Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1920, Page 1

L EKS ST PERMISSION TO MAKE WA? Rs LODGE ae TO ENCOURAGE HOPES Second Compromise Resolution Affecting Article X Marks Change in Wording but Not in Principles and Vote Is Expected in the Senate Late This Afternoon “\ (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 12.—A substitute for the Republican Article X reservation to the peace treaty was introduced in the senate today by Republican Leader Lodge. In general, it fol- lows the form of the draft agreed on several days ago in bi- partisan compromise negotiations, ‘Whén the reservation was offered, it, was declared among Republicans that negotiations had lined it tos Perris sy on the “treaty’s defeat on the mere q ion of wording. What pS gy: tiupiek onde ere T have offered does not, affect the prin- 3 a bstani inal - agreement has not yet been reached. vate: 4 gee: ste ue Republican leaders planned to obtain a] The compromise provides that’ the vote late today. United. States) assumes no obligation to ei ARES ; preserve the territorial integrity or po- WASHINGTON; Mar. 12.—Senator litical independence of any other nation by employment of its military or nave) Lodge today presénted in the senate a compromise résetvation to Article X of the league covenant... It is a modifica- tion of the Watson-Simmons ; proposgl which itself was a ‘modification, of the congress so orders. The compromise may gain’ some! Republican’ votes but is likely ‘to lose’ some Democratic ones, hence the outcome Js uncertain, Senator Prelinghuysen began a speech TO REST IN U. S. Remainder to Remain I: interred ‘Overseas, Says Secretary Baker; Transportation Congestion Handicaps Department (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 12.—The bodies of about 50,000 American dead in France will be returned to the United States, while between: 20,000 and 25,000 will remain pernianently interred over- eas, Secretary of War Baker today. informed: Chairman Wadsworth of the senate military committee. The secretary, who wrote in response to a senate resolution, estimated the cost of returning the dead and concentrating the bodies remaining in cemeteries overseas at $30,000,000. Congestion of French transportation saa and the ‘Short age of coffins is handicapping the work, Baker ‘said. CRANE (5 FINED FOR GUN THREATS TIKES APPEAL TO OISTRIGT COURT Only one witness was Saka) in Robert Crane was fined $25 in th potion) Cony. Casper Daily Crifrne == WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday, somewhat warmer tonight. court this afternoon.on the charge that he assaultéd Raymon Rouan yesterday morning im the Henning hotel lobby biting Cheating genres i ipresed tea the casé to: the dis court aati his bond was) fixed’ at est which he sup- aa # court today. He said he was only six or eight feet from the “‘transaction” in the lobby: when it occurred, The. wit- ‘ness stated he did not know what~the ) quarrel was about; that he had never seen Mr.*Rouan before; but that Mr. Crane swore at Mr. Rouan and told him to leave, holding an automatic re- dge Perry A. Morris said he would| volver in one hand with the evident tino Mimi $86 for eareving ® gun. purpose. of more forcibly persuading The appeal was made. so that the en-| him to depart. tire trouble between Mr. Rouan and the Crane family could be settied in|daughter were in court as was Mr.|where he has been looking after oll in- district court, it was stated in court. $300,000 TO BE ADDED TO ‘COAL BILL BY WAGE RAISE Mr. and Mrv. Crane and the small Mulder gra The trial was brief. dail ie pence field recommended ‘coal strike. John, ‘Administrator Gar- at the close of the White, the miners’ commis- , wants # total 35 per cent in- forces or an economic ‘boycott. unless |- OIL AND GAS SHORTAGE IN N. Y.1S SEEN Service Company ‘Refuses to Renew Its Con- tract and Predicts Inability to Fur- nish Supply; Meeting Called (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, March 12.