Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 15, 1919, Page 1

THE DAILY TRIBUNE Member of the Associated Press,| | and served by the United Press.| | WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Sun- day; warmer tonight. the debate on the treaty. |cloture motion. VOLUME IV. , 1919 LEGION TO fELP RUN , DOWN REDS AND WIP QUT RADICALS, CLAIM Centralia Tragedy Reve Reveals Menace from| Anarchists:and Service Men Are Deter- mined to Combat It with Campaign for Extermination Directed by Local Posts Wyoming’s delegation to first national convention of the American Legion at Minneapolis returned today strongly in favor of urging each local post to detect radicalism of all kinds. Members of the‘delegation said the American Legion as repre- sented at the convention was strongly determined that there should be no repetition of the Centralia tragedy. Wyoming lclogates Weré unanimous in their be- naming Casper f that all ex-service men in Wyoming "3 ere in favor of wiping out the “Red” tive committee in state headquarters, TRIBUNE IS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF LEGION The Casper Tribune was made the official state newspaper of the American Legion in Wyoming by» the five’ mem- bers of the state executive committee attending the first national convention. The official stamp was placed on the Tribune until such a time as the Amer- ican Legion would publish its own mag- azine in Wyoming. Five of the seven members making up this state execi¢ tive committee were at the convention and voted for tte Tribune. A special column will be started next as has been suggestéd by one delegate entatives be appointed on the tion committee from every in the state to aid in detecting ireasonable efforts and utterances: « native as well as foreign born. HEADQUARTERS ON IN CASPER has been made official state uarters of the American Legion in Wyoming by the state executive committee, ive mémbers of this com- were unanimous in favoring the head oil center of the state as thestate head- week in the Tribune which will be ‘ os ho “ tag? i quarters because it i# the largest city in. edited by M, P. 4 7 G6 (A - r s i r 2 e-Btntey é “Of the: ‘ “ OS 4 lary is leeated “here: ming-” Hoth. werg ‘appoinited | by” ine Itt ters {8 » location of the state headquar- to bé changed it will be by te of the state convention which will »xt fall at Sheridan, Wyo. ‘This wroviso Was mad@é by the state execu- Tribune because of+their worl! local post of the American Later the feature devote }).to American Legion is to be enlarged (Continued or Page 6). WYOMING MINERS AT WORK AGAIN, RECEDE FROM FIRST DEMAND ; tion of production in Wyoming will be Coal Production Rasuened Today in State Beate ea a fata el After Retroactive Clause Is Struck |» * mine goat « swe See mows Orchestra from Agreement with Overators i kuocked down Mrs. Maxwell before | the mths Leader Higginson locking the sheriff's two daughters (Special to The Tribune) PEACE AR ARMY OF Dies in Boston || - in a cell, Posses are seeking the CHEYENNE, Wye., Nav.,15.—Teday—two weeks after the be- 300, 000 GIVEN | | for the qgion. the 80 ‘RULING ON DRY | LAW DEFERRED; | SHERIFF SHOT, WETS TEARFUL SON WOUNDED IN JAIL ~gaaame | erent) 15--Kour bank robbers shot their way out of the county jail at Lemar last night. also liberating a bootlegger. While Sheriff Maxwell was curry- ing them their supper the quartet shot Mim in the back seriously. then shot the sheriff's son critically and (By United Press.) 410. Nov. 15.—Judge Carpen- | postponed until next week m on war-time prohibition. *) | The postponement wrecked the we plans for a jollification tonight in ¢ event of « favorable ruling. (By Associated Prem.) BOSTON, Nov. 15.