Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 5, 1919, Page 1

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Departure; to See the A TO RE TRIED AT onxexrmowrn SESSION OF CONGRESS GAUSEOF a * | The Daily Tribune has rartin| ‘) [tained an average daily ciren- | lation in February of 3,521. | Official paper of the City of y Casper and Natrona County, | < Wyoming. scents, Communication With Moscow Is Aim of Revolution, Destined to Prove Final Test; British ' Papers Urge Moral Support V 4 NUMBER 116 - NEW YORK, March 5.—President Wilson sailed today on his second voyage to France, ' determined, as he said in his Metropolitan Opera House speech here last night, not to “come back till it’s over over there,” The; BERLIN, March 5.—Spartacans have in- augurated a movement to seize Koenigsberg in east Prussia and thereby open a route of communication to Moscow so that the Bol- shevik armies from Russia might move to the the 1919 legislature have been for-} warded to the printer at Sheridan, j DISTRICT COURT Trials Cases Will Open on March 1$; Over 40 Cases onthe Criminal) Docket This Month. | spring term of the dis. , trict court it developed that among | the 40 cases that will be disposed of | during this session 19 are on larceny | » four for fradu-! lent checks, one grand larceny charge | and four murder cas¢s, | Actual trial of the cases ‘in court | will start March 10 when the charge of robbery against Russell Teall and J, A. Smith will be tried starting!day arrested two sergeants of the | the day. |American army, two Armenians, two i a The next case, in which Sam! Belgians and two Frenchmen consis. E. FLEURY TO at 3 o'clock. (Swede) Larsen is charged with mur- der.in connection with the killing of | Lawrence Nina Friccero in a gambling joint, will be started March 11 at} 9 o’clock. Zura Eagleston, who confessed to the murder of Friccero, | was recently taken to Rawlins to, serve a sentence of from 21 to 25) years. Deputy Secretary of State H. M. Symons announced today. Proofs on the first 25 have been received. It is expected that the session laws will be ready for distribution about the! middle of April. U, 5. SERGEANTS IMPLICATED IN THEFT IN ARMY by Paris Police on Charge of Stealing and Bartering Army Stores (By Associated Prean.) PARIS, March 5.—The polite to- nected with the theft of American army stores. The Americans are sergeants Prisler and Glackson. They are accused of stealing goods and selling them to the Armenians, who sold them to the Belgians, who, in turn, employed Frenchmen to re- tail them. The stores alleged to have been ‘The assault-case in which Frank stolen comprised a large stock of to- Towns.ja. changed. sith a felonious paca andqciaretves and-G000 pounds ; Unless Unexpected complications arise. to he) ismissed and Great assault on the person of Syl Stewart !of chocolate, together with has been set for 2 o’clock, March 11.|cases of pastry. The case is the outgrowth of the dis-, turbance in which Towns forty A = Stewart’s club on the Sunabes tea DRUNK MAKES fired three shots at Stewart. Stewart | in self defense, it is claimed, shot and! badly wounded Towns. i A VOLUNTARY TRIP TO TAIL GAMBLING RAID azine 'Secreary Houston Leaves Room in Huff | When Frisco Mayor Asks Endorsement | Of Resolution for a New Session | [By Associated Frean} WASHINGTON, March 5.—Dissatisfaction of western delegates small crowd at the pier. transport George Washington bearing the pres-| idential party left Hoboken pier at! 8:15 a. m. | The departure was marked with nplicity which contrasted sharply | with the noisy demonstration given eve _ when the George Washington carried! GIVEN PARDON assistance of t! President Wilson on his first journey | to Paris. Today there was only a jover the failure of the conference of governors and mayors to take PRESIDENTIAL SUT ep | definite action toward relieving unemployr-ent, which had been in evi- "ro these President Wilson, hat in| BY PRESID | dence since yesterday, culminated today in a row during which Secre- hand, and Mrs. Wilson waved fare- | jtary of Agriculture Houston left the hall. | Mayor Rolph of San Francisco, who criticised congress yesterday, | precipitated the trouble by submit- |ting a resolution which demanded that |President Wilson immediately re- H bbery counts, five;Men of Four Nations Arrested |convene congress and in his message | i ;demand the passage of important | legislation which failed with the ad- | CELEBRATION IN "Recover soow HINA OF {16TH | L. E. Fleury, who was injured in| Whistles and Bells Will ithe explosion of the blending house | Sound Welcome, School ‘at the Midwest Refinery Monday |night, is reported to be well on the |road to recovery in a local hospital. His condition is not thot to ‘be serious SIXCAUGHTIN. = Psi: Se" (Special to the Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 5.