Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1917, Page 1

U.S. DETERMINATION UNSHAKEN BY ENEMY REPLY TO THE VATICAN. Acceptance of Peace Offer Discounted; Proof of Bernstorff Bribe Plotting in Hands of Utah Senator SS er TS CAMERA COPIES OF MONEY PAID BY BEANS T ORFE HOLD EVIDENCE Foreign Press Received Cash to Further German Propaganda, Says Mor- mon Solon; Claims Are Given as Authentic (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—-Def- nite evidence that former Ambas- sador Bernstorff paid out large sums of money to certain publica- tions, apparently as a means of subsidizing them, is now in the hands of Senator King of Utah. Senator King today told the Senate that he is in possession of photographic copies of checks and receipts for money paid by Berns- torff to the Fairplay Publishing Company and Marcus Braun, edi- tor, among others. He also testified to having cop- ies of papers showing payments by the Austrian Embassy to sev- eral foreign language newspapers published in the United States. This data, the first to be revealed m connection with the plotting of Germany's official emissary while the two countries were still on peace terms, is known to be abso- lutely authentic. ) HAIG’S | ooo CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1917, Che Casper Dathy Crihune NO. 286 RON DEFENSE STANDS SEVERE TEST Russians Forced Back With Resumption of German Offensive at Riga With Industrial Club ning Hotel; Take Steve Sullivan and Clarence Ever- 7 RENEE STE ett Bausell are the missing members | who reported for duty today prepara-| of the second increment and their and F. Berino, alternates next in line for service. Other members of the contingent | RUMORS AND GLAINS OF TYPHOID EPIDEMIC DloCD UNTED BY LOCAL PHYSICIANS WHO KNOW CONDITION Large Percentage of Local Cases Originate in Oil) Fields, While Water Tests Show Total Absence of Typhus Bacilli; Canards Circulated by Local Peo- ple Include Finding of Carcass in Reservoir. Persistent rumors which have been going the rounds for the past|cured from the latter at the week that Casper is in the throes of a typhoid fever epidemic, were investigated by The Tribune today, and while it was discovered that there are many cases of typhoid in the city at the present time, condi- tions do not warrant the statement It is estimated that there ere be-%, tween twenty and twenty-five cases of typhoid in the city at the present time. At the Casper Private hospital there are four cases, and three of these patients were sent to Casper from the Big Muddy oil fields, where bad sanitary conditions are said to prevail, which would tend to spread the disease. At the State hospital there are nine cases of typhoid, and only one of these came from the Big Muddy field, the others being local patients, Dr. T. A. Dean, representative of the state board of health, stated that in his opinion there were not more than twenty-five cases of typhoid in Casper now. He said that all cases of typhoid and other contagious dis- eases were su: to be reported to him, but that many of the physi- cians had been derelict in this respect. Dr. Dean gave it as his opinion that Casper’s water supply is the purest in the country, and said that al’ pre- vious examinations had failed to dis- close a single trace of typhoid bacilli. Rumors of the finding of de.d ani- mals in the city’s mountain reservoirs area Iso tly without foundation. : Sones declared iy *apply, and brands as false any state- that an epidemic exists. i ee ee ee that in case of the outbreak of a fire of any magnitude that the city would virtually be at the mercy of the flames. The Sage Creek reservoir is practically dry and no supply is being obtained from this source, while East Elkhorn creek at this time of the year furnishes very little water, making the city dependent on the wells west of town and the small reservoir on the hill south of the city. FLYERS PROVID NEW WAR THRILL WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 22. Three powerful Italian aerovlanes gave Washington its first sight of war flying today. Aviators nego- tiated the distance from Newport News to the capital in a little over one hour and thirty minutes. Lieutenant Franklin Lane, son of Secretary Lane of the Interior Department, was a passenger. Sec- retary Lane and Bri reral Squires, the tatter head of the Aviation Bureau, will be passen- gers on the return trip this after- —_—_ ‘TWO AMSSING AMONG DRAFT MEN QUHEDULED 10 LEAVE TOMORROW Casper Pays Tribute to Soldier Recruits This Evening] Banquet at the Hen- Departure Sunday Out of twenty men drafted from Natrona County for service in the new National Army, two failed to appear this morning im response } to military summons issued by the Local Board, of which Sheriff Hugh | L. Patton is the chairman, and as a result they will be listed as slack- | ers and deserters whose apprehension will be urged as an object les- son to others who ignore the mandates of the selective service law. tory to entraining for the American places will be filled by Ernest Wilson | Lake cantonment tomorrow morning | are Carl Kimmel, Florian Pinter, | Frank Vincent Wilkie, John William Clarkson, John Phillip Hirz, Hugh |McKenzie, George Martin Kalten- bach, W. T. Wilson, Herbert H. Smith, Patrick E. Dunn, Ho Fook, Sam Foug- ias, Renelto Weikel, John R. Mc Curdy, Francis Leo Riley, Charles J. Gerber, Raymond McCleary, Bryant Brooks Starks and Glenn Crandall Littlefield. Signal