Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1917, Page 1

ATTACKS TOREGAIN POSITION REPULSED German Counter Attack Beaten Off by Britons After Severe Fighting Along Six-Mile Front RAIDS _ FRUITLESS French Check Advance of Teutons and Offense Grows Weaker By the United! reas LONDON, June 9 jerman attack, directed over A powerfu mnt of six miles, covering all the und won by the British in the zreat drive, has been Belgian broken by the British, according » the official report of the Brit- Field Marshal, Sir Haig. The Field Marshal reports that, after a heavy artillery fire, lasting Douglas several hours, the Germans at- tacked the British along the whole front. The attack was broke down at midnight along the whole line and the Germans were forced to retire PARIS, June 9.—The Germans continue their counter offensive slows, which were again fruitless, a S > VOLUME ONE Bt et PROPOSED SALE OF OL LEASES 5 SCORED HERE Casper Basiness Interests Back Oil Operators in Demand That No Chance in Leasing Policy Be Made pre- in the lands in the Big Muddy field, recent + pond of e ance local sent jmatter of protesting the al jly advertised the ifter severe night fighting, says aj French War Office report. The offic ial report says: “North of St. Quentin the ene artillery is very active. On emin des Dames, from South Filain to East Cerny, the enemy re (} newed the attacks, accompanied y a heavy artillery fire, in all sec- North of Froidmont were checked with heavy , and other iaids along the e were repulsed. LONDON, June 9.—The coun- attack stage was reached by {wo aA ter the British advance in the Ypres- |! Wythchaete sector today. All night, dispatches from the front say, the British Tommies are busily consolidating their new po- sitions and digging trench systems, in preparation for counter attacks. So far the counter attacks have been noticeably weak. Demoralization among the Ger- man troops has been caused by the terrific British artillery fire, and the mine operations seem to have af- | fected the Germans. 2 ee DESERTER CHARGED WITH EVASION OF DUTY IN NOT REGISTERING ON JUNE & Friday witnessed three additions to the number of recruits sent out from | the Casper station this week, indicat-| ing that a normal record will be main- | tained for the first ten days of the month. Allen Frost volunteered for the En-| siners Corps, George W. Haworth} for the Medical Corps, and Thomas | Mihales for the Cavalry division of | the regular army. The latter is a Greek, and decided to join after cone sultation with Mayor Rohrbaugh, who accompanied him to the station. JOHN HANCHEL BEGINS PRISON SENTENCE FOR CASHING BAD CHECKS _ John Hanchel, charged with forg-} ing checks in this city, threw himself on the mercy of the court when ar- rainged before Judge C, E. Winter yesterday, and entered .a plea of guilty. He réceived a sentence of from twelve to eighteen months in the state penitentiary. and) left last a night for Rawlins in the custody of two Deputy Sheriff. Prank -McGrath. xecutive com mittee of the versity Board, dir- ectors of the Casper Industrial Club in confer red the adopted iversity heads ar letter pposing such actior ) Governor Houx. J. S. Me ng of cation S racter, s} self-explanatory and r ( per, Wyoming | June 9th, Hon. Frank L. Ho Goverr Capitol Bldg. Cheyenne, Wyom Honorable Sir. The tion of this Club has « to Board the fact tk f the Ur e Comm I ire Board litigati matter Citizens in general have begur to believe that to take y leases held by those who tually engaged in drill operating these leases, would be if the leases are to be now put up for ale at Public Auction, such as the great injustice to all concerned, sale advertised for June 12th by F. S. Burrage, Secretary, Board of Trustees of the University of Wyo- ming, having reference to lands in the Big Muddy Oii Fields. | Since this proposed action has become known, many men repre- senting means have decided to not take any steps for the present to secure lands for the purpose of | drilling, and this will be very det- | rimental to the future development of the Oil Lands all over the State of Wyoming. The Directors of the Casper Iu- dustrial Club hereby protest against { | | | \ | the Federal prison. y the United Pres LONDON, June 9—Three German officers were kilted and the barely escaped when the railway sta- tion at Ghent was bombarded by air- planes recently, according to an Ex- Kaiser change Telegraph Amsterdam dis- patch. RUSSIAN ARM SIN MUTINY By the United Press PETROGRAD, June 9.—Four reg iments of the Seventh Russian Army y the orders of One other regiment is ported to have arrested its own of- jhave refused to ot their officer: | ficers. | Minister Kerensky ordered t jrest of all responsible, and | dered that they be court-martialed KIDNAPPED BABE | |By the United Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 9.