Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1918, Page 6

CRISE IN ALLIES CROSS THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE NEW GAIN (Continued from Page 1.) sulting from the Allied blow. The Germans may delay their retreat by paying a costly | price, but necessity for reconstructing their general reserves soon will oblige them to straighten their front between Soissons | and Rheims. Counted Attack Is Repulsed; Big Guns in Giant Duel on West PARIS, July 24.—The counter attack in the vicinity of | Virgne, five miles southwest of Rheims, was repulsed. Great/ artillery artivity is reported between the Aisne and the Marne! northeast toward Rheims. RIVER | 4 FAIL TO HALT ALLIED GAINS WASHINGTON, Julz 24.—The advance of Allied troops around the Marne and Ai been dy for the General March, chief of staff, said today, despite the fact that 15 di- visions of Germans have been thrown into the fighting at Sois- sons and south of there. The Ger- mans are fighting desperately to retain the gle railway line re- maining over which heavy material can be removed as they retreat. If that line, running from Fismes to Fere en Tardenois is réached Allied Situation Favorable Despite Operation of Reserves | had WITH THE AMERICANS | ON THE AISNE-MARNE, July, 24.—French, British and Americans are hammering the flanks of the Crown Prince’s Army. support forces. The Allies rep Terrific Rain of Hun Shells Directed at Twelve-M By LOWELL The Germans brought up fresh| ort the situation favorable. ile Front MELLETT United Press Staff Correspondent.) WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, July 24 (4 p. m.) —The Germas are violently bomb’rding allied positions on a 12-mile} front from the Virgne souihward to the Marne and throwing great quantities of shells across the Marne from Normans eastward. French and British today held off strong counter-attacks west, of Rheims. Franco-Americans are overcoming bitter resistance and are progressing northwest of Chateau Thierry and south of the Ourcq river. The enemy at Oulchy-le-Chateau has been outflanked. LETTERS FROM OVERETHERE June 14, 1918. | The Oil Well Supply Co., | Casper, Wyo. | Dear Friends:—I have been in} France about a month now, and it has been a very short month to me,| for we are busy. | I am well now, but have been in a hospital for a few days, and found the treatment we get from the Red| Cross people is even better than it is} Teported to be. You can see from the stationery that the Y. M, C. A./ is still with us,\and they are doing fine work. This is sure a great coun- try. The French people treat us fine, thou we sometimes have quite a time Teaching an agreement .4;America has made advancement in Preparations for war here that seem} almost improbable, and are. still go- img. You can be certain that Uncle Sam is going to end the struggie his way. We (the 318th Eng.) expect our chance at the front soon, and we are anxious to go. In the meantin.e we are on real work where we can} gee each day’s labor helping a ny | 0 we are in the best of spirits. | , Give my regards to Mrs. Mechling| and all ‘the “Oil Well” men. There} is a man in our company from the, National Supply Company, at Tulsa,} Oklahoma, and several. field -workers| from Oklahoma and Kansas. Also a brother of Jess Sheffner, Clyde} Sheffner, from Nebraska. I find the most interestinz thing} to me is the mixture of tationalities we often see. I was recently in a city where there were troops of Rus- sia, French colonies of North Ameri- ca, India, Canada, England, Belgiuin, | and some I could not classify. ‘They don’t compre English speech, but they all understand the all-American game of stud poker. Answer soon. Yours, MACK, P. S.—I subscribed to the “Sap- per,” our weekly paper, to be sent to you for six months. Are you getting it? Address: C. R, McShane, Co. B, $18th Eng., A. E. F., via New York City. PROFITEERING ‘AND FRAUD IN U.S.CONTRACTS [By Apsociated Prens.] | $18.60; fat yearlings $13 to $13.50; ~ contracted SHEEP RECEIPTS CONTINUE LIGHT So Says Great Western Commis-| | sion Company in Market Let- ter From Omaha Receipts of range-sheep continue very light on the Omaha market, with prices holding up, according to the weekly market letter of the Great Western Commission Conipany, of in- terest to many Natrona stockmen. “Monday receipts at all niarkets were quire heavy,;-which cause a de- cline of from 25¢ to S5c, but with very light receipta the balahce of the week, the market has regained fully all of the