The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 2, 1918, Page 1

BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, SEPT. 2, 1918. THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR — GE RMAN DEFENSES FALLING ) THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 2i8 IMPORTANT TELLING PROGRESS MADE BY ALLIES WHEN DROCOURT-QUEANT . SWITCH LINE IS PENETRATED Alternative Defense Establishing Back of Main nea, Hindenburg Bulwark Lost. Threatening Entire German Front. FRANKO-YANK: THREAT HARRASSES THE HUNS Retreat Endangered Along Its Entire Length by New Squeeze Movement BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Telling progress was made by the allies today in the great battle on the western front when Canadian and English troops pierced the Drocourt- Quent switch of the Hindenburg line, otherwise known as thé’ Wotan line. It was upon this alternative line established back of the main Hinden- burg line each of Arras that the Ger- man commandant was depending to hold off the allies from Cambrai. Break in on Two-Mile Front. In their advance the british broke into the German positions back of the switch line on a two-mile front. They reached the outskirts of Sagni- court, about two miles northeast of Queant according to advices, and further north are reported to have penetrated Dury, more than two miles east of the Wotan line. Far reaching results may follow to- day’s advance which began with a plunge early this morning by the Can- adians and English south of the Scarpe river. If the allied gains can be held, the Hindenburg line would wwe, 2PRear to be completely outflanked on WAN¢rthern end. ‘AN Franco-Yanks Threaten. threat is being doubly main- through the Franco-American “ north of Soissons, continued ast night. Progress was made ‘al Petain’s forces jn the woot Coucy-le-Chateau, and on the her south. i is here that the : {2 pressing in on the Bastion « -ARBERLobain, defending Layon, the wages, bulwark of the Hindenburg Beckwick,- '@ fronts between the flanks WANTMitish made further progress, not- , «a. at the northern end. They are ve” yeported at Beugny nearly four mies northeast of Bapjaume, and they have taken the town of Moreuil, fugther notth of thir area. The Germans hold- ing point at Le Transloy, between Ba- naume and Transloy is in danger of being taken. The Germans are still on the back- ward track in Flanders. The British are ‘keeping closely after the enemy. ‘They have reached the Lys. east of Estaire, and have captured Neuve Eglise, near the edge of the Messines Ridge, south of Kemel. BUY W. 5. 8. $2.20 BUSHEL FOR WHEAT IS 1919 PRICE President Wilson by Proclama- tion Fixed That Basis for Cereal COMMISSION ON COSTS Washington, D. C., Sept. 2.—By proc-! Jamation issued today, President Wil-; son set $2,20 per bushel as the mini- mum guaranteed by the government for the 1919 wheat crop. ‘A disinter- ested commission, the president stat-| ed, will ‘be appointed next spring to see if the increases in farm supplies wiil justify an increase in that price. $2.21 1-2 at Minneapolis. ~ The proclamation fixes as reason- able guaranty prices for No. 1 north- ern spring wheat and its equivalent at Minneapolis at $2.21 1-2. BIGGER THAN WEATHER BOYS TO CELEBRATE Clouds Will Not Interfere With! Observance of Labor Day This Afternoon ALL EXPENSES CARED FOR Exerything Cleared Will Go Di- rect to Red Cross—Program Begins at 2 “If the boys over there in the | trenches can keep on fighting in spite of rain and storm and mud, | guess it will not hurt us to pull off our cele-j ° bration even if the weather isn't asj favorable as it might be, and you may antiounce that unless it is raining tor-| rents, our Labor day program will be! given at the Capitol athletic park this | afternoon as scheduled,” said Frank | Milhollan of the trades and labor as: | sembly this morning. Ordinarily Labor day is blessed with fair weather. Because this day has proved an exception, the Bismarck trades unionists do not intend to be cheated of their one big holiday of the year, and they will be on hand at 2; o'clock this afternoon to entertain their guests as originally announced. The program at the Capitol athletic park will open at 2 o'clock with a con- cert by the Elks' band. Addresses by; Hon. John N. Hagan, commissioner of agriculture and !abor, and Rev H.. C. Postlethwaite, pastor of the First | Presbyterian church, will follow, andj then an interesting series of athletic} events, including the annual Labor day baseball game, will be offered. At a meeting of the trades and labor assembly Sunday evening it was} agreed that all expenses incident toj the celebration be pro-rated among: the various unions having mem?ership | in this body, and every penny that is taken in at the park this afternoon will go direct to the Red Cros3. Sev. eral substantial donations for the ben- efit of the Red Cross already have been received, and the laborites hope to realize a very substantial sum | BUY w.