The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1918, Page 1

ISMARCK TRIBUNE [= SDAY, NO PRICE FIVE CENTS AMERICAN TROOPSHOLDING = LINE AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI- ARMIES SNOWED IN AT KADISH Reds Try Oratorical Artillery on Yanks, Urging Them Not to Fight—Make Speeches Across No Man’s Land Archangel, Nov. 7.—In log huts and wind shelters the Amer- ican troops are holding the line against the Bolsheviki in the region of Kadish. After ten weeks of fighting in swamps and thickened growth, the Americans now are snowed in and have bivouaced along the stream. Under British command and with British forces aiding them the American infantry on this sector probably have had more fighting and more hardships than any other American units in \ |Russia. The force has been operating between the Dvina river \ and Volgda railroad. The roads have been in bad condition, and the only means of transporting supplies to a greater part of the : front has been by wheelbarrow stage carts drawn by sturdy ponies. BEGAN IN AUGUST ; i The campaign began early in August when British and Amer- ican forces entered Seletskoe, a large village about midway be- tween the Dvina and the railroad on the river Emtsa. They were forced to move to another sector and the Bolsheviki occupied the town only to be driven out a few weeks later when American reinforcements arrived. Since early in September the opposing forces have battled back and forth along the road leading to Petro- grad. ts Seletskoe has changed hands twice, and the village Emtsa near where the road crosses the river was captured by. the Ameri- cans early in the fighting. The village now is in the hands of the enemy. TRY SPEECHMAKING The Bolsheviki at times try the force of their “oratorical” ar- tillery on the Americans. On two nights last week, English Bolshe- viki appeared in No Man’s Land making speeches in:English and..%; urging the Americans not to fight. Rite Re ‘ American troops are operating on the’‘Mehrenga River 50 miles south of Seletskeo. The villages there are strongly anti- Bolsheviki and Russian detachments are aiding the allies. On Wednesday a Russian detachment surprised and defeated a Rus- sian force, killing nearly 100. MAY DEMAND SURRENDER OF FORMER KAISER Law Officers of France and Great Britain Investigat- ing Matter --BVERYONE WILL CELEBRATE OUR GREAT HOLIDAY Thanksgiving Day Will Be More a See Solemnly Observed Than eve seoe SOLDIER VOTE 5 MUST GO IN Attorney General Langer Holds Boards Cannot Throw Out Ballots THE B BRITISH NAVY TO ENTERTAIN YANKS . Losidon, (Tuesday) Nov. 26.—The British admiralty has sent instruc: tions to all bases directing tiat Unit- ed States naval units be entertained on Thanksgiving day. Crews of the men in the five American squadrons will be guests of the men in the five British squadrons. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA® WED DAY, NOV. 27, 1918. HE WON THE WAR! THE REST OF US JUST HELPED HIM DO IT LET’S THANK HIM! Protestant Churches of Capital City Will Unite at McCabe Tomorrow A more solemn and universal ob- servation of Thanksday than the North Dakota capital ever before has known is planned for tomorrow. Nev- er, since the little city of Bismarck was founded 46 years ago, has the community had greater cause for thanksgiving. In all of its romantic career, one which in pioneer days was pften fraught with danger, and fre- quently with trial, deprivation and suf- fering, never has the capital city passed through such a period of stress as that of the last twelve months, when so many of its bravest sons were baring their breasts to the steel of a ruthless foe far across the seas, and the community is still keyed to a high pitch over the glorious and suc- cessful culmination of its fears and crowning of its hopes which came so recently. It will be with a sincere spirit of consecration that Bismarck enters up- on the observance of the most typical of American holidays tomorrow. With Paace and good. will restored the’ world; with the certainty that scores of our boys soon will be coming home again, safe and sound, victors in the greatest struggle of all Christendom, ¥ 4 no heart can fail tomorrow to throv with a\new apreciation of the signifi cance of the day. Thanksgiving services will ‘be held tomorrow morning in four capital city churches. The congregations of prot: estant faith will join at 10:30 in a union Thanksgiving service at Mc- Cabe church. At 9:30 Thanksgiving ¥ services