Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1918, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Sat- urday; not much change in temper- ature. THE DAILY TRIBUNE Is the only = rin Wy- oming r both Associ- | ated and United Press dis- | patches. | STOCK EXCHANGE CROWN PRINCE AND MOB SPIRIT CONDEMNED AS BOCHE PASSION IN PROCLAMATION GIVEN OUT BY PRESIDE NT WILSON TODAY Lynchings Strike Blow at Law and Order, Assist Huns| | in Spread of Lies, Says Statement of Amer- ican Chief in Message to People WASHINGTON, July 26.—Forcefully denouncing an apparent growth of “mob spirit” as emulating the “lawless passion” of Ger- | many, who has “disregarded ‘sacred oblibations of law and made | lynchers of her armies,”” President Wilson today appealed to the | ountry “to make an end of this disgraceful evil.”” Lynchings, he said, constitute and human justice,” and contribute “to German lies about the United | States what her most..gifted. liars | cannot improve upon by thé way of calumny.”” The text of the president’s procla- mation follows: “My fellow countrymen: “T take the liberty of addressing} you upon a subject which so vitally affects the honor of the nation, and the very character and integrity of our institutions that I trust you will think me justified in speaking very plainly about it. “I allude to the mob spirit, which has recently here and there very fre- quently shown its head amongst us, not in any single region, but in many and widely separated parts of the BEAR CAUGHT ON LOG JAM BRINGS RED CROSS SUM | The service and sacrifice of the human family is exceeded only by a big cinnamon bear that gave his life} to the Red Cross, This bear was) caught on a load of ties that was floating down the river, and at Sara- toga, Wyo., he was caught and killed. His meat was sold, and netted $32 for the Red Cross. “ta blow at the hearts of the law country. There have been many lynchings and every one.of them. has been a blow at the heart of order- ed law and human justice. No man| who loves America, no man who real- ly cares for her fame and honor and CAPTU character, or who is truly loyal to) her institutions, can justify mob ac- tion while the courts of justice are| open and the government of the (Continued on Page Eight) USE OF SUGAR CUT THIRD BY FOOD RULINGS [By United Press.] WASHINGTON, July 26.— Short sugar stocks needed for in- creased exports caused the food administration today to call on the American people to limit the con- sumption of sugar to two pounds per person a month from August to January. This in to include all sugar used on the table and in cooking. Restaurants are asked to limit consumption to two pounds to ev- ery 90 meals served. YANK LOSSES _ NEAR 25,000 [By United Press} WASHINGTON, July 26.—A high general officer today esti- mated American losses in the west front drive at below 25,000 men, while German losses of the past fortnight, based on authentic infor- mation, have been placed at 150,000 or more. He presented these figures to offset’ wild German propaganda detailing the enormous slaughter of Americans. : Secretary Baker declared that American losses had not been dis- proportionate to the number engaged and the size of operations. YANKS BLOW EPIEDS AND HUN DEFENDERS TO BITS [By Associated Press.} LONDON, July 26.—Americans met and conquerred the enemy in ® tremendous combat in the region of Epieds and Trugny, says a Reu- ter's correspondent with American troons in France. The Germans foutht, well) checked the Ameri- imes wrested the village of from them. In the mean- Epieds time the village grew constantly ‘maller under the ceaseless bom bardment and finally disappeared, | not even a large pile of bricks being teft behind. “When the village. disappeared the Germans were in possession. The Am s, tired of the cease-- less ebb and flow of the fighting there, had taken the slopes on either flank and forced the Ger- mans to make a final massed at- tack into the ruins of the village. Meanwhile Allied guns were brot up and as soon as the Germans Bedlam Loosed Herel When Stock Rumor, Gains Credence in| Wire Reports | — | Bedlam was loosed in Casper along in the wee sma’ hours of, the morning, the occasion being) the reported “capture” of the! Crowp Prince and his immense armies concentrated to oppose the advance of the French, the Amer- icans and the British in the Marne salient. Whistles shrieked, bells clamored out the glad tiding and a “shirt-tail” parade, like unto a school boy carnival, traversed the streets in an effort to share its enthusiasm with the city at large. In fact the event was in keeping with the news—had | it been news—but owing to the fact) that hundreds of reliable press cor-| respondents located in the nation’s capitals, at the front and near the trenches failed to learn of the big event, Casper was alone in its cele- bration,.except, perhaps, those towns and Cities inflicted with newspapers which place more credence in iest rumor in contradiction to more | reliable reports emanating from au- thentic sources. For the benfit of its readers The} Tribune has to report that it first re-| ceived news of the rumor of the crown prince’s capture while yester- day’s paper was coming off the prea: An investigation showed that it ema- nated from the New York Stock ex- change, which has been conspicuous on more than one occasion when news of great victories and disasters are flashed across the country. Con- sequently Thé Tribune placed no cre- dence in the report, preferring to ac- cept the authentic news of the As- sociated Press and the