The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 11, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 226. 2800 YANKS ON T BRITISH MOVING FORWARD TOWARD ST, QUENTIN WHILE _ FRENCH PRESS FORWARD SOUTH | OBSTACLES THAT FACE ALLIES. By Associated Press. With the French Army in France (Tuesday) Sept. 11—The rapid- ity of the splendid operation that wrested the initiative of the battle from the Germans and drove them behind their defensive line of} ~ 1917 to recuperate their forces and reconstruct their shattered divi- sions is no longer the proper basis for caleulating the speed of prog- ress. The allies are now in front.of obstacles that do not appear on ordinary maps, by which the general reader follows the changes of | the battle front. No map shows them in all their details, but enough is known of them to reconstitute them in a general way. HINDENBURG’S FORTRESSES. | First is the general fortification of General Von Hindenburg. It} runs from Lens , southeast to the Aisne, north of Rheims, by way of ; Queant, La Fere and St. Cobain forest. It consists of an elaborate system of trenches, multiple lines of barbed wire, block houses for! machine guns, shelter for the infantry, and is further protected by | flooded stretches of country where the dams were available for that ; purpose, i STRONGHOLD OF METZ : The second line of defense runs of defense runs from the forests | of Lille, to the stronghold of Metz, generally parallel with the Hin-| denburg line to the region north of Rheims at a distance varying from | 7 to 2 miles. From Soissons to Rheims it runs southeastward, join- | ing the old front at Verdun and continuing from, there to Pagny on | the Moselle river, south of Metz. There are secondary lines attached to this system, notably along the Scaut river, from Cambrai north be-! tween the valleys of the Oise and Zerre and northeastward from! LaFere along the Suippe river, north of Rheims. i By Associated Press | The British were again moving forward toward the Hindenburg! line in the one sector where they are still some distance of it, near the | center of the allied battlefront. { Some progress was made during, the night in the Vermand region, ! where Field Marshal Haig’s forces ‘are closing/ip/on St. Quentin from the north while the French are pushing up ftom the south. Further progress was reported today, by the British, where they: gained the towns of Peizere and Epehy, two and a half miles from the! Hindenburg line, oposite LeCatelete. The Germans are’ resisting} strongly here as this section of the line forms part of the defenses ; of Cambrai on the ‘south. ! S8TRO! a COUNTER ATTACKS : | Their resistance in this .sector-also is. taking the form of strong} counter. attacks at Gouzéancourt, just to the north. | They gained al lone British post in hard fighting here last night, but otherwise were | vompletely repulsed. ‘i The defense of Cambrai is likewise being carried to the aggressive | side by the Germans along the canal Du Nord, where ‘the British | stand for inside the Hindenburg line after having broken the Queant- | Drocourt switch. In this aggres#ive movemgnt the enemy sharply counter-attacked last night near Mobtvers, just fo the east of Queant | and at Ecort, St. Quentin, north of the Arras-Cambrai road. In hoth| eases the British held their ground, repulsing the Germans in stiff ! engagements, NOTABLE PROGRESS. The French drive on La Fere a northerly defense of the St. Gobain Sebastian is reported to have made notable progress today with the | eapture of the town of Traveey, on the Hindenburg line, two moles north of La Fere. The holding of this ground would result in out-} flanking La Fere on the northerly side. ‘ | The Germans also have ‘been attacking desperately on the French front, where the line runs north from the Aisne toward the St. Cobain | Massif. ‘They are attempting to drive the Franco-Amerivan forces | there off the Mt. Ruse plateau, the allied oceupation of which is threatening the flank of the line far to the east., All their efforts, however, have been fruitless. BEAT OFF ATTACKS | With the American Troops in Franee (Tuesday) Sept. 11, 5 p. m—| At 5:30 o’cloek the Germans began a heavy artillery action on the American lines in the Vosges region sending over some 200 proje tiles with their mine throwers. At 6:20 o'clock the enemy opened uy a strong fire on communication stations. | i { | { The reports were that 60 Germans were seen entering their lines with wounded. It.seems probable that the raid which developed | after the artillery fire was beaten off with casualties to the enemy. ! TAKE VILLAGE OF TRAVECY. Paris (Havass) Sept. 11.—The village of Traveey, near the south- ern end of the main Hindenburg line has been captured by the French, according to reports received here. If the French can hold this town, the important enemy position at LaFere, a northerly defense of the St | Gobain Massif, two miles south of Travecy will be virtually out | flanked. During August French airplanes dropped more than 629 tons of ; projectiles, according to a statement issued today by the War Office. In the same months, 270 enemy machines were downed or seen falling out of control, and,660 enemy ballons were set on fire. A third line of defense runs from the Scarpe river south of Lille, to the Meuse from Sedan, then southeastward to the iron region of the basin of Briey, which it protects from the west and south, and joining the second line at Moselle. There are secondary defense works to this line, also in the,region of Vervins. A fourth line.as yet uncompleted is intended to furnish a fur- ther defen3e between the Escaut near the Belgian frontier and the Meuse at Givet. . Each one of these lines furnishes a strong refuge for armies obliged to retfre upon it. The lines also offer to forces dwindling in numbers advantages of progressively shortening~ the battle’ front. FIRST OF LINES BROKEN. With the French Army in France, Sepi. 11.