Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1917, Page 1

| ee || + + i a i | WHEN YOUR COUNTRY CAL ~ SEVENTY LOST ON TRANSPOR | | i | CASPER, WYOMING, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917. No. 12 | ' | | } U-boat Launches Fatal Shot, Escapes Destroyer ENEMY ollBs NOW PATROLING LANE IN ATLANTIC SAY NAVAL OFFICIALS Tragic Disaster Raises Be- lief that Atlantic Cross- ing Is Infested by Subs Detailed to «Intercept Troops: (By -United Press) WASHINGTON, D. C,, Oct. 20. ‘Germany has directed a large share of her submarines to the sinking | of American transports, according to the conviction of navy officials, following the sinking of the first American transport, the Antilles, former Morgan liner, with the loss of 70 men out of 217 aboard. The list includes four enlisted naval men, sixteen enlisted army men, three ship’s officers, and fd members of the ship’s crew. mames of the crew and army men lost will not be available until Major-General John J. Pershing cables a report which the war de- partment has requested. The Antilles was homeward bound and accompanied by a con- voy. submarine, which ap- proached without being seen, prob- ably was submerged for a consid- erable time since it fired and es- caped without coming to the “sur- face. The torpedo launched from subsea craft struck the Antilles amidship, the shot penctrating the engine roam. The transport was swallowed by the waves witin five minutes’ time. Many who took to the lifeboats es- $10) O00 HAUL IS MAGEBY BANDITS By United Press SPRINGFIELD, 0., Oct. 20.—A lone masked bandit this morning held up and robbed L. Lynn Arthur, ac- countant for the American Seeding achine Co., ety es0.bC8 in the com- ices here. P more one alleged accomplices, a former employe of the concern, held for investigation. U5, TO PRAY FOR TRIUMPH IN WAR By United Press WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct, 20.— President Wilson has designated Sun- cay, October 28, as a day of praye. | for the triumph of American arms. ES) services will be held in all the churches of the country on that day and an especial effort will be made to secure the attendance of all Patriotic people. Ze ef FAANGE EXTENGED USE OF 260,000 TONS SHIPPING is|my suffered heavy losses around the —_—_— ° | | , | : Thursday, Oct. 25, Last Restatidtion Day | Thursday, October 25th is the last day on which you can register. If you do not register on this day you cannot vote for Mayor and the City Council on Tuesday, November 6th. | If you have moved from the ward in which you resided at the last pres- | idential election, you must register at your new polling place. | Those who have become of age since the last general election on No- vember 7th, 1916, should register. li you are a new resident and have been in the State one year, 60! days in the County, and 10 days in the voting precinct next pre-| ceding election day on November 6th, you are entitled to vote, i but you must register on Thursday, October 25th. peel ie hs WARD AND PRECINCT BOUNDARIES AND POLLING PLACES: | First Ward—All that portion of the city lying north of the main rail- road track of the @hicago & Northwestern railroad and the main i track of the Wyoming & Northwestern Railway track. | First Precinct of First Ward—All that portion of the First Ward lying west of Wolcott street.- Polling place at hose house, 130 North i Center street. ; Second Precinct of First Ward—All that part of the First Ward lying east of Wolcott street, Polling place at Ceatral School building. Second Ward—All that portion of the city lying south of the main tr | of the Chicago & Northwestern track and the mainsrailroad track | of the Wyoming & Northwestern Railway and west of Durbin st, | First Precinct of Second Ward—All of the Second Ward lying east of } David street. Polling place at High School building. | Second Precinct of Second Ward—aAll of the Second Ward lying west 1 of David street. Polling place at hose house, Park and Center. Third Ward—aAll that portion of the city lying south of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and east of South Durbin street. | First Precinct of Third Ward—All of the Third Ward lying west of Lin- i coln street. Polling place at Nichols’ garage, Linden and Pine. | Second Precinct of Third Ward—All of Third Ward lying east of Lin- coln street. Polling place at King’s garage, Jefferson and Second. Hours of Registration—From 9 to 1; from 2 te 6, and from 7 to 9. PATROL FORGES DRAFT NOTICES. HURLED BACK BY. POSTED TODAY. *FRENCHDEFENSE TO FILL QUOTA Losses Inflicted on Attack-| Last Increment of Five Men Sched- see a Big Guns Wage uled to Leave November 2 Must Terrific Bombardment on } Appear for Service on the West Front. the First. | By United Press Cards were mailed out today, noti- ea 20.—Strong German | fying the fifth and last contingent patrol forces were thrown back dur-|of Natrona county's angry wre Na- i it ing i i e- | ti 1 Army to report for duty on ing spirited fighting in which the en penal eo Kovember 3 " ready to i i i part eir in- Menjean farm in the Aisne sector, |make their departure for F ici: at American Lake, Washing en epg Fea ton, on Briday, November 2. This last contingent will be com- ents Are Violent LONDON, Oct 20.