Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1919, Page 1

S.FLEET putror Che Casper Daily Cribune CASPER, WYOMING, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1919 (GONTRNGT=SA NEW SCHOOLS TO 1° THEWEST Vanguard of Pacific Fleet Sails Today on Trip Thru the Canal; First Tesi of Strategic Use VOLUME 3 COSTS1/10,000 WILL BE LET BY | COUNTY AND GRADE BOARDS oOON OLD POINT COMFORT, Va.|| School Street to Be Closed for Location of New |} July 19.—The vanguard of the Pacific fleet sailed from here today for the western coast, via the Panama canal. Six super- dreadnaughts, and 30 smaller craft are leading the way for Contracts ‘are being drafted and will soon be awarded in the 200 ships of the Pacific Casper for the erection of two new school buildings, one a vo- | fleet. {cational high school structure to cost $110,000 and the other __ The voyege is epoch-making, it be-ja grade building, the cost of which is estimated at $60,000. ‘ing the first time in history that the The first contract will be let within two weeks and the other feet peas b aera a viueds peat exactly ' will follow shortty, it being the aim of the board to complete thal eateoe ceatenra ce ihe ee the buildings for use before the end eee noah ze 73 texted fae] y |of the next school year and at the bear is e tested AOA A | | G Ch | Loses of the second semester if ou eeD peels ca ihe crake the | The vocational high school build- ill comprise ships with | ing, .to be located directly in front of Vocational Building; Grade School for Refinery District Is Projected. 2000 officers and 33,000 men. HOLOCAUST FORESEEN | STRIKE EPIDEMIC IS Pages Today | NUMBER 230 Chicago Fire Department Engineers on Strike and Traction Employes Vote to Follow Suit; Rhode Island Street Rail- ways Tied Up; Builder ERMAN PROGRAM TO BE MADE KNOWN IN SERIES OF ADDRESSES [By United Press] BERLIN, July 19.—Chancellor Bauer and Foreign Minister Mueller (hy United Press.) WASHINGTON, July 19.—An epidemic of strikes is sweep- ing the nation, according to labor department reports. De- mands are made for more money, a shorter work day, the right will make a series of speeches nex t week in which they will tell the of collective bargaining and the right to organize shop world what Germany éxpects to do now that peace is here. committees. It is believed the speeches will ca rry an appeal to America, altho there is a disposition in some quarters to warn the government ny . pumping ation engine today against a “one-sided” foreign polic y. It is urged that Germany should [ CHICAGO, J Two hundred “resigned.” The engineers voted to adopt a policy of seeking to restor e friendly relations with all nations. | and thirty-seven fire department and stay off duty until their demand of an hour is met. City officials declared t would be manr in the em and that the city has ample fire pro tection. 80 cents tion employes, it was announe- For the first time Americans of the far west will have a chance to see the full pomp and powder of the navy. Promptly at 8:30 a. m. a destroyer| stole slowly from its place behind the battleships and the sailing had begun. Admira] Hugh Rodman, in command, had instructed the captains to wait for no stragglers. The flagship New Mexico was among the first to leave anchorage. LONDON MOST CROWDED OF ALL WORLD ITE (By United Press) LONDON.—(By Mail.) — London, the most crowded city in the world— FOR THAEE-MILE LINK IN CEMENT SURFACING HERE i | | Projected Improvement to; Connect City Pavement! with Six-Mile Stretch! } | on Salt Creek Highway.’ i} | | the present high school, will be one) of the most elaborate structures of its kind in the west, fully equipped for all vocational training that en- ters into school curriculum, with a large gymnasium and an auditorium to seat 500 students. It will also house the science department of the high school, leaving the present build- ing for the use of purely academic studies. The building will be located on the present site of School street be- tween Elm and Oak, which has been ordered closed by the city. To offset this change Park street is to be open- ed between Elm and Oak by cutting approximately a half block off the athletic grounds. The later will still be of sufficient size to accommodate school games altho the removal of the grandstand will be necessitated. | ‘The new grade building will serve ed today, voted overwhelmingly in favor of w# strike. The vote will be F T T T sent to Boston headquarters where the decision will be given All street railway lines of the Rhode Island company, covering virtually the entire state, were idle today when } e 2,50 ca en si c ‘High Winds Carry Forest Conflagrations Beyond Control Again)? oma CHICAGO, and Nothing but Rains Can Save Situation Thruout the Northwest; Three Towns Threatened in Montana (By United Press.) SPOKANE, July 19.