Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 28, 1919, Page 1

KAISER AND HIS AGENTS WILL BE TRIED FOR CRIME BRING ’EM HOME | They went over for yo | up to you to buy a BOND ¢: "em back. Official paper of the City of Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. ALLIANCE WITH'T aA FRANCE UNDER; CONSIDERATION, PAPER ASSERTS President Plans fo| Place ‘Project Be- fore Senate; Cov- enant of League road building machinery to ent PARIS, April 28.—The pro- tection of an alliance between France and America is actual- ly under way, the Echo de Paris says. President Wilson, the newspaper adds, is with- nolding action until he can place the matter before the American sen- ate. “SUNDAY POSUA RETURNS HOME Man Reported Killed in Motorcycle (By United Presn.) WASHINGTON, April 28.—Publi- cation by the state department of the revised covenant of the League of Accident Months Ago “Comes Nations gave the text of the docu- to Life’’ and Greets ment to the American people several Friends Here. hours in advance of its presentation to the peace conference in plenary session at Paris. The substance of the covenant, in- cluding material changes designed particularly to meet criticisms of the United States, had been disclosed two weeks ago thru an official summary but many members of the senate, of- ficials and other‘students of the na- tion’s foreign relations had whihteld final judgment pending careful an- alysis of the complete text. _ Apparently these observers found that the official summary had given a fairly comprehensive outling of the document, especially of the amend- ments. a! | WILSON TO REITERATE VIEWS ON JAP CLAIMS WASHINGTON, April 28.—Presi- dent Wilson is understood to have changed his program in one funda- mental respect. Friends state that he will remain in Paris and. battle to the end for what he believes right. Instead of quitting the conference if his views do not prevail he will re- main and fight it out. His Fiume statement was prelim- inary to a similar stand on Japanese claims, which will likely develop an- other split in the conference. FIRST WEEK OF VICTORY DRIVE | NETS $150,000 Total Increased by Tank Demonstration) Sunday But Mark Is Still Far Below Quota St for Casver and Natrona | Refuting the statement that he had been killed in a motorcycle accident in Texas, George W. Posvar, a well known Casper resident, returned to this city yesterday after a visit of several months duration in the Texas and other midcontinent fields. “I. don’t kpow the object of rp- porting me dead,” said George, “so I just ‘thot I would come here in person to disprove the statement.” Posyer stated that he had not learn- ed~that- he -had--Neen reported dead in Casper until afiout two weeks ago and that he. returned here as soon as ‘possible. “ Posvar was reported killed abovt twb: months ago jn a motorcycle ac- cident near Ranger, Texas. The Tri- buhe.as well as many other Casper institutions received the information | from apparently authentic sources. | 1 Mr. and Mra. Edward P. Browning of Chicago arrived Saturday to spend several months in Casper, where they always spend part of the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Browning have many friends in Casper who will rejoice at their return. eee ee, Carl Weved has returned from Denver. Closing the first week of the Victory Loan drive in Casper with subscriptions slightly less than $150,000 Casper and Natrona county are doubling their efforts this week in an effort to bring the total up to at least the quotas that have been assigned to the respective weeks of the campaign. At the close of business Saturday night $1 16,150 had been sub- scribed from al irces with the ex-| . ception of a aie aE sree er ing hard to reach the total that has/ $35,000 from the employes of the been assigned to their districts. ; Standard Refining company. The Not one of the larger oil companies work at the refinery is in the hands operated in this district have reported of D. M. Lobdell and he will make no|@ subscription so far, but it is be- Teport to headquarters until the cam-| lieved that the workers will reach paign is closed at the Standard plant.| these big subscribers this week and | No report has been received yet by| that the bond drive will take added the auditors for the loan, Mestas and|impetus with the subscriptions that are Spears from the Midwest Refining] expected. company employes, who are striving % lard to pass the record set by the em- Ployes of the Standard plant. The largest individual subscription to be reported to the auditors so far is credited to the Casper National bank with a subscription of $10,000. Included in the total reported are $5,000 subscriptions from several Casper individuals. The men’s committee has not per- —_——. PALMER GETS ‘BUCK’ ON DRY LAW JULY 1ST WASHINGTON, April 28.—En- forcement of the national war-time fected its organization to permit it| prohibition act effective July 1, will running at maximum capacity yet, but|be undertaken by the department of three members of the committee, R.