Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 21, 1918, Page 1

VOLUME 3 Member Associated Press. United Press Reports. FORMAL ENTRY G0 EASY it THAT SUGAR RATION HEAVY FIGHTING», > ®- BOLSHEVIK DOCTRINES FOSTER OF KING ALBERT INTO BRUSSELS SET FOR FRIDAY Fifty-Mile Advance Negotiated Since Armistice; Yankees, Occupy Luxemburg PARIS, Nov. 21.—Belgians rapidly occupying = country have advanced: over fifty miles since the cae hee was signed. They have transferred the govern- ment to Brussels which Xing Al- bert formally e rmans in Lorr while the French w Arlon, Ge headquarters French to. armies enter § Al JOURNMERT OF CONGRESS AT FIVE TODAY WASHINGTON, Nov. 21,— The present session of Congress journs sine die at 5 o’clock this afterncon. — INCREASE 15 NOT YET AVAILABLE The three-pound sugar ration is fon is Powilant make up a shipment of su: p- ent abroad to relieve still in effect in Casper as well as plies to be Cheers the arocamidahe aity >| the bteod nine in the war BaGii: d ott : st n countries, having received no word to the Whilerthelusel of floukeadbatis contrary despite the rumor started tutes was at first considered a bit by one of the Denver daily pz pers. of a hardship the housekeepers Should a new allowance of four have learned a great deal about pounds per capita be officially an- nounced from Washington it is im- probable that it would go into ef- fect before the first of the month. The bakers back on pure wheat flour ba and are using no tutes in bread or other baked t the present time. Grocers selling wheat flour with no and will, it is -under- gladly take back the sub- stitutes sold with wheat flour pre- vious to this time. These substi- tutes will probably be returned and actual food values and it is safe to say that a greater per cent of corn- meal, rice flour, and other substi- tutes will be used by the people now that they have learned their values. It is possible, that fewer grains of sugar will be found in the bottom of coffee and tea cups than heretofore. Corn syrups, honey and other substitutes for sugar have come into their own and many housewives would now prefer them to the continued use of cane sugar. » UNITED WAR TANK DRIVEN OVERIBY TOTAL OF $43,585 « e too, are stood, Reports Lackigg from Ooutlying Dis- tricts at Winduv of Campaign Eclipsing all former records in point of funds raised and establishing a precedent which other Wyoming counties will find it difficult to follow, Natrona County last night drove the United War Charities tank over the top for a subscription of 142 per cent, or a total of $43,585.56 in round figures. On top of this are reports to be received from district chairmen in out- | | ying pre ue neelng, ee ALLIES PROTEST HUNS’ PASSAGE W. C. Brewer, at Jack Hughes at Dav at Badwa- Claytor, Splitroc [eaves River; M Bucknum; George ter; Mrs. | Boney z Earnest at Alcova’ and Mrs. | R. D. Campbell at Walt Re- | ceipts from these distric should | boost the total skyward, according to POLES BATTLE THRU HOLLAND UKRAGRIANS AT LEMBERG AGAIN : Vv NA, Nov. 21.—Bitter fi, ing is reported under way betw the Ukrainians and Po thr thern Russia. The principal t tlés are for the possession of Li berg, which the Ukrainians now hol aes e is fightin. t Kolomwa, msyl a ad Stan (EH PASSPORTS {SSUED TO. AUSSIAN. BOURGEDSE STOC KHOL Tome Oct. passports for the bourgeoise, in the! form of testimonial books, have been introduced by decree in Russia, ac- cording to a telegram received here today from Petrograd. a 23. — New 2 Everybody Who makes use of thé work of others is to be provided with them, including directors of enter- pris members of administrative neils, merchants, brokers, ex-offi- cers and lawyers. Only annotations on these books will entitle the bear- ers to travel about Russi Owing to the nationalization of ex- terior commerce, persons desiring to import foreign merchandise must first apply for a license to the Com- t of Commerce and Industry, evere pen- foreign and im- S, countries Ss eecariing exposts ports, [By ascetataal PARIS, No ted Press] ments have decided to send an offi- Hoey s activities, | cial protest to the Dutch government| & Leather company having sprung nst the violation of Holland’s neutrality as the