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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
N0NPARTISAN
ADMITTED HIS
PR0-HUNNlSM
Witnesses for the State Tell of
Organizers Statements at
Goodhue, MINI. ,>.
OPPOSED LIBERTY BONDS
Declared This a Rich Mans War
and Urged People Not to
Invest in Loan .r'
OPPOSED LIBERTY BONDS

Red Wing. Mimi, April 4,-Six ol
the eight witnesses for the state in
the trial Of l.. w. Martin, national
,Nonpartisan league organizer on trial
here charged with obstructing enlist.
ment In the army and navy, testified
lOuay tnat Martin in a talk made be.
fore a farmers meeting at Goodhue
last fall, declared: II am proc German
and intend to make a pro-German
speech" H..
The defense in cross.examining the
witnesses sought to show that Mar
tins statement was made in answer to
certain published statement that his
utterances at previous meeting were
pro'Cerman, and that his statement
was merely quotation from the news.
papers statement.
Each witness declared the. defend
ant claimed the war was rich mans
war, and said I'VE should be careful
not to buy Liberty loan bonds, but
should let the rich buy them. The
epople should not weight down their
old gray shoulders with Liberty
bonds" Witnesses were asked ii they
did not recall the defendants state.
ment: Il am subject to draft and will
go when called -
Four witnesses recalled they heard
his statement that he was subject to-
draft. ,..'>.., ~, =, u
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
STANTON HOPES TO =: =, <.''st:. .;:;$
MAKE HOME GUARD =.' 81
FINEST I'm STATE
Henry Sagehorn, Elected Cap.
tain, Is Veteran Of 10 Years
'."i -.
Army Experience. ="

Stanton, n. D., April 4-Former
Governor J. NJ. Devlne, superintend.
ent OF the state industrial, school. ct
Mandan, and George N. Keniston; sec
retary of the Bismarck Commercial
club, were the principal speakers ct
rousing farewell demonstration
given for the. ~ Mercer county boys
called to Camp Dodge. During his
stay here Secretary Remission organ
lied home guard of 80 members,
with Henry Sagehorn as captain. Mr..
Sagehorn had 10 years experience In
Uncle Sans regular army. and It Is
expected to make an excellent leader
for the Stanton boys. With . cap
tain so we'll qualified as Mr.. Sage
horn, and with seven men In the CON-
pany who have served in the regular
army, Stanton hopes to make d its
home guard unit second to none IN
North Dakota. x -, - y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04

NEW PROMOTION
Pershing's Order Brings Demo.
ton to Men in High
T.. Ranks ..

Washington. D. c., April a:-General
Pershing's reiterated recommendation
that only officers who show the high
est efficiency be placed In command
of troops sent to France has resulted
in the demotion Of many officers who,
in the early months of the war were
promoted from ranks of majors and
captains in the regular army to that
of colonel in the national army. Army
orders today showed that not less
than fifty. such officers had resigned
their commissions as the result OF
reports Of officers of the inspector
generals department that the men
mad failed to attain the standard re-
quired. '.r'~.
A large proportion: of the officers
who have lost their temporary pro.
motions will be tried in other posts
tor which they are better equipped.
The remainder will go back to units
If the regular army In their former
grade. The vacancies left by this
change will be filled largely by pro-
noting temporarily other regular
army officers. - ..f. ...
While the number Of officers who
have failed to make good is large, a
vast majority of those promoted pass
ed the tests and cases Of exception
ally good work have not been uncom.
mon. Two officers who were majors
in the regular army year ago and
who were assigned to national guard
regiments as colonels, have been rec
commended by their division command
els for promotion to brigadiers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
INACTIVITY / ] ON ):
.FR|0NTSPUZZLE.
/: TO ). 00BSERYl'ERS 0,|IB]} ! Y /
= n wlNn ~
Psychological Moment for Coun.
ter Stroke Has Passed,
j.. - Belief + g,
F0CH:s PLANS UNKNOWN

