Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1918, Page 1

ATITS METZ USED AS PIVOT BY GERMANS IN VAST RETREAT MOVEMENT Village of Thiant, Five Miles from Valen- ciennes, Falls before Victorious March of Allies; Germans Bend under Blows of Yankees and Pour Fresh Divisions into Line to. Stem Advance [By Ansociated Press} The Allied troops on the northern end of the front in France and Belgium today and are driving into the German line from the west of Ghent, past Tournai, to Valenciennes. This is the line of Scheldt and two of the important points in it—Tournai and Valenciennes—are almost within the grasp of the British. German resistance is stiffening between Tourna and Valencien- nes, and on the southern end of an eight-mile line from Valenciennes to the Dutch frontier. The British armies, however, continue to pro- gress. Orcq, which is within less than a mile of Tourna on the west, has been captured and the British hold La Sentinelle, a mile west of Valencinnes. - , North of Tournai the British are along the Scheldt on a front of five miles and on the north and south of this sector, they are rapidly gaining the western bank of the river. Between Valenciennes and Le Cateau the British have reached the Ecaillen river at Thiant-Thw. The development plan being followed by the German high command in conducting the retreat from northern France and Belgium makes it apparent that Metz is being used 4s a pivot for the movement. While the Germans are pouring in Fresh divisions into the line in front of the Americans northwest of Verdun in an attempt to hold the line finally, the rest of the German legions are swin; back toward the ae eh aa It ‘seems certain that the Hundig line is outflanked in u where the Sheldt river was crossed and east of die-Oateau, where the British and Americans appear to have fought their way thru these obstructions. WesGe SESTS d This line may be rendered untenable for the Germans who may be forced to fall back to the line of the Meuse before attempting a stand. ' (By United Press} Z WITH THE AMERICANS. IN. FRANCE, Oct. 22.—The Germans continue to reinforce their lines opposite the Yanks in the Argonne-Meuse region. A captured order of General von Derharwitz appeals to the Germans to hold this sector at all costs, which, he declares, is the most vital to German move- ments, . In clearing the Rappes wood in three hours yesterday de- spite fierce resistance the Yanks removed one of the most serious obstacles. to their continued progress. LONDON, Oct. 22.—The British have advanced to the left bank of the Ecaillon river and have captured the western part of the village of Thiant, five miles southwest of Valenciennes, | - according to officia) statements today. The British have ad- vanced to within a mile of Tournai. PARIS, Oct. 22.-The French have reached the railway UNITED PRESS @rithune VOLUME 3 11 LOCA! BOYS FORM QUOTA TO FORT MARTHUR Check of Epidemic Opens En- trainment of New Increments to Military Concentration Camps Eleven Casper boys and tén who have been transferred to Casper from other places will leave tomorrow night for Fort McArthur, San Ped- ro, California, for general service in the United States army, Seven-who registered in this city have been transferred elsewhere for entrain- ment while six of the hoys who left Casper about two months ago with W. L. Lanning for Camp Lewis and who have been held there awaiting the assignment of their order num- bers and a call in which they could be placed, will remuin at the camp. The call in which the six boys were to be placed the. early part of the month was cancelled on account of the epidemic of Spanish influenza. They will pro! Témain at Camp 23. oe by, .this.time be. Thy in service™as bev ince ph py al . The local board is not responsible in any way for,their trip to Ameri- can Lake as they were talked-into going with promises of being imme- diately taken into service.» They, left Casper without’the authority of the local board and were not registered at the time of their departure. As soon as they had registered, and them they were placed in the first call. AS, The young men who will leave Casper tomorrow night are W. C. Burris, Arthur. Raymond - Marshall, Albert. Sanford, Everett _ Stevens, Joseph Worthington, Robert ‘Thomas Mills, Royal Ray Mills, Orin “Ray Parsons, Frank:-Earl: ;Brown;. Obra Tilton Borsch and Walter B, H, Pal- mer. . Those who have been transferred elsewhere for entrainment ‘are’ Al- fred T. Andersori, Samuel. Labrole, Richard Welch, Warren Lester Mulli- son, Verne Morton Briggs, “Virgil north of Assis-Sur-Serre and St. Jacques farm Northeast of|Boyd McCracken and. Herbert H. Chalandery, an official statement of the war office declares today. - BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN BELGIUM, Oct. 22.