The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 7, 1918, Page 1

~e “ BOSTON . GENERALLY FAIR CE) THE BIS TRI BUNE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 222. 4 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 7, 1918. \ PRICE FIVE CENTS. — GERMAN RETREAT 0 SHORT HAUL FOR U.S. FOOD T0 BUROPE FREE SHIPS FOR OUR VICTORY ARMY | REGISTRARSIS. HOW AMERICA CAN SAVE SHIPS FOR SOLDIERS BIG CROWDS FOR THIRD SERIES GAME Teams Will Entrain Tonight for Boston Where Rest of Sched- ule will be Played INTEREST HAS RENEWED Chicago Took Second Match by Three to One Score BOSTON TAKES THIRD RH E; 000 200 900-2 7 0 000 010 000—1 7 1 and Schang; Vaughn Chicago Batteries: and Killifer. Chicago, Sept. 7.—With long lines forming in front of the ticket windows, | and approximately 2,500 bleacherites | in their seats at noon, indications | age from America. ta Sai aacet DE MOR ALZATION OVER THE the game'this afternoon between Chi- cago and Boston clubs. Revival of interest was attributed peruy to the Cubs’ victory yesterday, deaving the series all square, and with the perfect weather and the fact that Saturday afternoon is a half-holiday in Chicago as added factors. Tonight the teams wili -entrain for Boston, where the remaining games will ‘be played. CHICAGO WINS SECOND. Chicago, Sept. 7.—Despite the re- turn of good baseball weather yester- day, the crowd for the second game and widespread discontent in the cipally Bavarian and Silesian. Map showing the long distances from Argentina and Australia to Europe. and the comparatively short voy- WIDESPREAD GERMAN EMPIRE) ‘London, Sept. 7.—General demoralization of the population German armyare described in a dispatch to the Daily Telegram from its Rotterdam correspondent. The correspondent says the reports reaching him are sensational, but he has received no corroboration. E He asserts that the German army is stilled with despondency and that alarming outbreaks have occurrred in several units prin- One incident on the Arras tront terminated in a whole Bavarian division being disatmed and trans-! of the world’s seyies between Boston | ported to Bavaria where it was placed in a prison camp. Red Sox and Chicago Cubs was al- most as slow in assembling as Thursday. Half an hour before game time, the increased attendance was visivle in only a few sections of the bleachers and stands. The LGoston men bubbled with good nature’ as they went through their practice stunts, jigging when the band played. rag-time, jostling their opponents and otherwise showing their confidence of being able to repeat Thursday's victory. The. National league champions had their heads up and showed vicious de- termination in their preliminary -bat- ting and fielding. . The umpires today sacheted to the left from Thursday’s formation, the movement placing Hildebrand at the plate, Klem at. first base, Owens at second and O'Day at third. The cineups. the German people are in a state raised false hope in the past, but situation. have called them forth. SOLDIERS WILL HAVE VOICE IN FALL ELECTION Boston: Hooper, rf . Shean,, 2b Strunk, cf Whiteman, If ‘McInnis, 1b Scott, ss ! ee de |Hall to Certify Official Ballots Bath, p. a to County Auditors in Day Flack, rf : 4 or Two Hollocher, ss Mann, If ee Paskert, ef FOLLOWS SPIRIT OF LAW Merkle, 1b Pick, 2b } | Sea aaT Dene g Secretary Seeks to Carry Out Tyler p. Intent of Legislature as to The final Score: ‘Abasntons Boston: . | Chicago Secretary of State Thomas Hall ar- nounced today that so far as his of- Hustle Quorum to | fice is concerned no technicalities will . °. i Consider War Bill {be allowed to stand in the war of a j Vote,in the state elections for the 20,- of $24, 000,000,000; 000 North Dakota men who now, are in the military or naval service of Washington, Sept. 6—The war rev-/ their country. . enue bill, the greatest measure of its; ‘Within the. next day or two I in- sind ever brought before the legisla-jtend to act under the absent voter Scan ie parla aeliti rte amendment passed at the special ses- gress today, with less than one-thira; Sion of 1918 and to certify to county of the members in their seats to ‘be-| auditors the official ballots for the! gin its consideration. In fach there/ general election in November. There i wot even a faethe patterned would appear to be a conflict between bill to provide for $24,000,000,000 to/@2 old provision of the primary act pay for America’s part in the war for|which decrees that names may be the coming years eae ss jae | Placed on the ballot by petition with- most jour (e] 5 2 which clerks, pases ‘and officers neon a 30 days of the election date and ed corridors, the house succeeded in| this new clause resuirine that the of- getting today about half its member-| ficial ballot be certified to county aud- ship, a quorum nevertheless, and ac-jitors in order that they, may have tual consideration of the bill began. them printed and forwarded to absent ~ AUY W.S. 5. soldier voters. I intend to carry our STOLEN FLOUR. SACKS ‘ {what I believe to have been the in- CLOTHE HUNGARIANS |tent of. the legislature in passing this pete act, even though the .legislature ap- (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) | parently did err in not repealing the Berne, Sept. 7.