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Will Refuse to Join in Demand for ‘Extrudia ‘dition of Former - Say; Allied Leaders Must Debate Next! - Move Before Acting on Holland’s Reply | ty United Press), PARIS, Jan. 24 sllellgad’s retoenl of siked detasnds fp cafea- dition of former Emperor William of Germany was handed to the, French f office last Ye muda balaaene German new: - SPEAKER COMING FROM BILCINGS ORC. C. DINNER W. W. Gail; Former Editor ‘of Bill- ings. Gazette, Accepts Invi- ~Y tation ‘to Address Casper Businessmen James B. Gheen, campaign director, today announced that the civie dinnér cormmittee had secured W. W. Gail of Billings, Montana, as the speaker for the civic dinneF 6f the Chamber of eom- merce at the Hotel Henning on Thurs: dag evening. For ten days endeavors have been made to secure Mr. Gail and all concerned were much gr fied to receive his acceptance. Mr. Gail is ¢x- editgr of the Billings Gazette, publish of on hook on war activities and is fa- miliar with community organization work, and js also an entertaining and instructive speaker. | ~ EB. Cummings, ‘who is_ so vigor- ously pressing the Bank of Commerce advertising Campaign, is “a “personal friend of .Mr. Gail. He .was much Bikesod to learn that Mr. Gail would |. < be here and said-he. pio Saft ‘Canper | woul 1d ing ‘Apeech. Local speakers will make short: ad- dresses. Every citizen is invited to at- tend the dinnet but reservations“ niust be made at campaign headquarters, 118 ‘Weat Second street. Manager Bott will make 4 special‘ effort to, accommodate all. reservations made, previous to Thursday morning. Team workers are especially urged to attend to their reservations. ———— (By Meceatntea Press.) WICHITA EALLS, Texas, Jan, Twenty-five Texas Rangers left at noon today bound for ofl wells involved in the boundary dispute between Texas and Oklahoma. It is said that they planned ‘to take possession of the land and expected no resistance from Okla: homa officers, organizations fF age presented to President Ise Lansing today. ia recruiting exhibition and recruiting opens heré January 26 will be reinforced by walry band from Fort D,.A, Russell. in addition tothe exiibit ‘wil! be stationed here all week. Major ©. W. Nelson ,recruiting officer of the Denver ed in'town Saturday morning and completed arrangements | OMciats “of! the American Legion ihe atid Burke Sinclair, who is fr charge) which ¢uds about March 31, ae at the Migwent “pet-to- wolythe welware work Refining company, to ‘have a rether’ recruiting” campaign. Major has placed thé hand at the disposal) of the locat»American Legion post, and “Colonel Sinclair to be used at their ( diserotion during the week. spapers say the German government will decline any request that she urge Holland to grant extradition, according to Ber-. eed ‘| Windows were broken and brick walls Kaiser, Newspapers It characterized the allied request The allies hate not yet. asked. Ger- many to ask Holiand to grant extradi- , dispatches, | tion. y Asgocinted Press.) PARIS tae eh erceas ferences, belwatet | {the premicrs’ of Great Britain, France jarid Italy will be held before the next move in. proceedings to extradite for- mer Emperor William fom Holland«is decided wpoti, according to iaformation given the “Associated Presi, today. by the FYéneh foréign office. Whether the next demand for surrender will be ai: rected ‘to The Hague or Berlin will he the main subject to he determined: ——_—. RAISER NOT SURPRISED BY. DU' bite REFUSAL By Associated Preas.) AMBRONGEN, Jan. 23.—(Delayed.)— Former, Emperor William of Germany wis not surprised by the forma] refusal of the Dutch government to comply with the allied demand for ‘his surrender, it was declared at Bentinck castle, where the former ruler-makes his home, News of the decision was first. communicated j fo the castle by an Associated Press cor- respondent, Réfusal of his extradition was, expect- ed fram the first, the correspondent went told. HOOVER RAKED ER aaa ed WASHINGTON: yeh -Chare~ the -go-betweens between. Colonel House and members high in the Brit- ed a vigorous attack in the senate against what he characterized as Hpo- ver's “seli-promoted boom: for prést- dent.” Reed said Hoover was $0 close to the British governinent that “he coh- stituted a convenient connecting link” and ‘challenged any member. who ddubted his. statement to Introduce a resolution of lon oF SeaVeaMEstee tion. EARTHQUAKEIS FELT IN TOWRS | OF NORTHWEST VANCOU VER, 3 earthquake shock was felt’ shortly after 11 o'clock last ‘night. People rushed in alarm from many, build- ings but no damage resulted’ other than an interruption of teleplione service. (By Associated Pre SEATTLE, , dan. 24.