Washington, d.: c., April with
the battle of ,Picardy brought to q
standstill for the, time being, at least
and the initial momentum of the Ger.
man drive overcome, military observ
ers here were plainly puzzled tonight
by the fact that a great counter as
sault had not developed. The psy'
Geological moment of the counter
stroke under the rules Of strategy
they think is passing ii It has not al
ready passed. ...... '.-.
Officers here admit frankly, how.
ever, that they do not know, what
the situation at the front Is. II any
report has come from General Bliss
or Pershing to explain the defensive
tactics; of the allies, 1t IS carefully
guarded secret. g..
It is possible, 1t was suggested
that, the plan of campaign mapped out
by General Foch Is Of far greater
scope than would be involved in an
effort to hurl the enemy back to his
old lines. The German defenses
there. which successfully stemmed the
British assault in 1916 are still in.
tact and even il the allies were sue
cessful in rushing the German lines
back they would face those defenses
when their own organization was bad.
ly demoralized by their advance and
their men showing the wear and tear
of a prolonged offensive. ">>.
For this reason some OF the Off,
GERS were inclined to look elsewhere
for the aggressive camDaien to which
they are pinning their faith.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
Finn OFFICERS
HEAP INSULTS
ON AMERICAN
Order Military Attache From
y. S. Legation at Stockholm
From Vasa Restaurant
PLAY WACHT AM RHINE
Allied Representative Compelled
J, to Stand While Hun Music
Is Being Rendered
PLAY WACHT AM RHINE

Stockholm, April 4--The American
and British army officers who re-
Gently visited General Hannerheim
the Finnish White Guard leader, on
orders from their Stockholm legations,
were insulted and threat ened with
personal violence by Finnish officers
IN hotel restaurant in Vasa, accord.
ing to report from the war cores.
pondent in Finland OF a Swedish news
paper. The correspondent says that
the, two visiting officers who figured
In the incident wearing the uniforms
OF their army ranks entered the res
taurant when it was crowded with
Finnish officers. mainly from unit
which had served in Germany. The
Visitors scarcely had time to order
their meal before a Finnish officer
approached the table and told the Of
ficers their presence was not de-
sired
Later, another Finn asked the or
chestra to play Die Wacht Am
Rhine" Everybody arose, the Ameri-
can and the Englishman plainly de-
string to avoid threatening violence
also rose. Another Finnish officer.
however, staggered to the table, and
said:, ....2
1T is our principle not to sit in
the same room with Englishnlen:"
The. American replied that he was an
American not an Eiglishnan,, but the
Finn responded, 1T is all the same;
you have Just two minutes to get out
Of the house" a.. H.. 49,. .v.
The visitors, who had finished their
meal, LETT THE. room accompanied by
the insults from Finnish officers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
RED CROSS PLAN IN
MERCER COUNTY is
!. GETTING RESULTS
Sale of Tickets at Center VIII
Net $75o-Other Com.
munities Respond

Center, N. D.. April THE plan
inaugurated by the Oliver county Red
Cross chapter, as a means of raising
funds has met with cordial recep.
ton throughout the county. The sale
of tickets, with prizes, at Center
amounted to more than $500 on the
first day, and the total receipts at
Center will aggregate $3.50, The plan
covers the entire county, and auctions
of donations to the Red Cross are be-
ing held in each of the u branches
of the Red Cross in Mercer. Sales
from each of these places are aver
aging $3.50 The years subscription
donated by the Bismarck Tribune
was draws at Center by John Hess,
with No. ia. 20
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
GERMANS PEACE.
DRIY E ENTERS N |
ON THIRD WEEK
Both Forces on West Front Pre-.
pairing for Resumption of
Heavy, Fighting
HUNS BLAME WEATHER
Say Climatic Conditions and Not
French and British Halted
Their Army %.' r.
HUNS BLAME WEATHER
BY Associated rpreas,

