Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1918, Page 2

St ee dare are MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1918 The Gasper Daily Tribune] Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona county, Wyo. Publi- cation offices: Oil Exchange Building. BUSINESS TELEPHONE Enter at Casper (Wyoming) Postoffice as second-class matter, Nov. 22, 1936. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PR REPORTS FROM THE UNITED PRESS President J. EB HAN WAY. R NS, City Editor EV EARL E. HANWAYT, Business Manager Associnte Editors: Js tet GRIFFITH : MARGARET V. C. DOUDS and Editor su IBSOCRIE-TION RATES or Carrier BY One Year .. Six Months One Month . y eP less period than. "three months All subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance and The Daily Tribune will not insure delivery after subscription be- comes one month in arrear: Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of | all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and will be able to override all congres- | sional restraints, reduce Congress to} total inutility, and| [thus become virtual dictator of the | a condition of 5 fate and future of the American na-'. tion, possibly commit it to policies with which Congress would not agree! if it were not first made helpless. Every circumstance of the taking over of the cables at this time gives svbstance to the fear that a man‘tu- inition of American opinion will be undertaken and that by the manipu- la on of opinion the coercion of Von- v > cress will be made not only possible : but easy. ‘The political danger of suck an un- acrtaking is apparent. 0 es THE CASUALTY LIST The American public was surprised also the local news. published herein. |to learn that our casualty list up to INVEST AS WELL AS SAVE |263, 000, with more than 5 ‘the signing of the armistice is nearly 52,000 dead. Savings deposits in many banks |p), general impression was that the have been steadily ineremsing in|tist would not much exceed 100,000. spite of Liberty Loans. and gifts tol rhe discrepancy between expectation It is true that} many small savings accounts war organizations. and facts seems not due to any at- were |tempt on the part of Gen. Pershing or closed and the money was put into | the war department to minimize the government bonds stamps. savings dep With the first government loans the savings accounts diminished. But by the time the third loan came along people had begun quite gerierally to pay for their Liberty Bonds out of sits continued to grow. current earnings. The fourth loan found this even more true, and the savings deposits had resumed their upward climb. Apparently people money to handle or had learned to apportion their expenditures more When war demands on the had more wisely. purse have ceased it will be inter- esting to see whether there is a sharp rise in savings deposits, and whether at the same ‘time the habit of invest- ing money wisely remains with peo- ple of moderate incomes. If these two things continue to® go hand in hard as during war days, wage earn- ers will have taken a great forward step in happiness and independence. ae ee THE CABLE SEIZURE (From. the Chicago Tribtide - The armistice virtually ended the necessities of military censorship. The surrender of the German fleet is) or war SaVINES| tosses, but to the heavy fighting of On the whole, however, the)the Argonne in the weeks immediate- ly and to the natural slowness in checking up making ports. Considered relatively to our allies, preceding the armistice, and complete, official re- of course, these losses are small. British casualties are given as more than 3,000,000, with 658,000 killed. There is no official French casualties, statement of but official esti- mates place the French dead alone at 1,500,000, population only two-fifths as large as ours. Ger- perhaps 1,700,000 out of a many has lost killed. As matters stand, the nation may be profoundly thankful that our losses are not larger. The majority of Americans had steeled themselves to expect many hundred thousand casualties before Germany should be brought to her knees and the objects of the war attained. It may sound like mockery for those who live to say that the cost is small enough, for the great bene- fits we haye gained—when, to those wito feel the’ personal Idsseg ‘most, the cost is infinite. And yet we can- not doubt that most of the fallen heroes would reckon it so, and be) rocratie fellowship until they repud- tall. longer before making up our minds [ about the Germans. Certainly we cannot receive them into full dem-|* iate autocracy and all its works, from | the htart as well as the lips, and give some indication of understanding what democracy means. as | The Jack Pot ack Pot | We should think Ford |. bias pi ier eee | M2 Schwab and John would feel like presenting Pershing| with a flivver for getting the boys} out of the trenches before Christ- mas. * *# «@ Bleriot planes for trans-Atlantic travel are being built: Radio tele- phones make communication possi- ble with