Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1918, Page 1

SEA COLLISION TAKES TOLL OF YANK FIGHTERS Accident Happens in Fierce Storm and | Crushes Vessel [By Asnoci~ted Préan.1 4: ' Che THE DAILY TRIBUNE LEADS VOLUME 2 LONDON. Oct. 12.—More than 360 American soldiers were lost| in the sinking of the transport) Otranto in a collision with the; steamer Kashmir off the south, Scottish coast. A checking of the; Otranto’s list at’ American army | headquarters showed that the death roll stood at 864 or 366. More than | 200 bodies were recovered. [By United Prean} t LONDON, Oct. 12.—One hundred | and fifty American soldiers are cun-| servatively estimated to have perish-| ed when their transport, the British | steamship Otranto was suul, in a col-| lision with the Kashmir off the Scot- tish coast early last Sunday. ‘Lhe! Kashmix rammed her during a fierce storm. The Otranto floated for 75/ minutes and finally dashed to pie-es| on the rocks. | Otranto carried 700 American sol- diers. The Britisa bravely rescued 598 soldiers and members of the Some estimates say Otranto’s crew.» 300 perished, Many were crushed between the destroyer and traneport. The sol- diers were extremely brave. After! the crash they stood at attention awaiting orders. | When the destroyer came along- side the men were told it was ev-| ery man for himself, They began) to leap fo rthe destroyer, some | jumping dowm (20 feet, One hua- dred sick cases | ware. believed | leat alas cer ances The weather was-awful.- Waved© dashed over the ship as she ‘listed, There was no panic. Many swam in the icy waters awaiting rescue. The destroyer cut one in twain. The survivors are cheerful and praised the captain of the destroyer who forced his warship eight times! alongside the Otranto. The Kashmir | reached port, + [By Associated Prens.] AN IRISH PORT, Oct. 12.—| American soldiers to the number of | three hundred and sixty-four or sixty-six perished when the British armed merchantile cruiser Otranto| and the transport Kashmir collided in the north channel between Scot- land and Ireland last Sunday. Two hundred bodies were recovered this morning. The-Qtranto is a total wreck on the island of Islay. PaRaLSAasi ME akan MEDICAL AID COMES TOO. | LATE FOR LOCAL WOMAN SELF DEFENSE, PLEA ‘FAR REACHING’ ADVANCE MADE CLOSED TO’FLU’ _ INHUN REPLY . CASES ON ORDER E SOLDIERS PERISH - OF TRANSPORT ON | COAST LAST SUNDAY ae Caz rit > i rihu ENCH CHASE HUNS IN FLIGHT BACK OF RHEIMS So Say Reports in German Newspapers, Governor's Board Turns to Suffering in Which Declare Answer Is Now In Hands of the Swiss Officals BERNE, Oct. 12.—The Wo! man news agency, has circulated a Frankfurter Zeitung dis- all institutions of | patch from Berlin, stating that the German reply to Wilzon’s Houx is a member, Iff Bureau, a semi-official Ger- | note was sent last night and that it is in sense an acceptance, | AMSTERDAM, Oct. 12.—It is reported that Germany's | reply was handed to the Swiss minister at Berlin this morning. | sult that these without homes are to be thrown upon their own Some German papers assert the | reply accedes fully to Wilson’s de- mands. Others declare that only far- reaching advances are made. Austria and Turkey are expected to immediately announce acceptance! of Wilson’s terms. It is reported that | they have informed Germany to this) effect. HOPES EXPRESSED | FOR DURABLE PEACE { COPENHAGEN, Oct. 12. — ~ orth German Zeitung says the an- swer to President Wilson’s note is | feady.~ It ‘believes: it was handed ‘to ‘the Swiss Government and under-| stands that the answer makes far- | reaching advances: The paper ex-| presses the hope that a discussion be- tween Germany and Wilson will) bring forth a durable peace. | ADHESION TO U. S. DEMANDS INDICATED | BASEL, Oct. 12.—The Frankfurt | Gazette announces that the German | answer to President Wilson, which | was completed in principle was for-/ warded Friday night.. The Gazette! says it has reason to believe the an- | swer expresses adhesion to the de-| mands of Wilson. | | OF INDIAN SLAYER: WHEATLAND,. Wyo., Oct. 21.