Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1919, Page 1

DANIELS’ AWARD OF NAVAL Casper ribunte | WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and probably Wednesday; somewhat warm- er in north central portion to- night. VOLUME IV. TAXI LICENSES ARE REVOKED, ONLY TWO HOLD PERMITS NOW Injunction Secured by Drivers Against Or-| dinance Enforcement Leads City to Drastic Action; Police Get Orders Licenses of every taxicab owner in the city except two were revoked last night by the unanimous action of the city council. | No reason was given for the action. The city council members were nearly agreed that the attitude of the taxicab drivers to- wards the city in observing the new taxicab ordinance was far CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1919 DY IN CHILD MURDER— 1) from respectful. To meet the emergency as the council saw it existing, the city fathers voted to re- yoke all taxi licenses except two own- ers who took out licenses and supplied ‘ond under the new taxicab ordinance } as provided by law. As a result there are s posed to be} the murder of her old son, (2). ( Pershing Now “Home”: Daily DECORATIONS PROBED ‘Rear Admiral Sims| Refuses Cross on LAND GRANTS TO BE DEMANDED BY Ground Injustice | Done to Others | STATES IN WEST | (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—Sec-| . ° | (By United Press.) jretary of the Navy Daniels today, DENVER, Dec. 23.—The governors of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado were asked to- ithe award of naval decorations; prepared for the \information of| prosecuted at Washington for the cession of public lands to | Chairman Page of the senate nav-| the respective states in which they are located, it was offi- al committee. It will include all rec-| cially announced. State executives will go to Washington NUMBER 62! jordered a comprehensive report on| day to confer here January 10 to formulate demands to be jc menite ties by Rrra ie ie by | about January 14 to present their claims to Secretary Lane. ee honrds anc the a n by ‘ds anc | . . * “2 SD AtD ras enanan Ge Seema They also will ask federal aid in the development and recla- dations. The order was issued in roe-| mation of arid lands. juest of Senator Page, isms of the manner in venoms UWEEPING REPUBLICAN VICTORY rt of the criticism, was made by some officers in the distribution of 5 3 7 . j2vans. ive turin, xtepunaiean National Committeeman Back from Meeting Asserts {announced ina n commen reo That Sentiment for Change Is Crystallizing in ed he would introduce a resolution | pe on . i om jhe acy warty’ ft] “East, Where Conditions Are Reacting iels in recor for the awara- | Ragga nmendations 1 decora ing of nav ation ts Indications point most favorably to a sweeping Republican na- tional victory in the presidential campaign in 1920, according to the | Hon. Patrick Sullivan, who returned to this city yesterday from Wash- ‘ington where he attended the December meeting of the national Re- publican committee as a committeeman from this state. Mr. Sullivan | gives expression to his views suggestive of a Republican victory from IRISH AROUSE OVER PREMIER'S to Mr, of Judge C, RaGETelsiievacctied or | observations, a careful study of condi-)on the, committee on arrangements, or- ) das. Blake, the | jtions and basis his opinions on a per-| ganization and finance and publicity. tertrassdbaicre ss tboe’ o: hdes te wa Pik sonal survey of the present titude | Ce was represented also, in addl- 7 | the is taking on the Democratic] tion Sullivan, in the selection |administration now in office. | Asa personal friend of Will 1. Moy, chairman of the Republican national committee, and one of the of national polities, D, Murane, committeeman from Alas! on the publici commit- tee. Judge Murane resides here now ut still retains a seat in the national committee (By Ut ited | DUBLIN, Dee. 23. shade of opi © Lloyd ¢ Press.) fhe Irish press ion is attack- ‘8s plan, | no taxicab ordinances “ating on the : 10 ee ene F Oneratigey on cat | branding it.as imp TABLA analiiiic s fortunate in obtaining m I ng presidential possibilities, 