Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1919, Page 1

COUNTY MAKES GOOD ITS THREAT TO ‘CLEAN UP’ BAR d| be THOUSANDS P AT CONCL INST wal OUR INTO COFFERS ISION OF SECRET RAID} ) BY COMMISSIONERS Midnight Parade to Justice Court Follows Coup Executed by the _.County Officials Without Knowledge of Police Departmeni;|.6 g gus 8S &€ BB OLE EEX EEE SB Stiff Fines Are Assessed With Warning That Repetition Will Occur While Bootleggers Are Slated for District Court Making good an ultimatum delivered to city officials some weeks ago that unless prompt steps were taken to purge the Sandbar of vice the county would assume its obligations to civic and moral welfare, 25 special deputies from the county commissioners’ office descended uvon restricted and unrestricted dis- tricts Wednesday night and brot up the front and rear of a midnight parade to police and justice court that included a motley array ef these denizens and their cohorts. As the result of summary arraignments before Judge W. E. Tubbs the county treasury has been enriched to the extent of several thousand dollars, ment last night was merely the car-, rying out of plans made at the eH in fines and several are under bond to the district court where more drastic treatment awaits them for violation of the liquor laws, and other serious statutory charges. Further- more the fines carry the warning fre- quently made but never enforced by police authorities, that the “clean-up” has not yet been concluded but will be renewed as often as necessary to clamp down the lid on such activities. The raid was conceived and executed without the knowledge of the police officers, but came as a climax to secret activi- ties of deputies acting at the instance of the board of county commissioners and County Attorney W. H. Patten. After weeks of diligent effort con- i ing evidence has accumulated against the proprietors of a score of resorts and indications are that the maximum penalty will be asked in each case that the promiscuous sale of liquor and associated crimes can be definitely stopped. Squads of special officers under the leadership of H. L. Seidel, Sheriff Pat Royce, Jack Shehan and H, J. Roberts visited every place on the Sandbar and, in’ getting. one or more victims from each house visited. The raid came suddenly and unexpectedly. In Ford’s place the first place visited, the officers met with their first rebuff, the only two inmates of the place being diligently occupied with a game of checkers. The first conclusion was that in some unknown» manner the Sandbar had been “tipped off” and was all set for the raid. However, Ford’s pldce was the only house where quiet rejgned, the remainder of the district having just entered upon the festivities and revelries of the night. 3 | Just as soon as the houses. had been systematically raided, the in- mates were lined up under guards in the street and then marched down the street to Judge W. E. Tubbs’ | court room. The success of the raid on the Sandbar was evidenced’ when the victims of arrest grew so numer- ous that the large room used as a court sanctum by Judge Tubbs be- came full to overflowing, neécegsitat- ing an adjournment of the session to the district court room for additional space. The motley assemblage, in various stages of dress and undress, was again paraded thru the streets to the; county building. During this pro- cedure, the victims formed in the forced parade, strung out over a block in length.” The raid was conceived by County Commissioners Robert J. Veitch and Jas. B. Griffith in collaboration with County Attorney W. H. Patten and Sheriff Pat Royce who had charge of! the arrangements and kept thé details secret until] the very hour for which the raid was set. Over 200 “John Doe” and “Lizzie Roe” warrants had been prepated in the county attorney’s office in pre- paration for the raid, which was scheduled to occur on an unannounced occasion, With the influx of the visitors from the Sandbar filled: the district court room, made by Judge Tubbs to settle the various cases. As a result of the trials, many of the inmates pf the district plead guilty to the charges and paid fines and received the warn- ing of the court, that raids would oc- cur at intervals of time just far enough removed to make the under- world traffic an undesirable trade to ply in Casper. ra As soon as the Sandbar element Was partly disposed of, the inmates of the David street resorts were brot| in and they, too, paid fines aggregat- ing several hundred dollars. The summary of the night's opera- tions netted the county approximately $3,500 in fines, several hundred more in bonds for the appearance of the victim at future trials and ‘the cem- mitment of a dozen to the county jail to serve sentences ranging from 50 to 100 days. The board of commissioners this morning gave out the following state- ment: , meeting of the board, in which we gave the city authorities ample time! to act, and their failure to do so| made action on our part imperative. | Court costs for the prosecution of} crime emanating from the Sandbar district has steadily climbed, amount-| ing to in the neighborhood of $4,- 000 since the first of the year and if| this ratio continued it would break! the county