—The clothing sup- cont.icting clause of the general elec- ply department of Budapest investi- tion laws, and the official ballots will gated the disappearance of numerous | be certified to the county auditors as flour sacks from the mills and found | directed by the new act.” that they had ‘been systematically; Inasmuch as the Nonpartisans have stolen by boys employed by women, ja full ticket, there can %e no logicat who paid them from 10 to 15 cents protest from that source, say state of- for each sack. The’ sacks were turn-/ficials. The only room for complaint ed over to dressmakers to be made! would be on the part of the demo- into gowns. crats, whose ticket at present, offers er w. ss no ‘candidate for secretary of state, Canadians Come Home. one vacancy in the railway commis- Walter L. Renfrow, who was serv-/sionership and a blank for commis- ing with a Canadian artillery battal-!sioner of agriculture and labor. It ion, has been mustered out and is now) is understood there is no disposition in iBsmarck, en route to his home.!/on the part of the democrats to op- where he will wait his chance in the: pose Tom Hall for secretary of state, new registration. It is understood that /and the same may be true in the case ‘Americans generally who come within|of Commissioner f Agriculture Ha- the age limits of the new manpower |gan and one of the railway comms-. act are being released from Canadian|sionerships. The democrats also service in order that they may joinjhave vacancies in the Second and American contingents... The Turtle) Third congressional districts. It ts Lake man enjoyed his experience|current report that the democrats do with the Canados, his only regret be-/not contemplate opposition to Rep. ing that he had no chance to get|George M. Young of the Second dis- across. S. E. Rand and J.‘A. Radford trict. It is said, however. that the of Calgary, veteran Canadian soldiers,| vacant congressional berth ‘in the are also in the city. .. 4) third district has been offered to Rep. . * ‘ Public interest today is quite equally divided. between the un- broken advance of the allied armies and the apparent signs that of nervous anxiety bordering on mutiny. The belief that something like a panic has séized the Ger- man populace is not based on stories of neutral sources which have on the utterances of the leaders of the German nation and their appeals to the German people to keep their heads while they admit the seriousness of the military General Linsingen’s stringent order, and Field Marshal Hin- denburg’s proclamation are monfested as designed to:check the chaos of the German spirit, which it is contended must. exist. to Patrick D. Norton, who was defeated by the league for renomination on the republican ticket. It is required under the new act that auditors voluntarily without any apphi- cation from the absentee voter for- ward by registered letter 45 days pry or to the general election on officia: ballot, with an addressed and stampea return envelope, and these ballots are to be canvassed by the election boards along with the regular returns. BUY W. 5. 8. SAVE THE PITS; CHILDREN WILL CALL FOR THEM Miss Lotise Fitzgerald, of the ex- tension department of the Agricultural college, is working on plans to organ- ize the members of the boys and girls clubse into squads for the collection of fruit stones and nut shells which the government has asked for. It is hoped to have the necessary instruc- lions and organization completed in a few. days but meantime, the house- wives are again urged to save the pits of peaches, plums, prunes, olives and dates and the shells from all kinds of nuts. The bulletin from Washington urging the children to interest them- selves in the collection of this ma- terial tells that seven pounds ‘of shells will make one respirator gas; mask. when reduced to a carbon which absorbs poisonous chemical gases. It will take 200 peach pits to make one mask. The quantity of fruit in North Da- kota is not large and the request came after much of the canning haa been done but the households of the city will save this material from now on, it will. be collected by the boys and girls without further trouble to the aousewives. Olives and dates are a year around food and the pits from,these can also be utilized. Your Subscription —when does it expire? Look at the yellow address label which is pasted on your paper. It shows you the date your subscription expires. THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD at WASHINGTON, just issued the following rul- Ing: ean newspapers must dis- continue sending papers after date of expiration unless subscription is renewed and paid for.” \ Tribune readers should watch their date labels and renew promptly before their subscription expires, thereby not missing a single issue. "Last day’ of grace is Oct. 1. You will have to hurry. Bismarck Tribme i