Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 10, 1919, Page 1

\PTENTION—TRIRUNE” READE! Because of almost complete tion of overland wire service tod WIR [By Associatea Press] DENVER, Nov. 10.—Wire service out of Denver is seriously crip-| pie and trains from the east, west and north are’ from hours behind schedule as a result of the blizzard that of heavy snowfall over a wide district. Eight miles of Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph company are reported down east of North Rlatte, Nebr. That company had a wire outlet the south only. Western Union Postal Telegraph wires were working to the east and these companies also had 1 limited service west. A heavy loss of livestock on ‘ ranges of northern Colorado is feared, blizzard struck that part of the without warning. The range is snow to the overage depth us the tate covered by © £00 Kansas und of ¢ nd Nebraska reported heay, high winds. * The: mercury now dropped below gero in several parts of} fuel ssituation ie| ihe storm area... ‘The overal places caused considerable anxie- Mi kCURY DROPS BELOW UNDAY MORN ions of the cold wave to fol- low the snéwstorm in Wyoiting Satur- day were borne out ¢arly Sunday morn- when thé témperature, reached point / of T6UF . degreds- bolext.. w coldest dayvof the winter to date. Stock @id. not suffer greatly from the cold and “show in this’ region’ se feeding already hac been startéd. Continuation of storms which have marked the early winter season, how oy will be marked by disastrous re-! according tone loen! atpcemgn: PATTEN RESIGNS. ALFRED A. LOWEY ACCEPTS OFFICE and Prase resignation of County y WwW, A. The tten was for-! f County rd Commissioners 6 o'clock evening, and was immediate hy the board. Alfred H, Lowey, a mem ber of the firm of Durham & Lowey. Was alpointed to the place. Mr. Lowey tecepted, qualified and entered upon he duties of the, office early today The resignation ‘of Mr, Patten came ufter ed in by Goyernor Care torney General Wilcox, Sheriff Roy \ttorney Patten and Commissioners Veitch, Griffith and Hall. In his formal resignation Mr, Pat ten made the following dec ion: I was elected to the office by the ple of Natrona couyty; and I deep- appreciate their ion. However, board, in so many instances, has seen fit to obstruct my administration that it he become impossible for me lo properly and efficiently perform the dutie uaw lly at 1 series of conferences participat-| At Assistant ly your nted sacrifice (of time and maney.”* M declared t ounty attorney apparent that nbers of the boi obstructed the y when it was plainly his actions were notin accor the prineiples of law and order. They cite the action of the -ceynt in the bootleg and murder ‘cases and! the arrgst of the sheriff anv hi uu ties to substantiate their contention. OFFICERS’ CASE _ DROPPED TODAY tgainst eriff Vat ty Kilgore aod two other deputy sheriffs. arrested on complaint of mer County Attorney Patten, were determined in Judge Tubbs’ court when they came up for trial at 2 o'clock this afternoon. » Special’ Prosecutors Purcell and Winters withdrew from the case A. H. Lowey, ‘the new county attor- ney, took charge f the cases {or the prosecution. In dismiissing thé cases Attorney Lowey ‘stgted that i ‘at any time during the trial of the mur- der cases it was brot out that either the: sheriff or his deputies had been guilty of the things complained ot to; and} the | i AND TRAIN. SERVICE HIT BY .; GREAT BLIZZARD Middle West and Rocky Mountain Region War Mothers in Charge of Swept by Terrific Storm; Mercury Here Reachéd Four Below Zero DE. WH.HELM > SOLF—ColonigI Minis- ter of Germany, and _the first: Foreign’ Minister afferithe THE DAILY TRIBUNE Member of ‘the Associated Press, and served by the United Press. CASPER, wyo,, MONDAY, NOV. 10, 1919 ARMISTICE. DAY STORES CLOSE, FOOTBAL Program at Army and Navy Club af 8:30 Casper will observe Armistice day, the day which a year ago the: entire nation hailed with wild dem-' to. five onstrations of joy and much noise, 2 hours as a holiday, following a proclama- of the’ tion issued this morning by Acting] Mayor T. A. Dean, an¢d while no def- inite plans for formal celebration | ‘have been made, it is