— Strong French forces attacked this morning on a center of the Allied front in Belgium and. reported excellent progress in the direction of Ghent. [By United Presn} tis LONDON, Oct. 22.—While the Allies continue to ve the Germans back on a line from Holland to Verdun, the French, have reached the Rumanian borde:. The French have arri at the Danube near Vidin in Bulgaria, and only 45 miles from Hun, a The British ere now within less than a-mile of Tournai. They drove the Germans from the and: from a wood near Orcq e Froyennes, and have reached the left bank of the Escallion south of Thient. zs The German forces have abandoned all their coast de- creasing. : < The British reached the Escaut river on a five-mile front north of a eerar They also advanced a mile between the Escaut and Lys while the French improved their Lys ti 2 _ The Germans have been abandoned all their coast de- fense guns. Great artillerying is in progress north of the Oise river and in the Chateau-Porcien region. WORE LOSSES (350,000 MEN IN SINKING OF ARE BOOKED FOR BOAT REVEALED) OCTOBER CALL [By Associated Press.) ‘ [By Assoviated Préas.) | Hughes. The'former members of-the Wyo- ming Home Guards, who have been stopping at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington, and who are prob- ably by this time in the service, are Clyde Long, Charles H, Spencer, An- jehange to cooler. wi CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1918 _THE DAILY TRIBUNE LEADS COLD WEATHE PREDICTED BY ULTERIO . WASHINGTON, Oct. 29—An early taste of winter is abdut to be given the country from coast to’ const A ‘special bulletin of the weather bureau today says there will he a decided thirty-six houg in ‘the plaing atates and in the Eastern Rocky Mowntain region, and extending by Thursday to. Mississippi Valley and beyond, render Which Lond LONDON, Oct. 22.—London news- papers view the German reply with impatience and distrust. “Germany ig still impenitent,” is the caption on Qn editorial of the Chronicle, which isses the reply as inacceptable. “There is a nigger in the wood- pile,” in the German reply, according to the Express, and is a desire “for an armistice based on an élaborate estimate of rival forces as they are today.” This newspaper says it is a “disingeneous twist of Wilson’s conditions” and continues, “We dare WASHINGTON, OF. 22—The Sen-| not consent to a suspension of hos ate committes' today ‘amended the}tilities unless we can obtain in Oc- Hotse “alternative : and -akcogs|tober the terms) we shall dictate be- profita provision ‘fn .the’ vight “billion, r tax bill to <a f0lewing- upon. excess profits up-to twenty per cent, their order number was assigned to: a thirty per cent tax; upon. excess over twenty, a sixty per cent tax: F OR ATTEMPT T0 Sofia Is Scene of DEFRAUD U. S. NEW: YORK, Oct. -22—Folix Gouled, a contract promoter, con- COPENHAGEN, Oct. victed of conspiraty to defraud the| Three thousand have been government in the nianufacture of the laborers and the troops. army raincoats, was sentenced ‘today WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES to seven years in prison. pee bhai eds TWO MORE DAYS. Thousands. of our citizens ‘want vote old John Barleycorn out of busi- ness on November 6th. But you can’t do it unless you register, Thursday and Friday of this week are the last chances you will have to get your name on the poll books. Do not fail to perform this patriotic duty. San ing in Which 3,000 R. G. Taylor, president of the Glenrock Of] company, has returned from a wéek’s trip to Lusk, ee Thursday and Friday of this week are the last days for registration. To be able to vote on November 6th you Pierce, Jamog, Shannon Adams, Ar- TIN GERMAN REPLY No Reference in Note to Conditional Sur-| Terms Allies Can Afford to Make with an Unscrupulous Enemy Been Killed and Wounded 22.—A revolution is reported in Bulgaria| Lilled-in Sofia street in fighting between IN‘BELGIUM, Oct. 22.—(Associat- ed Press.)