Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1919, Page 1

ILSON SAILS FOR HOM |George Washington | Weighs Anchor at | 11:15; To Return to | Complete Work TEVTON STATIS | TAKEN UP FOR ADJUSTMENT BY. PEACE COUNCIL New Ouestisns (-~° to rurce With Dis- position of Pact | ‘ an Governing League | | IF Ansociuie: itr + All the news of the World, BREST, eho 15—President Nation and State while it is | Wilson railed for the United Statcs News | aboard the George Washington at ], 11:15 this morning. {By United Preas) PARIS. Feb. 15.—With the League of Nations temporarily dis- ~osed of, the reace delerates are |treated. He added that he would be |4ivecting their effort: toward: ef- happy to return to- France to assist + o seat in completing a just settlement ae fee ‘nv a defin'te prelim maryipeace halscaeavennestavoal |with Germany to enable general P50 TS_—Riot. MS. CASPER, WYOMING, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1919 NUMBER 101 BREST, Feb. 15.—in a fare-| vz ae WMOMING TAOOPS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN LARGE IMPROVEMENT OF ee ee NUMBERS WITHIN WEEK; 70 LAND INN. TOMORROW WEST SECOND 1S friend, as he had desired to be heen rece'ved and treated as a % The Presldent’s statement con- demobilization and the resumntion Government troops reoccupied; cludes: of normal industry and commerce Frfurt.’ It is reported that the Bol- ! thruout the world. Delecates admit “I have been privfleged to see hero at first hand what my sympathies have already conceived—the suffer- gs and problems of France—and sheviki captu: Wesel. prison and that this is th it vital b liberated the inmates. a is is the most vital problem The military status of a prelim- inary peace could be established by every dav has deevened my interest Memanding that Germany imme- In the solution of the grave ques- |‘'ately demobilize to peace basis. tions upon whose proper solution the | After the Allies fix what Germany future prosperity of France and her | must pay in reparation, Germany’s associates and the whole world de. °Conomic status could be fixed by an pend. May I not leave my warm and acreement regarding the extent of 5 “ e ; lifting the czonomic blockade. affectionate farewell greetings.” | Some such program probably will |be submitted to the Germans by |Old National Guardsmen in Ammunition Train from Overseas PROJECTED Thal MANY INTERESTS Wyoming troops are billed to! { arrive on Wyoming soil in large | Property Owners, Refiner- numbers before the close of| ; “nay reack| iS, Government and the! J} another week. They may reack | | SLIGHT DISCORD { MARKS | . i \G 1 Foch at T: Monday. | Cheyenne by next Wednesday:/ County May Join; Nev |PLENARY SESSION FRIDAY |The French aro showing. disinclina- Bridge Is Main Feature — = : 5 4 G f | on the other hand their coming| PARIS, Feb. 14.—(Delayed)—| |; ‘i | ' he economic pressure’ ; * ! With todav’s plenary eesston of the | on to lessen the ¢ present M fi ( i (if SELES tha ob Laas peace conference coneluded, and the |" Germany, fearing that this will ’ t | be di “ct a ; _|be derived from the latter, that it gates assembled at the Foreign Of-| : | MaMouee ace ite at has for its object the construction of fico this afternoon there was a feel- COPENHAGEN, Feb. 15.—A state of has been, declared in new plot against King Ferdinand was : discovered. The royal family has fled, ATLANTIC CITY, F. ; oe m Y, Feb, 15.—In a cablegram to Secretary Tumulty, led, says a report received here. who is here, President ‘Wilson announced that he would déliver an ad- CENTRIST LEADER HEADS - dress in Boston on his arrival. He will arrive about Feb, 24. hy GERMAN. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LONDON, Feb. 15.—Konstantin Reichstag, was elected president of the German National Assembly, says a Reuter’s dispatch from Basle. BASLE, Feb. 16.—Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau, German foreign secretary, in discussing Geérmany’s foreign policy in the nation assembly ; yesterday, declared that he had re- sisted and would continue to resist Governor Carey is in receipt of improvement project for Caper and|President Wilson laft Par's ton'cht | °therwise devote to reparation. ‘ jy-|Natrona County that will rival the/for Brest, eu route to tho United) 7 1 YI fi Adju- ¥ | . the following tslegram from dix: | galt Creek appropriation of last vear, | States R All REVERUES States Army: jand increase materially the benefits to} Whon the nese conferance dele-| newly framed covenant of the|Permit Germany to spend for raw seem to favor the former. |__The launching of another higkway|League of Nations read and discussed, |™atetials money which she might A jthe connecting link between the city!'n¢ that an historic moment had ar- ; February 16. If, upon their arr:val, | tL pars a majonty of the men are found to and the concrete stretch north of the rived. allied. attempts to make Germatiy demobilize all