Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1918, Page 1

BRITISH PLUNGE AGAINST HINDENBURG HUN PRESS S: BITTER IN ANSWER TO ALLIES Teuton Troops Can) Teach Balfour Lot Declares Cologne Paper; President Wilson Scored | [By United Preas) | AMSTERDAM, Sept. 19.—] The German press bitterly de-| nounces the Ententes replies to the Austrian note. “Balfour talks as if the Brit-| ish troops are before Berlin. | Our troops will teach him that he has | } Che Casper Daily vie Crihune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1918. € | ALL THE NEWS CITY EDITION | | { BOLSHEVIKS ARE Trade Represented to Limit Margin INE, GAIN FOUR COM. APPOINTED BY AUTHORITY OF STATE FOOD ADMINISTRATION TO FIX PRICES HERE Consumers, Retailers and the Wholesale YANKEE ACE IS | RETREATING ON | on Body Delegated | of Local Profits | TRIBUNE LEADS a lot to learn,” said the Cologne Volks Zeitung. 4 The Tanges Zeitung say motto must more than ev: RUSSIAN FRONTS |Late Advices from Moscow | | State That Czecho-Slovaks ur be vic- Initial steps looking toward the establishment of maximum selling! prices for all staple food products of benefit both to; the retailer and | the consumer were taken this week by Food Administrator Hufsmith | following the visit of a federal agent who addressed a conference of | tory or disaster.” The Deutsche Zeitung declares that | “Balfour’s peace would make Ger- many a third rate power, therefore | we are ready to shed our last drop| of blood to avert this catastrophe.” | Krupp’s official organ says, “Wil- | son’s reply confirms the view that! he will not depart from .his —peace| conditions. TI policy of annihila- tion can find absolute expression in| him.” ITALY NOT INCLUDED? | | FROME, pte 19.—Italy has...no} knowledge of the Austrian note in- viting belligerents to a peace con- ference except for the text of the; documents by telegraph agencies, the | semi-official Stefani news agency) announces. The government,, how-| ever, is indicated by the agency to) be in no mood for opening such ne-! gotiations as are suggested by the | f unofficial text. | LABOR ENDORSEMENT DUE | LONDON, Sept. 19.—The interna- | ter-Allied Labor Conference today made a report recommendng that the | conference subscribe to the 14 points | formulated by President Wilson, thus | adopting a policy of clearness and mode: mn opposed to the policy dic- tated exclusively by changes of the war map. HUNS AWAIT ANSWER AMSTERDAM, Sept. 19.—Ger- many will take no further political steps on the Austrian peace note until the Allied replies are officially re- ceived, says a Berlin semi-official statement. HUNS PREPARED tional relations committee of the In- [ton where the weekly precipitation | the retailer. FOR A FURTHER RETREAT, CLAIM By United Press] ROTTERDAM, Sept. 19.—Prepar- ing the German public for a further retreat, General Ardonne said that the German west front forms a cor- ner which is attackable from the west and south, and that Foch undoubtedly would use this advantage. |e Still Hold Samara Despite | precipitated. | | local dealers held at the Richards ficially designated as a ‘‘fair price feerests will have representation has |becn appointed and it will be their ‘business to curb the high cost of liv- ing, insofar as it is possible, and fix such prices as are commensurate with the cost of handling food prod- ucts. | Committee Appointed The committee, which is composed of Food Administrator F. R. Huf- ~}smith; Mr. ,Merriily of the “McCord. Brady Wholésale Company of Oma- ha; Charles Goss, representing the J. S.. Brown Mercantile Company of |Denver; A. L. Wallace of Richards & FAIR WEATHER AND FROST ON |Cunningham; A. R. White of White’s THE CALENDAR jing the consumer, and J.B. Griftth president of the Casper Trades As- By ANDREW M. HAMRICK sembly, representing the labor organ- (U. S. Weather Bureau, Cheyenne) | izations of the city, will hold its first Generally fair weather prevailed in meeting at 11 o’clock Sunday morn- all but the southeastern part of the |lish a tentative margin of “profit to Other Claims [By Associated Prens.] LONDON, Sept. 19.