Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1919, Page 1

TS Va A Pee oar THE DAILY TRIBUNE Reaches a dozen towns of Central Wyoming the same day it is published, with all the news of the day (3 Northern Pacific Is Driven Higher oni; . Beach by Pound- ing of Waves NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The re- ~ moval before nightfall of the entire \. Zz 4 y | company of 2,480 homecoming sol- dietra from the transport Northern Pacific, otranded. off Fire Island, was expected by officiale of the cruiser and the transport survice in Hoboken . this afterneen, who stated that the ewe cea 2". ‘was. preceeding rapidly in a te oe. (By Associated Press} Veted ie 2.—Con- stant poun ol seas a: the transport Northern reine stranded on Fire Island since Wed- y, had driven the ship higher beach this forenoon, swing-| sbow so she was only 250 yards | shore. Waves heavier than thich wedged her tightly on! thie idbar yesterday were break- Wt over the transport. So long as these conditions prevail, navy officials said, no attempt could be made either to put sailed: trom - Frange MPwelve ‘critsers ana other. rescue ships | maintained a viel tbruout the night in a semicircle about the bar, their blinker lights flashing incessantly. FIRST WOUNDED ARE REMOVED FROM SHIP FIRE ISLAND, Jan. 2.—Three of- ficers and one soldier, all wounded, were landed just before noon from the transport Northern Pacific. They came ashore in a coast guard boat. | Four more life boats filled with sol-! diers arrived from the Northern Pa: fic ‘soon after, while four other boats | belonging to the transport, filled with members of the crew, left the ship | for outlying rescue ves: H ATTEMPTS TO MOVE SHIP UNSUCCESSFUL NEW YORK; Jan. 2.—After an unsuccessful attempt had been made to drag the American transport Northern Pacific from the sandbar on which she grounded near. Fire Island early Wednesday, navy officers here announced plans for removing the 2,480 troops to vessels standing by at 2 ofclock afternoon ‘weather is favorable. { *SOLDIERS EXPERIENCE NO DISCOMFORTS, CLAIM - {By United Preas} ZS NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The North- ern Pacific carried) 2,264 soldiers, in- cluding 1,744 wounded, ‘They spent} New Year's comfortably while a heavy sea the boat and «# high “wind finally turned the ship | “side on the sand. The band played ‘and the men had:all possible com- forts. They were constantly in wire- leas communication with the shore and the big rescue fleet which stood guard. There was) no panic or ex-| ‘itement when the transport struck. "Men were aroused from their sleep ‘by a shock as tho the ship had reach- sed the dock, NEW YORK, Jan. 2:—A lifeboat, | loaded with troops from: ashore or) to other vessels 3,000 troops, | 2,000 of whom are sick pr) if the: the transport limited term of. service here. “Northern ‘Pacific, was capsized. by the PENINSULA is URGED ON U.S. Six Cities Occupied, by Poles, Now with- Berlin, Is Report TBy Associnted Prean) ward Berlin has captured six Ger- jman_ cities. _-Frankfort-on-the- Oder, only: 50 miles from Berlin, is reported taken. Ee The German government is hastily rearming her demobilized eee oe ree to stem the in Herr vereieer nl maid | vasion. navy, has ordered the arming of large forces to oppose the Poles, There is much. alarm here regard- jing the Polish advance. “I was unexpectedly called to the cabinet and am in no position to outline my whole program but my first action will be to suppress Polish violence,” said Noske. The Polish force consists of in- |fantry, cavalry and artillery, all | well armed. The cavalry, moving rapidy ahead of the main body is reported to have taken Posen, | Frankfort, Rauthen, Guessen and | Bromberg with but’ still slight re- | sistance. FIGHTING PROBABLE IF | FORCES ARE MOBILIZED | GENEVA, Jan. 2, —The Polish ; army marching-toward Berlin has as its objective “a tearing raid into Ger- many,” according to the Polish agency in Lausanne. The infantry is well armed and is supported by cavalry. and. artillery. The infan‘ already has oceupied | important railway centers, incliding Kruez-Driesen and ‘Poznau and has | captured a large amount of aalleny {stock. The Germans are re-arming | their demobilized troops and fighting {is expected, altho some demobilized | soldiers are refusing to serve. ELECTRIC DRIVE FOR WAR SHIPS \ lead Press) | WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—All fu-| ture American warships will be eléc— | trically driven, Secretary Daniels an- nounced today, insuring superiority; over other nations’ vessels. The New Mexico, the first electric draad- nought and the most powerful afloat, yeoved