The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1918, Page 1

suey % ; ~~ PRESIDENT WILSOW'S TERNS N . » THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR HE BIS 7K TRI LAST’ EDITION THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. SHIPS yd KAISER’S ANSWER READY SAYS WOLFF BUREAU SAYS _ KAISER HAS ACCEPTED Berné, Switzerland. Oct. 12.—The Wolff bureau, semi-official German News Agency, has circulated a dispatch from Berlin, stat- ing the German reply to President-Wilson’s note was sent last night and that it is in a sense an acceptance. : EXPRESSES ACCESSION. ‘ Basle, Oct. 12.—The Frankfurt Gazette announces the German answer to President Wilson’s note, which has been completed in principle, probably was forwarded Friday night. The Gazette says it has reason to believe the note expresses accession to the demands of President Wilson. / GERMAN ANSWER READY. . Copenhagen, Oct. 12.—' The North German Zéitung’ says the’ German answer to President Wilson’s inquiry is ready and believes | it was handed to the Swiss government today. The newspaper un-: derstands the message will make far-reaching advantages, and_ hopes the discussion between the imperial government and Presi- | igen of going up in his airplane each| the detachments. dent Wilson will bring lasting peace for the whole world. The note, | the Zeitung says, was considered carefully by the kaiser, his im-|about to be ralsed and picking them} re »while the British sweep on the northern front has reach- perial chancellor and secretaries. There can be no definite cons’ ration of the answer, however, it is said. until the full text of Presi- dent Wilson’s note is received. WARNS PUBLIC. | Washington, Oct. 12.—German reports that Prince Maxi-; milian’s reply to President Wilson’s inquiry. has been dispatched | and indicating that it is “in a sense” an acceptance of the presi-' dent’s conditions of peace led to an authoritative statement here: today that the public should be warned against believing that Ger-' many is about to end the war by unconditional surrender. Hl AGREE ON ACTION. London; Oct.’ 12.—The ministers of allied governments have/ discussed the German peace overtures and agreed upon a common; course of action. H ‘ ‘ -ABDICATION RUMORS GROW: Zurich, Oct. 12.—Neutral travelers arriving here report that; rumors that.the kaiser may abdicate are gaing popularity from’ day today, and:‘that as this rumor grows in strength the crown prince is gaining in disfavor among the people of Germany. | DON’T EXPECT SUITABLE ANSWER. , | ‘ (By Associated Press.) ‘Apparently no such thing as simple and direct dealing in Ger- | man diplomacy is looked for, and even an official. announcement! from Berlin that the note|meant unqualified acceptance of, Ameri- can and allied terms. would be viewed with open suspicion. until the document itself had been received and examined. It would be guite in keeping with German methods at this crisis to attempt to befog the issue and to mislead: public sentiment‘in enemy countries | by creating the impression that the war is over. Unless Germany actually is ready for unconditional surrender, : officials do not believe Prince Maximilian will reply to. the presi- dent, by' saying that he represents the German people. themselves, | seeking peace without consideration of the German war lords; that the terms which President Wilson has offered are accepted, and that the imperial government: accedes to the president’s de-; mands that the German troops be withdrawn from occupied ter-! ritory everywhere. \ i Only such a reply will be acceptable to President Wilson and! the allied governments. ! It is not believed that Prince Maximilian; is prepared to make such an unconditional reply, even though de-| feat is recognized as inevitable. i There probably will be an attempt by diplomatic trickery to’ the very last to get something better than the dictated peace be-/ fore the Americans and allies begin to cross the German borders. | DOYLE GIVEN: INBURLEIGH Time in History Without Religious Rite. | i i & i i ANY BISMARCK People’s Candidate for Governor Talks to Large, Apprecia- ’ tive Crowds. | No services will be held in any Bismarck church Sungay in re- sponse to the request of local | health authorities. For probably | the first time in the history of the {| capital city, a Sabbath will pass without a publié religious rite of any kind. f -U. S, ‘Marshal S. J. Doyle, the peo- ple’s candidate for governor, invaded Burleigh county this morning after a corking good meeting last evening | REV. CALL ON | at Tuttle. His first stop in this coun- ty was at Arena, where early this , i morning a large and appreciative | WAY OVERSEAS | crowd gathered to hear his clear, log- | H ical discussion of. the vital issués of | AS CHAPLAIN the campaign. Doyle dealt with his NO SERVICES IN. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, OCT. 12, 1918 OWLRAIDER | 4. , LT. PRANK LUKE JR- Lieutenant Luke has evolved the night just as the enemy balloons are off. He downed 11 balloons and three airplanes jn four days and sent down three balloons in a half hour. He ilands by the light of the rockets. Luke + is from Arizona. WILSON HEADS IIBERTY LOAN CAPITAL PARADE ‘Loaded Revolver Found on‘Street | at even more vital German positions is the American attack in the | Near Where Peculiar Acting Man is Arrested. u DENIED HARMFUL INTENT New York, Oct, 12—Pres. Wilson amrched in the great Liverty Day pa- rade here today. He-took his place in the procession at 72nd s‘reet.soon af-) ter it started ‘at thé head*of the Amer- ican. Division and Jead the division | doown oth Avenue to the altar-of Lib- erty. . 4 During the presidenc’s <narch a man broke through the police lines and at- tempted to shake hands vith him. Se- cret service men stoppe’ the man and took him to a police station, where he was held for disorderly conduct. The police ‘said his intentions were tharmiess. UY W. SS. FRAZIER ASKS NON-ESSENTIAL WORKERS’ AID Governor Urges That Labor Not Necessary Here Volunteer for War Work. Governor Frazier today issued a formal proclamation calling upen North Dakota men now engaged in nonessential occupations, or whose | place here can be filled by women. to; volunteer for service with Uncle, Sam in the very necessary munition and shipyard work. His proclamation fol- lows: + “The first need of our nation is kota has givén freely of men fot the \fighting forces of the United States, | and of money wherever and whenever needed. A call now comes for thous- ‘ads of men to engagé in war indus- tries work. Qne hundred nine thou- sand unskilled laborers are needed for | work in munition plants alone, and even greater’numbers for army con- struction projects. To fill our state’s a: a 'FOCH CONTINUES TO. | | | { Germans Pause in Flight Along Cambrai-St. | Quentin Line—Brit ish Sweep Toward Douai , OVER ENTIRE WEST FRONT (By Associated Press.) The Germans have paused in their flight before the Anglo-| | | Americans advancing along the Cambrai-St. Quentin long enough} HAMMER HUN LINES | BUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS. MERICANS KILLED | GERMAN PRESS TROOP SHIP WRECKED IN NORTH CHANNEL DURING STORM OFF IRISH COAST Islanders on High Rock s Helpless to Save Those on Wreck—-Many Jump to Certain Death— 24 Bodies Found in One Cove. An Irish Port, Oct. 12.—American soldiers to the number of | to contemplate a stand along the Selle river at La Cateau. Momen- | 36€ perished when the British steamer Otranto and the transport | tarily, therefore, the line appears to be stationary along this front. '! Kashmir collided in the north channel between Scotland and Ireland | Field Marshal Haig in his official report today did not mention any | last Sunday. , Three hundred American soldiers and 30 French sail- ‘new forward movement here. ‘ors and 266 members of the crew of the Otranto have been landed. | Ma Line Unstable. |More than 200 bodies-had*been recovered this morning, and many ! The line is an extramely unstable one, however, and German} idefenses. are described as mere scratches on the surface, There ‘seems every probability therefore that the allied drive will be re-| ‘sumed as soon as the transports and reinforcements catch up with Douai’s Fall Imminent. | ‘ed a close approach on the city of Douai. The announcement of | Douai’s fall at any hour would not be surprising. a“ Advance Four Miles. Equally sweeping advances are being made in, the Champagne. |The German front here seerfs to have lost its power of successful iresistance, and General Petain’s troops have advanced from three ;to four miles. The important town of Vouziers has been pene- itrated and the French line in Champagne has been brought up to ‘a level with it along the Retourne river. The advance in Cham- | pagne now has reached a depth of nearly 15 miles since the Franco- +American offensive was started on this front September 26, hardly ‘more than two weeks ago. | | Advance More Than Mile. ; | | Aiding markly in the success of this operation and striking | Argonne and in the Meuse districts. The army fought tis way! 'northward yesterday to the vicinity of Dandries-et-St. Georges, | | which apparently marks a mile and a half progress beyond the! ‘famous Kremhildt line. | | To ay the Americans were again attacking against such deter- i mined resistance, as to indicate plainly the realization of the Ger- mans that they are facing here a menace to their entire positions in northrn France through the threat to their vital communica- tion Inie in the Montmedy area. ‘i Paris, Oct. 12.