Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1918, Page 1

Seen eee cee, enya 4,000,000 YANKS CAN GO WHERE Next June to “Win the War” [By Associated Prens] Iie WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Reporting the administration Senate today disclosed that Chief of Staff General March had told the committee that the United States must put enough men in France to win the war on the west front. He expressed the belief that 4,000,000 Americans under one commander could — |go thru the German lines whenever ONLY REGRET iS kag pleased. : The report revealed that the Amer- jican program calls for 80 divisions, jover 3,000,000 men, in France by |June 30, 1919, with 18 divisions in training in this country. Poincare’s condolences in the death jican forces on the western front, in- cluding Italy. “The theory of fighting in the future in that we must force the is- |sue to win on the western front.” Army representatives declared that an immediate extension of the draft of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt was published today here as follows: “My only regret is that I am un- able to fight beside my sons.’’ NEW CALLFOR to 45 years, the voluntary enlistment system will automatically disappear, March said. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The purpose of America is to furnish WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Pro- vost Marshal General Crowder today issued a call for 1zZ,000 limited ser-| vice men for entrainment August} Se ae ee eee Ne aay Le MY ae bill extending the draft ages, Chairman Chamberlain in the’ called for the concentration of Amer-! iG i a al | VOLUME TWO "CASPER, ON VISITS | t WILs | SALVAGING OF GREAT OILCARGO American Schooner Abandoned by Crew | Under Shell Fire from Submarine | Near Cape May; Bombs Dropped | [By Assoctated Press} Navy Department was informed today. is a chance that’ |she may be towed into port. | The American schooner Dorothy Ba: | |German submarine shell-fire yester- | |day near Cape May, N. J. Seaplanes| FOREST AND FIELD GLERK ; tt was sunk by and submarines sent to the scene CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1918 NUMBER 257 COL. HOUSE _ TO DISCUSS STATE AFFAIRS Huarried Trip Taken to Magnolia Aftera VESLELINEIS — MAGNOLIA, Mass., Aug. 15 —President . Wilson . arrived here today, <ccompanied by rs. Wilson and Rear Admiral Grayson. They probably will remain over the week-end. Americans on Vesie Front Par- ticipate in Artillery Duels at Night and Resting by Day, Report [Ry United Press] cuss several problems of moment. When President Wilson left Wash- ington last night, officials there had a distinct feeling that diplomatic events of first magnitude were brew- ing. airplanes have bombed Ameri- can positions during the past two days. Little infantry tion is noted. Artillery on both sides is active at night. UNS WITHDRAW IN FLANDERS: SALIENT NEW DRAFT BILL REPORTED ppocriss OF ALLIED General von Boehm Is Named Eupreme Commander on the Somme; Nenewal of Battle Predicted Allied success in Picardy has compelled the Germans to realign | Chief of Staff March said that all| ; > is iti SONS ON FRONT x=" T§ SEEN IN DISCOVERY OF SHIP Conference with tne BOMBEDRY a ae |the proposed new Graft ages, 18 to di ert an Arras. je enemy fas 45. years, would be in France by next| ; State Secreta ry begun a retirement on a five-mile [By Assoctated Press.} Iie a of War Baker told th STILL AFLOAT OFF JERSEY CAPE aan CRAFT OF HU front. Details are lacking. bed | e e : ; nen Abe St Theodore | committee that the President's policy | Se ede: i Between the Ancre and the Oise fighting is local.. The British and French improved their positions. North of the Somme the Austral- | ians reached the outskirts of Bray, one of the main bastions on the | line south of Albert. ie pone gp! { Z The unexpected visit is reported tc | During the four weeks since United States can throw ite full ge, WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The oil tanker Frederick R. be for the purpose of weston tan, WITH THE AMERICAN! Bich: tock. tlie: tattiative, tev Ailes lstretigth Antahths mttigaia toNtein- Kellogg, torpedoed Tuesday evening off thé channel to New war labors, but while here the Presi- ARMY ON THE VESLE, Aug. | lnimed I 1,800 | Te the draft Ngesl ates tixeliat.48 York harbor, is still afloat 16 miles off Barnegat, N. J., the dent will visit Colonel House to dis-!15.