Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 25, 1919, Page 1

TO THREA”N FOODS Eight Thousand Railroaders Out in Vicini Three Days Meat Supply in Losa ngeles. Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—President ¥ confer with Director General Hines manding a twenty-five per cent increase in wages. ms LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25.—A large number of the Pacific shéps here joined in the strike of railroad trainmen ed a parade through the business district of the city. (By Axsnocinted Press.) | = The decision of the strikers on the | Santa Fe lines at San Bernardino to} extend the strike zone east and north} to Barstow and Needles, which form | a gateway from this section by that| system, caused Santa Fe officials to | say that the existing dearth of move- ment on their lines here would prob- ably extend today toward San Fran- cisco and also east. The Salt Lake lines are now tied up as far east as San Bernardino. Postal authorities here are await- ing word from Washington that they! might call on other government egen- cies to aid in handling mail. The Arcade station, where much outgo- ing mail is handled, is piled high, and even registered mail is being} handled by the hundredweight, while second class matter is literally filling all available space. Postmaster Fos- ter said today that he was trying to arrange for airplane and destroyer service to points beyond the strike | zone. | ern California. switchmen and brakemen on the Californ The Southern Pacific’s Sunset is reported to have outside the zone striking. The train critical. The strike of the trainmen is the various local brotherhood lodg: TUCSON 18 ISOLATED | TO RATION FOOD SUPPLY | “(By Associated Press.) TUCSON, Ariz, Aug, 25.—Tucson | is practically isolated as a result of the southern Pacific strike. The mayor today cut the supply of gas- oline to be allowed motorists. The mayor will also confer with the city | attorney and council as to some | method of rationing food supplies al hy b E S$ U M E D IN tre strike continues 48 Lours longer. | (By United Press.) | 7 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25.—Five | hundred machinists and five hundred boiler makers quit at the Southern leaders, to have been voiced by ea MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS JOIN WALK OUT (Dy Associated Press.) ers. With the railway shopmen out this makes a total of eight thousand} strikers here now. Union leaders say a general strike is imminent. Other transportation unions have taken a strike vote. The city is vir- tually isolated. The mayor has call- ‘ed upon the people to conserve food. Packers here say that there is only three days’ supply left. that right under the treaty, which stipulates that they are to safe- guard plebscite. The Silesian situ ation is most unsetisfactory and the Germans are revorted to be bring- ing about a recrudescence of the re- cent reigns of terror. (By United P » -LONDON, Aug. 25.—The Silesia disturbances are spreading, and are} becoming more violent. The Ger-| mans have forbade any strikes, and have ordered the instant execution of all persons with weapons. There were under 30 shot at Bytom and * nine at Bubrowitz. The populations of two mining towns were punished for radicalism by deportation toward Germany. Hes (By Associated Prexs.) 2 WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Presi- dent Wilson submitted to the repre- sentatives of six railroad crafts today a proposal to pay the shopmen about four cents an hour increase, on the basis of ten hours’ pay for eight hours’ work, retroactive to May 1. The president told the committee of 100 representing the shop crafts | that any greater increase now would) greatly increase the cost of living, (Ry United Prea ; and, therefore, was inadvisable. | PpITTSBURGH, Aug. —Serious Certain classes of shopmen, car in-| rioting has broken out here as a re- spectors, repairmen, who have been’ sult of an effort of the street railway | receiving 63 cents and 58 cents re-| company to operate cars with strike- | spectively, would be paid 67 cents an breakers following a 11-days tieup.! hour under the proposed scale. The | The state constabulary has been call- shopmen’s representatives told the|eqd. The police are powerless. Sev-| president they would submit the prop- eral cars were demolished and many osition to the members whose original | persons injured demands for advance were 25 percent. | = ed ATY TUESDAY; 5 DAYS WER ug. 25.