her military forces, lay United : BERLIN, Feb. 15. in dis- orders and pillaging are reported in Hamburg, berg and Muelbeim. The Bolsheviki robbed the Muelheim Imperial Bank.of 76,00 marks. completed. WRITTEN INTO Two Apartments Rendered Uninhabitable and Four| Automobiles Destroyed by Friday Night Fire, | * Resulting from Ignition of Gas Tank ing destroyed much furniture and household goods, | four automobiles and damaged the flooring of two of the apartments so that they are uninhabitable until repairs are | \ teachers during the evening. Rowe, teachers in the local schools; ‘and who were entertaining three other | come fron. Wyoming, they will be "Ve? is now being furthered by pri-| sent to Iz. Russell for demobiliza- tion.” Records at the office of Adjutant General W. K. Weaver show chat the 116th consists of companies E, F, G, H, 4. K, L, and M of what Fire which originated from a car in a. basement garage} was formerly the Wyoming Third at the McRorey apartments on South Maple street last even-, national fuard regiment, togetner an investigation has been made tho,in h's voice when he uttered these, ruined | With comranies A, B, C and D of decision will be held un. what was formerly a national gusrd regiment irom the state of Wssh- have canvassed the situation, prop-.ain and Premier Orlando of ington. rangeme* ts for.) e:r tip can. be com- tion that the company stand the ex-/ national military force will be heard disemba *41- pense of paving opposite the first|again when the debate proceeds, pleted st the port o pects that construction work will be started this year. Final avnroval of the plan is said to rest with the Na- trona Board of County Commission-! ers and their pledge to make uv any deficit in the appropriatéon of gov- ernment and private funds, and until According to road enthusiasts who This would indicate tha: erty owners within the city limits are voiced their approval of the cov- two-thirds «f the organization is made teady to petition for the paving of enant, but Leon Bourgdsis of France, ificials have acquiesced in a sugges- vate and official interests-with pros-| Pres!dent Wilson presented a str’ |'n¢ picture as he stood before tte delemates to read the covenant and axpound its merits. He snoke in » calm tone, without gesture or em- vhasis, excent twice, when he re- ferred to “armed forces in the back-: ground,” and “to the exnloitation of “helplais peoples.” There was a ring OFF THIS YEAR Director General Hin-s Asks Aprroprietion of $79,000,000 to Meet Deficit Under Gov- ernment Guarantee | warnings. | Lord Robert Cecil of Great Brit- Italy (By United Prean) . -WASHINGTON,_ Feb._ 15.—Rail- road revenues this year may again | _Thb fire started froma short cir-| i, of Wyemi: d, that he- w tty ; ets 7 \fall below what the goyernment ‘ a i a ss 4 . t ip 0: yeming men, and, that '€- West Second street to the city limits | while expressing his genqral gatisfac- ‘ < Lilronds no 7 Ay: sid oe} euitpnvd ear. under! the. apartment) ing trus: it sige indicdtts that whey ohd“tie Starda > toe. SF 7 peristac’ twarantesd the réilrouds, Direr*or cov ENANT f Is |. occupied” by the. Misses Fox and! wit come ae site ee he tek ae mt OH Conipany ‘ot-jtion, nade reservations which indi-/General Hines told the House Appro- |cated that his proposals for an inter- priations Committee today in asking |$75,C00 000 to make up the deficit. | |The volume of traffic is falling off. EFS, } oy ya > ; tion. ‘refinery. From the city limits to that! Another slight evidence of dissent 4 ites Rates Insinuations Contained in Note SENATE RECORD |* beac oot ayant vs: teach; It is understood in Cheyenne that section of the Salt Creek’ hichway|was found in the remarks of Hughes | pron eres me poh, (urea cree to Armistice . Commission | ers about witock 2. a nd ane! the arrivals from overseas are not already scheduled for permanent im-| of Australia, who inquired, with some {9 any extent this year, but by ‘the Unanswered by French Gen- Nie aS . | ing up between the wall an held in quarantine in the east unless provement, the Midwest, it is under-|show of feeling, if ample opportunity | 1919 Hi teed . : | (By Assbeciated Preas.) baseboard. The flames spread so * haa ‘brok hosed d d d \to di hatach ld be gi jend of 1919 Hines predicted the * WASHINGTON, Fels: 15&—Upon| quickly that the girls had “no time some disease has broken out on board stood, stands ready to co-operate|to discuss the scheme wou! e given. |»oads, with few exceptions, would be ; eral, Report the request of Minority Leader Henry ted Preny.) 