Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 7, 1918, Page 1

ee ee UTCHWOULD SHIE Che Casper Aaily Cribune United Press Reports. Member Axsocinted Press. VOLUME 3. Five Divisions Assigned to Form Second Line of Defense; Homeward Move- ment in Full Swing, Says March [By Associated Press] WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Five additional divisions have been assigned to the American army of occupation now ad- vancing into Germany, Chief of Staff March announced today. They are the Second and Seventh regulars, the 28th and 33rd National Guard and the 79th National Army. These have been given the task of occupying Luxemburg and form a second line OCCUPATION OF BERLIN BY THE ALLIES TALKED AT BOCHE MEET a ena resident Will Be 10,000 PEOPLE ae we mee Official composition o7 the Ameri- | can army of occupation as reported Hun Delegation at, Cologne, Claim )by General Pershing follows: The | First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth TURK RETREAT and Seventh regulars; the 28th, nd | | (Michigan and Wisconsin), 38rd and IBy Associated Press] [By Associated Press] CASPER, WYOMING, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1918 42nd (Rainbow) National Guard; the 79th, 89th (South Dakota, Colorado, i | New Mexico and Arizona), national i army. LONDON, Dec. 7.—An ex-| AMSTERDAM, Dec. 7—The Turks) It was announced that from home traordinary meeting of the|massacred 10,000 Armenians while| camps during the past week that German cabinet was summon- evacuating Baku, Olti and Ardahan,| 200,000 men were released. The per- ed at Berlin Thursday to dis-)in the Caucasus, says the Beet Ra TherG ices ; 8 ay eae <p sae * Vorwaerts. ome by General Pershing includes pratt cr cere In the fighting in Baku miore than| 5,325 officers and 125,515 men. Ad- Germany’s alleged inability to carry | MOS exevun wee led. gin, sompe ys Sore eee eg no owe out the Seen abe Yacniistics a, tOWRE the entire ope Sey Lah eon Bie ape age cong ier ae tie ' % tothe ition extenninated. The Turks Cie hd ede ay be cf) ae to Amsterdam ‘advices to" the IGermteced ee troops to. plunder/ sailing from Franéé of thi: transports aly Express, | the Armenians. | Susquehanna, Santa Anna and De- “GERMANS WOULD LEARN | STATUS OF INTEGRITY {By United Presn} | BERNE, Dec. 7.—Cologne invites President Wilson to meet the German | delegations there to bring about an understanding regarding Germany’s integrity. German newspaper show universal dread of various separatist movements, Berlin wants to form a combined Allied-German army to march against the Russian Bolsheviki. PEOPLE KILLED IN STREET FIGHTING (By United Press) COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7 everal persons were killed in street fighting et Mainz, Germany. Shops were plundered. EBERT DECLARED HEAD OF REPUBLIC BY MOB (By United Press) PARIS, Dec. 7. — Armed soldiers and sailors massed before the Chan- cellor’s palace in Berlin last night and proclaimed Ebert president of the “German Republic,” says a Berlin dis- | patch. Soldiers imprisoned the entire executive committe of the Union of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Soviets. BERNSTORFF WAS GOAT, HE SAYS IN HUN EXPLANATION Propaganda Failed thru Impossibility to. Subsidize Newspapers and Keep It Secret, According to Alibi [By Associa - Purchasers can noy buy sugar in «ny ee | klab with sick and wounded soldiers. | The Sesquehana is due at New York | the 10th and others on the 17th. The total returning troops already em- barked for home is announced at 854 officers, 17,363 men, 185 civilians, two nurses and two prisoners. PRESIDENT PASS Since the stay of the army of oc- cupation abroad is indefinite, Gen- LISBON, Portugal, Dee. 7.—An| eral March said it would be neces- unnamed assailant’s single revolver! S@*Y to ask congress for new enlist- bullet missed President Pass by a| ment legislation, Under the present F 5 in| law no provision is made for such wide margin. The owuld-be assassin | ; was aetited a force as will be needed after four ct A aS A |months from the signing of peace, Lip ON SUGAR when the war army must be dis- LIFTED TODAY HUNS ON VERGE Reports published in these columns OF FA M | Wl E, iS the first of the week that the ban on APPEAL TODAY sugar had been lifted in the country| at large were confirmed today with | the receipt of information from Theo- dore Diers, state food administrator. grocer can sell them and COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7—Germany the dealer is relieved of the necessity |sent Denmark a gre eacay Leet! king reports. Germany verging on famine. Austria ec aes Bs ——_————————_ has not enough food to last a month. Vienna is without ccal. BeBe ae Ss Sat ALLIES NOT TO OCCUPY BERLIN SAYS BALFOUR amount the | Foreign Secretary Balfour declared today. lin is planned. He believes the arm- istice limits will be as far as the Al- lies will invade Germany. ted Press] | Unless there is a profound change . 