Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1919, Page 1

naar cunrcr HOPE OF NATION RESTS IN MINERS’ VOTE Che Casper: Daily riune 20 EIT ‘Nation’ s Industries} Reduced One Half. as Leaders Gather to Make Decision BLIZZARD CUTS | DOWN SUPPLIES Coal Reserve Is Cut to Minimum When Mercury Falls SCHOOLS MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE FRIDAY ‘Premature Vacation Period May Be Forced by Coal Shortage Unless Relief from Famine Is Forthcoming This Week WEATHER FORECAST Increasing cloudiness with snow Wed- nesday and in west portion tonight. Not so cold, VOLUME IV. HOT SPRINGS COUNTY. B NUMBER 50 CASPER, ind. TUESDAY, pees 9, 1919 There is a strong probability that Casper public schools BULLETIN | | 9—A tele will close at the end of this week, it was unofficially reported ’ fox Palmer (this morning. An effort will be made to keep the schools in received at the | operation until December 19 when the Christmas vacation this this afternoon saying would accept the " for setilement of the strike was misinterpreted by of- | ficials there to mean that the miners had accepted the plan. In view of previous statements issued to the press a correction was made imme- diately, ers MAKING THREATS ¢ Stepdaughter Shoots John Brown thru Heart When! Mother Is Driven from House by Well-Known (Dy Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Hope for] } Park and 1 | year is to begin, altho lack of fuel may close them before that | time. The amount of coal on hand at the |helieved that favo: ble action may ba Casper schools will last | taken. The mi ‘ould cut the wood until Wedn night at the present }and ship it into Casper by the way_of rate of cdnsumption, it was sald today.| Natrona station on the North Western North Casper, Central and the Natrona | railroad county high school have igh may last until Friday found nece: supplies ———_—*__— was seve ral rooms in differ y to dismise t schools yes: paving the way to a settlement of terday when it. was found imposelble Sheepman While on Drunken Orgy THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Dec. 9.—Her own life threatened and others of the family in danger, Leone Powers, 16, shot and killed her drunken stepfather, John Brown, well known sheepman of this coun- ty, at the ranch home two miles above Embar._ The fatal shot pierced his heart, while another bullet, entering from the rear, lodged in his hip. Brown died instantly. According to information secured hy the coroner, Brown , fvorm a trunk. When her stepfi been drinking | pointed the rifle at her the girt resting |she fired At the floor to friguten! 80t/ hin and failing to do so shot again, this hIS/time point blank. The shot was fatal. | d without provoc the coal strike turned to Indiana-°?K°°” polis today as the extension of , stringent fuel rationing orders re-| Hudson mine duced the nation’s industries virtu- ally one-half. of the winter with sub-zero tempera: tures and further depletion of the dimin- ished coal Western part of the country today with fs spread southward and eastward pre- dic (By U INDIANAPOLIS, reserve gripped the entire! temperature alos degrees The miners were out again + near Lander. Thi son for the walkout was that they wer » decision of the awaiting t The most severe weather meeting of miners on the wage ine nt Wilson reported two c but It was practi in town reporte. offered by Preste One compan. coal In yesterd the only compar have any coal on hand today. The | supply of coke was problematics Ss reported t they ing in most e asked before the ruling: Instances | THREATENS TO | RETAIL FOODS cream.) 4 Dec. 9.—Wil- M. Wood, president of the Amer- m ican Woolen company, served notice on retail business men of this city | today that unless prices of commoW tles essential to living were marked down sharply and within a short time wife and Robert Riddle ORGY tees MAGE: Keller cal ue monavel ist dent | bY Fuel Administrator Garfeld whieli | 5 from tho house. Roth heard -#ho Wounded Brown in the leg. Wilson's proposition contained the fol-| as against any Increase in the price! , Ne, Would set up a retall store organ- aiirali iteed iataemanatcetarrede oti ae GoukG LAGS | liewineoeonceltions: of con. One company 14 charging | ation on a large scale to sup ieee lying in a pool of blood on the! and Cotoner ‘Kiilehtsconfiscnted | Immediate resumption of work; a! Practically war-time prices, it was re-| ren 1 ene tele eh ees KARS Rn aoe: ja considerable supply .of whisiey which wage Increase of 14 percent effective, Pot hd the ineraase asked for on) fardware and wer articles, Leone and two smaller ehildven had! SR A ela Re eh ba Immediately; the appointment of a com- the day charged had been refunded. perk est in the house and the tormer| S02 Tilted in the eare of Mra, mission to investigate the coal Indus-| Many homes have added small and| — Referring to discontent prevailing confessed the ater golnz 10) Atoreiaon of Thermopolis until :ho es try and 1 recommendations for its{large oil heaters and stoves to their) OVer high DreereaN) id it was the Short ranch some distance away to) \OFr ON 0 regulation, Including increased wages, Cduipment In an effort to keep warm, | Uy ' a la a tt a | jshorter hours, and increased prices to, One ising man asked permis-| qwing, |? nile her mother an iddle were the consumes t si . pe- Sion ft Pat Roy ° yoo ore, } nbsent from the house Brown is alleged| Miss M. J. Campbell, who has been| FS ei bey, Aquitaine Gedaton tone the Fee eee ponE rca a an Daan to have threatened Jher with a “Tifle, | visiting with friends in Casper, left to-/ DANGEROUS RED DE! PORTED—Emmma Goldman aan ‘radical londae who ———— project. has not been giver but it is ° “UO Sale saying he would kill her and tho rest | day for Denver. Miss Campbell hagcbecn | has been ordered to appear at Kilis Island on December 5 “for immediate de- | HEARING ON CONTEMPT of the family, The girl went to her} beautifully entegigined during her short partagian.’ A. She is fighting the order on the ground thav-she ‘is: a -citizen by sony ARGES AWAITS RESULT 10cm and sceurédat small cheap pixtal | stayy here. V marriage. ' Associated Prenn.) MERCURY TRIES TO HIDE IN BULB AS ICY BLAST HITS CASPER AND WEST TODAY Temperature Here Varies from 30 to 36 ‘Zero Weather as Far |[19 BELOW ZERO IS RECORD IN DENVER TODAY (By United Press.) DENVER, Dec. 9.—Ninetecen be- low zero set a record here today for the fourth cold wave so far. Telegraph «and telephone lines | President (iy i} INDIANAPOLTS, Dec. ing on charges of contempt of court! | Tile ainst 84 general and district of-! |ficials of the United Mine Workers of America was postponed Bree next ue day on motion of C. B | tor the government, w called today. The postponement v ken pending the outcome of the meet ing of miners’ officials here this aft ernoon to act on the plan of President Wilson for ending the strike. The plan was submitted to Acting Lewis and Seeretary Green by Attorney General Palmer in Wash ington last Saturday. No intimation of were crippled, ‘the proposals con edo om the jan Below with All Train Service Either | South as Texas and || , Tm western, slope reported ims Pre owe et He Stalled or Delayed by Severe Cold Will Continue Ralieey mecmemreaciasnests || ieeeue mane tis toes cor tie a Is predicted that the cold will posal made by President Wilson Casper trudged to work this morning thru snow with a tempera- ture of about 32 degrees below zero.. Several places reported ther-| mometer readings of 30 to 36 degrees below zero here today, one place in the outer residence district recording a temperature of 38 de- grees below the zero point. Train service is either stalled or late in and out of Casper. There has bean no train into Lander, Wyo. {will be made up here because the aft- west of here on the Northwestern, since} ernoon train on the Northwestern from! Raturday night. With a* slight let-up| the east was reporteds to be six hours | in the wind today, the company will at-}late out of Nebraska. tempt to get @ passenger train thru this] Tho east-bound train of the North- afternoon to the western terminus.| western will start from 5 There is every lkelihood that this train (Continued on P: Six.) | | | DENV St, “Golo. Dee. Ieee report was framed following confer- jeury dropped to 19 below zero ‘ ences with Senators Esch and Cum- Chamber of Commerce | |today and low temperatures on Be re-| mins, D; L Ni h . ported from all over the Rocky Moun ————>___— \tain district. Many trains were annul- i inner Last Night led or delayed. ———_—— | Fifty trunk wires of the telephone ser will have a direct route to company snapped on account of the | erris oil field and this short route cold. | may become part of a through state | Lander, Wyo., reported 31 degrees road connecting Rawlins with Casper | below zero. Billings reported 36 below, and Sheridan {f the plans laid last night | BY PRESIDENT Rebel Propaganda Bureau Quotes Wilson as Threatening to Withdraw American Support Unless Edicts Are Observed ‘By United Press) LONDON, Dec. 9. 9.—The Post published a communication today from the d’Annunzio propaganda bureau, which quoted an alleged communication from President Wilson to Premier Nitti. According to’ the communication, Wilson insisted upon a quick settlement of the! Adriatic problem and threatened to withdraw American support from) Italy unless the peace conference decisions were carried out.: The president wal further quoted asthe treaty. The meeting is considered oxpressing "astonlahmentint: new, dtal-jnoee important. hin proposals regarding the disposition of Fiume, | SPALATO EXCITED BY ARRIV. pu OF WARSHIP By Associated Prean. BE! LGRADE, Dec, 9. eH natchoa! |trom Spalato today reported the arri- val there of the Italian destroyer Ir- raquiato, belonging to the. squadron of} hAdmirnl Millo, which las sided with} d@Annunzio, The ‘citizens of, (By United Prena,> LONDON, Dec. 9.—Itallan Foreign) Minister Scialcia and Premier George will confer this afternoon, Pr tmier Clemenceau is due to arrive to- | Gabriele pt nae, | morrow , lg ? 5s the message, are greatly | e, (By eles Preas.), if The “big three” will confér ‘regar the destroyer Has aboard a| , WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-—~Tbe Mex- Meantime, there is a feeling of confidence in Peris and Lon to have close! officer known ing the Adriatte ‘and other problems | superior relations with d’Annunzio, resulting In America's failure to ratify ted Preas.