The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1918, Page 1

\ \- SEPT. 17, 1918. BUT 3077 LEFT OF ORIGINAL ” EARLY. ACTION PROBABLE: Depletion of Ratika of Old Select « Service Men Means .Prompt- 5 Call for New - North Dakota ‘has.approximately 3,- 077 men available for military Berv- ice i nthe Classes of June. 1917, and June, 1918, accordttig’ to a call made tgday for 800 men to-entrain for Camp -Grant, IIL, on (Qctover 5. and which is estimated toibe 26 per cent of'all the available men remaining: in. these two classes. \ train September 26 for Camp Custer, Mich., was made yesterday, and when the Camp Grant contingent goes in Octomer there will remain ayailable: feered Cumberland and today surren- A call for ‘127 men, to en-! CITY EDITOR: OF. NEW YORK WORLD /~ MURDERS WIFE. New York, Sept. 17.—Charles ‘E. Chapin, city ‘editor of the New York World, whose wife was found dead in a hotel room here surrendered to the police today. He walked into an up town police station. When he was taken to headquarters for an-examina- tion,.he explained ‘that his mind ha that he did not know his own name for,periods. Upon reading accounts in thp papers of his wife's death and his own disappearance, he was prompted to give himself up. ‘ Charles E. Chapin, “city editor of | the New York Evening World, famous for ‘the skill with which he directed 7 der mysteries today: in police station told the story of how hé killed his own wife. Chapin yésterday,shot and killed her in their apartments in the! dered to the police. Smoking a cigar | and continually pressing his handsgo his head, he said he had been driven to the deed through desperation caus- ed by the demands of his creditors. Approach of a policeman, the editor said, prevented his suicide in Pros- |- pect Park, Brooklyn, where he went | after shooting his wife. ——-avv w. 8, 8. GREAT CROWDS : been’ wandering for some time and! his reporters in the solution of mur-| - _°“PARSIFAL @ HONS’ ah Be ARKAS SDQUAL Nesey CHARLEPOL, unsure Maye Pe Dian’ vo aoe HUNS LOCKED | 10 POSTS 10 RETAIN LINE Yank Fighter Secs Three Ger- man Gunners Chained to Their Machine Guns THE “KAMERAD SCREEN” Teuton Trick—Kaiser’s Men Skeptical Ry HAROLD E. BECHTOL, (European Manager of the Newspaper “Enterprise Association.) London, Sept. 17.—The German offi- cers are chaining Germachin® gunners to their first line guns! Australians Victims of Typical, ; fi: 3,000 PRISONERS TAKEN "AND IMPORTANT POSTS ~~ CAPTURED FROM BULGARIA Allied Pressure Against Germans on Western Front Shows No Signs of Abating—Teutons Burning Towns on Mousele._. : x \ (By Associated Press) In Macedonia the allied forces continue their offensive against the Bulgarians with success. Important positions have been taken, and more than 8,000 prisoners captured. - Allied pressure against _the Germans on the western front ;Yeported to be burning towns in the valley of the Mousele. So successful was the first thrust of the Serbian and French troops in the Sokol region of the Macedonia front, that the attack- ing front has been extended to more than 12 miles on which the allies have advanced northward more than five miles. , Several series of ridges have been given up by the Bulgarians, who also have lost the village of Gradeshnitsa. A Jugo-Slav division is shows no signs of abating. In the vicinity of Metz, the enemy ‘is ” | Germans are reported fortifying a lipe from Antwerp to Metz, hi to which they may retreat if necessary. This means they would! edly. “Who told you Xbout it?” im. T asked / ever assembled, live from day to day . emerge. ~ for full military service only 2,150 out | of the total of more tlic (0,000 who} registered June 5, 1917, and in June) and August of this year. / ‘Ins wiil in all. probahility, mean, early acuion on the class 1 men drawn from the 87,- -00.mnen who registered in North Da- kota lag. Thursday. Reports dre ‘still lacking from three counties on last Thursday’s: registra- tion, and no tabulation has been pre-| pared in the adjutant general’s office. |, it is probable, however, that not less |’ sont than 40,000 men of the ages of 18 and | 20 and between 32 and 36 inclusive, i ‘ - iG. the classes who first are to be called| BLUE JACKET BAND COMES; “into serviee, registered. . ‘No intelli-| , GREETING WAR Anticipated That Several Thou-| sand People Will See Show in| | Bismarck - i ats Ree i gent ,estimate can be made as to the» / { from Organization Great Lakes Training Station pereentage of this: number who will; Famous go into Class 1 and become at -once availabld tor service. To Camp Grant in October Burlei 4 y¥ 4 ey county will seid 28 men; Cass, 45, al \ Make Music‘ Grand Forks, 37. this avota,’ in cach aN ¢ ) ee instance, representing 26 percent of| Reports from surrounding towns | the men of. the , 1917 and June 19%.