—The body of baby Lloyd Keet, son of J. Holland Keet, a wealthy banker, who was kidnapped on May 30, was found | a well near here this afternoon. J. Holland Keet had been conduct- ing negotiations for the release of his son. in By the United Press PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 9.— Fifteen registrars, accused of illegal- ly giving out registration cards, are held by Federal authorities. Thousands of cards are short, and Federal indictments will be asked against those responsible. Those guilty face a long term in NAVAL COLLIER 39 DEAD IN M Che Casper Daily Crihune CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 191 7. Industrial Club Protests Oil Action ’ : : KAISER HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH IN AEROPLANE RAID » ar or FOUND IN WELL REGISTRARS ARE TOBE INDICTED | the past. |charter members of the org inization on the adoption of a resolution INE DISASTE } BELIEVED LOST; TOLL OF BUTTE FIRE GROWS AS BODIES ARE FOUND Grounding of High Voltage Cable Causes Explosion That Spreads Death Among Employes of Specu- lator Mine; 213 Escape Terrible Fate Thought to Have Been Met by Remaining Force; Rescue Crews Rush Work in Efforts to Cut Toll of Great Disaster; Fire Still Raging in Shafts of Big Copper Mine Belonging to North Butte Company NUMBER 235 GEN. PERSHING TAD AUDIENGE WITH MONARG Preparations for Transfer to the French Front Follows Private Meeting With King George Morning This Mon BUTTE, Mont., June 9.—Thirty-five are known to have perished, By the United Press and little hope is held out for 167 missing miners, in a disastrous fire LONDON, June 9.—Major General| and series of explosions which occurred in the Speculator Mine, the John J. Pershing, commander of the| property of the North Butte Mining Company, early this morning. _. prep omericanlexpeditionsryifcree)to)| At 11 0’clock 35 bodeis had been recovered, and the fire is still Reise (Gastyet in ptivate acdisnes | (AEE, and is not yet under control. é yesterday, The fire broke out when a high-voltage cable became grounded. He and his staff got down to work | The latest figures disclose the fact that 415 men were working in the early for their/ mine when the fire broke out. Two hundred and sixteen of these’ to the | men escaped thru the connecting levels, leaving 167 still unaccounted iin for up to this hour. flowed the Rescue efforts are under way, but little hope is held out for the thusiasm in greeting the Americans, entombed miners. | the Express declaring that the arrival | NUMBER OF MEN IN MINE AT TIME FIRE BROKE OUT | BODIES RECOVERED UP TO 11 O'CLOCK ___- NUMBER OF MEN ESCAPING _________- |NUMBER STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR _____ set foot on English soil, was received | today, preparin transfer as soon as possible French front. London newspapers over- customary bounds of en- “historic event.” ORGANIZATION CF REDMOND, IRISH ‘RAIL ROUTE TO FIRE FIGHTERS LEADER DIES IN PETROGRAD FOR MIADELAST NIGHT ACTIVE SERVICE TRANSPORT MEN is a Sixteen Charter Members of New Department Effected at a Meeting of Former Vol- unteers Last Evening ist Party Succumbs in Ulster Ambulance, Manned by His Old Political Enemies UNITED PRESS STAFF York With Russian the Capital May Be Completed Be- fore World War Ends WINNEPEG, June 9—A ‘horough At a meeting held last evening, the FROM roposed reorganization of the Cas- |CORRESPONDENT SIMMS AT THE railway route from the United States yer Fire Department was carried | BRITISH FoNT, June 9.-—William to Petrograd by way of Canada. in.to effect and officers elected for the |Redmond, Irish Nationalist leader This ambition of United States cap- ensuing year Sixteen charter mem- bers, most of them of the volunteer) nization which recently voted tc} disband, were enrolled in the new or- ganization, the maintenance cf which} will fall upon the city instead of upon the activities of the department as in brother of John Redmond, died in an ambulance after being wounded italists has been outlined in a,lengthy report to the Winnepeg Grain Ex- change. The scheme has been con- sidered for some time and negotia~ Redmond had heen serving as 4 |tions with the railways and govern- major in the British Army. ;ments which will be involved in the As illustrative of the complete fra- | Project will be opened in the near fu- ternalism of all fighting for England, |U7® | Maj. Redmond died in an Ulster am-| bulance, manned by men he had been | | politically fighting for years. | RANCHER AND 3 : CHILDREN DEAD in « 5 action. Following the adoption of a con- stitution and by-laws by J. A. Ward, the following officers were neminated subject to approval and appointment of the City Council: Chief, Oscar Heistand. Assistant