Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1918, Page 1

BRITISH FORCES ON BULGARIAN SOIL CROSS BORDER AT KOSTURINO IN FRESH DRIVE Bulgarian Deserters Shot Down by Hun Helpers in War [By United Press] | LONDON, Sept..26.—The Brit- | ~ ish have invaded Bulgaria oppo-| site Kosturino, it was officially an- AMERICANS AND FRENCH LAUNCH JOINT ATTACK, STORM CHAMPAGNE PCSITI —_____ The ALL THE NEWS CITY EDITION VOLUME 2 Caz THE DAILY TRIBUNE LEADS nounced today. Kosturino is on the main Strou- | mitza-Doiran highway, two miles; inside of Bulgaria and directly south | of Stroumitza toward which the} British are pursuing the Bulgarians. | German troops are firing on Bul-| garians who desert. German prison--| ers complain that the Bulgarians in- tentionally abandon great numbers of German-made machine guns. The Serbians have reached the; Kriva-Ladavitsa river, eight miles beyond the Vardar river. They cap- tured Gradsko station, which the Ger-| mans defended. The Serbs took en-|} ormous supplies there. LONDON, Sept. 26. — Serbian troops reached the outskirts of Ish-| tib, an important Bulgarian base, on! Tuesday, says the official statement. | Elsewhere east of the Vardar Serb- ians made important gains. The Serbs captured Gradsko sta- tion, southeast of Uskub, defended by German troops. An enormous quan- tity of supplies, including 19 guns, were captured, North of Prilep‘the Serbians are pursuing the Bulgarians, who are in THREE ARE NEAR FALL FRONTS GERMAN PEACE FLYER PLUMPS Veles, Amman and St. Quention Bases to Any Conference Must Follow Evacuation Share Fate of Soissons; Advance Con- tinues in the [By United Presa] : LONDON, Sept. 26.—The Allies are drawing. closer to) their immediate objectives on three offensive Serbia, Amman in Palestine, and St. vasion of Bulgaria by British British forces are within two miles of St. Quentin. are within 10 miles of Veles. The Bulgars are retreating rapidly one the whole 100-mile front between Monastir and Lake Doiran. The capture of Amman would par- alyze Turkish resistance in the whole region south of Damascus. of Russia, Belgium and France, Say Main Theaters Officials in Reply to Hertling (By United Press} WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Chancellor Hertling’s peace e fronts—Veles in| flyer was dismissed by officials here as summarily as the Aus- Quentin in France. In-/ trian note. They branded it insincere, only another effort to cavalry is imminent. Franco-| squeeze out of the war with the best possible bargain before The Serbs| Americans put the finishing touches on the Teuton dream of ' world conquegt.. Officials said that to look at Russia’s situa- tion shows that German's glib accept- ° ] ance of Wilson’s principles are not PREFERS LOVE OF HUMBLE WIFE © =%.'=0""""" TO FLIGHTY CROWN OF ROYALTY | evacuation of Russia and the aban- | donment of Teuton control there, but |Germany’s acts show clearly that GAINST FACTS . > } ; , , , » , f NEW OFFENSIVE EAST OF RHEIMS DESTINED © TO BREAK HUN LINES |\Quiet Region Selected by Foch as Setting for Next Major Drive against Hinden- burg’s Lines as Allies Maintain Stride in Other War Sectors | LONDON, Sept. 26.—Franco-Americans attacked at 5:45 | today on a 40-mile front between the Meuse and Suippe rivers in Champagne. They had progressed several miles at latest | reports. | | | } [By Associated Press] | French and American troops are today storming German positions in the Champagne and further east, which apparently is a major stroke of Marshal Foch. The new offensive is pro- gressing favorably. | the Macedonian front the British invaded Bulgaria, as | the Serbians and Allied armies pursue the Germans and Bul- garians east and west of Vardar. [ The new Allied thrust comes on a front which has been jinactive since July.. The French are attacking in Champagne ‘om Rheims east to Argonne, west of Verdun. Americans are moving forward in the east of Champagne simultaneously with Petain’s forces. Great possibilities might result from a successful Allied Advance east of Rheims, as German communications would be severed. In Macedonia the Allies are advancing all along 130-mile V-shaped front between Monastir and Lake Doiran. The Bul- garian First army on the Allied left has been placed in a dan- gerous position by the cutting of the Prilep-Veles road at Izvor, while the Serbs are in the outskirts of Ishtib, 18 miles east of | The British continued yesterday to | win local successes northwest of St. | | they aim to master Russia. Veles, the base of the Bulgarian Second army. Even if it is granted that Hert- Northeast of Lake Doiran the British crossed the frontier complete retreat, and are approach) Quentin, Ficld Marshal Haig reported | aw ate Midwayiehetpeen-Exiiep today. Several counters there were! , |repulsed. There were ‘also slight LONDON, Sept. 26.—The Bulgar-| British advances in Flanders, north- ian armies have been split into three! west of La Basse and Armentieres. gesae SotatR Pack iae Stas els James W. Burns, Howard Baker, | R. C. Davis, Bill Preston and Z. Q./ Miller returned last evening with AMSTERDAM, Sept. 26.