Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 1

he Casper Daily Cribune Member Axsocinted Press Unietd Press Reports VOLUME 3. CASPER, PRES, WILSON (sora parma a) NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—There unprecedented Christmas shop- ping thruout the country, accord- ITALIAN CLAIMS pursuits with the addtiion of new industries such as dye-making and building ing to reports the United Press has gathered. The resumption of peacetime an expected boom in NDENBURG ESTA INVESTIGATION Berlin Asks Explanation of Plan Thot to IN BUSINESS BAROMETER FAVORABLE SYMPATHY WITH 'NDUSTRIALISTS SEE PROSPERITY qr 106 ISLAND trades will carry the country into a period of gerat prosperity, i the opinion of industrial represen- tatives from thirty-four states meeting here today. They declare the nation is on the eve of “‘good times” with plenty of jobs for re- turning soldiers and workers form- erly employed in the munition fac- 5 Confers With Heads at Embassy Today, LA Will Be Guest of the King Tonight MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. TE FLASHES FROM THE WIR [By Associated Press] . 20.—The price of bran jumped from $27.73 to $46 a ton here today, the sudden rise being due IBy Axsocinted Press] PARIS, Dec. 20.—President Wil- son spent most of today conferring with Italian. statesmen,_ considering claims that Italy will lay before the peace conference. The President has expressed the warmest sympathy with Italy’s aspirations, but has not nitted himself fully as to his views, mobilization had now reached 'By Aasoctated Press} RIS, Dec. 20.—lItalian leaders conferred with President Wil- Premier Orlando and Sonnine ed at the Murat palace at eleven ock this morning and were clos- i with the President for some President Wilson will be the of King Victor Immanuel to- uight at the Italian embassy. President Wilson plans to visit ndon immediately after Christmas F HUDSON BOY 1 REPORTED DEA N CASUALTIES Ernest M. Farris Among Fourteen Wyoming Boys Listed as’ Killed and Wounded by War | Department | I WILSON WILL SPEND FOUR DAYS IN LONDON IBy Associated Presx] PARIS, Dec. 20.—President Wil- son's plans contemplate his leaving for England December 26 and re- maining four days in England. Fourteen Wyoming men are list- ed among 6,000 casualties an- KING AND PRESIDENT jmounced today by the War Depart- [By Associated Press] ment, one of whom, Ernest M. Faris PARIS.. Dec. 20.—President Wil-! o¢ Hudson, was killed in action. The n addition to conferences with) -emainder of the Wyoming list is n statesmen, also conferred to-| made up of wounded. with Captain Andre Tardieu,) Wyoming casualties, including the h high commissioner to the names of their nearest relatives fol- d States, woth whom he dis- jow: i relief work France and mic conditions. Killed in Action rdality shown at the meet- Ernest M. Ferris, Hudson, Josephi between President Wilson and Faris. Victor Emmanuel yesterday was | Wounded Severely. i ubject of much comment by| Ercel J. Ward, Wilson, Abraham se present. The President had! Ward ‘ 5 »mewhat concerned as to the|. William F. Burke, Rawlins, Chas.! not knowing thatthe Italian Reed. eaks English. After an ex- John Caewxis, Green River, e of greetings, the two states- Cacwxis. CORDIALITY BETWEEN in Nick men came to a mutual understand- Frank Brazalle, Hartville, Tony and during their conversation | Testolin. would be seen to be smiling and William J. Keating, Cheyenne, ulating in a most friendly man- Mrs. y Keating. Cly P. Matteson, Buffalo, Mrs. F. M. Matteson. John A .Grant, Evanston, Mrs. Estellea Grant. i Joseph A. Black, Mason, Chet F | Chrisman. Wounded, Degree Undetermined. VILLA AGENTS GIVEN CREDIT FOR UPRISING MEXICO CITY, Dec, 20.—The Otey. Mexican gvernment has sufficient) Theodore A. Klassen, Hanna, Mrs. ‘rops in Chihuahua to suppress any Matilda Klassen. Charles Frederick Greaser, Lara- mie, Mrs. Kate Greaser. . William S. Helaney, Torrington, George S. Davis. Wounded Slightly Basil R. Otey, Thermopolis, John *mpted revolution, Gen. Rios de- Jacob R. Bashore, Encampment, clared today. He said that rumrs eae Te ; °f revolutionary activity probably BOSTON, Dec. 20—Francis, (Silk) emanate from Villa agents, who hope | O’Laughlin, American League um to convince the Americans that the! pire, died here tday of influenza and extinguished rebellion is rekindling. pneumonia. to the removal of all milling restrictions by the government. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Well over 300,000 soldiers have been discharged from the Army and returned to civilian status. Secretary of War Baker announced today that the rate of de- 150,000 a week, and that the War Department was pressing efforts to make the average daily discharges 1,000 per camp. GENERATORS 10 BE GOING FULL BLAST TONIGHT Electrical Current Available Residence Districts Again After Completion of Re- pairs at Plant —— in Electrical current for lighting and cooking will be available in Casper homes this evening, a night crew of boilermakers having succeeded in putting the boilers in commission to the extent that the work will be com- pleted before the day is over. The Midwest Refining Company came to the rescue of the company by lend- ing the services of three men for the night shift. The new 525-horse power boiler being installed will be ready for op- \eration the middle of next week, ac- cording to presgnt indications, and{ this will provide the first auxiliary, service of which the plant has been) able to boast since the fire of last) winter. It will permit the company to keep its boilers in repair and in-| terruptions in the service should be few and far between. The business district was not in- convenienced by the breakdown of! last evening. On was PEACE LEAGUE QUESTION FOR FUTURE DATE WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Sen- ator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa- chusetts, Republican leader, in an ad- dress to the Senate today advocated | postponement of the formation of a| League of Nations until after the peace conference. He said the ques- tion should be considered separately | and later. BREWING BAN MAY BE LIFTED BY PRESIDENT Report That Hoover Told Wilson That Necessity No Longer Exists, Subject of Rumor Afloat in Washington [By United Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—There is a persistent rumor here that Food Administrator Hoover has urged President Wilson to ift the ban on grain to the breweries, but there is no confirma- tion of the rumor here. Food Administrator Hoover, according to report, told the President that the necessity for the order no longer exists. Brewing ceased on December 1. Bone dry Senators believe the or-| {> ycted der There are enough wines and liquor, however, to last many months. Prohibitionists declare that the country will be bone dry forever af- ter the wartime drought descends on July 1. Liquor men nope, however, for the reopening of saloons by Christmas, 1920, when demobiliza- tion will be ended. 8 @8 necessary now as when is- and point out that a cessation °f hostilities caused little change in he situation, as far as the world od needs are concerned. : I ‘quor men declare that the nation Wil get its first drought about April ‘when the beer stocks will be ex-| Sued BERNARD BAKER DIES AT SANTA BARBARA TODAY [By Assoclated Presa} SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 20.—Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore, shipping expert, died here today after a short illness. He was retired! from the shipping board following a| controversy with William Denman. | wot So Ae Cyril Ford, whose mother lives in Casper, is expected home from a hos- | where he has been recovering from a wound received in France while | taking part in the battle at Chateau Thierry, Cyril was but 17 years old when he enlisted last February and han been in active service in France since last March. For the last two months he has been receiving treatment tn a {hospital in the United States but: ex- pects to be able to travel before Christ- mas. lto be demanded by the government, | €TOup with varied interests. Natrona County Tri The Casper Daily T WYOMING, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918 Be Preliminary of terested in Counte SHIPYARD COST IS NOW LIKELY Gross Mismanage- | ment and Extrava- UNITED STATES in Probe Reoort AND ALLIES IN wasttersertzein_n. HARMONY OVER on the government's Hog Island ship. building project says an investiga- tion has disclosed no criminal liabil- ity but recommends that a board of |GermanPropaganda Seeks Division of Sentiment to Split Allies, Is Claim has telegraphed the Berlin gove’ by the armistice, according to a plain. arbitration determine what part, if any, of the more than $60,000,000 plant cost was in excess of reason- able necessity. The original Ww oa mate of cost was $21,000,000. | The report says that prior to Feb-| ruary last a condition existed at Hog Island “which superficially at least, would impress anyone as organised riot.” The investigators also reported| that the controctor or agent of the! (Bp: Press] American International Corporation) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The in substance has taken the position Allies and the United States