— earth- quake shock was felt shortly after 11 o'clock last night at Anacortes, Wash + cracked. The quake was felt in varying de week in the interest of the/ pagent that Wyoming’ will “go over the Belson} top fn this big drive for recruits. just The steve uset for, Wyoming Stee parete, meetings kad the’ week. grees of intensity in number of towns ing'that Herbert Hoover was “one of |. PANIC OVER THE SUSPECTS HELD FORMURDERIN TAMPICO FIELD (By Associated Pred) MEXICO CITY, Jan. $e eevta men. suspected of being (By Associated Press.) BUDAPEST, Jan. 24.—Czecho-Slovakia and the Austrian republic have formed an alliance against Hungary, according to a news agency report, It is sald the agreement provides that Austria shall undertake no measures looking to an increase in her military establishment fea Stecnhmitting HR ac SERENA, BOE PT STICT. 3 Sao a tl Hp iL $ i NOTED AUTHOR AND MINISTER | DIES IN N. ¥. x Bz Ancinge Sangh YONI RS, N. Y., San. 24: The WEATHER FORECAST Mostly. - cloudy tonight and ceed probably with light snow in narth po tion. Warmer Sunday and in north aad } central portions tonight. \ ALLIANCE iS AIMED AT HUNGARY ae Hua, emmys Che Casper Daily Cribune them to Czecho-Slovakia for approval, and in the event of war between the Czechs and Hungary, Austria shall supply munitions and material only to the former. In addition, it is sald that Czecho-Slovakia has agreed to furnish troops to Austria in securing German sections of Hungary. FINAL EDITION Rev. Cyrus rower Brady, ut! and Episcopal clergyman, died of ~ VOLUME IV. CASPER, wro, SATURDAY, JAN. 24, 1920 NUMBER 88 Pmeumpnta at’his home here today. There was a man named Wilson, And now this very self-same man,— ‘Who “Kept us out of War.” Will wonders never cease, é He went the people OR No longer keeps us out of war, | And won upon that Score.; f He keeps us out of peace.—Unknown Bark, s _ + 4 NO REASON FOR ANCIENT SWINDLE IS General Blue of the public health serv- ice today warned the country not to get panicky. at the “flu” sitd@ition | despite the apparent epidemic. ‘No- where ts there any indication that the === THOUSANDS OF FEES authorities to fight it, Blue said. $20 000 HAUL . | Efforts to Convince “Heirs” That They Are| i Due to Inherit Vast Estate in New York! FROM HOLD UP Financial District Resumed After Mil- (BY Aswectated Preas.) lion-Dollar Fraud Years Ago RED BANK, N. J., Jan. 24.—Three urmed men held up four employes*of the Sigmund Wisner company today {By Associated Press.) in poxthiventerns section of Washing- The band recruiting Campaign, 1920, is | about 400 enlistments. This isa diff-} oult taek, but Major Nelson ‘fevls con- intensive as it went over the top in every drive | during the wer. Major Waerren Dean, 15th Cavalry, Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, will ad- ‘district, J and robbed them of $20,000, represent the company pay roll. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—A search for swindlers who’ are trying to ‘¢onvince thousands thruout the country that they inherited most of the Jand-in New York’s financial district, was begun today by the police. In the revival of a swindle which netted the promoters nearly one million dollars 30 years ago, letters were circulated advising recipients ithat they were heirs of Anneke Jans, and her egtate, consisting of sites of the Woolworth building, Trinity,ey valued at millions belonging to the ehurch and most of Wall street was to] estate had been discovered, they said. be divided soon. Contribution for legal Anneke Jans was an old Knickerbock- expenses was asked. . Jewels and mon-|er who left all her property to»Trinity What will the 1920 censtis give as the oMcial population of Casper? For the next ten years, how is this city to be rated in the atlases, the sSazeteers, the information bureaus of the world? Do you realize that the ansWer to these queftions very largély depends upon you, and upon the co-operation which you give In the next eight days to the census epumerators who are coveriitg Casper? H. O. Wharton and Benjamin Spencer, attorneys in the O. S. build | ing; are giving Up theif law practices. to help put) Casper on the map as a B. Nelson's office in the Townsend b' applicants in answering the examinatil Here's another way in which you city of 20,000-or more people. |" trip or two or three. ony Splitaae isa ‘ We are all interested, we nll want tho report to ahow those figures, Wier Ac arnaratane igen ae Hs eo npn: & Eiht 3 oS Nabe B “TON, Jan. 24.