Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 2, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME ONE he Casper Daily Cribu CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1917. PROVIDES FOR ne the United mee BUENOS AIRES, May 2.—-Ger- | BU explanation of the sinking of | the steamer Monte Protegio is satis- | factory to Argentina, according to of- | ficial information, but it is generally War Department Working Out the! rapa that Argentina will announce : | the break of relations with Germany Details of Army Draft Plan | despite the note. A . | No announcement of the nature of Authorized by the Action | the excuse offered by Germany was of Congress | made cing ee ee Le rir: rn mous HONOR LIST ROWS AS ANSWER COMES TO SUMMONS HERE Jury Wheel System to Be Used in Making First Levy, With Ex- emptions for Those Who Are Physically Unfit By the United Press WASHINGTON, May 2. the| Tardy Response to to First Call Is} War Department is working out a Smothered Under List of Re- plan to enforce the conscription bill . . | cruits Now Leaving to recently passed by Congress The| 3 probable system to be followed will oin Colors be as follows: lap ep oe On a day designated by a procla-| > mation of the President, probably} * ROLL OF HONOR > before September: 1; all men eligible| » FLOYD BL ACKMORE for military service will be ordered| s CLIFFORD HUGHES registered at certain polling places. | NATHAN CLARK They will then be given cards, desig-|% Nara B. JOHNSON nating the classes to which they he-!| s RAY MARSHALL long. The calls by classe will tol-! 4 low, and exemptions of those phys-l\@¢ee¢e¢e¢ 2% ¢e00 ically unfit will be weeded out, andj believed that the jury wheel! system will be used for choosing the first levy. The police department of each city} and all left for Cheyenne for the phy- will co-operate in searching for| Sical examination. There were eleven “slackers.” rejections, three of them married men, > The two High School students to | enlist would have graduated with the 2.— The! senior class this year, but gave up House passed the Army appropria-! their ambitions and plans for a ccl- ‘ion bill, totaling $2,827. 3,653. { lege course to serve their country Myer London, a Socialist, cast the; Ployd Blackmore 2e-the-younger son only vote against it, lof Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Blackmore, See and Clifford Hughes is the onl | Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hug have Bucknum. The lad’s father is South at present for his health, «und his mother is making her home in Cas- per for the winter. Young Hughes will join the navy while his fe']o-w stu- dent will join the Coast Artillery, as Iris The-| will Johnson and Marshall. Clark has atre is far from complete in the de-| enlisted as teamster with the M - «al tails that will make it the most elab-| Corps. orate and finished show house in the} Recruiting Officer Scott says the State will play no part with the spirit in er is changing in regard crowds that anxiously await the! to enlistment, and more inetrest is hour when the doors will swing open| being manifested every day. The fact SeSeeee POPS D The roll of honor for enlistment in sed by | five additional volunteers yesterday, | the Regular Army was incres A heavy penalty is provided in the! bill for non-registration. WASHINGTON, May Doors of Ins Theatre Open This Evening to Delight of Movie Fans) The fact that the New to the public tonight. For tonight is| ‘Ss, that being an inland town, away the appointed time for the resump- from scenes that contribuce to the tion of entertainments that were cut| Creation of enthusiasm, the Casper short by the decision to remodel the, ™e&” are only coming to realize what is the situati is. F; 3 picture palace weeks ago and the} he elt mes EA t st this rate al ; : s no doub at recrui r management has a offering in} oe RUBE eCKMIUn SW > + et y ns the film version of Robert W. Cham-|™eet with response. be novel Common Law,” ’ popular by 2 7 aw,” featuring Clara Kimball} Young. Other productions equally as} good may be expected to follow andj patrons of the house will be quick to OUTGROWSPRESENT FACILITIES, CLAIM register their approval of a policy that has been instrumental in estab- lishing a patronage second to none. | Construction of New Depot Of- fice Will Start Soofi—Tom S Foster Is Promoted to star During the past few days contrac- tors and artisans have labored in fev- erish haste to complete the more im- portant improvements. Three shifts working day and night have accom- plished wonders and have trans- formed the interior into an artistic} replica of a metropolitan house. This ishing touches that remain to be ap-| plied to the that | fresco work en-| - ° circles the screen in attractive de-| Traveling Auditor sign. Gold will be used for the Spores . “high-lighting” of the work, which| A+ L. Cook of Longmont, Colo., is set off to the best Gavantare by| arrived here to assume the du- plain walls