The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 24, 1918, Page 1

» the : ‘ee ne wee PATS THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR YOUMANS BANK CLERK BREAKS INTO MEETING Jack Hastings Boasts that Town- ley Will Back Him for $50,000. PATRIOT EXPOSES HIM ‘ Pays His Respects to Leaders of Kaiser’s Aid Society in Dakota. Minot, N. D. Sept. 24.—"I'm the president of 30 banks; I can give you a bond of $50,000 in a half hour. What are you holding ‘me for? So. proclaimed, J, J. Hastings, a bank clerk recognized as the ‘“finan- cial agent” of A. C. Townley, presi- dent of the Nonpartisan league, when he was taken to the Minot police sta- tion Saturday evening after a rowdy performance at the Lyceum theatre, during the progress of the aiidress made here by S. J. Doyle, Democratic candidate for governor of North Da- kota. - Hastings entered: Mr. Doyle's meet, ing some time after a Nonpartisan league lecturer and a group of six or eight friends, made an unsuccessful attempt at stampeding the meeting by leaping from their seats and quit- ting‘ the hall, Hastings and a friend in his com- pany had been in ythe theatre but a moment or two, seated at the rear of the hall. when they arose and went far tothe front, within two or three seats of the stage. Tries to Break Up Meet. (Mr. Doyle was discussing various of the Townley doctrines that are be- ing attempted in ‘North Dakota, and when Hastings forthe third time, interrupted the speaker with an in- solent “laugh, Mr. Doyle gave the young .man his’ attention,’ declaring that’ if Hastinga.had come in for the purpose of breaking up'the gathering, he’. would - do. well’ to’ at least ‘be gentleman enough to announce his purpose, Cries fromthe audience of “Phrow him. -out,’ were quieted. by Mr. Doyle ‘who declared: he desired the. young man°to stay and receive a ‘pit: of instruction that might be of ‘value. to bim. SS ‘The ‘dressing. up” apparently had the désired “effect; for; while Hastings remained for the’ balance, of the ad- dress, he didn’t’ interrupt ‘again, At ‘the ‘conclusion of tle meeting. he ad- vanced: to the stage and ‘offered to shake hahds with Mr, Doyle, but was quietly. but forcefully informed. by, candidate that he, Mr. Doyle, wasn't. interested, in making the ac- quaintance of the interrupter. x Remarkable Raise. After the meeting, Hastings was taken into custody by Minot police, and it was while at the police station that he declared himself the president of 30 ‘banks, with the nower to pro-; duce a $50,000 bond in a few minutes. Just a few months ago“ Hastings was a small salaried clerk in a bank oper- ated in Minot by Grant Youmans. He now represents the Townley in- terests as an officer in the Scandi- navian bank in Fargo. Thes promise’ of Hastings’ friend that the young man would be given proper attention the; balance of the evening resulted. in. the abandonment of any charge against him, and he was permited to return to his hotel without further, incident. _ Makes Good Impression. ‘Mr; Doyle. spoke to a fair-sized Wudience inthe Lyceum theater and made a. splendid impression. It: was the concluding: meeting of the first week of his campaign, and Mr. Doyle declared, himself well’ pleased with the reception so far accorded him. He hag had some very good crowds despite the fact that the people of this district? dre exceptionally busy. In his Saturday, night address, Mr. Doyle called attention to the rather ‘remarkable coincidence brought out in the expoanre of the ‘brewery in- terest controfied ‘Washington Times, and its connéttion with the Nonpar- :tisan’ league leaders and its support of the Nonpartisan league doctrines. “Tt may mean nothing,” said Mr. Doyle, “but it ig a rather remarkable fact. | Usually, one associated with congenial ‘company, and that may ex- plain the situation.” The Mills Doctrine. The doctrine that is being preached broadcast over North Dakota by the Socialist, Walter Thomas Mills, was characterized~ by. Mr. Doyle as the “doctrine that ‘poisoned the mind of Kate Richards O'Hare, drought her to the ‘bar.of justice in a federal court and condemned her to a felon’s cell and for a/term of five years.” Mr. Doyle was addressing the local audience when he presented the case of Mills,-the Socialist speaker who ‘is now touring ‘North Dakota under the auspices of the Nonpartisan league, and who has. for many months past been traveling up and down the state, under the pay of A. C. Townley, social- ist head of tha leagde. How the lists and the I. W. W. have operated. in close harmony in dear cgt ene Sas fonparti ie fo was. disclosed by Mr. Doyle. acy ©. 