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

THE WEATHER | GENERALLY FAIR THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. MAIL STEAMER THREE MONTHS’ I HISTORIC GROUN 9 GERMANS BEGIN EVACUATION OVER WIDE WEST FRONT: SITUATION IN LAON DIFFICULT Huns Leaving Famous Chemin Des Dames— Retreat From St. Gobain’s Forest Has: Now Started. \ (By Associated Press.) . The grip of the Germans on northern France has been | loosened, and the process of hurling them back to their borders is} proceeding under the allied lash. Already since the beginning of | the July offensive which initiated the loosening process. the allies | have pushed the enemy back a'maximum( of 45 miles. | A scant 25 miles more will bring them’on this line to the Bel-' gian border south of Maubugge. But long before that point isi recahed the pressure on all sides, if continued at the present rate, | will have resulted in clearing the enemy from all French territory | and a greater part of Belgian soil. The Germans, in fact, already: are carrying out a general retreat, but it is a retreat under pres sure, and is bound to cost them heavily. Withdrawing to Shorter Line. i General Ludendorff. patiently, has been desirous of withdraw-| ing to a shorter line. where he could reorganize his forces, but the} steady, unrelenting pressure which General Foch has applied to| all fronts, has prevented him from detaching himself. Conse-; quently he is forced to fall back slowly, fighting hard and losing! heavily. \ 7 VICTORY INSIDE Accelerate the Pace. ! Last night’s advance and the developments of today along a: I$ ALLIED HOPE’ wide battlefront. only served to accelerate the pace. The Belgians, s | and the British co-operating with them are still widening the! RAE: brach in the line southeast of Cambrai, a process in which the|Washirgton Already Busy With| French to the south are aiding notably. General Petain’s troops! Gossip Over Names of have pushed to the river Oise to a point almost as far north as} elP Guise, where they join up with the British and Americans who: Peace Board. are rapidly nearing the important railway junction of Waffigny, south and east of La Cateau. ; Sensational Drive. | This sensational drive in the center is matched in efficacy, | hovp:ver. by the terrific pressure of the French army sotith of Laon, and along the line of the Aisne and in the Champagne. This | is making it inevitable that the Germans will retire from Laon and! the great St. Gobain massif. The withdrawal, indeed, seems under | way here. . The Americans are with the French in applying the! pressure in the Champagne, and the American first army in the Argonne. has joined:hands.with:General Petain:at Granpere,. Fur- ther east the strong line on-which the Germans stood to resist the Americans -east of the, Meuse..is trembling under strong’ blows from General'Pershing, and further advances are looked for here. On the far north end of the line the Anglo-Belgian forces ap- parently are béing held ‘in leash. As soon as the northeasterly thrust of the British, first, third and fourth armies has progressed to the desired point the allies will join in closing the pocket about ile. ‘Phe Germans in the Lens area. ‘however, are not awaiting for this thrust, but are continuing their withdrawals from the part AFT HEADS NOTED LIST Brandies, House, Straus, Elopt,| Root, Lodge, Williams | in Galaxy. BY’A, E. GELDHOF, | (War Editor of the Newspaper Enter-| \ prise Association.) | -N. E. A. Washington Bureau, 1131 4 Mungey Bldg, Washington, D. C.— VICTORY INSIDE SIX MUNTHS! That is what Washington today ex- pects. \ The capital feels certain that THE |GREATEST DEVELOPM. TS OF THE WAR ARE AT HAND, AND 'THAT THEY WIL, LEAD vu THE END OF THE WAR WITH A VIC- ; TORIOUS PEACE FOR THE. ALLIES, ; }IN LESS THAN HALT A YEAR. Is. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918 ORP CK T R EDOED 6 ooo ND WRESTED FROM TURK BY BRITISH Above—Austrilian first line dugouts in Palestine. Below—Jericho as it is today. KAISER CALLS RULERS OF GERMANY INTO CONFERENCE; BUNE(-== sf PRICE FIVE CE 00 LIVES LOST | DRIVE NETS FORTY-FIVE MIL ES ONLY 180 PERSONS SAVED WHEN GERMAN SUBMARINE ATTACKS MAIL LINER | Two Torpedoes Fired in Quick Succession Ue Boats More Heavily Armed Than in Past. | ,., Dublin, Oct. 11.—It is believed 600 lives were lost by the | sinking of the mail steamer Leinster, it was stated today at the Offices of the owners. Only 150 persons, it was added, were saved. ; The second torpedo struck the ship amidships, entered the engine |rooms and exploded the boilers. There was confusion as the pas- sengers tried to enter the boat. and many were thrown into the ‘sea. Tugs and destroyers hastened to the place. Survivors said | the: submarine fired the two torpedoes without warning at 150 ‘ yards. i Details of the lost and saved have not been received. Captain Burke, the Leinster’s commander, was among those lost. Fourth | Engineer Jones said if the second torpedo had not been fired, all | those except a few killed by the first torpedo probably would have | been saved, as there would have been