Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 14, 1917, Page 1

IN RAID BY AIR CRAFT Murderous Attack Takes Great Toll in London; Many Hombly Bumed by Acid Bombs INNOCENT — VICTIMS ——— ian Germans Try to Force the Withdrawal of British Fliers from Front By the United Press LONDON, June 14. fiendishness, and in the toll of in- nocent women, children and old 97 KILLED 449 HURT For pure | VICTORIES OF ALLIES DOMINATE POSITIONS Abandonment of First Line Makes English Posi-| tions Sure; Germans Fall Back rerreat possi. Wilson's Speech Vibrant With Warning Gitenen tink Enemy — Wako ABDICATION OF ‘SUFFERING AND BLOODSHED MET scare aw AING LEADS TO” BY CONUICTION THATULS. MUST ecsec ce RIOTIN-GREECE MAE WAR IN DEFENSE OF RIGHT JAPANR Che Casper NUMBER 239 | VOLUME ONE CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917. | | j | ESENTSULS.N Daily Crihune OFFI ‘Bogus Version of Cable to China Is Believed the Cause of Criticism Di- rected at This Nation PROBE IS STARTED ‘Trouble Is Ironed Out in | Explanation Which Is mer, Germany’s latest raid yester- pressure of the British advance to day is the most murderous of all. | the east of Messines, is announced Many victims of German bombs jby Field Marshal Haig. \the rivers Lys and Styves by the Six French Troopers and Sixty | Greek Soldiers Killed in En- Wired to the Japs By the United Press are horribly burned with acid. The death toll was officially an- nounced as 97 killed. Of these, 26 are children, 16 women and 56 men, including many feeble old men. The injured include 94 chil- dren, 122 women and 32 men. The raids are intended to cause the withdrawal of British aero- planes from the front in order to take part in home defense, so as to break the British supremacy in the air. The British, it is understood, are determined not to do this, but are praying that America will send a huge aerial fleet soon. WYOMING WOMEN FAVOR CLOSING OF ALL RESORT Club Women of State Adopt Reso- lution Urging Establishment of Prohibition Zone Near Cheyenne and Camps At a meeting in Cheyenne this week club women of Wyoming adopted res- elutions advocating the establishment ef prohibition zones around all mili tary camps and the closing of all vici- sus resorts by municipal authorities. The resolution, coming at this tin, stands as on unqualified endorsement of the action of Mayor LaFontaine in closing the restricted district of the state capitol. Mrs. B. B. Brooks, a representative vf Casper in the State Council for Na- tional Defense, was among those pre- sent at the conference. Fhe resolution adopted by the club women endorses that of the Associa- tion of College Almuni and follows. RESOLVED: That the Laramie Chapter of the Wyoming Branch of yhe Association of Collegiate [lura- nae hereby expreeses its earnest desire te further in every way possible the ~eqaest of the Grneral Medical Board vlready presented to Secretary Baker snd to the Courcil for National De- fense that there be created about all military camps an effective zone with- im which the sale of liquor and the presence of prostitutes are prohibited. We respectfully but urgently petition the War Department to create such zones about all camps now existing or hereafter to be established and to es- tablish military camps only on condi- tion that such zones be created and that adequate regulations for the moral protection of the men be en- foreed. In order that such protection may aetvally be secured, we petition the War Department to demand as a pre- requisite to the establishment of a military camp et any place the co- operation of the municipal authorities in the removal of every vicious rescrt in the vicinity and the maintenance of 2 eomplete absence of such resort, throughout the period of the existence of the camp upon penalty of its re- moval. We petition further that the War Department adopt as a part of its |Germans, because of tremendous The Messines ridge victory of | gagement Resulting from ‘German Occupies “House of Cards,” Beset by Perils action, as it demonstrates the dom- inating strength of the captured | position. Military strategists here believe this may foreshadow the evacua- tion of the whole triangle formed |by the Lys and the Ypres-Lillie Canal. PARIS, June 14.—The “utter failure” of small German attacks around Braye, north of Craonne and north of Rheims, and on the left bank of the Meuse is reported |in today’s statements. German assaults followed a gen eral bombardment. The French successfully raided la Werth east of: Navaring farm taknig ten prisoners. WYOMING ROADS UNINVITING 11 TOURISTS, CLAIM Inspection of Yellowstone High- way Shows National Park Route in Poor Condition for Auto Aravel “There is no use inviting tourists to Wyoming as long as the roads are in such a poor condition,” said President Gus Holmes of the Yellowstone High- way Association upon his arrival in Casper from Cheyenne. The road to the state capital, Mr. Holmes says, is particularly uninviting to motorists and unless placed in condition within the next few weeks Wyoming will lose the patronage of thousands who ex- pect to visit the Yellowstone National Park. Mr. Holmes is at present on an in- spection tour of the route thru this state and his report of conditions east and south is far from flattering to the industry of county boards and road organizations. In Converse County, jhe says, the highway is in many places almost impassable, due to overflu vs from the Platte river. No care hrs been taken to drain the road of flucd ‘waters with the rejuit that veritatle ‘slourhs bar thep rogress of the motor- ‘jst. ‘This claim is also substantiat:d by other autoists who have reachcd | Casper in the last few days. The weather of the past month has aggra- vated conditions both in this state a. . ‘Colorado, where the graveled high- ways offer a rough choppy surface Mr. Holmes, acocmpanied Sec. Gev. \B. Nelson of the Casper Motor Clu’, i\left for a drive over the route west and north of here today Commissioner Charles Anda sta*cs that the surveying of the Salt Cree's road, upon which improvements will the last week is emphasized by this | Armed Resistance By the United Pre: PARIS, June 14.