Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 1, 1919, Page 1

3 GERMAN RIGHTS IN FA R EAST TRANSFERRED TO JAPS CHINESE INTERESTS {may pay riot 1 IN CLEVELAND SEVERAL SHOT CLEVELAND, May 1.—Several persons were shot, over 100 ar- rested and scores are in the hos- pitals following the breaking up of a May Day parade and meeting this afternoon by the police, sol- diers and sailors and soldiers in army truck and tanks who knock- ed the paraders down. ! | | | 1 Credentials of En- emy Delegates Are, Only Is Conceded Presented; Peace| Japs in Adjusting Pact Due Monday'| Conflict in East Econcmic Privilege DETROIT, May 1.—The entire police reserves broke up a crowd |] of 4,000 who planned a May Day parade here. --- --- --- ———— el (By United Preas) VERSAILLES, May 1.—Peace BRING ’'EM HOME ——— VOLUME 3 PARIS, April 30.— (Delayed.) |—All German rights in Kiao fi ;Chau and in Shantung provinces this afternoon when the Germans are to be transferred without re- presented their credentials to Jules| serve to Japan, according to an Cambon, Henry White and Japan-| agreement reached by the coun ese Ambassador Hatsui, represent-|cil of three. Japan voluntaril: negotiations with Germany were officially' opened at 3:00 o'clock ing the Allies. aerees i Band back Shantung pro. I 5 | vince in full sovereignty to China, re- The meeting lasted five minutes. | taining only the economic privileges granted Germany and the right to VERSAILLES, May 1.— The establish a settlement at Tsing Tao. They went over for you—now it’s up to you to buy a BOND and bring MAIL FLOODED WITH BOMBS, THIRTY-SIX NATRONA COUNTY 10 CUT TEs WiTh DAIRY RANG ACQUISITION OF N.S. WILSON PLACE 15 ANNOUNCED Che Casper Daily | Official paper of the City of Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. Crihune CASPER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1919 | | | NUMBER 164 OCATED PARIS ACTIVITY and Stepe Tater IS COMPLETELY | —— “s ieee TIED UP. LABOR ARE L ! Terrorist Plotters are Sought by Agents and Steps Taken first meeting of Allied and Ger- tote American delegation regards - |this agreement as the best solution man peace delegates was held this! or the problem without risking a afternoon. It was limited to the break similar to the Italian with- presentation of the Germans’ cre-| drawal. Confidence was felt that the| dentials. Meanwhile the assem- Consideration Is $25,000 and Practical Ranchers Say Property Will Liquidate Obligation in Five Years; County Poor Provided For. a eg ee LATE FLASHES |The postmaster of Salisbury, | North Carolina, telegraphed | the postoffice department to- | day that a package containing a abomb similar to the one! NI)” FROMTHE WIRE 2 e* ste eis NEW YORK, May 1.—The police|received there addressed to|€ Yi % League of Nations is sufficiently . = | strong to safeguard Chinese interests | bling of the treaty is progressing/and insure the return of all of satisfactorily and it will be ready Ghina’s rights in Shantung province. | for the Germans Saturday or Mon- President Wilson and Premiers day. Forty thousand words, about Lloyd George and Clemenceau, eager half the treaty, already have been| for the withdrawal of Allied troops cabled to Washington. ;from enemy colonies, are confident lees ata re that the league can speedily solve PARIS, May 1.—The opinion pre-| pending disputes when military pres- vails in peace circles that peace pre-| sure is eliminated. | liminaries will be communicated to! the Germans Monday afternoon. PARIS, May 1.—Details. of the the council of three, among them the question of captured. German cables. | With the Kiao- Chau problem dis-| posed of the Adriatic question is the} only highly important matter remain-| TOTAL SUBSCRIG Acquisition of a ranch that will at once-open a way for the care of the county poor, provide a location for a county hospital and headquarters for other activities, and eventually pay for itself as a revenue producer is announced by the Natrona County Board of Commissioners as a result of negotiations closed on Tuesday of this week. The property is known as the old Duhling ranch of 870 acres of deeded land, more recently owned by N. S. Wilson, and located four and |one-half miles east of Casper. The deal includes all ranch and farm equipment except livestock, including machinery of all kinds, and the con- sideration was $25,000. By unani- mous decision reached at the last | construction of bombs sent thru the| received information today from Senator Overman. naval intelligence officers that the mails to prominent persons showed a/ 4. . startling resemblance in operation | discovery and frustration of the |and principle to the type of German | nation-wide bomb conspiracy yes- ;mines found by the navy off the | terday against the lives of prom. ‘coast. Department of justice agents | 5 | believe the infernal machines of Ger- nent Americans, every federal and jman origin, possibly imported from| “unicipal government agency was Germany. Anarchists in this country | at work today in an attempt to trace could not obtain the fulminate of | the authors of the terrorist plot and mercury used in their manufacture. to guard against the ‘“Reds’” boast | ——. of a country-wide surprise on May | CLEVELAND, May 1.