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Partly cloudy tonight.
25 KILLED. IN
MINN. CYCLONE
100JNJURED
Tornado Wipes Out Busine$s
District of Tyler—Burnquist
Sends Aid
ONE DEATH AT VERDI
Northwest in Path of Serious
Wind and Hail Stoms Last
Night
St. Paul, Aug. 22—From 23 to 30
persons were killed and at least 100
injured by the cyclone which struck
the little village of Tyler last night.
Tyler's business district was wiped
out. Part of the residence district
was wrecked. The town has a popu­
lation of less than 1,000. At 10:45
'this morning Tyler was still isolated
so fap* as wire' communication is con­
cerned. An appeal for help sent out
by the commercial club from Tyler
was relayed to Governor L'urnquist.
The adjutant general immediately ar­
ranged to send out two home'guard
companies.
The storm which apparently struck
Tyler without warning was one of sev­
eral similar storms which struck Min­
nesota last night. One death was re­
ported, at Verdi, in southern Minne­
sota.
Tears Town to Piece*.
Between 30 and 35 persons were
killed and more than 100 were injured
by the tornado which, struck Tyler
last night and tore the town to pieces.
The tornado tore through the heart
of the town sparing only one build­
ing, a motion picture theater in which
200 persons were sheltered.
Persons engaged in rescue work
said that 125 injured, victims was a
conservative estimate. Forty resi­
dences, the hospital,„ electric light
plant and other buildings were de­
stroyed. The storm rageid until ll:2o
p. m. and dozens of persons were pin­
ioned, under debris before toeing res­
cued, The tornado came from the
east. Roofs were ripped off the hous­
es and business buildings.
Destroys iPlant.
Destruction of the Tyler electric
plant and city waiter works with the
ifrgt shock of the storm plunged the
city into darkness, was not until
earl ythis morfing that citizens were
able.to notify adjoining* towns of the
devastation.
Three of five persons in the Tyler
hosiptal were killed when the build­
ing was struck. Mlds Rose Nelson,
head, nurse, made an effort to save one
of the persons, failed, and lost her
life. Her body was recovered this
morning.
The storm struck the Main street
and in quick succession it crumpled
the postoffice, a drug store, the 'bank,
and two pool halls: and then destroy­
ed the electric light plant. It plowed
through the residence district then
where men. women and children were
crushed to death. Some were sleep­
ing when the storm came.
Only a few citizens received warn­
ing. Most of them fled to their cel­
lars and escaped with bruises.
T. J.' Christenson, secretary of the
County Fair association, and owner of
a hardware store, was attending a
meeting at a bank. The building was
destroyed, and he was killed, Twenty
seven bodies had been identififel at
10 a. l—
130 INJURED.
Ivanhoe, Minn., Aug. 22.—Informa­
tion received here today by courier
from Tyler said the cyclone last night
caused the death of 35 persons, and
130 others are known to have been
injured.
HTY
W.<p></p>RAIDER
S. S.
HUN
SINKS TRAWLER
A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug." 22.—
The American steamer Sylvania was
sunk yesterday by an armed trawler
on the Cenquerelau fishing banks. It
is presumed the boat making the at­
tack was the armed trawler Triumph,
captured Monday. The Sylvania's
crew reached here.
The trawler is presumed to be the
same which sang another boat in this
region. The crew which reached port
today reported their vessel was sent
to the bottom at midnight Tuesday.
DESTROYS WhOLE FLEET.
Montreal, Aug. 22.—'Virtually the en
tire fleet of the Maratime fish corpor­
ation has been destroyed by the trawl­
er Triumph, which was captured by
a submarine crew and armed. The
fleet was in operation off the Grand
Banks of Newfoundland. It was com­
posed of boats of both American and
Canadian registry.
JAPAN TO CONTROL
BIG CHINESE MFNE
(By Newspaper Enterprise Ans'n.)