-| give the local, Liberty loan“ommittee | classes who are available for full mill-| gauge to believe that from 51000 to 10.- tary service. ie 00Q epople will be in Bismarck mext SUN; W BiB Saturday morning to see the gréat { { \ Liberty Loan war trophy train which | ‘ j49 making a triumphal” tour of-the ane j Rorthwest < in . the ‘interests of the Fourth Liberty; loan. 4 The: war trophy. special train which will visit: Bismarck’ on Saturday is probablythe greatest war trophy ex- f j hibit ever put on wheels..” It includes . iF jalmbst everything. used by the allied z and foe armies from the German “77” M TOY \ guns, which are’ camouflaged as if in ‘ ., | fletd ‘service and mounted on flat American and British Tars Wait, cars, to ort deadly trench dag- Nae 4" gers ‘and jiminutive, out none the | ‘Eagerly for Hun Ships to >, les setfewttve hand grenades, ia Bs iy ¢ eer are two of these trains now , .7Come Out ~| touring the Ninth federal reserve dis- \ trict in the interests of the Fourth Liberty loafi.and they have been in- | Spected by hundreds of thousands of Se aS people; up to date. Each succeeding . S i" \city which the trains visit seems-bent Sailors Believe Kaiser Will Send jon turning out a bigger crowd tian in ie previous town. Each train-is'a Out Boats to Holster up [complete exhibit in itself as those in ‘Morale charge of obtaining the war trophies jendeavored ¢o obtain duplicates so By HAROLD E. BECHTOL. {that each train would be practically the same as. the other and so that per- (Faropean Manager. of the Newspaper é Enterprise Association.) sons who had séen one exhibit would Londen, Sept. 17.—The Aghting men not feel cheated in not, being able to see the other. The train which, will in the Allied Grand Fleet are aching for a scrap! visit Bismarck is in charge of Frank The ‘Americans and Britishers in H. Nutter, Jr., from the Ninth Diétrict this: greatest’ array of fighting ships DASH IS NOW EXPECTED Liberty. Loan headquarters at Minne- apolis. ‘ The Blue Jacket Band. ‘Each train carries a Blue Jacket band of thirty pieces: from thé Great Lakes_naval training station near Chi- cago. These navy musicians are a great treat in themselves. They put ‘on the hope that the German fleet will, “We dare you to come out!” is the spirit of the Grand Fleet. | - 4 get this information from a high give, up, practically all they hold of France andvhalf of Belgium. Here’sthoping the Yankee drive on Metz (at the south end of the iS y i PH TR AIN new ‘Parsifal line”) may send them back ‘soon:to that line—and : ‘beyond! ji ‘ ; \ AUSTRIAN PEACE TERMS ARE. UNCONDITIONALLY REJECTED IN ANSWER OF UNITED STATES ae es d e = . ° President Wilson: Pens Shortest Note in Diplo- matic History in Reply to Central Powers. Must Meet Allies Upon Basis Already Outlined. —The answer of the United Stafes-to the ction, upon Washington, Sept. 17. peace proposal of Austria-Hungary, is an unconditional re. The reply ‘issued “by Seeretary Lansing was almost immediatel. delivery. of ‘the official text by the Swedish minister: ’ It is a that it speaks for alk the belliégrents. The text of the answer con- stitutes one of the shortest notes in diplomatic annals:- : The direct dnd clear cut answer ‘of the Uni States: was. ac- centtjated by the promptness of the ‘reply. It is felt that: it- will demonsttate the firm purpose of this nation. The quickness of the reply will forestall any speculation or comment tending to convey a wrong impression. ifs aes : * It is felt that President Wilson has sounded the keynote for all the -alfies. - f , The ayswer started comment upon the future action of the Ger- man nation: It is expeeted by some that they will turn°to their war} weary and? war worn people and state that everything to end the struggle had been done.by them and again place. the