Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 3, 1918, Page 1

ARMENTIER The Casper Da ALL THE NEWS CITY EDITION VOLUME 2 Srthune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 1918 123 036 CAPTIVES IN MONTH (See ww ewww wo wo oa j ES ALSO. THE DAILY TRIBUNE. LEADS HINDENBURG LINE CRUMBLES Total Number of Prisoners Taken Since B Aggregates Quarter of a Million in A man Newspaper Admits That All ddition to Supplies and Material; Ger- ies Are Smashing Front to Pieces PARIS,. Oct. 3.—The Allies captured 123,036 Germans, Belgium during September, it was officially announced tod nearly 250,000 men alone. OFFICER NICHOLSON RUNS AMUCK WITH GUN AND FIRES TWO SHOTS AT MAN WHO TRIEG TO TAKE HIM Investigation of Registration Rec« Record May Lead to Ser- ious Charge; * “Foo Much Whiskey,” Is Expla- nation at the City Jail Today Called upon to arrest a comrade who had run amuck while! under the influence of liquor, Officer Kilgore had a narrow escape last evening but with the aid of, Wade Waddell suc-| ceeded in locking up Policeman Nicholson on a charge of drunkenness and ‘an investigation of other proceedings staged in a rooming hous and in the alley back of a local saloon. From hints dropped by the former policeman it appears that he “put|a saloon on Center street. and further trouble may come along} Officer Kilgore when the latter took| this line. him in charge. Luckily the bullets Officer Nicholosn got too much) went wide and no damage was done. fire water under his belt yesterday! The man was lodged in the jail,| afternoon and started to clean up in and some rambling remarks that he! PRUSSIAN CAUSE IS. ON THE DOWN GRADE Process of Eliminating He Hohenzollerns Al- ready under Way as Shown by the Adoption of Reichstag Program [By United Press] LONDON, Oct. 3.—Indications that the process of eliminating the militaristic and autocratic German government, which President Wilson declared would be necessary before peace can be accomplished, has already begun. While it is not believed that the present German! Political crisis will result in a democracy, it is evident that Hohenzoll- | erism is on the down grade. The kaiser’s recent appeal for a people's government and another ap- peal he is now issuing but whereof no details are yet received, are re-! garded as a camouflage to fool the German public and Entente’ states- men, Wild goose chasing is‘ all right, thing Doctor Kamp, Attorney Pen- dell and Captain Pitt, together with a quartet of vocalists, but it would be better if one were armed with the necessary equipment for the bagging of geese. -The doc tor’s keen eyes gathered a vision However, it is interesting, as stat- ed by an Amsterdam report, that the reichstag majority has adopted the| following program: Endorsement of the July, 1917, peace resolution, the restoration of Belgium, autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine, equal suffrage for Prussia, and a declaration of Ger- many’s readiness to join a league of nations, Platte, but neither he, Pendell, nor Pitt could do anything outside of taking a jook, The ammunition He was) one over” in the draft classification | armed and took a couple of shots at of some ducks sporting in the | 1,600 cannon, and over 10,00 machine guns in France and ay. The total since July 15 is over twice these numbers, or PARIS, Oct. 3. —f! Havas peace ne ee situation on the western front is grave, the Frankfort eetung admits, | adding that the German front is gradually L “The Allie plan of attack,” its adds, “ish out in’ root an ex! manner. “It is aniaiw “The situation on the Meuse, where American ‘a | just beginning, is extremely critical.. Part-of the 4, sna des Dames has had to be given up and the whole German» front is gradually crumbling away under Allied attacks.” The evacuation of Belgium is being; discussed openly in Berlin, according to advices rorene here. Concerning Alsace-Lorraine, the German high command suggests that it be neutralized and joined’to Luxemburg, thus making a buffer state between France and Germany. ITALIANS START ST |NEW OFFENSIVE U.S. s. TAMPA IS _aGainsT ENEMY | VORPEDOED, ALL ON BOARD LOST WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Italians |have launched an offensive against |the Austrians in Albania, state cables One Hundred and Eighteen Go Down with Former Coast Guard Cutter in Convoy i made aroused the suspicions of his former companions as to his status jin the draft so his record as given in | the sherriff’s office will be examined into and a survey of his question-} naire made, to the Italian Embassy here- Service [By Associated Preas.] WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.— The U. S. S, Tampa, former coast guard cutter, now in the naval service, was lost off the English coast Sep- tember 26 with all aboard, while on convoy duty. Ten officers, 102 enlisted men, comprising the crew, one british officer and five civilian employes lost their lives. -The navy depart- ment. statement says the ship was sunk at night in the Bristol Channel and reports indicate that she was struck by. a torpedo while escort- ing a convoy. Captain Satterlee of the coast guard commanded.the cutter. Ap- parently there were no eye wit- |. Hesses to the sinking. The Navy's report says the explosion was felt after the Tampa had gone well IGORGAS TO BE RETIRED AFTER OCTOBER FIFTH i | m., and, that later quantities of belts, and the bodies of two un- identified officers in uniforms were [By Associated Press] a ey WASHINGTON, Oct. 3,—Major- General Merritte Ireland, of the medi- cal corps, was today nominated for Surgeon General of the Army, to suc- leeed Vice- Major General William C. Gorgas who is to be retired October fifth. Pt Ee | Sergeant Custer Hanks, former. re- cruiting agent in Casper, has return- ed from Fort Logan, Colo., where he wife in wife in Casper. with which these three were loaded for the kaiser was to be saved for further down the line. Liberty bonds are far more im- portant than wild ducks, and the aforementioned gentlemen were’ going to fire their guns in the opening drive for the Liberty loan at a place called Freeland—“some- where in Wyoming.” Loaded for the kaiser, the doc and his two companions drew up alongside the | little red schoolhouse, from which it was expected the patriots would emerge with loud cheering, a hand- clasp, and all that. Evidently they. had arrived early on the scerie, for there wasn’t a sign of a living thing, not even a schoolhouse rat or a coyote. \ Pendell ‘made an in- vestigation of thesplace and found that sometime in the’ dim past Cas- per’s politicians had been there, and by all evidence they had | | eginning of Allied Offensive in July Now | , wreckdige, one of the Tampa's life | has been stationed for several weeks! and will spend several days with his tion of a Franco:American attack on |cans follow a zig-zag course. ahead of her convoy, about 8:45 p. | | SHIP.