8 “a, AT DUNSEITH. Meare Flach = prow oF ne state board of cont is inspecting state: tuberculosis. sanitariam. at Dun- seith with’a view to determining how much: must ‘be asked of ths legislature for the ensuing two years. : a. << ——— 1 LUND: | GAME. Deputy. Si e Tetprag Mio pellevethe shortage of {Ambassador Jusserand Presents “| candidate who were. defeated in the! KING OF LOAN | SHARKSLEAVES | SEVEN MILLIONS! New York, Sept. 24.—Daniel H. Cole- man, known from coast to coast as; king of the loan sharks, left an es- praisal filed here today. UY Ww. §. << — FORCE ONLY ARGUMENT. ‘TOEMPLOY YT ‘Two Handsome Vases to , American Government. oe MARSHALL ACCEPTS GIFT ‘Washington, Sept. 24.—Ambassabor Jusseraud of France,.in presenting to} j the senate today in behalf of his gov-) ernment, two handsome vases in rec- ognition of the reception by that body of Premier Vivian and Marshal Joffre, when they came to welcome America ; to the ranks of the allies, said the na- tions. fighting Germany feel they are; moving to the evening of “der tag”! when Germany’s power for evil will) have ‘been crushed. H Although now “prattling of peace,” ; the: enemy, the ambassador said, un-! derstands no argument except that of force, and “the allies and their asso- ciates intend to use no other.” In accepting the vases for the sen-| ate Vice President Marshal assured | {the ambassador of Americais devotion} to France and ofits intention to fight | on with France. until “justice wipes | away all their tears and fears and un- til justice obliterates, although it can: | not. wipe out, all the scars of their} wrongs.” at yw. 8. 8. WALTONGOES | ONBALLOT AS |. “INDEPENDENT” iWell. Known Ward... County, Leaguer: Nominated by In- | dividual Petition. “Whether ‘the supreme court decides their - élection’ contest favorably> or otherwise, Anthony Walton, ‘state president of the Equity and a league floor leader in the last assembly, and{ Burt Solberg, Nonpartisan legislative | Ward county primaries’ will have a! place on the ballot next November. In- dependent nominating — petitions con- taining 300 names or more ‘have been filed’ by the league in behalf of both of these candidates, and another inter- esting contest is assured in Ward county, where G. A. Reishus, author of the absent ‘voters’ act amendment | which ‘gives the soldiers a voice in the general election, seems to be the jonly independent candidate who will jhdve a walk-away. Reishus originally | was a leaguer, but at the special ses- sion last winter he stampeded. The league has also filed independ- ent nominating petitions in behalf of S. S. McDonald of Grand Forks in the 7th district; Jacob M. Johnson, Ed- ward E. Cole and Robert B. Blake- more, all of Fargo, in the 9th, and H uw. Huseby of Kindred. and Paul E. Bukholzz of Davenport, in the 10th. All except the last two are assured a place on the ballot. There is a ques- tion in the case of the 10th district legislative nominees as to whecner their petitions contain the requisite number of signatures. All gf the ne- titions are uniform, having been pre- pared by league officers and circulat- ed in districts where the league had no legislative candidates at the prim- aries, or Where the Nonpartisans .fail- ed of nomination. The democrats, have filed independ- ent nominating petitions, which will place on the ballot in November as candidates for the railway commis: | sion J. L. Harvey of Cando, M. P. Johngon of Tolley and Adam G. Less- meister of Harvey. ‘M. P. Johnson is a member of the present board, hav- ing been elected two years ago as a leaguer. disagreement with Town- ee resulted in hs ex-communica- ion. i BUY W. 8, $.