Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1917, Page 1

TWO CONFERENCES MUCH BEARING ON WAR ARE NOW ON London Scene of Serious Inter- change of Views, While Ber- lin Holds Vital Meeting of High War Official GREATER WAR PROBABLE $58,000. } : —_——___ Conferences Taken as Indication, REJECTION AN ARROGANT That War Will Be Waged With CRIME, SAYS KAISER Mere Vigor on All Fronts : By the United States When Big Trap Opens LONDON, Jan. 6.—The Kaiser re- ‘gards the Allies’ WYOMING GETS $40,000 FORROADS By the United Press. WASHINGTON, | tary of Agriculture | | } | Jan. Houston today dollars for the construction of roads and trails in the national forests. Colorado was allotted $62,000, By the United Press ences, which are expected to have an|CTime,” ,important bearing on the future con- duct of the world war, are being held|man army and navy. today. One is being held by the Al- LAP AGT Rae lies in London, and the other by the, DEUTSCHLAND EXPECTED highest Teuton officials. | TO ARRIVE SHORTL* It is believed that the result of | By the United Press conferences is intended to con-| NEW LONDON, Conn., Jan. 6.—A stitute an answer to the various peace | SOT of negro roustabouts prrieden bend tegrar’'to. the: hilt” | loading crude rubber, nickel and other we NN ay | valuables from cars, which is an indi- Thy meeting in London of the Al-|cation that the German merchant lied y¥emiers and members of the|submarine Deutschland is expected \s of the nations fighting with! to arrive shortly. Englantl is characterized as a “get to-/ WILLA FLEEING, LEAVING gether session” for the interchange! DEAD AND WOUNDED of views, The conferences are taken) — as a forecast that the war will’ be| By the United Press waged with greater ferocity on all fronts when spring opens up. Vienna dispatches reported that an important conference was in progress at Gen. von Hindenburg’s field head- | guia has severely defeated Villa near jJiminez, and declare that Villa is in \full flight. They claim that 3,000 5 | Villaistas were killed and 300 wound- quarters. Besides Gen. von Hinden- ed, and that 600 were captured and burg, the Kaiser and the Crown| Prince of Bulgaria are present. No | Secret tates details of the meeting were allowed) 4,.4¢ the claim. to pass the strict censorship. It is as-) J sumed that this conference is prelim-| inary to the meeting of the members! of the Teutonic cabinets in Berlin’ next week. Patan AL agli a Mrs. F. C, Daly and two daughters have arrived from Flint, > 3 wine tak For nine years Mr. Daly was foreman|the mines for the last three months of the Buick machine shops at Flint &t 650,000, which was more and is an expert in his line. |double the output for the same pe- =- iriod in 1915. Miss Eva Ferguson has returned to! The quarter just ended was by far Riverton, after spending a few days'the most successful in the history of with Mr. and Mrs, Edward S. Troxel'the mining industry in of South Center. Miss Ferguson’s County, notwithstanding the home was formerly in Casper, and shortage which at times has made a she has many friends here. curtailment of the output necessary. LLOYD GEORGE'S HEAD IS GETTING SOMEWHATLARGER ‘ — SAYS WON’T MAKE A authorities here liane SHERIDAN MINES COAL OUTPUT LARGE | The output of the mines in the little | Sheridan coal fields during the year just. closed is estimated at 1,500,000 tons by George N. Akin, State mine + Akin, the daily output of the mines in the Sheridan fields is about 10,000; by virtue By the United Press | LONDON, DEC. 15—(By Mail)—,| Lloyd-George’s head is a growing in- Tuition. Prof. J. Millett Severn, a consult- ing phrenologist, examined the Brit-| ish pmemier’s head back in 1903 and} found to measure nearly 23 inches! around the “preceptives.” A later examination showed that the lapse of | years had incerased the circumfer-| ence more than a quarter of an inch.