—Possibility of an oil shortage which @| would’ deprive New York City of its gas supply caused Public Service Commissioner Nixon to call a meeting here Tuesday of representatives of oil and gas companies to discuss the situation. This action was taken after the commission was notified by the New York and Rich- mond Gas company that it was unable to renew its contract for gas and ofl which expires March 31 and that without olf it would be unable to continue service. The scarcity is attributed to the in- creased use of fuel by the navy and busines sconcerns by a representative of the Consolidated Gas company who ‘declared that the price of oil and gas had increased from three to four cents a a galien to seven or 15 cents. Sit down and wait for your game. Ga jecnete hs Coole tia pose ] The Tribune today contains, in ad- dition to its regular news sections a complete fashion supplement contain- ing announcements of spring offerings by all the leading stores of the city, together with articles by some of the best informed fashion writers of the country. Dorothy Durant not onty talks of the spring modes, but also describes fashions in millinery and in’ boudoir apparel. Margaret Rohe has fur- nished two of her clever letters from New York for the section, and Mar- jorie Howe Dixon has contributed an article of togs for the little folks. The cleverly worded and artistically arranged advertisements in the sec- tion call the attention of Casper peo- ple to the large and attractive lines of ‘women’s apparel, shoes, men’s cloth- ing, furniture and millinery which the local merchants are displaying. All readers are invited to“visit the stores Attorney H. B, Durham will return this evening from Cat Creek, Montana, terests at the Cat Creek fields. Co-operation with W. that the navy department was a victim of German prop misled. the department into misconception of the Bhi of defend- ing the American coast during the war and prevented full cooperation with the allies, Sims told the senate conmittee- Department Misled Into Misconception of Coast Defense Needs, Preventing Full A lies, Says Sims United Press.) ASHINGTON, March 1 12.—Rear Admiral Sims today charged aganda. This iy The United Press.) — FASHION SUPPLEMENT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CO-OPERATION OF LEADING MERCHANTS OF CITY \Civic Forum Brings Out Suggestions | from People Intense interest was manifested) by 150 or more members of the| Casper Chamber of Commerce i in the discussion of the “Housing Problem” brot ‘before. the civic forum meeting atvthe courthouse last night by R. 8. Ellison, vice pres- ident of the Midwest Refining coni-| pany, who has given a great deal of attention to the subject here. Plans advanced included thé securing of land, adjacent to Casper for home; sites and park purposes, the enlarge-| ment of the Building and Loan associa-| tion, the formation of cooperative} building companies, etc. | C. D, Murane was the chairman and| after he had stated the object of the| meeting he introduced Mr. Ellison, who} outlined the form which the discussion | should take. Places for building houses, | the kind of houses to be built, plans for housing campaigns and similar sub- jects should be brot out, he declared. Leon C. Goodrich of the firm of Du- bois and Goodrich, declared that Cas: per people do not want cheap hotses. J. P. Sweeney of the firm of Garbutt and Weidner spoke in detail of plan of group housing used by the govern- ment in the munitions plants and the navy yard settlements during the war, with which he was familiar. Governor B. B, Brooks strongly ad- vocated the securing of the school sec- tion south of Casper from the state, to use for the betterment of the city,| With a map he showed that the re- fineries cut off expansion on the west and that the river is an obstacle on the north so that Casper must logical- ly expand to the east and south, If NUMBER 129 ANATOLIA LIKELY T0 BE SCENE OF STRIFE |Withdrawal on Turk Defeat Provided for by Campaign Approval ¢ of Allits (By United ¥ nited Press.) “LONDON, March 12 .— The peace conference has decided to permit the Greeks to attack the Turks in Anatolia and take what- ever measures are necessary to ex- pel them from the province, pro- vided that after the mpaign is suc: cessfully concluded the Greeks will re turn to positions occupied before the fighting began. The Greeks in Anatolia number 000 soldiers and 200 field pieces Turks number 40,000 soldiers, 90, ire peninsul: sufficient pressure were brot to bear he thot the section could be secured, he said, as Casper is entitled to it and this would enhance the value of, ojher land in that vicinity. John J, Hancock declared that there ia” A Wreat deal af good acreage north of ‘the Burlington tracks which could ‘he utilized if there were other cross- ings beside that at Center street. Dis- quasion of his remarks brot out the fact thac since the Burlington grade is high; it would be comparatively easy to tunnel, a number of streets thru beneath the tracks, thus providing ac- cess to the north side and