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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-03-06
ANCRE TRENCHES
LIKE SCUPPERS
Of REAL INFERNO
Sims, United Press Correspond
ent, First Newspaper Man to
View Abandoned Zone
DEEP SUCK HOLES OF
. FILTH AND MUD
. BY WILLIAM Phillip SIMS.
- 49, s1nnn 4 le.l. II .an.e "a ~ lnxNt

(tanited Pres& staff TCotrcsponden ent)
With the British armies in France
March 6.-One reason why the Ger
mans retreated along the Ancre was
because they were fast becoming de-
mented. Their positions were fast
becoming more hideous than scuppers
Of hell. The field, covered with mud
that in some places was almost bot
tomless, and the ceaseless pounding
Of the British guns turned their posi-
tions into stencil pot, too horrid for
human nerve to stand.
First to Penetrate.
The United Press correspondent
was the first American permitted to
penetrate across the ground evacuat-
ed by the German army as far as the
Philloy toward Bapaume. Madame
Pussaud's wax works chamber of hor-
rors is as cheerful as May day, COM
pared with this field of terror, pain
fully apparent at every step. The
correspondent zig-zagged across the
stagnant cesspools in which the water
was the exact color of blood. This
might have been due to the chemicals
from the high explosives which rent
thei holes or it might have been due
to the nature of the ground itself.
Stepped on Bodies.
"The correspondent found himself
stepping on German bodies, which lit
tered the trenches in piles several
deep. He saw arms sticking at full
length out of the mud that concealed
the rest of the body. At other places
legs, feet, half-bodies or faces were
alone protruding from the thick black
mire. Some lay face downward and
some prone on their backs. as though
sleeping.
Pile Of Corpses.
AT one place the correspondent
saw a pile Of dead Germans several
deep. Imagine every trace of vegeta.
tion long since blasted away. lmag-
inc the earth powder-stained turned
up from 10 to 60 feet in depth. Imag-
inc mud so bOttomless that the Ger
mans claim their men were frequent
ly swallowed up whole, in attempting
to cross it after dark. This is the
kind of territory the Germans left
when they retreated. Today it is the
scene of incessant British fire.
Caught by Guns.
Men on patrol missions were
caught by the British machine guns
sweeping the darkness and could not
have been saved. 1t was impossible
to save those caught in the trenches.
Two attacks in November left scores
of dead Germans outside the trench
es. The British soldiers are now
burying them. Such was the stink
hole occupied by the Germans. It al
most makes believable the stories Of
German soldiers that became raving
maniacs. One outstanding moral of
the retreat is that wherever they
stopped in their retirement, their new
positions can be reduced to the same
uncomfortable quagmire of
mud.
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PLOT TO INVADE INDIA
THROUGH CHINA MADE
UPON AMERICAN SOIL
Secret Service Officials Arrest Hindu
Physician and German Agent in
u. New York Cjtv

according to the police, Chakiaberty
and Sckunner sent an influential Chi
naman to his native land with the
idea Of interesting his government in
a plan to ship arms and ammunition
from the United States to China,
where, with the Chinese government S
permission they were to be stored,
until the time set for the invasion.
The police said the two men declared
they had heard nothing from their
Chinese representative, and did not
know what success, if any, he had
In the laboratory, Sckunner was en-
deavoring, according to the police, to
compound a preparation to be used
Ito disguise contraband of war;
The character of this preparation
he refused to disclose. Ten thousand
small aluminium boxes about the size
of pill box were seized, together
with what appeared to be official pa
DerS. ss-.
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-FOUR ARRESTS.
(United Press)

New York, March 6.-Four arrests
Of German plotters within "a hours,
added to the revelation Of the story
of Teutonic activities in the United
States. Hoboken police today held
Hanz. Schwartz, who, it is claimed,
was an accomplice of Fritz Kolb, ar
rested yesterday with large amount
of explosives and bombs in his room
in a local hotel here. 1t is said that
he planned to place bombs on Black
Tom Island and Lackawanna pier.
Black Tom Island is now jammed
with explosives.
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COMP PENSkT|QN.
ACT UPHELD BY .
FEDERAL COURT
(Ass0ciated PrehsN