} “This goes to prove that as the mind is exercised the brain and head are subject to a larger development,” said Prof. Severen. “This. growth can continue after the subject has, reached adult age.” today deny that President Wilson re- ceived Germany’s peace terms, and declared that Germany is suspicious of America’s intentions and will not make a confidant of President Wilson. BATTEN ON oie SiR WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR SILVER ANNIVERSARY Had he lived until August, head the second time Severen told) ir si iversary. the iiraealiks peeuaierhetetan develop-| rated their silver anni ry. ment. His judgment was borne out by the man who makes the leader’s hats. He said Llyod-George was tak. ing a larger bonnet than before. Severen has.met-had.an opportunity to examine the premier’s head since the new cabinet was formed. BUFFALO BILL SAID TO BE NEAR DEATH| Col. W. F, Cody, who has been ill at his daughter’s home in Denver for several weeks, is reported as dying. His removal to Glenwood Spri is contemplated in an effort to save his life, though there is said to be little hope for recovery. 4 were looking forward to this bright milestone, theic wedding anniversary “|ago, lacking just_a few months. Mrs. {the union were born “four children, William, the eldest son, is on the staff of the Denver Times, Robert is a stu- dent at the University of Wisconsin piers, school in Denver. Always devo’ to their summers on the rench with him, In speaking of his sudden déath the prominent sheep man thought his \A| serious accident he sustained severa’ f : years ago. He was thrown over an Tom Lindsay, murderer whr, made| embankment and so severely injured his escape from the Wyom rking trusty wher esea: su ware 40-year f aagiccle ake ne the back may have sapped the fonnda- the murder of Ray Parnell, near) tion of his vitality. He had never had Lusk. jan attack of heart trouble before, ‘The death of Fred Bragg rem EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 6.—The Car- ranza officials claim that Gen. Mur-) By the United Press | 6.—Secre- | |announced the allotment of a million | |Montana $70,000, New Mexico $42,-|vocates of government manufacture 000, Wyoming $40,000 and Arizona of f rejection of Ger-|relying on private manufacturers for LONDON, Jan. 6.—Two confer-|™Many’s peace proffer as an. “arrogant|the manufacture of war munitions,” and places the responsibility | and declared that this was a “splendid upon them for further bloodshed, ac- example of the patriotism actuating cording to an order issued to the Ger | Ame } } | | | } Sheridan} to speed up the case, it is almost cer- car| tain that the recount and the court Three of the mines are now working, time for the inauguration of the new double shifts, and, according to Mr./S0vernor, CONFIDANT OF WILSON the attention of politicians to the ex+|ing much, COPENHAGEN, Jan. 6.—The Lo-| gram, | Fred | PHILADELPH Bragg, who died in Denver this week, flaming flivver fluttered and fumed/noissance party was sent out from! Mehra oS Lloyd-George’s| ang his devoted wife would Lave cele-| feriociously. Forty fearless firemen They faced fussing flames for fully fifty- five having taken place twenty-five years: end. |Bragg was Laura Ingrahzm, and to|rogant auto caught fire. | at Madison, and Fred and Laura are| Several attempts to q to his friends, his interests| Sp#sm. were intensely bound up Sees iad Pah ked f ren, and they looked forwa peat & prised could have Kept t his fever and he bu in mes. ¢ . thetic bystander turned in|neither had spoken for hours. At! late Thursday afternoon, friends of} end_might have been hastened by a\- | by one J. Goodman. cording to those who knew him best. | istration, or anti-administration will | dominate, as the administration is yet | present tied up in the courts, than! Campbell, Republican, was elected by ) Hunt on the face of the returns. Hunt! mentioned and may get it. CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1917 TEUTONS CAPTURE ARE DENOUNCED FIVE MORE TOWNS Rep. Kellera Scathingly Ar- Secretary Houston Announces raigns American Munitions First Budget of Disburse- Makers for Lack of ments for Road Con- Pure Patriotism struc Under Law By the United Press BERLIN, Jan. 6.—The Teutons are sweeping } | SHELL MAKERS By the United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The ad- victorious onward thru war munitions scathingly de-| Ruma Dobrudja and the Carpa- nounced American manufacturers thians. Five new Rumanian towns who were underbid by a British firm! have been captured. A German de for 16-inch shells. tachment arrived at the Sereth river Representative Kellera of the line, and the German guns are men- acing the city of Galatz. Bulgarian cavalry entered Braila yesterday from the west, and the in- fantry came in from the east across the Danube. House Committee on Military Affairs said that the result of the bids ‘‘em- phasized the danger of this country By the United Press BERLIN, Jan. 6.