Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1919, Page 1

¢ THE DAILY TRIBUNE g the same \ day it is aed with all | the news of the day : e Casper 5 | i | PLAN TO FORCE ACCEPTANCE OF LEAGUE EDICTS IS BIG PROBLEM Two Articles of Constitution Now| in Final Form Nation’s reed provisionally | on the preamble and two articles and is making satisfactory progress on. other varts of the draft. The most difficult problem is the creation of a force with which to make the league's decisions effec-| tive. Opinion is divided whether the} force should ‘be moral or physical. The plan finding the greatest support | proposes reduction in each nation’s| armament to a point consistent with; the exception of the Metropolitan, soldier who put on the uniform of the the maintenance of domestic tran-, which has only one line running into! United States, who fought or trained | quility, the league itself to be the} ultimate judge as to the size of. the | STRIFE BETWEEN ¢ LABOR FACTIONS GIVEN AS CAUSE BRITISH. STRIKE Preamble and First; ‘Government Not. to| Intervene Unless for Protection of | ° ° Chi livii in Russi d recent: | the Public, Claim | sriered three coolies living near (By United Press.) LONDON, Feb. 5.—The govern-- ment regards th thruout Great Bri a fight between the regul: union leaders and the rebels. If the lregular leaders are unable to gain control, the government will then intervene for the protection of so-| ciety. LONDON, Feb. 5. all tubes and underground lines with Hotels andj offering only) the city, were tied up. restaurants still are CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1919 _ —There is big improvement in the strike, in which| i | | Only newspaper in Wyoming | served by both the Associated | Press and the United Press | NUMBER 92 | CHINESEHEAD [ SA eT GETS. VOTE SOSTEE one OF LOWER HOUSE STOCKHOLM, Feb. 5.—Dianyo | |Richoman, head of Chinese Bolshe- | vik propaganda in the far east and| Bisco of sae Chinese section of of | the ‘ommunis' party, was mur jered \Places Where Liquor is Given “py May Be En- tered and Searched, as Result of Amendment by an unidentified person, according |to a Petrograd dispatch. He was shot, down as he began a public speech. | The murder is expected to have important consequences. Richoman exercised absolute dictatorship over | | CHEYENNE, Feb. 5.—(Special to! | The Tribune,)—+An entire absence of fireworks and caustic criticism | | marked the passage by the house of the prohibition bill. Possibly the ab: | sence of Sackett may have con~ tributed to this—but Kendall, the | other objector, was | Petrograd tortured and shot. ———— | JOBS FOR ALL SOLDIERS WHO WANT TO WORK (By Asnoctated Press.) | WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—“Every) in his seat.) Possibly, realizing that nothing fur-| ther they could say would in any way change the bill, those who might have! said something—and who were ex-} pected to—said nothing. Seven members — Farnsworth, | Clark, Rollins, Jensen, Kendall, | Marsh and Storey—explained their | votes for the measure by saying they were not satisfied with all of its) | provisions, but that in their opinion to fight, will have a job if he wants) one,” Secretary of War Baker de-| #1 gg (370000 YANKS arilay WITH COLORS AT TIME. ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED UPTO SHIPS WITH FOOD | Brubaker’s Speech, Backed By | army and navy needed by any mem-|meager imitations of their regular |clared today in delivering the open-| ber of the League of Nations. jmenus The government ran motor | jing address at the fourteenth annual) When the central powers are taken! lorries from outlying districts to cen-| convention of the National Rivers and| it was the best that could be hoped |for from this assembly. This has since | State Fair received a body-blow this into membership the fix the size of their armies. Only great emergencies are likely to call such armies to distant points. | In the event of trouble on the American continent the United States would be directed by the league to act. Similarly, European troubles would be zottled by the utilization of armies nearest the district affected. HUNS CONVICTED OF PROPAGANDA AIMS, COBLENZ United Press.) COBLENZ, Feb.’ §.