Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1919, Page 1

‘NO DECISION IN FUTURE POLICY ~ OF ARMY DURING -—AAINTER’ SESSION Reorganization Bill of Depariment Is) Rejected by Dent, Committee Leader : —— : WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Chair- man Dent of the House Military ‘Committee today refused to handle the War Department's reorganiza- tion bill, practically making certain that a peace-time military policy will - not be decided by this congress. ‘Republican Representative Kahn who will become chairman of the com- mit the next congress, is going to this spring to confer with General Pershing and other Allied leaders. Upon the data Kahn gathers aie build an army organization UNIVERSAL TRAINING NOT YET DETERMINED WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—No de- cision has been reached by the War! Department on the question of uni- versal military service, Secretary of | War told the House military com-; mittee today, and he indicated that no definite project for a permanent military establishment would be pre- sented congress until the peace con- ference is-concluded. When asked whether it would be, necessary to keep.a large force in! Europe for a least two years, the “We hope. that.is not true not planning for it.” He said that 700,000 men had been discharged from the army since the armistice was signed and that another | million men would be discharged | within the next five weeks. 3 we are; ' ! TEMPORARY ARMY OF | HALF MILLION PLANNED WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Secre- tary of War Baker advocated a tem- porary volunteer army of half, a mil- lion to facilitate the quick discharge | of men who have seen service. A bill} to authorize the organization of this, army will be. submitted to Congress soon, ‘ | ALLIED POWERS | TO OPEN PEACE MEETING JAN. 13 (By Associated Press] PARIS, Jan. .3.—There is every Iiklihood, according to the morning papers, that the peace conference, or rather the preliminary confer- ence between four of the great Al- lies will open January 13. , control McAdoo said: | McAdoox told the: Senate Interstate |a few under strict government con-- | tive. Twenty-One Months Too Short a Test, Director .-General Tells Committee YEAR'S DEFICIT | IS 136 MILLION Will Make Up Losses| This Year, Claim of Director | ' By Associat Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Di- rector General Wm. G. McAdoo, testifying before the Senate Inter-' state Commerce Committee today, told of the accomplishments of the railroads under federal control and argued for a five-year continuance of government operation to provide a fair test of united direction. After citing reforms under unified | “I believe that under the handicaps of war conditions a sufficient show- | ing has been made to indicate that) all reforms I have mentioned are de-| sirable as peace measures. Opera- tions under peace conditions with aj tenure so short as 21 months cannot possibly constitute a fair test.” Many changes in railroad operation; were inaugurated during last year, the director general testified, that: should prove of permanent value and should continue regardless of what form of control is decided upon. (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The re- turn of the railroads to the several hundred companies as before the war is impossible if certain important re- forms:be preserved, Director General Commerce Committee teday. He. said the only alternatives in the railroad situation is return to before the war control, government awnership and control or reconstruction of the rail- road map by wiping out hundreds of different companies and substituting trol to combine the advantages of| unified operation with private initia-| Permanently valuable reforms which should continue if possible in-! clude the pooling of repair shops, direct routes, consolidated ticket of- fices, standardization of equipment, unification of terminals, uniform Tules and universal mileage tickets. McAdoo said that government con- trol shows a $126,000,000 deficit at the end of 1918. He estimated that the government would have a $100,-: 000,000 surslus at the end of 1919./ He did not come out definitely for government ownership but reiterated his stand for an additional five-year | trial of government control. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The at- titude of the railroad owners toward government solution of their problems | as opposedéto the policy of Director- General McAdoo is set forth in’ the) following: | The status of the railroads should, be determined definitely within the period fixed by congress for their re- |Press.)—Bulgarian political leaders) |that it assures an eauitable and rea-/ SUNSET UNIT IS SCHEDULED FOR EMBARKATION FRANCE, REPORT Wyoming and Colo-! rado Divisicns Are Among Troops As- signed for Return [By Assccinted Press} WASHINGTON, Jan) 3.