| justice, Attorney General Palmer an- T. Kemp, Clarence West and John|nounced today. His statement settles Schuyley, are away out in the lead|the question of the agency to take of the other members and-are: work- over enforcement of the act. ° er the state, purchased by the Board of County Commissioners at a cost of about $8,000 and now being tested out preparatory to acceptance. consists of a 60-120 Twin City oil burning tractor ang a set GHOST WALKS each of heavy ditchers and road maintainers capable of putting a road in condition with one operation and of building an entirely new road in two trips. The tractor has a draft of 60 horsepower and is followed by “the |° heavy ditchers. Following this are the road maintainers which trim off the surface and crown the road to the desired angle. It uses a crew of half a dozen men, and a factory mechanic, who is thoroly conversant with the operation of the tractor, has been retained by the year to handle the big machine. A county repair shop will be maintained and days on which it is impossible to work the roads he will be engaged in looking after the county’s ma- | chinery, thus keeping it in first class condition. The road outfit will carry along with it a supply and mess wagon, and a camp cook, thus avoid- ing the expense of moving camp and hauling supplies to and from the city. The operation of the outfit on all roadg . of, the county -will .progress steadily during the tiext“few weeks and it is now headed for the Big Muddy. After this road has_ been placed in condition the outfit will traverse other main thorofares and ot until all have been covered will e work of ‘new road building start. The first project of this nature to be undertaken will be the construc- tion of a road to tap the Sweetwater country, the trade of which now goes to Rawlins by reason of better highways in that direction. The dis- trict is situated midway between Casper and Rawlins and a good road will attract a good share of the bus- inéss to this city. Under the old method of road building, the use of men and teams, new road has cost in excess of $300 a mile and it is estimated that trac- tor road making will not exceed $20 a mile. In other respects it will work a great economy. El Paso county, Colorado, in which Colorado Springs is located, has found the tractor and road maintain- ers to offer the most efficient and economical means for road improve- ment and strongly recommended the purchase of a similar outfit to the Natrona county commissioners. The tractor has a Liberty type motor of six cylinders and was used extensively in France for artillery and ammunition train transportation. The one purchased by Natrona coun- ty was the first to be turned out by the factory to supply the commercial demand following the war manu- facturers. The new outfit is being tested and equipped under the personal supervision of Commissioners Veitch and Griffiith, who declare that the good roads problem ,for Natrona county will be solved when they get their new equipment into action. SS DEWEY JONES ILL AT TRIER According to word received — in Casper yesterday by Mrs. Sam Ser- vice, her son Dewey Jones is just re- covering from a severe siege of pneu- monia in Trier, Germany, where he is connected with a unit of the Ameri- can occupation force. While he had been seriously ill for several weeks, at the time of writing the letter he had recovered sufficiently to be able to sit up in bed. On the first day of his convale- scence, Young Jones was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of Wil- liam Wright, a Casper boy and a life time friend, at the hospital. Wright, who is connected with another divis- ion heard that Jones was in the hos- pital and immediately paid his visit. In the letter Jones said that Wright was the second Casper boy that he had seen during his service overseas. BOSTON, Aprit 28.—The trane- port Pretoria arrived today with 2,- 100 Rainbow division troops. The outfit! NUMBER 161 HAGTOR ROAD OUTFIT STARTING WORK IN NATRONA USHERS IN NEWERA IN HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT HERE ‘All Dirt Arteries of County to Be Placed in Condition’ After Which New Road to Sweetwater Country | Will Be Built to Draw Trade. Definite assurance of better and more roads for Natrona County has been received in the form of the most elaborate | GOMPERS HURT, TAXI RUN DOWN NEW YORK, April 28.—Samuel Gompers suffered two broken ribs and {other injuries when a street car ran |down his taxicab yesterday. He-eis resting easily this morning. VICTORY TANK DRAWS $4,800 FOR BIG LOA | |Casper Takes Cellar Position in | Subscribing Bonds on Occasion of Tank Demonstration in Wyoming. Altho threatening weather condi- yesterday punctuated by brief show- ers a huge crowd gathered on the streets to witness the demonstration |of the whippet tank, which was brot ee Provisions requiring a fair trial {here on an itinerary over the state | A 4 e . lin the Victory Loan endeavor. The |™2Y. ae inserted to overcome this {rain falling. at, irregular intervals \OPPosition and insure justice. Ger. threw a damper? on: the enthusiasm of the crowd, however, as it is re- |ported that only $4,500 was sub- {scribed in response to the plea of |the soldiers. | The‘amount subscribed here at the ; | tank. demonstration is said to be the | smaegt. amount that has been sub- ‘scribed in any of. the larger cities of | the state. | Features of the demonstration were that for a certain amount the sub- |scriber. would be permitted to ride |at restful places on the tank. With ; the first lunge of the fiery little ma- chine (however the ardor of /'the crowd to ride the whippet died down considerably and many a subscriber refused to be a passenger. WAR VETERANS “TN GONVENTION HERE SATURDAY Special Fare of Two Cents a Mile and $2.00 for Return Trip on Occasion of St. Louis Convention. The state convention of the Ameri- zan legion of war veterans was held in Casper Saturday with representa- tives of 