Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1919, Page 1

REVENUE BILL REPORTED BY CONFERE Casper Daily Cribune cn VOLUME 3. —_—_——_____ GERW SMALL NATIONS 72ce oe ree WIN POINT FOR Bremen Setting up New Government GREATER VOICE,» co" Steps Are Taken to ind ends pes of the independent : | wars threatening eastern Europe. Reconcile Disp ute BERLIN, Feb. 5.—The government rots; |has completed plana for meeting the Existing Between | nation-wide Bolahbvik attempt te ° e |seize control Thursday an mean- Peace Dictators while, government forces completely {routed the Bolsheviki sa Bremen: The Bolsheviki are expected to begin Bees eee Associated | the coupe simultaneously in Berlin tng differences eect “the greater (at Weimar with demonstrations eed lesser nations at the peace con- | eleewbere, | ference, which were begun yesterda: — | are continuing today. In addition 16 iF AMATERDAM, Foe Orie winning four additional places on the Majority Socialists has been pro- commission gory the society of na- claimed in Bremen. It takes the place Reeuait seerd Beselesthe lesser of the Bremen government composed | representation in belexecutivet beds ote pneoples Barisatories, one cf ie society as well as in the legis- | thoi Workmen's ae ‘ | lative sections. — ied- A a pe powers are insisting | uae Se eee Ciel on being given a greater voice in thi : th; society and plans under consideration open theemecine a Weimar oe being devised to meet the situa-| at 3 o'clock this petieraeeic oe Weimar, capital of the grand- pokes ue, commission on the s0-' o¢ gaxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 50 miles Sree aod Check aaa tng, coutve of Bern tawwn ante : ts y? ‘an present, together with thase of poe! F gather- Brazil, Belgium, Borkpel Seri agme pics em Aw and the five great powers. | sembly, it is said, because it is a non- ji — CASPER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1919 southwest of Leipzig and 141 miles| Natrona County Tribune Established May 1, 1: ‘whe Camper Daily Tribune Establl tL? nar rive 380, ed October 9, 1916, CLAIMS OF MAS. HOUX ARE DENIED CHARGE OF SECREGY 1S SUSTAINED Following claims advocated by Mrs» Frank L. Houx, wife of the | former governor, alleging that she knew that other members of the | pardon board were aware of the governor's action in pardoning the | Lambes, a representative of the Tribune in Cheyenne today ascertained that neither of the other two members of the board were aware of the | pardon until after Governor Carey had taken officé.” | This statement, published on the best of authority, conforms to charges as originally set forth in the exposure of Govefnor Houx’s action, | notwithstanding the fact that they are branded as false by Mrs. Houx, | The governor, himself, has issued no denial of the charge. | | RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIKS AGREE TO CONFERENCE WITH ENTENTE AND | PLANS ARE LAID FOR MEETING Message of Foreign Minister Announces Willingness to Meet All or Any of the Peace Representatives at Once [By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 6.—Tchitcherin, Bolshevist foreign minister of Russia, announces in a wireless message picked up here that the soviet government is willing to participate in the Prince’s | Islands’ conference. i The message bears the date of Tuesday and was sent from Moscow. The dispatch begins by referring to “complaints from , the entente preas concerning inter- - | natibnal revolutionary’ propoganda” r | and declared the soviet government 20 BUILDINGS jis ready.” If there be occasion tc eo athe Prussian town. It is situated in 8 enter into a general agreement with fertile valley on the river ae the entente powers on their under- small tributary of the Saale and taking not to interfere with Russian | ‘a population of less than 50,000, Here, amid the old buildings that | 10 TELL SALARY remind one of a medieval past, the | 410 representatives (of the German basis indicated in the note from the people elected on January 20, as- internal affairs.” It then announces that the govern- ALASKAN FIRE ment is disposed to confer on the | peace conference at Princes Islands semble to accept, reject er amend) Isewhere”’ wi mn | (By Associated Press.) | the draft of a Constitution which has cowers where win aoe FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 6.— | eo We been prepared by the Ebert govern- t.