Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 10, 1918, Page 1

HUN SEA BASES BOMBARDED BY BRITISH FLYERS LONDON, Sept. 10 10—British naval | forces on September 1 and Septem- ber 7 made four attacks on German submarine &helters, workshops and | docks at Burges, Belgium, sags the | official statement. Several hits were obtained. The- Ostend docks and | motorboat depot at Blankenberg were alse attacked with good results. | LONDON SARTS RUMOR CHANGE IN WAR STAFFS Ww ASHINGTON, Se} Sept. 10.—Bricf mention in Lord Northcliffe’s paper that Haig may give way to General Wilson and simultaneously Pershing might be relieved of his command, has caused much speculation here. As far as possible to learn, there is} no prospect of removing Pershing. | Others said there is no friction be-| tween Pershing and the chief of staff, which has been rumored be-! fore. | IMPORTANT GAIN IS MADE ON THE SOUTH <—"]_ IN NEW OFFENSIVE GAS { IASK SHOT | St. Se ee Maes. on paleash EFFORTS OF FOE ou ile British Push on to Positions SPENT, IS CLAIM HAS CLOSE CALL in Cambrai Region; Boches Organized to Resist Advance of Allied Forces 75,000 Prisoners, 750 Guns, Captured by |Razor Case Stops H un Bullet in First Bap- British Speak of Magnitude of Late tism of Fire but Casver Man Falls Drive, Says Marshal Haig Victim to Chlorine Gas Che ducnen Daily THE DAILY TRIBUNE Has twice the circulation of any other newspaper serv- ing the local field. REGISTRATION SEPT. 12 For men of 18 to 45 years who have not previously registered; patriots will reg- ister, others must. VOLUME TWO DARK DAYS PAST CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1918, | | | | l [By Annociated Press] Fast progress was made by the French yesterday in closing in jupon St. Quentin and LaFere, and within three and a half miles of St. | Quentin, near LeFere, the French are pushing toward North St. Go- ibain Bastion, defending Laon. They made considerable impression on this powerful position by direct pressure, particularly in the Servais sector, south of LaFere. Servais station was captured yesterday, and by the taking of Bri- Gail Cantien Wi Shattnen nao tne |quettay, further to the south, Gen. Petain’s troops advanced within a FEES base hospital at Nantes, France, re- | |little more than a mile of the town of St. Gobain, one of the highest cuperating from effects of his experi- | points in Bastion. [___ REGISTRATION PROCLAMATION | PROCLAMATION pence. Sheffner owes his life to @) Near Laffeux, around a bend in the line south of Bastion, the safety razor case, in which the bullet) ——_————_ lodged, and which was a gift fron:|French progressed north of the town. The headway thus made in tie tae co occasion of his join-/ encircling St. Gobain positions constituted the most important feature Pik urice in taal Vaawa ton large |Of yesterday’s operations, because the chief objective in this sector is number of friends and acquaintances | unquestionably the important German base at Laon, the keystone of |here. He was attending the Natrona| the whole German defensive system. County High. School when he took) Having forecd a passage across Crozat Canal, opposite the LaFere- |75, 000 prisoners and 750 guns al i do hereby call upon all business men and employers to facilitate the regis-|steps to enlist, and, altho promi A Y St. Quentin front, the French have raj idly developed a forward push. \ | | | | | To have been “plugged” by a Hun bullet, stripped of his | accoutrements by bursting shrapnel, and filled up with chlorine | gas, all within the space of a few seconds, and live to tell the tale, make up the circumstances of a rather miraculous escape which befell one of Casper’s youngest fighters in France, Pri-| "LONDON, Sept. 10.—‘‘We have passed thru many dark days; please God these will never return,” says field Marshal _| Haig, commander-in-chief of the British in France, in an order ge ae muspecen that German probe- of the day. The commander then says: “The enemy has now that Secretary Baker will be removed anes his efforts.” or relegeLenn We anurus to another position. (By United Press LONDON, 7 Sept. 10.— cairsady we et passed beyond our old battle pane of 1917 and we have made made ide breach in the strongest of the} | enemy defenses,” Field Marshal Haig) Thursday, September 12, 1918, having been designated as Registra- hae in an order of the day. “All| | tion Day by the President of the United States, on which day all male per- nks have borne themselves in a |sons between the ages of eighteen and forty-five imelusive are directed | worthy, npagrable manner, | to register for military service: ') “The British armies have captured NOW, THEREFORE, I, John F. Leeper, Mayor of the City of Casper, , | four weeks, This speaks the magni- hendeigt aie. atterrgnns eon rege |tration of men in their employ, and also request: all ditizens within these jen: opportunity to secure a commis-| ‘ ages to repair to the places of registration on said day and register according jsion as soon as he became 21 year> WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Infor-| cont achievement.’”” ; Table songs thats nd pao Cal Sata SE eT Field, Match | to the proclamation’ of the- Président. fa driving ie tin ‘trem range teal? ae tone ae aoa holy git late reported. They also aera cade