—Great fleets of German) have Feemmne Hearty: 4 | | square miles of territory, improved | positions, freed important _rail- | ways running north from Paris, and unofficially reported to have captured 73,000 prisoners and Sa a | he hy THEY PLEASE, SAYS GEN. MARCH Che Casper Daily : INANNOUNCINGPLANFOR ARMY > | ARMIES IS = American Program Revealed Today Pro- ferctate in morthorn Rocky. 5 TT UiTe sted and United Press aie: | UNHALTED vides For 3,000,000 Men in France by | ee eee patie: le a oe oe a 1 PSUR SE aE Ra eee | | Pt : President Wilson decided to visit pee | Lae read \enough man-power to whip the Ger-| dropped depth bombs where the sub- Colonel House suddenly after a visit) LONDON, Aug.. 16.—British pa-| 17,000 guns. mans from now on, according to | marine was believed to have sub- EXAM SHATED SEPT 14 with Secretary of State Lansing. | trols w active thruout the night in|, YANKEE ARDOR statements of panera) “gaye cea merged: r Among delicate international prob-| the th kaeae n aay and face sage inc nection with the urgency of the } lems now up for consideration are oem. tic oh rl fap cb | » Aug. .—-The S .extension bill, reported today. The navy report says the crew took _—. Mexico's threat to double the oil tax |Tetirement yesterday. he patrols) German.areyciths cawing from “The only way Germany can be to the bouts when the submarine op-| The United* States’ Civil Service'and enforce other anti-foreien meas-| @4intained clos’ touch awith the ous tovtwo ing yr. ot ie 5 jwhipped is by America going into/ened fire and landed safely at Cape Commission announces that an exam- ures, despite British’ and American | ¢"¢my I; h fi dixé of th 4 _|this thing with her whole strength. May. The shelis set the schooner) “°) ; eal obaee: The British progressed further at | front at the western edge of the [The War Department's policy ie to afire. | ination’ for forest and field! clarke will Objections, iss hostifa (Beveral points On this fronts |Flanders salient. They evacu- SAYS HUMBERT: put the maximum timber of men in’ When seaplanes and two chasers) be held in this city on September 14.) setitude toward the Entente Allies, by jated Vieux-Berquin.. It is re- France with the idea of shortening Sighted the submarine it submerged 1918. A knowledge of bookkeeping, the arrest of consuls at Moscow, and SCHOOLS OF ALI verted that the French have |the war. How long it will take to end sa low un aisha Sroppes a typewriting and stenography is re-| antiCzech hosti Siberia. +44 |captured the entire heights * th bomb. The chasers closed in quired for this examination. ; jwhich formed the Germans’ By Answoct~t . jwin depends exactly upon/what we CeP | : | Third—Iner: the gap between which r 3e WITH: HE-PRENCH ARMY IN| £87 do. a pe eae ee engrae ? wieck.| The Department of oF wher has Bulgaria and Teuton allies and KINDS ENTITLED | principal defense around Las- Fr | “If we drag along with this bill, | gre was no evidence o reck- stated that, owing to the difficulty | gh, growing possibility of an armis- . | signy. RANCE, Aug. 15.—The deepest ad-| 6 will be playing Germany’s game. |age, but the submarine did not re-|jn filling vacancies in the position of | tice between Bulgaria and the En- TO RECOGNITION | a ht rain 98 pelea jroppe ei All men obtained under the proposed | appear. |forest clerk, it is imperative that fe-| tente. | [My Amnootnted Press.) lave been fighting wi British | roximately 2,300,- ‘male eligibles be made avaible for aia Re et ——— f and French in the Picardy offensive [28° Chan&es, approximately PORTSMOUTH, N. C., Aug. 15.—|appointment to the position of forest | [Dy Ansocintadl Posse. PARIS, Aug. 15.—General 000, we expect to have in France by! | was today expressed by General | ay¢ July. = | Heavy firing was heard today off the|clerk, the persons who desire to com-| LOAN RA TE FOR | Hans von Boehm, German “re- Humbert; commander of the Third | t, where a submarine has been! pete should at apply to the sec-| 5 WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Gener-| treat specialist,” who has been Pana eee : p const, Wh cdg: ype glare gi RKETING [S__|20,80pst* for schools of ait grades! sppointed supreme German “Americans. fi vi |, WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Plans/ operating. [eeeya Deas OF pear aaetsy: DOROL | S during the war is urged by the presi- | di Saag rsa eR tay vet fight with ardor un-| ¢o, beginning consideration of the ers SOS fice, or to the district secretary, room | anata iiicanteieesi te y