| Twenty buildings of the business | ment and to form, perhaps, a union of States on the modern American| Conti: ' principle. Tred Clee rey, Z sdesel p Sleepy old Weimar, famous as the of Probe and Heney Sticks| home of Goethe, Schiller and List isted more than to Defense Role is said to have exis! WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Henry | h, the town became a! Veeder, counsel for Swift and Com. | Weimar Bisenact: te tovvell as. art. | pany, declined, in reply to questions Its most important building is the/| of Francis J. Heney at today’s hear-|pcigce, described as ‘a huge struc- ing of the senate agriculture com-, tans forming aivesisides(Gtie quads | Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-; The wit-' 7 ! i the superintendence of Goethe’ only eral rope qrearrus criticiets epee {a remnant of which, however, with a | the packers. te ail Heney contended that J. eral Tt contains a series of rooms dedi-/ A J i: cated to the poets Goethe, Schiller, | first dhe saint Swift had! con:| Herder and Wieland, all of which are commission’s report and that it was decorated lavishly with mural paint- | “Vici . igs. Nearby is the house where a co agely ies vicious /and ‘erren! | Goethe lived from 1782 to 1882, aj GARTANTRECHIP NEE | home of lorry tc Co Ca i eb. 6. —jas a gift to the. poet by Charles Twenty-five hundred boilermakera in’ Augustus and presented to him by the East Bay shipyards struck today his patron upon Goethe's return from | f hi By Ww) ———— tal CE a (Continued on Page 8.) dustry, to tell rangle, erected (1789-1803) under | ower, is still standing. 2 PARIS, Feb. 6.—A:general agree- {ment has been reached on principles a P| | }underlying the whole draft of the League of Nations’ constitution, it} was officially announced today. The} nations also are agreed on the third| erticle. Many apparent difficulties Prohibition Strike Threatens in New Jersey As 65,000 Workers of Coast City Join Metal Trades Walkout NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 6.—A “no beer no work” slogan was announced today by the representatives of 30,000 building trades workers, who condemned nation-wide prohibition and voted to ask the Essex trades council to start a movement for a strike throughout the state July 1s! SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—The first general strike in the United States began at 10 o’clock this morn- - —' ing. Practically all industry is at a sympathy with 30,000 shipyard work- standstill. Street cars have stopped. | ers already out for a fortnight. The unions plan to run 16 public! The strikers will maintain their eating halls where the general pub-| own police without guns to maintain lic and strikers will be given meals’ order. Extra regular police are also at stated hours at small cost. Most on duty. Nearby troops may be call- | —_—_—_$_<—__ PLANS FOR CONFERENCE ‘COUNCIL WILL | steven centuries. Under Charles! paris, Feb. 6.—The supreme| | a joint committee of two representa- | obligations regarding creditors of | , | Russia of entente nationality. | | GENERAL PACT or even with one of the Russian polit- ical groups at the request of the en- tente powers.” district. were destroyed by fire which is not extinguished. The fire-fighters are handicapped by | the extreme cold. | PEACE CONGRESS LAYS council, on receiving the acceptance | of the Russian Bolsheviki govern-| ment of an invitation to attend a! conference on Paris Islands, imme- | diately made arrangements to send | APPLY SCREWS | TO GERMANY PARIS, Feb. 6.—The supreme war {council will meet at Versailles Fri- FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS day to impose on Germany the “full WOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED will of the allies,” says the Matin, LONDON, Feb. 6.—The Russian! because of the unwillingness of Ger- soviet government in a wireless mos- ™any to carry out the armistice terms sage announcing its willingness to ,¢xcept under certain conditions. | tives of each of the five great powers | to meet the representatives of the | soviet government. begin conversations with the entente , =n with the object to bring about a cessa-/| AGREEMEN | | tion of military activities, declares | it is willing to acknowledge financial | (By United Press) have been solved. | A majority of the constitution com-| | mittee it is believed have agreed! ma- | that the most effective weapon of the league would be an economic boy-- | $6 daily minimum for common labor, $7 for’ mechanics and $8 for chinists, = ok 56,000 union members are on strike | M. P. WHEELER United States. Mayor Hanson issued | j CONSISTORY | Most of the city stores announced —- | empty they will be unable to replen- degree on a class of 144 candiaites| | ators remained at their posts. Schools this eek. The degree was conferred picture houses may not open as they ness men are ‘in attendance and tak. | of the restaurants are closed. jed in emergencies, ; About 65,000 unionists struck in’ The steiking shipworkers want a SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Union labor | tional fleet. leaders