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33 NORTH DAKOTA SOLDIERS
APPEAR IN CASUALTY LISTS
FROM THE FRENCH FRONT
Report of Commanding General of American Ex­
peditionary Forces Shows That Our Men Are
In Thick of the Fray OverJThere.
The heaviest drain cm North Da­
kota's manpower shown since America
entered the war is reported in today's
casualty lists, Nos. 14 and 16, which
contain th,e names of 33 north Dakota
men killed, wounded or missing in
action. A number of these casualties
have been previously reported, but a
majority of them are first announced
today. The larger proportion of them
are boys from tbe Slope.
Many of the young men reported in­
jured are members of the field artil­
lery battalions to which the li^st Flick
ertail contingents sent to Camp Dodge
were assigned. This detachment is
believed to have played an important
part in the capture of Cantigny, in
which glorious victory the North Da­
kota national guardsmen also had a
hand.
List no. 16. Section No. 1, reports
4s follows: Killed in action, 65: miss­
ing in action. !)6 wounded severel".
cident and other causes, 4 wounded.
..egree undetermined, 145 died of
disease, 4 total. 492.
Killed in action: Private Frank
Holcomb, Centerville, S. D. Private
Melvin Marvin, Sioux Falls. S. D.
"PRIVATE HARRY J. MADS ION,
DRAKE, N. D.
Died of wounds received in action:
Privates Victor H. Nelson, Minneap­
olis, Minn. Frank K. Anderson, La­
fayette, Minn.
Died of disease: Private Mike Pro
kup, International Falls, Minn.
Wounded severely: LIEUT. CHAS.
A. LOUGHLIN, .Jr.. GRAND FORKS,
N. D. CORP. JENS S. LARSON,
HElMiDAL, N. D. PRIVATES GEO.
Bv/ESEL, ROBINSON, N, D. GER­
ALD OrLLKX. BURT, N. D. Robert
E. Gloege, Hutchinson, Minn. PHILIP
MiILDENBERGER, FLASHER. N. D.
ROBERT D. MOOREHEAD. FLASH­
ER. N. D.: Carl A. Nelson, St. Hilare,
nn. Henry E. Nelson, Sebeka,
FOREST Ft. RULPH, CROSBY,
D. JOHN L. ROBERTSON. LANG
DON. N. IX PETER SINGER, HE­
BRON,- N. D. LEROY E. ST
ARKS,
MOTT, X. D. PETER STRICKER,
GLADSTONE, D. GUY S. VARIS.
MOTT, N. D. LAWREN-CE WARNES,
MOLINE, N. D. Edwin D. Wood,
Supringfield. S. D. George Nesseth,
Twin Vallev Minn. RALPH 1. PER­
RY KENMARE, N, D. EDMUND H.
SHEMORRY, WILISTON. N. D. WY.
OTT E. SILKER. MARMON. N. D.
JOHN R. -SLYNG.STAD, AMiBROSE,
N. D.
Missing in action: Lieut. Ralph D.'
Grade. Bemrslji, Minn. PRIVATES
WALTER C. GLOCKER. GRAND
FORKS, N. D.: William F. Goodrich^ lignite
Minneapolis, Minn.
Casualty List No. 14, Sec 2, reports:
Killed in action. 68 missing in ac­
tion. 114 wounded severely, 163 died
of wounds. 11 died from accid&nt and
other causes, 1 died of disease, 5
wounded, degree undetermined, 143
died of aeroplane accident, 1 total
306.
Killed in action: Corp. Charles R.
Mc Arthur, Hancock, Minn.
"Wounded severely:: Corp. HARRY
ADLWIN. LEITH. N. D. CORP.
PH A. MOORE. MiENOKEN, N.
LLOYD L. ROUNDS,
D. Privates Edward B.
Big Falls, Minn. SELMiER
TVEDT. MOTT. N. D.