Germany's peace driver Though
Picardy enters upon Its third week
with both forces preparing for. the RI
sumption OF heavy fighting, but. the
hghting front has remained virtually
unchanged since Monday. !, 49,. I.
North OF the 'Somme- the British
have improved their positions by
small attacks, while on the import.
ant sector south OF the river there
has been no infantry action. -
North OF, Montdidier the. artillery
bombardment has been violent, nbut
the enemy has made no. attempt: u
attack. ~, 49,. '5> ,>It
Silence Is being maintained by both
sides as to the next act In the titanic
military contest .'> ~ -. -:
Huns eIama the veather, = ".'f> :
German newspapers declare that
the German drive was halted by %baa
weather and not by tho Franco -BrAE
ish defense. Admission is made the&
the Germans are having great ,dt@:
Guilty in moving up heavy guns En1
supplies over the muddy area Of M
somme, and the transport ia in ,Hoor
shape OF the necessity for, constrhct-
ing new roads. -, -, u -. H., ., j:
+ %Amiens, the primary j. objective .sq1
the German effort, ID tree from sdS&,
ger for the moment. A military price
larnatIon posted there Informs IN
population that threatening peril .GS9
been removed, and exb9rts them Sto
maintain confidence: - = ]'4sr ~s,i
T., Americana Bomhafded Nssaat.l
American |troops',l tp the !. region lot
Toul and, in an unnamed pl&ce haze
been subjected to q heavy bombSff
ment from enemy guns. Cas- sAelA
were used, mainly in, the fire. againM
the Americans in the unnamed place.
High: explosive shells and gas ,prSiec-
tors were used In the artillery attack
northwest Of 'Toul, bit no kfeat dxdh:
age was done. i. f's,.r =. =.
sReconnaissannce and patrol sctivi:'
ties are increasing on the Italian
front. especially from west Of Lake
Garda to the Piave river The 1Rl-
ians have captured several enemy cut
M posts and made d a number y: e Prison.
.. Germans in Finland :, :, -:
A German force has been landed:at
Hango on the southern coast Of Fin
land, to aid in the campaign against
the Finnish rebels the Finnish govern
ment. forces are bonn ba riding ,Tamer'
fors, north of Helsingfors, while new
Pussian reinforcements are reportet
to have arrived to help the rebels,
who control most Of southern" Fin.
land. ''.,',F : J"
Gernlany's offensive on the seas fell
down last week Only 'lG British,
French and Italian steamships were
sunk in the past week, While IN tho
previous seven day period, 81: were
lost through the activities ',of Germsn
submarines. ~ ~ s,''
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
RUSSIA WOULD
BUILD ARMY OF j.
1900, 900 men
Plans Announced for Mobiliza.
tion of Force Equal to laps =.
and Germans ="
WILL USE OLD GENERALS
Commanders of Former Imperial
Forces Will BE Askedito
Take Charge
WILL USE OLD GENERALS

Moscow, Tuesday, April Q. (By the
Associated Press.)-Russia will form
an army Of 100000 men not infe.
rior in power and equipment to the
Germans and Japanese, NJ: Podvoisky
assistant secretary Of war, declared
today at a conference In Moscow of
the various military department
heads. "-:
This would be the first step in arm.
ing the whole Russian nation. He said
the army organization was impossible
without the old officers and outlined
a meas sure 10 enlist the services of all
generals and publish their names.
giving to citizens the right to state
objections to. anyone. ! ;.:..e>.,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
AMBULANCE
= =. EMPLOYED IN EGYPT

..s Cairo, April '4.--The British ofhcia!
correspondent on the Palestine front
gives an account Of an instance in
which an airplane was employed in
actual service as an ambulan nee. When
little mobile force rounded up the
Turkish post at Hassana, on the east.
ern side .:of the Sinai peninsula, one
of the British soldiers received a
wound which necessitated an immedi.
ate operation. An airman at once
volunteered to carry the wounded man
to the nearest hospital, A. miles away
across the desert. Ely this trip the
mans life was saved,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
UNCLE SAM STILL NEEDS
MEN FOR RAILWAY WORK

j. p. Hardy, state director of the
United States public service reserve
for North Dakota, is in receipt Of a
letter from Washington to the effect
that county enrolment agents of the
reserve may still take applications for
induction into the military railway di.
vision for the next couple Of weeks. "
The government still needs between
two and three thousand men covering
almost every occupation in the rail-
way service. Applicants in the west.
ern part Of: the state may apply
through H. F. O'Hare of Bismarck,
I'urleigh county enrolment agent,
either in person or by mail =,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
STRIKERS RESUME WORK
SOME HANDSHAKER Il.
.ar =. Il - f>4s ~ ~ W =
Prince of Wales Clasps Rights Of
Tuscania Survivors

Glasgow, April 4.-During re-
cent visit Of, the Prince: OF Wales to
his city, he reviewed and shook
hands with 250 officers and men OF
the Tuscania. With them were the
only two women survivors,, two stew
ardesses who slid down ropes into a
life boat. The survivors were lined
up in front OF the ST. Enoch station
when the prince arrived. He talked
with a NUMBER of. the men and listen
Ell 10 stories Of some incidents Of the
Tuscania disaster which they related
to him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
MEETING IN MtNor

The state railway commission has
the rates for several public service
corporations supplying various North
Dakota cities light and heat under
consideration at its stated meeting in
Minot. One Of the most important
cases to be heard involves the prices
charged and the services rendered by
the Western Electric Co. at James
town. Rate expert James A. Little,
Chief Stenographer Leota Hender-
shott and Commissioners Aandahl.
Heick and Johnson are In attend
,ance. r
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
.SAMMIES LAUDED

London. April 4-The British war
office pays a compliment to American
airmen in the official statement is
sued tonight on aerial operations.
During the last fortnight OF in
tense fighting in the air" says the
statement, "the assistance rendered
by the personnel. Of. the Americana
attached to the royal air service has
been invaluable."> .,.'ss y.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
DICKINSON NORMAL
SCHOOL PLANS MADE