will be solemniy celebrated i at St. Mary's pro-cathedral, and at 10 St. George's Episcopal church and the Chyistlan Science congregation. will observe the day in their respective houses of worship. The program for the union services at McCabe is as follows: “Praise God from Whom All Bless , ings Flow”’—Congregation. Hymn 78—Congregation. Invocation—Capt. J. C. Bell, com: mander Bismarck Salvation. Army WILL ASK ADJOURNMENT Pledges Best Efforts to Stave Off Final Meeting of State Canvassers So long as a soldier's ballot shows on its fage: that it was voted not later than 5 p.m, on November 5, general election day,.it must be accepted and canvassed 4f received by any county canvassing bourd prior to che stated meeting of the state board of can- yassers December 3, or any adjourned meeting thereof; and if these belated soldier votes should chance? to change the result in any county or with re spect to any state office, a new cer- tificate of election must be issued to the party elected by the soldier vote. and the candidate whose eiection may have appeared assurred upon the face! of the first returns must surrender his certificate. This is the meat of an opiniei mailed by Attorney General Langer yesterday to W. E. Byerley, state chairman ot the joint campaign committee at Fargo. Mr. Langer adheres largely to an opin- ion which he gave last August, hold- ing that the intent of the special ses- sion of legislature whicf attempted to assure soldiers and sailors in the serv- ice of their country abroad a voice in the state elections must be considered. even though the terms of the act might be ambiguous in some respects. or in spite of apaprent technical discrep- neles. DESCRIBE MEETING. Amsterdam, Nov, 27.—The armi- stice conferences between the German delegates and Marshal Foch and asso- ciates were carried out in the most business like manner possible and apparently without incident, according to the account given the Berlin Vos- sische Zeitung by a member of the German parliament. “After meeting the French commis- sioners they were driven for 10 hours to a given rendezvouz. It seemed to me that the drive was intentionally prolonged in order to carry us through the devastated regions and prepare us for the harsh conditions which re- venge and hatred might demand. “We entered a train with blinds drawn in the evening and awoke in ; HOLLAND STATES STAND) the morning in the midst of the for- 2 est -of: Gomiegne.*+ RY ie Map warecter oe aM x The most important addition to the ‘attorney general's former opinion is bis holding that any ballot voted on election day, during voting hours, must be counted, if received in the state prior to the last meeting of the state canvassing board, He holds that. the affidavit which must accompany the soldier ballot, as dated, would be prima facie. evidenee-as to the: time corps. ‘Hymn 717—Congreagtion. The president's: proclamation—Hon. ‘ Lynn J. Frazier, governor of North] at which such ballot was voted. », cae Dakota, aren Mr. Langer: advises that county can- If Emperor’s Presence Becomes COUNTER REVOLUTION. Mi ‘cripture lesson.—Rev. G. B. New-|vassing boards should meet at as late Amsterdam, (Tuesday) Nov. 26,— a comb. a date as possible before the mecting Menace to Dutch Government General Von Der Camperwitz, former it Anthem, “Gloria” from Mozart's 12th}of the state canyassing board on De- He Will Be Expelled aide-de-camp to Emperor Wilhelm and a mass. — cember 3. He states that he cannot later commander of the German forces Offering for homeless children. guarantee that the state canvassing Lena r ty The for: on the Verdun front, has arrived ot zondon, ‘Tues le for “treves with a big army and appears rd will adjourn from that date to receive tardy soldier ballots, but, he assures Mr. Byerley that “perso ‘ ly will urge adjournment of the state a ie Drettwoes X oveenweeo. = SSSS________ They sacrificed their; and alded in the super-nation task of ve| pushing it to conclusive and final vic- a f ‘Hymn, “America.” a ff ‘Sermon.—Rev. H. C. Postlethwajte, * pastor, First Presdyterian church, ,; ) Hymn, “Onward Christian Soldi¢rs,! aa ; Benediction—Rev. George Buzzelle,|canvassing board to as late a date as St. possible.” In conclusion Mr. Langer says: “If the counting of the — soldiers votes changes the result of the election, it. is my opinion that. the county canvassing board should notify the person elected, eign office contin ort that the British law officers of the crown im . : K co-operation with French authorities are considering the question of extra- diting the former German emperor. The law officers have not made a for- mal report, and uo action has bee taken, “to! bé' preparing for a counter revolu- tion, acedtding to a sensational dite‘ patch from Eerlin on November 2%! a yor TO HOLD ASSEMBLY. Berlin, November 27.