Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1917, Page 1

OPPOSES BONE DRY HAIG STRI MEASURE President Warns Against’ Result of Prohibiting Manufacture of Wines’ and Beer in Country | COMPROMISE ASKED} | Would Constitute Blow at | Personal Liberty, Says Wilson to Senate [By the United Press] WASHINGTON, June 29—Pres- ident Wilson is throwing the weight of his influence into the fight in the Senate to save beer and wine from becoming prohibitive bever- ages. The President is very much ex- ercised at the consequences of jamming thru a drastic prohibition | measure which he believes would constitute a blow against personal liberty, and he is endeavoring to force a compromise of the dry amendment so that distilled spirits only will be stopped. The President held a lengthy Che Casper Natly Cribune VOLUME ONE «3 CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1917. NUMBER 253 ENEMY CONSULS ARGENTINE BROT PRICE OF GOAL TONORWAY QUIT TO VERGE OF WAR) CROPS SUNDAY, ASPLOTISBARED GY SUB. SINKING FORTUNE SAVED Revelations in German Intrigue | People Clamor for Formal Revoca-|Secretary Lane Given Credit for Bring About Resignation of tion of Neutrality Stand, Now Agreement Whereby Material Official Agents at Skein a Matter of Hours, Say Reduction Is Forced on and Arendal Late Dispatches Coal Operators CHRISTIANIA, June 29.—The| BUENOS AIRES, June 29.—The | German consuls at Skein and Ar-|sinking of the Argentine steamer [By the United Press) WASHINGTON, June 29.—Sec- lendal have resigned and will depart | Toro appears to have brought the | retary of Interior Franklin K. Lane | government to a crisis with Ger-|is generally credited with saving immediately for Germany. i e many, and Argentine appears like-|the government and the people of Po oe Poy oe Peace Before Victory Would Be Disastrous to Cause, Says Premi a | aa ESSENTIAL TO PEACE POSITIONS STORMED HE STATES | Basis Terms of Peace Are} ——y S&S w~ —p) = <= EnglishPress Advantage | Qutlined in Address by) in Series of Surprise At | Lloyd-George at Glas-} tacks That Penetrate | gow Today | Front Line Positions TO BE PERMANENT |OPPY THREATENED es International Congress to|Great Wedge Being Driven | Decide Disposition of | [nto Vital Link of Enemy Colonies Front Defense (By the United Press] | [By the United Press] Cann, Sys Prem INDEMNITY ADVANCED! - ee Saiees (The resignations announced in|ly to announce the revocation of the above dispatch are in all prob-|its neutrality stand within a few ability due to the revelations in the hours. | German bomb plots recently dis-| Public sentiment overwhe!ming- covered in Norway, in which it was |ly favors following Brazil’s course proven beyond a doubt that Ger-|in aligning with the United States | many had sent secret agents into |and the Entente Allies. Norway with a great quantity of bombs which were to be placed on eoaed |board Norwegian ships. It is said |these bombs were to be smuggled CHRISTIAN SCIENCE |aboard the ships and were timed so FREE LECTURE AT that the explosion would occur at IRIS THIS EVENING |*2—€aitor Tribune). Thru earnest efforts of the Chris- | at tion Science Society of Casper, the! general public here tonight will have | a splendid opportunity of listening | | to a lecture on Christian Science by} ! Jchn Randall Dunn, a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother} church, First Church of Christ Sci-| entist, in Boston, Mass. Mr. Dunn will address the people of this city} at the Iris Theatre, starting at eighi o'clock. } “Christian Science: The Supremc | Discovery of the Age,” is the subject} of Mr, Randall’s address and thruout his discourse he delivers many cn-} lightening facts concerning this faith | which has had such a marvelons| growth since its foundation by Mary| Baker Eddy. Mr. Randall will give| a convincing review of the principles ef Christian Science, its origin, its promise and tis fruitage. AIOPIN PROPERTY AT oALT GREEK conference this morning with Sen- ators Gerry and Martin, urging the modification of the dry amend- ment. OREGON TOWN 1S. WIPED OFF MAE AS DAM BREAKS Rocky Creek Swept Away by Del- uge of Flood Waters Released | | by Breaking of Firty- | Two-Foot Dam WASHINGTON, June 29.—Oil ' < | operators, including some of the {| BAKER, Ore., June 29.