Secretary Liessman Of the state
board of regents announced today
that all plans have, been completed
for the opening of the Dickinson nor
NAL summer school. P. S. Berg. su-
perinteudent ofthe Dickinson public
schools, has been appointed conduct
or. The summer school will be con-
Quoted in the same building used IN
former years. but along regulat tion in
stitute lines instead Of as a review
school, and it will form the nucleus
for the Slope normal school which
the board of regents hopes to formal
" open in the fall.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
WHEN HUN TALKS
PEACE, PREPARE
FOR WAR, ITALY.
Patriotic Roman Paper Warns
Italians Against Czer-
Minis Camouflage
URGE GRANITE RESISTANCE

Rome, April 4.--ltalians are warned
against the speech Of Count Czernin
by the Giornale d'Italia, as, it says,
Austria-Hungary has spoken OF peace
before every new offensive against
Italy.
Austria, the paper adds, now has
ian front, where weather conditions
may allow her to undertake an offens-
i've Immediately. Italy must be able
to resist on her front line like the
Anglo!French resistance: on the west
ern front On this granite resistance
deepnds the safety Of the world 4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
UKRAINE RADA
OFFERS PEACE
TO B0LSHEYlKS
M0difies Original Demands,
Which Included kursk
and VOrOnezh
SITUATION Is COMPLICATED

Moscow, April 2. (By the Associate
'Press)-Peace has been proposed to
the Bolsheviki government by the
Ukraine rada Of Kiev, the non-Bolshev.
tka organization, according to rumors
acre.
1t seems that the rada is willing to
lake concessions and to modify its
original demands, which included
{,al:s OF the governments of Kursk
ind Voronezh. ~ - .
The peace question is complicated
W the existence Of: a Bolsheviki-
'klainian rada, which. at present is at
raganrog, Z it having fled from Kiev
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
PLANS GIVEN
FOR OUR NEXT
LIBERTY LOAN
Issue Will Mature in. Ten Years
and Will Bear Interest
!. From May 9

Washington, o. C., April 49,
Tho third issue Of Liberty loan
bonds will mature in ten years.
on September IS, .1928-the treas.
ury department announced today,
and will bear interest from May
9, next payable annually on
September IS and March IS.
. Tho Liberty loan campaign will
last four weeks beginning satur.
day and ending May 4, Tire treas
ury department announced today.
Banks will be given five days at.
ter the close Of the campaign TO
taeluate and report subser;p.
tions. y"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
WRITESCREED:
FOR AMERICAN
Patriotic Citizens Beliefs Set
~. Forth by Maryland
Man

Washington. D. C.. April 1.-THE
Americans creed" for which the city
Of Baltimore offered price OF $1,000
was made public today. It's selection
was the result of national citizens
creed. contest" approved by PPres;
dent Wilson, Speaker Clark and host
of famous Americans The author OF
the creed, who wins the $1,000 prize
is William Tyler Page of Friendship
Heights, Nd, near Washington.
It reads:
- 1.-THE Americans Creed"
II believe in the United States OF
America as a government of the peo
pie, by the people. for the people
whose just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed; dem
ocracy in a republic; a sovereign ma
ion of many sovereign states; a per
.ect union. one and inseperable: es
ablished upon those principles OF
sreedom, equality mad justice and hu
manity for which American patriots
sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
p II therefore believe it is my duty
t." -
81 therefore believe it is my duty
% my country to love it; to support
its constitution: to obey Its laws; to
respect it's flag: and TO defend II
against all enemies
The idea of laying emphasis on the
duties and obligations Of citizenship
in national creed originated with
Henry S. Chaplin. and was first an
nounced by him in September 1915
The, idea was approved by the presi
dent and endorsed by "the vigilantes.
a nonpartisan organization of authors
artists and others for patriotic pur
poses. '-i1.... .. ~.
The creed awarded the prize was
selected fro mseveral thousand sub
mitted, because it was not only briefly
but remarkably comprehensive of the
best In American ideals, history and
traditions. as expressed by the foun
der of the republic and its greatest
statesmen and writer's.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
SENTENCES TWO