—The Allied en- forcement of abdication of King Cor- stantine of Greece has not been ac- complished without bloodshed, ac- cording to delayed Salonaki_ dis- patches. A Greek colonel at Larissa fired on ; the French cavalry, killing two of- |ficers and four cavalrymen, and wounding scores of others. Sixty Greek iers were killed, 51 ‘officers made przsoners, and men captured. ae AEGULATIONS TO “GOVERN SALE OF DILLEASES OUT for Placing Shoshoni Indian Lands on Block at Pub- | lic Auction |. WASHINGTON, June 14.—The i long-delayed regulations governing oil and gas leases on lands within the ceded portion of the Shoshone Indian | Reservation, in Central Wyoming are now out. It was intended to hold }these up until the date of the first sale could be determined, but it was later decided to announce separately the date of sale. The regulations previde that th» Interior Departinent may advertise notice of such sales at public auction, of specified lands in tracts of 160 acres where practicabl ». Unly citizens, those who have de clared their intention to become such, and corporations duly organized un- der the laws of the United States, States or territories, may buy lease. The successful bidder must deposit with the superintendent of the agency, on the day of sale, a certi- fied check equal to 20 per cent of his bid, money to be returned if bid is lter rejected. cation for the approval of his lease, land has thirty days after notice of {acceptance of his bid in which tr execute lease and otherwise comply with the regulations, Each lease niust also be accompanied by the ad-; vance rental for the first year—$1 yer acre—which may be credited on any royalties for that year. Lessees must furnish with each lease a bond with two or more per- sonal sureties, as follows: For less | lthan 80 acres, $1,000; for 80 and | less than 120 acres, $1,500; for 120} znd not more than 160 acres, $2,000; | jfor each additional 40 acres above | }160 acres, $500. Filing a bond for $15,000 will) cover all leases any one person oF |corporation may acquire. Leases are | for 20 years, with a preferential! Interior Department Outlines Plans || A successful bidder must file appli-| ‘ainary insults and aggression of the jup arms in defense of our rights as a) That Make Peace Desirable, But Impossible to Attain on Own Terms, Asserts the Pres- ident in His Flag Day Speech | | By the United Press | rights as a free people” and our honor as a sovereign government. jthat the nation must fight for the right. The President said: My fellow citizens: We meet t a See | = enys Fe ca en carne ena aN 90k upon their own neighbors with| WASHINGTON, June 14.—The Nene S57 cee oe y uspicion and to wonder in their hot z yes which we honor and under which we!resentment and surprise whether relations between the United Srates serve he emble o ! 1 ow- | “re a a y € Vv v € / ; . serve t emblem of unity, cur pow the re was any ¢ AB in whi h and Japan, which were delicately cr, our thought and purpose as a na-|! stile intrigue did not work. What 3 : tion. It has no other cha:«cter than |great nation in such circ © upset over a misunderstanding as that hich we give it from generation |Would not have taken ltd inate ; ey The che ours. | Much ds we desired peace, it was dk =| America Ss purpose in China have stic silence above the |Mied us, and not of our own choice. | een straightened out satisfactorily : seg, | The jer which we serve would | : . ute these cho'ces, | Th under whic © serv u | 2 | cee nese ence lhave been dishonored had we with-|th’u explanations which have bees silent, it speaks to uy—|held our hand. !sent the American Embassy at 3 to us of the past, of the men But that is only part of the story. We te iB women whe went before us ar .| know now ly as we knew be-| *OK10. f o ye > -nrare 6 * #. ° yy e records they wrote upor it |fore we ‘ ngage d that | Simultaneously, an investigation We cele te the day of its birth .dj|We @re sed a6 NsCF= 1. 2 - i lfrom its birth until now it has wit-|an people and that thy are not our has been started to ascertain the eaasdPatereat history thine Honted\on (Continued on Four) source of the bogus note purport- high in symbol of vents, of the} >< ——————-— | ing to have been cabled from New great plan of life worked out by a great people. We are ebout to carry it into battle, to lift it where it will! tnousands, it may be millions of our men, the young, the strong, the ca- cs bbe pable men of the nation, to go forin and die beneath it in fields of blood fur awey—for what? for some unac-| Rove bretmian uot Alcova wee te: customed thing? for some thing for|moved to the Casper Private Hos- |pital Tuesday, suffering from a which it has never sought the fire be- ls }fractured arm and bruises resulting from being trampled upon by a stal- |lion. Dr. H. R. Lathrop was eallei [to attend the injured youth and brot |him to this city. He is resting well today and will not be confined long. These are questions which must be a eee janswered. We are Americans. We | JAP MISSION [5 jin our turn must serve America. We COMING JULY | } can serve her with no private purpose. We must use her flag as she alwaye jias asked us. We are accountable at} the bar of history, and must plead in utter frankness what purpose we seek to serve. It is plain enough how we were forced into the war. The extraor- ore? American armies were never efore sent across the sea. Why are they sent now? for some new purpose {for which this great fiag has never leen carried before, or for some old, familiar, heroic purpose, for which it has seen men, its own men, die on «very battle field on which Americans {lave borne arms since the revolution’ By the United Press WASHINGTON, June 14.