Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1918, Page 2

eee hee es ee ee ee ee eee « THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE The Casper Daily Tribune Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona county, Wyo. Publi- cation offices: Ol Exchan,e Building. | BUSINESS TELEPHONE. - 15 ——————— Encer at Casper (W, yomihe) Hoon ss @8 Second-class matter, 22. 16. MEMBER THE A: CIATED FE REPORTS FROM THE UNITED F President. and Editor City Editor Business Manager polls Kar J.B. GRIFFITH ree! MARGARET V. C. DOUDS SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail or Carrier One Year . Six Months One Month d Per Copy . 08 No subscription. by mail accepted for 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 arrears. WAY, = sisy Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press jn exclusively to take part in a discussion of the na-| ests of the entitled to ithe use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this pa also the local news published herein. OUR WAR CLAIMS bd When the United States presents its war bill to Germany, the world be There will be claims moderation. arising from ‘losses of American. ships, goeds eat sea thru illegal acts of the and that is about all. Our siate department at It is known that American ships aggre- gating about 375,000 tons have been will amazed at. its lives and German navy, is now work on the lists of such losses. sunk by the U-beats, and that 775 American civilians ;have lost their lives from the same cause. The » of the American merchandise sunk under our flag and the flags of other nations will: present a complex problem and may take some time to determine. Germany ‘will naturaliy be ‘held to account for every proved loss to an act of war contrary to in ternational law 2s our state depart- ment construes that taw. American claims may several hundred million dollars alto- gether. But ‘that will be a trivial sum compared with what our allies are ready to demand as damages and amount to indemnities. Our representatives at the peace conference will abide by the voluntary pledge taken by our government when we declared war, that we shall ask nothing out of it for ourselves, pensation for the cost- that Germany. | has put us to in vindicating our lez rights and :national: self-respect. It is to be said tp the everlasting credit of the American people that even now, when Germany lies help- less, and we could impose whatever terms we please, there is not a voice nd moderate raised in this country to dema more than the just and - claims mentioned above: We shall benefit by it, too, imme- diately and in the long run, in the good will and confidence of mankind. We ure only doing on a larger scale what we did after China by allied armies; the invasion of and we know what prestige we gained from our fate Germany stored up for herself by her moderation then—and what brutal exactions. sore to ee The Jack Pot i tvange how the report of an ex- plosion which failed of material damage to a ship lends itself to the imagination. Read this headline: “Battleship Brooklyn Is Sunk.” * “Mr. and Mrs. John Doe are the proud parents of Yvoane, bonn to them last night,” is twi Pierre and the way it will read in Americen| newspapers next year. * * « if you own an: insurance policy you are a capitalist. If you own a Liberty bond you are a capita What has become,of the “prole- tarigt?” os A “Bolshevik dentist” has been arrested in Brooklyn, charged ‘with | seditious talk.””". When you come to; think of it, isn’t it just like a Bol-e- shevi to hand his nefarious’, propaganda* over a dentist’s chair, with his victim helpless from an ach- ing jaw and gagged’ mouth? “4 out With the peace conference on, Paris will be a greater lure than ever this winter. Nevertheless it will not tourists the with ,their reconstruc- be filled with miscellaneous for the very good reason that French, busy tion. work, do not want tourists yet, and politely refuse to ‘admit them. Six million women are privileged to vote for the first time in the Bri general dections about to iake place. Der and ndét even partial com-! 4 i Reasonable, Reliable, Responsible. ° har mh Centennial anniversary of the bi jof Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Prem | dent Lincoln. France has prepared a rousing wel, ‘come in honor of President Wilson, | whose arrival is expected today." Representatives of commercial boa“! ies throughout Oregon are to meet u. Portland today to organize a State Chamber of Comerce. to be heid in Baltimoré teday in con nection with the Southern’ Commer- cial Congress now in session there. | Hearings are to begin before the | House merchant marine committee in Washington today on an Administra | jtion bill which provides for perma- |nent government control of radio? communication. Representatives of all elements of} the gnocery trade have been invitea tion’s n to be gi by the Representat S Dr. Romulo s. Naon, who recently | resigned his post.as ambassador to the United States from Argentina, 1 | to visit Boston today to speak at the | annual dinner of the Boston City} Club. It is expected that his addrea | will deal with the relations between | a and the United States. | _—__$—$—»—__—_— ww food problem at a dinner} en in Philadelphia tonighs ciation of Manufacturers’ Today’ ; Abnivesanes ) | ee es Robert. 6. Newton, « famous! surgeon who’ wag the first w perform the circular operatios for the removal of the breast, | born at Gallipolis, Ohio. Died} in New York City, October 9,| 1881. Phalsburg, subdued by famine, | surrendered to the Germa: Moscow University was clo: because of rioting by the stu | dents. Southern “interstate tien convention met gomery, Ala, Sir James Thompson, Canadiz premier, died suddenly at Wind- | eor Castle. ‘ At the Durbar at Delhi, King} George was crowned Emperor of India. Montenegrins grad. President Wilson's note to Aus tria on Ancona matter made public. | Chancellor yon Bethmann-Hor | weg announced that Germany and her allies proposed to enter forthwith into. peace negotin * tions. 