Judge Martin j. Wade on Wednes.
day sentenced Joe Couture, convicted
at; the December term of court Of
horse-stealing, to 1-2 years imprts.
onment, and A. Mcdowell, convicted
at the same time to perjury, in con.
nectiOn with the SAME case, to one
year. andsa days imprisonment. Both
gave notice Of appeal, on the grounds
that the Indians from whom the h0rs-
,es were stolen we're citizens, max.
Ing the case one for the state and not
for federal courts. Judge Wade fixed
Couture's appeal bond at 1880 and
tMcDowell's at $1,000. The former Is
re ,reesnted by Judge F.. 7. Burke, and
trs latter by sullivan. &Sullivan Of
.fandSn, 49, - 4e. ..s
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
REAL WAR SHOW
AT THE MUSEUM
Curator M. r. Gilmore Has Elk.
hibit Fresh From France


fresh from the battlefront in France
has been added to Curator NJ. r. Gil
more's most interesting military mu-
scum at the state historical rooms.
The collection has been loaned to
the state museum by Lieut.. Sidney
G. Mason, who spent year on the
west front with an American ambul-
ance corps, rendering such good SER
vice atrVerdun and in other gruelling
Campaigns that he was decorated with
the French crOix re guerre.
The exhibit includes a regulation
French army helmet, the little tin
hat" to which our boys refer in their
letters home: a French gas mask OF
the type generally adopted by the al.
lies, and German mask. which is
held to be inferior to the French
type; German belts with their hypo.
critical inscription, "Gott Mitt Uns,"
purchased from German prisoners
whom God had temporarily overlook
ed; a French aerial machine, gun belt;
French cartridge clips, a French sig
nal pistol with which are fired trench
flares and signal lights; French of.
ficers' revolver of the long4barreled
Colt type, looking far less efficient
than the deadly bulldog automatic
carried by American officers; Ger.
man machine gun belt; the brass case.
from which was shot one of the huge
75milometer shells. and the ventilat-
or from the cockpit of a German
taube which fell within the French
lines e..
The display is properly ticketed
and is attracting a great deal Of at.
tentiOn. ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
LENROOT LEAD
GROWS NEAR
$4,000 VOTES
More Than Hundred Thousand
Wisconsin People Voted
for Berger

Milwaukee. Wis. April 4.-The lat
est, though incomplete returns from
Tuesdays election, give Lenroot, re-.
publican, a plurality Of 1860; over
Davies. democrat. Additional returns
reported during the night swelled Len.
roots vote to 1924; Davies to 1885,
5'5. and credited eBrger, socialist,
iwth 1O3,431. The latter carried sew
en counties where the population was
largely German.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
800. KILLED IN
,ANTl-JEW RIOT !:
IN TURKESTAN
Agitation Against semites in
Kiev Assuming More Acute
Form, Is Report
UKRAInNANS KILL HEBREW

Moscow, Tuesday, April ?. (By the
Associated Press. s.)-Anti-Jewish riots
have occurred in Turkestan. In ko-
kand 800 persons were killed and
much property destroyed, according
to the Ranneyi Outro.
AnttSemitic agitation in Kiey, 1t
adds, is assuming acute form. When
that city was captured by the Ukrain.
ians most of the inhabitants they shot
were Jews.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
81 HUN PLANES
), BROUGHT DOWN

London, April 4-In intensive air
fighting thitseen German aircraft
were downed and eight sent down out
Of control by British aiimen Tues
day, according to the official com.
munication issued tonight. The Brit.
ish, themselves lost eight machines
which are missing. 4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
THIRTY GERMAN I: !.
TRANS'P0RTS.0N
FINNISH. | !. \ s. COAST
Kaiser Preparing to Land In.
vading Troops Southwest
of Helsingfors
BERLIN. MINISTER HURT

!Petrograd. Wednesday, April 8. (By
the Associated Press. Thirty Ger.
man transports with troops have ar.
rived at Hango. on the southern coast
OF Finland. southeast Of Helsingfors.
The Bolsheviki commissary for
Finnish affairs reports that the Bel
gian minister to Russia has been
wounded by White Guards or gov.
ernment troops while attempting to
pass into the rebel lines.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
WANTS ARTIE7 DuEs

Milwaukee, April LACK Egan,
the new manager of the Milwaukee
club Of the American association, II
angling to land Artie Bues. to play
third base this season. Bues, who
was with Mobile in the Southern ass0-
citation last season, has been sold to
Baltimore, but would rather play ID
Milwaukee, Egan said: \; = II --s-,-2, :
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-04
COMMISSIONERS HURRY
HOME TO SEED FARMS

The Eurleigh county commission ad.
journed to permit its farmer members
to hurry home to finish seeding, after
voting to do some necessary repair
work on the Red Trail and petition.
ing the states highway commission
for federal :aind to become available
on post roads In 1918. =. .s1s ,ss.,s-.