— Pleading self-defense in Justification, |G. E. Tarbox, former member of the} \STAT Emergency Raised by Spread of Influenza Thruout Wyoming With e of M. J. Gothberg, C. H. serving as members of the City/ Council. The parties who have filea petitions are the American party, the People’s party, the Citizens’ par- ty and the Casper party. the American party ticket have pledged . themselves to certain re- forms in the administration of city affairs, chief of which is the removal of Chief of Police Wolf from office | end the dismissal of other city’ of- ficers. Candidates for City Council | on the American ticket are M. L.| Bishop from ward 1, W. W. Keefe 4 It is said that the Sea KILLED FORTY NINE CANDIDATES REPRESENTING FOUR POLITICAL PARTIES TAKE FIELD FGR MUNICIPAL ELECTION Large Number of.Conttestants:for-Vacanitiés-on the; ity Council Suggests That Administration of Past Year Has Some Critics in Casper Nine candidates representing four political parties, have | Filed their petitions for places on the ici three vacancies in the City Council, which people at the general election to be held on November = The three vacancies occur thru the ation of the terms ballot for the ler Fay E. Crater, now HURT IN QUAKE TRy Ansociated Press.) SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Oct. 12.— | | | | per Daily ASSOCIATED and disregard for suffering and the precepts of | » the state board of which Governor | ‘which directs the operation of the Wyoming | ~ General Hospitals, including the Casper branch, has issued |Munition catch up with the advanced elements for orders barring all influenza cases from | the establishment of an isolation ward | CAMBRAI RETREAT IS SLOWED UP BUT ROUT ON NEW LINE BEGINS sei — French Swarm Across the Retourne River on Heels of Defeated Enemy as Teutons Retire Behind Sensee Canal in Region of Douai; Temporary Line Established. UNITED PRESS [By Ansociaced Preas} The Germans have paused in their flight before the Anglo-Amer- ican advance from the Cambrai-St. Quentin line long enough to at- tempt a stand along the Selle river southward from the tip of the Al- \lied wedge at Le Cateau, momentarily, therefore the line appears to |be stationary along this front, where the enemy has hastily dug in. Field Marshal Haig’s report did not mention any new forward movement here. The line is an extremely unstable one, however, and German defenses are destribed as mere scratches on the surface. Prob- ability is that the Allied drive will be resumed as soon as guns and am- a powerful push at the hospital with the re- | improvised German positions. resources and those of private in. | ps * : histone which Geplay wore huntkn. PARIS, Oct. 12.—The French are across the Retourne river in itarian sympathy toward those afflic-| Sreat force, pursuing the fleeing Germans toward Rethel. Cavalry ted with the malignant form of this and fast automobiles carryin g machine guns are hurrying the Ger- Cee en nant anagement of mans who are not expected to show much resistance until on the oppo- hen, amet -reee no wise’ to |Site side of the Aisne bend. The French have passed Guilly. metre pe = - in " Seip: to} nates from Cheyenne and constitutes rRoNtiTH, THE ANGLO-AMERICANS ON THE VALENCIENNES Bete Co REMAOIREAN.. DERG: | , Oct. 12.—(Associated Press.)—There is every evidence to- oh gg Pee ce 8) day that the Germans are preparing to make a strong stand on the Hospitals in Denver, Omaha and| Valenciennes line, which has now been reached, at least east of the other cities of the West, including river by Anglo-Americans. Evacuation of the citv of Valenecien- ne ene ag ttinate. Hospita, have. nes itself started three weeks ago. . Prisoners capturd today: said they treatment of influenza cases and it|fed orders to hold on to the last and to kill’as many Britons and Amer- remains for the State of Wyoming, icans as possible, through its officials and executives, to pronounce sentence upon the un-) LONDON, Oct 12 —The in: the: reat f Douai ho. fall victims to the)... ? miter’ Germans in gon. 0 al are eee: waperhred Nie ae ofa | retiring behind the Sensee canal. The British have reached a line two order has taken root in Casper, where miles west of Douai. is advocated aa-an emergency meas-| WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST ARMY, 0: 12.