Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1919, Page 1

wa os y OF FOOD HINTED AT BUT PRICE STILL HELD UP Kenyon Investigates Report That Store- houses of Nation) BILL TO HALT NEW EQUIPMENT IMMIGRATION IS REPORTED (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. bill shutting off immigration for four years was introduced in the House today by Chairman Burnett of the immigration committee. Sede ait Ea BERLIN PAPER |. Mileage Will Pile The use of gas driven equipment and modernized machinery er Daily Tribu CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1919 AACT CONT Up at Rapid Pace | FO BY COUNTY INSURES. f GREAT ROAD BUILDING PROGRAM AT MINIMUM CO \Tractor, Grader and Road Maintainer to Supplant| BAB Y TUMBLES Horses Kept at Excessive Cost and Good Road al INTO SCALDING WATER, KILLED * * * # SIE HIE * HHH Only newspaper in Wyoming served by both the Associated Press and the United Press ELK K KEE K KAKI Natrona County Tribune Established M ny 1, 1890. The Casper Dally Tribune Extablixhed O ctober 9, 1916. SECRET TREATIES OF NUMBER 86 ALLIED NATIONS ARE HOPES TO SEE KEMMERER, Wyo., Jan. 29.— EMPIRE AGAIN, (By United Press.) i BERLIN, Jan. 29.—Conserva- | to supplant ante-dated and expensive methods employed eS was received in the city yes road building in the past opens an improvement era in county! day concerning an accident whic road building that bids fair to place Natrona in the lead of happened at the home of Dick Irwin, | all rivals in the state, thru the inauguration of policies formu-'a rancher living on Horse Creek near| fernaqtional Law |Daniel. Mr. Irwin was preparing to lated by the board of county commissioners and carried into \civathietlittie’s-yearotdiboy “a bath, 1 effect by Robert J. Veitch and J. B. INVALIDATED, CLAIM |Authorities on In- Question Is One of M ost Interesting | Declare Colonial) and Council Works Hoard Big Supply tive German newspapers Mo: commemorated the ex-kaiser’s | birthday. The Deutsche Tages (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Senator Kenyon announced today that he will introduce a resolution asking the De-! partment of Agriculture whether| there is a large surplus of suppl: | Zeitung stated that it looked for- RESENTMENT OF ward confidently to the time when Germany again will be an empire under a kaiser, but not necessarily Wilhelm Hohenzollern. and foodstuffs in storage. Packe' have declared there is a large surplus! of pork and hinted at large overstocks! of grains and other foods. Senator Kenyon wants it known whether they | are held to keep up the present high prices, The warehouses of New York state are overflowing while retail food prices cling generally to war-time lovels. Chicago food experts have admitted a tremendous supply of necessities in storage with only arti- ficial price fixing keeping the cost of living up. An abnormal supply of | beef products is stored. FOOD SPECULATORS ARE LOSING HEAVILY ‘OR United Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—Food spec- ulators hold the greatest stored stocks in the country’s history, stated F. Q./ Foy, editor of the Market Reporter, ond reputed to be one of the best in- formed market me: He said butter speculators lost a million dollars by the recent drop in price. Prices can- not maintain their present high level, he added. NATIONAL BOYCOTT 1S PROPOSED BY HOUSEWIVES NEW YORK, Jan; 29.—-Mrs, Julia pe: National ly. to conform to wholesale price re- ductions. SWIFT CONTENDS THAT PRICES ARE FALLING | WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Citing| figures showing there is more food) stored now than a year ago, Senator Norris today demanded of Louis Swift, packer, why retail prices had| not come down. Swift replied that! he understood prices are dropping. | BUTTER AND SPUDS TAKE ANOTHER TUMBLE CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—Victims of the high cost of living have ground for further satisfaction im the trend of produce prices. Butter, wholesale, dropped three to four cents today and potatoes declined five to ten cents a bushel. ee The Woman’s Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church celebrates its semi-centennial Y%y the President. BUILDING AT ROCK SPRINGS [By Associated Press} ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Jan. 29.— A two-story building occupied by John Bertognolli, ated on J st was blown up by a bomb explosion early today. _Bertognolll’s brother, Interpretation of the Peace _ Principles by Council Hits Dis- cord of Foe Phillip, who was occupying a front | ¢oom, was dows for a distance of half a mile were, broken. seriously injured. Win-| (Ry Associated Pres.) BERLIN, Jan. 28.