The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1918, Page 1

= THE BIS ¢ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, OCT. 24, 1918. IG S (BRITISH PARTIALLY SURROUND NCIENNES IN. ATTEMPT TO OUTFLANK GERMANS ‘Unless Teutons Can Hold Back ‘Attacks Retreat | aged Fisherman Discovered on Out of Belgium Mu ly—Sombre Canal C. (By Associated Press.) st Continue More Rapid- rossed by French. Field Marshal Haig’s third and fourth aymies having smashed through the outer defenses south of Valenciennes :continue to hammer their. way toward Mons and Maubeuge. Today’s attack started from the new front. gained Wednesday. The enemy is resisting stubbornly, but the British are forging ahead capturing villages and other important points. ¢ West of .Maubeuge the British took the village of. Beaudignies, one and one-half miles southwest of Le Quesnoy, the most import- ant stronghold defending Maubeuge on the west. In the same region they have crossed the natural barrier of the Eclaillon river, and rapidly are placing Valenciennes in a pocket. « Plan to Outflank City. Apparently the British are not desirous of king ‘Valen- ciennes by fighting the Germans in the streets of the town, but plan’to outflank it. The town is now partly surrounded and its menace has been, increased by the outflanking on the south and capture of Raismes forest to the north. The British thrust undoubtedly hag shaken the German de- fenses south of Valenciennes which are so important to the secur- ity of the German line to the north of the Dutch border. Unless |: the enemy can hold the British attacks, it would seem, they would have to continue their retreat in Belgium and also give ground east and south of the Oise. ~ ‘Maintain Gains. ' While the British ar¢ attacking north of the Sambre canal to the Scheldt the French have Oise. begun an offensive south of the The Sambre canal has been crossed east of Grande Verly and the French have maintained their gain against strong German counter attacks. Between the Fere and the Oise and further east the French maintained their pressure and have gained ground south of Mont: Courtnet. Infantry fighting has dropped down in the vicinity of Vouse. The Germans failed in strong efforts Tuesday and Wednesday to dislodge:the French from important height positions. On the front west of the Meuse, the Americans maintain the important ‘gains-made Wednesday and are in a position to bring about a German retirement on the center and left of the Aisne. TAKE, 6,000 PRISONERS. With the ‘British “Army “In France, Oct. 24.-The British have taken 6,- 000 prisoners aud many :guns-in their attack begun ‘yesterday morning be- ; low Valenciennes, In brilliant’ moon- light: the British fought throughout the night. Not at any time since the vattle begun has the whole line at- tacked the series of objectives at the samy \time. Guns are moved up in relaygc so their is constantly a heavy attack on the German front and rear. First one end of th eline and then the “ther is sent smashing into the en: emy. ‘No enemy unit kuown where au assault is coming, and all are forced to stand in readiness under a storm of steel, high explosive shells and gasse. { Transports, munition trains and masses of men became mixed up ov the road, When the concentration was sufficiently large and the enemy traffic appeared in the greatest state of confusion, the British gunners op- ened up and pumped in‘steel. With- in a tew minutes the ground was strewn with dead men andhorses, equipment, wagons and limbers, Attack Renewéd Today. The attack was renewed at 4:00 o'clock this. morning north and east of Valenciennes. The German reply to the British barrage at the open- ing of the. attack ‘was: strong. The very earth trembled. Advancing Brit- ish artillery met stiff ‘machine gun resistance. in + silencing which the tanks gave material assistance. ~ In shelling the area's to the rear jof the British line, the. British gunners dropped along ‘the road from La SIX DEATHS ~~ TODAY'S TOLL Two Bismarck Victims and Two From Outside the City Reported. DAIRY CAN’T CLOSE. \_ As an emergency measure, Dr. F. B, Strauss, city hea’: commis- sioner, has forbidden