The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1918, Page 1

v { 5 ae id ' ] ) 3 Sa} THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR ——__—____—_ THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. Ne 5 221 THE BISMARCK TRIB BISMARCK, NORTH WAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1918, LAST EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITISH AT GA’ DUTY OF DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT SOCIALISM, BANGS TELLS STATE COMMITTEE “No Man Can Be Socialis: States”—Declares Townley, LeSueur and Bow- en Stand Firmly Back of Infamous St. Louis Platform. “It is our duty as democrats to op- pose the socialists nationally because they are traitors to the high prin- ciples for which we as a nation are fighting and which have been so well enunciated ‘by our leader, Woodrow Wilson; it is our duty to oppose them in North Dakota vecause they stand for the confiscation of all private prop erty; because they plan to tax out of existence all rights vested in the indi- vidual.” In these words George A. Bangs of Grand Forks who delivered the key-| Hl note address to the ‘North Dakota democratic central committee Wednes- day afternoon summed up the reasons which his party has for active and unrelenting opposition to the Nonpart- isan league whose leaders Mr. Bangs" described as having swallowed whole the tenets embraced by the American socialists in the. platform adopted in April, 1918, at St. oLuis and reaffirm- ed in the recent. national convention at Chicago, and which the speaker de- clared the “most damnable and the most damnable declaration of princi- ples ever made ‘by an organization of men.” The Duty of Democracy. “The duty of democracy in North Dakota lies in opposition to the instd- Jus campaign of socialism which has been carried on in this state for the last two years or more,” said Attorney Bangs in opening his address to the convention. “The leaders of the Non- partisan league when they first proached the organization of the farm- ers of North Dakota for the righting of certain wrongs met with at least qualified approval from a majority of, the thinking people of the state. Bul ie as time passed, and the true natyre 0! this propaganda was disclosed and the character and disposition of. the | | righting wrongs. t and be Loyal to United men at the head of it stood revealed in all their hideousness, there was a revulsion of sentiment. Today all thinking men in North Dakota unite in ocndemnation of the individuals them- selves and the principles upon which they have based their propaganda. Campaign of Socialism. “It has been a campaign of social- ism pure and simp.e. The same men who had gone up and down this state for years preaching these doctrines jtook advantage of this movement to impose their propaganda upon an un- suspecting people under the guise of! In House Bill 44 their aims finally stood’ revealed in all their hideous nakedness. House Bill! 44 was nothing more than socialism in- carnate. As vultures flock about car-! rions, so have national and state lead- ers of socialism gathered avout the} Nonpartisan league banners. What is! Townley, what of LLeSueur and Bowen | and Thomason. and Mills and Kate! Richards O'Hare? | “And what of the movement itself. ! SS lto other diseases. Sal ARMY CUSTOMS AND_ ‘THE REASONS FOR MAINTAINING THEM. Gen. Hugh L. Scott Tele Why Intensive ‘Training: Is, Neces- for Men Over There Ry GENERAL HUGH L. SCOTT The average young man that comes from civil life to the army is physi- cally soft, and very few have had ath- letic training. They have been too busy in offices, warehouses or fac- tories to think much about developing their physique; and after their day's work, have gone home tired physical- ly and mentally, to look for some form of amusement to quietly relax, such as is afforded by the theater. They have not been taught to take care of their health, and most of them | are. pale and undeveloped, and are subject to coughs, colds, and a prey The army needs men of the highest type, in the best physical condition, and no one is permitted to go over- seas who is not fitted in every way to stand the strain of the duty expect- ed of him over there, and meet the conditions we kndw will confront him. Every soldier is examined again and again by surgeons of the highest type, and if the man is not fit, he is trans- ferred to some organization of the idepot brigade in each camp, that suits jhis