London. An*. 22— Japan's field of
influence in China is growing. Its
latest iKrtkeWaited a^reemewtii
under mhj^ch.the jnine^ near,Nanking
will be worked by the Chinese ana
steel will be manufactured jointly by
the Chinese and the Japanese, the lat
"OA
THE
GOPHER STATE
ADMIRER OF
CAPODWARDS
Address Which British Fighter
is to Deliver Here Widely
Read
GREAT MEETING TUESDAY
Anticipated That Auditorium
Will Be Packed to Hear
Noted Warrior
Ca_~\ Frank Edwards of the Royal
Fusiliers will speak at the Bismarck
Auditorium, Tuesday evening, August
27. His address in Minneapolis June
28 before the Minnesota Bankers
Association, was accorded the highest
commendation and the association
had it printed and distributed several
thousand copies.
N
Capt. Edwards will deliver his ad­
dress under the auspices of the
Burleigh county Red Cross chapter.
Bradly Marks, chairman of the chap­
ter, is making the arrangements and
members of Red Cross chapters
throughout the Slope are earnestly
requested to be in Bismarck for this
address.
The press of the nation has herald­
ed Capt. Edwards as one of the most
accomplished speakers seat here by
the British government, ile is ap­
pearing under the auspices of -he De­
partment of Information.
"Sacrifice—the Price of Victory." is
the title of one of Capt. Edwards' ad­
dresses.
Here is one of his message:!:
"My message to you gentlemen this
morning is a. very sipiple one in
many respects it is a- very serious one.
We are all dreaming of victory, pray­
ing for victory, toiling for victory but
pien and women of America, there is
ohly one road to victory, and that is
the road through struggle and through
sacrifice."
There will be no admission, no col­
lection will be taken up. The meeting
is for the public and a packed house
should greet this noted British offi­
cer.
buy
w.<p></p>DAKOTA
s. s.
NORTH
TO SEND 2000
MORESOLDIERS
Thousand to Camp Lewis and
Thousand to Camp Grant,
Ills.
Within the next two weeks North
Dakota will be called upon to send
out 2,000 more full service men to
national army camps. On August 28
1,000 men will entrain for Camp
eLwis, at American Lake, Wash., and
between the third and sixth of Sep­
tember 1,000 men will leave for Camp
Grant, at Rockford, III. This will be
North Dakota's first large contingent
for the Illinois cantonment. Begin­
ning September 3, North Dakota will
also send 150 limited service men to
Camp Dodge, and between September
3 and 6 200 limited service men will
go to Camp Grant. Also beginning
September 3, Nrth Dakota will send
out its second contingent of colored
troops, the destination of this quota
Deing Camp Lewis.
Burleigh county will send 28 men to
Camp Lewis on the 28th 27 to Camp
Grant beginning September 3 three
limited service men 'to Camp- Dodge,
four limited service men to Camp
Grant and one negro to Camp Lewis.
BUY
W.<p></p>DESERTERS
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 209. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 1918.
AND
ARMY RESERVES
FIGHT IN BATTLE
Huntington, Va.. Aug. 22.—A troop
of military reserves, assisted by U. S.
officers and deputies from Wayne and.
Mingo counties was marching this
morning into Mingo county, where a
pitchedbattle with slackers and army
deserters is expected momentarily. In
the fighting last night twt' deputies
were killed. A message froni the
iMingo county sheriff 'this morning
said the deserters, had sent to the
town of Bredon for medical aid for
their wounded. The runner was cap­
tured. He told the posse the desert­
ers compfised men from Camps Lee.
Taylor and Shelby and a number of
draft evaders.
The leader of the deserters this
morning sent a message to Sheriff
Blankenshire of Mingo county warn­
ing. him to draw off hit*
1
posse anfl.
rjqilWamen,,as
all of the dqsfifters arty
armea'with army rifles, and will fight
to the last man before surrendering."
A message received herte at 2 .m.
GEN.
Army Now in Full Control of
Postal Service to France and
Improvements Are Looked
For.
BY MtLTOM BRONNER.
