Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1919, Page 1

BUDAPEST STREETS RUN WITH Che Casper D ‘Crihune The circulation of the Dai} - Tribune Monday Was 3: 3 VOLUME 3. oe CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1919 —EEE atlas Official paper of the City of Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. NUMBER 134 PRELIMINARY PEACE TREATY 10 | INCLUDE ALL ENEMY COUNTRIES, | NEW PLAN OF PARIS CONFEREES Problems Too Closely Related for Separate| Pact; Continuous Sessions of Pre- miers Held to Reach Decisions (By United Preas.) - \ PARIS, March 26.—A treaty embracing all enemy coun-/ tries, instead of a preliminary pact with Germany only, is now planned in an effort to speed final settlement. The general treaty could not be made ready before May 1. It is not certain that the new scheme will be executed but the delegates are finding the various problems so inter-related that: jtime might be saved by tying all the {treaties together. To speed the peace treaty, Presi-| }dent Wilson and Premier Lloyd, ; George, Clemenceau and Orlando are} | working together in secret. Not even| COUNT KAROLYI ASSASSINATED BERNE, March 26.—According to an_ unconfirmed rumor reaching Prague from Budapest, former Premier Karolyi of Hungary has been assassinated. Alexander Werkle also was arrested by the Communists and all foreigners are being interned. DESERT BANDITS ARE CONQU HISTORIC FLAG WILL BE PRIZE ERED IN EGYPT: :Rioting, Pillaging and Burning Brot to an End; Airplane Patrols Are Used; MACHINE-GUNS RAKE STREETS WITH DEATH Communists’ Position Secure Desvite Oppo- sition, Say Travelers from Budapest, and Movement is Spreading to New Fields; Workers Join Revolt. BLOOD OF REVOLUTION CASUALTIES HIGH AS CZECH FORCES — CAPTURE RAAB AND MOBILIZE BASLE, March 26.—Czech forccs have occupied the im- nortant city of Raab on the Danube, 67 miles northwest of Budapest, Vienna reports. It is also reported that the Czechs ‘| are mobilizing an army at Ostrau, 150 miles north of Budapest, to march against the Hungarians. Italian General Picconi will command the army. BERLIN, March 25.—(Delayed.)—Bloody street fighting between the Communists and anti-Bolshe- vik forces in Budapest was reported today by travelers arriving from, there. sweeping the streets and casualties are reported to be high. \Hungari Machine gunners are ian soldiers returned from Russia are directing the Communist guards. The Communists’ position apparently is not endangered by the opposition. The British and French missions are being held prisoners but are safe. The soviet cabinet is ex- tending its organization throughout the provinces and towns. LONDON, March 26.—The Hun- garian soviet government is nc firmly established and is organizing “Red” party to disarm the bour- Austrian Socialist leader Adler has notified Budapest that Austrian workers are ready to join the Bol- shevist movement if food is obtain- able elsewhere than from the entente. The Hungarian soviet government ssued a decree barring the public —_— OATH IS TAKEN TO RETAIN ALL | HUN TERRITORY BERLIN, March 26.—‘“I take a most solemn oath that the govern- ment will not surrender to the anemy one inch of German terri- tory, either east or west,” said Dr. OF GREAT LOAN, WASHINGTON, March 26.—The state attaining the largest oversub-| scription to the Victory Liberty loan | Conditions Improved, Is Report WASHINGTON, March 26.—Rioting, looting and burning crops and buildings featured the peasants’ uprisings in Egypt, according to| from the streets between 7:00 p. m.| and 6:00 a. m, closed the theaters, | prohibited the sale of liquor, confis? cating bank deposits, seizing super-| fluous lodgings and flats for the ac- Schiffer, minister of finance in the new cabinet, addressing a great crowd at the chancellor's palace, ac- cording to the T: Zeitung. | will be awarded the American flag} | we Vel stenographers are admitted. | APPREHENSION SPEEDS : UP PEACE SETTLEMENT jdome on a number of historic occa-| planes at points where disorders have broken out. The Beduoins, | which floated over the U. S. capitol! state department advices. The authorities are patrolling with air- commodation of those poorly housed and prohibiting departure from Budapest except by special permis- THEODORE, JR., PARIS, March 26,—(By Asso- sions after the United States entered roving desert bandits, are active \eiated Press.)