the value of the electric ive. HAYS BAGK AS “AGGIE” AGENT John Hays, agricultural agent for Natrona county, prior to his accept-|' ance of an appointment to the offi- cers’ training camp at Camp Taylor, and who recei' his discharge early in December, returned to Casper this week to resume his duties at the | court house, having been reappointed to the position which he vacated to joint the colors. In_a recent issue of a University of Wyoming bulletin, Mr. Hays is paid a high compliment as being one jor the best county agents Wyoming has produced, — notwithstanding his As such the authorities were quick to grasp the opportunity to retain his |services’ again. | | ‘Tiy Unlted Presa in Fifty Miles of BERLIN, Jan. 2.—A Polish; ‘army of thirty to forty thousand | jadvancing along the railways to-| | OF THE FUTURE | Poland Despairs at | Allied Attitude in | Bolshevik Inva- sion, Warsaw Com-| plains (By United Prenn) Lae LONDON, Jan. 2.—Poland is in| despair owing to the invasion of | Bolshevist troops and the appar-| ent. indifference of the western powers to the plight of that coun itry according to a Warsaw dis-| patch, tervention by the Allies,” the dis- .|patch states, “but no reply comes.” The Poles admit the immensity of | jthe numerous problems absorbing, the | pointed minister 7 the army and | Allies, but complain that they do not/| ;Teceive the least sign of attention or | word of guidance. — RUSSIA TO RECEIVE FIRST CONSIDERATION (By United Press) LONDON, Jan. 2.—Russian affairs are causing the British foreign of- fice considerable anxiety, says the Daily Mail. The necessity of form- ulating a definite allied policy as to Russia is extremely urgent and it has been decided that the Russian ques- tion will be the first to be discussed at the peace conference. 20,000 HUNS DISARMED BY THE POLES IN POSEN WARSAW, Jan. 2.—Fighting has continued at various points in Posen between Polish and German troops in the last few days. the city has been occupied by the Poles while more than 20,000 Ger-| man soldiers have been: disarmed. The Sixth Grenadier Regiment has refused to surrender and now is surrounded in its barracks. The en- tire Polish population is reported toj be aiding the Polish troops. They in- clude the Boy Scouts and young wo-| men. / ENGLISH BAIN FORTH PLANS FOR GOVERNMENT TO FINANGE HOUSING ws By Asseclated Preast LONDON, Dee: $1,—One of the unusual plans suggested for bridging the transportation period while Eng. land is being changed from a war to a peace basis is a proposal that the government should build houses and either sell them on long time pay- ;ments or furnish them outright, par- ticularly to soldiers, England is wrestling with many of | jthe same housing schemes that were | put forward in thes United States| when thousands of workmen were| In‘ the opinion of Sir J. Tudor Wal-| ters, a member of parliament who has ;given much thought to housing, Eng- ‘land faces a shortage of |housées in addition to her normal re- | quirements of 100,000 new ones an-| nually. Thousands in the building trades have gone into other work as all uilding operations ceased when the, war started. Materials are at -ex- orbitant figures or unobtainable. It is much more difficult for a pro- spective small house owner to finance construction than it “was four and a years ago. One of the plans suggested is that the government pay the householder i ii o That Tribune want ads have Sherlock Holes beat at his own game when it comes to recover- ing merchandise tarried off by Shoplifters is atteated to by Man- ager Friedman of the Fashion Shop, Recently someone lifted a muff from the Fashion Shop, valued at $75. Mr. Friedman, believing that he knew who took the muff, in- serted a little wantad in The Tri- _ bune, stating that the person who took the muff was known, and ad- vising that they return the piece at once. By parcel -post next day there came a package containing a | $10 muff, which had also been stolen from the Fashion Shop,, | which the management of the store did not even know had been stolen, but was identified as be- longing to the stock. Manager Friedman declares that he has a fair knowledge of who has + the $75 muff, and is patiently “Telegrams are sent begging aa The fortress of | Easy STILL SHARE VIEW OF PRESIDENT, SAY PARIS ADVICES "| Secretary Balfour in. | Agreement With Wilson, Declares» |, U.S. Delegate (Ry Associated Preas} PARIS, Jan. 2.