Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1920, Page 1

ve EX + kai: as “ J LEAGUE OF NATIONS : MEETS FIRST TIME : TIGER OF FRANCEIS DEFEATED WITH. U. S. ABSENT f Famous Clock Room in Paris Foreign Office Witnesses League’s Reality; Leon Bour- geois, Chairman; Appoint Commission The United Pre: (By PARIS, Jan. 16. —The League of Nations became a reality today. The first session convened at 10:35 this morning in the famous “clock room” at the foreign office. Leon Bourgeois presided and later was elected. His opening address was followed by the Earl of Curzon for WEWYORK CURB IS DECIDED UPON Apprehension Aroused Thru A pparent Col- lapse of Denikine’s Army in Southern ‘Russia‘and Bolshevik Penethattons TOMDON, dan, 167 TThe setae Ub de Beis peopl i iss on the Near East, where recent ar ve carried the conditions in southwestern Asia. DEFENSIVE ACTION AGAINST. _BOLSHEVIKI. DECIDED ON {By Associated Press.) STOCKMEN al itary aggression: Thé/Persian govern: ‘ment has requested Great Britain. to state what assistance can be given Per- sia in the event of a Bolshevik invas- ion. An unconfirmed ‘report says that En- ver Pasha, former Turkish’ minister of, ‘war, who recently was crowned king of <urdistan, has been in Berlin /and has now proceeded to Asia Minor. It is a} question whether, he .is trying to enlist the ‘Support of the German extremists in cooperation with the Turks and Bol- sheviki. « Apprehension was first arousta by the “Issuance of a seml-official state- ment yesterday pointing out that the! situation had arisen: thru the collapse | of General Denikine’s army in southern Russia and the Bolshevik penetration in} Trans-Caspia.. It is not only admitted that the menace from a Russian Bol- shevik invasion of the Near Fast is very real but it is pointed out that internal conditions in Persia, Turkey and At- ghanistan were threatening. In Meso- potamia, the British are forced to con- tend with difficulties arising from racial dissension: Tt. is sald. the soviet advance . that captured Crimea would make the Black gea virtually a Russian Bolshevik lake, and it is further. indicated (that Great Britain could hope for little help from the new republics of’ Georgia, Daghes- tan and Azerbaijan, which are directly in the path ofthe soviet advance. Se ee HUGE FRAUD IS northeast part of Wyoming. northerly winds are predicted. CONTINUES WEAK (BY TAYLOR & CLAY) The New York market today manifest- ed a much greater weakness than was, expected. For the most part, news in general seemed to express a more fa- vorable tone, especially on the money situation, The pendmg Mexican trva- hiecaused a bad weakness in Mexican Petroleum and Pan-American. “Phe Mexican governmefit Maued a statement saying they had resolved to either buy or obtain by condemnation. proceedurs, all oil lands within o radius! of 69 Kilo-. meters of the frontier. Call money stood at 8 pen cent thruout the session. About 10 o’clock there was a rally jn the rail group which refreshed the st in general, but this was only fem-! porary and the set-back that ensued ws) OF INAUGURATION—A new and legion in Cheyenne. ’ Of the nine o! the department committee on-post ming, and was. also named as head of the’ state ‘employment work of the Amer- ican Legion, M. P. Wear, editor of the American Legion cojumn of The Casper Dally Trib_ une, was named as department publicity officer for the state of Wyoming. Mr. Calhoun’s work as officer in charge of post activities will take him to different posts over the state. R. F. Bhilbrook of Rawlins was named chaplain ‘of the Jegion in the state. The Rev. Philbrook is the Episcopal minis- ter in that city. R.S. Mentzer of Cheyenne was naméd historian of the legion, and finance of- ticer in’ view of the fact that be al- ready is state treasurer of the legion in Wyoming. R. L. Estaay “of Douglas ‘was named as war risk officer and director of the service division in Wyoming. Harry Henderson of Cheyenne was ‘appainted head of committee in Wyo- ming on legislation. Chairman*C. 8. Hill was named as head of the commit- tee on Ameéricanization. very fast and’ seemed to have no. bot- tom. ‘The oils: and motors suffered most. Mexican Petroleum broke 6% points, Pan American 6%, Texas, 5. The rurb showed scattered weakness and étrongth. Midwest