Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1918, Page 1

Ascendancy; Hun Blighted Six Months Anniversary of Big Drive Be- gan by Hindenburg Finds Enemy Fac- ing More Acute Devression than Allies Felt over Defeats of March [By Asnoctated Prenn] Six months ago today the great German offensive began. For weeks victory seemed about to perch on the German banners. To- day the Allied star is in the ascendancy. Anxiety and encouragement, depression and joy, have succeeded each other since the dawn of March 21, when the greatest battle of history begun. It has been a period of almost incessant fighting and bewildering changes in situa-| tions that developed from day to day and from week to week. The Allies knew they faced Germany's mightiest effort last March, but | stood unafraid. | Released by the absolute collapse of Russia, vast numbers of Ger- man veterans had been rushed to the West front and given intensive training for the offensive. Germany made no secret of her intention. It was known that great bodies of men and tremendous stores of mu-| nitions were concentrated at strategic points. Tables Turned by Brilliant Thrusts Launched by Allies On July 18 Marshal Foch launched an attack which changed the whole complexion of the situation. From Fontency on the Aisne, west! | | BRITISH MAKE FRESH | Che Casper Daily ALL THE NEWS = CITY EDITION tr [ Ut 00 PATRIOTIC LABORERS ARE NEEDEDBY Government Agents Here Today Propose to Run Special Train of Soissons, to Chateau Thierry on the Marne, German lines were torn to pieces by the Allies and the Marne salient threatened to collapse. _| On August 8 the French and British stormed the German lines | in Picardy from the Ancre river to Moreuil, north of Montdidier. The} next day a French assault crushed in the German front south of Mont-| didier. Less than two weeks later the German lines southwest of Arras gave way and the forces holding them joined their comrades further East With Men for ‘Nitro’ War Plant { “We want 500 patriotic laborers to work in the government powder plant at Nitro, West Virginia, and we want |them by a week from tomarrow,” said U, S. Employment Agent J. C. O’Brien, of the war department, ex- seuth in a retreat which now virtually reaches the German lines as they were on March 21, from Arras to Chemin des Dames. Before the Allies now stands the great lines constructed by the! Germans during four years of warfave. These are vast fields of forti-! fications and stretch from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier, with few interruptions. These lines, constructed as they are, with all the} viaining his yisit to Casper today He is accompanied by Lieut E. Eve- leth, of the U. S Public, Health serv- ice, who. nigkés the physical exam- inations. Provided a sufficient number of men can be obtained, a special train will be arranged for direct from Lan- science at the command of the German genral staff, present a formid- able barrier to further Allied attacks. Six months of warfare in motion has taught the Allies that a trench is no stronger than the troops that man it. In this fact lies the hope of the Allied nations. New methods of attack, the employment of tanks and a higher morale than ever before in the history of war, will be relied upon to force new German retreats. Germany lost her chance to force peace upon the Allies before the American armies entered the fight with all their strength. This was her hope in March, der to West Virginia, over the Chi- cago & Northwestern. Locally the |government agent will have the as-! |sistance of E, Richard Shipp, district labor agent for the government, and the See Ben labor agency, both of whom are in touch with local con-| ditions. Men who desire to leave are| requested to make application at either of their offices and they will be open Sunday for this purpose. great government powder plant! and two miles wide at Nitro, West which have sprung up in munition war. |.Virinia, 16 miles from Charleston, jand one of the great mushroom cities jeenters since the beginning of the | Good sleeping accommodations are CRISIS ACUTE Parliamentary Government Is Demand of | Majority; Berlin Advises Austria of Willing to Join Peace Meet [By Associated Press} AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21.—The government crisis in Ger-| many is approaching a decisive stage, according to the Leipzig Tageblatt, and a majority of the parties are firmly resolved to form a parliamentary government without delay. The gov- ernment, which is in entire independence of main headquarters, will pursue a policy made necessary by seriousness of the hour. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21.— The fae Berlin government sent Vienna = WAR TAX BILL note saying that Germany is ready to | | conference. CAPELLE RELIEVED | THE SENATE AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21.