—In answer to pleas that he desert his bride of humble birth, Crown Prince Charles of Rumania has replied that thrones are so unstable nowadays that he preferred the certainty of hav- ing the wife he wanted to the chance of losing the succession. The crown prince went to Od and. married Cecile Lambring, daughter cf a major in the Rumanian army. King Ferdinand ordered Charles into solitary confinement for 75 days for absénting himself with- out leave from his garrison. He also sent an emi: y to the young couple to try to break the nuptial knot, but to no avail. DATE OF THIRD BOMBS FOUND = “4CK oF Fire | DRAFT LOTTERY UNDETERMINED [By Associated Preas.] | [By Associated Press} WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—An-| PHOENIX, Sept. 26.—Detachment nouncement of the date of the third | »¢ troops was sent to Jerome, fol- UNDER HOUSE MEX SUSPECTS | ling’s acceptance of Wilson's princi- |ples are genuine, officials declared | lit does not offer a basis for discuss- jing peace. Any conference must fol- |low an armistice which will include the withdrawal of Germans from | Russia, Belgium, and France. There |is no hint that Germany is ready to do that, into Bulgarian Macedonia. Enemy territory was invaded at Kosturino, a few miles |south of Strumitsa, the Bulgarian base for the region north of Lake Doiran. Kosturino is at the head waters of the Tre- kanya river, which flows thru a virtually level country to Strumitsa. Meanwhile the French and Greeks are pushing eastward from the Vardar river in the direction of Strumitsa, which is located in a valley between two high mountain ranges. In local operations between Cambrai and St. Quentin the British are pushing further into the Hindenburg line and cap- turing points vital to the defense of St. Quentin. PLUGS COSTLY WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, Sept. 26. (9:10 a. m.)— (By Associated Press.)—The French attacked in Champagne in a thick fog after artillery preparation terminating several The seven-room boarding house| hours of most intense gunfire. Early Progress was favorable. jowned by the Casper Brick & Tile| |company, located in the Nelson ad- \dition, was reduced to ashes at 1 |o’cloek this morning, the flames hav- poe at ‘BAD ROADS AND | The part Americans are playing is not revealed. The American advance in Moselle may be a second American drive jing gained such headway before the ae So-onera Hon with active American a a C hampagne, or arrival of the fire department that| the French may be alone in Campagne while the Moselle opera- |nothing could be done to save it. The| tions of the Americans are regarded by Paris as a continuation |fire truck had difficulty in negotiat-| of the Champagne drive. parts. One portion is northeast of’ me the Vardar river, another eas of the | BELGIAN RELIEF CLOTHES Vardar, while the third is west of TO BE LEFT AT SHOCKLEY’S | oo See | The 1500 pounds of used cloth- ling, Casper’s quota in the campaign |for Belgian relief in this country, jis to be collected at the Shockley MUST G0 IN S Service Sales garage or a collector! and the name and address left. Gar-| |ments and materials, not of flimsy} lor gaudy materials, should be given) tute women and children of Belgium! [By Associated Press] lis great. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Phy-| sically fit men between 18 and 45 local draft boards, or who would be so placed except for occupational de-| ferment, cannot become candidat for commissions in the army until} service as privates, under rulings of | the adjutant general, f ns ear tla The Imperial Canal of China has | Prilip and retreating toward Albania. | will call at the house by calling 950) freely as the need among the desti- years who are placed in class one by they have been inducted into the a length of more than 1,000 miles. | |mountains near Bondurant, three elks which they captured in the Lincoln county, Wyoming. “Jim” got his elk the first day of the hunting, the others not being quite so fortunate. | The party spent two weeks and a) half in the mountains and en Toute, making the trip to Bondurant in two cars. |draft lottery to give numbers d»-|Jowing the discovery of a dozen/ing the street leading north of fthe |termining in part the order of serv-|bombs in a house occupied by Mexi-| court house and the condition of the ice for each of the 13,000,000 men) cans jeonsey, afi Sears reed ea lack of yi ili 5 water facilities in the immediate vi- registered for military service S=p- The discovery of bombe followed | Sinity ar itie be e immediate vi tember 12, will be withheld by Pro-|the arrest of four men at Verde,! The women who had been operat- vost Marshal Crowder for "rer Arizona, last night, who were be-|ing the boarding house left yesterday day or two. It was expected today jjeyed implicated in the killing of a and there was no one in it at the time, | hence the origin of the fire is. in [but delays due to various causer|mine guard at Harrison Monday. Un-| doubt, ‘The lose is estimated at $3,- |made it impossible to ascertain def-| ger the houses occupied by the men| 000. linitely when the last board ud) Jerome-avare hind Gis ‘bemce ———._——— oo [By Ansociated Prens] PARIS, Sept. 26.