America Must Save More Food Than Ever and Send It to Our | Allies to Win War Next Year. BY MILTON BRONNER. (N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.) Washington, D. C., Sept. 7—The ax- iom that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points has for the past year been pounded into the allies by the German submarine war. That's why it’s up to Americans to hit back by growing and saving more fooa | than ever before. | If we can save lots of food, we can shoot it in a straight path across the Atlantic to the allies. Thus we save time and ships,,and have more vessels left. for sending more soldiers across to’ Pershing. ‘'':? If we give hini millions of soldiers, we assure the preponderance in man: power to the allies. This will WIN THE WAR IN 1919. The whole basis of victory rests up- on food and ships. ‘Look at the map. There is wheat in India, and some of it was sneaked through the Mediter- ranean to the Italians last year—a trip of vast hazards. because the sea swarms’ with U-b@ats: ‘That some wheat’ going around Africa to avoid the Mediterranean travels 10,680: miles. The. Shortest Line. There's wheat in Australia, But it's 11,890 miles from Liverpool and 6,966 miles from San Francisco. | There’s wheat in. Argentina, but it's ‘6,280. miles from Liverpool and ar] 836 miles from New York¢ That is where our straight line comes in. It’s.only 3,036:miles across the Atlantic from New York to allied ports. In other words, if we want to send a continuous stream of ships bearing food to our allies, it requires half as many ships and half the time from New York that it would from South America; one-third the ships and time it would take from India; and one- fourth the time and ships it would from Australia. Increase Our Fleets. So that feeding the allies with Amer- ican food is like INCREASING our precious fleets. This INUREASE en- abled us to rush 1,500,000 troops to! the hard pressed allies this spring ana summer. Itis up to us eaters to say whetk- er we will make it possible to com tinue to send Pershing 300,000 men a month of whether we will greedily eat food, eat SHIPS and eat the bitter ashes of defeat! In the year which began September 1 we must send to our allies 500,000,- | 000 bushels of cereals, 4,000,000 Ibs. ! of fats 1,500,000 bushels of cereals, 4,- | 000,000 tons of sugar 900,060,000 Ibs. | of beef for civilians in addition to{ ;Mmeat for the armies and oats for the army horses. We must supply 90 per cent of our allies’ deficit in food. BUY W. 8. 8.——— \DR. GILMORE AND | \SOUTH DAKOTAN IN| | FOOD PLANT HUNT) Dr. Melvin R. Gilmore, curator of | the North Dakota historical museum. land Dr. N. E. Hanson, professor of horticulture at the South Dakota ag- ricultural college at Brookings, have left on a prospecting tour which will take them to Elbowoods, on Berthold reservation, to the Turtle Mountain| |reservation of the Chippewas and | across the national boundary into: the Winnipeg country in quest of na- tive food plants whic! re been iden- {tified by Dr. Gilm --+ which Dr. Hanson desires to acclimate and adapt for modern domestic use. The plants on Dr. Gilmore's list include a choke- ‘less choke cherry recently reported | by an ancient Mandan Indian of the | Berthold reservation which is held in high esteem as a food product. It is a@ native ef the semi-arid regions of | the great plains, and Dr. Hanson is in- clined to believe that it. will readily yield itself to domestication and culti- vation. ——a0y w. 5, $ —— AEROPLANE MAIL ARRIVES SAFELY Chicago, Sept. 7.—Edward Gardner, pilot of the second airplane with mati from New York, arrived at Grant Park on the lake front at 7:30 a.m. He spent last night at Westfield. Ind. Ar- rangements have now been made for night arrival here. The flight from Indiana to Chicago. was made within GREAT ARMY OF | READY FOR JOB Between 4,500 and 5,000 Volun- teer Workers to Serve Next Thursday MEN OF 45 MUST ENROLL Manpower Act Applies to All Who Have Not Reached 46th Birthday Between 4,500 and 5,000 registrars are now girding their loins in prepar- ation for the monumental task which confronts them next Thursday when they will be called upon to sign up as units of Uncle sam’s manpower some 87,000 ‘North Dakowans. North Dakota has 3,165 registration precincts, and next Thursaay it will endeavor to provide a registrar for each 80 peo- ple, which will mean two or more registrars in a large number of the counties. in Burleigh, for instance, there are 64 voting precincts, but there will be 65 registrars. 