—The discussion in the American Congress yesterday of America’s international relations has resulted in the belief in some | quarters here that the United States and the Allies are gradually drifting together, rather than the United | States co-operating with the neutrals |to bring about peace. —_—_—_———— rican manufacturers.” Representative Gordon favored ac- cepting the British bids as a rebuke to the American manufacturers. Secretary Daniels of the Navy De- partment called the American bids outrageous, and announced that the Armor Plate Board was planning to erect a government factory. Arizona Solons Don’t Know, Who'll Be Gov. Man Who Will Kill off Hoppers | By tae United Press PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 6—The con-- BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 10— (By dition of Arizona's politics is so chao- Mail)——Minister of Agriculture Me- tie today that nobody knows who will | 20T0 paerrydon Ore She: “ 2 z : |appropriate 1,000, rancs (abou be governor when the Legislature | ¢909 000 United States money) to be meets Monday. |given as a prize to anybody who sup- No one knows whether the admin- | plies Argentine with an effective lecheme for exterminating grasshop- |pers, or locusts, as they are locally known. The pest here is nearly as bad as in | Kansas and other western parts of the United States for a few seasons 20 est sessions in the brief history of|/or 30 years ago. Crops this year the baby state. jhave suffered entirmously from the The governorship of Arizona is tat | Stasshopyers’ appetites. Tom! Congress favors the appropriation | but many members think the minister |has set his’ figure unnecessarily high. 30 votes over Governor George W. P..\Puertydon insists on the sum he has He re- is contesting, and despite every effort/fers to it in francs rathe® than in pecos because, for some reason, he seems to think the prize chief’s ap- peal will be to Europe. As a matter of fact, the Argentine government has had one unsatisfac- tory experience of the kind with a Eurépean. This was a celebrated French expert named d’Hellere, who Hunt will seek to have him restrained made a contract in 1911 to wipe out until the contest is decided. the pest and devoted three years to This unusual situation is occupying! attempts to do it, without accomplish- D’Hellere’s version, how- clusion of plans for a legislative pro-|ever, was that he would have suc- to be determined. No one knows any- thing about it, except that there is every indication of one of the liveli- proceedings will not be completed in Campbell will seek to take his seat of the certified returns. anything toward preparing a message.|the ministry, which, he said, wanted The legislature is almost overwhelm-|as many grasshoppers as possible in order to make jobs for the maximum} anti-Hunt factions. ingly democratic, but is almost equal- tnumber of camara defenders | a os ae 6—A| ly divided between the Hunt and | aeaina cc eee FLAMING FLIVER FUMES TROOPER VOWS HE'LL IA, Pa., Jan. EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 6—A recon- field headquarters by Gen. Pershing when Villa’s men were reported hover- ing near by. One of the officers who then came the'led the sconting column reached El | Paso, bringing the following story: “We had been riding along all day minutes—and No one seems to know how the ane 8 and-|on the Ab was Band | desert. “As far as the eye could reach ing on Sansom street, near Eighth, the dat horizon was. danclag? ins the when it was heard to gurgle, hiccup|heat. The horses were nearly spent and sneeze. This was followed by| and the men were dog tired. The lance. | smothering dust rising from the Then Mr. Flivver jumped into a/ horses’ hoofs had caked-on the faces Paroxysms of fear shattered|of the men and the hides of the ani- nervous system. His temperature|mals. We were about all in. i t up with leaps and bounds. No) “Just behind me were riding two eter could have kept tabs on/of the best cavalrymen in the army, pals of one another. I noticed that A sympa an alarm. ged with fire engines, hose carts, hose and firemen, shoppers and messenger| was no reply. Soon the ‘street was clog-| last one turned to the other and said, ‘What's the matter with you?’ _ boys. The firemen joined hands in|thing against me?’ he growled again. giving the flivver a cold bath. fe twisted and turned and kept up} For God's sake, a stubborn resistance. “T knew the months legs. Then his lungs gave out, and/and finally his body, badly cut and their mu ated, fell to the street. The firemen der. So I pulled my automatic and thered around in silence as the fliv-| turned around. ver fliyved. — : / athe car and was owned, according to rumor, say something.’ was worth more than, $185) and ‘shook his head. "No. Bill,” he said. ‘I was inst thinkin’ if I ever git out of here alive Tl never order a rt beer as long a Words of Parsage mysterious $200000forAny| Neither the present nor the! ceeded but for the interference of the) |kal Anzeiger and Voshiche Zeitung) de-facto governor-elect have done agricultural defense department of| return trip over the dreary! ‘Have you got any- ise. ‘If you have, say it and I’ll kill you.| With Monday is whether the wee af desolation|that James W. Osborne actually was campaigning might have affected | the man who flirted wi minds and there might be a mur-|¢d te marry her.” “Then the silent one smiled sadly|@* only after a chare of sev NUMBER 75 NSIBILITY OF GONFESSION ‘LEAK’ NARROWS 10 SUIGIDE REGARDED AESPO Bi By the United Press | PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.—The} j body of. Charles Lewis was brought ‘here from Pittsburg today, and the, funeral will be held tomorrow, | The motive which will prove that Lewis murdered Mazie Colbert, the pretty corset and hosiery model, is still lacking. The authrities claim the|, suicide is a virtual confession of his!’ | guilt, but can ascribe no reason for|/ MUST PRODUCE REPORTS his act. 1S |CONCENTRATION PLANT | PLANNED FOR COWLEY) | COWLTY,. Jan. 6.—A gigantic| concentration plant, which will meani py the United Press much for Cowley and vicinity, and/ TAQ r jwhich will cost a round million dol-|_ “ASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Repre- lars, is to be erected one-fourth of a/Sentative Gardner of Massachusetts |mile northwest of the Cowley depot,| Supported the “leak” charges by read- work upon which will begin asjing to the probe committee a dis- soon as the snow disappears and the natets a ticker service sent before the ground can be worked. os a Bishop Fred Kohler of Byron {s Wilson note to the foreign powers > was released. largely interested in the movement, . and his big gas well wil! furnish the, The suspicion for the responsibil- working material. This gas is to belity for the leak has practically nar- rowed down to financial writers and chemically treated and will then be piped) Sordiferentspolnta for fuel YES venentatlven of foreign embassies. Subpoenaes have been issued for light. The plant will produce many) by-products such as manufacturing) 4 the material which goes into the mak-|the entire Washington staffs of the |two financial papers, the Wall Street Journal and Financial America. Secretary of State Lansing will ap FINANCIAL WRITERS ‘Subpoenas Issued on Entire Washington Staffs of Wall Street Journal and the Financial America |Western Union and Postal Se Ordered to Bring Forth M Before and After the Wil- son Note Was Sent jing of nitroglycerine, lampblack, and | other products, S. A. BELIEVES IT HAS \pear before the committee Monday. He informed the committee that he REAL DIAMOND MINE | was willing to testify at any time. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Jan. O—|" Both the Wall Street Journal’and |Articles made of steel, bought three! _.. . . i + | Financial America will be asked to | years ago, may be sold today for more ; than the original purchase price, ir- produce all their ticker news reports respective of their depreciation’ by and private plsseages Curing tie ee wear, George L. Gillette, a Minnea- riod covering several days before and : 7 Bi + |after the note was sent. The West- Lolis steel man said today, in explain- P Tel h ing the high cost of stock. ern Union and Postal Telegraph man- lalate bl agers will be ordered to produce mes- STEEL COST WAS sages sent to these papers during that NEVER SO HIGH) time. Representative Gardner