Chief, S. W. Conwell. Secretary, J. T. Scott. Treasurer, Wilbur Foshay The following were enrolled as Increased transportation to the westward without running the risk of submarines sinking ships, and as- jsistance in the war for Russia with {munitions and food will result if the | Proposed conection is established. | The plan provides for a standard \ruilway line, connecting United States lroads through British Columbia and Alaska with Behring strait and a line from the Siberian coast to the Trans- Siberian railway. Large ferries would carry freight Former Propagandist of National- International Road to Link New . the proposed action. und passenger cars across the 56 mile Be Oona nnee cnetneaes a Yours very truly, CASPER INDUSTRIAL CLUB, By . MECHLING, President GEORGE B. NELSON, Secretary While Dr. C. A. Duniway, in a tele- gram to The Daily Tribune last even- ing, stated that the board does not coffer at auction leases on lands cover- ed by contract, well informed local opinion shares the belief that the operators have no guarantee that out- standing leases will be secure, in view of the policy adopted with reference to the advertised sale of leases held by the Kinney, Elkhorn, Dakota-Wyo- ming, Walker, Merritt and Glenrock Petroleum interests. The history of the controversy dates back to 1907 when the Univer- sity board authoried the State Land Board to lease all University land. This resolution and agreement had not been repealed, it is claimed, when | leases affected by the proposed sale | were granted by the State Land board last year, some of | which were approved immediately upon being granted. All were ap- proved at a joint meeting of the Uni-}| versity Board and the State Board | at a later date. ; Now, it is alleged, the University Board is trying to take advantage of technical controversy between the boards and sell the land at a| (Continued on page four) 1 wide strait. Negotiations have been opened with the Russian Government to im- prove the Trans-Siberian, railway into {a modern road instead of a primitive stretch of track overburdened by war transportations. The United States commission to Russia will take up that phase of the proposed line with the new Russian Government. Men back of the undertaking be- lieve that within a few years an in- |ternational railway will connect New | York with Petrograd. They are tak- this effect: Oscar Heistand, S. W. | Gonwell, Jake Nelson, H. E. Parsons, ; Koy Sample, L. D. Branson, Dave | Williams, J. A. Ward, James Galling-| | ton, Fred Villnave, Z. Q. Miller, J. T. | Scott, Wilbur Foshay, M. N. Wheel- | er, Elwood Gallington, Tom Villnave. | By the United Pre Ratification ef action taken by the | 9.— The |department last evening, | HAD oAFE TRIP By the United Press SANTA ROSA, Cal., June 9.—Jayv. Pasquette, a rancher, and three of his children were found dead in the ruins of their burning home here this moraing The Sheriff and Coroner believe & : that while despondent, Pasquette Fred Henderson drove in this|cilled the children, set fire to th» morning from his ranch at Bucknum lhouse, and then suiciued nd intends to remain in Casper a} WASHINGTON, June together | Navy Department has been advised | with the appointment of those named of the arrival of the second naval col-;}to serve as officers, will establish it lier in French waters. | a municipal organization Ae a ae M. L. Bishop is in the city from| Bishop, Wyo., attending to business matters and visiting with his wife 167ENTOMBED MINERS ;< ? atic 1 mi [ill 4 sD & es eee, CC) > and family at their home on apitol! few days atending to business mat- o ‘ing into consideration the rossibilit Hill. ters and enjoying the city life. If You Want to Fight, jof the war lasting several see The | 25 E |promoters of the project are satisfied | Join the Marine Corps; jthat future benefit would justify the | fs a ;Vast financial outlay that will be Special Recruiting On recessary. They declare that a few T H E W O M A N years of _yorld peace would make |By the United Press | eae ates important railway route on WASHINGTON, June 9—-Special Sn 'national marine corps recruiting week who knows the full usefulness to her of the store ads |begins tomorrow, continuing to June AALFOUA BACK i 16. haS mastered the economics of home management |S RRR We tire Olerpae rc | years, and can enlist for the war per-| 4 ‘iod only. ‘“‘Men who want to fight SHOP IN THE TRIBUNE |where the action is hottest on land, ‘ i jsea or in the air,’ says Major Gen. 3 BEFORE YOU SHOP IN THE SHOPS 'George Barnett, commander of the J a Marine Corps, ‘will find the marine LONDON, June 9.—Sir Arthur J, © corps offers them a great opportunity | Balfour has arrived ‘safely in a Bi to uphold the honor of their country|ish port, back froni-the United States and their flag.” su an umportant mission.