The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1918, Page 1

» aw 4 j pe THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. THE ’ SMARCK TRIBUNEC= THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. | No. 209. BI BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDA , AUG. 22, 1918. : ‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS. FALL OF NOYO |] REPORTED NEAR MINN. CYCLONE; ~ 100 INJURED Tornado Wipes Out Business District of Tyler—Burnquist Sends Aid ONE DEATH AT VERDI Northwest in Path of Serious Wind and Hail Stoms Last Night St. Paul, Aug. 22—From 25 to 30 persons were killed and at least 100 injured iby the cyclone which struck the little village of Tyler last night. Tyler's business district was wiped out. Part of the residence district: was wrecked. The town has a popu- lation of less than 1,000. At 10:45 ‘this morning Tyler was stil! isoiated so far as wire communication is con- cerned. An appeal for help sent out by the commercial club from Tyler was relayed to Governor Burnquist. The adjutant general immediately ar- yanged to send out two home’ guard companies. The storm: which apparently struck Tyler without warning was oné of sev- eral stmilar storms which struck Min- nesota last night. One death was re- ported, at Verdi, in southern Minne- sota. Tears Town to Pieces. Between 30 and 35 persons were killed and more than 10) were injured by the tornado which’ struck Tyler last night and tore the town to pieces. The tornado tore through the heart of the town sparing only one ‘build- ing, a motion picture theater in which 200 persons were sheltered. Persons engagt in rescue work said ‘that 125 injured. victimg was a conservative ' estimate... Forty. resi- dences, the ‘hospital, electric light plant and other -butidings were de- stroyed. The storm ragéd until 11:25 p. m. and dozens of persons were pin- ioned. under debris before ‘veing res- cued, The tornado came from the east. Roofs were ripped off the hous- es and business buildings. Destroys Plant. : Destruction of the Tyler electric plant and city water works with the ifrgt. shock of the storm plunged the city into darkness. t was not until earl ythis morging that citizens were able,to notify adjoining towns of the devastation. Three of five persons in the Tyler hosiptal were killed when the build: ing was struck. Miss Rose Nelson. headsnurse, made an effort to save one of the persons, failed, and lost her life. Her body was recovered this morning. The storm struck the Main street and in quick succession it crumpled the postoffice, a drug store, the bank, and two pool halls, and then destroy- ed the electric light plant. It plowed through the residence district then where men. women and children were crushed to death. Some were sleep- ing when the storm came. Only a few citizens received warn- ing. Most of them fled ‘to their cel- lars and escaped with bruises. T. J. Christenson, secretary of the County Fair association, and owner of a hardware store, was attending a meeting at a bank. The building was destroyed, and he was killed, Twenty- seven bodies had been identified at Wau + 130 INJURED. Ivanhoe, Minn., Aug. 22.—Informa- ‘tion received here today by courier from Tyler said the cyclone last night caused the death of 35 persons, and 130 others are known to have been injured. BUY W. §. 5. HUN RAIDER SINKS TRAWLER A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 22.— The American steamer Sylvania was sunk yesterday by an armed trawler on the Cenquerelau fishing banks. It is presumed the boat making the at- tack was the armed trawler Triumph, captured Monday. The Sylvania’s crew reached here. The trawler is presumed to be the same which sang another boat in this region. The crew which reached port today reported their vessel was sent to the bottom at midnight Tuesday. DESTROYS WHOLE FLEET. Montreal, Aug. 22.—Virtually the en- tire fleet of the Maratime fish corpor- ation has been destroyed by the trawl- er Triumph, which was captured by a submarine crew and armed. The fleet was in operation off the Grand Ranks of Newfoundland. It was com- nosed of boats of both American and Canadian registry. BUY W. S, S——— JAPAN TO CONTROL z BIG CHINESK MINE (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) London, Aug. 22.—Japan’s field of influence in China is growing. Its latest séeit igathe aleparted agreement under which, the. mines near, Nanking, will be worked by the Chinese and GOPHER STATE ADMIRER OF CAPT, EDWARDS Address Which British Fighter is to Deliver Here Widely Read GREAT MEETING TUESDAY Anticipated That Auditorium Will Be Packed to Hear Noted Warrior Ca.:. Frank Edwards of the Royal} Fusiliers will speak at the Bismarck Auditorium, Tuesday evening, August 27, His address in Minneapolis June 28 before the Minnesota Bankers {| Association, was accorded the highest | commendation and the associaiion had it printed and distributed several thousand copies. . Capt. Edwards will déliver his ad- dress under the auspices of the Burleigh county Red Cross chapter. Bradly Marks, chairman of the chap-| ter, is making the arrangements and ; members of Red Cross chapters/ throughout the Slope are earnestly requested to be in Bismarck for this address. * The press of the nation has herald- ed Capt.