honor will be paid these men jat the Henning hotel this evening when they will be banqueted by the Casper Industrial Club and addressed by Gov. B. B. Brooks, Harold Banner 1B. Nelson, secretary of the Industrial Club, was called to Illinois this after- non by the critical illness of his |mother and will not only be unable | to attend, but was unable to complete |the arrangements for the dinner. | Twenty-five tickets remaining unsold |were placed in the hands of J. C. Mechling, president of the club, and may be obtained at the offices of the {Oil Well Supply company or pro- dinner hour. Local Burlington officials today }completed arrangements for the de- | parture of the draft men in the morn- ling, transportation vouchers having} |been issued from the sheriff’s office to cover the cost of their trip. Requi- sition blanks tendered the men also include those to be used in payment for meals. No ceremonies will mark tre en- trainment of the contingent in the morning, but the evening will be given over to their entertainment. Tonight the new recruits will be accommo- dated at the Seidel rooming house on | Wolcott street. EMINENT BAPTISTS TO FILL Two eminent clergymen of the Bap- tist denomination will occupy the pub- pit of the Baptist church, corner Lin- den and Beech streets, here tomor- row. In the morning at 11 o'clock Dr. Bruce Kinney, of Topeka, Kansas, | will preach, and in the evening at 7:30 !o’clock Dr. L. C. Barnes, of New York | City, will preach. Both of these men are on the program of the Baptist State convention, now being held at Douglas, and so it chances that Casper is fortunate enough to hear them at this time also. Everyone is invited to attend the Baptist church and avail themselves of this opportunity— an opportunity which does not often ¢ome to hear men of such distinction and the Rev. R. B. W. Hutt. George) PULPIT IN CASPER TOMORROW | GERMANS PIERCE ALLIED DEFENSE, BUT ARE QUSTED WITH MORE LOSS Newly Won Positions at Ypres Intact; Russians Cross Dvina Before New Teuton Advance; At- tack Breaks at Sissegale (By United Press) |. LONDON, Sept. 22.—Powerful German counter-attacks at dusk yes- |terday penetrated Haig’s new posi- | tions on the Ypres, in the Menin sec- tor and east of St. Julien, reports from field headquarters said today. The German gains were short4ived, however, the British résponding with local attacks which successfully oust- jed the enemy, | Today Field Marshal Sir Douglas the British are summed up as repre- senting eight square miles of heavily fortified territory, 3,000 prisoners, heavy losses inflicted on the enemy and an impressive demonstration of artillery superiority as shown by the work of the Allied gunners. PETROGRAD, Sept. 22.—Teuton forces have started another vigorous | offensive in the Riga sector, forcing the Russian troops back, the official | statement of the war office reported | today. “Southwest of Admina-Jacobstadt the enemy occupied parts of our line after piercing our position,” says the 'report. “Some positions were also | captured two miles from the Dvina. | We retired to the right bank of the Dvina, In the Riga region proper the attack of the enemy in the direc- tion of Sisse; broke down.” AIRMAN PLUNGES TO EARTH, DIES | MOUNT CLEMENTS, Mich., Sept. 22.—Wilbur D. Mong, stud- ent at the Selfridge aviation field, was killed instantly today when he plunged to earth from a height of 1,500 feet. ‘SECRETARY M’ADOO TO "START ON LIBERTY BOND - GAMPAICY SEPTEMBER 90 WASHING’ 5N, D. C., Sept. 22.— Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo will start September 30 on a tour to the Pacific cost in the interest of the second Liberty Loan, it was an- nounced from the department today. At the time the first loan was !aunch- ed his travels carried hir: ouly as far as the central west. pr cries EES FFFECT ON GER MAN PUBLIC MORALE FORESEEN BY ENEMY IN ACCEPTING PROFFER OF VATICAN (5 CLAIM OF ALLIED DIPLOMATS AT WASHINGTON United States Not Swerved Rome Advices; Answe from Democratic Ends by r Dodges Present Issue to Discuss Future Relations, Say Britons; Document Aimed to Solidify Stren gth at Home, Is the Con- census of Beliefs Expressed by Diplomats WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—The answer of the Teutonic powers to the Pope’s peace appeal has no influence on the war situation insofar as this government is concerned, the State Department officially announced today. The United States will prosecute the must continue until Hohenzollernism i war on the basis that the struggle is wholly eliminated. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Germany’s and Austria's acceptance of the peace offerings of Pope Benedict, as announced by press dispatches from Rome early today, failed to swerve tha United States in her announced intention to make no peace so long as Kaiserism and Prussianism exist. Authorities declare that war preparations will continue and that the struggle will likewise continue despit: in the action of the central powers. It is pointed out by those in authori e Teutonic propaganda as reflected ity here that the Hohenrollerns exhibit a fallacy of talking peace with their mouths while their hearts plot murder and intrigue. daplicity, The Bernstorff plot is beld up as an example of this International experts, diplomatic and military, sum up the effects of the German-Austrian acceptance as follows: First—The German government will again go before the people of that nation with the plea that it accepted the peace offer of the Pope while their enemies scorned it; therefore, the war of the German govern- ment is one of “defense.” Thru such propaganda it is asserted the mili- tary will temporarily solidify the people behind the government and reluc- tant support for the German cause, Second-—Teuton acceptance will te in other nations. The effect on Russia nd to reinforce quitters and pacifists may be unwholesome, and will likely give American quitters more ammunition, but the general determination will remain rnaltered. Third—T.. reply to Pope Benedic t indicates to warring elements that victory is nearer than they supposed, since the answers show Germany wants peace before her losses’ become averwhelming. LONDON, .Sept, 22.