probable that| {there will be some genera! demonstra-| THE PEOPLE TO Tuesday, November 11, being the fi armistice betwéen the gover ie whereas, the Kevernors of most states day « holiday and, whereas, many cities designate Tuesday, November 11, shoppers because the notice of the holf-! day i» so brief. Probably all of Casper vantage of the holiday footbe!l game arranged for cause of humanit; nd the spirit of tha: will take ad-) to attend the; 3. o'clock) great struggle has to a great’ déiree jdiers, sailors and marines in the members of the D. A. R. and the SPanish War Veterams and their fam. | ilies: the city, ing.” Mrs. 41. George Smith, Cook. | Solo. Danee—Miss Leone Blackmore. | Baritone Solo jocanight Little’ | Goodnigh Conley. | Address— Johnson and A. rie oy Fx-Governor B. 4 cision this*morning logically may be in- 1B. Brooks. 5 at.Regular Session Next Month |-terpreted, it appears. as. expressing } This will be Contey’s first ap f | determination on the part of the Wyo-; jpearance as a singer here. | ming "k until hell freezes | } Following the program refreshments course be deemed advis- jwill be served and nn informal “socin! ¢ Hope for immediate action on the oil land leasing. bill) ji). 5 the international offi Mine jhour will be enjoyed. . “went glimmering” Saturday when Senator Smoot told senate} operators from all the Wyoming dis Because pt inability to souk they rand house conferees that action on the bill was unlikely until|t'«ts « one holding ace i » and Masonic temple tor tomorrow n jare available for joint’ conference 5 victors dance, which the War Mothe-zpthe” December session,” according to direct word received by ‘jouia the miners’ deiegates from the planned for Armistice Daz Thursday night. Special plans are be-/ man-Mondell. Other reports s: ing perfected to make this dance me! having trouble in reaching agreement of the most enjoyable which has been) on certain provisions of the bill, another givens, here. stumbling block to early enaction. v7 Sy Sar, + during. the, royaliregime 0; revolution, .has been™deeided: on défin- | Governor Carey, who was>in Casp The general trend of stock quotations tely as German Ambaksxdor to-Great saturday, stated that while he had 0t) today failed to show the effect of such Britain,. cable | dispatohes “from,.Berlin issued a formal proclamation in re-: reports, which may not be generally gard to the, celebration of Armistic?’;nown in market circles. ~'foday’s : Day, it was his wish’ that « fitting re-’ prices were only slightly lower than POPE RECEIVES cognition be given the day, and that tt those of Saturday and reflected some ‘BAVARIAN TODAY} be observed a holiday thruout the state so far as possibl The Mooseheart Legién as uncertainty but because of a firm con- viction that a good leasing bil) eventual- ly will be enacted prices are not affected will abpce at be pie temp row | greatly by unfavorable news having a & evening, the, Henning "has punce* bearing only on tempor develop: (By -Associated ; Press.) la special dinner-dance and there Wi!l) nents. Noy. 10.—For the first time | probably be several several priv ivate Parties, declaration of the world: war, ; “RE TET \ The special session is a part of the present congress and the bill will not have to be reintroduced. y officially. received a rep- Se a cane vou Gunmen enter | With the regular session of congress B " conyening December 1, only a few offthe. Bayprian! lexabernaaapetvoe weeks will intervene before the measure here to prepare for the return’ ef the \ie"pagned and eewune” many fea: Beer a ene tures have been threshed out in the of my office, without great and nee with | contained. the attorney | Shorid: special session much confusion will be eliminated in plaaing it in final form Some local interests discredit the port that the bill will not be passed by | the present session and are hopeful that it will become a law before the] adjournment of congress, which will be WILL IS LEFT UNFINISHED BY RICH FARMER PEACE AT MEET (By Ansociated Press.) HELSINGFORS, Nov. 10.—Opinion in political circles here is that the Baltic) taken this week. \ states Poland at the conference el 1 DENVER, Colo., Noy. 10.