blame for a con- tinuance of the war upon {he Allies and the United States. It is the opinion of’ other officials not, so numerous, however, that the rejection may result in Austria withdrawing from her alli- ance with Germany, Turkey and: Bulgaria.and make a complete ae- ceptance of the terms.as laid down hy President Wilson in his prev- ious-notes. / : Unqualified endorsement. of Président. “Wilson’s _ rejection of Austria’s proposal for seeret and-non-binding peace discussion was given in the senate by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, republican floor leader, and ranking minority member’of the forcign relations committee. He said he was sure it. would receive universal approval. “Gérmanyhaying brought unnumbered woes onsthe innocent world and‘appealed:ito the lust'of conquest, she shall not,now resort to talk and bargain for a decision. We mean to put her in physical bonds.”’ “He said’ be believed the President's action would put-an end to loose “and feebled talk helpful to Germany about Austrian peace offers. : acer oo cer “he President’s'reply to this stupid note will meet with univers- al appYoval. His prompt and curt refusal of the Ilimgarian offer sumed | | “In ‘front of Amieng, |three German gunners chained to their | imachine guns! : * “One of ‘em/was dead. Two were} jalive—-wounded. \ | | “They had steel cuffs locked around itheir left ankles and the chains ran to; ithe bases of the guns.and were locked {there—so they couldn’t beat it. I can: jtell you the lings in the chain were jgood’ aid heavy. I know because we! {had to cut ‘them, to take the guns and ithe two prisoners.” | 1 Wounded by Shell. | Lieutenant Gary is an old National, the Americans | |Guardsman—one of 2 i) ; nrmuEee Igaveral ‘Usps Now you may” take it, fighting vn ae Bul ai hee Sais the important peas of i é =X commun. 3 jas verified fact. ‘oziak northeast o; ‘okol.. The allied movement apparently is | FE R A W r(@} Tes Sag Toh na < ake R. 1. Gary of’ Peoria, I11.,/ aimed at the clearing of the Varda valley and the capture of Prilep, ‘an important railway junction and supply base north of Monastir. The Bulgarian war office admits that the allies have progressed in “Nobody told me!” he replied, tieat- | ne mountain region east of Monastir but say they suffered heavy I SAW ‘losses. be LOCAL ENGAGEMENT. From Ypres to Rheimsthe British and French are carrying out local engagements with success. Between Lens and Ypres the British have pushed forward slightly, while northwest of St. Quen- tin they are pressing toward Le Verguicr, which is on high ground and offers a good starting point for flanking movement north of St. Quentin. Aerial activity in the region from Laon to Metz continues and possibly may be the forerunner of infantry action on this front, French aviators have accounted for 16 captive balloons and 12- enemy airplanes. ARTILLERY FIRE STRONG. /brigaded with British and Australian jtroops. He was in the allied push! jin front pf. Amiens, and, got hit in the} jleft arm by a piece of shell. H | I found him at the new U. S. Army. ‘Base Hospital No. 37, at Dartford, just | after he had been “blightyed” to Eng- | |land from a hospital in France. i | He was sitting under a tree in the} big hospital grounds, watching anj }American.two-seater circling over- jhead and puffing a black pipe.” He j went on: “Those German machine gunners play a lot of dirty tricks. Not so many as they used to, though. . They have learned they can’t machine-gun Americans until they’re a few yards ‘away, and then fhrow up, their hands and yell ‘kamerad’ and expect to be jtaken: prisoner! ~ { | “Ever hear of the ‘Kamerad Screen’? | | They tried that once.on some; Austra- | jlians brigaded with us. A lof of Ger-/ mans appeared in a long line, 100; jyards off, without any guns, standing | |shoulder to shoulder, holding up their arms and yelling ‘kamerad! kamerad!’