Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 28, 1919, Page 1

PRO Da <OHIBITION UNDER WAR-TIME ACT ENDS WITH RATIFICATION Ban to Be Lifted by Presidential Procla tion When Senate ‘Acts, Official ment from White House ‘Asserts: Overrides Veto of President WASHINGTON, Oct. brought to an end by presidential proclamation immediately after the senate, ratifies the German peace treaty, it was said at the White, House today. Officials explained that the war- time act’ Bappded that it should be annulled by the president when peace had been declared and when the army and navy | had been emobilizea. Congress was informed yesterday by | President Wilson in his message veto- jing the probibition enforcement | bill |that demobilization of the army and | navy had been completed. ; The White House. announcement clears Up any doubt as to whether the |war would be ended legally with rati- |fication of the German treaty. ALIENS T@ LOSE JOBS FIRST AT U.S. NAVY YARDS Oct. 28.—No citizens of the United States are to be re- moved from their jobs at navy ards because of lack of work or ek of funds for naval construc- tion, until all aliens have been dis- charged . This was the substance of an order by Secretary Daniels received today at first naval district headquarters. ame sare HOUSE PASSES BILL OVER WILSON’S VETO (By United Prexs.) i ne house last night by a vote of 176° to overrode the president's veto {ofthe dry enforcement bill. As Attor- |ney-General Palmer had held that the prohibition enforcement bill is constitu- tional, thé overriding of the yeto, ex- pected in thé senate, too, means the | immediate tightening of the prohibition |lid in wet states where two and three fourths per cent beer and stronger jdrinks are being sold openly in disre- | 1 of war-time prohibition. | SENATE WRANGLES | OVER VETOED BILL TRAINMEN TURN DEMANDS OVER | waciteaesecinte’ Meee TO UNION HEAD | to have the senate act on motion to repass the prohibition enforcement bill jover the president's veto, was made |Soon after the senate convened tod: is Democrats objected and a G0! Oe. The | Chicago | lmentary wrangle enstied, The deb ood of Railway Traimmen toc; V8, still going on when the senate Placed their wage demands in ithe] Cased: to méeaive Ting Albert. hands of their national officers and : “ eee iat) (My United Press.) te re- cHIc Frott day deem if nec +, Other lokals 1 P| action ae NO CHANGE IN CONDITION OF WILSON TODAY jay Anais HAGERSTOWN, M4a., Oct. 28.— (By Unitea Press.) Steadfast support to the federal goyern- WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—“There |ment in combatting the attempts of is no change in the president's con- | “certain radical elements to vitiate and dition. Progress continues. He | destroy American institutions’ wi Juncheon and din pledged in « resolution adopted tods itting po w at the opening session of the Farmer greatly in the enjoym National congress. nN f Ne Vontinea! bilen\ sie: nese” Asserting that the causes underlying his physicians’ bulletin this | Present industrial unrest have aiteesGons the country to the verge of a “cr: eacebcnasee ION 8 the resolution declared that the ‘“con- servatism of the American farmer must be eternally on guard to prevent the development and spread of radical theories whi¢h would subyert the fun, AMBASSADOR IS NON-COMMITTAL damental principles of the American government.” ON PRESIDENCY Mer: «5 2 STATES STEEL (By Associated Press.) UP. DIVIDEN WASHINGTON, Oct. | 28.—Despite aw Braers fi rye ier 4 niiak efforts under, way in Mexico City to States Steel corporgtion at its quar persuade Ambassador to the United {ory menting today Wiiled to declare un States Bontillas to become a candidate | oyira dividend om common stock. The for the presidency to succeed Carran- jgs¢ extra dividend, one percent, was Bz t duties here to even think about politics so far in advance of election, which will be held next August. Bontillas refuses to discuss the mat- pere preferred stocks thor OFFICIALS PIN on 1. TO MINERS’ LEADERS Hope Strike Order Will Be Rescinded but Headquarters Holds Out No Hope for Postponement of Great Walkout By "Associnted Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. ‘of averting the strike of miners November 1 on the meeting * tomorrow at Indianapolis of the executive board of the United ~ Mine Workers of America. A study of union by-laws has re- » vealed that the executive board has the power to call off the « strike or at least order a postponement. f pb tact for the strikes (By United Press.) operators. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 28.—With the 24 hours off on «Whether or not the miners will strike, . there seemed little possibility today that will be placed on the INERS POINT TO TO AS ARGUMENT ‘° (By Associated Press.) MIANAPOLIS, Oct. 28.