8 today ¢3 those 4 y Apparently no phase of the information on the political) Mr. Sullivan did not care to commit him- de re nae titdetanase umlontit asl reptable, atmosphere. self specifically, tho he belle that ° : xtc nion, | rs predicted that it would POuninexuadininiateal tc it enator Harding of Ohio and eral tated perici cuanel micetlnx, haa an- orced if tried. They ae- | pte Re Uuicha en? eat poltele bey eonard Wood would be the strongest nOunieS ; his in ention of tal ing out a pvernment gf knowiig in gaid Sullivan Bus “ ours have | Coutenders for nomination He also taxicab liconse under the new ordi-| advance that the scheme would be un- nktiia wonklnkisnindosneel at the names of Governor I glance but had not last night. Omlers were given to Chief Frank } Webb to arrest with little quibbling y taxicab owner aside from the two sumed Who were caught operating in defiance of the city law. The revora- | tion of the licenses. takes away the} right of the taxicabs to operate on the streets. | Father and Son with One council member advised Chief) Webb to see that the licenses were} taken up before the Burlington train | came in this morning so the taxicabs coulé not charge the 50-cent rate for he three blocks from ‘the depot to any} of the hotels. It was the clause in the | new ordinance which cut the taxi driv: | crs out of this * * revenue and al-| LACLEDE, Mo., Dec. 23.—W: lowed only a 26-cent charge that made} gf H ay in Id them protest so strongly to the city,) sit down at dinner podiysmithe:e according to council members. _ The city council did not care to take| when dad was Warren’s age, any steps regarding the injunction is, °, s. sued by the court. commissioner with. | Along with Warren at the dinner out hearings by the eity, but preferred to protect thé public by revoking the licenses. The matter cannot well be! nijasted. or the injunction question | taken up by Judge Ralph Kimball un- til about January 3 or in the earlier pert of Januar, Consequently, until the court next menth passes on the justice of the pres: ent injunction preventing the city from enforcing its own ordinance, the taxt cab drivers will in the main let their motor cars keep cool in garages TURK NATIONAL LEADER KILLED pha ara oem |LLOYD-GEORGE_ | ers ee! | GC OING TOPARIS| tolia and head of the Turkish Na- tionalist movement in Asia Minor, LONDON, Dec. 23.—Premier Lloyd George will go to Paris next week to has been assassinated, according to a er with Premier Clemenceau, it Smyrna dispatch to the Tempo today. er was announced today. WOMEN KICK | ‘SAFE CONDUCT’ FOR RADICALS ASKED BY U.S. ssociated Press.) (By A WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—In ex- planation of the deportation of 248 radical Russians on the transport Buford cabled by the e department to “various foreign capitals," the message said that pre- caution was taken “to request for them safe conduct and humane treat- ment at the hands of authorities un- der whose jurisdiction they will pass | | —/ | | \shing, you know, and Aunt May Pershing, Laclede Made Happy Feet Under Table at Which General Used to“Cram” Turkey , at the Holiday Season (Hy Associated Press.) arren Pershing, ten years old, wi dining room where his daddy used to eat his Christmas and Thanksgiving turkey way back in the days: and ordinary folks could afford turkey. | will be his dad, General John J. Per- and the governor of Mis- nd Mayor Allen of I ™ whose groce agon dad us rides, and a w more folks. Most of them will be folks who knew he general when he was Warren's ¢ and when full just has been done to the turkey and fixin’s and pie, ¢ eral Pershing will step out on the} porch of the old house where he used to live and address a few remarks to the Linn county neighbors who are to/ gather in the yard. | ybody at the dinner, except the! | can eat as much as he or she , but the general must save room | 4d dried apple pie that Aunt Susan Hewitt, 78 ars old, has baked souri, © for him. ‘The visit to Aunt Susan, who} uhed to bake pies for John J. Pershing, long before anybody ever dreamed he would be a general, is an