—In the president's: the war, the treasury announced to- looting. After occupying the district court |study in the Paris “White House,” | 4ay- at many points, destroying and) sion. Conditions are ASKED TO RUN PARIS, March 26.—Seventy per —_--— — | now greatly im- 2 since Monday morning the suit for/the first gathering of allied premiers proved, according to the state depart- sons in Budapest were shot for $25,000 damages against the Nicolay- {under a plan for continuous sessions | GERMA N-DA NES iment. Quiet has been restored at POLES DEFEAT plundering and other offenses. sen Lumber company by Mrs. Lucy/| until questions obstructing the con-/| Cairo and Alexandria and lines of Unconfirmed reports state that a Bolshevik uprising is scheduled in Vienna for - April. Sympathetic demonstrations have occurred there.! of ———.___ FOOD OFFENSIVE TO ae 4 communication north of Cairo, which! was quashed today by Judge Winter. | It. marked the initial step this super jwere interrupted, have been i Rouse was killed in October, 1917,, council is taking in the direction of, ON RELEASE (rere. | BOLSHEVIKI IN aS SEATTLE, March 26.—A number when a team belonging to the lum. | affairs and meeting apprehension due, Department advices said that prac-| prominent. tieens here tele- graphed Theodore Roosevelt, J to- Rouse the widow of Chas. Rouse,|clusion of peace was held Tuesday. | ARE DET AINED | ber company ran away causing 8 team that was driven by Rouse to run, away, ‘during which Rouse suffered --infuries witfchfaused his-death. The action of Judge C. E. Winter was based on the ground that the attor- neys for the plaintiff had failed to show negligence on the part of the defendant. { Attorneys G. R. Hagens and W. O. Wilcox represented the Nicolaysen company while Attorney E. G. Vanet- ta represented the plaintiff. In order to obtain the damages sought, the plaintiff had to show negligence on the part of the Nicolay- | sen company for using a team that would run away. When the plaintiff so the revolution blazing in eastern urope. It is expected that many! PARIS, March 26.—Germany is gharp divergencies will be reconciled’ detaining Danish résfdents of Schles- before the next meeting of. the. coun wig, who desire to return home after ie fF sen bathe pie anterees ane having been released from Russian $55 is scobripliaiieds «Ther, an 1!| prisons, according to advices to the large part of Ke ia vetudg ie separa.) French foreign office. These men ane > y ie | were ar ons ite Germans, taleh pris- :, 5 . . joner by the ussians during ie war in The Russia ETE e eae and who after being set free in Russia in Hungary, was' considered. It was | attempted to return to Schleswig. understood that boundary questions} BERLIN, March 26.—Allied troops also would be taken up. ! [Have been withdrawn from Segedin During the day the Hungarian re-'and Arad, southeast of Budapest. All volt and its effect in bringing Bol- Allied missions have: left Budapest shevism into central Europe was ex- excepting one American officer, amied, Experts prepared a map’ vienna reports. oy {fically all railway stations in the! Minufia district were destroyed. | The Beduoins are very active, es-| | pecially. Beheral province and near| Komamada. Disorderly mobs carried jon a campaign of looting. The agri-! victories over the Bolsheviki in ‘he cultural bank is reported to have/Pinsk and Grodno districts are offi- | been burned by the mob. ‘cially reported by Polish headquar- | Patrol airplanes fired upen the; ters in a statement today. | rioters, inflicting heavy casualties. — i} > | LONDON, March 26. — British! | troops from Soudan have occupied TWO DISTRICTS PARIS, March 26.—Recent Polish day, asking him to become |BE ALLIED WEAPON | presidential candidate. |. WASHINGTON, March 2! 6.—A ——-— food offensive into territories threat- | ened by Bolshevism will be one of the first steps interallied authorities | will take, according to officials here. Events have shown that when Presi- | IN OFFING SAYS dent Wilson cabled congress that the! 9 |food relief bill must pass if Bol- | rectly sensed the situation. While | BRITISH LEADER delays in food shipments are experi- | enced there i: et time to stop the; shevism was to be checked, he cor-! Bolshevist tide, it is believed here. | LONDON, March —In the house ged oae ‘of lords today, ary of the Col- BARRIER BETWEEN HUNGARY | nies Milner said in his opinion that AND RUMANIA PROPOSED the country still far from cer- rested its case the court determined showing the vast extent of Bolshevik that the evidence presented was in- authority, which now embraces vir-, sufficient to place any negligence in tually half of Europe. The premiers! the affair on the defendant. also had access to private reports | ae showing the extent of disorder in all! sections of e. rm Europe = ard around Odessa, which have not *hcen | made public. PARIS, March 26.