—President final: decision only the strike: order would be rescinded. on’s veto of the prohibition enforce- The executive committee of the United ment bill yesterday was today advanced Mine Workers, 25 district leadars and ials of the United Mine Workers members of the miners’ scale commit- erica here as an argument in tee, will meet at headquarters h t- of their contention that “war morrow to answer President Wilson. ’ has passed and the miners That the answer will say the str ; are bound by wage agree must go on unless the miners’ demands ments effectiye during “a “continuation are met by the-operators the opin the wuts’ ion expressed at headquarters. Blame ‘It is hoped, they sald, that action will sé 28.—War-time prchibition will be ared nine months ago. Regular divi-| as . declaring he is too busy with his qends of one and a quarter percent! tained against another national emer- on common and one and three-quarters| gency. nt were au-} 28.—Officials today pinned their hope re ' Passed by Large Majority Today Inted Press.) » Oct. 28.—The pro- nt bill was repass- by the t Wilson's veto by a vote of 20. The section relating to ime prohibition becomes effective mediately upon signature of the bill by the presiding officers of the sen- ate and hou CASPER MI IN POI | GENERAL STRIKE Chamber of Commerce and Business Interests Encour- age Movement for Main Highway Artery Crossing Central Wyoming to Park IS ORDERED IN KNOXVILLE (By United Press.) KNOXVILLE, Tenh.. Oct. 28.— The Central Labor council today ord- ered a general sympathetic strike to aid the street car men effective Fri- di Railway employes, city firemen and police are excepted. Three more companies of regular troops are enroute here from Atlan: fa. LOCAL JEWELRY STORE ROBBED DURING NIGHT East Second Street Window Smash- ed and $200 Worth of Jew- ‘elry Taken by Unknown i Burglars;Report + A small newsba thought it peculicr }to find wrist watch on Center streoi ‘about 5 o'clock this morning. 7 investigating he-found that’ the Casper Jewelry company siore, 131 Wasi ‘ond street; had been robbed whet thief smashed the front plate glass win- dow and helped himself to about 9 | worth of assorted artic of § ’ The theft was reported tq@ the police by the boy about 6 o'clock. No clues ve been found by the police and the: was no theory as to the probable crir nal at headquarters this morning. Men’s watches, wrist watches. mond lavallierswere taken from ;window. The window eannot he placed for much less than $100, it was in the jewelry store today, PERSHING WILL TOUR INDUSTRY. BUILT FORWAR dia- the said (By Axsocinted Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. | 28.—C eral Pershing announced today that he was planning a tour of inspection of wi in. dustries bulit up during his abser France to formulate recomme to what portion should t in utions main- The trip will take coast, He will Missouri. him to the Pacific algo his home In HOPE visie swing public opinion their way and aid in securing thelr demands for a 30- hour week and a 60 per cent increase in pay, failure of which resulted in an order to Strike November 1. Acting Rresident Lewis of the mine workers is en route from Springfield, Illinois, to attend the meeting of the executive board organization tomorrow. ; Many members of the board arrived to- President Lewis also has asked district presidents of the mine work- ers and members of the miners’ scale committee to attends the meeting to- morrow, this action being taken in view of the president's demand that the or- der for the strike be rescinded. CABLNET MEETS TO OUTLINE POLICIES (By Us WASHINGTOD 28.—The cab- inet met at 4 p.m. today to consider the coal strike and to complete plans for a new National Industrial conference. Attorney-General Palmer and Secre- tary of Labor Wilson will report on! plans for law enforcement baged prin- chpally on the co! food control act. They also probably will discuss plans ‘to arbitrate differences, between the |miners and operators in ‘the event both sides consent to arbitration. senate over piracy section of ‘the OVER 4,000 COPIES delivered to subscribers every day SHORTEST ROUTE TO AST PROECTED THRU HE | i} Located on one great highway—the Yellowstone—extend- | of The Daily Tribune sold and DAGE IN SENATE per. istruet- excep varm pe . THE DAILY TRIBUNE mn bi TT wit '’ | Member of the Associated Press, (2 fc and served by the United Press.) “ “”" CASPER, wYo., TUESDAY, OCT. 28, 1919 NUMBER 14 WIYMANY DROWN AS - LAKE SHIP HITS | PIER AND SINKS “City of Muskegon” Wrecked Trying for Narrow Passage in Stiff Gale, Nearly 100 Jump for Lives, Many Missing | [By United Press] MUSKEGON, Mich., Oct. 28.