—Today finds Germany a little nearer; the brink of disaster. Marshal Foch’s broom applied in the Champagne this tin: has swept the enemy back on a wider front than ever before. General Ludendorff is now reaping the results of the cardinal error that he made in figuring:the allied offensives were to be made in as wide sectors as his own. | For instance, the evacuation of the Belgian coast appears to jhave been ordered and then countermanded which justifies the inference that Genral: Ludendorff is no longer guided by purely military considerations, either from the demoralizing effect a re-| treat on a large scale would have-in the interior or that the idea| the Dore territory that remains in its hand the stronger Germany | would be in its conversations with Washington. i Get On His Rear. | | Marshal Foch in the presage to his celebrated book “On the. Conduct of War,” says: | “Nogi’s army at Mukden sought not so much to crush the, Russian right by a flank attack as to get on his rear and thus deter-: imine the retreat of all the enemy forces.” The allied commander in chief seems now to be applying that | principle in France. The German front forms a vast salient from ‘the Escaut to the Meuse. \ | On Both Flanks. { ' The extreme point of it is at Anizy. Marshal Foch’is attack-_ |ing it not alone on one flank but on both, alternately, while he is: pressing the center in the section between La Fere and Berry-au-' Bac to prevent the enemy’s breaking contact and slipping away At the beginning of the week it was the turn of the left of the) ‘allied forces which struck in the vicinity.of Maubege and Guise.! Yesterday it was the right that delivered the blow aiming it in the! ‘direction of Mezieres. i Whether both wings break through or only one is immaterial. | ‘The result would be the same, and the longer the Germans resist ; | what appears to be the inevitable, the worse for them, Every day} i |men—the second is money. North Da-jadds to the wastage of their effectives and material and should) oneer Otiver county rancher, ioliowing ithey hold on too long thelr retreat would soon becom? a rout. | ‘ BECOME ACES. se oc i With the Americans Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 10.—Several | \aviators have become’ aces since the Americans struck this sector. | | Eddie Rickenbacker, the former automobile driver, has won fifteen, aerial victories, and probably will be credited with eighteer in a/ few days. Just behind him comes Lieut. Frank Luke of Phoenix, Ariz., with fifteen. Lieut. Hamilton Cooledge of Boston and J. C. Vascouzelles of Denver are new aces, with seven and five respect-' ively. of them had been buried. A Total Wreck. _ The Otranto is a total wreck on the island of Ismay. The troop ships collided while a heavy storm was raging, and the Otranto with a gaping hole in her side then drifted helplessly toward the rocky coast. A number of the' soldiers on board were from the interior of the United States, and many had no experience at sea. They preferred to remain on the bigger ship rather than leap to the smaller destroyer Munsey, which came to the rescue. They seemed to be cheered by the sight of land. Their hope of rescue, however, was dispelled, when the captain of the Otranto shouted from the deck, “Well, boys, we'll have to swim for it.” The ship then slid with hardly a jar on to a shelving rock. After that the tragedy moved rapidly to a climax. ; . Impossible to Help. oF The fury of the storm seemed centered on the helpless vessel. The steel deck house was wrenched bodily from its fastening by the enormous waves and was hurled into the breakers, sweeping many men with it. The ship had struck a mile from shore, and on the cliffs stood hundreds of islanders anxious to send aid which it was impossible to extend. Owing to the high wind it was im- possible to get a rope to the ship. Scores Start to Jump. / Scores of men began to jump, and many were immediately caught by the waves and hurled against the side of the ship. About jnoon the Otranto was caught by a high wave and hurled back against the rock with such force that it broke in two. The mast was snapped short, killing many as it fell. One section of the hull turned sideways, emptying all: who remained on deck, into the surf. The’remaining members of the ship’s company were now struggling in the water. The slim chance they might have had to get to shore was dissipated by the wreckage from the ship, ~/ NEAR: BRINK-OF: DISASTER. | through which the best swimmers were’ unable to' win their way: Joseph Pollock said many more soldiers would have been saved but for the steep banks of the cliff. In one little cove 24 bodies were found. All of the surviving soldiers expressed, their , gratitude to the islanders for their succor. As in the case of the troop ship the loss of the ship’s papers prevented the immediate publication of a list of those lost. The names of the survivors will be cabled to Washington and checked against the ship’s register. In this way the identity of those lost will be discovered: ua DISOBEYED ORDERS. Belfast, Oct. 12.