—Bolshevik forces are retreating on both the northern and southern fronts, ac- cording to a Stockholm dispatch to the Daily Mail. that_a telegram was rec Stockholm from Moscow that the Czecho-Slovaks still hold Samara, which the Bolsheviki re- cently. claimed to hxve-retaken. ing to review local prices and estab- amounted to slightly more’ than half | Periodical Adjustments an inch. The first snowstorm of the! ‘These prices will be revised from season at Cheyenne occurred Sunday |time to time as developments war- afternoon, wheh over two inches was|rant, at weekly or semi-monthly C Frosts were general) meetings of the committee., Fluctua- during the week, but no material |tions in the wholesale prices will be damage resulted therefrom. In the|met by readjustments, both upward eastern counties corn is out of the|and downward, as the case requires. | way of frost, and the indications are Consumers, it is declared, will have |for a good crop; some fodder corn | access to such data as is compiled by & Cunningham committee” on FAMILY AWAITS OFFIC NEWS. ‘FRE. SHRADER Tribune Brings First News of In- jury Received by Former Al- cova Man in Troop Train * Accident MILES, CAPTURE 8.000. e Ly OUS HUNS FAIL TO HALT HAIG’S ARMY British Smash Counters While Gathering Strength for Fresh Dash and Press on toward Defenses of St. Quentin; Yank Guns Thunder at Gates of Metz; French Improve Positions in St. Gobain Region _ THE DAILY NUMBER 285 IBy Un Press] WITH THE BRITISH ARMY AFIELD, Sept. 19.—The British and Germans today swayed back and forth in a titanic struggle for posses- sion of the Hindenburg line between Cambrai and St. Quentin. The |British are doggedly holding to their great gains, while the desperate efforts of the Germans to beat back Gen. Byng’s army are entirely un- successful, Fighting around Havrincourt has been the fiercest of the whole battle. The Germans launched six divisions at one point, gaining tem- LOST IN FIGHT WITH TEUTONS [By Associated Preas.] WITH THE AMERICANS IN _ porary success, only to lose ground later. LORRAINE, Sept. 19.\— First | ——_-- Lieutenant David E. Putnam of [tat oor ech ea ed Newton, Mass., American ace of The British, in desperate fighting, are plunging further into the |Hindenburg line north of St. Quentin, while west of Cambrai they withstood vicious counters. The enemy is making every effort to retain his positions on a thirty-mile front and check the new Allied Aelia xi Soe ea eer, |move, which threatens both St. Quentin and Cambrai. Poi aaa geaeg carck Gee PB 90 tee pues are in flight northward before the Ser- ene eet et Ro | How serious was the menace to the security of the Hindenburg ertson returned ly. line by the wrist thrust north of St. Quentin, is ae by seme ep os | counter-atta e° Germans have thrown .against. the British from STOCKMEN ASK _ |Gouzeaucourt to the Arras-Cambrai road, thus extending the battle U. S. CONTROL OF tine nearly twelve miles northward. CHICAGO YARDS aces, was killed Wednesday while along the patroling American News of injuries received by Richard E. Shrader in a troop train wreck at Marshfield, Mo., early Wed- nesday was first communicated to members. of the family in Natrona county thru the medium of th Trib- une with the result that Herman Shrader of Alcova, brother of Rich- ard, today wired the adjutant general for further particulars. No informa- tion as to the extent of his injuries has been received. Richard E. Shrader is the son of Mrs. J. R. Shrader, who is in Casper at present but whose home is near |and silage is being cut. . Threshing is|the committee thru a published list |general in the eastern and northern |showing the maximum prices to be} |parts of the state, but in the extreme /paid. In another column of the list| | western counties it has not yet be-|will appear the current wholesale | |gun, The beet crop in the Big Horn|cost of all articles listed. Dealers) Basin is promising; the outlook is for the listed price will be dealt with by the food administration, altho there will be nothing to prohibit reductions on the part of those who follow a price-cut- ting policy on specialties. However, it is believed that prices will be more) nearly uniform than heretofore. | CAMPAIGN WIDESPREAD | The campaign for the establish- ment of such tommittees is rapidly| extending