—The resignation of the Hungarian government | of Arh Deke pave previously reported in press rigtic is a nounced in a message received by the supreme counct t nye. e messages indicated that the resignation occurred at 8 oa atur- day night and that the formation of a new cabinet had begun. ———_—<_—_— (My Associated . > ‘ | PARIS, Aug. 25.—The Austrian treaty will be considered by the supreme council this afternoon and probably will be handed to ane Aus- trian delegates tomorrow. Five days will be given for consi eration unless ians ask for a longer delay. ‘peo as rhage doecalgs binet, Paul Gara mi, minister of justice in the P. cabinet, will be minister of commerc-e, while former minister of hom will by jinist f food, Karl Payer, ; Peldll gavecniapats hae been designat ed as minister of labor and Count | Crany asinilateter. of foreign affairs. The other places. have not yet be filled, ¥ eidll | idl, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STRIKE SPREADING TP-PROPORTIONS AS Union Leaders Declare General Walk-Out Is Imminent; Only sident Wilson cancelled several engagements in order to and representatives of the railroad shopmen who are de-, 3,100 men employed in the Southern} here today. The strikers start) i =! (STRIKE ON FOUR RAILROADS CAUSES TIE-UP IN LOS ANGELES en anocinted Pri (By A LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25.—Traffic on Angeles is virtually paralyzed today by the strike of trainmen who quit their posts last week ‘in sympathy with the platform men of the Pacific Electric company, which operates interurban systems in south- The strike situation , walking out in sympathy with the members of the brothe: || hoods in other southern California all traffic to Texas and Arizona points. Railroad officials have declared’ the situation to be extremely the national brotherhood, but in sympathy for a strike, PARIS, Aug. 25—Germany has | 5 Pacific railway yards this morning; in| declined to invite the allied troops | | sympathy with the street car strike| (. | olice Silesia before they have ‘along with a trunk full of whisky | CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1919 | € UPPLYNOW ty of Los Angeles and| Tucson Isolated > four railroads entgring Los is further complicated by the Southern Pacific railroad at Indio, ft here yesterday nm which puts it only carried m understood to have been called by es without the express sanction of id by lecal ern officers. RAIDED, $4,000 IN LIQUOR SEIZED Che Casper Daily Tribune NUMBER 261 YANKSZARE OUT OF MEXICO HUMAI M ING HOTEL TUESDAY BILL STROTHER OFFERS SERVICES TO ARMY DRIVE THREATEN TO 60 IN AT ANY TIME BANDITS CAUSE MORE TROUBLE Trail Grew Cold and Chase Abandoned Strother Amves Here To- day and Promises to Give Casper Some Real Thrills Bill Strother, the man who is home on ‘the building, will Henning hotel building tomorrow at side of almost any cale the five-story night starting at 7:15 o'clock Tho Bandit Leader When nearly at the top of the T rs building Strovher will dlaetbute ar Is Thot Killed ies of The Tribune to the Strother was not ex “here un-| dit chase has ended and the troops til the last of ey Hh i ; he ar-) are back. The withdrawal was ef- rived this morning from Cheyenue, ¢ . where he has been doing climbing |fected Sunday night after further stunts for the Salvation Army home Search was seemingly futile. The service drive, His climbing stunt Americans, during the six-day stay here will be for the campaign of the! in Mexico, killed five bandits, and Salvation Army for a $25,000 hut penctrated 50 mile: nto eastern Strother is the man who climbed Chihuahua the 42-story Singer building in New York city in 52 minutes. On reach ‘ing the top of this tall skyscrapper, WITHDRAWAL A MILITARY the human spider descended to the) MOVE, SAYS WASHINGTON treet many feet below with the aid WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—The de | of a parachute. cision to withdraw from Mexico was | Since leaving the army both he wholly a litary one, and not influ and Arthur Hill, his manager, have enced by President Carranza’s re been working and doing stunts for the qu announced