J. P. Spies to suspend the operation of the Bismarck Dairy during the pres- ent epidemic. Mr. Spies threaten- ed to close his plant Wednesday because he claims: he would be compelled to sell at a loss at the - prices for milk and cream fixed by the Burleigh county fair price committee of the federal food | administration. VACCINE VIRUS COMING. A supply of anti‘flu -vaccine suffi- cient to inoculate every man, woman and child in Bismarck, will be receiv- ‘ed by Dr. Strauss, city health officer. {as soon as it can be'prepared and ship- ped from the Mayo Bros, laboratories at Rochester, Minn. Dr. Strauss wired for a supply of this vaccine the first of the Week. Today ‘he received a message’ from Dr. E. C.,Roseuow, dis: coverer;iof the prophylactic virus, stating that the supply already made has proven inadequate to meet the Cateau and. Bezai alone nearly 5,000;heavy demand, but that it is being rounds from their cannon In addition aviators | sent down 112 tons of bombs. The roads were jammed with a mass of wreckage. TO BE RELEASED. London, (Wednesday) October 24.— Dr, Karl -Leibknecht, former member of the German reichstag, who jis in prison: following conviction on a charge of attempted treason, will be released in a few days, according to a Copenhagen dispatch. Dr: Karl Liebknecht was arrested in Berlin in Connection with the May, day celebration in 1916. He was tried before a military tribune and sen- tenced to 30, months’ penal gervitude. His sentence caused much commotion among the socialists in Berlin, Stutt- gart and ‘elsewhere. An appeal was taken, and the court changed his sen- tence: to four years. PENETRATE LINES. (By Associated Press.) With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 24—American patrols early today penetrated deep.y into the German line at Grandpre and, north of Verdun.~ The enemy has deen. us- ing his artillery and machine guns freely. ; i CONTINUED. PR-GRESS. ‘Washington, 'D. C., Oct. 24.—Contin- ued progress by the Americans on the battlefront north of Verdun was reported today by General Pershing. Bantheville was completely’ occupied. Fifteen enemy airplanes and one ob- servation balloon, were shot down. ‘CONTINUES TO SHELL TOWNS With the Allied Armies in Belgium, Oct, 24—‘H{e enemy :continues to (Continued om Page Eight.) i ee prepared now in large quantities and will,be forwarded as soun as possible. Health Officer Strauss advises, the public that no charge will be made for the virus itself, and the only fee will be to cover the actual work of, inoculation. Six deaths.from Spanish influenza were reported at Bismarck hospitals today. ‘Four of the yictims were Bis- marck citizens and two cam@ from, surroundiig towns. The most prom- inent, of those, whose deaths are listed today was Rev. J. ©. Koch, pastor of the German Lutheran cburch of Bis- marck. Rev. Koch was 1 yoyng man. but 26 years old, and this was one of his first charges: He had shown great zeal for his work and had made many jtriends in the capital eity during his comparatively brief residence ‘here. He coutracted Spanish influenza about a week ago and he had heen on the point of death for/the last three days, pnue- monia having developed. He made his jhome at 708 Avenue B/ where a young widow survives him: A brother. from Indianapolis, Ind., is exptced to” ar= riye today to take charge of ‘the funer- al arrangements. © Mrs, Elmer B. Naset. The fifth Spanish influenza victim of the day was Mrs. Elmer B. Naset of Bismarck, who passed away at a local hospital. © The deceased _ was only 23 years old; and she is survived by a husband and two little children. Young Wife Dies. 5 ‘When Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, wife of George P, Sullivan of the Pierson court, died ata local hospital at 12:15 this afternoon she was. the sixth vic- tim of Spanish influenza claimed in Bismarck within @ period of 24 hours. Mrs. Sullivan was 23 years old. She became ill about A week ago and was removed to-the hospital this week. (Continued on Page Bight.) - |posure:had tuyned his feet and ‘limbs ARMISTICE Wi MASHES THRO! IN OPEN BOAT Banks of River After Lying Two Days in Rain. \ | . After traveling 222 