4 _In-the Day’s News -—- _ - Senator William P. Dillingham of Yermont, one of the oldest members of the upper house of the United States Congress both in years and in service: is in line for congratulations | today on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Before becoming a senator | in 1901, Mr. Dillingham had been governor of Vermont, as was his fath- er before him. He was ‘born at Water- bury, Vermonrt, and after complet- ing his schooling went to Wisconsi:. and,read law for twe years in the office of Senator Matt H. Canpenter. | He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and soon after began his. public ca reer as State's attorney. Before hi: | electian to the governorship in 1885S he had served in both branches of the legislature. Throughout his cancer Senator Dillingham has been especial- | iy prominent in the promotion of edu- cation and temperan — Today’s Binhdays r > isis 1870 1887 1888 immigra at Mon: | 1894 1911 1914 occupied Vishe 1915 1916 William P. Dillingham, pior U. senator from Vermont, born ai Waterbury, Vt., 75 years ago toda Princess Maria Christiana, second | daughter of the King and Queen of Spain, born in Madrid 7 years ago tu day. “Brig. Gen. William AL White, whe served during the war as official head of the British and Canadian Recriav ing Mission in the United States, | born 48 ears ago today. Rey. Charles S. tsFarland, gen- eral secretary of the Federal Counci of Churches of Christ in | born in Boston 52 years ago today. Arthur Brisbane, Washington Milwaukee newspaper publisher, born in Buffalo, 54 years ago today. Martin F. Ansel, former governor of South Carolina, born at Charles- ton, S. C., 68 years ago jtoday. e ” ‘Year Ago in War | oo ~ oo * Cossacks and Bolshevik troops e:- gaged in battle at Mohileff. British under Gen. Byng repusea a furious atack by the Germans west | of Cambrai. Germans repoerted to be massing every available gun on western from for great artillery battle. ee PERMISSION IS GIVEN. 0 SELL BEAR MEAT iN CITY Upon +application to the warden, Mrs, Laura Bair has at la received: permission to sell the meat realized from the slaughter of her| pet bear, which went on a rampage | on the Sandbar over a week ago. Duc to the fact that bear meat jis classed > | Today’s Events || |that amount to establish and miain- America, | and Such as Methodists Propose in Centeaniary Program Needed, Declares Speaker CHURCH WILL BE PLENTY OF SIX MAIN FACTOR IN INCH GUNS FOR | LASTING PLAGE THE U. S. FLEET A large army and navy pageant is World Eacskon and Training Facilities Expanded Ten-Fold “Is This the Last War?” was the jSabject of Rev. W. R. Johnson’s ad- jdress Tuesday evening at the Gantz Memorial Episcopal church, as he spoke to the audience din the inter- Methodist Centennery. Mr. Johnson has returned to th country from the Far East where he has been associated with the work of the church in the next five years to raise eighty million dollars to be used in religious and — educational work in America as well as in all countries in the world. Mr. Johnson said in part: “We think this is the last war, but we do |mot take” account of the actual con- ditions in the war out of which wars }come. There are nations training te, ok upon war as the highest con-| mmation of life. The Japanese is taught he who dies upon the battle- field reaches a higher heaven than y ether man. Only the church can cation and training that will dead na- | tions to the high ideals of peace. “for any government to under- ies would arouse distrust and jeal jousy. We spent two hundred millions Jof dollars Pp der and did not settle the problem. If our Protestant churches had spent Christian universities in the luring the pest fifty years. the Mex ican trouble would not have arisen. | “When Japen began her modern | development she adopted the British | jnaval system, the German army sys- | jtem end the Russian spy system be- | cause they were the mest efficient Today she has each of these three | Le ‘s game, its sale is prohibited Wyoming, but special dispensation | was authorized in view of the condi- tions under which the animal was killed. | ee eS SS CASPER STORAGE Co. Storage, ides, Pelts, Wool, Furs. 12-2-tf£ apital city of cast Mexican stat: | |carry out a world program of edu-| cation would jtake such a program in other coun- | icing the Mexican bor--| something useful. buying is here. During War; Four Huadred Per increase in Cost, Says ‘Annual Report (By Knited Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. Tae oan ex. pansion of 10 times the capacity of peace times was necessary in the gun- making facilities of the navy, Rear Admiral Earle’s annual report today shows. Earle, the man chiefly responsible for mounting the 14-inch navy gun: for army use in France, points out that this vast expansion was accom- plished with “comparatively satisfac- | tory” results, tho he suggests it was surrounded -by important difficulties. system developed to a high standard of perfection. But she completely missed the moral and spiritual prin-- ciples that have made America and England great. As a result she is morally and spiritually pagan. When the Japanese go into any city to es- tablish business the first thing they establich is a brothel. “A million dollars a year for the | past forty years in Christian edu-! have given to Japan Christian ideals and morals. “General Byng said to Bishop Mc- Connell: “Unless the church has a so- lution for the danger of the recur-| )Tence of world war there is no solu- tion. ke centéennary-program is the us attempt of the Methodists to their part in the great work. It the greatest program ever under- taken by any rch.’” jas the one Germans used against ‘Good Reports Please Casper Concerning the 16-inch guns to be supplied ‘battleships, Earle says: “During the past year, the bureau est proved (tested) the 16-inch 50-) calibre gun. The test proved success- ful beyond expectation and this gun| promises to be an exceptionally) splendid piece or ordnance. The pro- duction program of the 104 guns of this , type required has now been, started, and it is anticipated that the | guns will be ready to meet the build- | ing rogram.” 1 Earle points out the navy was able to lend the army 12-inch, 10-inch, 83-inch, 7-inch, and 6-inch pieces. Several new kinds of mines were evolved by the ordnance branch dur- ng the year, and the production was (a enormous quantities. Still another important development of the year was that of making depth charges for - anti-submarine work, The American | variety proved particularly effective. Earle scoffs at the use of long Tange, small shell “freak” guns such Paris. ~ WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Four hundred per cent increase in expen- ditures for the fiscal year just past, as compared to the fiscal year 1916, are cited by Rear Admiral* Taylor, chief naval constructor in his an- nual report today as a concrete illus- tration of his bureau’s war work. About $157,500,000 was expended. 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