Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1918, Page 1

eoresrecsesasconsene THE DAILY TRIBUNE Reaches a dozen towns of Central Wyoming the same day it is published, with all eAasper Daily Crthune == Seccevecssesocesescorsesecssesnes CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1918 Natrona County Tribune The Casper Daily Tribune OT TO BE COMPLETED FOR YEAR WOUNDED YANKEE REFUSES GIFTS SHIPS AND RAW Pesce Confrence » MARSHAL FOCH plished May I blished O et 1890. D, 1918. United Press Reports. Member Axsociated Prenn. NUMBER 52 VOLUME 3. DEMOBILIZATION N EBERT FORCED TO ADJOURN HUNS End Necessity for WHEN DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE DIET BUILDING ASSUMES SERIOUS TONE, MOB THREATENS VIOLENCE Disagreement Causes Resignation in the War Cabinet and Insurgent Meeting of the Reichstag Is Abandoned in Face of Conflict With the Bolsheviki Faction Press] PARIS, Dec. 18.—(Havas Agency )—Unofficial reports per- sist that the Ebert-Haase government has entreated the Allies to occupy Berlin, says the Matin. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 18.—The German government is con- sidering Count von Bernstorff as Foreign Secretary. By FRANK TAYLOR [United Press Staff Correspondent] BERLIN, Dec. 18.—The conflict between the Bolsheviki and the Ebert-Haase government is still undecided. The Lieb- knecht demonstration outside the Reichstag building proved more serious than appeared at first. While no physical encounters occurred, the attitude of the soldiers forced Ebert to avert the issue by adjourning the Sol- s’ council. If the radical move- t continues to grow, the present a government may be overthrown. WHEAT SAVING y r General Scheuch resigned War Minister, owing to disagree- ents concerning military polic \ proposed insurgent meeting of Less Than Ten Days’ Supply When 1918 Cron Was Har- vested, Says Statement of Federal Board as Reichstag was called off, on the use that the extension of the ar- ce made the meeting unneces- but the action was regarded by as a complete backdown. CONFISCATION BASIS BOLSHEVIK PLATFORM H WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The Bolsheviki platform, accord- Berlin Red Flag, includes ollowing planks: urs maximum working day. ion of all real estate and [By Axso ed Press] NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Necessity of continued conservation of wheat was emphasized to n a statement by the Federal Food Board, which di clared that, despite restrictions im- posed last ing, there was less than a ten day upply of the product in America when the 1918 crop was har- vested. The Board asserted that the Amer- ican public, by restricting its use of re of the food supplies for the s benefit. AIRPLARE MAUL SERVICE FROM IY, TO CHIEAGO ND, O., Dec. 18.—An ane en route from New York to arrived here at one o’clock It left New York at 7:40 a. wheat early in 1918 to the barest , enabled the government, a surplus of only 20,000,000 Is, to distribute 141,000,000 bushels among the Allied nations. —— The aviators changed machines PORTUGAL UITS at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. This is the beginning of a perma- (By United Press) nent air mail service from New York LONDON, Dec. 18.—The entire FRENCH JUBILEE OVER PRESIDENT WILSON GOES ON People Refuse to Be Stilled and Excitement Continues; World Figures Gather ‘at Great Function Tonight (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 18.—Altho President Wilson has been in Paris our days now, the city refuses to cease celebrating. The boule- vards are just as crowded as ever and the city seems almost as 8reatly excited as on the first and second day of the President’s Visit. . PARIS, Dec. 18.—Tonight’s reception at the American Em- when President and Mrs. Wil ] vith the wife of the president of ind President and Madame Poin } he French senate on his left. will be the guests of honor, wil ‘ brilliant event, the company as ‘ling for dinner including man: most prominent figures in thc life of the world. ador Sharp’s residence y decorated for the occa President Wilson and his wife eceived by a mounted Frenct ‘as their automobile reached | bassy. As they descended thes ' between lines of an Ameri- lard of honor drawn up at the| POLICY OF LEAGUE ©. About the same time| PARIS, Dec. 18.—Up to this mo- lent and Madame Poincare ar--|ment President Wilson has not ex- "ved and received military honors. | pressed himself in favor of any of the P *sident Wilson escorted Madame | va propositions that have been °incare to dinner. She sat at his| advanced as regards the creation of rs, Sharp sat at the Presi-|a eLague of Nations, says a state- left. President Poincare took! ment issued by the American Peace Wilson, who sat at his right, | Commission. *RESIDENT CALLS AT “MISSION HEADQUARTERS PARIS, Dec. 18.