Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1920, Page 1

SCALE FOR SIX MONTHS; IS PLAN Tonight to Talk Over Effects WASHINGTON. E Feb.” 18, — Wages established by the railroad| —_— itor gato Kopi. wat would co: ‘ect tember erst the nied eee ganization bill, the conference re-' Port on which was presented in tho house | and senate today, Under the wage pro- vision, the pay of railroad workers Would be stabilized at thelr present. lev- rls “for six months after rail proper ties are returned to private control and | operation, The bill also seeks to stabilize rates for the same time, providing that prior to September 1 no rates may be re- duced unless the approval of the Inter- « late commérce eommission is obtain. ea, | ~The restriction on wage increases was _Jooked upon with especial interest. by “members of congress; railroad officials and union leadérs in view of the recent “demands of tivo million railroad work- ers for an advance in pay, The outstanding points ‘of the~meas- ure as finally agreed upon are: Compulsory submission of Jabor dis- putes to a permanent federal board ap- peace by the president and composed | of nine members equally divided be-| tween employes, employers and the pub- tie. No provision is made for enforcing the board's decision. Adjustment of \ratea by the interstate cata commission ‘30 as to yield the reiers a return of five and a half per- cent with another half of one percent for improvements. Distribution of half of net eaiway.|. ‘operating income increases, based on a Rix percent property. value, equally be- tween the carriers’ reserve fund and the federal ‘railroad’ contingent fund, which wonld be administered by a com- mission for the assistance of weaker roads. Government guarantees to railroads against deficit. during the first | six months after the roads are turned back. Permission for consolidations of rail- roads, if approved by the interstate com: merce commission.“ —— 7 Associated Preas.)’ WASHINGTON, Feb, 18.—A meeting CONTINUANCE OF Union Leaders Meet | CASPER, WYO., , WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1920 WOMAN ‘RED’? TO | RUN FOR HOUSE anRises Aanesee Ns ' (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, millionaire Communist and former Socialist, one of 167 persons indicted by ‘a #pecial grand jury on Jan- uary, 23, for “advocating the overthrow of the, government’ of. the United States," announced today that she would be a candidate for Congress from the fourteenth New York district. ‘Mra, Stokes, brought here, by a policewoman is at large on peesichcesc tial ke canara asciertene od prison, for obstructing: the, draft. $795,000 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. “FOR ROAD BUNLOING ASSIGNED T0 “THA STATE BY THE GOVERNMENT Delegates from Wyoming at Good Roads Meeting in of the heads.of 16 rallroad employes" dr- ganizations has patie for ton! to consider the conference report on. pending railroad’ bin with a view “to determining the effect the bill a8 amend: ed would have on wage insrpasee. i (By United Press.) WASHINGTON,) Feb. 18.—Director- General Hines’ meets with, the railway executives tomorrow to obtain their at- titude toward methods of investigating the demands of railway workers for im- mediate’ wage increases. President Wil- . son also ia expected to reply to the coun- “ter proposal of the brotherhoods; deliv- ered to him last Saturday wherein they. suggested that he ask railroad execu-! tives to agree to abide by the decisign | of a wage tribunal which will be ¢s-) thblished as quickly as possible to. in- vestigate Higte denen demands. REVENUE NUE AGENT ON. DUTY HERE Pre Counsel Available for Corpor- ations in Making Returns to Government + F. Ié Nicol, internal revenue agent assigned to the Casper district, arrived chere today to spend the next two weeks ‘or month in assisting corporations make out thelr returns for the past year, which are due by March 15. - Mr. Nicol | is assigned to corporation help only and a