Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 9, 1918, Page 1

The Casper Daily THE DAILY TRIBUNE . LEADS VOLUME a Cribune CASPER, wyo., WEDNESDAY, oct. 9, 1918 ASSOCIATED and UNITED. PRESS HUN RESISTANCE CRUMBLES ° + > ° 2 s > > ° ¢ , ¢ ——$_——_ Private Albert K. Cheadle was killed in action on Auzust 25 and with his death another Casper service star is changed to gold. Notice of the supreme sacrifice paid by this Natrona county boy reached Casper yesterday in a telegram to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Cheadle, from Acting Adjutant General Harris at Washington. Young Cheadle left Casper in June and enlisted at Fort Logan, Two brothers, Carl and Louis, are’on the firing. line in France. For seven years Private Cheadle had lived in this city, and prior to his enlistment was employed at the Midwest refinery. He belonged to an infantry unit and during the fighting of the early summer rat" participated in-in Herstel sREsgsments. 8 “ His patents, who “stand in the shadow which ts the earthly side of those clouds. of glory, in. which their son’s life has’ pasted,” have ‘the? deepest sympathy bf the public. UIBERTY LOAN RETURNS SLOW AT WASHINGTON, NOT SO IN CASPER Colo. WHERE GOAL (3 ALL BUT PASSED ss Slogan of “Double the Third” A Already Met by Local Patriots, Now Busy Checking up Final Returns of Chinas Days’ Campaign in Natrona County [By Associated Press] WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—“At the present rate of going and with the present average of per capita subscriptions,” said the treasury loan review today, “the fourth Liberty Loan will not reach the desired goal within the allotted time.” Many Liberty loan organizations have adopted “ “‘Double the Third” as their campaign cry. ewspapers are urged to tell their readers the fact that the basis for subscriptions to the fourth loan should be their third subsetip- tion multiplied by two, pa Progress of the campaign in the nation at large does not apply to that’ in Casper, according to advices from well authenticated sources today. While no accurate figures are avail- able it is believed that Natrona | county’s quota will have been sold before the sun goes down this even-| ing. It will be several days before detailed returns are in and ready for | publication but there is little doubt} that the goal of $720,250 will be} reached before-night. This, of course, is also dependent | upon the redemption of all pledges! made upon whieh first payments are | still pending. Some of those taken | at the Iris theater Saturday evening | e not been chalked up as sold as} replies to President but there is little liklihood of| will go before congres “sappointment in that quarter. a ah By CARL D. to cast | March this afternoon. REPLY IS CLEVER. . LONDON, Oct. 9:—In diplomatic circles President Wilson's reply. to Germany is regarded as clever and logical. | sent the military aspects of the fu- ture should Germany decline “general evacuation of occupied territory. The} | White House vjewpoint on the in- quiry was explained as follows: The president’: declaration for the evacation of occupied territory pride soscaeee 2. SIR The present world. shortage of eae | ar has again raised sorghum from the ranks, ~The largest sorghum pro-| ducing states are Florida, Alabama, | Georgia and Mississippi, each of which annually produces cane syrup to the value of between one and two million dollars. |plate the evacuation of Alsace-Lor- Taine. sace-Lorraine would be left to a‘final peace conference, before an armistice did not contem-| defense. HUN HOSPITALS j ARE RAKED FOR HELP TO CHECK ALTTED ARMIES. Combined Offensive Uncovers Weak- ness jin “Ranks; Foe Ts Now} ‘ Desperate By WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS (United Press' Staff The Chana, PARIS, Oct. 9.