miles;in an open boat on the Missouri,. with the dead body of his son for company on, the! last half of the trip and himself delir- ious -with Spanish influenza for 4 greater part of the journ with just. enough strength left w! his boat struck a sandbar opposite old Fort} |Lincolu to drag himself up on the Jdank, ¢. K. Stearns, n T2-year-old fisherman was discovered late yester- | day afternoon, after lying“a’ day and {au night iu the ral, and brought to {St. Alexius. hospital here. where to- {day he shows signs of recover son, who-died while the boat was drift- ing with the current between Wash: | burn and Bismarck, was Thomas Earl Stearns. He had registered for the draft at Plaza | .The mad journey in an vpen boat was begun two weeks ago. There was ery little food. Spanish iudluenza developed soon ,ufter the father and m set out on their voyage, whose destination was Bismarck. For two tdays both were delirious, and° then the bey died. That was seven days ayo. ‘he father, lad expected to make the Bismarck boat landing, but he wag unconscious when he reached this point, and his boat drifted past un- noticed in fhe dusk. Finally the frail craft brought up on a sandbar opposite old Fort. Lincoln, south of: this ‘city, {and after’ vainly endeavoring to get ithe bout in shore, the father left his boy’s body lying in the boat. and, tak- ling. a thin blanket, waded_ to’ sho where he lay down in a sheltered cove to await death. . Late Wednesday ev nivg his feeble cries attracted a erman; who rushed to Bismarck for help. FFERS FROM EXPOSURE. When Sheriff French and Coroner Shipp reached the scene in the sheriff's automobile, Steurns was tov weak to walk. © The constant, soaking’ and. ex- ue, and ‘the feet were so swollen that {the shoes ¢ould not. be’ removed. He was carried to the car and burried to Bismarck, At St. Alexius restoratives were administered, dnd lie soon was so far'recovered as to be'®ble to give some details of his. terrible experien NIGHTS. OF TERROR AND PAIN, The body of Thomas Eurl Stearns {the sou, was Jater remdvcd “to a locul \undertaking establishment. His fath believes that he died’ somewhere be- tween Washburn and Bismarck. After the son’s death the father was unable to handle the boat, which drifted at will with the current.’ Rain began to fall Tuesday evening, and all of that night and throughout Wednesday the aged fisherman, ravaged by Spanish influenza, was exposed to a steady downpour, At times he was wild with fever. and weird fantasies thronged round him as his batk drifted on, with in the stern. He dagd not! know how long the boat had n stranded ou the sandbar when he regained consci- ousness and after endeavoring with- jout success. to dislodge the ‘craft: left made his way to shore. and down the Missouri river as tish-} ermen, At various times they have fished at the mouth of Apple creek and home at Plaza. wife had not lived together for some DRIFTS WITH DEAD FOR DAYS {town ,and «listriet/-isr.ass follows : the dead body of his son lying inert! it there with its sombre passenger and! ON BOSOM OF ~ MISSOURI, MAD WITH DELIRIUM INDIANS HOLD $100,000 WORTH Native Americans of Berthold Reservation Help Boost McLean Quota. COUNTY 25 PER CENT OVER ——- Washburn, N, D.;, Oct. -Final re- ports. received, by! County Chaimain Karl. Klein, show. that McLean coun- ty, allotted’ a total of $150,000, sub- scribed -an ‘aggregate . of “$193,400. to- ward the Fourth™biberty Joan, Bach district not) only: subscribed its q but some of them sent in surprisin, iptions. “Raub, which in, Red cross and other war work has shown a remarkable spirit, is a comparatively small district but, good crops combined with ‘fine patriotism. contributed to the making of banner subscription. Its allottment: vas ($13,500, subscribed a total of $23,300, The Indians on: Fort Berthold reser- vation again showed their loyalty to Unele Sam, with subscriptions amount- ing to $14,400, against $7,500 asked. There were. 130 Indians to, make thi amount. dians in. this,country now hold abput $100,000 of Tibérty bonds. Another: feature of the campaign just completed was the way in which the women came to the front. Mr. Klein declares that .25 per cent of the subscribers. ‘to. the | Fourth - Loan .are women, “the result; of education and & growing appreciation among them what this country is fighting for.” The. record of subscriptions for.each . Asked. . Given, Wilton +-$ 9,000 $17,500 Washburn ©. 