The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 29, 1918, Page 1

BRITISH CAP’ BAPAUME NOYON OCCUPIED BY FRENCH STATE NEARS ' the total assessed valuation on farm ER RS Ruse mar oener recent ten eNtIRe NI MBE SNARE MOUNT THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 215. oA SEE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AU LAST EDITION 29, 1918. ¢ FRASER HANGS PICTURES OF OLD COMRADES Adjutant General Fraser's office is| now adorned with two handsome por trants of Col. John Fraine, command: ing the Fighting First in France, and Col. Frank White,’ who went from North Dakota in command of the Smashing Second and is now in charge of a depot brigade. General “SINGLE TAX” LEAGUE GOAL Valuation of Farmers’ Land Boosted $16,000,000—Build- ings Cut Down in the North Dakota national guard with these two veteran fighting men. | BUY W. 5.5. INDIANS SEND FINE CATTLE TO MARKETS CITY PROPERTY ELEVATED Carrying out the single tax, theory advocated by the league, the state woard of equalization today reduced improvements $5,000,000 ‘and increas- ed the aggregate assessec valuation IFALL OF CITY COMES AS” Fraser served for more than 30 years |’ SERIOUS BLOW TO GERMANS; IS GREAT HIGHWAY CENTER Paris, Aug. 29.—French troops today occupied’ Noyon. The fall of Noyon comes as a:heavy blow to the Germans who were thought during the early days of the Picardy Offensive were thought to be planning to hold Noyon as the southern pivot of their. line. ‘Noyon is situated on the southern bank of the Oise river. To the south and east there are large areas of flat’ lowlands along thé Oise, while to the north is a winding valley. To the southwest is Mont Renaud and the Lassigny Massif, which ‘dominates the whole region. To the northeast a range of hills. just out into! the valley. One railway runs through Noyons. It runs up the Oisne valley from Compeigne and turning east at; Noyons leads! to Chemy'and LaFrere. A canal leads off to the north and termi-| (NORTH DAKOTA on farm lands $16,000,000. City lots were given a flat increase of ten per- cent over the 1917 valuation, and im- provements on city lots were reduced five per cent. Goods and merchandise, offices and office fixtures, pool halls, hotels and hotel fixtures were increas. ed‘from 10 to 20 per cent over last year’s assessed valuation. The board of equalivzaztion is seeking a total as- sessed valuation of $403,000,000, which, taxed at 4.3 mills, would return a tax revenue of $1,732,900, which is regard- ed necessary to pay the state’s gener- al expenses. The increase on farm lands does not apply to the same extent in some counties as in others. Land values have been taken into considertion and in some instances apparent undervalu- ations by the local boards have been corrected. The ‘bord adjourned last evening until 2 o’clock this afternoon when it expects to announce the final totals'upon which this year’s tax lev. ies will be made. BUY W. 8. 8. PACIFIST NOT IN PAVOR WITH \'2 —MICHIGANDERS Henry Ford Snowed Under by Admiral ‘Truman H. New- berry for Senate Detroit, Mich, Aug. 29.—Henry Ford wags today, on the. face of re- turns from mre than half the state, coth winner ani loser in Tuesday'p state-wide primaries. Truman H. Newberry of Detroit, commander in the Third United States Naval district and former sec- retary of the navy, has won the Re- publican senatorial nomination by a vote which, returns indicate may equal the total number of votes pollea by both Ford and former Governor Chase S. Osborn. Only a light yote was cast for William G. Simpson of vetroit- the other Hepublican candi- date. In the Democratic balloting, however,. the Detroit manufacturer, who was a candidate on both party tickets, won an easy race from his ' lone opponent, James W. Helme, fig- ures this morning being two to one in favor of his candidacy. The slight advantage of Osborn, 4 who rose from a close third to a second with incomplete returns shortly after midnight, disappeared ‘when first ‘belated returns from De- | troit precincts were announced. In | this city the few returns available indicate that Newbury’s two to one advantage will not be equaled ‘here. | Most precincts thus far received give | him a slight lead over Ford. In the eighth district’ partial returns show Congressman Joseph W. Fordney, renominated for the tenth consecu- tive time by a majority estimated at 2,500. Louis. C. Crampton and Gil- ‘bert A. Currie appear to have been re-! nominated in the Seventh and Tenth districts. BUY W. 2 §.——— QUIET RESTORED — ON MEXICAN LINE! Nogales, Nev. Aug. 29.