Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 13, 1919, Page 1

THE DAILY TRIBUNE Member of ithe Associated Press, and served by the Unit- ed Press. - Broker Operators Out Monday Unless Adjustment Is Made [By Unttea Press} N'UNION, BUT UNIONS SEE GAINS Strikers Look to Telephone Walkout to Ap- ply Screws to Wire Companies; 1500 in the West to Walk | CHICAGO, June 13.— ‘As far as the Western Union i = cerned the strike is over,” declared Chief Operator E. T. Jones H today. Less than 50 operators struck here, according to Jones. Postal officials said the situation was “ fully.” ALLEGED NEGRO SLAYER CAUGHT IN CHEYENNE BY GIPITAL POLICE Jess Scott, Wanted Here for Killing Hungarian Rival on Sandbar, to Be - Returned for Trial. \ (Jess Scott, 18-year-old negro youth, who is wanted in Cas- Rer for'the alleged murder of #ohn Kosci, April 11, has been arrested at Cheyenne, accord- today by The Tribes e Tribune. NKosci was killed by Scott, it ig said, when he entered the house of Mary Walker, a resort located on the David street fringe of the Sandbar. It is alleged President Konenkamp of the Commercial today predicted improving wonder- | | fthat upwards of 35,000 talearanhers' will have joined the nationwide strike | | by tomorrow. Enthusiasm is prevalent among the | unionists over the promised telephone | strike due Monday unless Burleson intervenes. | President Davis of the brokers’| western division has promised that | 1500 telegraphers from Pittsburgh to! | the Pacific coast would strike Mon- day unless the Commercial operators | ‘strike is adjusted. ————___ MOTHERS’ LEAGUE TURNS + OVER.CLUB-MANAGEMENT TITS MEMBERS HERE: G At a meeting of the Army and Navy club last night, members of | the organization, at the request of | the Mothers’ League decided to taxe| over the management of the club. The Mothers’ League has had active charge of the club since its inception | fm Casper several months ago but} decided to drop the work as soon) as the club was on a permanent pay-| ing basis. Despite the fact that the| league hes withdrawn its manager-| ial support it will continue to sponsor the work of the club here. | Mr. Fisher has been elected perm- anent secretary of the organization DRUG ADDICTS INCREASING IN U. S., IS CLAIM (By Associated Pre: WASHINGTON, June 13.—That that Scott struck Kosci with a large | rock crushing his skull. Kosci died | at the state hospital during the day | following) the essault. | Mary Walker, the inmate of the | house, and Scott made their escape soon after the tragedy, but the wo- man returned to Casper a few days later claiming that she had just es- eaped from Scott who threatened her with death if she gave him away. The last track the local authorities had of Scott he was supposed to be! headed west of Arminto on the Burl- | ington, but the sheriff’s office has kept. in continuous communication with other authorities in an effort to locate the man. Mary Walker, who was arrested and will be on hand at all times to assist soldiers at the club rooms in the basement of the West hotel build- | ing. nation-wide use of narcotic drugs for other than legitimate medical purposes is steadily increasing de- spite vigorous efforts made during the last four years in enforcement of the federal law, was discovered by the treasury’s special investi- gating committee which submitted ae TROOP TRAING STREAM THRU CASPER DALY Scores of soldiers continue to} stream thru Casper daily, many stop- | ping here while the majority of the! Boys pass thru to northern Wyoming | and Montane. Each train enroute) thru Casper is met by members of} the Mothers’ League canteen com-| upon her return here but released 10 deys ago because the sheriff's office] the boys. could get nothing on her, was re- arrested early this morning and is be-|attention of the canteen workers at be Sheriff |the present time as most of the sol- Royce will send a man to Cheyenne] giers passing thru here now are mem- tonight to take Scott in custody and| pers of that division. ing held in the county jail. return him to Casper for trial. mittee, who distribute, cigarettes and a light hurried breakfast for) its final report today. The number of drug addicts in the United States is estimated at a million. Imports of opium into the United States have increased twice as fast as the growth in popula- tion. The committee says -that the consensus of opinion appears to be that the number of addicts I in- crease as soon as the prohibition laws are enforced, Enough opium is consumed in thay OVER 4,000 COPIES | of The Daily Tribune sold and | delivered to subscribers every day. ERMAN STARTS IN PEACE DISC |Recognition of Ger-| | man Plight Wins Reprimand (Ry United Press.) | WEIMAR, June 12.—(Delayed.) |—German peace delegate Bernstein caused excitement in the convention of Majority Socialists here when he |declared that “while the terms are harsh and some are unbearable, about enths of them’ come from a ‘necessity which we admit.” An uproar followed. Few ap- plauded and a majority hissed him. War Minister Noske openly reproved Bernstein. Chancellor Phillip Scheide- mann said: “We are defeated but we shall go forward and upward to a greater victory. (It is believed that he meant international socialism.) It is our duty to reestablish Belgium and France, but we refuse to become wage slaves.” (By The Associated P BERLIN, June 13.