75 15,15) Underwood 9,000" 12,800 Coal, ‘Harbor. 13,500, , 14.850 Turtle, Lak +4, 10,500 5 10,650 Mercer. 6,000 . .-.6,150 Dogden 9,000 9,100 Roseau -:. 7.500' 8,050 Benedict 10,500. 12,150, Max 16,500 - 16,050 Garris 16,500" 17.80 Roseglen 18,500 OK) Raub ... 13,500 23.800 Elbowvods 7,500° 14,400 avy wi ss ee Red River Valley Dairymen Meeting Crookston, Minn., Oct. 24——The fif- teenth annual convention of the Red River Valley Dairymen’s association will be held at Bemidji December 11 and 12. y ‘Experts will discuss the leading phases of dairying, creamery manage- ment, the cost involved in producing dairy prgducts during war time and Other sudjects of intimate interest to dairymen, creamerymen, farmers and the general pjublic. ! The Red River Valley Dairymen’s The Stearns’ have for years plicd up| @ssociation is promoting a number of contests among its members which have for their purpose stimulating jthe keeping of records, increasing. of at other points in the vicinity of Bis-|pure bred dairy sires, building’ silos marck, where they are well kvow:i,; and otcher prcgressjve improvements More recently they liave made their; of value to the dairy men: well as by farm club..members. The time.. y } ay w. GET-TOGETHER. WAR WORKERS’ - | FEED PLANNED, District\Leaders in Merger Fund \ Drive Will Meet in Bismarck. H | \ | | A district “Get-Together Tuforma- tion - Dinner” of United War Work) campaigners for the seventh district | will be held at the Grand Pacific hotel here Wednesday, October 30, announc- ed District Director George M. Kenis- ton today.. State Director W.' b. Stockwell and other Dakota , leaders will meet \here with director aifd chair- men of the seven counties. comprising: the seventh district’on plans for the! merger fund campaign to be made in! November. BUY w. 2. ¥. CANADA TO WORK’ OUT IMMIGRATION Regina,/Sask., Oct. 24—Each prov- ince of Canada will, in all probability, work out and enforce its own immi-| station policies. Provincial representatives of Brit-| ; prizes, will bes awarded the evening of December 11 at a smoker tendered the members of the Association by {the Bemidji Commercial club. ee BY CARRIER Se BEE Month | Per/ Year... Mail subscribers except those scription. ish Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Seaksichongn recently conferred with Domifiion officials here ‘and were assured that the government would {give financial. assistance «to all immigration work of a construc- tive character. > ‘Propagand® work outside of Canada will be financed by the Dominion. All subscriptions payable stri federal trade commissidn. LIBERTY BONDS while it; Mr,. Klein says that the Ln-; The dairy cattle judging’ contests is | Thomas Earl Stearns was 40 years/an annual event loc%ed forward to by old. and was married, but he and his{the. members of this association as a inerease its “ie New Rates Are: City subscribers who are in arrears are asked to call at the office and settle before November 1, as all arrearages will be figured at the new rate unless settled by old rate of $4.00 a year until November 1. Subseribe now and save ONE DOLLAR ona year’s sub- The Bismarck Tribune Co. aks aornibw WILSON CO. GETS i ' | CLEAN BILL FROM | | | U.S. TRADE BODY img Inspection is Made | at Plants. Chicago, Il, Oct, 24.—Wilson & | ' Co, yesterday received an official! ‘copy of the order of the federal trade! ;commission dismissing all the com-| ;Dlaints made against the company in! what were referred ‘to at the time of; their hearings as the “bad meat} + case.” i The order of the commission is isigned by William H. Colver, John | {Franklin Fort, and Victor Murdoch, commissioners; Leonidas L. Bracken, | | secretary. 4 ! It recites that “allegations were (Jodged with this commission against the respondent in this case on March , 1,. 