500. ! CAPTURE HIGH GROUND. ; London, Aug. 15.—The French have captured all the high ground which commands Lassigny and are working down the north and eastern sides so that further retire- ment in that sector seems probable. { ; (By Associated ‘Pregs.) ‘ Allied si ecess in Picardy apparently has compelled the Ger- mans to realign positons between Albert and Arras. Enemy troops have begun a retirement on a five mile front, but complete details of the movement are taekings “3 Betwen the Ancre and the Oise the fighting is still confined t local actions at, various points. The British and French have-im- proved their positions slightly north of the Somme, northwest of ° Roye, south of Lassigny, and along the Oise. ’ NO COUNTER ATTACK~ ‘ ! Enemy troops have shown no disposition to counter attack, and-have confined their retaliatory efforts to artillery bombard: ments, The extent of the German withdrawal, north of Albert is not yet clearly defined, and its effect upon the.situation as a whole is problematigal. i : " Field Marshal Haig anounces the enemy has Jeft his forward positions at. Beaumont-Hamel, Serre, Puisioux-au-Mont, and « Bocquoy. “ Should the German lines be moved back any great depth the ‘line of Albert and thence to, the Somme would be affected. Like- wise the line northward tothe Scarpe might have to be readjusted. It is not unlikely that the movement here is similar in purpose to , the recent withdrawals in the Lys salient, and is a part of a Ger- Lman plan to get into as strong position as possible on the entire front from Ypres to Rheims. ' . LASSIGNY HOLDS OUT. Lassigny still holds out. The French, however, continue their pressure, and are now a little more than a mile south of the towh. German resistance is strong, the enemy counter attacking re- _ peatedly in the woods and plateau region there. 4 On the western bank of the Oise, slightly more than six miles - south of Noyon, the French have occupied Ribecourt. : . While the French have not broken the Roye-Lassigny-Noyon line, it is still far from being saved to the Germans, and a fresh advance of even less than a mile would throw it out of balance. —~ Four weeks ago General Foch took the initiative on the west side of the Marne and a week ago the British and French started . Since then the Allies have gained 1,800 square miles of territory and improved positions, They now command three important railroads and unofficially have captured 73,000 prisoners and 1,300, These are the physical gains, the future holds the others. Many army officers in Washington expect a new'drive and look for it somewhere along the Flemish line. ‘ ,Along the Vesle, the Americans are being subjected to a bombardment by German airmen. In Lorraine, American patrols have brought in German prisoners and captured 43 machine guns. The airmen of the Alied forces have been especially active. Attacks on railway stations, aerdromes and amunition dumps continue without a let up. American aviators have bombarded railroad stations between Verdun and Metz. RAID FAILS. - Paris, Aug. 15.—The violent artillery duel between the Ancre and Oise continued last night. A German raid in the Champagne district failed. IMPORTANT WAR CONFERENCE. Amsterdam, Aug. 15.—Emperor Charles of Austria is at Ber- lin German headquarters accotding to a dispatch received here from that city. Emperor William and his advisers are in deep conference and the importance of the meeting increased with the arrival of the Austrian emporor. EXTENDS LINES. London, Aug. 15.—The British have advanced their line to- ward Raincourt northwest of Chaulnes on the Picardy front ac- cording to the war statement today. Since August 8 when the British’ attack began the English and French have taken 38,344 ! prisoners. NAME “RETREAT CHIEF.” Paris, Aug. 15.—General von Boehn, the German “retreat specialist” has been appointed to the supreme command on the Somme front, says a report here. The military officials believe that this move is highly significant. The German eighth army. has stood the brunt of the allied pressure in the Marne drive. England Recognizes |HUNS ACT AGAINST Old Polish Barony) RENT PROFITEERS . (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) . Amsterdam, Aug. 15.—Koenigsberg, capital of East Prussia, has taken the lead among German cities in protect- , greedy landlords,,, It, has grdained ||"! London, Aug. 15.—The king has granted authority to John Frederick Foley de Rutzen and his heirs to use the title Baron de Kutzen, which was, conferred upon his ancestor, Augustus, that rents may not be increased with- Baron von Rutzen by King Wladis- out official permission. laus IV of Poland in 1657.