Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 1

oer td ee ee ee ye tart DEFY COMES FROM REICHSTAG No Room For Wedge in German Sentiment, Claim See Re ee ees Seg FFFORTS OF US, DOOMED TOFALL cHORT OF MARKS SAYS PRESIDENT) OVER ARGENTINE Alleged Attempt to Sow Dissension Likened to “Biting on Granite” in Address Today; Mi- chaelis Disappoints. (By United Press.) AMSTERDAM, Holland, Sept. 27.—“He who attempts to drive a wedge between the kaiser and his people is destined to bite on gran- ite.” This was the opening statement of President Kaempff of the Ger- man reichstag at the first session of this body today. Berlin dispatches quote Kaempff as asking how Presi- dent Wilson “‘could continue to talk about the protection of small nations when in the face of this fact he left Greece in the lurch and allowed this nation to become the prey of the Al- lies.” In his address the president of the reichstag lauded the “common sense of the German people” who would “refuse to become separated from their kaiser.” It was announced that the address of Chancellor Michaelis, which was scheduled for today, had been post- poned, and it was declared that the chancellor “would not make addition- al public statements as to the Ger- man peace aims,”’ but that he “might address a secret meeting” of the main reichstag committee. The failure of Chancellor Mich- aelis to address the reichstag is a bit~! ter disappointment to his supporters. | It will be remembered that Michaelis | was appointed on the eve of the ad- journment of the last stssion of the reichstag and as yet he has made no formal outline of his policies to the body. Bulgaria Is Now Satisfied WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.— Bulgaria is uninterested in the kais- er’s dream of a “Mittel-Europe.” In an interview with the United Press to- day, Steppan Panaretoff, Bulgarian | minister to the United States, stated that his country had attained the sole | ends for which it entered the war and | is now ready to make peace if it can} retain territory “which by language, nationality and historic right belongs to her.” RECRUITING FOR MONTH 1S AGAIN SLOW IN GASPER Activities Here Reflect General Conditions Prevailing Qver Country; Eleven Accepted for Volunteer Service Army recruiting in Casper, in sym- pathy with conditions said to prevail thruout the country, has continued at a low ebb during the month of Sep- tember, as shown by the records of the local office. Eleven men have been accepted for service since, the first of the month while seven rejec- tions were made. Those accepted for service: How- 2 7 P, Spencer, Charles Keato::, Will- iam C. Kitchings, James E. Flener, Ora B. West, Walter F. Monger, Denris P. Murphy, Whitworth D. Gaines, Joe M. Lopez, John Franklin, Glenn C. Stillings. y Decpite the low count ‘recruiting continued en n par with results shown during the month of August and of- ficers of the station anticipate another rush for entrance into volunteer ser- acter featured the last call for selec- tive service men and scores avoided the draft by applying for admittance to the regulars; While no recruits have been ac- cepted as yet, the local station ir now peti! oo to gy Pe nes oore teers for army ee denart- OT ARVATION AND DEATH STALK IN WAKE OF STRIKE Government Marks Time in War Action as Step to End Local Disaster Holds Sway; People to Demand War Move. Destitution and death mark a con- | | | | | | VOLUME ONE toe 2$¢ a Myra MACHINE GUN FIRE MOWS DOWN RANKS OF Che Casper athy Cribune <EPSe. CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1917. American Soldiers Again Under Fire wits"? MILITANTS THE FRONT} ENGINEERS tinuance of Argentine’s general Many infants and invalids have died from the milk famine. Violent clashes between the police and the strikers are reported, and all industries are at a standstill. Meanwhile the government is seeking arbitration of labor differ- ences and is marking time on de- ciding its future course toward Germany. Public realization of the fact that German money is aiding the strikers has given impetus to the movement for war on Germany. A pro-war demonstration last night attracted a crowd of 100,000 people in this city, despite an inces- sant downpour of rain. LIBRARY DRIVE strike. GAINS HEADWAY | ON FOURTH DAY Reports from State Indicate Com- | plete Success of Campaign; One Dollar Maintains Book for Three Years. Have you given your dollar to the | Library war fund? If not, prepare | yourself for a visit from local work-| ers either today or tomorrow, or the next day. Telegrams and letters sent to State Director Frances A. Davis, from all parts of Wyoming indicate that this state is doing its share in the mi'lion- dollar library drive being made this week. Casper has been asked to raise $400 and every effort is being put forth to reach this apportionment. The construction work on the lib- raries in the camps and cantonments will begin about October Ist. Thirty- two frame buildings will be erected, 40x120 feet in size, one-story high, and will have accommodations for eight or ten thousand books, newspa- pers and magazines, also living quar- ters for the staff. Books and maga- zines will also be placed in base hos- pitals, on troopships, and will |e sent obroad to our troops in France. Each library will be in charge of a man who has been trained in library work. Good fiction, books of adventure, sea stories, detective stories, histori- cal novels and collections will be pur-| chased. There will also be books for foreign language study, histories of | warring countries and books of tray- el. To these will be added technical books on aviation, wireless telegraphy, | submarine, automobiling, signaling, first aid and hygiene. Amoog the ethical books there will be works on patriotism, courage, good citizcuship, etc. Special arrangements have been made with publishers for the purchase of books at very low cost. One dol- lar will buy and maintain a bock for three years. STRIKE MAY TIE UP STEEL MILLa (By the United Press.) GARY, Ind., Sept. 27.