here declared that virtually | in Seattle. The general strike, they | | said, was the first ever called in the} PRESIDES A T | a statement declaring that law and| order will prevail. | that they would remain open as long! Marion P. Wheeler, of Casped, pre- | as stocks last. When the shelves are, sided at the conferring of the 17th| ish them as the truck drivers are at the Scottish Rite reunion and con- |among the strikers. Telephone oper-sistory hich is being held in Cheyenne may be forced to close by the strike | just before the noon recess Wednes- of janitors and engineers, Moving day. Several prominent Casper busi- aro crippled by the strike of operators 1 ing active part in the exemplary work and musicians. [at the consistory. cott thru a blockade by the interna-|Can rights in Mexico will be amply jernment, according to Ambassador} | destroyed the Tokyo House, a lodg-| wae PASSED BY THE AN WAR WITH POLES ENDS IN ARMISTICE =" sion Increase in Profits _T'ax, Prohibitory Levy on Child La- bor, Soldier Bonus ax on the (By Axssocinted Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.— | With the submission to con- | sress today of the conferees’ | agreement on the long delayed ty 9 D R . war revenue bill, the American Will Add Materially to Revenues, in Belief of Solons; "a" revenue bill, the American Cy =} | their prospective federal tax budget Plans for Budget System Progress; Detailed Fear ayrouedt ee federalitax/ badee thing over six billions this Schedules Are Now Followed fouribillionsithelyear atten, subject | to the revision of future rates by the CHEYENNE, Feb. 6.—(Special.)—Purchasers of state next congress. f : lands on the installment plan must in future pay taxes on| Except for slightly increased war whatever equities they hold, according to the recommendation eri Profits rates for 191 ofan (cor of the house in committee of the whole. This action was taken| Doratlons’ income tax rates for 1920, on the Mercer bill, H. B. 74, so providing, and indications are a eared bowie senate varé’ ap: it will go through. The law will, of course, not affect lands proved. = heretofore purchased, but those who | The principal rate increases agreed buy from now on must pay, if the to in the conference were to raise enactment is made. Many of these the corporation income rate for 1920 contracts run for a period of six- from eight per cent to ten per cent, teen years, it was explained in the and an increase of from 60 to 65 house, and heretofore these lands WRANGLE TODAY per cent in the second “bracket,” or have not been assessed until the deal sliding rate, on corporations’ excess was consummated. Representative | profits for this year. Mercer called attention to the fact WAR PROFITS ASSESSED that the enactment of this bill would | ON 80 PER CENT BASIS add materially to the tax funds, with- | | The 80 per cent war profits tax out asking owners to do more than} | for this year was adopted and, upon justice and fairness demanded. | Representatives of Counties in insistence by house conferees, ex- by Governor Carey in his meaage| Which State Institutions Are ‘ents! to 1920, but made spplicable is progressing, the house having in| Located Lead Fight to Re- from government war contract. Ex- commas of the whole recommend-' tain Them cess profits “bracket” rates of from ed it for passage. There appears to | 20 to 40 per cent for 1920 also were be no doubt of the enactment 09) (Special to The Tribune.) | approved. this legislation. It promises to effect} CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 6.—The' OIL PROSPECTORS GET an ‘economy in the administration of|fate of the state hosnitals hangs ini 20 PER CENT EXEMPTION state finances, as the experience of|the balance today following one of! On important general legislation ! other states has amply proven. jthe’ most acrimonious debates wit-/ and “riders,” the conferees adopted | Reference to the detailed sched-|"e#sed in the senate during the pres-! the following provisions: ules herewith will indicate that both/@"t sesion. The trouble grew out of Levying a prohibitory branches of the assembly are getting Consideration of the Allison bill au-| products of child labor. down to hard work in a realization|thorizing the state to dispose of the) Restoring pre-war postage rates on of the short time still remaining un-| hospitals at Rock Springs, Casper and letters and postcards July 1, next, til Feb. 22nd, the limit of the ses-|Sheridan. Allison and several others Providing a pay bonus of $60 for sion under the law. Passing bills t00K the ground that the state had all per n the military establish- under suspension of the rules is the 2° Tight in the hospital business and ment, officers and enlisted men alike. order of every day. While there will Should dispose of them, thereby put- Extending the Reed bone dry pro- be the usual congestion along toward |ting the 18 counties on an equal foot: hibition law to the District of Co- the last, there is nothing to indicate | 9% in regard to caring for the sick Jumbia. that important matters will fail thru 274 wounded. For exemptions of 20 per cent to lack of time, Night sessions will be-| Senators from counties where these oil prospectors. |gin later if found necessary. |institutions are located courageousl, Among the important provisions From present indications, it will fought the advocates of the bill, which) stricken from the bill were: not be the fault of the legislature if finally went over for the day with Proposed repeal of publishers’ 7 ., Flatt. dice. second-class postage zone rates and Governor Carey’s legislative program, |°Ut Prejuc f co! spends Coote te outlined in TBGeEeES dee ne Gal During the controversy Hinckley the proposed substitution of de- ithru. Thus far there’ has been 8 eee the location of the state creased charges. | manifest disposition almost unani- university and the instiutions at Lara-'s1x PER CENT TAX mous to carry out his suggestions inj mie and declared they should be ON INCOMES UNDER $4,000 a liberal manner, and there’ ta noth. |moved to more central and suitable | = Chairman Kitchin announced that Rees ; ie yeas ._ locations. he would call up the conference re- ing at this writing to indicate any-|, The house today in committee of port Saturd He expects approval thing to the contrary. the hole recommended for passage in a day. As a matter of fact, probably no| House Bill No. 39 authorizing coun. | ably require longer. governor ever entered the executive ties and town to rebate saloon li-, The bill is expected office at the capital with a better|censes, and House Bill No. 36 appro-' 070,000,000 for the fi start than its present occupant.!priating $50,000 for the Thermopo-| ing next July 1 and in Elected by a most flattering vote in jlis springs. ate approval will prob- 00,000,- years a little less than the face of what for a time appeared | —_—___o —_—__- 000. The normal income x for most uncertain and intangible, his 1918 is 6 per cent on incomes up inauguration found him backed by a HOUSE URGES to $1,000 and 12 per cent on higher solidly united party willing to put ‘ncomes. After 1918 the normal tax behind it all recollections of dissen- | is 4 per cent up to $4,000 and 8 per tion and division, ready to go for-| cent for incomes $4,000 ¢ ar. ward to a man for the state’s ad-| vancement on a high plane. Only} oe arr {By United to those familiar with the political | WASHINGTON, Feb. history of the state for the past! ‘tension of the time for fil ten years can the full significance of | turnajunder the jnew reve such a happy condition really come. | “eth ee proved: , ue n Aaticisat ; . - (Ry United Preas) stallment of taxes and re al happy GUGM. TGIRET Ee Genen| WASHINGTON: Feb, 62=che taxes mist ibe in by. Mt marks our Bob writes in the state’ ouse Foreign Affairs Committee | a =a chronology cannot, up to this time at|t0day reported out a resolution “that least, be charged to lack of loyal | Congress hopes the peace conference bor Departm xe no action support. jwill favorably consider Ireland’s regarding the ike until the sco at ‘claims to the right of self-dejthree commissioners watching devel- |termination.” opments there report. U.S. INTERESTS | IN MEXICO ARE TURKEY PICKS ON SAFE, IS CLAIM UJ, § AS AGENT IN HINGTON, Fo” PEACE DECISIONS WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Amari- Fletchor, who is here trom Mexico| Committees and Municipalities of the Otto- City for conferences with state de-| ; pate ty partment officials, man Nation Petition America to Accept Government Trust safeguarded by the Mexican gov- —_—<—> THREE DIEIN | PARIS, Feb. 6.—(By Associated Press.)—-The American SEATTLE FIRE delegation to the peace conference today received numerous petitions from committees, municipalities, and representatives of territories under Ottoman rule, asking to be put under the SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Three were! protection of the United States, or at least that America shall burned to death in a fire today which! be the mandatory country entrusted with their government. The most significant fact is pres- ing after Constantinople, the Bos- Py ing house in the lower part of the|sure brot to bear to bring about a] phorus and the Dardanelles, which it |city. Twelve were mining sn fdur-| decision by which America should is believed, will be internationalized teen were injured. be entrusted with the duty of look- by the peace conference, ES) CHANGES MADE. IN MEASURE. AS b n sell _ S a