—Japan is sending a diplomatic mission to the United States, which will leave about July 1, it is announced. BIRDMEN BRING DOWN ZEPPELIN imperial German government left us| no self-respecting choice but to take} free people and of our honor as a} sovereign government. The military | masters of Germany denied us the right to be neutral. They filled oir unsuspecting communities with vici- ous spies and conspirators and soug it! to corrupt the opinion of our people! WASHINGTON, June in their own behalf. When they!German Zeppelin L-31 was destroyed found they could not do that, their'oyer the North Sea by British air- right of renewal in successive ten- year periods, on such terms anad on, such conditions as the Interior De-} partment may prescribe. 4 agents diligently spread sedition) men, it is announced. WASHINGTON, June 14.—America is at war “‘in defense of our President Wilson thus stated why America is fighting, in a Flag |Day speech which was solemnly vibrant with a warning of the blood jand suffering the country must endure, but with the deep conviction 14,.—The | be started with the use of Federal No person, firm or corporation ‘funds this season, is partially compl’t-| may lease more than 4,800 acres in ed, No assurance is held out that ac-|the aggregate. At least one well tive work will be in progress befo | must be drilled under each lease with- jthe latter part of the season. tin a year, and failure will cancel’ the our own capital. connected with the official embassy of the German government itself in | They sought by | violence to destroy our industries 2nd arrest our commerce, They tried. to} incite Mexico to take up arms against! us and to draw Japan into a kcstile| AT C.F... PLANT . ‘ yalty of not less than 12% | Casper Union Men to Help ine Raatio® the pati erorceda ane and some of these agents were men) ‘ailiance with her—and that not by in- By the United Press direction;\but by - direct suggestion PUEBLO, Colo., June 14,—Fire | Policy of moral saritation not merely | sales of oil or gas must be paid by) | the prevention of the spread of vener- eal disease, prostitution; and that the _ enforce- of regulations to this end be not left to the discretion of individual com- manders, but that uniform ure but the prevention .f: the lessee, whenever “sales ‘are: made! \from the foreign office in Berlin. They impudently. denied us the .use of the} high seas and repeatedly texcochited their threats that they would send ‘to! their death any of our people who! \ventured to approach the coasts of! \Europe. And many.of our own Men “began to At the regular meting of Casper Trades and Labor Assembly last night, a resolution was unanimously adopted, requesting all Casper union men to give freely of their means to the Red Cross fund. a $26 out of ite p the fund) The regulations: set out,‘ detail the many duties and. powers of the government inspector, recognition of" which is made a part of ail leases, ’ The lessee also must agree to some “of, the dgarse 4 on duties: on his pared damaged the Minnequa plant of the Colorado Fuel & Tron Co. plant early today,’ the loss being estimated at ahout $100,000. . It is supposed that the fire started from a spark from a smokestack. The | cooperage building was entirely de- sion. Both are anxious to begin the *stroyed. TOKIO, June 14.—The action 'of Dr. Paul Reinsch, the American minister to China, in presenting a ‘note to the Peking government, lexpressing the wish of the Amer- Jican government that harmony | and order be restored in China, has aroused a storm of criticism thru- cnt Japan. It is officially that at announced | Japan inquiries | Washington regarding the note. is making |York, which sentiment. The true note merely expressed the hope of this government for a settlement of Chinese internal problems. | It is intimated in official circles \that the genuine note was side- tracked and the bogus note sub- {stituted in,,“tder to create trouble jbetween Dimerica and Germany, | probably the work of spies. CONTRACT GIVEN FOR ARMY GAM By the United Press WASHINGTON, June 14.—Hurley Mason & Co. of Tacoma was awarded jthe contract for building the Amer ican Lake army cantonment camp at cost, plus a percentage basis. RUSSIA RELIES “ON AMERICA TO. IRON OUT NOTE ; \Sincerity of Government Chak lenged and New Democracy Depends on Commission to Clear Up Objections By the United Press PETROGRAD, June 14.—Russia is |relying on the American mission naw jherc 9 clear up diverse views regard- }ing } -esident Wilson’s note.” Most of the newspapers hail the message in glowing terms, but some \frankly express disbelief | in seme | portions ‘of it. , , Elihu Root at the heid ‘ of the, | American commission; arrived sim |taneously with the rhilroad”¢om aroused Japanese } | | | work of co-operation with Russia.