distinction also is drawn between auditing books of such companies and in compiling returns from final) figures furnished by thé corporations, | The lat- ter belp is the only assistance given. ‘Those desiring such assistance should fake appointments. Mr, Nicol will be Jocated in the county treasurer's of- fice and can be reached by phone or in person at the court house. Returns conference in session here, by. officials lof the depattment ‘ft bar peg od ana BIDS REJECTED, _ Washington. Given Promise of ‘Armny Equipment; gies a the next. 60 days the Wyo-| receive a eoiamnens vel val- ete 000. ie use in maintaining and construct. ing federal-aid roads. This assurance v7 been given M.‘R. Johnson |Shoula come to nim unsolicited.” ming state highway « ued at approximately ‘ commission, and D.! and W. R: Weeks of the Wyoming State] S. McCalman; state highway superin' “Wyoming, delegates ap- | pointed by Gov. Robert 'D. Carey. to re-}bull he emer have been assigned present Wyoming ‘at the 00d roads} to the ‘district. of which Casper is: the quarters, extending from Douglas | to. Land according to information | reaching the county ‘commissioners | from | Cheyenne. » Several’ of) these trucks ‘will he’ used ‘exclusively in this | county. ; The district engineer recently moved | his headquarters from Douglas to Cas-! per and is now located in the offices in pscabhcAmbahaud: siete ae) court house, the war department, This ‘ equipment, which: includes. trucks, tractors and’ heavy and light road building and maintaining machin- Jery, will he delivered to the state with: jout expense, except the payment of I freight from the several shipping pointe: jTwenty-siv. dump-body afmy trucks recently converted Into earrlersAor road a LINERS TO FLY | AMERICAN FLAG . (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18-—-Rejection, Sifters oye by by. the shipping board was ' recom- WASHINGTON, Feb. isthe re- mended to the senate’ commerce’ com- By of the Bled mupreme council 'n | mittee today by Chairman Payne of | London to President Wilson's noty on the board who askéd authority to, re- | the Adriatic situation was received at. | new negotiations for the the of the }, the state anise today from a . as vessels for operation under: Ameri- sec ‘m decoded should be made at,the earliest date pos- sible to secure the beat of service. can flag. COALITION PARTY TO | PUT UP LA FOLLETT ‘oday. t Pomncet ete of the Labce pasty Coalition o' National People’s le: perfected at an execu recently in Chicago, — Genator Robert La F nently. mentioned as @ tive sesaion held candidate. ague, the committee o it was announced. | wit! ‘ollette is promi-| Fdward Third Political Organization Formed by; R ATIFIC. ‘ATION Merger of Labor Party and Liberals with Support of Many Socialists (By United Press.) ST. LOUIS, Feb. 18.—A third po the coming eer bet habe iifttuee July 3, the committee of 48 am “HOPES WANING. - INTHE [E SENA E ee ae svcak of Ur eainal national comven-| x1 continagd 0 discuss the treaty today but hope for ratification is wan- recently the that President W: F eerie dher Liberels was )ieated to tho atoe Vest he signe. The Socialist party will not. unite es the tresty from he senate tb the Liberals, However, Chaties an proposed Adriutic settlement peed Russell and other prominent So- clalists will support the new third party, “jman to decept the nomination M’ADOO NOT CANDIDATE FOR | PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION Refuses ‘to Put His Name in “Pot,” But} Wouldnt Decline Unsolicited Honor. Associated Prean.) | RK, Feb. 18.—William) announced today cane that hé would not permit his name; es Watton ane in the various states'|- ahd thal Va adsoctiod the sending of uninstructed delegates to the Democratic national trenton. The former. secretary of the treasury said he believes the highest constructive leadership can Nise be obtained if na- tonal interest ‘is mot submerged ina contest of individual candidacies,” “Personally,” he continued, “T would he delighted if-the next national ‘con- vention might actually be a great Deino- cratic conference where the utmost freedom .of action should prevail and whete the motive of high service alone should ‘control.”” This view was expressed in a letter § mayor of: Milledge- Ville, Ga., in response toa telegram say- ing that; the’citizens of his boyhood home had placed hia name on the prest- to Miller 8.