— 116th well greetings as the vessel swung, ‘the band on the transport Great victions Under Espi ‘ pionage Northern berthed nearby played the . Star’ Spangled Banner. Act; Bible Students Cases Standing on} . the bridge the president and his wife! Ate Undetermined saw the American flag raised on the! A staff at the stern and heard the boom- | WASHINGTON, ‘arch Semone ing of the presidential salute of 21/53 cases of convictions under the es guns. As the transport turned her pionage act in which President Wil- nose toward the Statute of Liberty,;son has granted clemency is that of escort destroyers got under way|Frederick Krafft of Newark, Secre- ahead. The harbor was nearly de-|tary of the Socialist party of New serted because of the strike of marine Jersey. He was granted a full par- workers. don. The vessel’s departure was delayed | No action was taken in the case when it was discovered that someone of J. F. Futherford and seven asso-! had neglected to bring aboard the ciates of the International Bible morning newspapers. The president’s Students’ association. The sentence orderly rushed for the papers and the of Amos Linden Hitchcock, former boat was held for him. Socialist member of the school board — of Cleveland, Ohio, was commuted WELL PLEASED WITH ‘from 10 to two years. SITUATION—WILSON | Among the sentences commuted (By United Press) were those of J. A. Miller of Colo- ‘Just before sailing President Wil-|rado, to a year, and John Leibig of ‘son téld newspaper’men that he was | Wyoming to a year. ~ very well pleased with the situation here and abroad. He said he was iCORONER SIGNS “supremely confident” that the Amer- | isan pecele would back up his eee CERTIFICA TE ON RULING OF JUR In his Metropolitan Opera House speech last night President Wilson into the lower Hudson river while | Clemency Granted in 53 Con-; he Spartacan. forces, according to an official government bulletin, The government sent forces into Koenings- berg with the object of putting down a Spartacan strike movement for jthe seizure of the town. CIVILIANS KILLED IN HALLE FIGHTING. BERLIN, March 4.—(By Associ- ated Press.)—-Government troops oc- cupied Halle, between Berlin and | Weimar, late Monday after sanguin- ary street fighting in which 30 civil- ians were killed, according to an aviator arriving here. The govern- ment troops also suffered casualties. STRIKES SPREADING TO NEW DISTRICTS. AMSTERDAM, March 5.—The istrike movement is making progress throughout Germany, according to Berlin advices. The proposal for 2 general strike at Jena, has been car- ried. A general strike has begun at Eisenach, where the situation is re- ported serious, rioting h ng brol out. Virtually all miners are out Hamborn. BERLIN, March 5.—(By Asso- ciated Press.) —Gdvernment troops at police headquarters fired on riot- ers in that neighborhood this morn- ing and several casualties are ported. Troops were called to dis perse the crowds which were gather- ing in increased numbers around the headquarters, | FINAL ‘TEST LOOMS IN MEETING REVOLT LONDON, March 5.—The German government is facing its gravest and | possibly final test. There are conflict- ling reports regarding the progress of the new revolution. It started with a general strike in Berlin and is re- A d. Se said the league is not partisan — ported to have spread to Leipzig The case against George M. Mc- TIRES ee ee Saatsaos sartg will dare) oa | CHEYENNE, Wyo., Mar. 5. (Spl.) where the Spartacans entrenched to Donald on a charge of larceny a. | 16, Thermovolis 7, Meetectse 10, He gave no indication of any inten-|—His wife given up to die by two oppose a large force of government bailee will come to trial March 13 at! Appearing at the police station tc Greybull 5, Codv 25. The rest are tion to amend the convenant or sep-|tegular physicians, C. H. Harter of troops approaching. 9 o'clock. This case is the final on/complain of being robbed of a sum ! : tie a series of indictments against Mc- of money which varied each time he Donald: |stated his case, W. Shafter, who car- O. F. Toler and C. F. Davis will! be tried for stealing whiskey from the | appearances of a typical “wobblie,” | Burlington railroad cars here. case is set for March 13. defendants given preliminary trial in Judge W.! E. Tubbs court but changed their plea | to not guilty in the district court. The murder’case in which E. G. “Blackie” Henry-is charged with the murder of Sam Davis is scheduled for | trial Friday, March 14. The trial | will start at 9 o’clock and may last) for several days. This case is the outgrowth of the recent trouble in the Salt Creek field in which Davis} The ried all the insignia and had all the was invited to partake of the cour. Both the 'itesy of the city and is now confine | pleaded guilty when in the city bastile awaiting his de-! cision to pay a fine on a charge of drunkeness. JOB SEEKERS ARE ANXIOUS CHEYENNE, Wyo., Mar. 5. (Spl.) —Rumors from the statehouse today to the effect that Governor Carey was killed by a knife wound which} 7 A pees ‘ \now attending the reconstruction con- feht inflictedeatethe (conclusion) of "| ference at Washington, might not re- a4 5 turn for a month, has presumably BE EST el ae cian | deterced the hopes of some eight or after the Henry trial. This case de- | a ie we Fae sare oes 7: ett icy stil] unfille y the governor. ere monds by Jack Howlett,of the Henn- at the statehouse created by the re- a ‘ cent legislature or otherwise vacant, ing Brokerage company, and which| with one or more respective candi- were later discovered hidden in a'dates for each. Should the gover de- pillow in Mrs, Eddy's apartment. means further uncertainty for those ; Scattered amonz other towns of the state. of $25 Assessed Each! Against Sextette Rounded up by Officers Today; Arrests Average Five a Day. | Fines | CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 5.