-Edwards as one of the most accomplished’ speakers seat here by the British government. ile is ap- pearing under the auspices of -he De- partment of Information. “Sacrifice—the Price of Victory,” is the title of one of Capt. Edwards’ ad- dresses. . _ Here is one of his messages: “My message. to you geni!emen this morning is a very simple one; in many respects it is a very serious one. ing for victory, toiling for victory; but men and women of America, there is only one road to victory, and taat is the road through struggle and through sacrifice.” ~ There -will be no admission. no col- lection will be taken up. The meeting | should greet this noted British offi- cer. MUY W. S. $,——-= NORTH DAKOTA TO SEND 2000 MORE SOLDIERS Thousand to Camp Lewis and Thousand to Camp Grant, Ills. 7 Within the next two weeks North Dakota will be called upon to send out 2,000 more full service men to national army camps. On August 28 1,000 men will entrain for Camp eLwis, at American Lake, Wash., an North Dakota's first large contingent for the Illinois cantonment. Begin- also send 150 limited service men to 3 and 6 200 limited service men will go to Camp Grant. Also beginning September 3, Nrth Dakota will send out its second contingent of colored troops, the destination of this quota 'peing Camp Lewis. Burleigh county will send 28 men to Camp Lewis on the 28th; 27 to Camp limited service men to Camp- Dodge, four limited service men to Camp Grant and one negro to Camp Lewis. BUY W. # §.—— DESERTERS AND ARMY RESERVES FIGHT IN BATTLE Huntington, Va. Aug. 22.—A troop of military reserves, assisted by U. S. officers and deputies from Wayne and Mingo counties was marching this morning into Mingo county, where a pitchedbattle with slackers and army- deserters is expected momentarily. In the fighting last night tw6* deputies were killed. A message from the iMingo county sheriff this morning said the deserters had sent to the town of Bredon for medical aid for their wounded. The runner was cap- tured. He told the posse the desert- ers compfised men from Camps Lee, Taylor and Shelby and a number of draft evaders. The leader of the deserters this morning sent a message to Sheriff Blankenshire of Mingo county warn- jing, him to draw off his<posse ang, amilitigmen,.as all of the deserters are; armed with army rifles, and “will fight steel will be manufactured jointly by the Chinese and the Japanese. the lat- ‘i w= to the last man before surrendering.” We ‘are all dreaming of victory. prsy-| - Grant beginning September 3; three! in-chief, taken at the front. MAIL SERY Army Now in Full Control of Postal Service to France and Improvements Are Looked For. BY MILTON BRONNER. (N. E. A. Staff Correspondent) Washington, D. C., Aug. 22.—One of Uncle Sam's biggest jobs is to see that from now on John Smith and Tony Denunzio and Mike Vanek and Mose Cohen and Pat Ryan promptly receive letters written to them by their moth- is for the public and a packed house | erg and sweethearts. The same ap- plies to all the rest of the 1,300,000 men Pershing now has in !rance. So far this matter has been the biggest failure of-the war. And this is of vital importance io Uncle Sam because: The morale of the men over there is largely dependent upan their hear- ing from their dear ones. regularly so they will not worry about how things are at home. Worried soldiers don’t put up as good a fight as men whose minds ar at ease. And the morale over here is largely dependent upon the families of the boys feeling assuréd that the letters penned with such love reach the boys in the trenches. . There is probably no subject to which Secretary Baker and General Pershing have given more anxious thought and they are now hopeful that time the postoffice department alone handled the mail for the army. Then an arrangement was concluded where- by the mail was pouched on this side, between the third and sixth of Sep-| gelivered to army transports at the tember 1,000 men will leave for Camp! embarkation points and then handled Grant, at Rockford, If. This will be! by the army. in France. This made the army responsible for the distribution ot mail to the soldiers. But even ning September 3, North Dakota will: this did not prove satisfactory. Baker then cabled Pershing to take Camp Dodge, and between September! yp the matter personally. Pershing cabled that his men on July 1 had assumed full control of the mails. He said he was sending to America Captain Frazier, an officer with extended postal experience, who ;understood the conditions in France. | This. officer will supervise the ship- ment of mail from American, ports. In France Pershing has now’ ar- ranged