Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1918, Page 1

OE ete te epee 9 roared eens SUDDEN YANKS WIN 10 VIL LOW STRUCK The Casper Dalry PERSHING DIRECTING — Crihune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1918. ‘ey STATE FAIR EDITION, 2 P. M. VOLUME TWO = REGISTER FOR LIBERTY TODAY NUMBER 280 MAGNIFICENT EXHIBITS, THRILLING ENTERTAINMENT AND RECORD CROWDS SPELL UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS FOR DOUGLAS oTATE FAIR Douglas Host to Thousands of Visitors on Third Day of Mammoth Spectacle; War Activities Play Important Part in 1918 Show All records for attendance at the Wyoming State Fair will be ob- literated today by the crowds which moved toward the grounds early in the afternoon, according to reports from Douglas, now host to thousands of visitors to the great spectacle. Wednesday showed a marked increase in attendance over the opening day, and with im- provement in weather and road conditions the outlook for today is ex- ceptionally bright. Wonderful exhibits, a thrilling and | entertaining program, and the magni- preciative--populace- are making “the § e fair an unprecedented success, BIG BATTLE ik igger and better than ever,” in the words of Anson Higby, secretary, and with his pulse on the activities of all public undertakings of this character [By Associated Press.) LONDON, Sept. peasants who revolted against the the public is ready to accept his ver- dict. Prospeetive attendants can as- sure themselves of instructive and lively entertainment, beginning with an inspection of government, indus- 12.—Russian tris ricultural ad livestock ex- hibit nd ending with the thrilling climax which finds itg setting on a track which resounds to the hoofs of fleet. thorobreds and encircles an arend given over to the more spec- tacular performances of outlaw hors and daring riders. Casper sent a large number of vis- itors to the fair on Wednesday, it had a representation which ran into the hundreds today and a still larger ition is planning to attend on Bolsheviks a few days ago are re- ported to have entered ePtrograd and been joined by a large part of the population, says a Copen- the Central Severe fighting is proceed- ing in the city: There are fires in some places. hagen dispatch to News. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 12,.— i 1 star numbers will Eleven Englishmen and eleven” make the oon program. French citizens were arrested and The agri ural hall, thanks to a is crowded with of the progress elopment of farming 1it holds a conspicu- place, long rows of plates bear- ample testimony of the _possi- bilities of horticulture, while in the (Continued on Page Three) imprisoned in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul at Petrograd, says apparently reliable informa- tion, provic kindly > ou They're still melting down Ger- tatues for war metal. But haven’t begun to melt Hoken- ern statutes—not yet. WORST IS OVER FOR BRITISH IS CLAIM PREMIER [By United Press] MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 12.—The worst is over, Premier Lloyd George declared in an address here today. Cas- ualties in the latest advance were less than a fifth of those suf- fered in the 1916 advance, de declared. THIRTEEN MILLION MORE By CHARLES B. DRISCOLL Ho, autocrats of Germany, an’ have you heard the sound? Just put your royal ears a little closer to the ground; You hear a tramp of marching feet, a distant, muffled roar? Well, that’s the mobilizing of Thirteen Million More! No doubt you know already what a million Yanke are like When for a just and righteous cause with holy wrath they strike. Th are rallying by millions, they are arming for the fight, They will not lay their rifles down till this is settled right. It’s just a little incident that Thirteen Million More Are signing up against you as Ten Million did before; For know you that this people is One Hundred Million strong, And every one enlisted for the Right, against the Wrong! Ho, autocrats of Germany and every-other-where, ; Your hour to leave the stage has struck! _Of sudden death beware! Democracy is rising with a rifle in her hand; She will not put it down again while Tyranny shall stand! KAISER LAUNCHES PEACE DRIVE TO COMBAT EFFECTS OF DEFEAT ROLLED AGAINST HUNS ON WEST Germany Fighting for Her Existence in War with Allies, Says Emveror in Attempt to Stay Murmurings [By Ansocinted Press] AMSTERDAM, Sept. 12.—Speaking at the Krupp muni- tion works at Essen, Emperor William of Germany declared that everyone in the remotest corner of the fatherland knew that he had “left no stone unturned to shorten the war as far as possible for your people and for the entire civilized Euro- pean world.” The emperor said that it took two to make peace and that one could not do it unless he could overcome the other. owe thi: Who spoke at the very “Germany,” he declared, “was con- beginning of the war of starving out | fronted with her enemies’ will to de-| German women and children? Who stroy her and she must place against was it who introduced the terrible this her determination to preserve yhatred into this war? It was the| her existence. i IN METZ SALIENT AMERICAN OFFENSIVE — Reduction of Dangerous Salient Opposite Toul Sector of Ameri- can front below Verdun Is Objective of Swift and Victorious . assault of Pershing’s Fighters This Morning; New Drive in Direction of Rhine Valley in Germany A By FRED S. FERGUSON United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE METZ FRONT, Sept. 12—The | | first big American offensive started at five o'clock this morning between the | Meuse and Moselle rivers. The attack was carried out under General Pershing’s direct command. The French are assisting toward the right, and also on the left. The Americans have captured ten villag>s already, and have advanced several kilometers on a fifteen-kilometer front. The immediate object of the attack is limite | to a specified line. Tanks are in action. The great- f est number of American troops and artillery yet involved in any single operation is engaged in this attack. The attack followed four hours of the most terrific artillery preparation. There was rain during {tee sient and flashes of hundreds of guns concentrated around the salient brilliantly lighted up the storm clouds. Over a hundred tanks, manned by Americans, aided in smashing the powerful, concrete-rein- ‘forced