Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1920, Page 1

| LOAN TO OLLAR | VANDERLIP PLEA Os leaving a ‘trail of destruc- suffering in their wake. Esti mates Of property damage run well be- yond ‘the $2,000,000 mark. s vessels are reported in and several Long Island sound pr# Are prisoners in-ice jams. The yutation at New York police quarters early today received mes- ‘from 38 Bhips at @ea asking for ANOTHER DAY AND WIND ts FORECAST Press.) , Feb. Or Another 24 ago, Europe can ope an only do this, and raw materials. tes amet the work “ef rehabilita- tion. The first step must be a billion-dol- lar loan to Europe in the form of food and raw, materials, Allied exchange developed strength at the opening of the money market to- day, The’ British pound sterling opened At $3.34, an advance of five cents. It then adyanced another five cents, rep- fesenting a 20-cent increase over Wea- nesday's low slat Vaid vt ea CASPER STILL NEEDS FEW TO. oe Sn was’ Che to central Virginia, and path as far west as the up- hang) ef cAtsantio winds wrought coast resucts from Carolina to New England, places dam- aged Monts =Allantic City, Coney Is- 4 sity, Maryland, Qceah| Beach, Virginia. tf ‘also suffered severely, many Mamas being ih distress along the: Rallroad® traffic was eeetan. In answer to a message sent to Mis- Mont:, Fede eis the of commerce catnpaign last’ week, a wire has ese Sesutet: which reads as follows: “One thousand and four members; gos! was thousand. Still coming. D. D. Richards.” Casper has.set out to beat this mark of aicity: whose recent census a population of 12,000. \There is no ‘doubt but that Casper will show a membership ter of approximately 1,200 before installation work, of the next four weeks is completed. ~ Word has been, received at the cam, paign “headquarters that one of the very best men of the American city bureau will come here in accordance with the contract to conduct the elec- tion of a board of directors, install an office, system, outline a budget, hold’a series of group meetings, establish a membeys’ forum, assist in the prepara- tion of*a program of work, outline a and or- report program (By Associated NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Bonds, valued * at $90,000, were stolen last night from the office of James) R. Derring, 136 Broadway. The outside door of the safe was opened, by me: the combina- tion ‘andthe inside door was open. It marks the second robbery in two days in the kita‘ 4 of the financial district here. HUNDREDS DIE- IN BLIZZARD OVER BALTIC system of committee cont ganization and render a to the directors embodying of work, and a written ual of or: ganization procedure, with recommendations for its ‘application and use. The man who is.to come to Casper to do this work is John R. Kneebone, who is at present engaged in a similar capacity in Alton, Il. Signed application cards are still being turned into headquarters by the team workers and several citizens have called and signed, explaining that their memberships Had not been solicited. All the men and women. of Casper and vicinity who should join the chamber of commerce have not been seen by the members of the team organiza- tion and it is hoped that anyone who has been missed will call at 118 West ‘Sécond street and enroll. another part of the paper appear a duplicate of the application blank, which, if prop-, erly filled out, will be acceptable, *FRISCO MAN IS MADE MEMBER SHIPPING BOARD «By. Preas,) WASHINGTO! 6.—Louis Titus, attorney of San Francisco, was nomi- nated a member of the shipping board \ Mrs. James is here from her in Denver be with her daugh- +. Mrs, James Childs, who has ‘been LONDON-Caaiiel, with drunken: neap thfee times in 36 houra at the same court, a Canning Town ‘America M ust Furnish Foodstuffs and Raw M aterials if Europe Is Put on Feet, Prominent Banker Asserts y United Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Frank Vi derlip, f banker, called attention to Europe’s ee ee ni wh fit declared in a formal statement to the United Press today. that’ be put on her feet only I LONDON, he if will E id here wl eal Be three months. . Efforts will be plac: or political gets 2 ever waged by are being formulated posed of the executive council and will’be conducted in ember aimed at candidates for ly to sone . Every trade and craft affiliated with the federation will be called upon to take up the fight in every section of the country and to: exert every effort to elect only auch public officials as are favorable to the principles of organ- ized labor. It was said that a vast army of organizers and workers would be recruited for the campaign. th — U.S. FRIENDS OF POLAND URGING RUSSIAN PEACE February 6,—Influential j American friends of Poland are urging ‘those in, high authority in that. coun- Laie to Siew: sails, Beawe Witte ee. vikiy ft was learned here today. In diplomatic circles. the belief is -ex- pressed that these admonitions are coupled with the report that the de- sire of the British government for peace bewteen Poland and Soviet Rus- sin will have great weight in favor of cessation of hostilities. peas rire: aes a Horace N. Hawkins, a Denver attor- ney, left last night for his home. ap Homer Shatfer has gone to Denver on a business trip. if Europeans. will resume work} | , | | | MOST bes cake ane. “OF GEN. | LEASING BILL IS REPORTED TO THE HOUSE The oil land leasing bill, on which agreement. was recent! reached, was reported to the house with recommendations for | : its passage by the unanimous consent of the house and senate | conferees, Who have had the measure under consideration for made toward giving it an early jeferred a “week os oa the house pte XS se nate action on o: re bill. probably wil! 0 a passage by the house in vat arrangments for ing up the Peace treaty to the exclusion of all other business. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR ==|10 WAGE AGGRESSIVE DRIVE FOR ELECTION OF FRIENDS AT POLLS Campaign Undertaken at Committee Meet-| ing Today Aimed at Candidates Who Are Unfriendly to A.F. of L. Principles ssociated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 6.—Plans for the most aggressive general the bryan Federation of Labor} at a meeting here of the general committee, com. | heads of the federation. The cam | connection with the general elections in/ congress and other er offices unfriend- unfriend- STOCKS TUMBLE. DESPITE GAIN.IN _ MONEY VALUES y _Annocinted Press.) NEW. *YonK, Feb. 6.—Prices of stocks tumbled under heavy selling numerou: 8. ciel all to 08 987-8, the lowest in a mont! OLD SLAVE MARKET MADE INTO NEGRO SHOW HOUSE (By Asnoctated Prens. NASHVILLE, Tenn, (By MaiD,— The old building in Cedar street here, in antebellum days one of the largest slave markets in Tennessee, and in lat- er years the site of one of the South's most wkiely known saloons and gambl- ing houses, is to be converted into a moving phiture theatre for negroes. It has been pitrchased by a wealthy negro réal estate \tealér, who as a boy was employed as “look-out” for the gambl- ing house on Sundays to give warning of impending roids by the police. y a te Castex Down 1,350 Feet. The Castex Syidicate is 1,360 feet deep in the well wich it is-drifling on its property in Iow® Park, Texas, ac- cording to word received here, and is making better progreay than any other company in the field. In all probability the company will be et ee eee US. TESTIMONY NUMBER 99 HEARD TODAY IS ‘CONFLICTING ON RED ACTIVITIES | Former Federal At- torney Opposed to| Palmer Campaign; | Newton Favors It (iy Axnociated Prena, WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Fran- cis Kane, Eg a district at- torney in Philadelphia, who resign- | ed recently because he was not in | sympathy with Attorney _ General! | Palmer’ $s campaign “Reds” today told the judiciary commit- | tee considering anti-sedition legislation | | that much of the agitation against Bol- | shevism in America was “mere talk.” General Newton of New declaring that thou- Attorney York, disagreed, sands of radicals, backed by the radi- cal press, daily were advocating revolu- tionary overthrow of the government and the establishment of a dictator- jship. HALF, MILLION REDS TN NEW YORK, CLAIM United Press.) (By WASHINGTON, Feh. __6.—Betweet city alone ig the destruction ot New set cl i, fica. com of the government and the See ment ofa dictatorship lik® Rissia’s,’ FOUR KILLED IN RACE RIOTS AT PINE BLUFF, ARK. United Press. PINE BLOF, Arkansas, Feb. 6.— Rioting last night cost four lives. | George Vick. a negro, killed City De- tective ©. A, Lynn. Viek was hid- ing in his home and held a crowd at bay while he killed two others. Fi- nally the mob set the house afire and shot down Vick. The city was quiet today. ee eC as SUN UNABLE TO PENETRATE CHICAGO SMOKE CHICAGO, Feb, 6.—The darkness of night has enveloped Chicago since sunset Thursday evening.’ At noon today the downtown district was practically as black as last midnight, the sun’s efforts to pierce he heavy vdil of smoke which hung over the city being unavailing. ‘The weather bureau explained that while there is no fog in this district, the barometric pressure is so .heavy that smoke did not rise to its accus- tomed heights as quickly as it should and in a total calm the smoke cur- tain hung over the city, di chir Shri CZECHS RETAKE IRKUTSK AGAIN (By United Press. NEW YORK, Feb. Seeirkutek has been retaken by Czech forces in Siberia. ae y¥, United Press.) DENVER. Colo. Feb. 6-—Orville Har- rington, arrested for the theft of $81,- 000 worth of gold bars from the Den- ver mint and who confessed after the loot was found buried on the premises about his home, was arraigned today before Commissioner Stone and held on $20,000 bond for hearing in the fed- eral court here May 4. He entered a plea of not guilty. sumption of trade with soviet Russia th | MAY ae clapper loo 300,000 and 500,000 persons in New York destruction of all “Tens of thousands of’ violent went ral cals daily are advocating the overthrow + [SWITZERLAND PLANS | |many's war guilty “Is an act of revenge worse. than Shylock's,” said Minister of Defense Gustav Noake in a Berlin in- terview given to the London Mail's cor: |eeapondent? “Surrender of accused Germans is a practical impossibility,” Noske stated ‘The German government has 9) ed Baron Kurt von Leraner's resins: tion. Thé! alliés now: are’ considering ‘the| {final form of ‘the reply to Holland's refusal to extradite the kaiser. It prob- ably will inforin Holland that if she [persists in her refusal, then sho must remove the kaiser ‘from. BHurope and prevent him eyer ‘reaching Germany. The allied reply will answer Holland's legal.arguments,and’give additional rea- sons why extradition is desirable and even imperative; {NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Annociated Prens. RERLAN, Poh