Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1919, Page 1

| The circulation - Moz - < Uiess f Tribune Be & per Daily Official paper of the City of Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. LEAGUE COVENANT IS PURGED OF MAJORITY OF FEATURES SCORED Revision of First Sixteen Articles to Meet | ‘Fifty Per Cent of Objections Raised by ‘Senator Lodge and Other Senators; Night Sessions Are Held PARIS, March 25.—(By Associated Press.)—During a three-hour session last night, the League of Nations commis- sion, considering proposed amendments to the covenant, dis- posed tentatively of the first 16 ber of changes in the form which members of the comm sections, agreeing upon a num- ion believe will meet more than 50 per cent of objections offered by Senator Lodge and other American senators. REGIOTRATION FOR BIG BOND ELECTION OPEN Little Interest Manifested Here; Success of State Road Bonds | Depends on Action of | Voters. Little interest.is heing manifest in the registration of voters today at all regular polling places for the special state bond election for the purpose of voting a large sum of money for road improvement over the state. The polls for registration | opened this morning to remain open for three days. All Natrona county} residents who hope to vote on the} road improvement election must} register before the polls close Thurs- day night. The polls will open again for one} day, next Tuesday for the purpose of | providing an opportunity to people! who have not registered during the first three days to register. This | final day of grace is supposed to be, for the purpose of registering peo-; ple who were out of town or unable to get to the polls on the former) dates, The special registration of all voters in the county is being taken at the instance of a decision handed down| by W. L. Walls, state attorney gen- eral that it would be necessary to pro-} tect the legality of the bond issue. FIRST GERMAN SHIP TURNED OVER TO U.S. LEITH, Scotland, March 25.—The first German merchantman to be turned over to the allies under the !sion yesterday 'ments to articles 9 and 14, so that { j —_——_ i i | ° | peace conference are very anxious re-| PARIS, March 25.—The follow- jing statement on last night’s sessions of the League of Nations was issued | today: “The League of Nations commis- considered amend- two-thirds of the draft of the con- | venant have now been examined. The next meeting will be held Wednes- day.” e RESPONSIBILITY 1S PLACED ON CONFEREES LONDON, March <&.—TIhe morn- ing newspapers here unanimously with the responsibility for Hungary’ embracing Bolshevism and gen dismtisfaction over the dalay of peace. While-treating the Hungarian epi- sode more lightly than others because it does not believe the whole country will become Bolshevik, the London: Post accuses the conference of de; laying peace, while its idealists are} “following the will 0’ the wisp, call- ed the League of Nations.” DOMESTIC POLICIES 1 NOT TO BE AFFECTED | PARIS, March 25.—The league commission has adopted an amend- ment excluding all solely domestic matters from the league’s jurisdic-| tion, thus protecting America’s im- migration policy. S It is understood that an amend- ment will be framed for protecting the Monroe Doctrine by setting forth that the covenant cannot be c.n- strued as being in contravention to principles of international policy hitherto generally recognized. President Wilson asked the peace delegates to “hurry” in view of the spread of Bolshevism westwa:!l. PARIS, March 25.—(By Associat- Press.)—Delejlations of the d garding the situation in eastern Eu-| rope. President Wilson and Premier Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Or-| lando have decided that beginning | Tuesday they will hold sessions daily to bring to a conclusion in the short- est time the principal questions con- cerning the Franco-German and Italy- Jugo-Slav frontiers, reparations and the League of Nations. | new economic agreement arrived here today. The German crew will be re- | placed by Americans and the ship! will be used to transport. Yanks! homeward. | } JOAN OF ARC TO BE LISTED AMONG SAINTS PARIS, March 25.—Canonization of Joan of Arc is considered cer- tain, according to a Rome dispatch. Pope Benedict has stated that he will give a decision on the subject on! March 26. YANKS AND JAP SOLDIERS MIX ~ UPON MEETING NEW YORK, March 25.—A far eastern bureau representing Ameri- can interests in the Orient states thet Ob foe Tien Tsin eee bir igre and American troops it meet. The bureau elaimed-to have Shanghai advices to that effect, NEW LAW FIRM | IS ANNOUNCED An announcement of exceptional’ importance in legal circles came this/ morning with the. statement from County Attorney W. H. Patten’s of- ice, that a new law firm in which Mr. Patten and Willis Stidger are the principals had been the outgrowth of recent conferences between the two men. Mr. Patten will continue in his post as city and county attorney} while Mr. Stidger will take over the| other duties. of the office, including | Mr. Patten’s civil practice. The merging of interests was just completed yesterday evening and the new law firm will soon move from its present location in the Smith building to more commodious quart- ers. REV. DOWLING CONSECRATED ST. PAUL, March 25.