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

VOLUME 3 per Dailsy ST SIGN PEACE TERMS BY MAY 15 | Official paper of the City of | Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. = | CASPER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1919 _ NUMBER 152 REVOLT LEADER IS KILLED AND HEAD IS TAKEN TO VERA CRUZ Mexican Revolution} Is ‘Crushed With Defeat of Troops Under Blanquet (By Assoctated Press,) MEXICO CITY, April 17.—Gen- eral Aureliano Blanquet, war min- ister in Huerta’s cabinet, who re- cently landed at Vera Cruz to start a revolution against Carranza, wa3| i y in a fight near Chavaxtla village, according to press reports from Vera Cruz, which quote a report from General Francisco L.|® JOINT MEETING T0 BE HELD SOON Urquize, chief of military operations in the region of Cordova and Orizaba. According to Urquize, commander in the region of Chavaxtla, General Guadalupe Sanchez, met a party of rebels under Blanquet and defeated them. Blanquet’s body was found later. Sanchez telegraphed that he was bringing Blanquet’s head to Vera Cruz to establish-his identification. General Francisco Alvarez was taken prisoner together with the ne of the Felix “family of Pedro, Gavay, 0! most active its Diaz, 9 of ns FRENCH BERNE, April 17.—Twelve Ameri- can and eight: French soldiers .were killed in rear-end. collision: of troop trains bound for Brest, which oc- curred west of Lemans this morning. Fifty-six were injured. WAR TANK IS STUCK IN SNOW DRIFT ON PEAK (By Unitea COLORADO SPRINGS, ‘April 17. —The army tank’s attempted climb of Pike’s Peak for the Victory loan pub- licity movies was called off after the tank was damaged in a snowdrift hal way up. Corporal. Howard Brower, pilot, is ill in a local hospital with pneumgnia. OFFENSIVE IS LAUNCHED BY RUSSIAN FOE LONDON,. April 17.—The Bol- sheviki have begun a series of small attacks on the Archangel front which are believed to be preliminary to an offensive, the war office announced today, NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN, PRESBITERINGHURC ‘ Wednesday evening the. annual usiness ‘meeting of the congrega- i of the Presbyterian church was icld. Reports were made from all 1eeartments and officers were elected or, the ensuing Year as follows: ‘ae Reed Miller, clerk of the con- £ regu L. A. Reed, treasurer; L Perea C. E. McComb, George Ji dbury, M. H. Haines, elders; Lames Burns, E. D. Holmes, W. H. stant O..L. Walker and R. K. taley, trustees, y After the business ical program nea were ood Friday: ever th Servlae at ar cnet the a4 member will meet to receive new ¢ a -mus- ‘was given and refresh- WON TAP TO Ol sa the PRINCESS TO GET DIVORCE FOR CRUELTY ZURICH, April 17.—The former German Crown Princess Cecile has taken steps to divorce her hus- band, Frederick William, on the grounds of cruelty, according to an announcement in Zurich papers by the mother of the princess. The statement the mother says that “ on one occasion the situa- tion was so unbearable that my daughter actually fled from home. She was captured at the German frontier line a common criminal and taken to Berlin under arrest. ‘My daughter will be able to place before the German court overwhelming evidence against her husband and be able to prove in ‘many instances the very grossest ‘cruelty. ° 2 At the next regular meeting merce one of the largest attendances is expected, because of the fact that th organization will make a special bid to have the women of town present at'the meeting. The the luncheon will to stimulate interest in the work of the club and enterprising people of Casper for the also to outline-the plans of the Fifth Liberty Loan. A prominent speaker has been engaged for the occasion and the booster organization will take special advantage of the increased at- tendange to insufe the success of delay. ~ Secretary George B. Nelson of the club is making special at- tractivé features for the benefit of the scores of women who are ex- pected!’ to attend the joint meeting. NVER, EXGURSIONISTS TO VSI FE One hundred and twenty-five trade excursionists, comprising representative. businessmen of Denver, will descend upon Cas- per in the near future and tour the main oil fields of Wyoming. The projéct has the backing of the Denver Civic and Commercial association and it is proposed that the excursionists shall go by spe- cial train to Lusk, Laramie, Cas- per and possibly Lander. A communication to this effect has been received by The Tribune from H. S. Rogers, former news- paper man of Billings, who is directing publicity work in con- nection with the visit and pro- poses to issue a Wyoming booklet for the information of the Den- ver interests. A request for Cas- BRITISH DROP BOMBS AND RAKE MOBS WITH MACHINE-GUK FIRE (By AY SIMLA, India, April 158 Considerable unrest exists in for the district appealed to the leading men to use their influence for the reopening of shops, otherwise the authorities would take action. KOREANS WARNED BY JAPS THAT DECISIVE ACTION MAY BE TAKEN (By United Press.) SEOUL, April 17.—Over sixteen hundred Japanese troops and a few hundred gendarmes arrived at Fusan today for guard duty in connection with the Korean uprising. These are in addition to two complete divisions enroute. : General Asakawa, who is directing Japanese military operations, noti- ied the Koreans to resume their business and refrain from mass meetings Japanese be ‘obliged to resort to decisive action.” EN TO SHARE CLUB LUNGHED ——————— \the commons, indicates that no inti- ‘ anyriat !mation of the terms will be made! } | public at present. i | It was announced that at a meet- ‘ing of the council of ten yesterday, - OVERBY ALLIES ARRIVES TODAY WITHYANKEETROOPSONRETURN sais to. | imay be required to sign the treaty} |by May 15, still there is some dif- ference of opinion among the dele- gates regarding the advisability of jsetting a time limit. But the ma- jority believes that the period be- tween April 25 and May 15 will be various articles of the pact were placed in the hands of the drafting} committee. The remaining articles will be disposed of today. | |OPPOSITION TO TIME | |LIMIT ALSO EXPRESSED. | Kaiserin Augusa Victoria at 'N. Y. Dock; Twelve Hundred Soldiers of the 40th sufficient for the German govern- Division Also Land at Gotham Port ment to debate all its provisions and | (rae ratify it. Those who oppose fixing a iime! limit contend that the Allies may not be ready to receive the Germans April 25. Advocates of the time limit fear that otherwise the Ger- mans would draw the debate out in- definitely. (By United Press.) is NEW YORK, April 17.—The Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, crack| |Hamburg-American liner arrived today with 2;300 troops. The vessel! is the first of the German merchant fleet taken over in exchange for! |foodstuffs. During the war it lay in Germany. It is now manned by a Yankee crew who relieved the Germans that delivered the ship to an English port. i OPINIONS ARE DIVIDED ON LLOYD GEORGE SPEECH. NEW. YORK, April 17.—Bringing LONDON, April 17. — While jhome 1,200 officers and men of the|9Pinions are divided regarding the 40th division, steamship Sierra ar-|Substance of Premier Lloyd George’s rived from Bordeaux. address yesterday, there is a general : Headquarters company, medical | #&Teement by the press that it was a company, medical detachment and|&teat parliamentary triumph with the companies A, B, C, and D, of the) exception of the laborite and North- 144th machine gun battalion, con-| Cliffe newspapers, none of the morn- of the Casper Chamber of Com- object of the mixed attendance at sisting of 24 officers and 660 men|ing journals condemn the premier’s Headquarters and sanitary detach- ments and companies A, B, C, and D, Bowie, Dodge and Grant. , The 40th division’s military police | the Fifth Loan in Casper without - Meanwhile these western troops! will go to Camp Mills, N. Y. ' The Sierra brought altogether 1,-! == other casuals, | 2 ee in Attendance. FIVE DEAD AND | Casper women met at the Henning MANY HURT In ;hotel yesterday for the purpose of will be demobilized at Camps Kearney, | Statement, while several warmly ap- of the 148rd machine gun battalion, company of four officers and 194 606 troops, including three officers, Optimism Expressed at Henning laying Plans and discussing matters RIOTS IN ROME | Grant, Dodge, Hancock, Sherman, | Plaud it. comprising 20 officers and 320 men men, will be demobilized at Camps 252 men convalescing from wounds Gathering on Wednesday with {incident to the part they hope to play Lee and Dix. | — will be demobilized at Camps Kearney, | Kearney, Bowie and Funston. | or illness, and balloon, medical d's ’ z ae Leaders of Women’s Work in raising Natrona’s quota in the LOS 15 PLANNED per data to be included in this ‘Nearly Four Weeks to Be Allowed for De- bating Provisions; Held Possible Unless Time Limit Is Set | for Acceptance or Rejection of Pact (Ry Associated Press.) | Germany will be forced either to accept or reject the Allied peace |terms by May 15, according to reports printed in Paris, and it is indi- cated that no reply will be expected before May 6. | _ The refusal of French Foreiga Minister Pichon to divulge the de- tails of the proposed treaty in the chamber of deputies yesterday and |Premier Lloyd George’s failure to speak in more than general terms in! , LIMIT INDEMNITY IS ASKED BY FOE Indefinite Wrangle PARIS, April 17.—Germany intends to claim indemnity from the allies, according to the Frank- fort Gazette. She will ask dam- ages sustained from aerial at- tacks, occupation of German terri- tory by allied troops and for de- lay in concluding peace, causing prologation of Bolshevik and Spar- tacan trouble. BERLIN SENDS MEN AGAINST MUNICH ‘REDS: Army of 27,000 Marching on Bavarian Cap- ital, Where Reign of Terror Is Reported Indescribable; Hunger Blockade Is Turned Against Middle Class BERNE, April 17.—The troops to restore order in Munich. Red guards 10,000 men. German government has sent 27,000 in Munich total BERLIN, April 17.—Large forces of Bavarian troops, with artillery and mine throwers, began an advance on Munich yesterday, according to the Tageblatt. It is unknown whether a battle was fought. f ALLIES DECID 10 SUPPLY THE “ime is ROUSSTANS WITH seanerenttsn: — IFOOD AT ONCE (By Associnted Press.) VIENNA, April 16.—(Delayed.) —The spread of Bolshevik propa- ganda westward is greatly favored by the -laxity-of travel regulations, the least guarded being those of Poland trains arriving at Budapest and Vienna from the east, carrying numbers of agents supplied with all sorts of false passports and false money. BERNE, April 17.—Munich is still! isolated from the remainder of Ger-} many but a wireless dispatch today | indicates at ghting between he . indicated that fahting Mewes is inp Action Is Condemned creasing in intensity. The deposed | 5 “ as Practical Rec- ognition of Soviet Socialist government, again driven| from Munich, gathered reinforce- ments and established a new hunger folder has been received by Secre- tary George B. Nelson, Secretry of the Casper Chamber of Com- merce. The visitors will spend an en- tire day here and probably will be accompanied by~ Governor Oliver Shoup of Colorado and the mayor of Denver. A committee consisting of C. A. Bowman, Z, E. Zahn and Frank Bare has been appointed by the Denver organization to look after the details of the trip. It is in- tended to study the oil fields and business.conditions in general but no business will be solicited. Following the selection of a date it is likely that arrange- ments will be made here for the (By United Press.) ROME, April 17.—Five persons were killed and several wounded dur- ing Socialist demonstrations here. Day strikes were declared in Milan, Bologna, Turin and Genoa. WOODEN SHIPS BRING $650,000 EACH IN SALE (By United Pres.) WASHINGTON, April 17.— The shipping board, disposing of its war- time wooden ships, sold 15 to the Nacirene Steamship company of New jocinted Preas.) (Delayed.)—Airplanes were used in coping with disorders in Punjaub. The mobs attacked a passenger train and wrecked a railway station at Gujranwala. Airplanes were gent from Lahore and the mob was bombed and subjected to machine-gun fire from the air. York for $650,000 each. AIRMEN THOT TO HAVE PERISHED REPORTED SAFE WASHINGTON, April, 17.—Lieu- entertainment of the Denver men. can Hornby, army fliers, unofficially reported missing with the big plane gua and Havana, Cuba, are safe in Nicaragua, trouble. GERMAN TRIES TO SET TROOP VESSEL AFIRE BOSTON, April 17.