plenty of time to take to the boats. Engineer Jones saved himself by jumping. He was in the water one hour. é TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. | Belfast, Oct. 11—The mail steamer Leinster was torpedoed jand sunk in the Irish seas this morning. Survivors have been jJanded at Kingstown. Two torpedoes were fired. One struck near the bow. The steamer sank in fifteen minutes. The passengers, including many women and children, numbered 650. Of 21 mail ‘clerks on board, 20 were killed outright by the explosion, and the ; twenty-first was blown through the side of the ship and picked up jat sea late. ' U-BOATS MORE HEAVILY ARMED. _ London, Oct. 11—The sinking of the Japanese steamship | Hirano Maru and the Dublin mail boat Leinster mark incidents of a new sub campaign which the Germans launched ten days ago, jaccording to the Mail. The Mail adds that about that time new ‘submarine activities became apparent in many directions. It is ' reported the new U-boats are much larger and more heavily armed ‘than any sent out previously. i , CAPTAIN CONE ON BOARD. Dublin, Oct, 11—Captain H. R Cone, in charge of the Ameri- ‘can naval airship passengers, was among the passengers of the ; American steamship Leinster which was sunk by a German sub- ‘marine i | | | | i ' DOUBLE YOUR. .NBARLY-4W0--———~ ‘SUBSCRIPTION 70, MILLION MEN -— LIBERTYLOAN «OVERSEAS | | ‘This Becomes Slogan in Comi-|General March Urges the Natidin munities Throughout the Na- to Support Loan to ! 4 ! of the pocket which is most immediately threatened. Battlefront reports indicate an expectancy there that a move by the Germans to evacuate Douai is imminent. _ (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 11.—Today’s advices indicate it is virtually cer-| tain the Germans will have to evacuate the St. Gobain’s forest immediately. The Hindenburg line behind Laon between the rivers Serre and Sissionne has been turned, making the German situation in the Laon district most difficult. In the'Champagne the French and Americans joining hands north of the Argonne in the Grandper Gap have occupied the Grandper station, while pzsyols are said to have entered the town; itself. On the river Meuse, northwest of Verdun, the Americans. have cleared out a little pocket in the direction of Sivry, which has held them up a long time. : : ‘ IN HEADLONG FLIGHT. With the Anglo-American Forces Southeast of Cambrai, (Thursday). Oct. 10.—The battle on this region is on a front of nearly 30 miles today. The British are gaing everywhere. There is virtually no infantry resistance. The only resistance worth mentioning is from the enemy machine guns. The bulk of the infantry seems to have fifled so far east as to be out of range. The high ground on the eight-mile front between St. Hilaire and| Le Cateau was found: to be alive with machine guns when the British approached, and the cavalry patrols were held up for some time. North of this line the Germans are in headlong flight. The Douai salient has been made still deeper, and news that the Ger- mans are evacuating the city may be expected any time. Cambrai is being left rapidly. behind. As the allies push forward there is nowhere any sign that the enemy intends to make a determined} stand, but the British are going a little slower now, as it is impos-; sible for the vast organization at the rear of the great armies to keep pace with the advance. } Up to a jate hour last night the British third army in three hours had made an advance of four miles, the fourth army one to three miles, and the first army one mile. CROSS AISNE. Paris, ‘Oct..11.—In the Champagne sector the Germans have begun a retreat toward the Aisne. French troops have crossed the Aisne at Thermes, which they hold and have occupied the station | of Grandre, where numerous prisoners were taken. ‘ TAKE 3,000 PRISONERS. Londén, Oct. 11.—Serbian troops after capturing Leskovats again advanced and on October 8 had recahed a line ten miles north of that town, says an official statement. More than 3,000 prisoners were taken and five more guns were captured. : START-EV-ACUATION. London, Oct. 11——-German troops today began the evacuation of the famous Chemin Des:Dames. ‘HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE.” (By Associated Press.) With the American Forces’ Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 11.— Heavy artillery firing. west of the.Meuse river began early today. The Americans started the action before daylight: Fires in many towns back of the German lines are believed to have been startd by American shells. : _ CARRY ARCHBISHOP AWAY. On the British Front in France, (Havas) Oct. 11.