Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 6, 1918, Page 1

4 SELEGTIVES AU DRAFT THAT |} rousing Bie Eis point. Binqueted at the Gantz i Father Mullin. 1 respond to toasts. ague. Howing constitute those who had tt im-an appenrance before, noon 9 the contingent: ..* Herman Werner, Frederick Fink, Tuy Notton Wright, J. D. Pray, Jas. - Cody, Fred Smith, Elbert Bender, vank J. Kennedy, Herman Human, ssell Whiting, Ralph Leo Schulte, #vert West, Chas. A. Moffat, Lester A. , Yorthington, Clarence Edward Tay- tor, Raymond Gordon, Julius De Paemelaere, Edward Sullivan, Chas. Stanley Mitchell, Sam Berg, William . toy Holloway, Henry L. Nelson, John 4 Sitler, Charles A. Conahan, Edwin _ 4s Lindsey, Thomas D. Tedford, Cor- telius Dailey, Allen Cairns Mitchie, Merle Bailey, William H. Mull- ollin, Carol E. Annis, John F. Dor- og, Harry J. Boone, Geo. L. McClus lam A. Albright, Benjamin S. Carter, ra O. Swain, John Chamberlain, Stewart C. Lockhart, Oscar L. “homas. Casper registrants transferred to other boards for entrainment include ie following: George W. Storey, » idwin B. Lynagh, Edgar Allen Butts, ohn Engman, Jr., Frank Carroll, Al- ved Roy King, Jose L. Manchego, thn Bohn Santo, William Guy teen, Oscar George Graham, Jens arstoft, Frank F. Kloostra and tarence C, Lusby. The following men transferred om other boards will accompany the he scheduled to leave Casper to- ght; Charles F, Burdick, Bloomington, ‘i.; Cosmo Doragio, Fort Dodge, Ia. )arles E. Hammer, Thermopol yo.; Wilmor Abbott Moats, Lan- solis, Minn.; David W. Stewart, dlings, Mont.; George R. ‘Walling, awlins, Wyo.; ouglas, Wyo.; Phipps, Cincinnati, ; William Corth, Sheridan, Wyo. Ives in readiness for departure be- veen July 15 and 20 has been defi- ten notified to report to the office Zt the local beard on the morning of uly 18 at 10 v’clock. | STAND (By United Press) , WITH THE AMERICAN ARM- F IES IN FRANCE, July 6.—Premier ‘ Lloyd-George, addressing the by -\merican troops, following a re- Liew today, dectared: that Germany. «an have peace tomorrow if she ) Will accept President Wilson’s con- ' ditions. But the kaiser’s advisers ENTRAING FROM CAGPER, 3 P.M. ‘ransfers A re Equalized in Latest Increment Sent to War Camps; 20 More to Leave Here July 19. Forty-three Natrona County | electives will entrain tonight the Burlington Station for rt Logan, Colo., immediately fore the departure of the ilings-Denver train, and Cas- ‘is again expected to pay tribute their call to service by giving them sendoff. Supplementing » local increment will be a corttin- at of eleven men transferred from ter boards thru having taken up vir residence in Casper since regis- Au ww military duty, making a al of approximately 54 men from | Barlier in the evening they will be Memorial ‘thodist Church, and among those ‘eduled to address them are ex- v. B. B. Brooks, Rev. J. J. Giblin Others probably Last night the m enjoyed a treat in the form of a & nce tendered them by the Mothers’ The list of men who have reported ¢ departure may be augmented by -hers before the day wanes, but the oday, and who will most likely make * ‘rode Hawkins, Oral H. MeNeece, Al-; sey, Geo. H, Hughes, Herman Wil-| rement of Natrona County: draft} ‘| CONGRESS FIXES «r, Wyo.; Gilbert Peterson, Minne-! Carl E. Werner,} The date for the departure of the! venty men summoned to hold them-' itely set for July, 19, and they have | WILSON’S TER [- TOME GUARDS IF VOLUNTEERS AGT Scour Ship for ing Next Tuesday Even- gi Fiers ‘turned in mid-channel five minutes Sixty-four bodies have been re The announcement by Don Lobdell | of dead will be between 75 and 10 from the speakers’ platform on the in the sunken hulk. Fourth that the local company of | Home Guards was ready for organi- | im, zation, brought to a triumphant end | the labors of several men who have} done their best to put this military | unit among Casper’s achievements. |__ The greatest city of Wyoming in| ers were dancing below, perished. point of money invested, ; business | * . jand sporting interests, Casper is at’ Chicago representatives of the i Present; without a. rep: tative in the military strength of tho atate, | altho Douglas and other smaller | towns are: so xepresented. be | | Other cities have o appted for ley, the stationing of a unit ix their com-| Pekin rescued others. munities and if the people of Casper| will awake to the zation of the| importance of their city being rep-| jresented in the state militia, there! |is no question that the Casper unit! » will be the ranking company as ull! | the reports from other points appear ion o tween the submerged lower decks. ie coroner’s jury