— are attempting the mst desperate resistance of the _war'to give the Allies the impression that they are unbeaten, while Berlin proceeds the peace plot. But the ever- increasing Allied attacks are uncov- ering the enemy’s true weakness, The combined Anglo-Franco-Amer- ican attack between Cambrai and St. Quentin driving a deep wedge into German positions, menaces Douai and Laon. The Allies captured over a dozen villages there, Simultaneously the Sritish ad- vanced northward from the Scarpe rivers and Franco-Americans ad- vanced along the Arnes river in Champagne. Verdun was freed from German| artillery domination by a Franco-| American advance of two miles on (Contiued on Page Eight) Evacuation of Occupied Territory Does Not Include Alsace-Lorraine, Say Reports Coming from the White House’ GROAT {United Press Staff Cotrespondent} WASHINGTON, Oct, 9.—As soon as Prince Maxmilian ilson’s inquiry, the president probably further light upon his position. | The president visited Secretary Lansing and Chief of Staff - Chief March was called into conference probably to pre-| The inquiry did not bind the presi- | dent to any special course. The presi- |dent felt that a curt’ answer woul serve as ammunition.to the Teuton war lords to stimulate their peoples to fresh efforts under a guise of self The inquiry cleared the way for the president to make a fit- The righting of wrong in Al-| ting reply as soon as he knows for | certain whether. Germany wants VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 9.—(Asso- ciated Press.)—-Another appeal the Allies for imme@jate help for the Czecho-Slovak. on the Volga front in European Russia has been made by Dr, Girsa of the Czecho-Slo- vak National couneil. Unless help is sent, Girsa declares, the fruits of their sufferings will be Troops ‘are poor physical Mian thon Lac ae “fdou and) télothing. 65,000 BULGARS SURRENDER T ALLIED ARMIES (By United Presa} LONDON, Oct. 9. — Sixty-five thousand Bulgarian soldiers surren- dered to the Allied armies west of Uskub in accordance with the terms of the armistice. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS RECOGNIZED IN JAPAN [By Associated Press] TOKIO, Oct. 9.—Newspapers of Japan, forbidden during the recent rice riots to publish anything about the disorders, won a decided conces- sion from the government which now has placed the press under the same | } kind of voluntary censorship as exists in the United States, (PRESIDENT TO ANALYZE HIS POSITION FOLLOWING REPLY FROM TEUTON CHANCELLOR ing an insincere peace maneuver. The White House called attention j to the fact that among the president’s terms are the complete freeing of Russia, Belgium, and occupied port- ions of France .and reparation for wrongs done. France in Alsace-Lor- | raine, a FIGHTERS SATISFIED WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, Oct. 9.—(By Associated Press)-—President Wilson’s reply to Germany today reached the Ameri- can army, The general tone of rank and file comment was a quiet satis- faction that no armistice would be eeanteh while the enemy is on allied soil. pen HE PROPAGANDISTS SWARM GENEVA, Oct. 9.— Switzerland last week was swarming with Ger- man, Austrian and Turkish peace pio- neers sent to get in touch with dip- lomats of the Allies. The watehword of emmissaries of the central pow- ers is an immediate armistice in or- peace on his terms or.is merely mak-' der.to avoid further bloodshed. 10,000 CAPTIVES AND DRIVE CONTINUES BRITISH AND AMERICANS SMASH FORWARD AGAIN TODAY AS FOCH |OFFENSIVE ‘Epochal Events Now Pending on Front as Result of Big Gains of Allies [By Assoctated Prens.] The great offensive of the Al- lies in France appears to have reached ‘a climax. The next few days may witness epochal events in the history of the war. On the front from Roulers, on the north, to Verdun, far down toward the other end of the battlefield, the Germans are being battered by blows and in some of these sectors they are in a very serious position. The British - and’ Americans struck a blow south of Cambrai ee, eye what re- ated fhe greet sec de- fame ¥5 fer front the Allies vasa ahead and at nightfall porated to be out in the open and. moving toward the CambraiLe Cateau road, which was the only avenue of escape for the Germans still in Cambrai. teed from Cambrai, one of che strong pillars in the Hinben- ae ‘ites the Germans are he- ing driven back toward the French frontier under heavy onslaughts of the third and fourth British ar- mies, aided by the Americans. Apparently