planes five miles up in the Any wilderness has gat ito be pretty "vast! for, hbme int i€ ‘to in- sure a poor hermit any privacy at | air. * * * \ | Today’s Events * The Sixty-fifth Congress convenes! y/'§, N., born in Georgia, today for its final session. Ninety-five years ago today Presi- dent Monroe delivered the message) A., member of the General Staff | in which he enunciated the famous! Monroe Doctrine. A mayor and other city officials) | today. are to be chosen in the municipal} election today at Portland, Me. The annual convention of American Society of Refrigerating Engineers will meet today in New! of piel Church, Boston, born at . Y., 58 years ago today. York City. Secretary of Labor Wilson, Charles Mitchell are State Safety Congress, which meets | ‘oday at Syracuse. Problems of readjustment will be, considered by national leaders in ing dustry, finance, conjerce and organiz- ed labor at a meeting of the National Civie Federation’s reconstruction) committee in New York today. Delegates from all sections of the United States are expected in Boston today for the ope convention of and Varnish issOCiation. Book dedlers and collectors from all over America will gather in New York today for the dispersal sale of | Geneva, N. the 32 years ago today. s¢heduled to address the New York| | ng of the annual| tional Paint, Oil) “In the Day’ News [ es CD a an Viscount Sutemi Chinda, who is Kd! be one of the Japanese representa- tives at the peace conference, is well’ |known in America, having boen the |Japanese ambassador at Washington | from 1911 to 1916. He was one of, |the first Japanese youths of good {Be wero trom he advances on family sent to America to be edu-| nt this fall and pieved cated. That was nearly 40 years Ve ago, when he became a student at De! Pauw University, Indiana. His Amer-| ican education occupied eight years, part of that time being spent in East-! estab tes Feeney ening of 3 ern universities. After his return a a Japan he served fora time as clerk in| Minister Baron Komura in 1901 and the Japanese Foreign Offices. In/in recognition of this Special 1890 he was appointed consul at San| he was raised to the peerage. He w, Francisco and ten years later he had| niade ambassador te Berlin in 19; risen to the post of minister at Petro-| Washington in 1911, and London grad. He Spee! for the Foreign 1946, LONDON, Dec. 2.—The 4; mule more than made cea British army during the war. [a;,. numbers of them were used for p iy ing the field artillery. The ; i V. V. SCOGGAN THE LANDER VALLEY PRODUCE MAN Wholesale dealer in hay, grain and all farm produce. If you-are needing anything in this une, write or wire me. V.V.SCOGGAN Lander, Wyo. a emen IZ | “Today’s Birthdays | | ois TRAPPERS ATTENTION! HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR Hides, Pelts and Furs Want 15,000 Coyote Skins at Once. Trappers call on us with your Furs. Know what you are getting Wyoming Hide & Metal Co. A. MCALISTER, Manager 525 West Second ead Admiral Marbury gonnEtan 58 years | jago today. Brig. Gen. P. D. Lochridge, U. 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Jones of |. ute ‘quotations. der The allied forces will soon be|have purchased for the rest of us. on the Rhine and in control of the | gate fortresses to Germany Military censorship of news, consequently, loses its reason for being All during the time when military operations were being conducted and when there was necessity for cen-- sorship the cables were free such news as might be sent was carried by; them without government interven- tion in the method Now that fighting has ceased that international and national poli- tigs questions, our and present the gravest government seizes the cables. George Cree] goes to Europe. Burle- son takes charge of the of transmission of news and opinion system and if Congress yields to amazement it is If the cable systems were ineffic- iently managed, why did it take the government all the time of the war fact? Why necessary to wait until fighting had small wonder. to discover the was it ceazsed and international politics had begun? Why did the necessity arise days after the armistice went Why did it arise at the Wilson of going five into effect? President known his intention Europe? Congressmen would made to moment be extraordi- narily credulous if they accepted the stated government reasons assumption of control of the cables at this time. They are justified in the suspicion that an amazing at- tempt to influence opin- for the American | pentance. jon has proceeded to the extent of! the mechanism by which in- formation, upon which based, is transmitted. opinion is} | | George Creel’s record in dealing! The nation, too, takes a sort of jsolemn pride in the knowledge that! we did not shrink from the sacrifice; | that when we were once ready for battle limit,” waging war in a big way, and holding our own with our allies. in blood-sacrifice as in achievement. We have less to mourn for because there jis nothing to be ashamed of. we gave “without stint or 0. NO CHANGE OF