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

| Official paper of the City of | | maining, Report | Casper and Natrona County, | | Wy s- | Prospects of peace have sud- | |||\denly become brighter as the! Reparations Division and Adriatic Dis-' pute Are Only Se- rious Problems Re- |result of agreements reached | ——— |by the council of four at Paris, “ CASPER, WYOMING, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1919 NUMRE |announcements from which in- | NUMBER 150 | dicate that within a short time | ;the war-worn world will begin toj BUILDING FUND STARTED FOR YOUNG MEN’ ‘AT LEAGUE CONFERENCE Over $500 in Treasury for Beginning! and Business Interests Will Be Asked to Aid; Dance Revenue. Concrete steps toward the materialization of plans for a “community building” in which) clubs will be maintained for the young men were taken at a meeting of League on Monday. when proceeds realized from the show of April 11 and minor activi- SITUATION SATISFACTORY ON THE ties were placed in a fund set aside! for this purpose. Receipts from the show aggregating $505.50 and that of a recent bake sale $25, making, an initial total of $530.50. Plans launched by the league are ambitious to an unusual degree in| that they contemplate the erection | of a building with an auditorium | open to all community purposes of the proper kind, Inspired at the out- set as a means of ministering to the comfort and entertainment of re- turned soldiers, the project has been extended to meet needs equally as urgent and it is proposed that the business interests of the city shall be represented and have a part in carry- ing the plan to successful conclusion. The fund .will be increased from time to.time by various activities, in- cluding the, Fri the net proceeds iS mittee jn charge Prien 5 of the The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club) maintained in the Oil Exchange build- ing is proving a great success in it- self. An eee eee bu- reau is maintained an ers “ ing jobs or men to fill positions Apa kind are requested to make use of it. At present a blackboard is ‘heed- ed for posting bulletins and the loan as a blackboard is solicited by the eague, THUNDER ROARS DEFIANCE, SNOW STORM BREAKS March snows and April showers vied for predominance in atmospheric conditions today with the result that the former won out at the expense of a phenomena that has had few equals in the weather man’s record. With a flurry of snow swirling over- head and whitening the pavements, peal after peal of thunder rolled thru the heavens and the public was brot up short with astonishment at the occurrence. “Just another sign that thia is a country of perpetual summer,’’ said one old-timer, “altho the snow did make it seem a little gnusual.” 4 Attention is called to the fact that while the portion of the West has been called upon to combat the effects of severe wind and snow- storms during the recent weeks, Cas- Der has lived in beautiful isolation of such inclemency. SERIOUS FIRE IS AVERTED IN THE BUSINESS PART A serious fire in the heart of the business district was narrowly avert- ed last night by the rapid response of the fire department to a telephone call from the American Ca: In ae Mannef gn. overheated s' et a to the walls in the kitchen of the Place and the flames had eaten ae the wall. Upon arrival at the zs ‘ene of the fire, every door leading aie the kitchen was sealed while the ; epic fought the flames with chem- A . o @ early arrival at the scene 5 the fire and the precaution to us event draft, probably averted a se- ious fire in the building, RAINBOWS TO SEE CAPITAL OCEAN FLIGHT © STARTS TODAY, REPORT SAYS ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 15.—Weather conditions to- day improved sufficiently to lead Harry Hawker, pilot of the Sopwith biplane, to ex- press the opinion that Haw- |] ker and Commander Grieves, his navigator, might start on their attempted trans-Atlan- tic flight this afternoon. } | 9 GLUD | | | the Mothers’ killed. ARCHANGEL FRONT, SAYS OFFICIAL WASHINGTON, April 15.—Brigadier General Wilds Richaardson, new commander of the American forces in north Russia, reported the military situation satisfactory in his first official dispatch since land- ing on the Murmansk coast. The message was dated April 13, or about two weeks after the mutinous conduct of Company I, 339th infantry. MOOSE NEGOTIATE. FOR NEW SITE WAY ERECT S85.000 HOME HERE The Loyal Order of Moose No. 1182 has about concluded the purchase of lot 13, block 55, opposite the Ohio Oil company building on North Wolcott on which there is now an unfinished basement. It is expected that a $95,000 building for the Moose home in Casper will be erected on this site during the coming summer. Plans for the building are now under consideration by the build- ing committee composed of George D. Brown, Henry Stahl, Richard Dunne, J. W. Miller and J. N. Krause. Every meeting night, which is Thursday, large classes are being initiated into the order, which now has a membership of 472. PRESIDENT WILSON TO SAIL FOR UNITED STATES LAST OF APRIL PARIS, April 15.