Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1919, Page 1

GERMAN DELEGATION WILSON “OKEHS; ~ RETURN OF WIR LINES, MAY 103 PROBABLE ATE Burleson’s Proposal Meets Approval of | _ President; Borah| Issues Statement (Ry Associated Prenn.) i WASHINGTON, April 29. —! President Wilson has approved/ ] Postmaster General Burleson’s! _recommendation that the telegraph ‘amd telephone systems be returned “to their owners upon enactment of | \degislation deemed necessary and that ¢ American cable lines be restored | their owners forthwith. Burleson stated yesterday that he hoped to ef-| ; fect’ the return of the cables by/ May 10. ae | BRING ’EM HOME They went over for you—now it’s up to you to buy a BOND and bring "em back. ‘VOLUMES [Dy INTE Methods and Principles for Improvement| of Labor Conditions Are Detailed | Ny) F 5 i 2 Inclusion in Peace Treaty | | (By Associated Press.) | 4 WASHINGTON, April 29.—Nine clauses proposed by the com-! |mission on international labor legislation for insertion in the peace ‘ treaty as adopted by the peace conference in the plenary session at} DON TREE CRESS UBELSON> | Paris yesterday were made public today by the state department. | he Casper Daily | Crithune “CASPER, WYOMING, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1919 RNATIONAL LABOR CODE DRAFTED BY PARIS MEETING Phase of Negotia- | tions; Treaty Is | Near Completion [By Annociated Prenn} The stage is rapidly being set for the final phase of peace nego- tiations. Yesterday’s plenary ses- ||\sion stamped its approval on the covenant of the League of Na- tions, while today Germany’s pleni- NUMBER 162 potentiaries are expected to arrive at Versailles to join members of the mission already there. It is expected that the completed treaty will be |ready for the enemy delegates by the week’s end. | Italy was not represented at the |plenary session but dispatches from | Rome indicate the probability that her \ delegates will return to Paris after a brief period. The Italian parliament }meets today and it is expected that | Premier Orlando will lay the situa- tion, which arose in Paris when Presi- dent Wilson made his statement rela- PURCHASE OF SITEFOR $70,000 © svete AT ANNUAL MEETING ST. MARK'3 delegates probably will receive the peace treaty Friday. Brockdorff- Rantzau and other German principals Erection of New Edifice to Await Disposition of Valuable Location at Second and Wolcott; Business and Social Session Held. Official paper of the City of Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. nre due to arrive tonight. Eighty-five of the German delegation, including 14 women, will arrive on a special train shortly before midnight. Posters usk the residents to maintain calm. | PRESIDENT TALKS WITH JAP MISSION. PARIS, April 29.—Before the CONGRESS RESPONSIBLE. sae I Bi * | WASHINGTON, April 29.—Blame } Among the principles incorporated are a standard eight-hour day, | fon pace ce ie paevers calstscen ci |a weekly day of rest, abolition of child labor, equality of pay for men fs and women and the workers’ “right te oR SERN eSapilase Benates of association for all lawful pur- a statement said the postmaster gen-| Sere text follows: | ng eral was only exercising the laws} “The “high contracting parties, | which congress passed conferring : drastic and unlimited powers under the guise of war powers. The best b ) remedy, the senator said, would be} for congress to repeal these laws. | HOLDS MYSTERY CHECK IS TOO (ny Galen Prenn) | PARIS, April 29.—The police here! BIG, ALLEGED are trying to solve a mystery attend- ing the disappearance of ten women FORGER CA UGHT (ana one boy after visiting the home jof Henry Landru near here, an al-| Say e leged modern Bluebeard. The wo- (7 SHERIDAN AW Ter kepe 428 -& men answered matrimonial ads and was arrested here by the police de- fared crete aS pheix earings. partment after, it is alleged, he had bane Want i: cashed worthless checks to the amount t Ba nelee doesiand ri rac) sheloneing, GT Sh GUGtMaNe largestsa(checleel he X02 tne. Victims svreren CoBnd) cu a he Trrotesad 25E1$5\000 serhighy hepgaVe |S eee ere — ~in payment for a ranch he,had just shpat smelling wamols, has ome purchased. Other smaller ones were fleve. he Mi eodatiie. huvisns: A . hopered Dee ene tie bee specialist is examining Landrus’ men- was jailed. This is the largest amount pelity: ————— , secured in Sheridan for a number of THREE ANKEES a WITH AFRICANS HELD FOR CAR THEFT IN CITY LONDON, April 29... Three Amer- After a stormy period of trials, re- ican soldiers were killed and 30 in- leases and re-arrests Rae E. Wilkin- son was bound ever to the district | court yesterday to stand trial as an/jured in a clash with South African negroes at a reparation camp near Winchester. British troops quelled recognizing that the well being, phy- | sical, moral