—Practi- cally the entire 41st Di: set), was included in the li: announced by the War Department | today as assigned for ‘early convo | from France. The list shows the headquarters company and headquar- ters troop of the 41st, the 161st regi- ment complete, the 163rd complete, the 164th complete and the 162nd | designated for return. TRANSPORT MATSONIA arrived at 10:25 this morning. DOCKS WITH 3,207 YANKS ' NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—United) States army transport Matsonia, with) the far west, arrived today. troops were sent to Camp Merritt, Among the units aboard were 691 men of the 148rd Field Artillery, 40th Depot Division, including the; headquarters, supply and companies | C, D, E, and F; 7 men of the Ordin- | ance Department and 11 of the Med-, ical Department; also 58 officers and tillery, 40th Division, composed - of %Coloradd and Utsh troops;located at igny and ‘St:- Dizier when the! ‘armistice was signed. { i BULGARIANS SEE HOPE OF TURK ADJUSTMENTS IN ALLIED OCCUPATION SOFIA. Bulgaria, Dec. 2%—(Cor- | yespondence cf The _ Associated) profess to be gratified by the en-/ trance of the entente fleet into Con-; stantinople and express the belief gonable solution of the interminable | ouestion of who shall control the Straits of the Dardenelles. This} problem has been the constant night- mare of the most of the Bulgarian states, particularly of Bulgaria, Ru- mania and Greece. These countries always have considered the nossi- bility of Russian occupation of Con- stantinople to be a serious menace to | their. own national existence. | This fear was one of the causes} which led Bulgaria to take sides with the Central Powers in the war. Later, when Russia abandoned her exclu-| dive claim to Constantinople, Ru- mania’s entry into the war on the i" 1440 men of the 104th Field Ar-' RADIATORS AND SUPPLIES CUT. IN PRICE TODAY, —_—_—_— the price of radia other staples amounting to 25 per ITALIAN'RULER GREETS WILSON IN ROME TODAY Elaborate Functions Arrangec For Entertainment of Presi- | dent During Visit With Ital- ian Officials . (By Asscelated Presal ROME, Jan, 3.—President Wilson He was received at the station by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena, |less the second battalion, among those’ members of the government and rep- | thorities. | 'Measure Proposed for Protection of Big Wyoming In- dustry Would Provide Rate of Duty Sufficient to Secure Result in Near Future : The wool growers of the country are very much disturbed |Mother Margherita, a reception by | over the question of wool prices for the clip of 1919 and they | parliament and a state dinner with: will, therefore, welcome a bill introduced by Congressman resentatives of the local An immense crowd welcomed the President with the greatest thusiasm. |. ROME, Jan. 3.—The program ar- | 3,207 officers and men, moctly from ranged for President Wilson’s enter- | All tainment during his stay here in-' cludes a luncheon with the queen King Victor Emmanuel, following a visit to the president of a deputation from the Quirinal.. In the. evening the citizenship of Rome will be con- ferred upon the President. HOOVER NAMED FOOD DIRECTOR OF THE ALLIES {By Associated Press? PARIS, Jan. director general of food relief in restored, neutral and enemy terri- tories. U.S. FLYER HITS NEW RECORD AT OVER 5 MILES [By Associated Press| LONDON, Jan. 3.—Flying a Brit- ish airplane at Ipswich yesterday, Captain Lang, American, established a new altitude record, reaching a height of 30,500 feet. Observer Bowlers, who accompanied Lang, col- ; lapsed when his oxygen bottle broke, | but recovered. Both men were frost-j bitten during their flight. 1 boilers and | today by the | | en- j event. Fire which started from an oyer- heated gas furnace burned the | Salt Creek schoolhouse to the ground New Year’s Eve, according to advices obtained from the Mid- west Refining company, which owned the building and rented it to the school authorities of District No. 2, in which Casper is also em- braced. No one was in the build- ing at the time and before it was discovered the fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to save it. | | \ “OUUGHT IN BILL CONGRESS BY fi ‘Mondell intended to stabilize import and the price of similar wool ;as fixed by the Government for the domestic clip of 1918. | At the time ofthe signing of the j armistice the Government had pn hand: nearly three hundred million pounds of wool, more than the total of the 1918 domestic clip, and had under contract about a hundred mil- lion pounds of foreign wool. A con- {tinuation of the embargo on foreign ;importantion has been urged with a view of stabilizing prices but it is not practical to extend the embargo in- definitely or beyond the time of the signing of the peace treaty in any In this State of affairs the only | practical remedy seems to be along} the lines suggested by Mr. Mondell’s! bill which follows the legislation en ernment in fixing a guaranteed mini- mum price for wheat, Mr. Mondell’s! bill provides that the President shall | determine what rate of duty added to} SALT GREEK SCHOOLMOUSE BUI AVERHEATED FURNAGE 15 GAUS CHICAGO, Jan, 3.