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

—— =~. [By Associated Press} 734 "WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Long existing D atroversiog in ‘congress over a policy looking to the opening and develop- t of oil, gas and coal lands in the western states, were justed today with the reaching of a final agreement by | and senate conferees upon an oil leasing bill. THE DAILY TRIBUNE “ Reaches a dozen towns of Central Wyoming the same ‘day it is paelished, with all the news of the day : 2 dispute over the development naval oil reserves. The Casper Daily VOLUME 3. CASPER, WYOMING, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1919. ions 50, 000 acres of oil, gas, coal, phos- phate et sodium on public lands may be pecting under a leasing and patent syenee eehich, according to Senator Pitman, also will bring about Only newspayp r in Wyoming served by Press and the United Press Will Take Place of, U-Boats, Which Will Be Abolished (By Associated Preas.) LONDON, Feb. 3.—Aboli-! tion of submarines as warships| may be decided upon by the League of Nations committee during. the coming week, ac- cording to the Paris correspon- dent of the Daily Mail, who said this understanding was reached at a con- ference between President Wilson, opened for pros- e settlements of of California and,Wyoming \Lord Robert Cecil, the Associated | | | this week, during which it is hoped | the league’s constitution may be! definitely formed. British and American delegates, representing the biggest naval RIVAL PORTUGUESE FACTIONS SET UP CLAIM OF VICTORIES FIGHTING BREAKS OUT IN CITY OF PETROGRAD TROOPS REVOLT Republicans March on Oporto, Strong- might be used defensively within a three-mile limit of territorial waters, but the overwhelming sentiment was that the U-boat must be evolished'| outright. ECONOMIC WEAPONS WILL TAKE PLACE “After scrapping the submarine,” the correspondent says,” it is under- stood that recommendations will be made that economic weapons take the place of all other weapons in fu- ture wars. “Respecting disarmament the league will endeavor to work out a STRIKE SPREADS TO LONDON, ALL hold of ) Royalist CHILD WELFARE : , where she will continue her mission. a --were killed and thirty injured when a troop’ train conveying | . oer ‘locomotives standing in station at. Montier: [By United Press] LONDON, Feb. 3.—Unconfirmed Petrograd dispatch ‘re- ports that the soldiers revolted with considerable machine-gun street fighting. Kronstada troops are bombarding Petrograd, sar the dispatch. It is red that Premier Lenine is pre- aring to surrender to the eftente. THREE-YEAR CONTROL OF ROADS. URGED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL AS COMPROMISE-PLAN IN CONGRESS OD ne Tee YA tp en ee Govefament Gurership Frankly Opposed » by Hines in Recommending Program’ of Strict Government Control WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Government control must be ex-| Thursday between Portuguese Repub-| trains today unless a half hour lun- tended at least three years or shelved immediately, Director’ General Hines told the State Interstate Commerce today. He is frankly opposing government ownership. Hines favors private operation by a few companies under | @ profits guarantee and strict government regulation. SOAR ON NEWS bitter sss in congress to| McAdoo’s five-year recommendation. | Extension of government control is! needed, Hines said, to give time for the working out of a railroad system Under the incentive of -the fav-| orable news on the leasing ‘ bill: teday' the local stock, market experienced > an excitement which has’ not been {! equalled in over a year. The issues which will: salve the problem per- manently, of companies having holdings in the Salt Creek field all experienced inet creases in quotations in rapid stc- cession. The market in most issues seems to be°in rather a well liqui- dated state and while’ fluctuations | may continue for a while all stock is- sues will quickly réspond.” Midwest refining, which ‘sold: near the $125 market last week, was the feature of the 'day’s trading: © New |: York‘ quotations on the * populan‘. senior issue of Wyoming oil fields|: jumped to $135.50 with all other Salt | 4 i | CONFERENCE IN U. S. IN APRIL PARIS, Feb. 8.