— (Special.)—A year and a half ago jthe Wyoming national guardsmen left their home state for the greatest 4 war of all time. The latter vart of The police yesterday raided a gamb- this week—probably Friday—275 of ling joint in which six victims were | them will be home again, and when caught. When arrainged before!they come they will be greeted by jJudge W. E, Tubbs last night they guch a demonstration as is rarely jwere each fined $25 and increased | seen in this part of the count jthe city revenue to the extent of $150.| Plans for the celebration were com- .,_ The raid brought the total arrests pleted today by Adj. Gen. W. K. for the first five days of the month Weaver, Mayor E. W. Stone and up to 26 from which the city has de-| President William Dubois of the In- |rived $217 in fines and has a working rial club, Constituting the special force of nine members who are com- j Pleting sentences. ing Governor William E. Chaplin. | Among the arrests made is one These plans include the blowing of Frank Killem, who despite his bad many whistles and the ringing of | name and constant appearance at the many bells. the dismissal of the public | city jail, does not live up to his name, school children in order that they jand according to the statements of may take part, a big parade up Capi- the police is one of the most docile | tol enue from the Union Pacific |and agreeable persons in the world.|depot to the state house, a patriotic | _ The only arrest on a serious charge |ceremony on the steps of the capitol, that has been made by the police and then an auto ride for the veter- department was in the case of J. R.;ans from the capitol to their new ption com arate it from the main treaty as the | this city summoned a chiropractic as, Republican senators demanded: How-}8 last resort. When death ensued ever, the wording of certain sections | the regular physician declined to sign | probably will be changed to clarify |the death certificate and the chiro- them. ;practic could not under the law. A —_>-—— | coroner’s jury was summoned to de- NO ADDITIONAL |e ar ue Stsace akeutd' aioe CARRIERS HERE |" “tes SAYS NEW CHIEF| LLOYD GEORGE | LEAVES LONDON TO FINISH WORK The statement in Tuesday’s Tri- bune that the new postmaster had} been allowed another carrier for the! | Casper office, is erroneous, according } to Postmaster Sproul, who says that , LONDON, March 5.— Premier regular quota, one being sick and Paris to resume work with the peace the other one resigned. The depart- conference. ment is not likely to authorize more SST ee carriers until sidewalks and street If a Chinaman expects a present numbers have been supplied for cer- and it does not come, he sends one tain residence districts. {of lesser value as a reminder. SENIORITY RULE Walker who is being investigated on a charge of being connected with various criminal enterprises here. RAILROADS NOT GOING BACK TO OWNERS, CLAIM left for war service on the recoris WW Plans of Financing Are Undertaken ANOHERP al tee: ceems ‘on the| With Defeat of Appropriation; War Finance Board Called On The other murder case that will be |cide to remain away for a month, it tried is the result of the killing of who hope to be appointed. Buck Johnson by his wife, Mary John-| son, both colored, at their shack in| the Burlington yards. The case against C. C. Creech who is charged with fraudulently uttering time checks on the Burlington rail- road company has not been set for} trial yet and a plea of not guilty has been made. This case developed in connection with: Creech’s attempt at get-rich-quick operations in which he obtained over $2500 from the railroad long criminal docket have been set for trial yet and it is likely that ‘County Attorney W. H. Patten will) move for dismissal of a majority of | the cases as they were held over since | the fall term of the district court and in many cases the prosecuting wit- ness has left for parts unknown. JOHNS HOPKINS HEAD WILL AID PARIS, March 5—Dr. Frank WASHINGTON, March 5.