—Among being at, Dorpat will reach an O oO | tlecte Off S.-M, Shawnigan Tariet eereeent to invite the Bounevk ol ORPLOBICS GO TF from Kingfisher, Okla., who committed | .end representatives to T at Novem- | CHEYENNE FOR |, i. FEDERAL COURT! Deputy Sheriff W. Kilgore and “Special Agent Roberts of the Burling: |, suicide by shooting himself at the Metro- | per 16 to discuss the question of peaoe politan hotel here, was found‘an unfin-| 11 is considered unlikely that Finland ished) will written In a note-book ania will enter negotiations ag present following, provision gg00g"” eae : \PLAN FOR MEX. ‘Among Lawrence's effects were al JAIL DELIVERY leave my sister, a check for $7,000 and thousands of} 1 h ; dollars worth of marketable stocks and teniaet a a ths ns menue fA IS FRUSTRATED &ttouinson wnten in being tried in. the ; : federal court. Robinson is accused of (By Associated Press.) selling drugs. Attorney M. W, Purcell DOUGLAS, Ariz., Nov 10—A jail ‘Was also subpoenaed in the same case.| <————_—_— \SHIPSHELDUP FOR ELECTION, | SEAMEN VOTE (Hy Annoctated Prens.) ROME, Noy. 10,—Captain Giuistvi, secretary of the seamert’s federation, who is a candidate for office in thé elections here, ordered steamers of sev- eal lines ndt to leave until uftep, the! jelections in ordér to permit the crews | ito vote gt cleetions, which will be -held| November 16. The order cused a partis paralysis ot commerc delivery plot, the “object of which is said to have: been the liberation of several Mexican prisoners, was frus- trated here Sunday night. A search of the cells in which the Mexicans were confined, is said to» have uncov- ered weapons ard tools with which | | the prisonérs- hoped to sain their lib- by Attorney Patten, he would at that | time take the proper action. » Attor- | ney W. 0. Wilson appeared for the defendant) OlL FIELD FIRE REAPS BIG TOLL NORTH TEXAS LOSS IS MILLION WICHITA FALLS,: Texas,-Nov. 10.—Qne mau is dedd and more than 1,000 homeless as the result of an oil fire which swept eight acres of proven ground near here Sunday. The loss. will exceed $1,000,000, Mr. and Mts. "Max Hirsh left today | for, Denver Where Mr. Hish will at-| [tend to business for the Leader store CANADIAN COAL r attending to NUMBER 26) faye day: AND DANCE TO ENTERTAIN: SEE VA ee | ACTING MAYOR DEAN CALLS ON HOLIDAY ON ‘ARMISTICE DAY’|| A PROCLAMATION | the legal consequi nents that were engaged in the late war, it is [} right and proper that the day be observed in day aside as a holiday, it seems that the people of Casper should do likewise. Therefore, in the absence of the mayor, I, as acting mayor, proclaim and that the affair has ended as well as it has, and be joyful in the fact that the’ Author of Measire Wasted by the Senats Says Passage Probably Will Come Up will ‘be giver) Lhe Tribune from F. H. Barrow, private secretary to Congress- Injunction Branded! as ‘Autocratic in Statement Issued by Committee SHORTAGE DUE TO U.S. DELAY (Ry Associated Press.) { OTTAWA. Nov. 10.—Complaint that citizens of Alberta are suffering: for: lack of coal because Canadian roll- ing stock is held on the American side of the border has been made to the Canadian House of Commons. oe Grieves of Ervay is in Ca: business for a few! By Associated ‘WASHINGTON, aNow: 10.— | The executive council - pe |American Federation |bor issued a acon tang ar night declaring that the action} | of the government in injunc-/ | tion proceedingS against the striking {coal miners i ‘‘so. autocratic as stagger the human mind,” ‘The statement declares the! miners’ }“walkout was justified’ and pormised the: support of the éntire organization to the strikers. P f Hl The storm extended from : Ca James B. faanisad divide in southern Cole nda and east as far as the Nine inches of snow a foot at Lander. Grande reported -between Alamos |rive ver gnd and Rio Cumbres Snow | Gnion Pacific, Colorado —|and the Denver and Rio Grande. Of |cials predicted thag passenger trains would running on schedule. all in Den The Dea two feet at and Duran: plows were sent out on ¢ nd Southern Ansoct: Ww. ASHINGTON, Vv leaders today predicted tional officers of the United Mine Work- ers of America meeting in Indianapolis | would not call off the strike as directed | |.by Federal Judge At whatever Press.) 