(N. E. A. Staff Correspondent)
Washington, D. C., Aug. 22.—One of
Uncle Sam's biggest jobs is to see that
from now on John Smith and Tony
Denunzio and Mike Yar.ek and Mose
Cohen and Pat Ryan promptly receive
letters \yritten to them by their moth­
ers and sweethearts. The same ap­
plies to all the rest of the 1,300,000!
men Pershing now has in France.
So far this matter has been the
biggest failure of the war. And this
is of vital importance to Uncle Sam
because:
The morale of the men over there
is largely dependent upan their hear­
ing from their dear ones regularly so
they .will not worry about how things
are at home. Worried soldiers don't
put up as good a fight as men whose
minds ar at ease.
And the morale over here is largely
dependent upon the families of the
boys feeling assured that the letters
penned with such love reach the boys
in the trenches.
There is probably no subject to
which Secretary Baker and General
Pershing have given more anxious
thought and they are now hopeful that
things will rapidly be bettered. For a
time the postoffice department alone
handled the mail for the army. Then
an arrangement was concluded where­
by the mail was pouched on this sid?,
delivered to army transports at the
embarkation points and then handled
by the army in France. This made the
army responsible for the distribution
of mail to the soldiers. But even
this did not prove satisfactory.
Baker then cabled Pershing to take
up the matter personally.
Pershing cabled that his men on
July 1 had assumed full control of the
mails. He said he was sending to
America Captain Frazier, an officer
with extended postal experience, who
understood the conditions in France.
This officer will supervise the ship­
ment of mail from American,ports.
In France Pershing has now ar­
ranged suitable postal organizations at
each port of embarkation. Railroad
mail service is being established.
Next Pershing has arranged for re­
classification of mail for casuals and
detached soldiers by having a central
postoffice foj redirecting and forward­
ing misdirected or insufficiently ad­
dressed mail. This is done through
contact with the central records of­
fice, where full information is obtain­
able as to the movement of thoops and
addresses of individuals.
To help in this one special officer
keeps constantly in tuch with contem­
plated movements of troops. Finally,
each corps and division sorganizing
its own postal detachment, and mail
is sent to the divisions through the
regulating statins and goes forward
just like ammunition and rations,
.buy W. S. S.———
KAISER'S CHAPLAIN
DECORATED AOA IN
(By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.)
Amsterdam, Aug. 22.—Dr. von Dry
ander, the kaiser's chief chaplain and
private spiritual guide, has been dec­
orated again, this time with the Or­
der of the Black Eagle, the highest
Prussian decoration.
•muy w. s. s.
HUN FLYERS USE
FRENCH EMBLEMS
(By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.)
Paris, Aug. 22.—German birdmen
icottinus,to iWefckithe utj&rrj.ttw. law
,of ffte tfiLCTilrat flytra ^slwU),not ,mas­
querade under enemy insignia. A
Pokker recently shot down by a
French pilot bore a painting of a
FALL OF NOYON REPORTED NEAR
ORNADO WIPES OUT TYLER, MINNESOTA
WITH HIS "TIN HAT" ON
General J. J.'Pershing snapped for the first time wearing
a steel helmet. This is the latest photograph of our commander
in-chief, taken at the front.
MAIL SERYICE OF SOLDIERS
ARE YOU GETTING YOUR
SOLOIERS"-MAIL ON TIME?
Parents, wives, and sweethearts of
our boys in France:
ARE 'YOU GETTING YOUR SOL­
DIERS''MAIL,ON TIME?
Has there been any improvement in
the service since your boy arrived in
France?
What does he say about it? Is he
getting the letters you write him more
promptly?
This is one of the most vital fac­
tors in keeping up the morale both of
the men at tlfe front "and their rela­
tives at home.
Write, to the Daily Tribune your per­
sonal experiences with the soldier
maH problehi. Wle will collect the in­
formation and send it to .the war de­
partment. where it will help to remedy
the situation.