7.—The shipwreck of German prop- jn Russia conditions in that country agenda te ttemieeh earls by Dr. Dernburg was attributed will be without official representation by Count torff in an explanation to Berlin to the im- possibility of h cedars secret the fare ey an American news- pa i idized and to the sin! ing of t Bielaski oF he dooktensat of justice laid Bernstorff’s explana- tion before the senate committee to- day along with other secret doucu- ments. ; In a letter to the foreign office in 1915 Bernstroff said the subsidizing | of papers always ended with him be ‘ng held responsible for all the arti--| cles of such papers. For that rea-| Son, he said, -he had succeeded in get “ng free of all relations with th 'r play of Marcus Braun, and thet) © would like to be free from the rland, which, he added, “Has Shown itself of little value.” The letter spoke of unfortunate “Xperience with the “Times Mail,” and said only the future could show in the conference, ——_—_———— “whether we will have better luck! with Mr. Huntington Wright and Mr.) THE RHIRE ON , +] T. E. Low.” \ NATIONAL COURIER IN LEEDS, Eng., Dec. 7.—The Brit- ish at this moment are crossing the PAY OF THE KAISER tact Submitting evidence concerning | Rhine, Premier Lloyd George said in a speech here today. the National Courier, published for) Oo the Lusitania. Chief a time in Washington, Bielaski said | its editor, Theodore” E. Lowe, re- ved $8,000 from the Germans dur- ng the paper's. short life. Bielaski also testified that Louis Garthe, Washington correspondent for the Baltimore American, was a regular contributor to the Courier, without the knowledge of the management of the American. Luxemburg is a little state bound- ed by Germany, Belgium and France, and with a population just over a quarter of a million people, LONDON, Dec. 7.—The League of | Nations is one of the most important | | matters before the peace conference, | He said no occupation of Ber-| FORTY BILLION INDEMNITY OCCUPATION ARMY INCREASED TEUTON REGIME TS OVERTHROWN AT KIEV BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY 10,000 Casualties in Battle Fought for Possession of Capi-| tal, Is Report (By United Press) LONDON, Dec. 7.—It is reported that the Ukrainian National Union forces occupied Kiev after a battle in which there were 10,000 casual- ties. The killed included Hetman Skoropadsky and 500 Russian offi. cers. The National Union, while not definitely -pro-Ally,#ig~ antierman and now Skoropadsky was backed by Germany and became dictator when Ukraine seceded. The withdrawal of German troops gave the union an opportunity to overthrow the Skoropadski regime. jada ranteea inv COLONEL. HOUSE IS LOCATED AT CRILLON HOTEL PARIS, Dec. 7. — Colonel House will e the first of the American peace conference delegates to take posses- sion of his quarters in the Hotel Cril- | lon, where apartments have eebn re- served for the delegation. Brae BS RS INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS WIN CERMAN ELECTION | B7RLIN, Dec. 6.—(By Associated Press.)—In the election yesterday to fill two vacancies in the soldiers’ and workers’ executive council, the left wing of the Social Democrats or In- dependent Socialists, gained both seats. The council is ostensibly the highest revolutionary tribunal and the Independents have now secured a working majority. | | | | Corporal Herman Boer was the first American to enter St, Mihiel. Cor. poral Boer was formerly an engineer at the St. Francis hospital in San Francisco. He is a native of Germany and came to San Francisco from that country 15 years ago, He became a citizen and was well past the draft age when the war broke out, He en- listed and was sent over with the first American volunteer forces to g¢ abroad. - WIRE FLASHES ——_-~ —— LONDON, Dee. 7. The. British | warship Cassandra struck a mine in Wolf. the Baltic Sea. Natrona County Tribune Established May 1, 1490. The Casper Daily Tribune Established Ociober f, 