—(By Associated Press.) —Miss Julia C. Lathrop, chief of the Child Welfare Division of the Department of Labor, is conferring with a number of persons from France and Belgium, relative to an international Child Welfare confer- ence in the United States in April! She has ‘succeeded in interesting| them and‘ will sogn leave for Rome, | erable activity with™ high demand and ' ee | little offer. Bids were made freely The. -cqunty - cbmmissioners | will! but*local traders could find no offers convene ih régular session at thelof Salt Creek* eee in any cree gourthouge ‘tomorrow. tity, Se a: ..DIE IN RECK: “Thirty More Injured When Troop Trainin: “~< Enroute to Embarkation-Port Runs ° » nto Engines at: Montieramey. “TROYES, France, Feb. 3.—Eight United States! oldies: ,» American soldiers from Chaumont to Brest collided with: two 2, Rear) | firgt-class “hotel and cafe is being | here. The:men were on‘ their way to Brest,.to take:al ape for tisedtied.” Servh ; Whig tox Mr: the United Sates, The dead and injured: ‘wate takgn to Bary Sodetmairs tenonane eal ete bee Sur-Aube. Ta or sears bavere | [node a the ‘AW Thstiva tron’ *-6 | publicans claim victories. AKINO So0LD Creek stocks: experiencing conbid-! GHT YANKS {Were opened inthe, gerby, part of: the 4 Was yarot: made: public (kit. it, is;an- Forces, Report e (By United Pre MADRID, Feb. 3.. Both the Portugese monarchists and Re- A Monarchist wireless dispatch today said monarchy was pro- claimed thruout the country. The Lisbon Republican govern- ment denied royalist claims of cap- turing Avoiro’ and Chaves. It claimed that government forces defeated the| Monarchists at Agueza. 5 hs, (By "The Th te Press.) ~ Rab... 3-—Portugn | Monarchist troops are setiring amen Estarreja, withithe intention af falling back to Oporto, following a defeat at Agueda, in the-Province of Beira: | The Royalists. are .xeported to have lost. peer, i MADRID} Feb. 3.—In ‘a skirmish! licans’ and Monarchists, the Monar- committee /¢hists. were defeated witha loss of their new eight-hour day. The elec- 40 killed td 2600 wounded, : The: town’ of Chaves; reports from the» Portuguese:frontier add, is.still held} " Mby,.the-Republicans, who are reported! partly stopped. marching on Oporto, the: Monarchist | Onn ah ee RAILROADS | OF. ‘SWEDEN TIED UP BY. STRIKE + copa ARE Feb SA. acer | ous;railway strike has broken out in| Sweden.’) Workmen: last ‘night stop- |j hed, work on 19 0019 differant i lines, a - WANE cee The Ariterieain ‘Hotel and Cate the name ‘of’ ew" eatering i tation which ts ‘béing opened up ey by" D. E- ay paaariimctre Manager of ‘the’ Whité’ Hétse” cafe, “who! made ah enviuble'record asa ‘catérer’ while conected with, eh tho smaller’ institution: Mr, Sodermgi § Pure d com: | plete fcubie and Kaa Dee ot} the Rhinocerqus cafe wand hotel and ssuined the Yeéso, dn{the building from the pares 804 A Young company, acakmtey e deal Was cuthtinsted Saturday as the result. of negotiations which week. ~ ; The -. consideration ..inyolved officially stated ithatbit «will run high in-the 'fivesfigure mathe: 2) 61 .+ LivA-complete remedelingy: redecorat- ingvanditefirnishing-.of therestablish- Blready,iunderwaydand upon completion the new hotel will be se- cond'-toinone in- Oasperiin appoint- | mpnt and yarrangement. wed Mr. Soderman is knows as:art | pert managtr and caterer and his hew hbusincss endeayor shonid: meet with|There \were :no casualties. The po- appreciation; of his: hests .of friends! here. (New steam» tables, grid irons,| ovens, stoves ‘and-all ‘necessary para-} phanalia to make The}:-American al | includes a 40-hour mu tOshous neces nationa will be gradually curtailed to @ point decided upon as being neces- sary fot defense. The league will try to arrange this early enough to insure that financial savings thus gained will pay the interest on the world’s war ebt.”” TUBE STATIONS ‘ARE CLOSED UP Luncheon Interval Demanded as Part of Concession. in Eight-Hour Day . PRESIDENT SEEKS TQ SPEED UP PROGRESS (By United Preas) son today began a drive for the con- summation of the League of Nation’s program this weekw Ho Sadressed | the chamber of deputies league this afternoon and a! with a epecial committee working out details of the league’s constitution. The tentative draft provides for a (By The Agneciated Prens.) DON, 3-—The _ strike! Wigue organi fever which Te-epldsmie is the United tivet regularly nad ty hve mushinaty | Kingdom épread to London today and for arbitration and the ‘present ‘week promises to be a ments. President critical one industrially for th metropolis. scheme by which the armaments of all | | powers, are sald to have sounded all naval opinion on this point. It was suggested by some that the submarine [KIEV GARRISON GOES lOVER TO BOI SHEVIKI NOW OCCUPYING cITY ‘Ukrainians Mobilize to Attack Rumania, Ready to Meet Assault; Czecho-Slovaks Denounced for Territorial Plans Directed at Oil Fields of Galicia WARSAW, Jan. 31.