Hi TERRILL. FAIRMOUNT,
FRED E. LANGSTROM. SHEY-
IARO, N. D. ELDRRD E. SILT
PI XGREE. .\\ D. ,.TAMES S.XI
CLEVELAND N. D.: Homer Ay
I^ort Ripley, Minn. MARSHALL
E'ARNUM INKSTER, N. D.:
C. Von Almen, Elizabeth,
m.- DAN P'ANKO. WADE. N. D.
TARD L. STEVENS, BERG. N. D.
SRGE WIEGLENDA, GI «AD
INE, N. D.: WILLIAM TIEDE
|?N, JAMESTOWN^ N. D. Sigurd
3terlund, Braham, Minn.
|tded in action, degree undeter-
John Tomala. Pierz, Minn.
Ing in action: Private Harry 8.
Aberdeen, Sj D.
"WHY W. S. S.
TROUNDUP
J&d
been herded in the 69th arm
Kulquarters, and more than 1,000
(en captured in Newark and oth
}by New Jersey cities.
—BUY »V..sL S.
?ust Droughts
Hits Cotton Hard
'shington, Sept.. 3.—August was
lost disastrous month to the cot
:rop that has been recorded, a
prospective production amount
3#0,000 bales, resulting from the
drought. The department fore
the crop at 11,137.000 equivalent
round bales, basing its estimate
canvass made August 25.
COTTON PRICES SOAR.
York, Sept. 3.—The govern
cotton crop today considered
tionally bullish by the market
caused a swift advance of ap
mately $11.00 per bale for fu-
advance continued until some of
josition, notably October, had
260 points or $13.00 per bale.
FUELCRISIS
MAKES DEMAND
FORSACRIFICE
Personal Convenience Cannot be
Considered in Present
Emergency
SCRAPPING BASEBURNERS
Missouri Has Given Up Hopes
of Getting- Any Anthracite
Coal
"One hundred thousand baseburn
ers are being strapped and sold for
junk in Missouri because their own­
ers know it will be impossible to ob
tain anthracite coal for them." was a
statement made today by Capt. 1. P.
E'aker, federal fuel administrator for
North Dakota, who recently returned
from a conference of state administra­
tors at Washington.
"The problem is largely one of
transportation," said Capt. Baker in
further referring to the fact that very
little anthracite would be available
west of the Mississippi this winter.
"We have a certain production of fuel
and a certain dead limit in our trans­
portation resources, and the country
is consuming 10 per cent of both. It
stands to reason, then, that the differ­
ent sections of the nation must con­
sume the coal which is nearest to
hem. Missouri is almost surrounded
by 'bituminous coal fields. It would
not be logical to ship anthracite all
the way from Pennsylvania to Mis­
souri and to ship the local bituminous
coal all the way back to the seaboard,
"North Dakota expects to mine
more lignite than last year, and it will
help the nation to that extent. An
fhracite will be supplied only where it
is actually needed. Sections of the
state which have an abundance of
lignite cannot expect to have all the
anthracite they want. This must be
reserved for portions of the state
which have an abundance of lignite
.cannot expect to have all the anthra
[cite they want. This must be reserved
or portions of the state which have1
"This great war is causing a steady
and unusual drain on our fuel resour-l
ces. We must keep -our transports
ami out munition ships and our supply
ships moving and we must keep our
munition factories and other essential
industries in operation. The govern-,
nient is bending every effort to sup­
ply essential industries and private
consumers, to prevent actual suffering
and discomfort. But many non-essen
tial, though none-the-less worthy in­
dustries must suspend in order that
this may be accomplished.
"The great bulk of our anthracite
coal will come all the way up the
lakes as return cargo for iron ore car­
riers. At the head of the lakes it will
be loaded into empty grain cars which
have discharged their wheat and flax
N. D. LOUIS N. LATRAIL, at the elevators. Some sections of
lVTCTS 000 MEN
York, Sept. 3.—In a great
of draft evaders throughout
jrk today, government agents
noon gathered in nearly 4.000
hnen. More than 2,500 at that
South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa
will be allowed to bring in Illinois and
Indiana coal. Northwestern states!
which will 'be given eastern anthra
cite are generally adopting the North
Dakota policy of regulating the dis­
tribution of anthracite through the
state fuel administration, in order that
it may get into the hands of those
consumers who most need it.