—One man] Day. |is dead, three policemen shot, 200| Thirty-six bombs have been deliv j Persons badly injured, a score or|ered or intercepted in various cit meeting of the board, Commissioners Robert Veitch and J. B. Griffith were more of whom ere in hospitals, and| Postmaster Patten said that ‘‘evident- |more than 100 persons arrested up ly the packages were mailed with a NEW YORK, May 1.—With the avalry Units Take up Guard Against May Day Riots as Strike Is Called | PARIS, May 1.—While Paris jand a great part of France were ‘tied up today by labor's general \strike as a demonstration for bet- | ter working conditions and changes in certain governmental policies, |no disorders were reported up to this afternoon, The most conspicuous features of ED WITH NEARLY ing unsettled. authorized to close the deal and N.| to 3:00 o'clock this afternoon as a View of reaching the address on or|the government’s measures against (By Associated Preas.) ROME, April 30.—(Delayed.)— The Italian delegation to the peace conference met late today under the chairmanship - of Premier Oflando, following conferences the ‘premier had with King Emmanuel and Am- bassador Page. pee MEXICO, COSTA RICA LEFT OU OF THE LEAGUE BY PARIS MEET Must Exhibit Readi- ness to Embrace | | With nearly two-thirds of the period allotted to the Victory Loan! i Casper is still struggling along with less than one- third of its quota of $650,000 subscribed. The latest reports from} | the Liberty Loan headquarters stated that the sum of $200,350 had been reported at the close of business last night. | drive having pass \of every subscription, both large in this drive. | With the start of the final week | Monday, the women’s committee will shake off their passive interest in the success of the drive and take up an| |active campaign with hopes of mak- i } ing a whirlwind finish to complete th | drive successfully. The wome' committee had charge of the drive) | during the first week, resigning the honor in favor of the men workers !for the second week. TWO-THIRDS OF PERIOD PASSED $700,000 Mark Barely Passed at Close of Drive on Wednesday; Whirlwind Finish Necessary to Success and Women Resume Endeavors. ‘SAN SALVADOR | that purpose. The ranch fills a |county $7,000:annually without ade- | quate provision for their comfort land well being. After failure to make | arrangements for the accommodation | of this class in neighboring counties, the commissioners- incorporated the matter in a business proposition that holds promise of good returns. | ‘The new property is one of the best {small ranches in Central Wyoming, having 200 acres under ditch supplied with water from the east and west This sum is inclusive} branches of Elkhorn creek and Cloud and small has been yet reported tons of alfalfa are cut annually and this can be increased to 300 tons with- out much expense. The place also yields over 100 tons of native hay and will grow feed enough for 50 able revenue is being derived at present from pasturing 100 head of horses at $4.00 a month, which is available every month in the year. In point of equipment and improve- ments the ranch boasts of the best, having a 6-room house, stables,’ gar- QUAKE RESULT IS DISASTROUS long-felt want in creek. One hundred and seventy-five | dairy cows the year round. Consider- | S. Wilson came to Casper Tuesday for! result of the Socialist-Bolsheviki-I. about May 1. | w. | whic! This was indicated by } 5 possible trouble was occupation of W. May Day demonstration,|the fact that parcels reaching the | the Place De La Concorde by cavalry, : g h ended in a dozen different riots | Pacific coast bear the postmark of|to insure enforcement of the order meeting problems affecting the county’ in the downtown section this after- April 23. Those detained here werc|against street demonstrations. poor, the care -6f whom is costing the| noon. The dead man was a bystander mailed April 26. 1 ai The cessation of work in accordance with rey . | killed by an officer's bullet when the Though the packages identified; the plan of the 24-hour strike is vir- | Patrolman fired at a rioting marcher. were sent from New York, postal au-/ tually complete. No wheel turned on thorities believe others may have been| any of the transportation systems PARIS, May 1.—Several persons sent from other cities. Postmaters|and taxicabs and omnibuses kept off were slightly injured in clashes throughout the country were warned | the streets. with troops resisting the passage of ‘crowds toward the Place De La Con- corde during attempts at May Day demonstrations here this afternoon. _No shots were fired and but few in- dividuals in the crowd clashed with swords. WASHINGTON, May 1.