—‘‘Nothing can prevent a holocaust in northern Idaho and eastern Washington except rain,” according to Forest Supervisor Flint. Firefighters at various points | have echoed these fears. j The Priest river fires are unchecked. Three thousand acres of cutover land have been burned, the fire eating into the green timber that belongs to the state and federal govern- ments. East of Priest lake the fires are eating into the timber. A gigantic fire covering “— | thousands of acres is reported on the} national boundary. ispell reports that high winds i Upper Priest river near the inter- REDUCTION NOT b K caused the fires ia .vestern Mon- tana to get beyond control again. | | Several towns are endangered. Every , available men is being rushed to the scene from all parts of the state. it has a population estimated close to With the letting of the contract! 10 million, including the vast con-| fo, 3.18 miles of the Casper-Salt| tinual stream of visitors—is faced | Creek read, bids for which have been|°f this kind. The location has been with the serious problem of how t0| called for July 29, Natrona county S¢lected and purchased on the west- relieve_the hardships of its_working | maintain its record of beingtead-| ¢rn extensi _Matheny street and and shopping public resulting from! er in the number of miles of paved | the: refinery district and the district traffic congestion. \ roads. in the state. The State High-| to the south and east will be close to The world’s biggest city thought it way commission has asked for sealed! school fecilities. The building will) had solved the problem-years ago) proposals on July 29 for the construc-| be of nine rooms, large enough to ac- when an American built them a sub-|tion of the 3.18 miles connecting the} commodate all grades from the first| way, but now this is falling behind present 6 miles of the Salt Creek | to the high schoo] and will be modern) traffic. Not that the subway has grown| road with the Casper city limits, un-| in every respect. less efficient. It hasn’t. But only so|der the terms of federal aid assist-| A contract recently was let for the many trains can be run and it is im-/ ance. | finishing of the North Casper school possible to run enough to handle the’ The request for bids on this im-|to take care of the increasing enroll- traffic which overflows and crowds on | portant stretch of road is considered ment in that district. * to the omnibuses and the street cars./, forerunner to the advertising for of the city the school The omnibuses fail to meet the situa-| iq. for the construction of a con- has quadrupled in three years tion and even the expected addition | crete bridge over the Platte river pnd present extensions will meet of a thousand more omnibuses short-| near the city. present needs. | ly won't settle the problem. They will, The completion of the Casper- to-\' A special tax levy will meet the only serve to block other traffic. |Salt Creek road will give Natrona cost of the new improvements, the It has been suggested that an ele-| county nearly ten miles of concrete district having been bonded for the vated railroad be built such as Chi-|yoaq north of here. It also will mean maximum amount permitted under cago, New York and Boston have. In | approximately twenty miles of per- the meantime millions of Londoners} ,anent road and street improve- daily struggle, crowd and push for ‘a meh in the county when the city strap or seat on any kind of a public} improvements now under way are conveyance. jconsidered. This large mileage of im- SEE | a ee | proved roads will include the pro- ANSELL RESIGNS special school tax is made necessary | and it is likely that by the time the) adequate. a WILLIAMS USED posed stretch of hard surfaced road| (from the city limits to the edge of| the present pavement on West Sec- ond street. Thiss work is to be done by the city. | The 3.18 miles for which bids have been asked is a combination of gov- ernment, state and Midwest Refin, ing company road. The government aid was met by the state bond issue, dollar for dollar, and the Midwest donated a large share. | United Pres.) TON, July 19.