% CAPITAL CITY OFFICERS NOW AT THE FRONT Capt. Frayne | Baker Makes Quick | Trip Across—Lieut.-Col. Quain is There Capt. I. P. Baker has been advised | of the safe arrival in France of his son, Capt. Frayne Baker of the quar- termaster corps. Capt. B&ker, who had been stationed on the Mexican border for 15 months, was home for a brief furlough during the summer, leaving Bismarck for the Atlantic coast less than a month ago. Among other Bismarck fighters re- cently arrived in France is Lieut.-Col. | E. P. Quain, commanding a base hos- pital unit, largely compose1 of Bis- marck surgeons, physicians and nurs- es. G. C. Wachter has received advice that his son, Eugene Wachter has ar- rived in England. AUY W. 8. $——— BRITISH BOAT jer millions will go to strengthen the BROTHERS IN ARMS—WORKER AND SOLDIER This is the Day. The Hour. The Year. The Age. We are climbing to the peak of our hopes ,our dreams and our goal lies but a Ittlie way ahead of us. Human eyes have never seen the! world as we shall see it when once! we scale the summit. Human feet have never trodden that high. Human) justice has never been so widely flow- ing as it will be when we come to! this goal of ours. Human livert: has never touched as many souls z it will. Human love has never been} as deep nor as broad. This peak lies but a little way ahead of us. Beyond it stretches the endless val- ley of peace, honor, freedom, and all that makes this globe a worth while | place «a whiqh to ‘be born, to live, and to die. But first we must scale the peak. No height upon the mouniain’s side is high enough. 7 Nothing that lies beyond is ours un- tif we have attained tne peak. That peak is victory. It is decisive, final, everlasting de- feat of the Huns. , To be achieved in battle over there and in effort over here. We all must climb, every last man, woman and child of us. Those brave soldiers of ours—our best and finest #oys—cannot do all} our climbing.. They cannot pull us up! to this peak of human ambition if we hold back. They are fighting over there in such a hell of shell as man has never known. They go courageously, glori- ously to heroic death. They come out of battle torn, crippled, blinded, shattered of body, stronger of soul. A million and a half are there. Oth- arm which is driving to its lair the Beast of Berlin. And still more mil- lions will “go,” even as they stay here at home. They will go in spirit, in effort, in work. Without these the; peak of victory, and all which that containg, would recede, further and further from us. They must climb together—the sol-| dier over there and the worker over here. One cannot lag behind. Both have the same goal to attain. Both will suffer in the same agony of de- feat if we do not reach the peak. And they ARE climbing together. Workman and soldier—ONE FIGHT- ING FORCE, incomparable, unde- featable, irresistible! That is the secret of America’s suc- cess. That is why the United tatesS {known may be put through on record | | WILL WIN. | oa al ‘f i} ‘tute | yy uf m ZU) Hd {Workers Will Produce} BY, CHARLES M. SCHWAB. I am indeed glad of the opportunity | whic his presented by this particulal 13 Labor Day to extend to all classes of workers my sincere thanks and appre- ciation for what they have done and also to ask them to continue in fheir| unsparing efforts, to the end that the! greatest shipbuilding program ever} ime. 4 . ‘The men in the industrial plants are performing an absolutely necessary and patriotic service which will per- haps go further towards ending the present conflict than any other ser- vice other than actual fighting at the; front. The men that put in a full day six days in the week on essential industrial pursuits are just as much } Patriots as the soldiers in uniforms. | yyThe wonderful record ¢fslaunching nearly 100 shipg on «mIdependence Day is only one example>ot Such co-|* |operation and shows what our Ameri-| can labor can do when inspired by! patriotic enthusiasm and a_ willing-| ness to put everything aside for the | good of the common cause. This per- formance should act as an inspiration | to all branches of ndustry. and I am am sure our industrial workers will were undreamed of in the continue to produce results which were undreamed of in the past. ‘My particular duty is to see that the; greatest possible ship tonnage is pro- duced this year in order that men. food and munitions may be carried to the front where the battle for the safe- guarding of self-government is being | waged; and, with the assistance and encouragement of my friends and of the workmen themselves, the job will be carried “over the top.” RRR eer ing harder. longer, more