—It was learned today that the government has opened an inquiry into the manner eee ge | in which the French press has been GOPENHAGEN, March 26.—The| enabled to keep go closely in touch Huggarian’ National council dissolved | with the doings of the supreme coun- upon motion of ‘its president, says a cil. “Budapest report. é PEACE PROGRESS BETTER THAN IS APPARENT, CLAIM 1 REFUSED USE OF GAR FOR INJURED MEN STAIKE UNTIL BOSS 1S FIRED That humanitarian principles are{of humanity, and we employes under not limited to soldiers who sacrificed | his, direet.on refuse to accept direc- 2verything in enlisting in the service|tion freza a man with such a per- of the United States during its, verted idea of right and wrong.” struggle against the European bar- The foreman was questioned, and barians, is evidenced by a little epi-| it is alleged that after being ques- aode which developed yesterday morn-| tinned and admitting the charge, ing in Casper. ae summarily Sierniatell from the ixty employes of the Union Tank|“9-"pany’s employ and a new fore- Li A Ro ea aa for work at| an placed in charge. The threaten- thg usual hour but when the foreman, °4 labor disturbance was over im- of the bunch gave the signal which! ™ediately and the men happily re- | Assouan, where the great Nile dam is located. Troops are now widely NEAR VICTIM (f COPENHAGEN, March 26.— Hungarian soviet government |patch from Budapest says, h re- ceived *a written communication from the allied mission that the line FE. | distributed through Egypt, which vir- | itually is in a state of insurrection. of demarcation laid down in an earlier ultimatum should, not be re- garded as the political frontier of Hungary. In accordance with the new decision, it is added, there will be established a neutral zone for the sole purpose of preventing collisions between Hungary and Rumanian troops. J. Williams, an electrician in the employe of the Natrona Power company miraculously escaped death yesterday evening, while working on the switch board in the plant. Wil- liams and a helper, Eugene Carey, were pulling new wire connections into place on the board. Williams tain and welt established — pe Therefore, army and navy estimates lcould not be reduced, he 'MINERS TO VOTE ON SENTIMENT LONDON, March -The miners’ executive committee h: recommend- ed the acceptance of the governments terms and the will ballot on the question. miners’ delexates stepped back and as he lifted his arm touched the open switch he was repairing. Immediatey the contact was formed and 2300 volts of elec- trical current passed thru the man’s body. Young Carey tried to disen- gage his fellow workman and was badly shocked. He screamed a warn- ing and every line in the power plant was cut off by the workmen in the generating room. OIL OPERATORS ARE UNITED ON Optimistic Over A American Delegation in Paris Is Highly djustments Made to Meet Objections in the U. S. ; (By WASHINGTON, M ited Press.) ~ message to the White House today from the American peace delegation in’Paris said that greater progress toward Peared on the face.” peace was being made than “ap- In some quarters it was assumed that the Americans were optimistic over amendments to tytion agreed upon yesterday, includ- ing one specifically exempting do- mestic questions from the jurisdic- tion of the league, and over the ap- parent certainty that the associgted powers will accept President Wil-| son’s provision designed to preserve. the Monroe Doctrine. PARIS, March 26.—(By Aseo-| ciated Press.) President Wilson and} Premier Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando resumed the ‘White House” series of conferences today. Differences of opinion are being con- sidered frankly in a determined ef- fort to reach an agreement in the t ] i interest of early peace. It is believed that reparation for) war damages will be the first of the serious problems considered. It it understood that date an the League of Nations consti- & ——$—$$——$— with a blank space for the insertion of the amount. & They will then consider the main obstacle of the Franco-German fron- tier along the Rhine. Where these can be accomplished. leatures except the tote) amount. Zivwi the textural draft of the pration ar- ticles of the peace treaty are ready, are determined it is believed that a|new car and “he upholstery would be prompt ¢onclusion of the peace treaty ruined by the blood of the injured FRANCE MUST EXACT RIGHT BANK | SAYS FORMER LEADER PARIS, March 26.