—Monsignor Chollet, archbishop of Cambrai, was carried away by the Germans when they evacuated the city. x |. The refusal by America and the allies; to consider the central powers’ latest maneuver in their peade offensive will be followed first by the collapse of; Austria and Turkey. ‘With an allied army rapidly -press- ing toward the southern border of Austria-Hungary, the Danube Ww: j;S8oon be reached, and Franchet d’Es- |perey’s forces will’ advance through} |Rumania to the Black Sea, thus cut- | allies. {| The sultan will-have no other choice | jthan surrender to save his capital. Occupation of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia and other: Jugo-Slavonic. prov- inces of southern Austria and Hun- gary by the allied army of the Bal- kans is a matter of only a few days. Once the allies are on Austrian soil,| ‘Emperor Carl will throw Emperor Wilhelm overboard and do his best to placate his enemies. Still another peace “offer” may be ‘expected before Austria is ready to surrender. ‘The HUNS will exhaust} levery possibility of securing a peace! \'by negotiation before they give up. ~ Burian probably will turn his next peace offensive against Italy by of- fering to give un Istria and the Tren- |tino. But the allies will not be caught j nanping. | When Austria finds that her efforts j are in vain, she will surrender rather than fight a great allied army on her own soil without German re-enforce- ments. | From Berlin. also, we may expect) several more advances before the ulti-; | mate and unevitable crash. The kais- ler realizes he is beaten, but his re- [cent speech to his army, and Prince | Max’s bombastic address to the reich-| {stag, indicate the HUNS have mot yet; jgiven up hope of bargaining for some, | of the territory they have occupied. | But Austria’s collapse will spell the ‘beginning of the end. for the Ger-| mans cannot continue the war with an| allied army in control of the dual mon- archy. That collapse is expected be- tore the first of the new year: It de-| pends on the. speed with which the en- tente makes clear to the HUNS its; determination not to accept any peace) other than one based on an uncondi- jtional surrender. ° i | Speculation already is beginning ov- er the personnel of America’s repre- centation in the peace conference which is coming. Of course no man can say whom President Wilson will designate to take America’s part, nor how many, but no one doubts that he will comb. the best diplomatic talent and the most eminent international law experts in the nation. Some of the names mentioned are: W. H. TAFT. expresident of the United States and an authoriy on in- jernational law. | LOVI3 D. BRANDEIS, justice of the United States supreme court, who has made international law. and racial problems a life-long study. ‘DR. JAMES BROWN SCOTT, secre- tary of the Carnegie Endowment for. i ting off Turkey completely from her | tion — Oversubscription is Vital Necessity. FRANCE FAVORS WILSON'S STAND: SUMMONS RULERS. i Amsterdam, Oct. 11.—Emperor Wilhelm has sum- moned the sovereigns of all German federal states to Ber- lin for a consultation before answering President Wilson’s note. Such a conference is unique in the history of Ger- many: OEE 0 Wale ors {|for the Fourth Liberty loan today ap- WILSON’S NOTE APPROVED BY PARIS. | pealed to the American public not ouly Paris, (Thursday) Oct. 10.—President Wilson’s reply to the }-to buy bonds but buy more bonds. German peace notice was approved today by a vote of the commit-! Double your subscription became the tee on foreign affairs of the chamber of deputies. The resolution | slogan 1 many communities. expressed reliance on the governmnt not to accept for France any} Oversubscription of the loan is a armistice which would not provide for restoration and for the; matter of world importance at th guarantees which the victorious allied armies are entitled to. Washington, Oct. t! —With the laration of President Wilson that cent events have enhanced not | |ened the importance of this loan, {committees conducting the campaign {time, President Wilson declared last! the Limit. i\NAMES ACTIVE DIVISIONS ‘|Capture of La Cateau by British Hits Germans in Vital Place. 1 { I | | SS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, D. C., Oct. 11.—Ameri- can troops sent overseas have passed the 1,900,000 mark General March an- ; nounced today, coupling his statement | with an urgent appeal to the country to support the Fourth Liberty loan. |sador to Turkey and former member: CHOLERA IN BERLIN. oe Basle, Switzerland, Oct. 11.—Cholera is slowly spreading in Berlin, a Berlin dispatch today states. Seventeen cases were re- ported October 8. and fifteen deaths occurred. OPPOSED PROPOSAL. London, Oct. 11.—Chancellor Maximilian’s peace proposal the allies was made in direct opposition to Emperor William, i 1 to it is tion can be obtained of this here. AA RARAR AAR RR nee WON'T MODIFY ~ ORDER UNTIL AFTER OCT. 18 Washington, Oct. 11.—The gasles unday order will not be modified in | time to permit use of motor cars Oct- ober 13, but fuel administration offi- cials are hopeful the day will be the America’s expert in international law to The Hague p e conftrence of 1907 and is now special adviser to the state department. COLONEL /EDWARD M. HOUSE, who represented President Wilson in various trips to Europe in the inter-_ ests of peace before the war and again has been his diplomatic representative since we entered it. i OSCAR.S. STRAUS, former ambas- of the court of. arbitration at The Hague. He is vice president of th International Law association and hi intimate knowledge of Turkey would) make him a valuable member of the; delegation. * CHARLES W. ELIOT, president em- | last. eritus of Harvard, whose’ reputation), While production increased 20 per as an educator, scientist and: publicist | cent during the last three months, con- de Or ge president of the Car. | Sumption increased 16 per cent, and negie Endowment for International | there is a gain of but four per cent Peace and former secretary of state.