—Most Rev- erend Austin Dowling, former Roman Catholic bishop of the Des Moines diocese, was today consecrated as Archbishop of St. Psul in succession to Archbishop Ireland, who died sev- charge the Paris peace conference | _erowded and owners of rooms facing ‘ owing to the fact that the New York CAREY HEARS SENTIMENT IN EAST | | CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 25.— (Special.)—“While it was rather dif. ides were trying to put thru would fail. The governor tried to get to | fi i genti: a Follette for a conference regard. ficult i determine the bean ng the’oil leasing bill, but the Wis- said Governor Robert D. Carey to | consin man was determined that the | day, following his return from Wash.|measure should be talked to death jington and New York, “the people | 1nd would not listen to argument. I talked with in the east seemed to be} ‘Any one who watched the pro- generally opposed to the League of |ceedings in the jsenate during those | Nations in its present form. Of course | last few days,” oid Mr. Carey toaay ta Republican naturally mixes more | ‘could not help But be convinecd tax with Republicans than he does with the League of Nations plan now under | Democrats, and it may be that I heard! discussion will never be adopted by only one side of the case, but the in. | America. While the senate probably pression I got was that. the plan had! will be willing to compromise with tix ‘fallen into disfavor.” president on the proposition, it will | Governor Carey had the privilege: | never stand for his attempt to put 1. \of the floor of the senate during the! across unamended. |filibuste? at the close of the session.| “‘As for the 1920 electi there He stayed to witness the game un doesn’t seem to be a definite line-uy- ‘til 4 o’clock on the morning of March) so far for any particular presidential 4, by which time it was evident that! candidate. I did find, however, that the filibuster would succeed and that| thruout the east there is a lot of talk | the legislation which leaders on both for Genera} Leonard Wood.” FIFTH AVENUE CROWDS RADIATE | WELCOME TO FORMER NEW YORK GUARDSMEN ON RETURN TO CITY \Window Space Sells at Premium as 27th Division, Which Smashed Hindenburg | Line, M arches Down the Avenue ocinted Prean.) * NEW YORK, March 25-—Major General John F. Ryan's 27th two-fisted fighters whe broke threugh the Hindenberg-lme last. sum- mer—marched im triumph up flag-bedecked Fifth avenue today to the tumultous acclaim of a million or more spectators. Crowds packed the sidewalks and); ———————————_ cross streets almost to the point of suffocation. Every window was} LANDER SAILOR IS HOME + Roy S. Scoggan, chief yeoman on the U. S. S. Cythera, and a son of V. V. Scoggan of Lander, arrived in Casper Sunday and visited in this city over Monday, being met here by REDUCED RATES és FROM PACIFIC his father and mother. ARE PROPOSED Beason wil spend a 30-day fox0ugh ‘visiting his parents and friends. | Scoggan enlisted in the navy before * ys the United States got in the war. For ‘WASHINGTON, March 25.—The the past 16 months he has been at- railroad administration announced _ today that it soon would put into ef-| tached to the S. S. Cythera, converted fect reduced rates on shipments for for patrol duty from a large yacht. export from Pacific coast points. The vessel had a personnel of some This is regarded as tremendously im-! 118 men and 10 or 12 officers. They were assigned to the Mediterranean portant in building up foreign trade.’ 114 the enst Atlantic in the vicinity of the Azores and the Bay of Biscay, STOCK WIRES convoying merchant transports upon AGAIN DOWN ring fronts. 0 i Mr. Scoggan says the work has which fell the work of feeding the | thousands of men in the eastern war i Market circles were quiet today} been filled with countless thrills and hair-breadth escapes. Coming up the avenue charged a fancy price to spectators. Single windows from which several persons could see the procession brought as high as $75. Relatives and friends were seated in an immense stand running the en-| tire length of Central park. Fifth avenue was a waving lane of national colors and many buildings were mag- nificently decorated. > Exchange and curb are observing a holiday in honor of the arrival of several thousand American soldiers at the eastern port from foreign serv-| ice. Local stocks were also quiet owing to the interruption of wire service between Denver and Casper because of a heavy storm in the southern part of the state. This is| the second time within less than aj; week that market service has been interrupted. Every effort is being} made to bridge the broken space and| it is expected that stock wires will be} connected %efore evening. month of October 1917, Scoggan was an eye-witness to the sinking of two out of three transports which his ves sel formed an escort and in which all of the crew except one on one of the ill-fated vessels were lost. Scoggan said that he was standing with his when he felt the concussion as the submarine discharged its torpedo. + transport broke in half. A few min- utes later another torvedo was fired ——___—_—»__—_. and the outlook in the crow’s nest Mr. and Mrs. Brandenburg of Chey-! reported that the pro‘eciile passed un Mr. Brandenburg is here to consult; the second transport on the coast side. with Mr. A. K, Jones about the open | Depth charges were dropped und thc ing of offices of the Western Life | Cythera was given official credit for Insurance company in Casper. lone, ALLIED TROOPS TO BE LANDED ON THE DALMATIAN COAST, ISREPORT PARIS, March 25.