by the end of the year. We refuse to spend the people’s ‘money in any such manner. Natrona! county has more than its share of pimps and prostitutes and it’s moving| time for them. | “In conjunction with the sheriff and prosecuting attorney we intend to keep up the process of elimination until there is not a single heifer left on the bedding ground and the key has been turned for good in every: Sandbar resort, both black and white. | Rather than being finished, the work! has merely been started, and, as was done last night, we intend to call) upon the good citizens of Casper for! | Member The ‘Associated Press; United Press Dispatches | VOLUME 3 A ee |} VICTORY LOAN RAFFLE WILL BE HELD AT THE HENNING TONIGHT The drawing for the picture di fray the expenses of the Victory | Henning hotel tonight. The sale of ————— | Crthune CASPER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1919 GERMANS ANAL lonated by Frank G. Curtis te de- loan campaign will be hek® at the tickets has been completed. German Leader Seeks to Offset Humilia- tion at World Gathering by Insulting Attitude Assumed in Verbal Reply LONDON, May 8.—Describing the scene at Trianon palace when the terms of peace were handed to the German delegation ,a Paris dispatch to the Central News says that Premier Clemenceau stood while making his address but that Couht von Brockdorff-Rantzau, spokesman of the Germans, wearing big horn spectables, remained seated while he read his speech. As the German foreign minister proceeded with increasing decision, the dispatch says it was in- teresting to note the demeanor of the assembly. The Germans seemed to stiffen their bodies and sat stern TODAY ON FIRST and silent. - att ‘¢ | mitting the acceptance of defeat and {the obligation of reparation, those watching the German delegates saw that they turned their eyes in other directions. While the address was proceeding only Premier Clemen- leeau and President Wilson appeared ;unconcerned, the latter leaning back | pockets, | Upon concluding his speech, Brockdorff-Rantzau replaced his spectacles in their case, spread his hands upon the table and waited. His attitude created a deep impres- t letea upon the delegates. Premier | Clemenceau immediately rose and in Air at Rockaway | LONDON, May 8.—After the con- Beach on Way to ,.. orn, Yenailles, Premier Halifax N. S |Hughes of Australia said that the » N.S. |intolerable and an insult to the con- While Brockdorff-Rantzau was ad-} |“attitude of Brockdorff-Rantzau was, hurried arrangements were; NEW YORK, May 8.—The | first trans-Atlantic flight be- gan when three _ hydro-air- planes left the government’s air station at Rockaway Beach at 10 o’clock today on the first leg of their journey, from Rocka- way to Halifax, a distance of 540/ miles. No. 3, commanded by John; H. Towers, chief of the expedition, ! was the first plane to take the air, while No. 1, commanded by Lieu- tenant Commander Bellinger and No. 4 by Lieutenant Commander: Read were close behind. The planes were escorted to the sea by a squad- ron of navy scout planes. Proceeding in a general northeast- erly direction the trio of planes should reach Halifax before night- fall. Thence the route runs 1,350 miles to the Azores, miles to Portugal and thence Plymouth, England. to BOSTON, May 8.—The three sea- planes passed Boston at 1:30 p. m., traveling high and at good speed, cat “Chestnuts are made into bread by mountain peasants in Italy and France. After the nuts have been blanched they are dried and ground. From this flour a sweet heavy cake is made, not unlike the meal cekes so popular in Scotland: the treaty in the opinion of a few can be separated from the treaty. “The round-up of the lawless ele- another 800) ference for while Premier Clemen- ceau spoke standing, the German spokesman did not rise while mak- ing his address. In spite of their in- tolerable arrogance, this has been a day of humiliation for the Germans which we could see had entered into their souls.” VERSAILLES, May 8.—The scene of today’s session of the peace con- gress when the terms of the treaty were presented the Germans was im- pressive. Brockdorff-Rantzau’s speech in reply to Premier Clemenceau was | translated by German interpreters ‘who did not feil to bring out with {full emphasis every sharp phrase in ‘it and the three allied statesmen put ‘their heads together in evident anger at more than one of the German spokesman’s cutting utterances. phrase: ‘ “Has anyone further. observations to meke?” and there was no re- sponse. clare the session closed.” The allied triumvirate remained after the German delegates left for half hour discussion of the new situ- ‘ation. The scene of the hall. during the ceremony had none of the pomp and | glitter of earlier peace conferences, no display of court and military uni- OPPOSITION TO TREATY LOOMS IN HINTS ON SENATORS’ STAND WASHINGTON, May 8.