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

C-4 FIRST PLANE TO REACH AZORES 80 MILES AN HOUR IS AVERAGE SPEED OF EPOCHA “Lame Duck” of 4 vision Assigned for Trans-Atlantic Flight Lands Today at Horta Over Four Hours Ahead of Sched- ule; Others Flying to Ponta Delgada (By Axnocinted Prenn.) PONTA DELGADA, May 17.—The NC-1 reported at 1: :40 p. m. that she had gone off her course and was forced to alight in the open sea 200 miles north of Fayal island. Four destroyers have gone to her assistance. The NC-3 is to be believed lost in the fog. The flagship reported at 9:15 a. m., Greenwich time, that she was off her course between stations 17 and 18. Nothing has been heard from the NC-3 since. By Anxnocinted Preas.) 17.—American seaplane NC-4 under Lieu- ‘-nant Commander Read attained its first objective in its trans-Atlantic flight, landing safely at Horta, in the Azores, at 9:20 this morning, | Washington time, after winging her way from Trepassey Bay, N. F., | in 15 hours and 13 minutes. The NC-1 was close behind, but the NC-3! flagship was last reported at 5:15 a. m., Washington time, course somewhere about 100 miles from Horta. | Original plans were for the planes; WASHINGTON, May IGHT| ||, Member The Associated Press United Press Dispatches VOLUME 3 CASPER, WYOMING, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919 Che Casprr Daily 1 paper of the City of NUMBER 178 POPE BENEDICT WILL INTERCEDE CASPER LOCATED ON TRANSPORT FOR TEUTONS IN EFFORT 10 GET LINE TO BE OPERATED BETWEEN TERMS MODIFIED, ROME REPORTS “DENVER AND THE NATIONAL PARK ;s RECORD AIR CRUISE GENERAL STRIKE SITUATION MORE SERIOUS, REPORT FROM WINNEPEG Railroads Threaten to Join Walkout; Wire Service Is Paralyzed Today WINNIPEG, May 17.—Condi- tions of the general strike are in- creasingly serious. Prior to the walkout at noon today of press, commercial and broker tele- graphers, reports were spread by Steps Taken to Communicate With Head Secretary of the Interior Announces Plans nin men that Winnipeg members of Important Delegation; Counter Proposals to Be Finished Soon cB: Associated Press. ROME, May 17.—In response to a petition from the entire German episcopate, begging his good offices in securing mitiga- | announced plans today for establishing an automobile line from tion of the terms of peace, Pope Benedict has taken steps to| Denver, to and through the Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone and communicate with the head of one of the most important dele-' Glacier National parks, via Boulder and Loveland, Colorado; | returning soldiers, as off her' gations at the peace conference with a view to getting the con- Cheyenne, Douglas, Casper, Thermopolis and Cody, Wyoming. ditions modified. to land at Ponta Delgada and it may be that the NC-1 and NC-3 will con- tinue on to that port, which is about 150 miles east of Horta. A fog evidently caused Commander | Read to land at Horta and officials here assumed that after taking fuel from the cruiser Columbia he would continue to Ponta Delgada to spend the night before taking flight to Lis- bon rseas voyage. | Read reached Horta several hours} nhead of the scheduled time, officials having estimated that 20 hours would required for the seaplanes to, reach Ponta Delgada. Had he con- tinued to that port at his average speed, he would have covered the 1,- 300 miles in a little more than 17} hours. j The NC-4 was the “lame duck” of | the division from the time it started | from Rockaway Beach, Long Island. ' Three ‘of the four Liberty motors which drove the ship to the Azores were installed after it left Rockaway | Peach because of trouble with the original motors. The NC-4 covered the 1,200-mile , lee from Trepassey at an average speed of 80 miles an hour. It has covered 2,200 miles since it left Rockaway Beach. ! Nine hundred and fifty miles away | is Lisbon, her first continental goal. | TREPASSEY, May 17.—The three | American seaplanes got away to a. perfect start for the Azores at sun- down last night. The NC-4, on the left wing of a V-shaped formation, was the first to leap into high speed. The thunder of the powerful engines reverberated in the hills and scattered the gulls. ‘ The aviators, bundled up like » Esquomaux, helmeted and goggled, waved good-bye to crowds of excited townspeople, newspapermen = and sailors on the shore. During the night the wireless reports became | particular apprehension is felt over! the two seaplanes, however. Being off the course may be troublesome for the NC-3 on account of a fog. WASHINGTON, May 17.