Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1919, Page 1

NINE AMERICANS ON PEACE COMMISSION RESIGN, IS REPORT ————_—_ Economic, Territorial and Russian Experts Out and Names of Six Others Are With- held; Compromise of Princivles Said to Be Cause of Slight Runture (By United Prenas.) PARIS, May 20.—Nine members of the American peace commis- sion have resigned as a result of dissatisfaction with the terms of the German treaty. The resignations of Professor A. A. Young of Cornell University, chief economic expert; Dr. Isaiah Bowman of New York, head of the som ceirtint i agra and W. C. Bullitt, Russian expert, are said to be . The other six names are withhel i further consideration. ene RESIDENTS OF SECOND STREET They resigned as an expression of disapproval of an alleged compro- mise with their principles but they may allow this action to suffice and continue in service. THREE ALTERNATIVES ARE CONSIDERED BY HUN. PARIS, May 20.—The German WILSON ASKS REPEAL OF WARDRY LAW e Casper Daily *| Crihunte | CASPER, WYOMING, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1919 Wine and Beer Is| ‘Surprise of Mes-' sage Read Today | i i | IClause Referring to| 7 | | Official paper of the City of Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. | ' President Wilson’s message to || Member The Associated Press; | |the extraordinary session of | | congress was read today in the |house and senate with most of the members in their seats. In |the senate, the clerk began reading promptly at noon, but there was a delay of half an hour in the house,. while the members discussed the pri-} | ority of some of the hundreds of bills |dropped into the hopper yesterday. | It was the first time President | Wilson was compelled to address an | all Republican congress and the first |time since he was elected that his message was read instead of being ;delivered in person. | _ It was essentially a labor message, |the president stating at the outset that this question “stands at the {front of all others in every country ‘amidst the present great awakening.” WASHINGTON, ‘May 20.— || | United Press Dispatches | ¢ VOLUME 3. ‘ y | NUMBER 180 LABOR HARMONY, REPEAL OF BAN ON WINE AND BEER, AND RETURN sc es OF WIRES AND RAILROADS URGED of the message, senate progressives WASHINGTON May 20.—P: through Senator Kenyon announced lican congress in his message today to le, @ program of labor laws to be on called upon the Repub-| The railroads will be handed over to their owners at the end of the late this session along lines calendar year. in-\that will insure greater co-operation between labor and capiti i i The out-| “If I were in immediate contact with the administrative questions troduced immedietely. The: = . i municated the same ve Mnctbles pase standing feature of the message read to both houses of con: wi | which must govern the re-transfer of the telegraph and telephone lines, ident Wilson declared must dominate #8PPe#! that thoge who do the daily labor of the world “obtain progre: ‘I could name the exact dete for their return also. Until I am in direct in labor legislation—“a partnership improvement in) the conditions of their labor, be made happier, and be \of capital and labor wherein each shall share in the profits of indusry.” things—sign with as little fuss as pos- ign after some delegates re- |; ” or refuse! FIGHT PAUING Protests Carried to Council Last Evening in Form of Petition Representing Two-Thirds Property Owners. erms, necessitated, Wilson said, by Y ere Vs the fact thet he had been so lon to sign. General opinion is that they | .. P piace | were told to sign. Most Allied dele-| (Ur Of daily touch with intimate gates believe the treaty will not be|°Urces Of information and counsel. nisneaiverore auneid aa 15. He said he felt the emergency had Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau_ is paced beyond) thempoint awiere|ia fs }continued ban on wi expected to present voluminous coun- | on nes ands vesrsiat «.,_ least is unnecessary,’ but that h s ter proposals Thursday at the expira-| oot the power to lift it aitiout ese tion of the time limit. Then the} Protests in petition form against the pavement of East Second street naming nearly two-thirds of the! Allies will take a week or two to re-| ®Tessional action. F mt property owners in the entire district] ply, giving the Germans another = He did not touch on his Paris | were received by the city council last period for their final answer. | work except to say that it would be night. No action was taken on the The Allies not inclined to|Prem@ture to discuss it until he are soften the terms in the slightest. Be- : sides blockade measures the Allies council will sit to hear remonstrances | have Marshal Foch’s plans for a mili- to various improvement endeavors. tary program to be undertaken if the I’rom the sentiment expressed last}Germans refuse to sign. could lay the completed business be- fore congress. Among the special war taxes which the president in his message suggested should be eliminated are |those on soda water, and socalled matter as May 21 has been officially set aside