—President Wil- son this afternoon called at the head- juarters of the American peace mis- sion in the Hotel de Crillon for the yurpose of meeting other members of » mission and inspecting the or- ranization already created. NO COMMITMENTS ON ASKS THAT MOTHER RECEIVE HIS [Ry Assoointed Press} WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The American Red Cross has found an American soldier who does not want a Christmas box. He is Pri- vate R. R. Safarick of Long Island City, N. Y., who was wounded in action and is now under treat- ment at a base hospital at Allery, France. In a letter forwarded to Red Cross headquarters here to-- day from the organization's Paris BUDGET SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS ARE U. S. WEAPON IN PEACE MEETING ote ey meee British and French PS ie EA ee or years bac! u hings look iicuniair gar’ "| Eager to Arrange for Distribution to the Allies branch, Safarick says: “Hearing that all wounded sol-- diers are going to receive Christ-- mas packages from the American Red Cross this year, | ask of you a great favor. Instead of sending me my package, forward it to the only one I left behind, Mother, (By United Press) PARIS, Dec. 18.—The first ican peace delegation was held CLUB PROPOSED BY BUSINESSMEN 2am ia Adoption of Plan to be Brought up for Determination President at Future Meetings; Illus | | The adoption of a budget | Club, framed to meet the oblig: covering the next three years, interests of the city, following cidental to the reconstruction period. 1 n r mitted as yet to the directors of the organization, discussion Ofte | it will probably come to attention at forthcoming meetings of the Execu- tive Committee, to the end that its adoption or rejection may be deter- mined upon by the membership of the organization. At a meeting of the directorate the first of the week, plans for a campaign advertising Casper to the outside world were placed # con- crete form and a committee was ap- pointed to look after the financing ‘of the venture. The principal fea- | ture of the program will be the dis- | tribution of thousands of folders in desirable quarters, setting forth the advantages and opportunities that await wide-awake business and in- | dustrial capital in this region. The | preparation of the folders, which will be illustrated, is now under way and will reach the publication stage in the very near future. A canvas of the business section is expected to bring results in securing the neces- sary funds to carry the work to com- | pletion. Other plans broached at the meet- ing include the resumption of Indus- trial Club luncheons, thru which the activities of the officials will be brot to the attention of the members. They will also constitute an open fo- rum for the interchange of views. Inquir'es directed to Secretary George B. Nelson of the club ind cate a steadily increasing interest i industrial conditions here and tne coming year is expected to witness large results. ee ONLY 649,000 KILLED IN WAR, TEUTONS CLAIM (By United Press) BERLIN, Dec. 18,— The total humber of Germans killed in the war was officially announced today at 649,000 men. FORD BUYERS MUST TAKE TURNS, FIRST SHIPMENT TO FILL AUGUST ORDERS Prospective Ford buyers mutt await their turn in the matter of se- curing delivery of cars but it should’ not be long before the demand can| be satisfied in a reasonable length of time, according to Earl Boyle, local agent. Due to the fact that the en- tire output of the Ford factory was assigned to war service and was only recently released to the trade, orders have piled up over the country and, the first consignment to be received; here since shipments stopped this year will go to fill orders placed last August. A shipment of eight cars will be unloaded by Boyle’s garage next week and others will follow in due course of time. Despite the falling?) off in trade during the war, dealers will reap the benefit of accumulated orders to offset the depression and the coming year doubtless will de-- velop into the best automobile in- been designated under the 640-acre|county, is the first woman to hold | mittee on the resolutins dustry has ever experience. { vertise Casper to the Outside World | extends southeast thru Alsbach to! Jast year. | Sundance land office has been advised at 5 o’clock this afternoon. Wilson’s