—A 5 ses- sion of the citizens’ council’ held WATER SCARCE NO SPRINKLING As the result of a break in the water main, causing a shortage of water even for domestic purposes, water users are notified not to use water for either lawns or gardens until further notice. The main so until repairs to the water line can be made. ROW USSION VILLA TAKES BRIDE, PUBLIC ENJOYS FEAST (By Asm MEXICO CITY, Ju Francisco Villa ha: according to an Excelsior t: who claims to have been present at the ceremony at Valle de Al- lende, _near -Parral, .Chihuahua. Villa is said to have appeared sud- denly in the village and ordered all the inhabitants. out for the TREATY TO.BF REWRITTENBY ALLIED HEADS Decision of Council to Incorporate Its Reply to Enemy in Treaty Text Renders Obso- lete Copy of Pact Published Here; Pre- sentation Set for Sunday or Monday; British Renew Reparations Aim cB: Associated PF. > PARIS, June 13,—The peace treaty with Germany will be entirely rewritten and reprinted for the incorporation textually | of the explanations and clarifications contained in the allied | reply to German counter proposals. While unchanged in prin. ciple, virtually a new document will be presented to the Ger- |mans. It is understood that the new treaty will be made public after. | The council of four decided that | simply to attach the reply to the | original document would be imprac- |ticable, as important clauses would ; be left obscure and imperfect. | It was commented in peace con- |ference circles that this action ren- |ders obsolete the text published in the United States. AND STRIKER IN seers, ULADH THURSO, | mission appointed to draft a reply to | German counter proposals began} e work this morning efter receiving ; va nine reports from the big four upon Bitterness Grov: me Out ol which to base the formal reply. The inTt f “utisston manda ude ot the; Importation of Men tc | United States, Kerr of Great Britain, Fill Vacancies Here Leads to Fist Fight. limit for the Germans to sign. | rnitecness grove ing out | of Premier Orlando and Diaz left for\‘¢ | importation of strike- sion to the League of Nations,” with|the Henning hotel, when J. K. Dale a short time. one of the striking employes struck at one of the new recruits he Tardieu of France, Vanuetelli of | Italy and Sabouri of Japan. | The reply will be handed to the} Germans either Sunday evening or| Monday morning with an eight-day , Rome last night, convinced, that the | breakers here to fill the places work of the big five was’ practically |\™ade vacant by the walkout of completed. Western Union employes found It is reported that the allies’ re-'expression in a slight disturb- ply provides for Germany’s admis-|ance last evening in the lobby ot BRITISH WOULD CONTROL, |rounded the turn.to the elev: on |GERMAN MANUFACTURERS the corrider. The 1s 18ses Oy the Associated Pres.) lwere broken in ‘the he | PARIS, June 13.—The British to-|)"°7° Orowen in ear he gave battle Dale is reported tc jday made an eleventh-hour attempt |b ave fied) ‘Dale? laters jto reopen the question of reparations. | )°'¢ $ ai Leal oe 1 = ; de |They submitted proposals introduc-|?Y “e Sheriff and will be hearing in justice court at 2 ing into the functions of the permen- lent reparations commission the prin- ‘eiple of control for raw materials, this afternoon. The progress of the strike here jete., furnished Germany, oe fn\|was marked by no new developments ioamemare eolemiesion development | OVe™ight, and it is reported that s ‘ . ; F |Manager R. L. Forbes of the West suring apes pweriad (inti ite OpSTatee. | ¢-nitrnion has been deputtaedinar ay The effort has not met with sym-/} . 3 x officer in order to reduce as far a: pathy. JE ERVAY RECOVERING FROM WRECK INJURIES J. E. Ervay, who has been confined |possible the chance for further vio {lence. Operators brot here fro |Denver propose to stick to the job it is said. Altho some wire trouble has beer experienced, during the past 24 jhours none of it is attributed to the }strike but to equipment. Many fiesta. The marriage, according to the traveler, was performed by a for- mer judge. Afterward there was a feast and dance at which Villa introduced his bride, a in a local hospital for the past three | weeks suffering from injuries which | he received in a near fatal automobile mishap near the Tom Sun ranch in the Sweetwater, is slowly recovering from his injuries and according to at- tending physicians will be able to be about in a week. The accident in which Mr. Ervay years, and delivered a 5; —— Dudley M. Wilcox, Wyoming repre- | ‘sentative of the Alexander Hamilton | was injured was unexplainable, some- institute of New York, is spending a| thing going wrong with the steering few days in Casper in connection with; apparatus that turned the car over his work and greeting old subscrib-| Owing to Mr. Ervay’s advanced age ers. | the accident held serious possibilities. | messeges from Denver are being re jlayed by way of Billings and the } *s are comparatively clear ot tr altho there is some delay ir the service by ason of the circu itous route. When this trouble wa: sen remedied early delivery of messages will again be in order. _— TAMPICO, Mexico, June 13.