—(Delayed—By Wireless, via Vienna —By ‘Associated Press.)—-Kiev has been taken by the Bol- | Colonel House, General Smuts and shevist troops, General Petlura’s troops partially going over | and probably to the enemy. The Ukraine government was moved to Win- would be proposed among the first nitza, to the southwest. Railway communication is cut at Kovel, plank of the platform at sessions where a body of Germans is attempting to keep order. LONDON, Feb. Ukrainian { {troops are preparing to attack 5 Rumania, which is said to have mob- ilized its forces to meet the assault, according to Copenhagen advices to the Daily Mail. Czecho-Slovaks are bitterly de- nounced because of recent events in the Duchy of Teschen. Lieutenant Reginald Foster of the American army, representing the peace commission, is reported to have asked Dr, T. G. Masaryk, president of Czecho-Slovakia, if the allies had given permission for the Czechs to attack the Poles. Masaryk is said to have replied in, the negative but is jrepcrted to have added that territory is necessary for the development of Czecho-Slovakia. It is rumored that the Czecho- OF ANY YANKEE Rules for Release of Army Men Extended to,Arv Drafted or Enlisted Mah if Evidence Is Submitted yy Assceinted Presa} WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. aE General Pershing has been authorized by the war department to send home for immediate discharge from the army any drafted or enlisted men who pre- sents convincing evidence of sickness or other distress in his family. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Most of jthe 40th Division, including practi- cally all infantry units, have been as- signed to early convoy home, the war the division are California, Nevada, | department today announced. In Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New PARIS, Feb. §.—President Wil-|Mexico national guardsmen. FOOD OFFICIAL 3 mt, AIDED PACKERS | GAIN MONOPOLY $ ‘Associated Presa, WASHINGTON, Feb. $i hsasaeal economic punish- ‘Lasater, member of the Executive Wilson also met committee of the National Livestoch ith the supreme war council this Association, formerly connected with orning. The council discussed the the food administration’s meat di ‘Entrance to the principal tube sta-| Balkan situation, particularly Greece’s| Vision, it was asserted toady before tions were closed, owing to-a mid-/ territorial. claims, .Premier Venize- night decision of employes to move no; los,.was the. principal. speaker. President Wilson is considering re- Porting the progress of the peace confetence \regularly to congress in Washington. .He expects that suffi- cient progresa will have been made by the time he Jeaves here this month for a crmarehensive Teport to congress, . PARIS, Feb. 8.—Premier Ventze- ; 108 of Greece, was before the supreme council of ‘peace conference at its is Great Britain are the first step seaelort this morning and made a | toward socialization of all industries |St’tement on the claims of Greece. arMithe esta blah ental ceiteeralas | Venizelos will continue the presenta- | tionary committees like those in Hen ofthis claline POrQOFED Russia, William Watson, member of E hea 4 ovale delegates will again the shop stewards national council, |°° heard at pesbomorne ways pesion: WELL IN MUDDY cheon interval was allowed them in tric system of London, Brighton andj sthe South Coast railway, which serves; many important suburbs, was also Busses and street cars are running. ‘ — | | SOCIALIZATION OF | INDUSTRIES, OBJECT LONDON, Feb, 3.—Present strikes company came in today on section ‘3-38-76 in the Big Muddy field with a flush production estimated as good as any well that has yet been brought at a depth of 3,250 feet on the Black- bird lease. The tools scratched the 45,000 Silk and Wool Work. | 8224 and drillers then being forced "5 |to stop work ag the oil shot over the ers) Strikers Picket Area of top of the derrick. No special im- Clothing Faetories | portance is attached to the strike as Shorter Hours Demanded by (By United Preas) NEW YORK, Feb, 3.—Strikes of over 35,000 silk mill workers in Pat- erson, ‘New Jersey, and 10,000 opera- tives in'the Lawrence, Massachusetts, | wodlen mills, were added today to the strike in the garment trades here. Strong: polica forces were called ‘out to preserve order here when the strikers threw a cordon of pickets around the clothing factory area downtown. + Siik workers demand a 47-hour: ameek.: bawrence: strikers. ask for A8-hour week at the present 54- hour pay. lived up the expectations of a good producer., |\NO IMPORTANT LEGISLATION Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 8.