to all sections of the count-| ry under the -direction of the food |administration, and while its object jis to curb chances for profiteering, | it is pointed out that no material lan excellent yield. | Ranges in the western and south- jern parts of the state are brown, and | getting short, but live stocy continue in good condition. Many shipments of sheep and cattle were made dur- Basin. = | Precipitation for Week— Chey- Jenne, 0.60 inch; Spencer, 0.00; Rocky. Point, 0.08; Encampme’ 0.14; Powell, 0.50; Evanston, 0.1 Worland, 0.54; Casper, 0.45. i $< | Noyon, an important strategic point | recently recoverd by the Allies, is sit- }uated, some 67 mile’ northeast of jing the week from the Big Horn | | | who charge more than Alcova. The young man has lived in Utah several years and after several unsuccessful attempts to join the army because of an injury to his eye finally was accepted at a Colorado recruiting station early in August. Since that date he had been stationed at Camp McArthur, Texas, and was presumably en route east to an em- barkation port at the time of the wreck. Definite advices regarding the ex- tent of his injuries probably will be forthcoming from the war depart- ment today or tomorrow. LOCAL TEACHER GIFTED DANCER; jreductions can be expected in the} CLASSES SOON price of foodstuffs. Merchants in general are at present operating on | Paris and is a town of great antiqui-| ty.It saw the coronation of Pippin |a small margin of profit and while ex- the Short in A. D. 752, and also the| | coronation of Charlemagne some in some localities this condition is horbitant prices have been exacted | Miss Eugenia Neer, supervisor of | penmanship in the Casper schools, is | also a gifted classic dancer and is| On the front attacked Wednesday, the British are pushing ahead | against bitter resistance toward St. Quentin, the Cambrai high road, \the railway and canal—all important enemy defense lines. From ie > Rae jempire to Pontruet, which the British now hold, the Germans have CHICAGO, Sept. 19. coy ae ‘been hurled from the forward lines of the Hindenburg positions. keting committee of the American National Lve Stock Association to- day endorsed the report of the fed-| [United Press Staff Correspandent] eral trade commission on the meat/ WITH THE BRITISH ARMY AFIELD, Sept. 19.—The packing industry which advocates | British today withstood another heavy counter centering about government control of the Chicago|Havrincourt. Prisoners taken yesterday totaled 8,000. Over sockyents snd Gotta Faced 50 guns were captured. Their advance ranged from two and Sra over the packers’ refrigerator’ 4 half to four miles. Australians captured a regimental com- a |mander and his staff and two battalion commanders and their NEW TAX WILL staffs. The Germans fought fiercely, particularly at Verguier, Templeux, and South of Fresnoy-Le-Petit. APPLY TO ALL The British advance between Cambrai and St. Quentin Paused yesterday afternoon only long enough to smash a series EARNING $2,000 | of heavy German counters and then swept forward again on a wide front, capturing 11 miles of the Hindenburg line outposts, |Haig reported. The counters began at 5 o’clock on an eight- mile front between Couzoacourt and Trescault, following a terrific bombardment. British fire smothered them. A few By LOWELL MELLETT [By Associated Preas.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—An ex tension of the proposed war tax of $10 a year on busines occupations to include all persones in professions and trades earning $2,000 or more annually was approved today by the house ways and means committee. —_— WAR MOTHERS WANT NO HUN entered the British trenches but were annihilated by British re-attacks. Australians resumed the advance shortly before midnight (Continued on Page Six) COMPROMISE BRISBANE BOT ———— The Tyrol, which has figured con-| years later. spicuously in the news of the present | war, has always been a battleground,| The word “Bey” affixed to a Turk- | chiefly because of its strategic posi-| ish surname signifies that the wearer | tion in command of the road across| is distinguished in the servisce of the the Alps. ' State. | 7 NOMORE TAX | SAYS M’ADO0 [By United