HEART The attitude of the German peo- ple toward their former and present and hard for Americans to understand. Most of us have taken it for grant- ed that the jgovernmertes is peculiar, Germans turned against Kaiserism from conviction. We have /pictured as entering joyfully jupon a new era of freedom, as in earnest about democracy and eager to repudiate the \tyrannies of their past. tle real evidence of that. old Williams, former correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, writes from Switzerland: them sins, There is ht- Dr. Har-| London “The German revolution us seen from here certainly demands suspen-| sion of judgment. tation in liberty, no particular indig- nation against the authors of national | misfortune, recognition of the | wrong done by Germany to the world, not the faintest sign of national re-| The overthrow of the monarchs is regarded with} indifference or scarcely: concealed re-| gret, and there is no hint of any dis- jclosure regarding responsibility for There is no exul-| no German the war and no publication of secret | documents. “The hostile attitude toward the al-| with news and with the public is one/ijes jg unchanged, or rather intensi- of astonishing partisan enthusiasms. He says he does not intend to censor) caused by the conditions of the arm-| 4 the news—that this is not his task. He does not haye to censor. With Burleson holding the lines and Creel, with his staff of assistants stuffing} them, censorship would be a super activity. Intelligent men in Congress fe: this fiews arid strange governm “ act, and justly, because they fe: that President Wilson, going abroad, fied by the sense of humiliation! istice—for which we are apparently considered to blame instead of the jtunch! | , ‘all up at one time. follies and[throne the ex-kaiger shouldn’t over- Oh, you little, little waist line! * * * Just because the country is going dry July first is no reason why any person should try to drink the stuff se Well, most of us, too, would like to go to that peace conference and hob- not with the world’s notables, if we had the chance. oe. oe Mr. McAdoo’s main trouble seems to have been that he could raise cost-of-living dimensions except his own. *s 6 6 But then the question the salary too small or the respon- sibility too great? * 4 everybody’s wages to arises, war * In planning his return to the look the fact ‘hat a second offense might be death instead of here exile as the allies will probably dictate. Va Sane The new council will not need to be reminded of the fact that there is no closed season on wolves, singu- lar or plural. Tre Paes | Any indecision regarding the dis- position of Turkey on the part of the} allies| might be simplified by con- jsultation with an American house- ‘wife wpe is an adept at eepine| lit over.’ * e 8 With the surrender of the German! fleet to the British the mooted ques- Minneapolis, consisting of one of the |ing on will prove their fine fit and | finest private libraries in America. perfect comfort. Constant wear} A series of conferences of interest | to the lumber ae dred industries | Will demonstrate their sturdy ‘dura-| will be ushered i Potland, Ore., | today with the opening ofthe annual! ibikity. And comparison will show. meeting of the Western Forestry and | |what wonderful shoe values our! Conservation Congress. | pri ices Yepresent. Road building affairs throughout | Globe Shee Co. the United States will center in Chi- cago this week, when representatives | 134 Center Street CASPER, WYOMING Information and quotations furnished upon request on Local Oils, New York Stocks, Liberty Bonds and .other issues. Phone 203 Casper, Wyo. 212 Oil Exchange Bldg. We Pay fos 00 to $15.00 for cea ones WOOL WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATION See W, F. Dunn ie i amNnseine tana anemeenmvimnndest nimmatmNRaesN of a dozen or more national organiza-/ tions are to meet for a series of ‘con ; ferences on various phases of high- way construction during 1919. Sa Sk a LL LD * potetnin tection ata tate eater inte aia ete tei tai wey Pcday: s Anniversaries | on 2 ¢ 1795 Gen. William Miller, who was 7 chief. of cavalry under Bolivar A in the war for Peruvian inde-| * pendence, born in England and 4 died at sea in 1861. . | ¥ 1805 Battle of Austerlitz, in which, } the French under Napoleon de- | ¢! feated the E aye 1814 1859 John Brown, who led the raid on Harper’s Ferry, executed at Charlestown, W. Va. Born at Torrington, Conn., May 9, 1800 Benjamin Disraeli resigned the British premiership. 1868 Beart? ten ae 1887 M. Grevy resigned the presi- » dency of the French Republic. 1914 Belgrade, the ‘Serbian capital, 2 was captured by the Austrians. 4 11915 Russia announéed the Austro- ¥ Germans had been driven west- ‘h ward from Styr River. t a frome, Stages # Money to Loan on chattels. Secu- r ¥ rity Loan Company, Suite 302 0. 8. Building. 12-1-tf ¥ ~‘KeP LOOKING ‘YOUNG ; tion of who won that famous North} Sea battle may be regarded as set- | |tled. 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