—The government has no im- |mediate intention of relinquishing control of the railroads a |a result of the failure of congress to appropriate funds for the \railroad administration, Director General Hines announced to- jday. Hines explained that every effort would be made to con- tinue operations as usual to avoid laying off employes and to | era ef from the war ernment will try to continue projects Goodnow, “ president of Johns Hop-| Altho the railroad administration’s | Planned through the next few months. kins University of Baltimote, has|program of capital expenditures for The railroad administration Hines been selected to assist in framing a'extensions, improvements and new said he did not contemplate éraising constitution for Poland. : buildings may be modified, the gov- 'the rates. finance the railroads thru private; —————_—_____________ | |quarters at Ft. D. A. Russell. ! Of course alt this depends on ; whether or not the men arrive in the ‘day time, and whether or not the weather is good, but the railroad offi- \cials have promised to try to make \the former possible, and the weather man has given Cheyenne such a nice winter so far that the committee is confident ‘that he will not fall down on the job Friday. And even if some varts.of the welcoming home festival have to be done away with at the \last minute, the people of Wyoming | will still have another chance to show ithe veterans how glad they are to |see them come back safe and sound. |The fore part of next week a big Decision of House Committee to Place Sen-' ator Warren and Congressman Mondell in Leading Roles a [By Assectated Press} | reception will be held at the capitol. iB iaecalilinekenendatand WASHINGTON, March 5.—Seniority rank will obtain im the Re-| iSantiyan tie "all ayes tho tanto: wil publican membership and in the choice of the chairman ef 11 principal) [Ps invited toes and give the boys house committees in the next congress, it was decided tentatively at a' teucrtannaecat is this) meeting today of the Republican committee on committees which is| | The understanding hére | 1 tthe jweek’s contingent, which will be the framing an organization for control of th next house. \first to arrive at Fort Russell from The agreement. if finally adopted, Joverseas, consists of 200 Montana) iy suit in eicienenion | WASHINGTON, March 5 —Re-| tmen and 275 from Wyoming. Among ae |publican leaders ars meeting in the |the cities whfeh have representatives held as follows; appropriations, Good, | jouge majority eaucus room to or- on the train are Casper, Cody, Doug-|Idwa; ways and means, Fordney,|ganize the next house for the 66th las, Evanston and Kemmerer. It is Michigan; military, Kahn, California;|congress and outline a program of jthought probable that there are also naval, Butler, Pennsylvania; inter-| legislation. Congress will have the a few from Cheyenne. |state commerce, Esch, Wisconsin; ag-| first Eepubliean majarity in eight | | Astate celebration, rather than one jriculture, Haughen, Iowa; foreign af-| years. | jot local interest only, is planned by fairs, Porter, Pennsylvania ; postoffice The committee on committees will! ithe committee. Every community |Steenerson, Minnesota; rivers and/first choose a floor leader and then| \which sent men to the front as mem-| harbors, Kennedy, Iowa; judiciary, assign congressmen to the various bers of the 116th is invited and ex-;Volstead, Minnesota; rules, Camp-|house committees. The meetings may| ipected to take part. ibell, Kansas. llast a week. : teartern Saxony. These troops, adds jof small importance in Plundering’ and oceurred in Berlin. The Spart: rioting were temporarily successful and i the central po- lice station. Later unconfirmed re- ports say that Military Goverr Noske with large numbers of loyal troops had restored ord but the city still is under martial The reported dissolution of the ional assembly is unconfirmed. Bitter fight- ing occurred in Halle. Fresh troops are hurrying toward Berlin where some troops are wavering in | The British press is advo moral support of the Ebert-Scheide- mann government and supplying Ger- many with food. They express the ee named by Act-|the office is short two carriers of the |Lloyd George left London today for fear that unless this is done the Al lies will be unable to collect indemni- ties. A Spartacan victory may neces. sitate armed occupation of Germany indefinitely, the newspapers pointed out. ;DUSSELDORF OCCUPIED WITHOUT OPPOSITION. BERLIN, March 5.—Occupation of Dusseldorf by government forces was |accompliched without opposition, ac- cording to the official bulletin. Radi- cals are endeavoring to extend the general strike’ movement to south- the dispatch, which is dated March 4, disarmed the Spartacan home guard in Koenigsbert, after considerable fighting. LOYAL TROOPS BROUGHT TO. BERLIN TO HELP. BERLIN, March 4.—(By Associ- ated Press.)—Troops of the army corps of General Von Leuttwitz were brought to Berlin late last night to assist in maintaining order and were bivouaced in the open spaces of the city. The central telegraph office, telephone offic Reichsbank, food depots, railway stations and slaugh- tering houses were garrisoned strong. ly. _— STRIKE SITUATION | IN SEVERAL REGIONS. BERLIN, March 4.—(By Associ- ated Press.)—Official advices con- cerning the strike situation through- out Germany up to last night may be summarized as follows: Everything was quiet in the coal districts of Rhineland, Westphalia and upper Silesia, except for a strike one West- phalian mine. Spartacan agitation is in progress for a general strike at Hanover. (Continued on Ps