Press] WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. to-| day quieted fears that the nation must bear a greater tax than eight, illions in the coming fiscal year. As Congressional leaders were floundering over how best to meet the added seven billion dollar War Department program, McAdoo declared it would be unwise to go fur- |, as big as a man’s hand, the other| poleon formed the Lombard militia ther in taxation at the present time. not generally applicable in Casper. DOUBLE-CHECK RESULTS Retail prices are regulated by the wholesale prices on the commodities handled and_ the price-fixing plan constitutes a double-check on opera- tions of both retail and wholesale trade. The consumer, through this| plan, also feels a sense of security not otherwise obtainable and indica- tions are that it will prove high'v satisfactory in Casper as it has in Her dancing ability has been gain-| other districts. \ed thru the Gilbert College of New| With the exception of the members| York City, and from lessons with Ver- | to be named by officials of the|oine Westoff, who is a member of the Trades Assembly’ the committee is| Imperial Ballet of Moscow. She has/ complete as named above and with) also studied under Professor Dare, all interests represented all problems) instructor in the Dwryeyea School of | will gain popular hearing. The first) Modern Classic dancing in New York | list of prices will be available Bee Sir Miss Elizabeth Burchnal of publication next week and readers of | New York and Miss Ruth Jeffries of The Tribune will be kept fully in-|Chicago. Miss Neer holds a certifi- formed of all proceedings. |cate in English country dancing, and —se— |has taught dancing in Chicago. Nowhere in the world are there} isi Sip Wee precious stones to compare with the| The gren, white and red flag of two great emeralds which adorn the | Italy was adopted in imitation of the top of the Turkish sultan’s throne. | red, white and blue of France, at Mi- One of them weighs four pounds, and| lan, on November 6, 3796, when Na- ‘contemplating the organization of a| class of either children or grown-ups | |in classic, interpretative and modern} ‘dancing. Until a more suitable place | is secured Miss Neer will probably \give the lessons in the High school building. Miss Neer is a Laramie girl, gradu-| ate of the Wyoming State University and taught gymnastics and dancing at the State Normal school. Unconditional Surrender Is Demanded in Resolution Sent General Pershing and President by Convention being a trifle smaller. to fight with the French armies. tude.” JOURNAL WITH BREWER’S COIN [By Asnocinted Prens] EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 19.—Unconditional surrender is de-) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Inves- manded of Germany in a resolution sent by the war mothers of Amer- ‘ization of the recent charge of . 5 . . . * il. Alien Property Custodian Palmer ica, now holding their first national convention here, to President) Witt inst avigroup of brewers bought son, General Pershing and the American expeditionary forces in France, Washington newspaper to further The adoption of the resolution followed the reading of a telegram publicity interests of the brewers id Wilso: follows: was authorized by the senate com- from President Bias tenons x . {mittee today. Arthur Brisbane, “To the war mothers of America, the heart of the whole nation owner and editor of the Washington goes out in pride and deep sympathy, because of the supreme sacrifice! Times, announced that he bought the they have made, and pride because of the superb courage with which nen Ter eee lent him by a those sacrifices were accepted. oe “Their sons are making America loved and honored wherever) George M. Adams of Crawford, |men love freedom and respect justice. Their heroism and sacrifices Ve)" a guest today. of bia an will make the whole world happy and a safer home for the wives and jin. hote! mothers of brave men. es paper ce ra A, “In the days to come future generations will rise up and call these “en ¥ ee okie ne None ‘men blessed. Please accept my personal homage, respect and grati- cores in Casper, is a business caller in the city today as | ee * & § # ¥