—Reports have reached the péace conference that Inter-Allied troops would be landed at Spalato, on the Dalmatian coast, because of disorders that have occurred there and for fear of raver troubles that may’ arise. The Hungarians are reported to be trying to spread Bolshevism to that part of the Adriati¢ coast which they controlled before the downfall of eral months ago. Austria. NUMBER 133 division, composed of former New York state. guardsmen—veteran They left] gary from the northern coast of Africa) and off the coast of Spain, during the | arms resting on the rail of the vese. | moment later the crash came and the | MONITORS ARRIVE AT BUDAPEST,BOLSHEVIK ARMY I British Monitors Fire S ADVANCING d Upon But Patrol Boat Seized by Reds Is Returned With Apologies; Martial Law Is Proclaimed; Soviet Powers Exaggerated, Declares Vienna Report VIENNA, March 25.—(By Associated Press.) —All members of the Allied missions in Budapest have been interned, including Colonel Vix, chief of the F ench mission, according to travelers driving here by automobile from the Hungarian capital. BERNE, March 25.—The Bolshevik. army, whic is on its way to Hungary, has reached Brody, ac- \cording to the latest news received here. Brody is 50 miles east of Lemberg. (By Associated Press.) . PARIS, March 25.—Two British monitors have arrived at Budapest after being fired on enroute. It is reported that the Hungarians seized one British patrol boat but returned it later apologetically. Ameri- can representatives in Budapest have been assured every protection and may be asked to remain. AMERICAN AND ALLIED TROOPS ARE NEEDED T0 SAVE SITUATION So Say Advices to Peace Conference in | From Its Agents | | Enemy County \ a | By FRED S. FERGUSON | (United Prenn stnte responden | PARIS, March 25.—Ameri- {can or allied troops must be |rushed into Hungary immedi- jately to save the situation, ac- | cording to opinion expressed in advices to the peace conference |from its agents in Hungary. Allied forces now in Hungary are , inadequate and must be reinforced to |prevent Bolshevism obtaining a foot- {hold from which it can spread into |western Europe. | fhe conference was deeply~ im- | pressed by ‘the Hungarian’ govern- iment’s collapse, the alliance of the new government with the Bolsheviki and the reported declaration of war against the allies. Despite the recognized necessity of hurrying the preliminary treaty now, it is not believed that it can be made ready Saturday as originally ex- pected. Reparation is a big problem as del- egates are unable to agree on what |Germany is able to pay. President Wilson has postponed his | Belgium trip until after the prelim- jinary treaty is signed. GERMAN-AUSTRIA MAY |JOIN THE BOLSHEVIKS | PARIS, March -(By Asso- \ciated Press.) —Conditions in Hun- em to have affected German- Advices to the American peace conference delegates from pri- vate agents in Vienna indicate the jexistence of a threatening state of affairs there. One agent just from Vienna re- ports a date fixed in April for the transformation of the existing gov- ernment into a soviet government, which will co-operate or merge with the government of the Hungarian soviet. ‘RANCHER FIRES _ ON AGENT WHO TOOK UP STOCK THERMOPOLIS, Wyo. — Dispute over the ownership of mortgaged cat- tle came near proving fatal to Tom McDonald, employed by Denver inter- ests, when he w fired upon by Chauncey Typer in front of a loca) bank. McDonald grabbed the gun and {the shot went wild. McDonald is employed by a Mi Esser of Denver who, it is under- stood, held a mortgage on the stock claimed by Typer. Three carloads ot cattle and one of horses had been gathered by McDonald under instruc |tions from Esser and the stock had |been shipped. When Typer was i. ; Austr’ jenne are in Casper for a few days. | der the bow of the Cythera, striking |formed that proceedings would not championship stop with this amount he pulled a |gun and tried to shoot McDonald. | Typer was released on $5000 bonas. 2,765 YANKEES | CAPTURED BY | ENEMY, CLAIM | WASHINGTON, March 25.—The |central powers captured 2,765 Ameri | | jeans during the war, revised official) |figures show. ' ——--e----- } Mr. and Mrs. Max Hirsch will leave tonight for Denver where they wil! spend sevemil days on a combined business and pleasure trip. ' { Martial law has been proclaimed inj |Hungary. I h is pres ed for} jarmed resistance, robbery and jplundering. ‘The sale of liquor. is| | prohibited. | Hundreds of former Hungarian ners returning from Russia are - PROPAGANDA IN PLANS FOR AID OF BOLSHEVISM Dp spreading Bolshevik propaganda, The [Hungarian frontier was closed. 