‘ Bett, dential preferential. ticket, MeAdéo, wrote: eo t a connec and am reluctant to do any- e thing that would ecreatethe appearance of @ candidacy. I cannot help feeling that:this is peculiarly a time when we jShould fight for principles and not for Individuals.” McAdoo said, however, that he regard- ed it “as ‘the imperative duty of any if it eee The egg of a bee, when magnified a hundred times, is a beautiful object. It |has been compared to a tiny pearl, cov- ered with what women call “blonde,” many hundreds of the.mestes of which are required to coat it completely, This netting is in a, radiating pattern, some- thing like the cordage of a balloon; but the meshes, except at the end, are’ hexagonal. ete es ‘Runners on skis have made a record of 72 feet a second, and in leaplpg on skig more than 100 feet a second ig at- Fs hos Ne ES Ph SEEM ' LLIES WOULD AVOID BREAK at this time and it was indi- that not even # summary of it be given out. Pablication of the iY has been left by the council President Wilson, but the council is ALLIES SEEK FURTHER SUGGESTIONS pc Oy U.S, was RGaON he 1é-—The al- beesl pcan to President Wilson's pro- Adriatic settlement, pry Wilson to make further sugges- cael for’a settlement. ‘The reply was jee Sh ‘the state department this but hot be blished. ypu | Wilson's it be. withheld “L,.sihould camldty. state, T am not, seeking the | tién K (By United and the supreme court joint power; to aut |} nas been prepared by Representative Fesn { { “RIGHT TO. TRY TO PIECES BY Concessions Fail to A making ctimes, the Tageblatt says: ous attitude on the extradition issue.” The ‘Vorwaerts says ‘the note: fay in no wise free from traps which are Uke+ ly to cause complications later, hut de- clares the document represents 2 “vie~ tory of sanity.” The Vossiche Zeitung thinks the en- tenté will do well in abstaining! from |’ interference with the trials Germany. is to hold as the allies will thus be spared ‘the “ignominous defeat awaiting them in case they nitempt to reaffirm their \charges before an unbiased court.’”” The Pan Deutsche Zeitung finds the note a Bresas2ol abe eS: A S: atid Cecil,, who considered the ques- tion a grave one. be- iron | [i ‘wt fol OKEH LEAGUE IN BITTER. DEBATE). (By United Preas.) CHICAGO, Feb. 18.-The League of, The league also adopted a resoln- opposing compulsory military education by ‘@ close vote. peas SMBs 15 SATS Carl C. Wever, general manager, anal Bertram N. Beal, secretary, are in Dén- ver on business for the Exploration Oil lend Gas company, | . ain EFFORTS AT REVOLT Attempts to Establish. Democratic Cente iar? has been imprisoned in Caucasus, according to a Central Ne dispatch from Copenhagen, quoting the Esthonian newspaper Vr WOULD RELIEVE PRES. WHEN ILL ----WASHINGTON, Feb, 18.—-A. constitutional amendment, ie ‘Congress cabinet officer to assume the presideré's duties during disability of a president It provides that Congress might. jby, a concurrent resdlution, declare the presi- dent unable to serve after the finding of facts by the supreme court. ALLIED NOTE GRANTING GERMANY ‘GUILTY IS PICKED BERLIN JOURNALS Who See “Joker” vand Are Filled with Advicetor Guidance of the'Allies* (By The Absociated Presdl BERLIN, Fe, 18— Comming othe ‘the alld note to rep “The awakening democratic spirit in England and Italy has had its effect in inducing leaders of the entente to recede aac 5 ieagi ttl DESCHANEL IS today became the tenth president of the French republic, su : mond’ Poincare, robes of office after one of the most critical country. Formal) transfer from the old to the new regime