+— Re- ports that Vice Admiral Eduard von | Capelle, German minister of the a reesei Profits Tax Is Chief Issue be- tween Houses and Senate Proposes to Make It Cover All of the Industries navy, has been retired, seom con- firmed by telegrams from Merlin an- nouncifig that Vice Admiral Behncke has been appointed to represent Ca- pelle, who is on leave, TURKS SPREAD WASTE IN BAKU | | | [By Ausoclated Press} | {By United Press] WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 Senate Finance Commi to re-write the dollar war tax bill, the House yesterday unanimously. The profits tax is the chief issue. Among the suggestions of the | Senators is a flat tax of 8 to 15 | per cent oa all business, regardless | of profits due to the war or not. Wealth conscriptions are fight- ing for an 80 per cent war profits Luxury taxes will as in the measure. | | _AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21.—Explo- ‘ions are occurring in Baku and the town is afire, according to a Moscow telegram to the Russian embassy in| Berlin, printed in the Vorwaerts. | British and Allied troops recently | furnished free of charge and good board is provided for $1 a day. For those who wish to “bach” the gov-| ernment has erected some 3300 bun- galows and 1800 more house are now building. Light, heat, gas and oth- er necessities of this character are’ Entente Naval Units Sink Ships furnished. Nine men are assigned to a four-room house. Those who do not care to bach are assigned to barracks where good accommodations are provided. | The wage scale for common lab-) orers such as are desired here is} | 878 cents an hour for an eight-hour | day, time and a half for overtime | and double time on Sunday. Men} | working ten hours a day earn $4,12 and expenses are only $1 a day. Transportation will be advanced it the government rate for this class | of travel of one cent a mile, or $15 for the trip to the powder plant, In he event a special train is secured, made up of increments from Lan- ler, Riverton, Hudson, Shoshoni, Douglas, Lusk, Parkerton and Cas. per, the expenses will be taken care of for the entire journey. Meals will be furnished enroute. The jobs offer exceptional chances for advancement, according to Mr. O’Brien, some men being raired a week or so after their arrtval. There is daily train service from Chagles-| town and the camp is well policed }by 300 Nitro police and 500 soldiers, | A special train, bearing 600 Utah men who have joined the labor ranks at this point, passed thru Cheyenne} yesterday. HR So EE CIVILIANS OF ST. QUENTIN OR MOVE, REPORT [By United Press} PARIS, Sept. 21}—The Germans appear to be hastening the removal FLAT RE PROPO CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1918. JECTION OF SPANISH SAL MAY LEAD [By United Preas} Will Never Consent to Hun Ships Being Taken, Declares German Ambassador; Spain to Insist on Rights in Case LONDON, Sept. 21.—Germany flatly rejected confiscate interned ships to replace those submarined. Spain's proposal to i The German ambassador to Spain is reported to have said: “We will never consent to allow our ships to be taken. After all, if the worst happens, and another country is against us, it makes little difference.” King Alfonso’s chaplain said that the Cabinet had fully determined on a course of action. Spain will insist on her rights. 1,750,000 YANKEE SOLDIERS ON FOREIGN FRONTS, SAYS MARCH IN WEEKLY INTERVIEW AT CAPITAL Military News Continuously Good During Past Week, Affirms Chief, Who Says Americans Face New Hun Line [By Associated Press} WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Embarkation of American sol- \diers for all fronts overseas has passed the 1,750,000 mark, _ Chief of Staff March announced today. The men will be employed at the tary mews on all fronts for the past week was continuously good. H said that the mili- On the Lorraine front the situation has become stabalized which covers an area six miles long! with the enemy hurriedly perfecting a new line in front of the | Americans. This line stretches 20 miles from Maizery to the Moselle river at Vandieres. The Americans are now ten miles from Metz and an AT HANDS RUSS MOB, IS CLAIM in Dvina; Czecho-Slovaks te Cross the Ural Mountains (By United Press.J STOCKHOLM, Sept. Traveiers erriving here say subjects, particularly Americans, have been slaughtered im Petro- grad. The massacres followed a German inspired meeting, wherein resolutions were adopted thet dur- ing the war on the Allies they would arrest subjects and confis- cate their property. LONDON, Sept. 21.—Entente navel units and Allied troops op- erating the Dvina River in North- ern European Kussia, has sunk two enemy ships and captured three guns, says the official statement. Heavy losses were inflicted on the Bolshevik forces by the Allics. 21. — HARBIN, Sept. 21.—Czecho- Slovak troops from Eastern and Ceatral Siberia are concentrating at Irkutek, When fully equipped they will cross the Ural Moun- tains to the stance of Czechs, resisting the Teutons and Bolshe- viki in European Russia. [By Associated Press.) AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21.