Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1919, Page 1

7 | The Circulation of The Tribune | Yesterday was 3,780. Che Casper UIE | Official paper of the City of | Casper and Natrona County, | Wyoming. | | VOLUME 3__ BALTIC PORT OF LIBAU SEIZED BY GERMAN FORCE IN SURPRISE ATTACK ON LETTISH DEFENDERS Provisional Government Overthrown, Lett Soldiers Disarmed and Interned When _ | Garrison Is Weakened by Fighting COPENHAGEN, April 18.—German and Baltic-German troops have forcibly seized Libau and overthrown the Lettish provisional government, according to advices received by the) Lettish press bureau here. Lettish reserve troops at Libau were surprised by strong! CASPER, WYOMING, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1919 |SITUATION IN’ EGYPT GRAVE, PARIS, April «—Newspapers feature ports on the gravity of the situa- tion in Egypt. There is said to be at concern among the Brit- h authorities over the national- ist movement. | Dispatches state that mutinous || conditions prevail in Cairo there being sev | mysterious deaths in connection || with disorders. | | 17.—(Delayed.) here re- Insurgent leaders demand that European officials. resign, that English people leave the country || and = Mussulman empire be || founded at Cairo. TTALIANS THREATEN PEACE PLANS wan EMPIRE WITH EFFORTS 10 BLOCK TREATY) UNLESS CLAIMS ARE RECOGNIZED ‘Secret Pact Held Valid Despite Acceptance of Armistice Provisions Based on 14 Points; President Is Firm PARIS, April 18.—It is reported that the Italians threaten| May 8. ADRIATIC PROBLEM STILL STUMBLING ANailry JEWS KILLED BY HUNDREDS (By Associated Prenn.) PARIS, April 18.—Detachments under command of General Pet- lura, Ukrainian peasant leader, are carrying our excesses against the according to the Polish committee. At Husiatyn and Fastov 2,500 Jews were killed and wounded. At Papniakra, 250 are said to have been killed. | | | i | | | ‘which have been laid before the’ LOCK TO PEACE Early Settlement FORCES GATHER itn rand’ e- FOR ATTACK ON H is Paslia oe MUNICH, REBELS PLAN DEFENSE peace conference in Paris by Italy Desperate and Jugo-Slavia, probably will be brought to a decision soon. The controversy has aroused pub- B; snocintes Press. Conflicting claims to the city of Fiume and the Dalmatian coast: Fighting for Possession of lic sentiment in Italy, and when the Italian parliament meets on April 24, probably Premier Orlando will be asked for a report on the subject. Hence he is said especially to desire a settlement before that date. Con- versations on the Oria problem have geen going on in Paris for some- time and it is indicated that a settle- ment has not been reached. Allied terms of peace probably will not be laid before Germany until Saturday of next week, and it may not be until the following Monday |that the German delegates learn the | details of the treaty. This will delay | proveedings, to some extent, as it is not expected that the German dele | gation can go to Weimar, receive in-} | structions, and return to Paris before ‘and barbed wire ent City Expected to | Develop Soon |. BERLIN, April 18.—Desperate | fighting continues for possession of Munich. Several regiments of gov- ernment troops have reinforced | Socialistic forces outside of Munich | 5 | and are now preparing for a grand | assault on the Communists defender fhe latter is erecting barricad anglements in the Plundering — has control of tne principal _ streets. gotten beyond the Communist guards. BERLIN DECLARED IN | STATE OF SEIGE. to block the entire peace settlement unless their claims are) recognized. The Italians have taken the position that the secre! lFI London pact made in. 1915 grants them their entire demands. | The Italians now threaten to refuse to accept any treaty | 34; t| MILITARY STAFF TO 'X FOE’S PENALTY. PARIS, April 17.—(Delayed.)— litary experts under Marshal Foch COPENHAGEN, April 18.—Berlin is declared in a state of siege as a result of the general strike there. Government airplanes dropped siege German forces Wednesday which overpowered the Letts, dis-' |not meeting their claims and wauld then call upon the allies to are drafting a report on what should| Proclamations on Berlin. President armed and interned them. Later the Germans arrested the Lettish minis- ter of the interior and several offi- cials, it is said. The surprise was made possible when Lettish troops were sent to the; front while Baltic-German detach- ments were brought back to Libau. The city is held by the Germans. | Premier Ullman protested to Gen- eral Von Der Goltz, commander of | the German troops. The Letts ac- cuse the Germans of hindering them from mobilizing against the Bolshe-| viki which, it is said, accounts for the fact that Riga ig still in the hands of soviet forces. oe rece ramet | ALLIES DRIVEN FROM | CRIMEAN PENINSULA PARIS, April 18.—It is reported here that the Bolsheviki have oecu- pied Sebastopol. This would indicate chat the, Bolabevik-bave laatad the Crimean “peninsula _o} roops, GERMANS IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL, IS REPORT WASHINGTON, April 18.