Washington, March >6.-The first
compulsory workmen's compensation
or Industrial tinsuranGe law--tliat oi
Washington state+-toT come before the
supreme court was today upheld as
Constitutional.
The supreme court also upheld the
Iowa compensation law, which is VOL
untary upon the employees, and the
New York. ,-r'
LIGGETT MADE MAJOR GENERAL.
; Washington, March G.-President
Wilson today nominated Hunter Lig-
gett. now brigadier general in the
army, as major general to take
the place made vacant by the recent
death Of Major General Frederick
Funston Col. Francis J. Kernon, of
the 2Sth infantry, was advanced to the
grade of brigadier general.
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WILSON TO ARM
VESSELS|F LAW
PERMITS HIM
Final Decision on Point From
Legal Department Is Expect
ed Very Soon
EXTRA SESSION SEEMS
ALMOST A CERTAINTY
Cloture Rule to Prevent Filibust-
er Favored by Thirty Three
Senators
ASSOCIATED lPress.)

Washington, March 6.-President
Wilson, it was stated authoritatively
today, will do everything possible to
find way to arm American ships and
protect them in other ways from sub
marine danger, in spite of the failure
of the senate to pass the bill giving
him specific power. A final decision
on whether the president can legally
arm the ships without specific author
ization is expected shortly.
Extra Session Certain.
An extra session of congress be-
fore July /, to pass appropriations, If
for no other purpose, seemed today
to be certain. If the senate amends
its rules so prompt action can be
taken on an armed neutrality bill. al
extra session of congress may be on
pected within the next two or three
weeks.
Messages, apparently spontaneous,
which came to government officials
today from all parts of the country,
criticized in bitter terms the senators
who prevented action on the armed
neutrality bill
Senate Meets.
The senate of the 65th congress
today held the first business meeting
of the special session, called primari.
ly to pass on 400 presidential ap-
pointments, with indications of de-
termined fight to change the rules to
limit debate and prevent filibusters
such as that which prevented passage
OF the armed neutrality bill Sunday.
Democrats held a caucus before the
session to determine their party pro-
gram, and chose a majority leader.
Senator MARITIME of Virginia was unop-
posed as a candidate.
,u......,.s., To Support Rule. LIZ.
Thirty-three senators have signed
an agreement to support clOture
rule, but most Republicans and per-
haps few Democrats are expected
to oppose it and its adoption is doubt
full. Advocates of the change rely
strongly for help on President Will
sons statement denouncinG the fill.
buster on the neutrality bill The at
titude of the 16 new senators, all but
one of whom were sworn in yester-
day, is yet to be determined.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
reintroduced in the senate today the
armed neutrality bill, which failed of
passage Sunday. When he asked its
reference to the foreign relations com.
mittee, Senator Thomas of Colorado
made the point of order that congress
was not in session, which Vice-Presi-
dent Marshall sustained.
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(Associated Press.)

New York, March 6.-Dr. C. Hama
dor Chakiaberty, Hindu physician,
and DR.. Ernst Sckunner, described as
a German, were arrested today, on
charges of conspiring to set up a mill
tary expedition against foreign coun-
try on friendly relations with the
United States. The police say the
men confessed that they had plotted,
under the direction Of Wolff Won Igle,
to invade India by way Of China.
Won lgel, indicted, but never tried,
for completely in an alleged plot to
destroy the 'Welland canal, is with
Count Won Bernstorff, former Ger
man ambassador to the United States,
who is approaching Copenhagen.
According to the police, Drs. Cha
kiaberty and Sckunner, who have been
suspected for some time, received
$oO, 900 from Won Igel, and the Hindu,
posing as Persian merchant, OBJ
tanned passport, which enabled him
to get to Berlin. In this connection,
an additional charge Of, fraudulently
obtaining a passport has been made
against the physician.
To Invade India.
DR.. Chakiaberty, according to the
confessions, revealed his plan for an
invasion to certain officials in Ber-
lin, an dthen returned to New York.
In the house where the two men were
arrested today, the police seized large
quantities Of literature and found also
a complete chemical laboratory.
After the literature, in various In
dian languages, had been prepared,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-03-06
Trust Fund
for Victim
of Blizzard
North Dakota Responds to Call of
Necessity in Case of Philom-
ena Musil
REPRESENTATIVE RIBA
CALCULATES PETITION
Announces Legislators and Of
ficials Of the State Subscribed
$500

