The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 23, 1918, Page 1

Ec CK TRIBUNE =| GENERALLY FAIR. f ¢ f : THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR ALLIES Al NOTHING IN NEW NOTE TO | ALTER STAND Can Be No Armistice Until Ger- many Has Evacuated Occu- pied Territory. UNRESTRICTED DEBATE Prince Max Says Critical Point INDIAN VETERAN TRAINS SELECT Sergt. Joe Rogers Home From Front to be Instructor. Garrison, N. D., Oct. 23.—Sergeant dian, descendant of the tribesmey who housed Lewis and Clark during the winter they spent on the Missouri river near this point, is home from the warpath. Sergt. Rogers, having won his spurs abroad, has been as- signed to Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash., as instructor for select service men. He is a Carlisle grad- uate ‘and an American prince in his jown right, and like his forefather who fought with Custer against the Stoux, he is a good soldier. He sailed Tom Rogers, a tull-blood Mandan In-; RO UE a BUT ONE DEATH REPORTED TODAY FROM INFLUENZA Bismarck . Physicians Believe They Have Epidemic Here > Under Control. ANTI-FLU SERUM ARRIVES peas Hs Innoculation of Aggie Students ESDAY, OCT. 23, 1918. BOOZE KNOCKS — "FLU BUG, SAYS J, B. ROBINSON 1 jOctogerfarian Jurist Renews His | Vigorous Drive on State Bone Dry Lid. New Senator From | . New:Hampshire Judge J. E. Robinson of the su- preme court, the neatest little lid lift- er in North Dakota, returned to the charge on: the state’s bone dry law ytoday with a letter in which he says "PRICE FIVE CENTS AT VALENCIENNES MAY . .* YIELD LINE 10 ENTENTE ' Once Scheldt is Crossed, the British Will be Able to Menace Mons and Maubeuge — Prince Max Urges Defensive War if Peace Negoti- ations Fail. ‘GERMANS HARD PRESSED “In time to save many from grippe, | (By Associated Press.) |for France on December 14, 1917, and!. Begun at Fargo—tTreat- jinfluenza, pneumonia and death, 1 ses ; Has Been Reached in Peace | yas in the trenches by February 1, } Ihave just made and’ published an | British troops again are storming the German positions west i Negotiations. {serving in the first line until August ment Successful. amazing discovery. There is no bone|Of Maubeuge. The new attack launched early today between ? aaron Pe NO WORD FROM WILSON TODAY. | Washington, D. C., Oct. 23.— There will be ‘no announcement today of Uresident Wilson’s De cision in regard to the new Ger- man note. This was learned after a white -house conference partici- pated in by Secretaries Lansing and Daniels and General March. It is understood that the outcome ~ of exchanges with London and Paris is awaited. |9. He was in at the battle of Can- \tigny, the first important victory of the Yanks, and he also fought at Sissiones. His credentials indicate that bis superior officers have great confidence in hs courage and effi- ciency and that he was especially val- ;uable in hazardous scout duty. | BUY W. S. 8. HAVE CHANCE AT. With but one death in the last 24 number of new cases reported, indi- cations this afternoon are that the health authorities ‘have succeeded atf- |ter ‘a strenuous battle in controlling ‘Bismarck's epidemic of Spanish influ- The only. death recorded in H 4 enza. { {the past 24 hours was that of Sister i M. kolanda, a member of the nurs- i There are hospitals ling staff of St.,‘Alexius. |several’ patients in both hours and a decided decrease in the} dry law in this state. . The bone dry |statute was never passed by the legis- jlature. That is clearly shown by the senate and house journals. The judges and state's attorneys have been work- ing under a delusion and have terror- ized many people and express compan- jies “by a ‘bogey’ statute which does not e: The deplorable result is |that express companies have refused to ¢ | jbest of remedies to prevent and to | {fight the ‘flu.’ The grave mistake {has been the canse of numerous CINEDINGT. IRV! NG DREW Tho unexpired (term, of the late Senator Gallinger of New Hampsire will be completed by: Senator Irving Drew, recently appointed to that of- | fice by the governor. rry into the State any liquor, the | ;Solesmes and La Cateau is reported to be making good progress. is Field Marshal Haig in driving forward north of. La Cateau is increasing the menace to Valenciénnes, through the western suburbs of which the British are fighting. i It is not probable the Germans will be able to hold out in Valenciennes much longer and once the Scheldt is crossed here the ‘British will be able to threaten Mons and Maubeuge. | On High Ground. Between La Cateau and Solesmes the British are on the high {ground east of the Selle river, and it is from,this favorable posi- 'tion today’s attack was begun. | whose condition is ;ver; rave, Mrs. : 7 resi: y 3 i . Fi ‘ si Washington, Oct. 23—-The German ; William Langer was deported eonsid- deaths. dt ; ners The German resistance here has been bitter, as the line is reply to Pres son was deliv- erably improved this afternoon, but ‘Now it is for the: attorney gen-i Vital to the German security on a wide front. ident W ered to Secretary Lansing this morn- ing by Frederick Oderlin, charge of the Swiss legation. It may be stated that there is nothing in the communi- cation to change ‘the determina- ‘BIG POWDER MILL tion of the president to propose to/SpecialiU. S. Employment Agent {there has been only a very slight improvement _ in the condition of ; Christian.G. Luc: ‘low. HE. S. Gilchrist of Sterling and IRev. J.C. Koch, ;who are at the Bis- ; Marck hospital, are very dangerously who is stili very | “ALTER STANDING OF REGISTRANTS have been grossly deceived, and, as far as possible to undo past wrongs. Now it behooves express companies and drug companies without delay to ship into the state an abundance of} good anti-flu medicine. With good li- eral and uthers.to gonfess that they! In southwstern Belgium the British continue to close in on Tourny. North of the town, they have forced a crossing of the Scheldt, while on the south they have reached the western bank of the river in front of Bruilles to Behilares. Resisting Stubbornly. MAUBEUGE x lin today, In practically every other | South of La Cateau the enemy is resisting stubbornly French the allies no armistice until Germany Hi Si 3 45 : 5 ere eekin Structural i - shea 2 3! ‘ eae gS case in the two local hospitals favor-| Practice of Requiring Officers’ | (U0", 2004 fod and rest, no person sttompts to cross the Fere river and take in the rear the German has evacuated all occupied territory. | % : terrified by qe shite Hel RA the | ting Salle See at att 6 Bis Horn, | 000 worth of Russian gold, the “first payment” from prostrate Russia, being received in Berlin. It| the twa young ehildren castes a : bitter sirnsele, sisa Be taking place ermans, ane e men an ers iin July, 1876. e axle je wagon _auite. ‘ Tite ties ;- ie cy jy | her had been playing ‘h a shotgun) in the center eo ef . Ger speak confidently of the day when | was exumed from the bed of,the creek ee a bane suite. sp event in the kaiser’s capital, as German officials crowded arourid ‘the train and_accidently shot their mother. mans are holding _ Bantheville in. they” will break-through: to the west only a couple.of weeks ago by “Dad” | to watch the unloading of the HUN-booty»~The total sum which Germany proposes’ td’ extract!” ‘The unfortunate woman is a sister! strength and along te, eville- “Mie. ‘: ‘) Brownfield of Belfield. from Russia, in cash, notes, and of Mrs. Ed Button of Napoleon. 1 “on SY clearing France and Belgium, Exchanges between Washington and the allied capitals:have been in prog- ress on the basis of the wireless ver- sion of the note received Monday and it is regarded as certain that any re- ply the president will. make will be governed by the supreme war coun- ef in France. . ¢ ‘No one can say when an announce- ment of the president's attitude can ‘be expected. on Although ‘an English. translation of the note was made with the-text, the state department made its own trans- lation. of the note. It. was expected the verbal differences in the transla- tions‘ would not alter the contents of the note: Sere 4 ‘ Secretary. ;Daniels and Genera! March remained only a. short time, leaving Mr. President and © Mr. Lan- sing in conference, ‘ READY TO EVACUATE. Paris,. Oct. 23—Germany’'s _ high: command is ready to evacuate the in- vaded territory of Belgium and France on the