| | “The Aussies went up to take thme 'and. suddenly when they got’ nearly there, everyone of the Huns dropped; {flat and/a row of machine guns be-} jhind them began singing away. |. “They killed a lot of the Aussies, but they’re learning Austrlians and Americans are the wrong guys to try} their HUN stuff on!” | Huns Are Skeptical. | Lieutenant Gary has had exceptional opportunity to see German, prisoners. “My first sergeant, Bill Mettin—he comes from Illinois, too—talks Ger- man, and he examined a lot of the prisoners. Mettin ran onto a German prisoner around Amiens who went, t9 school the saine place he did. Bie “What you think about the Amé\d} 2” Mettin asked him. ‘Not many of them over here,’ re- lied the German. ‘ “Meitin told him there were nearly two million in-Europe, but. he would not. believe ‘it. - Their morale’s bad. Any of them will tell you, ‘We're bet- ter off than you are—we're “over the river”’—that’s the way they put it. German artillery fire against the new American front south- west of Metz is strong. The belief that the enemy is digging in on the Hindenburg line is strengthened by the fact that this heavy ar- tillery bombardment has not ben folowed by infantey attack. This also is borné@out by the report that the:Germans are burning towns in the Metz front. . ui GAIN.FOUR MILES London, Sept.-17.—Serbian and French troops in the Macedon- ian offensive have progressed more than five miles and have captured important ridges. More than’3,000 prisoners have been taken and 24 guns have been captured. Their casualties have been light. ¢ BULGARIAN TROOPS ARRIVE Amsterdam,. Sept. 17.—Bulgarian troops have arriyed. at Mat heuge to co-operate with German troops on the west front. A QUIET DAY . With the American Army in Lorraine, Sept. 1 quietest, day on this front since the American offen were only moderate artillery and infantry actions. digging themselves in behind the Hindenberg linc. F TOR E .BEHIND LINE i American Army Headqunsters insLorraine (Reuters) Sept. 17.— Evidence is accumulating ‘that the enemy contemplates retiring, be- hind the Hindenberg line. Heé is burning towns behind the Mosele. The entire artillery division of the German 31st was captured. The 35th Austrian division was selected to bear the brunt of the attack at St. Mihiel. It was given orders to stand until all. the Germans had retired, It suffered heavy loses. SIX KILLED’, . i Paris, Sept. 17. x persons were killed and several hundred were wounded in the air raid over Paris Monday. ‘One woman kill- ed was-the mother of six children. An-enemy machine was brought down ‘in the for of Compiegne. The two aviators started to es- cape but were captured by Frenth soldiers. LOCAL COMBATS, ; Washington, Sept. 17.—Local combats in.which enemy prisqn- ers weer;taken and further increase in artillery and aviation active ity in the St. Mihiel sector are reported in General Pershing’s com- munique for Monday. : & ROUT BOLSHEVIKI TROOUS. re Petrograd, Saturday, Sept. 14—American, British and Frenc! detachments-are reported by the Pravda to have met thé Bolshe- viki forces in battle on the Archangel front. The Bolsheviki troops after an initial success were repulsed —Today was the ve began. There The Germans are _ he had an idea that although he had naval offiger'on Admiral Si who has just petunia front the fleet. ‘Lloyd George summed up the fleet’s challenge in a recent speech‘ to a y ‘of miners: é “The German,” said the premier, “has a good opinion of himself; and fewer .ghips than we had, he was the better man and would show it when the time came. WEL.L I WISH HE! WOULD BEGIN! Our sailors have! been waiting, and waiting ,and wait- ing.” * “In this speech the prime minister voiced the spirit of the sailors so ac-| curatety. he might have been speak- | ing FOR\ them,” said .the, American naval Qfficer. e The Officers and men in the fleet now think, the. posgibility.of the Ger- | man fleet takin ga gamble is “on the! cards.” Here's how they figure it: | 1—The Germans are getting ’ staff, forth the kind of music which is cal- & ‘ | for dead on ‘the battlefied, rescued and pelted-and worsted right and left |.nursed back to fife. “He was decorat- culated to inspire. * The. boys 'them- selves are full of pep‘and this trip to them is a lark and an outing and they show their appreciation therefor by thrilling every city which they visit with music which sends hands down into the pockets “for Liberty Loan money and makes men ‘yearn, for the opportunity to don the’ uniform and | follow the flag. ; | The trains also catry soldiers who ‘Rave seen service in fighting the Hun in France and Belgium and who have ‘been sent home ‘because of wounds. with the first 100.000 troops that Great Huns through Belgium into Eranée.. He passed through so many battles that a fight with the.Prussians be- same to him like a breakfast appetiz- er. He was seriansly wounded, left complete vi J Be | Britain sent to stem fhe avalanche,of} cussion with our/enemy would mean that our losses were in vain. ‘i! our armies-and those of our allie: NEGRO SOLDIER not only was right but wise, for it will T believe, put an end to lose and feeble talk about these Hungarian offers, a kind of talk which is not only debilitating and confusing but’ distinetly helpful-to Ger- many.’’ : - ‘ “The president, without entering on any details or definitions, says the purpose and position of the United States are plain and growing plainer, clearer and stronger every day. They are becom- ing so plain that I think even the central powers soon will begin on ‘Tickled to death to oe taken er. . ‘But they're 'big, strapping fellows —that ‘weakling’ business is They seem to shell their communic: to understand them, and thew will learn that the American people ‘trade their iron crosses for food. intend to have a complete victory. They must know we intend to! have'no arguments with them about terms of peace around a table. morrow.’ “Sometimes you'll hear a Sammy| say, ‘Well, they can send,me back to- Spey . 4 A But he always laughs. None When Prussian militarism is crushed, then America and her allies, ¢;’them wouldego back if you asked| tary targets behind the linc. ‘There {s Alfred Hi O’Connor who went | will tell them the terms upon which a peace is to be offered. Until ‘em to. i tory is reached on German soil, any negotiations or dis-| “They don’t ‘like’ it, put sheyze: iit i that means fighting. They're over to| British yesterday in Flanders was pressed along the Ypres-Menin te ‘finish it quick.’ ‘There is much hard fighting yet to be-doné, and there are many) jignt, and they do fight. sacrifices yet to be made, but the light of victory is shining upon} “put they smile, too, all the time. ‘Federal Probe -/ |, Of Elections in. | CAPTURES HUN; Southern States, *. PROUD OF CATCH “The Germans never smile. - “That's the difference.” BUY W. 3. 5 — : Today’s Weather For twenty-four hours ending a! pris- bunk. be pretty well: fed, except when the allied artillery or airmen lines so-they can't get the stuff “up.j Then we get them so.hungry they'll! jon \ the chance of the on land. And as the marale of | ed-by King George V for gallantry in the German gees down, the action and especially mentioned >by kalser may “take a chance” on , | President Wilson. x a fleet-action, to revive their sink- | Our, Own ‘Yanks Coming. ing spirits, > | Then there is Leslie! W. Davis of 2The German have re- , hentycky, a man who has seen ser- <a ees about the pos- | vice in Cuba and the Philippines, but sibility of a “sea sive.” Some j who answered the/call of the Stars are demanding that the fleet “do and Stripes again last, summer and + - | was overcome by gas‘and shell bhock) in France, and Private G. H. Lang- ford of Philadelphia who carries a _ some Re 3_Neutral and Gefman papers hedenlhcloe ‘on the fall repre- genta the Gepman navy had in | gun shot wound in his, lg, and Capt. recent war council of the | Robt. L. Finch. one of the, thirteen Central Powers, and there Americaus commissioned as captains has > been mach Speculation bn the the- j by the Red Cross-and turned loose-in ory that the council decided on a sea battle, France among /the American soldiers ss for the espec'»] mission of ascertain- No naval authority will talk about |ing whether ¢ae America boys were German fleet coming | being supplied with everything which out, but they're thi ing. ,One group | money_could buy.’ If-you have a sol- holds that before they are whipped |ider boy in France and are wondering the Germans must make the venture.|whether the. governmeint is taking ‘The_other group insists that the Ger-|cgre of him. Capt. Finch has a mes- man’ know. that although they might} sage for you .