the Germans have lost the Hindenburg line from Cam- brai_to St. Quentin. Marshal Haig resumed the at- tack again this morning and re- ports rapid progress on a front of more than 30 miles from north- east to east of St. Quentin. As the German defense system falls to the British and Americans, the French and Americans on the southern wall from Rheims to east of the Meuse are: smashing their way northward, threatening important: junctions of railways St. Quentin-Cambrai line. East of the Hindenburg line in the St. Quentin-Cambrai area the Germans are reported to have prepared defenses until the line! immediately east of the frontier is reached. East of this line, which! would run thru Valeniciennes, the Germans have a line on the Meuse. para rbd <cawlrs an WILSON TURNS ATTENTION TO BATTLE FRONT [Hy Aanociated Press.} WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—With| the German peace offensive met and halted, unless the enemy actually is ready to sue for peace on American and Allied terms, President Wilson today turned his attention to the bat- tlefields, where the Germans are be- ing driven back. He walked to Sec- retary Lansing’s office and sent for Gerieral March, who appeared with a huge military map of the western front. fegion, | Mareel running east from. Boken to the) APPROACHES CLIMAX |Defenses from Cambrai to St. Quentin Are Shattered and Continued Progress Is Reported East of Rheims; Argonne Forest Being Evacuated by Germans [By United Press] LONDON, Oct. 9.—The Allies are still smashing forward be- tween St. Quentin and Cambrai. Generals Byng and Rawlinson re- newed the attack this morning. On this front the Allies captured over 8,000 prisoners and many guns yesterday, Marshal Haig reported. The British entered Cambrai: This morning’s attack extended the fighting over a 30-mile front, embracing the sector north of Cambrai. Rapid progress was made everywhere. The Canadians captured Ramillies, two miles northeast of Cam- brai. The British and French are at the gates of Bohain, 11 miles northeast of St. Quentin. The Americans are two miles from Busig- ny. PARIS, Oct. 9.—Nearly 10,000 Germans were taken prisoner yesterday, by. the Allies along.the various fronts of the battlefield, says Hatin in the Echo de Paris. The Germans are evacuating Ar- gonne forest, with the battle continuing. WITH THE ANGLO-AMERICANS AT ST: QUENTIN, Oct. 9,-— (By Associated Press.)—Heavy fighting continued thruout the night on the Cambrai-St. Quentin front. The British and Americans contin- ued their progress of Tuesday under heavy protective fire from the British artillery. The defeated enemy was almost smothered under a great deluge of steel and explosives. ~A large number of guns were captured by the British and Americans in addition to great batches of prisoners, who continue to arrive in cages. The Americans alone captured two complete field batteries and a battery of heavy artillery. The Americans captured the guns Tues- day when they suddenly’ outflanked both ends of the valley south of Premont. [By Associated Press} LONDON, Oct. 9.—Germans today are counter-attacking (Continued on Page 8.) SURRENDER OF TURKEY IS DUE T ANY HOUR LONDON, Oct. 9.—The surrender of Turkey within the next 48 hours will not surprise well informed quarters, the evening Standard says. British authorities are in possession of information showing that a process of disintegration exists ‘SALMON GIVEN [REPLY TO HUNS 25 YEARS HARD) AS EFFECTIVE LABOR IN PEN AS BLUNT ROTE [By Annocinted Preas.} [By Aasoctated Press] CAMP DODGE, Iowa, Oct. 9.— WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Senator Benjamin Salmon, Denver Socialist, | Chamberlain, of Oregon, chairman of convicted by general courtmartial on | |the Senate Military committee today " ¢ desorti 1 distributi | expressed the opinion that President charges of desortion and distributing | wijson's inquiry in response to the | pacifist propaganda, was today sen-|German peace proposal was quite as tenced to 25 years at hard labor at effective as if he had bluntly proposed \Fort Leavenworth. unconditional surrender. A BOND IS A PRAYER THAT YOU SEND “OVER THERE: }