—President Wilson intends to sail for the United States April 27 or 28, after being present at the opening meeting of the peace congress at Versailles, the Echo de Paris says. After his de- parture, Colonel House-will act for him, the newspaper adds. TIEN TSIN CLASH BETWEEN JAPS AND YANKS IS BEING ADJUSTED WASHINGTON, April 1&—Investigation of the clash between .Americans and Japanese at Tien Tsin is still in progress with every in- dication that the incident wilf soon be adjusted satisfactorily, said the state department today. HIGH OFFICIALS REPORTED SLAIN BY THE COMMUNISTS OF HUNGARY LONDON, April 15.—A Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph says that the Acht Uhr Blatt and Abendblatt of Berlin print reports from travelers that Communists at Budapest executed Archduke Joseph, Dr. Alexander Wekerle, former premier and Baron Joseph Steprenyi, minister of commerce. The report has not been confirmed. PARIS, April 156.—An American steamer laden with food for Poland was pillaged at Hamburg by the Germans, according to a dis- patch from Warsaw, feceived in Zurich and transmitted to the Echo De Paris. JAP AMBASSADOR GOING HOME TO CONFER, MAY NOT RETURN, CLAIM WASHINGTON, April 15.—Viscount Ishii, Japanese ambassador, is returning to Japan shortly ‘for a conference with his govern- DEPORTATIONS LEAD TO _ SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN INDIA, SAY REPORTS @ses-seese cos=: \Several Killed and Wounded| When Troops Fire on Mobs; British Restore Order LONDON, April 15.—Serious riots in India| |Friday and Saturday resulted from the depgr-; | tation of several agitators. Two banks, the town hall and a warehouse were burned in Amritsar. Five Europeans were | | | | | | | scribed as a passive resistance move- |ing man has been found. return to something like normal in- | ternational conditions. On April 25, | which Will be 165 days after the last | gun of the great war was fired, al- {ted and German delegates will ;ather at Versailles to discuss the | treaty. A statement by President Wilson | while, settlement of conflicting claims jof Italy and Jugo-Slavia to territory on the eastern shore of the Adriatic would be given preferential consid- eration. Probably the allies of germany will be called to Versailles almost immediately after the German dele- gates have received the allied terms} and have passed upon them. Germany, by the terms of the treaty, will be called upon to pay 100 billion gold marks, which at the pre- war rate of exchange would be equivalent to $23,820,000,000. PARIS, April 15.—The council of four today considered the Adriatic question. Secretary for Foreign Af- fairs Balfour took the place of Lloyd George, who went to London. | Troops fired on the rioters, killing! nine and wounding 21 others. The mob killed a British soldier in Kasur. Armored trains and airplanes were | employed to restore order. ang vaiy charged 2 Bombay mob France and Britain Seek 85 Per Cent of the Total Amount; Germans to Pay on Five Counts LONDON, April 15.—The spread | of disturbances in India were re- ferred to in parliament tonight as being the outcome of what was de- known as the Rawlatt act, interned to combat seditiops conspiracy. The| movement originated with the home; rule element in Bombay and _ has taken shape in attacks on offfcials| ment against ee Indian legislation | (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 15.—The problem oud Europeans jand in property of reparation settlements still has amage. be i | troublesome times before it in con- EGYPTIAN PEOPLE. ARE. i il i istri- EGYeTiAy nection with the question of distri CAIRO, April 16-—The council | ution of the war indemnity. The of ministers today issued a proclama-' smaller powers are still to be heard tion urging the population to be calm relative to their shares of the repara- and asking officials and strikers to'tion fund. Particularly Belgium, the resume their work “now that the ‘Claims of which are entitled to first Egyptians had been allowed to pro-; consideration under pte-conference ceed abroad and a ministry consti-| Pledges. tuted to devote itself entirely to the} A tentative scheme of distribution | service of the country.” which Great Britain and France ad-| MURDERER OF _ | percent: probably 85 per cent of the HUNGARIAN NOT YET CAPTURED total sum realized, to these big pow- Despite the fact that the police and | ers, leaving perhaps 15 per cent to satisfy the demands of Belgium, | sheriff’s offices have made a diligent search for the 19-year-old negro Italy, Serbia, Rumania, Russia and| others. | It is suggested by experts on the | youth named Scott, who is charged | with killing John Coski, a Hungarian, | when the latter