—The general situation in Belgium thi: to | be that on most of the fronts the Allied R MOTIVE on Declares Is Only { | fore July to an enemy who is broken | | and beaten to his knees.” | WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, — The | official text of Germany’s latest note to President Wilson has been received here by cable to the Swiss legation. The Swiss charge arranged to de-| liver it to Secretary Lansing as soon as it could be decoded, | A considerable difference of verb-! iage may be shown and to under- stand the official text will clear up certain obscure passages in the wire- less version. Indications are that no announcement of any decision by the president will be made before tomor- row. REVOLT SEETHES — IN BULGARIA AS TROOPS CLASH guinary. Street Fight- Are Said to Have this morning seemed to} armies had reached a period of pause which is inevitable when raid advances have been niade. The! German resistance has stiffened ap-| preciably during the night, especial- ly. along the Scheldt river. | On the front of the British Fourth army, with which the Americans are drew David Kidd, Charles Angell, Ed-} thur A. Abrams, Francis Lavere, and win Bicknell, and Lewis Schumacher. | Jack Morris; Lewis Benson, who will The following. young men. -have|be sent to Vancouver Barracks to lim- ‘been tratwferred to Casper and will|ited service leave with the local fellows tomorrow] Ed. Iba is now in Deriver trying to night: James Demetrios Rallas, Wal-! enter the tank service, and if he is ter Foster, Haigle,. Thomas Hawley, not accepted will be sent from here John Augus Kurrtii, John Thomas in ‘this call, | Registration Will Assure You a Vote In November In The Most | | Important Political Contest Held Thursday and Friday of this week, October 24 and 25, are the last days on which citizens desir- ing ‘to vote on November 5th can ¥ register in order to be able to vote on that day. The coming election is the most important contest in many years, and no citizen; no matter what his or her political’ faith, should neg-: lect to cast a.vote on the Sth day of November. 2 be On that day the people of Wyo- ming elect a’ United States senator, to serve “for six years. On that day they elect a congressman to. ple.. Other, state officers are also great. importance and no one should; neglect to make known his or her choice for state officers. ‘Natrona county will also select an’ entirely new. admimistration on November 5th, and as there are wo complete county tickets, each ‘and every. office being contested for, it is incumbent vpon the pso- Ble to go.to. the polls on Novem- bef Sth and indicate their choice ‘for county officers. In..the city affairs of Casper, a change is also due in the adminis- tration, .The ¢ity council’ is com- must register. pier ee INSEE SS Although the list of New York women seeking office at the election next month is not @ long one, includ- ing only about 126 names, still it is a list that covers nearly every office in State, county, city and village. fighting, the night was quiet and the situation unchanged in Valenciennes- ‘Le Cateau area. gS Thursday and Friday of this week are the last days for registration. To be able to vote on November 5th you must register. ln Casper and In State In Years election.” If you approve of the present ‘city administration you ‘will have an opportunity to re- turn these men to office. If, how- ever, you number yourself among the hundreds who disapprove of the acts of the present: adminis- tration, you will also have an op- portunity. to .vote.for three new councilmen who stand pledged to “stir things up”) and give the peo- le a new deal. By reason of now: wing one. anti - administration member of the city council, if those people who stand opposed to Leep- er-Wolf regime desire to do so they can control the city council have a chance on November Sth to vote the state bone-dry, and as both the Anti-Saloon league and the liquor interests are working like beavers to get out a full vote, November 5th is going to be a Very lively and interesting day. But it should be remembered that in order to be able to partici- pate in the settlement‘of these mo- mentous quéstions on election day, every citizen who has not previdus- ly registered has two moré days in which to get his or her name on the poll books. Those days are Thursday and Friday of this week, October 24 and 25. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Two otticers and 99° enlisted men in the or lost their lives in the sinking on fy American steamboat Ticonder- 30, th the war zone on September ia.) War department announced (Od8y, bringing the total lose of life to 218, WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Draft calls suspended. three weeks ago: be~ cause of the influenza epidemic, are now going out again in certain zones, October program, it is understood, will call for the induction of 350,000 serve for two years. © On Novembér 6th the people of, Wyoming ¢hoose a governor of the -state’and a full set of state offi- “cors.” In ‘the ‘days’ to ‘come, fol, lowing the close of the war, the character of the man who o¢cupies the governor's clair is of ‘vital im- ~-| portanee to Wyoming and ite peo- posed of,six councilmen and ‘the | by electing thrce new councilmen, syor, who acts as presiding offié | thus giving thom a. working ma- cer, The terms of three of these | jority of four to two, councilmen expire‘on January 1; | “Another important thing to re- and the people will be:called upon | mem 6 state-wide prohibi- to..elect mew.councilmen on | tisn me ) which will be voted ~ November 5 on November bth. The.people of . All \thres councilmen whose | the state of Wyoming who stand terms expire are canéidates for re- |} opposed to the liquor traffic will No matter what your political faith, or your conviction concern- ing the issues outlined above, it .is 8 patriotic duty which you owe to your eity, county, state and nation to go te the polls on November Sth and register your opinions) "To de this, be sure that you register DRIVEGERMAN NOTE STRIKES HEIGHTAN UNFAVORABLE CHORD Che Casper Daily ASSOCIATED and WILSON TO ACT WITH CAUTIONIN HUNREPLY THER LONDON BELIEVES Diplomatic Control to Soon Pass to Foch to Conclude, Belief in Official circles Paris Says Desire Is to Get Armistice in Order to Re- organize By ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.— President Wilson will act with extreme caution and delibera- tion in handling his reply to the latest German note. Time alone can tell the effectiveness of the restraining orders to subma- rines and troops and the closest scru- tiny is necessary of the new German government in shearing the kaiser of his war making powers and giving the people greater voiée in the Ger- man government. Peace maneuvers will probably ‘sbott from diplomatié corit¥ol to ‘och. President Wilson’s course has been to determine definitely on Ger- many’s acceptance of his terms and then turn the job over to Foch to conclude. In the meanwhile Presi- dent Wilson is asking the Allies’ opinions. Which the kaiser would admit only in the hope of obtaining a tolerable peace or failing in that, is hoping to secure an intense popular deter- mination to fight against extermina- tion, President Wilson labored during his peace maneuvers to prevent the Junkers from convincing the people that military leadership alone will enable Germany to survive. ‘Lhe German opinion as to probably the attitude of the pregident did not differ on great point that immediate peace is not at hand and that, how- ever sincere the German overtures (Continued on Page Eight) oa ae FLU CHECKED IN CASPER; BUT FEW NEW CASES HERE But Nine New Cases Are Re- ported to Health Authori- ties Since Sunday The Spanish “Flu” appears to be on the wane in Casper. Today there were no new cases reported in Cas- per up to 11 o'clock this morning and yesterday there were nine reported by the medical fraternity including several cases that were supposed to be credited to Sunday. This does not mean that there should be any slackening of ‘the ef- forts to control the disease, in fatt there should be a greater effort. put forth to see that the ravages of the “Flu” be kept from spreading. One of the noticeable effects of the epidemic is the number of dogs the past weeks... The canine popula~ tion of worthless curs has been cut almost in half by the epidemic, it is thot, but many consider that a fur- ther'mortality would help matters as a suspicion is forming that the d are responsible for the spreadwof the’ contagiou in the town.* Boston has lifted the quarantine there and the whole East-seems to be getting over the seige fairly weil, cities most affected and conditions a time. Convicts were. taken from the pen to dig graves in the ceme- teries and the supply of caskets was wholly inadequate to supply the de- ‘mand, Touring cars were the com- mon’means of transporting the dead this week. to the cemetery. | | that have sickened :and_ died -within | Boston and Philadelphia were the two: in the latter place-got pretty bad for» Teer 27 ase