The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1918, Page 1

eee nt -account ‘for this shortage when it is ened THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. THE BIS 228, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 14, 1918. 334 BISMARCK MEN IN FIRST. | DRART CLASS: Almost 50 Percent of Total Reg- istrants Included Within Initial Call: WILL GET QUESTIONNAIRES Men of 19 and 20 and from 32 to 36 Inclusive on Active List — day indicated that the manpower registration Thursday had not’run so far above the 13,000,000 esti- mate as thought yesterday. i New York will show. only 96 per- cent of the advance estimate, and Chicago and Detroit are reporting . fewer men than they estimated. Probably within the next two weeks, at. the direction of Provost Marsial General Crowder, questivnnaires wil! be mailed Yo 334 Bismarck registrants. This iv the number of capital city men of 19 ard 20 and of 32.to 36,-inclusive, who registered for selective service. ‘Thurs : Bismarck has more, men of 33 than of any other class included in the re- cent registration. Seventy :nen regis- tered as of the age of 33. The small- est class is composed of men of 44, of whom but 30 registered, ang the next smallest is of the men of 42, of whom only 31 registered. Registrations for ‘the various» ages as reported to Sheriff French, for Bis- marck, follow; 18, 36; 19, 27; 20, 32, 21, 3; 32, 43; 33,70; 34, 35, 42; 36, , 66; 38, 67; 39, 49; 40, 34; 41, 49; 42, 58; 7; 44,30; 46, 31. In addition to. the local, registrations in Bismarck on Thursday, 196 regis- trants at large registered with Coun- ty. Auditor Flaherty, This brings the total registration for Bismarck up to 799. or ‘approximately two-thirds of the provost marshal general's esti- mate. The third whichis missing rep- resents Bismarck’s voluntary enlist: ments in the various branches of the ‘service, as well’ as the officers who have been commissionod from this city aster. attending ;the-‘stveral: officers’ training schools. It is not difficult to recalled that Bismarck before the se lective service act became overative’ sent to the, front two full . *fantry companies, two headquarter cc mpan- jes and a supply company for North Dakota's two regiments of national guard. Voluntary enlistment in the army and navy and the marine corps since America’s declaration of war have been very heavy. The rural precincts’ registration na- turally was ‘heavier because of the] larger number of men within the age limits covered who are engaged in the essential occupation of agricul- ture. In Lyman township, for in- stance, Sheriff French estimated’ a/ registration of 15. The township early in the day used up its allotment of registration cards“and made: applica- tion\ for 49 more. As soon as all the ~ registration cards are returned to the local board they will me numbered serially, and this number, as drawn in the lottery at Washington, will determine the order in which the registrant be- comes, liable for service. The lottery at Washington. will not ~ held until the provost marshal, general is satis- fied that every registrant has been assigned a serial number. The fact that a registrant rtcelves serial No. | from his ‘local board {s no indication thmat he will be/among the first call- ‘ed for service. In the first draft draw- | ing. it will be recalled, “258” was the initial number drawn. Questionnaires will be furnished | only to the men of 19 and 20 and, to: those between 32‘and 36, both in-| clusive, Provost Marshal... General Crowder having announced that these classes will be the first to be called. RUY W. 3 - STATE HAIL FUND Practically Ail Premiums and Loss Clams Filed State hail insurance premiums re- ceived to date aggregate $19.700, and losses. which have already been ad- justed total $31,450, reports Thomas | J. Sheehan, hail insurance deputy in the office of Commissioner Olsngss. | The cost, of adjusting thege losses has been 3835.. Mr. Sheehan knows of only two claims which remain unad-} justed. / ——r w, 83 ——— SAVEYOUR | ‘FRUIT PITS | ° + o. The federal labor'reserve board of Bismarck. has taken’ charge of the collection of fruit pits which - are to be used’ in the manufac- ture of the carbon which helps our Yanks over there to withstand the gas attacks of the Huns. Chairman Whitney has named as | named as a special committee for. this work Harry Woodrhansee and E. H. L. Vesperman. Harry has greed to furnish a barrel, and “Ves” has promiged to paint it. The receptacle will be stationed in front of Harris 4 Co.’s.on Fourth street, and everyone, who eats a peach or olive or cherry er pium or other fruit having a pit the. pit ‘The KS TAKE ONE ROMANOFF STIL