—French and American troops today be- | gan a joint attack on the Champagne front and in the region to the east, the war office announced today. Renewed German | attacks north of the Aisne were repulsed. At one point, where | the Germans gained a foothold in French positions, they were | ejected by a counter attack. The drive northward in Champagne threatens communi- cation lines in the rear of the Hindenburg line. The length of \the front of this attack is not disclosed but it probably extends | a © C R ; SI S i 0 Mi S cae A | | EXPENSE PROBE ON SUFFRAGE IN BULGARIA Public and Military Are Urged to Remain Calm as State of Sieze Is Ordered to Ward off Internal Dangers [By United Prens numbered. Six states have not reported corn- plete totals yet. SENATE VOTE AFTER ELECTION WILL GO OVER |Galleries Packed, Seats Filled, WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—The| for Debate on Susan B. An- senate elections committee today thony Amendment in the | postponed action on the proposed in- Upper House ‘vestigation of campaign expenses of congressional candidates until after the November elections. | [By United Press. | [By Assoctated Prens.} WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—While | Mr. Ae Rite AL cau Ys Freidrich of|the senate debate was under way cn South Maple street, will leave this/the Susan B. Anthony woman suf- |WEATHER-CROP SUMMARY FOR PAST WEEK es | By ANDREW M. HAMRICK | | (U. S. Weather Bureau, Cheyenne.) | The week opened cold, with rain jor snow in the central and southern |parts of the State; the latter part of jthe week was fair with moderate/ | temperature, and threshing was in full swing in all but the extreme | western part of the State. In Park leanne hard wheat is averaging |from 80 to 40 bushels per acre. Po- tatoes and beets continue good, and junaffected by the week’s weather Tee lhe fall seeding which was done in Last of Ottomans in Holy Land Are Facing |a good part of the distance from Rheims to Verdun and prob- ably beyond. (Continued on Page 6) \the northern Counties is coming up ZURICH, Sept. 26.—A state of siege has been proclaimed in evening for Fort Dodge, Iowa, to|frage amendment, Chairman Jones,| . 91), Sofia and inhabitants must remain indoors after 9 p. m. Mr. Fried-|in charge of the amendment, told the| \make their future home. Ranges are in good condition, but main |Tich has been employed at the Evans) Associated Press it appeared likely|they would have been better for fat- Newspapers are appealing to the people and the army to re’ calm and not lose confidence ‘“‘at supreme danger.” The cabinet is sitting continuous RAIL STRIKERS — RETURN TO JOBS [By United Prens.} LONDON, Sept. 26—All railway strikers at Cardiff returned to work today, a moment when the country is in ly and Czar Ferdinand is consult- ing with his generals at grand head- quarters. It is reported crisis is imminent. regency under Prince Boris. 4 that a ministerial Popu- lar peace demonstrations are occur-| ing daily. LONDON, Sept. 26.—A Bulgarian | coalition government and perhaps a separate peace may result from the present Allied Macedonia offensive, according to belief expressed here this afternoon, Some predict a} jewelry store while Mrs. Friedrich|that no vote would be taken tody,|tening livestock had they cured earl- has been one of the most active and) interested workers at the Red Cross) |workrooms where her cheery pres-| lence and her skillful fingers will be | greatly missed. | LONDON, Sept. |p. m.)—Veles, 25 miles south4 jeast of Uskub, in Macedonia, has The gas meters of the houses in|rier pigeona were employed for the| New York City are now recorded by | cameras, which yield a permanent re-|siere of Jersusalem in the yeer of $ {cord of each of the regular readings. | 1099. \been captured by the Serbians. | and that on resolution it might go over till Saturday when Senator La Follette, Wisconsin, is to due to ar- rive, A full membership pf the sen- ate is present and great ‘crowds fill the galleries. 26.—(7:30) A new poll taken by suffrage lead- ers showed one or possibly two votes’ short of the necessary two-thirds ma- | jority and caused them to delay the vote. ——__— According to the poet Tasso car- transmission of messages during the ier. Sheep are being moved to the winter range in Uinta County. Cat- tle are being marketed in some sec- tions, but there is a considerable shrinkage reported due to the fact that they were fattened on a green range, rather than the more substan- j tal cured grass. enne, 0.42 inch; Crow Hill, Preciptaton for the week:—Chey- 1.12; Annihilation by Allenby’s Victorious Forces; Cleanup Is Probable (By Associated Prens | LONDON, Sept. 26.—The Fourth Turkish army in Palestine is virtually surrounded east of the Jordan and faces annihilation by All- enby’s forces. If wiped out it would complete the clearing of Turk forces in Palestine, accounting for about 80,000 men. | Lander, 0.72; Sheridan, 0.12; Pow- LONDON, Sept. 26.—The British) 4 tenth of the number of prisoners ell, 0.00; Evanston, 0.13; Worland, have captured the important Turkish they have captured ay ; 0.02; Casper, 0.56. center of Amman, Palestine, Gen The Allies also occupied Tiberias Afri eral Allenby reported today, ‘The| nd Semakh on the shores of Gali- 4 The first English man-of-war, the Turks, retreating along the Hedjaz|lee and es Samra, after determined “Great Harry,” was launched | 1487, in railway, are closely pursued ji) igad British casualties amount to less than resistance. The total of Turkish pris- oners has passed 45,000. The