Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1919, Page 1

CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1919 DADE | BRITISH FLEET RIO GRANDE is eRI NUMBER 256 SSED ‘PROCEED IF AND BOLSHEVIK! NC RATIFIED NOW Must Be Accepted Presently If Nation _ Proceeds Intelligently With Industrial : Affairs, President Declares Today . (By Anmseciated Preas.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—President Wilson’s openiag statement in the conference in the white house before the sen- ate foreign relations committee follows: “I welcome the op- portunity for a frank, and full interchange of views. I hope the conference will serve to expedite the consideration of the treaty. 1 beg your pardon, if again I urge practically the whole task of bringing the country back to! SUGAR TRAMPS, LOCALS WIN GAME the markets of central Europe, if we don’t act presently. “Without determinate markets our | production cannot proceed with intel- | ligence. ‘’ There will be no stabiliza-| tion’ of wages because of no settled | conditions of employment. Every | elemént ‘in normal life awaits the! ratification. of this treaty. ; “} gm led to believe that nothing , ee : stands In the ‘way of ratification ex-| Sugar City Nine Let Down in Sec- cept the doubts regarding the mean- ing ‘of certain articles in the coven-| ant léagié. ‘Every suggestion of the! United States concerning the Mon- roe Doctrine and domestic problems, | was accepted by the commission on the league of nations in Paris. There was_no, doubt as to the meaning of | copped another game, 8 to 2, from any of the provisions of the coven-/the Nebraska callers of Scottsbluff. ant in the minds of those who parti-| Gaut let the visitors down with six cipated in drafting them, and I sub- | hits, two of these coming in the last mit, there is nothing vague, or doubt-} inning when the game was stacked ful in ‘the wording. away. He also fanned ten men and The: Monroe Doctrine expressly | walked only three men. mentionéd as the understanding which} With reasonable support Mr. C. $s sek f to be impaired, is not! Jackson might have made an inter- inte) with by anything in coven-/ esting game of yesterday’s melee for ant, ‘Regadring domestic questions Jn articles 16 the covenant expressly provides that in case of dispute be- tween members of the league the; Two bum decisions by the new cinvolved if found by the | umps stopped any chance to score coun arise out of matter) that the visiting team had in. both whieh, by international law is solely! the sixth and seventh. Coming as within the estic. jurisdiction, and the council shall make no recommen-! was about to score, they looked bad, tions us to settlement.” vand the one: on ball and strikes in me j}the eighth brot _hoots from the home _ crowd in the grand stand. Pickett, ond Game with 8 to 2 Score; Some Brilliant Playing Fea- tures the Game Casper, assisted by Scottsbluff er- rors and excellent hugling by Gaut the home boys. But he did not have the support and it was all Casper ex- cept in the final inning. ;on some mighty high balls. The game was uninteresting in as ;much as Gaut was right. McNeill * th | starred with five safe ones in five with the trips to the plate. Three were doubles and real clouts. The little short stop scored two, runs and made ithree assists without a bobble. Piefer should be mentioned for a . brilliant one-handed catch in the sev- femal depends on getting the! enth whick ne grabbed only after a ut; of thé. way. Until this is|long run, Piefer also got a neat justry will be at a tremend-} double in the eighth in addition. Great Britain and| Hollingsworth caught a good game : . “ a | and was out there under the fouls. fr; nations that have ratified the) Score by innings: RHE ty. will get the jump on the Uni-| Casper _.--5 1000200x—8 12 0 bs in trade. The only obstacle| Scottsbluff_000000002—2 65 rently standing in the way of| Batteries: Casper—Gaut and Ar- ¢ Hause today by mak-| y statémient wherein he said:! djustinent of our national | rgUiPieation ‘is the doubt re meaning! bogast, Offerman. Scottsbluff— om ¢ettain teague provisions. {Juckson and Hollingsworth. There js no doubt in the minds of | ————-— -- ‘govenant’s authors that the so- be ed “doubtful provisions mean | ACT TO REPEAL i a a the senate wants them va DA YLIGHT LAW resident “Wilson then said there PA SSES HOUSE was No objection to passing a resolu- tion’ ifiterpreting these provisions from an American viewpoint but such resolution must be separate from the \° ratification. Otherwise it would force! pea) of the daylight saving law pass- the United States to go to Germany ed the house today by a vote of 3 begging her to accept our view of, to 101 over President Wilson’s veto, the covenant and that isesomething/ and goes to the senate. Supporters Mr. Wilson was most reluctant to do.’ claim a victory. MEXICAN HELD FOR ASSAULT ON GIRL BRIDE E. Gutierre Bound Over to District Court to Stand Trial for Charge of