IN. RING D DORE DMTTrAr Grand, Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch, orice an heir to the Russian throne, has been commissioned a temporary cap- tain in the Royal Guards of the Brit- ish army. GRAND JURY 10 PROBE SINS OF EMMONS COUNTY Judge Nuessle Calls Inquisitory Panel to Convene at Linton October 8 Judge W. L. Nuessle of the sixth district court yesterday served the clerk of court of Emmons county with an order for the calling of a grand{ jury for October 8. A petition con- taining the signatures of more than ten per cent of the qualified voters of Emmons county had been filed with the judge; requesting that he: order a grand ‘jury empaneled. This demand for a grand jury, the first which ‘Emmons county, will, have had in: years, arises*from the killing of Mrs. iE. L. Perras by a,,Hazelton mob which: was seeking. her, son-in- law, W. W. Daugherty, who, was:charg-| ed with having hoarded-a large _quan- tity of wheat: ‘Cecil “Pennington, the ‘Hazelton drayman who has conteased the. actual. shooting of -Mrs. *Perras, gaye. himself up the night of the crime and has since been held ‘in’ the coun: ty jail*here, charged with murder in the first degree. Fifteen othér nem- bers of the mob were arrested on’or- der of tate’s Attorney. Scott Cameron, and a number, of the ‘mst prominent were held on-charges: of ‘rioting:. The prosecutor stated at the time that ‘this charge carried with ,it the crime, of murder or any other offense which may have . been: committed by the niob, if it can be proved that these al- leged rioters were members. of the mob. f Friends of Mrs. Perras and Daugh- erty. alleging, it is claimed, that the state’s attorney was not acting with sufficient severity, soon after the pre- liminary hearing of these alleged rioters, began the circulation of peti- tions asking that a grand jury be call- ed. 'The required number of signatures was obtained about ten days ago, and these petitions were filed with Judge Nuessle. 5 The grand jury which convenes Oc- tober 8 at Linton will have power to investigate any law-breaking ‘within the borders of Enimons county which may be brought to its notice, and the body may remain in session as long as it sees fit. The October term of court in Emmons will open October 8, one week later than ordinary, to as- sist the farmers in getting: their crops out of the way, The petit jury is call- ed for October 11. : BUY W.3'8 To Claim Exemptions For Rail Employes Washington, Sept. 14—Regional di- rector of sthe airlroad administration, were instructed today to claim de- ferred draft exemption for railroad general officers, shopmen, trainmen, skilled workers, telephone and tele- graph opearters and other: essential employees. ‘ DONS. TOGA 8 PAT Pat Harrison. who beat Vardaman in’ the Mississippi Democratic ‘‘prim- ary for U. S. senator, goes to the other extreme in hair-cut fashions. Old Vardaman never did apply the shears tq his locks. while Pat—well, take another look at his picture above. {IN PENITENTIARY | met was made today by Brigadier Gen- DEBS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS | Motion for New Trial is Denied by Court—Out on $10,000 | .sMOVEMENTS RESTRICTED Cleveland. O., Sept.. 14—Eugene V. Debs, charger with violation of the| espionage act, was sentenced to ten years in the Moundsville, W. Va., pen- itentiary, on each/of three counts of indictments here ‘today. The sentences will run concurrently. Motion ‘for a new trial. was over- ruled and an exceuption on behalf of deefndant was allowed. A mojion for | the arrest of the sentence was also overruled. The court admitted Debs to $10,000 bail with permission to | leave the northern district of Ohio{ only to go to and remain at his home. ! ~The Crimes of Debs. _ Egene V. Debs, four times Socialist | candidate for president of the United States, was indicted for violation of the espionage act as an outgrowth of | remarks he is alleged to have made in an address on June 15, before the state convention of the Ohio Socialist party at Canton, Ohio. The indictment containing ten counts, was -returned by the federal grand jury of the northern whio dis-| trict on June 29 and Debs was taken; i into custory the next day. Then followed a legal battle in which counsel for the defense sought) to quash the indictment on the ground | that the free speech section of espion-| age law as passed and amended by, congress is unconstitutional. Federal: Judge ‘D. C. Westenhaver, who presid-| ed at the trial, overruled this motion. | Judge, Westenhaver is so ruling also disregarded four of thé ten counts in view of the. government’s announced | intention of entering a nolle in each/| of them. The court