—Three Ger- league would|tral London to bring its staffs of | |Harbors Congress. CRU ae MRS, ROOSEVELT, SAILS 10 VISIT, GRAVE OF HERO Also Will Visit Sister in Italy. and With Sons im the Amer-, ican Army (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—-Mrs. Theo- | mane have been convicted in the last few days on 4 charge of cir- culating enemy propaganda among American troops in the occupied’ area of Germany. The Propagan- da was distribyted in various ways including circulation by means of posteards sold in stores. dore Roosevelt, widow of the. former jPresident ‘was among the passengers on the French ‘liner Lorraine which | iled from here-today. She will visit \the grave of-her son, Quentin, killed jin, an airplane battle over the German jlines, and will spend several weeks |with her sister. Miss Emily Carew, Widow of Former. President, been the general opinion, and the endorsement of the measure by | the Republican caucus it has been a foregone conclusion that it would go thru with only slight amendment. The only material amendment was The secretary | | emphasized the duty of American) |business men to co-operate in what the government was doing in this di-| rection. | Associated Prenn.) WASHINGTON, Feb, 5—Urging the house rules committee to give | right of way for the passage of | legislation prohibiting immigration for four years, Frank Morrison, Secretary of American Federation 3f Labor, sid ‘today that a million men in the United States now were without ‘employment. | the addition of the words ‘given | afforded private _ residerives, boot~ |leggers might form a club, rent a It is not expected the senate will! , make further material changes in the | Realizing the shortness of time the! two bodies have been disposing of ‘LABOR OR LEADER away” to the section authorizing! lteeaeen and seizure of places which | URGE EED | | might be searched under warrant. It | residence, and give away drinks—! , making a charge for club dues cover} ; the expense. This amendment covers | bill as passed by the house, and be- | fore the end of the week Wyoming's | prohibition legislation , will be a, | legislation under suspension of the! | rules, with the result that both calen- | i !dars have a sufficient supply for; was realized that with the protection] such cases. | closed chapter. . | steady work from now on, it is thot. | | On third reading today in the house, | j by reason .of suspension Tuesday, | One, storekeener was convicted war worker in Italy. | of aelling a. watch fob with the While in. France Mrs. Roosevelt| WHIPPED SAYS TEUTON WRITER Feg 4—(Vie American (and German flags will see her: sons, Lieutenant Col-| .y crossed upon it. } onel Theodore Roosevelt, and Captain eee Kermit . Roosevelt. The length of time she will‘ remain® abroad: is not| announced, ALL INTERNED Sergeant Perey Gibson. who enent | SINN . ‘FEINERS’ | final collapse was due to the revolu- -several: months in various training | Ition or solely to the blockade camps, in the country, returned to _ ARE RELEASED iscouted in an article in the Frankfort r this morning after being re-| | Zeitung by. the military writer, Major| LONDON, ‘Feb, 5.—A -Dublin: dis- | was. .beaten,” spel cently discharged. | Paulug. “Ludendorff | patch today reports: that all, Sinn) Paulus ‘“‘when-he commenced to Feiners’ intent in England-pre to treat to the Antwerp-Metz, for this} be released immediately. line could not have held.” Coroner Lew Gay is attending the | meeting of the state board of em- balmers which convened in Cheyenne today. He plans to be in Cheyenne | until the latter part of the week. LONDON, Mon- |treal.)—Any idea SiS ts eee The number of women employed “by the United States increases 70 ber: cent during : AMERICA MUST LOOK AFTER NEW NATIONS CABINET QUITS GOVERNMENT IN | ; NORWAY FIGHT Tnternationah Jealousies Not Excndered BY, American Service in. Exercizing Peabo Influence, Is Repyre: Por le : : ; | cers <4 lentes t 7 Waites Prose] Le ANIA, Feb. jj. me! that Germany’s, | will be House 63, for fish- hatching ' | sheds. near Dubois; 62 for uniform | bills of lading, 58 creating a state ‘ department of insurance, 59 relating to lawful fences, 30 repealing the provision. of the primary law w:th regard, to election pamphlets, 51 for | the purchase of hay for game, 84 prohibiting sabottage, 86 on filing fees of corporation, 88 creating a state commissioner of child and ani- ropractice. The senate under suspension jt ‘three bills thru on Tuesday, 18 re- says, lating to electric power lines, 19 re-| re-| garding storage of explosives, and 17) covering miners’ liens. | Kelley has introduced a bill at the request of the state bar associn- tion authorizing a compilation of the state statutes and arranging for | their publication and sale. The proposed constitutional .m*id-| | ment by Holdredge limiting sala- | ries of county officials has passed the house and is now before the senate. BERT PRITZ NOT | LOST, JUST LEFT ON VISIT EAST | Bert Pritz, employed by the Mid- mal protection, and 76 legalizing chi- | U.S. WARSHIPS ENTER JHE ELBE AS ESCORT Figures Show E nemy Had Less Number at Front Than the Allied Nations Hamburg to Be Distributing Point for Sup- plies; Bolsheviki Seize the Wire Lines Near Weimar to Interfere With First Meeting of National Assembly I By United Pross| ent meee BERLIN, Feb. 5.