—Lieu- tenant Colonel Samuel Ansell, the storm center of the court-martial, fight, has resigned. He will continue his campaign against court-martial | injustices as a member of a law firm | with offices in Washington and New York. | (By WASHING PROFIT, REPORT (By Associated Press.) } | WASHINGTON, July 19.— 1 OND Charges that John Skelton Wil- liams, comptroller of the currency, aided his brother, Louis B. Williams of Richmond, Va., in negotiating a | purchase by the government of Washington property valued at $4,- 200,000 and received part of the VICTORY PARADE 2220070005 | today by Representative McFadden, Republican of Pennsylvania. *General Pershing Leads Allied Heroes| ae ae With 3,500 Doughboys; Procession S.J. KONENKAMP Takes Three Hours to Pass . | RESIGNS HEAD OF WIRE UNION (By United Press.) CHOKED TO VIEW. (By United Press. , eG, d others of th LONDON, July | 19.—Millions eye ccoorte an’ Seonreaor he royal family, and army and navy choked the streets here today as | officers and parliament members | CHICAGO, J A , July 19.—S. J. Konen- 19,000 Allied are haste b mting | stood on the stevs of Buckingham | kamp resigned tulay as Pee idant of 12 nations paraded in celebration lace to receive the warriors’ i , i ce. The city was festively eres: the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America, for “personal reasons.”’ FULL RATE OUT AND ONE-THIRD FOR RETURN OF WYOMING STOCK Special, to The Tribune WASHINGTON, July 19.+The railroad administration has an- nounced the following rates applicable to shipments of stock and fe: | on account of the drought in Wyoming: Full rate out and one-third rate returning for stock; on feed shipped into the state a half rate is granted which includes cotton-seed cake and all other feeds. al Pershing with 3,500 doughboys led the parade. Field Marshal Haig commanded the Brit- ish and colonials. Following the soldiers came 40,000 sailors, marines and merchant sailors un- der Admiral Beatty. Th on took three hours a given point. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, July 19.—Nineteen thousand Allied soldiers marched through London’s streets today to celebrate peace. The parade line | was over six miles long. | enumeration | to P' ¢ time| attacking band was said to be com- | posed of “bonco” Yaqui Indians. the law. Because of the emergency a| After repulsing buildings are completed the facilities | miles from of the new building will be more than | @sualties. | | present far removed from facilities 5 Five Hundred Bandit Indians (By Axnoctated Pre: SPOKANE, July 19.—Forest fires | which threaten three small towns in | Montana. have consumed millions of “.) Driven Off BY“Motley Garri- fect of timber. Three thousand men son and 27 Killed Are Left on Ground (By Associated Press.) NOGALES, Ari Twenty-seven were fight Thursday between bandits and \the garrison at Potam, Sonora, 475 n all sections {kilometers south of here, according jengers arriving here today. The Five hundred Indians were in the attacking force. The town was de- fended by 40 federals, chiefly Yaquis, reinforced by Chinese and Mexicans, who sought shelter in the adobe fort. an attack with ma- fenders pursued the chine guns, the de: band and another clash occurred two, Potam with unknown GENERAL STRIKE INFLUENCE FOR |" VIENNA SET FOR JULY 21ST (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, July 19.— Dispatches from Vienna state that a general strike has been declared for July 21, the day set for demonstrative labor movements in other countries as evi- dence of the “international solidarity of labor.” SUNDRY CIVIL BILL MADE LAW (By Asnocinted Press.) WASHINGTON, July 19.—The $613,000,000 sundry civil appro- priation bill, revised by congr meet his objections, was signed to- day by President Wilson. = —_ WILSON’S WORD ON BLOCKADE TO BE FINAL, CLAIM son’s reply regarding the Russian blockade is awaited with the greatest interest here. The French favor ar embargo but as unity of action is desired, President Wilson’s decision may be final. BY SIGNATURE PARIS, July 19.—President Wil-| are fighting the fire. Gilt Edge, Alberton and St. 'Regis are the Montana towns men- aced by the flames, which were burn- ing 200 million feet of white pine pn Steamboat creek, Coeur d’Alene forest, in northern Idaho. (By Anw ed Press.) Spokane, Washington, July 19.