—The Recent Bolshevik defeat on the to northern front is attributed mutiny in Lettish r: cording to a Petr to the North Ger Essen. Theo telegram says Letts, who hitherto had been faith- ful to their allies, the soveit gov- ernment, refused to fight against the British. equal distance from Conflans. ‘REV. MOORMAN SCOUTMASTER | LOCAL PATROL The Boy Scouts of Casper will | meet Monday night to accept their new scoutmaster, Rev. R. H. Moon |man, who will take over the command jof the seouts from their present scoutmaster, Leon Goodrich, who will leave for the army in the near fut- ure. All scouts are urged to be on hand at 7 o'clock Monday evening *=2 also any boys over 12 years who wish to become members of the Boys Scouts. SE THE DAILY TRIBUNE LEADS NUMBER 287 TO WAR 65 ELECTIVES ARE SUMMONED IN FOUR GALLS Largest Increment of 59 Draftees Scheduled to Depart October 7 for Camp Lewis, Washington A call for 59 military selectives to leave Casper October Lewis, American Lake, Washi was received at.the office of the local board for Natrona County this morn- ing, thereby depleting the list of available Class 1-A men to 18 men These comprise men who qualified thru registration on June 5 of this year, last year’s Class 1 men having been exhausted long since. In addition to the above call, three calls of less significance have been received during recent days, one for two colored registrants to entrain for Camp Lewis September 25; another for two limited service men to take up duties at Fort Riley, Kansas, on September and a third for two limited service men to serve clerks at Fort McDowell, Cal Ernest Hassell will be one of the two men to leave on the latter ca and it is doubtful if another « furnished, there being no available among this class. Questionnaires are being mailed out of the local office in a continual stream, and returns are now being re- ceived on those sent out early in the week. The work of classifying will begin simultaneously with summons to the men to report for physical ex- amination, a procedure that will make a large increment available for early call to the colors. 77 ARE LOST IN SHIP SINKING IN BRITISH HARBOR [By Associated Preas | LONDON, Sept 1.—A monitor waa sunk Monday, lying in the harbor, the announced today One nineteen men were killed, wh are miasing and been killed. British presu ‘7 “h A. , idly toward the LES: ACK SERBI SWEEPING FOE F BIG PATH Macedonian Gain Is Fraught with Big Possibilities to Suc- Allied cess of the Armies [My Associated Mees.) Driving northward on an ever- widening front, the Serbians and French in Central Macedonia now menace the entire Bulgarian posi- tion from the Adriatic to Salonika. The cutting of the Luskub-Salonika railway, which is only nine miles from the new Serbian line, would upset completely the Bulgarian de- fenses. Serbian infantry is moving rap- highway from Prilep to the Yardar river and eight miles southward of a parallel road on a front of more than fif- teen miles. At Drogojel, north of which cavalry is operating, te Serbs advaiiced twenty miles from Sokol, the capture of which precip- itated a Bulgarian retirement. The formidable salient driven into the Bulgarian line is being extended rapidly. Additional villages were liberated and a large number of * prisoners added to the five thou- sand already reported. Apparently Bulgarian resistance ~ is not very great, and there is no indication where the enemy in- tends to make a stand. The British and Greeks continue pressure around Lake Doiran and the enemy there must depend en- tirely on the Uskub railway for supplies and reinforcements. A successful continuation of the Al- lied stroke is fraught with great possibilities. Haig’s thrust was made toward a strip of high ground in front of the Hindenburg defenses, which cover the Scheldt canal area, now under attack. Immediately to the north is that part of the line held by Australians, who have already gained in the Hindenburg outpost ity System and are closer to the canal { than the infantry on either side of them. (Continued on page 8) Advance Ten Miles Many Prisoners; Friday and Capture Main Highway to Vardar River to be Crossed [By United Press} LONDON, Sept. 21.—The Allies advanced 10 miles in |Macedonia yesterday. They liberated ten villages. | cavalry is operating north of Krnievo, stragevo, Dragojel, and | Polochko. LONDON, Sept. 21. — Serbian WASHINGTON, Spt. 21.—-Govern-| troops east of Monastir advanced says that a great number of pri of the civilian population from St.| ment reports fail to show that Amer-| more than nine miles in one day anders were captured, and The Serbian official statement that the Quentin and fires are observed in the! icana were massacred or abused by | are now less than eight miles from lies have taken Godiyak, west of the de Paris. House city, says Marcel Hutin in the Echo|the Bolsheviki. is indicated by some messages. with the Vardar river. Quite the ocontrary| the main highway connecting Prilep Cerna river and 15 miles southwest of Prilep. Serbian | RBIAN ALLIES WIN 10 VILLAGES IN DAY HO PANIC FROM AMERICAN FIRE OH METZ FORTS ANS . ’ , , > , > 5 . > ; . , ;