Refining expe- riencing uo break whatsoever and at close stood at the opening figure. Salt Creek broké from 49 to 47 and Western States at one time. quoted at1% at % stood 4 at % at the close. The local sks were off from 1 to 20 points from \yesterd ty's Solita o6"s Sa ed _. GERMANS BUY IN v. 8. Berlin (By Mail)—A number of Ger- man business men will soon go to Amer- ice to purchase raw 1naterials, whether on credit or with cash is not ‘stated, says the New Berlin Guzette. UNCOVERED ON PACIFIC COAST (By United , United, Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 161—Ovei billion dollars in frauds in war time shipping construction along the Pacific coast; under cost-plus contracts, are al- leged to have been epcovenes bys a department of justice » ech, ae Jury will soon hear the evidence. Padded construction cost eatircates are alleged.. Many in shipyards here are involved, R. R: Champion of Glendo, who is an active booster for the legion, was ap- . panies to fill the vacancy on the state e committee caused by the death of B. ee Werner. The, state executive committee has been invited to meet-at Douglas, Jan. 31, when the Douglas post holds a ban- Mw Al Sovnea honed officers are invited. =| ADVERSE TRADE DALINGE. MASSACHUSETTY$ | GOVERNOR PHOTQGR senty ah Coolidge, Jr., 2t deft, and John at right, | Coolidge of Piymouth, Vermont, in the STATE LEGION OFFIGERG NAME THREE CASPER MEN IMPORTANT of the positions, ‘ E. C. Calhoun won the important, activities and elite work in Wyo- rear. * - Nine officers to: handle departmental work in the American Le- gion in the state of Wyoming have been named by. State’ Chairman C. S. Hill: of Cheyenne, following a conference of state officials of the r secured three} retin of head of [specialty of this company. fficers named, Caspe NEW’S LAWYERS TO APPEAL IF NEW TRIAL (By LOS’ANGELES, Jan. ir -Harry New’s attorneys today announced they would apneal if a new trial was not gra nted Monday when sentence is to be Phased. The basis of appeal is to be a ¢ SEVERAL ARE KILLED WHEN ‘\. @y Associated Press.) ESSEN, Jan. 16,—Several | persons were killed and wounded in disturbances yesterday at Duisburg, Steckrade and other towns in the mdustrial district when 20,000 miners started striking. The Duesseldorf region is declared to be in%a state of siege. ‘Troops intervened at Frankfort to en- force orders prohibiting an independent Socialist demonstration. prema # * or \VIENNA.—({By mail.)}—According to IN-ENGLAND 15 LOWEST SINCE WAR WAS ENDED LONDON.—{By mail.\—The saverse balance of trade against. Great Britain “\}as shown by comparison of her are (ak ile hog’ dyeminea: and the bodiés burned a8 the mpsult of murders here Inst night, Charles Mar. shall, a neighboring farmer, fs In Jail at Aberdeen charged with the crime, The dead are Robert. Miller, hls son Ltonard and his daughter, ag6-28) and her eight-nonths-old baby. Peari@pfilier, age 13, witnessed the murders hiding in the attle from where she escaped the same fate, Her story resulted in Marshall's arrest. Marshall faced trial for criminal assault upon Miss Miller whereby a baby was born. A desire to prevent the bainsal from testifying | seeks Bie, is alleged as the motive, and imports during the month of No-| vember was ‘the lowest attained -since ‘the armistice. Ita total, was (88,200,000 pounds, Z Britain's: exports incresined about, 9, 10,000 “pounds in November’ while the same period her eae decreased about 10,006,020 eunds, ne. decline in imports j= attri part United States It is stated ‘also’ thet decreased Brosidtibe and shipping trou- bles in -Amerita forcibly reduced Brit- ish imports but ab the same time im- proved her market for export, in con- itinental. Europe which were ‘shut off ¥rom their source of supply. es ‘Attorney W. O. Wilson went to Chey-_ enne last night on legal business. cf medical statistics just published, one death<of every thrée gccurring in’ re- cent weeks bas been froni tuberculosis in its various manifestations, — M. N, Wheeler has returned from} Manville where he spent séveral days. on business, | \ force are casualties. ) WITH FAMILY ON DAY photograph of Governor. Calvin the Governor's father, John ©. INCAUCUS Clemenceau- With- draws from Presi-| dential Race When Des Chanel Leads in Caucus Voting | (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Jan. 16.