express condition that the. al- | Va., special States employ-; ment agent, is in the city procuring | jing help for the construction of the| government's great Pow dey ant At [left the local institition in Septem lis tobe the largest in‘the world ad. | Der. Miss Davidson had been a suf: lvises Mr. DeLay, who reports that |ferer fort years from a 22,000 men now are employed in con- | trouble, “In \spite of: this handicap, struction ‘Work at Nitro. The plant she completed*her peried of training 1 vi i (and receiveil her degree. While dt- when combieted will furnish employ: tending Your other. members of her that a force of 35,000 will be required | influenza, she ¢ontracted ‘the disease, ra . i , \to complete the erection of the plan | whic Mile wermingted: in/ death ion contract time. : Th ay sat ; 7 a i | The deceased was about 22.years old, Structural, workers are receiving | nd was.a daughter of Peter: David- $34.50 per week, with time-and a halt |® p ent fi fi ‘i for /£0n of Valley City. or pret See ee seen solider cnaltl (it Bismarck she made many friends, workers will teceive from 52.cents per, Rev. {George Buzzelle, rector of. St. hour up. When Mr. DeLay lett. Nitro, George's, returned today from Linton 2,500 -homes- for workers had been | Where yesterday he conducted ‘funer- completed and work was in. progress | 2! services for Thomas Coon, a- prom- on as many more, Applications from | inent contractor of the Emmons couh- | Bismatck men’ who wish to help Uncle | t¥ seat whose death is‘the first due Sam with this job are being ‘received to Spanish influenza recorded ‘in that { loyment office in ; Village. ° : | tne Re most tueah, ‘A special car; Among the deaths of yesterday, not wili be attached to train’\No. 4 Satur-| Previously recorded was, that of Miss {day gnorning for the benefit of appli-; Maggie _ Thorwaldson of Sterling, i eants, Who wilt be taken to Fargo! Which ocetrred in a local hospital, home in Valley City of Niss Palma 1 Davidson, a 1918 graduate of the Bis- mack hospital training school, who | chronic heart} family who. were. ‘victims of Spanish; During\ her ‘stay ; caused m: 'to discov: y a healthy symptoms which demand “Complaint’ from camp commanders indicate that’ many Jocal boards ar , retusing to induct men into officer: training schools unless they are in Class 1 and are. requiring registrants | {in deterred ‘classes on account of de- tepndency, to. be’ reclassified . vefore {Induction® into’ class»‘l, which —pro- jcedure denies ‘thé right of such regi: pane Tee over to their original cl ification “if and avhen discharged | pijeq e law lit ‘ cock from the service and returned to civil bees rel canes inant ona euaany life" ‘amnownces. Adjutant General | morning to discover, that ,Attorney \\Fraser today: : " ti e i y . seneral Langer had resurrected a }> “This procedure. if a pseneral, “is -erron: He directs | podi ‘local: veatds-tohoy ‘ompetent ord: | Lers for the induction of deferred class- | clos jification men. into officers’ training | tioneries, cigar stores and every oth- hools’ without altering ,their classi-/er manney of Sadbath bus | fcations. ‘The order is retroactive and | supreme court stationery, Judge Rob- | appligsto-all_men already inducted | jnson formally drew up a court order | jas well as to those hereafter.inducted. | directing capital .city’ business houses | |and necessary corrections must be Fro reopen, and -he.called upon Sheriff jmade in all cases so that in the event |French to serve his pronunciament jot discharge from military’ service, | ‘the final result was that’ the legis-| jsuch registrant shall be restored to|jature, then in session, extmcted all! the class: where he belongs. the indigo from Attorney General | “Good anti-flu" medicine. “sufferer” however has yet had the temerity to call upon one of the Twin} City mail order houses for a. prescrip- tion. ‘ H Judge Robinson first achieved fame | s.a defender of law and fiberty a ar ago last winter when’he kicked | North Dakotan | ; Ke ‘ays the adjutant. jong somnambulant. statute, purloined | ss from the ancient blue laws of |aS the advance on some, fronts ‘of a much greater length. sachuscits, through which