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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-22
100000 MEN
SHIPPBD TO
FRENCH LIN E
General March Announces That
United States Is Five Months
>- Ahead of Schedule
EXPECT NEW DRIVE SOON

Washington, June 22-Nine hun
dred thousand men have been shipped
across the. seas, General March told
newspaper correspondents at the
weekly conference today. These in
clude the troops shipped, from al
American ports OF embarkation. The
United States is today five months
ahead OF its program for placing al,
army in France, General March said
The figures on American troop ship
ments are significant since General
March at his first conference last week
fixed the number shipped at more
than, 800. the addition of 100000 dur.
ing the rate Of progress that is being
made.
While the general. battle situation
looks good today, General March said,
the pdesent ,lull on the western front
means only that German combatives
are being reformed for another drive.
Viewing the whole. situation ,includ.
ing the Italian front. the chief of staff
said that the central powers again
were held on all fronts.
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Bulgaria and
Turkey Quarrel
Over the SpOils

Amsterdam, June 22.-Differences
have arisen between Bulgaria and
Turkey over the division of lands ia
ken from Rupmania under the peace
agreement with the central powers
DR.. Won Kuehlmann, the German for
eign secretary, indicated yesterday in
addressing the Reichstag at Berlin
upon the occasion of the first reading
of the Eumanian peace treaty.
"We all take the standpoint" said
the foreign secretary. that the prOvis.
ional arrangement must find its ra.
tional solution in the union of the
northern Dobrudja with Bulgaria in
accordance with the desires of the
Bulgarian people.
"The question of Dobrudja of of the
compensation due to Turkey, if this
sense, has in a high degree excited
public opinion in both countries which
are looking with keen attention for
.eve-v expression of the central pow
ers," 0AA n ~ ~, - naxn ianA
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KILLED WIFE
IN STATE ROOM

Kansas City, Mo-. June 22.-The po
lice today were holding ]. R. Jackson,
cashier of motion picture film con-
cern here who late last night gave
them written statement in which he
declared he was responsible for the
death of his "a year-old wife, whose
semi.nude body was found near the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail-
road tracks near Shelbina, Mo-, last
night.
According to Jackson's story to the
police. he killed his wife in the state
room of sleeping car the night of
June 13 and threw the body out of the
window, tossing after it the woman's
clothing and personal effects. Revela-
tions made by her the night Of the
killing. prompted the act, the state
ment says. .....s. ~
Jackson and his wife had been mar
ried about four years.
Jackson told the police he and his
wife had had differences over an in
;fatuation he claims she had for a man
now in, . the navy and stationed at
Great Lakes naval tgaining station. =
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COMMUNITY
PICNICS ARE
BIG SUCCESS
Series of Get-Together Sessions
Satisfactorily Held in EN-. H.
mons County
HUNDREDS ENJOY TALKS

Linton, N. d., June 22.-Count.
Superintendent Lester Briggle ant
County Agricultural Agent H. o
Sauer held five community picnics
last week in Emmons county in tht
interests of better rural life. The at
tendance was from $50 to 600. Tents
were provided for each Of the follow.
ing:
School nurse, Miss E., swenson
Grand Forks. '"
Canning Demonstration, Mrs. A. S
Kinney, Linton.
Baby clinic, Mrs. H. 0. Batter
Hazelton. ,..
Women's Council of Defense, Mrs
H. E.. Winchester, Hazelton.
Two addresses were delivered. each
day to the entire audience by State
Superintendent Macdonald and O. A.
Barton of the agricultural college
Great interest was taken by all in
community singing of old and new
war songs as we'll as national songs.
Mr.. A. F. Martinson of the extension
department of agriculture mixed poi
SON with oats, distributed same on
nearby fields and brought in the dead
victims ..,. >
State High School Inspector Ed
wards stock Macdonald's place the
last three days. 49,
This new and unique venture met
with such success that it is hoped
these community gatherings will be
permanent annual events.
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ORE PRICES
I ADVANCED

Washington, June 22.-Iron ore
prices will be advanced forty-five cents
gros ston on July l. but steel prices
will remain fixed at the present leve
through the terms Of an agreement
between the war industries board and
representatives of the American Iron
and Steel Institute and the ore pro
ducers. :, a
The new ore prices will be based on
the present price of $5.05 q gross ton
f. o. b. lower lake ports, plus the ad
vanc. X
The iron ore producers asked for an
increase on the ground Of higher
wages being paid workers and the ad.
vanced freight rates. Announcement
of the details of the new price will be
withheld pending its acceptance by
president Wilson,
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UNITED MINERS
CHIEF TO TALK
HERE TOMORROW
Samuel Pascoe, Montana-Dako
! President, to Share Plat. :.
form with Schmahl
BIG MEETING At WILTON