—‘An interesting discussion as to future interna- tional relations which doesn’t touch the present situation nor approach the question of ending the present war,“ of the war. F3 summarizes the British view of the | Haig reports every inch of his new| Teutonic reply to Pope Benedivt. Officials declined to be interviewed today, positions intact. The net gains of | but asserted privately that the Germans had again dodged the real issue ” 5 BULGARIA WANTS PEACE WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22.—Bulgaria wants peace, according te Bulgarian Minister Stephen Panaretoff, interviewed by the United Press today. He stated that he had been u nable to communieate officially with his government on the subject, but knows there is an “earnest desire for peace among all the central powers.” He declared himself incapable of expressing an opinion on whether or not this sentiment is strong enough to lead to separate negotiations. MERCHANTS GUT SERVICE TO ONE DELIVERY A DAY Reorganization of System in Com-| pliance With Recommenda- tions of Defense Council Authorized Here In compliance with requests for economy and the elimination and re- lease of men for war service as ad- vocated and urged by the National Defense Council, the merchants of Casper this week entered into an agreement to curtail delivery service to one delivery a day to each custo- mer, a practice that is now being car- jried into effect in all of the larger towns and cities of the country. In consequence of this it is believed’ {that material reductions in the celling | price of certain commodities can be) |saved to the conzumer inasmuch as} | delivery costs are a principal factor in price-making in all stores which serve their patrons in this manner. The new system of delivery will go into effect October 1. Beginning with that date announcement is made that orders received up to 9 o’clock in the morning will be delivered by noon. Orders received after 9 a. m. and up to 4 o’clock will be delivered the same day, but orders received later than 4 o’clock in the ‘evening BOY, STRUCK BY TAXI, SUSTAINS SERIOUS INJURY Skull Fractured in Contact With Pavement at Center Street Crossing; Traffic Conges- tion Responsible ! Frank Wight, the young con of Mr. and Mrs. Wight of West Second street, was struck by a taxi driven by Mr, Emery yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock and received a fractured skull as a result of the accident. No blame has been placed on either the boy or the driver, as, according to Policeman Hedges, stationed at the intersection of Second and Cen- ter streets, where the accide- eurred, neither was to blame. The driver had been given the signal to cross the street, and was doing so at a moderate speed when the boy, who evidently became confused, stepped in front of the machine and was. knocked to the pavement, striking hia head. The taxi was stopped by the driver two feet from the side of the street and the driver offered any as- sistance that he could give. The boy was taken to his where he is under the doctor’s care, the physician stating that the boy is slightly better today and that he may not have to operate. During one period of fifty-one bdr ” will not be delivered until the next morning, the limit in all eases being fixed. at one delivery a day for each The leading groceries and markets of the city have entered into an agree- ment to enforce the ruling. In many cities the stores are cur- tailing service even more effectively by abolishing the delivery: system al- Mn agra requiring their patrons to purchases with them. War a ez iy ‘Went to the effect that he has per- fle’ the Casper water supply to be-ows contaminated. - ( @nmissioner Jones admitted, how- water supply was Becessary to stop the sprinkling of lawns and other ‘irrigation until the|money today €o Supply in the reservoirs had in-|easier tendency, creased. minutes last evening the traffic po- licemah on duty at the intersection of Second and Center streets counted 957 automobiles that passed the cor- ner, this number being exclusive of wagons and bicycles, A previous rec ord was 802 autos in one hour and five minutes, « record made abuut a week ago on the same corner, was thus greatly exceded. merchants have taken the er} toward lifting a slight burden Bed eochacs of fiber t 5 i i EOPPER MARKET DEADLOCK BYALA MEA ® |” QW CQVERNMENT PRICE LONDON, Sept. 22—Germany and} NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Consumers Austria have informed the pope the |are anxious to purchase copper at the and are newly established government price TIME MONEY NOW EASY IN FAST, WANTS ARE SUPPLIED YORK, Sept. 22—Time ti aeh ntinued to show an due to the fact that Desi