Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 5, 1918, Page 1

HE DEFENSE CR MED UNDER ALLIED _ OFFENSIVE COVERING 200-MILE FRONT Foch Delivers Terms to un Military BERLIN PEOPLE LODGE PROTEST AGAINST TERMS Versailles Meet Is Ended on Allied Agreements PARIS, Nov. 5.—The Inter-| Allied conference at Versailles | r completed its work wertaisy: All members are entire agreement regarding the ar- mistice terms to resented to Germany. Mi al Foch will convey the terms to the German army comma: in the field. Announcement was made by Secretary Lansing dast Le the toes to be offered to/ rmany been unanimous- ly accepted by Allied represen- tatives at Versailles, and their! signatures had been affixed. If} accepted they méan surrender and immediate end of the war, leaving final terms to the dic: tation of the victors. LONDON, Nov. 5.—A dem- onstration was held before the Bismark monument in Berlin Sunday in favor of continuing the war. ution was passed ri : 4 patch of the Exchange Tele. graph company, quoting the Berlin Tageblatt. Kaiser Need Not Abdicate, Decision [By United Press} LONDON, Nov. 5.— The semi-official Wolf agency re- ports that reichstag parties concluded after several days deliberation that the kaiser need not abdicate. “The next few days should produce Ger- many’s reply to the armistice terms, “We shall accept,” one high official flatly stated. However, the situation in Germany now is not clear. There is a chance that the mili- tarists may refuse to yield. penhagen reports that Berlin was the scene of a great |" THE DAILY TRIBUNE LEADS Cribune VOLUME 3. TERMS SENT T0_ WILSON, RUMOR WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. — a mistice terms to Wilson to forward to Germany. fered: Turkey, Bulgaria, and Austria. It is reported unofficially that Presi- dent ‘Wilson has notified Germany she may have her armistice terms by applying to Foch on field of battle. pe oi PONTE Ba (CASPER SUPPLY KELLY TIRE AGENCY IN CITY Announcement is made today to | the effect that the Casper Supply Company has taken over the entire stock of Spring-field-Kelly tires, formerly handled here by the ae Rubber Company. The arrangements as made, xivaat the Casper Supply Company the ex- clusive agency for these tires in ten counties of the state, including Na- trona and adjacent counties. The company will continue to vul- Ncanize and repair tires as has been the custom in the past and will also pro-war meeting Sunday. Reso- lutions were adovted against accepting a humiliating peace. On the other hand the Berlin tn Vorwaerts declares that Ger- many is on the verge of a huge feature adjustments here, instead of sending to Denver to have this done. | ss pea stock will also be car- hehe eee Senator and Mrs. Francis E. War-| strike intended to enforce|ren arrived in Cheyenne Sunday to Peace, DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS ABANDONED BY ALLIES WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. — Diplo- mats and officials here believe that armistice terms for Germany ed for the United States and the at Paris yesterday are in Foch's hands for presentation to the — commanders on the western fron’ There has been no official boss vote at the election this week, accord. | ing to reports reaching friends in Casper. Both are looking well and) anticipate an “American” ” victory at) the polls. Banter Kendrick, just home from Washington, hes gone to Sheridan to ig now in Newcastle. The North Sea is so shallow that,| except in a very few places, a build-| nation of the method determined | ng as high as the Woolworth Build- (Continued on page 8) BOLSHEVIKS WOULD SIGN ALLIED PEACE ing placed on the bottom would stick! lout above the surface. Heads of Traitorous Government Turn’ to Entente after Severing Relations | ost sien se A ee } Gay chapel but funeral arrangements with Germa BASEL, Nov. the Bolsheviki el severed, LONDON, Nov. ny, Is Claim 5.—Diplomatic relations between 'Germany and 5.—The Bolshevik government of. Russia, it! in Casper, is reported from Petrograd, has handed the neutral ministers a note, of transmission to the entente na Negotiations in order that hostilitie: £0vernment f may be ended, says tions asking the opening of peace! s between the Allies gs Soviet | an Exchange Telegraph dispatch Versailles conference sent the ‘ar. « Foch named the con-| ditions on the basis of armistices of- “ Ballot Yet, Do It Now! Vote! Results in Many States in Dispute; Casper Total Is Growing Fast ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE PUBLIC: Elaborate preparations have been made by The Tribune to furnish its readers and patrons;with the returns of the election— city, state and Tribune bulletins will be flashed to Republican headquarters on the ground floor of the Oil Exchange building, which has