are har. that since this was) a war job, the| ™omious in the peace preliminaries cost was of minor. importance; and| tbe State Department assures, This | that the question of reasonableness | W°Fd was given out today to counter. | of expenditures should be referred to| 8¢t German propaganda seeking to the board of arbitration provided for| Pit the associated nations, in the contract, proceedings to be| It is admitted that differences vf; closed if the board finds that the ex-/ 0Pinion may develop, but the Depart- y Associated | penditures were reagondbly necessary|™ent believes that such will be ho1-| of the Government’s acceptance of est differences likely to prevail in any | i “The most significant single fact! British workmen are initiat.ng a} indicating the point of view at Hog! great public campaign in behalf of a} Island,” the report says, ‘was that | league of nations, 9 bills for material, largely lumber,| The French now say it is imper- | were prepaid (and properly prepaid) |@tive that freedom of the seas is to the extent of over $10,000,000, | likely to have the roughest going be-| but no effort was made by the agent | fore @ final settlement is negotiated until our investigation to prove whether the prepaid bills were in fact | followed by the actual receipts of | FOESTILLAT ||P T PROTEST. Saar {Douglas Petitions Set Six Reasons | Why Converse County Should Not Be Divided by Legis- lature or otherwise, the pagment of excess | | | t \ | [By Associatea Press} | WASHINGTON, Dec. 4%0.—De- spite Secretary of State Lansing’s! admonition that such communications | must not be addressed to the United | States alone, the German govern-/| ment today sent another appeal to} the American government for a/ modification of the armistice terms/ and for food. Receipt of the note was announced by the State Depart- ment with the explanation it would not be made public. Persistent appeals of this character are regarded as a part of propaganda to escape the results of defeat. WILSON CALLS | | | | | | { | Prospects for a lively fight over the projected division of Converse| county, pro and con, are contained | in activities centering in Glenrock and Douglas. Petitions circulated by! Glenrock interests who hope to make that town the county seat of Carey county have been freely signed lo- eal and to offset this program Douy- las is now busily engaged in circul- lating counter petitions. Six rsasons are set forth by Douglas interests in opposing the division plan and are set forth in the following petition ad- dressed to the members of the Fif- teenth State Legislature f the “tate BLISHING NEW FR Government; Prussian Minister Is In- PARIS, Dec. 20.—German Field Marshal Von Hindenburg tion to form a new front six miles behind the neutral zone fixed The government has asked the German field marshal to ex- \ped in and stopped this method of THE DAILY TRIBUNE Reaches a dozen towns of Central Wyoming the same day it is published, with all the news of the d ; Sececcccccccosseccces z NUMBER 54 bune atablished Vay 1, ribune plinhed O« 1s! AME,ICA MUST PLA: BIG PART IN FIAJOR RUSS PROJECT, CLAIM Rumors of Advanced Plot to Overthrow the r Revolt Plans rnment, advising it of his inten- Zurich dispatch to Le Journal. It also is announced that two r ments of the active army will be to Frankfort on the Main at an early date. The correspondent affirms that Policy to Settle the Major General Scheuch, Prussian Praee ta minister of war, Marshal von Hind Bolsheviki Are Still enburg and General Lequid are be hind a counter revolutionary move A float Overseas ment. HURCH INCLUDE [By As 1 Preas] cE Noe PEOno ee cue LONDON, Dec. 20.—The London LONDON, Dec. 20.—A “People’s ¢orrespondent_ of the Manchester Leagu has been organi ed in Ber- Guardian suggests. that. President Hiienys al Copenhasen Wilson's. sudden_ determination. to Wiel CantalNewse he li come to England is due to his desire mittee includes Prince Maximi US CORTE ASH ON NTE garding the Russian situation before the preliminaries to the peace confer- enc of Baden, former German _ impe chancellor; Hugo Haase, Independent Socialist; Count Von Bernstorff, for- mer Ambassador to the Unite States; Mathias Erzberger, Centrali d_ policy a st the corr leader; Dr. Solf, Von Hohenlohe, © I Schillingsfuerst, Austrian ambassa- feeling h dor, and Cardinal Von Hartmann, = archbishop of Cologne. any bi Bolshe ttempt to and recor further REPORT OF CABINET RESIGNATION PERSISTS LONDON, Dec. 20.—Reports from Copenhagen today state that the Ger. man Cabinet, headed by Friederich Ebert, has resigned, but there no confirmation as yet. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 20.—All lead- ing officials of the German Foreign Office are on strike today as a result iki was r partment today from ernment thru the # at Stockholm the resignation of Dr. Solf as foreign | tive: d that minister, ‘according to the Kheinish naining to maintain Westphalian Gazette. ice terms permitted, but —_ x the country at the mercy MILLION TONS SHIPPIHG FOR EXPORT TRADE NO REPRESENTATION FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORIES COPENHAGEN, Dec. 20.—Mar- shal Foch has refused permission for the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ dele- gates from occupied districts to par- ucipate in the national conference at Berlin, is a Berlin report. COPPER PRICES AGAIN SUBJECT | TO THE TRADE WASHINGTO Dec. 20.—Maxi-! mum prices on copper will expire on January 1, and will not be renewed, it was announced today. — So far as England was concerned the end of the greatest war the world has ever seen was celebrated far mor; quietly than the end of far less im- portant wars. After Waterloo amaz ing scenes were witnessed in London and the provinces. In one of the suburbs of the metropolis a wealthy eccentric announced that he would burn down his house on the following night, which he did amid wild enthusiasm. A _ plit val not to be outdone, set fire to his own place, but then the authorities step. fully may slop States d for its navy. 5,000 YANKEES LAND TODAY AT ATLANTIC PORTS celebrating peace. O——— = When the peace of Ryswick made which brought to an end the ’ of Wyoming: war between Holland, France, Spain y YORK Dae 26 the Unite | “Gentlemen: and England, the Dutch ambassador : Maleoe An London celebrated Amer “Certain residents of the town of ; Glenrock, and vicinity are making an BARUCH ABROAD effort to secure the division of Con-! | verse county. It is their desire that |@ new county be formed, embracing | PLT (all of the present Converse county ly- WASHINGTON. Dae an: Ans. | 1 and being west of range seventy- | wering President Wilson’s summons, | sted r Bernard Baruch, head of the War In-, , \W® the undersigned, who ar» res- | dustries Board, and Vance McCor-| idents of that portion of Converse mick, head of the War Trade Board, |CO™nty to be included within the pro- will be loaving soon for Paris. They | Posed new county hearily protest | the peace conference, Baruch on war | COUDty for the following reasons, to- | materials and McCormick on trade, Wt? agreement matters. | 1. Converse county is at the pres- ;county seat, Douglas, is easily ac~ | ceesible from all parts of the county. Ss ENDED IN | “2. Converse county is at the pres- USP ss | taxes for the support of one county BERLIN STRIKE) are very high. We do not wish to ~ | bear part of the burden of supporting | BERLIN, Dec, 20.—The strike of| “8. With conditions unsettled as} newspaper workers for higher wages | thoy are now that the war is ver «nd | has forced over a dozen dailies to) it is necessary to readjust our busi- | would be unwise to undertake the ex- | pense of organizing and conducting | soldiers fired intosm group of Serbian| “4. A large proportion of us have soldiers, wounding'three, near Krou-|\always transacted our business in sova. The Serbians returned the fire,| Douglas. Many of us have business | not 3,000 bonafide inhabitants in the it b itlumination in front of his hc Piccadilly of 140 barrels of pitch. & a huge in ick or wound- which is by nature tributary to Doug- 1 portions of the | has and it would be a hardship for us i Id Artillery and to go elsewhere. Headquarters Company of the 65th F Artillery “5. Salaries of county officiz fixed by statute, are inadequate. new county would bring about election of two sets of county offi at still lower salaries than Convers: county officials now receive as the counties would be lower in class “6. It is our opinion that there are 3, as NEWPORT NEWS Martha Dee Washington from Fran includi 20 the ot ,; transports : Mere 20 men, territory sought to be included in he proposed new county.” PRESIDENT TO BE GUEST OF KING GEORGE LONDON, Dec. 20.—It was definitely announced here today that President and Mrs. Wilson would arrive in London Thurs- day, December 26. They will be guests of King George at will act in an advisory capacity at|*8inst the division of Converse | a — [ent time of convenient size and the | en time quite heavily in debt, and our | two counties. suspend publication. | news on a peace basis, we feel that it (By Assoetated eal ATHENS, Dee. 20.—! julgarian |} an additional county government. | inflicting many casualties. interests here; we live in a county Buckingham Palace. a