here today. | benefit of the Liberty loan, Salvation Tew snd Major Army and War Saving Stamp drives. General Dickman 1 it time to In Oklahoma City, Strother climbed withdraw Mor ne may ep the highest and most difficult build-| ter Mexico anytime if the bandits’ ings for the alvation Army cam- presence near the border warrants paign, In Denver he did hissclimb Ax far as is known Secretary Lan ing stunts for the benefit of the sing has not replied to President Car- newsboys, while in Color: nza yet he risked his life for the Ass = Charities. Mr. Hill, who is an excellent en-| DEATH OF BANDIT LE tertainer, has consented to sing “Sal CONFIRMED BY YAN = vation Lassie’ just before Strother) yarn nets Major = ———____-—— Bill Strother, the Human Spid er, Taking His Eevening Climb. starts his long climb up the face of yancey, commander of the American } 5 = - - the Herajng hotel ; punitive expedition, said today that } The Oi] Exchange building will be! j¢ considered the report. authentle | the next victim of the long climbs that Jesus Renteria, bandit leader, } | ; j by Strother if present plank mate- was Killed from an American ait | vialize. “Bill” tried the side of this, jane Tuesday | talk and most modern Casper build Malor! Nancey alae) Oontitineds Ute ing this morning and pronounced it) datement by Lieutenant Peterson . “porsible,”” altho there were few foot-' (iat x night patrol of American troops 9 holds, came upon a patrol of Carranza a3 = troops near Coyane Saturday night LONDON, Aug. 25.—Grave warn-| ering the India bill. while pursuing Apolino Renteria, a {ing about the possibilities in India He said the extremists wete in- rotliet oh oop series tegen ane aly | arising from the “activities of the ex-| creasing rapidly and were — using Karis ant yd aa t os th », against the government propaganda, can patrol returned to camp for « | Harrington Verney Lovett, who has by slander and misrepresentation. A o withdraw Sunday ax « “hot trail ; held many important positions in the | Indian government, in the course of |the testimony before the committee of the government, which is consid Blas Vucurevich Charged with Firing at Officers When Search of Home SURPLUS STOCK Is Started | Two raids Saturday night by the | SHIPP OUT T0 ESCAPE ARREST sheriff's office netted the county (By Axsociated Press.) approximately $5,320 in liquor | and 28 cases of whisky and wine) CHICAGO, Aug. 25.—Federal bottles of beer. agents here are inv. @ reports Blas Vucurevich, local broker, is) : : +8 tha Jers bi hi alleged to have taken a shot at Charles| they sucnios atecke to Keaton itn and three barrels filled with quart Hs rig yl atetry lente ee the sher-| Omaha and other western cities to iff’s office, with a 38-caliber revolver | Fi Rha ki Saturday night when Deputy Easton| °“*P° Prosecution fer hoarding here ig ] | > — and W. E. Kilgore, acting under Sher- iff Pat Royce’s orders, started to search his home for liquor. After stop-! ping all “funny business,’”’ the two (By Uni Press.) ROME, Aug. 25.—Mount Vesu- entered the home at 132 North Lin-/ coln street and seized 28 cases of} whisky and wine and three barrels of beer. The first raid by the sheriff’s of-| fice came earlier in the evening when the Virginia hotel was entered and a trunk fuil of whisky seized. There was about 40 pint botfles of the “red as Bass : 39 vius is erupting. Two streams of rood: ware per ivaerys arrest i#¥® are flowing toward the valley. and is now out on $2,000 bond. No |The villages are as yet not threat- complaint has been made against him ere Ea and consequently no warrant has been issued but it is said that he will be, SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25.