suitable postal organizations at each port of embarkation. Railroad mail service is being established. Next Pershing has arranged for re- classification.of mail for casuals and postoffice for redirecting and forward- ing misdirected or insufficiently ad- dressed mail. This is done through contact with the central. records of- fice, where full information is obtain- able as to the movement of thoops and {addresses of individuals. To help in this one special officer keeps constantly in tuch with contem- plated movements of troops. Finally, each corps and division i sorganizing its own postal detachment, and mail is sent to the divisions through the regulating statins and goes forward just like ammunition and rations. Buy W. KAISER’S CHAPS DECORATED AGAIN (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) Amsterdam, Aug. 22.—Dr. von Dry- ander, the kaiser’s chief chaplain and private spiritual guide, has been dec- orated again, this time with the Or- der of the Black Eagle, the highest Prussian decoration. ay Ww HUN FLYERS USE g FRENCH EMBLEMS (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) Paris, Aug. 22.—German _ birdmen ieonhtinue,to break ithe unwritten, law of|.the ait, that flyera shall, mot -mas- querade under enemy insignia. A Fokker recently shot down by a A message received here at 2 p.m. Se French pilot bore a painting of a _ WITH HIS “TIN HAT? ON, General J. J.’ Pershing snapped for the first time wearing ‘a steel hélmet. This is the latest photograph of our commander- PERSHING ACTS TO IMPROVE things will rapidly be bettered. For aj, detached soldiers by having a central}, IGE OF SOLDIERS ARE YOU GETTING YOUR SOLDIERS’“MAIL ON TIME? Parents, wives, and sweethearts of our boys in France: ARE’YOU GETTING YOUR SOL- DIERS'*MAIL_ ON TIME? Has there been any {mprovement in the: service since your. boy arrived in France? | What does he say about it? Is he getting the letters you write him more promptly? : This is one of the most vital fac- tors in keeping up the morale both of the men ‘at the front “and their rela- tives at home. Write.to the Daily Tribune your per- sonal experiences with the soldier mail ‘problem. We will collect the in- formation and send it to;the war d¢- partment, where it will help to remedy the situation. 1,000 YOUNG MEN EXPECTED 10 REGISTER Provost Marshal General Makes Estimate for Saturday’s Listing Provost Marshal General Crowder estimates, that 1098 young men. who hve attained the age of 21 since June 5 will register in North Dakota next aSturday. Adjutant eGneral Fraser re- gards this estimate a trifle high be- cause of the large number of young North Dakot&’ns who have enlisted in the army and navy, and his guess is between 950 and 1,000 men. eGneral Fraser intimates that these registrants will not have to wait long to get into service. It is anticipated that an early call will come fr them, and they may begin training before the end of September. BUY W. S. ACTION UPON . MAN POWER EXPECTED SOON Washington, D. C., Aug. 22.—With debate beginning simultaneously in the senate and the house congress to- day turned its attention to the man- power bill. Action. in the house was expected ‘before adjournment, while the senate was expected to enact the measure counted upon as a vital fac- tor in-winning the war within a few days. UY W. 8 S.——— THE GERMANS DO LOV * ORTHCLIFFE’S PRESS (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) The Hague, Aug. 22.—Germany has found a new cause of hate in the work of the “Northcliffe Press.” They lay the blame of the collapse of the Ger- man language press in the United States at its doors. According to the Vossische Geiung, the shutting down of the New Yorker Staats Zeitung,; the oldest German-American newspa- per, was due to Northcliffe. - NO SOFT GLOVES FOR BRITISH PROFITEERS (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) | London, Aug. 22.—The prosecution the ‘government. of the lessened amount of court actions. In the week ending June 15, of 723 vigorous | 4 profiteering is beginning to show: in|) RAIN, HAIL AND WIND IN BIG CONCERT Most Terrific Storm in History of City Sweeps Over Valley 48-MILE-AN-HOUR BREEZE Downpour of .75 of an Inch in Fifteen Minutes—Cellars Flooded 1 A rain, wind and électrical storm of tropical ferocity swept over the! Missouri- Valley. Wednesday evening. In Bismarck .75 of an inch of rain fell in fifteen minutes, and in the couse of half an hour the downpour aggre- gated 1.2 inches, the heaviest record- ed in any 24 hours this summer, The rain’ was accompanied ‘by a 48-mile wind, which blew without cessation for ten minutes, and there was a heavy fall of hail for 15 minutes. / The rain came down faster than it could run off, even fom the pavements. Gardens and lawns were inundated. In some places the water rose higher! than the tops of large tomato plants. Many cellars and. basements were filled ,and considerable damage, it is feared, will result from this cause. A