Lane,,|commander on the Somme surpassed,’” he declared. new man-power bill in the Senate/| |303 Postoffice building, Seattle | CUT BY NATION \approving tho bureau of | front. : |Monday were blocked today by the | Wash., for application blank and full) plan for an educational campaign. Newspapers believe this 7 failure of a quorum to appear when; information. | _— |highly significant. The with- |Senator Chamberlain submitted the } Tae See | [By Associated Prens.] . H. Cosper, a representaiive of |jttawal north of Albert is con- | |measure with a favorable report. } | WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—To aid » Gilchriat Electric Manufacturing | sidered the first application of |. Leaders had telegraphed senators | | jfurther in the financing of crop | ¢. ny of Denver, returned to Cas- fis tactics. |to return from their vacations, and | ‘ jmovements, the War Finance Cor-|ner lust night from Butte, Mont.) Both sides are thering | | ‘i ‘ Pe Ss r ga ng only 43 answered to roll call, six| | poration has reduced from 6 to 5 per| While there he succeeded in closing| strength for a resumption of junder a quorum. Twenty-two Re-| | jeent the annual interest rate on |, act to furnish the com-| no. fishtine, |Tite French [By United Press} publicans and 21 Democrats were | jshort-term advances to banks to cov- ‘ fixtures for the new geiahlel ae e e Jette age WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.— One | present. aj 4 until Mf | jer farmers’ and merchants’ loans for | $1,000,000 M. C, A. building Sa ier ale cans ay niki hundred and twelve army casualties| The Senate adjourned until Mon-| ‘ a) |marketing crops. there. LaAssigny- mo 8 reported today include it killed in|day, and plans to begin considering | _ | are doggedly struggling on- action and 95 severely wounded. the bill next ‘Thursday, Senator | Exodus Would Be General, Says ward. L. F. McMahon Representing State | of Wyoming at Conference of | Tenth Federal Reserve | District Heads Chamberlain still hopes to pass the Private G. L. Blair, Baggs., Wyo., bill on Saturday of next week. General Humbert’s men car- severely wounded, ried Ribecourt and reported th nemy in the Thiescourt posi- | tion as showing signs of giving Noted Swiss Critic, in Com- mentary on Effects Patrick Sullivan, State Chairman } jof the Tenth Federal reserve distrfct |of the Liberty loan committee, was \unable to attend the big meeting now | [By United Press} | ZURICH, Switzerland, July 23. (By Mail).—Should Germany suc- | ceed in domination of Europe, a gen-) eral exodus of the populations of the} subjugated countries would result, | LATE NEWS FLASHES LONDON, Aug. 15.—(4 p. m.)—The French captured all the high ground on the Lassigny Massif and are working down the northeastern sides. Further enemy retirement in that sec- away. | IMy Aw WITH THE BRITISH ARMY {IN FRANCE, Aue 15 By inted Proms} jbeing held in Kansas City for the according to Dr. Muehlon in hs book|tor is probable. | Reuter’s Agency )—-The Hebut- [By United Press} WITH THE BRITISH ARMY .AFIELD, Aug. 15.—It is week since Field Marshal Haig pushed thru the German lines between the Ancre and the Avre, carrying the battle into the open fields east of Amiens, Today finds his lines resolidified and trench warfare has been renewed. , ‘The Germans are preparing for a stiff fight anywhere be- tween Albert and Noyon. Crown Prince Rupprecht has nearly 400,000 men there. ‘ _ Field Marshal Haig announced today that Germans taken prisoner in the Picardy drive total 30,344. pilates. ated seeks bulls alah bs Raci ccatabt Rak sad | NEWSBOYS—THIS COUPON IS YOUR ) TICKET TO THE TRIBUNE PICNIC I am a newsboy or carrier of a newspaper route in Casper, and wish to go on THE TRIBUNE picnic to Garden Creek Falls, Sunday, August 18th. Name ..... FIGHT THRUST al |purpose of perfecting the organiza-| “Devastated Europe,” just published. | |tion for the fourth drive that will be| “If the Germans succeed in estab- | ‘inaugurated in September. lishing their domination of Europe, of the same committee, was delegated |peans,” Muehlon writes. by Mr. Sullivan ‘to represent him at| remote corners of Europe will be the | the meeting. Mr. McHahon left Cas-|most sought after. If there is no| per for Kansas City the early part) spot in the old world which escapes of the week to be in attendance at German domination, then there will! |the meeting. Mr. McHahon is at the be a general exodus across the seas, | head of the Guarantee