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, In keeping with the general observanée,of Thanksgiving Day in Casper, there will be no issue of The Daily Tribune Tomorrow Od WEATHER FORECAST Snow tohight and Thursday, except fair Thursday in ‘north portion, Cold: er tonight with strong northerly wings. FINAL EDITION VOLUME IV. CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, 1919 NUMBER’ 40 GENERAL ANGELES EXECUTED ‘Famed Military Genius of Mexico Found Guilty of Rebellion Meets Death at Hands of Firing Squad This Morning After Sentence by Carranza Generals eh EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 26.—General Felipe Angeles, Mexican “revolutionary leader and famed thruout the world as a military genius. was executed by a Carranza firing squad at Chihuahua City early this ‘morning, following his conviction with two companions on charges of rebellion ‘against the Mexican government, according to telegraphic | report from Chihuahua City. ; He was sentenced by four Carranza|he was fssigned to the engine but generals in the “Teatro de ios Heroes’’| later to the artillery corps with rank (Theater of the Heroes) at 10:45 fast{of captain. In this latter branch he night. He was immediately taken from|served ax 2 member of several tech- the. building thru a rear entrance to) nial commissions. was sent to Europe await execution, whieh wits sot-for 7) to inspect artillery for the Mexican o'clock this morning. ‘Chis 1s the! government and while there was. grad- ume he was shot, according jo the re-| uated from the French artillery: schools port reaching here. fat Fountainbleau and Maiily. He wrote General Angcles was entirely un-| textbook embodying some of his ob- ‘moved ‘as sentence was pasfed. Thry-| servations in Europe and France dec out the trial Angeles presented a smil-| orated him with the Cross of the Le- ing countenance, -Major De Arce and | gion of Honor, , year-6Md soldier, Trillo, were joint | Angeles -was}barred from returning defendants’ with Angeles. Trillo was|to Mexico when “Madero's reyolution sentenced to six years and eight months |occurred but when Madero became pro- Arce was sentenged to death jonal president Angeles was recall- the death pen: war, as oie -of. the artillerists; “He had he great t }ed. trooms world’s, foremost campaign against, the | bandit Zapata: In this servic he is sald attained” consid bie fame wn ar-|to have won the good will ef the Mex- commander.jn the. Mexican army | icans by! his Humanitarian: policies. the long regime of Presider When Madero sacrificed his Mife as a penalty. for his. re’ Angeles was first imprisoried_and then banished, He ‘turned to lend bis, support to Villa's wious) campaigns ‘atid it is declared that when Villa followed his advice the nd cast L! “Madefo Madero se . Subsequently General Angeles enlisted his skill in supportiof the cau: his ‘fortune with, Fran- in the reévolition By i.the Mexican pres- of Franciscd Villa against (the Carran-! bandit leader was victorious. After Vi za government and was credited with! la's famous raid upon Columbus, New Planning many of the hattléq?Villa won., Mexico, Angeles went ‘to the United Both friends and enemies of eral Angeles have declared’ that he was n unselfish patriot and that his hope s to bring about peace in Mexico. States and remained theré for about twor years, ‘ He returned to Mexico in November, 1918, expressing the hope that he might w He was successively student, instruc- unite the seattered revolutionary’ fac- tor and director of the Mexican Mili- tions into a compact unit and pacify arty x , 16) tary college, Chapultepec, and an author! that country “before it was called ‘to NOW COMES; MELK. PROHIBITION—Gir? putting sign out in front of apart- , PY ral textbooks not “all of which! account.” He accompanied Villa Inthe ment house in the three-day boycott organized by the c un effort to-reduce the price of milk. 200 SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS AFTER HOLDUP Three More Women Added to Victims of munity councils in tack on Juarez, June.15, 1919, when (Continued on Page 8) dealt with military affairs, Gradifatingg from Chapultepec in 189 DEATH AT ADVANCED AGE ENDS EVENTFUL. LIFE OF MRS. TOM _THUMB, FAMOUS DWARF, INN.Y. one’ year she was of yiormal size. For the next nine years she grew slowly, and’ thebh suddenly stopped altogether. At 7Ocher hair was still jet black, and fine black eyos rkled from a full, ‘ound, dimpled ‘face, and her voice was 1 (By Associated Prens,) NEW YOR Noy. 26.