first enemiy line in the St. Baussant region. The tanks advaneed at sunrise behind a dense smoke screen. The town of Mont Sec was shrouded in smoke all morning to prevent effective German obser- vation. At the hour of attack the weather was ideal for the offensive. The Allies have complete supremacy in the air. Americans and French also attacked on the western side of the salient, pushing the enemy back in the Fresnes region. This action was on a twelve- kilometer front. The artillery and tanks su completely smash:d the powerful enemy first line that little infantry |resistance was encountered. German prisoners indi:ated that they had been expecting the attack, but 'did not know when or where it would come. The fi'st village taken by the Americans fell within 45 minutes. The woods and other strong enemy point; were completely enveloped by the magnificent force of the attack. America’s first army of air reserves, working in conjunction with the French, assumed the offensive with the infantry. At 9 o’clock this morn’ng the air men reported the skies completely swept, and not a single Boch plane was in sight. American observers and bombers worked unmolested under an escort of chaser planes. Every- thing within the salient’s 40-kilometer arc was under a terrific fire from the American guns. In addition to the artillery bombardment, airplanes dropped bombs on all railroad centers, bridges, hangars and munition supply centers in the salient. The American infantry attacked behind a heavy rolling barrage, timed to go forward a hundred meters every forty minutes. Ferguson filed the above dispatch from St. Mihiel, which is on the Meuse, dircctly in front of Metz. |The American line is within two or three miles of the German border at Lorraine. At some points the | front actually touches the Lorraine line. The battlefront is about fifteen miles from Metz, which has been an American objective. (Continued on page 8) U-BOAT WHICH AMERICANS IN SHOT TORPEDO LINE TO WHIP IS SENT DOWN KAISER TODAY - enemy!” [By United Press] tion, “What paternal suggestion could —___ (By United Prens] WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.— Riotejare motlanticinatedibathihe F do to diminish the burden of fate as Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Littlefield of | WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.— The America turned out 13,000,000 authorities are peady to round up $ much as possible has been done.! East Third street left today for the submarine which torpedoed the Brit-| strong today, listing itself for war dodgers. The new lottery will be i Much good could have been done State Fair at Douglas and will visit \ish troop ship Persic with Americans) Men between 18 and 45 years, not held here as soon as possible. It otherwise and it is no wonder that at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orr \aboard, first announced yesterday,, already registered, were in lines js expected that some of these reg- there is dissatisfaction here and Marshall of Cold Springs, Wyo., be-| was evidently destroyed by the con-| everywhere. All indications point- — istrants will be inducted into the there. But to whom after all do we fore returning to Casper next week. | voy, according to official reports, | ed to smoothness in the registra- service next month. THE KAISER AS | KNEW HIM FOR FOURTEEN YEARS |. First and Only Account Written of the Kaiser by an American Unofficially Intimate With Him for Years, in Which the German Emperor Revealed His Real Self as He Did to Few Others Outside His Immediate Royal Circle; Inner Secrets of the Hohenzollern Dynasty Laid Bare by Royal Dentist: : PREFACE For 14 years the Kaiser was my patient. me came to me while the relation of patient and dentist existed between us. For that reason I felt at first that, no matter how vital to the Allied cause might be i . * AWE A : £03 the information I could give as to the Kaiser's viewpoint, ambitions and requirements of professional ethics must seal my lips and compel me to withhold it from the world at large. When, however, I considered the grave crisis that confronts the world and in which my own country is playing so important a part, and realized that what I knew of the Kaiser might prove of some value to civilization, | concluded that my patriotic duty was paramount and rose superior to any of the ordinary demands of professional ethics, In this conclusion I was strengthened by the urgent solicitation of the ™y profession who were most emphatic in their contention that my ethical qualms All I know of him and all that he told plans, the ay t were entirely unwarranted in view of all the circumstances. in Germany so long, had developed so m 1 Germany's ARTHUR N. DAVIS, D. D. S. most favored circles and was so generally re rite of the f hen es ae Kaiser himself, that I found it hard to realize th meranieitan CHAPTER ONE, enemy “Ameriga Must Be Punished” The same day the breaking off of diplomatic relations was ann e e German When war broke out between the United States and Germany, on April 6, 1917, newspapers had published the provisions of a ween Ger the I was in Berlin. I had lived and practiced my profession as a dentist there for fourteen United States, which gave Americans in ( ,» und Germans in America, nine re years, and the Kaiser had been one of my patients during all that time. months after a declaration of war between the two nations within which to settle up . I don’t know exactly how many visits the Kaiser paid me professionally, but I their affairs and leave the country. 3 know I am safe in saying they were not less than 100, and the probabilities are they “This treaty,"’ the newspapers pointed out, * : were closer to 150. hour with me. leaders of When we declared war against Germany, therefore, while Almost. invariably, after my work was done, the Kaiser re- mained anywhere from ten minutes to an hour and a half to discuss the topics of the citizen—as patriotic an American, I believe, as might be found anywhere—I had lived e in the time of Frederick t it here were so de nG y, this prompt was quite understandable harst the Great. It has never many more Germans in America than ther announcement of Germany’s intentions regarding the tre: and it seemed most improbable that Germany would ad Americans and thereby invite reprisals. repealed I was still an American 1 meast es toward