—Three hundred switchmen, employed in the yards of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad, have gone on strike, demand increased pay. The strike threatens to tie up the big steel mills here, which are run- ning full capacity on government supplies. The men are said to have struck im defiance of the union leaders, wko counseled them to remain at work. —— Clifford Lyman and R. Hobson, of the Casper Pharmacy, returned today j ‘SUFFRAGE PICKET eo? COMING eo ?% eo LOCAL FORCES MOBILIZED It is reported on reliable auth- ority that the ultra-militants in the suffrage movement are lay- ing plans for an invasion of Wyoming in the near future, and that Casperis slated for a wordy assault from a representative of | the White House “martyr” picket brigade who has ‘done time” in the workhouse at Washington be- cause she dared to uphold “the cause,”” Current rumor has it that Miss Ann Martin, the noted Nevada suffrage leader. who is reputed to have “won the vote’ for her home state, and who enjoyed the bread and water diet in ‘the Washington (D. C.) workhouse for twenty-five days, will be in Casper on October 6th to give the__ people of this city the militant side of the White House picket- ing argument. Miss Martin is national legislative chairman of the Woman’s Party, is a fiuent speaker, and will no doubt have something interesting to say about the little argument be- | tween the President and the | ultra-militant. | In asticipation of the event | local forces are being mobilized to make her reception a memor- able one with a women’s rally | ealculated to impress Casper peo- ple with the justice of their cause. WYONiivG CROPS ~ ARE NIPPED BY LOGAL FROST) |Harvesting and Threshing Hold | Sway in Agricultural Sections; Ranges Dry, Says Depart- ment Summary. Mild temperatures, abundant sun- shine, and little or no precipitation characterized the week, says the weekly weather-crop summary of the government station at Cheyenne. Aside from killing frost in Albany and light frost at the beginning of the week in Sheridan and Laramie coun- ties, injurious temperatures seem to] have been entirely wanting in agri- cultural districts, and in these coun- ties no damage is reported. Belated | reports from Fremont county indicate unprotected tomatoes, cucumbers, and} all tender vegetation were injured by the heavy frost of the 15th and while potato vines were frozen in the high levels of the western part of that county, the tubers appeared to be un- injured. Corn, oats, and flax were reported to be maturing nicely under ideal weather conditions with good yields indicated. Large varieties of corn such as White Dent were report- ed to be just past the milk stage; smaller and earlier varieties were al- ready beyond frost danger. thresh- ing is becoming common in lower lev- els of the state, although some late fields of wheat remain uncut. Har- simultaneously in Park county, where another ‘week of maturing weather will be necessary to place late grain, crops beyond frost danger. Fall plow- ing slow- ly owing to the continued dryness of the soil. Although ranges are general- ly dry or curing, reports on livestoc ing and seeding are continue excellent. FIFTEEN BRITISH SHIPS - SUNK LAST WEEK BY SU 7.—Fifteen Bi LONDON, rot 2 ; tate vesting and threshing are progressing : ON WEST FRONT EOGAPE INJURY FROM AIR RAID Bear Charmed Life Under Heavy Fusillade Direct- ed at Operations Near Firing Lines; Bravery of | Soldiers Extolled. By J. W. PEGLER | United Press Staff Correspondent. AMERICAN ARMY HEAD-| | QUARTERS IN FRANCE, Sept. 27. | j=aA corps of American Army en- gineers, sleeping in their barracks |here, have been under heavy fire | from the German air raiders, but no casualties have so far been Tée- ported, : ite the heavy fusillade of Gei smachine gun fire, which riddled the roofs and demolished the walls of the American barracks, luck was with the Americans and they came through the rain of fire without a scratch, The Sammies behaved beautiful- ly during the assault, and protected themselves by taking refuge in the | dugouts which had been prepared |as a protection against air attack Further details, including the time and place, cannot be given for.military reasons. HEFLIN DEMANDS ese iiiidia se ered ATTACSING TEUTONS aD ENEMY SUSTAING TERRIFIC LOSSES INVAIN EFFORTS TO REGAIN HOLD Under Deadly Fire of Allied Gunners; Battle Waged Along Miles of of Front on West. (By United Press.) LONDON, Sept. 27.