—(Delayed)— Three years |President Wilson's speech of Satur- ago a bomb was placed under the win-|42Y last before the % dow of the building but it failed to| Contains the following sentence a explode.” It is believed the bombs transmitted to Berlin and here re- \were placed by agents of the “Black| translated from the German: ” cil igati |. “The United States would have a Hand.” An official investigation has! ¢. sting that it could not take part in = | guaranteeing these European adjust- {ments unless this guaranty included VANK AVERSFAS |permanent surveillance of world = ‘ASQ | peace by the associated nations of the = = wee me | world.” ; | a sentence,.together with the re- Cay MARRY RY port ision of the supreme coun- paysto~| ~esee \cil at Tuesday's session that the Ger- | man colonies must not be given back ‘to Germany, has disquieted some 5 German circles. The Boursen Zeitung gays: iuica “If President Wilson® is Sornectly (By United’ Press) reported he confesses openly that he, és SSN TON: Ly Dacca tas ike cishianceny rch Lloyd and sweethearts in the United States | Becregs de eee tee eetinee Ae is made permissable under a war de-!) equal among equals, but as a na- partment ruling today. ident cannot wonder if the neople in VROOMAN QUITS. {Germany graduaily begin to z.:m the opinion that the hopes they placed in jhim are to be disappointed.” _————————— EIGHT BILLION POUNDS IS COST OF BRITISH WAR (By The Associated Perens.) (By Associated Presa} WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Carl Vrooman of Illinois, assistant secre- tary of agriculture, has tendered his resignation, which has been accepted It was announced at the department that Mr. Vrooman has been in poor health for some! time. He is now in Europe with the; this year. Agriculture Department Mission. eos AUN IS STIRRED BomB WRECKS BY ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT Peace congress | tion watched by overseers. The pres-) LONDON, Jan. .29.—The cost.of, before any claims are allowed for} ' Griffith, constituting the road com- mittee. They have contracted for a big | Twin City tractor, 60-110 horsepower, one grader arid a .road maintainer | which will be put to work immediate- ly upon being delivered here, With the one grader already used by the county this will give the county road department one of the best road im- provement equipments in the west. The tractor; will pull two graders and the road intainer, as well as all needed camping equipment, and, it is estimated will cover 25 miles! of road a day. This feature should | prove a great saving as it will end ; the practice of more costly methods | of moving camp, or forcing the men | employed in the work walking miles to and from the camps, and hauling feed from the city for teams. The big tractor pulling the two 'road machines and the road main- | tainer will cut and finish a road in | two trips and from conservative esti- | mates will cut and finish from 10! | to 12 miles of new road each day, In the territory around Colorado! | | | ‘and had prepared the hot water, and | while he was gone outside the house |to get cold water, the little fellow in some way fell into the boiling water and was terribly scalded, dying as a/ result some time later. | RHINE MUST BE HELD, DECLARES FRENCH LEADER Opinion of Marshal Foch Re-' garding Barrier Against Ger- man Aggression Supported by Commander | (By, Associated Preas.) COBLENZ, Jan. 28—(Delayed)—_ Supporting Marshal Foch’s opinion’ that the French should remain on the, Rhine, General Gouraud under whom | League of Nations, Claims Unfounded (By United Pres.) PARIS, Jan. 29. — Secret treaties made between the Al- lies before America entered the war, and generally accepted as the most serious menace to a democratic and permanent peace, are invalid.. They were swept away by acceptance of the armis- tice terms, President Wilson’s four- teen ponits and the League of Na- tions. So say the highest internat- ional law experts here. This opinion is significant in view of the present discussion of territorial claims before the supreme war council. President Wilson is insisting that the German colonies be disposed of according to the principle of the This means ad- ministration of the-colonies. by the league and possibly under the trustee- ship of interested nations. But Australia and Japan are fight- ing for undisputed possession of cer- } Springs it cost |about $125 a mile to} the Americans fought in Champagne, | tain Pacific. colonies wrested from build road prior to the installation of | | such equipment as the county com- | missioners have purchased, when the} | cost was reduced to $14.75 per mile, | [with a road surface twice as satis-| jfactory and which lasted much} longer. | Purchasing the equipment was the/| culmination of action taken by com- | missioners when Veitch and Griffith were appointed a committee to take}; some gction in reyardto dragging and maintaining roads: At a meeting yes- | terday both> commissioners agreed to divide the roads into districts, plac- {ing sufficient men and equipment in! j each district to maintain the roads |in first class condition at all times. | As soon as the new equipment ar-! | rives and weather permits the newj outfit will be put to work on Douglas road and this highway will be put in! | good condition from Casper to the county line. Work will then be} ‘started on the Alcova road and the’ | Salt Creek road and on all smaller| rogds leading into the city. | | “The plan of the commissioners is |to buy sufficient equipment so that| every road in the county can be kept | in good shape by permitting repairs immediately when they are needed and Commissioners Veitch and | Griffith as the county road committee | will personally inspect each piece of | road and order the work done, leav- | ing nothing to road supervisors. | It is the desire of the Board of | Commissioners to secure absolute re- | sults for every dollar expended, and/| {it will be necessary in the future, JOHNSON BREAKS| WITH LODGE ON RUSSIAN POLICY Allied