—Th lemani by th " i fi : ; d iy, ict. «the most the pom The Casper, Private | stubborn fighting is underway along the Aire river at Grand-Pre and Hospital has one ward and four pri-| St. Juvin, where the Germans are counter attacking in great force. ro aed set apart in the isolation The Americans are progressing to the eastward better. There t pr t 200 cases of | é Sehitae nl inthianeh tin, Cenpes and) WITH THE AMERICANS» NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 12. at a meeting of physicians held last /-—(Associated Press.)—General Pershing’s forces today continued Sacha fonen. 0 Prey hi their attacks against German positions on this front. Germa nopposi- relation existing between the two and tion was more bitter than yesferday. Fighting is violent in the cen- the ibility of the malignant fe |ter, and left center. developing from the grippe. ity | 4 ‘ mer 5 Health Officer Pat Roye hax posted | ‘ St bon and Cunel, both of which towns are now in No Man's influenza warnings on 23 homes, and /@9G, are aflame. while not serving as a strict quaran-| tine, the card serves to inform the | (Continued on Page 8.) The island. was shaken by an earth- | public of the danger existing. This morning only one doctor had reported up to 11 o’elock to the po- lice regarding cases of Flu. This was Dr. Lucky and he had three new cases in the eastern part of the city to place on the list, A woman was dying on the Sand Bar this morning and the police were notified that she was without atten- tion. Dr, Keith was summoned arid he found that the woman was beyond medical aid. . ——. WILSON LEADS U. S. DIVISION | Denver police force during the Waite jadministration told the coroner's jury jthat Henry Baker had attacked him with an axe when the former Denver man grabbed a rifle from a wagon and shot him dead. The tragedy oc- curred at the Muleshoe ranch near here, where both men were employed. Terbox is in jail without bail. Tarbox further declares Barker ‘had been abusing him for weeks, call- jing him vile names, and that he had I been in constant fear of him. Leaves Reviewing Stand to March in Big Liberty Day Parade; Man Who Tried to Reach President Is Arrested NEW YORK, Oct. 12,—President Wilson today matched | in the great Liberty Day Parade. He took his place at seventy- Second street and led an American division down Fifth avenue to the Altar of Liberty in Madison Square. Just as the President passed Fifty-first street a man broke through the Police lines and started toward the president. In the apparent belief that the man may have contemplated harm to. the President, the crowd started toward oe A: Secret service men were too quick, Secret service men stopped the man and took him to the police sta- “ton where he was held for disorderly conduct, The police said his. inten- ‘ons were harmless. The president was undisturbed by the incident, | . Goshen county repor to State Liberty Loan headquarters today that but $28,650 of the $130,000. quotd had been raised to date owing to the spread of the Spanish influenza which has ¢aused practically all but volun- |tary subscrivtions to be retarded ‘somewhat. They expect to come out jon top, however, as soon as the dis- lease abates. from ward 2 and W. F. Dunn from ward 3. Candidates of the Citizen’s party ticket are Fred E. Place from ward 1, | M. J. Gothberg from ward 2 and 8S. Pettingill from ward 3. The Casper party is represented only by the candidacy of H. C. Bret- schneider for City Council from ward { three. i The People’s party is represented by Mat Mechaley from ward 1 and Fay E. Crater from ward 3. } So far as is known the candidates | on the People’s, Citizens’ and the } Casper party tickets have not adop- ted a platform or made public their attitude in regard to the question of retaining Chief Worlf in office, but according to reliable authority all three candidates on the American party have unqualifiedly pledged | themselves as opposed to his remain- ing in office, and it is probable that, whether the chief likes it or not, he will be the issue in the coming cam- paign. HUNDREDS OF — FLU’ VICTIMS ARE UNBURIED PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12.