— Forest fires in northern Idaho, east- ern hington and western Montana} today continued to eat their way into valuable government, state and pri- vate timber. In some cases it was be- lieved the flames were under control, altho early reports said three Mon tana towns, Gilt Edge, Alberton and Stregis, were threatened. | NEWPORT, Wash., 19 Citizens here were fighting fire today, that had burned 80 acres a mile from town. PROPAGANDA OF PACKERS TO BE “INVESTIGATE (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, July 19.—Con- gress will investigate charges that the! packing companies are conducting nation-wide propaganda against the pending Kenyon bill, Senator Kenyon declared toc The evidence will be placed before the senate agricultural committee which will investigate, i | July | IN LIVING COSTS (Ry Aasoclated Prenw> WASHINGTON, July (19.— Housewives want le; than cong high price: legislative representative of the National Consumers’ league, in a letter today to Representati ive Tinkham of Massachusetts, who has introduced a bill appropri $30,000 for a nation-wide inquiry into living costs. FRENCH TO ASK CONFIDENCE OF HOUSE DEPUTIES Annocinted (By ) PARIS, July .—Because of last night’s unfavorable vote in the cham ber of deputies, the cabinet has de cided to demand a confidence yote next Tuesday. Joseph J, B. Noulens, former am- bassador to Russia, succeeds Victor Boret, food minister, whose policy was adversely voted upon. cs =— MAIL CARRIE IS KILLED IN FALL OF PLANE (By Annoctated Pres.) BELLEFONTE, Pa., July 19.— Lieut. Charles Lamborn, 33, of Los Angeles, Ca! carrier flying from nd, was killed when his machine fell 6,000 feet near here. Reservations Still Subject of Bitter Debates but President Feels Pleased Over Result of White House Parley (By Annocinted Press.) WASHINGTON, July 19.—President Wilson is said to be highly pleased with the attitude of Republican senators with | whom he conferred. Conferences at the White House, he feels, have cleared up many doubtful points. WASHINGTON, July 19.—Presi- dent Wilson’s position on reservations to the treaty is the subject of warm disputes among senators. Those fav- oring reservations declare that the ' president indicated to callers that he might be willing to accept explana- tory and interpretative reservations. Administration leaders replied that is unalterably against any sort of servations. Senator Hitchcock in- that the president is standing “pat” against all reservations. he re sist ‘vuveu une Atlantic Refining Com. of ending the building 100,000 workers was a angements w a meeting of emplo: str felt h > beir and employes. MEETING MAY S TLE TRACTION GRIEVANCE. (Dy Assoctated Press.) CHICAGO, July 19 Mayor Thompson announced today that a committee of four aldermen, the presidents of the two traction com panies, and a representativet from each union would m Monday consider the traction situation to PACKING EMPLOYES QUIT IN CHICAGO. a Ay CHICAGO, July -—Ten thousand packing employes struck here today because, according to unionists, policemen were detailed thruout the stockyards to keep order. They de HELD UP, ROBBED BY MEX. BANDITS lnteds Press.) (my A WASHINC rTON, July 19.—A boat from th S. Cheyenne} occupied by navy enlisted men, was held up by armed men in the Tamesi river, near Tampico, Mexico, July 6 and the sailors were robbed. The incident resembles the Tampica affair of 1914 which resulted in the occupation of Vera Cruz. Urgent re- presentations have been sent to the Mexican government. FORMER OWNER OF CUBS DIES az1 (BY Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 18.—James A. |Hart, former president and owner of ‘the Chicago National league club, died here today. _ (my ed Press.) WASHINGTC July 18.—Sena- tor Thomas charg paganda had been d today that pro- instituted to in- fluence the state against the Kenyon bill placing the packers under license nd empowering the government to make them obey regulations. Thomas said the propaganda developed fol- lowing the recent report of the fed- eral trade commission warning that the packers would dominate the na- tion’s foodstuffs unless curbed. WILSON ENCOURAGED BY REPUBLICAN VIEW ENGLAND STILL . LAGGARD, SAYS MARSHAL FOCH (By Ane do Presa.) LONDON, July 19.—‘“The next time England will be in the same situation as the last time—she will not be ready and we shall have to wait for her,” said Marshal Foch to a correspondent of the Daily Mail The marshal insists that Great Bri- tain should maintain large reserves of military material. ~ acc cogay from the commander the Topeka. withdrawn. J.S. SAILORS ARE: SWEEPING U.S. SAYS [' LABOR DEPARTMENT? 11 YB (Al s Meeting Called RE ; ii ter bu Ser 'SOl punk erin, bu the 3 3