as the date on which the The message was general in its| served better by the communities and industries which their |tains and advances.” bor sus- H A new interest between capital and labor, he said, can be made oper- jative and manifest only in a new organization of industry. He urges busi- | nessmen and workers to “seek and sincerely adopt a common purpose” to- jward that end. The: surprise of his message lay in his recommendation to repeal or amend the wartime prohi ti jon act insofar as it applies to wines or beers. Other prineipal recommendations were: Creation of a federal agency as a clearing house for the suggested improvement in industrial conditions. Maintenance of the United States employment service. Adoption of the land for soldiers bill sponsored by Secretary Lane. Legislation to facilitate American enterprise in foreign trade. Repeal of the so-called “tuxury tex.” Reconsideration of federal taxes to relieve the burden on productive resources and making incomes and excess profits the | taxation. Against tariff revision but favors mainstays of steady protecting the American dye industry. contact with the practical questions involved, I can only suggest that in case of the telegraphers and telephones, as in the casé of the railways, is is clearly desirable in the public intere&t that some legislation should be considered which may tend to make of these indispensable instrumentzlities of our modern life a uniform and coordinated system which will afford | those who use them as complete and certain means of communication with all parts of the country as has so long been afforded by the postal system, of the government and at rates es uniform and intelligible. Ex- pert advice is, of course, available in this very practical matter and pub- lic interest is manifest. Emergency Past, Objections to Wines and Beers Removed “Demobilization of the military forces of the country has progressed to such a point that it seems to me entirely safe now to remove the ban upon the manufacture znd sale of wines and beers, but I am advised that without further legislation I have not the legal authority to remove pres- ent restrictions. I therefore recommend that the act approved November 21, 1918, entitled an act to enable the secretary of agriculture to carry night it is evident that the council] luxuries such as Adoption of the suffrage amendment. does not intend to have the proposed] GERMAN REPLY TO development defeated on East Sec-] BE MADE THURSDAY. - ond street while paving is being forced BERLIN, May 20.—The German) in other districts. » |reply to the peace terms will be ; z. . . By a two-thirds vote of the coun-| handed representatives of the Allied | UCk® Pianos, Pe ae Roc unea nay, cil the protests of the property own-land associated powers Thursday, the | tes aaa vase at cae Sere Dots crs could be overridden, according|Tageblatt says. The contents of the| Gattis Lae to the state statutes govefning mun-| reply, it is added, will adhere closely | of clothing; proprietary medicinal and toilet preparations, and on manu- SUFFRAGE TO COME UP cipal affairs. to the German version of President | Petitions for the extension of the| Wilson’s 14 points. nom ABHINGTON: Mac\ ete teore avenue were received by the council FFRAGE IS * egal Esa of wyornite, Ree eat nln. an the mentees wll pe of A {that the house resoluiion proposing cially acted on-under the Boyce |submission of the equal suffrage con- the street and alley committee which stitutional amendment would be has the petition under advisement, ot the next meeting of the city coun- eil. Ordinances covering the legal needs for naming paving district No. 8, which extends fronr the present pavement on West Second street past the refineries and to the county bridge and includes portions of Sec- GIVEN FIRST PLACE HOUSE | —— WASHINGTON, May 20.—The; PURCHASE OF LOWER first resolution reported favorably by CATIEORNIS ADVOCATED i ; the house committee was the women < NGTON, May ond, David. First and Ash streets, sufrage resolution. It will be taken | purchase of Lower California and a night, eaniie ‘the district the largest | UP tomorrow. jtract in Northern Sonora. were pro- 7 i Senator Jones of New Mexico also} posed in a resolution offered today ever attempted in Casper as one dis-) introduced the resolution in the ;by Ashurst of Arizona. It was re- All districts that have been de-| Senate. clared will be completed this sum- mer according to the statements of Larry Hill, representative of the! Warren Construction company, who ‘ | WASHINGTON, May 20.--Pres- announced that the capacity of their ident Wilaonistannouncementi thatthe Casper plant would be greatly in-} 9 | creased this summer in order to faci- BERLIN, May 20.