—Violent artil-!posed of the following: : lery duels were reported to be raging | Raymond W. Thalor, Elkton, ca lo. around Lens, in an official report by} Fred William Laur, 527 North Vine, Field Marshal Haig, in which he says. | Eldorado, Kan. f re “North of Lens and between Tower' L, C. Dent, Concil Grove, Kan. hamlets and the Ypres-Roulers rail-| James Wright, Casper, Wyo. 2 way, enemy artillery was excbeniens Alexander McPherson, 255 Nort active yesterday evening and | Maple, Casper. night. North of the Ypres there was| ‘The following alternates are ven 2 ejiolent aftillery duel in progress |in the order in which they will be between our forces and the enemy, taken in the event any of the above which lasted far into the night. prada das Ao sas Neste ‘LUXURY’ MANUFACTURES “isis seme’ nut, Casper. rd Apland, Shoshoni. HIT BY RESTRICTION IN In Miccordanes with past custom, . TO LAST UNTIL oe tae Ad PRICES ARE R«ISED NEW YORK, Oct, 20.—The Black Leslie James Chase, Salt Creek. the Industrial Club will arrange some propriate affair in honor of the de- SALE OF SUGAR IN l), 4. = Lr the boys, probably with a Diamond, the official newspaper or- Harry Homer Blair, 645 South Wal- anquet at one of the hotels. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20. Reduction of sugar to confec- nd other “luxury” manu- facturers was today ordered by the , f f the coal industry, asserts that WASHINGTON, D._0., se tT) Heer tod In view of me growias fo settlement.of the Illinois miners Shipping TER Cue seactameance 280,000 tons of shipping, to be used in the trans- of as a means of is Je unless the fuel ad- will not hesitst= to cur- sae saeseners cen ante Phe eer tail all “luxury” sce of suger. | THE HINDENBURG LINE WITH MAGS GERMAN AIR American Sammies at the| Front Set Patriotic Ex- ample by Subscribing! Millions to Loan. WASHINGTON, D. C,, Oct (By United Press American aviators in France flew over the German lines today and showered thousands of Liberty Loan 20.—- posters on the enemy. While flyers from aviation training camps in the United States raided the principal cities of the country with paper |‘‘bombs,” members of the Lafayette Escadrille on the French front, un der orders of General Pershing, car ried America’s Libertymessare to the Huns arrayed against democracy. The nation blazes today from the fires of the Liberty Loan campaign. A National “Roll of Honor,”perpet- | uating the name of every purchaser ot bonds was started. With 300,000 Boy Scouts and the use of every other means of arousing the people going full blast, officials feel that the $5,000,000,000 goal will be attained. The enormity ot the job is not minimized. however. Apathy manifested in parts of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas is causing “grave . concern,” treasury officials stated today. The southwest is also reported to be mak- ing a poor showing. Soldiers Purchasing Bonds AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Oct. 20.—American Sammies are not only doing their bit in the trenches, but are setting an example for the folks back home by a record-breaking purchase of Lib- erty Loan bonds. Several millions have been subscribed, but ‘the exnct amount’ is not yet panounced: DOZEN VES SUNK BY ENEMY IN SEA BATTLE CLAIMS BERLIN Two Bnitish Destroyers and Large Number of Merchant Ships Victims of German Raiders. (By United Press) LONDON, Oct. 20.—Two British torpedo boat destroyers, the Mary Rose and the Strong Bow, were sunk last Wednesday during a sea battle in the North Sea, the British admiralty announces. The naval engagement took place between the Shetland Islands and the coast of Norway. The two de- stroyers formed an escort for Brit- ish merchant ships and were sunk in action, fighting German naval forces who attacked the merchant ships and convoys, the admiralty, stated. Two very fast and heavily armed German raiders were sapaged by the destroyers, the admiralty de- clared. Fighting against heavy odds, the destroyers held the Germans at bay until three of the nm t ships of the fleet escaped. It has not been announced how many of the mer- chant ships were destroyed by the German raiders. BERLIN, Oct. 20.—Eleven mer- chant ships and two British destroy- ers, Nos. 929 and 931, were sunk by light German sea forces in an at- tack on the ships and their convoys off the coast of Norway Wednes- day, according to an official an- } - nouncement by the German naval MICHIGIN YEGGMEN GET 47.000 IN NIGHT. RL NTO BANKING HOUSES | (Re United Press) RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 20. A ff’s poste is search? y for four auto handit robbers who, 'e safes in state at Middleville and secured $15,000 confidence in passing the, tiaras a ‘ee ine vestor must come forward with the | was confined to houses and official statement. PARIS, Oct. 20.—French | ' French Bring Down Ze LS, RESPOND; TAKE YOURROLL AND BUY A BOND AMERICAN AVIATORS CARRY LIBERTY MESSAGE TO Che Casper Daily Tribune OF U. 3. POSTERS MN E GERMANS FLYERS SHOWER27 KILLED, 53 INJURED BY RAID; FRENCH DOWN THREE ENEMY RAIDERS (By United Press) LONDON, Oct. 20.