——— CONSUL POOLE ~~ INSWEDEN Washington, Sept. 24—U. S. Consul General Poole has arrived at Helsing- fors from! Moscow and is due n Stock- holm tomorrow. News that the consul general had passed the Finnsh border in safety reached the state depart- ment today. On its receipt Secretary |ontered dsclosed that a week ago he otdered Mr. Poole, the last American official remaining at the Bolsheviki capital to leave Russia.” No reports are received of the Brit- ish and French consul generals, et are the “hands of the Bolsheviki and at whose sid Poole: insisted in re- maining ‘until. officially called away. anew. ss MRS, HANEY HERE. Mrs. J. A: Haney: of Miles City, for /:|many years a resident of Bismarck, is. here with her little daughter Mary, . B. Land, who is receiving surgical attention at|ed to eucceed Walter Hines Page as} | St. Alexius. Mr. Haney, formerly of the Bismarck firm of' Knowles & Haney, is making good in the jewelry business at Miles City. tate of $7,399,240 according to an ap-; i ion—the line that will never end THE FLOW—German priso to the rear. MONTANA LIFE SORETARY IS GIVEN HONOR’ Harry. R. “Cunningham Made| Member of National Execu- tive Committee. i Harry “R. Cunningham of Helena, Monti, generalsecretary of the Mon- tana Life Insurance Co., was in the city Monday attending a district meet- ing of Montana Life-agents called by. S. D. Cook, state agent. Mr. Cunning- ham was en route home from Chicago, where he had attended the annual American life convention, composed of 150.of the leading dife, insurance companies. The Montana life. man was honored by this convention by be- ing elected a thember of an executive committee of three which is to handle the important life insurance proplems which are expected to crop out in this, county during the next two years. Representing a northwestern company which..: is:comparatively young, Mr.| Cunnihgha: had), not solicited the/ honor “which ¢a8e as a most agree able surprise. His duties will neces- sitate many journeys to Washington for conferences on matters affecting the life insurance ‘business. Monday's agency meeting here was attenied by 14 Slope representatives of} the Mon- tana company. | Mr. “Cunningham _ reports that the next meeting of the American life con- vention will be held in Omaha BUY W. 8. 8. LITTLE DOING BIT. James A. Little, railway commis: | sion rate expert, is devoting bis, vaca- tion to’ harvesting at McKenzie. Wn AMBASSADOR . 1 i" John W. Davis, solicitor. general of | the United States, has been appoint- ambassatior to. Great Britain. He. is. now if eBrne, ‘Switzerland, conferring |. with German representatives on the exchange of prisoners. id THE EBB—American soldiers marching’ “{shinkG until the wal ners taken at < AAR RAINEY ‘OFFERS TOP: PRICE: FOR CORN’ SHOCKERS W. P. Rainey, whose farm. is 1 1-2 milés: distant fromthe. Martin: Bour- gois ‘place; has offered. Commander. Jack L..Whitney the top price for the season for his shock troops. Mr. Rainey advises that he has 32 acres of ‘corn to be shocked, and that he will pay. the. volunfeer shockers $30 for the job. “This is a nice little bit for the-Red Cross, and: [ know that our old stand- bys will be ready to go to it,” said Mr. Whitney today. ‘We intend to tackle the Rainey job Thursday even- ing, and I hope thet all former mem- bers of shocking parties, with cars if they have ‘em, will report at the Grand Pacific at 6 sharp, Thursday evening, ready to buck into-this propo- sition.” BUY W,&. 8 ODDS AGAINST PEACE BY JULY CUT 6 104 Lloyds Gets Plenty of Bets Now. That HUNS Are on the is Run American Offensive Helps to Make Wagers on End of War Popular. BY HAROLD E..BETCHOL. (European Manager of the Newspaper Enterprise Association.) London, England,’ Sept. '24.—Lloyds will bet-you-6.to 4 that peace will not be declared by June 30, 1919. Eehind that. announcement is the whole summarized story of, the war situation. The odds are ONLY'6 to 4 because the Germans are on the run; because it is only a-question of; 2 compara- tively skort time: until the allies will have: won the decisice victory; because Foch is apparently intent on) > keeping the. Germans going and is beating the'German chiefs at maneu: ver; because the allied troops haye the’Germans scared; because America is out. to)<finish it quick” and because sudden-. collapses, after the first “crack” are by no, means new in war. The odds’ are’ not even because America, and the other allies too, in- tend to whip Germany until she as- knoWledges she’s Whipped even if that means marching on: Berlin. _ 3 The betting is brisk. Which means a number of the, more Optimistic jermany.can be decisively beat- Len by next.June i2).:and are putting up $540 expecting..to celebrate the victory’ by: collecting” $100. °° > ier. —— AT! ARE. “Waters, state bank eamare, looking after Bethancourt during the recent. offensive marching {Communications of German Armies in Buglaria TEUTONIGBALKANARMIES RETREATING IN DISORDER BEFORE ALLIED OFFENSIVE Almost Entirely Broken—Fighting on West Front Not on Large Scale Last Few Days. MAY DETACH NATIONS _ , Paris, Sept. 24.