—Four British and American cruisers en- poms Peesitn G tbs Uaited, Sarre tered the Elbe river today enroute to Hamburg to protect food- oneness was sivas See ra 703, 5 laden steamers. Hamburg probably will be the central dis- tributing point for the food the Allies will supply Germany. officers and men, including marine, gorps ch duty with the army in| Eee: Europe. A statistical table made | BERLIN, Feb. 5.—In an attempt to interfere with the public by the war department to-, National Assembly convening in Weimer Thursday, the Bol- day gives this figure. | sheviki in Erfurt, within 15 miles of Weimar, seized the tele- On July first, for the first time,| graph office and ordered censorship or confiscation of all tele- allied “rifle strength,” which means grams from Weimar. The Soldatenrat in Eischenach took simi- ‘standing in the trenches ready to’ lar action. Armed workmen garrison the Vulkan shipyards in go over the top with the bayonet, Hamburg with work there at a standstill. exceeded the Germans’, The allied} ‘ust forts tesa INTERVENTION IN BILL FOR STATE BY SEC. BALFOUR Not to Be Thought of, Declares British FAIR RELIEF 13. LAID ON TABLE Foreign Secretary, Who Also Says Peace Progress'Is Satisfactory By Aanociated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The Action of House, Strikes Body Blow at Hones of Fair Institution 1 (By Associated Prensa.) PARIS, Feb. 5.—Military intervention in Russia on a large | scale is not to be thought of, declared British Foreign Secretary (Special to The Tribune.) | Balfour, i in an interview with correspondents today. The great CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 5.—The | POwers were doing everything they considered could be done, he said, in dealing, with what he characterized as a ‘most dis; quieting situation.” morning when the house committee) of the whole, at the request of Rep-. resentative Brubaker, author of the!. bill, laid on the table House Bill No. 20 making appropriations for the state fair to cover deficits amounting to $38,000, $50,000 for the coming | fair and a permanent tax levy for the mainttenance of the fair in future years. Representative Brubaker, in a jstatement on tho floor of the hous | said the appropriations: were a “tlit-; As to the general work of the peace \ conference, Balfour declared that all | possible haste was being made to set- | tle upon the peace terms. OFFICIAL O. K. | te was led to this statement by ja question from one of his inter- ON NA VAL BILL viewers who said: “There is much talk in the pees or , | conference about various pro! lems, WASHINGTON, Fe’j. 5.—Previ-| such as a Society of Nations. Do you dent en tye ceblegran, reeled not think the real task is, before 44 today by Representative Pargett of | thi Ise, to impose peace con- tle bit too great’ and said the pro-| Tennessee, chairman of the house| Siuees BeGaeanyet z § | Bosed appropriation for~the deficit! naval committee, reaffirmed his ap!| | Adiesinemaments: reflection. Bale ;and $20,000 annually for future| proval of the second three-year naval | pour replied: ‘fairs be included in the general 8P-| building program. The President; «“Qne can evidently criticise with- | propriation bill. This is accepted as! cabled: mut Uitte chat mathodar Ethan work ‘indicative of legislative sentiment on “May I not express my gratifica-| yo have adopted, but rather than the state fair and the | institution) tion and gratitude and congratula-| answer criticisms, I would rather tell ey elther oe down. ies Cf | tions at the unanimous report on| you that the fact that the problem Teepe Resecens appeimsiie ceticit| {the three-year naval program.” | of the Society of Nations has been E RI ERS ! taken up before that of peace, Pere } erly so-called, in no way signifies MOR ST. K G. O. P. OF HOUSE | settlement of our account with the JOIN WALKOUTS | ORGANIZING FOR (°°. “Let public opinion be reassured, IN BIG M ILLS NEXT CONGRES ‘The delegates to the peace con: (By United Press. | NEW YORK, Feb. bo The lock- | ference have no intention of employ- ing dilatory methods. They are using all their energy and skill to attain as soon as possible the just peace to which the whole world aspires. That is their one aim, their sole ambition.” WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Repub- out of 7,000 textile workers in Colum-' [ican members of the house today bus, Georgia, was added today to a| took the first step toward the or- series of mill strikes in the east.| ganization work of the next con- Two thousand were locked out in ! gress, A conference was called for Philadelphia. Workers are demanding | this evening of Republicans in the an eight-hour day in both cities. | present house to consider plans for I, W. W. agitators are trying to, 8 meeting of all Republicans eected get control of the Paterson and to the next house, probably on Feb- Lawrence strikes, but so far have| vary 27, with a view to settling the been qasactesstal: | speakership race and the method of ——_—_.