Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1917, Page 1

ENEMY T0 FLEE LENS POSITION CRITICAL MILITARY MEN OAV posits OF'$35,000 WOOL CONSUMED BY BIG FIRE AT POWDER RIVER British Troops Draw Cor- don About Coal Center of France in Preparation for Great Attack GERMANS FIRE CITY Fresh Advances Are Met by Beginning Work of Destruction (By the United Press} | FROM UNITED PRESS STAFF, CORRESPONDENT SIMMS ON THE BRITISH FRONT, June 28.— Reduced to the necessity of fleeing from the ruins of the burning city, of Lens, the German position this | afternoon became desperate, as! the victorious British made fresh advances and swept the Germans, before them. The German trenches on the out- | side of the city were literally gutted by the wicked British artillery fire, | leaving the Germans without de-| fenses. | Canadian troops have occupied | the town of Eleu Dit Leuvette, only | half a mile southwest of Lens, and | the Canadian patrols have pene-! trated the German lines and are) pushing further toward Lens. | This is the nearest the English| troops have come to Lens, and the | general indication is that the Ger-| mans are retreating under pressure of the British forces. | PARIS, June 28.—A violent ar- | tillery engagement, suceeded by an | infantry attack in Hurtebise and Cornillet sectors, is taking place. | says an official French report. The German attack against Wattwiller Salient failed and a number of the enemy killed, says a War Office report. | 105,000 FROM. CATE OF LEASE. BEING HELD UP Apportionment of Fund Realized from Sale of Big Muddy Lease Would Greatly Increase Portions The question of whether royalty} paid on oil taken from the state-owned lands should be considered as rentat or as the purchase price of a portion! of the value of such lands is reflected by the action of thé State Board of School Land Commissioners in re- training from apportioning among the publie schools of the state the $105,- 000 recently received from T. C. Hurst of Worland, as a bonus for ® lease on the east half section 16 in the Big Muddy field. . The Board has just apportioned all ether money in the school fund, in- cluding rentals from lands, but pos | held the $105,000 for future disposi- tion. This action also probably was influenced in a measure also by the question of legality of the lease to Hurst, which has, been raised by Johr. D. Clark of Cheyenne in an appeal to the district court of Converse County from the decision of the State Foard of Land Gommissioners to ac: cept Hurst’s bonus and to issue him a lease in preference to other appli- cants for this half section. If the Hurst bonus is apportioned among the school children of the State it) will ‘amount to about $2.25 for each child, aceording to the Oil City Der- tick. NAVAL ACADEMY. U | VOLUME ONE LOCAL BANKS' MAKE RECORD Five Institutions Have Over Four Millions on Hand| at the Close of Business on June 20th The five banking institutions of Casper have passed the 4 miliion mark in deposits and thus established a new record, as shown by statements compiled in accordance with the cal! issued by the Comptroller of the Cur rency for reports on the condition of z2ll National banks under date of June 20, Infermation gleaned from these statements and from the institutions not called upon to make this report, show total deposits of $4,101,573 and resources aggregating $4,718,167. Had the call come one day later one bank alone would have shown an e in deposits of over $200,000, However, the showing is the largest ever made here as shown by compiri- inc son with previous reports, and it sp in eloquent terms of the pros- perity attendant upon activit in Central Wyoming. The Casper National Bank is crowd- ing the million mark in resources, with deposits proportionately high. The Wyoming National reflects a consistent gain as does the Stock- men’s National, both with resources above a million. The First Trust & Savings has made an excellent growth, while the Citi- zens’ State has accumulated deposits of over $100,000 during six weeks’ operation. ' FEDERAL BOARD TO FIX PRICES OF COAL OUTPUT Operators and Defense Council Reach Agreement by Which Former Will Submit Sched- ules for Approval [By the United Press] WASHINGTON, June 28.—Coal operators and members of the Advis- ory Commission of the National Council of Defense, agree to fix a| minimum price on coal, to become ef- fective July 1. The price will be submitted by the | coal operators, but the maximum will be finally fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, the Federal Trade Com- mission and the Coal Committee of | the National Defense Council. } The Federal Trade Commission and) the Defense Council must agree on a plan yet for regulating the price of coal and fuel oil. | | FINISHES CLAGy OF 199 MIDDIES Second Graduation in Period of Thre Months; ‘Fiction of Di- vine Right” Will End War, Says Secretary Daniels [By the United Press| ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 28.