Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 22, 1919, Page 1

FIVE DEAD, 50 INJURED. IN RACE RIOTS AT WASHINGTON yi OFFICERS UNABLE T0 Che Casper Daily CURB RIOTS, MARTIAL FLAMING DIRIGIBLE CRASHES INTO BANK, 11 DEAD, 26 INJURED CHICAGO OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO CAUSE OFF OVER 4,000 00 COPIES of The Daily Tribune sold and | = to subscribers every | THE DAILY TRIBUNE Member of the Associated Press, and served by the Unit- FATAL TRAGEDS | Members of Bak Fon| Crihune [222 ed Press. LAW HELDNECESSARY Crew and Er=5loy- ee : ee eae we broly Riot Calls Keep Police and Soldiers Racing | | ti ’ city and Fighting | atc, CHAMPIONS OF LEAGUE ADVANCE PRESIDENT RECOVERS TO RESUME ns way. ECONOMICREASONS WHY THE U.S. NCES WITH REPUBLICANS Copita! at Daylight Today | CHICAGO, July 22.—E are dead and 26 injured as “er final count in Chicago’s most end ern tragedy—the fall of a dirigib thru a skylight into the a, room of the Illinois Trust & Sav-! ings bank. Two members of the crew | and nine bank employes are dead. | Most of them were burned to death SHOULD ACCEPT WORLD COVENANT Failure to Ratify Combined Treaty and League Would Endanger Commercial oe Po Ansociated cartes) WASHINGTON, July 22.—President Wilson was sufficiently re- covered from his indisposition to resume conferences today with Repub- lican senators at the White House. Admiral Grayson, the president's physician, said the president was in no pain but was extremely weak. | i of five persons and injury to The president was in conference with Senator Edge of New Jersey today. Senator Norris declined h invitation. provost guards were unable to co [Ry Axsociated Prem] j WASHINGTON, July 22.—Proclamation of martial law may be | necessary to end race rioting here which resulted last night in the kill- Several days’ disorders, following attacks on white women, robberies and assaults by negroes, culminated in race battles during the night with which the police and 50 more. wat i ss ° Several of njure - when the dirigible with a heavy fusi- Interests of America Abroad |ported fatall b rr lage crashed and spread burning gas- 200 rioter oline in all directions. The dirigible was sailing over the! city late yesterday at a height of 500 feet, thousands were watching it. Spectators saw a flicker of flame at the rear of the bag, then the crew jumping with parachutes, then the crumbling of the dirigible as it slid! downward and crashed. The heavy machinery added such impetus to its fall that steel supports for the roof | snapped like matches. Bank workers saw a shadow over- [By Associated Press] WASHINGTON, July 22.—The debate on the peace treaty » in the senate was resumed today with an address by Senator McNary of Oregon, who urge covenang be accepted without d that the League of Nations any amendments or reserva- tions as it would “alter the splendid purposes of this covenant.” | Senator Johnson of North Dakota declared that the United | OWNGLATR TAKES States, by refusing to join the League of Nations, not only would) endanger its own safety but would | break faith with its associates in the MOTHER NOT 10 BE ROBBED OF WAR RISK PREMIUM 9) thru WYOMING SOLON TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT RIGHTS WASHINGTON, July 22.—(Spl.)—Barred by fetitecinits technical wording of the law from the collection of the insurance premium due her as the result of her boy having made the supreme sacrifice on a foreign battlefield, and informed by am unfeeling bureau that the insurance money would instead be paid to a eart by | negro are elieved to ree patroln of badly ers are HERA OICAVERS Bed eae nee ares brother and ‘sister who had never seen the soldier in question, Mrs. Charles Johnson of Rawlins is likely a o- a v ar. r he ti 2 ° ress roaring flames. Six were dead! al-| 4 UOak “comamkzee. extonda tones O geste 45 a Se ee to joy through the efforts of Congressman Mondell. : rte most instantly. Others were singed f limits of the entire globe,” said! en artin Sands Johnson of Rawlins went to war he left a war risk insurance policy with Mrs kad and fought blindly for exits. Work-| Johnson. “Have you ever consider-| Johnson named as the beneficiary. On his death Mrs, Johnson was