4 Ifew shops were looted in Budapest but the city generally is calm with anti-capitalistic processions in the j streets. | NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER ALL PROPERTY. AMSTERDAM, March ¢ The = new Hun n government its | first meeting Saturday, say: dis- . o jpatch from Budapest, decided to) Meeting of B é rli n abolish all titles of rank, to separate ° linaxenarchiandlstatevanalte iiss Congress Will Be jall comm the Karolyi gov- ernment, while inviting the work-| men’s councils to select directorates of four members each to replace them. Formation of revolutionary courts was decided upon and the council or- dered the people’s comm oners to take over all homes, business and art treasures now in private hands. Signal for World Wide Uprising By FRANK TAYLOR (United Press Staff Correspo: ned BERLIN, March 25.—The Russian and Hungarian soviet governments have called for a worldwide uprising of the pro- letariat, say Budapest advices. While agreeing to an offen- sive and defensive alliance with the Hungarians, Premier Lenine objected to an armed Bolshevik crusade now, preferring to use propaganda and money with the help of the foreign proletariat to win over the Bour- HUNGARIAN CLAIMS ARE EXAGGERATED, REPORT. COPENHAGEN, March 25. Claims of the Hungarian soviet gov- yernment to power, as set forth in! its wireless communications, are! largely untrue, according to a Vienna dispatch to the Achtuhr Arendblatt. | Panic prevailed in Budapest but the! country, it is declared, has npt yet +resolved upon a soviet-republic.- geolse, . The reported voluntary qurrender|. German Spartacans are planning of arms by French soldiers in Buda-| t® launch their third revolution be- pest because the men were ulleged to fore April 1 or after April 8, when be infected with Bolshevism is in-! the soviet congress meets here. This correct, the message states. There Tevolt is intended signal for : general Bolshevist u out central Europe. to invade rm revolution’s sue ans sent a tion to Mose stolen airplane, because the frontiers were closed. Spartacans say it will 1 rumor that the entente commis- thro ion at Budapest has been detained by the Hungarians. The capital, it is added, has been sealed by the govern- ment against foreign countries. The correspondent says that the rumored advance of Russian troops toward Hungary under General Georgy has the no foundation. He adds that a report | for Bols eE received from Tchitcherin, Bolshevik completely. jaying their foreign minister, on the military situ-| plans according! the German ation of the Russian soviet govern- government is massing munitions and |ment, greatly disappointed the Hun- strengthening its arsenals in prey - garian government. tion for the struggle against the Spa ans, DEATH PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF RULINGS. VIE Press.) FINE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW EXIT iated people's March 24.—(As e Hungarian commissary for socialization today or- dered the immediate closing of all : ene stores except food, drug and tobacco ., Louise MeDonald, the “Angel of shops and directed that foods be re- the r while sober and the op- moved from under the ban. Offend- Posite while drinking, ordinys to er re liable to. incur the death! the statements of neighbors, is again penalty, advices said. {in police toils. The usual charge of of disturbance was p! against her Ps and she was fined Louise has ae Maren 2: (Associated broken into local fame by her almost ress.) —A dispate o e Neue constant ap ance i 5 slice Freie Presse declares that all non- $O™S'4nt Appear a the desu Socialist parties in Hungary will sup- {5 tare her gut of the limeli port the new government. The reason fc ; ; suspended 30-d jail sentence to it is said, is that it has decided to act J rive her a chance to leave for other against the entente. The rural popu- 4" ber # chance to leave for othe i is pporte ave pone over peat ‘ lation} is smart dco, nave sons The remainder of the various as- Sa rk aaa td sortment of charzes that appeared on . the police blotter toc included 4JUE, Hungary, March 24.— 3 TeEssiitt ei ee tee claved Urunkenness, disorderly conduct, dis- that recent happenings in Budapest turbance were long since arranged by Count Corporal V Karolyi, who surrendered the oflice of yany C, 4th Engineer nErivedaie provisional president in favor of the y York from dis in De proletariat. : at present. oa = ‘PRELIMINARY TO BIG FIGHT HERE $20,000 CASH An argument which originated OBTAI jover the coming Williard-Demp: battle resulted in a hard fought draw on Center street last night between Pet Briggs and A. |K. Armstrong. From appearances of the men at the police station today it appears that if this preliminary can be taken as a criterion of the ,,, Ps |main battle between the fighting $20,000 in cash. giants the Williard-Dempsey battle; ‘will be a long hard fought draw. Se Each of the principals was assessed SPAIN UNDER Rn ceeer MARTIAL LAW Navy Secretary Arrives France DES MOIN March —Two men held up the Iowa State bank in the business district at 9 o’clock this morning and escaped with more than MADRID, March 25.—Martial law has been proclaimed here. It is understood that constitutional guar- antees will be suspended throughout Spain. A general strike has been de- clared in Barcelona. PARIS, March 25.—Secretary of the Navy Daniels reached Paris to- day. ia yore