—Germany was thoroughly disarmed by senators willing to comment on it, Senator Moses of New Hampshire still thinks the league covenant Many senators, however, oppose President Wilson’s separate sug- gestion of 2n Anglo-American alliance to aid France in the event of another unprovoked German attack. When the German finished Clem--| enceau arose to put the customary | He continued: “I then de-| _————$—$——— $$ ______ forms such as marked the congresses of Berlin and Vienna, and no theat- tical ceremonial. ,At the head of the table the striking faces of Clemen- ceau, Lloyd George and Wilson at- tracted_ every i Marshal Foch, sitting with the- ich .delegation.at.;, the head of one of the side tables was another conspicuous figure. The bearded feces of the Serbian states- man, Pachitch, and the Greek pre- mier, Venizelos, as well as the famil- iar head of Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish premier, also stood out. The impassive faces of the Japanese rep- resentatives, the Oriental lineaments of the Chinese, the brown counten- aces of the Arabs from Hedjaz, and the presence even of two delegetes from Liberia and Haiti gave evidence ally a world congress, HUNGARIANS TO FIGHT INVADERS TO THE FINISH COPENHAGEN, May 8.—The Hun- garian Communist government has refused the armistice terms offered by Rumania and has decided to fight} to the utmost a Budapest dispatch | says. | BUDAPEST, May 4.—(Delayed.) —Hungarian Communist troops are holding firmly to the line of the Tisza against the Allied anti-Communist | forces, | a PRESIDENT TO SEND MESSAGE | _ FOR CONGRESS | WASHINGTON, [May 8—Presi+ | dent Wilson will cable his first mess- age to congress for reading before the joint session. He will not re- ;turn here until the treaty is signed. The first message will be on the | State of the union, It will recommend | early passsye of appropriations |measures and contain recommenda- | tions for remunerating the telegraph ‘and telephone companies. In preparing it President Wilson |will advise with Secretaries Baker ‘and Daniels regarding their needs. He is already communicating with |Secretary Gless. | The peace treaty message will come later and probably will be de- livered in person by the president. tS SS / In spite of its buoyancy, cork will \not rise to the surface from a depth of 200 feet below the ocean’s sur- | |face, owing to the great pressure ‘of water. | —— The presidential palace now build- ing in Havana as a home for the chief | executive of the republic of Cuba will cost several millions of dollars |when completed. t INSOLENT CONDUCT WINS CONDEMNATION | FOR FO IMOWEST MAY MOVE SUPPLY YARDS, REPORT Failure of City to Authorize Closing| “of Streets and Opening of One Other May Work Big Change. ' The failure of the city council to| The Casper Daily Official paper of the City of Casper and Natrona County, Wyoming. NUMBER 170 USTRIAN PEACE IS PENDING YZING TREATY [By Annocinted Prenn] The German home government is exvected to begin immediately the consideration of the terms of peace which virtually reduce the German empire to the role of a minor power. Three courses seem open to the German government as indicated by recent dispatches. It may either accept the conditions of peace, or reject them, or submit them to a plebiscite. | _ The speech of Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the German | delegation to the peace congress, in reply to Premier Clemenceau at Versailles yesterday, appeared to indicate that Germany would pre- pare objections to some featewes-of the treaty, notably with regard to ,Germany’s financial respénsibilities and egonomic position. All Ger- |man objections must be submitted in writing within two weeks. |Teutons Spend the|Five Billion Marks Entire Night on Tentative Amount | Treaty; Courier to Expected; Session | Leave for Berlin of Four Resumed (By United Press.) IBy Axssoctated Press] PARIS, May 8.—The Germans PARIS, May 8.—The council of worked almost all night dissecting four with Premier Orlando began and analyzing their treaty. Count today to arrange a program for von Brockdorff-Rantzau is prepar-' presentation of peace terms to the ling a full report which is going to! Austrian, Hungarian and Bulgarian Berlin tonight by special courier.| delegates. Facing economic annihilation if} The Austrian treaty has begun to they dare refuse the terms, it is ex- take form and portions of it already pected that the Germans will make a act on the request of the Midwest | deeision regarding the treaty within -ReGaing company that two-streets in opened to supply the needed traffic) must sign within 15 days. They have facilities, at the proposed new site of! that time for asking questions or the materia] yard near the refineries. making replies to any section of the ay cause Casper to lose the yard| treaty. Then the Allies will reply and nearly $1,000,000 a year. According) many must make a final answer. to the statement of the refining com-| a pees SY pany, if the city did not find its way) sEVERAL POINTS TO BE cle to permit the closing of the} CONTESTED BY GERMANS. streets, so that the material yard 5 ie =e could be started, the company planned| _ BERLIN, May Be the epeblatt, to move its supply yard to Bucknum | commenting, onpane: arene inais “ ’| mary of the treaty, declared that sev- as far as all loading of supplies for| rar points were unacceptable. F the Salt Creek field is concerned TaN peda A ae tee) AP A technical objection on the part| imstance, it said that 100,000 sol- ahaa Jection on the part) diers were insufficient to maintain in- of