—Countess Primo Magri (Mrs. Tom Thumb) died at her home here last night. One of the world's most mous dwarfs, Mrs. Tom Thumb, who was cor: rectly but less popularly known as the Negro Terrorists; Three Arrested for Countess Magri, measured only 42) soft and sweet. inches in height. Born in Middleboro,} Her first public appearance was at Mass., 70 years ago, she outlived all} th e of 17, under the management Carrying Concealed Guns the professional associates of her gen-| Of cousin, who operated a “floating eration. Her first Husband General | Palace of curiosities” on the Ohio and e A ° {Tom Thumb, -Has been dead for 30| Mississippi rivér {before the Civil war. Three women, held up in rapid succession. by an unknown negro) or. tier sister, also u dwarf, still! She met Pet. Barnum. in 1862. Then early last night, resulted in a general clean-up and searching party by} smauer, igiee. $8) years ae; |began her great eareer under his man- a . A A . he pdpents we of large stature agement. It was a tour of triumph thru Chief Webb and members of the police department in which 200 MEM snd numerous children born to them,| the camps of the Civil war and foreign | were searched for concealed weapons. Three men, a Greek, a’Mexican!with two exceptions, were of normal capitals. It is ysaid. that, her photo. and a negro were arrested as a result for carrying revolvers. “se. At birth Lavina Warren, for | graphs are in more family albums than jsuch was Mrs. Thumb's maiden name, It was about 9 o’clock last night when a woman reported that! weignea six pounds and at the age of LUSK BUSINESS SECTION | DYNAMITE STOPS SPREAD Lelieved by fhe police o have used a wun, Agile’ from the description of 0,009 Henry hotel in the same block, one man was injured. A yolun- (Continued on Page 7.) the fobber, the woman was so excited tht she was unable to tell the police little of the incident. Omy fifteen minutes Inter & phone call from the Postoffice Informed the nalice that a telephone opératdr had | been robbed on East Second street be- tween the Postoffice and Lukis candy stor She was not robbed of.any- thing, the girl told the police. ~ While this telephone operator was \# mm ons \Volunteer Fireman Injured in Fall fro telephoning from the Casper Steam teer fighter from the Faust Amusement | ' aw the same man who 2 5 . @ company was seriously injured when he urrstanaing near the = Building; Flames Believed to Be Under taiteom a vutaing near ine seene ot| Holmes Hardware store. The. man > the big blaze. Several ribs and his leg, started walking rapidly in the direc- , Were broken. He Was taken to a hos-| tion of the ‘Sandbar, she sald. Control at Noon But Still Threaten Frieal. | -\ short time after this, another Volunteer firemen did not reach the] woman reported thut she had been scene of the fire in time to put out tlie] Fire of unknown origin which started at about 8 o'clock jnitia! fire starting in the basement of| this morning at Lusk, Wyo., in the basement of the Lusk furni-|the Masonic buttdine. The flames soon ture store caused approximately $160,000 damage in the heart }?"°'7 Hisaitgre, sete cas Shen of the business district of the oil city. At noon today the fire} there into the portion of the large two- was still reported burning with dynamite being used as a last story brick bullding which houses the resort to prevent the spread of flames. county courtrooms. This big building occupies nearly halt . 0. e entire business district a 7 s f Altho the for a time threatenedthe entire busin listrict and the new (Continuéa en’ &s 1) rohbed by a hegro at a point of,a gun Near Second and Maple streets. No money wus feported stolen. Prompted By reports that many men wero carrying concealed weapong in the city, ond in an: attempt to arrest the negro bandit, Chief Webb visited Dracth every place on the Sands 7.) fire (Continued on Page erator Receive Ultimatum justed without further del: Garfield's statement was decided at ‘today’s cabinet. meeting. — It wi be a “final” exposition of the govern- ment’s attitude in the coal strike. Garfield emphasized the word .“‘final.” It iS not expected to fix a wage in- crease definitely, but is believed to be opposed to Wil8on’s 31 per cent proposal. 5 Garfield has called a joint of the operators and miners for P rted that Fuel Administra- won his point for an in- crease of from to 25 percent in the miners’ wages as against the 31 percent proposed by Secretary Wilson and sess! j agreed to by the miners. { There is a somewhat general impres- sion that the operators will be called pon to bear practically all of the osed wage increase but. offi held comment. y Ansocinted Prensx.