I,O66Y6UNG
MEN EXPECTED
TOREGISTER
Provost Marshal General Makes
Estimate for Saturday's
Listing
Provost Marshal General Crowder
estimates, tha,t 10*J8 young men who
live attained the age of 21 since June
5 will register in North Dakota next
aSturday. Adjutant eGneral Fraser re­
gards this estimate a trifle high be­
cause of the large numlber of young
North Dakotkns who have enlisted in
the army and navy, and his guess is
between 950 and 1,000 men.
eGneral Fraser intimates that these
registrants will not have to wait long
to get into service. It is anticipated
that an early call will come fr them,
and they may begin training before
the end of September.
ACTIOS UPON
HAN POWER
EXPECTED SOON
Washington, D. C., Aug. 22 —With
debate beginning simultaneously in
the senate and the house congress to­
day turned its attention to the man­
power bill. Action, in the house was
expected 'before adjournment, while
the senate was expected to enact the
measure counted upon as a vital fac­
tor in-winning the war within a few
days.
BUY W. S. S.
THE GERMANS DO LOVE
NORTHCLIFFE'S PRESS
(Bv Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.)
Tlie Hague, Aug. 22.—Germany has
found a new cause of hate in the work
of the "Northcliffe Press." They lay
the blame of the collapse of the Ger­
man language press in the United
States at its doors. According to the
Vossische Geiung, the shutting down
of the New Yorker Staats Zeitung,
the oldest German-American newspa­
per, was due to Northcliffe.
—BUY W. S. S.
NO SOFT GLOVES FOR
BRITISH PROFITEERS
(By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.)
London, Aug. 22.—The vigorous
prosecution by the government of
profiteering is beginning to show in'
the lessened amount of court actions.
In the week ending June 15,- of 723
food prosecutions, 677 were success
rc,lr *r\%ny
RAIN, HAIL
AND WIND IN
BI6C0NCERT
Most Terrific Storm in History
of City Sweeps Over
Valley
48-MILE-AN-HOUR BREEZE
Downpour of .75 of an Inch in
Fifteen Minutes—Cellars
A Flooded
A rain, wind and electrical storm
of tropical ferocity swept over the
Missouri- Valiey Wednesday evening.
In Bismarck .75 of an inch of rain fell
in fifteen minutes, and in the couse
of half an hour the downpour aggre­
gated 1.2 inches, the heaviest record­
ed in any 24 hours this summer. The
rain was accompanied by a 48-mile
wind, which 'blew without cessation
for ten minutes, and there was a
heavy fall of hail for 15 minutes.
The rain caine down faster than it
could run off, even fom the pavements.
Gardens and lawns were inundated.
In sopie places the water rose higher
than the tops of large tomato plants.
Many cellars and basements were
filled ,and considerable damage, it is
feared, will result from this cause. A
brilliant electrical display added to
the general effect of the storm which,
while it raged was one of the most
terrific contests of the elements which
has ever visited this section.
City gardens were badly beaten
down by the hail. Tomato plants were
shredded and their fruit pounded to
pulp sweet-corrt was beaten down and
broken, and extensive damage done.
In the country it is feared the dam­
age to corn and flax fields will be ex­
tensive, and there is much wheat
which has not been harvested that
will suffer.
The storm would appea from meagre
reports received by O. W. "Roberts,
federal meteorologist for North Dako­
ta, at an early hour today, to have
been father general over the state.
Grand Forks reported 1.58 inches of
rainfall during the night, and Dickin­
son had 1.50 inches. Larimore report­
ed half an inch, while at Minot tlie
precipitation dwindled to .13 of an
inch. Owing to the atom, the wire ser­
vice is bad, and there are many dis­
tricts yet to be heard from.
It is not believed that any lasting
damage will result to the grain al­
ready cut and shocked. Dry weather
is the present prediction, and a few
days' hot sun. accompanied by a stiff
wind, will dry out the shocks. The
work of the harvest will, however, be
considerably delayed by the untimely
rains of the last week, which are ex­
ceptional for this time of year.
Soo Damage Repaired.