he had’ ‘ ed up tight news stands, confec- | whole German line is retiring and a blow at that fortress might, oe The only question is whether there | Workers for Nitro. ‘avle progress haS been,shown during { . ‘. (pee ee ocean LO TeRE ene te Our iti as é i 3 may be a discussion of the terms of} ithe last 24 hours. Candidates to Alter Classi- peony. cacaite te cn ie See agea arity me Oise. a f Mont h ‘ evacuation while the Americans and | A Speraya ee reat! ‘NOWs Was received at the Bismarck |“ fs | Merely reading Judge Robinson's | outh of the railroad juncion of Montcornet the French have \ their allies continue their work ot} ke HEED aR er re West hospital today of the death at her| fication Wrong. { Special letters on this subject has| made progress. Defensive warfare will be carried on by the German nation an immediate application of the jur-/if the present government fails to “secure a peace with justice,” No | said Prince Maxmilian, the German chancellor, speaking before the reichstag yesterday. May Strike at Metz. . During the last 97 days of fighting ‘the allies have advanced along the line from Pont-au-Mousson to Nieuport, an average distance of about 28 miles. The distance aggregated 38 miles Attorney Qeneral Langer’s newly ap-{{fom Chateau Thiery ta Grandlup, 59 from Amiens to the Sambre river, and 38 from Dixmude to the Eccloo Zeebruges canal.. The grand average is held to the figure by the fact that the Germans have not carried the lines back in desperat resistance, In this sector the progress made, however, is as important ‘It has been established’ that Metz is the hinge upon which the ness, Using | if successful, throw in confusion the whole retrograde movement. going on from the Meuse to the North sea. THE NEW BRITISH ATTACKS. London, Oct. 28.—The new British attack at Valenciennes is along a front of six miles, and the Germans have been driven: back a mile along the entire front. : | CLEAN UP BOIS DE FOREST. Ned forces will not follow them’ in} ; ATE! and Mrs) Gilbert. who died at her! ie | ry ‘ith the American a re : where they for prelfminary examination. sith a Manotel bia ea Sie ae \Langer’s pet statute. not American Expeditionary Hes erat aie bE ibe Rea ve BUY W. se 5. home between Bismarck and, Menok- | Jacobsen to War. "Telling how our bone dry law was jones orthwest of Verdun, Tuesday information from Belrin, says the Zur- ich correspondent of the Journal, This grotesque proposal is the outcome of the latest conferences at Berlin, it is said. The militarist party is rapidly gaining ground, but members of the moderist forces believe that before long grave internal developments will assist in bringing about a condition! __DAUINDAKTAY ROBBING RUSSIA ___ | (Frazier Would Have Saturday, |) | which will jake: peace possible. The militarist party is absolutely’ opposed to the cession of Alsace and Lorraine. Copenhagen, Oct. 23.-—Peace confer- ences between Berlin and Washing- ton have reached a critical point, ac- cording to Prince Max, speaking be- jen. Miss Thorwaldson was an influ- tenga victim, but it is not known that iMrs. Gilbert's death was due to this cause, ft is a general impression among on Page Five.) GOVERNOR ASKS (Continued FIREPREVENTION, "seismic ti Mott, N. D., Oct. 24.—Senator Hans j«faked,” Judge Kobinson say! P. Jacobsen, prominent Mott: lawyer; “The innocent house bill 39 was} and a veteran member of thé North | sent to the senate on the last day of! |Dakota legislature, has been examin-|{he session. Then it was amended to ed for admission to an officers‘ train-| permit any person, for each period ; i ling camp. (Continued on Page Two.) | ‘ 3.—In the face of stubborn ; H ance American forces today t ; cleaned up Bois de Forest, just west of Brieulles, capturing 75 prisoners, | many of them machine gunners who | Tought to the last. The fight for Bois . |e Forest hegari a week ago, and has ster Rolanda Passes Aw: at deen one of the most stubborn since ness Aaa ke the beginning of the Meuse Argonne St. Alexius—Second to Make offensive. On Monday the Americans the Sacrifice: |reached a line on the northern halt. ;of the wood. rT 2 § ius | yay Sister Rolanda of the St. Alexius! TURN OVER AUTHORITY, | November 2, Set Aside for | Cleaning Up. Pe ee ewer rewee ewer ne cote ween nn nn neon ee. (hospital nursing staff, a graduate of! 4 | as ae Amsterdam, Oct. 23.