The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 14, 1918, Page 1

CK TRIBUNEE= OCTOBER 14. 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MON i | Sg ee THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. | 1,000 PERISH IN MINNESOTA FIRES © N President Wilson Has Official LARGE SECTION OF NORTHERN ~ FORESTSWEPT BY ONE OF MOST GERMAN FORCES ABANDON President Wilson Has Official + GOBAINAND LAON MASSIFS; | Toxt of Germany's Peace Note; «FAMOUS PLATEAU CAPTURED | Teutons in Speedy Retr eat Have Reached Brum- hild Line — Allied Advance Slows Down | ‘ Near Douai. — a (By Associated Press.) Pe German forces have abandoned the whole massifs of St. Gobain! and Laon. 4 ; When the Germans began to fall back out of the bag into which they were sléwly being caught by the rapid advance of the allies ; on each side, they went with such speed that the change in the} battle line in that section of the front during a few hours was; astonishing. Not until the French reached the St. Quentin-La Fere railroad did they encounter any real resistance. ‘| Bf Italian Troops Participate. H Italian troops participated in the advance and are now engaged | on the hills north of the Ailette river. At this particular point,’ the German lines have been pushed back or have been withdrawn | so that a sharp angle has been created. : : North of Douai there appears to have been a slowing down of the allied advance during the last couple of days. nel This may indicate that the Germans have reached what is known as the Hunding or Brumhild line. This position, while | somewhat less formidable so far as known than the Hindenburg | system, is strong enough to restrict pursuit by the allies for some | time. t Z WIN PLATEAU. H Paris, Oct. 14.—Still another victory has been added to the long trail of glory blazed by the allied armies. _ Tel The Laon plateau at last has been won, crowning the Cambrai- St. Quentin and Champagne offensives. The maneuvers so skill-' fully maneuvered by Marshal Foch and carried out by General Haig and General Petain enabled this to be accomplished without | the loss inseparable from a separate attack. _ | This has laid low the foundation built up since 1914. _ { It was on the Laon plateau that the German line was pivoted. | It was to turn it that the offensives of 1916 and 1918 were car-! ried out. i VIOLENT ARTILLERY ACTION. i With the American Forces Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 14—. Violent artillery actions were in progress today along the Verdun front, but the enemy laid down barrages last night that were pre-| paratory to counter-attacks., { The most determined efforts of the enemy were on the left hetween St. Juvin and St. Georges. The Germans advanced in| open order and fought with a steadiness that indicated fresh} troops. Within an hour, however, the American artillery support- ing the infantry had brought the little offensive to a halt. . REPULSE ATTACKS, |... Washington, Oct. 14.—Repulse of strong repeated enemy at- tacks on.the newly won American positions on both sides of the Meuse and continued participation ‘of Americans in successful British operations south of La Cateau and French in Champagne} is reported in General Pershing’s communique for Sunday. | CAPTURE NISH. 5 London, Oct. 14.—After capturing Nish on Saturday Serbian, forces took possession of enemy positions north of the town.; French cavalry has occupied the Belea Palanka. STATE OF SEIGE. Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 14.—The Portuguese government has} declared a state of seige for all Portuguese territory. The Portu- guese president has taken direct command of the forces. Tran-! quility rigns in the country. At Penasiel, a town 19 miles north-| east of Oporto, there has been a small show of insubordination. Al military force promptly reduced the rioters to obedience. | CIVILIANS LIBERATED. 1 Paris, Oct. 14.—Sunday 6,500 civilians were liberated when} the French troops entered Laon. The statement issued at the war | office says the French have passed far beyond the town on the! whole front between the Oise and the Ailette. i ATTACK ON WIDE FRONT. peal With the Americans in Flanders, Oct. 14.