—Hun- dreds of influeza victims. aré unbur- ied here Undertakers are unable :to cope with the situation. The panic ig 'REICHSTAGTO — |000 tons, or a two and one-tenth per that the war is over. has-been asked for volunteers to. graves. New cases are decreasing, the epidemic being controlled. Z — | The annex to the Casper Private! Hospital has been converted into an, isolation hospital for victims of Span-| * ‘sh influenza by Drs. Lathrop and/ Foster. Two graduate nurses ere in| attendance, with Miss Hallie Ellis in| charge ofthe “flu” ward. quake this morning, followed by a ti- | day wave which submerged the town | of Auguadilla on the northwestern | coast. Fourteen were killed and forty} injured. At Ponce, on the south coast, the city hall was wrecked and sev- eral inhabitants killed. (By Associnted Press} | HAVANA,, Oct; 12,--Wide-spread | damage was caused by an earth-! quake in Porto Rico, says unconfirm- ed. reports. | Many buildings were destroyed.) This report fixes no definite locali-| ty. No loss of life is mentioned. | Cable communication with Cuba and) Porto Rico is badly hampered. HEAD OF STATE AFFAIRS QUITS | AUSTRIAN POST [By Annoctated Pron) ZURICH, Oct, .12.—Baron von) Hussarek Austrian premier, has re- signed, aceording to the Vossiche Zeitung’s Vienna correspondent. Em- pércr Charles, he says, has chosen Professor Heinrich Lammasch, vaci- ficist, an adversary of the German| alliance, as his successor | Spanish Influenza and keep it from } COAL BREAKING |fuel administration announced today Following up action taken thru-| out the state during the past few) days in the matter of closing all pub- lic meetings, the following belated | order was received late yesterday | from C. Y. Beard, secretary of the/ State Board of Health at Cheyenne. “In order to limit the spread of | NO CHANCE OF PEACE, BELIEF OF OFFICIALS All Hints of Accevtance of President’s De- mands From Berlin Are Viewed With Susvicion, Revort making still further inroads on the) Nations War Production you are) instructed to observe the following! rules upon the appearance of the di-| sease in your district. Discontinue all public meetings, close public | schools, and all places of public amusement, all cases are made re- portable to the local health officer, | and are to be as nearly isolated as possible. Quarantine is not neces- sary but every case should be plac- arded with plain card bearing the words, “Spanish Influenza”. Bul letins of how to prevent the disease as far as is known will follow this mail and should be printed regularly in every newspaper of the state.” een ae PRODUCTION OF (My Anaociated Press} WASHINGTON, Oct, 12.—German reports that Maximilian’s re- ply to the president's inquiries has been dispatched and indicating that jit is “fn a sense” an acceptance of the president's conditions today ‘led to an authorative statement that the public should be warned against believing that Germany is about to end the war by uncondi- {tional surrender. Apparently no such thing as direct dealing in Ger- jman diplomacy is looked for, and even ————______.____. jan official announcement from Ber- jlin in that the note means unquali- | fied acceptance of American and al- lied terms should be viewed with sus- picion. ALL RECORDS By United Preas WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. — The themselves, regardless of the war lords, and that the president’s condi- tions are accepted without equiveca- tion. Only such a reply, it is conceded, [By Ansoctated Brean.) } COPENHAGEN, Oct:12—German | pec tonei 3 will meet -Wetinesday, Oc- | It would be in keeping with Ger- man methods to seek at this critical jn-| moment to befog the issue and un- anEnae woe Mg dan ee on reat settle public opinion by misleading h mark. ‘Anthracite was 51,631,- statements to create the impression Unless. Ger- cent increase, many actually is ready for uncondi- This result was shown, notwith-! tional surrender officials here do not standing the fact that 100,000 coal| believe Prince Maximillian will re- miners were drafted or entered other| ply to the President by saying that war industries. jhe represents the German People | ean move the president to propose peace negotiations to the allies, and such a reply, memb¢rs of the Ameri- ean government do not believe, Max- imillian is prepared to give. There probably will be attempts by diplomatic trickery to the very last to get something better than a dicta- ted peace before the Americans and the allies begin to cross the German border. that coal duction from April first to Sebtomber 28 broke all records in the country’s history. Bituminous j ;