The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 3, 1918, Page 1

] THE WA WHO , i e Wy . ; aA as ' 4 { , : oH > - ities about the measure of'democracy, THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 241 ; BISMARCK, NORTH )DAKOTA, GERMANS RETI SHOULD. VOTE. FOR TOWNLEY Only Citizen Who Wishes to Re- move Every Safeguard of Government. HOUSE BILL 44 IS ALIVE! Some of Its Provisions Kept in| Dark to Be Trotted Out as Original Was. Beach, N. D., Oct, 3.—“Only the men who want to remove every safeguard from the handling of North. Dakota's public school fund, who wants to elim-! inate patriotism and morality from the| constitutional declaration as to what shall be taught in the schools, who wants to create the single tax and throw the whole burden of te taxa- tion upon land, who wants to make possible the creation of public debts by the state and its political sub-di- visions, has any business voting for! Lynn J. Frazier for re-election in No- vember.” So declared S. J.'Doyle, dem-| ocratic candidate for governor, speak- | ing here last evening. “If a majority of the voters believe that it is proper| and right to remove from the public money of this state all safeguards | which now surround it, they should! vote for Governor Frazier, but I can/ not believe that a majority of the citi-! zents of North Dakota, who have spent} the best years of their lives in secur- ing a home for themselves and their! families, will jeopardize titles to their | property by voting for any. advocates | of the kind of legislation proposed by | the opposition in House Bill 44. | Our political’ opponents may attempt to argue that some of the provisions of House Bill 44 are not before the peoplethis fall and consequently not in iss#e! Neither were they before the people two years ago, yet they at- tempted to pass‘them through the leg- islative assembly. The facts are that it Governor Frazier is re-elected, to- gether with 'a ‘sympathetic house and senate, not a-man in the state of North Dakota knows what their pro- gram will be, but it is fair to presume that the measures they attempted. to pags.in House Bill 44, will.opntiaue, to. be their program if they have the pow- er to put them through.” Mr. Doyle made this declaration at the conclusion of an analysis of House Bill 44 doctrines, such as the single’ tax, the removal of morality and patriotism as fundamentals in public school instruction, and various of its other features. “These statements of mine will be answered. But if the past is any crit- erfon for the future it will not be by argument, but by a tirade of personal abuse and slander, and/by the state-, ment of the opposite press that the question before the people is ‘the measure of democracy’ which is to be enjoyed. Any one can use the phrase, } the measure of democracy. Lenine and Trotzky used‘ it countless times | in statoing to the people of Russia that they were to enjoy a full meas-| use of democracy., This is merely a! vague platitude and means nothing. | “All availablé authorities on the sit- uation in Russia at this time agree that probably a great many thousands of poor people. of Russia will starve this winter under this ‘full measure of democracy,’ as doled out to them un- der the leadership of Lenine and Trot-; zky. The platform speakers of the! league, who, campaign in the state! this fall will talk in:glittering general: | big business and’- the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, but at no time! and in no place, will'they stand_upon the platform and discuss with you the; just what aid they will receive and so economic pro-|that plans can be made for addition- “gram will have-upon the future of! al assistance from the banks and. other ! probable effect ‘their this state. . “Now, I wish to call your attention to another perculiarity of these expo- nents of democracy. As soon as any- one adversely criticises them, for any of their acts or failures, they immed- iately declare through their Gang Press, ‘he is attacking the farmers of ‘North: Dakota.’ ‘They will know, of course, that this is not true. They have made ‘this statement probably a hundred times regarding different men, and in every ‘instance they know the statement was not true. “T am sure it must strike even the most ardent Nonparisan league mem- ber as a little peculiar that this coterie of socialist lawyers, socialist lecturers and soap box orators should suddenly develop such an overwhelming inter- est in saving the farmers of North Da-! kota. It is the claim of these men/ that those opposing them in this state; are. representatives of what they are| pleased to term ‘big business.” and| that the opposition is directed by sin- ister influences: outside the state of North Dakota. No.doubt a great many of the members of the Nonpartisan| league honestly béjieve this is a fact. Perhaps some of the members’ present believe this fs true. But if you will just study the situation yourself for a few minutes there is no’ possibility of believing that this assertion is true.” Sentiment Reversed in Two Years. “Two years ago these same men went, before the people of the state with these same mandates. They professed to be representing a farm- ers’ organization; that the farmers were in the majority, in the state of North’ Dakota and consequently had the right to control. And the people took them at their word and elected their candidates to office by the larg- est majorities ever given to the can- didates of any party in the history of the state. Now this is conclusive \s ston Wires Selena; Secretary Houston W |ferred classifications to railway em-! {lowing allotments were made: ‘Montana ......-. vee eee ey «$1,550,000 ‘North Dakota ..... 600,000 Washington . A 200,000 | lfailures, have exhausted their resour-| HERO | 2 1 MAN, FHLAGUARDIA Major F. H. La Guardia, member of congress from New York, now com- manding American aviotors on the| Italian front, has been awarded the} Italian war cross for valor. The king of Italy himself conferred the decor- tation. SET $600,000 § ASIDE FOR OUR FARMERS’ AID | Office of Federal Seed | Grain Bureau | PLAN WORKING OUT WELL | | “You may announce that aid will be furnished to farmers for spring plant- ing of wheat within the limits of re-j maining available special funds, Five dollars per acre will. be allowed with a maximum of one hundred acres,” was: the message received Friday from Sec- retary Houston, of the United States! Department of Agriculture, by the fed-! eral seed. grain loan office at Great| Falls. | In the distribution of the fund set | aside by President. Wilson to aid farm-} ers in ‘drouth-stricken areas, the fol- Applications. approved for fall seed- ing of wheat and rye, together with} those anticipated before the dates of closing, which is Ocober 5, for fall} whea‘ and October 15 for rye, are estt- mated to require $300,000 for Montana | and $75,000 for North Dakota. This; leaves a large share, of the special} fund to assist the farmers in. spring| planting. One hundred acres will be the max- imum on which a loan will be made to any one farmer. lf a farmer has se- cured a loan on 100 acres of fall wheat | pr fall rye, he will not be entitled to a loan on an additional acreage which will bring the total to 100 acres; for instance, if he has received a.loan on 60 acres of fall wheat, hé@ can apply for 40 ceres of spring wheat, which, at $5 per acre would give him $200. The spring loans will be made to land owners and homesteaders who have suffered a“loss of crops tor two years as a result of drouth and win-| ter killing and who, by reason of such| ces and are without commercial basis | of credit. renters or to others who can not give| unconditional lien on the crop. In order that farmers may know institutions, applications for . spring aid will pe received after November 1 at the federal seed grain loan of} fice {in Great Falls. It will be neéces-! sary to use different application} blanks from those used this fall. These’ forms will be printed and distributed! to county agents and to banks. Farm: ers should use these new blanks, when making applications. \ County agents, farm bureau organ-| izations. banks and farm loan associa-) tions who will assist in the distribu-; tion of the seed grain loans are urged | to exercise great care in the approval) of applications of farmers so that the; needy and worthy farmers will secure: the aid. For the reason that the! funds are limited. assistance will ‘be; given only to those who cannot se- cure help from any other source. A study of conditions in Montana| and North Dakota shows that the plan; of the government is a satisfactory; one. Farmers have been able to se-; cure seed readily and without ‘much delay or inconvenience. The county commissioners, seefismen. banks,. ele- vators. and farméfs who had a sur- plus of seed have been willing to ac- cept. tHe certificates of apploval’ and allow farmers to proceed with the! planting of their crops. The same plan should work in\a satisfactory way next spring. It will be desirable to hold good home-grown wheat in each