—One hundred and ninety-nine students of the Naval Academy, of the class of 1918, graduated today, this being the} second class to graduate in three months to graduate ahead of time. | In addressing the students Secre-| tary of the Navy Daniels said that “Victory for the United States and her allies will forever end the fiction of divine right.” he Casper athy Cribuner NUMBER 252 Warehouse of Northwestern Railroad Is Burned to the Ground by Fire of Unknown Origin at an Early Hour Today; Nothing Is Saved Fire of an unknown origin, discovered at | o'clock this morning, destroyed the large warehouse of the Chicago & Northwestern Rail-| The road at Powder River, together with two cars loaded with wool. total loss may reach $45,000, accurate estimates being unavailable | until detailed reports are received. The warehouse was a large structure, with measurements of ap- proximately 40 by 80 feet. In it was stored 33,000 pounds of wool awaiting shipment to Eastern points. Two cars standing on the switch were loaded with approximately the same amount, and figured on the market price of over 50 cents a pound, the loss in wool alone may exceed $35,000. : DEWEY FLAGSHIP AGHOUND ON BAR OFF EAST COAST | (By the United Press| | NEWPORT NEWS, Va., 28.—Admiral Dewey’s famous old flagship, the Olympia, from the bridge of which then Commodore Dewey directed the battle of Ma- nila Bay, is still hard aground, and work of floating her is progressing as rapidly as possible. @ Reports received this morning at the superintendent’s office failed t> give detailed information regarding the ownership of the wool. The building, it understood, was to tally consumed. Because of the fact that no engine had passed over the road for a.perio? of several hours previous to the con- flagration, it is believed to have been of incendiary origin or carelessnest in the handling of fire. There ws likewise no engine available to haul the loaded cars to a place of safety. Service over the Northwestern kes been interrupted at times during the jpast two days. The Platte river bridge, just north of Casper, was re»- der&t-unsafe by the flood waters yes- terday, but a repair crew has been at work re-inforcing it against disaster. Service was re-established with Len- der this afternoon over the North- western lines, the morning train hav- ing been run over the Burlington to the Junction. At Big Muddy the bridge on the spur has been renderea unsafe for crossing, but it has not yet gone out. MINE WORKERS VOTE TONIGHT is June Munitions and stores have been removed so as to make the task of floating her much easier, but so far the attempts have been fruitless. Another trial will be made this afternoon when the high tide comes. FIROT AMERICAN BETS IN ACTION. ON WEST FRONT |Engineers’ Walkout Will Force the [By the United Press] | Closing of Butte Mines; Flood PARIS, June 28.—Major Mitch- Disaster Will Follow, Is ell, an American aviator, has been | ‘3 flying over the German lines at Ver- | Claim Made dun and elsewhere for a week, it is | ON BIG OTRIKE: MILITIA TO BE NEXT UNIT CALLED BY U.S. TO JOIN PERSHING 0 FRENCH FIRING LINES American Fighting Force Will Be Augmented as Rap-' idly as Possible by Detachments of Regulars and} National Guard Troops; Transportation of First ! Detachment Marks Epoch in World Warfare; | American Soldiers and Blue Jackets Are Feted and! Cheered by French Capital on Arrival | (By the United Press) fi } WASHINGTON, June 28.—Gen. Pershing’s men already on Freneh ‘ soil will be augmented as fast as possible by other trained troops. ___ | _--This is all the War Department would say in discussing future war | | plans, now that the Americans are safely in France. However, it vio~ lates no confidence to indicate that National Guardsmen will likely be |the next units sent abroad ahead of the new conscription army. In jthe meantime other seasoned regulars will take their places on the | firing line, eager to do their part in overwhelming Germany. The safe arrival of Gen. Pershing’s troops marks an epoch in milix history. The details of the difficult task of safe transportation are | still withheld for military reasons. tery PARIS, June 28.—The city is today flooded with naval officers and Blue Jackets from the ships which accompanied the American ex= peditionary force. Everywhere they went the Americans were feted, cheered and pet-. ted by adoring crowds of Frenchmen. POLARINES OUT [PLAN OUTLINED rORBLOOD, FEDS | 10 FIX PRICES GET CHALLENGE) OF GOAL IN U8. Standard Refiners Want Suprem-|National Defense Council Takes Up acy Settled; City Nine Must Study of Conditions With a Defend Claim to Base- View to Increasing the ball Championship Production The first sign of what promises to WASHINGTON, June 28.—The develop into bitter rivalry between|Council for National Defense Advis- ae Casper. polsrines and the Casper cry Committee, working in conjune- eds for the local fans’ support has|,-; A taken the form of a ewese incidedl is- mot with the coat operarors; adopted sued by the Polarines. In it the Re-|Tesolutions tending to stimulate pre- finers challenge the Feds to a series duction and fix “immediately faim, of games to determine which is the |"¢@sonable priced coal f. o. b. cars at stronger aggregation. roines in each district.” fe The Feds have booked games with National Defensers have appointad, Douglas for next Sunday and with|® Committee on coal production whose Sunrise for the Fourth, both contests cbject is to have operators and mite to be staged on the local grounds. | ®™S work harmoniously with the Gow. The Polarines’ proposition is, that two |¢™mment to stimulate production anz games be played on each of these | Pan adequate means of distribution Gates, the Polarines to meet the Feds |4t reasonable RESee. in the first game of each double-| header, the winning team to meet the} visiting club in the second game on} Aloo OFFENSIVE TO START SOON ROME, June 28.