denied the money b use, while she rt ers on the balcony rushed to the win- - ed the position of danger we would! cowd prove she was the only mother the young man ever knew, she was not legally—and the war risk r- dows and a few jumped into the! be in if the great commercial na-| insurance law prohibits the payment of insurance to any but blood relatives. Further, Mrs. Johnson r rly street. The flames were controlled tions enter this league and we re- only after the gasoline had burned| out, Bank President Mitchell indicated | that the Goodyear company, owners! of the~dirigible;-had-offered- to set-)| tle all damages and do “whatever was | right”. forthe victims of the families, | Pilot Boettner first "blamed .static | electricity for the blaze, but later! said that sparks from the rotary mo- tor may have caused the fire. © The city council was in ses MIDWEST HERE | APPOINTMENT QF REPRESENTATIVE | (Ry Annoctated Pres WASHINGTON, July 2 sponse to President Wilson |Commander of Famous. Artillery Unit to Head Welfare Depart- ment of Refining Company -and> Live>in* Casper Col. Burke Sinclair, commander of | main aloof? Why should we not b regarded with enmity and suspicion?” | request ‘that it approve the provisional ap- pointment of Americaw representa- |tives on the reparations commission sion at! the 148th field artillery regiment in to be created under the peace treaty, ; the senate foreign relations commit- wag not only to be denied the money, but under the law it would be paid to a brother and sister who had never seen the soldier and who, it is known et Rawlins, even refused to help meet the burial expenses of this brother whose insurance they later tried to collect. The case was brought to the attention of Congressman Mondell by several prominent Rawling citi- zens, und after. encountering the legal burrier and being unable to get around it by bureau action, his sym- pathies were so eroused that the Wyoming man decided to appeal to congress to prevent such a perver sion of the intentions of that body in enacting the soldier insurance law. As a result, the interstate foreign commerce committee of the house will soon report a bill, with a favorable endorsement for its mediate enactment, amending the law so that either the beneficiary named in the insurance policy or one able to show the relationship of foster parent for a year previous to the death of the insured, will be paid the money. | REINFORCEMENTS To | BE ON DUTY TONIGHT (Ny United WASHINGTON Press.) the time of the accident, and imme-| France, and in active service over) _ Incidentally, Mr. Mondell has asked the war risk bureau to defer final action on the Johnson ¢ = diately passed a resolution calling for| there only a few weeks less than 18|tee today adopted a declaration that,’ until he is heard from further. The brother and sister who have claimed the Johnson insurance - the enactment of an ordinance regu-| months, has returned to Casper and| until the treaty is ratified, “‘no po’ live in California. rifteed lating flights over the city. ‘will be head of the welfare depart-;er exi8ts’’ to carry out its provis- | te . ment of the Midwest Refining com-) ions. OFFICIAL INQUIRY IS STARTED BY ATTORNEY (By Assoctated Presn.) CHICAGO, July 22.—Official in- quiry was started today by State’s, Attorney Hoyne to fix responsibility | for the explosion and collapse of the dirigible which fell thru the roof of the Illinois Trust & Savings bank yes- terday, killing 11 persons and injur- | ing 26 others. Seventeen employes | of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber com-| pany of Akron, Ohio, owners of the} airship, are being detained, pending a decision as to whether charges of criminal carelessness shall be filed | jutant general of the state. pany. This is a new department of the Midwest company and will be a} big aid in bettering and improving the conditions and welfare of the men| both in the field and at the refiner- ies. Colonel Sinclair’s ability to handle men and to meet every sort of an} emergency makes him unusually fit-) ted to handle this new and important work of the company. At the time of entering the active service in the world war, Colonel Sinclair was ad- His suc- cess