forced entrance to a reparation commission, that Rumania, | Sandbar resort, no trace of the miss- | It is the Serbia and other nations have received reparations through the acquisition of territory, but this reasoning will} presumption of the local authorities that the negro made his escape thru some unknown channel the following Germany will be required to pay. It! is stated that the five categories | adopted comprise reparation for ac-| tual damage to life and property; |premises of American _PROSPECTS GROW BRIGHTER|PEACE TREATY WiLL | . © Casper Daily BE HANDED TO FOE |. ON APRIL 25, CLAIM Separate Treaties for Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria Proposed; Ratification Within Time Limit Means Special Session of _Congress by June 1, at Latest of TUTUILA, American Samoa, April 14.—A large amount of silver, sup- posed to have been brot here from German Saimoa at the outbreak of the war, was unearthed today on the firms. The coin was concealed in terra cotta pipes. BERLIN, April 15.—Foreign Min- ister Brockdorff—Rantzau has re- turned from Weimar and is supervis- pensions for the crippled and fami- lies of slain soldiers; compensation | for enforced labor exacted from the) scarcely apply to Belgium. morning: There is no announcement regard- | ing the classes of damages for which} Coski’s remains are now being held at the Bowman chapel pending de- ing preparations for the German peace delegation’s departure. McKEES ROCK, Penn., April 15. termination of the case by the local county authorities. No inquest has | been held yet and it is probable the | remains will be held until the alleged | murdered is located. TURK GOVERNOR EXECUTED FOR PART IN CRIME CONSTANTINOPLE, April 14.— Kemal] Bey, Governor of Diarbekr,| was publicly hanged at Stamboul in the presence of the military governor and other high officials. a PAUL KLEINLEIN | RETURNS AFTER YEAR OVERSEAS | Sergeant-Major Paul Kleinlein, formerly advertising manager of the Daily Tribune and who enlisted in the fall of 1917, returned to Casper to renew acquaintances today after be- ing discharged at Fort D. A. Russell, Cheyenne. Kleinlein enlisted first in the ordnance department of the army but later transferred on application to the tank corps and received five months intensive tfaining in this branch of the service. A few weeks prior to the signing of the armistice they were removed to France and were ready to go into action at the time hostilities ceased. ‘Kleinlein wears two gold service stripes on his sleeve, signifying 12 months overseas. A large part of the time he spent in France. Before going to:work again Klein- | ment.” This is held to ke significant in view of the Japanese situa- Bi —— tion in Paris, where the Tokio delegates threaten to withdraw from divi REST April 15.—The Rainbow} the peace conference and in view of numerous difficulties that have D. non Will parade in Washington,| arisen recently between the United States and Japan. | States, on its arrival in the United He has not been recalled as ambassador but there is some doubt . Embarkation is progressing.! that he will return here. x TST eerie tyantied eraeomtpuet vacua ey rf m8, lein will visit with relatives at Des Moines, Iowa. inhabitants of occupied regions; re-j| nt 7s rs numeration for illegally exacted | —Fighty-seven Russians, believed to labor from prisoners; and payment/be Bolshevik agitators and sympa- for German requisitions in occupied|thizers, were arrested in a spectacu- territories. ex police raid last night. The supreme economic council is eae considering the question of permitting | SAN DI : GO, April 15.—The board Germany to have certain raw materi-| Of inquiry is investigating yesterday’s als before the peace treaty becomes |@xPlosion aboard the submarine effective, with revision of blockade | chaser No. 297, in which ten men regulations to that extent, and it is|Were burned, four probably fatally. understood that prospects are good |A wireless spark is believed to have for favorable action. ignited the gasoline tank. The economic council members are ara aniape’ "| PRONERAGE TO | BE LOCATED IN REST ROOM FOR | CITY PARK BACK | HENNING HOTEL OF THE LIBRARY | An artistic rest room on the pro- posed city park at the rear of the postoffice will likely be the out-| growth of negotiations between vari- ous contractors in Casper and the park committee of the city council. Half the expense of the proposed im- provements will be borne by Ben Scherck, who recently urged the coun- cil to make the improvements as a necessity for the convenience of wo- men and children while shopping in the business district. EDDIE SHEVLIN BESTS A new brokerage company will be opened in the Henning hotel lobby today for the purpose of dealing in Wyoming oil issues and securities of all kinds. The new office will be kerage Co., and will make an active bid for a share of the brokerage trade of Casper. ———— Fred Williams, the driller who died last week at the Grand Central hotel, will be buried at four o’clock this af- ternoon. Rev. John Mullin will offi. ciate at the services. Interment will be made at the city cemetery. (By Associated Prean.) LONDON, April 15.