"If the war continues another year,
whi-v is most likely, it is probable
that the northwestern states may be
excluded from the use of anthracite
entirely. As I have pointed out be
fore, every tjme we take a ton of an
thracite from one of our troop ships I
jor munitions or supply ships we are
{increasing the danger to our boys, on
the sea and
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. No. 219. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1&18.
the trenches, just so
much, for a vessel bmurning ordinary
I bituminous is vii'ble at sea within a
radius of 26 miles, while the use of
anthracite or high-grttde smokeless
bituminous coals reduces this radius
of visibility to six miles.
"Furthermore, it is hardly fair in
vie wof the fact that all the coal
mined in the United States will be
consumed and because of the need of
conserving every ton of coal that is
mined and the necessity of husband­
ing our transportation resources that
coal be transported a long distance
from the territory where it ,is pro­
duced to another region which has coal
of its own. while the coaT from the
latter territory is carried a long dis­
tance to some other point before toe­
ing consumed. It is our patriotic duty,
dictated by necessity as well as loy­
alty, that we use the coal which comes
to us with the least transportation."
BUY W. S. S.
Canada Boosts
Rail Wages to
15 Millions Yearly
Montreal. Sept. 3.—Wage increases
aggregating $15,000,000 annually will
be granted to 30.000 men in railway
shops throughout Canada, affecting all
railroads in the Dominion, it is an­
nounced today.
GERMANS IN GENERAL
BAKER LIKES HIS PICTURE OF FOCH
(hi frjCJu/VV1 IVJ*
Major Requin was with Joffre at
the time of Von Gluck's drive to Paris
and the French retreat to the Marne.
As reports of the retreat reached
LEAGUE WILL
TRY TO STEAL
SECOND'PARTY
Conferences Between Bloom and
Lemke Promise Excitement
for Tomorrow
NONPARTIAN DEMOS HERE
Senator Cahill of Leith
Peterson of Bisbee Among
Early Birds
and
A plot for the capture of the demo­
cratic state central committee by the
league is scented in the early appear-
of Devils Lake, who was in close con-|jion
ference with William Lemke, league'
now league candidate for the senate
Owen Solberg of Rolette and oth-1
day. They had previously made their
reservations at the Grand Pacific, from
time immemorial rallying place for
the progressive hosts, which is not the!
hotel which is being patronized on
this trip by John Bloom. William I
Lemke for some time past has made
a different hostelry his headquarters
while in Bismarck. It is notorious that
Chairman Lemke still registers from
Fargo. With Mr Bloom, who has been
given the chairmanship of the state'
game and fish' board, much public I
printing and other little evidences of
appreciation for his loyalty to the
league, is M. F. Fitzgerald of Devils
Lake. Stopping at the same hotel is
H. P. Halvorson of Sheyenne.
Senator Cahill and Representative
Peterson declined to be interviewed
this morning. Chairman Lemke of
the republicans and John Bloom, I
league manager for the democrats,!
were conspicuously absent from pub-1
iic view, and Chairman Byerly of the
democratic, state central committee
had not yet put in an appearance.
Messrs. Cahill and Peterson professed
ignora'nee as to the probable choice ot
their party for chairmanship. Mr. I
Bloom knows the name of the man he
would like to have made state chair-'
man. His initials are identical with!
those of John H. Bloom of Devils
Lake, but Mr. Bloom is not yet pre-1
pared to promise that he can put Mr.
Bloom over.
Bt'Y W. S. S.
To Give Proceeds
Of Farm Sale to
War Relief Funds
Jamestown, Sept. 3.—Mts. T. A.
Weston, of Ypsilanti. Michigan, a
former resident of Stutsman county,
has offered for sale one quarter sec­
tion of land near Ypsilanti, N. D., the
proceeds to be given to the Red Cross.