reserved decision on three of the remaining six. counts, and let the following counts stand: Attempting “to cause! insubordina-| tion, disloyalty, mutiny or refusal of duty in‘the military or naval forces. | Aattempting to obstruct the recruit-; ing or €nlistment oservice of the Unit- ed tates... * vpposing the cause of the United States by words. Concerning the reservation of decis- ion on the thrée counts Judge Weste2-| haver said: { “Each of the three remaining counts, | except. perhaps one. is sufficient in for mand substance and is unobjec- tionable on the ground of dupiicity. “Any. contention that the espionage | law is unconstittuional is. in my opin- ion, frivolous and entirely devoid ur merit.” \ His Canton Speech. In the Canton speech Debs was al- eged to have declared that the pur- pose of the allies in tie war is the same as that of the central powers, and to have urged his hearers to real- ize that they were “fit for something better than cannon fodder.” It was charged he declared himself equally as guilty as Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, recently convicted of violating the es-! pionage law, praised the Bolsheviki| and the I. W. W. and counselled his audience not to worry over the charge of “treason to the masters.” | : ~ Conviction on the counts charged | carries a penalty of twenty years im-| prisonment and a $10,000 fine on each count. United States District Attorney Ed-| win S. Wertz is in charge of the gov- ernment’s case, assisted by Joseph C. Breltenstein and Frank 8. Kavanagh. | Morris Hillguit of New York, former ocialist candidate for mayor of New York, Seymour Stedman of Chicago, ; who defended Rose Pastor Stokes, Jo-| seph W. Sharts of Dayton, Ohio. and! Morris Wolf of Cleveland are attor-) neys for Debs. - BUY W. 8. $—— Rumor of. Cotton Price Fixing is Cause of Slump New Orleans. ‘Sept. 13.—Announce- | ment ‘by President’ Wilson that if found necessary. a basic priee would be fixed for cotton, caused a_sensa- tional opening on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange today. In the first few, minutes of trading prices dropped on an average of $11.50 per bale. As compared with closing price yesterday quotations ranged from 227 to 235 points lower,on the active months. It was. the widest drop, ever recorded. here in a similar period of trading. BUY W. SS. 25.000 NURSES Z NEEDED AT ONCE! Washington, § Sept. 14.—Denial of re- cently published reports that the nursing needs of the army had been eral Riqghards, who stated that 25,000 nurses must be obtained. before..the end of ‘the year. General Richards said that more than 16,00) are now on the'rojls of the army nurse corps. leaving 9.000 still to be obtained. It is-estimated that before July 1, next, 59,000. will be needed. BUY W, SB MINTOSH FIRST IN Beats all Other Counties in State But it wasn’t the Jong haiy, that beat Vardaman. His anti-war record in the senate did that for him. Pat is Amer- ican through and through. Anything which spells defeat for the kaiser looks good to Pat. — He'll. make . a good United States senator. The toga will fit him snugly. : ti Reporting Registrants — McIntosh county, whose registra- GENERAL MARCH PAYS HIGH | | _ =). ENCIRCLING LAON This map shows the immediate danger of capture by the, allies in which their advance has placed the ciiie8 of St. Quentin, Le Fere and Loan, all bulwarks of the Hindenburg, line. The battle line is today’s line. \ TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN ARMY; “HOT STUFF” SAYS. CHIEF OF STAFF PRISONERS GEN, PERSHING’S FORGES IN TWO DAY'S DRIVE INTO HUN LINES TO DEPTH OF 13, MILES Salient Completely Wiped Out by Drive Which is Unexampled for Rapidity and Dash—General Petain Gains Successes. - GERMANS ALARMED. (By Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 14.—With the American offensive at their very doors, and stories of a long range gun about to beturned loose on their towns, is giving the war a new aspect to the Germans. An official dispatch today quotes the following from the Mulhausen Tagblatt: “The American offensive in upper Alsace and the long range guns supposed to be intended to reduce to ashes the towns of this country is madly alarming the in- habitants. Even people of high ranks tremble at the news like little children listening to ghost stories. “All measures for the eventual evacuation of the Brand duchy of Baden to Freisburg already have been en.” (By Associated Press) The scope of the victory won by the American army contiues,. to grow. The number of prisoners taken is now said to number 20,000, which is virtually the equivalent of two enemy divisions. General Pershing’s forces in two days drove in to a depth of thirteen miles, which is the approximate distance from the tip of the salient below St. Mihiel to Hattonville, a mile and a half north | of Vigneulles, through which the American line was last reported as runnirig. WELCOME AMERICANS. With the American Army in France, Sept! 14.