—Seven persons were killed early iHT Itices gs, no all the that in the rheu en you mbago, thache, , ing from Cheyenne to the nation’s greatest playground, Casper | today when thei ag br prasbed the steamer mai of Shar | in common wit hother points east.and west is soon to find a place £0" against the pier here. ight ot Gy Cat Hee ee eas —mande | on another great route over which tourists will stream in years 99 Passengers and crew escaped by leaping to the pier. 3 r pain- | to come and which will provide more direct connections by’! It was pitch dark when the steamer attempted to nose into the pee ane | road with Wyoming’s chief industrial center. The new high- marrow passage between the two mile-long piers. At the entrance a )..). = | Way is none other than that promoted | huge wave éxught the boat jand furthered by the Grant Highway | Captain Eawarg Miller ordered all to | y, |Improvement association and first} jJump. Men and women slid er the | steps toward routing it thru Casper [Saee Ste hb SHI Pron Minipod sin beeen ; Were taken today with the arrival }mostly in night clothes over which they | here of Malcolm MacKinnon of Rock- jhad @yown a few Ne RAITT accRTREe WOT Eo. cabelas HEADS CAI! i A | minutes later another wave lencouragement for the project from | struck the boat. It floated back into dim }Tocal business sources. } the entrance and sank ome linger: { i ing passengers, it is went Mr. MacKinnon reached here after | 4 E down nee ete WHITE HOU Rie Wad ete atk | the route across Nebraska, having met | ‘were hurried away i mak- | the business men of Harrison, Craw. ford, Chadron, Hay Springs and Gor- don during the past week, and extend- ed his activities into Wyoming by stop-| ‘ping at Van ‘Tassel, Lusk, Manville, Douglas, Glenrock and Casper. Tonight | he will go to Cheyenne to attend the! (state highway meeting there and make |the acquaintance of good roads en- thusiasts of Wyoming at the conference | called hy Governor Robert D. Carey. | Ata ting to be held in Casper | next’ as the most central point jof the route thru Wyoniing, a state di- ‘vision of the Grant association will be formed, officers elected and other steps | /taken to insure the permanency of the} organization. Between Douglas and{ Waltman the Grant route follows ‘the | Yellowstone highway, but from Walt-| man west it will pass thru Shoshoni missing difficult. at $500,000 and jing a check of the | The boat was valued }was a total loss 1,000 DAMAGE FROM FIRE AT ~ KEABLES HOME President Unable to Receive Them but Mrs. Wilson Does Honors; King Albert Pays Homage to Nation in Congress «By United Press.) WASHINGTON, va Bootes Slate ee peered it be a umpean deanach- today -today.when King and Queen Eli called | to pay their respects to the Wilsons. The informal call lasted only 29 minutes. The president did not see them. Mrs. Wilson greeted them at the door. As Queen Elizabeth left she kissed Mrs. Wilson’s hand. | and Riverton and thence up the Wind river road now being improved to Du- | bois and the southern entrance to Yel- lowstone. From Jackson the touris will be taken thru Idaho Falls, then to| Boise by way of Hailey or Pocatello ~ and thence to Portland. | The association contemplates the |, ‘shortest and most digpct route from | Chicago to the coast. It¢was organized | in 1915 and takes its name from Grant | Memorial park, Chicago, which is the | eastern terminus of the route. Aided by the authorization of the Illinois state bond issue, long stretches of the | road leading to Dubuque are now be-| ing surfaced with concrete and this im-_ ‘provement is being carried out in Iowa | on a smaller scale, along what was | formerly known as the Hawkeye high-| wa which was later absorbed by the Grant association, Four counties along a route from Dubuque to Sioux City thru Waterloo and Fort Dodge havej| yotéd improvement. The road follows the line of the Bur- | . lington- ‘In starting across northern Ne- |braska ynd it has been routed with a ‘view to escaping sand and other objec- |tionable features. Roads most. practica- ble for immediate travel received first consideration. } Preliminary efforts here in organizing for the Wyoming division are taken up with the acquisition of memberships and numerous ones subscribed to the, project today thru the interest of Prest-| dent Farl D. Holmes of the Casper Chamber of Commerce and Secretary George B, Nelson, Lusk boasts of 50 or more members at the present time. The membership fee, it is stated, | takes care of all expense including the cost of marking the highway with the yellow and black markers which are directly the reverse of the Black and Yellow trail. ‘The road is now marked as far as O'Neil, Neb., and this im-| provement wilt be completed as far as} the Yellowstone by spring. Thru the organizations being formed along the | route the road will soon receive a large; shure of ‘the improvement work and)| this is the ultimate goal. The Nebras-, a link already has been designated as state primary highway . Mr. MacKinnon is a’ former news- paper man, having held prominent po- sitions on the editorial staff of Chicago and Sioux City papers. This Will stand , the association in good stead in future publicity work, which goes far to ingure | the success of a project such as the | Grant association is furthering. Mr. | MacKinnon, will address a meeting in | Lusk next Week and will also be here | next month at the meeting called to | ‘perfect the Wyoming organization. ' | re BODY SHIPPED TO NEWELL, S. D. The body of Walter Wagner. 