commun ity for the use of the farmers in. the) spring. In\some cases it will be ne- lcessary to purchase seed wheat in other counties and import. it. ‘Coun- ties are urged to make arrangements | at once for this seed and to store it for spring use. This will save the farmers large sums of money. he seed wheat should be purchi by the county commissioners. elevators, seedsmen, or other parties in a posi- tion to handle this grain. « proof that this prejudice against their (Continued on Page Four,) S. H. CHRISTIE, Assistant to the Secretary. _ ARE RETURNED Loans will not be made to), STATE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. “WN ClTY TODAY Assistants to District Draft! Commission Holding First | Session Here. 5,000 QUESTIONNAIRES IN i i The first formal meeting of the} North Dakota advisory selective ser ice board in conjunction with the dis-| trict draft board is being held in the; federal building today... Samuel Tor | gerson of Grand Forks, the banker | selected by the draft board to repre-} interests of the| sent the financial {state, and W. P.. Macomber, generat! manager of the Washburn Lignite/ Coal Co., at Wilton, named ‘to repre-| sent the state’s labor interests, were here yesterday, but Walter Reed of Ameuia, the member of the advisory | board picked hy the U. S. department | of agriculture. could not get in until} last night. The board today is map-; ping out its line of proceedure, in co-} operation with the draft board. { The district draft board, which re) sumed its deliberations yesterday, ; heard W. E. Berner of Jamestown, di-) vision superintendent of the Northern} Pacific, relative to the granting of de-| ployes of his company. Today the el trict. draft board toop up: the consid-} eration of 1.000 claims, for agricultural | or occupational exemptions filed by} men who were listed in the recent gen-| eral registration. muy WIS. ¢ GREATER PART QUESTIONNAIRES | i i | i \ | Local Board Will..Soon Have, Classified 800 Registrants / of: September 12. | The bulk of the! 800 questionnaires mailed. by the Burleigh county. draft board to September registrants of 19 and 20’and ‘32 to. 36 inclusive have been returned, and the classification of these registrants provably will have been completed by the end of, the week. The board is not yet in a posi- tion to state the number of class one men which these 800 registrants; will yield. All Octover calls have been cancelled. The two calls made for the last of Septemper and the fore part of October could have been. filled with 1917 registrants, and it hardly seems probable now. unless there is a large general call, that any 1918 regis- trans will be entrained this month. No master lists have yet arrived here. | RUY W. 5. 5. PUENMONIA EPIDEMIC. Jamestown, N. D.. Ovi AN Un usual number of cases of pneumonia has been reported in the city during the last ten days. One death has al- ready resulted, aud another is expected during the day. _GETS BULGARIA’S PLEA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918 RE ON BIG FRON 4 , PRICE FIVE CENTS. UOC (SiN SHES ESTEE EVACUATION OF LILLE SALIENT TO GIVE ALLIES CONTROL OF COAL FIELDS , RETREAT THREE MILES London, Oct. 3.—Germans have fallen back three miles in retreat along Lens-Armentieres line, it reported this afternoon. ’ launched fresh attacks this morning on front nearly six | miles between: Zquart and Beny. northeast of St. Quentin there has been heavy fighting on the Hindenburg line in this area and more ground of most important nature has j been gained. In week ending today, Allies have captured 60,000 men y and 1,00 guns on western front. : \ i | (By Associated Press) | Ou a front of 20 miles between Armienteres and Lens, the Ger- [mans continue to retire fron, the salient west of the fortress of Lille. ‘North of St. Quentin, the British again are storming the German de- \fense line, while in Champagne the French press northward. | Evacuation of the Lille salient is the direct result of the allied jadvance in Flanders and around Cambrai. The British are keeping lelose at the heels of the Germans, who already havé retired an aver- jage of two miles, but there is uo indication of where the enemy will istop of whether he will extend his withdrawal movément to include jthe region of Douai, and attempt to form a straight line from Roulers ‘through Lille and Douai to Cambrai | H TO TAKE COAL FIELDS. Armenti ind Lens apparently are held by the enemy, but their fall to the Bi h probably is only a matter of a few hours. With j Lens in the hands of the British