Policy Branded as Criminal by Californian, Who Asks. Immediate Return of American Soldiers WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Another demand for the imme- diate withdrawal of American troops from Russia was made in the. senate today by Senator Hiram Johnson of California, whowigorously criticised the Russian course of the United) States and the Allies. Military activities in Russia were denounced “wicked ahd “useless,” and a ‘criminal policy| soldiers. | peace conference for a discussion be-|much road as formerly and at a ! ably the war to Great rBitain totals ap-| road work, for the commiasioners to proximately -8,128,000,000 pounds,! personally inspect and pass on all declared Sir E. H. Holden: today at work, nothing being left to chance or the annual meeting of the London hearsay. In this way the commission-| City Midland bank, of which he is| ¢rs hope to effect a saving of several managing director. Of this 1,107,-| thousand dollars a year, all of which| 000,000 million pounds: was loaned | Will be put directly into the road fund. | to'the Allies. : If the equipment on trial is found | Germany’s war coststotal 7,700,-|to be practical several more road| 000,009 pounds, and only 450,000,000; maintainers will be purchased and was loaned ‘to’ her allies; -In addi-| small 26-horse-power tractors to op- tion to this there were debts ‘incurred | erate them. by several German states. On his recent trip to Denvor Com- — et : | missioner Veitch investigated forms| RUSS TO PRESS | for building concrete culverts, as the new commissioners have decided to : do away with the costly wooden cul- FIGHT A GA INST verts, resulting in the decision to pur-| i chase several of the new patented | THE BOLSHEVIK #ssises forms. | s The commissioners figure that the | , new equipment will pay for itself OMSK, Siberia, Jan.. 25.—(Asso-| within the first year and that they ciated Press)—-The ‘proposal of the/can build and maintain five times as tween yarious Russian ‘gtoups »rob-| greatly reduced expense. will be submitted by the Omsk| When the road between Casper and made a similar declaration to Ameri- | {can correspondents today. j “Americans will go home when} peace is declared, and the British will | go home when peace is declared; but | the French will remain on the Rhine} as a strategic harrier,” he said. “It | would never do, after the sacrifices! of the great war to leave open points where Germany might again some day strike,” he declared. ——<— - | GIL SERVICE FOR POLICE AND. GITY FIREMEN Sheridan Solon Introduces Meas- ure Designed to Raise Plane | of Service in Cities of Over 8,000 People CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 29.—Two| need and manifest merit. One pro- vides that in all cities of 8,000 om, more firemen and policemen shall be under civil service. Promotion ac cording to merit and length of ser-| vice is provided for, with increased | salaries for length of service. The idea is to prevent an incoming aa. ministration from supplanting an ex-! perienced man with a favorite re- gardless of experience or ability.! “The taxpayers who pay the bills are entitled to efficient service,” de-! clares Storey, “ and my bill would provide that.” | Representative Storey has another bil providing for the care of de- fective children of school age who! have an impediment of speech or} other disability calculated to ham. per them in school work. The Storey | bill would compel the attendance of | such children at corrective schools, | at the expense of the child’s parents | when practicable or at the expense of the county otherwise. Two per cent of the children of Wyoming have some such impediment or disability, according to the Sheridan legisla- tor. ———__—__ INVESTIGATION MICHIGAN CASE | Germany. It is understood that Japan has a secret treaty with Great Britain giving Japan the right to re- tain the Caroline and - Marshall is- lands. A majority of the delegates, how- ever, believe the nations are bound to start with a clean slate. See OMAHA DIVINE DIES OF HEART DISEASE TODAY [By Ansocinted ae] OMAHA, Jan. 29.—B op Arthur L. Williams, head of the Episcopal diocese of this district, died of heart disease at his home here today. FRENCH DESIRE RECOGNITION OF FINLAND, CLAIM PARIS, Jan. 29.—The French bills introduced by Representative | government, according to the Jour-- Storey of Sheridan have attracted | nal, has proposed i he orartin much attention here because of the | Finland be recognized as an inde- pendent nation. ———— LONDON, Jan. 29.—The strike on the Clyde reported to be growing more serious. Nearly all the big shipyards and engincering works are on the verre of closing down. Strikers say their object is to “remodel trades unionism” and es- tablish on a national basis a policy of “direct action,” of which the strike is an example. powers that } on a Solution (By Asnoctnted Press.) PARIS, Jan. 28.