brilliant electrical display added to the general effect of the storm which, while it- raged; was one. of the most terrific contests of the elements which has ever visited this section. ‘City gardens were badly beaten down by the hail. Tomato plants were shredded and their fruit pounded to pulp; sweet-corn was beaten down and ‘broken, ‘and extensive damage done. In the country it is feared the dam- age to corn and flax fields will be ex- tensive, and there is much wheat which has not been harvested’-that will suffer. The storm would appea from meagre reports received by O. W. ‘Roberts, federal meteorologist for North Dako- ta, at an early hour today, to have been rather general over the state. Grand Forks reported 1.58 inches of! rainfall duripg the night, and Dickin-| son had 1.50 inches. Larimore report- ed half an inch, while at Minot the precipitation dwindled to .13 of an inch. Owing to the stom, the wire ser- vice is bad, and there are many dis- tricts yet to be heard from. It is not believed that any lasting damage will result to the grain al- ready cut and shocked. Dry weather is the present prediction, and a few days’ hot sun, accompanied by a stiff wind, will dry out the shocks. The work of the harvest will, however, be considerably delayed by the untimely rains of the last week, which are ex- ceptional for this time of year. Soo Damage Reraired. Slight damage to the Soo tracks be- tween Underwood and Washburn was repaired during the night, and the North Soo train which came through this morning doubled bck shortly be- fore noon. On the South Soo severe hail damage to standing crops was re- ported between Moffit and Braddock. Heavy rains were noted elsewhere on the line, but the hail damage was slight. Many Wires Down, . Both the telephone and telegraph companies are having trowble with their service, many wires being down north, south and west of Bismarck. Soo Line Train Late. The North Soo, due in last night shortly after 6 o’clock, did not come in until near noon today, the tracks) between Bismarck and Washburn hav-: fing been left in a- hazardous condi-' tion by the torrents. On the Killdeer branch of the North- ern Pacific it was reported this morn- ing the hail had shattered every pane of glass from Hazen west to the end o fthe line, and it was reported over the telephone that standing crops in this region had been wiped out. No. 4 the Twin City express from the west, was two hours late this fore- noon as a result of the heavy weather it ran into on the Slope. Trains Held Up. The Killdeer train Wednesday af ternoon culd not proceed beyond Stan- ‘ton because of a wash-out on the line west: of that paint, three miles be- yond Beulah: Train No. 7, westbound on the main line, was tied up at Glad- stone yesterday afternoon because of washouts at Gladstone and Lehigh. Fort Clark was reported partially in- undated Wednesday afternoon. Much flax and corn have been destroyed in the entire territory north and west of Mandan. During a cloudburst which hit Dickinson on Wednesday basements were flooded and gardens drowned out. , Roberts’ Report. The average rainfall for the entire state of North Dakota on Wednesday | was .75 of an inch, reported O. W. Roberts late this afternoon Reports came in slowly because of manv. wires | being down in districts hardest hit by the storm. The greatest crop damage, | states the federal meteorologist. ap-| nears to have been in the vicinity of, Dunn Center and northeast of Brad-| dock. All over the Missouri valley} damage from heavy rain and the wind; was considerable. In,the bottoms near | will result. It will be impossible, says Mr. Roberts, to prevent much of this food prosecutions, 677 were success- 1. rofitaore. mans roses. .va— | grain from sprouting. In other dis- SERRE =4 TORNADO WIPES OUT TYLER, MINNESOTA 25 KILLED. IN. FRENCH TROOPS CLOSING IN ON TOWN WHICH IS KEY T0 THE WHOLE GERMAN DEFENSE Teutons Launch Heavy Counter Attacks but are Everywhere Repulsed — General Mangin’s Army Reported as Making Great Progress. Only one Remaining Avenue for German Re- treat is Northeast Toward Ham.. , LASSIGNY FALLS PARIS, Aug. 21.—Lassigny has been captured by the French forces, whose lines have now reached the outskirts of Chiry-Ourscamps, southwest of Noyon. The official statement making this announcement also says that twenty villages have been liberated since yester- day, and that the French have advanced about five miles at certain points, J BREAK WITH BOLSHEVIKI Washington, Aug. 22.Because the Bolshevik government has declared that a state of war exists between Russia and the United States, Vice Consul Imbrie has lowered the United States flag over the consulate at Petrograd, closed the consulate and placed the affairs of the United States in charge of the Norwegian government. . Ameri- cans in Petrograd, of whom there are approximately twenty, have been warned to leave the country by the vice consul, i ote (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Fighting