become the center. of election interest in Casper. Reports will cover the entire nation, particularly the sen- atorial and congressional results, which’ constitute the main bone of contention in the present campaign. Private returns from all precincts in the county which can be reached by wire will also be received. For those who Must stay at home, operators will be on band all night and the public is invited to keep the phones busy Definite returns probably will not be known until the small hours of the morning, but considerable information should be at hand as early as 10 o'clock. Phone 15 or 167 for your returns. PO Serres eee ee county, national. [By United Press} most spirited elections in the nation’s they |Republicans are confident. \crats claim that a Senate majority is certain. Republicans, however, stated they) would elect fifty senators, including | Illinois, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, | | Nebraska, Kansas, | Dernocrats. ‘ | the | light rain in southern New England! |and along the New York coast, show- in the mountain regions of Wyoming| \and Montana are reported. ‘NEW CALL FOR L. L, Broughton died thia morning | jat 11 o’clock’at the Red Cross hps- | pital. after an attack of influenza. | Marshal Crowder called for " not been made as yet. Seatend Run deyd . walne. —_—_.-. | Miss Helen Morrison, a teacher at inact ht ar gnomen wound today. | Central school, left this afternopn on {- the Burlington for Rock d, TL, | | to visit relatives. until school reopens! At 4-o'clock Monday private cet vices were: held at the Shaffer-Gay | chapel for the 18-months-old tines, | * BERNE, ter of Mr. and Mrs, John Martinez, tho died Sund: made in te Gann comsieg. ae Tae + ” . . ° . *| . . +) However, they admit the House outcome is in doubt. Demo- Voting lagged in Casper during the all claimed by the | morning hours but the noon hour wit- nessed activities that momentarily i —— | threatened te swamp the officials in WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—General-| charge, Shortly before noon a total vote today and Congressman Mondell/ly fair weather prevails throughout of 286 ballots had been cast in the country for the election. A) six precincts comprising Casper. An hour and » half later the number had the 1,000 mark and at two } ers in North Dakota, and a light snow} be Soret} 1 _ Pg = Sage ue fos. | sarvatively estimated that fully half fof the registered population had | vor a record which speaks of un- | Precedented interest in the issues at That almost a full vote wil) te recorded appears highly probable. SELECTIVES IS ISSUED TOLAY WASHNIGTON, Nov. 5,+-Provost U-BOATS LEAVE SOUTHERN SEA FOR HOME BASE ber by nate and Mrs. Patrick Sulli- ean ars van on Hugo street, and Inft today. for her home. The Casper Daily ASSOCIATED and UNITED PRESS lesion Polls Close at 7 Tonight; If You Haven’t Marked That NATION TURNS OUT EARLY T _DETERMINE ELECTION ISSUES =~ |Both Parties Confident of Success with the| PRODUCERS KN REFINERS CUT BIG OIL MEL Tee ne Payable Mon- day; Company Drilling |2 Wells in State At a special meeting of the board | »| of directors of the Producers & Re- | finers corporation held in Denver, | the regular quarterly dividend of 1% *| per eent on outstanding preferred *\ stock .was authorized, payable No-) «| vember 8 to stock of record October , | 81—the fourth disbursement of like | character. 5 Theodore G. Smita, of the Inter- +! | national Trust company of Denver, | was elected a director to succeed KE. M. Bosworth, resigned to enter the *| naval service. «| The Producers & Refiners corpora- + |—at Lander, Big Sand Draw and | four fields in Carbon county—aid , 18 wells in Oklahoma—several in the WASHINGT! —Early reports litical headquart Beggs district, where two company | showed tt geen’ yon t a t» rs fe f ry wells had initial productions of 1,900 wed voters turning © > im greal one o and 1,270 barrels. At Ferris, 26 Democrats and) miles north of Rawlins, Wyo., loca- tions have been made for 36 wells on the 4,600-acre tract under lease, and material and drilling rigs have been ordered and are being delivered for 15 wells. No. 1, located in Sec. 25-26-87, which showed for 500 bar- rels at 1,530 feet, is the cause of this activity. West & Hazelett, who operate the Lost Soldier field 18 miles due west of Ferris, where 20) wells. that will average 100 barrels each are producing, are operating the Producers & Refiners acreage at Porris under a drilling contract. In the Big Sand: Draw Field, 23 Producers & Refiners Corporation soon as the cement sets, It is the in- water white naptha that flows when- aver the wells are opened, No. 1 mak- ing at the rate of 260 to 300 barrels a day. The presidential order withdraw- ing government land in the Buck Creek and Cow Gulch districts