Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1919, Page 1

IWORST BLIZZARD IN|. RESUMPTION OF THE WAR/YEARS SEVERS WIRE). BRITISH DEMAND WAR COSTonste reams |LINES LEADING EAST] 7 | IMPOSED IN NEW ae a, ee ee ae TRUCEWITHHOM part of sas Isolates Wester Part of Country From East; Snow too Presiden naiteon. Is Thick to See Thru at Grand Island Quoted on Event- [By Ansocinted Prean] DENVER, Feb. 12.—A heavy sleet storm accompanied by uality Raised by Teuton Threat to LONDON, Feb. 13.—British delegates at the peace conference have been definitely instructed to claim an indemnity which will include the cost of the war as well as for damage actually caused, Andrew Bonar Law announced in the house of commons today. Che Casper Daily ee-e:| Cribune | severe winds thru western Kansas and Nebraska, late last night practically isolated the western part of the country.. All wire communications with the eastern part of the country were severed early this morning when telephone and telegraph wires went down in western Kansas and Nebraska. Official paper of the City of All the news of the World, y , | The storm in severit truck Ne- "|| Casper and Natrona County, Nation and State while it is ||! Break With Allies ! braska around Hastings and west of | Wyoming. News ny Aniecinicalereoe BUCHAREST iS there. Kansas seemed to feel its | PARIS, Feb. 13.—Non-execu- | worst fury around Ellis and New- : = ition by Germany of the terms of | ton, Kansas, where the Union Pacific SCENE OF RIOT, the way Chas. B. Jett, chief operator an incident of such a nature as to of the Postal Telegraph compan; It is | —_—_—_—=—— - Sa ————$—- = = = ~ = th ‘sti : President Wilson i line GO an : : and the maingling VOLUME 3. CASPER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1919 NUMBER 99 understood to have declpred in a! - ote. ee —— —$—$ $_—$___— —— conversation vesterday, would be NOW SPREADING “The worst blizzwrd in years,” is justify resumption of the war. SEATTLE STRIKE INTENDED scribed the storm. “ i (By U Preas “We have just . said that the president asserted that COPENHAGEN, Peb. i53.—A rev- been in comunication with our line- : jhe would not hesitate in that case to olutionary demonstration in Buchar-| man at Grand Island, Nebraska,” he order the American army to take up est was suppressed by troops. The continued. “He described the storm arms again. {crowds tried to storm King Ferdi- so heavy that was unable to see | On the other hand it is said the nand’s automobile. They shouted the wires to tain whether the President regards a resumption of snow is sticking to them, hk “hurrah for the Republic.” | | ie il its as a eres Srentaslity te Strikes) ets spreading in Rumania “Kingsley, Kansas, reports similar | whic! e would agree only on the and industries are handicapped. conditions. COPPER MINING's says mayor Han- BOLSHEVIKS FLEE AS AMERICANS si:* tits" sssisrccuc: Sie are tage s | ions. IN ARIZONA IS AT STANDSTILL AS STRIKE RESULT Jerome District Is Closed for Indefi- nite Period, Say the Owners of Mines (By Associated Preas.) JEROME, Ariz., Feb. 13.—Copper mines of the Jerome district were closed this morning for a period, the | son in Revealing | Bolshevik P ro- gram; Strikers De- feated Aims on Learning | \ | | (By United Press.) SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—The strike here was an attempt at a |revolution. The plan was to start | a revolt here and have it spread to | | . ° 5 | these claims today in an exclusive |statement to the United Press. ‘He said the strike bred no disor- ders because every precaution was taken to preserve peace, After the strike was called, he as- |serted, the strikers proposed to take/ | ARCHANGEL, Feb. 12.—( other cities. Hanso: |can reinforcements, marching over 30 miles of forest trail Mayor m made \reached the hard pressed British and Russians in the region of | | ward, apparently GO TO RESCUE OF ALLIED ARMY TRAPPED IN ARCHANGEL SECTOR ‘Enemy Fears Cut in Rear; Bolsheviks in Southern Sector Den Polish Uniforms to Make Way Thru Defense Lines | Sredmakrenga today. As a result the Bolsheviki retired south-| rough form yesterda andoning their offensive. movement. | The supreme war council has de- cided that the armistice with Ger- many will be renewed on February \17 for a very brief period, with the Allies reserving the right to suspend jit at any time in the event of Ger- |many’s failure to carry out the new clauses. It is stated the terms will provi: that Germans must cease hostilities against the Poles and maintain their |army forces within fixed limits. } ENEMY DEMOBILIZATION i WILL BE INSISTED UPON 1} During the brief period of the re-| newed armistice the special commis- | ion will draft the conditions of an armistice which wil! last till the sign-; ing of the neace tveaty. These con-! 