The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1918, Page 1

‘HE BI THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 211. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 1918. TR AMEN, 7 os LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEUTRALS MUST COME DOWN OFF THE FENCE NOW Weeding ’of the Goats from the Sheep Under Selective Ser- vie Rutes CANNOT CLAIM U. S. RIGHTS Required to Fight or. Forever Forfeit Claim to American Citizenship The days of the skulking neutral and the fifty-fifty American are num- bered. Men who have claimed exemp- tion from the draft because they are subjects of neutral nations. even tho they had already declared their inten? tion of becoming citizens and had ta- ken advantage of this declaration to file on homesteads-and to avail them- selves of other benefits associated with full citizenship, must ‘either come under and be 100 per cent Amer- icans or get out and be 100 per cent aliens. ‘Debarred Forever. General Fraser this morning re- ceived copies of an act approved by congress July 9, 1918, amending the select service law to provide “That a citizen or subject of a country neu- tral in the present war who has de- clared his intention to become a citi- zen of the United States shall ‘be re- lieved from liability to military serv- ice upon his making a declaration in accordance with such regulations as the president may prescribe, witi- drawing his intention to become a citi- zen of the United States, which shall operate and be held to concel his dec- laration of intention to become an American citizen, and he SHALL FOR. EVER BE DEBARRED FROM B COMING A CITIZEN OF THE UNIT- ED STATES.” Surrenders Al! Claims. The citizen or subject of a country neutral in the present war who has de- clared his intention to become a citi- zen of the United States, but has not been finally naturalizzed, and who files such an affidavit renouncing his intention of becoming a citizen must surrender. his original duplicate copy of intention fo become a citizen of ae United States if it'is‘in his possés- sion. ‘ : The Neutral Countries. The countries designated ag not neutral in the present war are Bel- gium, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Great Britain, Greece Guata- mala, Honduras, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Pana- ma, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Ser- bia, Siam and Austrfa-Hungary. Ger- many, Bulgaria and Turkey. All oth- er countries are neutral, and the new: provisions of the selective service act apply only to citizens’ of such néutral countries who have declared their in- tention to become citizens of the Unit- ed States, but. who have not been fin- ally naturalized. To Make Affidavit. The affidavit to be made by such neutrals who desire to claim exemp- tion from military service on this ground will read as follows: “i , do solemnly swear— affirm—that I reside at that I am registered with local board +; that my order num- +, and serial number is and that I am a citizen or subject of...... Peavey which is neu- tral in the present war. I further swear—affirm—that on tthe...!...... h day of , I declared my in- tention to become a_ citizen of th United States in the court of.. BG Y INTENTION TO BECOME OF THE UNITED DRAW) A_ CITIZEN STATES, WHICH WITHDRAWAL I UNDERSTAND SHALL OPERATE AND BE HELD TO CANCEL MY DE- CLARATION OF INTENTION TO Bi COME A CITIZEN OF THE UNITE! STATES AND SHALL FOREVER DE- TAR ME FROM BECOMING A CITI- ZEN OF THE UNITED STATES IN: ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JULY 9,! 1918; (a) that I herewith surrender my original duplicate copy of my dec- laration of intention to become a citt- zen of the United States, serial num- ber 3 (b) ha my original’ dupit- cate copy of my declaration of inten- tion to become a citizen of the United States is not in my possession for the]- reason that. but I under- take to surrender said copy of my dec: laration of Intention to become a citi- zen of the United Stetes should it at (Continued on Page Three.) SON OF QUEEN | CITY OFFICIAL ‘DIES IN FRANCE Postmaster Frank Lish Receives Word of Heroic Death of Offspring patient Sy Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 24—Post- master Frank Lish received a message from Washington Tuesday afternoon announcing the death of his son, Peter, which the army authcrities stated occurred in action on July 20th The date of his death is undoubtly erroneous, however, becaus? only a day or two before, letters were ‘re- ceived to the effect that Pete had been seriously wounded. his right arm being shattered by shrapnel, but that he was getting along nicely and that it was only a question of time until he would be sent.home, being incapa- citated for further military duty The letter also told of his bravery throughout the ordeal, and how he had captured, single-handed, a Hun. soldier, six and a half feet tall, disarmed him and brought him a prisoner back of the lines. Joe Partridge wrote that it was beautiful to see the cheery smile on his face and hear his jovial talk.