particular case. It may be the Development Battalion, where his con- dition is treated until cured, it may be he has a hernia that can be cured by sutgical operation, or a condition | of the feet which proper shoes and ; Service with some light work will cor- rect and permit of sending the recruit abroad with a later contingent. Never has there been a domination so! complete. Tweed of New York, Pen- rose of Philadelphia and Quay of |; Pennsylvania were mere pupils in} Bossism) when we compare their} work with that of Townley in the} house chamber across the way; in the! ante rooms and committee rooms of’ this capitol; in that old hotel building , down town, here in Bismarck. Scenes ; have been enacted there in the impost- | tion of the will of one man upon the? midds of a great aggregation of peo- ple which have,na parallel in his- tory. No Loyal Socialists. “NO .CAN BE A TRUE SO- CIALIST "AND BE ALOYAL CITIZEN: (Continued on Page Four.) JOHN BLOOM 1S MASTER OF BUT WEAK QUARTET Democratic Intreiguer Re- ' vealed on Floor BYERLY GIVEN LANDSLIDE} _— { Harmony Prevails in State Cen-| tral Committee Meeting in Spite of League i Only four votes were registered against the reelection of W. K. Byer- jey ot velva ag chairman of the demo- cratic state central committee Wed- nesday afternoon. John H. Blogm, the Devils Lake league publisher who leu the attack on Byerley, commanded his own vote and that of three Nonparti- san league associates on the state cen- tral committee. They »were C. P. Peterson of Bisbee, author of the reso- |? lution attacking Red Cross workers and others engaged in patriotic activi- ties who were unfriendly to the league und which the house was forced to re- ject in the special session last win- ter; Nels Magnuson and Dell. Patter- son of Donnybrook, a league house member sitting as a member of the democratic central committee who campaigned the third congressional district for J. H. Sinclair of eKn- mare, a republican. Patterson nomi- nated Byerley’s only opponent, Her- man Nelson of Ray, and Byerley’s vote lacked just four of being unanimous. wr. R. A. Bolton of Jamestown was elected secretary. On the resolutions committee were named H. D. Albert, J. H. Mann; M. H. Avid, J. E. Camp- bell, E. J. Hughes, A. J. O’Keefe and k. A. Johnson. . The platform commit- tee named consisted. of John B. Fried, John Peterson, J. N. Kelley, Charles Simon, Edward Garvey, George A. Isangs, S. J. Ratcliffe. The committee on committees, to which was left the choice of an executive committee, con- sisted of R. J. Murphy, E. J. Hughes and A. C. Sigurdson. -The committee on Credentials, A. C. Sigurdson, Wil- liam Schutt, George Standish, S. J. Doyle and R. B. Murphy, seated all the delegates and proxies present. Thirteen committeemen were recog- nized by proxis, all of whom were recognized. William Lemke, chairman of the re- publican state central committee, un- animously reelected, announced at the opening of the peace 9 that proxies would not be recognized. ——turw.as AERIAL POSTAL | SERVICE STARTS; New York, Sept. 5.— Aerial postal service between New York and Chi- cago was inaugurated this morning when Max Miller, in a large aeroplane, carrying a sack of mail left Belmont Park at 7:09 o'clock. In order to dar. Ty out the program of making the flight within ten hours, Miller plan- ned to speed at more than 100 miles an ir. Stops will be made at Lock''Haven, Pa., Cléveland and Bry- an, 0. On'aSturday ‘a return flight will ‘be made if weather conditions permit. Se MILLION RAIL EMPLOYES GET. SALARY BOOST Those Earning. Considerably Less Than $100 a Month ’ Beneficiaries $150,000,000 TO PAYROLL Washington, Sept. 5.—Nearly a mil- lion railroad “employees including clerks, tracklaborers, and maintenance of way men are to receive wage in- creases of $25 per month over the pay they received on January 1 last un- der an order issued by Director Gem eral McAdoo. | This order affecting half the rail- road men in the United States ana adding approximately $150,000,000 ‘to the pay. roll represents the second) largest aggregate wage increase, ever granted in American industrial his: tory. It is supplemental to the een. ral railway wage increase order of three months ago, providing for $300,-| 000,000 increases. Most of the employees covered by | the new order have made constder-| ably less than one hundred dollars per | month, BUY W. $.3,-—-— INDIAN SCHOOL WILL: HAVE NEW | DIRECTOR SOON, Temporary