Com- mitting Revolting Crime . »E..Gutierre, charged. with assault against a 23-year old woman, only recently married, was bound over to the Sep- tember. term of the district court following his preliminary hearing before Judge W. E. Tubbs yesterday afternoon in jus- tice of peace court. His bond was set at $1,000 and on inability to supply bond, he was kept.in jail. Gut: entered the home. of the , girl; it is charged, and,’at the point) The testimony yesterday showed of @ gun assaulted her. So that her that he tore part of the clothes from husband would know who she be-| the young married woman. He claim- lot te, Gutierre clippéd a piéce;ed that he did not know she was mar- of hair from her bead. Gntierre Kad) ried but other evidence showed other- plenty,“of hair *on bis own head but) wise. he thot the “Mexican. custom of ‘eut-| Gutierte is said to be wanted at ting hair from the .woman’s head was} Cheyenne for several shooting scrapes necessary. | according to police information here. they “did when the Scottsbluff nine| |the great little short stop, whiffed Aug, 19.—Urg-| on sor es i CLASH IN GULF (By Associated Press.) HELSINGFORS, Aug. 19.—A Bolshevik battleship, cruiser, trans- port and guardship are reported sunk in an engagement with the British fleet in the Gulf of Fin- land. The British are said to have lost three motor boats, eight offi- cers and three men killed. SOFIA RIOTERS DEMAND THAT LONDC Au 9.—S§ disorders z reported from Sofia. The rioters demanded the abdication jof king Boris and the establishment of a republic. | French troops assisted in maintain-i | ing order. | ‘DANIELS ESCORT | ARRIVES OFF THE| ‘HONOLULU COAST: (Ry Askocinted Press.) } HONOLULU, Aug. 19.—Four de-| | stroyers, the vanguard for the battle-! |ship New York, bringing Secretary Daniels here, arrived off Honolulu this morning. LAST OF CASPER BOYS IN FRANCE | BACK IN THE U. s. The last ore of the 108 Casper | oys who went to France to fight in| b ee world war returned to the Unit-| ‘ed States August 13, according to} | word received here by Judge W. E. Tubbs. The letter was from his son, | Wilbur Tubbs who has not been heard from Hor neasty five months when he Peat” from France. Young Tubbs returned: to Nor- | folk, Va., after veing on the water | ten days. His other son, Dan Stubbs, | who went overseas in an engineering regiment, was last heard from in | {Lapland. That was four to six! | months ago but he was reported well | at that time. ‘Wool Firm Sets Precedent For Honest Dealing A well known woolgrower of this | | county received a check this morning {for 186 pounds of wool, representing an excess weight greater than when {the shipment was graded and weighed | here. The check came from the Dy ¢ilerris Wool company of St. Louis, is the first instance known in this county where a woolgrower has re- ceived additional money following acceptance of his shipment on board | | cars. The check represented approxi- {mately $100, and “was just like find- ling it,” this fortunate flockmaster MIDWEST TEAM GOES TO DENVER' FOR TOURNEY ve members of the Midwest Re- fining company baseball team of Cas- per leave for Denver tomorrow morn- ing to play in the Post tournament | being held in that city starting the latter part of the week. The remain- ing members of the squad of players who will make the trip will leave here night. is to be represented by one other big team in this tri-state tourney, this team ‘being from Ther- mopolis. The toirney is almost cer- tain to see these two rival teams, clashing again but this time in the Mile-High city. Nelson, Whittle, Offerman, Born., stein, and Hayes are the five to leave Wednesday morning to make the trip overland. : tS ARRESTED FOR CARRYING GUN A man who registered at the po- lice station before going to jail as (Mr. Van Dyke was arrested late last night for toting a gun. He was re- leased on $50 bond. This unknown man was arrested on Center street. ——————@~—- BEAT BOARD BILL, CHARGE ea today that the crossing had the | specific instructions of the war de-| | tried again. 3 | partment. } ‘ | Peterson crossed the border at 1:15, a — ‘This is the second expedition of its jand Davis at 2 o'clock. 'kind since the Pershing expe n in The aviators landed on the Ameri- pursuit of Villa. The other in- |to Juarez during the recent fight- RNR ARTICLE 10 IS NOT DOUBTFUL PRESIDENT TELLS COMMITTEE Y Associnted Press.) WASHINGTON, pests 19.—President Wilson told the foreign re- lations commitfee at the outset of the conference today that he saw no reasonable objection to the interpretations of how the United States accepted the league of nations provided it did not form a Part of formol ratification. Article is not a doubtful in- terpretation when read in connection with the whole document, he said. If the interpretations are a part of the formal ratification, the president contended, long delays will follow, and other governments will have to atcept in effect the language of the senate bfeore the ratification will be complete. Most of the interpretations he s: meaning of the instrument itself. TEXAS MILITIA IS ORDERED TO BE READY FOR BORDER SERVICE AND RECRUITED TO FULL QUOTA Punitive |Expedition After Bandits Who Held Officers Ordered. Specifically Thru War Department, Baker (Ry United Press} AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19.