—Eddie Shevlin, champion welterweight boxer of the U. S. navy, defeated Fred Newberry in 20 rounds here last night. NEW YORK, April 15.—Nearl which arrived yesterday disembark New York today preparatory to bi demobilization. Most of the men w' fantry regiments, organized from d known as the Otto H. Krausse Bro-| By FRED S. FERGUSON. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) PARIS, April 15.—The peace treaty will be handed to the Ger- mans on April 25. If the Germans have plenary powers it will be; signed almost immediately; otherwise it will first be submitted to the Weimar government. Separate treaties will be presented to Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria within a few days after the Germans arrive at Versailles. As soon as al] treaties are signed) from 20 to 30 days will be permitted | for their ratification by the entente NEW ENGLAND governments. When two-thirds have! been ratified then they become ef- re _ WIRE WORKER President Wilson expected to call) a special session of congress, there- fore, not later than June 1. | The German treaty is at least 75,-! 000 words long. It probably will con-| sist of a general introduction where- | — = in all principles will be set forth, fol-| BOSTON, April 15.—Telephone lowed by specific protocols covering | communication throughout most of separate divisions, == |New England was suspended today The protocols will include the’). the Pierofocerat f the New league covenant, to which the Ger-} ¥ Sorte per ators o Ree mans will subscribe, although not to|=ngland Telephone and Telegraph become members until voted in under|company and the Providence Tele- the covenant provision for the accept-| phone company. In this and other ance of new members. | cities, operators quit at 7 a.m. The The reparations section probably | wires are dead. will be based on a provisional mini-| Pay increases and the right to col- mum indemnity of $25,000,000,000. | lective bargaining are involved. The permanent reparations commis- | sion will be expected to get as much} WASHINGTON, April 15.—Hold- more as Germany’s financial and|ing that the New England telephone economic condition will permit after|strike was without justification, the an initial installment of five billions | postoffice department today instruct- within two years. jed the manager of the company at France will get about 55 per cent | Boston to replace the strikers or take of the total indemnities. |any other steps necessary to main- The boundaries section gives |tain service. Alsace-Lorraine to France and gives saa the French possession of the Saar coal mines. The Rhine boundary ir unchanged but forts will be dis- mantled- and France will be given guarantees against attack. DUBLIN, April 15.—Owing to political unrest and disturbances |- martial law has been proclaimed ir LEAVES CRIMEA the counties of Cork, Limerick, Tip- perary, Kerry and Roscommon. PARIS, April 15.—Twenty mem- bers of the former Russian imperial LATE FLASHES family, including the former empress, Marie Feodoroyvna, reached C FR M THE stantinople from Crimea several days ago, says the Echo De Paris. The party included former Grand Duke z 5 Nicholas Nicholaivitch, at one time LONDON, April 15.—A retreat of| .ommander-in-chief of the Russian ten miles in the Murmansk region is 3 >, pene aseccy eee A a = army, and Peter Nicholasiev admitted by the Russian soviet gov-| |; = f th Gaiman ieutenant general of the > army and a younger brother Nicholas. — CHICAGO, April —Charles S. Keith of Kansas City, president of the Southern Pine association and statistical authority on lumber, told the legislative commission investigat- ing the high prices of building ma- terials that ‘the present prices of lumber is lower than it will be at any | time in fivesyears. | Satie | |'GAMBLING GAME | ° ENDS IN FIGHT; |\TWO ARRESTED A free-for-all fight occurring at a local hotel last night brought a riot | call to police headquarters and result- ed in the arrest of two fighters who were badly bruised and beaten as jthe result of the melee. The fight jis alleged to have started over a |gambling game in which one of the | victims lost $35. When arraigned be- fore Judge Tubbs this morning they | pleaded guilty to a charge of fight- ing and paid $12 fines for fighting. BAKER ARRIVES PARIS TODAY PARIS, April 15.—Secretary of War Baker arrived here from Brest today. 3,500 TROOPS OF 91ST DIVISION | NEWBERRY IN 20 ROUNDS; TO BE SENT WEST FOR DISCHARGE y 3,500 troops of the 91st division ed and were sent to camps around ing sent to camps nearer home for ere from the 361st and 362nd in- rafted men of the far west.