1918, asking for the issuance of: a complaint against the’ respondent | for selling or offering for sale for} use of the armed forces of the United States certain food products that} ‘were unfit for human consumption, | land that such sale or offer for sale’ jconstituted an unfair method of com-! | petition.” | i Rigid Inspection Proved. ' “The weight of evidence does not! show that respondent as charged -in; the complaint, knowingly offered un-' fit food to the army or navy,” it says, ; in concluding. “The trial of the case) has established the fact that rigid} inspection and extreme vigilance is: jexercised by the army and navy and; | department of agriculture inspectors.” | | BUY W. S. & 1 50 SOLDIERS | INJURED IN —TRAINWRECK Chicago, Oct. Inquiry into the | cause of the wreck of a troop train! on the C. & N., near Geneva, Wis., | last night was -begun today. Fitty; soldiers hurt were expected to re) cover. The train-was eastbound, aud, | | being behind time, was. reported run-/| ning’ at-a high speed when nine of; the 18 cars. left the rails and tipped | over. The accident was reported due; to a spt rail. Two of: the nine; sleepers which went ‘off, rolled all! the way over. q ag BY W. 8. Se { MLEAN COUNTY ~ SCHOOLS CLOSE: ‘Little Spanish Influenza Appar-! | ent, But Officials Take | i No Chances. ‘Washburn, N. D.. Oet. 28. -Few | cases of Spanish ‘influenza have been | lreported throughout McLean county, | but on account of the “scare” the ma- |Jority of the school towns have been j closed. The Washburn sctiools were! closed on Tuesday. in conformation! {with public sentiment, which demand- | jed such action: in spite of the fact) {that possibly only one case of the dis-! tease so far hus developed in the town. ; | All public, gatherings, including religi-| +ous services, have been called off until ! further notice. Parents have been re- qnested to keep their children off the: streets and not’ permit them to’ con-/| lvregate around stores and other pub- ses so’ fur reported to the! county board of health have been at} Max, Wilton, Emmett and Turtle; Lake. From reports received here, the : only town schools of any consequence | in the country’ still open are Under- wod and Cole Harbor. e Se A Changein Prices | Owing to high cost of labor and print paper, the |} + Tribunc has been foreed to || subsetiption |} price effective November 1, 1918. | BY MAIL IN NORTH DAKOT. Three Mont! $1. Six Months One Year . November: 1. residing in Bismarck eau enjoy \ etly in advance under ruling of RIBUNE . PRICE FIVE CENTS [TH AUTOCRACY GH OUTER DEFENSES REFERSGERMAN PEACE PLEA { | '“Bad Meat” Charges Show Rigid, - | } ‘ TO CO-BELLIGERENTS; WILSON DOUBTS HUN CHANGE OF HEART President in Note Stinging With Unvarnished varchial ae of Germany now, or if it igstikely we. Truths Declares Only Armistice Embody- ing Terms of Unconditional Surrender Will be Acceptable—Will Not Deal With Military Masters of Monarchial Power now or Hereafter. Washington, D. C., Oct, 24—Prsident Wilson has in- formed the German government that he has transmitted its correspondence to him seeking an armistice and peace to the allies with the suggestion that if those governments are disposed to effect a peace on the principles enunciated, their military advisors and thé military advisors of the United States be empowered to confer upon the terms of an armis- tice which will protect the interests of the governmnts asso- ciated against the central powers. The secretary of state last night made public the fol- lowing correspondence: x From the Secretary of State to the Charge d’ Affairs ad nena in charge of .German interests in the United ates: Department of State, Oct. 23, 1918 ; : Thave the honor to acknowledge your note of the 22nd transmitting a communication under the date of the 20th from the German government, and to advise you that the president has instructed me to reply as follows: <qy SOLEMN AND EXPLICIT ASSURANCES ‘Having received the solemn and explicit assurance of the German government that it unreservedly accepts the terms of peace laid down in his address to the congress of the United States on the 8th of January, 1918, and the principles of settlement enunciated in his subsequent ad- dresses, particularly his address of