—An attempt 4) 4G owed or divorced; race; sex; state in which born; state in whic! Stee” “| Wi e le shortly to s@ture en: feat Saba OT Sema. oI Mal, | horn; state in which pana born; occtipation; if foreign bo) year in | ment of the Smoot bifl to stimulate ‘the Pay. Sart DAS, four Bamecan ts, , eek | which natufalized and year of emigration to America; if an alien,| tate; if Be oredeiage Any rime Gu Ait He needs at least two more in order to complete the canvass by Janu- | under 21, whether you have attended school since September. { ‘amation service to undertake the de- uary 31. Now all together—let's boost the census work and push Cag_..' popu. ‘Velopment or projects for owners up- — Blanks for. the very pertimetory examination may he seeured at George lation over the 20,000 mark! ments by wire, so that he may have additional helpers next weds YOU can help secure the added enumerators, eos Four cents.a name is paid for city work, & RECLAIM LANDS | a. slip with your landlady with the following information so thy give it to the enumerator when he calls the first time and sav; PEACE TREATY FRAMERS ALL ON THE ROCKS ‘Premier Lloyd-George Predicts His Own Downfall Within Six Months Based on IIl Fortune Shared by Wilson, Orlando and Clemenceau, Says British Report (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Jan: 24.—III fortune has attended statesmen intimately as- sociated with the framing of the Treaty of Versailles, in the opinion of Premier Lloyd George, according to a newspaper article here. Lloyd | George was so convinced that Georges Clemenceau would be the next | president of France that he-considered the race over. When he heard that Deschanel was elected he “Who could have expected such a reversal of form?" In conversation with a member ot | ‘FUND FOR WAVY | }the chamber of deputies, the Eritish | \premier is said to have araeans the | ‘opinion that the “neace treaty was hard | luck for anyone having had a hand in it.” “Yes,”' the deputy is quoted, ‘(Premier Orlando. is out of office, Clemenceau iv again in private Iife,.and President Wil; son; bag mét- with; reverses, gee ashit ne ton. Only you have been spared. “Yes, and in leas than six months it will be my turn,” is. the reply attri-| | buted to the British leader. a \STRIKE UNREST STILL SPREADS _THRUOUT ITALY By Associnted Press.) i PARIS, Jan,/ 24.—Strike agitation in Italy is still fn progress, says a fis patch today to the Petit Parisien from Turin, which reports that in that city ahd Verona, and other populous cen- ters, the police have arrested several hundred agitatcrs and the government has called up the army class of 1900. A general strike was declared at Bari |while at Florence, street car employes |have gone out. ‘The situation, it is de- | clared, is not very reassuring. (Ry Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.- mo. cin of one vote, the house anproprit tions committee today -refused) to. in- clude in the deficiency appropriation bill a fund of $10.000,000 asked by) the navy department for repairs to ships. Naval officials had informed the committee that unless the money was 'miade avail- able, necessary repaira to many capital ships and destroye' could not be made and 13,900 ‘navy-yard employes would have to be discharged next’ month. snail NS mek rr Powhatan’A vain Adrift at Sea (By United Press.) HALIFAX, Jan. 24——The Powhatan Wirelessed today that tho. hawser, whereby the Lady Laurier wns tow!ng her, was parted. The Powhatan }s adrift. CONFERENCE OF BIPARTISANS IS DEFERRED TODAY Threatened Defection oi of Johnson-Borah Group Leads Senator Lodge to Call Se- cret Meeting of Republicans (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jane 24.--Republican senators met in in- formal conference today ‘to tonsider procedure on the pe treaty in view of protests against a further compromise oaede yesterday by eight Republicans headed by’Senators Johnson of . California and Borah of Idaho. So the Republican conference might proceed freely, Senator Lodge cancelled the meeting with ———__———— the Democratic committee headed by church, Litigation over the estate end-/ Senator Hitchcock to, discuss compro- ed years ago but at least 500,000 per-| mite reservations. sons claimed to be heirs, the district!’ Toage called a number of Republi- attorney estimated, lang, including the ‘mild reservation” Sroup, to his officeto consider the sit- ion presented by the threatened do- fection of the Johnson:Borah group. Lodge later announced that the com- lmittee on compromise would meet with the Democratic committee on Monday. SMOOT BILL TO uilding, Mr. Warton will ngsist any jon questions and will secure appoint- " leave he can added can help. If you are root, TO BE PRESSED on deposit of a sum sufficient to cover experise. c -DOWNINHOUSE. ; LYOCTLIIGOOOOOOOOGO OED POOOO DOO OOHOOG :