Y. .C. A., and other war funds. She
asks for a cash customer, for a good
farm.
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
1
Here's Secretary of War Baker's I Joffre at field headquarters, his only
personal picture of General Foch, reply was, "Tres bien" (very well),
commander in chief of the allied arm- When the Germans reached the west
ies. It was drawn by Major E. Re
(luin, Marshall Joffre's chief ot staff
at the beginning of the war, and now
military attache of the French mis­
sion to Washington.
bank of the Marne. Joffre issued his
famous command of the day. Major
Kequin took the dictation to this or­
der:
»i,'
Th?-iijCIn!a.1!1^
VETERAN OF
ITALIAN WAR
IN BISMARCK
that he is one of
tlJe
tirst Teal
t|0i]ar?i
chairman of the republica'n state cen­
tral committee, all morning .Sen. J. I.
Cahill of Leitli, C. P. Peterson of Bis­
bee, floor leader for the league in than "last month's high record. to them and to Germany.
the house of the loth assembly, and q'his
clirt n0t
oSlturday
ff| the auj'es are
ers. QQQ Hintze as foreign minister, but they
Chairman W. E. Byerly of the demo-1 bky w.» ?. have declared themselves opposed to
cratic state central committee and
T0
Fred Bartholomew of Grand Forks, yyers. who had been clerk at Commission" and the world will
democratic candidate for congress in the Hotel" Van Horn for some time.'await with interest the struggle be
the First district, arrived at noon to-
left ves(erday
KOvernment
SI BE MA
MAN
SUPER JUNKER
PLOT MAY GET
KAISERS GOAT
Wilhelm Stands in Fear of Inde­
pendent Commission for
German Peace
RICH MEN BACKING PLAN
Fatherland Party Calls in Vain
Upon Militarists to Back
Up Wilhelm
Berne, Switzerland. Sept. -The
vague reports as to the powers re­
sponsibility for the recent Gerlnun of­
fensives, for the continuance of the
submarine warfare, for the Brest
LitoYsk peace and for all the crimes
that can be laid at Germany's door,
have brought to light the work of
one of the most autocratic and des­
potic organizations in the world.
The kaiser fears and obeys it, as
the Ilohenzollern dynasty depends on
it for its continuance. The Reichs­
tag fights vainly against its decrees,
while the people themselves are lulled
into dreams of conquest and peace by
its promises.
This secret and powerful body is
known as the "Independent Commis­
sion for a German Peace." and true
to its name it seeks to force a Ger
man-made peace down the throats
of the allied nations, regardless of
the cost to the people of the central
empires.
Its members include practically all
manufacturers and high military of­
ficers. The control of the German
.have gone as press with but few exceptions lies in
they will. 1 aris is at oui back. y^g iian(]s and its voice carries the
eliall nnt imkk TnB lpast Hrancfi PX-I.. ,, .... ..
shall not pass. The least France ex
pects of each of l^er sons is to die
where he stands."
final say in all military matters.
Hindenburg, Ludendorff, C'onut
Hertling and Foreign Minister .Hint
ze are but the mouthpieces of these
super-junkers, and the work of these
men is but an example of tbe work
of the others in Germany proper.
It was the secret power of this or­
ganization thati has forced from pub­
lic office all those with any taint of
(offering
Sebastine Torti, wim claims that he mannn-HoIlweg, Michaelis and re
fought 22 months in the foremost centlv Kuehlmann were forced out
trenches of the Italian army without through the activities of these men.
sustaining a scratch but was honor- The organization of the Fatherland
ably discharged at the end of that Party under the leadership of Admi
time because of ilj health, is in Bis- ral von Tirpitz, of submarine fame,
marck selling plaster of Paris images has been one of its steps in deluding
unft other wares common to his coun- the people as to its real aims,
try. Sebastino was in Des Moines, la., Radicals Fight ('alia!.
when his country called him two years,
veter"'force
ans of the Italian campaign to return
to this continent.