—Turkey and Bulgaria, says the Mat- in, in discussing the military importance of the reverses imposed upon them, may be detached from Germany, but it will be'byesuccesses of the allied armies. and not by in-’ trigue. Turkey and Bulgaria may be glad to treat with the allies, but the entente believe they must first crush the military. power of these countries. ' \ GERMANPLOT ~ SUSPECTED IN ~ BURNING GRAIN | Attorney General Langer Goes to! | | | McClusky on Trail of | } Wilhemmites. Attorney General William Langer, | i jin the absence of State Fire Marshal | | Reade, left last evening for McClusky! {to investigate reports that attempis| have been made, by alleged prc-Ger-| man agencies, to burn grain stacks} in that vicinity. This is the first re- port of the kind that has reached the state fire marshal’s office, although a number of suspicious elevato: fires| have been reported and investigated. “IT am not of the opinion that we have any large number of German agents at work in this state,” said Deputy Fire Marshal O. T. Haakenson; of Towner today, in commenting upon} the! McClusky matter. “We are going | {to leave nothing undone, however, to |check the activites of any kaiserites ; whom we may have with us. efforts, of courst,, will be directed} chiefly at the destruction of fond,! |‘North Dakota’s most important mili | ‘tary resource. “The time is at hand when elevators ; and. other places where grain or other food products are stored must use ev-) ery precaution. The prairies are dry; we have high winds, and we have jhad several mysterious meadow fires, ; breaking out at a time when they en- |dangered large stocks of grain in the |field or in elevators. We are insist- ‘ing. that the elevators carefully skin ‘the Bround for at least six feet on four sides, of their plants and that every jother care be exercised to minimize the danger from fire.” State Fire Marshal Reade is now at! ‘Minot and Columbus, investigating re- cent fires, and a campaign of educa-| j tion is being carried on through the ;press and by the medium of circular) letters. = BUY W.S. 8. ‘LIEUT. HUSTON NOT KILLED tees Washington. D. C., Sept. 24.—Change | in status: Returned to duty, former- ly reported killed in action. Lieut.| | Howard R. Huston, Deering, N. D. { — Sauy we = COUNTRY CLUB TO DOSOME SHOCKING The Country club will do its shock- ing bit Wednesday evening, when it |. will descend on a large field’ of corn ton the Dan Falconer farm near Fort Lincoln.. Members of the Country club have frequently requested that! they de given an opportunity to show what } they can do, and Commander J. L. Whitney offered them this chance to- ;Salt has been reached and the’allies are pushing north rapidly {along the Hedjas railway.. General Allenby reports that the num- \ber of enemy troops taken captive will largely exceed 25,000. i vance to the Varda, northeast of Monastir, on a 15 mile front, the jin on’Prilep. On the entire front, the enemy is burning villags and | The disaster which threatens't! | ing before the Serbians can cut off their retreat. northward. Around |Prilep the Central Powers are also in a serious position and may be jeut off completely if the allies can press northward along the Their | * Turks. i (By AssociatedPress) , : In Palestine, Macedonia and.France the Entente allied offens- ives progress successfully. General /#ienby’s forces in Palestine have followed up their route of the: Turkish forces with additional gains. In Central Macedonia the allies are pressing vigorously, the advantages won. (Field Marshal Haig has taken a new step in his investment of St. Quentin, and is fighting toward the northern outskirts of that German strongpoint from east of Vermands. ~ On the Mediterranean coast, British cavalry have occupied the forts of Haisa, and Acre. marking an advance from just north of Jaffa of more than sixty miles since the present operations be- gan. Acre has been famous in history for the sieges it has under- , gone. Napoleon met with a serious repulse there in 1799 The rout of the Turks in the area west of the Jordan has com- pelled the Turks east of the river to retreat They are being pur- sued closely by the allied forces and the King of the Hedjas. Es-' Hy REACH MONASTIR _ German and Bulgarian troops in Macedonia. their communica- tion line almost entirely gone