2 | ditions, which the supreme war coun-| cil is reported to have approved in By Associated Press.)—Ameri- it is said, demobilization of the Ger- ~ The Bolsheviki evidently feared they would be cut off in;man arm: end disarmament of the {the rear and withdrew before the | Americans reached Sredmakrenga. Conditions in other sectors of the front enemy under the supervision of the! Allies. } | These forms, it is understood will |be communicated to Germany so the ‘national assembly at Wiemar will have in view, | LENINE TARGET © FOR ASSASSIN: EFFORT FAILS LONDON, Feb. 13.—Mpscow re- fugees arriving at Stockholm report | that another attempt to aSsassinate | Premier Lenine was frustrated re- | cently. ——_ > _ RED AGITATOR OF BERLIN IS PUT IN PRISOK good one regular circuit at a low speed and another routed south whereon files were heavily delayed. A few more dispatches have arrived from Chicago. DENVER, Feb. 12.—The worst prostration of wire communication inte Denver from the east in years had practically cut it off from the great news events in Europe today. One government wire and test line on which the Bell company v mak- ing frenzied efforts to restore com- munication were the only connections with the east this morning. Sleet storms last night in Ne- braska and Kansas carried down all | the wires of the Bell company, West- ern Union and the Postal Telegraph. Ggneral breakdowns o¢curred 8&7 aniles east of North P! Nevrust d between Kine Start Kensas, Th se two prin of Denver. Former! the other generally was available but the loss of both cut Denver off com- cs Oe ae ‘ The Bolsheviki a-e estimated fo Daily Press here is in the toils in M&™Y ! D : a CObUcramaLneug Dray ed Major John F. Leeper will return | number between two ant twenty di- Texas for alleged manipulations of Mv t#ken the same viewpoint. ‘ Ra AS jto Casper Saturday or Sunday, ac-| visions, o the actual oil companies in which he is alleged |cording to advices from his office = jover all private and municipal indus-| northen Russian are un- BASEL, Pee ts. z Karl. Radek, pletely. managers said, of from to eight try but were defeated in the strikers’, changed. Russian Bolshevik ee i yd beta A Anancialeadistcictehorekvashhi months, following troubles which | council by a narrow margin. “ Thie| |have time to discuss them until the zene olhevile setuesaty, andpac.|/ the: fnsneial district here waathit started last Monday when owners an-|jo4 to redoubled efforts by the Bol-) ZELIVA IS CAPTURED provisional] armistice expires. a ingee atone aS at ours sae i na 4 ity of rokers to ob nounced a wage cut. Six thousand! 5)...j;;j BY THE RUSSIAN REDS Marshal Foch, who was to leave, i” aermnany was arrested by the Ber- gue ations brot trading to a stand miners and other workers with a trib-!" ‘Their plans exactly followed the| WARSAW, Feb, 13.—-(By for Treves today, was to interview J" police. still. utary population estimated at 18,000 or more are affected. This morning marked the expira-| sands supporting the strike did not) stok and Brest-Litovsk. by the United sufficient force was not on hand to operate the mines today, they would close down indefinitely, or until the i * figures wi r esiimete to have reaped lucrative rewards. FRENCH DEMANDS FOR [sale Morning ze Diatm to) be) here | jaore) corre Mrs. M. J. Metzner, wife of M. J. ARMY BASE CONSIDERED leonncllimecteeMGHIES nition | — ee Metzner also connected with the, PARIS, Feb, 13.—The question of ——e 'PARK BANK OF local former local enterprises, is establishing a big international mili-| ABOVE PAR FOR WINTER SEASON (mprovement Crosses Normal Plane Despite Ravages of. In- fluenza, Declares Casper Physician Despite the ravages of the recent influenza epidemic the general health conditions are away above normal for this time of year in Casper, according to the statements of several local physicians, who were questioned this morning. It was the prediction of government health authorities that the influenza epidemic would leave many contributory ailments which would cause a general run down in the health conditions over the coun- try. DRY BILL TO GOV FOR Si One Per Cent Amendment Wins Unanimous Approval of Lower House; State Goes | Dry June 30, by Terms of Measure (Special to The Tribune) ' Russian revolution. Each union was to operate its own industry. Thou-| ‘ e Verde and United! oq rovolution until they saw what a lines, using uniforms of Polis! Verde Extension concerns that if |) }Wrankenstein they were expected to! ers, but those wh» ¢ried this help create. stand, the r When they did under- volt died. | —— | Mrs. M. W. Purcell returned yes~} |terday from