16 years | old, messenger boy, who died Satur- day of heart failure, was shipped tc , Newell, 8. D.,.this afternoofravhere tun: }eral services will be held and burial | will be made, 6 | 4 The cabinet cailed on the Be! n! 7 yalty at thelr temporary residence. | Fast Work by Fire Department DIDN T INTEND (Hy Axnociated Presy.) Saves House on North Pine WASHINGTON, Oct. 28-—King Street While Wind is [bert of paid homa: SOLDIERS FOR | ho entatives today to. the} Blowing Gale {American army, which he described Al Ba ree ee 5 jena peisive factor in determining the AG Conte SG vith 60- USE IN MINES In an address to. the senate a few | mile wind blowing caused $1,000 dam: inutes earlier he had rted that/age to the 4-room ho: occupied by ‘nothing could better cl rize the |. 1. Keables, 156 1 Pir we Reeagoeulyersal det than the} about 7:15 o'clock this mornit Quick WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Sena- ses Were the most impor-;to the fire pk 1 the flames under con- tor Thomas of Colorado told the the king in Amer He! trol in about ten minutes, according to senate today that the bill he intro- me for the entire| Assistant Fire A. Villnave Practically furniture moved out of the house and there wa no loss reported from this source was not known whether {nation and his sincer | Belgium's thanks to | dent. In the house King Albert said in part: duced'yesterday did not provide for the use of soldiers in operating coal mines: in the event of the strike of minérs, but merely for use in keep- y in expressing America was evi- It any insurance ing open the channels of transpor- “Our two peoples have triumphed to-| was carried on the residence. tation, Action on the reso! gether. Int ation of the Americ When the fire apparatus arrived at pledging the support of congress army was the decisive factor in deter-|the scene of the blaze, the roof was a the administration went over till | ™ining victory. { pay my respe {mass of flames and most of the kit- | and sincere homage to the office -|chen was burning. A wide sweep for tomorrow. | a me LAND IS BOUND the southwestern gale was thus afford- jed and for a time the entire dyelling appeared to be doomed An unused chimney flue which did not have proper connections with the diers and lors who fell for a | cause on the battlefields of Euroy ‘GROCERIES ENOUGH FOR OVER TO COURT | {chimney on the roof is held re | ble for the fire, Instead of goins | side, the flue c 1 the smoke ON $3,000 BOND: —A4 DRDERS FROM U), §, sisisctn tice st “ling into the attic os | A checking of the grocery supplies} Mr. Villnaye warned all residents to J, T. Land, charged with the theft|Peceived at the local postoffice shows | be yecially careful during winter of Liberty loan bonds and oil compans | tha! lies wore ved in this lot| weather when high winds are prevalent stocks, waived preliminary examination to fill the 89 inspect for defective and unused this morning in justice of peace court, Which e taken in August. Ail ¢ #. This is the season for fires from and was bound over to the district}@? purchasers will have to await the |defective flues and chimneys and the court. He was released on $3,000 bond.| ext shipment. An examination of the | firomen unxious to cut this danger No other charga has been. entered/Shipment also shows that there is a/down to a minimum gainst him. In preliminary hearinga|Sbertage in canned tomatoes afd Inilk| Today's fire was the first large one of those connected with the theft of] Mavy in Casper for nearly two months. $50,000 worth of whisky from a pri- vaie garage, Land was named in testi- mony as one of those involved. RANSOM PAID BY PERSONAL AGENT > OF WM. JENKINS Attorney Goes Alone to'Camp of, Bandits and Counts Out Cash When Friends Are Warned Against Violence The preliminary hearing of Land has been postponed about three times y came up today only waived by the defendant. THREE SHARES OF STOCK FOR USE OF LETTER CHICAGO, Oct. 28.—George Baxter | of Melrose, New Mexico, testifying in} the trial of officials of the Pan Motor company, charged with using the mails to defraud, identified the letter he gave Pandolfq head of the company and de-/ fendant at trial, which was used by the latter in stock selling activities. | Baxter admitted that he received) three shares of Pan Motor stock in pay- ment for signing the letter, which ex- pressed the opinion that the business of manufacturing automobiles offered an attractive feld for investment | | i | { { [By Asnoctated Pre] MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28.—The release of United States Consular Agent Jenkins, who was held by bandits and who returned to Puebla yesterday, was effected by one lone man, Senor Mestre, personal at- torney of Jenkins, according to advices received here. At the beginning of negotiations for the ransom Frederico Cor- jdova, leader of the bandits, stipulated that any effort om the part of for Seat-| Jenkins’ friends to appear in force at ; he found visit with;the bandit rendezvous would result in, t Ly short ps —— Angus Rutherford left today tle, Wash., for an extender Jenkins on a ley th his brother, sister. Mr. Rutherford |the death of Jenkins. som. money out 1 re wil return by the w of. Salt Uake| Mestre, therefore, met Cordova at Ha-} ceipt signed as released ant City, Utab. efenda Chavarra and was conducted toon the arm « the house, ati Sahn * io ss