Superintendent Ex- pects to Proceed to Position at Tacoma R. I. Thompson, superintendent tem-! porarily in charge of the Bismarck | Indian. school, hopes 'to be relieved; within the next week of two, when he will proceed to Tacoma, to take a per- manent post. The opening of the school is set for October 1. Allen Dickie of Keshena, Wis.. has already arrived to take up his duties as gen- eral instructor, and Ferdinand Lerch of Rock Island is here to assume! charge of the industrial department. | The electrical work is nearing com- pletion ,and good progress is being made with repairs necessitated ‘by the explosion of the heating plant laser winter and with the interiar decora-/ ting. Supt. Thompson, who has been in charge for several months past, is. a maff who has spent many years in the national service. He was in South- ern China for some time, and the last eight years he spent in the Philip- pines. He came hither from Wiscon- sin, where he had temporary charge | of an Indian school, and he goes into permanent Indian service at Tacoma. ——surw. ss Changes in Time Zones Recommended Washington, ‘Sept. 5.—Changes in the standard time zones. in the Unit- ed States, moving the /lines slightly westward are made in a tentative re- port made today by the interstate commerce committee. It is proposed to unify the time changing practices of trans-continental railroads. jand tle will to conquer. ‘hygiene, they are protected from vice, jencouraged to play games, and are To insure that every man is fit be- fore starting, every organization held in readiness for overseas is combed {by the surgeons, with their specialists, | again and again. These specialists have X-ray and other machines at their disposal with large and well equipped laboratories to be used when} ° ‘any doubt is developed in the exami- nation. One of the most numerous condi- jtions for disqualification is that of flat feet. Among the remarks of Abe :{Martin found in many papers was seen this: “Abe Martin says—‘Cold feet won't help you, they will have to be flat,’” and unfortunately most of the shapes of shoes worn by men and women in civil life conduces to every ill the foot is heir to. The writer has known this for 40 years, he caused a change of the lasts for shoes at the West Point Military acad- emy in 1906, which practically elim- inated the cadet from the sick report ‘on account of his feet. practically. the same kind made by our ‘quartermaster department on lasts recommended: by the Munson Board of Officers, and our military jhoes are now probably the best used i in any army, and tend to cure foot blemishes. Moreover, it is made one of the most important duties of. the company officers to superintend the fitting of the shoes of every man in {the company. Given proper shoes and clothing, and an absence of physical disability, ! it is the purpose of the various com- manders to gradually train their men by various exercises adapted to their particular needs to bring out all their ‘muscular activity, their endurance un-| der strain, their ability to withstand disease, to give them aggressiveness At the same time they are instructed as to personal cleanliness and bodily! surrounded by every possible agency to refine and keep clean both body and mind. No army in the world has ever been so protected, or has been so free from vice of all kinds, both in the United States and France. . “Neither the Time nor th the Farmer. This was fol-; ilowed. later -in the army by shoes of | ‘yond the tired mus LEAGUE TWICE REFUSES TO ENDORSE WAR AIMS OF OUR NATIONAL HIGH COMMAND i leet service tion,” Explains Senator Jv I. Cahill of Leith—; Nonpartisans Praise Own Patriotism, Forgot GEN. SCOTT i 1 Former chief of stail tells Tribune | readers the reasons back of army In- stitutions. » v5 This physical and mental training has a tremendous effect upon the man in every way. It makes him go into; battle with confidence in himself and in his officers. He knows he has been‘ trained to the minute, that he need not think of his body, that it will re-|y spond to the need of the hour and be |}. adequate for the occasion. This is the ideal condition toward |} which every soldier consciously or un- consciously is striving. If conscious- ly, it means that he is looking be-| s and aching feet of today, realizing that the muscles | that ache tonight will be all the more! supple tomorrow; that the blistered | feet will soon become tough and strong, and will