1916. controls all of Ukraine. | NUMBER 43 So Says the London Daily Mail; Wilson Contends Allies Must Sacrifice to Effect Permanent Peace, Claim (By United Press.) LONDON, Dec 7,—The Daily Mail says that Premier Lloyd | George will demand forty billion dollars indemnity from Germany and that France will demand even more. ABOARD THE GEORGE WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—(By Wire-! |less)—The United States wants a definite law formulated at the peace | Boe CLUB BANQUET TQ HONOR OL0 PRESIDENT ON MONDAY NIGHT | - Fy | Offers Opportunity for Ex- |PRESIDENT ENJOYS TRIP ° owt |AFTER WORK IS FINISHED 4 tending Welcome in: | ON BOARD THE U. 5 “9 e GEORGE WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Nichols Homecoming; Tickets in Demand highway governed by the law of all nations combined and |not by individual nations. The plan entails a minimum contrabrand list! and form of blockade legalizing , Germanized submarining | While there has been no official |comment on Minister of Munitions’ Churchill's speech for continued Brit- ish naval supremacy, it is believed |thut President Wilson holds all pow- ers must make sacrifices if they sin- cerely desire a just peace. The President probably will voice his views on this later. He may define the freedom of the seas in his ad ‘dress when he receives an honorary |degree at Oxford. | (By Wireless to the Associated) Press.)—President Wilson's third | day at sea found him much improved) jin health. His. gold is yielding to/ /trdatment and his voree is Yested and! | The present of tickets for the much stronger. Industrial club dinner at the New CORPORAL HERMAN BOER °| | Having cleared up work which had | Henning Hotel Monday evening indi- |accumulated at his desk, the Presi-’ cates that better than 100 diners will | jdent enjoyed the day in recreation) git down to the tabi according to} jand exercise., In the afternoon he| Secretary George Nelson who is as promenaded the decks and joined the| tending to a major part of the ar- |party at the rail watching the Penn-| rangements. |sylvania, the flagship of Admiral; An unexpected feature of the Mayo’s squadron, rise and fall with | evening developed upon announce-- the heavy swells. ment that the president of the organ- President Wilson engaged in con-/ ization, Attorney R. H. Nichols, who versation on timely topics, swapping offered his services to his country stories with those on board. He also geyeral months ago and followed his earnestly conferred with the French | entrance in training camp in Ken-- and Italian ambassadors. He had a tucky, will return to Casper tonight, short conversation with~ Secretary | honorably discharged, and the dinner | Lansing and Henry White. No for-! wi}) partly revolve itself into a wel- mal conferences have been held 80) come for this officer. | far. | L. A. Reed has been selected as | Bic puiaye = tates toastmaster for the evening and a CONGRESS MAY \tentative list of speakers includes |Judge C. E. Winter, B. B. Brooks, |M. W. Purcell and perhaps three or |four others. It is promised that the addresses will not be long LEAGUE ACTIO Patind chai les 22) a {| Mr, and Mrs. R. H. Nichols and j >, |children and Ex-Governor and Mrs. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. — The/|B. B. Brooks will return this after- House Rules Committee today unani-| noon from Kentucky where Mr. Nich- mously voted to report favcrably a/ ols has been in training in officer resolution for investigation of the Na- training camp for several months. It tional Security League and its cam-| is believed that he was given his paign to defeat certain Congressmen. | commission before discharge. | PROBE SECURITY D KAISER AND PRINCE BANISHMENT TO EAST INDIES IS SUGGESTION OF DUTCH ROYALTY Delivery, However, to Be Made on De- mand of Allies; Other Requests [By Associated Press] LONDON, Dec. 7.—if the Allies insist on the delivery of the former German emperor and the crown prince to an in- ternational court, Holland will yield. But first they will urge that the Allies content themselves with an undertaking by Holland to intern them for life in one of the (Dutch colonies, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily oxpress. Holland, it is understood, suggested that Herr Hohenzollern and his son be placed on an. island either in the East or West Indies, where they will be guarded by the Dutch fleet. ’ It is also anticipated that Holland will be asked for compensation for permitting violation of her neutrality by allowing German troops to pass thru the province of Limburg on their retreat from Belgium and for receiv- ing German ships from Antwerp. This compensation, says the correspond- ent, may possibly be the cession of certain territory along the Belgian frontier. ALIBI OF CROWN PRINCE DISGUSTING TO GERMANY MUNICH, Dee. 7.