—B1:Y W. S. S.
August War Bill
Is $1,714,000,000
Washington, Sept. 3
ance of such league wheel-horsea ,var .expen(iitures in -August broke all I and industrial magnates and
among the democrats as John Bloom
eyjous vecords
the allies a fair deal. Beth-
The
ago,. He possesse a remarkably ac- jj^g upon all good Germans to rally
curate knowledge of affairs at the Ital
ian front, and there would seem to
be no reason for doubting his story
Fatherland party lias been cal-
to its banners, to help defend their
country against" the invaders, to an­
nex all territories conquered and to
Germany's enemies to pay for
the war
However, of lat
amounting to $1,714,000.- the control of German politics out
r^'on"reports"upto today/aLter re- I the hands of these junkers.
ports mav raise this bv :r0,(MM),000. This group wants peace at any
Ordinarv war expenditures amount- price to stave off an economic war
ed to $1.4GS,OOO.UOO or $200,000,0001 after the war which will mean ruin1
1
i'neluile outlays of last (. They were given a setback by the
yet to lie tabulated. Loans enforced resignation of Kuehlmann
reported at $244000,-! and the succession of Admiral von
HELP UNCLE SAM. the peace terms of the "Independent
for Tacoma to enter tween these two forces, on which the
service. future of Germany depends.
AMERICA'S EAST FRONT
T5IT5IKAR
HARBl
PEKING
NIHOLAIEV.SK
HABARDV5
3U5 S
MOUfcl&N
VLADIVOSTOK
KlfclNl
1
American, Japanese and British troops are aiding the Czecho­
slovaks in driving back the Bolsheviki along the Ussuri River,
north of Vladivostok. The map shows the battle line, which lies
midway between tfye station of Ussuri and the city of Habarovsk.
The allies are trying to clear the Vladivostok-Habarovsk railway
of the pro-Germans.
1
late this party
has been falling into disrepute, its
true character having been brought
to light.
With tbe recent defeats inflicted
upon the German armies by the al­
lies, a small but powerful group of
Government radicals, aided by the shipbuilding:
by one hundred mil- Rhine cities, has set forth to wi
.•rest
out of
l)u
lxmdon, Sept.
LENS CAPTURED BY BRITISH
IN SMASHING OFFENSIVE
CAMBRAI LINE THREATENED
Huns Perilously on Verge of Disaster Because of
Swift Unexpected Blow of Allies—Take
10,000 Prisoners.
(By Associated Press)
American Headquarters in France, Sept. 3.—A great
fight has been in progress all day north and northwest of
Soissons. Germans are defending Pont Rouge Plateau,
northeast of Soissons and Loan railway with great vigor,
as well as a line on the right along the north bank of the
Aisne Americans are bombing German positions from
south and west. The lines of the enemy for hours have
been a seething inferno of smoke and dust. The villages
he has been holding are burning like vast torches.
With the British Army in France, Sept. 3.—While
the British were fighting their way further forward well
inside the Drocourt-Queant line today, an .attack was
launched just to the south where a strong British force
is driving ahead on the northern reaches of the Hinden­
burg line proper. Again there has been furious fighting,
Thousands of prisoners have been taken, and the enemy
has suffered terrific losses.
Operation by the French and Americans in the south may be
counted on to work toward such a result. There is a hint in
today's dispatches that some development of importance is im­
pending on the southern front where the left front of the Hinden­
burg line is under Franco-American uressure.
On a front of virtually miles from just below Ypres to near
Pennine on the Somine. the (Jeniiiin army is in retreat.
This ivtrograd movement is not voluntary on the part of the
enemy but lias been forced by tlie unremitting blows inliicted by
Marshal Foch during the last six weeks.
Already the taking of 10,000 prisoners by the British in their
advance is reported, and (ierman casualties in killed or wounded,
are declared to have been notably high, as their thickly massed
forces felt the weight of the allies' blow.