\ . American adyance’ out of Chateau Land: several other-etates are under in- Thierry. a Red Cross captain was look-/ vestigation’ by the department of jus- ; when he met an American negro 80l-| viglations of federal statute /Mmiting | dier marching down toward Chateat | political expenditures... Thierry, following closely behind a/cratic and, républican candidates are | German. _ The ‘negro had -transferred | among thosein-the inquiry. > his pack: from’ his “back to the back; * SUL SY, $8 = | ape Parr = : i comets cet ae) Wil, Bstablish phantly down the ‘road. As he met} _ New Department, Qf Aeronautics, the Red Cross officer, he said: ! ee: jook here, what this tigger s = | Washington; Sept: 17—The senate STRIKE CALL a BUY W. % S-——— sink a number of all ships, they| The special train which will visit |, would be certain of defeat, and that | Bismarck carries bright, flaming ban- the kaise?! La, the fleet ners from the engine to the rear: to the laf! o,daxe it by ine- | lights. “It is composed of engine, tend- sotiation, ~~ (Continued on Page-Two.) « : . ee as! OFF. “ 4 mifittary committee’ today by a vote Cincignati, O., Sept. 16:—Cincinna-| of-11, to’ 2/ordered 4avorably’ reported tr policement called off their strike to-| the dill introduced byiSenator, New ‘day. The men returned to witk with-|of Indiana providing for establish: "Paris, Sept. 17—<During the recent | of Ne: York, Illinois, West Virginia, | Temperature at’ noon . ing about for suitabie hospital sites’ tice to Agcertain whether *there were ! precipitation . . .* Both demo- |. % i i Washington, Sept.~ 17. — Primary! noon, September 17. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) !campaign expenditures of candfdates | Temperature at 7 a. m. 3 Highest yesterday Forecast. of For North Dakota: air and warm: er tonight and Wednesday. 2 Lowest Temperatures 24 Fargo . Williston Grand _ For! St. Paul .. Winnipeg ‘Chicago .. Swift Current, . Kansas City out obtaining ies ‘from the-city. afticials relative to their demands, with a cabinet officer at its head. i . te : 3 rf : x ment of a department of Sorongetica 6. « :4| COMING EARLY| by British reinforcements and fled in panic. CAPTURE OFFICERS. With the American Forces in Lorraine, Sept. 17—An Ameri- can patrol in a raid made early this morning in the general region of Haumont, northwest of Thixcourt captured five non-commis- sioned officers and killed seven other non-commissioned officers. DESTROY 12 AEROPLANES. Paris, Monday, Sept. 16.—In aerial fighting Sunday, French avi- jators destroyed 12 German airplanes and set on fire 16 captive bal- loons says the statement an aviation activities issued today. Sun- day night bombing squadrons dropped 48 tons of bombs on’ mili+ NEAR HOOGE. With the British Army in France, Sept. 17.—The advance of jroad, and carried the British to'within a mile of Hooge. , ‘ NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE. ; 4 Amsterdam, Septe17.—The German government had no previ- | ous knowledge of the note Austria recently dispatched, inviting the belligerents to a conference, it is declared in German official cir- | cles, according’ to Vienna newspapers. H ‘ LIBERTY LOAN Interesting Echoes From Seat of War Miss‘Ednah Rust has an interesting and curious-relice,of the war—a Ger- RELICS TRAIN Lowest yesterda: es 2 man € week Lowest last nigh’ .. 38| Frank H. Nutter of St. Paul; repre- from Scrsarat aan ee wa ia ‘this Trace} senting the ninth federal feserve dis-| state some time ago while home on Highest wind veloc -/10-E/ trict“Liberty. loan’ committee, will_ac-| a furlough and spoke at Bismarck and company the war relief Liberty loan | upon St otter Fae cer . . was captured in the battle/o! iteau usa Seika rae in Ra Thierry and is an object“of much fn- over the Northern Pacific at 7:45 Sat-| terest to all who have seen it—it Bas urday morning. remaining heré until] ben on exhibition at the Evander dru 12:30 Saturday afternoon. The ttain | store—Underwood Times. z will consist of,a baggage car, flat car, AES 5 = coach, sleeper and diner. The special CAN ACQUIRE PPROPERTY - goes to Mandan from Bismarck and| Réverside, Calif, Sept. 17—Japanese from Mandan to Jamestown. born in California may acquire and re- ——swy Ww. 3 tain title to, real estate, and no via- L = lation of the alien land law result, ac- DAKOTAN WOUNDED. ~ cording to an opinion ‘ Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 17.—The follow- |day by Judge Heh a ing American name appears in to- |superior court ‘the Formo. M. Haradi. This was ‘ +e ‘superior day's list: Wounded: 0. A. fornia versus Landgon, N. D. considered a test os SSC Ps ee