—Anticipating an early climax in the Mexican situation, Governor Hobby has ordered the speeding up of recruiting the Texas militia to its full strength of 16,000 men. ty Ansoviated Presw.) WASHINGTON, pons 19.—The American punitive expedition in- ten , seemed to suggest a plain |to Mexico after the bandits who held the American aviators for ran- som, is being conducted with the full knowledge of Washington au- thorities. Secretary Baker announc- ing. In a diplomatic aspect it is an expedition on a “hot trail.” It does |not take on the character of an act ‘of war, but as a sole purpose to pun- ish, and if necessary, exterminate the 6 | bandits who held the two American Seventy-five per cent Wear Wound) ofticers, Stripes; Put 1200-foot Bridge Across Torrent in 59 Min- utes, is Claim AUSTIN, Aug. 19. — Governor Hobby has instructed the adjutant paca Ae SS as national guard ready to respond The same engineers that put up the to an emergency call for service on bridge over the Marne river during the border. About 75 per cent of them oa wo re iar #9 per cen jem wore | (By Axssecinted Press.) wound stripes and each of them wore MAFRA, Aug. American seven stars on their service bar des-.troops of the eighth cavalry, with ignating that they. had been in as,aviators in bombing planes acting ax |many engagements in the world con-|peouts ahead of the column, swept) been arrested nor have any other ar- + Mo., and according to authorities, it | flict. |across the Mexican border early to-| The world was startled at the feat} day in punitive expedition in pur- of these engineers. who crossed! the! suit of the bandit band under Jesus arne riven in less than an hour! Renteria, who held the American avi- while the current was passing under-| ators prisoners in Mexico, it was an- neath the workers at the rate of seven! nounced in military headquarters tos sanhour. The bridge was 1,200) day feet long. + The troops are supported by _an Two of the engineers here had! adequate communication line, pack French citations, while all of them |trains carrying field equipment. had been in the army of occupation in Germany. Three had been in Ber- lin while they were serving with the army of occupation but they had been there A. W. O. L. Seven start- ed for the Germanie capital but four) had been picked up by German au-) thorities and returned to their Amer- | iean camp. The three could speak) GETS DRUNK AND SQUEALS WHERE the Hu guage well enough to| pick their way in Berlin. The engineers received a rea\| “hand-out” here and they welcomed| the sight of the Red Cross caps on| - the women servers. The workers here|(City Officials Raid Basement on) * have not been wearing the cap until! just recenuly following the drmistice > rz - Twelve Wyoming igible here early Sunday cone Mery ilgili, 10, os oak inion oman Steams Naval Academy) about where he secured his intoxicat- ing liquor. He told the police all —— j about the matter. The result was a WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Many) neat raid on the place named and the Wyoming young men are overlooking} confiscating of 54 pints of whisky an opportunity to secure a high-class|in the basement below the Wyoming, education free and an opening for a}110 South Center street, late Sun- career of great possibilities. Congress-!day morning by the police. man Mondell and Senators Warren| The man arrested was well dressed and Kendrick each will be called up-fand namde a bank employe here as on to name 12 young men for the'the person who sold the liquor. The naval academy examinations next county has taken up the case and the spring, and thus far but few applica- liquor has been placed,in charge of tions have been received. Sheriff Pat Royce. Center Street and Seize 54 | pints of Liquor; Bank Em- ploye Involved When three men were arrested general's department to have the Tex-| Boys with a fair education and Jack Allen was arrested here to-; who are willing to thoroly prepare day on orders from the sheriff’s of-' themselves, who are between the ages fice at Douglas on a charge of jump.| of .16 and 20, are eligible to these ing his board bill. Information re-| appointments, and should make appli- ceived at police headquarters here) cation at once te one of the above. was that $32 was needed to. pay the! With 12 boys to name, Congressman bill but Allen could not furnish this| Mondell has but three applications amount ‘here when arrested and he} thus far, and the senators have about ‘is “being held. | the same number. The liquor was innocently packed and placed seemingly by private pack- ing in an ordingry box. At police headquarters this morning it was said that the man arrested told the police the location because he was so intoxi- cated. He had half a pint of whisky left in his pocket when arrested. The man was released on giving the infor- mation. U.S. TROOPERS AFTER BANDITS HOLDING YANKS \Eighth Cavalry Crosses Border; Aviators ' Peterson and Davis Released on Pay- ment of Half Sum Demanded by Out- laws; Officers Say They Landed on | American Side : (By Associated rene.) CANDELARIA, Texas, Aug. 19.