—All the 89th division, most of the 23rd, the 504th engineers and all of the |502nd engineers have been assigned ; for early convoy. NEW YORK, May 1.—Two bombs one addressed to Senator Smoot of Salt Lake City and the other to an unknown Utah addressee, were re- turned to Gimbel’s department store today for additional postage and were innocently remailed !Tuesday to be on the lookout. The police made further examina- tions of the 16 packages found in the general postoffice yesterday where they had been held three days because | of insufficient postage. Bomb ex- perts worked six and one-half hours in opening one of the packages. Owen Fagan expressed astonishment | at the ingenuity of the contrivance. The packages both in size and shape are suggestive of a biscuit package. Persons in touch with federal and municipal authorities predicted that haunts of the ‘Red’ here would be invaded and many radicals deported. It is understood that officials de- cided last night to put an end to leniency toward anarchists and others of their type in New York. CHICAGO, May 1.—Aroused by All restaurants and cafes were ;closed and guests of hotels went jhungry if they had not supplied them- selves with food before hand. BUENOS AIRES, May 1.—Every precaution to prevent May Day d | onstrations was taken here. ROME, May 1.—All meetings and demonstrations on May Day were | prohibited here. | DUBLIN, May 1,—Except in northern Ireland, business is at a standstill in observance of May Day. INDIANA, Penn., May 1.—Armed radicals who started from Homer | City for Indiana to hold a May Day |demonstration were dispersed by the {state constabulary. by the shipping clerk. Principles First Is, age and other outbuildings. Electric Rivalry between men’s and women’s| | the nation-wide bomb plot, police and ° q itt has now reached a new} (By Associnted Press.) light and water systems make it se z : ‘ oi : ee 7 Ruling Issued | Siteh and it is assured that the wo-} SAN SALVADOR, May 1.—The ARRAY modern and a private tele- CLEVELAND, May 1.—Over two federal authorities here took extra- GADSDEN, Ala., May 1,—Con- jbicamane ve" earthquake of last Monday was the| aq P in score persons, mostly women, were ti May d. ean Rifle |@Tessman Burnett today suspected a }men will make every effort during A ences 1 | phone line connects with the exchange — Fi iota which ith |Cruimaty May day: precautions. Rifle) assay may as most violent ever registered in this injured in riots whic! egan with squads were placed at_ strategic post package was a bomb. The (By United Press.) jthe final week to show the men the} PARIS, May 1. — Mexico latest and most approved methods of | and Costa Rica like Russia must putting the loan drive over success-| demonstrate their govern- fully. y ili | Despite the enthusiasm Lose staDttlty, endigsnow, bs | been manifested at times in the drive, country. Tremors of less violence have been felt since. Many people are sleeping in parks that has/#nd plazas. Electric light and water | service has been restored. Physicians Readiness ito accent the PARA is still lagging hopelessly in Cas- | are attending a large number of in- Batorsatheyiars ee tted! There is| per and there are indications that un-|J ‘ igi i i less the efforts for the remainder are | ts) ber ale cance ena: | more remunerative than the first part, | trals invited to immediate member-| the loan will be a miserable failure | ship. jin Casper. ret cetestseteal i States recogni: the! Starting tomorrow it is I Oat orenmee bet-France, that the larger subscriptions from | Great Britain and other Europeans industrial plants and business organi- | + .| zations in Casper will begin to come eee ret eR mien in. This should assist materially in} After a period of dullness in the i does ni raising the totals. * jlabor market in which the city was i gcurere,tte ead sen agreed that None of the larger oil companies |forced to go without assistance in these two should not be admitted. | have yet reported their subscriptions. \street work from prisoners an entire- During former loans the oil interests | ly new force was recruited today as have taken a great share of the quota. |the result of police operations last They will in all probability maintain |night. Nine drunks were tried before their end during the Victory loan. |Judge Tubbs this morning, the judge No rural precincts have been heard jacting as the city’s employment agent, from for several days, with the ex-|sentencing each of the men to street ception that the loan committees are|;repair duty for seven days in which working overtime. The subscription | they should have ample time to re- in the outlying districts it is said |coyer from their inebriety. will set a mark that will be hard to FIVE-CENT LOAF i reach, | | IS DEMANDED OF See BILLION AND HALF SPENTONWAR ‘SENN or0 oF DURING APRIL, COST INCREASING se xsi sm NINE DRUNKS GET 7 DAYS’ STREET WORK ace Miss Nell Roper is seriously ill at the home of Mrs. Hattie Hufford. pe geen Thomas Anda of the Dry Creek Sheep company is in town