| —=—vy w. s. s.——— COUNTIES SLOW IN SENDING IN REQUIRED DATA Official Canvass of Vote Cast in| Primaries Not Yet Com- pleted Unusual delay in filing corrected in- formation with the secretary of state is retarding the publication of the ot- ficial canvass Qf the vote cast in the recent primary election. Secretary of! State Hall this, morning announced that many legislative districts hve yet failed to report the postoffice ad-| dress of the successful candidates in} recent primaries. Until this informa-j tion is available, the official, canvass cannot be published. The democrats will have no candi- date for congress to oppose J.‘H. Sin-! clair of Kenmare, leaguer, in the third district, Mr. Hall announced to date. Halvor Halvorson of Minot did not poll the required percentage of the party ‘vote. Fred Bartholomew of Grand Forks will-go on the congres- sional ‘ballot as the democratic candi- fate in the first district, and 1. N. Thorson of Rugby,-a former legislator and a democratic: floor leader in the house, wil] be the congressional can- didate of his party in the second dis- trict. The democratic legislative tick- et in Turleigh county has been ruled | NEXT TO FEEL FOCH’S PINCERS off the ballot under an interpretation of the primary laws given by Attorney “The unusually small vote polled in the primaries is a counted for by the fact that hundreds of democrats in all legislative districts |registered as republicans in order to vote for.or against the league candi- dates at the primary election. MY Wes. MANPOWER BILL ‘GOES OVER UNTIL / NEXT MONDAY Washington, Aug. 24.—When the jouse resumed consideration of the} manpower bill today the amendment, of Rep. Madden of Illinois to debar! government employes from deferred | classifications because of their em-; -|ployment was defeated. Plans for a final vote on the man-! power bill in the senate before ad- jjournment tonight were defeated by an announcement by Senator Cham-| berlin that it would go over until Mon- lay. Senate prohibition leaders have agreed that consideration of the na- inally scheduled for Monday, shall be deferred to make way for the man- power bill. |} Members of the senate military com- jmittee were assured by General March at their meeting today that stories of great unpublished American casualties overseas are wholly false, ;and that all casualties are given the public as rapidly as the cables can transmit them. ~ The chief of staff said the condi- tion on the west front was decidedly favorable to the-allies. The total number of soldiers em- barked has now passed the 1,500,000 mark. 290 MILLIONS LOST BY RAILROADS IN SIX MONTHS UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL Washington, Aug. 24.—Owing largely to big back payments Generai Langer. { democratic | and railways within the salient. jfall.. Septemder is the usual month | for vaccination in the fall but from re- ; ports this season frmers and ranchers COMMITTEE TO blackleg has alre:Wly made its appear- {ance in his section of the country. Besides the regular’ blacklegoids Five Thousand Will Be Paid | for Sixty Acres at i Dickinson Dickinson, N. D. Aug. 24.—Presi-| dent S. T. May of the normal and Supt. P. S. Berg of the city schools, Lyn salient, shown on this map, which is remarkable for its detail of the network of strategic roads The heavy line is the present battle front. hooves; the owners of young cattle to] used in the vaccination of cattle in the vaccinate their young cattle early this| spring ‘and fall in this country a new vaccine is now being used which makes cattle immune for life. Veter- inaries claim that this new vaccine has been tried out and proved to be a success. If this is true it might be well for stockmen to investigate for it makes considerable work to vaccin- ate the young cattle once or twic? eery year. TRIBUNE WILL CONFORM TO SPIRIT AND LETTER OF NEW tional prohibition amendment. orig-iin those of wage increases, the railways under federal control ‘in June reached an aggregate deficit of $58,059,000 in railway operating income, as