asked that MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 15—(By|President Wilson, Secretary Tumulty, Mail} Reports that a diamond mine Secretary Lansing, and many other has been discovered in the Salto de-}employes ofthe Whitehouse, as well partment are under investigation by!as foreign embassy attaches be ques- the Uruguayan authorities, The tioned. It is believed a general in- claim is made by Antonio Santini, an| vestigation by the House will follow. experienced prospector, who asserts} Wood's resolution limits the probe that the department, is also rich in| committee to an investigation’ of the other precious stones. His mineral| charges made by Thomas W. Lawson. speciments are being analyzed. |A substitute for this resolution is ex- 5S teeey \pected to pass Monday, thus giving WAR ODDITIES { > : the committee a wider range, with VIENNA, Jan. 6—Prospective con-| practically unlimited power. | ductresses are examined as to physical/ GREAT POPULARITY | The indoor space is so small that the maid, physically speaking, has} | ' | narrow lthe better chance of landing. LONDON, Jan. 6—A bevy of Irish} |girls are studying shell-inspection if! an English munitions factory prepara‘) United Press Staff Correspondent tory for the opening of a similaj; NEW YORK, Jan. 6—-When Les plant in Ireland where femirfwe Irish; Darcy sailed into New York harbor patriots may do their bit. jaboard the big oil tank steamship Cushing, he knew his arrival at the BERLIN, Jan. 6—Now is the win-| Battery was being waited with great ter of the taxicabby’s discontent. Re- | interest in New York. The wireless cently imposed regulations provide a/had told him that. But the Austral- By H. C. HARRISON | fine of $15 for persons using taxies,ian marvel was wholly unprepared for for pleasure and that includes theater|the reception with which he was greet- trips, the driver’s old-time source hes when he started up Broadway to | his revenue. this hotel. } | =e The usual crowd of newspaper men STAGE SET FOR ENTRANCE sx? photographers was on hand at. l ‘side, but Darcy didn’t tarry there | ‘HANDSOME OLIVER OSBORKE the pier when the tug puffed up along- } Jong. He was bundled into a taxicab jand taken to his hotel, where a real reception was staged. Guests at the ‘hotel had been warned in advance of the arrival there of Darcy and he was greeted accordingly. Visitors crdwd- |ed into his room to see the yelvety \muscles and development vf the man the entrance Monday of handsome who had beaten nearly every oppon- \“Oliver | Osborne,’ self-confessed ent with marvelous ease. starter of a $50,000 breach of promise yey ae night in Mav es suit between. tin: e Tanzer and) 45 just one cheer after another. He {fe areepee ie ve ae wipwas: cheered by the-street boys, who Lf quickly recognized him, as he left his | Osborne. ear hotel, A few blocks away in Madison | If this debonair and charming man| Square Garden New Year’s annual with the emile is identified by Rae as\six day bicycle race was in progress By GEORGE MARTIN United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 6—The stage is | fet in Federal court here today for | i The the man who flirted with her on the 22d the youthful pugilist was taken 72d street subway platform.and after i there for an antnpdnglien When the ward made love to her at closer range, | S"nouncer tall the is stand and the wealthy and reputable former Started to te! audience about it official, James W. Osborne, will have he started something. His closing proved his contention that he wate, words were never heard, for the peo- saw or heard, of the woman who su de had begun to cheer and they kept him for $50,000 for breach of prom (Mg Ee ape hid while Darcy was in concrete situation to be deaiy), New wakes have antes a npe is f long time and they didn’t stint their man BS i tego nl A (OPO The fact th ithe pusilist servi ith, then Prom! But the center of interest will the mysterious ‘‘Oliver’’ himself. i) lyears, involving expenses tusning in- |to several comfortable fortunes, that \the elusive “Oliver,” whose existenve: James W, has asserted igimning but Rs that pd no ane ty; was caught the New York fight public has grown ‘used to Freddie Welsh, who isn’t wor- Mada ayant gerd ea Be ‘try, and they were quick: orget Ao. trate waa) that Darey had slipped away from re-