at the dame time doing away with dangerous grade crossings. W. R,_ Dobbin suggested that the (Continued on Page 6) and personally inspect the stocks de- scribed, The first section of the edition, which contains 18 pages, was put on the ‘press at 11 ofclock this morning and the entire issue was ready for baer at the usual hour this aft- moon. SHARP DECLINE HITS FOREIGN "CHANGE AGAIN ——— (By Associated Press.) quoted at $3.63 3-4, or 71-2 cents be- low yesterday’s close, NAVY VICTIM GERMAN PROPAGANDA, CHARGE —— was partially responsible for the fail- ure of the navy department to act on Fepeated recommendations as to opera- tions abroad during the early months | of the war, the senate investigating committee was told today by Rear Ad- miral Sims, The cfficer said that dur- ing the first six months of the war he was told repeatedly that operations NEWBERRY’S CAMPAIGN CHIEF COLLAPSES AGAIN, SENT TOBED (By Associated Press.) caucasian on the Sea of Asoy, announced in a soviet communiqu ceived today from Moscow. Yeisk been occupied by the Reds, RUSSIA ENGAGED IN STRUGGLE FOR FOOD (By United Press.) ROME, March 12.—Mancin Italian engineer, who has been tech- nical adviser for the soviet goverr}4 ment, has Just returned from Russia and declared that life there is largely a struggle for food. Peasants will not cultivate the land and miners have abandoned work. With the exception of government plants, factories are de- serted. Railroads are rusting for lack of locomotives: The people are depress- ed and brigandage flourishes, The sol- diers steal from everyhody, he said. Premier Lenine is trying to reorgan- ize the country for the people's good but is confronted by insurmountable obstacles, —_—-— HUNGARIAN PEACE» TREATY COMPLETED. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Mar, 12.—The new Hun- garian peace treaty has been definitely agreed upon by the peace conference | and placed in the hands of the drafting | committee, which has gone to Paris, It \is expected that the-treaty will be completed within a week. Territorial terms against which Hun- gary protested so vigorously, will re- main unchanged, but various economic concessions h have been Bye Demmi arerted: BISBEE DEFENSE CLAIMS REVOLT WAS PROJECTED TOMBSTOD March = 12.—Docu- mentary proof that there was in duly, 1917, concerted action by certain ele- ments thruout the country to destroy the government of the United States and that the movement included the Warren mining district, is in posses™ siog of the defense, W. H. Burges, chief council for the defense, announc- ed at the opening of the Wootton kidnaping trial here today. abroad would be dependent upon what could be spared from the adequate de- fense of home. waters. This policy was adhered to, he said, |despite efforts to convince officials at Washington that it was the concensus of allied naval opinion.as well as his own, that the best defense for the American coast lay in offensive oper tions against submarines in the east- ern Atlantic. Forti, crease. Estimates of the ‘advance in the price of ¢v consumers range from 20 ae per ton if the com- mission's majority report is effective. ot! oon consumers of bituminous | Wis son TO TRY FURTHER COMPROMISE. ‘ rages pom] ncreasé in miners’ wages in addition Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 12.—An ef- ‘WwW. E. Buckingham is here from jing ships individually under armed ‘Fama, Ia., calling on trade, (B; WASHINGTON, March 12. Ti lactance of the navy department to cooperate with Rear Admiral Sims) lies desired, Sims sald. drove him to ‘‘desperation,” he told the senate committee probing his charges against Secretary Daniels. Hundreds NEEDS FOR HOME DEFENSE EMPHASIZED of thousands of tons of allied ship- ping were sunk because the navy de- partment held out for a plan of operat- (ty Associated Press.) WASHINGTON) March 12,—Miscon- ception uf the problem of defending the} guard instead of in convoys as the al-|American coast from submarine raids ; GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Mar. 12—Paul King, Newberry’s campaign manager, made a vain attempt today to resume his testimony in the New berry conspiracy case. Suffering from the effects of nervous collapse in | curred on Tuesday, King was exhausted after a five-minute effort to recollect happenings of the 1918 senatorial campaign. Court was suspended while two physicians and Mrs. King attended him. 'Then the doctors ordered him back to bed. er itr ne cary cere, ete ey eer i Ne ie en > ees ae ie eee ae bation, ee ay