—Drunken civjlians on thg Mexican side of the} border were held responsible today! for the fray of yesterday. | Brigadier General Cadell an-| nounced quiet throughout the night} and no further trouble is anticipated. | Rumors that Mexican reinforcements, were arriving were denied. | During the skirmish Tuesday after-) noon ‘between American soldiers and Great Progress Made by Sioux) * Reflecred in Heavy Ship- ments nates at Nesle. Two small railway lines run‘north and northeast, ithe former to Nelse and the latter to Ham. | Noyon is a great highway center; one roads leads to Ham: jone goes up the Oise valley, arid another leads down to Carlepont forest. Another goes down the Oise to. Compeigne. good ped from North Dakota will be loaded by the Sioux Indians of Standing Rock | reservation at Solen the first week in| September, reports J. V. Wilmut, gen-; eral-agent for the Northérn Pacitic,! who has réturned from a visit to Can-! nondall. Fifty carloads of prime beeves will be ready for shipment next | week. All are big steers which will | average around 1,100 pounds and} which will: bring the Indians from 14 to 16 cents the pound. The cattle} will run front.22.to 25 toa car; and! the shipment will aggregate ‘between 1,100 tnd 1,200, ! Se ‘Fifty carloads will be shipped from Killdeer the second week in. Septem- ber, and: 30 carloads will go out the! third week. .August.23, 600 Texas and Mexican cattle were shipped’ from So- len by the Stiles, Badger and Sid Per- kins ranches. Cattle’have.seldom been in better condition at this time ‘of year. They wéathered last winter ‘in| shape; the. pastureg»came in green early in. the ‘spring; and.in spite of the long.drouth during June, graz- ing-was plentiful and of good. quality. On the reservation ‘the Indians ‘are. fast becoming..efficlent: stockmen. AI: most every indian, farmer now has his’ herd, and, thousands of toss of hay LIEUT. FOUNCK HOLDS © . RECORD IN AIR FIGHTS; — pei Sie a Noyon is a very ancient town, being known to the Romans. Some of the finest cattle ever ship-' Charmelmagne was crowned king of the Franks here, where the coronation of Hugh Capet also was held. of John. Calvin, born July 10, 1509. have been put up by Sioux who wilt| feed their stock over the winter. Fort! Yates is much interested in the posst-| bility of getting an extension of the Northern Pacific from Cannonball, a distance of about 30 miles, over a road } bed alfeady graded and merely await-| ing the laying of:the rails and ballast- ing.. This extension-would be a great incentive to the development of one of ‘orth Dakota’s richest agricultural re gions, and: would enable Sioux: county to market in- North Dakta severa! imil- |= lion tons pf hay, which now go out to.| Montana. < —Bur W. 4 &. McAdoo. Boosts Salaries: of: Track Laborers and Clerks: svashington) Aug,,, 29-—Higher wi ges for railroad.track laborers and for, certain ‘classes of clerks were an- nounced today to General McAdoo. Mr. ,-,cAdoo ‘Wwill:act soon ‘on the: returns. |: : be | ing one of the navy’s crack fliers, It was the birthplace BISMARCK: BOY SAVED WHEN HIS | AIRPLANE BURNS' i Son of Judge R. H. Grace Home ‘on Furlough ‘After Thrilling Ride | ss pase a, | Volplaning ‘to earth.in a blazing’ | airplane when ‘his motor exploded at a height‘of séVeral thgusand ft., . Ensign: uyril Grace, son of Justice R.*H Grace of the: North Dakota supreme court, is,home recovering from .some ‘minor injuries which do not incapacitate Him. Ensign race. was’a student at the Uni- -versity of Minnesota when he en- listed ‘in the aviation section of the navy. . He. hag_stistinguiahed “himself. ee the’ ’varsity-in our ways, and “he proceeded to He and several associates. were staging flying circuses, trying out - new machines in the south, when he had his first accident. BUY W. 8. Sy SPANISH: CRAFT 82 PLANES HIS TOLL! SUNK BY HUNS With the French Army in France, Aug. 29.—Lieut. Rene Founck, the leading French ace, has brought down since. Jan. 1, fifty of the more than three score German airclaft he has‘destroyed. Thirty-two have fallen before him in the same airplanc, which is a spad hispano biplane, with two machine guns. This constitutes a record for one machine. Between July 16 and 22 he felled 11 Mexicans, armed Mexicans enterel | the American consulate here, forced | Vice Consul McGuire and the clerk, E.| Tooley. to leave the consulate at the point of their guns, and Tooley was! shot and wounded. according to a/ statement made by Consul E. M. Law-| ton here today. ‘An investigation is now in progress. : | The American list of dead was in-| creased to four today when Lieut.. W: | Loftus, wounded in action during: Tuesday's skirmish, died in the base; hospietal. His home was given asj{ Loredo, Tex. i BUY W, & 8. ——— { Millions of Seditious | Letters Are Seized| Chicago, Aug. 000,000 letters and other mail docu-| ments of alleged seditious nature have iH ‘been seizzed by United States attor-| ney ‘Styne, it became known today. / This photograph, just received from H. E. Bechtol, our correspondent in London, is the first to arrive in America showing the emplacement of the great German super-gun which bombarded Paris. It was discovered by American troops in the Chatelet wood, THE PICTURE SC enemy machines, nine of which al- ready have been officially accounted for. vuly 16 while stationed in the Somme he was ordered to report to th eChampagne. He left for Paris that day at 10 o'clock, lunched there and returned shortly before 5. At 5 he become the capturer of two Boche imachines. He left that evening for Paris, Aug. 29.