carry him joyously into battle at the proper time. It means that he will realtze that | the tiredness of today will bring about | the triumph of tomorrow, and that care and patience will change him in a marvelously short time from the bent, pale, office-bred man to an erect, self-respecting, sturdy young athlete who fears nothing, and is well on his) way to become what the world is; learning to admire—The American | Soldier. : | OO i i | e Place for Such Resolu-' | Dakotan. GEORGE WELCH DIES AFTER A BRAVE BATTLE Beloved Citizen of Bismarck Called Away this Afternoon; Long Illness PIONEER OF TERRITORY Came to Bismarck Before State- hood—Served in Many Pub- lie Capacities George ‘A. Welch, one of the oldest and best known of Bismarck business- | men ,and a man long prominent in tho! political and civic city, passed away life of the capital, at his home on Fourth street at 2 o'clock this after- | noon after a brave struggle for life extending over more tban a year. Eighteen months ago the deceased was seized with an affection of the throat which rapidly involved all of | the glands in his neck. He went to Mayo Bros.’ hospital at Rochester, Minn. ,and submitted to a complicated operation which appeared to greatly improve his condition. After spending a number of weeks at the hospital he returned home .and for a time seemed his old self again. Recently he was suddenly stricken with partial paralysis resulting from a blood clot on the brain. and altho he rallied several times, it had been apparent to his family for some time past that the end was near. Typical Career. The career of George Albert Welch was typical of the successful North He was successively a farm- er, a stock man, a merchant, sheriff, and state senator, and there are few| men in North Dakota who enjoyed a wider acquaintanceship, who had | more real friends or who had achieved | a reputation so enviable. He was a man whose life was so lived that at jits close he could look back over it without a regret. At the time of his death he owned a half*interest in the pioneer, hard- ware firm of French & Welch, a splen- did thousand-acre farm in the south- western part of Burleigh county and various other realty holdings. Born in Minnesota. . ‘Senator Welch was born in Olmstad jcounty, Minn., on March 14, 1866, a son of George W. Welch, a Minnesota p?- oneer of Scotch descent, and Phoebe | Petty Welch of an old New York state family. He received his early educa- tion in the common schools of Minne- sota, coming to Dakota territory May 1881. He seized the first opportun-| {ity that presented itself and ‘became a cow-boy on a frontier wakota ranch. Later he turned to farming, for some time he freighted by wagon over un- settled reaches of country and then he entered railway construction work. Each winter he resumed his studies, defraying his expenses out of the sav- ings from his meagre summer's earn- jings. In this way he fitted himself, for the important place which he was} to fill in the development of his state. ; Early in his career he was elected a ‘ounty commissioner of Burleigh coun- | (Continued on Page Two.) BUY W. 8. 8 ¢ 27 MEN GO TO ILLINOIS CAMP FROM BURLEIGH Large Consignment of Selects Under Old Registra- tion Leaves Friday Bruleigh couny Friday sees 27 se- soldiers off for Grant, Rockford, Ill. Four select serv- ice men preceded thither the fore part of the week, but this will be the first} contingent of full-time soldiers to be sent to the Illinois camp. Of the 28 here on No. 8. The first contingent of selects in Friday’s schedule will consist of 19) Morton county men picked up at Man. dan. At ‘Steel 13 Kidder countyites; ‘Camp | Holding that “it was neither the|state much money. The platform time nor the place. for the considera-; adopted points with pride to the bank tion of such a resolution,” the Non-| deposits guaranty act, the moneys and Partisan league resolutions commit- tee in the biennial convention of the republican state central committee Wednesday afternoon declined to re- port for approval by the committee of the whole a resolution introduced by one of the members endorsing Presi- dent Wilson and his war policy. The author of the resolution, Fraser of Di- vide, later brought it up on the floor of the convention. ‘A special commit- tee was appointed to further consid- er the resolution. and its support sus- tained the resolutions committee. The final action on the subject was greet- ed with faint