a8 A desire of all citizens of Casper thet. the reputation of the pe oaira east a Fale ae and ; i n af sectiial MPU af War bes Fe Beob iad Chapelle and Armen-| City be upheld and that no slackers be found within our limits. linen these columns: } The British hold their old trenches felt in Seige SNEED eeerloe ie and Austria-Hungary. % é _ | facing the Hindenburg line at Gouze-| his country is Mrs. F~ancis B. Sheff- ft brisk engagement | i HOME GUA RD TO bape ‘The’ detains sountiired| Positew the tects of LLL SE eal STA RT TREASURY | Duals Haas cae Dalend abo like all Americans is none the less FUND IN CASPER zeaucourt, but a renewed British as-| jelated to think that he is one of the! |sault regained the objectives. The} \first Natrona county boys to partici- counter attack indicates that the| pate in the allied success on the west | Sa Last evening the Home Guards; held a regular drill on the parade Advances of well toward five s beyond the canal have been scored. at some points. Five towns were taken in this region, includ- ing Essigny Le Grand, directly south of St. Quentin. The Franco-American front, et of the Aisne, witnessed an improvement in the Allied positions, particularly in the Glenes region. | The British made headway in their returning movement south of Hav- rincourt, where the left flank of the German position behind Canal du Nord, defending Cambrai on the west, is being assailed. German counter-attacks on the new British positions near Gouzea- court, southeast of Havrincourt, were completely repulsed. Given under my ‘rand and the Seal of the City of Casper this tenth day of September, A. D. 191% (Seal) JOHN F. LEEPER, Mayor. | 1 ENE ec J oats Sa HICAGO WINS France. | tured Gibercourt, and progressed toward Hinacourt and Es- | Germans have succeeded in reorgan- nt. Mrs.. Sheffner receives fre-' grounds of the High School athletic 4 quent letters from him and this week | izing ahectaiviniens ser iy a a, received one from the hospital in| PARIS, SEPT 10.—South of St. Quentin the French cap- cent retre! field. The matter of certain pay- ments for expenses incurred was tabled until the next drill Friday evening and the Guardsmen agreed to start a treasury fund by contribut- ing one dollar each a month. The drill nights for the winter months were fixed at Tuesday and Friday evenings and a school for non-commissioned officers or those} Armentieres, Lens, Douai and Cam-| brai while the French threaten mil Quentin, La Fere, St. Gobain, and Laon. The big question is, will the Allies | keep up the drive and will the Ger-! mans attempt to hold the present po-} sitions. The next 60 days, must tell. | After that, “General Winter” takes) | charge. DELAYED GAME 9 Score by Innings— ore by Innings Ga |\Chicago —+-- Details of his first baptism of fire’ signy-le-Grane, says the official communique. which. came near ending his hopes} and ambitions, are contained in a let-} tetto: hia father. Jems. Shéfner. | BERLIN, Sept. 10.—The war office today admitted that ‘a copy of whic was*farhished Thal minor sections of the German trenches in Flanders were taken | Tribune last evening. Casper friends | by the British. It is claimed that the British attacks against lor the young men rejoice in the fact | | Geuzeaucourt and Epehy were repulsed. that he escaped serious injury and | will be interested in the following | letter: PARIS, Sept. 10.—Striking toward St. Quentin from the | South the French today captured Gibercourt, seven miles away, Base Hospital, Nantes, France, who wish to study for a noncom’s po-| ~ j3j,denburg has announced the re-|Boston _ ‘August 14, 1918 | the war office announced, progressing in the direction of Hina- 7, sition will be held each Wednesday ltreat is at an end. It would not be| Be tteries Boston: Jones court and Eissigny-le-Grand. North of Gibercourt en route to 0—0 lefer. and Agnew; Chicago: Vaughn and Kil -|“My Dear Father: evening at 7:30 o’clock in Captain | Handbury’s office under the Arcade on Center street. N.Y. TO CHICAGO IN 8 HOURS AND 2 MINUTES TIME NEW YORK, Sept. 10—Max Miller, aerial mail carrier between New York and Chicago, arrive Belmont rk at 11:22 a. m. actual flying time between Chi- cago and New York ' was eight hours hours and two minutes: 0 two minutes. ALLIED | surprising if the Germans attempt in| |some forlorn hope either a bayonet | loffensive or a peace offensive, es- BOSTON, Sept. 10.—The baseball game was delayed today be- |pecially as they know that mext| cause both the Cubs and the Red Sox players demanded that the Na- spring the Allies will ee them tional Commission cut out the other first division teams from a share With et er eateriales oe linithe world The players had not put on their uniforms shells, gas, and materials. |in the world series money. e players not put on their uni ae ae Fae abedts, {when the game was scheduled to start. xDO} i esean eas, of. fish maws and After a two-hour strike by the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago shark fins, mainly to Oriental coun-|Cubs for a readjustment of the players’ share in the world’s series tries, for food purposes. |receipts, which met with a flat refusal by the National Commission, the A new hobby horse velocipede for ‘players agreed that they would contest the remaining games if it was