—Violent riot- litate the extension of the improve-|ing is reported in Stettin where nine ments. civilians and 20 soldiers were killed. jcalled up tomorrow for passage. Representative Mann by the house suffrage committee. | mittee, i a | Se RIOTS BREAK xo 2erea. oF seen raw |SAYS DRY LEADER private operation at the end of this year and his recommendation for and beer until the federal prohibi- | wartime prohibition act, regarding jthe repeal recommendation. I do jnot believe congress will repeal it.” | “We pessed prohibition legislation |without help from the president and jdo not intend to repeal it,”’ said Sen- ator Jones of Washington, Republi- jean prohibition leader. Senator Cummins said that un- |doubtedly railroad legislation would be enacted before the end of the No Word of British Crew That Embarked" __. on Most Perilous Air Cruise Ever At- PERSHING TO tempted; Americans Leave Ponta.Del-- AWAIT PEACE gada Today on Last Leg of Journay BEFORE TRIP : | LONDON, May 20.—The British LONDON, May 20.—The weather is so bad off the caest of Ireland) war office announced today “that iri mat iator |General Pershing’s visit here» had , A 4 a tainty of the German attitude to- coutheast winds, together with rain and fog during the night. |ward peace and the military situa- All communication centers of London were silent as to news from tion arising therefore.” Hawker and Lieutesant Commander Grieve. | | The opinion in admiralty circles is, leave for Lisbon today. that Hawker came to grief soon after) ——— he started. | PONTA DELGADA, May 20.— It is pointed out that he certainly The NC-3, which arrived yesterday would Peer ies sitar after being missing for two days, is) an accident not befallen him in the crippled by damaged wings but it meantime. ; can be repaired. The plane was |damaged by heavy seas striking the | WASHINGTO: 20.—The | wings while on the surface. She un-| NC-4 arrived at Bekiapacnie today | derwent five hours of constant rain| at 10:24 Washington time. The plane and wave buffeting, which prevented | made an average speed of 95 miles, the plane from resuming the air. 1 an hour on the 150-mile juinp from, The crew ya thee descended ver Horta. The air crew expected to! they lost their bearings. WYOMING MEN from France on the transports Scranton and Arizonan. Am Among the Rochambeau arr‘ infantry, including Montana, expensive erticles! facturers’ products like automobile} lintends to return the railroads to" {of the Mike Mahoney sheep company was thrown from his horse into | | the river, and despite the fact that nearly 24 hours have elapsed the ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° \ legislation allowing the use of wines | 11,000 TROOPS ARRIVE TODAY; NEW YORK, May 20.—Lleve Virtually all on the Scrante members of the 828th infantry, # Return of the tele; & more co-ordinated Return of the r stem. | sustains and advances? | “The objects of A] His announcement followed a fav-| those who work, in whatever rank, to participate in some organic way in orable report on the resolution of|every decision which directly affects their welfare. | find a way to prevent child labor.” ‘and information which may serve as aph and telephone lines to their owners but under oads to their owners under a more uniform system. Labor Question Pre-eminent jin World’s Great Awakening | “The question which stands at the front of all others in every coun- \try_amidst the 1 ) great-awakening is labor,” declarad the president, . ea ee oo PT Bich how de tel whe Banicn who NO GEINY 186GP US Be HAAS Tape ea ee a ap today| to be served better by the communities and industries which their labor reform in this essential matter must be the genuine} | democratization of industry, based upon full recognition of the right 4 ‘out during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, the purposes of an act entitled an act to provide further for netional security and defense by stimuiating agriculture and facilitating distribution of agricultural pro- ducts, and for other purposes, be amended or repealed insofar as it ap- plies to wines and beers. “T trust I shall very soon be at my post in Washington again to report upon measures which made my presence at the peace table apparently | imperative and to put myself at the service of congress in every matter | of administration or counsel that may seem to demand executive action PLATTE RIVER SEARCHED FOR Congress ought to The president urged developing the new federel agencies of advice a clearing house for the best experi- | {ments in the matter of labor, “upon which every thinking man must be 20.—The | 2ware that the future development of society directly depends.” Coordination of Wire \Is Advocated With Return ferred to the foreign relations com-; | trative confusion; so soon, that is, NEW YORK, May 20.