—Reports | largest concerns of the United |from Haines say the town of Rock States, have filed a vigorous pro- | Creek practically was swept away test against the incorporation of a | when a fifty-foot dam at the flooded | provision in the food control bill |Killamacue lake, fifteen miles west | giving President Wilson power to |of Haines, gave way. Residents of commandeer all oil resources of the | Haines, which is in the path of the country and fix what they term an | flood, are reported hurrying for high | arbitrary price of 98 cents a barrel. | ground. Crude oil is now quoted at from Almost everybuilding in the town is | $1.40 to $1.90 a barrel. It is con- |said to have been destroyed. | tended that the proposed action Communication with the flooded | would work a hardship on the oil jdistrict has been cut off. i companies. | Along the entire path of the rus ing water people are fleeing, carryi |with them what few belongings they twere able to gather, according to re-| ports reaching here. Several ranches} | | have been completely flooded. The} loss will run into thousands of dol- lars, it is believed, as the district af-| fected is considered one of the most] § productive grain and hay sections of | Gregon. Killmacue lake is located on the| summit of the Elkhorn mountain DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN OPENED California Concern, Backed by Unlimited Capital, Will Sink Forty Wells on Leases Formerly Held by the Wyoming-Montana Development Com- pany; Negotiations Closed range. When the dam gave way, the waters cut a path 200 yards wide down the mountain side. The dam} belonged to the Eastern Oregon Light} and Power Company, which construc-! ted it to supply power to towns in this vicinity. The lake covers about} thirty acres and is of natural forma-| tion. | nee | | NATIONAL GUARD A deal of vast significance to the oil industry of Central Wyoming, | f in that it will mark the beginning of one of ‘the greatest development | campaigns inaugurated in this section, was made known today with| | the closing of negotiations whereby the General Petroleum Company | takes over extensive properties in the Salt Creek fields, owned by the | | Wyoming-Montana Development Company, more familiarly known | a ee ! | ! as the Rispin interests. In consequence of the deal, the General Pe- troleum Company will sink forty or more wells, thereby increasing:the | Militia Units Will Entrain Imme-’ production of. the field by thousands of barrels. diately for Southern Camps, Intimation of the impending deal zt was first given out in rads aineatitieg Wyoming-Montana Company secured Following the General Call from California, stating that W. J.|gilt-edge leases. On each quarter sec- on Fifth of August McLane, operating superintendent for|tion of these holdings the General} _ panes the California concern, had left San | proposes to erect a rig for immediate WASHINGTON, June 29.—By the Francisco for Wyoming to direct pre-| drilling, the development project in-|shifting of original plans, the War, liminary arrangements. This weekjcluding plans for no less than 40} Department has announced that in- I. L. Bryner, his son, G. E. Bryner| wells. “ viead of holding National Guardsmen and J. W. Panson, all representing the In the opinion of oil‘operators the their home quarters after calling | General Petroleum Company, arrived|cntrance of the General Petroleum, )em out, they will be sent directly in Casper and brot negotiations to a|Company into the Wyoming fields|to Southern training camps. conclusion, guaranteeing the immedi-|marks an epoch in the development| The calls have been arranged for ate development of. the property. The holdings include some ten sec- tions of proven land upon which the (Continued on Page 4) ‘eral call August 5. 3 i + tween Greece and jthe Untied States $180,000,000 annually in the reduced bituminous coal prices, which go into effect next Sunday. The coal operators, urged by Secretary Lane, have agreed to cut the prices 50 cents to $2.50 at the mines. The prices announced apply only to territories east of the Mis- sissippi. The Western operators will hold a separate meeting within a week or ten days, and they are expétted to announce a similar re- duction. ‘ SIGNAL CORPS AGAIN. OPENED TO RECHUITING Government Sends Out Call for Thousand Men Needed to Or- ganize New Field and Tel-- egraph Battalions An urgent call for one thousand men to join the Signal Corps of the army to assist in organizing the new Field and Telegraph battalions reach- ed the army recrujting station at Cas. per this morning thru Major Barney of Denver, head of recruiting for Colorado and Wyoming. The Signal Corps was recently closed to enlist- rent but the call today offers certain ses a chance to follow their trad in the new army. “The Signal Corps is open again for able, telegraph and radio operators, 1 outside wiremen, electric- ians, machinists, photographers, and men familiar with the constructicn and maintenance of telephone sys- tems,” the order reads. It covers many trades, and in the opinion of {Recruiting Officer Scott, presents an | unusual opportunity to skilled worl- men, particularly those registered for conscription. The latter, however, |should apply immediately inasmuch as the limit of time for the enlist- ment of military registrants expires Saturday. GREECE JOINS ENTENTE ALLIES LONDON, June 29.