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—The national coal situation has reach-|' ed a crisis in view of officials| | here. Dr: | sumption are in contemplation. It ic steps to curtail con- was said that among other steps, an order prohibiting the manufac- ture of coke had been prepared. SHERIDAN MINERS ARE ARRESTED FOR STRIKING SHERIDAN, Wyo., Nov. 26.— Scores of coal miners who declined to return to work today were rounded up by United States sol- diers in Carneyville, Wyo., and placed..on inte: moval tothe county jail. at iy W 'yoming, to return to work this after no on, ACTION ‘INCONCEIVABLE’ |SAYS:SECRETARY BAKER (By Asnociited Prenx.) W. ‘TON, Nov. 26.—Sec- retary Baker said it was ‘‘incon- ceivable that an army officer would order the arrest of coal min- ers for failure to return to work,” as: was reported from Sheridan to- William Moore, infant som of Mr,and Mrs. John Moore of North Jeferson street, died this morning. “Funeral ser- vides will he. held tomorrow morning from the Shaffer-Gay chapel AMERICANS TO LEAVE FRANCE ON DECEMBER 5 PARIS, Nov. 26.—Any delay which may eventually be found necessary in the exchange of ratifications required ta put the German peace treaty in effect, will not change the plans of the American peace delegation, it was learned today. The delegation will leave here December 5, The delegation sails from Brest December 6. Only a couple of ex- perts will be lIpft here to complete the work in hand: Subsequent par- ticipation by the Americans in the work of the peace: conference, ac- cording to the view held here, proba- bly will be extremely limited, unless there are indications early in the De- cembér session of the senate that sat- isfactory ratification of the treaty is in sight. SOLDIER ASKS JOB CARRYING NITRO IN WYO. When the next job of carrying nit roglycerine is opened by local tor- pedo companies it will not ging. for already one man and waiting for job which pays $25 o day. Since the explosion early last summer 1 r Casper when two men Mlown “off the face of the while carrying nitro-glyce. rine, there h heen few if any ap plicants for position of “nitro” carrier. Following that explosion snuffed out two lives. there have been no uccidents. There was a sad den dropping off of applicants after th plosion last summer. KO beg: is ready th which But one applicant from Centennial, Wyoming, suys madly army he needs the money because he is just out of the and wants the- job ~ ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Fuel| Administrator Garfield, acting for! the government, will deliver to the operators and miners here today a virtual ultimatum to both sides that their differences must-be ad- Sher- | j TO HURL DEFY -ATULS.. BELIEF ae Indications Point to Refusal of Demand. for Release of Jenkins; Cabinet Meets to Dis- cuss-Question Fully and Ultimatum Is Possible; Case Is.Complicated | WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Mexico is preparing American | public sentiment for a refusal of the demand for the surrender of William O. Jenkins, U. S. consular agent. This is indicated by Mexico City reports that Jenkins fraternized with his kid- napers and is not entitled to diplomatic immunity. The plea is made that America should await the Mexican STRIKERS AGAIN court's action. There also is a report |that the ican senate will support President an in whatever action is taken on Jenkins. The cabinet here reviewed the situa | | tion yesterday No policy was formu- lated but the cabinet agreed that the ir belongs to the state department | ' r and has not yet become interna- | tional in its scope, where the cabinet should take und | ‘The si department pro witt| exchange further notes with Carranza » > hour for Jenkins’ re: | jlease in oa virtual ultin (By Anxocinted WASHINGTON, Ne an problem ¥ | ) | ‘The Mexi-| sident's ISLAND STATION pr again this morning The = strained relations betwe the Unite e and Mexico ocx ‘wn! Aliens Granted Too | William ©, Jenkins ca jserious consideration — of official ° * : Washington and in ease ofan univer, Many Liberties in turn of events at Mexicon City, war and nayy departments are Past, Immigration Committee Is Told prepared to deal with any emergency The state department today still had jreceived no reply to its note to the Cer jranza government demanding the ve- Jlease of Consular Agent Jenkins. In as official circles there is a feelings ins (By Axnociated: <'rens,) | over the treatment o: the; NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—The El- I: oh Et eR ey ‘lis Island “‘soviet”: continued its MUCH. DISSATISFACTION f a IN MEXICAN CAPITAL hunger strike today while the of the judge considering “nkins case ta hear the testis i hoyse immigration commr