—The death of Mhjor Henry L. Higginson, banker and founder of the Boston Symphony orchestra. was announced today. He died last night after an operation. Had he lived until Tuesday he would have been 85 years of age. ginning of the strike which tied up bituminous mines in 28 states—| OKEH IN BILL Wyoming mines are again turning out. coal and the period of fuel short-| age which has gripped the state d the last week will be termin- ated within a few days. A number of union miners as yet unknéwn, here—perhaps 15 or 20 per cent of the 7,000 who laid down their, ee, WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—A_ peace- | time military establishment of 300,- 000 officers and men was agreed up. tools October $i—were back on the job|will not rejoin the ranks of producing orning in aceordance with an) leollieries until Monday morning. reement reached yesterday afternoon} In all cases the mines during the the joint conference of miners’ rep-|strike period were provided sufficient 3) t | by the house military com- ves and operators, and all of} union men to keep, them in condition! on today 2 viking men. not working today will/for immediate resumption of activity) mittee, This strength is practically port for duty Monday ‘morning.}and all are in such condition. what General’ Pershing recommend- Thereafter the Wyoming coal camps; It is anticipated that much of the) hum with Industry at high tenston | coal produced by the Wyoming mines | effort to catth up with the pro-| during continuance of inactivity thru- ion lost during the period of thejout the greater part of the central com- in this state, Worked under high-|peitive field will be taken by the fed-| ire conditions the Wyoming mines |eral government for application to de- capable of turning out 40,000 tons | mands of localities outside this state. | REGULAR MEETINGS HELD BY SCHOOL BOARDS ON FRIDAY, IMNDON, Nov. —The eastern coast of the Black Sea from Yelen- c RELIEVED who is in APTAI ptain ARTER 1 Vincent Carte xl 'tt is not’ ‘anticipated, however, that{ Both the grade school board and the) zhik to Sochy has been seized by an (charge of the National guardsmen who -ment between the miners’ repre-|any Wyoming community in which} high school board held meetings last! insurgent army of 70,000 men operat- were sent from the Big Horn Basin to entatives“and the operators camo jate| there is a coal shortage will: be without}evening at whic h the liga or iat ing in the rear of the forces of Gen- Sheridan for strike duty, will arrive day afternoon when the union lead-|an adequate supply within a few days) month were allowed. ae grade feet om, Denikine, anti-Bolshevik leader |home next Wednesday. Transportation receded from their demand that a|after production is resumed full-blast.| decfded to open school in’ the Mills-| of the southwestern Russian front, |for the men serving under him was re- Nebraska are| Baker sub-division, Idabo. Montana and sh the consump-! December 1. {quested today from the Burlington rail- among the states to whi road for the morning of the 18. Uemeént on the strike in this state asis of the terms of agree hed in the central competi-| eg eect NN ear ce ° district be made retroactive to the| date of the Wyoming miners’ return to KIC we The operators previously had) “l to abide by the terms of set- ; ‘nt in the central competitive field | + had declined to bind themselves | h a retroactive agreement. The un-| rstanding between the operators and employes, however, is that the tral setth hall be made | " - ae ictive Ip ochissitate “provigad the | (By The Associated Press) | Centralia, Washington, on Tuesday, continued yesterday and last night up fuel administration is willing to} MEXICO CITY, Nove ks In connection with charges that “Red" propa- } and down the Pacific coast and as a result scores of additional prisoners are tmburse the operators for any loss re- ganda is going into the United States via Mexico, itis known here that the in custody today. Some of them face charges of criminal syndicalism, iitye4 " A Hae Oe ener gectty ity: a, bie | government has been aware that radicals of various sorts have intended to for inciting to riot, and others for vagrancy. Immediately after the agreement had| include Mexico in their fleld of operations. Officials in all ports of entry were wT Dereenet end lembard al'k. redleal order. ve ven reached by the Joint conferees the| ordered to increase their vigilance against the entry of these undesirables. one raid which thes itated their ‘ ne tt . Deportation by the authorities here of many radicals within the last few ee ee, emer et fo, @ bospital, At Los Angeles a number of former service men, said to be. mainly mem- . Ss of district 22, United Mine Trent: SugteaSNeprenertacuapier $26 months is taken 4s evidence that the government is not inclined to temporize with an element regarded as dangerous. bers of the American Legion, broke into Industrial Workers of the World west of Casper, aA according to a Moscow wireless, So- of the viets are being formed. some ved injuries in local unions sent here to confer re- rding the strike situation, began send \s telegrams to the local unions: rec- . nd. » headquarters and cut and bruised with clubs three mest found there. They mending that the miners return to (By The Associated Press) | Wrecked the place before the police could respond to a riot call. 'k without delay, In afew instances SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.—Raids on the I. W. W. and other radical In San Francisco the “People’s Institute’ and I. W. W. headquarters was possible to resume work this, ° organizations begun as & result of the killing of four former service men at morning, but the majority of the mines were raided by the police and nine men were arrested. orenparpaeacamereanan \Republicans and Democrats Unite to Pre. vent Defeat of Pact-by “Bitter Enders Thru. Adoption of Rule in Senate for the, | A prior ruling by Vice President Marshall will allow the Demo NUMBER 31 jerats to offer their ratification re + by Senator. Hitchcock. PAGE. THREE” TO LIMIT TREATY DEBATE CENTRAL FIELD WAGE QUESTION — | First Time; Reservations ‘Adopted 1 AKEN IP FIRST ™ (By. United Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—The senate voted 78 to 16 to init BY CONFERENCE “Bitter enders” like Senators Borah, John: |son, Reed, Sherman and LaFollette opposed the adoption of the Lodge Nation-Wide, Scale sAtetien! shonld Lodge's reseletion) = Prooram= Not En- ne clotu the| Sea is) dorsed and Plans ‘Are Changed will continue until treaty is entirely disposed of. the 1 time in the senate’, that it voted to limit debate. may now discuss the treaty for over , an hour. - ate leaders took this step when | (Se kans Peesk) convinced that “bitter enders” intend- ed to talk the treaty to death. | ASSHING TON, Nov. 15.— NEXT RESERVATION IS After a_ long, acrimonious ADOPTED WITHIN MINUTE | wrangle, representatives of the (By Annocinted Prens.) {coal operktors and miners The action of invoking the cloture| agreed today to take up the resulted in an immediate speeding uD| settlement of wage and labor servation program, the next| Ans eee nites tion on the committee list be./ Conditions in the ase compet Ave ing adopted within a minute without | eld after they hac Ee aienge ior onsidering a national scale as first pro- Adjourning the general confer | enc ry of Labor Wilson sum joned the wage sc of the | central field to m: on to man-! | posed. on roll call. It related text of the 3 as follow: No mandate s\ adopted ; e Ie committe this aft 1ccepted by the United States und le 22, part 1,| Operators from districts outside the or any other provision of the treaty, Central competitive field will meet at of peace with Germany, except by action| the same hour to determine whether of the Congress of the United States.”! the agreement arrived at SHS) Wie seile tive for committee of the ce antral competi field shall be accepted a basis etx in outlying distr Taking up the committee tion relative to the retention government of control over domestic questions. the senate, by a vote of 52 to 48, rejected thé substitute proposed reserya- by this MINERS WERE AGREEABL |To NATIONAL ADJUSTMEN (By Associated Prexs.) An amendment to the committee res-| (BY Ansoetate = ervation so as to-make it include‘ques-; WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Aceept lions regarding boundaries of the Uni-|@nce without qualification by the mince ted States and her possessions, was| Workers of Secretary of Labor Wilson's Ras tig, a aeeOr to 40, with | Proposal for the negotiation of a nation rty lines on both sides divided. wide wage scale agreement wus) an- iking up the committee's Monroe| nounced today at the conference by doctrine reservation, the senate votea| John L. Lewis, acting president of the down, by a vote of to 43, a substi-|™iners. tute offered by Hitchcok to declare| Speaking in behalf of operators out that the doctrine be in no