—The telegram states that it was in obedience to orders from the Otranto which was the flagship of the convoy jthat the steamer Kashmir after the collision proceeded without attempting to rescue anyone from the Otranto. REV. BUZZELLE mT y BUMELLE COUNTIES ARE roneraL Rives NOT TO GATHER Carl Fristad. :Temporary Injunction Issued by Amidon to Clear Up Litigation. rge Buzzelle, rector of St.! George terday delivered a patri- otic oration at the funeral of Private Carl Fristad, a Harmon boy who died; . the first of the week at Camp,Grant,/ Fargo, N. D., Oct. 11—In the suit il, a victim of pneumonia, Rey. Buz-/PTought by the four principal rail- zelle spoke at the request of the de-iTOads of the state protesting against the payment of a part of their 1917 ax levy on the ground that they are the funeral services conducted by the/inequitable, a temporary injunction pastor of the local Norwegian Luther-; was granted by Judge Charles F, Am- Wa church: The Bs the United States district tended by everyoue in the tad, a pi! ceased’s father, P. A. Fri: | idon in }court. to restrain the treasurer of Harmon. The Oliver county E: guard formed an escort of honor and/each county in the state from certi- furnished the pal rers. fying the part of. their taxes which Private Odin Fristad, a brother of the railroads have refused to pay to the deceased. suffering trom the sheriff { -ollecth Spanish influe Camp Custer,| ‘Be sheriff for collection. slich. Mrs. H. V. Scharosch of Bis-/ “If this order was not made it marck, a sister, who went to Harmon] would be the duty of the areasurer the fore part of the week upon being; of each county to make a certificate subject as a man and an American, and he won the approval of many Non- partisans who had turned out to hear him in spite of commands /of league managers in this county that they stéer clear of Doyle meetings. At Wing the Arena experience was repeated. At Regan a large crowd had gathered, but it was deemed best, because of the prevalence of influenza there, to hold no meeting, and the next governor and his party contented ’ themselves with a hand-shaking all- around. At Baldwin this afternoon a monster open-air meeting is being held. All of the north central: part of Burleigh is represented there, many having driven down from. Wilton, where it became necessary to cancel the Doyle meeting because’ of the in- fluenza. jl é : There will be no Doyle meeting in, Bismarck this evening, much to the disappointmént © of all concerned. Doyle and -his party will reach the capital city. -about ‘dinnertime, and will spend the evening at the Grand. Pacific. BUY W.r Beef Reade Goes to Harvey. State Fire Marshal H. L, Reade has been called to Harvey to Investigate a series 6f suspicious fires in a store- building ‘at’that point: 1 Rey. L. R. Gall, who was for some time acting pastor of the First Bap- tist church of Bismarck, recently grad- uated from the training school for chaplains and approved chaplain can- didates at Camp’ Zachary Taylor, j Louisville, Ky. Chaplain Call was giv- en a commission as first lieutenant in the United States army and was ord- ered ‘to immediate service with the American expeditionary forces in, France. He is no on ‘his way .over- seas. . - avy wes. se Widespread Havoc i Porto Rico Quake Havana, Oct. 12.—Widespread dam- age has been caused by au earthquake in Porto Rico* Many buildings are said to have been destroyed: The-re/| port, fixes no definite locality, and no loss of life is mentioned. Cable vom- munication is badly hampered. This island was shaken by an earth- quake this morning, and the shock was. fallowed by a tidal wave. The tidal waters have submerged a town on the low-lying southeastern coast, killing fourteen and injurihg forty more. At Ponce. a city of 35,000. per- sons on the south coast, the city hall was wrecked, and several are report- ed killed. quota will tax our resources to the; limit. Men must be eplaced- by wom-! fn wherever possible. All non-essen: | tial occupations ‘should be dispensed | Meuse, while their left wing.is within five miles of Buzincy, says | with that a sufficient numer of men|Marshal Houtin in ‘Echo de Paris. Continuing he says important | home. was brought toa local hospital | ed Judge Amidon. : : may be recruited for the important|eyents which will change the entire face of things may be expected | esterday with @ severe attack of the}; ; als. woul ava ue soaeanies work our government has under way. in this part of the Woevre front: Orders found on prisoners show! influenza. 