thejr way forward along the southern reaches of the Picardy battle front, french troops today stand before Noyon. This city has been referred to as the key to the whole German line west of the Somme. During last night, General Humbert’s men reached the Divette river, for a long distance west of its confluence, west of the Oise. South of Noyon the army commanded by General Mandin holds the south bank of the. Oise from Sempigny to Bretigny, a dis- tance of more than six miles. At Sempigny they are only a little more than a mile from, Noyon. CURVES TO EAST ; To the south the line turns at Bretigny and runs to Bourguignon, where it again curves to the east and reaches the Ailette river at La Quiney-Basse. It then extends southward and it is ofticially report- ed that!the French now have reachedi the outskirts of Pommiers, a village on the Aisne less than two miles west of Soissons. German forces in the seetor’ south of Noyon and along the Oise are said by the French official report to be “‘retreating’’, which may account for the rapid progress of General Mangin’s army. It is said that con- tact with the army is being maintained by the French. FRONTAL ATTACK FIVE MILES British troops attacked the line between the Somme and the Ancre rivets at 4:45 olock this morning. This may be considered:a continuation of the attack north of the Ancre at dawn yesterday. The front of the latest attack is about five miles long. No details of the progress there have been received as yet. North of the An- cre the British have advanced in spite of th eenemy’s fierce resistance and erossed the Arras-Bapaume railroad line. This line was a ser- ious obstacle to the British advance yesterday. In the Flanders area the British are closing in, following the Germans, and have reached Neuf Berquin. On the northern side of the Lys salient in Flanders the Germans have been forced out of strong positions north of Bailleul, HEAVY: COUNTER ATTACKS The Germans launched heavy counter attacks against the British positions at Locre-Hospse, but were repulsed. Heavy fighting is re- ported in this area. Strong German counter attacks are developing near Mireaumont, and Irles, which are near the southern end of the line, over which the British attacked yesterday. In this region, the determined resistance of the Germans seems to have slowed up the British, if it has not checked the momentum of the blow struck by General Byng. The same mey be said to be true of the situation on the hills north of Soissons. Little progress has resulted in this section in the last few days. Last night, the German official report, however told of the French reaching the plateau, north of Juvigny, but since they were driven back, Noyon, it would appear, is almost untenable. It would seem that a retreat by the enmy toward Chauny further east is almost imposs- ible. The railroad leading east of Noyon now is under direct fire from the French guns. The only remaining avenue for a German retreat appears to be northwest toward Ham. A Mount Renaud, a height which stands a sentinel to the southwest of Noyon, appears now to be outflanked and useless as a defensive position. There have been uo reports of fighting from Lassigny. London, (4 p.m.) Aug. 21—The occupation by the French of the whole line of the Ailette means that Marshal Foch’s plan to. drive a wedge between Gen, Von Bohn’s army and the army of the German crown prince hove been successful, say military experts here, * GREAT ADVANCE PARIS, Aug. 22.—General Humbert’s army has made a great advance between the Matz and Oise rivers, and has reached the Ail- ette river. The French military men say this makes the early fall of Noyon inevitable. : TAKE 100,000 PRISONERS PARIS, Aug. he allied armies have taken more than 100,- 000 prisoners since July 18th, says Marshal Hutin in the Echo d’Paris, DESPERATE RESISTANCE Paris. Aug. General Byng’s army is encountering desperate resistance in the vicinity of Baupaume. One village changed hands several times late yesterday ofternoon and last night. French troops have reached the Ailette river at several points. It is not believed ihe Germenas will try to hold the Ailette line but will retreat to the Oisne. RAID PARIS Paris, Aug. 22.—Several enemy planes flew over Paris suburbs at nine this morning. They returned toward their lines going north. BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE VILLAGE Stockholm, Aug. 22.—The Bolsheviki troops progressing along the Onieda river, where allied expeditionary forees are operating, have captured the village of Purgesova, according to a bulletin issued from the ‘Laborers’ Army Headquarters.”’ CAPTURE GERMAN POSITIONS uD in soit wvondon, (12220up..m.) Aug. 22.--Ln: the Flanders battle sdtea the: Britisit'tast ibe attacked and’ eaptlived a German’ position!’ dorth of Baille, according to advices from' the front today. It is reported that a strong local conter attack made yesterday against Locre was