and ceiling, against ties of local agent of the Adams Ex- press Company, relieving Tom S. Fos- ter, who leaves tomorrow evening for Denver to accept the position of trav- which it stands out in artistic relief.) Lighting and ventilation are two features which were worked out on! the most modern plan. In addition,| li Budiar ror. fee ecu ens, wee the structure has been made abso-j tween Denver — anc eth ke eh lutely fireproof. Foster will accompany him to Den- Tnatallation Of -geats owas. (comei ver where they will make their pleted early in the week and it is un- home. 3 1 javl that derstood that the theater offers ac-; Mr. Foster announced today tha’ }the business of the company has be- come so heavy here that steps wil! be taken within the next week on the} commodations for ‘seating over 1200 people. Each seat commands an ex- cellent vi of the stage, those in the balcony having an elevation of construction of a new depot office | eight inches above the row in front.| for the company. The new office Exterior decoration, including | Will be operated in addition to the up- terra cotta work on the front, will be; ew” office and will cost approxi- finished after the moré important mately $2,000, according to the pres-| touches are added to the interior.| emt Plans. It will be a frame struc- Tonight the name of the theater will| ture and will be erected between the be emblazoned across the front in let-| Present Burlington depot and the ters four feet high, electricians hav-| freight house. The company is also ing erected the sign and made the putting on an additional driver and necessary connections this after-| Y4s0" here in order to-handle the noon. ‘The management is anticipat- greatly increasing volume of business ing a'crowded house this evening and} Which is pouring into the loca! of- theré’ is. good reason to believe that} tice. = *ThéCommon Law” will prove aj Mr. and Mrs. Foster are leaving great drawing card. _ Casper after a little over a year’s The Tris Orchestra will again be in residence here, during which time sienna and, will continue to fur- they made many friends and Reayainy nish inahabagparazee £0 supohe: apres pent the screen attractions. Satisfaction in Note|(QEFENSIVE. ON FRENCH WAGE #22" Debates New Budget Submitted to House by Bonar Law By the United rene SS ent national budget is $19,499. 200,000, | according to figures included in the! budget introduced in the House of | 8-MILE FRONT ————— Commons by A. Bonar Law, chan- Germans Blasted from Vantage] cellor of the exchequeur. oints at Moronvilliers as the LONDON, May 2.-The War cab-| English Report a Day of Naumann Reports on Statistics Covering the Entire War— Mush Evacuated by Rus- sians in Armenia $10,000 WILL BE NATRONA’S SHARE OF STATE BUDGET County Condaiiaeers Prepared| to Make Formal Application AT THE FRENCH FRONT, May 2.—France is waging the greatest ar- tillery battle of the war in an attempt to blast the Germans from the crest of Moronvilliers, an important strat- egic position. The heavy firing began Sunday, and has continued incessantly, two for Money to Improve U. distinct barrage fires being main- S. Post Roads tained without cessation day and Natrona County’s apportionment ae the initial appropriation to be allot- ted this State under the Bankhead- | Shackleford good roads daw will ag- night along an eight-mile front. LONDON, May —Another night of inaction is reported by Field Mar- shal Sir ouglas Haig. gregate $10,000 this year, according “Artillery duels between St. Quen-|'. the members of the Board of tin and Lens continue. In the Fau- County Commissioners, now in ses-| guisart neighborhood German raid- eye and who will make formal ap- ing parties were repulsed,” is the plication at this meeting for Na- trona County Federal funds of better The counties of make application the initial apportionment of the icated to the cause only report he made AMSTERDAM, May 2.—Germany’s losses in the war to date total a mil- lion and three hundred thousand in killed, according to statistics piled by Dr. Friedrich Naumann, terday. American highways. the State must for their share of installment before next Yuesday, when the application will com- and ye passed on by the State Highway} ®ommission and forwarded to Wash-} depletes ‘the Ger- ington for consideration. appro- three million eight friation this year will amount to ap- The female sur-|PToximately $62,000, to be divided up! tween the 21 counties has increased two million. he apportionment to @ach “county? will be made with as d valuation, announced in a lecture in Berlin. “He estimates this, with the de- creased birth rate, man population hundred thousand. plus over the males from 800,000 to over The CONSTANTINOPLE, May 2~The] population and size being taken into evacuation of Mush by the Russians] consideration and their retirement northward is A peculiar feature of the law, pro annouced in an official statement. viding $85,000,000 of de funds’ a and a like