way “im-| Side the central competitive field, F, W paired or affected.” ings, president of the Southwesiern Another substitute for the commit- ate Coal Operators’ association, tee's Monroe doctrine reservation, offer- a that the scale be negotiated by by Pittman, Demoer: operators and in the central proposing that the United Nela serve for its disposal any question raised | p doc s als . anes) uneer Pac Peay 42 toate ng WARMERS TS Ty NV Et NOVI b Un TeSn tp rahe 2. | coal mine strikers in northern Color SHANTUNG RESERVATION fields voted to resume work Mond: ily Independent mines FOLLOWS MONROE DOCTRINE More men are resuming The committee's Monroe doctrine res jeteuout Colorado. ervation was adopted, to 33. in. the I Animas The Shantung reservation was adopt-| eope Monday. \a without ehange. A substitute offer. ed by Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, was defeated 50 to 39. Reservations giving congress autho ity to regulate the appointment American delegates to the league and international commission were also adopted. | ‘The Monroe doctrine jadopted follows: “The United work ¢ county field will ITALIAN REBEL: EMBARKS UPON NEW SENSATION (By Associated Press.) id) PARIS, Nov. 15.—Gabriel D'An- urgent Italian commander ie, has engaged in another ad- the reservation as States will not ybitration or to inguiry b; y or by the puncil of the utions, a8 provided for in the submit the as cue} semb nunzio, in of Fi the judgment of the United State pend upon or relate to its lor lished policy, commonly known Monroe doctrin id doctrine to be in- |terpreted by the United States alone ik thereby declared to -be w Fiume on Nullo, ac the Itali. boat A 0 companied by a steamer carrying 300 side the jurisdiction of the shock reports state. He is of Nations and entirely unaffected | said to have been followed by n Ital- y provisions contained in the said] warship which is merely observ- treaty of pi with Germany Eihlsteovementa: ——— rkation point on the Dal- ER ILb. FATHER matian coast is thot likely to be Zara. MULLIN LEAVES] It is belie at D'Annunzio will go which is garrisoned by Anthony’s church with surrounding wa- tomorrow will be taken by Father Pat- ntroled by Rear Admiral terson of Douglas, as Father John Mul-| Andrews of the United States navy. lin Advices to the Americ: egation were from Vice-Consul O'Hara of Trieste, MOORE ON ON GRILL FOR called to Piitston. Pa., this the serious illness of his sis: was k by | on eduy'by ihe house mttry com (COAST OF BLACK | ee ee | BY RED FORCES Man Who Took Part in Raid Says Moore Claimed Ownership of Whiskey Stored in Martin Shop and Had Left Guards At the close of the preliminary hearing in Justice Tubbs’ Court this aft- ernoon, Charlies Moore ‘was bound over to the on’a charge of first-degree murder. The part Charles Moore is alleged to-have played in the a4 of Tom Majors, deputy sheriff, on ‘the morning of November 2 = | Slowly drawn from witnesses this morning in the police court at the city hall. Moore is charged with being a principal in the murder of Ma- jors. H. J. Roberts, special deputy from the sheriff's office and special agent of the Burlington railroad, and|stand, told how Majors met his death George Poulos, special deputy in the!when Armstrong opened fire on hit investigation of alleged bootlegging | close range with a pump gun. Con Charles Moore and H. D. Armstrong,| tinued objections by the defense repre were on the stand this morning from|sented by Attorney Willis Stidger and 10 to 12 o'clock. Justice of peace court} Attorney C. D. Mu found little sym Distriet Court without bond was adjourned until 2 o'clock when the; pathy from W. E. Tubbs who hearing will be resumed. ‘ sustained few of their objections The court room in the city hall wa berts testified that he heard Ma filled with followers of Moore as well|jors tell Armstrong and R. EB. Mar- as by » few impartial listeners. A sis-|tin to put their hands up after warn ter of Mooré was plainly interested in ing the two they were under arrest her brother, who has been a taxicab| Majors told them five times to put up driver here for several years. their hands and that the response was Deputy Roberts, first man on the (Continued on page stx.) KiB S g