Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1919, Page 1

ROME, April 2.—It is here from Belgrade. — SERBIA DECLARE S REPUBLIC | reported that Serbia has deposed the Kara-Gorgevitch dynasty and declared a republic, in dispatches received LONDON, April 2.—The newspaper Vetcherni Listy of Agram, Jugo-Slavia, that the d f Kara-G itch has bi deposed and ‘a republic proclaimed with Belgrade as the capital of Serbia with ‘jugo Slavia, ff see eee, The total circulati | Tribune for the si average of 3,5: CheMasper Daily Crthunry | Official paper of the City of Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. VOLUME 3. CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1919 RUSS PROPOSAL TO END STRIFE IS TAKEN UP BY THE CONFEREES Alternative May Be Alliance Between Hun and Bolshevik Is Paris Belief | (By United Press.) H PARIS, April 2.—The peace! conference has before # a definite’ and concrete proposal signed by! Lenine for a cessation of hostili-| ties. It is also authoritatively re-) ported that Karl Kautsky, German radical, is now in Moscow trying to arrange a formal alliance between Germany and Russia. In view of these facts the peace delegates are giving Russia more thought than is offiicially admitted. | The greatest secrecy surrounds the Lenine document but it offers a way! to end hostilities between Russia and: Great Britain. How it affects America. it, is-impossible to ascertain. It nts an opportunity, it is; said, to break the Bolshevik front. ! With Russia eliminated it is felt that the keystone of the Bolshevik front would be gone. . Peace delegates admit frankly that they. dislike the prospect of facing a Bolshevik alliance ‘between Russia, Hungary and Germany, with Rumania and Serbia in the offi NEW TELEGRAPI RATES 20 PE CENT INCREASE Press Rates Only Class Not Affect-! ed by Increase Put in Effect April 1 by Postmaster General. Increased telegraph rates of ap- proximately 20 per cent on the order of Postmaster General Burleson, the director of wires, went into effect yesterday morning in Casper. The rate on night messages is increased 20 per. cént.to be arrived at by comput- ing the charges at the present rate and adding one fifth. Night letters of 50 words will be forwarded at the same rate as the increased rate for 10 words full rate telegrams, with charges for each ad- ditional 10 words figured at 6-8-10- 12-15-18 and 24 cents for the eight basic rates respectively. Day letter rates under the change will be one and a half times the night letter rates. All government rates have been increased two per- cent, the only class not affected being press rates. The following rates are effective on full rate messages: The first rates quoted are the ola regulations for 10-word messages by (NOT TOO PROUD TO FICHT, SAYS| JAP MINISTER PARIS, April 2.—(By As- sociated Press.)—No Asiatic nation could be happy in a League of Nations in which a sharp racial discrimination was maintained, Makino, head of the Japanese delega- tion declared to the Asso- ciated Press today. ist Vote Only On “We are not too proud to fight but we are too proud to accept a place of admitted inferiority in dealing with one or more nations,”’ he said. PEACE CONFEREES AWAKENED TO IMPORTANCE OF SPEEDY ACTION, FINAL DECISIONS ARE PENDING French Will Be Permitted to Exploit Saar Valley in Reparation; Enemy Is More Ready to Sign Peace (By tions son’s pi The Saar valle hectare geen ‘BRIDGEHEAD SENTINEL’ PUBLISHED ON AINE One of the most interesting publi- cations that has come to light during war times is “The Bridgehead Senti nel,” issued by the first U. S. divisior now stationed on the banks of the Rhine. A copy reached E. Richarc Shipp of Casper from John Frederick now in Germany and who addressed Casper people on war topics at the time of the Second Liberty loan. The paper deals with division activities and offers a contrast to those pub lished while fighting was raging ir that social events and athletic enter. tainments now take first importance wees “Graduate Housewife and Mother’ is the title bestowed upon graduates of the domestic science school main- tained by the Brazilian government. It is now the plan of the government ‘each year to send the honor graduate of this school to the United States for three years of farther study. ———— zones with the additional charge for additional words. The second rate quoted is the new regulation now in effect: Twenty-five cents and 2 cents ad. ditional, increased to 30 and 24; 30 and 2 to 36 and 2%; 35 and 2 to 42 and 23; 40 and 3 to 48 and 34; 60 and 3 to 60 and 83; 60 and 4 to 62 and 5; 75 and 5 to 90 and 6; $1 and 7 to $1.20 and 8}. CLOTHES RIDDLED BY SHOTS 0 ASSASSIN NOT TO BE DISCARDE PARIS, April 2.—(By Associated Press.)