important| part of the homecoming celebration of | the commander-in-chief of the Ameri can Expeditionary forees. Laclede is in gala attire today and planned a different sort of any the general has spent for years. It is to be a day of handshak ing vith meighbors, and “Howdy, | John,” I had a boy over yonder; you didn’t happen to run onto him?" (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—General Pershing when he arrives at Lincoln | will be asked definitely to state whether he will be a candidate for the presidency. His friends will urge his entrance into the race. } <> PROPS FROM UNDER H. C. L. Baliniayi7 | | Prices Tumble Following Boycott and Slump Is Not Yet Ended; 70,000 Enlisted in Illinois Drive (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—The reorganization of Illinois women to) combat the high cost of living is given credit by the state fair-price/ commission for driving down in two days the retail selling price of | fresh eggs from 77 cents to 65 cents a dozen. “Watch them tumble some more, and butter, potatoes, high- priced coffee and other high fliers, with them,” said Major Sprague, chairman of the commission. ; - gf _ Seventy thousand women have joined the fight against high) Prices. : | | TRIBESMEN ARE | DRIVEN OFF BY | BRITISH FORCES) | (By United Press.) - | LONDON, Dec. 23.—Fierce fighting | occurred Wednesday and Thursday | along the Indian-Afghanistan frontier, according to delayed dispatches’ re- ceived today. One thousand tribes- men who attacked the British were repulsed with heavy losses. The Brit- | ish used airplanes. British casualties | totalled 84. i - if INSURGENT HEAD LEAVES*FIUME} (By Associated Press.) ROME, Dec. 23.—Captain Gabriele d’Annunzio left Fiume on the steam ship Pannonia, according to newspaper reports here. \ANTI-REDS ARE MOTHER CLAIMS: protection inois and + Johnson as rceptable, neceptabl ection without the ity | Some declared it vas a plan to y cmudidates. nlidge and Len- “mislead, world opinion” regarding sof A itinaters _| root may also develop into dark horses. Ireland, Leiner amiarenGaniLorithe mare Rcinel While in Washington, Mr. Suilfyan is : } Late s a guest of Senator Warren and ye. believe thi Republic. 1 Lobe ee eae } BRITISH SEE WAY 2 tecaten hat the Republican party | congressman Mondell. His daughter, in bringing Rad- vean great headway conditions back to a normal basis. sempanied him to Chi- time visiting with her orgaret, who w Press.) ago, spent the ‘ ieal changes must come. in 3 .—London is en- see chpcme, in) many De rs, who are attending schoot in ee % ndon M- lour systems of government in order stic over Premir Lloyd George's | t¢ yestore confidence and create a feel! ith Bend, Ind plan for Ireland. me of sep- iss SEM a eB ——__—— ing of contentment and goog will.” Sullivan witnessed the effects of nt coal strike in the big cities a arate parl press as the only 1 MINERS STRIKE | IN PROTEST TO hailed by the ral way to cir- cumvent antipathy between the two HOWAT OUT OF | th of the e t the peo-| | SS ua | ple of per could not re how well} | TWO MILL IONS off they really were, “It was distress: | | 4 ‘ing during the holiday season to see; and the people virtually in a state of| IN PRESENTS BY frenzy from wor ad fear over what! Here in Casper, | TO END STRIKE Mey EE ey i {might turn up aa oe es MAYOR CQUZENS I find a condition entirely different, @. casi ‘Eleven mines employing 1,000 miners | evens tho athers Sivas &. Peron .OUr ns INDIA! APOLIS, Dec. 23.—Alex- are idle this morning as the result | Beaks REI a ae ander Howat was released and allow- of strikes in protest ‘against the ac- | oro Babllog bane | ceeenociace tesetent atti ele ed to réturn to Kansas when he tion of Judge Anderson in sending | factions totalling two million dollars |(et tie erent open. we | agreed today to call off the strike in Alexander Howat, president of the | will be made as Christmas gifts by | °10 in this great open wv | his district. He also agreed to order Kansas miners, to jail. | dames Couzens, millionaire mayor of | MP Sullivan was honot the) pack the miners who struck in pro- ——__<>—— roit, it was announced today. national committeemen in his selection test to Howat's arrest. | - to serve on thr the most impor-| | sharge of the na-| Silas Brooks has gone to Denver, — andel, one of the teach Miss Mary C tant committ P crs of the Central school has gone to | tional Republican convention in Chicago; overland, where he will have some re- Pillings, Mont., for the v tion. in June, 1920, Mr. Sullivan will serve | pairs made on his motor car, SURROUNDED BY | SOVIET FORCES) PEACE RATIFICATION AGAIN FACING DELAY (By Axssocinted Press.) | LONDON, Dec. 23.