—State department advices from Libau via Copenhagen described the success in/ overthrowing the provisional govern- ment of Letvia on Wednesday, when officials of the government were im-| prisoned. The Germans seized the) treasury notes of the provisional gov- ernment and are in absolute con-| trol of the situation. The coup is said to haye been carried out under; the guise of suppression of the Bol-} sheviki. PRESIDENT IS | ENCOURAGEDBY SEN. HITCHCOCK (By United Press.) | WASHINGTON, April 18.—Presi- dent Wilson today cabled Senator Hitchcock, retiring chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, his thanks for the senator’s message assuring him that the entire country was in favor of the League of Na-| tions. Hitchcock’s message was sent | after revision of the league coven- ant, containing reference to the, Monroe Doctrine. “I am warmly obliged for your Message,” the president said. “It cheers and encourages me, and I am! delighted to know that what we have done has so brightened the prospects of the league.” , SNOW PUTS END TO PLANS FOR OCEAN FLIGHT (By Associated Preas.) ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 18.— A driving snowstorm which cover" ed the ground with a six-inch man- tle and was still in progress at mid-forenoon today, effectually put a stop to activities of aviators waiting here for a favorable op- PROJECT DISCUSSED BY BOARD, ALGO GRADE SCHOOL: WIRE STRIKE IN NEW ENGLAND IS STILL UNBROKEN Industrial and Social Life Dis- rupted but Public Sympa- thizes With Strikers (By United Press.) BOSTON, April 18.—The ssitua- tion in the telephone strike was tense today fo!lowing a series of clashes be- tween strike sympathizers and strike breakers wherein several of the lat- ter were beaten. With the strike in its fourth day, there was no indica- tion of a break in the strikers’ ranks throughout New England. Leaders rejected Burleson’s pro- posal that he submit their demands to General Manager Driver of the telephone company. The industrial and social life of five New England states is seriously disrupted by the strike. Over 630,000 phones are out of commission. The loss of business daily amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars. People are facing emergencies where- in normally the telephone plays a| leading part. Yet there is every indication that the general public sympathizes with! the strikers and. the demand for| higher wages by collective bargan- ing. The strikers are constantly be- ing assured of support of unions in every state. The possibility of a national tele- phone operators strike is increasing. BOSTON, April 18.—Governor Coolidge today asked Burleson wheth- er he objected to the state taking over the operation of the telephone during the inability of the govern- ment to furnish service in New Eng- nd, 'FRED FULTON FILES PAPERS IN BANKRUPTCK ' By Asnociated Prees.) MINNEAPOLIS, April 18.— Fred Fulton, heavyweight pugilist, today filed a petition in bank- ruptcy in the federal court here. Fulton lists his assets at $7,360 and his ilities at $6,523. The liabilities are court judgments against him and promissory notes Portunity to attempt a trans-At- lantic flight. \ notes. ARMY MAJOR FLIES FROM COAST TO COAST AT 138 MILES AN HOUR FT. WORTH, Tex., April 18.— of the Taliferro field, who has flo at an average speed of 138 miles a Jackson Mississippi, where he spe Place at 11:30 a, m. Major T. C. MaCauley, commander wn from coast to coast in 20 hours n hour, arrived this morning from nt last night. He landed at this Provision for Vocational Part of New Building meeting of the board. form will make provision for 500 students, the rapid increase in en- zollment in Casper demanding im- mediate steps to enlarge the schools. Notwithstanding the fact that two grade buildings were erected last vear, congested conditions already prevail and this is especially appar- ent in the high school where incom- ing classes of the future will be sev- sral times as large as those of three years ago. , The school in prcspect would com- bine all conveniences and advantages | into the most modern school in Wyo- ming. An nuditorium to 70: seat ©04)/ would be necessary and a gymnesium | vt substantial proportions would be| provided. Science, manual training and domestic science departinents would be included and a special fea- ture would be the additional of voca-| tional training made possible under} dederal appropriations apportioned to she state. The question of locating these departments in an adjoining building is under advisement and will) not be determined until plans are} submitted by the architects. | In addition to the new high school) :t is probable that another eight-room | grade building will be erected in the course of the next year. TWO DIVISIONS OF JAPS SENT OVER TO KOREA | | | SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.