10. — ale, that intern OBSERVE FULL | rst anniversary. of the signing of the | |\Wyoming Miners | Are Marking Time The conference of representatives of | the Wyoming locals of the United Mine | | Workers of America which. convened! | here.this morning to consider the strike And, appropriate manner. | shave ‘ proclaimed and designated this ]} and towns in Wyoming have set this J) holiday and that the an the niisgiving, that we should be thankful }tions of rejoicing that. the great war a request Agree ENERO gon ce is a year in the past. people of the rity, so far as they can consistely do so, observe it as oeidine: Pde ah ae band eae | gree s th Ts om Indianapolis | Business will suspended for the en+!} such. The spirit of the occasion is two-fold—the spirit of mourning, and the }| of sec gtary-Treasurer James Moretin | tire day, but the retail stores will keep! f ¥: Je s 2 f Beamtte Yayeniiie sforsithe., benefit 708 spirit of thanksgiving and jollification. The spirit of mourning, wherein we }} Of ‘district Morgan, with other rep: mourn the logs of those brave soldiers and sailors who gave their lives Secret Nonmor they Ole eniearion la at international headquarters where is he- ing formulated the decision perhaps’ the most momentous ever made by a labor organization’ in: the ‘United States ra- garding the mine workers’ emancipated great masses of down- pala age Mi se detenis: | Berean As DENN SOHO IASATOE: the ‘United States court? order. that Nayy Club and the Freshmen of the’ Birikes shell’ ber alled off by 6. o'clock gta tons 1 he deley eaahineatt behind For the evening, the War Mothers, c A ° | closed doors this mc ms \of Casper have arranged a reception at} [a8 loons the Army and Navy club for members ‘ | have declared it the tof the club and: their families, and_sol- jing that the Wsoming miners. shall fi bide by whatever orders are ixsued from international headquarter: if the strike is called off the Ante national officers they will turn work; that if it is net called of. the’ a that mn the ~ ro Api ‘tes “Mages vtiten were feo sthe éfett that” today’s the strike in Wyoming regardless of the attitude of the international organiza- ; tion. The “sense of the meeting" de. yoming locals decide te with the employers er Morgan probab! tated that the conferees were Secretary- ‘ rive from Indianapolis before Wednes HINT OF PEACE | day afternoon, if then. Meanwhile the ) miners’ representatives will await de velopments. TUC Y TO BE WITHOU +, COAL IN ANOTHER WEE rinted Press.) TUC Nov. 10.—That con | tinuation ‘of the nation-wide coal strike SAUSE OF STIR a week longer will result in a shutdown generally of hotels, schools, churches, : theatres and other public places of FRR i ‘Tucson, is the disclosure mi A 7 —P - : LONDON, Nov... 10.—Premler canvass of the situation tod Lioyd-George's: hint in his Guild Hall speech Saturday night of a DRE MINE! attempt fo negotiate peace with the |TO WORK I Bolsheviki in Russia has created a dike a stir here, The anti-Bolshevik press ing of the Sopris mine of the C¢ is indignant over the suggestion. and Iron company with n force The. Daily Maii ac s the idea men after a shutdown of seven Sas “shaking- hands with’ a murder- on account of the steel strike and generally increased the number of « ggestion, wh miners working in the Trini great amazement in political circles. | “istrict to men. Including men The Telegraph and the Morning | Who reported for work in Huarfano Post are ‘also hostile to the propo. | county the force was 76 per cent nor rth mal, the company announced today. epee a Murray. Wagne who is repr nting LONDON, Nov. 10.—Great Brite‘ Paxton Gallegher company in Oma-; ha, is here calling on his trade. ain has no intention opening ise the Wyoming delega response to} ‘conference “here: probithly..woult decide to ’call off ; aaen TLIDER FOUR. DELEGATES FROM WYOMING AT LEGION MEET IN MINNERPOLIS .- Fisher only Secretary to Speak in Church There Yesterday: Convention Is Opened This Morning ein} to The Triha: ioMINNEAFOLIs, Minn., Nov. 0.