-The events of the last few days culminating Mon- day in the meeting of the heads of the various German states in Berlin have indicated that with the excep- rector of George's Episcopal church. their life blood. limbs, And thousands of them hi gone on into that eternity from whic they never will return, Sure, pass him the best cut of the Thanksgiving turkey, white or dark, ov both; plenty of everything else on The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army will join with < the other churches of the city in the union Thanksgiving services to be MAY HAVE TO LEAVE.” London, Noy, 27.--William ~~ Hohen- s is America’s most wonderful held at McCabe church in the morn- ing. There will be a public Thanks- giving service in the Salvation army hall Thursday evening at 8 p. m, when the public is invited. Everything to Close. Every public and private office and all manner of business institutions will close for the entire day. The Tribune will suspend publication for this day in order ‘that its ‘Wate may enter fully into the spirit, of the oc- casion. The state house, federal, coun- ty and city buildings and all banks will be closed. The home feast, with turkey arid cranberries as the essentials, will be the crowning event. of the day for a majority of families, As in other years, the day will be one of family re- unions. All of the hotels and restau- rants in the city are offering special Thanksgiving menus for the homeless or for those who prefer to dine ‘down town in order that mother, queen of the cuisine, may also enjoy a holiday. There will be no Thanksgiving sports program. The recent influenza epidemic so interfered with the organ- ization of Bismarck high school ath- letics that the usual Thanksgiving football game must de dispensed ‘with. The day, rather, will be one of quiet thanksgiving, even such as that in which our Pilgrim fathers consecrated themselves upon that first Thanksgiv- ing day at Plymouth rock, when a new nation was in the first throes of birthhood. TO COLLECT TAX UNDER OLD FORMS ‘Washington, Nov. 27.—Plans for collecting. next year’s tax under the old law have ‘been made ‘by Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper because of the fear that the néw revenue Dill may not be enacted in time to allow the printing and distribution of forms under that measure by January 1, the period for the filing of returns. MEES IN ON FARM MOTOR SALES FIRM The Farm Motor Sales Co. of Man- dan, capitalized at $50,000, has been granted a charter by the secretary of state. The incorporators are- Mathias Grewer and Michael Tschida of Glen Ullin, William,,Maas of Mandan and Senator-elect F. W. Mees of Mandan. tating the circumstances, and should issue to the officer elected by the sol- diers’ vote a certificate of election re- gardless of the fact that they h: previously issued a certificate of ele tion to the other candidate. as the other candidate received such certifi- | cate of election from the county cap- vassing board knowing the conditions | of this law and that the results might ' he eluuged by counting of the soldiers’ BOY CONFESSES THAT HE LIED TO WIN HIS BRIDE Andrew Bh ender Pleads Guil- ty ‘erjury—Gets De- ferred Sentence Andrew S. Ferderer, the McLean county youth who committed perjury to claim a McLean county girl as his bride, and whose father-in-law, Wil- liam Bartleson, had him arraigned in district court yesterday. ’fessed up to! Judge Nuessle, declared he loved his wife and was anxious to make a good home for her, and the court deferred sentence to give the boy a chance to make good. Ferderer is employed in @ fruit house at St. Cloud, Minn. PRAIRIE SCHOONE ’ | fought in the national dinner table. He won the war for us. The Yank who went over there and the hell of shrapnel and shell to bring victory out of the delu; of death, he’s the man who won this war, We can give due credit to all the rest of us, Marshal Foch, President Wilson, General Pershing, Hoover, Garfield, Baruch, Schwab, the toflers ju field, factory and mine, the; women who worked that-our boys wight win, and al! of us who saved and served here at home. vet But the greatest. portion