12 counties out of the 21 n Wyoming at the meeting. The primary purpose of the meeting was to effect a permanent organization for the state and to elect delegates who will represent this state at the na- tional convention which will be held at St. Louis starting May 8 and last- {ng three days. In the organization vote, Major A.! H. ‘Beech of Lusk was elected presi- dent; Lieutenant R. H. Nichols, secre- tary, and Major B. Bennett of Cody, treasurer. Wyoming will be repre- sented at the national convention by six delegates consisting of four enlist- ed men and two officers. Besides, those elected, nine other members in! attendance signified their intention of attending the meeting and were, named delegates at large from the state. Douglas won the fight for the next meeting place of the legion. The meeting will be held November 11 at which time it is hoped that a more representative convention of the Wyoming men can be held owing to the return of many foreign service men. According to telegraphic advices today the United States Railroad ad- ministration will make a rate of two cents a mile with a minimum charge of $2.00 extra for the round trip, for) the benefit of the delegates who, will | BY STREET CAR’ tions prevailed thruout the afternoon | ! —— | | | | mer Emperor GERMANS MUST | FURNISH PROOF ‘Thousands of Spies May Be Included in Indictment (By Asnocinted Prexs.) WASHINGTON, April 28.— Trial of the former German emperor for a “supreme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties” ‘has been determined upon by the allied and associated pow- {ers. The state department ‘made public today proposed articles for insertion in the | peace treaty to be considered this afternoon by the peace conference in plenary session, | liam II of Hohenzollern. Thus \the peace conference commis- sion on responsibility for the | war has solved its most weighty | problem. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, April 28. The ex-kaiser and his agents must answer to the allies for |every outrage and violation of law during the |war, if the peace conference adopts proposals placed before it at The state department has announced proposals that all se- crets of the German war office must ‘be bared to permit the allies to dis- | international Paris today. cover those responsible. Japanese and apathy from others. anes. ing the United States. WASHINGTON, April {nounced, include the following: | man emperor, not for an offense | against the criminal law, but for a ‘supreme offense against international morality and the sanctity of trea- ties.” The allied and associated powers will request that Holland surrender the former emperor for trial. | It is proposed that a special trib- unal be constituted to try the ac- |cused consisting of five judges, one appointed each by the United States, |Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. Persons accused of violation of the laws of war, according to the second proposed article will be brot before the military tribunals and if found guilty will be “sentenced to punish- mente laid down by military law.’’ All persons accused of having com- mitted an act in violation of the laws and customs of war, who are speci- \fied “either by name or by rank, of- | fice or employment which they held under German authorities,” will be demanded of the German govern- ment for trial by the military tribu- nal of the power against whose nat- ionals criminals acts were perpertrat- ed Article four follows: “The German government under- takes to furnish all documents and information of every kind, produc- tions of which may be considered [necessary to insure full knowledge of incriminating acts, discovery of offenders and just appreciation of re- sponsibility.” BRITISH ISLES ARE SWEPT BY SEVERE STORM LONDON, April 28.—Following a period of perfect spring weather, one of the worst storms in some time raged over the British Isles last night, covering the country with from four to six inches of snow. SSL CAMPBELL FARMERS ORGANIZE. T. B. Rohan, Jasper Brown, A. selves together for the formation of jthe Campbell County Farmers’ asso- ciation, which will operate in that vicinity and have a captalization of attend the national convention. | $25,000. Peace Congress May | Insert Articles for Surrender of For- | providing for the trial of Wil- French delegates have pushed this program throughout the conference despite reported opposition from the many will! be required to assist. the allies in running down the guilty This might uncover thousands of spies working everywhere, includ- 28.—New articles proposed for insertion in the peace treaty, to be considered at the |plenary session of the peace confer- ence today, the state department an- | “Article one—The allied and as- sociated powers publicly arraign Wil- jliam of Hohenzollern, formerly Ger- Butcher, A. R. Smith and Bert Har-:¢ n rod, all of Gillette, have banded them- {it but placed Japan’s attitude on rec- [ TREATY GOES 1 0FOE |MAY 3; EVENTFUL WEEK OPENEDTODAY Italian Situation and Japanese Claims Ex- pected to Be Settled with Former De- pending Upon Action of Parliament in Connection with Orlando’s Stand x (By Associated Press.) What promises to be perhaps the most eventful week yet of the Paris peace conference opens today with the plenary session of that body. Feeling is prevalent in Paris that the treaty of peace will be ready for presentation to the German delegates by Satur- day of this week, before which time it is hoped that the Italian situation