—The first of the ‘lines has been broken between Queant and Drocourt. The develop- ment of this sector may determine whether the Germans can com- pel the allies to divert to trench warfare. If they are able to join line there, the Germans will still have an uninterrupted position, in which the second line enters for only the distance from Lille to Cambrai, being continued to the Chemin | Des Dames by the Hindenburg line. GERMANS STILL ATTACKING. With ‘the American Forces on the Aisne, Sept. 11.—German troopg, were still attacking on the Ruse plateau with. desperate efforts. ‘ ‘(Contiouea on Page Eight.) ‘by persons poeseceee-- eet King Nicholas of Montenegro (left), exiled from his country, is shown here with his son-in-law, Victor Emanuel of Italy. Note | 1 the difference in their stature. Will Register in Regular Voting Precincts Be-; tween 7 A. M. and 9 P. M. Provost Marshal General Crowder expects North Dakota to-| | morrow to-register 87,000 men between the ages of 18 and 21, in-: clusive, and 82 to 45, inclusive, as this state’s contribution to Uncle! the certi Sam’s new manpower resource of 13,000,000, which will be provid- ‘ed through tomotrow’s nation-wide registration until the recent amendment to the federal selective service act. : | June 5, 1917, North Dakota registered 67,000 men. Tomorrow it is expected to list for service with Uncle Same at least a third more. Early reports from valley-counties indicate that the.regis- tration there may exceed expectations. North Dakota may tomorrow register between 90,000 and 100,000 men, Who Must Register. Every male resident of North Dakota who has attained his 18th birthday, and who‘has not attained his 45th) birthday MUST register tomorrow at his. sual polling place in his voting precinct, be- tween the hours of 7 a, m. and 9 p.m. There are no exceptions save that the SICK will be registered deputized to their registrations; FELONS ‘will be registered by the warden of the penitentiary ; PERSONS AWAIT-|/ ING TRIAL AND MISDEMEA? ANTS IN COUNTY JAILS will be treated as absente’ that their registration ¢ ers. INDIANS will be registered un- der the supervision of the commis- sioner of Indian affairs. ABSE TEES may secure from any local board registration ea be filled out and certified, turned ‘over to the absentees, and mailed | ‘jurisdiction of the area in which they permanently reside. IN CASES WHERE THERE IS POUBT AS TO THE METHOD OR PLACE OF REGISTRATION, REFERENCE SHOULD BE i MADE TO THE NEAREST LO- CAL’ BOARD, FOR, A> RULING 1ON THE MATTER, REMEMBER, if you are 18 years old and not yet 46 years old YOU MUST REGISTER TOMOR- \ROW. PATRIOTS WILL REGISTER; OTHERS MUST REGISTER. Sheriff John P. French, chairman (of the Burleigh county - registration board ,has all his registrars sworn in and supplies mailed out in prepara- tiow for the general registration of men between the ages of 18 and 21 and 31 and 45, all inclusive, to be held Thursday, September 12, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. - The list of precincts for Burleigh county, with the estimated registra- (Continued on Page..Five.) | “BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESD. A PAIR OF KIN 87,000 MEN NORTH CONTRIBUTION TO 13,000,000 ADDITION TO U.S. MANPOWER ‘State Officials Expect Registration Tomorrow, to be Third Greater ‘Than That of: Jawe’5;1917-—=| Men of 18 to 21, Inclusive, and 32 to 45 Inclusive! take}! ards whieh will | ; | except} ards will} be obtained and filed by the jail-| | _TR AY, SEPT. 11, 1918. }» REGISTER TOMORROW BETWEEN 7 A. M. AN D9P. LAST EDITION "PRICE FIVE CENTS. ——TITAX BOARD IS ' POSSIBLE FOR SAYS KOSITZKY State Auditor Would Have Tax- | ing Powers Centralized in | Equalizers weces | } | PLANS TO SAVE MUCH Asks That Offices of Historical | Association be Moved to Capital i _ Practically recommending the tboli- |tiow of the tax commission and urg- jing that supreme court judges be {Placed on a parity with yucges of the {district court, who are required each quarter to certify that no issues re-} main undecided on their dockets be- fore they can draw their pay, State Auditor Karl Kositzky in his biennial | Tepoyt to the governor explodes a num- ber of bombs which will not add to f popularity in certain official cir- cles. Would Centralize Powers. The state auditor says that tax mak- {ing powers should be centralized in the state board of equalization. which he would have headed by the govern-: or with the attorney general, treas- urer, auditor and agricultural com-} missioner as members. { | | He says there is danger with a tax-making body composed of ap- pointive officials over whom the governor may have no control of “antagonism” to the administra- tion, which might prove