—That the new government of Greece consid- ers that a state of war exists be-_ the Central Powers is asserted in a Reuter dis- patch from Athens. It has been expected that the new Greek government under the | leadership of Premier Venizelos would soon align with the Allies, but aside from the information con- tained in the Reuter dispatch no | confirmation has been received. pam cme tree Roy Spurlock leaves this evening of the industry, inasmuch as the con-!July 15 and 25, and August 5, but |for Phoenix, Ariz., for a shipment of | bricks won’t find you out here.” {it may-beonecessary to make the gen- | cattle which he_ will bring back with | girls obeyed while explosives crashed him in a short while. before victory would be the great- est disaster in the history of man- kind,” Premier David Lloyd George dress before the House of Com- GLASGOW, June 29.—‘‘Peace | | LONDON, June 29.—To the |south and southwest of Oppy, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has ;struck a sudden and tremendous |blow at the German lines, captur- ing the forward positions over a 2,000-yard front, and gaining al? objectives, he reports to the Brit- |ish War'Office. In his report the Field Marshal jsays: ‘South of the Souchez Riv- jer we continue to gain ground alk along a wide front. We entered Avion, taking many prisoners and six machine guns.” mons. “Indemnities constitute the es- sential part of the mechanism of civilization everywhere,” said the Premier, and declared that a “Great International Peace Con- gress will decide upon the disposi- tion of the German colonies.” Continuing, the Premier said: ‘‘Mesopotamia can never be re-; The sudden attack on Oppy is stored to the Turks, because of|another example of Gen. Haig's their blasting tyrrany. The same | Plan to keep the Germans guess- will hold true of Armenia, and|ing by sudden surprise attacks. without indemnities we have no There has been no fighting in guarantee against the repetition of |the vicinity of Oppy for weeks. these eventsiin the future.’ |This is a vital link in the German He predicted that the Russian |line, and has been the scene of revolution would eventually insure | tremendous fighting early in the victory higher and of a more ex-| British offensive. BERLIN (Via London), June 29 alted nature than any one could aed asta |—In an official statement the Ger- (IFFIGERS TAKE |a bitter hand-to-hand battle the English occupied the foremost line | HAND IN OT RIKE windmill.”’ 2 | PARIS, June 29.—What was BUTTE, Mont., June 29.—The} 1 strike in the mines of this distriet | Beneral counter offensive was | ternational Union officials are taking|mans on the right bank of the |a hand in the strike in an attempt at Meuse and along the Aisne front. The striking Electricians are re-|An official French statement de- ‘clares that all attacks failed. have contemplated before. 'man War Office admits that “After | of our defenses between Oppy and [By the United Press] japparently another attempt at a has become more hopeful as the In- struck in heavy blows by the Ger- settlement. | | ported as considering peace. ‘THRILLING TALES TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DODGED ROMAS Populace Pelted iy Shidwere of Daly Fieoiouta By J. W. PEGLER United Press Staff Correspondent FOLKSTONE, England, June 18.—(By Mail)—After the German | aeroplanes finished bombing this town in the raid which killed 74, the | survivors gathered in knots at the street corners and told each other |about it. It was just like the aftermath of “experiences” occurring im |any American town after the tornado has wiped out Main street. | A theatrical manager producing a musical show had his “beauty \chorus” lined up to rehearse a big “number.” The familiar sound of 'bombs sent the girls into panic. With their skirts pinned above their knees they flew for the single stage exit. , In time to prevent a serious stampede, the manager blocked the door, lined up the girls, and marched them out to the lawn of a public square. : “Lie flat on the grass,” he ordered.@— s) “Keep calm. If you're going to be hit lacenetab rete by a bomb you can’t dodge it but the bombs tore up nearby Tke| eran of raids at the front, took com- around them. The show had no casu- (Continued on Page 4) Tn a busy street an ex-sergeant, vét ;