Samuel PascOe, one Of the. organic
ers Of the United Mine Workers ol
America, and, now president of the
Dakota,Montana district which mum
bers several Thousand organized min
ers, will share the platform with Sec,
retary of State Julius, Schmahl at
Auditorium on Sunday. when he VIII
talk on Organized Labor's: Part in
the Great War" a.. #,'.'.5 ..r.,, "A .
julius Schmahl, who has Just been
,renominated for secretary Of state In
Minnesota, has established a record
for loyalty and efficiency. in patriotic
work. He will make an out-and.out
American address at the rally to be
held at the Auditorium on Sunday, un.
the auspices of the Independent Voers'
association. John Sullivan of Man.
dan also will talk. The speakers will
be introduced by George N. Remission,
secretary of the Bismarck Commercial
club.
,. Bib Wilton Meeting.
Five hundred people are said to
have attended an Independent voters
rally at Wilton last night, when John
seen, indeepndent candidate for the
republican nomination for governor, Is
reported to have received an ovation.
Samuel Pasco spoke, making great
impression upon the organized miners
of the Washburn Ignite Co.. who
were in his audience. The party was
driven to Wilton by Sen. E. A.
Hughes,
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SOCIALIST .
y: 2>.sH HELD FOR
SEDITI0N

Duluth, MINI, June 22.-John Car
ney, editor of the Duluth Socialist pub
lication Truth. was arrested by Unit
ed States marshals last evening on
warrant issued by United States dis
trict attorney Alfred Jaques, charging
sedition. Carney arraigned before
James A. Wharton. United States
commissioner was released under s.,
900 bail. pending federal grand jury
investigation July 8.
Publishing the platform of Victor L.
Berger. as candidate for the United
States Senate in Wisconsin as an allie
CATION in the sedition charge. Carney
stated that the platform which he pub.
lished was clipped from Wisconsin
paper where it was run as a political
.,.-..
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Great Britain
May Celebrate
Fourth of Jul y

London, June 22.-Observance of
the Fourth. Of July in Great Britain
is suggested in a letter to the Times
by the Bishop Of Exeter. brother Of
the Marquis of Salisbury. He writes:
1T should be day Of solemn
thanksgiving and humble prayer as
an act OF courtesy to our allies and
an act of Thanksgiving to. the. Al.
mighty for the noble reasons which
have inspired America to come to
our aid. 1t is particularly appropriate
that the day which for years has com.
memorated the bitterest hostilities be-
tween the two nations should now be
observed as, a festival OF amity."
The Bishop says that he has already
arrangedtto celebrate the day in his
diocese y. r. !. ~, !1t SpAs s1t'Sss4-, y, ~
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co. A LOSES
ANOTHER MAN
FIGHTING HUN
Private Christ Peterson, Son of
Pioneer Farmer, Killed
e.. in Action