—An air: charged with resisting a county offi-|Plane, believed to be the machine fire’ in the trunk making the seized cer and firing on the officer while|™manner by officers Waterhouse and/| performing his duty. | Connelly was sighted the same day, Complaints were madé to Sheriff| maneuvering above Svita Viellas, 15 Royce regarding the homé of Vucu-| miles southeast of Ensenada in lower | revich concerning liquor and handling | California. of it. The two deputies, consequent- ly, were sent to the home Saturday| with him and neither of the officers night. They approached the house| dared to fire. quietly, but Vucurevich, it is said,! was waiting for them. As the two officers from the sher- | ; He met them| i¢f’s office approached the porch, Vu- | in the yard. ‘ curevich warned them not to come up| The officers warned him that they! on it. The officers paid no attention | were officers and were acting under | to him, hang a search warrant which orders. But Vucurevich brot his gun! ajiowed them to enter the house. into play. He missed Enston by afew! A big truck was used about 2 feet. Then Easton ran toward him | o'clock Sunday morning to haul the at once and prevented his firing any! liquor from the home to the sheriff's more shots. Vucurevich’s wife WAS} office. strong lead was ne was not ded from England, ound he for otherwise the ruin D K The American troops, who march of Ind d British interests there 1 out of Mexico last night, resumed would be accomplished their stations along the border to (Hy Anmoets enn.) Airplanes have resumed their reg = Us tok is surrounded by insurgents airplane wa ip to Conchos ; and the town is filled with refugees today to we ‘Ral maanine according to Bolsheviki wireless, wrecked when Davis and Peterson | which states that the Japnnese — ¢,.j| squadron has arrived at Viadivos t ers and: Texas. rangers are - tok. irriving from settlements along the HONOLULU, Aug. 25.—An Amer- ony Rio Grande as it eported that much ican transport, probably the Sherman, + YC ill feeling is felt among the civilian \ Nagasaki dispatch says the Sherman of the raid, and depredations are fear- s due here from Manila early in ARE EVACUATING « September. The message stated that a tugs are trying to float the trans- (ity A ated Prens.) vee : OMSK, REPORTED yqpitt, Yoeet hug —anr0e ae —— hundred and seventy-five American (Hy United Prean.) cavalrymen, who last week entered 17 PLANES HOP LONDON, Aug Admiral Kol-| \¢ o in pursuit of bandits, were ~ chak’s forces are vacuating Omsk, pay n American soil last night, fol . day. Insurgent ure surrounding yesterda | NEW YORK CITY . Vissivonot oe | —— Hee san LOWER CALIFORNIA 1S | (By United Prens.) DOUGLAS, Aug. 20.—Two hun- ce aRCHED FOR AVIATORS TORONTO, Aug. Seventeen | dred « dants in the Bisbee depor (By United Press.) ecole hopped off here this after-! tation ¢ were arrested today on a SAN DIEGO, Aug. 26 Airplanes j noon in a race to New York city. anket arrant. Nearly all of them searching for the two mis#ing U. S ani in B A cial court aviators, are operating from a ba | y YORK, Aus. —A dozen train brot them here The hearings in er California A mining engi airplanes left here today in a derby will be resumed here on 30 of the neer here said he saw an airplane race to Toronto. One carried a let- cases, 51 having previously been dis- jast Wednesday 40 miles below the ter of invitation from Mayor Hylan po of by binding them over to the. borde This is the most authentic re- |to the Prince of Wales. term on defendant’s motion. port received so far CUT CONSCRIPTION IF U. S. STAYS IN (By United Press.) the American representa must to accept the senate action on WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Sen- ote must first be submitted to certain arbitration in the treaty ator Jones of Washington, intro- congress for its advice, the bill with Great Britain, Such actioa duced a bill in the senate today |ikewise propo would throw the treaty back into that the United States withdraw we the senate which which could then from the league of nations two presIDENT MAY REFUSE ratify it unqualifiedly or refuse years after the ratification of the ANY SENATE ACTION to act further, thus causing a treaty unless all of the nations (By United Press.) deadlock, { abolish conscription within that WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Pres. The Republicans threaten that time. It also provides for the elec- Wilson may refuse to accept a they would then prop & sepa- tion by the American. people of ratification any senate action rate resolution declaring the war representatives to the league coun- either in amending or reserving with Germany over. The Demo- ‘cil the same as the president is { the treaty. He could refuse to crats, however, declare this never elected. } send notice of such @ ratification would be sanctioned by the ma- All questions of policy whereon ‘to Paris, like Pres. Taft refused jority. ]