of fame. and the larger share of our thanks rightly belong to the boys who went. over there. Pass them another helping of turkey, mother, and heap high the plate. They've earved that. The two million and more who went across the Atlantic, risked more than we who stayed at home. They gave more. They sacrificed more. They fought! They faced bullets. They give of eee eee AUTO THIEVES TOOK ONLY HALF OF CAR Charged with having made off with the vital parts of one i k tourin car owned. by F.C. Smith ef Momntrail county, R. D. Hand and Relph John- R BLAZES FATAL T0 COWBOY’S DAUGHTER Eight-Y ear Old Child Burned to Crisp When Stove Turns Over in Wagon Mandan, N. D., Nov. 27.—Grace, the 8-years-old daughter of H. L. Ingra-! ham of Sentinel Butte, died at the Mandan hospital early this morning from injuries which she sustained when pinned under a blazing prairie schooner Monday evening. Ingraham, who is a cowboy, was en route east with his wife and eight children and their household effects. After waiting for three weeks for: a . freight car , flames. here waiting for a chance to ferry across on the Northern Pacific. While driving his wagon up the incline to the loading platform at the freight sta- tion his horses took fright from an automobile near by and started to back down the grade, letting the wagon into a deep ditch. A small coal stove with which the wagon was heated was overturned, and the vehicle and its contents burst into With difficulty: Ingraham pull- which did not come, he piled the fam-|ed his wife and children out of the ily and its possessions into a prairie schooner. burning mass. Five of the children lescaped unscathed, but three of them j Compared with what they did over there our war efforts here at heme pale into shadows. Let us not forget that now, and nev- er in the years to come. A grateful people are grateful them. And we are large enough in mind and sympathy to have’ a supply of thanks broad cnough to cover each oue who aided in the wonderful vietory our boys over there won for us, We are thankful this day to the millions of our boys who trained and_ toiled to that they might be ready for the supremest duty of man when called upon, They have awaited. the call from over these, and would have goue gloriously and. bravely. nation of mothers and fathers, sis- ters and brothers, will not fail in its impulse of gratitude to these soldiers who were halted this side the Atlantic, for the nation knows full well their courage and readiness for great war sacrifice. k So. too, the nation is grdteful to the millions of others who placed their shoulders to the gigantic wheel of war ! stone are sought at Moadak. Mont., on requisition issued 2 by {a | Governor | the requi issued charges that the ac- cused drov m Sanish to » Smith farm, there removed the anle, | differentials, boxing, sprin; wheeis and tires fron the Smith touring car, and drove off with aforesaid property in the tonnéau of their c: SIMS TOBE MADE ADMIRAL promotion to the rank of admiral, when a vacancy oecurs next month through the retirement of Admiral Austin H. Knight, commanding, the Asiatic fleet. Rear Admiral Garst, who has commanded the con- voy fleet guarding bound, will succeed Sims. GRANT COUNTY TO HAVE BETTER ROAD highway commission is in Grant county completing the survey of a proposed They. reached Mandan on Monday! were burned, and Grace, who died this ‘federal aid project for 1919, 28 miles morning to find that ferry service over, morning, was a mass of blisters from in Jength and running in a general east the Missouri had been suspended dur- ‘head to foot before. she could be ex-iand west:direction through Carson, the ing the winter, and he spent the day ‘ tricated. eee ‘county seat. eae, 000 to $25,000. Washington, Nov. 27.—Vice Admiral | William S. Sims has Leen selected for | erry | the men east-| |Engineer W. S. Stratton of the state | for America has much » thanks for and many to whom thanks are due. As never before this is a day of thanksgiving, in every home and every heart. It widens nd purely terri- torial boundaries and stretches into the broken homes of Belgium, Serbia, Rus- sia, Rumania, Northern France, and into the hearts of honest people of the world. It is the first all-world Thanksgiving day. All races und all nations this day give thanks for the return of peace, and all the peoples of all the countries allied against the foes of democracy and liberty this day are thankful that freedom has come for all, and