—Harry Fisher, secretary m to the national convention of the American Legion, which opens its sessions here today, was the ‘only state secretary to speak at-a Min neapolis’ church on Legion Sunday widely observed here yesterday. Fish spoke. at the Methodist church on “The Ideals of the Am n Legion” and was nucclaimed one of the best speakers 1in the churel Mildred Weber ene Van both of Butfalo, Wee. arrived , Making four. voting delegates: in the convention from ming. The Wyoming delegation. has 15 seats back of the speaker on the audi torium platform, which seats 4,000. The opening of the convention was taken up with the appointment of com mittees Wyoming is opposed to “changing the national officers as well as the any esent acceptance of woman's auxil present plan for a NEGRO RECEIVES SCALE WUUND Ih OANDBAR Fb HT | Bullet Seraiehes His Head when | Man Interrupted from Sleep “Smokes Up” House and } Routs*Opponerts in Dispute Ware, negro, was arrested charged with shooting’ Will colored, in a Sand Bar was only slightly the bullet from Ware's gun ploughing « furrow across his scalp ex- tending from the forehead to the back of his head. Ware claims to have been peacefully in bed when he was inter rupted by the entrance of Sanders and a@ woman whose name is not mention Because he refused to buy some boot- leg, he claims, Sanders started’ trouble and Ware retaliated y slipping his hand under the pillow for his gun and moking up" the house. Altho oute numbe: four to one he subsequently had the best of the argument, Sanders was also taken into custody und received the attention of a physi vlan preliminary hearing will be held n. MATERIAL SHIPPED FOR O00 FELLOWS BUILDING; NEW FRONT PROJECTED The marble and tile for the veneering of the Odd Fellows’ building has been shipped, the officers have been notified, and if the weather permits the work of putting it in pl will be be un as soon as it arrives. When completed, the Casper Odd Fel lows’ building will be one 0% the hana- xomest buildings in ‘the state, it is ed, The first floor will have ate glass windows for all store fror and the marble facing will extend al four feet up from the sidewalk. remainder of the building wil be tirely covered with white tile. peace negotiations with Lenine and Trotzky until the house of com- mons has opportunity to discuss the question, Government Leader Bonar Law declared in the house of com- mons. He made the statement answer- ing questions with reference to Pre- mier Lloyd-George’s speech in Guild Hall Saturday, in which he is sup- posed™to haye hinted at an attempt to negotiate peace with the Bolshe- viki in Russia. He declared the premier had simply expressed the hope that there ‘ould be some ’ Hugh Dy Armstrong, charged with the murder of Deputy Sheriff Tom Majors, was arraigned » District Court at 2:30 this afternoon, and at method of achieving peace with | the-requést of Judge Murane, attor- Rupe wes ey for the ete nt, the case was = continued “w to permit attor- Miss Marie Pritchett has returned| neys for the datoase to file a motion from Greybull where she spent the! against the information. rents. | week-end visiting with her » In opening for the defense, Judge MORE. ALIEN REDS UNDER ARREST TWO SCORE HELD IN NEW YORK ST, LOUIS, Nov. 10—Kight men, suspected sis alien radicals, were ‘ur- rested by government agents here last night. NEW: XORK, Noy. 10.+-Thirty-seven men, suspected: of Red"! activities, were held ip prison here after officials had questioned more than 1,000 per- sons arrested ii raids on radical qnarters. DEFENSE ASKS CHANGE VENUE would ask for a fendant bk ad entered his plea, and timated that he would ask that the case be tried in Bander during the | regular term of court, which convenes row. The attorneys for the defense also | asked that Charles Moore, the taxi driver, b mn with the murder, a preliminary hearing at an early date, or they would start habeas corpus proceed: ings to release the prisoner. The preliminary of Moore bas been de layed until such time as Jailer 4 Kenzie and Roy Martin, another de: fendant, could leaye the hospital to i Judge Charles Wiprter appeared for the state, and indicated if Attor ney Purcell did. not object, the pros ecution would probably not resist «. se of venue, the case. testify SRS Mie Sw resting |