and German line moved back to Lille; jthe great coal fields in this district which the Germans have de- | feuded tenaciously for four years will be no longer of use to them. | In Flanders, the Belgian, British and French c6ntinue their pres- ‘sure’against the stiffened resistance of the enemy, The allied sal {threatens the German hold on Belgiuun and an advance of perhaps ten imiles toward Ghent probably would compel the enemy to retire: to j the northern Meuse line. i MAINTAIN GAINS. ‘ i On the Crambrai-St. Quentin front, the British have maintained ‘their gains. The new British attack north of St. Quentin probably is General Franchet d’ E armies in the Balkans, i armistice., At.the left (at t e-man W ¥ eral Joan 320 MORE AEN ~ TON, D. AGGIE Training to Entrain for Fargo October 15. Adjutant eGneral Fraser today re- ceived a call for 320 selective service men to entrain October 15 for the ag-' riculiural college to be trained as auto- truck drivers, blacksmiths, capenters, general mechanics, Machinists, motor- -¢ycle repair men, radiographers and topographical surveyors for service in; the national army. The call is fo 1917 registrants and 1918 registrants prior. to those. who! registered in September. Voluntary inductions will be accepted up to O1 tober 12 after which date local board will have three days in which to fill The next class for the Lillers Auchelt 7] eS fe iteuil. Naudoutne This map shows how the five gre Lille, Doual, Cambrai, St. Quentin and French, British and American armies. progress against the other three tow ed about a month later. of ‘North Dakota will be call-} j against the Beawrevoir-Fouossmes lines, whére Field Marshal Haig jholds a sharp salient in the German, line. General Berthelet and Gouraud continue their attacks north ‘of AS {Rheims and in Champagne and have taken further ground from the | ; ‘enemy. NONP ARTIS ANS | DRIVEN FROM POSITIONS. | North of Rheims, the enemy has been driven from most of the | ‘hill. positions aud soon will. be inthe open where the French ad- booms : | WOULD BAN BIG | vance may be more rapid. In Champagne General Gouraud has cap- : | tured Challerange, a railroad junction, and his guns now command |the junctions of Zouciers, further south. In losing Challerange the \G rmans lost control of the railroad running to the forest at Grend- he right), commander of the allied ho received [Bulgaria’s plea for an no, commander of the Greek army. |pre.. The line was the main supply of the Germans facing the Amer- 3 jleans east of the Argonne. Declare That if Companies Will, Tn withdrawing from the Lille salient, the Germans are endeav- | Not Loan in This State They joring to get out of the trap which Marshal Foch has constructed, tudo !The German supply lines are menaced by the allied advance on the Can’t Sell Here. {Hanks and should they be cut the German situation would be most ——— desperate. It would seem, however, the German retirement would 'ENCOURAGE LOCAL cos. b¢ of little avail to putting off a vetreat from the North, Sea to | Alsace, The Nonpartisan league through a| h CONTINUE PROGRESS. tax on their business plans to! Paris. Oet. 38.--While the enemy is throwing reserves recklessly drive the old-line or conference life! jyty the center of the vast battleline in a desperate effort to stave insurance companies out of North Da-/ A heeyile ar datel le aliens . Ns he i kota they have been driven out of 08 the evil hour of defeat. the allies coutinue to progress on the Texas. the leaguers allege, it was an-| Wings. Slowly but surely the splended advances of the allied forces nounved today by a leaguer close in; under King Albert of Belgium have forced Gen, Ludendorff to with- the confidence Rye Jresident A can | draw his troops. In this sector the situation of the Germans is be- Seer een ee ‘coming dangerous, Now that the Germans’ first line in Belgium has jbeen broken, the line of conmunication between Ostend and Therleiau ber ani c s imperiled, and if the Ronlers-Menin railway is cut. it can be seen the |cies written. This will be increased, it position of the enemy there is grave. The second line of railway from is announced, to a point where it will| (, ae Biagee is under shollfive i | prohibit the writing of future business | Coutrai to Bruges is under shellfire. ; : {by foreign life insurance comp While this German army. the fourth, is thrust back on its com- |and, possibly, to a degree where these | munications, the forces at the right are in a risky position on.the sea conference companies will be com-!44 Nienport. The enemy will have difficulty in defendi i |palled (0 celieirenielt business with 2t Nieuport. The enemy will have difficulty in defending Lille. 