Co. A. Bismarck's pioneer unit of
the Fighting First, loses another man
in action in Christ A. Peterson, whose
name appears in today's. casualty
lists. Private Christ Peterson en-
listed with Co. A here last summer.
He was son of Louis c. Peterson, re-
siding seven miles southwest of Will
ton, and who has resided in Burleigh
county for IS years or more. The
martyred soldiers father is now a
candidate for county commissioner
from the third district. Private Peter
son was born on his fathers farm,
where he had resided all of his life
up to the time of his enlistment here
last summer He is the sixth mem.
ber Of Co. A to be killed in action,
while several other members of this
unit have been seriously wounded.
List Of Casualties.
Co. AS list OF dead in action to
date is as follows:
Private Morey, Dickinson.
Private Gard, Crosby. -
K Private Mullen, drafted man from
Camp Lewis.
Private Lloyd Spetz, Bismarck.
Private Lawrence Ousley. Wilton
Private Chris Peterson. Wilton.x
The deaths of Privates 'Morey,
Gard and Mullen have previously
been reported, but they had not been
credited to Co. A because their home
addresses only were given. Privates
Morey and Gard were killed in the
same action in which Lloyd Spetz lost
his life.
Jack Series. formerly proprietor of
the Banner House. was badly gassed.
and Privates Joe Mathews, Pataski,
Minnesota man, and perhaps dozen
members of old A. company have
been seriously wounded. A company is
split up between the 18th and 18th
regiments. U. S. infantry. The en-.
tire First regiment is so divided. no
privates remaining with this command
back of the lines.
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Among the missing is Mrs. Charles
Gollmar, of Baraboo, Wis. Her hus.
band is manager of the circus. The
wrecked train was the second section
which carried performers and officials
Of the show. The first section car.
ried the menagerie, canva ssmen. tents
and other equipment. Those On the
first section did not learn Of the &C.
cident until they reached Indiana Har.
Dor. In all the sho wcarried about
$50 persons. ~ '
Wakes Uo Engineer. &.
A flagman Oh duty :lear the wreck
is reported to have seen the approach.
ing train Of empty cars on the Michi-
gan entral: When the engine passed
him he threw his lantern through tho
cab Of the engine, awakening the en-
gineer, who It is said, was asleep.
Both the engineer and fireman jump.
ed. q rt...- o.
Most of the dead showed Oaly su.
perficial injuries and evidently were
killed by suffocation or burning. The
circus train was. gas lit ard the Gas
released by the broken pipes was in.
stantly ignited from the burning !e;s
and from the fire box Of the locomo,
tive which plowed through the cars,
-. Head Between Ties. !,
A rescue party from Hammond found
one woman clad 6nly in night clothes
pinned beneath rail with her head
between two ties. She was dragged
out and when the dirt and sand was
washed from her face she opened her
eyes and soon afterward was found to
be unhure except for broken nose
and bruised face. '5.. fI
Many deeds OF heroism and sacfi-
flee were done. ne woman screaming
in agony betneath the burning tim
bers, saw the flames nearing those
who were trying to release her, shout
ed get away, get away kuick, or you'll
get burned too
The reScuers were unable TO release
the woman and her cries were stilled
by the flames. .
sereams Of Tortued ietisns.
Screams of the tortued. victims min
gled with the means Of the dying as
survivors frantically tugged to tear
them from the overturned and blaz.
ing coaches. Water was carried from
nearby pools in buckets but had no
effect in checking the fire. All avail
able doctors and nurses rushed to the
scene in taxicabs and all kinds OF con.
veyances and they have been At work
since. emoval Of bodies
is made difficult by the fire which is
still smouldering.
At II o'clock Manager Gollmar Of
the Hagenbecks:Wallace show, said
that his casualty list as checked to
that hour risclosed thirty.three known
dead, and that he expected deaths
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LISBON ASKS IT'S
MONEYS AND CREDITS
2 GIVEN ANOTHER O. o

The state tax commission is in re-
ceipt of resolutions passed by the Lis
bon city council at recent session
directing a reassessment .Of moneys
and credits. The resolutions allege
that number of business houses in
Lisbon did not properly list moneys
and credits. "
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(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)

~ Is
Chicago June 22The personnel Of the Hagenback Wallace
shows believed to have been practically wiped out in railroad
collision between Michigan City and Hammond 1nd today Ac
corng to details received at Michigan Central Offices
which members of the circus sleeping demolished by
Ia rear end collision.
IN TWO SECTIONS .s
The show travelling in two sections OF Michigan Gen.
hoe hot box caused the second section to STOP train of empty
pmans coming from the east Chicago crashed into it, the
locomotive powng its through the and four eepng
coaches The injured were taken to hospitals at Hammond and
Gary, Ind. t.. ,'4s. =
message from Gary said that the heavy steel pumans
crashed through the lighter circus coaches like much wet paper
The wreck was complete. .-.~ ~
=, INTENSE SUFFERING s$~@*#
Here and there the wreckage legs and protrdeq and
testified to the suffering of those still alive Tannaser
Whppe Of the Michigan Central the train and report
ed among the missing. .a..@ j. s&& la
T. W. Landman general passenger agent the Michigan Cen
the train of emptes must have been dead at the throttle
- -. IGNORED SIGNALS Z. ,:.s.@s ,s4
other can account for the fact that he ignored oil
the usual danger signals placed by the circus said Mr.
Landan He past two block signals two red light signals
and the usual fuses planted between the rails and throwing off
brilliant red light visible for long distance in the darkness
This engineer IS missing My information that with the
tion of the engineer whose fate mystery
train hurt will be long time before accurate Hist 8f
the dead be compiled 1t is the worst wreck in the history
the road, I believe" e.: s5,4#% @s gar is:.
=. !" T~'. PERFORMERS MISSING. & I: :,r.
Among those missing are the Rooney family Of bare
back riders the Meyer family of animal trainers the
y equesrans Harry La Pere Ed Dvor Mark Adams and Je
Coyle, clowns. s.: >~#s@r s3,o 1#45ss n
Heavy loss dead and injured said have among
PERISHED IN FLAMES $.%@
Daylight was just beginning to show when the crash
Those thrown free from the wreck and not near
pershed the flames Surgeons and dispatched
Chicago Gary, Hammond Whiting and other nearby towns
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FOUR WORKMEN KILLED.
General CrOWder
Orders the Mailing
of Questi0nnaires