—The right bank of the Rhine must not belong to Prussia,” said Henry Franklin-Bouillon, former minister of mis- sions abroad, in @ speech before the chamber of deputies. bank of the Rhine must serve no more as 9 bave for Prussian aggres- meant start work at 8:00 o'clock not | a> man moved to assume his duties. | {t looked like a strike of serious pro-!| porations. A local official of the com-| it d and th kes- man of the bunch reported that they |F IN ANCES OF would not report for work under the foreman in charge. When questioned as to the reagons the spokesman responded in sub- stance: “The foreman happened to be at the scene of the explosion at the Midwest refinery yesterday, in which four boilermakers were badly injured | He had his new automobile there. It was the only car in sight. When asked, he refi:sed permission to per- mit the car to be used as an ambu- lance on the ground that it was a men. Thst is not an act in defense sumed their labors, voting the com- When the power “The right sions egsinst France. We ask this indispensable minimum and it is: our right to exact it,” he declared. was cut off Williams fell to the floor badly shocked and burned. Medical attendance was immediate- jly summoned and the injured man resuscitated. He was removed to his |home at 147 N. Maple street where ihe is reported to be recovering from EUROPE NOT jthe effects of his hazardous expe- THREA TENED! Visine Carey suffered just slight burns and shock most of the ill ef- . fects he sustained being the’ scare PARIS, March 25.—(By Associat- apn i ed Press.)—Persistent rumors that | Feswtant ater Williams’ touching Europe is on the verge of financial | esopeniswitch: ee collapse are unjustified by facts, 4| In Burma divorce is possible with- prominent American financial expert, | out any reason being given on either who has been engaged for many side, months in studying the problems of | the peace conference, said today. TREE PLANTED | BY SECRETARY | TO HONOR DEAD N WASHINGTON, March 26.—An| oak tree dedicated to the soldier- dead of the department of agricul- ture was planted in the department | grounds today by Secretary Houston. ! The planting was in keeping with the sugges! recently by| pany their thanks for the attitude its officials took. events of the last two months in to the French. . ition made | Houston that the memory of Ameti. can soldier, who fell during the war cauld best be perpetuated by the na-' tioh-wide planting of trees in He] honor. considered action.” UKRAINE CAMPAIGN DISASTROUS TOFRENCH, CHURCHILL DECLARES LONDON, March 26.—Discussing the situation in Russia before the house of commons today, Secretary of War Churchill said that He said they had entered from the south and gone some dis- tance from the coast when they were confronted by superior forces and encountered hostility from the people. The secretary pointed out that this latter feature was something which ‘‘must be carefully weighed, as it showed danger that might result from rash or ill- BIG PROGRAM All Factions Brot Together in Interest of Industry at Chicago Meet; Leasing Bill Urged in Resolution Offered (By Annocinted Prexx.) CHICAGO, March 26.—Five hundred delegates to the National Petroleum congress, which opened Tuesday, virtually comprise a unit on many specific matters concerning the oil industry. Factional | differences are not in evidence. | It is said that action is contemplated for this week's sessions to |effect the following: Formulation of a protest United branches of the against government control. Merging of the Independent Oil Men’s association and the American Petroleum league. Formal organization of an Ameri- ran Petroleum institute, an out- trowth of the petroleum war service ‘ommitte, with A. C. Bedford of he Standard Oil company as presi- dent. Resolutions favoring legislation to »pen government oil lands to the oroducer on a 12 per cent royalty basis were introduced by Max W. Ball, head of the Rocky Mountain livision of the Roxana Petroleum ‘ompany, who declared that 750 nillion barrels of oi] would be avail- ble in the Rocky Mountain district ind Alaska. by the industry Ukraine were extremely disastrous