principal conference preceding the | American cnference was with for- mer French Foreign Minister Hano- taux. President Wilson is busy studying reports and data on the re- cent conferences. plan for the Casper Industrial) America’s most potent weapons in ations of an extensive program, the peace negotiations are its ship- is being advocated by business building facilities and control of raw the revival of club activities in- ™terial. Great Britain wants : 000,000 tons of American-built mer- Altho not formally sub-) chantmen and France 1,000,000 Both are eager to arrange for trated Folders Will Ad- rials, thus ending America’s virtual domination of the world’s markets. America’s plans for building Allied merchantmen and pooling raw mate- | PRESIDENT STANDS PAT jr LEAGUE OF NATIONS PARIS, Dec. 18.—“I am not onl; Aero Squadrons and| in favor of a league of nations,” but Enfiineers Includ-| |the league to enforce peace, as re- ported in an American newspaper. [By Associated Press} WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Addi-| tional units overseas, including about | 1,500 officers and men, assigned by ACREA teries; headquarters company 39th 7 | the distribution of raw materials and MORE UNITS OF sss against overcharges. All rials will be withheld until the atti- tude of all the nations toward a T believe the formation of such a | league absolutely indispensable to the Brigade Coast Artillery. | Increase of Nearly 10,000 Acres the nations would appreciate the na- tionalization of America’s merchant | marine and share in our raw mate@e BY LEADER FOR league of nations is ascertained. | President Wilson regards a league ai | of nations as the most essential fea- 2 | ture of the peace treaty. 5 . . |maintenance of peace,” President ed in Designations Wilson declared today, but denied a | ever endorsing a particular plan of of Gen. Pershing in Addition to Material Im- provement in Condition Compared with Last General Pershing for early convoy home were announced today by the| War Department as follows: Thirty-fifth, 149th, 158th, 173rd, and 801lst aero squadrons; Compan- ies A and B of the 26th Engineers;! 102nd and 100th Trench Mortar bat- LOCATION OF YANK DIVISIONS ON RHINE | [By Associated Press} WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY 1T.—{De- OF OCCUPATION, Dec. layed)—From left to right the first, Summary of the december crop re. line of American divisions in the | port for the State of Wyoming. and Coblenz bridgehead area are the Sec-/ for the United States, as compiled by ond, Thirty-second and First Divis-' the Bureau of Crop Estimates, U. S. ions. The Second Division oecupies| Department of Agriculture, is as fol- the right bank of the Rhine to Hon- jows: ningen, with its headquarters at) Winter Wheat Hedesdorf. The Thirty-second di-| For the State of Wyoming—De- Vision line runs from Brietscheid,|cember 1, fall planted 96,900 acres, east to Herschbach, where tke line! eompared with 87,000 acres planted | outhe Conditions Dec, 1, 97 per Sayn, which is the headquarters di-| cent of normal, compared with 93 vision. The First Division is located) per cent a year ago. Indicating next between the Thirty-second and the) year’s production 2,304,000 bushels, French headquarters at Montabaur. | or 220,000 bushels over that of last ae | year. | United States—Dee. 1, fall planted | 49,027,000 acres, compared with 42,- | 301,000 acres last year, almost 16 | Per cent increase over last year's GLENROCK TOOL jacreage. Condition Dec. 1, 98.5 per [cent of normal, compared with 79.3 per cent last year. Indicating a pro- COMPARY FIGHT duction of 765,000,000 bushels, or {about 80,000,000 bushels more than | last year. Rye In regard to a statement appearing| For the State of Wyoming—Dec. in these columns respecting the af-|1, fall planted 30,600 acres, com- fairs of the Glenrock Tool company,| pared with 30,000 acres last year, in which it appears that unjust at-|an increase of 2 per cent over last tacks have been made upon Mr. Phip- year. Condition Dec. 1, 98 per cent pin and others connected with the of normal, and 91 per cent last year. management of the concern, The! United States—December 1, fall Tribune asks that the public suspend | planted 6,820,000 acres, as com- judgment until such a time as other pared with 6,708,000 acres for last parties to the controversy have an year. Condition Dec. 1, 89 per cent opportunity to state their case. |of normal, compared with 84.1 per OFFICE RECEIVES NOTICE __—_“°™* last year. i oe OF LAND DESIGNATIONS, WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—There _—. will be no general public building SHERIDAN, Wyo., Dec. 17.