and intellectual, of the industrial wage earners is of supreme international importance, have framed permanent machinery associated with that of the League of Nations to fur- ther this great end. They recognize that the difference of climate, habits, and customs of economic opportunity and industrial tradition make strict uniformity in the conditions of labor dificult of immediate attainment; but, holding as they do, that labor is not to be regarded merely as an article of commerce, they think that there are methods and principles for the rectification of labor conditions which al] industrial communities should endeavor to apply as far as their special circumstances will per- mit. “Among these methods and princi- jples the following seem to the high contracting parties to be of special and urgent importance: “First. The guiding principle above enunciated that labor should not be regarded merely as a com- modity or article of commerce. “Second. The right of association for all lawful purposes by the em- ployed as well as by employers. “Third. Payment to employed of a wage adequate to maintain a reason- able standard of life as this is under- stood in time and country. “Fourth. Adoption hour day or a 48-hour week as the standard aimed at where not viready obtained. “Fifth. Adoption of a weekly rest for at least 24 hours which would in- Purchase of a site at Wolcott and Sussex streets for the St. Mark’s, church of the future, parish house and rectory was announced by the vestry at the annual meeting held last evening and attended by a crowd) meeting of the council of three this morning, President Wilson received Baron Makino, head of the Japanese mission, and Viscount Chinda, his colleague. The conference lasted one mare CEULK ARRIVES VERSAILLES TONIGHT = ‘Stage Set for Final| ARMY CORDON IS DRAWN AROUND CITY OF MUNICH BY THE TEUTONS Occupation of Land- shut Makes Circle Complete; Trouble Seen Elsewhere IBy Associated Prens} PARIS, April 29.—Encirclement is Munich by German government troops has been completed, accord- ling to German dispatches received here. This result was accomplished | by the occupation of Lanshut, 35 miles northeast of Munich, which city has been closely approached on all | sides. | Meanwhile government forces are dealing with troubles in Nuremberg where the Spartacan leader, Albert | Schmidt, was killed by government troops and a_ state of siege pro- claimed. |BUDAPEST INTELLECTUALS | ARE HELD AS HOSTAGES. , COPENHAGEN, April 28.—(De- layed.)—Hundreds of _ intellect are being arrested at Budapest, ac- cording to a Berlin dispatch to the ,Berlingske Tidende. It that one of the people’s commissaries explained that they would be held as hostages and would “pay with their blood for every step the Rumanians take within the frontiers of Hungary.” is reported of an eight-| that taxed the capacity of t i i | | will b i ri he of the parish house. Construction of the church hour. Presumably Kiao Chau was un- will not be started this year but will await disposition of church prop-| der discussion. ‘erty located at Wolcott and Second, which will soon be in the heart = {of the business district if industrial See ( and civic dreams are realized. = 40 KILLED IN | i ;sale of lots for business purposes al- | | |ready has been negotiated in that) SAN SALVADOR i] { direction and at the opportune time it} | is understood that the church property | | will be in the market. It is proposed | ‘to make the new church one of the) | finést in Wyoming, costing upwards of | | $75,000. | | . The parish house, which until two i tion that Palestine should be an in- | | weeks ago was rented, has been re-| WASHINGTON, April 29.—Forty | dependent state and be admitted to | 3 <= | modeled and redecorated and provided| Persons were killed, many injured |the League of Nations. | ARE HOMELESS ‘an excellent meeting place for the|and much property damaged: by 2) i oy : Among other business matters ; standing. Sixty Blocks Swept given attention was a budget for cur- Tt ES PRICE CRASH PARIS, April 29.—It is reported that the British have agreed that the The present wardens and vestrymen | Island iwere re-elected as follows: T. W.| | en ed 60 blocks, containing 2,500, The company was entertained by) 4 ; April 29 treme, BACK TO LUSK t 2 Miss ‘Theodora Wilson at the piano|@0Us Price smushing © |board of trade today as holders of FOR HEA RING i i i |severe earthquake in San Salvador} = meeting last night. A good sized hall q! FIRST MEE TING j rent expenses d for missions for | ° xp an ' in | Evans, senior warden; A. J. Cunning- | houses here tonight. Two per-| ; . A and Miss Marion Kleber in a dance, grain and provisions competed on a INDEPENDENCE OF PALESTINE | IS ENDORSED (Ry Ansocinted Press.) RT AMSTERDAM, April 29.