may resolve itself. | Composing the Japanese-Chinese LATE FLASHES jclaims to Kiao Chau and the Shan- jtung peninsula is the most important |matter unsettled. a FROM THE WIRE: Matters dealing with the disposi- tion of German cables, reparation of | German war prisone! the future status of the Kiel canal and ques- DENVER, April 28. — “Director| tions relative to Luxembourg also General of the Railroads Hines today are pending, but it is believed are announced his willingness to accept an in a fair way toward adjustment. offer by the industrial board of the! Conditions in Italy are being lepartment of commerce to bring to- | Watched with some concern, but very rether the representatives of the rail- little news relative to the state of ‘oad administration and the steel pro-| Public opinion there and the activi- lucers to settle the controversy over |ties of Premier Orlando and his col- he government’s price stabilization leagues has arrived since Saturday. rogram. It is reported that a council of the ————— {ministers was to be held Saturda SAN FRANCISCO, April 28.—!'by the premier, but what action w: Tames K. Lynch, governor of the taken at the meeting was not mad Twelfth Federal Reserve bank, died| public. Senators and deputies from it his home at Alameda from heart |all Italian parties except the official lisease. | Socialists held a meeting Sunday a ,and appointed a special committee WASHINGTON, April 28.—One' to draft a resolution of confidence in rillion dollars has been subscribed to the government for submission to che Victory Liberty loan, according to | parliament. inofficial figures announced today. At a public meeting of the peace —S—S ‘conference held today revised draft NEW YORK, April 28.—Thirteen , was discussed as made public in this sailors returning in a navy launch country Sunday night. It differs in from the destroyer Bell to the battle-|some respects from that brought to ship Nevada are reported by the; America by President Wilson last police to have drowned when the|February. It is probable that Japan aunch sank in Hudson river. | will make an effort to secure an ———_. jamendment to the covenant which HELSINGFORS, April 28. — Aj will grant Japanese claims for recog- aational assembly has formed at'nition or racial equality. Olonetz, 110 miles northeast of Pet-} Germany with the exception of cograd, where the Finns have driven | Bavaria and Silesia seems to be much out the Bolsheviki. quieter than it has been for several weeks. GENEVA, April 28. — Gustav! \dor, president of the Swiss federa- tion, has received an urgent sum- mons to the peace conference in Paris and left Sunday night. News- oapers state that he has been invited by the allies to act as an arbitra- tor of the Adriatic question. ITALIAN PARLIAMENT TO MEET ON TUESDAY ROME, April 28.—Parliament has been summoned to meet Tuesday aft- ernoon and a resolution for a vote of confidence in the Orlando ministry has been prepared. i . | “The hour is solemn and grave,” WASHINGTON, April 28.—Presi-|..iq Premier Orlando in an interview dent wien has peen asked by Post- | today. “The government’s chief duty ie eS eatin ot hienines ie to ascertain whether it has inter- A | preted parliament’s sentiment and to private owners. protected its dignity.” A section of the press here is advo- cating annexation of Fiume and the April 28.—Spartacan | overthrow gov- LONDON, forces attempted to Ss areas satarday ‘bat terFitory awarded in the London Ree more ny) COVerchy, secret pact without awaiting allied were defeated after hard street fight- Banat on ng. A dispatch from Stettin trans-} mitted by the Exchange Telegraph sompany reporting the outbreak adds that revolvers and hand gre- nades were used freely in the fight- ng. U. S. AMBASSADOR LEAVING FOR PARIS ROME, April 28.—Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador to Italy, left Rome for Paris today. An Italian newspaper report from Rome received by the Associated Press on April 25 said that Page had offered his resignation because he had BREAD SUPPLY 60 PER CENT jest Wissns views of itatan'claine STRIKE CUTS CHICAGO, April 28. — Union e Tres »‘akers who are striking for a $2.00 vised covenan vt Na- weekly increase and the abolition oft » as it will be presented to the late night work have cut down bread | peace congress at the plenary session production here over 60 per cent. today was made public last night. REVISED DRAFT OF COVENANT IS ACCEPTED TODAY Racial Discrimination Clause Ignored by League But Javan Will Continue to Labor for Its Inclusion Later (By United Press.) PARIS, April 28.—The plenary session of the peace conferenc today adopted the revised covenant of the League of Nations including President Wilson's motions nominating Sir Eric Drummond of Eng- land as the first Secretary-General and naming Belgium, Greece, Brazil and Spain for representation on the league’s executive council together with the big five. Another noteworthy feature of the session was Baron Makino’s statement for Japan in re- gard*to racial discrimination. He did not offer any amendment covering Makino said Japan would continue its effort to have the league adopt this principle, even if no provision therefor is made in the covenant. Sir Eric Drummond has been pri- vate secretary to Balfour since 1915 ord by saying that the Japanese peo- ple “poignantly regret the failure to approve their just demand aiming at | adjustment of a long standing griev-' and prior to that time was Premier |exs George’s secretary. ance.” — v