the 27th of September ; and that it desires to discuss the details of their application and that this wish and purpose emanate not from those who hitherto have dictated German policy and conducted the present war program on Germany’s behalf, but from ininisters who speak for the reichstag and an overwhelming majority of the German people; ‘ ‘ WILSON CANNOT DECLINE “And ‘having received also the explicit. promise of the German government that the humane rules of civilized warfare be observed both on:land and. sea, the.President of the United States feels he cannot decline to take up with the governments with whom the United States is assqciated the question of an armistice for the purpose of arranging the details of peace. ~. MUST PROTECT OUR GAINS “HE DEEMS IT HIS DUTY TO SAY AGAIN, HOW- EVER, THAT THE ONLY ARMISTICE HE WOULD FEEL JUSTIFIED IN SUBMITTING FOR CONSIDERA-. TION WOULD BE ONE WHICH WOULD LEAVE": THE UNITED STATES AND GOVERNMENTS ASSOCI:’ ATED WITH HER IN A POSITION TO ENFORCE ANY ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE’ ENTERED INTO AND TO MAKE A RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES ON THE PART OF GERMANY IMPOSSIBLE. NOW UP TO ALLIES “The president has therefore transmitted his corres- pondence with the present German government to the gov- ernments with which the United States is associated as co- belligerent with the suggestion that if these governments are disposed to effect peace upon the terms and principles indicated, their military advisers and the military advisers of the United States be asked to submit to the governments associated against Germany the necessary terms of such an armistice as will fully protect the interests of the peoples involved and ensure to the associated governments the un- restricted power to safeguard and enforce the details of the peace to which the German government has agreed, provided they deem such anarmistice possible from the military point of viw. Should such terms of armistice be suggested, their acceptance by Germany will afford the best concrete evi- dence of her unequivocal acceptance of the terms and prin- ciples of peace from which the whole action proceeds. WILSON IS FRANK _ “The president would deem ‘himself lacking in candor did he not point out in the frankest possible terms the reasons why extraordinary safeguards must be demanded. SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT AS THE CONSTITU- TIONAL CHANGES SEEM TO BE WHICH ARE SPOKEN OF BY THE GERMAN SECRETARY IN HIS NOTE OF OCTOBER 20, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF A GOVERNMENT FULLY RESPONS- IVE TO THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT, NOR DOES THERE SEEM TO BE ANY GUARANTEE THAT THIS GOVERNMENT WILL BE PERMANENT. More- over, it does not appear that the heart of the present diffi- culty has been reached. It may be that future wars have been brought under the control of the German people, but th present war has not been; and it is with the present war that we are dealing. . PEOPLE STILL BOUND : : . “It is with the present war we are dealing. It, is evi- dent the German people have no means of commanding the acquiescence of the military power of Germany to the pop- ular will; that the determining initiative still remains.with those who have hitherto been the masters of Germany. “FEELING THAT THE WHOLE PEACE OF THE WORLD DEPENDS NOW ON PLAIN SPEAKING AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. ACTION, THE PRESIDENT DEEMS IT HIS DUTY TO SAY WITHOUT AN ATTEMPT TO SOFTEN WHAT MAY/SEEM HARSH WORDS THAT THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD DO NOT AND CANNOT TRUST THE WORD OF THOSE WHO HITHERTO HAVE BEEN MASTERS OF GERMAN POLICY, AND TO POINT OUT ONCE MORE THAT IN AN EFFORT TO CONCLUDE PEACE AND TO UNDO THE INFINITE INJUSTICES OF THIS WAR, THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT DEAL WITH ANY BUT VERITABLE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ASSURED OF A GENUNINE CONSTITUTIONAL STANDING AS TH REAL RULERS OF GERMANY. : : P SURRENDER THE ONE ALTERNATIVE “If it must deal with military masters and Egle Soak, (Continued on Page Four,) “25% 1: ees