—‘While clothes are 80 expensive, I am not going to indulge in the luxury of a new over- coat just because a fool shot a few holes in my coat,” Premier of France Clemenceau is reported ‘to have said today. The “Tiger's” jacket and overcoat, both showing bullet holes, Were pieces of evidence that had would be murderer, Emile Cottin. to be produced at the trial of the Clemenceau is particularly fond of these garments and asked Ignace, secretary of state for war, to let him have them back quickly. Ignace replied that the articles were in the hands of the judi- ciary and under the rules it would.be impossible to part with them until the case had passed the appeal stage. - Howev. holes can b the garments came topped’ back the same day. The bullet ” go ap'to defy detection and the coats will be &x good as ever in Clemenceau’s opinion. ited Prens.) PARIS, April 2.—Final decisions upon th will be reached before Saturday, officials believe. President Wil- in speech to the conferees Monday clarified the situation, the conferees see that the people expect concrete results. question is likely to be settled shortly. Apparent!y that France shall exploit the coal deposits there as| | plete returns. “A president of the FTO GERMANY TO HELP MAN pp) SHIPS ASSIGNED TO U. 6. e most important ques- zompensation for the destruction of she Lens region mines. | With the lifting of the economic} lockade of Poland and Esthonia, ef- fective today, all countries except Germany, Russia, Hungary and| Lithuania are now opened to world; trade. | Germany is said to be more in a) mood to sign the treaty than she was last week. Marshal Foch will increase | this inclination when he meets| Mathias Erzberger at Spa tomorrow, to settle the Danzig question. | Reparation is still a stumbling block. Some favor a formula of principles along which Germany must oay, leaving to a special commission} the task of assessing payments each year as determined by careful study| of German conditions. The reparation question is diffi-| cult because there are so many de-| tails. For instance, there was a long} discussion as to whether Germany) was liable for British and French} pensions. The Americans occupy} a neutral position, trying to aid the framing of the proposed formula. | | PARIS, April 2.—Consideration of | the questions of reparations and dis- position of the Rhine valley was con- tinued by the council of four, com- prising President Wilson and the pre-| miers of France, Great Britain and {taly, when the session of the coun-| cil was resumed today. It is under-| stood probable that at least three| more days will be occupied with these | subjects. American financial experts | were called into the session today. CHARLES BOONE ORDERED - Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Boone that their son, Charles Boone, who has been a mechanic on the Leviathan for more than a year, has ‘been detached from that vessel and ordered to Germany, together with 10 per cent of the crew, where they are to take over German vessels that have been assigned to the United States. Mechanic Boone made a wonde.ful \eacced in learning the intricacies oi the Leviathan and for that reason! LW. |a deserter or draft slacker, owing to NUMBER 129 DEMOCRATS CONTROL: COUNCIL IN CHICAGO WITH THOMPSON CHOSEN = 0's MAYOR; SOCTAEISTS ELIMINATED PLOT TO SEIZE ‘City Votes Wet by Quarter of Million; Social-| U. $. ARSENAL is NiPP E i BUD Coneaneventsue iCoreseieaaens nous e-Fourth That of Two Years Ago, Returns Show CHICAGO, April 2.—Complete returns from yesterday’s municipal election showed that William Hale Thompson, Republican, was re- | elected mayor for a term of four years by a plurality of 17,600 over | Robert M. Sweitzer, Democrat, his nearest competitor, and that the ‘city voted wet by a majority of 247,228. An analysis of the vote indicates hat. Maclay Hoyne, Independent Democrat, drew heavily from the normal Republican vote, while John Fitzpatrick, Labor candidate, cut into! the Democratic vote. The Democrats ‘elected the city treasurer and city clerk and the Re- oublicans elected the superior court judge and municipal judge. | Aldermanic returns indicate the elimination of Socialists from the city council, every candidate of the party| in the 31 wardg in which that part;, presented candidates be'ng decisively) beaten. The Socialist vote was less| than 25,000 whereas last fall the So- cialist vote was §5,038 and two years ago was 102,686: | In the new council, the Democrats will have a substantial majority over) the Republicans. | ST. LOUIS REPUBLICANS | SWEPT INTO OFFICE. | » ST. LOUIS, April 2.—The entire | Republican ticket was victorious in yecterday’s election, according to com- board of aldermen and 14 mem of the, board were voted for. W. ARRESTED AT DEPOT WHh DYNAMITE STICK bers | ' Unknown Character Suspected of Plans to Blow Up Burlington | Station ard Is Seized by | Special Agent. | | Prowling about the waiting room| at the Burlington depot with a stich! of high-power dynamite in his hands| is the charge that has been lodged| against Marion F. Hogans, arrested Tuesday evening by H. J. Roberts,) special agent for the Burlington here. | Hogans is being held at the police, station under an_ investigation! charge while the authorities are en- deavoring to run to earth his record. He carried insignia of the I. W. W. BOLSHEVIKS ARE HURLED BACK BY ALUED FORCES ONNORTHFRONT| SPREADINGRAPIDLY| | |Attacks Crumble Be- | fore Severe Fire of Machine-Guns and Allied Rifles ARCHANGEL, Apri: 2.