—Two |divisions of Japanese troops have ‘been ordered to Korea to suppress revolutionary uprisings, according to a cablegram received by a Japanese- American newspaper from Tokio. An- other telegram from Fusan, Korea, via. Tokio, said that 6,000 Japanese troops and 400 gendarmes had landed at that place. |KIDNAPPER TO | BE ARRESTED |. ON TRIP HERE| According to information reaching | ; Casper today, William Shaw, a for- | |mer resident of Casper, is enroute | |from Yakima, Wash., with a Miss Ag- nes Monger, aged 16 years, and the | mother of the girl has wired to have the couple arrested upon arrival in | Casper. | Meager details of the kidnapping of the child have reached Casper, but it is stated that the circumstances at- tendant upon the disappearance of the child, were such that criminal [warrants for the arrest of the 40 year old man, have been authorized by a United States district court. talk estiniates’of the proposed building. Sresuds It is understood that plans for the building when placed in concrete |, W.W. TRIES TO PREAGH DOCTRINE ANOTHER 1S SENT OUT OF cASPE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING PROPOSED FOR CASPER Training Will Be Made and Cost Will Exceed $100,000; Must Keep Pace with Growth. Prospects for the erection of a new high school building in Casper} to cost $100,000 are held out in discussion precipitated at a recent! illiam Dubois of the firm of Dubois & Good- | “contitiues to improve,” rich, architects, it has become known, was present at the meeting to|% live up to their agreement against signing a separate peace. The Americans maintain that ac- ceptance of the armistice terms ab- rogated all secret treaties. President Wilson, who has been placed in the +position of virtual arbitrator of the: | rival claims of the Italians and Jugo- | Slavs, will not deviate from his stand | that this dispute must be settled ac- ording to his 14 points. | The Jugo-Slav delegation wants} the future of Fiume and Dalmatia, |settled by a plebescite under the rec-| ognized principle of self-determina- | tion. IMPROVEMENT STILL i | REPORTED FROM PARIS . | WASHINGTON, April 18.—The| situation in the peace conference | say private | ices to the White House. Rear) | Agmiral;Grmyson alro reported Pres-| jident Wilson entirely recovered from! his recent illness. That the Industrial Worker’s of the World organization is at- tempting to place delegates here is evidenced from the constantly increasing number of “red card” men who are adding themselves to the disturbing factors in Cas- per affairs. 5 According to police records, the first open attempt to preach the I. W. W. doctrine in Casper was made last night, when Tom White, who has been suspicioned as an agitator in the interests of the I. W. W. started delivering himself of a rigmarole of alleged facts and figures supplied to members of the organization. His speech was_ short lived however, Patrolman Frank Houlihan making the arrest. When questioned at headquarters White was non-committal and will possibly be given a hearing before Judge W. E. Tubbs this evening. Another self professed I. W. W., Edward Parris, who came in from the oil fields yesterday, re- fused to pay the truck driver for RECORD IS SET WHEN RAINBOW UNIT EMBARKS BREST, April 18.—A record was established in troop embarkation when 19,000 troops in remaining units of the Rainbow division boarded six transports yesterday. Only the 113th ammunition train of the Rain- bow division remains and this leaves tomorrow, JAY GOULD IS DIVORCED BY FRENCH COURT PARIS, April 1 A decision dissolving the marriage of Frank Jay Gould and Mrs. Edith Kelly Gould was handed down Thursday in the civil court at Versailles. Mrs. Gould failed to a; » al- though she entered a claim for half of Gould's fortune. ‘ * bringing him stating that the owners of the vehicle were of the capitalistic class and could have none of his money. How- ever, when he was presented with { a shovel this morning and in- formed that he was about to be introduced to manual labor, he decided to pay his fine and also r for his fare in from the oil fields. Before he left the police sta- tion he left his red card and other insignia of the order, ap- parently being in too great a hurry to bother about such trifles. He was notified that his appearance in Casper in one hour would be highly displeasing to the authorities. The police authorities are planning a campaign to prevent any demonstrations by the I. W. W. organization here and will make every effort to keep the floating brothers moving, so that they cannot mass Here in force. | | j | | | | | | | | > WILL BE TR With the apprehension of A. D Monger, a former messenger in Cas- per, the local authorities are under {the impression ‘hat they have stopped the leak thru which a great }amount of morphine, cocaine anc jother drugs have been filtering into |Casper. The arrest was made yes- |terday ‘by H. J. Robarts, special agent of the Burlington railroad, who trailed Monger from the time he crossed the Wyoming line from Mon- tana until he arrived in Casper. Shortly