—A mes- sage from Admiral Jackson at Ponta Delgada, received by the navy depart- ment at 2:00 o’clock this afternoon, said that local weather conditions at Portugal, on the next leg of the | the Azores were unsatisfactory, with | a mist and frequent rain squalls. There was no mention of the NC-1 or NC-3. . A belated report from Trepassey | Bay today said the three planes ) started with 1,630 gallons of g: ii | each. The NC-4 and NC-1 carried full crews of six men each, but the NC-3 carried only five men, Lieutenant Rhodes having been left behind. PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO PROTECT FLIERS. UBy Assoctated Prean] TREPASSEY, N. F., Mz When the giant American hydro-air- planes last night sped away into the east, over the Grand banks and the broad Atlantic, they entered upon a course not only carefully charted, but patrolled by rescue and repair ships all the way to the Portuguese coast. Leoking upon the cruise not as a sporting venture, nor as an attempt merely to win fox the United States the honor of the first trans-Atlantic air flight, but as an undertaking for the advancement of science and sea- manship, the American navy placed its own vast resources at the disposal of the aviators, and enlisted those of other government departments in an effort to assure the safety of the crews and to reduce to a minimum the element of chance in the project. CHAIN OF WARSHIPS | REACHED TO AZORES. BERLIN, May 17.—Counter pro- posals to the treaty will be com- pleted Sunday. The Germans then jhave until next Thursday to discuss the terms. Vast meetings are called for Sunday in the Reichstag and else- where to protest against signing. Minor officials declare the terms will not be accepted unless they are ' modified. PARIS, Mey 17.—Italy has re- llinquished her claims to the Dodo- | canese islands, off the Asia Minor ;coast, in favor of Greece, thus end- ‘ing the controversy over this par- \ticular region. | PARIS, May 17.—The indemnity jclause in the Austrian peace treaty | provides for a payment one-twentieth as large as that demanded by Ger jmany. The sum asked for is five bil- lion gold marks, without bond. BERLIN, May 17.—Germany has arranged for a plebiscite if the allies refuse to make concessions in the treaty of peace, according to the Zeitung am Mittag. NO CESSATION IN ATTACKS ON WILSON. BERLIN, May 17.—The German press continues its virulent attacks on President Wilson, blaming him for the severity of the peace terms. “Wilson, whom we praised so much, has become a statue of brass on the base of which may be written Ger- many’s executioner,” said the Deutsche Zeitung. “This disgraceful peace is Wilson’s peace,” said the Taglische Rund- schau. ee NURSE SENT TO A flotilla of destroyers, $5 ee | CASPER SERVED by battleships whose more powerful wireless equipment was intended to fainter and fainter. | pick up messages from the flyers in (By United Press.) case the radio sets of the smaller NEW YORK, May 17.—Secretary | vessels failed to function, formed a Daniels landed here today from Eu-| «hain of communication across the rope and was immensely pleased that! Atiantic while the planes were pro- the NC-4 had reached the Azores.’ ceeding to their base here. The fleet He said the flight was authorized for wit) remain on station until the bird- scientific purposes and not competi- | men have -passed, the destroyers so tive. He als osaid the navy began’ cose together that an hour’s steam- preparing for a trans-Atlantic flight ing would bring one of them to the two years ago. | alighting place of any of the aircraft forced to descend. Mother ships, NC-3 IS REPORTED | tenders and other naval units, at in- OFF COURSE NEAR GOAL. | tervals along the course, have me- WASHINGTON, May 17.—At 1:45) Ghanics, tools, extra parts and gaso- this afternoon the latest word at the|tine aboard, ready to give aid which n department was that the NC-8) vould make possible resumption of was reported off her course between | i+, journey by a plane put out of station ships No. 17 and 18 at 5:15 commission by slight defects. this morning. The NC-1 was re-| Phe patrol fleet, in wireless con- ported to have passed station ship 19} ¢ao¢ throughout its length and in at 6:14 p. m. touch with the United States weather Station ship 19 is the destroyer | pureau, as well as ships of various Pent, northwest of Horta, and the’ nationalities cruising the middle At- NC-1 must pass two more stations be-|jantic, kept the aviators posted on fore reaching Horta. When the NC-4| weather conditions in the areas they was first sighted by. the Azores the| were approaching, also co-operating NC-1 was reported close behind. | with the navigators aboard the planes Nothing has been heard of the/in directing the flight. NC-3 since it was reported between’ «Give us no luck, good or bad, and stations 17 and 18, which are the de-' ___—. —___—_—__—_—_——_ strovers Stockton and Graven. No CHANCE OF FOREIGN INVASION IS RATED TOOHIGH, ASSERTS MARCH —_—_—___—_ v. TON, May 17.