embarrass- ing. For instance, the adminis- ‘tration might ask a certain revenue, | {and the “tax-making body” might re- \fuse to raise that revenue, Instruc-| ltions relative to tax lexles should come from one body, instead of sev- eral, says the state auditor, who would | have the state board of equalization provided with a full-time secretary, | with at least three years’ experience as a member of a tax-making body. The present tax commission is com-j; posed of one member appointed by | | DAKOTA’S Governor ‘Hanna’ aud one’by Governor Frazier, It never, however, has shown any disposition to kick over the traces | {and display antagonism to the present ; ‘administration. | Ferninst the Judiciary. The auditor comments on the fact |that he is persona non grata to cer- |tain district judges because he held; up their pay when he believed they; were not complying with the law, and} he’ suggests that the law relative to; e required from them clean slate every ninety | showing a jit be also applied to justices of the) | supreme court. | ! ‘The auditor recommends that the} |the various departments and concen- Pah jtrated in the printing commission, in If this is generally true, | order that helter skelter claims may | not come in from unknown sources and also with a view to having the state's work done legally under the; ‘| various classifications and at the low-/ est contract price. More Power Asked. He would give the state auditing board more power. He-advises that the state carry its own insueance on | | | cS {| | | i Where to Register Mcn of the ages of 18 to 21, inclusive, and 32 to 45, inclu- | sive, will register in Burleigh | county tomorrow between 7 a. | m.-and 9 p. m. at the regular || for wolf and coyote bounties. polling places in their precincts. (Mr. Kositzky feels there should In the city of Bismarck, the be some qualification examina- i i e i tions for state employes, and that renee plac a peall: be 38 public jobs not be used to pay v4 ersonal political debts. He asks First Ward— tt ts that a standard wage be fixed, North Ward School. calling attention to the fact that Second Ward— the state treasurer pays two book- ildi ,. whi he qtat Faunce Building. keepers $1,500, while the qtate Third Ward— auditor pays only $1,200. New High Schoo! \ Fourth Ward— Northwest Hotel Fifth Ward— S00 Hotel Sixth Ward—- Fire Hall EVERYONE MUST REGISTER aggregating - $38,000 per annum. He ges that an appropriation be made iw | He would have the degislafure give| \the state auditor authority to draw, :| direct on the various counties for the ks that | ‘| care of their insane, and he asks | ‘| closer restrictions be thrown around | | the admission of patients to the state | (Continued on: Page Four.) | jeonsolation in the ol days be made more specific and that! | {distribution of printing be taken from | | state property, thus saving premiums), {to pay $32,000 in outstanding claims}! MOTOR LIFE RPEDOED SHIP ALL SAVED BY SLIDING : DOWN ROPES TO DESTROYERS | WHICH STOOD AT CRAFT’S SIDE: Transport Got Separated From Convoy and was Catching Up When Submarine Attacked Her— Steamer Was Beached. ALL SAVED. By Associated Press. London, (Tusday) Sept. 10.—A troop ship with 2800 American soldiers on board has been torpedoed. Al hands were saved, ‘The troop ship was beached, To save time instead of launching the boats. the men clambered down ropes fo destroyers, which sfamned the stricken vesseh and came alongside, ry The troop ship was a member of a large convoy approaching the English coast and was torpedoed 200 miles from shore at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The transfer of the American soldiers from the stricken vessel to eseprting British and American torpedo boat destroyers was made without injury to anyone, ALL SAVED. They all eseaped injury when the torpedo exploded and they were soon on their . toa British port. There were no signs of panie on board and the admirable behavior of the men was expressly gratify- ing to the officers, i q Many of the troops came trom Chicago and Cleveland and a large percentage of them were factory hands of foreign extraction, Their behavior proved that they had assimilated the spirit of the American soldier, Several soldiers told the A marine lifted clear out of the w and then disappear completely. GOT BEHIND CONVOY. The ve had gotten behind the convey owing to some trouble, but she catching up fast with the convoys when she was struck by the torpedo from the sumarine. Many soldi did not wait to dress, but mode for the deek With what: litle clothing they could lay hands on. The water was'rushing in at such a rate that it was thought the steamer would founder quickly. Some means was appar- ently found to check the inrush of water and she got near enough to the shore t obe beached. It is hoped the vessel ea nbe saved ulti- mately. An Inland Rest Camp (In England) Sept. 11—The majority of the 2800 American soldiers from the ship which was torpedoed but v not sunk and upon which there were no casualties, have arrived here none the. worse for their experience... The men are finding some s of their ve! in the assurance that the sub- marine which attacked her suffered far worse fate at the hands of her avengers, which hunted the U-boat with depth charge : ciated Press that they saw the sub- ater after a depth bomb had