Rawlins, where she has | |been visiting her daughter, Mrs. R.; 8B. Sullivan. en ——_—— | | “Influenza, aS cts primarily th: | lungs and throat,” said one physi- | cian, “and after the passing of the’ disease is supposed to leave its ef-| fects in the weakest part of the anatomy. Despite the predictions ot | one of the worst winters in history | jin Wyoming following the epidemic, | |the general health seems to be im+} proving after the pasing of the dis-| ease.” | | Ideal weather conditions which} have prevailed thruout the winter, are iresponsible to a great extent for the |satisfactory condition here with) health records above normal. How | | ever warnings were issued by the phy-} sicians to ward against contracting ailments and then not paying proper! | attention to them or not taking prop-| ‘er medicinal protection to warding | off spring diseases. GOES . CAREY . GNATURE | Park Bank of this city, with $2 ciated Press. )—Bolshe have occupied Zeliva, bet : n ¢ They tion of an ultimatum issued the men understand that this was an attempt-| tempted to advance thru the Polish at- oltic- od and 100 have been brot to. Warsaw in motor trucks. PITTSBURG IS CLOSED TODAY; Camera Payua 4) PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13.—The 50,- 000 deposits closed today thru alleged defalcation of the cashier, J. S. Swartz. 1RS. DEVINE OF | DOUGLAS DEAD Word of the sudden death, Tuesday, of Mrs, Harry Devine, wife of a Doug-| las attorney, has been heard in Cas-! per with regret by the large circle of friends of the family here. M. W. Purcell, Fred and Tom Villnave an Thomas and William Kine, a commit- tee from,the local chapter of tht Knight’s of Columbus lodge, returned! from Douglas last night, where they) acted as honorary pall bearers av Cle provi preme war council probably will ex- | e 9 amine this afternoon. | Premier Clemenceau made an im-| pressive speech at yesterday’s sitting! showing the necessity of taking all able de: precautions against Ger- President Wilson is said to Premier armistice enceau at Paris on isions which the su-} TEAR OWL BOOM Edward Lovewell who was form- erly connected with the Casper Trust compay and with the Casper named jointly in the manipulations. tary and naval police force under the The following article which was League of Nations is to be threshed clipped from the Defiver Times this out in today’s meeting of the league morning carries the story of the al- committee. The French submitted leged manipulations: the proposal for an_ international “Edward Lovewell is facing four army base to be established in, charges of indling in the state France. | courts of Texgs as the result of a new American and British delegates are oil company promotion in the Burk- understood to be opposed to certain burnett field, according to a dispatch fatures of the proposal. from Fort Worth this morning. The Delay in acceptance by some Rus- Denver man left the Wyoming field sian factions of the allied proposal BUTTE, Feb. 13.—The home of C. H. Nolan, a miner living in some time ago, it is understood, be- for a conference at Prinkipes Island a 5 2 a ?. bs coming identified with the Texas oil, is attracting attention as the proposed the eastern section of the city, was dynamited today. No one was boom when the excitement there first |date for the conference approaches. injured, altho the house was occupied. began. |The Omsk and Archangel govern- Nolan had continued to work since the stril 3 i- ssociated with him in the case, ments have not yet agreed to enter! 4, e strike was declared Fri it is stated in the dispatch, is Mrs.|the joint conference but it is pre- & z Pinned to the front door was a piece of paper bearing the fig- M. J. Metzner, alleged to have sold dicted that they will come in at thc company and. against» whom three) The withdrawal of Allied-American Selglld y eenesen sams "2 MIRC some of the stock in Lovewell’s new | last minute. aera a" : ‘vere found pinned to the body of complaints of swindling have been| forces from northern Russian and x Mother and Child of Man Who Refused to Obey Mandates of Strikers Escape Injury in Attempted Murder (By The Associated Press.) ures filed. The District court grand jury Siberia will be the first question|/Frank Little, I. W. W. leader, who at Fort Worth has been working on t#ken up for consideration. the cases for three weeks, and in ¢con- a nection with the probe into the af-| DRAFT COMMITTEE fairs of Lovewell has summoned the peporTS TO COUNCIL operator of a local oil exchange, who PARIS, Feb. 13.