Slight damage to the Soo tracks be­
tween Underwood and Washburn was
repaired during the night, and the
North Soo train which came through
this morning doubled bck shortly be­
fore noon. On the .South Soo severe
hail damage to standing crops was re­
ported between Moffit and Braddock.
Heavy rains were noted elsewhere on
the line, but the hail damage was
slight.
Many Wir.es Down.
Both the telephone and telegraph
companies are having trouble with
their service, many wires being down
north, south and west of Bismarck.
Soo Line Train Late.
The North Soo, due in last night
shortly after 6 o'clock, did not come
in until near noon today, the tracks
between Bismarck and Washburn hav­
ing been left? in a hazardous condi­
tion by the torrents.
On the Killdeer branch of the North­
ern Pacific i't was reported this morn­
ing the hail had shattered every pane
of glass from Hazen west to the end
fthe line, and it was reported over
the telephone that standing crops in
this region had been wiped out.
No. 4 the Twin Cfty express from
the west, was two hours late this fore­
noon as a result of the heavy weather
it ran into on the Slope.
Trains Held Up.
The Killdeer train Wlednesday af­
ternoon culd not proceed beyond Stan
•ton because of a wash-out on the line
west- of that pqjnt, three miles be­
yond Beulah. Train No. 7, westbound
on the main line, was tied up at Glad­
stone yesterday afternoon because of
washouts at Gladstone and Lehigh.
Fort Clark was reported partially in­
undated Wednesday afternoon. Much
flax and corn have been destroyed in
the entire territory north and west
of Mandan. During a cloudburst
which hit Dickinson on Wednesday
basements were flooded and gardens
drowned out.
Roberts' Report.
The average rainfall for the entire
state of North Dakota on Wednesday
was .75 of an inch, reported O. W.
Roberts late this afternoon Reports
came in slowly because of manv wires
being down in districts hardest hit by
the storm. The greatest crop damage,
states the federal meteorologist, ap­
pears to have been in the vicinity of
Dunn Center and northeast of Brad
dock. All over the Missouri vallev
damage from heavjr rain and the wind
was considerable. In. the bottoms near
Menoken and McKenzie thousands of
shocks of wheat are floating* in tem­
porary
l«U§s.itahfl»Wttch!toift
TRIBUNE
from
OT'grttfft
will result. It will be impossible, says
Mr. Roberts, to prevent much of this
grain from sprouting. In other dis
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FRENCH TROOPS CLOSING IN
ON TOWN WHICH IS KEY TO
THE WHOLE GERMAN DEFENSE
Teutons Launch Heavy Counter Attacks but are
Everywhere Repulsed General Mangin's
Army Reported as Making Great Progress.
Only one Remaining Avenue for German Re­
treat is Northeast Toward Ham.
LASSIGNY FALLS
PARiS, Aug. 21.— Lassigny has been captured by the
French forces, whose lines have now reached the outskirts
of Chiry-Our
scamps, southwest of Noyon.
The official statement making this announcement also
says that twenty villages have been liberated since yester­
day, and that the French have advanced about five miles at
certain points.
I BREAK WITH BOLSHEVIKI
Washington, Aug. 22.—Because the Bolshevik government has
declared that a state of war exists between Russia and the United
States, Vice Consul Imbrie has lowered the United States flag over
the consulate at Petrograd, closed the consulate and placed the affairs
of the United States in charge of the Norwegian government. .Ameri­
cans in Petrograd, of whom there are approximately twenty, have
been warned to leave the country by the vice consul.
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Fighting thejr way forward along the southern reaches of the
Picardy battle front, French troops today stand before Noyon. This
city lias been referred to as the key to the Avhole German line west
of the Somme. During last night, General Humbert's men reached
the Djyette river, for a long distance west of its confluence, west of
the Oise. South of Noyon the army commanded by General Mandin
holds the south bank of the. Oise from Scmpigny to Bretigny, a dis­
tance of more than six miles. At Scmpigny they are only a little
more than a mile from. Noyon.