—A cut in | SE BURNS The loss, according to Midwest officials, will amount to betweer $2,800 and $3,000, which repre- sents the value of the structure, two-room frame building of a su stantial character. In addition the district sustained some loss thru the destruction of school supplies, but this will constitute no material item. Provision for the reopening of school in another building doubt- less will be made by the Midwe in that a structure will be avail- able for this purpose. STABILIZATION OF WOOL PRICES — INTRODUCED IN EP. FW. MONDELL the price of the 1919 clip by | providing an important duty on foreign wool sufficient to cover | jthe difference between the value of foreign wool offered for GRAIN EMBARGO AT N.Y. RESULT OF CONGESTION Piers Piled High With Accum- ulated Shipments and Ban is Lowered to Relieve Condi- tions at Three Ports (By Associnted Prensa} NEW YORK, Jan, 3.—The federal food administration today notified the lacted for the protection of the Gov-| grain trade that until further notice the port of New York was embar- goed on all shipments of grain and products for both export and domes- tic shipments. the value of any wool offered for import prior to July 1st, 1920, would | be sufficient to bring the price of/ such wool up to the price paid or| wool. . Such legislation will stabilize | the present price and insure for the;the piers at New York to such an| 1919 clip a price approximating that | extent that it is impossible for it to| 'be handled or for cargo space to|n paid for the clip of 1918. eee WEATHERCUTS |, DOWN NUMBER | The shipment of all classes of freight, particularly foodstuffs intend- ed for American troops abroad and Europe’s starving people, is embar- fixed by the Government for the! goed from other parts of the country | same grade of wool of the clip of| thru the ports of Boston, Philadelphia | 1918. The sum thus determined shall| and New York for export by the fed- | ‘be levied as a duty on the imported; eral food administration. Food supplies have accumulated on be provided for its. transportation abroad. Similar conditions are re- ported in Boston and Philadelphia. The strike of freight handlers, the disposition of ship owners to put THE DAILY TRIBUNE Reaches a dozen towns of Central Wyoming the same day it is published, with all the news of the day NUMBER 64 HEROIC WORK IS DONE IN RESCUE OF U.S. WOUNDED AT FIRE ISLAND Helpless Lowered to Tossing Motor- boats as Transfer Is Negotiated tate Librarian (ty United Press) FIRE ISLAND, Jan. 3.—In a heavy sea tossing the power- ful motorboats like corks, wounded Americans were res- cued this morning from the Northern Pacific. Helpless and | those on stretchers then were low- ered over the slippery sides of the transport and taken by launches from | the warships to relief vessels rolling in a heavy swell as near to the North- ern Pacific as they dared approach. The transport has been pounded 16 feet deep into the sand. She has a slight’ list but is undamaged. A Is rain and cold wind prevails. Many acts of heroism were re- jcorded when lifeboats upset in the boiling surf. Soldiers and officers on shore unhesitatingly plunged into the icy waters, rescued floundering men. Many came off the Northern Pacific in a trolley boat and br | before the trolley, wa Thirty rescue steamers stood by all night brilliantly Two |days on the stranded ing on the sand bar failed to make soldiers aboard downhearted, Ad- ditional relicf workers and Red Cross supplies are arrivir | NEW YORK, Jan, 3.—Information | that approximately 1,000 troops, in- |cluding some of the wounded, had |been removed from t American: transport Northern Pacific, aground at Fire Island, was re d by the N: Department offi here at 10:30 today. This indicated that \fewer than 1,500 remained aboard, and the work of removing these in small boats and with a breeches buoy was progressing. RATE IHCREASE ON VEGETABLES AND TEX. FRUITS commodity vegetables from s to Arizona, and all states ew Mexico Wyoming, Ma east of there. HUNS STARTED 10 ROOF na side of the entente was facilitated. Political circles in Bulgaria are | profoundly impressed by the giddy rapidity with which events of far reaching international importance jnow are transpiring. The folly of | their ships in dry docks, and the holi- OF OFFENDERS ' day season with a decrease in labor {facilities are given as cause 1: Ms i tf CONTRACTS TO | BE VALIDATED turn that is 21 months after the proc- lamation of peace. The present owners stand unalter- ably opposed to the return of their property on the prewar basis. oo UNDER ARREST OVER SEA AT BRUGES Two sleepers and two plain drunks| TROOPS TO BE SUPPLIED, IS WASHINGTON ASSURANCE j LONDON, Jan. 8.—German Field Mershal Von Mackensen has been ar- rested by the French authorities at Budapest. FREE THEATER FOR SOLDIERS OPENED IN N. Y. {By Associated. Press} “NEW YORK. Jan. 8.