amount to come from State treasuries, provides that the money must be expended on roads which are either star or rural routes. This eliminates the Yellowstone Highway in Ni: fact, there | the county which n the Alcova and the The latter, of as one of the me in* the State, ty Commi i will rona County, and, in two highway be improve Salt Creek is considered are only in MADE BY TWO OF CASPER’S BABIES roads cou important roads according to Coun Charles Anda, this and mer nt condi in excel Baby Conference at Parish House | tion as prov in the improvement . program Continues to Be the Center MrocAnda will leave Sunday night of Attraction for the Cheyenne to confer with the State Hig Commission before Mothers of Casper making tion for the first | year’s Federal allotment for this Two of Casper’s babies passed the | | count ordeal of dental, oral, physical and cy mental examination at the first day between that and 90, care and the usual prevalence of the so-called —-- did tribute to their healthy surroundings in which they | children’s diseases has been as in other seasons. of the Baby Conference with flying | NROLLED | colors, having a record of perfect, or; i 100 per cent. All the others graded | pecan, IN MOVEMENT FOR live. It is a fact that there has been | NATIONAL GUARD almost no mortality among the little; people of Casper this winter, tho the The Parish house is fitted up with) all the appliance for examination, | ything is dresged in white, tables, | Enthusiastic Response to Plans, for Casper Company Inspires Leaders to More Vig- orous Efforts screens and the booths. The children | are first examined for their dental e es imperfections, next they are examin- Following up advantage gained ed as to eye, ear and throat troubles! yesterday in securing the names of and then the physical examination j sixteen local men to a petition asking takes place, following which a series | designation as a Casper unit of the| of questions are asked them to deter- mine their mental status. The Casper children of 18 months pass the two- year-old examinations, according to Mrs. Lathrop, who, with Mrs. Arthur Schulte, has charge of this branch of ; the examination. The little tots seem to stand the ordeal remarkably well, the younger ones submitting more gracefully than those older, while the babies of three ‘years enjoy the social side of the meetings and make friends with each | other readily. Drs. Thomas, Bingham, O'Donnell ‘and Spence assisted at the examina- tions yesterday, and the physicians who will help today are Drs. Thomas, Bingham, Spenee, Anderson, Foster and Keith. Miss Stoneman was the nurse who volunteered to he!p on the opening day, and Mrs. Riley and Miss Graybeal are assisting today. Every practicing physician in Casper has volunteered - his « services for part time, and tho the weather is far from balmy for a program of this sort, the response in keeping appointments has been up to the standard: thus’far. Wyoming National Guard, Lieutenant Frisby today augmented the list by the addition of five more who seek to become members of the company with its initial organization. The honor | roll of this organization, as an- | nounced at 2:80 this afternoon, fol-| lows: William H. Talhurst, William R.{ Wagner, Judson S. Ketchen, Patrick) E. Dunn, Harry J. Mills, Robert B.| Minter, Frank J. Gorman, Martin H. Doyle, William W. Carson, Joel Y. Bagley, Dare] Whittaker, Melvin J.| Krupka, Henry E. Smith, Fred Bush, | Bond Lowrey, Hugh Liuis Chamber-| lain, Leroy E. Maltby, Fred F. Malt- by, Charles H. Sayer, Grover Hawk- ‘ms and John L. Moore, The first, fifteen were within three hours’ time at the works of the Standard Oil Refining pany. Of those who signed the pe titign today, the Maltbys are brothers of Mrs. C. E. Winter, while Sayer and Hawkins hail from Shoshoni. So. successful, have reeent: efforts LONDON, May 2.—England’s pres-| | be sixty-three large and coimmodious ! light, ‘water, janitor and elevator ser- | vice }ert Moore and others, charging con- | will not be enrolled | materialized that the committee at GERMANY MUST GIVE UPSTRONGHOLDS IN EAST TO GET PEACE | imet is considering compulsory ra- A j “Inaction” tioning, Capt. Bathurst of the Food! nnouncement pet Bees pepe nent: bas, announced) The plans for the Oil Exchange ALL FS EADY 10 GERMAN LOSS IS 1,300,000 et bess | Building have been completed and | are now in the office of Attorney G. R. Hagens, where they may be seen by prospective tenants. There will office rooms in the upper three floors. ! The building will be fireproof. Heat,| will be furnished. It is urged SAYS WASHINGTON ‘that reservations be made ‘now to} sure getting suitable rooms. rae n “onl: EXCHANGE BUILDING. | Berlin Newspaper Denies the An~ ra nouncement of ‘Tageblatt’ That Hollweg Will Ad- Pittsburg Trust "2 Si Co.is Wrecked, N. Y. Promoters 3y the United Press PITTSBURG, Pa., tigators of the State | RUSSIAN RIOTS ARE QUELLED | Petrograd Celebrates With Assas~ sination of General Kashtal- inski, Says a Report } from London ! ~Inves- | May 2 Insurance that the WASHINGTON, May 2.