>—_-_-— | selecting committee chairmen. LAST CHANCE TO save vores or FIRE THAT THREATENED MIDWEST _ Wwomen—peyan PEFINERY WITH BlG LOSS PLACED UNDERCONTROLBY PROMPT ACTION | WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—Presi- | | dent Wilson cabled a number of |Bonthern Democrats today asking} Thonias Heaney Suffers fers Severe Burns Fighting the Blaze Finally Subdued by Combined Efforts of Refinery and City Fire Departments PARIS, Feb, 5.—Alliances between various nations will not be affected by the existence of the Society of Nations now in process of formation, declared Arthur J. Balfour, to news- paper interviewers last night 30 | them to vote for the woman suffrage | resolution coming up Monday. Wil- liam Jennings Bryan ig here person- ally urging Democratic senators that | this is the last chance to save the women’s vote for the Democratic! party at the next election. —_—_ FUNERAL FOR One of the worst fires that has ever been seen at a local refinery MRS. HANKINS | started this morning at 10:30 when a naptha line carrying refined HELD TODA Y; product from the various batteries of stills broke, starting a fire which | | spread to the boiler house and receiving house, resulting in heavy losses However, PARIS, Feb, 5,~~The i impression is ehh that thé United: States must,assume the godfather role:to many small coun! willingly or unwillingly, if.the League of Nations achieves “all that: is'intended.: The big powers are showing a: disposition to} vegard America as the one nation which can éxercisé a pro} jer influence ‘éver the small nations without speenderinis: 3 inter-| tional jealousies,. j-President Wilson, appreciates that | — his hardest tasks will be convineing | the ‘people! that: they ‘must ‘take’ a| latge share ‘of the responsibility andy -experisé'of aiding ‘the ‘stal]' nation: Yet Great Britain, France-and Tealy? eertainly are ‘oppised +o assiming the | whole iparden woe military and eu employmg hon deat veiszoelnined hee ae} Norwegian -eabinet headed by Gun-| |.west Refining Co., who suddenly dis- nar Knudsen has resigned.) The rea-|@Ppeared about three weeks ago,| son given is that Knudsen’s ° party. without giving notice to his employ-| fi has beased to: maintain control ‘of .¢r8.ar drawing the pay that was due | | parliament, j him, did not meet with foul play, as was feared, but is alive and well and The Bank of Commerce of Canada back on the job. has more than» 1,000 women’ in'its Pritz,-who had been working in the | Midwest camp, was sent to the south end of the field, but did not arrive| | there. Instead he came to Glenrock, | ,|. where he received.a letter announcing the serious illness: of a sister in Chi- | cago. Without going to the trouble of , notifying the: company that he |.would be absent a few days he left \ for Chicago that: (night.—Glenrock | Gazette. \oF. He J stireyey He photographer, returned yesterday: from Lincoln, Ne- d Cominisa,to cope with "! raska, where Ie visited his daughter, ho via .ethending, Nebraska’ Univer. | ad sity. Funeral services for Mrs. F. D.| Hankins, who died early yesterday) t morning at Salt Creek, will be held|in keeping the ‘from the Shaffer-Gay chapel tomor-}Wallace Leavitt, superintendent, re-| W. L.'ported that the loss was comparative- Interment will be ly slight. row afternoon at 2:30, Rev. French officiating. made at the City cemetery. in these rooms. he peculiar fire proof construction of the buildings and stills resulted PRESIDENT’S ‘OKEH’ PLACED ON FEDERAL TRADE PROBE IN 1918, WASHINGTON, Feb. 6,—Letters read today at the Senate Agri- culture committee’s hearing on meat industry legislation disclosed that President Wilson made a personal investigation last February of pro- tests against the federal trade commission’s conduct in the packing house inquiry arfd informed Louis F. Swift that he was convinced ‘there would | be no warrant for his interfering with the furlgmeut and action of the commission.” Battery No. | was also burning badly. loss at a minimum. ——— request for assistance from the city fire department to work in conjunc- tion with the fire departments of tue | Standard and. Midwest Refineries. This call was made for the purpose | of throwing a cordon of fire fighters between the flames and the huge re- serve tanks of oil inthe yard The excellent work of the fire fighters and the fact that there was no wind peoraely, avérted the most serious « that Casper has ever had to con- iowa with. Thomas B. Heaney, a stilman on battery No. 1 was badly burned about | the hands and arms while fighting \the flames. He has been removed to his home where he is receiving medi- cal attention. Several other firemen were more or less i but none of them seriously. ‘A general alarm was turned in wit!