opened its SENATE LEADER to jindieate that the or |the other comnanies 1 proceeding too | ) slowly tea suit the headquarters at) : CLASHES WITH ” | Cheyenne and that the officials there | : THE PRESIDENT | {will grant the first company to be} organized the right to assume the} rankine company of the battalion. | | At the meeting to be held Tuesday | evening at the court house at eight jo'clock, the citizens of Casper are| jasked to be present and help the} men behind the new company put jover the last of the efforts to form the organization. Every man who jtakes an interest in the welfare of | the city is asked to be present and| | Voice his sentiment in regard to the} | mew company and to give it his moral | support. The state expected to| furnish the men of the unit with| | their equipment so that should there |be any need of local help in a mone- | |taty way it will likely be small and} jonly for running expenses in getting | the company organized and under way. Atready several enlistments have been recorded and many more have signified their intention of join- ing the ranks. | Passage of Communications Reso- lution Not Possible Without Debate; Cabinet Bill Is Submitted (By United Press.7 | WASHINGTON, July 6.—Pres- ident Wilson today clashed with the senate on the passing of the resolu- tion empowering him to seize all communication lines before con- gress adjourns for a six weeks’ recess. The house having passed lent Wilson in- Floor Leader ES Se } Martin replied that it would be | impossible to act before the recess, which is to be taken tonight. He stated that he believed a long dis- cussion nece: 4 President ilson, in his reply, urged immediate action and that | } i | WHEAT PRICE AT | $2.40 A BUSHEL | the senate defer recess until —— | such sction was taken. | WASHINGTON, July 6. — The In the meantime Senator Lewis | house today unexpectedly fixed the| introduced a bill creating a depart- | ,Tuling price for the 1918 wheat crop! ment of transportaion and tele- | at $2.40 a bushel ag a com ii graph to manage, the railroad dj | the senate’s. price of $2.50 a bushel.| the telegraph and telephone lines. The senate later concurred in the| It would create a new cabinet sec- lamendment and the bill now goes to| retary who would supervi all President. Wilson. transportation and communication. | | MS TO | i i , SAYS PREMIER 250,000 ON BATTLE LINE | WASHINSTON, July 6.—Chief | such intention, he added. | | of Staff Gencral Match today an- 1 | | With the arrival of 1,000,000 | Americans in France, the kaiser is beginning to realize that defeat confronts him, sid the premier. The premier paid an eloquent trib- | ute to the fighting qualities of the American soldiers. do not indicate that they have any | | nounced that_2 quarter of a mil. | lion Yankees are now actually en- | gaged on the French battle lines | and warned that the German of- fensive may be expected any ea IL URwe GISPER GAN GET 1» oroence wien mi Sand Bank and Overturns; Divers By United Press PEORIA, Ill, July 6—One hundred people “atl still one 3 Realty tab for in the sinking of the excursion steamer Columbia at midnight in| "URS ae Devt ea baby MWinois river. _With 563 passengers and 30 members of the crew} 7 3 Seats aboard, the vessel struck a sand bank in a fog, backed up and over- | Professional divers with apparatus for exhausting work are seek- g to recover the bodies of others believed to have. been trapped be-! poisonous work of German intrigue. | Ambassador, Gerard is this man, and ‘his exposure of German duplicity was first made public in his book, “My |Four Years in Germany,’ which he) | wrote shortly after his return to this country. This book has now been) dramatized along elaborate lines, and its. first. appearance in Casper will transpire Monday and Tuesday at the} Tris Theater, where the production) has been obtained for a two days’ en- Launches from Peoria and | gagement. | For four years at the court of au- \tocracy Mr. Gerard was America’s Freight Congestion |mouthpiece, and his story lays bare| }the grinning skeleton of Kaiserism.! | This authorized film version traces ;every event of the history of the war and pictures with reality and |truth the inside plots jagainst civilization perpetuated by )Prussian autocracy. } Lusitania, the Marne and the story of America’s own part in the early days of the wra are told in a manner which A frightful panic was enacted among the women passengers when \the ship struck. Four babies left on an upper deck while their moth- lief of the zurvivers and arrived with blankets and other material jmeeded. Some injured were cared for at Pekin. Cries from the sinking vessel bret boats from the village of Wes-| epposite the scene of the catastrophe. | Peoria sent a special train bearing nurses and physicians. Vie GA ) RUSS INTER River Steamer Hits unted | Victims Today later. | covered and it is estimated the list | ‘0. Eleven more have been located Red Cross were rushed to the re-' investigation of the sinking today. RESCUED FROM DOMINION SHIP brin ent Coast; Six Missing in Sink- ing of American Trans- port “Covington.” nate | sign’ | May lery may [By United Press.