ittee held of three persons from the center of | & hearing on immigration and de- Lucia, who declared as untrue the re-| . [ port Hated by Mexican officials that Pertation eee Seregty: rad Jenkins was seen there with Federico | [0s Who t Tieaaee Mon atanee Cordova, leader who kidnapped; Nie a Ria Hit a him, had aitent: Ange iB of hostility | nes before immigration inspectors, o among the people of Puebla, according | ; | Bc es ot st. |to EL Universal of Mexico Citya copy |“Mnni SeEG the TRL eet eink cars. for re-| of which was received here today, ‘This | ERIN Ws ne Faun So Ate [newspaper sus the Jenkins case is be- | Mest mines jlding en ea al SOminK dally, moss; complionton, that | auditing, relatives... withnut.jrn.,ieos divides) .and~ thpt “the | A publie. oa,.is; {harrier theerccning | them ile) ‘of Jud 1 atthorities has great, } ly eontributed to dissatisifed sentiment Ae. Ese ai aniohg: the people. Ung ete Ee cot atith Tt @lxo says that all information given | gating commis lone SERtIDIGES out by thé court for publication is con- | nia Tsland, admitts Cie te itn tory:to'evidence given by Jenkins hive, : jit 1 committee | ditions here today that n granted during the privileges “had regime of fo ; mer Commissioner Howe which, if tn- 4 eh . might have led to the extab- Hlishment of a “forum of Bolshevism” on the island, ASTOR BILL IS KILLED BY VOTE ted Prens.) LAYS PLANS FOR, TRIESTE DRIVE | | | LONDON, Noy, 26.—The bill in tho | (By United Prexs.) house ‘of, commons under which Vis- | ROME, Noy. 26.—Gabriele D’An- | count Astor would have been able to nunzio is planning another coup, this | give up hig. title, inherited from: his time against Trieste. He has’ sent | father, the late Viscount (William Wal: emissaries there to ascertain feeling towards his cause. | dort) Astor, wi {169 to 30: ID COAL RE sents 's Total Supply of Fuel | and Nothing but“Hope” Held Out by the Fuel Administrator | Below zero weather coupled with rain, sleet and snow and a shortage of coal here is the prospect for Casper Thanksgiving |day. -Recent rains, sleet and the extreme cold weather and |snow are extremely hard on cattle and sheep on the Wyoming anges, according to cattle men here. Much suffering and a ! scarcity of feed is the prospect. defeated by vote of | SHORTAGE HE Last night the thermometer drop It will be necessary to keep tho Vn 1 to five degrees below zero, but this | present limit of 500 pounds in force. Morning a rise in temperature was | This, coupled with the universa i ; | of coke, with a small quantity of coe noted. There was a suff wind blows) Si ciid meet the stuation in Casper. f ing fronf the north. Caspergis facing | appr e the efforts of all coal users the present cold wave wtih gust three | iq the present fue? crisis. if coal on hand us reported today After the present shipment of edal tat noon Harold Lanner, fae) admir jon the Burlington, there is absolute the city no cout in sight on that railrand, No # coal shortage maf soon be} coal is being mined for Casper use in altho the prospect of more! the mining distriets covered by this clals osly a “hope,” Mr. Banner sald! pond. At Gebo the men are said to b | this morning. Still on a strike, while the four {| “fo want to impress all fuel users fears beings turned out daily at Cro: | with the seriousness of th@ situation | , ing used to run the ratlrodas, which now exists herp, and will eon- The Northwestern expects to have tinue, altho all Wyoming mine 4D) four carloads from Uudson. soon anid plying Casper may soon be in opera | one oiher cartond should be here ea tion, There are xo many points to be fin the morning. The mines at Hudso Supplied that it will be quite a while | are in full operation it is reported before the mines will besable ty ras) “The Burlington shipments of coal Uenally fill the usual demands from} with be as follows: One car to the | consumers, | Kelth Lumber Co. one ear to the Ni All ¢ deaters have. been tnter-{ olaysen Lumber © und two cars to Viewed, as well as th superintendent | the N mpany of the Burlington railroad? and the | tons of coke at the chief clerk of the Northwestern rafl-) Standard retinery today and 45 tons read, { have requisitioned all coal in | t turnéd daily from this retinery transit on the Burlington which {fs ¢x-| ‘rhe biggest trouble now is in getting “1 to bring four cars into Casper | somebody to buul coal and coke it » We hope to get this coal hi or tomorrow. ut onee ore It will he released to consumers to is difficult truckuge — pri down’ and the more demands for hauling than trucks here,'* wo Ww r

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