—The next year, the house building com- mittee sodecided on a tie vote today. Sees ieee Mrs. Cora E. Kilborn, of Harper that 252,975 acres of land in Weston, Campbell and Crook counties have) homestead law. | bffice of sheriff in Kansas. ~ from disintegrat TO LEAD ARMY UNDER ARCH OF nation can return to normal peace Fete to Be Held as a conditions and we will be fortu- Climax to Signing nate if conditions abroad make a of Peace Treaties complete demob ation Early in June Great Fleets, Says Daniels in Address to U. S. Governors ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 18.— possible at so early a da Se declared in an address today [the conference of state Dan ary gov “The navy,’’ said the secretary [By Asso Press] “must be increased and strengthe Le Ee Ee Nile to enable the Untied States to co son and Marshal Foch talked for Rand half an hour last nicht. The sub- tribute as many units as any other | : ss atin Gace. invecortamirl potice jects under discussion were mainly in reference to the armistice. force, but” he added: “I look to s President -Wilien swanvmdet favors ‘the peace conference put an e competitive big navy building.” COUNCIL OF DEFENSE MUST BE MAINTAINED Secretary of Interior L: ‘dressed the conferer nd urge the governors to do everythir their power to keep the state brar of the Council of National Defense also ad able tha be signed a about the nd that Mar: allied armies und mph in Pari Pr peac the Arch of fifteen days Cabinet membe addresses fol lowed a discussion by the governors of future policies for the state tional guard organizations. Wide dif- ferences of opinion developed. Some governors advocating a return to the jold national guard government and others urging that the time is not |ripe for determining the future of internal military policies na- PRESIDENT MAY VISIT ENLAND ATEARLY DATE ed Press] 18.—British YANK SAILORS PAID TRIBUTE | .ons8K.3% IN FAREWELL ‘etary Battour che r plan to- day to go to Paris Friday to meet Ea, President Wilson ble the [By Associated Press] President will c. hee | LONDON, Dec. 18.—The Amer-| rectly after Christm can battleship squadron, attached to the British grand fleet, displayed a spirit of true comradeship thruout its period of service, declared Admiral Sir David Beatty, commander-in-chief | of the Grand Fleet, in a farewell | dress aboard the U. S. S. New York on December 1, when the day squad-| ron was detached from the Grand Al- lied fleet, All hands were called to muster on the forecastle to Hear Ad- miral Beatty. Se CHINESE WILL OPPOSE JAPAN POLICY, CLAIM WASHINGTO dele wese peace : pose the Japanese A Dee. 5 will strongly op- > doctrine in Asia. China will also demand full control of her internal affairs and state problems, it is reported, oo OF NEXT MONTH MIAN IS FIRST PARIS, Dec. 18.—(Havas Age y) in G. 0. P. RING Paris newspapers variously place the probable date of the opening of the 4 peace conference from January 10 & J to 15th. ee Judge Charles E. Winter and Court WASHINGTON, Dee. 18 Reporter Harry McCraken are back lican L from Lander, where they attended to his ¢: court business the first of th k. | the KNOX PROTESTS LEAGUE PLANS IN THE SENATE Should Await Result of Peace Conference, Says Pennsylvania Solon, in Offer- ing Resolution in Senate WASHINGTON, 18 Declaring that the widest di- versity of opinion exi arding the formation of a league of nations, and on the definition of freedom of the s Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, formerly Secretary of State and a recognized authority on international law, addressing the Senate today urged the postponement of these questions until after the peace conference. ~ Just before Senator Knox spoke, the Foreign Relations Committee Dee COMMITTEE EVENLY ad DIVIDED ON ISSUE decided to delay action until Satur- (By Unitea Prens.} day on his resolution which would WASHINGTON, Dec, 18.—The place the Senate on record in favor Forei lations Committee today of such a postponement, and also postp action on the call for the withdrawal of the Amer- tion, which asks th ican military and naval forces from tions not be Europe and the abrogation of the ¢ > e arrivin President’s extraordinary war pow- ers. Chairman Hitchcock said the lat- ter divisions of opinion in the Com- were not mn hs he believes the te be considered. Committee shuld be the first clause of the Teagu sentiment is understood to be fairly evenly divided. confined to party lines. | | | { A A OT A IT IN AR a en asa ea me em, me me aa came