—The Rt. Rev. David Hummell Greer, 75, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New |York, one of the most active and in- |fluential Episcopalien leaders in the | United States, died at his home here last night. St. Bartholomew’s parish in New York city he built up from lobscurity to one of the richest and largest working church plants in the |country. The key note of activity which marked Bishop Greer’s years of labor was sounded in 1888, when he was rector of Grace church in Provi- dence R. I., and when the pulpits in |two parishes in New York waited }upon his word of acceptance. Con- sidering the opportunities, he said: . “St. Thomas’ (on 5th jAvenue) has its pews full, has a large con- gregation and does an active work; at St. Bartholomew’s (on Madison Avenue) half the pews are vacant. its congregation is small end its re-| I shgll have! sources undeveloped. more to do there; I. shall have to work harder; therefore I am going there.” “The telegraph and telephone lines will, of course, be returned to their owners so soon as the re-transzer can be effected without adminis- as the ehange can be made with the! lease possible inconvenience to the public and to the owners themselves. | Tim Donovan Swevt from Horse While Fording Stream East of Casper and River Is Lowered to Recover Body Lines While endeavoring to ford the Platte river about 3:00 o'clock | yesterday about four miles east of Casper, Tir, Donovan. an employe >| body has not vet been recovered. A searching party was recruited | [yesterday evening by County Coroner, Lew M. Gav, and work of BISHOP GREER CLAIMED IN DEATH sci nono rouse av |tion smendment becomes effective were the features of his message to | congress about which the interest of members apparently is centered. |, “fam not for that,” said Senator |Sheppard of Texas, author of the! ;man had been drowned in the Platte The great amount of work neces-' 8'rangements were made to cut off sary to bring about the advance of} the water supply at the Pathfinder the Porish of St. Bartholomew's,’ dam.-.The efforts of the searchers stamped Dr. Greer as an able edmin- have been minimized owing to the istrator. He possessed a knowledge high water which precludes the pos- of human nature that made him an Sibility of discovering the body which idol among thousands of the poor is probably anchored down by under- | A small house in the North Burl- whose betterment he persistently growth in the river. The water is ington addition which has been un- sought, and at the same time he al-| ewer ng rapidly and’ it th Possible ‘tenanted for the past week and un- lied himself with the wealth and cul- that during the evening the supply i , ture of the city, winning the confi- will be low enough to permit inten- hee Bap ti he completely decrored |dence of such families es the Van-| Sive search of the bed of the stream.|/by fire early this morning. The derbilts and Morgans. Trinity Parish According to meager statements origin of the fire is unknown. The with its accumulated millions poss- that have, Been obinined dponovan | structure was almost demolished be- essed greater wealth, but in pro-| started across the water inadverdent-, : . portion to its size St. Bartholomew ly choosing a very deep place to|{°re 8m alarm was turned in to head J quarters. The department responded was the richer. cross. Just after the horse got/p.¢ merely to protect other property It was said at one time, during a fairly launched in the water it began |; the vicinity financial stringency when there was to struggle and soon toppled clear) 4 43,4 Saturday night destroyed a great deal of suffering in New over. The prevailing belief is that/i.. small structures re the rear of York, thet the rector gave practically Donovan was struck in the head bY ithe residence of Jake Provincial in his entire salary to the poor. At the the horses shod hoofs knocking him | the Butler addition. on East Dover completion of his work as rector of unconscious, and ending his chances street mel flamencwatel batineathe St. Bartholomew’s in 1904 he left of saving himself. shingles on the roof of the Fesidenee as an outstanding evidence of his A diligent search to find relatives when the fire department arrived, af- labors the Parish House which is one |of the dead man have been unavail-'ter one of the fastest runs ever made ot the reer shuteh cipeatabons PS ing, despite the fact that two broth- ‘here, merica. numbered among its ‘ers of the dead man are supposed to| gj i |features an employment bureau,| live in this vicinity. Angas Lens nl ERIC e motes dipntient boys and girls clubs, a surgical clinic,| throw any light on the whereabouts|was at the scene of the fire. The an eye and eer dispensary, a loan as-/ of the relatives of the dead man are rapid response was alone responsible |sociation and penny provident fund, | requested to notify either the coroner, for saving much valuable property a free coal and wood depot, a roof Mr. Ga: , or the sheriff’s office. ing |garden, a seaside cottage for the! if eoree in the vicinity. N. BURLINGTON BURNS MONDAY EE eee (children and a grocery where food | was sold to the poor at cost. ! | Bishop Greer then accepted the! beer | troops arrived today fe: an, Rochambeau, aanits was the 41st division. the 82nd division, all states. company H of the 162nd Wyoming men. election as coadjutor Bishop of the| diocese of New York after having! ici bs gata = POLES BROKEN, WARSAW REPORTS |Episcopacy in Massachustts, Rhode} 9 jIsland and Pennsylvania. On the, {death of Bishop Henry ©. Potter in 1908, Bishop Greer became the head , WARSAW, May 20.—The Ukrainian offensive against the Poles ip completely broken, says the official communique. After i (Continued on Page 8.) } hard fighting the Poles oceupied Balica and Novasiolki.