—The commis- is also said to have been identified | .i9n on the Society of Nations re- with a Denver oil exchatige during | sumed its sessions at 10:30 this morn- | was lynched here. According to the police, Mrs. Nolan told them she had received a warning | over the telephone last Monday even--} ing from some unknown persons that; Mrs. Bertha B. Clark, aged 24, died if her husband did not refrain from|late yesterday evening at the Clark working at tho mine “something home, 1010 East Sussex street, after the funeral services, which were! the height of the Wyoming oil boom ; 5 ive | Would happen to his family.” Noth-| , aopealines , Fy ge \ 4 fm | ith a full attendance to receive |; a brief illness due to icated held* from the Catholic church ir.| in 1916 and 1917. It is claimed that | ine With « full attendance to receive |ing was thought of the matter, the|" Vrict Hness pes eet ae oe louglas yesterday morning. ‘a S. She ived by her hus- Mrs. Devine is survived by hey husband, one of the most prominent! attorneys in the central part of the} state, and a baby child. ——__ . F.C, Crabb, a prominent Cheyenne | resident, is spending a few days in| Casper looking over the prospects of | development for the summer. | ee Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grieve mo-| tored into Casper from their Ervay)| ranch yesterday and are visiting at| the home of Mr. Grieve’s mother,| Mrs. Jeanette Grieve. oo | complaints, it $1,400 was secured in the transac-|tonight that President Wilson is con- | $100 from Lewis Kerr, $900 from Jay |evident that the Society of Natons|tions, the Butte Metal Miners’ Union | hos' some of the Lovewell stock wasiThey hope to reach a final adjust.,Plice say Mrs. Nolan told them, un- | S f handled by this agency, altho the | ment tadae It may be ae tol Clethe explosl on early this morning, | bands. ED oS Mi , 2 y: i 2 vere 2 ington railro owner of the exchange knew that it/euhmit the plan to a plenary session! rs. Nolan and an infant son were | or i Un Aa : had mo value. However, no formal! of th fi Frid ;Sleeping in the house, but beyond a| No funeral arrangements have been > is mntigcetaoa have S SET CET Oa St Bs \shaking up were uninjured. ‘made pending the arrival of the de- Been’ filed against thé!exchange: | —, ceased woman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. The informations against Lovewell |PRESIDENT MAY START | Julius Mathers, from Canon Cit and Mrs. Metzner, which were all/ FOR HOME’ ON FRIDAY Colorado. The body will lie in st filed in the state courts, charge that| PARIS, Feb, 12.—lit was learned | at the family home pending shipment D to Pueblo, Colo., where interment will be made. | Mrs. Clark has been casper for three year: nd of friends who will be to hear of her untimely death. er foreman MORE STRIKERS DRIFT BACK TO MINE JOBS BUTTE, Feb. 13.—Despite the tions. Both defendants gave $750/sidering the advisability of leaving) fact that additional union organiza- bond. The complaints allege that|paris for Brest enroute to America! tions in Butte have endorsed the $100 was secured from G. W. Hamm|on Friday night, it it shall then be | strike of the two miners’ organiza-| a resident ot has a Golding and $300 from C. T. Morgan. ,8Teat carrying trade under our own) (Independent) and the Meal Mine | Several of the stockholders have been Conference, in plenary session, by the | Workers’ Industrial Union, who are | Owing to the constantly increasing in Fort Worth conferring about the end of the week. In any caso, it is “striking in protest against a recent i ., Feb. 13.—The house this morning by) Dr. R. Sidwell, a specialist in charge | , * business of W. M. Harris, the weather CoS YENNE: bf a mabe Te concurred in senate amend-| of the eye, ear, nose and throat med. | disposition of the cases and the loca- expected, however, that he will at)/cut in wages, more men appeared to/striyp man he has employed an as-- unanimous vote 0! cal department for Drs. Lathrop & tion of the outstanding stock.” least be able to take home with him | have gone to work at the mines today.|.istant. The new assistant arrived in meni H hibition bill, which now goes to the: Be teeta ininure: ‘The bill aa enacted prohibits the governor for his signature. sale of beverages containing more’ after June 30, 1919. than one per cent alcohol Foster, left last night for Canon City, | Colo., in response to a telegram noti-| fying him of the serious iliness of his! father. rae > \‘what may be regarded as virtually a) Three men, all foreigners, were ar- Casper this morning and is a healthp J. A. Howser, of Douglas, is spend-|complote draft of the project upon|rested during the morning on charges youngster weighing eight pound ing a few days in Casper on busi- | which to base any representations he! of obstructing men from going epee mother and the ness. may make to congress. lave doing nicely. their work. Is Dynamited