compared with positive earning of 98,909,000 in June 1917. This reduced the total operating income for the six months of government operations ending in June to $173,974,000, as com- pared with $458,203,000, in the corresponding period of that year These figures compiled by the interstate commerce commis- sion and announced today show the_government has lost about $290,000,000 in the operation of railways during the first six months of this year. The wage payments in June as reported by, 464, ar about, three-fourths of the first class roads, amounted to-$133,000,000, Without this added expense the railways in June, would have earned $74,100,000. NAL ARATE met with a large delegation at the Commercial club Wednesday evening to discuss principally matters, connect- ed with the new normal school. Mr. May stated that a building, aj jfirst class faculty and an excellent} course ,of study were assured for the coming season but the needful factor| | was students. He took occasion to| show by figures that other normal; schools in the state were taking in their students at a rate of $62 per person for the twelve weeks’ course| places where dormitories | were established. Where the students! boarded in the town instead of at the ;school the average cost per student was $75. The local figures, including registration, text books, etc, was about | |$90, he said, and this situation must be changed. Prof. Berg and himself! suggested that lower rates be secured for the students as applied to board and rooms and, upon their sug- gestion, President Fred Turner ap-/ pointed a committee, consisting of J. W. Reed, J. C. Anderson and E. P. Lee to canvass the city for accommoda- !tions for the students. "This commit-} |tee will appoint assistants to help in! the work. A report must be returned to the club by September 1. | The old normal site committee was empowered to huy the sixty acres in| the Young addition, just south of the! Country club, for $5,000. This com-| mittee will appear before the city; council and the boaré of county com- missioners and request those bodies; to equally share in the paying of this} sum. A precedent was established; when the experiment station was ecured for this city, county and city Sharing equally in the cost of estab-j lishing the station here. BLACKLEG FOUND IN SLOPE COUNTY Dread Malady Attacking Cattle, Reports Doctor Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 24.—Dr. G. R. Dafoe of.New England reports that blackleg has already made its appear- ance in, a.number of herds of cattle in Slope. cqunty. ,,.It) seems that the itsease "6" aOR te Me rance ear: lier this year than usual and it be- " ' FEDERAL CIRCULATION RULES ‘heavy defeats. On and after October 1, 1918, The Tribune will discontinue all subscribers served either by mail or carrier whose sub- scription is in arrears. Mail subscribers are asked to examine the yellow label on their paper and if in arrears remit at once so as not to miss any numbers. 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Discontinue giving copies to anyone except for office working ‘of ‘@fficial advertising. a a RR RE, -BRITISH ROUT GERMAN FORCES —_—_ HAIG ARMIES SMASH INTO HUN LINES IN PICARDY ENEMY 1S HEAVILY DEFEATED Tired and Depleted Teuton Units Forced Sudden- ly to Front to Stop Onrush of Allies—Capture ~ 30,000 Men Since August 8th. With the British Army in France. Aug. 24.—The British { nce, Aug. 24.—T were eer Bardi ane German positons this morning all along the They are reported to have captured Becordel reached the high ground southwest of Fricourt. Saedie canes The British have passed well beyond Happy Valley. _. The battle continues successfully for the allied armies last night. The British advanced everywhere and the enemy suffered \s Achiet-le-Grand was reported taken late yesterday after heavy fighting. The British advanced beyond Bihucourt. CONFUSED GERMANS. } German prisoners say it was expected by them that t! i ish would stop at the Arras-Albert railroad and the gh balla success against them had confused the German forces, Tired and depleted German. divisions that had b ith- drawn from the battle since August 8, are being Serene the dee Rosia at ne enemy’s stragetic reserve divisions which had been held for later counter attacks also have g x one ere counter attacks also have appeared The third and fourth British armies since A t 8 captured more than 30,000 men. : ee Two thousand were taken yesterday south of the Somme. The British fourth army has captured nearly 4,000 in the last two days. The Prisoners counted since August 8th total 20,146 men and 598 officers. ; North of the Somme a large number of guns have been cap- tured. They include complete batteries of Howitzers and trench mortars. Immediately south of the Somme 12 guns have been taken by the British. South of the Somme 1,000 Germans were killed in one combat. They were closely huddled in front of the Brtish instead of being in the customary open order. BRAY ‘REPORTED CAPTURED With the British Army in France, Aug. 24.