—The house spent the morning discussing house bill, No. 23, creating a county board of education and 26 amended it as it makes it impossible to say in just what form the measure willl take without @ cateful checking up. The senate devoted its attention to SHOTS ARE FIRED TO SUBDUE MOBS : LAWRENCE, Feb. 3.—Shots were ‘fired today when. striking: ‘textile workers~ clashed -with the police. | yeur failed Representatives Sackett and Ken- ll may atempt this afte: to lice dispersed a mob of 10,000 Peet sibs ie Hardin, bill with Seateh to which started trouble when the police-ithe two per cent clause but it is con-| men- attempted to make: arrests. ceded that their efforts will prove, un-| GE Tae ER successful Chas.'A.-Brasley; a prominent, Man- ville irésident, . is: numbered seas | ean Mrs B Robert J. pa Waite he reared ip in pointy ie eaeeeee ere ences the ene ern oil town today: aa Well No. 14 of the Glenrock Oil} lit was drilled on proven territory and, IS UP TODA Y senate file No. 20, relating to coal} |ming inspectors An effort to reduce! the salaries of such agents to $2,000 a! ' the House Interstate Commerce com mittee, aided the five leading meat packers in obtaining a monopolistic control of the meat industry. SUFFRAGE TO BE TAKEN UP AGAIN MONDAY, WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Mana gers of the woman suffrage resolu- tion today decided to call up the measure next Monday and obtain a fi- nal vote of the result it is stated, will be close. ASSESSORS TO BEGIN LABORS HERE TUESDAY * The work of assessing Natrona founty for property valuation will be started tomorrow when a force of assessors are put to work in Cas- per. Work of assessing the county and rural districts will be postponed Nic for about six weeks. All property vested in ownership of property hold ers today will be assessed agains in in the field.. The well was struck) them for the year. Slovaks planned to get control of Polish oil lands in central’ Galicia and it is alleged that they have al- ready made a bargain with this db- ject in view, with the Ruthenians. BOLSHEVIKS ACTIVE IN TURKESTAN, REPORT (By Annocinted Prenn,) CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 3.—In- formation was received here today of disturbed conditions in Turkestan, ! where Bolshevik activity is prevalent, and where some 40,000 German and Austrian former prisoners still re- hee Fighting has occurred with Bolsheviks in the northern region, | but details are lacking. a es ‘SITUATION IS QUIET ALONG EAST FRONTS ARCHANGI | —(By Asso- ciated = Pr Bolshev patrols were in touch with American patrols today about 15 miles south of. Shed- makrenga with the exception of wide- spread patrol activity and heavy shell- ing on the Vologda railway line it | was comparatively quiet yesterday in all sectors of this front. Z CZAR’S MOTHER BELIEWES SONS STILL LIVING (B: PARIS, arie Feodorovne Annocinted Pres.) Dowager Empress of Russia has clung so firmly to her belief that her sons, former Ru n Emperor and d Duke Michael, are not dead, that many of her friends have been won 0 to that view and rumors in the ropean press concerning Romarof’s alleged where- acting much attention. ed Empress absolutely refuses to leave Russia till she learns positive- %y the fate of her sons. REBELS GAINING STRENGTH AGAIN IN HUN CENTERS |Government Troops Marching on Sparta- cans at Dusseldorf and Weimar, and Bremen Is Facing Bombardment i (By United Press} BREMEN, Feb. 3:—The Spartacan government here has resigned and agreed to deliver its arms to the Ninth German army corps. {By United Prexs] BERLIN, Feb. 3.—Now that the Spartacan outbreak is | gaining strength in various parts of Germany, the government will usé severe repressive measures. Government troops are marching against the Spartacans entrenched around Dussel- dorf. The government obtained the Allies’ consent as Dussel- dorf is in the neutral zone. Workmen and soldiers at Eisenach ; ———————_—____———_ |seized tho telegraphs, decided to op- Bremen is a ‘reat Spartacan camp. pose the government and to use force; The government is attempting to per- to influence the national assembly at suade the Spartacans to avacuate Weimor. The government is sending | Bremen peacefuly or it will bombard picked troops to Weimor. ‘the city.