United Press associations, the two greatest news gathers in the world, who are on the job nicht and day with the best correspondents and cable service which the world offers. While rumors of the capture of a veritable host of men, to say noth- ing of the crown prince, were flash-! ed over the country, these two or-) ganizations completelv ignored the re-| nort, continuing to give the news as| it was actaully happening on the | battle front, and as it was authen- tically reported thru reliable sources. The Associated Press, in its night) dispatches, furnished the substance | of the rumors but worded them in such a way as to carry an impression that they were merely rumors and nothing more, lacking word from overseas to back them up. 4 All of which explains why The Tribune did not raise a hue and cry last night, why no Tribune “extra” was on the street and why the people of Casper will all have a chance to varticipate in the celebration when the crown prince is taken. pcg ae OS os WESTERN UNION iJ By Annocinted Press.) NEW YORK, July 26.— The) Western Union was indicted today by the Federal grand jury on charges of having transmitted messages by mail. Twenty-one were indicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of being implicated in the theft of beef consigned to the United States army, RES TH GREAT A e ver- | INDICTED TODAY . {societies is not new. Sixty years ago NUMBER 240 E RMY PROVOST CALLS HALTINCLASS | ONE RELEASES (By United Press.} WASHINGTON, July 26.—The exhaustion of Class I men to the ex-| tent that some local boards are un- table to fill their August draft quotas! today caused Provost Marsha] Gener-| {al Crowder to order local boards to} jhalt all releases of Class I men to| /the navy, marine corps and the ship- yards until there are men enough in} sight to fill the August calls. ' | Provost Marshal Crowder also or-| ‘dered the boards to finally examine and classify all 21-year-old rants of last June. . 2o [By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 26.—Pro- |vost Marshal Crowder today infprm- jed the state draft executives that }more than 50 per cent of the 744,- 500 registrants of the 1918 class are expectéd to be Blaced in-C physically qual ifor ™mi tary service and instructed them to give “special scrutiny.to the report of any ‘local board which fails to classify this percentage.” 16 HUN PLANES ONE DAY’S BAG > BY THE BRITISH: {By United Press} LONDON, July 26.—Sixteen Ger- main anrplanes were shot down Wed- nesday and three others driven out of control by the British, according to the report of Field Marshal Haig. Three British airmen are missing. | See RE Sete NO MORE SUGAR FOR THIS MAN TiLi JANUARY 1) SHERIDAN, Wyo., July 26.—| Charged with having “camouflaged” | the amount of sugar he purchased! from the stores in Newcastle, Wyo.,| and accused of having purhased more | than the per capita allowance pre- scribed by the food administration, William Welty, of Neweastle, will| not be permitted to purchase sugar for the remainder of the year. An order to this effect has been is-| sued by Theodore Diers, federal food | administrator for Wyoming, who in- vestigated rumors that Welty had) violated the food laws. Diers stated yesterday that the same penalty would apply to anyone who violated | this law. ——__ — — The idea of farmers’ co-operative) a convention of farmers at Centralia, | Ill, discussed plans for wholesale} buying and selling agencies for those engaged in agriculture. The school children of “Korea make use of shallow boxes of sand} instead of ‘slates. They draw the| characters with a sharp stick, and when the box is shuffled it is ready for another character. | | took possession of the village they concentrated a terrific fire upon it until the place smoked with its own red dust as tho afive. When the guns ceased there were no Germans left to capture, even to bury. At the edge of the wood beyond « Trugny German machine-guns sta- js apart held up the . the Americans crept Indian fash- ion around the flanks and captured all the guns. —ofeanee [By Asscclated Press.) WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES AFIELD, . July . 26.—The © Allies conducting a successful offensive aalong whole original German drive front from Soissons to Main de Massiges. In addition to closing in-om Fere-en-Tardenois they are steadily ining: ground in the Champagne. jeash for war or other purposes, the |proximatir.g $100 in value may b | | | Bese coho cca a acaba F HUNS YANKS ADVANCE T0 FOUR MILES OF FERE-EN-TARDENOIS, CENTER OF SUPPLIES IN HUN SALIENT Germans Throw New Army Into Battle Against Steady Advance of Foch’s Fighters, Now Crowding Enemy Toward the River Ourcq, After Capture of Ville Montoire and Oulchy-le-Cha- teau; Steady Rain of Blows Endangers Teuton Positions The Allies are advancing on Fere-en-Tardenois from three sides; Franco-Americans are less than four miles away, and the capture of that all-important German concentration center is believed only a matter of hours. Its fall would tend to anger the Gerrizns within the Soissons-Rheims salient more than any other single operation the Allies seem likely to realize within the next day or two. German losses are already estimated as high as 200,000. They have lost 500 cannon and 25,000 prisoners. With the capture of Oulchy-le-Chateau and the turning of Fere forest, the Allies have practically a clean sweep from west and south to Fere-en-Tardenois. Day after day the Allies are encroaching upen the triangle salient, at some places making some places making deep dents in