—The Centra¥ | powers fear that Russia will soon be \an‘active participant in the general each date, In the event that their proposition is accepted and they win the first game next Sunday, the Refiners agrec to donate their share of the receipts} |of Sunday’s game to the Feds, while} they would play the Feds in the game | scheduled for the Fourth on a win- ner-take-all basis. The Polarines further-agree to use | | | announced at American Army headquarters. ‘independent vote of the engineers to- |while, in the event that they are de-| BUTTE, Mont., June 28.—With an| their own line-up all the way thru This is the first American Army officer to “get into action.” AUSTRIA READY TO TALK PEACE flooding of the mines. [By the United Press] TO BAGK NATION Reichsrat has approved the proposal * ROME, June 28.—The Chamber of of the presiding officer for the dis- cussiébn of preparations, during war- Deputies voted 227 to 28 to extend its support to the government for an- times, of preliminary leading up to any peace negotiations, according to other month, provisionally. The vote indicates the strongest a Vienna dispatch. | support possible for Premier Bozelli aS | [By the United Press] | TOKIO, Japan, June 28.—Japan is cessions, Viscount Motono, the = COLL, COAL CAMP €izn minister, asserted in an address efore the Japanese Dict. | = they have been on a visit with rela-|cpy is organizing the Austrians in the tives for some time. They were ac-| Trinidad coal mine camps to resist companied by their two children. the conscription law. jnight on a strike, the mines in this |district may be forced yet to shut \down because of the lack of tools. The tool sharpeners, who are mem- bers of the Blacksmiths’ Union, have heen on strike several days, and the | supply of tools is running short. If the engineers vote to strike, this | will result in the shutting down of |the pumps, which will result in the making every effort to retain the for- Ta) | TRINIDAD, Colo., June 28.——- mer Gernian colony of Tsing Tao and other German South Sea Island pos-| Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hagens returned | Members of the Sheriff’s force are in- yesterday from Pella, feated, they offer the Feds the priv- lege of using their choice of the Re- finery players in the second contest jon each date. This is done because it is rumored that an effort is beinz made to disrupt the Refinery team, with the idea of securing the services of some of the Refinery players. That there is some ground for this belief is vouched for by the fact that the Polarines were forestalled in their | effort to secure a game with Glenrock for next Sunday by certain malign ir- fiuences emanating, apparently, from | Casper. ‘ | The Refiners are further miffed hecause publicity was given the fact that, in a six-inning practice game ene evening last week, they met de- feat at the hands of the Feds. In re- |taliation, the Polarines now wish it to |pe generally known that, in a five- jinning practice game last evenin | with their battery reversed, with their jcatcher on the mound and their pitch- ‘er behind the bat, they let the Feds |down with one hit and defeated thcm jy the score of 7 to 0. | Verily, the pot has begun to boil | } | stirring times ahead for local baseball enthusiasts. At any rate, the Refin- lers’ ire is aroused and they are im- |patiently awaiting. an immediate re- sponse from the Feds. |YOUNG MEN AT IRIS TONIGHT at the Iris Theater this evening young men should hear him, end unless all signs fail, there are, ALFRED A. BEACH ADDRESSES | stance. | Allied offensive plans. Dispatches from the front indicate that several Austrian divisions have | been hurriedly withdrawn from th» front and transferred north. AMERICAN LABOR SCORN MEETING WASHINGTON, June 28.—The |American Federation of Labor has refused to participate in the so-called | “Trade Union Peace Conference,” to. jbe held in Switzerland, September 17, jit is announced from A. F. of L. | headquarters, | Organized labor of the United States is standing behind the government in the war preparations, and will par- ticipate in no peace conference of jany kind, is the information given | out from headquarters. |RED CROSS RAFFLE AWARDS Miss Janet Rae held the lucky num-" \ber that entitled her to the Victrola. |ewarded by the Red Cross at the | drawing last evening and claimed the /eward immediately. Drawings were ‘also made on the Ford and pony, ten jnumbers being drawn in each in Number 1 was allotted 24 jhours within which to present the |ticket to the committee, At the end | Alfred A. Beach, of Newcastle,|of that time, No. 2 is allotted am Wyo., will deliver a 15-minute address | equal period of time, and so on until Iowa, where | vestigating the report that a German |for the National Guard, between the |: winning number is produced. preliminary and main wrestling event [result of the drawing follows: All The. Ford Automobile—-No. 1—130,098, | Pony-—-No. 1—121,173. Se BSS cana