in approximately 52,000 acres, and will for, considerably handicap the early de- Himited service to entzin November! velopment of the field, involving ter- | ritoy ry 25 miles square. The comple- | tion of a 4,600 barrél well, north- | weet corner of Section 36-36-65, by | the Ghio Oil company, caused the | order, |school land and is not affected by order, etapa Mrs. John Morton of Douglas came Sunday to spend a few days at the | | Queeeaely Divaeod: of One and miles south of Riverton, Wyo., the has completed two gas wells—one 15,000,000 and one 60,000,000 feet —and have three wells drilling, wo of which are due to get the sand as tention of the company to install an absorption gasoline plant, ¢ither at the wells or at Riverton, to save the Niobrara county, Wyoming, includes altho the well is on state YANKS DRIVE HUNS ACROSS MEUSE RIVER Battle Flames with Fierce Intensity as Allied Hosts Renew Smashing Advance in Every Sector; Le Quesnoy Falls to Haig in Drive on Maubeuge; Americans Get First Glimpse of Germany [By Associated Prees) From the Dutch frontier to east of the Meuse, the two-hundred- | mile battle line is aflame as the British, French, Americans and Bel- | gians crush the enemy's resistance and push on for important gains. |The Allies are progressing everywhere. Between the Guise oat the Aisne the Germans are withdrawing on Marle and Montcornet. Haig lies taken Le Quensnoy, a strong point, and is pressing on Maubeuge, | while ro Americans are fighting their way across the Meuse south- fescue the railroad center of Montmedy. The British continue their ‘ul push north and south of Valenciennes.. Southeast of Val- jcenciennes the British are within ten miles of Maubeuge and further south are rapidly pushing their way through Mormal Forest, where they are four miles from the Aulnove railroad junction. South of Mormal Forest the British and French are pressing east- ward over virtually level ground toward Avesnes. From the Qise to the Aisne at Chateau Porcien the French maintain close contact with the enemy, who is moving back as a result of French successes of i last few days. nl sb Sile-the. Searels Batis Te Sy nivalis, een \wransh otweeii the Pitult tied the Reeve. Fatther east the French pene- \trated the formidable Hunding line, advancing for a mily on a five- Paes A continuation of this advance will seon the Germans to give up the line from the Aine east and west of Rethel. The Americans on a fifteen-mile front a the Meuse from Brieulles northward to Pouily successfully are forcing their way across the river at Brieulles. The river was crossed in bitter fighting. The Americans also reached the east bank at Clery and Lepetit. Ameri- cans on the west bank are within four miles of the German main com- munication line from Sedan to Metz at a point north of Chauvenoy. __ | WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE SEDAN FROwT, Nov. 5. (6. p. m.)—The American army has thrown a formidabls force across the Meuse. Enemy resistance has broken te the point of demoralization. American sare pushing toward St. Enay. The enemy is in full retreat northward. The Americans pressed close upon the Germans’ heels, making their retirement as difficult as possible._ American casualties are very light, despite opposition to crossing the river WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Nov. 5.—Allied troops todsy began a Seige of Ghent, already surrounded virtually on three sides. Queen Elizabeth and hundreds of her non- combatant subjects watched the assault on the city. Belgian, French and American soldiers this afternoon pushed up to the western out- skirts with comparatively light resistance from the enemy, who appar- ently has evacuated the place. WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. 5.— \German troops who had remained west of the Meuse began to flee across the river early today along a line north and south of St. Enay. |After destroying the bridge from St. Enay, the enemy opened the canal locks, flooding the river to a width of two-thirds of a mile. Fall of LeQuesnoy Added to Ten Thousand Captives Taken by Haig LONDON, Nov. 5.—The British captured Le ured Le Quensnoy with a (Continued on Page a) i ac ) 500,000 ENEMY _ CAPTIVES TAKEN BY DIAZ FORCES 250,000 Horses Part of Booty Captured by Italian Armies before Armistice Became Effective; Trent Entered WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Austrian prisoners, captured by Italians before the armistice became effective yesterday are. mated at half o million. The booty includes two hundred and thousand horses. ROME. Nov. 5.—ltalian t troops Sama anlaacd Trent, ‘as chief of Trentino Sunday. Over twenty thousand Austrians, including coumnandes # the Fiteonth Divi Uirtiien, wore conteed, tion is drilling 12 wells in Wyoming; i