—The future of the colonies taken from Ger- many has assumed a place as one of the most interesting of the many-sided problems con- sidered by the supreme council of the peace conference, The council is proceeding with consideration of a general policy which shall be adopted by the five great powers in the mat- ter. It appears that these powers thru the supreme council, intend to dispose of the subject, being confident of the approval of its decision by the con- ference itself. Hearings have pro- gressed to a stage where the exist- ence of views greatly at avariance with those set forth in President Wilson’s fourtéen points have been disclosed. This development has de- termined American delegates to re; mind other powers of that fact and to urge the adoption of the American plan at the verv outset in order to keen rival claimants within the bounds of fairn This plan, which was discussed Monday, looks to international con- trol of colonies, backward nationali- ties and tribes by individual powers or by agents to be known as manda- tories of the League of Nations. —o. TOMMY ATKINS TO GET RAISE FOR NEW YEAR The pay of who will aco footing bly will be week and food ig to the state- ecretary Appleton of the deration of Trade Unions in th ined London Mail. n cabinet Tuesday de-- cided to retain 1,000,000 men of the mobiliz to finish the job.” of the men would MURPHY HOME IS SADDENED Tho Mrs. infant da er of Mr. and died at a local a few hours af- chapel th Mullin officiat- e ceremony. NEW PRO BILL INTRO! IN LOWER HOUS Facsimile of Kansas HIBITION UCED Bone Dry Law Is Pro- posed as Culmination of Debate on Hardin Bill in Lezislature (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 29.—The prohibition situation in _ of intervention” which had helped to hold the Bolsheviki in power while starving the Russian people. SPLITS WITH LODGE ON ARMY POLICIES Hy United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—In a speech splitting with Senator Lodge, leader of his own party, Senator Hiram Johnson’ today asked Republi- cans to get behind a purely American _ Policy of bringing home the soldiers, restoring our own democracy and get- ting American business into its nor-| ‘mai charinel, 2 |. He took issue with Lodge’s’ re- _ cently announced foreign policy, say-| : ee ited United States ‘must aa, share in Occupying Germany ani . helping as ‘might n American “I won't ‘concede that it is our duty to maintain order in the Jugo-| Slav, Czecho-Slav’ or any other new govergsment' to representatives of the| the Big Muddy is put.in condition the various groups in Siberia for action.| Casper merchants will derive a great! Meanwhile officials insisted that the share of the trade from the oil field TO OPEN SOON. | measure effective June 30, 1919, which embodies the Kansas ew independent nati it} Bocsiné’ America’s “part tol state,” said Johnson. “America wants | Military situation requires that: the peace. Let us have it and get out of; campaign agairist the Bolsheviki’ be Europe.” / = pushed, : JUGO-SLAVS FIRE ON GERMANS " FORDEMONSTRATION FOR YANKS LONDON, Jari. '29:+-German ¥psidents of Marburg, Styria, made a demonstration if the streets of, the ¢qvn| Monday in honorjof the arrival | there by airship of an Amercan misson headed. by Colonel Miles. According to an» Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Vienna, the | actiow® of the Germans aroyized Genéral Majster, Jugo-Slav commander, ‘who ordered the people’ to disperse.’ ‘When his. order was not: obeyed, he commanded his troops to‘fire, withthe result:that eight persons were, killed and many injuréd.*7% °° 6 yictece) Lutes tron ailing \ithat is constantly seeking Douglas/| merchants because of the poor condi-/| | tion of the Natrona roads. The nat-| ural outlet for Big Muddy is Casper: which affords the largest market cen-| \ter and the primary obiect of the road improvement campaign is to per mit this trade to follow its natural | channel, | DOCTORS WALK OUT IN REBEL | CITY, REPORT | PARIS, Jan. 29—The doctors of Wilhelmshaven, which is in control of the Spartacans,have gone on strike, | the lower house took a new turn this morning when Repre- | sentative Sackett introduced House Bill No. 65, a prohibition (By The Anacciated WASHINGTON, Jan. "307A fta-| bone dry act and some features of the Hardin measure, House vorable report on the resolution for| Bill No. 1, but does not provide for the office of a commissioner immediate investigation of the Mich-| igan Newberry-Ford senatorial cam-| paign was ordered today by the sen-| ate contingent . expenses committee -on a strict party vote. ' of prohibition. There are indica- tions that an attempt to pass this measure in preference to House Bill No. 1 will receive strong support in the lower house. CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION If U. S. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 16 1920 WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Ratification of the prohibition amend- ment to the federal constitution effective January 16, 1920,, was pro- claimed today in a proclamation signed at 11:20 a. m. at the state de- | state to sell or. otherwise dispose of says'a Zorich:dispatch to the Matin.| Partment by Acting Secretary of State Polk House Bill No. 1, which still is before the house committee of the whole was laid over for another day, this morning, meanwhile the legisla- tive counsel are scrutinizing the meas- ure for possible constitutional de- fects. When it again is taken up by the house the Kelley amendment de- fining alcoholic beverages as those containing over one and one half percentum of alcoho] will be consid- ered and may be adopted with the | consent of the sponsors of the bill. | Bills introduced. teday in both | houses simultaneously. authorize the all state hospitals.