— (By ‘Associated Press.)—Bol- sheviki forces again attacked allied positions along the rail- way near Oderskaia and also made an assault against the lines east of Bolsh Ozera yes- terday, but were repulsed. Along the railway the enemy struck from the right flank but was met by such a severe fire from machine-guns that he speedily retired with heavy| losses. PITTSBURGH, April 2.—De- partment of justice agents today arrested William Wyciss, age 38 years, on a charge of planning to lead a movement to scize the gov- ernment arsenal here and obtain arms to start a seneral strike in the Pittsburgh district in an effort to overthrow the government. PRIESTS HOARD FOOD, IS RUSS PROTEST REPLY ROME, April 2.—The Oms!: Archbishop has zpvealed to Pope Benedict, stating that 20 bishops and hundreds of priests have been murdered and mutilated in Rus- sia. Correspondence just published shows'that the pope wirelessed Premier Lenine imploring him in the name of humanity to stop these excesses. Foreign Minister Tchitckerin re- plied that all Russians were equal and accused the priests of hoard- ing food. REVOLUTION IN PETROGRAD, IS OFFICIAL WIRE LONDON, April 2.—Reports of a revolution against the soviet in Petrograd are supported by an of- ficial Ru: n wireless dispatch saying that a serious strike in the Petrograd region was prompted by the Mensheviki and social revolu- tionaries. TEUTONS PROBE EXECUTION OF BRITISH CAPT. ed Prens.) 2.—An (By Asnocti BERLIN, April estiga- |tion of the case of Captain Charles Fryatt of the British mercantile marine, who was executed by the Ger- | mans in “| German 1916 after conviction by courtmartial of having at- organization and is also thought to be! ;.nted to ram the German sub- the fact that he was unable to give) a concise description of his military} record after admitting that he had) been a soldier. | According to the statement of the) special agent, Hogans had been seen | about the depot for several hours anc his actions aroused the suspicion of employes who occasionally passed thru the waiting room. The matter| was eventually reported to the spe-) cial agent’s office and Mr. Roberts was detailed to investigate the man’s| wants. He came upon Hogans while the latter was apparently in the act of setting the dynamite. Hogans claims that he picked up the dynamite which was lying on one} of the freight tracks and had brought it into the depot to prevent any damage being done by explosion i: the yards. 2 KING ALBERT OF BELGIUM CALLS ON PRES. WILSON | PARIS, April: 2.:—King Albert of} Belgium, who arrived from Brussels | has been assigned to the ships. German| yesterday by airplane, paid a visit to President Wilson today. {any future infractions of the marine, U-33, with his vessel, was begun today by national courtinartial. eee DOPE PEDDLERS GET S00 FINES Two of the three messenger boys who were arrested Monday charged with peddling dope were arraigned before Judge W. E. Tubbs yesterday evening and after pleading guilty to| the charge were each fined $50 and severely reprimanded by the court. They were warned that any further charge of any nature against them would be severely punished and that ail sentences would be meted out oe aw prohibiting the selling of drugs. The two victims of the court’s de- cision were George Sherwood and Leo Gordan who are employed by) the Red Cap Messenger service. The) arrests were made in the nature of a test on the new drug ordinance which is being enforced here, resulting in a minimum exaction by the court on the first offense tried. GENERAL STRIKE IS. CALLED IN BERLIN; ‘Violent Outbreaks and Sabotage Through | Rhineland and Westvhalia; Clashes Be- tween Strikers and Workers End in Cas- ualties; Revolution Is Predicted LONDON, April 2.—Describing the outlook in Germany, the Ber- correspondent of the Daily Mail says the crisis which is rapidly ap- proaching seems certain to be graver than either the January or March outbreaks. “One of the storm centers is Bavaria, especially Munich,” he jwrites. “The situation in southern Germany has changed. Thousands attend mass meetings where unadulterated Bolshevism is advocated. A political section has arisen stronger than the Sparticides. They call ‘themselves Syndicalists, apparently led by terrorists who escaped Dusseldorf.” (By United Prens.) PARIS, April 2.—A Copenhagen dispatch today declares that a general strike has been proclaimed in Berlin. The gov- ernment is expecting extensive outbreaks and is preparing to repress the Spartacans ruthlessly. Violent outbreaks and sabo- tage throughout the Rhineland and Westphalia districts are reported in a Berlin dispatch. discovered large stores of eggs and flour. Three hundred | persons accused of plundering the ‘food shops were arrested. Disorders due to a BERLIN, April 1.—(Delayed.)