there is strongest assurances that it will last forever! A devout people thanks God for the coming of this day, for the rising sun of peace upon earth, and for the ob- literation of the cruel enemy of hu- munity and human justi Yes, indeed, pass the best cut of Thanksgiving turkey to the Yank over there. God bless him and hurry him back to us! BANK CHANGES HOME; OTHERS BOOST LIMIT The state banking board has author- | ized the Bank of Freda to transfer its | habitat to Selfridge, Sioux county. In- creases in capital have been approved | as folows: First State bank of Kill- deer, $10,000 to $25,000; Security State | bank of Underwood. $10,000 to $20,000; First State bank of Woodworth, $15,- zollern will be compelled to leave Hol- land if his presence there becomes hazardous to that country, Berren- brouck is quoted by the Amsterdam correspondent of the Daily Press as de-j claring in the second chamber of the Dutch parliament November 20. The kaiser is in Holland as a private per- son, suid the premier. ‘The hospitality of the country is accorded him in cordance with centuries-old practice, but it is without question that the moment his presence becomes a menace he will have to leav PRES. WILSON T0 LAND AT BREST Paris, Nov, 274It seems decided that President Wilson will land at Brest. He will be met there by Ste- phen Crichon, foreign minister, and ieorges Leyeulles, minister of ma- rine, who will welcome him in the name of the French government and accompany him to Paris, where Presi- dent Poincaire will await the dis- tinguished visitor. PROJECT ENGINEER ON HURRY-UP TRIP Project Engineer H. K. Craig of the state highway commission paid a hur- ried call this week to Hettinger coun- ty to address township trustees on the subject of state and federal highway construction. Hettinger may apply for considerable state and federal aid NO TRIBUNE TOMORROW Following its long established custom, The Tribune will tomorrow for the 45th year observe Thanksgiving Day as a holiday, giving its staff of employes an opportunity to cele- brate at home with their families. patrons and friends for their during a year which has brought its trials, and it feels that it has cause to be grateful for the many evidences of faith and confidence which have come from its well-wishers. The Tribune trusts that everyone road-work for 1919. The Tribune thanks its support and encouragement of its readers may tomorrow find real cause for thankfulness and that the day may bring to them peace and contentment and courage and renewed faith-for the days of reconstruction that are to come. : Suvececcccccesecccecsccosecesccecececccsccs $83,750. land Wheelock, tion of the numerically unimportant Spartacan group there is complete agreement that a national assembly must be held. FOLLOW ENGLISH PRISONERS Paris, Nov. 27.—American prisopers from German camps ate loluwiug os the heels of the English and French prisoners. .The American Y. M. C. A. them with every possible comfort. BAD TREATMENT. American Headquarters in France, Nov. 26.—The examination of Ameri- prison camps and reaching identifica- tion camps has been virtually com- pleted. The physical condition of the men in general is as good as could be expected, although some cases are re- ported where the men complain of and ,insufficient food. TORTURED TO DEATH Melines, Belgium, Nov. 7.—Forty- nine Belgian priests were tortured and put to death by the Germans during the evacuation, Cardinal Mercier an- nounced today. He also declared 49,- 000 men were deported and forced to work for the Germans. Other crimes committed were too terrible and too many to be repeated, he declared. MUCH FEDERAL AID IS ASKED FOR NEW YEAR Large Project Agreements Re- ;. ceived by Commission from . Three Counties The state highway department has received federal aid project agree- ments from Sargent, Pierce and. Wil- liams counties upon which preliminary work will be done during the winter. Sargent county asks for 31.4 miles of earth road running north and west from Forman, the county seat, to the county line, estimated to cost $54,000. Pierce county applies for five miles of road, some of which will be of sand- clay construction, the first of this type to be attempted by the state highway department. The road will run south from Balta and its estimated cost is $11,700. Williams county asks for 30.5 miles of dirt road, running from Wil- liston northeast to Springbrook; Epping bop era ice a ‘is caring for these men and providing |”