4 to even gave their personal belongings ship during the trip across the At- lantic. If theré has been no epidemic with the government in building a concrete highway, the project also |The Arabian delegation also sounded | .h1o to financ> them ki ja minor discord by calling attent’on ‘By The Associa . oes = AMSTERDAM, Feb. 18,—A_ note |Cabot Lodge, the proposed constita-| and their visitors lost their hats and / in this instance the 116th may reach to include a new concrete bridge|to the secrot treaties which are said —— insinua! that occupation of: Nake vf one Desay eee lary coats. : | Ft. Russell by the middle of Next across thd Platte River. Assurance/to interfere with the principle of self- USED OFFICIAL man was not due to military superiority, according to the Cologne Zeitung, was handed in recently to the Allied Armistice Commissiog by German delegates. The French general, acting under instructions from Marshal Foch, the newspaper adds, refused to make an-. pha the note. He declared it wou! examined only if it was *pre- sented in a more courteous form. Gen. von Hammerstein, leading CARS RUNNING German military delegate, deforred any declaration in the matter until BUTTE, Feb. 16.—Street car the receipt of instructions from the] workers voted to return to work and German government. service was resumed today. FIRST LADY OF GERMANY TAKES ‘PRIDE IN HUMBLE ORIGIN, WILL PRESERVE TRADITIONS, SHE SAYS and ordered printed as'a Senate doc- ument. Senator Pittman.of Nevada (Democrat). asked, and Lodge agreed that President Wilson’s address in presenting the constitution should be included. : BUTTE STREET Comely Frau of President Ebert Disclaims| All Intention of Extricating Her- self From Caste of Origin 5 [By Associated Presse] The MeRorey apartments are built | as a one story building with the basements fitted up for garages for) titions between the basements are/ thin construction and the flames soon | to the adjoining>garages on | either side of the one in which the fire started. These were also used aa car storage and had cars in them at the time. The fire went .the length of the building and ascending thru the floors, it filled the rooms {above with smoke. At the corner of Maple and Railroad street the flames drove into the basement apart- {ment occupied by the janitor and ‘his family, driving them out before they | could save much of the goods. The short circuit from which the} caused the explosion of @ gasoline tank: on a car owner by Curley Jensen. Mr. Jensen and a/ compansion were working on the car | and had left the garage for a mo- 3 they heard s slight noisé and saw/| the flames spring up from the hood the car. y) fire department made a record Captain Villnave was the first | week; if there has been an epidemic the date of their arrival here will de- pend upon the length of the quaran- the cars of the occupants; the par-| tine placed upon the men when they , land in New York. Governor Carey announced today that he had named J. H. Montgomery of Basin to co-operate with the Rocky Mountain club of New York City in welcoming the Wyoming boys upon their return to America. News of the coming arrival was received too late to permit the’sending of a com- mission of three, as recently autho- rized by the legislature, but the gov- ernor found a way out the dilemna when he learned that Mr. Montgom- ery is how in the) east on business and will be there until after the “Kansas’’ reaches port. So far no other regiment con- taining a majority of Wyoming men has returned to this country from France, although the 1638rd and 161st, in both of which this state is ment to go fo a car outside when | well represented, were among those | carried by the Leviathan, which dock- ed at New York on Tuesday of this 179 BILLIONS IS TOTAL COST OF WORLD WAR is given that the State Engineer, in charge of government construction. the refinery companies, and over 60 per cent of the property owners with- jin the city limits have informally ap- :proved the improvement program. The county’s part in the project will) be to guarantee the liquidation of | juny deficit should estimates fail to cover the work, and sincs exner‘ence has taught that there is usully such/ deficit, the Board of Commissioners| jhas not yet committed itself, but wil) ldiscuss the matter at the regular. |meeting in March. i The program finds favor in the jfact that it includes a new br'dee lover the Platte, an improvement that is urgently needed, safeguerd'ne {traffic and offsetting the possibility |that material inconvenience and loss |may be sustained thru the collapse jof the old structure when the river} is at flood tide. If it can be shown that the county’s interests can be! properly adjusted thru arrangements whereby. government and private| jfunds will be used to effect the im-| |proyement, the project holds hopes; of realization, and it is probable that lestimates will be forthcoming in tplenty of time to advertise for bids by the advent of settled weather, in jthe event the project is approved. | oo ‘OIL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 1 | 1 determination. MORE TROOPS NEVES IH STOCK WAY BE SENT — SPEGUILAT WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.~-Detroit citizens who appealed to Secretary of that John Ske s used of- War Baker today to withdraw Amer- 3- information for s specula- ican troops from northern Ruwé‘a, ‘‘on was cited by Representativ were told that the best military ~2dden as one reason for an inv minds wers dealing with the qués- --‘'on into the comptroll-r of tion of reinforcing the exped'tion if fi ‘al con’ necessary, that there was no danger of the force beihg cut off from re- ef and the question of withdrawal would be worked out only in agree- ment with the associated powers. 5.—Rumor ntment as comptr currency. SOCIALISTS NOT SATISFIED WITH PEACE COVENANT [By United Press) Little Enthusiasm Revealed in General Discussion of League Constitution en te a Oe ec rie a per iapraned he firemen were | IS PERFECTED) by Leading French Newspapers lender, who, up to the present, has always’attended her own house- hold duties, done the family cooking, and-even been her own dress- maker. Frau Luise Ebert, wife ofthe president of the new German republic, was born 45. years ago in a workingman's home in’ Bremen, us with attempting to Scns OR Wik Colewuniae OFS = yen Rhee deetiet toate ‘I- know we must be : it will never P have been reared, but tha re attacks fe orn the engine house and were about to call_a meeting of the members to attend to some routine business. This fact enabled the department to turn, oe in double quick time with a full jorcé.. At 4 o'clock this morning a amold- ering spark caused a telephone’ call to be sent in but the hand extin- (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—One hundred and seventy-nine billion dollars represents the total war cost to February’ it wes officially learned today. Of this amount the associated powers expended slightly over one hundred nineteen and a half billions, while the Central Fowers spent fifty- nine and a half biilions. Great Brit- At a meeting held last night in the assembly room of the American Hotel. the,Casper local of the International ciation of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers perfected their or- ganization by the installation of per. manent officers and a large number) of new members were admitted. The! (By Anmnocinted Press] PARIS, Feb. 15.—Comment of representative French news- papers on the constitution of the League of Nations as presented at yesterday’s plenary session of the peace conference re- veals little enthusiasm over the shape the project has taken. The Figaro says: “The commission wisely decided not to ravish tomorrow ) occur. | Whatever ‘may come, we : x . * charter recently applied for was ac-! from the eternal and confined itself going to “Those from the. left’ pr ghishers quickly put ont the incipient pdeaeenclal: Suey wae the ane cepted and the union may be con-|to making safe the present. The become a league of the five great a8 the worst. They. will ‘blaze... : IStetes third. i) ited |sidered permanently established, mystic society of nations has, then, ‘ ¥ son, ‘Friederich Ebert, remain true to our traditions. said. plain’ working man’s family.” a be “lde ' powers which beat Germany and ‘Jr.;, has éntered work, | ; ’ i Hiyama ear = which mean to consolidate both v.c- ‘= 7= =>" ce TROOPS OSCUPY ELECTRIC WORKS 22005721z47:0% PORTUGUESE REPUBLICRESTORED. “=... —tiicharged-from the army. A daugh-|- = : ; The Socialist newsnaner Human ter, Amalie, 19, recently a clerk in ue a downtown firm, now accords her- | self the privilege of riding in the : , presidential motor car. ‘i © family is, in the official art ts A the pagartent of the focial environment| sympathy the id SF RTL ER OTE ee VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT BELFAST, Feb. 18.—-Troops have occupied the electric power ata- ‘ SS ha ea * RECORD KEPT UP WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Army discharges in demobilization into the United States reached a total yester- MONARCHISTS FLEEI [By United Press] 9 ‘s even less pleased than the Bou meois papers. Deputy Marcel Cachc A wr'tes: ut “Tt is imnoszible to concaal th» | pression of disillus'onment. Th- | ject cannot in any way comman iG TO SPAl w~wrv e+ + + @ Peer errr wrwyw YY interior at: elmstrass as works . declared da; f 1,174,545 offi id 5 the 1c: 2o~lc Binet Spit sen pigentel der’ Bose Lopes Ss er set ae te alters Dileep’ andthe’ total ‘itmber etaigned fo" LISBON, Feb. 16.—The republic has been restored in northern Pore Ot Te Peed such hores in ® “the Bellevue palace. as a residence,| ‘*7 support velus woud be to conduct the manleipal ser | demobilization was 1,500,000, Of| Portugal. The Monarchist revolt leader, Conceiro, was arrested. Roy- the idea of which Mr. Wilson con. it “too imposing.” vice. pega oo raps standatill , eines: the weneral strike was éalled ‘in | those already discharged, 71,235 were| Slist leaders have fled to Oporto and are trying to enter Spain. The stituted himself an eloquent de- ° ehipwerkers. ‘ 7 ‘officers, Republican flag was agein vaisad in Velensa. - * ‘fender.’ = +