— The general strike is spreading thru Germany. Clashes have occurred be- tween the workers and troops in va- rious cities, resulting in casualties. Apparently the Spartacans inspired the uprisings to weaken the govern- ment, preparatory to declaring a third revolution. The government has declared mar- tial law in the whole of Rhineland, defying 50,000 miners striking there. The situation there endangers food shipments and the coal supply and may even affect payments to the al- ties for the maintenance of the armies of occupation. ad by rifie and machine-gun fire in Mobs then attacked the police sta- tion and hotels and lynched a sailor. Government troops now _ control Frankfort. Many persons were killed and Three were killed and many wound- | Frankfort during food shop looting. | foodstuffs have been recently intensi fied by a reduction in the potato r tion of from five to three pounds. ee MONTANATHEF “WITH PRICE ON HEADIN TOLLS 'Man Identified with Extensive | Operations in Horse Stealing | and Wanted for Two wounded in fighting with soldiers at) Castrop. Wurttemburg has joined | Years Caught Here. the general strike, while the Bour-} géoisie started a counter strike at) | ke Cohan, alias Frank Brown, an , alleged horse thief who has caused Stuttgart, paralyzing the city’s in- 11. authorities of Montana an almost The release of Radical Leader! °Mtinual search for the t two years was arrested in Casper yester- | day by Patrolman J. F. Houlihan on | information obtained from the Mon- 7 tana authoritie: There are two i IMEOSSIBEEADEMANDS ;dictments against Brown on_ hors ARE) MADE) BY, STRIKERS. stealing charges one at Butte and BERLIN, April 2.—Almost all the! another in southwestern Montan labor forces of Germany are either Brown, it is claimed, was ide striking or threatening to strike as fied at one time with stealing horses the result of agitation carried on by and cattle worth several hundred dol- the Independent Socialists and Spar- jars, At that time every police de- ticides, who are succeeding in their partment in the country was on the efforts to induce workers to make in- | Jookout for the man as ree rewar creasingly impossible demands. The had been offered for his ap} situation everywhere is considered | sion. serious. Sanguinary engagements have oc-, y; curred at Kastrop, in Westphalia, ac ording to the Tageblatt. A proc ion of miners clashed with the public security guards and several were killed and wounded on both sides. Daumig temporarily allayed the gen- eral strike in Berlin. Montana state officer is due to ar- e in Casper this evening to take Brown in custody. officer will bring information at the time as to the crimes alleged to have been com- mitted by Brown and also notice of the e: ing reward. Brown refuses to discuss the case, and is also non-committal on the sub- ject of whether he will waive ex- tradition rights. PRICE OF CORN _ SOARS ON NEWS OF EXPORT LID (By Associated Prenn.) CHICAGO, April 2.—Corn made an extraordinary jump in price amounting in some cases to six cents a bushel today. Official announce- ment that the wheat scarcity was so he PARIS, April 2.—A dispatch from Zurich today states that in riots in Frankfort Monday 11 persons were killed and 25 wounded. The police made 400 arrests in connection with the disorders, STUTTGART DECLARED IN STATE OF SEIGE. BERLIN, April 2.—In a collision of strikers and government troops at Stuttgart on Tuesday three persons were killed and many others wounded. Labor leaders have declared a gen- eral strike in Stuttgart. | The government has proclaimed a state of seige in Stuttgart and its en- virons. Street traffic is {forbidden after 9:00 o’clock at night. A counter strike which was called as a protest against the general acute that wheat and flour exports walkout of working men has been from the United States had been joined by tradesmen, merchants, stopped was chiefly responsible. Vic- manufacturers, state and municipal tory for the liquor interests in the officials, doctors and chemists. Chicago municipal election was also an important factor. The steepest advance was in Sep- IN FRANKFORT STRIKES. tember corn with a rise to $1.38%4 as FRANKFORT, April 2.—Rioting| against $1.3212 on Monday broke out here today and all avail-| oo able military forces were being rushed| N. A. Lolani, a Hawaiian enter- to the scene o£ disorders, as this dis-|iainer i na David street resort, was patch was being sent, and fighting|arrested last night on a_ statutors was continuing. Demonstrators in charge and will be tried in the police searching the chief burgomaster’s, court this evening. MORE MEN OF THE NINETY-FIRST DIVISION LANDING AT NEW YORK NEW YORK, April 2.—More of the 91st division men arrived today when the steamship Liberator docked from St. Nazairé. These men were 368rd infantry’s headquarters of the third battalion, and companies D, E, K, L and M from Camp Kearney. The Orizaba from St. Nazaire, brought 91st division units also, including the following: 181st infantry’s brigade headquarters, in- cluding Brigadier General McDonald, commanding; the 364th infan- try’s headquarters of the first and second battalions and companies C, D, E, F, G and H. RIOTING BREAKS OUT ne et