—The 2 | the St. Alesias hospital training authorities in the northern peer class of 1918, died this mbrning from | Boland, eocupien b part o {pneumonia resulting from an attack| Q pied by the Austrians, /of influenza which the deceased con-| hase formally turned over the author- fore the reichstag ventenday. He urge By proclamation, Governor Frazier, ! itracte da week ago. i to Polish rgresentatives. ed that debate on the subject be re-| oyerting to the recent disastrous | | Before taking holy orders Sister | i Tp stricted as much as possible. “The | roves fires in ‘Minnesata, calls upon | Rolanda was Margaret Haecker of} Seen STATE OF 'AUSTIRVA: whole German people is anxious t9/ tne people of North Dakota to observe | Dickinson. She spent nine years inj, Basel, Oct. The German-Aus- hear the views of the government re- Saturday, November 2, as fire pre-; a convent prior to taking up her train-|'Tian delegat in the reichstrath garding the prospects of peacey but | am able to speak only with the ut- most reserve, and urge that members of the reichstag limit debate. “The’ president's first answer has in all countries brought the question of a peace by violence or a peace vy sustice to the highest point. His sec- con left’the issues more vague and uncertain. President Wilson’s next answer will perhaps bring a definite certainty. Until then we must in all our thoughts and actualities, first,that the allied governments are intent. on war, in which casé we must put our- selves in a posture of defense, with all the strengt ho four people driven to the last extremity. Should this necessity come, I have no doubt the German government will in the name of the people issue a call for national defense in the same manner in which it spoke for the people when it took @action for peace.” WILLCONTINUE PRESSURE, ‘With Amex Northwest of Verdun. Oct. 23.—Unless they are saved by their plea for peace the Germans will be subjected to a steady hanmer ail along the western front during the | citizens of this great commonwealth winter. It. is poihted out that de- creased activity would enable the Ger- mans to recuperate to such a degree as’ to make. possible a prolongation of the struggle. During previous win- | ters the enemy hag been abte to rest his troops and refarnish ~them ‘with supplies and ammunition. There are two places on the front where it, is conceded that military op- erations during the winter would be impossible, but American officers in- sist that on 75 per cent of the front no obstacles to continued operations exist. It is indicated that the Americans , are settled indefinitely into their pres- ent position, and their part’ in the present program is well defined. It is to be expected they. will continue to deliver short smashing jolts at the pivotal center of the German line. The spirit of ‘the Americans is un- }\vention day is an important’ factor jof our nation’s resources by reducing | vention day. The governor says: “Whereas over 5,000, persons are) killed and 50,000 ‘injured annually | | within the United States and Canada ‘as a.result of fire; and whereas the nation’s annual fire loss in property | ig approximately. $250,000,000, almost, | enopgh to pay the interest on the | Fourth Liberty loan; and whereas | our sister state, Minnesota. has just | been visited by destructive ‘forest. | fires, resulting in appalling loss of | | lite and property and causing untold | suffering and hardship; and whereas | |it is especially important that the | ; manpower and working. strength of; the country be conserved and that | there be no wasting of food and man- | ufacturing resources, Now, Therefore, | J, Lynn J. Frazier, governor of North | Dakota, believing that the national ob- servance of a fire and accident pre-{ jin the campaign for the conservation © \ jthe preventable. firé waste of the; country and the terrible toll of life | and accident, do hereby proclaim Sat~ urday, the second day of November, fire prevention day and,urge that all observe this day by inspecting their premises and removing those causes which . produce fire. In the public schools this occasion may be fitting- ly observed by appropriate’ exercises held on Friday, just preceding, fire prevention day.’” e¥.5——— RELIC OF CUSTER | SOLD-AT AUCTION} Wagon Lost on Last Fatal Ex-/ pedition is Resurrected. Relfield, N. D., Oct.:23.