} true BOSTON, Mass., July 6.—-The Canadian transport, “City of Vien- na,” is reported wrecked off Atlantic coast. An American trol boat, which dashed to the res- cue thru a dense fog, recovered 700 Canadian troops, is stated. SIX AMERICANS MISSING WASHINGTON, July 6.—All hope has been abandoned of res- cuing six men missing from the torpedoed American transport Covington, submarined in the war zone Monday night while home- ward bound. All other members of the crew have been landed safe- ly at a French port. The ‘Covington was the former German liner Cincinnati and dis- placed 6,000 tons, HOLDUP PICKED UP ON SANDBAR BY THE POLICE) The police*force today accounted for four arrests, two plain drunks, one drunk and disorderly and one| man for carrying a gun and threat- ening to use it, * ‘ T. P. Bunch was arrested late Fri-| day night down on the Sandbar af- | ter he had held up several men the point of a six gun. When search- ed he was found to have a full com- F A Can day | brok justi W. ‘WY FOUR YEARS. STOLEN | | ~~ | ea | WEATHER FORECAST t Ute Partly cloudy tonight and San- IL = & : day; cooler Sunday east portion a = zoe, (b SON | VOLUME 2. CASPER, WYOMING, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1918 NUMBER 224 RESCUE WORK REDUCES DEATH TOLL ‘"«:: iN LOSS OF THE STEAMER COLUMBIA = °% City by Czecho-Slovaks; Russ Extend N GERMANY’ IN BG FILM PLAY Tris. Secures Stellar Attraction for! Monday and Tuesday; Ger- ard's Story Told on Screen Production Only one man in America has had |the opportunity to peek behind the successes of Prussianism to see the) A and Belgium, gs home the gravity of the pres- situation. | No more yital document has ever |been presented to America than the} “City of Vienna” Wrecked Off film version of the ambassador's! |story. Those who have been fortu-! enough to see it are urging its ificance on their friends, just as or Leeper, recommends that ev- citizen witness this film that he better acquaint himself with the state of affairs and facts that | Brot this country face to face with (Continued on —— AR IS OUND DITCHED ¢ Three.) | NEAR GLENROCK Ford automobile owned b: yy Earl tlin, which was stolen f i rom in evening, was yesterday located by the sheriff’s office half a mile this! amount side of Glenrock where it had been} points west has been tied up here ditched by the joyriders. had been driven against a two-foot to handle it in the jembankment and abandoned with a| manner, The car en spring and other damages. It ce. PaaS LEMP 157 CASUALTIES ON LIST TODAY; | MAJ. MITCHELL 36 ARE KILLED IRy United Press} ASHINGTON, July 6.—Marine casualties reported to the navy de- partment today totaled 114, inclnd- plement of dice of the loaded kind| ing six killed in action, 15 deed of and he was held for further investi-| wounds, 75 wounded and 18 missing. gation. Police Sergant Charles Easton was} back at the desk, today after a se-/ total his smiling face again greets the de-| linquents as they line up for inspec- | tion. | vada, rivate secretary to | hous his . position as Fe ondell, (Zongressmat in July. Wyo: will return} vada’s foremost contractors and | with his family} to Wyoming nearly) looking over business interests in Army casualties reported by Gen- eral P. ‘erghing to the war department 17 severely wounded. Sth =e amos Pat J. Sullivan of Las Vegas, Ne-} , and C. A. Clark of Pioche Ne- |vada., old time friends and’ are now} F. A; Barrow, who has resigned | ruests of E. E. Curnes at the McClure! e. Mr. Sullivan is one of Ne- ming. i crimes the . "eLergry V NI TION PS LANDED IN VLADIVOSTOK GREAT ARMIES TO BE SENT INTO SIBERIA -TODEFEAT HUN PLAN American Marines Among Troops Landed at Eastern Seaport, Following Seizure Enthusiastic Recevtion and economic character. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 6—The Inter-Allied Supreme War Council |has recommended immediate intervention in Russia of both a military Allied diplomats believe that President a Wilson will concur, but if he refuses the other allies may act without American assistance. British, French, Japanese and Chinese troops and American under the Italian flag. marines were landed at Vladivostok following the city’s capture by the Czecho-Slovaks. With them are 2,500 Dalmation troops fighting It is reported in Great Britain that France expects to land several | thousand troops in Siberia. What Japan and China propose to do las | not been ascertained. Diplomats believe that Japan’s army of 500,000 and China’s po- tential army of 1,000,000 men may be used. allies, it is declared. Ruesians in and near Vladivostok enthusiastically received the With Repairs on North- western; First Passen- ger Train Sunday After a lapse of 30 days, during which train service over. the Wyo- ming & Northwestern has been tied up, is concerned, Herculean efforts put forth by officials and workmen have placed the road in repair for the resumption of service and the first trains will move on regular schedule tomorrow. The afternoon 8:30 and freight congestion which has hampered towns to the west will be relieved. During the succession of cloud- bursts which visited central ming, three and four weeks ago, the Northwestern lost 13 bridges. The majority were completely washed out but a few were merely damaged by Relieved Afternoon Franchise TRAIN SERVICE TRIBUNE GIVEN TOBE RESUMED MEMBERSHIP IN AFTER 30 DAYS: THE A.P. TODAY” Insures Readers of Complete and Elaborate Reports of World Events As a reward for, The Tribune's orice rise in the daily newspaper field, covering a period’ of less than | two years, during which it has climb- passenger will leave for Lander at) Wyo-| the floods which swept away ap-! |proaches and {them unsafe. | During the period repairs have {been in progress Supt. C. T. Boone, |of the local division, has given his |personal attention to the work and supports, rendering ed into the front rank of journals published in the Rocky, Mountain re- gion, The Casper Daily Tribune has been elected to membership in the Associated Press and awarded the afternoon franchise in Casper. In- formation to this effeet was contain- ed in a message received today, to- gether with the statement that the service would be able immedi- ately. Monday's telegraph news pub- lished by The Tribune consequently will carry the “by-line” of the Asso- ciated Press. Application for the franchise w made in keeping with The Tribun policy to give its readers the best }and most authoritative news of the |the fact that the line is again opened | to travel in the face of what looked| |to be hopeless disaster bears evi- dence of efficient management and | direction. Between 50 and 100 men have manned the crews which accom- |front of the fruit store on Wolcott! plished the work, as many as could street, between 8 and 8:30 Thurs-/be employed te advantage. | month an immense of freight consinged to During the but arrangements have been made most expeditious Cars have been loaded to capacity has been placed in a repair shop for each of the towns and_ these by the owner, who is now looking strings will be set off without the for the joyriders to bring them to! necessity for local handling. Much nerighable goods were sold here on their arrival and considerable loss was erted in this manner. The loss to world’s happenings, and with a serv- ice which extends into every city and town of consequence on the elobe its advantage is plainly seen. The serv- ice for which The Tribune had con- tracted will be amplified and aug- mented from time to time the growth of the city warrants, until eventually The Tribune will b: ing full le wire reports are onlv pi ble in newsps metropolitan size. Membership in the Associated Press will enable The Tribune to pub- lish a more complete and attractive newspaper from the reader’s stand- point and enjov all the ovrestige which such service entails. The As- sociated Press is the veteran news gathering agency of the country. the railroad company thru being un- able to make deliveries on goods of this character will run into thousands of dollars. (By United Press} LAKE CHARLES, La., July 6. —-Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, for- mer New York mayor, was instant- ly killed when he fell 500 feet in a fast scout plane at the Gerstner | aviation field here today. Offi- ting the cause nounced. ered the i Ex-May: Pp or Mitchell ent aviation service after his term as mayor expired January 1, 1918. He was defeated i» the last mayoralty campaign in New York when he ran independently after failing to se~ cure the Republican nomination at the primaries. He was 39 years old and was the youngest executive ever elected in New York city. ’ KILLED IN FALL, ed 4% including 15 killed in ac-| | vere attack of stomach trouble and | tion and