—Four sep- A WHALE OF A COMPANY aT abhbbae? tie ee de andi distinct’ G arate an stinct German counter BEST ACREAGE IN, FELD ws. inca ae newly won positions in the Ypres sector, were flung back with palling losses by the British defenders last night, according to an official re- port from the British field marshal, ‘The enemy inaugurated a vicious at- tack east of the lower hamlets and the St. Julien-Gravenstafel road be tween 4 and 7 o’clock yesterday even- ing. All these assaults were by the murderous British fire, waick mowed down the Hun columns which advanced in mass formations. Dispatches from the front ind cate that the fighting is almost com- tinuous along the six-mile front ovep which the British scored marked ad- vences yesterday. The positions around Zonnebeke BUT ANILAOAD OWNS IT Speaking of sure-thing oil companies, there is one corpora- tion in Casper that could put over a “world-beater.” Owns acreage in the choicest spot in Big Muddy and covers what is believed to be a subterranean deposit of oil in the Powder River. If such a company was exploited by this corporation in question, stock selling would ve easier than shooting fish in a par- lor globe. But as yet the Chicago & North Western railroad officials have not essaped to organize a company to operate on the com- any’s right-of-way in the Big Muddy territory. Such a move is probably not in line with the policy of the railroad, particu- larly on an operative basis, tho the receipts of the Northwest- ern, as well as the Burlington, have been swelled to enormous proportions thru the development of the oil industry here. But, nevertheless and notwith- standing, such a cpmoany would have anything yet cheated off the boards. Various promoters and big interests have cast longing eyes at this choice ground which the Northwestern uses “merely” as a right-of-way and have prob- ably spent sleepless nights en- deavoring to devise a plan whereby it could be exploited. WASHINGTON DISTRUSTS KAISER'S PROPOSAL TO EVACUATE BELGIUM Impossible to Accept Conditions Say American Offi- cials in Reply to Supplementary Note of man attacks. Machine Gun Fire Deadly PARIS, Sept. 27.—The Germans struck two desperate and unavailing blows against the French on the min des Dames front last night, says an official French statement. The first Hun attack centered around Cerny. This assault was pre- ceded by a tremendous artillery bombardment, designed to pave the way for the German infantry ad vance. The French broke up the attack ing waves by a concentrated machine gun fire, throwing the enemy back into their trenches with heavy losses, The second German assault wae around the Californie Plateau, and a likewise repelled by the French (By the United Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Rep- resentative Heflin of Alabama to- day demanded the immediate ap- pointment of a house committee before which he can denounce members of congress, whom he be- lieves to have acted disloyally. In an impassioned speech before the house today he mentioned Sen- | ators LaFollette, Congressmen Britten and Mason of Illinois, and Baer and Norton of North Dakota. He asked a ninvestigation for the | purpose of ascertaining if there is any connection ‘ween their con- duct in congress and the Bernstorff “slush fund.” 1 ' ONLY TEMPORAR .--SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 27.—The big metal trades strike ends here tomorrow when 25,000 members of the Iron Trades Coun- cil will resume work under a tem- agreement. In returning to work the men emphasized the fact that the tem- porary arrangement was unsatis- factory, and that a permanent ad- justment must be made later. cccaeaeh ies: Fame The body of B. L. Pitt arrived this iT] PROBE IN HOUSE: Germany in Answer to Pope Benedict. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.-| Belgium for war damages. Belgium Washington officials distrust’ the| would be required, it is said, to give k r’s new peace offer based on the}, ,. z - evacuation of Belgium, aceording to] ~ guarantee that any such menace as were held firm against repeated Ger-, ' i | ’ : interviews given out today. It is in- timated that it will be impossible for the Allies to accept such conditions as Germany stipulates. LONDON, Sept. 27.—Germany has agreed to evacuate Belgium on cer- that which threatened Germany im 1914 would in the future be excluded, Belgium must also undertake te maintain administrative separation of |the Flanders and Walloon districts introduced by Germany, the verbal not says, because this separation cor- RETURN TOWORK jnuncio at Munich. afternon on the Northwestern from sos) hamse, where the funeral Gay funeral home, w! “wil be held, the time to be responds to the wishes of a majority vb the Belgian people and because a dispatch from Berne. ermany desires such separation om Germany, it is set forth, in return | *Coust of racial sympathy. for this concession, must be granted the right to develop her own economic | | enterprises freely in Belgium, espec- ially in Antwerp. A supplementary note to the vati-} can, replying to the peace proposal | (By the United Press.) f of Pope Benedict, contains the offer, | WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—in « tain conditions, it is declared in a Ger- man official statement, according to which was extended thru a verbal) communication delivered by Foreign | Secretary Kuehlman to the papal! The verbal note to the nuncio} said Germany would contribute a share of the compensation to be paid NEW EVIDENCE HEAPED ON GOALS SHOWING UP GERMAN INTRIGUE HERE WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.— Secretary of State Lansing niade pub- lie today new evidence, of German intrigue in Argentine, which atso_in- volves Sweden. He also deciaves that work will confer with navy depart- ment heads October 2. In the mean- while, 3500 men have agreed to re- work at the Norfolk navy FRANGE GETS NEW GREOI FROM AMERICAN TREASURY ruthless submarine ¢ 4 at Sian) Renee Bernstorff was fully informe/, of the} WASHINGTON, /D. C., Sept. 27.—