from his ranch, oy Miss Marcia Jackson of Denver ar- rived in Casper Saturday to accept a position as stenographer in the Na- trona Abstract company’s office. Heath, president of the National jBoueewives eeeae, today cabled t Press.) \ bean | President Wilson: WASHINGTON, May” tee early six months after the signing | “The idanue appeals to you for of the armistice America’s war expenses not only are continuing without abatement, but are actually increasing over those of the past few: months. This was shown today in the treasury report on \has become unbearable. Give us government outlays in April, amounting to $1,420,000,000, of which [back our five-cent loaf.” two-thirds went to pay the nation’s direct war bills and one-third j to. the allies to enable them to pay obligations incurred in this w. B. Jacoby of B: country heretofore, for war matéfidls ond foodstuffs. business. gress to reduce the living cost, which ings is here or. |immediate action at the coming con- |‘ at Casper. Other improvements will be added, including buildings for the ‘poor as they are needed, a county | hospital or pesthouse and a machine |shop and sheds for housing valuable |road equipment which the county re-| | cently purchased. Notwithstanding the outlay and ap- | parent operating cost of such a pro-| ject, there will be no increase in taxes | levied for its support. The board of! commissioners is made up of practical | ranchers who declare that the ranch, ! under efficient management, will pay for itself in six years, it being esti- mated that it will be able to show an) annual profit of $6,000. This is in| addition to wiping out bills running into thousands of dollars annually. | John Oliver, an experienced dairy- man from Northern Colorado, will undertake the management under the | supervision of the board, and various | plans are under way for meeting the | loss in:some other departments of county work. County prisoners will; be given healthful recreation on the| | ibeing sent away and the Bolshevik government is taking rigorous jife before. ranch and at the same time produce revenue for the county by helping with the work whenever labor is needed. Those among the poor class for light labor will also help with the work as there will be light duties in its operation that will return profits. Unlimited garden space will be avail- able and a 10-acre garden which will go far toward supplying local de- mands is not improbable along with chicken raising. Oats and other small grains can be grown in abundance and can be turned to good account. i The place will also offer an experi- ment field for the county agricul- tural agent and the latter will be at liberty to make tests that will revert to the benefit of Natrona farmers. The new traeter road outfit was who take advantage of the county’s | charity and who are not incapaciated | the entrance into the downtown sec- points and police reserves were held police carried it to the riverbank |where they fired a bullet into the tion of various units of the Socialist | at yarious stations ready for a quick | May Day parade. aaelanterhaes u auie® package. The bomb exploded. PETROGRAD TO 2™5,24%, BE EVACUATED 2702 BY BOLSHEVIK] #22 WITH RETURN man of Boyle’s, but tately a sergeant |in the ordinance department of the | United States army, returned to Casper this morning after an extend- ° ° 5 ° it eriod of y service. Mr. Reliable Reports Credited With Claim bares, according to his own state- ment, returned “fat, well and happy,” with special emphasis on the happy part on his return to Casper. That News Is Being Suppressed by Government; Troops Withdraw working tows which have held a place f of honor in the shop since he enlisted | several months ago. Mr. Barnes saw over six months’ foreign service, and reports that ne knows more about Fords now than he ever knew in his HELSINGFORS, May 1-—Petrograd is being evacuated by the Bolsheviki, reports from reliable sources say. Many inhabitants are ~— = Pics derson of Greybull is a | Casper visitor. measures to prevent news of happenings at Olonetz from reaching the people. LONDON, May 1.—Along the Petrozavodsk on the western bank of | Nake Onega. The Russian wireless in| reporting a withdrawal, says the Bol-| sheviki have carried out an advance were driven back 20 miles east of; LONDON, May 1.--A large naval international police force Orenburg. | will be necessary under the League of Nations’ plan immediately after | peace is declared, m the opinion of Secretary Daniels, and one of the objects of his trip abroad is to discuss with the admiralties of Murmansk railway Bolshevik troops under Allied pressure have withdrawn | to new positions 30 miles west of| INTERNATIONAL NAVY, IS REPORT on the front south of Archangel and the eastern front the Siberians| sent over the road to the ranch Wed-| Italy, France and England details an te: this force, particularly the types of vessels desirable. nesday and placed it in good condition | for travel. ' IRR ee