Washington, June 22.-Draft execu
tives Of all states today were directed
by Provost Marshal General Crowder
to begin on June Is and to continue
for three days thereafter the mail
ing of questionaires to registrants OF
the class Of 1918. Twenty-Five per
cent of the registrants Of each board
will be provided with questionaires
each day. Boards were instructed to
leave serial and order number spaces
blank until classification takes place,
probably some time in July.
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QUESTIONNAIRES
TO BE SENT OUT
BEGINNING 25th

The first 25 per cent of question
naires will be mailed June Is to North
Doakat select service candidates who
registered June 5. Adjutant General
Fraser announced this morning. An
additional Is per cent will go out
each Of the three succeeding days
until all of the 1902 young men of
the class of 1915 are supplied. Direc-
tiOns were received from Provost Mar
shal General Crowder today.
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London, June 22.-According to thu
Vienna Neue Freie Presse, during ser.
ious street riOting in Vienna the DO.
lice and militia were called out and
took strict measures and issued warn.
ing to parents making them respon-
sible for the actions of their child.
rem. says an exchange telegraph dis.
patch from Copenhagen. ?
According to the Arbeiter Zitung OF
Vienna great strike movement has
developed in the Austrian capital
though it's full enxent is not known
The Vienna workers council, the
newspaper says, has issued a man
ifesto saying it hopes the government
will understand, in view of the strike
moveemnt how necessary it is to in
crease the food rations. ~
The Times correspondent at The
Hague is informed through Dutch
source that the remnants of some sew
erely tried Austrian regiments ar
rived in Vienna on the 10Th, many of
the men being slightly wounded.
These troops were employed to patrol
the city, but their bearing was such
that they were withdrawn. All pub
lie buildings in Vienna now are
guarded by cavalry. ..
The Times correspondent cites in
formation apparently from Vienna
that the collection of the harvest in
Austria, Germany and Hungary will
in the future be strictly a state af-
fair. Austria enters the new harvest
year without any supplies whatever.
The workmen demanded a wage in
crease of over 160 per cent which
would place them on an equality with
the employees of private enterprises.
The strike lasted for a whole week
after this demand has been granted.
FOUR WORkMEN KILLED.
Basel, Switzerland, June 22.-Dr.
Alexander Wekerle. the premier,
speaking before the Hungarian cham
Der of deputies yesterday, making
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PRESSURE ALONG PAVE
LINE HAS DECREASED:
FEAR ATTACK ON PARIS
Premier Discusses Rum0r That Germans Have
Placed 30 Cannon of Long Range for Destruc-
ton of French Capital Austria Seethes with
Discomfort
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
ATTEMPT ARORTIVE

Hardin, Wednesday, June 19-General Semenoff's
movement against the Bolshevik in eastern Siberia has
proved definitely abortive in the opinion of British and
French military observers in Manchura General Sem.
eno has been surrounded by superior forces and obliged
to retreat into Manchura.
The Chinese authorities have demanded that he dis
arm on crossing the frontier and surrender his cannon
and munitions General Semenoff has refused but rec
ognzes that unless third power ntervenes the surren
der of his arms is imperative.
The Bolsheviki forces are assisted by from two to
three thousand released German and Austrian prisoners
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ORDERED TO DODGE,

Des Moines. June 22-The adjutant
generals office announced today that
1890 Iowa selective men were order.
ed to Camp Dodge during the five day
period beginning July %. Adjutant
General Logan announced that the
July draft movement would complete
ly exhaust class one.
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REFUSED TO SURRENDER.