as a leader of men was proven by the great record established over MAN THROWN BY HORSE SUFFERS | BAD CONCUSSION | Jerrens Johnson suffered concus- sion of the brain late Saturday night | when the horse he was riding threw| him while he was riding on the C. D. Svicer ranch near Powder River. | It is believed that he was thrown ear-| ly in the day and that he was not found until two or three hours later. \Fifty Americans Murdered in Past Three MEXICAN POLICY WILL BE BASED ON HOUSE HEARING $8,148 REFUNDED LIQUOR DEALERS BY THE COUNCIL Years Without Prosecution by Carran- za, Says Ambassador Fletcher By United Press.) WASHINGTON, July, 22.—The house today began what aeainae then: there as commanding officer of the|He was brought to Casper Saturday is expected to be a complete investigation of the Mexican sit- cppreetoan Pace hoi ht ete $8,148 BLIMP’S DEVICES 148th regiment. night. . uation. The object will be to establish a definite Mexican ene ae snl ae ae iipetae er UNTRIED, IS CLAIM Previous to the time he entered the, Mr. Johnson came to Wyoming) policy, according to Floor Leader Mondell. : aeons ’ Charges that several devices used | The rules com- ; we eS + _|from Missouri and was employed at ers as refunds on their liquor licenses. E ti calle cnizied service, Gal eee aweel DUDE ine Splesebanchh oHewaaaee inieced mutes will hold a preliminary investigation and the work then! The refund was made _ thru pa ee ech a il ous aay areabeW stern St; otherwise and. ‘was reported as doing| Wi 1 BS turned over to a special committee appointed by the ahs eof per into a dry state ra . j type of aircraft were made the sub-| paper man and editor in Kansas for | Well this qoorning siuieseau theisiate hospital: SP . : tania teed a ‘a me ne a ject of inquiry. One was a rotary m0-| several years before coming farther | (By the Associated Press.) All but one of these, the saloon —— tor loaned for the purpose by Major west to enter the newspaper game. WASHINGTON, July 22.—Ameri- DEFENSE RESTS which had its license re 1 before Maranville, chief of the army ares For a time he was news editor of the | can Ambassador to Mexico Henry ae July 1 by the county commissioners division at the Akron flying field, who| Qmaha World-Herald and when he} | Fletcher, told the house rules com- sceived. the money due. _ ¢ declared that while there was danger| came to Wyoming he became editor] mittine? ‘aday! that eiscad Kis aS pons EXAMINA TION OF received the money du t of fire in its use he believed every) of the Cheyenne Leader. necessary precaution had been taken | to prevent accident. Another was a number of silk baloonettes attached to the main body. Maranville said the friction of these against the silk} side structure may have been respon- sible for the accident. GOODYEAR OFFICIALS In political life he was private sec- | retary to Governor Kendrick and he! was partially credited with aiding Mr. Kendrick’ in his successful campaign for the office of United States sena-| tor. cose FOUR VIOLATORS THIRD READING (By ed Pre: LONDON, July 22.—The house of commons last night passed on ment three years ago about 50 Amer- icans had been killed in Mexico with- out a single prosecution being made |by the Mexican authorities. Ambassador Fletcher said that the withdrawal of recognition of the Car ranza government by the United States would only increase the tur- FORD ON STAND (By Annocinted | MOU NG T CLEME) 3 E amination of Henry Ford by the de- fendant’s attorney was concluded to- day and interrogation passed into the hands of Alfred Luckings, Ford’s per- Pe BANK IS NEARLY MILLION SHORT, CASHIER STATES ON SANDBAR AnE SEIZED MONDAY third reading the bill ratifying the |moil. He added that he did not) sonal attorney : i P : MAY BE ARRESTED 7 ¥ weace treaty with Germany. Dev- (know of any revolutionary leader ——_—__~» First Arres under rohibition Epis OF TRAFFIC LAW | fire attempt to defeat the treaty {capable of establishing a permanent HELD UP AND Statute Meds bo Police Desert } Ane 2 ii i i rove! soclated Preas.) S cee vay, Oke! A CSESSED FINES Soo ee en part XDBEPHIS "Faly” 22 ment and Booze is ( Hoffman declared it was probable ve S evoked SOR eran: Fletcher said he had not noticed ROBBED $10, 000 Ralph 7. Moyer, ceshier of the fiscated that officials pene Chicago office te Sct, NEW TRAFFIC OFFICER any special anti-American feeling in Nort h Pennsylvania bank for whom of the Goodyear Tire Hover COM: | Two speed i tw ffic or- M d explained that thi es- warrant was issued, surrendered F, speeders and two traffic or. A E. Brown, former police officer exico, and explain a © pres. . nder The p e P me e pany would be, taken into custody be-| ginance violators paid $5 fines in po-| under Chief Jack McGrath, has been{ence of more American citizens) _ CHICAGO, Galy, 22-—-Philliw: || to the diaticmateamne tins L = fore the end ofsthe day. He said! jice court lute yesterday afternoon. ‘appointed traffic officer for Casper, there than other foreigners probably | Fleming, 19, mesenger for the Aus- bank was closed Friday owing iy : every effort would be made to fix re-| 7, 7. Houseworth and E. G. Barnell Under his eagle eye motor car driv. accounted for the greater number of tin National bank, was held up to- (100,000 to depositors. f cee gee sponsibility for the disaster and pun-’ yore arrested for speeding in the city |ers are finding that the city traffic outrages affecting Americans. day by auto bandits who escaped Moyer last night confessed to the pg ish those found guilty. limits where the city fathers have ordinance is being enforced. Mr. bassador “Biaete re with $10,000 cash and $400 in Lib- receiver that there w: hortage well] ¢ th r. Ja Seventeen persons were detained in .4iq that 12 miles an hour is plenty | Brown has been on duty for nearly a|, Ambassador Fletcher repeatedly | erty bonds. of $900,000. ke downtown hotels for use as witnesses at the inquiry. Marcus Callopy, for- eign exchange teller of the Illinois Trust & Savings bank, who was se-| riously burned when the blazing blimp! crashed thru the roof of the bank building, has lapsed into unconscious- ness and, it is eaid, may die. oe Miss Edith Culver of Rock Springs Wyo., passed thru Casper enroute to the Yellowstone National! pork, with her mother and sister. | Miss Culver was a Casper High| sehool teacher for two years. ep | Dean Boyer, of Lincoln, Neb., is | here visiting his sister Mrs. M. N. Wheeler. fast enough. 1 week now. NORTHWEST APPEALS FOR U. S. TROOPS TO FIGHT FOREST FIRE Associa ted Prem By PORTLAND, Ore., ints 22.—An wenealt to President Wilson to send federal] troops to the forests of the Pacific Northwest to help fight the forest fires now endangering lives and property was made by George M. Cornwall, editor of the Timberman. Cornwall telegraphed the president that immediate federal co-op- eration is essential to prevent an irreparable loss of timber and pos- sibly lives, as it is impossible to secure the necessary men to fight the fires menacing the nation’s timber supply. declined to express opinions upon conditions in the southern republic, insisting thet he furnished only the facts. He also told the committee that he had no statement to make. “Do you regard the situation in Mexico as improved during the last }three years?” asked Chairman Camp-| bell. “Oh, yes.” “In what respect?” “Columbus has not been raided.” +» When Campbell called attention to ; the recent murder of an American citizen and the maltreatment of his wife in Mexico, the ambassador said this did not involve relations between | the United States and Mexico, in a room ontaining CONGRESS CONSIDERS RESOLUTION © CALLING FOR END OF CRIME WAVE: [By Axnociated Press} WASHINGTON, July 22.—-Congress was asked today to take notice of the race riots crime waye in the national capital and the president was asked to declare martial law, in resolutions introduced in the house by Representative Clark, Clark’s resolution constitutes scathing arraignment of the police. Representative Harrison of Mississippi to separate the whites and blacks’ The police requested merchants today to refuse to sell firearms. Floridan and Vaile of Colorado local introduced a resolution cars. * HH | the case {cobs is being held in the city jail. well supplic with which was struc ction w 1 said clos there igation the case is to ty authorities Other arrests in are ing and it is turned over to the c connection expected to follow. with Ja-