—Thirty-six hours of fighting netter General Pershing 155 square miles in the ' St. Mihiel salient, which had been in German hands since Autumn, 1914. The inhabitants of this salient were absolutely ignorant of historical events of the last four years, knowing only what their captors had told them. i American soldiers entering the villages received the same rep ception as was given General Pershing and Secretary Baker. Age men and women seized the hands of the officers, soldirs and cor- Washington, Sept. 14—Elimination of the St. Mehiel salient] respondents, laughing and crying, and kissing their saviours. The by the first big American offensive and the consequent reduction of: that sector by 22 miles, General March said‘ today, is of ex-| treme importance in that it gives the allies a much better base/ ‘for future offensive operations.” General March paid high tributes te the American’ forces,} where in less than wo days wiped out this salient, the narrowest and most “angular onthe entire Western front. ‘ The operations there, he said, weer not only a tribute to the staff but to. the individual: soldier. “It’s hot stuff,” he said warmly.. 2 | No report has-yet come from General Pershing indentifying any individual units which participated in the advance. General; March, however, announced the composition of the staff which under General Pershing planned and executed the movment. This: staffiis ntirely: different from the general staff of the Amtrican expeditionatyforces, which remained in its entirety at the expedition headquarters. Capture of the salient was accomplished by quick sharp blows! on both flankes, General March explained. ‘The Americans ad- vanced across a difficult terrain, consisting of dense woods. NORTH DAKOTA "ewe Namive MEN T0 DODGE #:eitecisas oes Co. made their appearance on Bis. Call for 800 to Entrain Fore Part marck markets today as an unu: al autumn delicacy. The ‘berries are selling at 25 cents the pint, and there is a good demand for them. Other fruits of all kinds . are unusually high. ‘Concord of October Received by grapes, usually retailed at this time of year for 25 cents the bas- | ket, are selling at 55. Pears are eee ae a dollar the bushel higher than | Provost Marshal General Crowder). they were last year. | has called upon North Dakota for 8vy| BUY W. 8. | selective’ service men to entrain for! HUN GAS MASKS NO | Camp Grant early in October. It is} LONGER SAVE THEM. | i | } | | Fraser RIPE NATIVE §, ° little children laughably imitated their elders. READJUSTING LINES. The Germans are reported readjusting their lines on the edges of the former salient, the probabilities being, however, they are not being allowed to do this in peace by American forces or French on the flanks. - ; : - What further development the offensive may have js uncer~ tain at present, as even the news dispatches today throw little light on the, prospects. ? Whatever the immediate future may hold. however, the ulti- mate effect of the drive, which completely wiped out the salient with a rapidity almost unexampled for such a large operation. is bound to be important. If the offensive were undertaken for the purpose of opening up the way for a subsequent drive against Metz, and possibly the important Briey, mine fields, now in Germah hands, that has already achieved a large purpose. jj Ban . CAPTURE MONT DES SINGLES. South of the Ailette River, the French captured Mont Des Singles, and the village of Allemant, and Sancy. The French also reached the edge of the town of Vailly on the Aisne. The French advanced for a distance of- between one and two miles on the eleven mile front. The attack was launched at five o’clock this morning. One division at an early hour had taken 1,000 prisoners, making a total of 1,800 Germans captured on that front alone. In addition to 15,000 Germans captured by the Americans in the St. Mihiel salient, more prisoners are coming in. The inside of the pocket has not yet been cleared, and it is expected more guns will be taken. COUNTER IS WEAK. The counter attack against the Frenchmen advancing on the Ailette River front appears to have been weak, although the Ger man front line was strongly held. In their attack of the River Aisne. the French also made satis- factory progress and captured prisoners but details are lacking. The advance of the French threatens to turn the flank of