—British, Belgian) and French forces attacked at dawn this morning on a wide front | in Flanders, driving in a general direction toward Ghent and Cen trai, from Commines to the northward. The troops of the three nations went over the top after a “crash” bombardment only. There was-no preliminary bombardment. It undoubtedly tactically | surprised the enemy. F ‘In the British army were some of Great Britain’s best troops, | Streets—Funeral Arrange- and in the French forces were famous French organizations. By the fury with which the attack was launched, it is evident the; fighting armies are not paying the slightest attention to the peace | offensive. They- launched their attack this morning with un-| paralleled vigor. The blow in Flanders may prove Marshal Foch’s; masterpiece. If the allied progress is continued, the Germans! _ through a wide stretch of territory, including possibly the import- ant German submarine bases and the Lille territory, will either’ have to get out or face a second Sedan. ; ! RRR ARR AA Conference Called at White House WILSON’S NOTE TO GERMANY AND HUN’S REPLY MR. WILSON’S NOTE. - President Wilson’s reply to the German peace offer made public last Wednesday, signed by Secretary Lansing «nd transmitted through the Swiss legation, follows: Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge, on behalf of the president, your note of October G, enclosing the communication from the Ger- man government to the president, and I am instructed by the president to request you to make the following communication to the Imperial German chancellor: “Before making reply to the request of the imperial German government, and in order that the reply shall be candid and straight- forward as momentous interests involved re- quire, the president of the United States deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the note of the imperial chancellor. iM “Does the imperial chancellor mean that! the imperial German government accepts the terms laid ‘down by the president in his ad- dress to the congress of the United States on the 8th day of January last, and in subse- quent addresses, and that its objects in enter-| ing into discussions would be only to agree upon the practical details of their applica- tion? “The president feels bound to say with re- gard to the suggestion of an armistice thathe’ would not feel at liberty to propose a cessa- tion of arms to the governments with which the government of the United States is asso- ciated against the central powers, so long as thes armies of those powers are upon their sou, “The good faith of any discussion would} manifestly depend upon the consent of the central powers immediately to withdraw their forces everywhere from invaded terri- tory. “The president also feels that he is justi- fied in asking whether the: imperial, chancel. lor is speaking merely for the constituted au- thorities of the empire who have so far con- ducted the war. He deems the answer to these questions vital from every point of view. “Accept, sir, the renewed assurance of my; high consideration. “ROBERT LANSING.” GERMANY’S ANSWER. The German government’s answer to President. Wilson’s note of inquiry as to the ; Scope and authority for the latest peace move ‘and specifying the-only conditions under which the allies would agree to an armistice, ‘as announced in London and received in the United States last night follows: “In reply to the questions of the president iof the United States of America the German igovernment hereby declares: : ! “The German government has accepted the terms laid down by President Wilson in his ;address of January 8th and in his subsequent addresses on the foundation of’ a permanent peace of justice. | “Consequently, ‘its object in entering into | discussions would ‘he only to agree, upon |practical details of the application of these \terms. 5 ; “The German government believes that the igovernments of the powers associated with the government of the United States also {take the position taken by President Wilson in his address. “The German government, in accordance with the Austro-Hungarian government for the purpose of bringing about an armistice, declares itseit ready to comply with the ‘propositions of the president in regard to ‘ evacuation. : “The German government suggests that the president may occasion the meeting of a ntixed commission for making the necessary ;arrangements concerning the evacuation. “The present German government; which has undertaken the responsibility for this step towards a peace, has been formed by paonferences and.in a.great deal with the,great majority of the reichstag. | “The chancellor, supported in all of his ' acti ms by the will of this majority, speaks iin the name of the German government and of the German people. “Berlin, Oct. 12, 1918. “SOLFF, | “State Secretary of Foreign Office.” FIVE DEATHS IN 48 HOURS BRING ~ EPIDEMIC HOME Spanish Ifluenza Now Seems to Have Bismarck Thoroughly in Its Grip. EVERY PRECAUTION URGED People Ordered to’ Keep Off the ments for Victims. 