So speedy is the (ierman retirement that it seems as if the enemy
if lie lias not met with disaster is perilously on the verge of one.
CAPTURE HAMBLAIN-LES-PRES.
London, Sept. 3.—Carrying their attack to the northeast of
Arras, the British today captured the village of Hamblain-les
Pres, just to the south of the Scarpe in the direction of Douai.
CONTINUED ADVANCES.
Washington, Sept. 3.—Continued advances by the American
troops north of the Aisne in. spite of the strong enemy resistance
are reported by General Pershing in his communique for Monday
announcing the capture of Terny-Sorny. The communique follows:
"Section A. North of the Aisne our troops have continued
to advance in spite of the strong resistance of the enemy and have
taken the village of Terny-Sorny.
In the operations yesterday they captured 572 prisoners, two
105 calibre guns and 78 machine guns. North of the Velse, two
local hostile attacks west of Fismes were repulsed with losses."
GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY.
With the British Army in France, Sept. 3.—Thousand more
prisoners had been taken to the hospital wounded, while probably
more than 2,000 additional captures have been effected on the
southern half of the front.
At one place along the battle, eight German divisions, and
remnants of four other divisions, were fighting against three
British divisions. An officer of these divisions said that his di­
vision had been in the fighting for more than a week and its ef­
fectives would number less than a thousand men. In this bat­
talion only himself and 24 of his men had survived, "he declared.
He added German losses had been heavier than any they had pre­
viously suffered.
RETIREMENT ACCENTUATED
In what appears like an effort to escape in time, the scope of
the (ierman retirement which had been proceeding somewhat leisure­
ly north and south of the Somine, has been markedly accentuated
north of that river..
This morning the French coal mining city of Lens, at the gates
of which the British battled vainly last year, has been evacuated
and the British moved in.
South of Lens ihe llennatis. apparently acknowledging them­
selves beaten on the Drocourt-Queant line, and are retreating in this
vitally important sector without attempting a counter drive.
STEADY ADVANCE
Still further south I lie retirement has resulted in the evacua­
tion of areas three to four miles deep on both sides of the Bapaume
Cambrai road, the British taking town after town iu this area in
their steady advance.
Although the (ierman command must have been expecting an at­
tack on the Hindenburg switch line. Avhich the British approached
in llieir earlier advances, it apparently was not expected at the mo­
ment. The (iermans seem to have been surprised with the quickness
with which Haig's Canadian and other British forces organized a
crushing attack against the line itself.
This morning, alone, on the 20 mile front where the British are
mainly engaged, they are reported to have advanced no less than a
maximum of four miles. This seems to have emphasized the clear­
ness of the break and with a capture uf prisoners points to a demor­
alization of the (Ierman forces in this area.
It is too early to estimate with any degree of accuracy
effect the present big drive of the allies may ultimately produce.
fall of Prury and Cambrai which now seems not improbable,
put the (ierman line out of joint from the North Sea to Rheims,
would force the evacuation of a great part of northern
occupied bv the (iermaus.
MAKE DESPERATE STAND
With the British Army in France, Sept. 3—The enemy
inforced north and southwest of Queant. He was pouring
machine gun fire at the British, who returned the fire
ground at the same time.
On the Somine battletveld. the British are driving at the
Xord. where the (iermans have erected wire. Their
here, though, have only been halt' dug.
The (ieruiaus. it seems to be expected, will offer determined re­
sistance alotig this line as they are doing iu front of it and then
re­
tire back of the canal if necessary.
On the north half of the Drocourt-Queant battlefront there
some 3,000 taken last night.
HARRASSED BY AIRPLANES.
Paris. Sept. 3.—Constant movements toward the rear of the Ger­
man line in the Somme front between Ham and Guiscard are re­
ported by the correspondent of Le .Journal at British headquarters.
Hospitals aud dressing stations are being cleared while convoys are
moving eastward, harrassed by allied airplanes.
CAPTURE QUEANT.
3.—The
IJL.
capture of the town of Queant, the.south
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