—Bray is reported to have been captured by the British. Several thoussia Corman prisoners have passed through the cages behind General Bynz’s army today. No attempt'to count the number of. guns captured thas been made up to this time. TAKE 14,000 PRISONERS London, Aug. 24.—British attacks in the Albert sector were resumed this morning according to an official statement issued ‘today. In the fighting during the last three days the British have taken 14,000 prisoners. A large number of cannon including complete battalions of howitzers have been captured by the British south of the Somme. The village of Behagnies, two miles and a half north of Bapaume, on the Bapaume-Arras highway, has been reached by the British. British forces are operating east of Bihucourt, within two miles of Bapaume on the west. British forces are reported to have reached points east of Henin, on the Cojuel river, five miles south- east of Arras. They are in the outskirts of St. Leger further south, and have captured Arvillers, two miles east of Courcelles, They are still advancing. i AIM OF FOCH’S PLAN. London, Aug. 24.—The ultimate aim of the stategic plan which Marshal Foch is working out in the present series of battles jis the subject of much specilation in both London and Paris. Some ‘believe Foch is striking a number of hammer blows with the object of weakening the enemy numerically and as regards positions and ‘morale, preparatory to some decisive blow at some vital spot. |Others think the generalissimo is endeavoring to disorganize what is a great retreat or attempt to retreat on a large sector, hoping for big hauls of material and prisoners, and to allow later results ‘to guide him in the matter or more decivise action this year. NEAR BAPAUME. London, Aug. 24.—British forces are within two miles of Bapaume. The British third army is advancing very rapidly. It has gone forward in some places to a depth of four miles, The British fourth army is on the outskirts of Bray. BACK TO MEUSE. London, Aug. 24.—The Germans evidently expect to be press- ed back to the Meuse, says the Amsterdam correspondent of the daily express as they are fortifying positions along that river in ‘Belgium. The Germans are digging extensive trenches along Denamp and Givet. are being used. Givet is ninety miles directly east of Bapaume. The German population along the Rhine expects an allied in- vasion in the opinion of a Dutch woman of German descent who has just returned from a visit with relatives near Bonn on the Rhine. In a statement of the Amsterdam correspondent, of the daily Express she said: RHINE PEOPLE IN DISPAIR. “The impression gathered from what I saw and heard in Ger- many was one of real despair. In spite of what newspapers say or do not say, the German retreat is making the worst possible im- Thousands of prisoners and Belgian civilians | pression, especially along the Rhine. The people know they will be the first to be hit if the allies come. On the Rhine everyone expects-to leave for central Germany. “The ravages of allied air-raids are actually terrific.” BOMB RAILROAD YARDS. Washington, Aug. 24.—Another successful bombing of rail- road yards at Conflames, by American aviators without loss of a machine is announced in General Pershing’s communique for Fri- day. It says also,an American outpost on the Aisne between Fismes and Racooches driven back by a small local action later re- occupied its positons. NOYON’S FALL EXPECTED. London, Aug. 24.—Noyon is expected to fall at any moment according to information received here this afternoon from the battle front. HUSTLE THE ENEMY. London, Aug. 24.—There can be no doubt that prior to the British attack the Germans were contemplating a retirement. The British attack had the efect of hustling the enemy and prevented him from carrying out his plans. This has been proved by the large number of prisoners taken. No return has yet been made of the total number of prisoners taken by the French, but avon! satvative estimate of the tota! of Anglo-F¥éhch captures’ since’ (Continued cn Page Three.) cota Gea