before the train on which Monger and Roberts were riding reached Thermopolis, Roberts wired the Thermopolis authorities to arrest the man. When Monger was arrested at Thermopolis he only took one small suitcase with him. He was searched in the station and there be- ing no evidence on his person he was released in time to take the train. Upon his arrival here, however. Monger picked up two suitcases and as he was leaving the train was taken in charge by Roberts. He is now in the county jail awaiting the arrival eee be done if Germany refuses to sign| the treaty. It is indicated that meth-| ods of coercion of the Allies will in- clude the occupation of more terri- tory, a blockade of enemy ports and a discontinuance of food relief. PARIS, April 18.—With the re- turn of Premier Lloyd George today from London, the council of four re- sumed deliberation. (By Axnocinted Presn.) PARIS, April 18.—Naval terms to be incorporated in the peace treaty concerning the Kiel canal and Helgo- land have been revised. It was the original plant to destroy forts on the | re-arrested Ebert signed the proclamations per- sonally. Herr Eichorn, former Spar police chief, attempted toe: from Berlin in an airplane but after government chines had forced him to land. Government forces have occupied Brunswick, Spartacan resistance hav- ing suddenly subsided. ma- ANARCHIST CONTROLS MUNICH, IS REPORT. (By Axwocinted BERLIN, April 18. e Bavarian anarchist Sindheimer h: cceeded in obtaining control of the new Com- munist government in Munich, accord- ing to advices from Budapest. eK.) canal, making it a strictly commercial waterway without defense. Changes that have been made leave the present fortifications in exist- ence and provisions also have been inserted permitting the continuance of present eoast defenses, all of which were to be destroyed under the origina] plan. It is held that the use of sub- marines will be so restricted that the basis no longer constitute a menace. Final disposition of the German fleet is one of the subjects undecided. WRESTLER HAS NECK BROKEN IN CHICAGO MATCH (By Annocinted Prenn.) RICHMOND, Va., April 18.— Richard Paiser, Chicago wrestler, died today at a hospital here from injuries received last night in a match with Young Caesar at a local theater. Paiser’s neck was broken. CAIRO IS QUIET BUT STRIKES ON CAIRO, April 14.—‘Whe city % outwardly calm today though the, majority of public services were paralyzed by strikes which are ex- tending ‘rather than abating. The cabinet issued a fresh warning ad- monishing the strikers to resume work on Wednesday. HOPE PEDOLER.GAUGHT BY AGENT ED IN FEDERAL GOUT of government men to take him in charge. When arrested he had a a high grade morphine. small shaving stick tube filled with It is the belief of the local authori- ties, that the many trips at intervals chat Monger has made to Seattle and other coast towns was for the pur- pose of slipping up into Canada and buying the contrabrand drug. The amount of drugs he has brot into Casper is unknown but it is be- lieved that he was the runner for the drug trade of the town. GERMANY MAY SEND ARMY AGAINST REDS. (By Axnocinted Pi BERLIN, April 18. German national government is considering seriously the sendirlg of government troops, or at least German general staff officers, to aid the relief of Munich from the Communist forces. }awhouen neither the Bavarian nor German governments wish to cause uch an invasion of state rights if it } can be avoided. BASLE, April sand Polish troops |France to Poland on ways were delayed in | the railway's 1; of -Three thou- bound — fron German rail Frankfort by 18 VIENNA, April 17.—(De ;—Bolshevik sympathizers this ing attempted to storm the Austrian lent building but were {1 with a few wounded. s generally quiet. CABINET TOLD TO SMOOTH OUT soon The INCREASE, CLAIM PRICE DISPUTE WASHINGT( dent Wilson today trial board of the departm: merce and the railroad z tion to reopen discussion stabilization and endeavor ‘ommon ground on which they ugree, The president directed tiations between the two which resulted in a wide bre in the cabinet be immediately reopened He did not indicate his views as h party in the controversy should veal but simply asked that further efforts be made to lower prices Charles Boone On First Ship From Germans min of to Charles Boone, Mrs. C. Boone, _York yesterday on t Kaiserir 1- gusta Victoria erman ship taken over by the allies. Young Boone heretofore been on the Leviathar (he was chosen to go on the new Ger- man boats for his exceptional me- ‘chanical ability. PUNISHMENT FOR DEPORTATION OF FRENCH WOMEN TO BE URGED PARIS, April 18.—(French Wir punishment of Germans responsib from Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoin be handed to the peace conferenc including Madaame Gaston Calmet eless Service.)—A petition asking le for the deportation of women g in the spring of 1916 will soon e. It is signed by 15,000 women, te and Mrs. Anna Roosevelt. A A A A A in- ais nt in rt £ £ 8 ws