—One of. the interesting features of a Red Cross auction held here Monday was. the sale of a wagon lost by General Custer in crossing Davis creek while en route to meet his fate at the hands of Sit- While Germany tries to ‘trick the United States and allies into a negotiated peace, such as she fooled the Russians with ‘at Brest-Litovsk, German newspapers gloatingly publish such pictures as this, which our photographer has copied from. the Berlin Illustrierte Zeitung. It shows $2,500,- goods, is a billion and a half dollars. ‘cian. ing for nursing here. was 26 years old. The remains were takea today )j Sister Magdeline to St, Joseph, Minn., where funeral services will be held tomorrow, The death of Sister Rolanda, one of the most loved members of St. Alex- ius’ hospital staff, has cast a pall over the entire institution. She her life in an effort to save others who were suffering from. demic. Miss Frances Weder of St. Cloud, Minn., contracted the disease from one of her patients when she Jhad been in training only two months. BUY Wo 8 SPANISH FLU TAKES TWO OF DRAFT BOARD Spanish influenza has cut down the and the slate advisory board each by one member. Dr. E..M. Darrow, med-{ ical member | of ‘the district draft board, is not himself a victim, but is detained in Fargo becausé there is/| need there for every available physi- W. P. Macomber, general man- ager of the Washburn Lignite Mines at Wilton, who is’ industrial member of the state advisory board, is in bed iwth the flu. The two |boards have formally begun the classification of registrants of the September 12, 1918, ss, and excellent progress is being made with the work. BUY W. 8 BURNSTAD WOMAN. KILLED BY, CHILD! Napoleon, N. D., Oct. 22. afternoon a call was made Laney to come to Burnstad at once as —Saturday She was alone at her, honic while her husband was at work aboat two miles She is the sec- } ;ond member of this hospital to give this epi-; lislative branch have formed an assembly for the pur- |Pose of conducting, the affairs of the ;sermanic people in Austria and have |issued a proclamation announcing the jcreation of the German state of Aus- |tria. Karl Seitz, leader of the Ger- man socialists in Austria, has been elected president of the new assem- 'y. The deputies have announce jtheir desire to bring about the auton- omy of the German people in Austria. The German state of Austria” will seek access to the Adriatic sea in agreement with other nations. Pend- ing the establishment of a constitu- tion, the people will be represented by the reichrath deputies, constituted las a provisional national assembly. | This body will represent the Austrian }Germans in peace negotiations and will have legislative powers. The leg- | members, | | There has. been evidence far some membership of the eistrict draft board | time that the Germans in Austria fear- ing dissolution of the Austro-Hungar- jan dynasty or that it might draw away from Germany have desired to assure their status. The Germans in Austria form the center of Austrian society. The census of 1910 gave the German people population as 9,950,000 out of a total of 28,355,000. BRUIELLS GIVEN UP. With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 23—The town of Bruiells on the western bank of the Meuse which has been stubbornly de- fended by the Germans has been giv n_up by the enemy. This is the latest point at which the Americans have driven a dent into the German defenses despite the fact that enemy resistance is as strong as ; formerly. The Germans set fire to Bruielis rr Sheriff{late Tuesday and American patrols late today reported the Germans had ! Mrs. Lloyd’Sfith had been cand dead.| withdrawn from that town! Heavy fighting is taking plage {1 the region of Grandpre on the west- distant, and it is supposed that one of: ern end of the American sector. A. will consist of 20 - J