efficiently to make up the difference. It is doing} better; it is increasing its load. And because we are all in the war together—worker and soldier—and in it to our last dollar, our last drop of} blood, our last ounce of energy WE! We are nearing the peak. We will| arrive, soldier and worker together. Then. indeed, this will be our DAY— the day of victory with honor and; glory. i} Let us all try a bit harder to do a) bit more that we may not falter in! the great adventure upon which this nation has set out—to establish free- dom, for all, forever, upon the proud (Chairman, United States. Shipping | Pints. Board.) i «' lh jin hand with the man in uniform, the| jboy—and America.. boy—and we wil | ‘ ‘holding stubbornly has been considered today as virtually in Brit- They have captured Villers-la-Foulax to the north shells as he does anything which: brings American soldiers over there | nearer the retreating trail of Hun foot- Yes, in truth, he fights who toils. e's every inch a soldier, is the Am-{ He fights with machine, lathe, plow handles, with whatever implement of war in his hands, and he fights as! courageously if that is a pneumatic rivet driver as if it were a machine| gun. The fruit of his labor is as im- portant. It is as krge a factor in bringing us to the peak cf victory. | He is a soldier—is the worker. He has earned the right to stand hand man with a gun, and say: “We will win!” They will win. We will win. The ndomitable spirit which has woven! self into our hearts and souls can-| not be beaten. It cannot be stilled: MUST ascend to the summit of hu-| we are striving for. When this is done, as done it must; be, the veterans of this war will nur- ber within their ranks, mechanic, la-; borer, miner, farmer, engineer fire- man puddles, riveter steel worker— WERY WORKER who helped to win. They are earning that place now.! Their brothers in uniforms will be, the first to give the veterans of war industries a place of honor side by side with them who fought with guns. No one better than the soldier in the trench the sailor on the battle- ship, knows how futile would be their effort, how sure their defeat if that strong and valiant arm of American) labor were not back of them—work- ing, striving, sustaining. It is true; The soldier in the trenches little fears the enemy as long as he knows his people back home are standing by him heart and soul. And we ARE standing by him! isvery true and loyal worker in all} these states is with him, for he is our; win WITH him. Buy Ww. 8.2 YANKS CAPTURE SEVERAL BIG TOWNS IN FIRST FIGHTING IN FLANDERS AGAINST THE HU* With the British Army in Flanders, Sunday, Sept. 1.—In their (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) first fighting in Belgium, the Americans cagtured Voormezelle and. several strong German positions in that vicinity. found the shell fire had been so intense that. eee in Voormezelle they hardly one brick was left standing upon another. : As the Americans advaneed, the German rear guard opc* with their machine guns, but these were quickly silenced. YANKS ADVANCE ELSEWHERE. On their entrance Elsewhere in the vicinity the Americans advanced their i Counter attacks than a slight foothold which in every ca: some places the Germans did not even get a foothold. by the Germans resulted in their aining little m+ e was quickly loosened. There has been especially heavy fighting in the whirlpool of the battle around Bullecour holding position Wotan line. is almost resting against the and Hendecourt, where the British are Drocourt-Queant or _ It is believed that Bullecourt itself has thrice been lost and won in the past two days. First the British were in the town, and then t one side had the control the machine TWO DAYS’ DOG FIGHT. 2 he Germans. Wiffle runners and bombers from the other would filter in and get the positions, and then the place would become most a ve. From ruin to ruin, through cellars and old trenches, the fighting has continued and all of the time almost the same tactics were being followed in the country surreunding. In the language of the British soldier, it has been a ‘‘dog fight’ here ifor two day Just now it appears that Bullecourt and Handecourt are again in the British hands and hiding ple -;up. Fighting has been going on in the villages of Escoust, St. Mein, and dugouts are being mopped and Longatte, and these places also are in possession of the British. PILED WITH GERMAN DEAD The ground in front of the British line throughout this region is piled with Ge rman dead. The enemy seems to have removed virtually everything he had in Perenne, for he realized that the town surely must come into hands soon, but nevertheless there was fighting there before {the town was captured. 128,302 PRISONERS CAPTURED. Paris, Sept. 2.