result of her per- mitting German troops to cross the province of Lumburg in their retreat from Paris, according to the Echo de Paris. “TWO SWITCHMEN KILLED IN THE LARAMIE YARDS Nov. 20. — Another of dents which cost the lives of two switchmen, and the serious injury of the third, occurred in the west yards of the Union Pacific district terminal here yesterday when the tender of a switch engine left the track, while moving westward through thé. yards, catching F. A. Babbitt and W. W. Woodruff be- tween the tender and a car loaded th sheep, on an adjoining» track. William Needles, another switchman, riding on the running board, in the fireman’s side of the engine was able to jump, but was rolled in the acci- dent and suffered some severe bruis- es about the head and body, one brok- en leg and other injuries. It is be- lieved that both Babbitt and Wood- ruff were killed instantly. The ten- der of the engine ran along the road- bed for a distance, but when it col- lided with the stock car it was righted and was left on the track. The dam- age to the engine and the stock car was slight. The shéep in the car were not hurt, the car being left on the track ‘ LATE FLASHES. GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 17 )Delayed)—Retreat of the Ger- man armies from the western front is continuing in the greatest dis- order, according to information received by the Swiss authorities at Berne. Anarchy in Germany is said to be far worse than during the Swiss newspapers say that military and Austrian retreat from Italy. civil authority has disappearod i in western Germany. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 .—Savings effected thru the War De- partment’s readjustment orders, including the cancellation of con- overcoats today « tracts, is estimated at $1,363,000,000 by Secretary Baker in a letter cnate today by Senator Martin of Virginia, chairman of the 2; rropriations committee. | County Chairman J. S. Mechling. The tire auction at the corner of | Center and Second Wednesday after- —Allied govern-| noon was the crowning climax in the the Wyoming Hide the market on old rubber by Bidding in the pile of di at $399.60. Jack Leary in the le and had the assi > of Joe Marquis at Arminto;: Mike Foley. The Casper schools are also re- torded in the activities of the clos-| ing days with ager amounting to $ lows: High school, $ Cooper, $84; Central $100, and Park, 29.10. The state of Wyoming will turn in a large oversub: ptions to the quota rate subscriptions divided as fol- estimated), originally established, according to reports from Cheyenne today, a ma- jority of counties having already passed their allotted quota Casper’s success finds origin in multifarious agencies centering in the county chairman, J. S. Melching, who, notwithstanding the handicap of an influenza epidemic, organized the county to the end that the slackers can be numbered on his fingers. An eleventh-hour appeal to many of these today resulted in funds being forthcoming. es QUIET DAY IN POLICE COPRT Three plain drunks and a scrap were the net total, of the police re- port last evening. The coming win- ter weather seemed to have a quiet- ing effect on the boisterous part of Casper’s population The officers ri ved their few and the garments in time for the present win- ther. od SW YORK, Nov. °21.—-Governor nan, who was defeated for re- ion by on the Alfred E. face of Smith, Demo returns, an- crat, nounced today that he would apply for a judicial review of rejected: bal- lots in every county of the State. ON DVINA RIVER = [IS REPORTED BY BRITISH OFFICE Bolsheviks Back With Heavy Losses ‘in Counter to Enemy Attacks [By Assocs LONDON, Nov. ish war office ed Press! 21.—The Brit- today announced heavy fighting in the Dvina region between the Bolshevik and the al- The attacked on the front lies Monday and Bolsheviki and flank, penetrated several vil- lages and advenced to the Cana- ian batteries where the Bolsheviki were stopped. Anglo-American infantry then countered, throwiny the enemy beck wtih heavy Fighting was resumed Tuc The Bol- s were beaten with great © Tuesday. ties. « Jversubscription cf 142 Per Cent with new Leaver or army ENEMY OF BOLSHEVIKS VLADIVOSTOK,:Nov. 19.