'North ‘Dakota domestic mutual com-! Latest news trom the center of the line shows the enemy re- . sistance there is giving evidence of failing. On the right General leg mnmediate it at is contend”; Bertholet is still driving the Germans away from the Reims region. fed, will be the organization of a score | Janstimiraudcis making : headwe » Chanpagne. Everv- of more’ North Dakota’ mutual insur jand Gen. Geuraud is making slow headway in the ( hampagne. Every ‘ance companies which will be required | Where the signs of battle indicate the approach of the critical phase. \by law to loan, their money on North} In addition to general isfaetion over the situation in France, | Dakota farm mortgages. The league's; Paris is rejoicing over the | principal peave against the foreign lite! : insurance companies, it is stated, is; = HAND TO HAND FIGHTING. } : [that they have tightened up on farm, With the American Army in France. Oct. 3.—American regiments joan Wy ora Dakota. having, tie fighting on the Hindenburg line on th ‘tion of the front have.seen claimed by league managers, practic-| | one i tee A . ° a avar. Ther d 0: rately. [ally refused-4o make auy loana wast | Sl of the harde st fighting of the war. ‘They fought desperate ly | of the Red River valley, which is the; day and night. in mass and single handed. in and out of shell holes. one sur They showed fortitude, bravery and devotion to duty unequalled by ‘op section of the state. Rapa Si es :any other troops. German infantrymen spurred on by their officers stood up before ‘them offering hand to hand combat. One Brooklyn regiment took ‘MINOT OFFICER ‘and retook a position known as the “Knold.”* three times. The bat- | HOME FROM WAR |: swung back and forth with the men so close to one another that | jrifle butts were as effective as anything else. i MORE CIVILIAN POPULATION. Capt. Otto Gross Returns Just! Geneva, Oct German military authorities have begun to re- i move the civil population of Alsace, according to the Democracie, in Year from Date of His | expectation of a French attack on the frontier. The inhabitants of Departure present life insurance tax two per cent per annum on the pol 20 villages already have been sent to Bavaria. Fear of disorder is jaa ae rampant throughout Alsace-Lorraine, not only among the civilians, ‘Minot, NuD, Oct. 3—Captain Otto; hut among the military forces. Food is scarce and but little fuel is Gross returned home last week and» vailable. | . J i en ksarad ie arate e, Arek aa fins | Officials in Alsace-Lortaine are afraid of a general uprising when him in the Liberty loan parade./ the allies cross the frontier. ea came Germans Fartuest Apvanct.emm Toons BATTLELINE } It was a very happy surprise and add-' | A year ago today Captain Gross left | Minot with the boys of D company. From Minot they journeyed direct to ;Camp Greene, S. C.; where they train- {ed for a short time before they were {sent overseas for service in France. Captain Gross served with his com- pany up to a few months ago when his eyesight failed and he was placed in a military hospital in France for treatment. Later he was transferred to a hospital in. the United States and only.last week was released from that instfttuion and at‘once secured a brief | ed much to the pleasure of the day. { CAPTURE 360,000 MEN. Paris, Oct. 3.—From September 10 to 30, the allies have captured | 120,219 men, 1.062 cannon and more than 6,000 machine guns. Since uly 15 and up to September 30, the allies have captured 5,518 offi- eers, 248,964.men, more than 23,000 machine guns and hundreds of mine-throwers. | AMERICANS HOLD VILLAGE. | Archangel, Oct. 3—American troops now hold the furtherest ‘point south reached -by any of the allies in the advance south of | Archangel. This'is.a little village 20 miles south of Shentursk (300 miles south of Archangel on the river Vaga.) The Bolshevik strong- {hold of Velsk is only fort, niles away. F. TO GUNBOATS. at bastions of the Hindenburg: line— Laon—are being surrounded by the Cambrai already has eee ee | St. Quentin is invested on three sides, and converging movements are in| friends before resuming his military ns, ‘ ¥ furlough, which he will spend in this city with Mrs: Gross and. is many} Archangel, Oct. 3—The Bolsheviki always flee to the sheltef of gunboats when attacked. The inhabitants near the. American ad- {Continued on Page Two.) ee: duties, 5 Z