applause. William Lemke was reelected chair- man of the republican state central committee without opposition. He is one of the committee of three con- trolling the Nonpartisan league. He ruled upon opening the convention that proxies would not be recognized. This ruling unseated Ernest L. Peter- son, publisher of the Dickinson Press, holding a Stark county proxy, and one other delegate. Peterson is an anti- leaguer. Patriotism Commended. The resolutions adopted paragraph by paragraph by the leaguers endors- ed individually and collectively league members of the state administration, especially commending them for their “patriotism. efficiency and economy.” if ‘The administration was complimented upon the fact that it: had saved the credits act, which the platform states has added a million to the state's as-/ sessed valuation; it praises the ef-/ forts of the administration to lower interests rates; approves the federal farm loan administration, and partic-| ularly endorses the “splendid and un- equaled war record of the state admin- istration.” | The platform commends the gov- ernor and other state and county of- | ficials for responding to the federal) government; it points with pride ‘to| the fact that the cost per inducted man inthis state was $1.83, as com. ars with a national. average of 73. Theleague amendments to the seed and feed bonding act. which caused so much trouble for the farmer last; spring, are singled out for most em- phatic approbation as having been responsible for an -inerease of 1,000,- 000 acreage in the state’s seeded area | this spring, and the idle-acreage con- scription resolution of the stare coun- cil of defense is endorsed as having added another 300,000 acres. The platform “commends particu: larly the loyal activities of the state council of defense.” Give Farmer His Dues. “Hadn't we better hand the farmer pate ke meekly protested Dele- ite George Rosé of Dickey county at this juncture. “They. said ; \ (Continued on: Page Six.)\. Pee Sa will come aboard; Benson will add 12, | Sheridan, 7; Stutsman. 33, and Griggs, |12, making the total complement 123 for this train. The boys will reach Camp Grant on Saturday evening. This the first general movement of Flickertail fighting men to an Iilf- nois camp, and the last general move-; mnt under the old registration, wilt) see the entrainment of 1,000 full-fledg- ed fighters during the week. North Dakota has other large-sized contin- gents at Camp Dodge. Des Moines, Ia.; | Camp Custer, E'attle Creek, Mich.; and; Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash., while it is represented by one or more men in practically every training camp on the American continent. ‘All of today’s men wear the regula- tion khaki arm band which designates them Uncle Sam’s select service sok diers. . — —auy w. 5. s——— Oriental Limited -Goes Into Ditch; 13 Are Injured Minot, Sept. . 5—The Oriental Lim- ited on the Great Northern railroad was wrecked three miles-east of here this forenoor by spreading rails. Three cars turned over and 13 were injured. No one was killed. The train was running at low speed when the accident occurred. The en- gine, tender, and mail coaches. stayed on the rails, but the diner, a coach and sleeper went into the ditch. ES OF CAMBRAI —_ GERMANS RETIRING NORTH QF VESLE WITH AMERICANS AND FRENCH IN PURSUIT Entente Forces Capture 16,000 Prisoners and More Than 100 Guns in Drive—Yanks Going Over Top'Along Vesle Front. (By Associated Press) The British after their victorious drive through the Hinden- burg defenses are knocking at the gates of Cambrai but apparently jare pausing before attempting to force an-entrance. Prisoners to |the number of 16,000 and guns exceeding 100 in number have been |taken in this advance. Meanwhile the center of greatest activity has shifted to the |Franco-American front where the Germans retreated north of the Vesle with French and Americans in full pursuit. Between these two sectors, another noted German retrograde ;movement is in progress. The town of Guiscard has been captured, and the French have pressed beyond until they are now little more than two miles from ithe important road center of Ham. They are approaching Ham on both sides of the Somme. The Germans here are apparently head- ing back for the St. Quentin-LaFere line. j TAKE 16,000 PRISONERS. London, Sept. 5:—Marked progress was made by the British along the Flanders front last night. Pleogsteert village has