—By Associated Press.)—The interview with Fred- erick William, former German crown prince, obtained by the Associated »ress, was published here in part to- day and has drawn displays of anger rom the local press. “If the former crown prince really made such statements, he has done bis reputation bad service,” says the Neueste Nachrichten. ‘His belated xcuses and attempt to clear him- self make such disgusting impression that no one will need to grieve over his flight to Hollan. The Augsburg Evening Gazette, in commenting on the conviction, ex- pressed by the ex-crown prince that President Wilson would be able to bring about a peace of justice for Germany, remarks it fears that Fred- erick William is badly misled. INTERNATIONAL COURT 1S FAVORED IN FRANCE PARIS, Dec. 7.—The formation of an international jury to try the form- er German Emperor is gaining wide support in France, the Matin says. Attorney General Lescouve, after an investigation, has transmitted to the Ministry of Justice the charge of murder made against the former em- peror by Madam Prieur, whose hus- band was killed in the torpedoing of the mail steamer Sussex. The Attor- ney General said he considered the charge admissible in French courts, NO OPPOSITION FROM GERMANY, IS CLAIM ZURICH, Dec. 7.—-It is reported that the German Government has de- cided not to oppose the extradition of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince. CHIEF WOLF AR RESTED FOR ASSAULT TO KILL Gets in Bad for Posing as Owner of Hog Ranch and Threatens to Kill Gehres for Making Correction, Complaint - , The cloak of “wonderful self-control” ascribed to Chief of Police Frank J. Wolf by his chief sponsor, the official organ of the city, slipped from his shoulders long enough Friday to draw a gun on Marcel L. Gehres, an erstwhile associate in hog raising, with the threat that “I will kill you.” Chief Wolf was accordingly arrested by Undersheriff Perry Elswick on a war- rant charging him with an assault) : with intent to kill and a few minutes article appeared in later was released on a $1,000 bond Casper’s morning paper recounting signed by “Patsy” Carr. Chief Wolf losses amounting to some $2,000 al- will come up for preliminary hearing) leged to have been sustained by the at 2 o'clock this afternoon in justice) chief thru the death of hogs which court. On the other hand, the de-| had been fed ground glass in revenge fendant denies having flashed a gun! for enmity borne Wolf. The hogs, and on this, it is presumed, he will! it was stated, were maintained on a base his defense. |“hog ranch purchased by Chief Wolf The controversy, according to Geh- last spring.” i res’ complaint, arose over misstate- On his return Gehres was inform- ments incorporated in a “sympathy” ed thru jibes of his friends that the story alleged to have been furnished| report had been sown that Chief the Casper Daily Press by Chief| Wolf had purchased his ranch also While Gehres was on an elk| that Gehres’ losses had been subor bunt in the big game country a “‘sob”| dinated to some 15 head of hogs be-| the Columns of longing to the chief. Righteously in- dignant that an erroneous report had been allowed to stand uncorrected, Gehres visited the Daily Press of- fice, learned the source of the error, ascertained that a prompt correction would be made and returned home. Before he had finished his noon lunch, Chief Wolf is said to have knocked at the door. ‘You been“to the Press office,” is said to have been his greeting. “Yes. What difference does make to you?” was the rejoinder, The chief is said to have launched into expostulation of the correction and in the meantime the two started toward the hoglot, some 200 yards distant. “You're a nice blankety-blank to be with,” the chief is alleged to have suggested “You stinking, lying skunk,” was the reply of Gehres, his wrath now also provoked to the breaking point. Just for that I’ll kill you,” the chief is credited with saying, and suiting the action to the word, Geh- res declared he pulled a gun. “IT was too far away to knock the it (Continued on Page Three) CRE ; ; eM | SS ae eee