—' ‘object Col. E. M. House had in _ view in going to see President Wil-| json New Year’s morning was to tell| |him the result of a conference he had had the evening before with Premier Clemenceau,” said a me: ber of the American delegation to the! Peace congfess to a representative of the Petit Journal, according to an article in that paper this morning. “Colonel House thoroly went into, as a whole and in detail all the problems | which the st&tesmen will be called} upon to solve,” the American con- tinued! The newspaper quoted’ the Ameri-| can as adding that Secretary Balfour, | interview, Colonel House on the cussed and that their opinion as well as that of all American representa- tives is identical and that England | and the United States are in agree-/| ment. ROME CROWDED | BY THOUSANDS | Associated Press] ROME, ” Jan. 2.—Thousands are flocking to greet President. Wilson, | who is due to arrive tomorrow morn--{ ing. He will receive a reception a: |cordial as any allied capital has’ ac- {corded him. RIGA GIVEN UP BY THE TEUTONS co. PENHAGEN, } Eas ». —Owing} called. to: centers “of war activities, |t© the advance of “superior forces of | erally ithe Bolsheviki,” says a dispatch \from Berlin, German troops have been compelled to evacuate Riga, the| of Riga. pn F. W. Woodworth of Weyburn, j Saskatchewan, arrived yesterday af- ternoon to visit at the home of his {sister, Mrs. E. S. Grant. ——— es |yueuruzaa03 0y3 Jo siequieu Suoww |uo1z1soddo = ejquzaprsuod |= yA our |@q [1!@ Aauour oyqnd Jo eanz;puedxe {osaey ST 9[Nsar [ILM 4¥y} uBTd AUy ‘eouey sxwok OALy anjea poyempse 97} pus porspoep st cowed 30334 A[e3uTp OUIW] 39NI78UOD 03-4809 [TA omney Sty 38YM Ue—emzeq eouezazzIp STOLEN MUFF RETURNED TOSTORE BUT ORIGINAL 15 STILL MISSING awaiting its return to avoid pub- licity. . “Tribune Wantads ape wond» ers,” said Mr. Friedman. ‘They not only will return stolen goods, but even teturn goods which we did not know were stolen.” ROME, Jan. 2.—President Wil. | WABI wil. con and his party arrived this morning at Modane, on the Pranco- Italian frontier. The Royal train with the President on board was met by the Duke of Lanto, representing King Victor Em- manuel, Both the French and Ital- ian authorities in the frontiér town welcomed the Presidential Party. with whom Colonel House also had an! was in agreement with) subjects dis-; TO SEE WILSON PRESIDENT CROSSES FTALIAN LINE WILL GO TO BELGIUM THIS MONTH ize TO MEET POLISH INVASION ON EAST NOTHING SLOW ABOUT COURT HERE GH | aecccccccvoscs BURGLARS ENROUTE TO STATE PEN With a burglary to their ere in which, to all appearances, their iden- | tity had been covered up and the loot safely cached, only to have their secret bared within the brief space jof 24 hours and find them a week) later on board train bound for the jstate penitentiary at Rawlins, was the | ‘experience of the trio of thieves who; llooted the J. L. Learner store and} the Casper Loan office. Following} | pleas of guilty entered by the robbers} ‘before Judge Chas. BE. Winter in district court late Tuesday, Cliff! Murphy, Arvid Lindquist and John Morton were sentenced to terms of} from two to three years at hard “The princip! ciple | labor and departed for Rawlins last | placed’ in pawn, as ori tevening in the custody of Sheriff-| jelect Pat Royce and Police Detective; Kilgore. At credit in, Atithe same time Walter McIntyre who admitted grand larcency in the theft of a coat and a shirt, together with other personal articles from Jeanne Strawn, was committed to the state prison for a term of 18 months to two years. McIntyre had ,; but recently returned from the school at Worland for a similar offense. Guns and field glasses stolen from the Casper Loan office, the proprie- tor of which was _ instrumental in bringing the thieves to justice, have - not been recovered by the authorities altho all of the goods taken from the J. L. Learner store have been iden tified and returned. The Casper Loan losses did not consist of goods nally stated, but consisted of goods placed on sale galeh were exhibited in the show win | CONFERENCE IN _ PARIS TO BEGIN _ JANUARY 6 OR 7 iReturn of Prémier Clemenceau Awaited as Well as President expected January 6 or 7. arrive | Saturday. | INCREASE IN NUMBER | DELEGATES IS LIKELY | PARIS, Jan. 2,—The number of delegates representing each of the | great nations at the coming peace conference likely will be increased | | beyond five ,the number previously | | considered probable, by the inclusion | }of several delegates who may ex-| | change places ‘with others, taking | part in the conférences only when i special subjects upon which they are | authorities are being considered. | PESSIMISM. ALTERNATES | IN PEACE DISCUSSION (By United Presx) PARIS, Jan, 2.