children is steered with reins that publicly announced that they are playing “for the sake of the public, |turn the head of the figure of the|ihe good name of baseball and for the soldiers and sailors present.” \horse realistically, s. |" The decision to’play was not made until 3 o'clock. ‘ |’ At three o'clock, after a stormy session, participated in by the DRIVE Livers and members of the commission in the club house, Harry \Hooper, Red Sox right-felder, who headed the committee of players, said: “We will play the game for the sake of baseball; jhaven’t had a square deal.” we know we Probably over twenty thousand Persone were present when the} | D EP F ES fe UJ re iplayers finally came on the field for practice. ( [ TRENCH FORCE WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—New evidence of the shortare of man power in the German Army today reached Washington from auth itative sources, showing that enemy divisions on the western front had been disbanded entirely for lack of men. There are now only 195 German divisions on the entire front, and of these there are only sixteen that have not been engaged in heavy fighting during the present year. On at least eight divisions the battalion formation has been re- THE BATTLE OF duced to three companies from four, which means a reduction of | | | | Recollections of early frontier | bridge was fought. Memorable Engagement in Which Lieutenant Caspar Collins Lost His Life Recalled by a Visit of Colonel Denison, Who Participated in Indian Warfare Here St. Quentin they repulsed two counters near the western flank | of the Chemin des Dames line. Enemy surprise attacks in the Argonne and Vosges were repulsed. “Well, I am still alive, but J real- ly feel more dead than such. Of course, you need not worry, for just remember that it takes more than, | a Heinie to put me in a permanent With the British Army Afield, Sept. 10. — The British “rest camp’’, but I give them credit below Epehy attacked at 5:15 this morning on a 3,000-yard (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 8) MEN FROM 1910 20 AND 32 T0 36, FIRST WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.— Provost Marshall Crowder today announced the first ¢: to the _folors of men who register Thurs- registrants within these specified age limits and local boards will be 36) years Inclusive. ordered to classify them in readi- s will go first to PLATTE BRIDGE ness for calls beginning in Octo- ber. Young men in the 19 and 20- » Crowder said would be accepted year c for induction into the students’ army training corps, but he pointed out that the author- ized strength of this corps repre- | sents only 105,000 men, whereas the total number of registrants be- | one-fourth in the fighting strength of th The renort adds that the trench strength of the German army is now entirely inadequate. By the withdrawal of the Hindenburg line the enemy reduced the length of his front between Ypres) and Rhims by about sixty miles. It is not clear whether the German high command considers the Hindenveurs line short enough to be held with the present German forces. | | jdays in Wyoming, when the Indian|his’ wife, accompanied by W. P. dians, estimated 3,000 in number. | bitterly disputed the right of the! Washburn and wife of Ottowa, Kan- He witnessed the death of Lieuten- }white man to enter his domain and sas, stopped over in Casper to view)ant Caspar Collins, after whom the ;was a constant menace to ‘the set- ithe field of the battle after attend- city of Casper was named, |tlers who blazed their way into this|ing the Grand Army Encampment) Owing to its length the story will |vast unknown empire; were recalled at Portland, both Mr. Denison and be frinted in four installments, the ‘to mind this week by the visit of Col.|Mr. Washburn having been dele- first of which follows: |W. W. Denison, adjutant general of gated from Kansas to the Portland PLATTE BRIDGE FIGHT |\he state of Kansas for many years meeting, Old Platte Bridge was located on! land a private in the ranks of Com-| Col. Denison has supplied the Tri- the south side of the North Platte pany I, Eleventh Kansas cavalry, sta- bune with an authentic»account of/river, about 130 miles west of Fort \tioned:” at Platte river bridge in July this battle in which a ‘handful of|Laramie. The station was a stockade, lof 1865 when the battle of Platte'soldier courageously suppressed the’ inside of which were accommoda- Col. Denison and; repeated attacks of swarms of In-tions for a garrison of about 100 men. About 50 rods northwest from the station was the bridge, which was) about 600 feet long. Nearly one- half mile west of the bridge, on the north side of the river, there was a growth of willows, forming quite a screen. Nearly the same distance east, on the north side of the river, a deep gulch came down from the north to the river. After crossing the bridge the road takes a north- (Continued on Page 7) low 20 would be over three mil- lion. ATTENTION REGISTRANTS. All who have been appointed to serve as precinct registrars in the city of Casper at the election to be held September 12 are requested to meet at the Natrona Court House at 8 o’clock tomorrow evening to receive instructions. This is an important meeting and every registrar should make an effort to be present.