—(Via army field telephone to Marfa.) —Troops uf the 8th cavalry crossed the Mexican border at (6:40 this morning in pursuit of the bandits who held Aviators Peter- son and Davis for $15,000 ransom. MARFA, Tex., Aug. 19.—Lieutenants Harold Peterson and Paul Davis, army aviators, who were held prisoners by Mexican bandits since last Wednesday, were released early today after a payment of half ——— as the $16,000 ransom dé piled. Cap. | twin Matlack took the money across the border, paid half of it, and Peter- | son was released. When Davis was | seer without making the fina! payment. |, The government will repay the pri- | | vate persons who raised the ransom. delivered he galloped away with the | One attempt to escape was made by the aviators while held prisoners. They were threatened by death if they can side of the river 2 week ago Sun- day, Peterson. said.. ,They,. tried to find their way to an army camp but | became confused. They were on their | way to Candelaria, when an. armed Trap Door in Kitchen Re- veals Hiding Place; No | Mexican made them prisoners. The aviators were unarmed. They were Arrests Are Made Yet, later taken by armed bandits and eontinued on a forced journey until Friday night when the bandits forced the aviators to write messages de- Police Say manding the ransom, telling them the Thirty-one gallons of varied! death threat. They were well treat- brands of intoxicating liquors and/ed by the bandits. Captain Matlack 16 bottles of whisky ‘and other| *#!4 the aviators landed in Mexico, *. ; A 4 | contradicting Peterson. drinks were seized in a raid on the| Licutenant Peterson made the fol- house at 307 West Second street| lowing statement: “We a Soneay . and thot we were two miles from late ; pesterdley afternoon. The! Candelaria. We walked until early qr x eerie by Henry White, ac-| Monday. We got food at a ranch, cording to the police but he has not; and Wednesday entered a village. We | then hired a Mexican to take us to rests been made by the police. The! Candelaria. We were ready to start | big cargo, the majority of which when an armed Mexican came and was in good sized kegs, was turned over to Sheriff Pat Royce. Fifteen gallons of blackberry cor- dial, eight gallons of rock and rye, and eight gallons of rum not count- ing one empty 16 gallon keg were seized by Chief Frank Webb in his personally conducted raiding party. A trap door under the sink in the kitchen opened into the hiding place of the booze. It is understood that the arrest of several men for being drunk aided the police in making the| PETE raid yesterday because information| FULL $15,000 IS PAID gleaned from these men tipped off the| TO RECOVER MEN, OFFICIAI. 4 z esc} (My United Pressed police to the possible location. SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 19.—An offi: The W. O. Wilson property on See. \tcial report to headquarters of the jond street has been bought by J.| southern department here said the C. Zuttermeister, who will remove the| full fifteen thousand dollars ransom old house on the property, and will| was paid for the aviators release. build a modern two-story building| Captain Leonard Metlock, said in his for a bakery and candy factory. (Continued on Page 8.) acted as our guide. We were overtaken by six armed bandits and | many townspeople and were taken to another village. We then resumed the journey and continued on until Friday, where were held in the mountains until the ransom was paid. We had plenty of food. We thot all the time that we were near Valen- tine. The bandits threatened to kill us if the ransom was not paid.” soon we 18 MINERS KILLED IN COLORADO MINE TRINIDAD, Colo., Aug. 19.—Eighteen miners were killed by Monday’s explosion in the Oakview coal mine. Twelve were taken out yesterday, and the remaining six today. Afterdamp caused most of \the deaths. Eighteen were trapped behind the wall of ruins and es- | cape was impossible. Twenty others escaped from various other open- ings in the mine. The rescuers worked all night. The bodies were recovered 4,000 feet beneath the workings of the mine. The mine was not badly wrecked by the explosion. Thra- out the night a crowd of watchers maintained a vigil at the mouth of the mine. The last turned away today when it became known that ‘all in the mine were dead. TRINIDAD, Colo., Aug. 19.—-Rescue night in the Onkviow mi ‘Veta and located, The death list stands at died of suffocation. — a ap ape a Me ae a le A