—The Spanish steam- er Crusa has been sunk by a German submarine. Newspapers consider this event will bring to a crisis the rela- |tions between Spain and Germany. AUY W. 8) §.———= 2,000 NOMINATIONS. Washington; Aug. 29.—Nominations of nearly 2,600 postmasters for cities, towns-and villages in nearly all parts of the country were sent to the senate j his new assignment. 1 today by President Wilson. OOP OF THE YEAR ‘labout two miles northwest of Combles is reported to have been .—Upwards of 2,-| near Brecy, in the old Marne salient. The, great gun-base, dwarfing the biggest dreadnaught gun turret, consisted of a steel cylin- der 31 feet across and 20 feet atop which was a great rotary gun carriage moved by.massive machinery on ball bearings ten inches in diameter. The drum was made of armour plate steel an inch and a half thick. The Germans had photograph shows the massive size of the complicated machinery. earlier campaigns the state has not *|Q00,000 ‘and $20,000,000, with the like- ‘| lihood ;that, it will be. closer io the county in-the ‘state will hold: a meet- | said, Mre- McDowell ‘}; “Soéme counties will put, the fall keep up the good'work ‘by: becom i thecéssity for ‘conserving ‘{° “There. will, be other: calls on us PRICE FIVE CENTS. MUST GO UP ON LIBERTY LOAN Fourth Drive Will Be For Much Greater Sum Than Previous Ones CITIZENS MUST CONSERVE Money Received From Crops! Should Be Saved For Bond k Investment North Dakota, in the fourth Lib- erty Loan campaign, will be called upon to subscribe a far greater sum that it hs subscribed in any of .thé previous loans, and it probably wili De called’ upon to do more in propor- | tion than ther states similarly situ-o | ated, because of the fact that in the been bearing its proportion of the loan load. Such a forecast was made today by Wesley C. McDowell, state chairman of the Liberty Loan committee, and he also indicated that the greatest previous sum subscribed in any sin. gle loan has been eleven million. Prospects point to a loan quota for the state ‘in the forthcoming bond is- sue. is six billions, of between second figure than to. the first. A . Every County. to’ Meet. “In a few days, we expect every ing for the purpose of. organization,” odayier”The coun- ty organization jis practically the same as it:was in the last campaign. bond issue “ona volunteer ‘basis, in- 'viting.the people to come-jn and sign up, while others will make a house to house canvass. aa 4 ,. Conserve Money. ~."It-is-important that the’ people of ‘North Dakota, while they are har- vesting ‘this crop. to appreciate the that ' they #will.be in a position to purchase free- ly ‘of other ‘bond issues, and therwise support the government financially. during the year, and now is the time that. we must prenare for them. The people of our state cannot under es- timate ihe importance of that fact.” + Mr. McDowell said that in North Dakota, the/district chairmen will not be_eliminated, as is being done in some states.’ The district chirmen comprise the state committee in North Dakota, acting largely in an advisory handled by the county' committee, which operates largely in direct touch with the state director. BUY W. §, 8: ——— COUNCIL OF DEFENSE The executive committee of the state council of defense will meet Fri- day. ‘Assistant Secretary Brown re- ports that only routine matters will come up. GERMAN MAIN ARMY MOVES BACK OF HAM-CHAUNY LINE: - BRITISH PRESSING FORWARD Fall of Roye and Chaulnes Made City of Noyon Untenable for the Allies. Oise May Be Crossed Along a Wide Front. Huns Fighting Rear Guard Action. ~ Londan, Aug. 29.—Bapaume was captured to- day by forces of Field Marshal Haig. AT GATES OF HAM. Paris, Aug. 29.