decline. “We look for more liberal receipts next week, and would not be sur-| prised to see @ little break in the -rar- ket. At the present time, best fat lambs’ are selling from $18.25 to fat wethers $12.50 to $13, ana fat ewes $12.25 td $12.75. “Best fedding lambs are selling from $15.75 to $16.25; feeding yearl- ings, light, $11.76 to §12.25; heavy and plain quality kinds, $10.25 to Breeding ewes are in strong demand, and are selling from $12 to $17.50, according to age and quality.” FORMER HEAD WYO.U. DIES AT FORT WAYNE [By Anseciated Preas.) Charles Merica, aged 54 years, edi- tor of the Kendaville Daily’ New Sun and Weekly Standard, died here to- day of organic heart trouble. He was once president of the University of Wyoming. ———— 108 CASUALTIES | ON LIST TODAY FROM PERSHING WASHINGTON, July 24.—Fraud and gross profiteering has been un- covered in many contracts for army shoes, shirts, leggings and other sol- dier’s supplies and equipment as a result of an investigation by t army intelligency and department justice agents. SEVEN BANDITS SHOT TO DEATH BY MEX. LEADER [By Annociated Prens.) EAGLE PASS, Tex., July 24.— Mexican troops, pursuing bandits who are holding for ransom Nate Malone and Sam _ Barkdale, taken the Pedra De Blanca ranch Monday, he of from | ready enlisted. | WASHINGTON, July 24.—The ar- |my casualty list today totaled 108, jincluding 20 killed, 81 died of | wounds and disease and eight wound- led severely. | WYOMING PHYSICIANS ARE ORDERED TO WAR CAMPS| | |. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 24.— | Provost Marshal General Crowder |has ordered Captain Ray K. Olds to entrain all doctors within draft age holding in M. D. degrees, qualified for limited military service and in group C of class one to Fort Logan, Colorado, August 11. According to the report made to Washington. there were three physicians who |came under those conditions, but in |the meantime one physicianhas al- He is Lieut. Neil C. Geis of Cas- | | | | | i} . had arranged hospital care for a man $11.25; feeding ewes, $7.75 to $9.50. |. FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 24.—! captured and executed Felipe Mus-| per, who has been at Fort D. A. quiz and six other members of the| Russell and recently left with a med- bandit gang, according to General | ical detachment for an Atlantic port. Peraldi, commanding Mexican federal | It is believed that he will return here Paidras N, by the Allies, the Germans remain- ing in that salient will be pocketed. In the Rheims salient the enemy was thrown back an average of a mile on a ten-mile! front. The at by the Germans last week equals that gained by them on the Flanders front in April. March announced today that he new infantry divisions or- this country “during gvanized in July. Discussing the Aisne-Marne line, March s: it bore a hat ha L “Well,” said Smith as he walked into my office, “I've wound up all my business interests.” “What for?” I said as I rose to greet the man I had known im» my home city years before. “So I could offer myself if I'm worth having. I've got to get into the game. Anything useful and human. I's ready for marching orders.” “Worth having?” I echoed. “You've dropped like a God-send. We've got the biggest man-sized job you ever tions. You're going straight with the Home Service. Something useful and human? Why, in a week this thing will be gripping you so that you'll eat and sleep it!” The Home Service Section of « big Red Cross chapter was in session, As Smith and I arrived they were discuss- ing the problem of a soldier's wife and six children found living in two tene ment rooms in a building that rad been condemned because of a leaky roof, mouldy floor and lack of fire proteetion, They had sold most of their furniture plece by plete fot current living ex- penses. The children had no change of clothing. There was no income and, be- cause of the mother’s condition, no pos- sibility of one, except the expected allot- Ment and allowance, which even when it came would not entirely meet the cost of living in the city. The Home Service worker had given a generous sum of money to meet the urgent needs, and. now the committee was Planning to rent better quarters, move the fami- ly, sectre medical and nursing atten= _tion for the woman, outfit them all with clothing and furniture and keep Fegtlarly in touch with the family. OL _: In Smith's next case the Home Serv- lee-Section and the tuberculosis society discharged because. of tuberculosis “In the line