G2-Peemier, Bauer's conference with party leaders tomorrow probably will determine whether the na- tional assembly, will be called to con- sider the extradition gituation.. Persons well informed deny the existence of 2 governmental crisis. and the Prussian | cabinet has unanimously indorsed the {national cabinet’s. attitude, which is un- jalterea. All prominent politicians con |demn the allies’, edict. |REFUSAL OF ALLIED | DEMAND FOR GUILTY . Dutch Precedent to Be Followed in Case of, War Criminals Residing There; Leaders Would Surrender Nationals to | Neutral Tribunal, Berlin Advices Say Hun y_Aancelnted Preas.) GENEVA, Feb. 6 Swiss federal authorities, it is reported, will |follow the precedent set by Hollandgin dealing with demands from the allies for the extradition of Germans who are in this country. Former Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, as well as several minor officers on the extradition list, are in Switzerland. (By United Press.) | LONDON, Feb. 6.—The allied demand for the surrender of Ger- PLAGUE BREAKS OUT IN REGION U.S. CONTROLS: (By Associated 1 Press.) A, Feb, 6.—Outbreaks of the reported in the Teschen area, which upouw ratifica-. ‘sailles by the plebiscite tion of the Treaty of Ve United States is to be occupied by American troops, according to a gen- eral understanding. American Red Cross headquarters at Warsaw and this city are hurrying medical units to the affected districts. KING NICHOLAS OF MONTENEGRO CHERISHES HOPE (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Feb. 6.—King Nicholas, who | “ONLA DID. DUTY,” 18 ,| MARSHAL'S DEFENSE (By Associated Press.) the fatherland, would voluntarily submit.” Am NEUTRAL TRIBUNAL HOPE OF GERMANS (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, Feb, 6—The German gov. ernment probably will be willing to sur- render its nationals charged with war crimes to be tried by a neutral tri- bunal if the entente will agree, says the National Zeitung. The Swiss gov- ernment, this newspaper says, has de- clared/ its readiness to arrange such a tribunal, UNION WAGES UP 17, PER CENT IN YEAR, IS REPORT (By Ai lated Preas. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.— Union wage scales jn general trades in 1919 averaged 17 per cent higher than in 198 and °55 percent higher than in 1913, according to the bureau of Ia- GENERAL HOWZE TO TESTIFY ON BORDER AFFAIRS (By Associated Press.) EL PASO, Tex., Fez. 6.—General Howze, in command here, received au- thority today from the war department to appear as @ witness before the sen-| ate committee investigating the Mexi-/ can situation. It is expected that his testimony will be followed by that of other army officers on duty along the border. 895 ARRESTS, 28 CONVICTIONS OF PROFITEERS WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.—The cam- paign against food profiteers and hoarders. netted » total of 895 arrests, the department of justice announced kn eres convictions were RESUMPTION OF RUSSIAN TRADE HELD IMPOSSIBLE BY COUNCIL (By United Press.) PARIS, Feb. 6-—The allied council of ambassadors today decided that re- }} thru her co-operative societies is prad- tically impossible because the soviet government controls the co-operatives. ‘An allied decision to resume trade with Russia was announced several BPRLIN, Meh, ¢—Field Marshal yon Buelow told tie, Lokal Anzeiger that Germans whosé names are on the list those whose extradition is demanded by, the valties “¥érily did their, duty” to and that ’ extradition was an ignominy to which no Germans has remained at the head of the royal Montenegrin govertiment, in spite of the fact that was ousted by the national ass f that country, is understood to Albania prepar- Ing for a coup whi may Bere him to the ssn te TAX RAISE ON MEXICAN OIL IS. FAVOREDINU.S. cay Associated Pre MEXICO CITY, Feb. reer sugges- tion that petroleum protection taxes be increased has been received by the Mexican government from the Texas and Oklahoma Oil association. ~ | Government officials are not inclined ~ to follow the suggestion, according to the Excelsior. SEND BERGER TO FEDERAL PEN, IS : PLEA TO COURT. (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 6.—The district at; . torney today asked the appellate court here to send Victor Berger to the federal prison finmediately, .al- léging that Berger had violated his pledge:to refrain from acts on which Ris conviction was based. HINES PREPARES TO TURN ROADS BACK MARCH 1ST (hy Associated Press.) WA sHINGTON, Feb. 6—Reorgani- zation of the ratlroud administration for its work as a government diquidat- ing agent in preparation, for the re- turn of the roads to their owners on March 1, was begun today by Direc- tor General Hines. The first steps ineclnde the creation of a division on liquidation claims and abolition of the division on capital expenditures. calles Lens~* ne BUNT EX-GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA MADE MEMBER OF I.C.C. (By Axnoctated Press.) WASHINGTON, eb, 6.—Former Gov: ernor Stewart of Virginia, today was nominated a member of ‘the interstate commerce commission to succeed James 8. Harlan of Indiana, whose term has Bxpired. ARMY BILL NOT TO. GET PLACE BEFORE TREATY (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—No effort will be made to call up the army re organization bill in the senate until the Treaty of Versailles has been disposed ot Chairman Wadsworth announeed to SRS