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Pro- longed cold weather over the en- tire country is indicated, weather bureau announced today, | by abnormally high pressure over the region west of the Mississippi ; and low pressure over ite Gulf of Mex: feo, the Ohio valley and off the north} Pacific coast. The cold wave in the! }West is spreading eastward and south with zero weather as far south as the Texas panhandle. ociated Press.) the coldest day in 23 years. (By United Prees.) LINCOLN, Dec. 9.—Railroads are re- suming normal schedules following an almost complete tieup last night on ac- count of snow. Plows are clearing main lines and trains, which were held over- night at Omaha, McCook, Hastings and other points, were released before noon Sldhey reported 45 below zero today. NEW CABINET TO BE FORMED BY SPANISH LEADER: (By Associated Prens.) MADRID, Dec. 9.—Eduardo Dato | hae agreed to form a cabinet to re- place the Toca ministry which re- signed. ee |MEXICAN REPLY EXPECTED ANY HOUR, IS CLAIM) fean regarding Jenkins ia ex- .| | pected today. last avother day. HINES REPORTS. TO PRESIDENT | FOR MESSAGE | ., United Preas.) WASHINUTON, D. C2 Dec. 9—Tho | White House sald today that a aoe 1 cial report ‘of Director of Railroad: Hines was before the president whi is expected to be the basis of his, special message to congress. Hines" | 8 (Special to The Tribune.) | WASHINGTON, . Dec. 9.—Senator Smoot of Utah announced today that he would call a meeting of conferees | on the leasing bill for tomorrow and | hoped for early final action in plac- ing the measure in shape to be re- ported to congress. | iment of the day night on which hing the strike. Tlowe' settle Attorney (Continued on page s!x.) ' —The hear | KILLS DA UGHTER, THEN SUICIDES; WORRY 1S CAUSE (By United Press) DENVER, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Emily Powell, said to be the daughter of Horace Lippincott, Philadelphia publisher, killed her ten-year-old daughter, Jacqueline, and then shot herself thru the head. She will probably die. The shooting occurred at her home on Capitol hill. The butler found the pair when he carried their breakfast to the room. Mrs. Powell was divorced from T. 0. D. Powell, San Francisco manufacturer, nine years ago. i believed to have been the cause. |Road Project Endorsed at at a dinner held under the direction of to a successful conclusion. The plans is made last night only include short- |ening the present road to the Ferris field ‘so that 40 to 45 miles are cut off the present route, and Casper made within 65 miles of the new oil field, which shows promise. The plan as outlined by Douglas of the Oh{o Oil company, pro vides for the use of the present road southeast of Casper to Alcova. the Chamber of Commerce are carried | ON THURSDAY : From | building. ALLIES EXPE leas the old road is not left until the west r voir is re From there, t | of the new road will go south and south- west abqut 18 miles to the Buzzard ) ranch. The course will then go along the old stage road and Sand Creek to the east end of the Ferris mountains. The old stage road is followed aguin to the southwest until the Ferris field is reached and connection is made with the road to Rawlins. This provides for the construction of eight miles of new road, but in this mileage is included some road that only needs re-working. Shale would be ro- quired for this road bullding, the major portion of the new road building going over sand ground. At present this dy country makes no sort of a road {for a gasoline vehicle. Engineer | The engineer for the Ohio compa estimated that the larger portion t work would be the hauling and There would have to be Worry over her daughter’s future is HIGHWAY FROM CASPER TO FERRIS BOME PLANNED NEW ROUTE WILL BRING FELD 45 MILES NEARER ,Oil Royalties Are Asked from Congress, Federal Road Help Is Urged © bridges rebuilt or replaced by new 5. he estimated solutions at the meoting d off men companies, and members of the mission. One drawn up by Frank Curtis of the New York Ol company asked congress to consider the proposition which Con gressman Frank Mondell has fuvord for more than a year—that 50 por cent of the royalty the government might re celve und he leasing bill revert back to the state from which It Is taken to (Continued on page Eight) .CT were unantmously last night which ntatives of oil rm, busines county com HUN ACCEPTANCE (By United Press.) PARIS, Dec. 9.—The allies presented a united front today, in their demand on Germany to accept the peace protocol. British and Italian delegations received notifications that their governments stand ready to carry out the prescribed penalties should the Teutons refuse. don that not put the allies in a position where they wil! be forced to back down on their original demands. German attitude is apparent. “We have no false hopes over the one German delegate said. The allies’ demands in the Germans yesterday are considered as partial’; will sign. It is believed the Germans have jman objections and also voicing the complete determination A distinct softening in the situation in Washington,” ivered to the zaeeting Ger» note which was d concluded that the failure of America to ratify the treaty has | of the allies to stand by their course of justice. a o + Seg 5 re ler dis