of duty.” , Some attorney had told him he would get compensation for him on a fifty-fif- ty basis, but the lawyer-member of the Home Service Section helped him fill out the proper form which the Red Cross office supplied and assured him that no discharged soldier or soldier's beneficiary should ever pay for col- We have a most Have a few more Fly Swatters—Free for the Asking “WE HANDLE EVERYTHING THAT GROWS” CITY-FRUIT MARKET Phon 114 South Wolcott Smith Served the Red Cross By T. J. EDMONDS, Director of Civilian Relief cf the Potomac Division. EEK HEHE HH KAKA RAHA HAAS AA ASAHI EAA ATE IR TIME TO BEGIN CANNING Free Stone Peaches A Variety of Plums Bartlett Pears Open Evenings and Sunday FREE BEIBI HEB HEHEHE HES HE HEHEHE HHHBHHHHEEHEIE ATTEMPTS UPON LIFE PRUSSIAN | HEADS REFUTED. [By United Press} AMSTERDAM, July 24.—A rum- \ored attemptt o assassinate the kaiser and Genéral Hindenburg is denied in edpies pf the Cologne Volks Zeitung received here today. —— Mr..and Mrs. David Griffith and son, Peis, Jr., left yesterday in their Tar on a trip overland to Lex- ington, their former home. They ex- pect to be gone five or six weeks and hope to spend not over ten days enroute each way. A —_—-——_— | Individuality, smart styles, quali- ty, workmanship, ladies’ Tailor-made garments. L. C. Moore. Austrian drive into Italy. A great storm aided the Allies in both ca: getting tired of partnership of ‘Me |_undt God.” ~* By HARRY IRVING GREENE Father: A This wonderful letter that Iam writ- ing you—a wiracle letter. I was hurt, badly, but I am going to get well. It happened like this—you know I am Rot allowed to name place or date. No Man’s Land! We were raiding it by night, three of ~ws—scouting, prowling. It was as dark as thé dun- geons of inferno, but often they sent up signal shells—roseate} bursting things that bathed all that evil land in a blood-red light. When their glare flared over us we had to stand ais we were caught, hand or foot upraised— moveless objects in the red glow until the light snuffed out and all was dark once more. We reached the German entangle- ments and began cutting them with our olled clippers. We were careful, very careful, but we were not careful enough. They heard us. Over came two bombs. - The three of us went down in a row. Jack and Tom never knew what hit them. I was hurt too badly to be able to get up. French attack yesterday north of Montdidier is viewed by March It has great however, as it serves ‘to keep as a local operation. value, lecting either compensation or insur ance, IV. A member of the women’s uniformec corps drove us in her machine out tes camp where there are 30,000 men. Here we-met the Red Cross Home Service man, » We didn’t take his time —we just watched him, One moment he was helping a man to fill out dupli cate allotment blanks; the next he was arguing tbe merits of insuring to the limit; the next he was wiring a Home Service Section to visit a man’s family; next he was going with a boy who had received a tragic telegram from home to see the commanding offi- cer about a leave of absense; then he was speeding on his way a poor fellow discharged because of permanent tn- jury; then we saw him talking to a soldier and a girl wife at the hostess’ house; and as the shadows fell he was closeted with a worried chap, who was telling him about an impending mort gage foreclosure and an expected baby, bg v. Later the same €vening we saw hin stand up in the Liberty theater and, his eyes glowing With the service pic- turg in his own mind and his voice ringing with the conviction of his own enthusiasm, tell a thousand young fel- lows what Home Service is. He paint- ed homes made happier by Home Serv- ice—told of friends for fighters’ fami- |i found by the’Red Cross—pictured devoted Home Service workers fight- ing the country’s battles this side the trenches. When he ended some fellow struck up “Keep the Home Fires Burn- ing.” We were silent: for a long while on the way home, Smith and I Finally Smith broke out: “Can I do it?’ The sort of thing— camp service, youcall it? Why, that’s where I want to be—at the point of first contact with thos® living prob- lems, Pershing was right when he sald, ‘The thing most needful to the American fighting forces overseas ts anything and everything that will con- tribute to the nwrale of the men in service.’ “Home , Service—-! means morale, work?” see it now— When cuu 1 go! to choice selection of e 247 Across from Postoffice Washing Kars. Lines are again complete //_ with new stock of — Water Coolers, Lawn Sprays, Screen Wire and Screen Sets, Poul- § try Netting, Coaster Wagons, Kiddie MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN CASPER HOLMES Hardware Co. Task Machines, Oil Stoves, N ® N N) ® A) ) \ \ ) N) ) \) AN ) \) \ N) \ N) . \ ) N) N) N) N) N) y N) N W A) N) ) iN \ \) I lay there—all night—groaning— calling for help. Twenty feet away I could hear the boches in their trench laughing at me, cursing me. . Morning! My last. I could endure it no more. I was dying—bleeding. I said my last prayer. And then! - Since the dawn of time I do not be- Neve the world has seen a more glort- | ous thing. From the hill tops our ar- tillery laid down a box barrage fire | and under it, heads raised like em- | perors and shoulders squared, came | six men, stretcher bearers. As though they had been on parade they came, forth in broad daylight into the very | teeth of the enemy and picked up| what was left of Jack, Tom and me, | ‘As though we had been their own | brothers they bore us back, swiftly, | gently. Then do you know what those Huns did? 2. | Opened fire on us—the dead, the | bearers of the dead and a man who lay quivering at the threshold of death. Two of the six bearers went down. | The ‘other four brought them back | along with what was left of Jack, Tom | and me. | ‘And when I awoke in the hospital | after the operation, deathly sick but | back from the nightmare-land and with the sunlight upon me, whom do | you think I saw bending over me, the | red cross upon her sleeve, babbling, Jaughing, crying, kissing me? JANE! | And I had never known that she had come over! Had never got her letter. | And we are here together and I am going to get well. An hour ago she) held out her hand, and upon one finger | was still the little ring I gave her be | fore I left. I am going to hive a stone | set In It~you know what that means. Though somewhat disfigured 1 am stil] in the ring. And so Is Jane, JIL. MIs Watch Our Windows Ce ARMY BARRACKS FOR NURSERIES One of Them Houses More Than 800 Children Under Ten. Within sound of the deep throated guns of the French firing line, guns that are ceaselessly telling the Ger mans “thou shalt not pass,” live hun- dreds of happy, healthy children. At the beginning of the war the buildings in which these kiddies now live and play and study were barracks for .French boys training to be sol- diers. Today these boys—those who are left of them—are veterans. These barracks are good modern buildings, and they are set amid beautiful scen- | ery. There are several of these groups of burracks _scattered throughout WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 191; 8 a | Frante, and all Or Thém nave pay turned into homes for the homeless children. . |~ At one of the barrack-nurserieg | there are more than 800 children, | Some are babies of a few days olg, | and the oldest is not over ten Yearg | Most of these children are o; | Some few of them have mothers Who ‘ere working in fields and factories to help France win the war. | And these little folks are Tecetving | the first intelligent care of their livey | Skilled American doctors are , \charge of the kitchens, and expen. {enced teachers are instructing those | old enough \to attend the barracy. | school, The oMer girls and boys ary | being taught useful trades as well ay | the usual classroom lessons, and with | it all these children. are learning tha Joy in healthy play. France laid upon us @ sacred servicg fm this care of its children. And how noble has been the response of oy | American Red Cross! WILL SACRIFICE | \We have left on our hands at Cas. |per a new, strictly high-grade piano, |which, if taken at once, will be sold at_a tremendous sacrifice. In fact, no reasonable offer will be refused for quick“ business. Special terms will be given responsible party. Write |quick for information. if interested, to The Denver Music Company, Den. ver, Colo. 7-18-6t Dation’s | fe | Heavy artillery continnes clearing the districts north of the Marne. Matinee 2:30 arid 4:00 TODAY The Wonderful Child Motion Picture Stars, JANE and CATHERINE LEE in \ We Should Worry Matinee 2:30 and 4:00 TOMORROW CHARLES RAY in “The Family Skeleton’’ and MUTT and JEFF . “THE LEAK” € IRIS THEATER Night 7:30 Night 7:30 Copyright 1913 ‘The House of Kuppenhe!mer Men Who Like to Be Smartly Dressed Prefer the Good Looking Kuppenheimer Models A variety of styles to suit all men and young men. 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