enemy positions, and at others progressing more «lowly. Every line of communication within the German salient is under bombardment night and day, either from Allied artillery or airplanes. Enemy. troops are suffering terrible privations, owing to the uncertainty of obtaining sup- plies, since the Allies control virtually the entire road. Fatigue of the German units oannot be relieved. Ville Montoire, little more than five miles south of Soissons, has been taken by the French ena Americans, while further south they captured Oulchy-le-Chateau and swept east of the own. Between the Ourcq and the Marne, Americans, pressing hard against the enemy’s lines, have taken the southern half of Le Fere forest, which brings them to about four miles directly south of the vital town of Fere-en-Tardenois, the center of roads leading back out of the bce salient and thru which German forces along the southwestern sectors of the line must | Tetrea' ___ Ris forest, further southcast toward the Marne, is also emptied of Germans. *<“"fhé capture of Ville*Montoire marks a néw step in the précésé of closing the mouth of the bag in which the Germans are struggling. The fall of Oulchy-le-Chateau takes from the Germans the pivot upon which their retire- ment further south is swinging. Its loss to the enemy if a serious one. 2 WASHINGTON, ‘July 26.—Satisfactory progress is being made by American troops assist- ing the French and British, pushing the German lines on the Soissons-Rheims salient, members of the House Military Committee were told by Secretary Baker and General March. PARIS, July 26.—The Germans have reinforced their right flank of the Soissons-Rheims pocket, says the La Liberte, with a new army commanded by General von Eben, which has been placed between the armies of General Von Tier and General Von Boehn. fineoin ann enuca |Franco-American Drive North of OLD GOL AND oILVER ‘Chateau-Thierry Moves Unchecked TO BE GOINED AT GOST WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE AISNE-MARNE, July 26.—The France-Americans push north of Chateau-Thierry has To’ Sebseie ho ha’ ad: cotdvor resolved itself into a battle for the woods which abound in this Persons who have old goi” °F vegion. The Germans are fighting rear guard actions with silver which they wish to convert into artijlery and machine guns, and are retiring gradually before the Allied forces. Indications early today are that the enemy is preparing for further withdrawal. He is struggling to hold the northern half of the forests of Fere and Riss. The Allies moved up their heaviest guns early in the day, and were throwing shells into the German line as far as Sa- ponay, five miles northeast of Oulchy-le-Chateau, and beyond (Continued on Page 8.) CRITICS SAY FALL IS DUE PARIS, July 26.—Newspapers. here believe that the time when |the pocket dug by the Germans will become so reduced that the po- ‘ion will be intolerable is approaching nearer and nearer. The ma- | jority or military critics think the German crown prince will give fur- |ther decisive battle on the plateau at the Fere en Tardenois in con- SRE Tee man | junction with an offensive battle in neighboring regions. It is be- with the bayonet or machine gun, |lieved probable the Germans may aiso strike simultaneously in Flan- Government offers an opportunity, Old gold and silver in quantities ap sent to the United States assay office in New York, or to any one of the Government assay offices in Philadelphia, Denver or San Fran- cisco. The senders will receive in re- turn a check on the United States treasury for the value of the ma-! terial, less the charges of fitting such material for coinage purposes. These| charges are nominal. No institution | under the Government in Washington | receives this material, as none has} facilities for depositing or treating} it. To societies raising funds for war relief work, the suggestion is made that individual collections of old gold} and silver be gathered together in some central depository and when the necessary amount has been ob- tained that it be sent to the assay office in one of the four cities men- tioned which is most conveniently sit- uated for transportation. Bro hea There are 200,000 American engin- | ers. eers in France, and they played their Critics are convinced that Foch will not let the initiative be taken part in the victory. 4 —~ a pe a | from him. the Germans are destroying because | to French pressure is determined they are unable to remove them. Open \warfare is increasing. Ev- They have recovered most of the positions lost in the initial German rush. It is reported that Main de Massiges was recaptured. | erything is on the move. Mounted The tightening of the pocket | troops, armored cars, autemchiles, se cusdtinas eieaeaipeincnts arsay’ ta |Ceqeanap ea gonariand marching men | in the latter sector. __On the other side of the salient west of Rheims, the Allies lost the town of Mery and hill 204 but re- gained Vrigny and the greater part of the line there ‘about,’ looking toward Fismes. The Allies ii. this | sector hold Marfaux Bouilly, St. Quphraise and Courton wood. increasing, rendering the withdraw- | fill the roads. narrower and transport ——. LONDON, July 26.—On sides greater. | An increasing. number of fires | of the German sal: are reported continuing to make in Fere-en-Tardencis and nearby progress except in the heights be- vill apparently are from am- | munition dumps and supply depots hind Soissons. German resistance 3 RN a Sharon a ao. TWO MORE CITIES TAKEN BY ALLLES IN a dr in sh ar uM = wee: — a i