North Dakota has responded to the
call Of necessity in the case of Philo.
mena Musil, little daughter of a
Beach farmer, who has been a pa.
tient in the Bismarck hospital for sew
eral months, the result of the, ampu.
tation Of all her fingers with the ex.
ception OF the thumb on the left hand,
from her experience N a blizzard near
Beach during the holidays.
Representative Frank Ri5a OF Sar-
gent county circulated u peti:ion
among the legislators and the state
officials last week and announced this
afternoon that the sum Of $500 had
been subscribed. This amount, he
said, will be turned into a trust fund
for the welfare of the child. The par
ents are in poor circumstances.
Little Philomena vas taken to her
home near Beach the latte" part Of
the week.
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PLOT
CASE. OPENS
IN LONDON
.(United PEess.).

London, March 6:-All the elements
of. a Sherlock Holmes. detective story
we're present today, when the crown
called to the bar the famous poison
plot quartet to answer charges Of at
tempting to murder Premier David
Lloyd George and Minister Arthur
Henderson. The four were: Mrs.
Mary Wheld0n, Mrs. Harriet Whel-
don, and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Mason.
They were arraigned before Justice
Lowe at Old Bailey. The first sur
prise of the trial came when dark
skinned Mohammedan, IS. Risa, enter
ed the court room and entered his ap-
pearance as counsel for the defend
ants. Counsel General Smith repre-
sented the crown. Smith opened the
crowns case and bitterly assailed tho
quartet.
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Hy MARY BOYLE o,RELLY.

New York, March 6.-On the night
in London that war with Germany was
declared, while eager recruits sang
the anthems of the allies, a working
girl wearing long linen coat sprang
on the plinth of Nelson's column to
address the crowd in Trafalgar square
Men cannot fight alone" she cried.
"War gives women work to do"
Another girl climbed up beside her,
followed by another, each wearing
factory overalls. iW
There were three that night--there
are more than three million now. In
Z country swept Of its young manhood
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the Girl in Overalls is everywhere,
working at everything.
In their uniform of preparedness,
poor women and peeresses are one
great sisterhood.
Critics laughed at womens' wireless
corps. Today crowds separate SO
Girls in the Overalls may pass with
their stretchers to unload arriving
trench trains.
Severe city men nod grave approval
as the columns of fours experiment In
handling crowd; and soldiers just
back from the front come to sharp
(Continued On Page Three)
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(Associated Press)

London, March 6.-The American
minister at Vienna has been handed
the reply of the Austrian government
to the American note inquirinE as to
the position of the Austrian govern.
ment in regard to unrestricted sub
marine warfare, according to Wen
ma dispatch to Reuters by way Of Am
sterdam. t-
The reply declares that neutrals
are responsible for losses they suffer
by entering territory where warlike
operations are taking place.
Protection Of Neutrals.
The American note, which was dis
patched to Vienna on February 18,
asked specifically whether the Aus.
trian assurances given following tho
sinking of the ,Ancona and the Per-
sia had been nullified The reply says
that whatever attitude the Washing
ton cabinet may take as to individual
questions raised here, "the Austrian
government is essentially in accord
with the American government in re-
gard to the protection of neutrals
against endangering their lives" The
memorandum then maintains that
neutral SUBJECTS have to bear them
selves all losses they suffer by enter
ing territory where warlike opera
tions are taking place. 5
After lengthy discussion Of the
British blockade, which 1t declares is
illegal, the memorandum continues:
THE principles that neutrals should
enjoy in wartime, the advantage OF
the freedom Of the seas, refers only to
neutral vessels and not to neutral
persons aboard epemy vessels - Z :. s;Ss 4.
s'2' Rights Of eetIipcrents.
The reply further contends that bel.
ligerents are entitled to decide for
themselves what measures should be
taken against an enemy in sea trafic.
and concludes: glf3
"In such cases, neutrals have no
other legitimate interest and, there,
fore, no other legal claims than that
a belligerent inform them in time of
a prohibition directed to any enemy
so that they can avoid entrusting
their lives and their goods to enemy
vessels"
The Austrian memorandum, refer
ring to the note on the Ancona case.
says that it "strictly adheres to the
assurance already given ,..G
At the same time Austria calls at
tention to the fact that at the time
of the Ancona incident it stated that
it reserved the right to bring up later
for discussion difficult international
questions which arise in connection
with submarine warfare"
Adheres to Assurances.
The memorandum then adds:
IF the Austro-Hungarian govern.
ment now refers to this reservation
and briefly discusses the question Of
the sinking Of enemy vessels to which
that note refers, it is guided by q de-
sire to show the American govern
ment that now, as heretofore, 1t strict
ly adheres to the assurance already
given and endeavors. by clearing up
that important question, because 1t
touches the laws or humanity, to
avoid misunderstanding between the
and the American union"
The reply of the Austrian govern
ment to the second American note in
regard to the sinking of the Ancona.
contained the following paragraph:
"The Austro-H Hungarian govern
ment can positively concur in the
that enemy private vessels.
so far as they do not fee or offer re"
sistance, shall not be destroyed be-
fore the persons aboard have been Sc
cured
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Bitter Tong
War Among
the Chinese
UNITED Press)