—Chief of Staff March announced to- day wan Batons in testes transport during the war had shown the estimates made by the war department in 1915, as to the possi- bility of a foreign nation landing troops in the United, to be en- tirély too high. = (Continued on Page 8.) | MEN OVERSEAS Three new nurses have arrived at the state hospital and have been added to the nursing personnel of the institution. The new nurses are Miss White and Miss Kraus of Kansas ‘and Miss Gunds of Denver. Miss |Bunds recently returned from over- seas where she sew service during the war with the Red Cross organi- zation. After returning to this country she was assigned to base hospital 29 which is located at Den- ver and served there until she was recently released. HENNING WILL BE CLEARED OF BROKER OFFICES Three brokerage offices, the Hen- ning Brokerage company, Otto H. Krausse Brokerage company and the Martin and Bicknell company brok- ers will have to vacate the lobby of the Henning hotel by the first of the month according to announcements made by the hotel management this morning. The change will be made because of the congested condition of the lobby and because the con- gestion around the offices it is alleg- ed leads to inconvenience of hotel patrons. What quarters will be occupied by the brokers is not known but it is understood that the three firms ef- fected have made arrangements for other suitable quarters. or | L. A. Snow is in town from Salt Creek. COST OF WAR OVER 21 BILLIONS for Inauguration of Auto Service to Connect Parks (Ry Axsnocinted Press.) WASHINGTON, May 17.—Secretary of the Interior lane and Livingston, Bozeman, Boulder, Townsend, Helena and = Choteau, Montana. Secretary Lane said that improved | road conditions next year would make it possible to change the route so as to include several other important vice probably would be extended to | cities in all the states traversed and that in succeeding seesons the ser- WASHINGTON, May 17.—America’s actual war expenditures totaled $23,363,000,000, Chief of this amount $2,069,000,000 represented normal government expen- Ieuan a ona AT SS OFS DISMISS SWIT ANTLERED HERD WL BUILD MOM A realty transfer, embracing a re- ported consideration of approximate- ly $30,000 was culminated this morn- ing between the Casper Elks lodg« and H. G. Johnson, representing Los Angeles interests, for the purchase of the old Conwell property on the cor- ner of Third and Wolcott streets, te be used as the site for the contem- plated beautiful Elks home which ir all probability will be erected this summer. The property purchased fronts both on Wolcott and Third streets and is 140 by 120 feet. The plan: call for a building smaller than the size of the lot so that large lawns PETROGRAD IS "BOMBARDED BY BATTLESHIPS (By United Press) LONDON, May 17.—A_ wireless dispatch from Moscow reported that a cruiser and two destroyers of un- known nationality bombarded the re- gion 24 miles north of Petrograd without result. ae (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 17.—Presi- dent Wilson’s message to the extra | Session of congress is in the hands of | Secretary Tumulty, having been re- \ceived over the cables during the {night. It contains approximately 4,- | 500 words and probably will be trans- mitted to congress on Tuesday. CHAMP CLARK ! LEADER, HOUSE ' (By Un Prous.) WASHINGTON, May 17.—Champ Clark was unenimously chosen mi- |nority floor leader by the house Dem- ‘acratie caucus today. ea NE SE WOLCOTT LOCATION 1S SELECTE other national parks in the Pacific northwest, California and the south- west. JUDGE REFUSES Staff March announced today. Of | States Judge Hand today denied mo- | tions made on behalf of the govern- |ment asking the dismissal of an in- | junction suit brought by the Jacob Hoffman Brewing company for the purpose of restraining federal offi- on all sides can be put in, trees main- ¢ials from performi: the duties of tained and out-of-door sport arrange- enforcing the prohibition laws in the nents made. The object of the club. United States. will be to make the new lodge build- ing a real club house and home, and ul arrangements in the building and | gut will be in accordance. | The deal hes been pending for sev- »ral weeks but the two parties have not been able to get together on the consideration. In a recent letter the Elks stated the terms they were will-| ng to make on the property and this morning received a wire communica- tion from the Los Angeles interests acknowledging acceptance of terms. The building program calls for a ‘three-story exclusive Elks home, com- | prising a basement and two upper floors. The basement will be com- pletely fitted up with billiard parlors and ccmplete club paraphernalia. On the main floor the banquet SAVOY HOTEL room. kitchen, secretary’s office, ladies’ parlor and large lounge will be placed. The upstairs will be used| Details of the recent transfer in as a combination lodge and ball room the management of the Savoy hotel RAISE FOR ALL SWIFT WORKERS CHICAGO, May 17.