—A German agent, allowed on the transport Patricia’ to look out for German property, attempted to set fire to the Delhi and Lahore. Commissioners can soldiers, Frank Cavanaugh of the 102nd field artillery, one .of the officers aboard. The suicide rate of Germany was, before the war, the highest in the world—twenty-one per 100,000 year- ly. 3 tenants Otta and Parker and Mechani-| H. S. 2, between Blue Fields, Nicara-| having been prevented| from starting for Havana by engine, vessel last night as it was nearing) Boston with more than 2,000 Ameri-! according to Major! fifth liberty loan—the Victory loan—j; blockade. Doctor LevesiDy coms which will be opened up in this state|munist leader, announce that the next Monday. The meeting proved| blockade would be turned against the Government, an enthusiastic one and the members| middle classes and that within the city of the organization expressed the| food would be limited to soldiers and popular belief that the amount fixed | workers. P ARISE Leanne reament for this county would be raised with] A great artillery battle is raging), 11) See Senn mere KG the same expediency as that whict | 'ay and night with heavy casualtion 4, a on of é neutral commission \has characterized other drives in this] nd enormous property damage. All Bae See Rad ba thet meeeeinted (Bowers county. Altho no official announce | ‘orkers in Munich have been armed. | 47 ba ty aipe ed 3 | 7, ’, Sars . eRe late yesterday. They are going ahead /ment has been made, Natrona’s quota oviet troons seized the churches and : 2 ren * . : ri 4 - eC wane is with plans immediately despite the |it is said, will be in the neighborhood] re using the towers as observation Bee ae laneciial her jof $575,000. illery fire. objection of anti-Bolsheviki here lo fs Ch P M Oli standstill. The ter-; Who contend that this action amounts Sounty airman rs. iver sn lt actieal recognitio e sovie Johnson presided over the meeting] ified non-combatants remain indoors. per EEAC ess recognition of the soviet land encouraged discussion which led The population’s panic “is indescrib- | The agreement stipulates that the ible. Street fighting also continues in Hamburg. The police there are powerless and have called for heavy reinforcements of government troops. Shops and warehouses are being villaged. ‘to a decision regarding the canvass ‘of the town. A house-to-house can- vass will not be made, but lieuten- ants with two assistants will be sta- |tioned at all of the banks and public | buildings. ‘BRITISHER TO _ START FLIGHT | -FROMIRELARD BUSINESS PARALYZED BY BERLIN STRIKE. BERLIN, April 16.—(Delayed.) —A general strike was called in Ber- lin today, completely paralyzing business. to Wednesday afternoon. ae gneene Macaroni originated from a Greek phrase meaning “the blessed dead,” Jin allusion to the ancient custom of eating it at feasts for departed souls. ——$_> EAST CHURCH, Eng., April 17.—Major J. C. Wood, British aviator who is to attempt a trans- Atlantic flight from Ireland, an- nounced that he would fly to Limerick this afternoon and start his flight across the Atlantic to- morrow. All of the early travelers and ex- plorers regarded Lower California a an island, and it was not until 1842 |that its connection with the state of | California was discovered. DEMOS REQUEST PRESIDENT TO _ OUST BURLESON | Unite Prens.) BOSTON, April 17.’ Prominent state Démocratic leaders |cabled President Wilson today that “Burleson is wrecking the party. Remove him and settle the strike.” throughout New England are striking. It is predicted if the strike is not Settled shortly a general strike of all labor in New England may be put into effect. There was no disorder up Nearly 20,000 operators and other telephone employes | Bolsheviki must cease hostilities on all fronts. COMPROMISE SOUGHT WITH CONSERVATIVES COPENHAG , April 17.—Bol- shevism in Rus is giving way to a “New Bourge according to the director of the Red Cros: here se, Moscow {committee which has arrived Premier Lenine and War Ministe: Trotsky are trying to reach an under- standing with the moderate elements of Russia. 1,800 ARE MURDERED BY THE RUSSIAN REDS LONDON, April 17.— Eighteen | hundred persons, including 400 wo- jmen, were murdered by the Bol- | heviki at Ufa, according to a tele- |gram from Omsk received in official | quarters here. | FRESH VICTORIES |FOR SOVIET CLAIMED. | LONDON, April 17.—Continued ; successes for the Russian soviet along |the western Russian front from the Baltic to the Black Sea is claimed jin a Russian official wireless received | today. ‘SEC. DANIELS IN OCCUPIED AREA GERMANY TODAY COBLENZ, April 17.—(By Asso- |ciated Press.) Secretary of the Na- \vy Daniels, enroute to Coblenz, |crossed the Meuse into occupied sec- |tions of Germany this afternoon. | ~ noe