88 coun- ty has 68 registration precincts ana will probably use 80 registrars; Grand Forks, with 61 precinéts, will use 70 to 75 registrars; Ward county, with 76 precincts, probably will employ 90 registrars, and Williams, with 67 pre- cincts, and Stutsman, with will pro- vide registrars in proportion. i Registrants throughout the state are to present themselves at their voting precinct between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p. m. next Thursday, September 12. Prospective registrants | who will be away from home on that date may now register in person. Reg, istrants who are now out of the state and who will not return to their home precincts on or before September 12, | may register before the local board in the community in which they now chance to be, provided that their regis- ‘tration certificate is mailed in time to reach the local board in their home precinct not later than 9 p. m., Sep- tember 12. Under this clause two Philadelph- fans registered with the Burleigh coun- ty board Thursday, and it is probable that 30 or 40 non-residents have by this time filed their registration be- fore local registrars in this county. The adjutant general, repeats his warning that everyone who has reach- ed his 18th ‘birthday and who has not reached his 46th birthday must regis- ter under the new manpower act. This includes men of 45 and it also in- cludes boys of 18.'! A man who may be 46 on September 13 is on Septem- ‘ber 12 within the provisions of this act and must register according as of the age of 45. Order numbers will be drawn by fottery at Washington ‘as soon av ‘General Crowder shall have determ. ined that every registrant has receiv ed his registration card and_ serial number, The drawing probably will be conducted as have the other draft} lotteries, and numbers will be drawn from “Ohe” to the highest serial num- ber reported by any county registra-| tion board. Men will be called for ser- vice in the order in which their num- bers are drawn at Washington, as was done in the first registration. While theer is no positive informa-| tion available on the subject, it is not regarded probable that any of the new | registrants will be drafted before the first of November at the earliest.) There will be new calls the latter part of September and the first of October, but it is the present opinion of draft officials that these will be filled from registrants of the last three classes. | It is possible, of course, that volun- tary induction of new registrants will be permitted in some of these calls. | BUY W. 8. 3.——— SON OF SENATOR | HOVERSON HURT, ‘Senator Edward Hoverson and fam- | ily yesterday accompanied to _ Bis- | marck Eddie Hoverson, 4-year-old son | of the Golden Valley statesman. whe) suffered concussion of the brain when | a motorcycle which he and his broth- | er were riding skidded in a sandy} stretch of road near Beach. The accident occurred several days ago, and finally, when the boy conti ued to remain in a state of coma, it was decided yesterday t obring him to the Bismarck hospital. The young-; ster’s cohdition is serious, but under careful treatment it is hoped that he may be restored to good health. Senator Hoverson and family while in ‘the city are guests at the Grand | Pacific. ! BUY W. & | REGENTS TO MEET | Next Session in Fargo Just Be- | | fore Schools Open i | The state board of regents will hold | its next regular meeting at Fargo on} October 1. a few days before ‘the op-| ening of the school year at the uni- versity, agricultural college and the state normals.: This is done, Secre- tary Liessman announces, in order tions may present ‘final reports on their needs at this time. AUY Ha U. S| WARSHIPS TRAVEL 74,000 MILES IN YEAR. (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) London, Eng., Sept. 5.—Some idea of the magnitude of the task of Ameri- can war vessels in European waters, may be gained from the announce- ment of records for steaming distance since the arrival here in the spring of 1917. The first showing is made by the U. S. S. Davis, 74,000 miles— FRONT ENEMY 60 MILES FROM ~ PARIS AT NEAREST POINT AS AGAINST 40 MILES IN JULY Hindenburg Line Now Only Ten Miles Away From the Allies at Its Fartherest sector— Czecho-Slovak Forces Clear Siberian Railroad. ‘ (By Associated Press) Washington, Sept. —Characterizing the German retrograde movement “as a general retreat” on 100 mile front, from Arras to Rheims, General March today~pointed out that the German lines {are now 60 miles from the French capita] at their nearest point as compared with 40 miles as late as July 15th. The enemy's retreat was forced primarily he said by two op- erations. The first was that of the British on the Arras-Peronne front, and the other the advance of the American-Franco troops , across the So ‘ons plateau. The Hindenburg line is now only ten miles away from the allies at its fartherest sector. 