—(By Associated Press.) — Thru a coup of the ministe s of the new All- Russian govern nent at Omsk yes- terday, Admi- * Alexander Kol- chak becom « .rtual dictator and commande: the All-Russian army and ¢h et. Ministers op- posing Kolch iwere arrested. News of the cOu> at Omsk is re- garded bw the state department as. another ¢ign painting to a stabili zation movement relied upon to re- generate Russia. Kolchak is thot to be a man who would not misuse his authority and whose hostility to the Bolsheviki is strong. Kolchak, whose dictatorship over the Omsk government is announced, was commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet before the revolution, He was compelled in June, 1917, to sur- rnder the command of thet fleet to} the revolutionis He did this after throwing overboard his sword, which} the Jz ad left him when the acuated Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanse war. Later in 1917, he visited this country at the head of a naval com- mission from the Kerensky govern- ment. FRENCH TROOPS TO ARRIVE AT BUDAPEST SOOW PARIS, Nov . —— (Havas. ) — French troops under the command of General Herry will enter Budapest tomorrow. It is believed the French forces arrived at Constantinople to- day, A most enthusiastic welcome was given the French soldiers when they marched into Zabern, > TURK CAPITAL IS ‘ELPHANT’ OF PEACE PLAN WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.— Disposal of Constantinople is prov- ing one of the most vexing ques- tions before the allies. Greece wants it. The British are open- minded but point to the fact that ever half the population Turks. President Wilson believes the Dardanelies, Bosphorus and the heights dominating them should be internationalized, Some allied statesmen doubt that the Turk will permit himself to be driven from Constantinople. vel Nder't a 1 72ér- 28 icans tictpati LONDON, ™ Press surrendered today to the Allies. Hurled This announcement was made of- Internment and Prosecution in § icially by the British admiralty is afternoon. » The statement reads: “The main German fleet sur- rendered at 9:30 o'clock this morning.” (By United Press) LONDON, Nov. 21—The Ger- man fleet today surrendered to the British grand fleet. An Amer- ican battle squadron and French vessels participated in the cere- mony. . Ten German dreadnoughts, six \yattle cruisers, ten light cruisers ind a number of destrovers met the allied fleet in the North Sea joft England. The Germans passed fown the long line of allied craft. Admiral Beatty personally re- ceived the currender. The peace conference: probably iwill decide.on the disposition of he German ships, whether to di vide them among the allies, sink them or convert them into Ms te ernational force under a of Nations. FOUR HUNDRER SHIPS WITNESS SURRENDER LONDON, Nov. 21 -—The jae nf rendevens for the allied Geran sea forces was thirty_ or}. forty miles east of May Island, op: posite the Firth of Forth. A fog enveloping the fleet for three in cleared fast night. This morning the weather was dull with a slight haze hanging over the Firth of Forth. The fleet witnessing the surren- ‘der consisted of four hundred ‘ships, including 60 dreadnoughts, 50 light cruisers and nearly 200 destroyers. Admiral Sir David Beatty, commander of the British grand fleet, was aboard the Queen E'izabeth. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.— An American squadron, probably including five _ dreadnoughts. commanded by Rear Admiral Hugh Roodman, as an operating unit of the British Meet partici- pated in the passing of German sea-power. — = “Louie” Zuttermeister is ill at his home on South Center street with influenza. His condition is reported today as being much better, 21—The Ger- man fleet, as specified in terms of the armistice with Germany, was NUS BY EW. W. AND KIDREI * AGITATORS GIVE DEPARTIGENT 0: JUSTICE PROPAGANDA 16 COMBA’ Store for th. Advocates of Soviet Committees Alon: With Abolition of Property Rights ir America; Enemy Aliens Still Working WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—The svread of Bolshevik doc trines has been watched carefully by Department of Justic agents with a view to undertaking prosecutions if agitation de velops into sedition, officials