—The in- r \ternational Socialist conference in \session at Arnhem passed a resolu- | ladies with flowers and rugs. gation was damaged but is still (By United Press.) | Worst Disaster of ‘tor the desired amount. (Delayed.)—A_ seven and a Gay, W. H. Tolhurst, T. F. Algeo and, MA NIS TAKEN e |half million dollar fire destroy- Arthur MacDonald, vestrymen. CHICAGO, April 29.—Tremen- accessory in stealing the L. A. Reed the riot. clude Sunday whenever practicable. | “Sixth. Abolition of child labor! sated | killed and 30 in- interpreting Chopin’s Nocturne. The puree rest of the evening was spent in danc- and kitchen have been provided and | yesterday, according to state depart- ° | in Yokohama the ensuing year. The vestry is to RD TODAY tions shall be held in Washington ‘ham, junior warden, and P. C.| BOA big scale in efforts to unload and to ‘the rooms had been arranged by the |ment dispatches. The American le- AMERICA, CLAIM | start in immediately to secure pledges with President Wilson presiding. YOKOHAMA, April 28.— Nicolaysen, A. L. Wallace, Lew M.| (By Annociated Preas.) stop losses on a declining market. | arrested here BETTER LOOK OUT BELOW Omaha with George Davis on a charge of grand larceny. On the ac-| tion of Omaha lawyers and habeas} corpus proceedings Wilkinson was re- _——— SHERIDAN, April 29.—If a suit- able landing can be found, Sheridan will be located on an airplane route leased from custody only to be re- arrested on the appearance of Na- trona county officials in Omaha and then released again. Wilkinson waived extradition pa- pers and returned to Casper only to| established by a large motor. car com- disappear again for several days. He} pany for delivering automobile parts. | was arrested yesterday morning and|This means that motors, monkey tried before Judge W. E. Tubbs in the| wrenches, magnetos, and other com- evening resulting in his being bound] pact but heavy articles will soon be over to the district court to stand] carried through the air into Sheri- trial, dan. Z ——— JAPS. CALL UPON PRES. WILSON TO | GRANT DEMANDS No Agreement Reached at Conference and} Matter Doubtless Will Await Con- > clusion of German Treaty By CARL D. GROAT [United Press Staff Correspondent] PARIS, April 29,—Japanese delegates and the big three today failed to reach any agreement in the Chino-Japanese teritorial controversy in the first session. The conference was resumed at 4 this afternoon. y it The Japanese refused to concede anything except aban- doning claim to Kiao Chau. They wished to retain the rich and the imposition of such limitations on the labor of young persons as shall permit the continuation of their edu- cation and assure proper physical de- | velopment. “Seventh. The principle that men and women should receive equal re- muneration for work of equal value. “Eighth. The standard set by the law of each country with respect to the conditions of labor should have due regard to equitable economic treatment of all workers lawfully residents therein. “Ninth. Each state should make provision for a system of inspection in which women should take part in order to insure the enforcement of laws and regulations for the protec- tion of the employed. GEN. DARRAH IS ASSIGNED POST AT FT. RUSSELL WASHINGTON, April 29.—As- signments of general officers an- nounced today by the war depart- ment include: Brigadier General Thomas W. Darrah, to command at Fort Russell, Wyoming. INDIANA CITY IS PATROLLED BY ARMY MEN LINTON, Ind., April 29.—A com- pany of militia established martial railway concessions in Shantung pen-| because the secret treaty pledged law here this morning following last jnsula and another port, the identity| Great Britain to recognize Japan’s | night’s demonstration by organized claims. They argued that China’s claim to Shantung is selfish, untenable and/| declared that the (Chinese would! r of which was not revealed. Despite any action today final de- cision probably will be postponed until after ‘the German treaty is signed. 5 : The Japanese representatives met President Wilson prior to this morn- ing’s session and laid their cards on the table, demanding that they be awarded Shantung peninsula. They said Great Britain must support them cated on Shantung peninsula. | President Wilson is facing another big issue in this question. He refuses Pased-on right and justice. |labor against the have been willing that Germany con-} tinue holding Kiao Chau, which is lo-| importation of |strikebreakers in local telephone trouble. Four militia companies have heen ordered here and another is ported to be arming. were arrested for hissing the soldiers. Stores are closed and hotels were +» racognize secret treaties unless cleared of lodgers to make way for ment roles of the Carey property in| the militia.” mobiliz- | ing. The miners hereabouts are re-| Pedestrians|Carey & Bro., with headquarters at’ bce EFT ling and not the least enjoyable fea- | YOKOHAMA, April 29.