San Francisco, March 6.-The few
Chinese who dared to venture on the
streets of the Pacific Coast Chinatown
went out heavily armed, in realization
of the bitterest tong war in recent
years being on today. Advices from
half a dozen cities. today indicated
that so far seven Chinese are known
to have been slain and several wound
ed in the first clash of the rival tongs.
Three Chinese were shot down in diff
ferent parts of San Francisco's China
town at the same hour and simultane-
ously gunner went on the war path
in Oakland, Stockton, San Diego, Los
Angeles and San Jose. Two were
slain in Oakland, one each in Stock.
ton, Los Angeles and San Jose.
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GERMAN AGENT
LOSES APPEAL
(AssOciated Press.)

Washington, March 6.-W. Horn,
the German reservist lieutenant. who
dynamited the International bridge
near Vanceboro, Maine, in 1915, today
lost his habeas corpus suit in the su-
preme court, in which he sought to
avoid being tried at Boston for alleged
transportation of explosives on pas
senger trains.
The court did not decide Horns con-
tentions that. in belligerent act
against Canada, his German army
commission exempted him from Amer
ican prosecution and made him pun
ishable only by the state department.
The court said Horns appeal was not
authorized and dismissed it.
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WAR SUMMARY
(ASSOciated PresS.)

Military operations OF importance
are taking place in two sectors of the
Franco-Belgian front.
The British have extended their ac-
tivities farther south in the SOmme re-
gion, and Berlin today reports repulse
of an attack near Bouchavesnes, north
of Perrone.
North of Verdun, several engage
ments are still in progress near Cau-
rieres Wood. An effort was made by
Germans last night to retake trenches
recaptured yesterday by the French,
but Paris today declares the attempt
was futile.
In Galicia, Berlin announces a re-
pulse of Russian night attack near
Brezazni and the breakdown of Rus
sian assault on the northern end of
the Roumanian front.
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WASHINGTON
SEES BREAK 3.
WITH AUSTRIA
Reply to Inquiry Oh Submarine
Warfare Not Satisfactory to
Administration
WILSON AND LANSING 2
.z STUDYING REPLY
DISTINCTION Drawn Between Neut-
rails on Belligerent Vessels
Not Pleasing
ASSOCIATED Press.)

Washington, March 6-Austria' s
note, declaring adhesion to the gen.
eral principles Of unrestricted war
fare, holds out little, if any, hope that
break between the United States
and che Vienna government may be
avoided. The completa official view
of the Austrian communication will
not be made known until after Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing
have carefully studied the official
text, which was before them today.
Also, the subject was to be discussed
at tocay's cabinet meeting,
Austrias efforts to substitute for
the individual warning, every mer-
chant ship is entitled by international
law to receive before being torpe-
doed. general warning to all vessels
not to enter the barred zone, cannot
be accepted by this government.
Neutrals Entitled to Safety.
Furthermore, the United States
contends now, and has always con-
tended, that neutrals aboard enemy
ships are entitled to safety. The
declaration in the Austrian note, that
"the principle that neutrals in war
time also should enjoy the advan-
tages of freedom Of the seas refers
only to neutral vessels, not to neu-
trail persons aboard enemy vessels,
in no way coincide with the position
Of the United States.
See Teutons' Hand.
Neither is the United States dis
posed to permit the establishment by
Austria of rule. that war on the
seas involving reprisals is "an af-
fair for settlement between belliger-
ents," when the interests, rights and
lives Of neutrals are affected. .
Austria's attempts in the commun!'
cation to. distinguish, betwceh the
neitrals and enemy .shikpipg. Il, are I Il, re-
garNed in various quarters as being
somewhat similar to Germany's ef
forts to establish safety zone' fo1
American liners, between New York
and Falmouth
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DILLON AND DARCY
AGREE TO ARTICLES
(Assocjated Press.)