23 DEATHS, Fargo, Oct. 14—With 100 new cases of Spanish influenza report- ed in Fargo within the last 48 hours, eight deaths have occurred making 23 deaths in ten days. The number of cases here is estimated at 2,000. The opening of the N. D. A.C. has been indefinitely postponed | Washington, Oct. 14—Germany’s reply to President Wilson ‘veached the Swiss legation in official form by cable this morning. | It was in German text, a translation of which was identical with |that received by wireless Saturday night. Instead of taking the | note direct to the White House, Fredrick Oderlin, Swiss charge, | conimunicated with the state department. He was asked to pre- sent it. to Secretary Lansing at 11:15 o’clock. In the meantime, the president had called Secretary Lansing and Mr. Baker to the White House for a conference. ; { Great events were moving swiftly today behind the veil of diplomatic secrecy toward the formulation of President Wilson’s ‘Next move in reply to the German peace negotiations. There was still no official intimation to guide the public mind, | but the impression there could be no armistice without guarantees which in themselves would constitute an unconditional surrender gained strength everywhere. |... Senator Ashurst of Arizona, after conferring with President , Wilson, said: {in the smallest degree the successes of the American and allied armies in the field. On the contrary what he will do will rathe strengthen the military situation.” | This is the first statement made public by any one who has conferred with President Wilson. Col. House in Conference. H Col. House joined in the conference. ! The only information officially that has come regarding the ‘probable course of the president is that he is sure to act quickly and positively. Everywhere in Washington the confident belief prevailed that whatever might be the form of that action, it would jnot contemplate a cessation of hostilities nor a form of peace {negotiations with Germany amounting to less than unconditional surrender.: If the opinion of the man in the street'is reflected by editorial “The president will take no action that will weaken | DISASTROUS BLAZES IN HISTORY Dangerous Pockets Reported North and North- east of Duluth—Relief Work Starts Under State Authorities. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 14.—A large section of northern Minne- * {sota today was a smoldering ruin with hundreds of bodies of men, {women and children strewn about the country side as a result of |forest fires which swept this region Saturday and Sunday. Latest jestimates place the death lists at 1,000. Hundreds are more or less seriously burned; thousands are destitute and homeless, and |the property loss will reach many millions. A dozen cities were ' destroyed. The worst blazes were at Moose Lake, Turtle River ‘and Cloquet. At Moose Lake it is estimated at least 400 perished iin the flames. Although countless small fires were burning | throughout the district today. and the more serious blazes died down during the night, a revival of the 70-mile gale of Saturday would add further horrors and add to the horror. ‘ Begin Relief Work. Relief work begun Saturday under Adjutant General Rhinow and Governor Burnquist is progressing rapidly. The heaviest loss reports come from Moose Lake, where relief parties are finding {scores of bodies heaped in piles, burned to a crisp. There is every indication, General Rhinow said today, that the loss of life in the |vicinity of Moose Lake, Turtle River and Lawler will be greater | than first estimated. During the night most of the bodies strewn \along the roads were brought to Moose Lake. Late yesterday one ;company of men reached Lawler, a small village northeast of ‘Moose Lake. Four buildings mark all that is left of the town. To- day there is little wind, and it is hoped all fires will be under control iby nightfall. i Dangerous fire pockets are reported north and northeast of : Duluth. i A dangerous fire is reported in the vicinity of Schultz Lake, ;a summer resort 25 miles northeast of here. All means of com- munication have been destroyed. People familiar with the district | say there is little chance of loss of life. i Residences Obliterated. I Charred ruins marked ;the ravages of the fire which swept ; into Duluth, destroying homes in Woodland, Lakeside and Lester | Park, within the city limits. Back of Duluth the villages of ; Adolph, Munger, Five Corners, Barney, Grand Lake, Maple Grove jand Twig, which were thriving communities Saturday morning. jare almost obliterated