—Peace circles are | being swept alternately by pessimism | ‘| and optimism over the outlook since! Premier Clemenceau’s balance of| power speech, However, it is gen-| believed that his position is! not irreconcilable with Preaident Wil-| son's. Clemenceau is thinking first | of France's safety from future ag-| 500,000 Livonian port at the head of the Gulf! gression. | If the Wilson league of nations} | would guarantee this Clemenceau! would support the league. The Key- ' stone of Clemenceau’s position is that world peace will not endure unless! France is made secure. The London} Times observes that there is no fun- damental discrepancy between them, but both are woreg, from different | angles. CONGRESS BACK AT WORK AFTER | HOLIDAY WEEK’ (By,_United Press) | WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Congress | got back to work today after a holi-| jday rest. It was expected that most| jof the. Senate sessions would be de- voted to discussion of peace and other | subjects, while in the House fesders| had planned to make another effort | \to eend the war revenue bill to the conference. | { | { | Gent Wileen is in st the former Clementine, The king is planning a state banquet! | guards. | wounded in street fighting with ma- chine-guns, | peace conference Wilson and Lloyd George, Expected Early in Week (By Associated Prenn) PARIS, Jan. 2.—Conversations among representatives of | the Allies will begin at the French Foreign Office immediately upon the return to Paris of Premier Clemenceau, which is President Wilson is expected in Paris beginning next week, while Premier i BIN will WIRE FLASHES SALONIKI, “Jan. 2— 2.—Relations be- tween Turkish and Bulgaria are strained. Serious fighting is reported at Adrianople where the Turks ex- | pelled 20,000 Bulgarians. PRAGUE, Jan. 2.—Budapest is in a state of siege following disorders between communists and government Several were killed and Mobs. are besieging the main force of gua in the barracks and government ings. Wholesale plundering is un ay. —_ NEW CATTLE COMPANY Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state to- day for the Tongue River aCttle com- pany of Sheridan county. Charlies J. Schriebis and Anna Schriebis, both of Sheridan, and R, E. Rowland of Acme are the incorporators. The company is capitalized at $100,000. eee The Palace of Versailles, where the is to meet, cost 200,000,000 to build. eeccccccccccoscesovecccccoccces: ) signed by NUMBER 63 = eee | -F FRANK J. WOLE STEPS OUT AND MVGRATH. fo CITY APPOINTEE tate Casper Daily Tribune Is Designated as Official Paper of City at Special . Meeting of Council The accentance of the resignation of Frank J. Wolf as chief of police and the appointment and confirms- tion of John McGrath to this import- ant position was the chief business transacted at a snecial meeting of the City Council held Tuesday after- noon. he petition of Frank Webb, large number of property holders, asking his appointment to this position wi don the table. Chief of Police MeGrath took office with the beginning of the new On motion of Perry A. J} M. J. pone was @ seconded by Dalle SEAN another column in this issue. The next meeting of the council will be held next Mond January 6th, and this will be the n of the old body. The act the old Council will be the swearing in of the new membe e new Council of offi committe FORMER KAISER REPORTED SICK; FEVER- IS HIGH [Ry Ansoctated Preny ] y ion appointment of organize and the AMSTERDAM, Jan. —Wil- liam Hohenzollern, former German emperor, ill, aecording to advice rongen. He can- not leave m and is suffering from a bad cold, It is stated that he has a high fever. ~— EXILE IRKSOME TO HUN PRINCE, TRIES ESCAPE By Aw AMSTE RD: ported that the unsuccessfully mpted an cape from his » on Wirengen Island. No details ace obtainable It is also reported that his friends would ask Gerin y to pervert th ex-Crown Prince to return to Ge many and live with his wife children, under guard, if neces He is willing to do any wor government assi Third Army Bolsheviks All Wiped Over 31,000 Prisoners Taken by Czecho- Slovak Forces in Cavture of Perm and Premier Lenine Narrowly Escapes Cap- ture at Hands of General Gaida, Claim VLADIVOSTOK, Jan. 2.—In capturing Perm in the Ural WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-—Presi-| mountains, General Gaida, at head of the Czecho-Slovak Si- expected in Brussels forces, virtually destroyed the Bolshevik Third Army, berian from which he took 31,000 prisoners. General Gaida’s troops also captured the armored train from which Nikolai Lenine, Bolshevik prentier, was directing operations. Lenine himself escaped, but several members of his party were taken prisoner. In addition to the 31,000 prisoners, General Gaida cap- at the winter palace in honor of the tured 5,000 railway cars, 120 field guns ‘and 1,000 machine- President. « -