—The allied forces of the eastern front have taken a total of 128,302 prisoners, since July 15th, it was an- nounced in an official statement today. In the same period 2,069 guns, 1,734 mine throwers and 18,783 machine guns were cap- tured. 79,000 ON FRENCH FRONT. Paris, Sept. 2.—On the French front, 75,900 prisoners and 700 guns, have been captured by the French nounced today. FRESH ATTACK LAUNCHED. since July 18th, it is an- London, Sept. 2.—An attack was launched this morning by Canadian and English troops in the important sector south of the Scarpe in the Arras region. The war office announces good prog- ress was being made. CENTERS ABOUT BAPAUME. London, Sept. 2.—The core of the whole battle now is between n hopes. And that is the victory | the Scarpe river and Bapaume and it is here that the Germans jare really fighting. In this sector, the Germans are fighting well to keep the allies off their great line of defense that winds along the most favorable ridges from St. Quentin to Drocourt. London, Manchester and Liverpool troops are operating here while to the south the Canadians are fighting fierce battle against stubborn resistance. LOST ONLY 25 MEN. London, Sept. 2.—The Australians who captured Mont St. Quentin with 1,500 prisoners, and thereby made the fall of Per- onne inevitable, accomplished the feat within an hour and with a loss to themselves of only 25 men, according to the Daily Mail’s correspondent at British headquarters in France. The correspon- dent says that the better part of three German divisions crumbled ° to pieces before one Australian division. The capture of Peronne, according to the correspondent,+1t should turn the enemy’s present line and hasten his retreat. He now has in this southern quarter only one good position to hold LA TRANSLOY LOST. | before he reaches the Hindenburg line from St. Quentin northward. London, Sept. 2.—La Transloy, the important point on the line between Bapaume and Peronne where the Germans have been ish hands. The capture of Moreuil, northeast of Bapaume, was reported EIGHT DAKOTA land La Transloy now is outflanked on both sides. MEN GRADUATE Australians in the vicinity of Peronne yesterday. | LIEUTENANTS i | MAY EXECUTE 5,000 jthis morning. Between 3,000 and 4,000 prisoners taken by the Amsterdam, Sept. 2.—An announcement by the Bolsheviki government to the effect that 5,000 revolutionaries who have been ‘arrested and sentenced to death will be executed if the revolution- ee ; ary party conducts fresh intrigues against the Soviet government, Commissions Awarded Flicker- | js quoted in a dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung. Other dispatches | TORPEDOED OFF | Possibility of peace before the mid- has been able to come so rapidly and|summit of decisive victory, from Kremlin and dle of 120 was indicated in a memor- andum written by the president and accompanying the proclamation as a factor for determining the price for tue 1919 wheat crop. | AUY W. 5. S. OPERA HOUSE BURNS. Fargo, Sept. .2—The Opera block at Casselton, N. D., was destroyed by fire Sunday morning of unknown ort- gin. Assistance was asked of the Fargo department, but the request was | cancelled before the company’s de-| parture. | ——our v.38. | FOUR MEN OVER 50 ENLIST FOR MILITARY DUTY) f Fear men, all over fifty years '| | eld, enlisted in Bismarck ddring | | the. last week for service in Uncle | Sam's army. One of their number, | F. Briscoe, sold a half-section of ! | | | | | 1 tand and invested the proceeds in | ‘ALtberty bonds. He will serve Uncle Sam as an expert auto me- chanic. i bookkeeper, and W. W. Ridgeway |! of Hurdsfeld enters the commis || sary department. William Boyd of Manning, the fourth of the quar- |! tette, enlists as an auto mechanic. | All are substantial, well-known |) | citizens of central North Dakota, |; | and they are very enthusiastic ov- ‘er the opportunity offered them to serve their country. | ' Imer Wilson goes in as a [! {oil tanker came along. FRENCH COAST Thirteen Survivors of Crew of 37) Reach Canadian Port on Oil Tanker A Canadian Atlantic Port, Sept. 2.— The British steamer Eschrick, 4,151 tons, bound from Bordeaux to Mon- treal, was torpedoed on ‘the night of ‘August 16 when about 500 miles oft the French coast. Thirteen survivors of the crew of 37 have arrived fiere on an oil tanker, which picked them up. An engineer and fireman are believed | | to have been killed when the torpedo struck the engineroom. The survivors were afloat in their lifeboats for three days before the FISHING SCHOONER LOST. St. Johns, N. F.. Sept. 2—Twenty men from the fishing schooner Elsie Porter, of Lunnenburg, Nova Scotia, and five from the schooner Potentate, of LaHaven. landed here today, and reported that their vessels were sunk || by a German submarine last Friday. The captain of the Porter