W. F. Dunn, against permitting City Att 7. H. Patten drawing] ‘rng! order and added: an eternal papers blocked the! state of anarchy.” Tr. Dunn stated! "Newspapers in general pronounced See Patter, but apaine {the indemnity excessive and de- peeuns Fe eee against! nounced the proposed disposition of orse-play” in the city council, | Danzig and the Saar valley. growing out of the supposed ouster proceedings taken against Mr. Patten at the Monday night meeting, which | HONORABLE COMPROMISE’ SAYS PARIS JOURNAL. = | 15+ days, the time limit for’ discus- Casper be closed and two others} sion. tea does not mean that they sd a consequent loss of payroll of| determine the time within which Ger-, s advance sum-: “) | OUT TOCAPTURE were not carried out. Se BURLINGTON IS BASEBALL TITLE The employees of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad met Saturday evening for the purpose} of forming an Athletic association. The organization plans to build up a first aseball team and also to have lawn tennis club. This is a permanent organization for the purpose of giving the employees of | the company outdoor exercise and| recreation. The members feel that in a short time they will be able to challenge any baseball team in the he following officers were elect- ed: C. J. Connett, president; George | S. Scott, vice president; Miss Vera | Connett, secretary, end Dr. J. L.! Cox, treasurer. | et | L. A. Duvall, local manager for the Warriner and Cochrane com- pany which has the agency for the Chandler car returned yesterday eve- ning from a business trip to Lusk in the interests of the local concern. PARIS, May 8. — Newspaper opinion is divided regarding the re- treaty. Several deplore the lack of sufficient indemnities to pay France’s war cost of 34 billion dollars. The Petit Journal today said: “The treaty constitutes an honor- able compromise.” The Petit Parisienne said: “The world has been relieved of the weight of German imperialism.” PESSIMISM EXPRESSED OVER TREATY SIGNATURE PARIS, May 8.—‘“The Germans won't sign,” is heard from many lips today. The Americans who recent! said the chance of their signing was “fifty-fifty’ now are among those saying the enemy will never sign. Men who were recently confident that the Germans would not sign say the chances are about even. The reason for increased pessi- mism is believed to be the culminat- ing effect of seeing the treaty as a whole, whereas earlier opinions were \based on particular sections. Brockdorff-Rantzau’s speech yes- |terday was considered insolent. Some believe he figured it would be his only chance to address the allied [delegates and therefore profited to the fullest extent. He possibly in- tended it more for history and home consumption than for the allies. 7 | ~ BUMPE LOAN PLEDGES SHOULD BE TAKEN UP THIS WEEK, WARNING ISSUED Victory loan workers are still the quota for Natrona county, $660,000. short approximately $100,000 on which was advanced recently to Women solicitors redoubled their efforts today to put the loan over the top and issued a call for all those who pledged sub- scriptions at the Iris theater meeting and at the tank demonstration to call at the banks and take up the bonds by making payments. Other- wise considerable difficulty will be viduals. experienced in locating many indi- are drafted. It appears that in dd of Germany being required to iy \the entire indemnity demanded, a considerable sum will be demanded of. Austria, the estimate at this time being five billion crowns. This indemnity provision and the delimitation of the fronti of the state will be the main fe: Pro- dividing: debt ‘ pre-war among the n states formed from the territory of the former empire The frontiers between — Ger and Italy and probably s ettlement will also figure the treaty. the in PARIS, M eign office French for- he that the Austrian pc ation has left Vienna and would reach St. Germain probably tomorrow. LONDON, May 8&.—Niewspapers here generally approved the peace terms. “They are ample security for the future and just reparation for the au d the Daily Express. The i served: r execution depends on the League of Netions. If Great Britain the United ates, France and Italy stand together y world order will have SOVIETS TO BE ORGANIZED IN 1.W.W. PROGRAM CHICAGO, W. W. con 8.—The National ntion meeting here plans to organ series of soviets like those in Ri ja, Chairmen Abner Woodruff announced today. oe In Newfoundland dogs are tr: ed to catch fish. In many of the be that go out after cod the fisherman takes with him one of the flat-coated retrievers known as Labrador retriev- ers. If a big cod is hooked dis troublesome to land the dog jumps into the water, catches the strugrline captive and brings it i PER WHEAT CROP IS STILL IN PROSPECT (By United Pre ASHINGTON, May 8. — The average condition of winter wheat on May 1 was 100.5 per cent of normal, the department of agriculture esti- mates. A ilsght gain is shown over the April 1 estimate. The acreage is nearly 49 millions, indicating that over half a million acres were abandoned during the win- ter. The department still promises a record crop. ! ne |: conte of t resu ce f isu van | 1 gro Dou; ne ¢ re on wor me. nm: ‘ rose: 9-12, — — iY 4 47:7 meh t ;