-The Persh- ing Theater, said to be the only play- ed exclusively for soldiers and to which admittance is free, will be Provisions must be made to enable the railroads to meet the estimated increase of $800,000,000 in wages granted by the federal railroad admin- istration since the roads were taken over. There must be comprehensive legis- lation to prevent the collapse of the rate structure throughout the country. Congress must devise a way to en- able the railroads to expand and im- prove at an annual expenditure esti- mated as high as $1,000,000,000 for the next five years. The Association of Railway Execu- tives will take the position that there is no necessity fur rushing the rail- ‘next two. months, but there is equal- opened here tonight by the New York Community Camp Service. |~ DESTRUCTION OF TEUTON VESSELS: OMMENDED {By United Frees} 3: i ceri me een atte y pS : = 4y no reason why the question should ‘therefore be left unsettled for five years urged by Mr. McAdoo. sasined the policy pursued by the former King Ferdinand and his government in Bulgaria has been brought home in a» striking manner to Bulgarians by the recent developments. The same feeling is expected to prevail among | the young Turks, who preferred to trust Germany rather than Great Britain and France altho, it is said, these powers and Russia gave to the Portea formal declaratich guaran- teeing the integrity of Turkey if she would remain neutral in the war. The great mass of the Turks. as well as all other nationalities in Tur- key are said to be overjoyed to wit-| ness the termination of the rule of house in the United States. maintain-! road problem to's solution within the| the governing clique in’ that country WEST FINDS RELIEF IN PASSING OF COLD WAVE NOW MOWING EAST WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The western cold wave has spread southward to the gulf coast and northwest Florida and east over the Appalachian Mountains, with indications that it would reach all parts of the East tonight and to- merrow, A decided drop in tem- ! with. a. UNDER U:S. LAW WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The Senate military: committee today unanimously rejected Secretary Baker’s recommondations for legis- lation to validate ‘informal war contracts and euthérize their ad- justment by the War Department, and ordered a favorable report on Senator Hitchcock’s bill intro- duced yesterday. legalizing such ‘| contracts but placing adjustment in | the hands of a non-interested commission. held the cold weather record. of the northwest. CHICAGO, Jan+.3.—Chicageans scurried te work teday in a tem- perature of 7 belew zero and « stiff _ wind from the west. were listed on the blotter of the po- lice station this morning. @ se night was very quiet and the cops had) little to do. i Chief McGrath is getting on to the ropes in his new office and the force) chief in his office. As long as the commander will have no trouble in| getting onto the ropes. CITIES SERVICE OWNS CHEYENNE LIGHT CO. CHEYENNE, Jan. 8.—-Announce- ment was made this morning that the Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power company is now a part of the City Service company, owned by Herry L. Dougherty and company, which concern purchased the entire system of the Northern Colorado Power company, of which the local concern wis a branch. The consideration has! not been made public. Not only the Cheyenne Light com- pany, but the light companies of all northern Colorado towns were in- cluded in the ‘transaction, notably, Fort Collins, Boulder, Greeley, and many other towns. The entire hold- ings of the Northern Colorado Power company, as well as all plants and equipment were taken over, ‘and made part of the City Service company, otherwise known as the Dougherty interests. ina WASHINGTON, Jan. 3:—When notified that as a result of official conferences at New York, regional embargoes were ordered at eastern ports, railroad administration of- lis doing its best to assist the new’ ficials said the action was caused by! local congested conditions which | present slackness continues the work|might be remedied in a week and | of the men will be easy and the new|°ught not to interfere with the over- seas movement of supplies for Ameri- can troops and civilian relief. peter genta In the original copy of the coming peace treaty it willbe signed in the alphabetical order of the various countries’ names, but the copy for each country will contain the name of that country first. TEUTONS | LONDON, (By Mail.) —The Ger- mans built great “trainsheds” in the water to shelter their submarines at Bruges, Belgium, from bombs drop- ‘ped from the air. The sheds have concrete roofs 11 ‘feet thick, and are of massive propor- tions. From early in 1917 until the Huns were forced to abandon Bruges altogether, 4,000 workmen were em- ‘ployed in building the great sheds |for the undersea boats. | Hundreds of concrete pillars, each 2 feet thick and 25 feet high, sup- ported the heavy roofs. Eight of the shelters had been completed, and the $th was being built, when the Ger. leeana decided to run along home. MUST CHECK ADVANCE OF BOLSHEVIKI (By United Press} Baltic provinces has issued an mander that unless he prevents a further Bolshevik and recaptures Walk and Wenden, the A! Germany, says the Deutsche Tages Zeitung. German formed to abandon Riga which is now probably held | were the COPENHAGEN, Jan. 3.—The British commander in the ultimatum to the German com- advance s would invade