Registry Cor-|in all directions where the Germans | poration of Casper and Denver. He |are not. ! | was appointed last April official ac-| “Europe will be a country where| {countant and auditor of the Natrona/ living conditions will not be worth county committee by the county/while. The Germans will not be chairman, Judge C. E, Winter, who|allowed to shove themselves outside }made such a splendid success of the|their new Germania, and everyone | Third loan drive in Natrona county, will proudly endeavor to avoid by Recognizing the splendid way in/all means, these horrible objects—the which Mr. McMahon handled the | Germans. | work of the third drive, Mr. Sullivan) “One cannot think without shud- jappointed him state secretary. ldering of the kind of peace which The fourth drive to come next! Prussia would impose on Europe. eeper hatred would make Europe month should run as smoothly as well oiled machine under the esble| appear as if possessed of the a leadership of Judge Winter and Mr. | Prussia will steal all she can and will McMahon, and assisted by Mrs. Mc-|do everything to keep it. She never Mahon as chairman of the women’s | will remove her foot tom the breast| committee, who did such excellent! of thoxe she has conquered or taken work. Mr. McMahon will likely be|by surprise. She will compel foreigh primed. with new ideds and facts upon culture to adore her barbarism. She his return from Kansas City that/believes only in the mailed fist—in-| will materially help the cause. \side and outside her frontiers.” | | St sarees) or | | This is very important work and a} \large number of workers are urged| The fizst woman historian in the to respond to the call. Mrs. King| United States was Hannah Adams, | will be in charge and will serve tea|whose “History:of the Jews” is both | between the hours of 4 and 5 o’ciock, valuable and famous. 4 WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—United States and Great r “ “3 |Britain have joined in a diplomatic protest to Mexico against! German retirement. Mr. McHahait,. te. seis Sectetere| we -sball. witnee: aoe sae tothe imoet |Carranza’s oil land decree, which they contend amounts practi-| ish have pushed their posts far cally to confiscation. Mica:twhile American and English oil companies have united in an agreement to refuse to meet the decrees and terms, which they contend would take their properties from them. They have agreed to depend upon their governments for pro- tection. | WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—American troops today began to disembark at Vladivostock. Thev will immediately join the international force to aid the Czecho-Slovaks in the Siberian campaign. The Americans compose the 27th regular infantry, from Manila. They will be followed by another regiment from the Philippines and additional troops from the United States. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The Treasury today an- nounced that it had virtually fixed the price of silver at $1.50 per fine. ounce. Export licenses for silver will be granted by the Federal Reserve Board only for essential civil and military purposes on condition that the maximum price is not exceeded by its purchaser. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The Treasury gave France a $200,000,000 loan today. This brings the total credit to France up to $2,065,000,000. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 15.—Vice-Admiral Bennecke has been appointed state secretary of the German admiralty, says the Wesser Zeitung of Bremen. He was formerly chief of the German naval genera! staff. (Benncke succeeds Admiral von Chapelle as minister of marine.) salient has | ering practically | jisappeared as a result of the The Brit- | toward Bucquoy. Ludendorff’s order that ground must be given if hold- ing entails an undue exnendi- ture of man-power, is believed largely responsible for the German withdrawal. Light British tanks had won- derful success and probably im- pressed the German high com- mands with the desirability of getting behind the river Ancre wherever possible. [By United Press.) PARIS, Aug. 18. — The French are continuing their in- filtration of German positions in the Oise River Valley. After capturing Ribecourt the French advanced a mile north. They also reached the southern part ef Ourscamps forest, which ex- tends to within two miles of Noyon. On the British sector, the German retirement toward Ba- paume apparently is still under way. ———_—,