Green Bay, Wis.,, June 12.-Sergeant
Paul Gegre, named in today's army
casualty list as killed in action, was
the first Greenbay man to have spe-
cial honor conferred upon him.. He
had been in the regular army nine
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CHINESE AVAILABLE,

London. June 22.3Chinese soldiers
are available for cooperation with the
Japanese at Harbin and near the 81
berfan frontier and il necessary more
will be sent General Tuan Chi Jul, the
Chinese premier and war minister told
the Peking correspondent of the Daily
Mail. The premier added: .....'
"The threatening situation on our
frontiers certainly demands safe
guards. We do not want the Bolshev-
Xxi in China" With reference to Chi.
nese participation in the war on the
European battle fronts, the premier
said: II would like to help the allies
and would be glad to send 1000 or So
90 Otroops but am prevented by finan-
cial difficulties and the activities Of
the provincial rebels. have sent
100000 troops south. am hopeful
that the Canton rebellion can be re-
pressed within two months and then
a good many of these troops can be re-
leased for service elsewhere"
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DISCUSS POSSIBLE COMMANDMENT
PARIS TONC D pANcC AMMO,

-
Paris June 22-Premer Clemenceau and Leon A. Bram
under secretary for eectves and at the office
lengthy hearing before the army today on the
question of efecves has been widely the Ger
mans have placed number varying from eight 30 of long
for of Paris Several questions
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HAGENBACK'S CIRCUS Is WIPED
OUT IN REAR END COLLISION,
ENGINEER ASLEEP IN HIS CAB
Various Estimates of Dead Place Number at from
IS to 150-Worst Accident in History on Mich
igan Central Near Hammond, lnd.-Many
Perish in Flames >-."
So KNOWN DEAD

Chicago, June 22.-Ten bodies were later taken
from the debris and the Michigan Central list of dead
thus increased to 69 The injured list remained at
lis. y. ,..
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INTERNAL
TROUBLES
MENACING
Rumored Attempt Has Been
Made Upon the Life of
Emperor Charles
W,ORKMEN ARE FIRED ON

ATTEMPT ON EMPEROR'S LIFE.
London, June 22.-Reports are
current on the Amsterdam ex.
! change today that an attempt has
been made on the life OF Emperor
Charles Of Austria, says central
news dispatch from Amsterdam.
The reports are uncOnfirmed.
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S~S Va ~SsSS\A ~ SSo ANA> 6O00Aps
Fighting IN III p,avo ,ine ann.re,t.
" ia decreasine as tho Austrian nffens.
i've enters unon its second wekk In
the mountains there has heen LITTLE ac.
tivitv for several davs hit tho A~s.
TRANS are reported to be concentrat-
Ing large bodies OF men there presum-
ably for another attempt to push
southward to the Venetian plain. Ital.
ian resistance and counter attacks,
aided by the sudden rise of the river,
have played havoc with Austrian
hopes OF capturing MontellO and dom.
mating the plain. Slowly the enemy
on the important plateau Is being driv-
IN neck BY, the Italians and his efforts
atS other points have either been driv-
~ u = 4. . ue nenune on
I N. All q IA mouth M ma piavo tho 1t,i.
. tans. i. ~ - ma. ssi,s ~ !. -
~ tha IL M, sya haar ma mo ,,Is -
cantnre tha ansia shetwsar - the o,J ~
Piave ana the. Fossatta cen,, ' v,h;cb H
fhev reached north ~ Cano S;,a Wa.t
~ San nnna ii isPsavo :, sero % tho nansi
Ieavo. tha rivor. ths Its,;ons ha"o
driven hack Tia rAn.trians v;anno
claims Tho remI.j l. ~ I'll 'a}t.cts ~
statement from ~ nff,ce nf tho
Italian nramier 90 w 20 there % - ~ ~ 'ns IN,
fantrv fiphtinT Fr;dov snd thot no
situation ;s mnchangeG
Losses Heavy.
Austrian losses have been heavy
ana an ltallan newspaper estimates
Austrian divisions have been engaged
on the Datt.e nne ana thirty OF these
nave sullered heavily. A report re-
celved IN London IS to the effect that
Twelve German divisions are to be
sent to Italy to take the place OF
an equal NUMBER OF Austrian divisions
TO be transported to France.
seethjno with piacontent
Behind the fighting front the dnaI
monarchy is seethjnr with d,scont tdT1t
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Daylight just beginning to show when the crash came
Those thrown free from the and Unconscious stood
the wreck in their night clothes helpless while their comrades
pershed in the flames Surgeons and dispatched
Chicago Gary Hammond Whiting and other nearby towns