exploded, "RUSSIA HAS NO | HIGHWAYS SAYS BRIDGE EXPERT Kerensky Representative As- serts All Money Has Gone Into Railroads P LANGER TELLS HALL TO SCORN COURT RULI An error has been made in stat- ing that Attorney General Langer | has never furnished Secretary of state Hall with an opinion relative | to the course which the latter should take in relation to placing the league’s amendments on the of- ficial ballot. An opinion written by ‘Mr. Langer on July 14 and which |) | has just been reported to the press y | advises Mr. Hall that it is not for || him to determine whether the peti- tions under consideration are of | the same nature as those which | “formed the issue in the New Rock- ford capital removal case, nor was | it Mr. Hall’s province to determine | | | WOULD COPY AMERICANS ‘ ‘Russia has no highways, says John Zubko, bridge engineer, hignway de- hah nial ee .|Partment, Russian mission of ways | the suffi pad ot oe babar pe of communications, who arrived yes* iivtha:New ROEKIord Enea, ana: Mco | terday to study North Dakota's high- Langer advised that it was his 1) Way system. . “In the olden times opinion that Mr. Hall should. pro- || when the czar needed a road to travel ceed with the’ advertising of ‘the ;from one place to another, it was built, and when a courier of the ‘cza roposed amendments and ti ; s rere Sn the-offictal renee © place | | had occasion to travel over a highway = already built and tound it bad, it was ; repaired. Then came jae railway, and | Russia devoted every penny it could |levy to the construction of the finest jand most convenient railway system jin Europe. And highways were neg- ted. Today we have no national m of highways. We have a na- nal highway department which co- | operates with local departments, and | when a mistake is made or something is not done each blames the other. Be- ‘cause of our poor roads, in all Russia, with its 200,000,000 people, we have less than 100,000 automobiles while here in America with 100,000,000 peo- | ple, you have more than 3,000,000 cars. | After the war we hope to do some- | thing, and for that reason we are now | studying your American ways. | “Most of all,” continued Mr. Zubko, |“we need your American road-building | + -% BUY W. 5. S. Passes Through Bismarck En! Route to Boston in Overland Four Roadster by them to the local board having} between the ages of 18 and 21, ; inclusive, and 32 and 45, inclu- | | sive. j ‘ AUY.W. . §——— STATE BANKING BOARD BACKS UP | U. S. GOVERNMENT | _ The state banking board has adopt- ed: a, resolution requiring all corpora- tions,--co-partnerships, companies, as- sociations, etc.. and jndividuals desir- ing to be admitted to North Dakota under the blue sky law to first com- ply with the requirements of the cap- ital issues commission at. Washing- ton D.C. This commission was auth- orized by an act of congress passed in April, and the state banking board will work in conjunction with this commission and the national govern- ment in an effort to curtail all invest- ment and new business activities which are not deemed essential and which may deflect into other channels capital which is neéiled- in the con, duct’of the war. : 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: ‘All newspapers: must dis- continue sending papers after date of expiration untess 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. You will have to hurry. 1. Bismarck Tribune cinensitgninnicand | Miss Florence M. Pettee and Miss | Mabel L. Bishop are passing through this city on their return to Boston); after wintering in southern California. Miss Pettee crossed the continent by ; motor last fall as special correspond- ent to Motor Life, and will continue | to contribute to this magazine after j her present series, begun a year ago, | |i completed. She is also on the staff} ‘of the National Magazine, and is a contributor to other periodicals as well. After an extended tour of the na- tional parks and famous playgrounds en route. they are now on their way; to visit the Overland plant at Toledo by invitation, as they are making| their travels in an Overland light four} roadster. They carry an emergency camping equipment, as well as a portable type- writer and other conveniences for an extended tour. Their many thousands of miles of touring have taken them over the best and the‘ worst roads in the country and have shown them made-in-Ameri- ea marvels of wide variety. Upon their return to the east they will have svent about sixteen months in encir- cling-the United States by motor. machinery. In the past we have done all this work by manual-labor. It will be impossible after the war to find this labor. We must do every- thing we can by machinery, and we will look to America for it.” Today State Engineer Jay W. Bliss and the Russian bridge engineer are inspecting state highway projects near Dickinson. aLter they will visit oth- er sections of the state where work is in progress under state and federal supervision. ——aur was. MUST CONSERVE ON GASOLINE Washington, Sept. 11—Fuel Admin- istrator Garfield informed the senate j today in response to the Lodge senate resolution of inquiry that unless con- servation steps are taken immediately there would be a deficit of approxi- mately one million barrels of gaso- line at the end of the year. At the added, there was month's supply shad: