Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1919, Page 1

PROVISIONS NEW ARMISTICE Flame. Anew ‘on Sunday; Radical Program (By Associated Prenn.) | COPENHAGEN, Feb. 17.—The German) government Sunday night accepted the Al- lied terms for an extension of the armistice, | according to a Politiken dispatch from Wei-| ie meeting at which the acceptance | was decided upon was attended by leaders of | mar. the various parties. WESTPHALIAN TOWN PLUNDERED BY REBELS BERLIN, Feb. 16.—(By Asso- ciated Press.)—-Spartacan troops from nearby towns marched into Gel- senkirchen, in Westphalia, early this morning, overpowered the local mili- tary and police force, a portion of which went over to the Spartacans, and plundering followed. Doors of houses were blown in with hand grenades and much booty was se- cured, SOLDIERS AND SAILORS COUNCIL TO CONTINUE (By United Press.) WEIMAR, Feb. 17. — Radical Leader Hugo Haase threw the nat- ional assembly into an uproar Satur- | day when he declared that the work- | would | continue in existence until the gov-/| men’s and soldiers’ council ernment demonstrates its intention of socializing the new republic. He said he doubted whether the government | would do this and he threatened new outbreaks unless socialization accom- plished. He also accused the govern- ment of the murder of Karl Leib- knecht and Rosa Luxembourg. Finance Minister Schiffer said Ger- many’s financial situation was des- perate. War credits and loans total 160,000,000,000 marks. The assembly probably will take a recess Thursday until the various commissions finish their recommenda- tions on legislative and administra- tive problems, BOLSHEVIKI OUTBREAKS ARE RESUMED SUNDAY +. COPENHAGEN,.. Reb, 17,—New Bolshevik outbreaks occurred in sev- eral German cities Sunday. They Advanced cided that, as PARIS, Feb. 1 gates to the peace conference today will focus on Russiaj the supreme council having de- lated Press.) -—The attention of dele- the time allowance for accep- tance of the invitation to the Prinkipo confer- ence has expired, something else must be done. Winston Spencer Churchill of Great Bri- LEGISLATION ON RAILS GIVEN UP WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.— All plans for considering railroad legisla- tion at this session of congress were abandoned today by the house inter- state commerce committee. [ONLY 9 SCHOOLS OF DENVER ARE CLOSED TODAY (Ry Associated Prenn.) DENVER, Feb. 17.—All but nine ‘of the 25 public schools closed last |week by the strike of engineers were reopened today. Strikers and a num. |ber of substitutes are in the place: vacant forea week. The board of education granted no increase. SUFFRAGE BILL _ISINTRODUCED BY SEN. JONES (By. Associnted-Prenn.) ! WASHINGTON, Feb. "17.An- ;Other resolution providing for sub- BY THE HOUSE tain has proposed that the invitation | be renewed and some of the condi- tions that made the first invitation unacceptable to most of the different Russian factions be omitted. If the supreme council accepts this Position, as seems possible, it prob- ably will not insist that the confer- | ence be held at Prinkipo Islands and jit is possible that instead of a gen- eral meeting of representatives of the Russian factions, direct nego may be initiated or commissions be | appointed to get into touch with op- posing elements there. SPECIAL REPORTS NOT EXPECTED THIS WEEK | It is scarcely expected that the | special commissions of the peace con- | ference, which are studying ques- tions confined to them, will be able to submit reports to the full confer- ence this week, but it is hoped that some of these reports will be ready for revision by the supreme council, which is still acting as a medium be- tween the commission and the con- ference. The coming inter-allied women’s suffrage congress, which has been in- | terviewing statesmen in search of sup- port for President Wilson’s plan to give women representation in the conference and in the League of Na- tions, has achieved great success, in | the estimation of its members. | FRENCH LEND ASSURANCE | OF SUFFRAGE SUPPORT | Satisfactory assurance have been | given the women by President Poin- care of France and Jules Cambon, one af the French delegates to the peace \conference, and by Foreign Minister Hymas ot Belgium. Premier | Clemenceau, in addition, has promised t interrupted a church service in Dres- Mission to the states of a constitu-| to support a bill giving women the den, Belgian troops have Duisberg, where the started demonstrations. WIRE LINES SEIZED IN NUREMBURG RIOTS. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 17.—Te' mburg, Bavaria, been occupied by the Spartacans, ac cording to reports received here. The outbreak at Nuremburg fol- lowed an attempt of government forces to disperse a procession of Spartacans who were protesting against reorganization of the Bavar- ian army. Shots were said to have been fired from the barracks into the crowd. which took matters into its own hands, stormed army headquarters and seized the telephone, telegraph and newspaper offices. FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS, REPORT. BASLE, Feb. 17.—Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau, German foreign minister, has resigned, according to a Weimar dispatch to the Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin. There is no con- firmation from other sources. 40,000 SHOP WORKERS ON STRIKE IN BERLIN. BERLIN, Feb. 14.—(Delayed.)— The strike of department store work- ers in Berlin has spread to Hamburg, of shops a after placing ers left their posts |tional amendment granting women |referred to the Woman Suffrage com- |mittee. An identical one was pre- viously rejected. Champions will probably try to bring up the ques- tion before the next session of con- gress. NO ACTIVITIES | ON ARCHANGEL FRONT, REPORT | | ARCHANGEL, Feb. 17.—Since | February 11, the Bolsheviki have ee no attacks against the allied | forces on any sector of the Arch- | angel front. Allied airplanes report there has been no new movement ct ‘troops behind the enemy lines since |the Bolshevik withdrawal south of Sredmakrenga. BUTTE NORMAL WITH STRIKERS _ AGAIN AT WORK BUTTE, Feb. 17.—Butte was prac- tically normal today following the against a reduction of a dollar a day placards in the shop windows declar-|in their wages. It is expected that by ing: |tomorrow the mines will have suffi- “Our employers earn a million a|cient forces to work and hoist con- year; we are paid 75 marks monthly.”’| siderable ore. The number of miners The Berlin strike is not settled.| who reported for work today showed Late this afternoon the number of/an__ increase over previous _days. employes who had left their posts | United States soldiers are still on reached 40,000 workers. i duty. ° right of municipal suffrage, which is i occupied the right to vote introduced today by | Now pending in the French Chamber | Bolsheviki | Senator Jones, of Washington, was| of Deputies. ‘LOUIS E. LEVY, SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR, DIES (By Associated Pre: PHILADELPH “eb, —Louis Edward Levy, inventor and scientist, dropped dead suddenly on the street ‘here today. He was a pioneer in the engraving industry and was the in- ventor of a proc of photo-chem jengraving whereby newspape: ) direct from the stereotype plat. —<—— i\YANKEES NOT _ FIGHTING ON EAST FRONT | (By United Preas.) | SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.— |Thirtyone sick soldiers from, the American forces in Siberia arrived here today for hospital treatment. They say the American position is secure and casualties light. The Americans are not used in fighting much but as an army of oc- cupation. The Japanese, with the Hamburg work-| strike of miners'on Feb.. 7 in protest | Czechs and loyal Russians, are doing the fighting. ————. FOUGHT WITH RAINBOW UNIT Glen Kelsey, a member of the cele- brated Rainbow division, which saw | some of the hardest fighting on the western front, has returned from France. He is a nephew of W. H. Kelsey of this city. 8,000 CASUALTIES IN THE 35TH DIVISION, IS CHARGE = Governor Says Government Figures Are, Misleading and Offers Evidence in Support of Army Accusations [By Asnoctated Prean} WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Evidence of officers and men ho fought with the 35th division, Kansas and Missouri troops, in the battles of Argonne Forest, was presented to the house \ rules committee today by Governor Allen of Kansas in support of his charges of needless sacrifice of life because of the lack of artillery and aircraft support. \ . Total casualties of the 35th, the governor declared, exceeded 8,000 | men, despite war department figures to the contrary. | “It is a very pettifoggy document,” he said, referring to the war depart- ment announcement of major casual- ties. “The war department has stated that it included all casualties. These were major casualties, but have been taken by many to be total, leading them, as the department intended, to say ‘that’s not so bad.’ ” Z oe H. M. Goudeau, a well known Sheri- danites, is a business visitor in Cas- per from the northern metropoiiz. enabled to print “half-tone pictures | UP INVITATION TO CONFERENCE New Plans Proposed to Bring Factions Together Following Expiration of Time to Accept Allied Invitations Official paper of the City of | Casper and Natrona County, | Wyoming. VOLUME 3. FINAL WEEK OF 4)—DAY oso!W No Possibility of Night) Session Unless Tangle! Develops in Disposing | of Urgent Legislation. | (Special to The Tribune) | CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 17.—| On the last week of its statutory | forty-day period, the Fifteenth Wyo- | ming legislature contemplates with complacency the final day of adjourn- ment on Saturday—mayhap_ well along toward Sunday—with all im- portant matters out of the way. There is a bit of nervousness here and there about certain bills still pend- ing, but that is largely either per- sonal or because of lack of experi- ence. Should a tangle ensue, the nights. are long, asd can. be used if necessary. {Taking them in the order in which | they appear to have been given prom- by the legislators, it is safe } ssume that the close of the ses- sion will reveal a record of accom- plishment in‘legislation affecting pro- hibition, good roads, immigration, sol- | dier settlement and protection for our oil fields, as well as increased | compensation for servants of the | state. A Prohibition is out of the way—a good dry bill banning anything over j one per cent alcohol and amply safe- | guarding the dignity of the common- | wealth. Dick Keenan, head of the | Sheridan brewery, gets the pen with which President Powers signed the enrolled act. are legislation completed ain to be, will enable the state to enter upon a comprehensive em of road building and mainten- ance of substantial and lasting bene- fit. Immediately available will be the $600,000 carried in the highway bill. Nece: ‘yl possible the subm rate early next spring of the proposi- tion to bond the state for $3,000,000 for roads, this sum to be matched by | the federal government thru its good roads mean attracting people, who not only spend money on the way, but whose interest is arroused to the point where they later become inter- ested in a substantial wa The immigration bill is expected to | be out of the way early in the week. | This is regarded as one of the most important parts of the constructive program for state development ai nounced by Governor Carey in his! ion to the electo- PARIS, Feb. 17.—Renewed pressure is being ‘exerted’ on ‘the supreme council for The French,are urging military action on a large scale against'the Bolsheviki. Churchill’s proposal, it is understood, con- templates a' proclamation of war if necessary. American oppo: BAINEN, Feb. 17.—Conflicting reports from T1 FRENCH WOULD FIGHT RUSS: ARMISTICE NEWS CONFLICT aN» ———l mediate intervention in Russia. ion to a military policy remains unchanged. reves today said the armistice had been prolonged indefinitely while another said that Marshal Foch had allowed the Germans three days of grace which to accept. Cribuny CASPER, WYOMING, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1919 (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—United States Senator Robert L. Owen, who has been studying the reconstruction program of the American army in France for two months, upon his arrival on the steamship Rotterdam today said: “Brest is not suffering from to the senate as soon as pv WILLIAM GAUNTT HOLDS LUCKY NUMBER 1194 ON AUTO RAFFL William Gauntt, of the Casper Supply company was the holder of ticket No. 1194 which won the Pathfinder racer which was donated to the With the Colors club to raise funds for the fatherless children of France. The raffle was held on Center street Saturday night but the winner of the car never found out his good luck until today. PACKING HOUSE ‘CURRENCY HEAD EMPLOYES GET GIVEN HEARING Many soldiers there are that he would recommend “that they be brought home en them when they return.”’ WAGEINCREASE IN THE SENATE Ten Per Cent General Advance Banking Committee Takes up Includes Special Provisions Charges of Favoritism in for Overtime and Employes Conduct of Office by Nation- Under 21 al Comptroller CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Packinghouse (By The Axsociated Prexs.) employes were given a ten per cent} WASHINGTON, Fb. 7.—J advance in wages by the decision of Skelton Williams was given a h the arbitrator, Judge Alschuler, who in executive session today. b announced today that the award and senate banking committee, which advance would be retroactive to No: considering his renomination vember ten. as comptroller of the currency. Charges In addition to this award the de- that Mr. Williams sought to prevent ion grants a raise of two and a bankers appearing in opposition to half cents an hour to all workers un-|his nomination and that he showed der 21 years of age whose earnings |fayoritism in the conduct of his of- re less than 422 cents an hour. Time ‘fice have been made before the com- and a half will be given for overtime, mittee by Wade Cooper, Washington with double time in certain instances. The award applies to all plants of Armour, Swift, Morris, Wilson and Cudahy throughout the country. The advance ased on the advance in the cost of living. from the spend several | field. , here on busines YOUNG WOMAN 3, wm nto. TF cnuion, is, 9 TO INFLUENZA | pany. Lillian Frenchville, 21 years old, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Victor Frenchville, died Sunday at the ranch home of the family two miles south of Casper. The ec of death is stated to be influenza with attendani maladies. The funeral services were RATIFY Che Casper Daily All the news cf the World, Nation and State while it is News NUMBER 102 LEGISLATORS (Ff BREST CAMP UNFIT FOR CATTLE WILSON TAKES A STATE ENTER ON DECLARES SENATOR ON RETURN )FEP INTEREST IN COMMENT ON WORLD LEAGUE Will Clear up Doubt Affecting Monroe Doctrine in Talk on Arrivalin U.S. (By U sed ABOARD TH RGE WASH. INGTON, Feb. 17.—Prezident Wilson is displaying the deepest interest in | American comment on the League of Nations as received by wireless. On {his return President Wilson will ac- lquaint the American people with all league matters. He will clear up all doubt re application of the League’s principles to the Monroe Doctrine. The liner is making good time, It is raining but the sea is smooth. LAURIER DIES OF PARALYTIC STROKE TODAY r Wilfred former premier of Canada, alysis here this afternoon rs of Three!Ouarters of Billion for The Railroads [By A Press] WASHING -An ap- propriation of — three-quarte: of a billion dollars for the operation of the railroa under vovernment con- trol pproved today by the house appropriation committee. © McAdoo had pd for that amount to be add- ed to the half-b revolving fund provided in the original railroad con- trol act. U. S. SENATE TO LEAGUE, message, and it is known the governor | held at 9:30 o’clock this morning frony ‘has been anxious to see it go thru.|St. Anthony’s Catholic church, Father | The bill contemplates a thoro ex-|John Mullin officiati | ploitation of the state’s resources, the , quis > e | attraction of homeseekers and in- | LFRED CLOWR Y vestors, as well as aid to newcome jengaging in agricultural and live-| ARRIVES HOME stock lines, with the added feature | of a bureau of markets. | Unless its closing hours shall make| Alfred Clowry, Jr., a son of Mr. further provision, expected changes in,and Mrs. Alfred Clowry, of North the primary law will not materialize. | Center street, returned Sunday morn- | Thus far but two bills, each slightly |ing from France, after having seer amending the primary law, have been | several months active service. He was |introduced. Nothing has been said badly gassed before the armistice was | | of the assembly plan, and not even a|signed and sent to a base hospital. | murmur ‘as to repealing the law. One | Immediately upon recovering he was | may still hear, in private conversa-|invalided home. : tion on all sides, advocacy of the as- sembly idea, and there are still many | | who declare the law “should be done | away with entirely; yet when it| 3®! s {comes to taking the initiative they | | get cold feet. | | Another likely disappointment— | | altho there is still stime—is failure ; to provide a suitable memorial to} | the soldiery of the state, living and | | dead. The solons appear to feel the | state cannot stand the expense at this time of a couple of hundred) but the movement will start sooner | thousand for this work, and at this h are takin, | writing the chances appear to favor with a few engineer compa: ies which (Continued on Page 8.) | can forces and the seaports. Murmansk region. The troops probably will be moved out in the spring imlar ac troops will keep open communication lines between the Anglo-Ameri- DECLARES TAFT Poindexter’s Objections Are Branded as Reactionary Doctrines That Belong to German View of the State PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 17.—Ex-President William Howard Taft, in a speech today before the northwestern congress for a League of Nations, predicted that the United States senate would ratify the “great covenant of Paris.” Regarding Senator Poindexter’s objection that the constitution minimizes American sovereignty, Taft said: “That doc is a reactionary © that belongs to the German view of state. It leads to the proposal that might makes right.” Taft declared that this nation is pledged to the League of Nations’ idea for permanent peace. “Good h requires that what other nations are willing to undergo to secure world peace we should be willing to ” he declared. The practicable. n by sending 2,400 men to work President Wilson is sending. 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