through by the Franco-Serbian ad- allies have reached Monastir on a sixteen mile front, the Serbians have crossed to the east of the river: in pursuit of the Bulgarians. On the left of the allied line, Italian and Serbian forces are closing \ ar material. ARMIES IN DISORDER Over a front of more than 90 miles, the Teutonic allies are streaming back in disorder, which is said to be indescribable. In the center, the enemy resistance appears to be completely broken, and French and Serbians are moving northward at a rate indicating no organized resistance. a Berl nies.ion this front’ iis one which may, change the whole complexion of affairs in the Balkans. The enemy armies appear.to have been split in twain and forced to retreat northward over mountain roads, which ina ‘ma- jority of cases are merely paths. It is possible the retrograde move- iment will spread eastward to the Lake Dorain : THREATEN REAR _ Crossing the Varda on a front south of Gradsko. forty miles south of the,important town of Uskub, the Serbians threaten the rear of the Bulgarians facing the British and Greks around Lake Dorain. The Bulgarians are reported to be retreating northeast toward Strumtuia in Macedonia, evidently with the hope of escap- Varda. . IMPROVING HIS LINES Fighting on the western front is not on as large a scale as last week. In addition to the thrust against the German defenses east of Vermand, where the British have not yet reached the Hinden- burg:line, Fieid Marshal\Haig is improving his lines northward and has repulsed a German attack at LeCatelet. Northeast of Arras the British have brokén up a strong German attack at .Gavrelle. while in Flanders the British have regained part of their old posi- tions at Voormezelle south of Ypres. Activity on the French front south of St. Quentin to the Aisne is confined to artillery duels. Along the American sectors of the front in Lorraine. patrol encounters and artillery duels have been reported. TROOPS DESERTING Paris, Sept. 24.—Bulgarian troops are deserting. It is: re- ported that 560 men of one regiment have been executed at com- mand of German officers. ALLENBY’S SUCCESS * London. Sept. 23.—General Allenby’s remarkable success: in the Palestine was achieved against an anemy strength of 100,000 Figures hitherto have referred merely to rifle strength. The Turks held positions of remarkable strength, with three lines df strong trenches. The Turks were completely surprised accord- ing to Reuter’s correspondence. -The boldness of Gen. Allenby’s plan of hitting at the strongest point in the Turkish defenses add- ed to the success. The Turkish reserves consisted of troops which recently arrived from the Caucasus. ; Field Marshal Lyman Von Sanders, commander of the Turk- ‘ish forces, and his staff escaped capture by only six hours. Not the least. remarkable feature of Gen. Allenby’s success lies in the reorganization of his forces, since the German offensive necessi- tated the removal of British forces from the Macedonian front. PUSHING UP. COAST s London, Sept. 23.—British cavalry pushing up the Mediterran- ean coast of Palestine have occupied Hafa and Acre, it is officially ‘announced today. East of the Jordan, the Turks are withdraw- ing to the Hedgas railway Australian, New Zealand, Jewish and other troops are pursuing the enemy and have reached Semalt, 16 miles northwest of Aman. The total number of Turks taken will exceed largely the 25,000 already taken. EFFECT A UNION London, Sept. 24.—The Anglo-Greek forces in the Dorain re- gion have effected a juncture with the Grecian troops to :the west and continue to pursue the Bulgars. The Anglo-Greeks have reach- . ed Smotvitsa, marking an advance of ten miles, and are three miles north of Lake Dorain. “re t : MAY BE OCCUPIED. — A London, Sept. 24.—The town of Mayon, southeast of the Dead Sea, on, the Hedjas railway, has been occupied by the Arabs. who are attacking parties of Turkish troops retreating toward Amann. Loniion, Sept. SA-cttah forees ae Since je, Srl B69 ndon, Sept. 24.—British forces are pressing upon | Quentin, reports Field Marshal Haig, who reports progress in the region of Vermand. In the region ‘north of: Moevres the positions have been improved. ee es In the allies’ Flanders sector the Germans tried t morrow night. Shockers aré request- ed to report at the McKenzie corner : at 6 sharp. 4 British from their new position southeast of G (Continved on Page Six ) eS