today. Further west Carlton, Cloquet, | Brookston, ‘Brevator, are recognizable only by sign posts. Pike | Lake and Pine Hill are no more, While to the south the Moose Lake ; district is still a smoldering ruin. _ , Thousand Homeless. t From these points-thousands of homeless persons have arrived jhere, and points further south, while many seriously burned, have | been removed to hospitals in St. Paul and Minneapolis. é Over virtually every foot of the fire swept district the devasta- tion was complete. The few farm buildings left standing over approximately ten thousand square miles in Minnesota are the only things left from the catastrophe. One Hundred Buildings Destroyed. Persons who have visited the burned over district declared | today there is no way to place the monetary estimate on the loss. | The fire loss to Duluth is placed at approximately $750,000. Nearly 100 buildings have been destroyed by, the flames. FORTY-TWO BODIES IN FIRE. Aitkin, Minn.. Oct. 14.—The bodies of 42 fire victims found in and near Aitkin are in local morgues, and official reports from senrehers indicated a score or more odips are still to be brought | here. i SHIPPING STOPPED. Duluth, Oct. 14.—Late shipping from the head of the lakes is impeded or entirely stopped by billows of smoke from the smolder- ing forests, added to a dense fog that obscures large objects a few {rods apart. Government sirens ashore are directing the course of vessels trying to make shore. ONE HUNDRED BODIES IN MORGUE. ie Moose Lake, Minn., Oct. 14.—More than 100 bodies of fire vic- tims are in morgues here today, and relief workers estimate 100 more will come in before night. SHIP COFFINS TO DISTRICT. ! St. Paul, Oct. 14.—State officials believing the death list in he forest fire zone will total between 800 and 1,000, today ar- ranged for an additional shipment of coffins to Moose Lake. Every state relief organization is mobilizing its forces. Reports today indicated many cities were collecting subscriptions for the desti- j tute. Official information ccnfirms the report that Grand Rapids, : Minn., is safe. | TWENTY-ONE TOWNS WIPED OUT. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 14—Twenty-one towns have been de- stroyed with a known death list of 228 by the forest fires which ‘swept this region Saturday and Sunday. ,, GOV. BURNQUIST ON SCENE. Moose Lake, Oct. 14.—Shortly after daybreak searching parties pierced |the charred district north, east and i | i ‘MUST SIGN UP ALL PHYSICAL b.. FLUSLOWSUP i ad d today. t * =H | } } | EXAMINATIONS | was:derquaced:todey ‘comment, the people in the country have already made up. their south in search of bodies, q \ i |’ Five deaths within 48 hours, three| mind that there should be no temporarizing with an enemy whose | Before noon, automobiles began to f ' -HERE ARE OFF | ix 10a! hospitals. one at Camp Dodge word is worth only what the victorious allied armies make it. i return to Moose Lake and almost every machine brought back charred vic- tims. A’ special |and one at Marmarth, brought the} Secretary Daniels joined the White House conference. The! {stern facts of the influenza epidemic advisers were together for nearly two hours, thn Col. House and} ical “examiner of the Burleigh {home to Bismarck today. ‘the cabinet officers walked over to the state, war and navy build-; county draft board, today an- | Mrs. Frank Milhollan died at a lo! ing. nounced that all physical examin- | ca] hospital at 3 o'clock this morning) UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. | ations of select. service men in | — Sa eet iy | * A © s sals of ce by G y | ‘ Call for 2,800 Men to Begin En-| Burleigh county have been cancel- atten an illness which began Friday.) Washington, Oct. 14.—Discussion of Germany's peace reply Sree ems Csoble Get Themceleee todag |87Y hospitals have been established. 4 all for 2, eg! led until further notice. This or- |and which/developed Sunday morning | was opened’ in the senate today: by: Senator New of Indiana, who} to subscribe at least three billion in] One in a school puilding which; es- ae training Next Monday Ham- | er applies immediately and will “Tinto pneumonia. Ray Jones, son of declared nothing short of unconditional surrender be entertained | the next six days to the Fourth Liber-| caped the flames was filled. Thirty ed by Gri | affect registrants suinmonee for | Mrs. J, W. Moran of the sunny brook | ax considered. ity loan. Reports to the treasury to-| small children mostly blistered and le amination tomorrow, who are | 3 ity, died |= © 4 y 2 ‘a is: ‘ pert yy Grip. exi dairy farm, southeast of the city, dit TURKEY’S NOTE ARRIVES. |day from each of the .2 federal dis: ‘burned were crying for their parents Washington, Oct. 14.