—French troops are at the gates of Ham, according to dispatches from the front. The Ger- mans lost three complete munition trains at Breuil, five miless west of Ham in their precipitous retreat. Actual occupation of Ham probably will be delayed; as the re- treating Germans leave.all ruins saturated with poisonous gas. The town of Breuil, where the German munition trains were captured is on the canal du Nord. At Champien wood, Ercheu and other points in the line south of Nesle, where the enemy sought to bar the French advance eastward, says Liberte, the German rear- guard fought to the last man and refused to be captured. . (By Associated Press) Noyon, the southern Ancre point of the Somme battlefield, has been occupied by the French. The capture of the city had been expected for several days - and its effect on the great battle of Picardy was therefore largely discounted. , With the fall of Roye and Chaulness to the northward, Noyon became untenable and retirement of German forces from most of the Somme river spread to the south and’involved Noyon and the country adjacent to that city. MORLINCOURT TAKEN. \ Morlincourt, on the northern bank of the Oise river, east. of Noyon, has been taken by the French. This may make a crossing of the Oise over a wide. front. ; Along the front north of, Noyon there was little change during last night. ‘The British operating south of the Somme are said to be advancing, but details of their progress do not appear in of- ficial announcements. East of Arras, the Germans have launched heavy counter atacks which were repulsed, but it is admitted by London that the British forces at Oppy have been withdrawn to the west of that village. FIGHT REAR GUARD ACTIONS. The Germans aparently ‘are fighting rear guard actions along the canal du-Nord, which runs from Noyon to Nesle. The French are el®e to this water way at Fresnoy Wood. The situation as it stands today. closely resembles that in the Marne sector after the Germans had made a determined stand along the Ourcg. It was found their resistance there had _per- mitted the withdrawal of the main German army on the Marne ‘salient, and it is probably General Von Boehn has succeeded in moving the greater part of his army and artillery behind the Somme river and the Ham-Chauny line. Rae The development of the allied advance would seem to indicate that the pocket on the southesn end of the battle line is being emptied and there is little hope the allies may be able to catch any large number of German troops there. LOCAL ATTACKS ONLY. . : Washington, Aug. 29.—General Pershing’s communique for Wednesday says the retirement of American troops from Bazoches and Fismette was a result of local hostile attacks which forced back outlying detachments. It also announces the capture of 200 prisoners in the American advance to the raiload northwest of | Juvigny. , ; GINCHY, REPORTED CAPTURED. ¢ With the British Army in France, Aug. 29.—Ginchy, a town captured by Field Marshal Haig’s forces this morning. The Brit- ish also captured Belloy-Sasesvillers and Feuilleres. All of these towns are within four miles of Beronne. Launching new local attacks and following up the advantage gained yesterday the British today moved forward along a large |part of their battle front. LOSE CONTROL OF SOMME. | : With the French Army, Aug. 29.—The rapidly succeeding military events not, only confirm that the Germans have lost all their control in the Somme and Oise rivers but they indicate the enemy’s own retreat is gettin out of hand. . The effort to stem the French pursuit by fighting rear guard actions with machine gun sections was only locally successful. On ground especially favorable for that resistance, especially around Roye, it gained ground for the enemy only temporarily. But once this system of fighting was mastered the strength lof the German rear guard dwindled to almost nothing. The Ger- mans were obliged to risk an engagement with important forces ‘or to quicken their-retreat. The Germans adopted the latter plan and since yesterday | morning they have been making all possible haste on the road from Ft. Quentin to LaFere. ie The Somme line having been made difficult for the Germans there is now a question with the French troops ready to cross ithe Somme as to where he will be able to make a further stand. WIN BACK TWO-THIRDS. Paris, Aug. 29.—The allies now have won back more than two- thirds of the ground lost since the beginning of the German of- fensive in March. It was wrung form them by an overwhelming use of force, and they have regained it by brilliant generalship. The working out of Marshal /Foch’s strategy shows that every movement in each section of the battle line has been carefully thought out in its relation toward the whole. Thus the British advance of August 26 had its immediate affect on the section to- ward the south, and for a second time Baron Von Hutier was threatened if he hung on another moment. As a result he was compelled to abandon Roye and Nesle. ‘ ‘ ‘ General Mangin is fighting hard on the right in the region of Jauigny and Chavigny. Also the German seventh army still clings to the line of the Vesle. On the left the British east of Arras have removed the gun barrel. The | (Continued on Page Three.) APTURE BAPAUME