the German defense position on the Chemin Des Dames and also en- dangers Laon. . OPINION DIVIDED. understood: that these-men are to be| | selected from the ranzs, of 1917 and} June, 1918, registrants, although no {details are yet available to the press. ‘The quotas for thé various counties have not beef made up in the adjutant general's office, pending the receipt of (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n.) London, Sept. 14—German gas masks no longer ‘are a protection against ‘the new British poison gases, say advices from the front. The Ger- man prisoners have been explaining their heavy losses by saying their | mask is effective against allied gasses | for only three minutes, after which, | unless the wearcr can escape from the | fumes, the gas penetrates the mask. | reports on registrants from several counties. ———1vY W. 8. 8 —— Boy Plays Soldier; Kills Sister’ With ~~ Shot Gun’ Charge While the two young children of Mr. and Mrs. Martin .Smith> residing three miles east of Haynes, were play- ing soldier, the little be, nine years of age, pulled the trigger of the shot- gun he was carrying, blowing the top of the head off his sister, Mabel, seven years of age. The two children were alone in the .kitchen of the home wher the acci- dent occurred. The mother was out- side doing some chores.and the father was at work in a nearby coal mine. The little boy picked up the shotgun, in the magazine of, which there were several catridges. ~ The little fellow Mawiaged to work a’ shell into the barrel and dischargé”the gun. ~ The unfortunate girl happened. to be right in: front of the gun and. received the full charge in the head.. Death was instantaneous. AUTO BANDITS MURDER TWO Denver, Sept. 14—The killing of Patrolman’ Luther ‘Mahill, - here early today. brought the casualties in- ~ RRA Your Subscription —when does it } +e. 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: > eA 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. 1s You will have to “hurry. tion fesume was in by noon Friday, was the North Dakota to re- port ‘to fs Renertil Eraser re- sults! of~Phureday’s general_registra- jon. fluicted by. the automobile bandits. tnd speran terrorising Colorado jprings and Denver Be Rh to.two officers killed; on fatally injured, and one probably fatally injured. = * | Washington, Sept. 14.—With the St. Mihiel salient wiped-out iby General Pershing’s army, officials here were divided today as ‘to the next probable move of the American froces and the amount | of booty fallen to them during the first task assigned them as an in- ‘dependent operating army. Latest reports from the front did not make it clear whether the Americans and French had halted on a new line running in the shape of a bow from Fresnes to the Moselle river at Pagny, where the German border was in sight, or still were pursuing the enemy. Many observers were inclined to the belief that any de- fense position must have been closer to the border, as it is there jonly that natural defense ground was located. The importance attached to this operation was emphasized not alone by the fact that General Pershing himself commanded the Americans, but that General Petain, the French commander- in-chief was also on the ground., The speed of the Americans from the south and those from the west made a juncture some twelve miles northeast of St. Mihiel was surprising in view of the fact that no less than seven German divisions opposed them. That {many divisions were identified ’ by the prisoners taken, which iGeneral Pershing reported last night, numbered 13,000. WOUNDED ARRIVE. Paris, Sept. 14.—The first group of wounded. who arrived at an evacuation hospital behind the battle line today from St. Mihiel sector forgot their suffering in the joy over the beating given the Germans. A captured German officer declared “the Americans were terrible adversaries,” the correspondent says. The fighting is described as one of the severest especially in the woods and along the railroad line. Scarcely:two hours after \the attack was launched, the Germans started a éounter attack with three divisions, which were unable to stop the Americans. “The American troops,” adds the correspondent,: “showed magnificent bravery and disregard of danger, while some of the French went into battle with their colors’ flying and the men sing- ing the Marseillaise. : BRITISH ADVANCES. ? London, Sept. 14.—Field Marsal Haig’s forces have occupied Auchy-lev-Lan-Bassee in the Lys sector, accoring to the officia announcement issued today by the British war office. oy 43.) |. Several attempts made by the Germans to.recover their es $5 (Continued on Page Three.) © ~ arin 00%