20,000 CASUALTIES. General Pershing has sent to the Department a report of minor casualites hitherto unreported because of their trivial consequence. They total 20,000 cases up to August 20th, most of them being men so slightly wounded that’ they were returned to the ranks within a few days. In connection with this announcement, General March dis- closed, that the new policy of the Department would be to have General Pershing forward by currier twice a week lists of all |wounded. The complete list will be made public from Washington, and casualty reports cabled from American headquarters will when, the system is in effect include only dead or missing. CLEAR TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD. Regarding the Siberian situation, the chief staff that the Czecho-Slovak forces had cleared the Trans-Siberian railroad from Vladivistok to the river Volga. He added that the general situa- tion was now more favorable. , General March announced that more than 90 per cent of the entire American forces in France already have been included in the American sectors. American troops in Italy still are in reserve sectors, and have not taken part in any activities. Referring to the location of American divisions in France. General March said the 27th com- posed of New York troops had now taken its place in Flanders, while the 92nd composed of negro troops from all sections had ar- rived in the Vosges. _ ‘General March would not discuss the report that plans were being formulated for bringing German prisoners of war to: the United States. In answer to specific question, he said the entire subject of prisoners of war would be discussed at the convention about to meet in Berne, Switzerland. Organization of the first American field army in France is progressing so.rapidly that General March told Senate members of the military committee, today that neary 95 per cent: of the American troops brigaded with the British and French and as- sembled at a point he did not designate. This accounts fer the small number of Americans engaged in the present forward movement of the allies. _.,, SITUATIONS SATISFACTORY. The situation on the western front, General March told the Senate military committee today, is more satisfactory this morning than it has been in months. Good progress is being made and the outlook is very bright, he said. Improvement in the transportation facilities continues to ! progress, General March said, and the number of ships in use is not only being increased but “the turn around” is being gradually cut down. Troop ships are now being unloaded in French ports in three or sont days, while the time for unloading carriers has been re- uced, _ Further improvement in the airplane service was noted. He said 1,200 airplanes have been delivered from the factories so far. Latest advices indicated he said 800 American fighting planes are ‘now in France. . WITHDRAW FROM VESLE VALLEY. With the American Army in the Vesle, Sept. 7—Menaced by a salient, increasing in danger, the Germans today began a with-''° drawal from the Vesle valley to the right of the Americans. On the west flank the Americans held firmly while the French exerted sharp pressure on the rear, while there has been created a dif- ferent situation fyom the past few days in the region westward toward Soissons. The Germans fought more nearly in the line of their traditions, but it is believed the line along the Aisne will be quickly straightened. 5 < REINFORCEMENTS BROUGHT UP. With the American Army on the Aisne Front, Sept. 7.— Addi- tional forces and supplies were brought up by both Americans and French lastnight and today the Franco-American line was again‘ advanced. The artillery both heavy and small calibres is being used to tear holes in the enemy lines. It was brought up to the west of Fismes, where the Germans are entrenched in the canal along the river. The big guns along the American line were set into formations well to the rear while all cross roads were sub- jected to a heavy bombardment. CAPTURE MORE TOWNS. London, Sept. 7.—British troops advancing last night’ on the front to the southeast and northeast of Peronne captured the towns of Hancourt, Sorel-le-Grand and Metz-en-Couture says to- day’s war office announcement. DROP BOMBS ON RED CROSS. (By Associated Press) With the American Army in France, Sept. 7.—German avia- tors scored two direct hits Wednesday night on the large Red Cross between the wings of the French-American hospital southwest of Soissons. There were no casualties as the patients had been re- moved to nearby caves before the bombing started. Eighteen bombs were dropped on the big Red Cross within a field of white. TERGNIER IS TAKEN. London, Sept. 7.—Tergnier, three miles west of LaFere, has been captured by French troops. The French have advanced an a 20-mile front to an average depth of two miles and at some places to a depth of four miles. They occupied Tergnier without that the presidents Of these institt-| Oo position. The French also reached the forects of Coucy, and are now on a big stretch of new ground. British progressed on practically the whole battle front, with , rather greater rapidity than had been expected. FINLAND YIELDS MANPOWER. Paris, Sept. 7—A treaty of alliance has been concluded be- — tween Germany and Finland, under which the entire manpower of Finland has ben ‘put at Germany’s disposal, according to a Matin dispatch from Copenhagen. - JOINS FORCES. ‘Washington, Sept. 7.—General Hovarth, leading a re ie about 3 1-2 times the distance, around the world. U..S. S.. Sampson is séc an hour, Gardner niaking no effort at ond, 72,000 miles. tion of Russians in Siberia, and for many years manager Chinese Eastern Railroad, has gone to Irkutsk and joined ra (Continued.on Page Three.) ;