—(By As- ture of the evening was the refresh- {sociated Press.)—Monetary loss in ments furnished by the ladies. yesterday’s great fire is estimated at oe ($1,470,000 rate of exchange, SOLDIER GIVEN JOB IN LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE Thousands of people are homeless. Loss of life included two killed and Vincent M. Carter, a lieutenant of the marine corps who was recently 30 injured. Sixty blocks in the Jap-| discharged from army service has ac- nese quarters were burned, includ- ing public buildings and houses. It was the most disastrous confla- gration in the history of Yokohama.! $< | c | NAVY AVIATORS | cepted a position as deputy county | assessor, and is busy today assessing) ¢iqour, The purpose is to stop specu-' districts in the city. Carter recently came here from the, east for the purpose of investigating | the opportunities for legal practice in this city. MAY BE FIRST | TO GET ACROSS | res oF | see ORE onerous) W.W.GIBRAITH | SOUGHT HERE) | early next week, replenish with gaso- 1 \line, and then head for Ireland. De- | stroyers are already taking up patrol) | Positions. The body of W. W. Gibraith, for- merly a resident of Casper, was found i on the prairie near Rawlins, Wyom- ling, yesterday, according to word re- | | ceived by local authorities today. The | ee LODGE WOULD CLAMP LID ON |deceased was a resident of this vi-| | \cinity several years ago and is thot | | G 0 P OPINION be survived by two sons who live a Vala | i here. A coroner's inquest will be held \in Rawlins this afternoon to deter- | | WASHINGTON, April 29.—Re-| mine the nature of the man’s death. ‘publican leaders Lodge and Curtis! When found the body had been dead \today wired all Republican sena-| for a number of hours. tors as follows: Anyone knowing the whereabouts | “We suggest that you reserve final of either of the sons should either expressions of opinion on __ the/ notify them or the local authorities, | amended league covenant until it so that fitting services can be ar- has been carefully studied and there ranged for the deceased man. |has been opportunity for a confer- SS | ence.” ee F. J. Weideke, agent for J. M. Herman Seidel, deputy sheriff, is at Casper. He is returning from Omaha and other Nebraska points where he |Careyhurst, is a business visitor in| spent several days on official business. Casper today going over the assess- ‘was largely responsible. Lexington, Nebr., today enroute to! The long threatened free movement of corn and hogs from rural sources The close found corn prices virtually the lowest of the day, 93 to 114 cents under! yesterday’s close. Accompanying the break in prices and the forming of a powerful aid to sentiment for a general cheaper level of values was a notice from the fed- eral wheat director that the govern- ment would discontinue until fur- ther announcement any further pur- chases of wheat flour for export ex- cepting first clears and victory mixed lative fever. FIUME T Leo Davis, who Sunday on informa filed with the police department by Niobrara cour ty officials, was taken to Lusk y terday afternoon, where his prelimi- nary trial for obtaining money under | false pretenses scheduled to come up for consideration today. The details of the offense with which Davis is charged are not known here, with the exception that the gravity of the case is indicated by the hurried efforts of the Niobrara county officials to apprehend the man. H. B. Lancaster of Chicago is in Casper on business. O CAST LOT WITH ITALY WITHOUT PARIS City Wires President Formal Declara- tion of Action; Rome Parliament Considers Vote of Confidence with Italy. seems assured. American Ambassador Page held a long and significant conference with Premier Orlando yesterday. Its im- port was secret. Thousands stormed the parliament | buildings and by 9 o’clock this morn- ing the chambers were already |thronged and the doors closed. eae ee eae William Madden of Riverton is in Casper with local county officials. ' Casper on business. huge crowd was outside, singing and cheering. FIUME, April 29.—The national council today wired Pres- jident Wilson that Fiume had formally declared itself united ROME, April 29.—Premier Orlando is scheduled to ap- pear in parliament this afternoon | The nation is tensely awaiting the result. to ask support of his policies. A vote of confidence | [By Associnted Press} | ROME, April 29.—American Am- bassador Page visited Premier Or- jlando today and had a friendly con- ‘versation, in which the ambassador ex- pressed regret at the situation that has arisen. The ambassador said he \tho the situation was aggravated by | Italian newspaper criticism based on |a wrong interpretation of President Wilson’s attitude. gy Fe