Denver. March 6.-Jack Dillon, the
Hoosier middleweight, and Les Darcy,
the Australian fighter. have accepted
terms for 2O-round fight for purse
of $4,000 to be staged in Denver with
in the next sixty days. The fight will
be staged in the stock yards stadium,
by Jack Tenner, president OF the local,
club, backed by . group Of prominent
business men.
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Ia TOILETTE
IS BURNED
IN EFF|CY

Champaign, Ill.,, March 6.-Dean Ar
thur Warnock admitted, to the police
today that 100 University OF Illinois
students dragged a dummy labeled
Senator LaFollette down the street
and then tied it to hitching post and
burned it.
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DESPERATE FIGHTING.
limited PfeSS.)

Paris, March 6.-Desperate fighting
continued around Caurries Wood and
Douaumont, but the violent efforts of
the Germans to drive the French from
the trenches they captured in the last
few days fighting failed, according to
today's official statement from the war
office.
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ANOTHER ARREST
N B0nB PLOT
(ASSOciated Press.)

Hoboken, N. j., March 6.-Another
man was taken into custody here to-
day by the police on suspicion of be-
ing implicated in a plot to blow up
munitions factories, with Fritz K0lb,
. German, arrested yesterday. The
identity OF the second man was care
fully guarded.
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NO LIABILITY N FLOOD
CASE SAYS MINNESOTA
ASSOCIATED Press.)

Washington, March c-Minnesota
today answered the supreme court suit
OF North and South Dakota for $1,00O,-
900 damages each, claimed for over
flow of land in the Dakotas from the
Mustihka drainage ditch I'd Minnesota.
The answers deny that the Dakotas are
entitled to damages,
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Hog Market
"Goiing Up
United PreSS,)

Chicago. March 6.-Hogs established
another new high record today when
they sold at SASS per cwt. on the
local market. This is an increase Of
from 20 cents to Is cents over yester.
days quotation.
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TO PROHIBIT EXPORT.
UNITED PreSs.)

London, March 6.-After Saturday,
Holland will be compelled to pro-
hibit the export Of bread to Belgium
on account of the submarine war
fare, announcement from Dutch sourc-
es said today.
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HITS NEW PACE.
limited PfeSS.)

East st. Louis, ILL.,, March 6.-Tho
hog market continued its sky-r0cket-
ing today. with $14.6O the top price
and new record. The prices were
up 10 cents to Is cents.
Some hogs sold at $14.7O here today.
Special brands of Minneapolis patent
'"nr advanced 20 cents barrel, to
5000 In wood.
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AUSTRIA BACKS
GERMAN STAND
ON SUBMARINES
In Answer to Administration Note
Practically Aflirms Position Of
Her Allies as to Neutrals
NO CONSIDERATION FOR
BELL1ERENT VESSELS
Non Combatants Must Travel on
Them at Their Own Risk
and Take All Losses
EN0ARsES, ACT

" ENDORSES ACT.
Berlin, March 6.-The Relehs.
taso budget committee unani.
mousIy endorsed the foreign o.
fiees ila,starred Germsn-Mexiean
project.
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STEM ATTACKS.
limited PresS.)

Berlin. March 6.-Attacks by the
British forces were preceded by gun
fire and repulse east of Bochavenes,
and further attack at the same place
was frustrated by annihilating fire,
today's official war office statement
said. 40
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BURNED
IN HOTEL FIRE
At HOPE, B. c,
(AssOciated Press.)

Vancouver, B. c., March 6.-Seven
persons were burned to death today
when the Coquahalla hotel at Hope,
B. c., was destroyed by fire.
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PIPES SISTER DEAD.
Rome, March 6.-iMrs. Rose Paro'
lin, sister to the late Pope Plus X,
died here today. -
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AIR RAID OVER GERMANY.

London, March 6.-Naval aerOplanes
dropped numerous heavy bombs over
the German blast furnaces ct Br0hach.
today's Official statement declared.