—Twenty-seven persons were killed and 53 injured in last night's air raid by the eastern and northeastern counties and part of the London district, Lord French announced today. Material damage over business premises, says the pelins defenders destroyed three Zeppelins of an air raiding fleet which passed over French territory flying eastward last night. Details are not given in the official statement, however. One report current in Paris says that more than three | were brought down by the anti-aircraft gunners. FOR 1G LOAW. NOW S#10, 800 Subscriptions Mount to Immense Sum as Local Campaign Enters | Final Drive in State } and Nation. With an entire week remaining tn | which to concentrate efforts toward | enlisting the support of the small in- vestors, total subscriptions to thé Lib- | erty Loan mounted to $410,000 In ;Casper today, according to official | |figures compiled by C, M, Edgett, | jchairman of the local committee in | | cha of the half-million drive. As result of the excellent showing made | during the initial stages of the ¢am- |paign, officials express the utmost same generous spirit tat has char- acterized the appeal to the larger corporations. ampaigns initiated in lodges ana various organizations are already showing results as indicated by the report from the Burlington yards that the office and mechanical force have raised $4,150. The operating branch of the railroaders remains to be heard from. Among others which are waging ac- tive campaigns for the success of the loan are the Knights of Columbus, who already have several thousand subscribed and expect to increase this materially before the close of | |another week. | | ~The campaign received an impetus |this afternoon by the work. of the school pupils who invaded the down |town district at 8 o’clock, under the | leadership of the loan committee. | Business houses and streets were | placarded and the.Boy Scouts playea an important part in the work. ANEW SYSTEM FOR ~ PROVIDES FOR DW PICKED UP HERE ON SPY CHARGES Youth Who Received Assistance From Enemy Agents Held for Investigation by Local Authorities. Albert Laufert, a young man of German antecedents whose pro-Ger- man attitude toward certain revela- tions led to the suspicion that he might be in the employ of enemy agents, is held for investigation by Attorney W. B. Holliday. Until sat- istied of his innocence he will be con- fined to jail, while-if suspicions are eonfirm: he will probably be ar- taigned before a United States court. eis Vt. is-alleged to have stood up for the Germans and char- neterized as ‘liars’! those who claimed that his countrymen would stoop to ridley ows ps in eee of civil aw in their adopted coun main- tains that he was incited to suc a statement by tantalizing remarks of companions directed at himself. “Of course I am German,” he ase- serted when questioned. “My brother has been killed in the German army, and when they talk that way abous my people it makes me mad,” he ad- ded in broken accents. He admitted when questioned that he had arrived in America four days after the war broke out; that he had received assistance from German con- suls jr a dozen different cities, ana that for the most part they were re apoaniile for his securing employ- ment. ros enna ast Mrs. Joseph W. Crites, who: has been spending some time in Casper with her husband, J. W. Crites of the | E. T, Williams Oil company, will leave tomorrow for Los Angeles, Cal., to spend the winter. FUTURE DRAFTS [SION INTO CLASS | (By United Press) | WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—A new system of choosing men for all future drafts in filling the National Army has been |announced by Provost Marshal |new system will divide the bala: The nce of the registrants into five General Enoch Crowder. | classes, and materially reduces the work of the locai puards. | duty of every man liable to eall to fill { out this card and return it to-the local board in reven days after its receipt. then assign | | the elis to one of the five classes, | their cl on depending “‘upon | | their ccono worth as compared | , with their fellow remistrants.’” | When it becomes necessary to form | y army, the men in class one alled first, those in class two! next, and so on until the number of men have been SEPARA RM 2 o NOTICE TO TRIBUNE ADVERTISERS. Commencing Monday, October 22, no | will be received by The Tribune later 0 and our forms will be promptly closed at this hour. ‘It is also necessary that classified advertising be in at the noon hour so as to insure insertion and proper classification. A strict adherence to these rules is imperativ The Tribune may be issued on time and so that the readers will receive their paper at a reasonable time in the evening, and we ask all to co-operate with us to this end. A questionaire will be provided, which will give the personal history of each man, and it will be the & BANK RESOURCES OF U. 5. UP FIVE BILLION, CLAIM NEW YORK, Oct. 20,—Total re- sources of the National banks of the country this week reached $16,543,- 000,000, as shown by ‘reports just compiled. The total shows an in- crease of $5,286,000,000 within four years. : 2 display advertising 12 o'clock (noon). e in order that 2 4 - oe RS SRR LOE