CURVES TO EAST
To the south the line turns at Bretigny and runs to Bourguignon,
where it again curves to the east and reaches the Ailette river at La
Quinev-Basse. It then extends southward and it is officially report­
ed that'the French now'have reached! "the outskirts of Pommiers, a
village on the Aisne less than two miles west of Soissous. German
forces in the sector south of Noyon and along the Oise are said by
the French official report to be "retreating", whidh may account
for the rapid progress of (ieneral Mangin's army. It is Said that con­
tact with the army is being maintained by the French.
FRONTAL ATTACK FIVE MILES
British troops attacked the line between the Somme and the
Ancre rivel's at 4:45 o'clock this morning. This may be considered a
continuation of the attack north of the Ancre at dawn yesterday.
The front of the latest attack is about five miles long. No details
of the progress there have been received as yet. North of the An­
cre the British have advanced in spite of th cenemy's fierce resistance
and crossed the Arras-Bapaume railroad line. This line was a ser­
ious obstacle to the British advance yesterday.
In the Flanders area the British are closing in, following the
Germans, and have reached Neuf Berquin.
On tire northern side of the Lys salient in Flanders the Germans
have been forced out of strong positions north of Bailleul.
HEAVY-COUNTER ATTACKS
The Germans launched heavy counter attacks against the British
positions at Locre-IIospse, but were repulsed. Heavy fighting is re­
ported in this area. Strong German counter attacks are developing
near Mireaumont, and Irles, which are near the southern end of the
line, over which the British attacked yesterday.
In this region, the determined resistance of the Germans seems
to have slowed up the British, if it has not checked the momentum of
the blow struck by General Bvng. The same miiy be said to be
true of the situation on the hills north of Soissons. Little progress
has resulted in this section in the last few days.
Last night, the German official report, however told of the
French reaching the plateau, north of Juvigny, but since they were
driven back.
Noyon, it would appear, is almost untenable. It would seem that
a retreat by the eninv toward Chauny further east is almost imposs­
ible. The railroad leading east of Noyon now is under direct fire from
the French guns. The only remaining avenue for a German retreat
appears to be northwest toward Ham.
Mount. Renaud, a height which stands a sentinel to the southwest
of Noyon, appears now to be outflanked and useless as a defensive
position. There have been no reports of fighting from Lassigny.
London, (4 p. m.) Aug. 21.—The occupation by the French of the
whole line of the Ailette means that Marshal Foch's plan to drive
a wedge between Gen. Von Bohn's army and the army of the German,
crown prince hove been successful, say military experts here.
GREAT ADVANCE
PARIS, Aug. 22'.—General Humbert's army has made a great
advance between the Matz and Oise rivers, and has reached the Ail­
ette river. The French military men say this makes the early fall of
Noyon inevitable.
TAKE 100,000 PRISONERS
PARIS, Aug. 22.—The allied armies have taken more than 100,
000 prisoners since July 18th, says Marshal Ilutin in the Echo d'Paris.
DESPERATE RESISTANCE
Paris. Aug. 22.—General Byng's army is encountering desperate
resistance in the vicinity of Baupaume. One village changed hands
several times late yesterday ofternoon and last night. French troops
have reached the Ailette river at several points. It is not believed .the
Germenas will try to hold the Ailette line but will retreat to the
Oisne.
RAID PARIS
Paris, Aug. 22.—Several enemy planes flew over Paris suburbs at
nine this morning. They returned toward their lines going north.
BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE VILLAGE
Stockholm, Aug, 22—The Bolsheviki troops progressing along
the Onieda river, where allied expeditionary forces are operating,
have captured the village of Purgesova. according to a bulletin issued
the "Laborers'Army Headquarters."'
CAPTURE GERMAN POSITIONS
...•London. (12.s20 p. m.) Aug. 22.—In the Flanders'trnttte'rifea th*
ii-ittsir-fasf iifpfc attacked and a Gehrian1 ^ifio&f ribnlf
of Bailie, according to advices from the front today. It is reported
that a strong local conter attack made yesterday against Locre was
fighting. Frpsh German counter
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