—Clemen- ceau announced his with- dvawal as a candidate for pres- idency of the French republic, asking support for Poincare for re-election. : PARIS, Jan. 16.—Premier Clemen- ceau went down tosdefeat at the hands of his countrymen in the caucus In the Senate chamber of deputies to choose a candidate for the presidency of the republic. Senators: in the chamber of | deputies after a caucus in which Pau) } Des Chanel, president of the chamber ‘led the premier by 19 votes, generally expressed the opinion that the vote means the elimination from public lite of the “Father of Victory,"’ Clemenceau being neither senator nor deputy. Clemenceau's friends already are, searching for another candidate as Presider,t Polncare.is reportet’ to have refuved io accede to the demand of a deputation of senators that he be a can didate for ‘re-election. DEMAND FOR KAISER IS | Closing his address Bourgeois said solemnly: #With our eyes fixed on the listant future but with our feet on a solid ground of political and social rela- tions; wwe will create g world wherein his league can develop a spirit of jus- tice and. a desire for peace.” Curzon denied thatthe lege implies the‘creation of a “superstate.”. ‘The league will not interfere with any na- fonalities,” he said. sion adjourned at 11:50 o'clock ufter arranging for a Saar basin com- nission and fixing the next place of the eague council meeting as London. England. Bourgeois pointed out that the Ine complete until the assembly of all ttates come together. Referring to the ited States’, failure to accept the gue, Bouregois said: We respect the reasons which still y the decision on our Washington Yiriends\ but we express the hope that these soon will be overcome and the -epresentatives of the United States will \iceupy @ place-amongst us.” le 3EVEN POWERS ARE tEPRESENTED IN MEETING «py Asnocinted r as. UARIS, Jan. 16.—Repres Mtalives of Trance, C at Britain, Italy, Greece, Selgium, Japan, Brazil members of the council of the League of Nations, met n the “clock foom” of the French for- eign office at 10 o'clock this morning} for the first meeting in the history of | the league. The council organized at 10:30 o'clock by electing Leon Bourgeois chairman and confirming the choice ot Sir Erie Drummond of Great Brit- iin as. general secretary. The first official act of the council was the appointment of a {commission to trace upon a spot of the frontiers territory of the Sarre basin. |. Leon Bourgeois, French representa- tive, who presided, said: “The task of presiding at ‘this meeting and inaugurat- ing thia great international institution, should have fallen to President Wilson. We respect the resisons which still delay OFFIGES, The United Press.) MINERS STRIKE TUBERCULOSIS LEADS IN DEATHS | MARINES REPEL BANDITSWHO ATTEMPT CAPTURE OF HAYTI i (By Associated Press.) P. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—United States marines and Haitien gendarmerie ‘today repelled an attack.on Port Au Prince, Haitien capital, by three hundred bandits, more than half of whom were killed, wounded or ‘captured. (By The United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jani’ 16—Two American inarines were wounded when | thelr force drove back 300 armed bandits who tried to capture Port Au Prince, Halti, yesterday, a report to the navy says today. the final’ decision’ of our friends _in T TODAY € Jalted P: Prens. PARIS, Jan, 16.—It is Teportan that us, Our work’ then can assume a def- inite character. “January 16, 1920, will go down in history as the date of the birth of a new world. ‘The decisions to be reached today will be in the name of all na- ing shop at 147 South Center street, hus} tions adhering to the covenant of the rettirned from an eastern buying trip,|!