|in stocks of gas on hand, announces HENRY CABOT LODGE, United | the tederal fuel administration. States senator from ‘Massachusetts! AOL ATT NT TEE senate foreign aes EMMONS COUNTY | WHEAT AVERAGES JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS, U.S. senator from Mississippi and member of the foreign relations committee. | “NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER,! president of Columbia University, pub-| licist, expert and author of books on: . international law. Linton, N. D., Oct. 11.—The summar- DAVID JAYNE HILL, expert in Eu-| izing of the threshers’ reports for Sep- ropean diplomacy. former ambassador; tmber in Emmons county by County to Germany and delegate to The| Agent H..O. Sauer shows: Wheat. 196.- Hague. f 113 bushels from on acreage of 23,235, DAVID R. FRANCIS, ambassador to | making an average of 8.44 bushels per Russia. x acre. Other grains will be reported WALTER H. PAGE. former ambas-|at the close of the threshing season. International Peace, who was sent as sador to Great. Britain. advises Mr. Sauer. said. It is suggested that this may be the reason for the sum- trol | moning of the German sovereigns for a conference. No confirma-: em 8.44 PER ACRE’ | night. ‘happen, he said, “that the loan {should not be fully subscribed but {greatly oversubscribed.” 0 i of “The best thing that could; The present is not time to hang back, for the resources of the nation in man and mon must be hurled at the Hun” to make the victory certain and while soldiers’ movement across the Water continues another million men ment by i ‘y re preparing to follow the first two ure of the people to respond to the| Million. — call for money now would be disas-| Summing up the battle situation, he s.” “It would encourage the en-| Said, with the captmre of La Cateau nore than a supreme battle, No! by the British, the “allied forces were tone can fail to see the importance of | Within 14 miles of the railroad junc- prompt action. Oversubscription will|tion of Aulnoye, ,which is a vital an announcement that the Ameri- | Stratagetical point for the enemy. The n people stand back of President | Liege-Maubeuge railroad and the lat- ilson, the army and the navy, and | eral road through Sedan at which the |American army is striking on the Meuse meet each other at Aulnoye and jthese two lines are the main arteries | tor German supplies and troop move- {ments in France. 3 }emp i \s ly lintend to win the wa \ aay w ‘MINOT MAN TO SUCCEED PERRY He announced the American divis- ions which cleaned up the St. Mihiel E. J. Gobel, who established and for] salient which prepared the way for | several years had charge of the under-ithe cleaning up of the Verdun front. aking department of the Weinrebe; Right: (4th and 26th) New England |store at Minot, in addition to manag- | National jing the furniture department 42nd: Rainbow. jtived in Bismarck to become as $$th (Kansas, South Da- {ed in a similar capacity with Webbjtota, Nebraska. Colorado, New Mex- ! Bros.’ stores, succeeding W. E. Perry.|ico and Arizone national armies) ‘who recently took a position with 2nd: (Regular). | Weinrebe's at Minot. Mr. Gobel prior) This is the first information made | to locating in Minot had been engaged | public as to the constitution of the jin a similar line of work for s veral | army with which General Pershing years at Devils Lake, and he is very | achieved his first and brilliant victory. | Well and favorably known in the north-} settee YW a oe [erm art of the siate. His family is STATE COUNCIL BACKS OFFICERS at 815 Second street. i — Have wes. 82 | Mrs. Anna Bennetts yesterday paid | Police Magistrate Bleckreid a fine of \NORTH DAKOTA EXCEEDING oy 1 $20 and costs Wi being convicted WORKER QUOTA | tecied'severa days ago Her husband, ’ | Jack Bennetts, is in the national army, | North Dakota exceeded her quota|and, as the wife of a soldier, she ap- |of overseas men for the national war{pealed to the council of defense for {work council of the Y. M. C. A. in| protection. The council of defense | August, according to a report which |Summarily haled State's Attorney Mc- has just reached Chairman J .L. Bell. | Curdy on the carpet. and when he had showing that with requests for 10 men,’ explained the situation the council North Dakota volunteered and had advised him to “go to it.” accepted for overseas service 12 men.| ‘Mrs.’ Mary Van Tassel. also convict- while one man was accepted for ser-jed of vagnancy, was given 24 Rours vice in home camps, making a month-/to get out of town or into jail for a 30- ly total of 13, days solstice. "oe Be cca Missouri,