—The troops of | General Petlura, anti-Bolshevik com mander in Ukraine, have been su rounded | oviet forces in the province of v, according to a wire- | cept a compromise sacrificing the spirit of article X | Senator Hitchcock leonferences with small Head of German Mission Must Return to Berlin for Parley; President Will Accept Modification Article Ten will continue his oups until DAUGHTER DIED OF OPERATION 1 | $3 PARIS, Dec. 23.—The German delegation here has decided 5 \not to return to Berlin to consult with the government over the L EN EAU S \terms of the allied reply to the last German note, according to; |the French foreign office. | FRIENDS URGE (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Dec. 23.—Georges Clemen- congress reconvenes he Underwood prot conciliation commit 1 the proc the ground informal. 6 on ould be It —— (By Associated Press.) LAWTON, Mich., Dec. 23—A signed statement accusing Joseph Virgo of performing an illegal operati Maude Tabor, has been made by Mrs. Sarah Tabor, 80, mother of the brilliant linquist, whose body was i found in a trunk in the basement of | the home here, the prosecuting at- | torney announced today. 1 y Annociated Preas,) PARIS, Dec. 23.-Earhangenoe ratifications of the peace| \ treaty before the end of the year is considered in French official | % 3 i \ circles to be impossible. This opinion was formed when the} ‘head of the German delegation announced today that he would | be obliged to return to Berlin to consult with the government; Dee. ‘Clemen * icati | cean may be the next presiden: on the latest allied cominunication, | the French republic, according to ee eeree consensus of opinion in the chamber Miss Ethel Kissick of the Oil City Well supply offices in the Oil Exchange building has left for her home in Gil- lette, Wyo., where she will remain un- til after Christmas, secretary of the peace —ooooOOOOOOOOOOOOO conference, today handed Kurt von| of deputies. Despite, the premier’s 9 Lersner, head of the delegation, the al-| vete of his candidacy, several mem- lied reply to the last German note. Von bers of the chamber have resolved to ! 7 place his name to the fore and are Lersner emphasize! departure i 0) positive that they can count support on 450 members of the chamber and 150 senators. negotiations DEPARTMENT DANGEROUS RUN)“ “ “= | Se oat rete PRESIDENT WILLING TO ACCEPT AMENDMENT (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23,—President (By Axsociated Prens.) NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Two hook and Indder companies, three engine companies, four deputy. battalion fire chiefs, a wagon load of police reserves, and an insurance patrol were sent dashing thru the streets of the upper west Wilson is willing to side today all because Mary Behn, aged 40 years, wanted @ drink of whiskey. tion to articlo X which would giv ALarree plated AP osha’ Hala eb dee Bobllogber for a quart and he:fulled: toll eres Sage cote ee hee produce. accept a reserva on for the pumping station water and addition were accepted last t by the city e r The W. F. Henning Plumbing comp bid of $47, pted. The next closest Me jeorge #1. Pew being the galle tement today. r, that the presi dent would not accept the Lodge reser. vation on that clause and would not ac- She could not find a policeman and decided to ving for one bul pulled the fire alarm box by mistake. She was given a drink of water at the police station. $ bidder. atest eer wiieritwowe ere see newer mee mm aan: ca sn a at AE A A A LE EN a EO A A ee cee em SS