declared today. Thus far propa ganda has not reached what officials consider dangerous pr: FOR HOGHEY BY thé Bolshevik movement has become more pronounced than in other cit- ies, officials said. Altho agitation js promoted partly | a group of former syndicalists W. W. leaders, investigation y government agents, that it is being fostered by an element of dissatisfied citizens, favoring aboli- tion of property rights and the de velopment of a government by soviet by and I. shows, committees with communal control of industry and trade. To some extent this Bolskevik Judce I . before whor propaganda has been promoted by Thomas convictec 1, ha enemy aliens and this is one reason writt« sphens ash ioe a continuation by the Department | Ste Justice of its policy of interning. i. ms fic ‘ sit oney move ment ELECTIONS MAY DEW AY BPM isi 'PEAGE LEADERS WASHINGTO REVOLUTION OF | HUNS FAILS T RUFFLE BER. Public More , Int Ff Interested in} Something to Eat Than Po- litical Squabble, Says De- Noy. "1.—Pre te ritisl layed Dispatch BERLIN, Nov. 16.—(Delayed.)— Berlin has now had a week of revo- lution, yet\the streets have the same, | appearance as that presented any Saturday during the war, with the exception of the absence of news- paper reference to events along the front. The mass of the public ap- pears anything but excited over the future progress of events. News of Anierican food relief tem- porarily eclipses curiosity in political matte The Ebert-Haase cabinet apparently is in undisputed control, it having taken over such etemenis of » con at dat and t uled when = for SDA BZECHS WY 10 GUST TEDTONS; the old bureaucratic regime as were indispensable and placed its party men in strategic positions. 4 cy 7 RAILROADS — ted Presa] WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Pro- ZURICH, 21 Field Mar ceedings before the . Senate elec- shal Von M troops bat tions committee contesting the tlei th Sundi The election of Truman Newberry, re- (x th man publican, as senator from Michi- disat re up the railway gan were dismissed today by a pre er movement ~c vote of 6 to 5. force YANKS BEING MOVED TO THE REST CAMPS 'GEN. PERSHING TO CALL. UPON GRAND DUCHES Annocinted Drenw] SS PARI 21 Amer: icantroops will pass through Luxem burg today eneral Pershing will call on the Grand Duchess Marie Ade laide while he is in her capital city —_ “Do you r any small fruits around her “Can't raise anything small around here, strange: The soil is tao good.” Louisy ville | Couric er-Journa GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP: BOOMED BY DEMOCRATS WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Senater Lewis, Democratic whip, today’ introduced a resolution to commit the Senate to government ownership of all national public utilities, natural agencies for. preduc- tion of fuel, and government construction and owner hip of a merchant marine. Preliminaries to Homeward Journey Non. under Way in France; 750,000 in Action at End of Hostilities | WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, Associated Press.)—The movement cf areas Nov. 21.—(By American troops to res 2 behind the former fighting front is progressing rapidly The 78th, 82nd, 29th, and 26th divisions the front and now are in the rest camps. The 36th, 18th, 81st, and 6th divisions are m arching to the were withdrawn fron} rest areas, It is understood that the 77th division will be moved to a rest iinandacettledcestareeninn i camp in southern France. should be remembered that they ae The Fifth, 89th, 19th, and 79th! only a part of the great effort mad divisions have been formed into the im war preparations. Seventh and will remain temporarily in their old positions army corps EXTENT OF AMERICAN was ar MILITARY ACTS REVEALED P20 < trooy gonn acti AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS | 1th the vas® IN FRANCE, Nov. 19. (Delayed.)— machinery rilway & (By Associated Pre. —The extent and motor ructed ane of the American's military effort in : s the motives4 France at the e of the armistice ra ports od was declared is shown by sta ki Behind rain wer y which the Associated Press is now the requisite food, « d gen, permitted to publish. While these) eral supplie est ’ en thi C rs tt 77)