occurred at the palace of Elysee this afternoon. Caw den Lowen EMPLOYES HERE by: the employes of the Casper postof- fice for @ banquet at the Wyatt cafe- teria Saturday evening at 9 o'clock, fe for between 50 and 60 people will | be. arranged and the banquet will be bright, chairman, ‘Miss Loraine Wright, and Tom (Moore. OPRIATION BILL . RECORD DESPITE CUT [WOMEN VOTERS. Nine Sub-Treasuries and Surveyors Gen- WASHINGTON, Feb. Oo @t sins sab-tressuries, the Nettie ah 13:stahe surveter ann swe, Sa offices is. pro+ {posed in the legislative appropriation bill ad tolliy ey the hoes insult ciliates fer clerical hice and’ miscelanedus éxpenses is made, ibut the bill totals $104,120,000 and-is one of the largest peace-time. legislative appropriations on record. ‘eardea on June 30, with Sharp Rebuff; Bolshevik ising Seen in Southern Russia (fy Associated Press.) LONDON; Feb. 18.—Alexander Kerensky, former Russian >re: whose. was overthrown by"the Bolsheviki in Novernber Me The message declared Kerensky recently proceeded to Caucasu Jaboard a British steamer for ,the pi pose of inducing the population to prom! ise to support a Russian democratig center. Caucasian ledders, however, him a-cold reception, it is asserted, and on his arrival at Baku he was arrest ed and thrown in prison. SITUATION GRAV IN: SOUTHERN RUSSIA (By Annoctated Preas.) CONSTANTINOPLE, ‘Feb, 18.—Th situation in southern Russia_is so un certain that allied officials are fear: ful of a’ genera) Bolsheviki triumph, more, however, from internal dissens| tion, than from thé entrance of “Red” forces from the outside. General Schill- ing is at Sebastopol, commanding vol-| unteer forces which hold the Crimean} isthmus. The surrounding lagoons are} frozen hard and it is feared that the} Bolsheviki may approach on the ice? ———— 174,000 DRAFT « DESERTERS 10. BE ROUNDED uP (By United Prena.’ WASHINGTON, Feb. I8-—The war department today announced a round: up of draft bersaige starting imme: diately. Nearly 174,000 are listed- paiosd will be prosecuted vigorously, it” “N SEAMEN PERISH. NAVAL. VESSELS SINK anoctated Preas.) wastihcion: Feb. -18.—Five en-" Usted men were drowned in the sink, ing ofa naval water barge yester day off the Cuban Cet oa the navy. de-* partment waa adyined. and, two otli- ers ont, thelr lives in the ‘eapsiaiig @ motor dory from, the’ U. 8. 8= lovey last Sunday. at Harwich, En; land. Wo details are available. _. Men lost on the barge were: Sea~« men Harry Clouse, Reading, Pa.; Leo Ucheweiz, of Cleyeland; Harry Sirody, of: Philadelphia; Fireman Raleigh Stover, of Pittsburgh, and Lulu Rig- don of Lindale, Georgia. ‘Those lost on the“dory were Fire men Patrick Gill of Boston and Cox- swain Frank Moser of Philadelphia. YANKS SENT TO SIBERIA OVER BLISS’ PROTEST (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Ameri- ean troops were sent into Russia and Siberia by President Wilson against the advice of General Tasker H. Bliss while the general was a member of the supremo war council, General Peyton March, chief of staff, testi- fled today before the house commit- gav Press.) thorize the vice president or ranking of Ohio for introduction in the house, ppease Newspapers Seb ata — NEW PRESIDENT |: FRENCH NATION y_ Associated Press.) PARIS. Feb. 18.—Paul Deschanel i Ray. who laid aside the in the history of the OF UNCLE SAM PLAN BANQUET Arrangements have been completed eigen by a short program and danc- vi medal ‘The committee in charge of the Pe i appr By ck a iy ements includes F.. K. Ham-/ It is a curious fact that all fresh- George Wilmerjng,| water. snakes in India are harmless, iss Lillian Faulkner, Mrs. Chettle,| while all salt-water snakes are poison- ous. eral Offices, Including Wyoming, to Be Abolished if Bul if Bill. Passes. ms committee. A reduction of 18 gh from depart- Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Au+ gay offices at Deadwood, 8. D., and Salt Lake city would be closed. ~_ Surveyors genera! offices to be dis- include _ Arizona,