-—If Ger- De-} many’s peace proposal includes the partment reveal Pittsburg! piving up of strongholds in Bulga- Life & Trust Co. was jvrecked by! ria, Serbia and Turkey, the Allies operations of financiers and dummy Rirectors: may take a second look at the propo- Commissioner O'Neil declares that! Sition it is authoritatively stated New York promoters, headed by) here. Unless Germany offers conces= Clarence Birdseye, milked the con-| sions in the Eastern theater, all the cern for $1,900,000 in two days. Allies feel that the hold here would Warrants have been issued for give them a yital grip. Jedsexiae Birdseye, George Montgomery, Rob- arned that the Allies do not expect loss| permanent pez but will be satis- fied with peace lasting for five or sig generations. piracy to defraud. The total has not yet posses ascertained. Thirteen Members oe] 4 éstrensii Vorwaerts-Contradicts Tageblatt Rockingham Crew Are AMSTERDAM, May 2.—The Ber= o § r lin Socialist paper Vorwaerts flatly Lost in Sub Sinking fyeeiiets yesterday’s announcement. nan of the “Tageblatt” that_ Chancellor LONDON, May 2.—Thirteen mem-| Hollwege will make a peace offer to be: of the crew of the American the Reichstag tomorrow. steamer Rockingham, which was — sunk by a German submarine, Russians Fling Only Few Bombs missing when a patrol boat picked a ie, up thirty-three ivors in boats. The third boat, survivors, i surv two LONDON, Ma May Day went off quietly in Russia, following small rioting in the streets of Petrograd, in which a number of citizens were containing thirteen ARI cE rested, several shots fired, and a BARNYARD EEE! w bombs thrown LONDON, Final returns Major General Kashtalinski was in a nationwide census of horses, cat- assinated. Monday and Tuesday’ tle nules, sheep, pig: and agricul- ration was pe u, and a mil- bration. joined in the al instrumenst due in Great Britain under a war department or- Seiten WORK STARTED ON : FUNERAL CHAPEL Ground was broken this morning for the foundation of the handsome new funeral home which the Cham berlin Undertaking Co. is to build on East Second street adjoining the par~ sonage of the Methodist church. Lare sen and Jorgensen have the con for the building, and as soon as the foundation is in, work will be pushed toward completing the new edifice. The Chamberlin Co. estimate the cost of this to be $10,000, and the interior fittings will be in keeping with the tu are work wi over the pri 5 quota will be obtained. That be done at once is generally conc and it | been suggested that an- other ma meeting be called to stim- ulate itnerest. The impression that signing the petition calls for immediate enlist- ment in the army is another feature which those directing the movement desire corrected. Attention is called to the fact that the company mustered into service un- full quota has been obtained til and ap" lication accepted by the handaomarmctenlor, St authorities. It will then be- a as | - Pe er | a part ‘of the (Wyortini: rent The building is to be Colonial in co F 2 ~ i ent. of ra bot’ wilh chteetean type, and will be set well back from per y Lis f é the street, with a lawn and trees sur- advantage over standing organiza- younding it, and a side entrance con- tions, in that they will be_ mustered necting with the funeral chapel, from Ns oe service at the expiration of hich the cortege will leave the build- ostilit ing. The chapel is to be Gnished in mahogany and will accommodate about three hundred people, with pul- Both the Standard and Midwest re= fineries have placed their stamp of approval on the movement, promising) pt organ and ull the adjuncts to a to hold jobs open for those who join modern chapel. and are compelled to leave. Under Offices and private rooms. where certain conditions they will aid the families may assemble, as well as a | families of men volunteering [or ser- | vice. Bee display room, will complete the ensemble. Patriots Leave Home and Jobs to Enlist, i While “Slackers” Are a Drag on the Market aOR ate An undercurrent of strong feel- | | ing is developing among some of flow Casper'’s public spirited citi in | regard to the enlistment of the pro- | ducers of the city, while an arm) of .200 non-producers lounge about its streets, No power on earth is | great enough, apparently. to per | suade these men to work. Yet the United States could make manly citizens out of them with adequate military training, And while this non-produc floatsam and jetsam fills the street of Casper, some of the brightest Ud men of the city, the very of the. community, are offer- their. services to their native lurd There is a movement on hand te» the government, not in order that the patriotic impulse of those wish to give themselves at the call gonnee he kent from fruition, but that these others who are a drag on the community, be pressed to service first, What is true equally ee