¢ague. It will be the first decree of all He bought woolens for the spring season|free nations leaguing together for the in Chicago and other eastern ,buying| first time in the world to substitute markets. Men's fine tailoring’ is the| right for might.” While on his trip he’ visited Oklahoma and Kan- sas. the “Big Three” drafted a letter’ to be sent to Holland today demanding the kaiser’s extradition. Tania aed bait BAR MATHERS. BACK. FROM EAST A. L. Mathers, of the Mathers tailor- FIRST PROTEST COMES FROM IRISH ENVOYS } any. Associated Prensa.) Jan. ‘The’ council of the 3 Nations received the first for- mal protest almost before it came into being. It came from “enyoys’ of the elected government of the Irish repub- lie and. was “against” unreal English simulacre of the international league of aim that the jury had a reasonable} P°2°* E a 4 nnhih chit Mewieeanityenil tiatie ada| NC mention’ gf the. protest was made cid degen verdicedl-siet repfesent the | QUrine the meeting of the council, but re : copies were handed newspaper. corre- aed aca pe aay but was returned @) -ondents after they left the foreign loffice. The document was signed “Ouak laigh Duffy." It registered objections to the “pretended, League’ of Nations" CONFESSES HE land declared the league to be an “en- - gine of the empire designed to secure and perpetrate British hegemony’ thru both hemispheres,” SHOT BROTHER | BY ACCIDENT | imory.ana incomplete and lacking tn authority and sanction, and declared | the United States stood out in indigna- Giy “Associates: Presk) | tion and repudiation of it. DENVER, Jan. 16.~-fohnny Frank, 16 years old, confessed he accidentally | shot his brother, Jacub, aged 6, with a rifle in the home on the Brighton-Den- ver road. The first story declared the |child was shot by a passing motorist. There will be no prosecution. oo |SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN OKEHED |. BY INDIANA (By) Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan, 16.—Both ‘houses of the legislajure hnve ratified woman suffrage amendment in Indiana. one minute after midnight eu je ; will enforce the law. They. will fi United States. What will become of it is up to congress. Ita destruction may. be ordered, NEW YORK “TUNES UP” IN WILD DEMONSTRATION (By Associateé Press.) NEW YORK, Jan, 16.—The bibulous fraternity in New York, having stayed }up all night at the wake of John Bar- }leycorn in the cafes and hotels along |the white way, put on its deepest | ‘mourning in preparation of the final | lobsequies at midnight. Over half of the bandit Washington but express the hope that their difficulties, will soon “be overcome and a representative of the great Amer- ican republic will occupy a place among organization of the league will not NEW CO.iMANDER OF U. 8. ASIATIC | PLEET—Admiral .Albert Gleaves, re- cently made commander-in-chlef of the U. 8. Asiatic fleet. He is now at Viadl- vostock, Siberia, on a tour of inspection of the American naval activities in that much troubled country. NEGRO WHIPPED AND RUN OUT OF SHERIDAN (By ‘Aasoctatea ed Preaa.) SHERIDAN,, Wyo., Jan, 16.—Negro residents took Ben Gordon, charged with making an insulting remark about a white woman, to the edge-‘of the town and horsewhipped him. Then they drove him’ from the city. |SINN FEINERS FAVORITES AT IRISH POLLS (By U: Prens.) DUBLIN, Jan. Sinn Fein candl- dates swept the west and south in yes- terday’s municipal elections, early re- turns today indicate. MOURNING IN CHICAGO AS (By Ansociated Preas.) CHICAGO; Jan. 16.—The Pivent of national prohibition at midnight to- night will mark the time of mourning in. Chicago's hotels, clubs and cafes, With a single exception hotels here have announced that there will be no festivities to celebrate the passing of John Barleycorn, LAST OBSEQUIES FOR BARLEYCORN IN ORDER TODAY Fourteen Hundred Special Agents to En- force Constitutional Prohibition Effective at M idnight Tonight; N: days York Mourns United Press.) WASHINGTON, tae 16.—Contitutional prohibition is effective Fourteen hundred special agents take a complete inventory of liq- uor stocks on hand except that in private homes and used for 9 ES use, Others must report their stocks, immediately. It is estimated that there are 60,000,000 gallons of in the Statisticians fire silent as to the exact shrinkage in the liquor supply as 4 re- sult of last night’s well attended pré- liminary services. It is admitted tho that enough is remaining to provide for all day, no matter how firm was the determination not to leave a drop upon the dawn of the dry era. The revelry in the fashionable hotels here last nicht is declared to have put to shame all previous demonstrations. Mourners declared today it was only tuning up” for the last farewell party tonight.