been captured as has Hill 63 southwest of Messines. On the Lys front, the British hold the general line of Voor- mezzeele, Wulvergehen, Ploegsteert, Nieppe, Laventie, and Gi- ivenchy. From Neuve Geete southward to Givenchy, the British ae reached the line they held up to the German attack April 9th last. \ On the battle front at‘Cambrai an improvement in the British position at Moeuvres is Feported. The positions to the east of 'Hermies, near the canal Du Nord, just to the south, also have been improved. Still further south the British have captured the vil- lage of Neuville-Bourjouval east of the canal Du Nord. - More than 16,000 prisoners and more than 100 guns have been |taken by the British in the last four days. YANKS MAKE PROGRESS. with the French moving with them on their left, have advanced from the Vesle to the edge-of the plateau on the line from Bren- jnelle, Vauxcere, Blanzy, and Baslieux. The Germans nearest this line along which they might make a rear guard defense of any consequence are opposite the plateau paralleling the Aisne, over which it is obvious they, ‘have removed their stores and heavy ‘artillery. The advance of the Americans in force began at four o’clock ithis morning, and patrols one after another have gone over all day jand, meeting sharp resistance at some points. After a month on ‘the Velse, during which they have been subjected to a gentle pres- |sure night and day, the Germans appear to be heading straight for the Aisne and their old positions on the Chemins Des Dames. The jextent of the retreat is not announced officially, but it is per- | missible to say that substantial progress has been made by the ; Americans. VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS. With the American Forces North of the Vesle, Sept. 5.—Vio- lent explosions were heard this morning. The Americans believe the Germans are destroying tlicir ammunition dumps. Other explosions took place in this region during the morning. Bazoches and Fismette were occupied by the Americans dur- the night. These towns had been evacuated by the Germans | ity we other wounded men who had been abandoned being ‘ound | fF i LINE BEING READJUSTED. | With the British Army in France, Sept. 5.—South of the |Scarpe a large portion of thc German line is being readjusted. | VICTORY STILL SMILES. Paris, Sept. 5.—Victory still smiles on the allied armies. The jenemy is in retreat along the whole line from Ypres to Rheims. Yesterday honors were with the French and Americans on the al- ied wing, which at last gained the rewards of several days of imen crediter to Burleigh; 23 entrain | effort. The enemy who has lost heavily in men announces by a hur-, | ried destruction of material his intention of abandoning if he has" | not already done so Chauny, Jussy, La Fere, and probably Ham. There can be no doubt of his retiring in the general direction of St. Quentin to take up the position of the Hindenburg line that he held after the withdrawal in 1917. Only this time, the allied troops are forcing his movements and pressing hard on his heels causing him heavy losses. In a short time now the allies shalt have recovered all of the ground lost since March, and shall have gained east of Arras a position which is a threat to Douai and Cambrai. DYNASTY AT STAKE. Amsterdam, Sept..5.—In speaking to the constitutional com- mittee of the Prussian Upper House to fulfill the Emperor’s pledge for remorms of the franchise, Chancellor Von Hertling said that in ‘honest conviction “with this serious question the protection and preservation of the Crown and Dynasty is at stake.” . GUISCARD CAPTURED. With the French Army in France, Sept. 5.—Guiscard, north of Noyon, was captured by the French this afternoon following a general advance of from 4 to 7 miles from Mont Simeon to the canal Du Nord. HUNS CROSS AISNE. + With the Americans, Sept. 5:—The Americans following up the retreat of the Germans moved over the plateau between the Aisne and Vesle today, and by noon their elements had filtered into the slope on the northern side, of the plateau. Aerial and other observers reported that there was every indication that the main body of Germans had retired avross the Aisne. It is expected machine guns and perhaps artillery resistance will in the lowlands near the Aisne. Last night and thi passed with nothing more serious than a long range of the American rear line. os! a With the American Army on the Vesle, Sept. 5.—Americans, é