—Turkey’s long delayed note asking like} date amount 4 now instructed not to report until iat a local hospital Sunday from pneu-! {tricts showed total subscriptions to! Ella MeKendry of Mandan died in @|Germany and Austria that President Wilson take in hand the, Spanish infiuenea cies is slowing up se-| given que notice. annese stene monia, growing out of influenza; Mrs. ; mou to only $2,500,000,000. | who had not been located. On other \ lective service work all over the state. are taken\because of the epidemic Blenerae: hevpitalsBenureays “Deunis| ny a en ion Hes es a eanicn the ten, Dee cots were mothers of dead children. , cas i! wovle, former train dispatcher on the restoration of peace chee . ath he e state department. he Aarirauneted ssubachigtions were ob Examinations have been suspended by| of Spanish influenza. One called for her several children. medical boards in Burleigh, Grand gach ans N hesitated M1 her all Soo line, died Saturday at Camp; timated as swelling the total to three | Nurses hesitated to tell her all were Lodge, .and William J. Empting, a, billion. This left three billion to be Forks, Cass and other counties. Wells | NINE CARS PILE found burned to death in a mudhole. 1. SELECTION OF 1 FIGHTING MEN Dr..C. E. Stackhouse, chief med-. | Burnquist and Mrs. Burnquist to Washington, Oct. 14.—Unaffected by | \foose Lake this forenoon. Tempor- county today advises the adjutant gen- eral that the sheriff, auditor and chief clerk of its local board are ‘laid up with the influenza, and williams coun- ty wires in from Williston for per- mission to defer its psysical examina- tions. The call principally affected is that for October 21-25, when 2,300 men are to entrain for Fort. Winfield Scott, Calif. Examinations for the ag- rieultural college vocational training class of 320, originally scheduled for ‘October 15, but postponed ten days because of the influenm, had been practically completed in every county before epidemic conditions became general. * INTO THE DITCH Small Freight Wreck East of ‘Town Calls Out: Wrecker. Nine cars went in the ditch a mile east of Burleigh at 8 o'clock Monday morning when a wheel proke in a string of empties westbound on the Northern Pacific. No one was injured, but the right-of-way .was badly piled up, and the wrecker, summoned from Mandan, had to do some quick work to je No. 3 through at noon. former Soo line engineer, died at Mar- marth on Saturday. All were victims of the epidemic. . Henry W. Richholt left Saturday evening for Camp Custér. Mich., in re- sponse,to a message’ advising that his dition as a result of the epidemic, and ‘Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Henry Hollst and daughter Esther will leave this even- ing for Ann Arbor, Mich, to attenll the funeral of her brother, Private Harry Goodhue, aged 25, who died at Camp Custer on “Saturday, after suf- fering three {Continu on Page Two.) son Frank was in a very serious con-|' London, Oct. 14.—While certain developments are taking place ,the Central News says it has learned Great Britain will oppose granting any armistice to Germany unless absolute guafan- tees, both military and naval, are forthcoming. OPINIONS OF THEIR OWN. Washington, Oct. 14.—An official dispatch from Rome Says that while the Italian public knows the allied governments adhere to President Wilson’s expressed program'‘of peace, they have opin- ions of their own on clearing up points of international purpose. RESIGNATION INEVITABLE. London, Oct. 14.—The resignation of Prince Max of Baden as Strom talugnea The} imperial chancellor is probable. Advices from'Holland quote the (Continued on Page Three) n raised by the end of the campaign Saturday night to make the loan a suc- cess. More than half a Dillion must be subscribed daily, wy w. 8. 8. {FRENCH SUCCEED | - IN ISOLATING INFLUENZA GERM Paris, Oct: 14—Two French scien- tists have succeeded in isolating the | infectuous agent which caused Span- patch. ish influenza, aecording to a Pinas = FIRE WELL IN HAND. St. Paul, Oct. 14—A dispatch re- ceived at the state capitol early this morning from Adjutant General Rein- ‘holt at, Moose Lake stated that the | fire situation was well in hand. No spread of the fire is feared and it is anticipated the area will be cleared of bodies by tonight. ——a0r w. S$ s—— RECOVERING BODIES, Island of Islay, Scotland (Sunday), Oct. 13.—Work of recovering bodies from the wrecked ship Otranto was ré- sumed today. ‘