—Th« | government has completed the erec | tion here of a wireless station which it is claimed, has a sending radius a night of 2,000 mil The 89th division is occupying the |] the United States every year, the report states, to give every man, woman and child 36 doses each, a SES SEE Over 100 sol- 3 diers have passed thru here and been} Shortly after the murder occurred |fed in the past two days. | ORGANIZED LABOR NO a | posses were sent out in every di- rection from “Casper, headed by po- lice and members of the sheriff’s office. Later the Burlington secret service men were impressed into ser- vice but nothing further was heard of Scott until a telephone message from Cheyenne this morning announc- ed his capture. TWO KILLED IN COLOR RIOT AT CARDIFF, WALES oh Ca pve ae Press) LONDON, June 13.—In a renewal at Cardiff, last night of race rioting that broke out recently between negroes, who had been brought into| Margaret D. Gaskill, May Williams,| ning to organize a trade exceursion | today. Great Britain as laborers during the war, and the white population, one White man and -one Arab were killed| ter Longcay. Those who know their) lar missions reported to be coming and several persons were injured. Many arrests were made. IN FAVOR OF BONE DRY ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 13. FOR POSTAL FORGERY —Organized labor went on record |against war time prohibition and in CHICAGO, June 12, — Edward | fevor of the exemption of 2 3-4 per Landfair of Lander, Wyo., was er-\ cent beer from both the war time rested Saturday by postal inspectors Prohibition act and the federal prohi- on a charge of passing money orders | bition amendment, in a resolution stolen from the Circle, Wyo., post- adopted by the American Federation office. They said he traveled eighty | of ela : ; miles by stage to Riverton, Wyo.,, The resolution was carried by an where he cashed the first order for overwhelming majority. It provided $80. |that a strong protest embodying its Fok. eee Lik ae 3 2h \ essential points be sent to President RED CROSS INQUIRIES. | Wilson and congress. ——— | The vote on the resolution was Inquiries regarding the following | 26,475 for and 4,005 against. people, supposed to live in Casper, | ae have prompted the Red Cross to seek) MEXICO CITY,June 13.—The information from the public. Mrs.| Chamber of Commerce here is plan- | | | | Stephen N, Baker, James Hall, Jennie! of Mexican merchants to the United Lee Welsh, Guy O. Drake, Helen Por-| States and preparing to receive simi- addresses are requested to communi-| from wieveland, New York and vari- cate with Dr. Walter H. Bradley. ous southern commercial centers. Wednesday declared in favor of a citizens’ strike, according to the In- ‘dependent Socialist newspaper Die Freiheit. The attendance included a number of leading WIRE OP manufacturers, | |merchants, professional men and| |Colonel Reinhardt, Prussian minister | of war. The chairman of the meeting is quoted as declaring the strike neces- sary because the present government was incapable of redeeming Ger- many cron ace and that airplanes | would distribute leaflets announcing when the strike would begin. All food BY LIGHTNING industries, including bakeries, will| cease work, according to the plan,| WHEATLAND, Wyo., June 13.— this will lead to civil war, which it) The community was shocked by the was held, would help the Bourgeoisie| news of the sudden death of Bert into political power. |Akeson, who was struck and instantly | killed by lightning at his home on Dry Laramie. He had gone to the jbarn to finish the evening feeding. |A heavy thunderstorm was in pro- \eress and just as he stepped in the WAR SECRETARY | door the bolt fell striking him in the forehead end running down his body. | (Ry ‘The Associated Press.) His mother and uncle who were in | MEXICO CITY, June 13.—Gen-\another section of the barn were |eral Jesus Agustin Castro was named | stunned and Mrs. Akeson was thrown jundersecretary of war and marine|down but as soon as they had suffi- General Manuel Diguez, op-|ciently recovered they began to in- erating in northern Mexico with | vestigate and found the body of the headquarters at Chihuahua City, will} young man with the clothing in succeed Castro as chief of military|flames. These were immediately ex- operations against the rebels com-|tinguished but the body was badly manded by Villa and Angeles. scarred and burned. YOUNG MAN IS STRUCK DEAD CASTRO IS NEW | i ERATOR VICTIM OF BRUTAL ATTACK HERE Siegel in Hospital with Lacerated Scalr as Result of Bloody Beating With Piece of Iron by E. K. Mancke Tom Siegel, one of the strike-breakers sent here from Den ver to take the place of striking operators in the local office of the Western Union, is in the hospital with a badly laceratec scalp, the result of assault made on him shortly before 2 o’clock this afternoon in the local office in the Henning hotel building E. K. Mancke, former chief operator here, is charged witt the assault in a complaint filed with the sheriff’s office. Manck« had not been apprehended late this afternoon. Siegel, the victim of an attack last night, was working |at his keys when called to the counter by his assailant, whc threw one arm around his neck and started beating him witk hort piece of iron, which he wielded with telling effect un: til separated by other employees in the office. Siegel’s assail ant then ran from the building and disappeared up an alley | between Center and Wolcott street. Several stitches were taker jin Siegel’s scalp. {ii | A warrant is out now for the arrest of Mancke.