—Swift and Company today announced a 10 per cent wage bonus for all packing plant the and office “steady time” employes to be based upon salaries for the six months ending May 3. NICHOLAS AND WILSON OWN oS TEN PERCENT | with a large stage for Elks’ enter- company, in which J. G. Nicholas, | of three great railroad brotherhoods were discussing the advisability of joining the strike. A message sent out to all commer- cia] and press telegraphers in Canada today by Chairman Robinson of the local telegraphers’ strike committee contained the request that no busi- ness, either commercial or pres: originating in or destined to Winni- peg, except those dealing with death, or government messages with regard to the strike situation be handled. The telegraph- ers offered to leave a sufficient staff in the commercial telegraph offices ta transmit telegrams. GAS FLOW STRUCK IN WYOMING-PFERLESS WELL EAST OF ITY The Wyoming-Peerless well just 12 miles east of Cesper, according to |reports emanating from the field this \morning, encountered a gas pocket, lresulting in a heavy flow of wet gas } while drilling last night. The lights , were immediately put out and the | drilling shut down until a test of the gas can be made this morning. Ac- cording to the log of the well the hole has reached a depth where the jcap rock above the oil sand should be encountered. If the ges is not of commercial quantity drilling will be immediately resumed to the Wall Creek sand in an effort to complete the test at the earliest possible date. The test that is being made by |the Wyoming Peerless company is the only one that is at present being made between Casper and the Big Muddy field on the east. The many good showings that have been en- countered while drilling the hole have caused the company to be very sanguine of the prospects. JUPITER FINDS DIFFICULTY IN CASING WATER C. E. Stewart, of the Lincoln Petroleum company which is carrying the development of the Jupiter well in the Big Muddy field is visiting in Casper on company business. He visited the well yesterday in company with C. B. Richardson on an official tainment features. formerly manager of the Henning | inspection trip of the operations. | Among the features that will be hotel here assumed management of | Efforts are being made to case off {incorporated into the building will the Denver institution, were received | the water flow which was encounter. )be a complete cigar and newstand, yesterday. ed in the hole about 40 feet above the |suft drink fountain and co-ordinated’ Mr. Nicholas, associated with N. S,| point where the bit encountered the | fixtures for the benefit of the mem- Wilson of the Midwest Refining com-| oil sand. Owing to the fact that oil | bers. pany, has bought the lease, furniture | and gas are seeping up from the | —— and fixtures of the institution, Mr. | scratched sand, it is impossible to | Nicholas has already assumed man-| cement off the flow as the cement agement of the hostelry, succeeding will not set in oil. Chas. W. Adams, former well know! Arrangements have been made to |FIRE BUILDING Casper hotel man. |pull the five and a quarter casing RA ZED FOR NEW Hunter M. Perkinson, formerly au- from the hole to set-a packer in an HOTEL ADDITION iditor of the Henning hotel here, will effort to shut off the water. If this continue with the new organizution is successful, the hole will be bailed as assistant manager and auditor. The ‘out and a test of the productivity of consideration involved in the trans- 'the sand made. fer of the lease and property is said robe closeney eagles Mulging khaki, the American cue ex- Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Newton of pert is pra ing fancy shots on the Manville are spending a few days in greencloth, and the favorite chair of Hom (Gf! REG tea Casper on combined business and the painter is occupied by a Yankee H ©. os tele a ry annex to the) pleasure. Mr. Newton will transact ‘captain.’ The conversation eddies tenning hotel building that will pro-| business here while Mrs. Newton about Christy Mathewson and the vadeamore) Chany etecors) oe ee visits with friends and renews old chances of the Giants. Peta ie - acquaintances. Occasionally an artist pokes his uré the conjestion of the hotel build-| p. yy, Spicer, a well known Fre- head in at the door timidly, and then hie 1 t hi |mont county rancher and stockman, takes himself off hastily in a fright e plans for the structure are|is numbered among the business ar-‘at the unusual sight. There simply tentative only at the present time, no rivals in Casper today from Lander. ‘isn’t room for him there any more. definite arrengements for the erec- tion of the structure having FIUME TO BEF REE PORT, ITALY completed. C PARIS, May 17.—The Italians have consented to the estab-. lishment of Fiume as a free port and to relinquish claims to a por- tion of the Austrian and Dalmatian mainlands. A complete set- tlement has not yet been reached, however, as the Itelians are press- ing their claims to certain, Adria tic islands. The destruction of the building which has been the home of the Cas- per fire department for the past sev- eral years was started yesterday morning by W. F. Henning, the owner, in preparation for the erec- ee Now every table is surrounded by ——__—_ Joe C. Mansfield, who has the Wyoming agency for the Packard automobile, wil leave for Denver Monday night to get a special Pack- ard car which wes purchased by Dr. H. R. Lathrop. Dr. Lathrop will make the trip to Denver and will ‘emonstrate the durability of his | new car in its preliminary test over| the intervening mountain roads. —— --