-ATTACKED }Schools, churches, and all places of DESERTED GREAT COAL CENTER FALLS TO _ ALLIED HOSTS WITH PROSPECT OF MORE SWEEPING ADVANCES Lens, the chief coal ‘Germans taday in their retir Armentieres to the British. line south of Lens, toward Lille open to the Allies. on the western front. the senate calendar in a po By a viva voce vote th consideration ‘of Tuesday’s BY .U-BOAT OFF THE EAST COAST By United Press AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 3. — Two merchantmen arrivals today | ported having received an S. O. S. call stating that a submarine was/ shelling a vessel two hundred miles off the coast. Neither was able to ¢atch the name of the vessel attacked. pacino waco sta PUBLIC PLACES CLOSED TIGHT IN QUAKER CITY [By Associated Prens.] PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 3. — assemblage, were today ordered clos- ed by the health board after an alarming spread of influenza. jaiecchnoesas: <i GEN. MARRIS IS MADE ADJUTANT | BY NOMINATION | [By Aasoctated Press] WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.— Briga- dier General Peter Harris was today nominated Adjutant General with the army rank of Major General, suc- ceeding Major General Henry P. Mec- Cain, recently appointed to the com- mand of a division. ALSATIANS ON MOVE BACK OF DEFENSE LINE GENEVA, Oct. 8.—The German t [By Associated Press] mining city: in northern France, was evacuated by the ® ement near the Belgian border. They also abandoned The scope of the enemy retreat is thus accentuated in the light of an official announcement from Berlin. It now seems certain that the Douai, will be involved. By giving up Armentieres the Germans have also gone far toward laying In thé week ending today the Allies captured 60,000 men and 1,000 guns WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The suffrage amendment was today returned to sition for future action. e senate adopted the motion of Senator Jones for re- vote. [By Associated 3 a On a front of 20 miles between Armentieres and Lens the Ger- mans continue to retire from the salient west of Lille. Northeast of St. Quentin the British are storming the German defense lines, while in Champagne the French are pressing northward, threatening German communications. The evacuation of the Lille salient is a direct result of Allied ad- vances in Flanders and around Cambrai. The British are keeping close to the heels of the Germans, who already have retired an average of two miles, but there is no indication where the enemy will stop. Armentieres and Lens apparently are still held by the enemy but their fall to the British probably is only a matter of a few hours. With Lens in the hands of the British and the German line moved back to near Lille or beyond, the great coal fields of this district will no longer (Continued on page 8.) FROST CHILLS FIGHTERS ON YANKEE LINES Americans in Best of Spirits Despite In- clemency of Weather; No Trouble Expe- rienced in Keeping Most Advanced of Positions Supplied with Necessities ("yr Associated Press] WITH THE AMERICANS, NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 3.— Violent artillery firing developed along the center of the American line between the Meuse and the Aisne today. The Germans also bom- barded American positions on the right, near the Meuse, to a limited military authorities today began to LIBERTY LOAN PATROL, ANXIOUS TO°USE AMMUNITION, FINDS ONLY Lis remove the inhabitants of Alsace, ac- cording to the Democrate, in expecta-| the frontier. “cleaned up.” The doctor lit a cigar and re- fused to worry, while the captain wondered who was going to sing “from the hundred or more song sheets Doctor Thomas had given him for the crowd. belated automobile, bearing the “nightingales” who were to sing patriotism right into the souls of ’ Freeland’s citizens, arrived, and a hurried consultation was held with Finally, the’ jthe day. ISTENING POST | extent but on the extreme left there was silence for the greater part of forest is less than that fighting on the eastern side. General Gouraud’s drive west of the forest, together with the advance of the Americans tto the east, threatens to cut off ene- my units still clinging to the wrooved |hills south of Grandpre. No genera’ offensive was undertaken by Americans today, Altho last night was frosty and the American soldiers were chilled, and tired, yet they displayed a keen spirit. Commissary trains are mov- ing forward steadily and. rations are reaching the men in the mst ad- vanced positions. Anticipating sharp fall weather the staff ordered sleeveless leather coa:s | issued to a greater part of the men at the front. These are lined with felt and are worn over theiy uni- forms, They keep out the wind and turn the rain. The pee renae held by the Ameri- The | number of Germans near Argonne} the Dr. Kamp as physician in charge. It was decided that whereas the cause of liberty had thus been served in a placed that resembled “No Man's Land” the Casperites would return to ‘their beloved city, | and report to the publicity com- mittee—the doctor to do the re- porting. So ended this wild goose chase.