1 in mu titudes of suits. is generally “Men of North Dakota, if you are 3 ft t » | | known that the railroads have resist- filling a non-essential position your|the enemy was instructed to resist on the Suippe river front untli ‘TAYLOR: GETS |ed payment of a part of their taxes duty ig clear. The needs of the na-|the 13th at least, in order to save all material possible and to en-| | under the levy of 1917 on the grounds | tion must be mot and I have asturance |able the adjacent armies to beat an orderly retreat. General COMMISSION | Bhat thee Deobetes ee eee ee that all who can be spared will take! Gourard’s campaign upset this plan. The fear of being rushed} IN U.S. ARMY | the same class in the state.” caused the Germans to decline to give battle. The crown prince | SERS RTaIeEy { has moved his headquarters from Mezires in hot haste. , . PREPARING STRONG STAND. With the Franco-Anglo-Americans on the Valenciennes Front, Oct; 12.—There was every evidence today that the Germans were preparing to make.a strong stand on the Valenciennes line, which now has been reached east of Solesmes. ADVANCE MUST BE CAUTIOUS. Si 3 British, Headquarters in France, Oct. 12.—British advance PSthomae Hall, i | posts now have been pushed to within a little more than a mile of ‘Secretary of State.” {thé outposts of Dowai. The advance from here must be very i cautions, however, as many groun dmines have been encountered, and it is believed the town itself may be mined. The troops are driving northeasterly toward Douai and at the 7 ‘advised of her brother’s death, fell ajand. upon receiving it, it would he * CLOSING ON DAN-SUR-MEUSE. | = | Victim of the epidemic, and was; the duty of the sheriff to seize any Paris, Oct. 12—The Americans are closing in on Dan-Sur-) prought’ back to Bismarck for hospital| railroad property in his county and | treatment, and a younger brother, at) sell it for collection of the tax,” stat- Buy Woe eo up some branch of work where person- al service to the federal government may be given. The government dbes not recruit: from mines, railroads or farms. Help must come from other|° sources. Applications may be made at the U. S. Employment Offices or to the chairman of community labor boards. . “Done at the Capitol at Bismarck this 11th” Day of October, A. D., 1918. “LYNN J. FRAZIER, “Governor. j The corporations paid the treasur- | érs that portion of the tax which the f. J. Taylor, former state supern-} companies conceded to be valid. They tendent of public instruction and one! have brought suit to have the re- of NUorth Dakota’s best known and| mainder of the tax restrained as void. most liked ‘educators. has been com-| That suit is pending in the United missioned an officer in the sanitary| States court, and a temporary injunc- corps of the United States army. “Mr.! tion has been issued to hold the mat- Taylor for some time past has been! ter in suspense until the evidence state director of the boys’ labor re-jcan be taken and the case tried. serve of the United States employ- | If the contention of the companies ment service. ‘is sustaitted the taxes will be en- To Go to Washington. | joined. Otherwise they will be order- Mr. Taylor, who expects soon to re-jed to pay the balance of the tax, ceive his commission from Washing-|Judge Amidon stated. — bs ton, will be assigned-to work in the} ‘There was no formal objection to office of the surgeon general at the |the granting of the temporary injunc- national capital, under Major A. C.!tion. In fact one of the war statutes Monahan of the sanitary cbrps, and} passed since the Tauiioade were. jaxsn To Mest Bishop Oxford. Rey. George Buzzelle, rector of St. George’: iscopal chi left on No. : > rs r fs Py 4 ‘ee atinnoapolis t stiend the meet-| Same time are widening the already wide salient made in the for-|nhis duties will consist of the placing| over by the government ings. held. in that .city by the lord] mer German position. There are strong indications the Germans ce disabled soldiers in limited serv- sous of railroad property . ice. . é Sa bishop of Oxford, Ckatles, Gore. _Jrealize they must get out of the Douai salient. : ‘ {Continued dn Page Two.) Ste aa s fe: ‘ * sd