was held prisoner on the submarine. “BUY W.S.S BOARD IN SESSION. The Burleigh county commission is in monthly session at the court house, | transacting routine business. so overwhelmingly to the front when} the sword of the Hun flashed threat- eningly near ‘the throat of democ- racy. That is why the “feeble” little: American army” has grown and is continuing to grow so alarmingly strong that the despots of Potsdam quake in their boots and would give their stolen loot to ward off the blow that is falling and cannot be turned aside. Americans are working as well as they are fighting. American labor having sent a part of itself over there to fight, is work- Smaller Paper War for The Tribune occasionally ernment regulations and assist edition occasionally until our government requirements. In order to effect a fifteen per cent reduction in print paper ordered by Trade Commission, it will be. necessary This probably will not be necessary after October 1, when the mailing list and city carrier list is revised. The Tribune proposes to comply strictly with the gov- A four page paper twice a week for the next few weeks will easily effect a 15 per cent reductton. . It is hoped that-the readers will bear with a four-page This is a war measure pure and simple and is not to be construed as'a permanent arrangement. which our eyes may behold the pleas-! ing valley of permanent peace. is The worker is fighting the Hun in mine and mill, factory and field. shop‘ and office, in railroad yard and freight! shed. He is climbing to the peak of victory as he stands before the roar- ing red flame-of the blast furnace; as he pours flowing metal into cannon mold; as he digs in the darkened pen} far underground for the coal the in-! dustries of war must have; as he plows land, harvests crops, saws lum-/ ber. drives trucks, cuts cloth, gins} cotton, fires engines, rivets ships, fills | ° | | Measure For Time to issue a four page paper. in the reduction of newsprint. print reduction is within the tail Octette in Fourth Camp jto the same newspaper state that all roads leading to |the main streets of Moscow are occupied by troops. | SIXTY BUSHELS {making as high as 60 bushels to the | ‘acre. His wheat is running all th:! jhad been badly beaten down by rain. | |, hail and wind, and which had to be Dodge School Washington. D. ©., Sept. 2—Hight| North Dakota soldiers graduated from} the fourth officers’ training school at| Camp Dodge, la. with commissions| Premier, who was shot F rH as second lieutenants. All of the 239 successful candidates in this school; are from the northwest, and the en- tire number is assigned to the in- fantry. | North Dakota's graduate * officers | are: Paul W. Crawford, Cooperstown. Alvin L. Derby. Bathgate. Albert A. Hemp, Valley City. John M. Johnson, Upham. Fred A. Kramer, Fargo. John J. Laemmie, Ashley. Fred A. Maser. Jr., Dickinson. Henry S. Snore, Minnewaukan. BUY W. 5S. 8. OF OATS RECORD | ON SPERRY FARM, Lynn Sperry, one of the Missouri valley’s most successful native born ; way from five bushels to 23 bushels | to the acre. A Red Cross acre. which | harvested by hand, yielded 11 bushels of good wheat. ‘ - Amsterdam day from the o. out of danger. ; Sept. 2. cial Rus: day night by a Rus PERONNE HAS FALLEN. The inhabi- |tants keep indoors fearing fresh disturbances. Moscow, the dis- ipatch say, appears deserted. : According to dispatches received here to- an telegraph agency, Nicolai Lenine, the sian female revolu- 9! tionist and who was reported to have succumbed to his wounds, is Paris, Sept. 2.—The allies are keeping up the battle in the face {Ypres to Soissons. of increasing resistance by the enemy, and they have ad- ‘vanced the fighting to include a front of some 125 miles from This is more than well informed observers jhad hoped for. Peronne has fallen and with it the last chance of the enemy for holding strong positions along the Somme. __ While important features are being performed along the main \battle line, General Mangin continues to forge ahead, adding to the enemy’s losses. General Mangin’s success is not only due to valor of his troops, but in the skill he has shown in maneuvering them. NEARING CAGNICOURT. London, Sept. 2.—The British have penetrated the the vitally important Drocourt- E cording to reports from the battle front this afternoon. Queant stretches of the Hindenburg line, ac- They have reached the western edge of Cagnicourt, about two miles farmers, has some oats which are! northeast of Queant. ‘ A large number of prisoners were taken in this forward push against extreme stubborn enemy resistance. The British advance along the Camb continuing. of Beugny, Qn this road, the British are a nearly four miles nertheast of Bapaume but it is yet definitely reported captured. _ _ SE me road is the village Ve