Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1920, Page 1

BONE DRY ERA TOBE ENFORCED =< The Casper | Baily dy tonight and Sunday; in north portion; colder NUMBER 82 THRU U.S. Merrymaking Is Cut Short in New York When Arrests for Violations Start {Ry United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Fed- eral Prohibition Commissioner John Kramer today predicted wholesale arrests of bootleggers soon under constitutional prohibition. ‘With thousands of detectives working everywhere we plan drastic and quick measures to make the law effective,” said Kramer. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Four minutes after the 18th amendment became ef- fective in New York Saturday morning, people and allied neutral countries which, however, implies no change in the policy of the allies on “outlawing” Britain’s Plan of Defensive Action Fore- shadowed by State Department Announc- ment to Raise Embargo and Withdraw y United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 17,—The allies adoption of a purely defen- sive position against soviet Russia, is foreshadowed by state depart- ment announcements of lifting the blockade a; ainst Russia and the withdrawal of the entire American force from Siberia The supreme council at Paris decided it vail lift the blockade immediately to permit the exchange of supplies between the Russian # Brooklyn cafe owner was arrested by an internal revenue inspector for sell- ing a glass of brandy. The bartender in the same establishment was arrested a minute later. The news traveled in underground channels faster than a) prairie fire fanned by a cyclone and in| n short time, merrymaking, over the the Bolshevik government.. A note to Japan announced that the American troops will be withdrawn immediately after the departure of the first contin- gent of Czecho-Slovaks about February. The American railway commission, Which has been supervising the opera- tion of Trans-Siberian and Chinese east- demise of John Barleycorn, came more ery railways, will be withdrawn simul-/ or less to an abrupt end in the greater/taneously with the troops. | city’s cafes, restaurants and hotels. ——— } The presence of a hundred revenue | Assoct. a Press.) inspectors in the white light district! wapsew tee the Be euiie Gvoem and the knowledge that the city’s 15,-! oy the Lithuanian and Ruthanian front] 000 ‘policemen were watching for viola have been beaten and are retreating tions of the new law caused saloonkeep-| into east Dvinsk ,according to an of-| ers_and others, {0 close their doors ricial statement today. ‘The Lettish and somewhat unceremoniously. of Preli lake, ODESSA CAPTURED BY WASHINGTON, Jan. 17-The ma:|POLSHEYE ‘gutted er ) ehinery forthe enforcement of constitu-|... wagHINGTON, “Ian, 17.—The* Bol. tional prohibition has. been: virtually | sneviki have captured Odessa, say state completed, according to announcement gepartment advices today. It is report- today by Internal Revenue Commissica- 94 that British and French ships .are er Roper of the supervising division of leaving with some refugees. federal prohibition agents. ——————_— The supervisors. and the states over The Richards and Cunningham store which they have jurisdiction include: has a splendid line of Nina Taylor SUPERVISION APPOINTED FOR WESTERN DISTRICT Associated Press.) ” Northwestern department, Henry Lar- house dresses just received in the dry} son, supervising agent, Denver, South goods department. The dresses are made! Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, of the different gingham and pe-ccale Utah and Colorado. materials ‘in attractive prints. CASPER SELECTED FOR 1921 MEET OF SHEEPMEN, REPORT That Casper will almost Raina he chiekes be chosen as the meeting place of the wool growers’ convention next year, is the word brot from Cheyenne by those who have been attending the convention there for the past few days. The next meeting place was to be’ selected this morning. Among the Casper people who attended were Michael Burke, John Bryne, O. Josendal, Rugene McCarty, Tim Daily, Phil Johnson, Julian Lever, Ex-Gov- ernor and Mrs. B. B. Brooks, Angus McPherson, George B. Nelson, Jack Leary, Henry Posey, Lewis Baker, M. ©. Crouch, Judge C. E. Winter and Mr. and Mrs, M. L. Bishop. These pegple were also guests at the reception given for General Pershing. GOLDMAN WOULD PUT SOCIAL REVOLT IN U.S. Red Leaders on Soviet Ark Declare: They Will “Return to America to Save It;” Deportation Described as “Unfair” (By The Associated Press) HANGO, Finland, Jan. 17.—The United States transport Buford having aboard 249 radicals deported from America, has arrived here. Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman declared today that they will not remain in Russia but will “return to America to save it.” The) Reds aboard will be taken to the Russian frontiér by the United States labor bureau and i officials. Berkman described the deportation as ican officials. will accompany the de- “unfair and’ stupid,” adding, “you can| ported Reds as far as the Russian not kill an idea like that. The czar bese which will then return to Han- tried and failed. He is dead and for-| go. gotten.” “Do you want to overthrow the Amer- ican government?” betes Goldman’ was asked. ~ ih “You need a new government,” she answered, “and I hope an election will provide it ¥ REDS’ JOURNEY ENDS ON RUSSIAN FRONTIER ‘United Press.) HANGO, }anlands Jan, 17.—Berkman and Goldman intend to organize a great society in Russia to be known as the ussian Friends of American Liberty’ with the prime object of promoting a “social revolution in the United States” they announced on arrival here. The Buford arrived here Friday night. Amer-|{ B; GENEVA, Jan. 17.—The Austrian according to a telegram received here Polish front now rules along the shore; the report says. } AUSTRIANS DISABLE VESSELS TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE ALLIES y. Associated Press.) to the allies, have undergone a second‘fcapa Flow, but on a smaller scale, the allied naval commission, which arrived récently at Cattaro, confirms the reports that the Austrian fleét is seriously disabled. ‘to have destroyed or removed the principal parts‘of machinery on the ships. |! LETTER MAILED DUTCH ASKING FOR THE KAISER (By Annociated Press.) PARIS, Jan. 17.—The supreme coun cil’s letter to the Dutch government de. manding the extradition of former Em: peror William has been sent to that gov- ernment. It was forwarded officially durfag: the Right THREE KILLED, INJURED IN EXPLOSION y Associated Press.) cINCINNATT Jan. 17,—Three fire- men were killed, and a score or more of persons injured in an explosion that blew out the east wall of @ store build- ing in the river front district early this morning. The loss is approximately a | hundred SASURE OE BOHARH ES dollars. MAY ALLOW U.S. | TO DRILL AGAIN ' | MEX. OIL FIELDS | (By United Press.) | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—An_unof- ficial Mexico City report states that the dispute over Americans doing fyrther ‘arilling in the ofl fields has been set- ltled, altho the question over the na- |tionalization of the oil fields still re- |mains in abeyance. | Americans in Mexico Is to be resumed OFFERS TOACT . | AS SUBSTITUTE FOR THE KAISER (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, Jan. 17.—Ferdinand Bonn, at one time the most poular actor in Germany and a protege of former Em-| peror William, has offered to substi-| tute himself for Count Hohenzollern and so to Londdén made up as the former) gnonarch. “Not so much for the sake of Wil- liam -as for the German honor I do this," he declared. : war vessels which must be handed over from Turin. . The dispatch states that The Austrians are said |, N BLOC KADE MILLION DOLLARS INNEWROAD =: AND BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE SPENT IN STATE THIS YEAR This in Addition to an Amount Equal in Magnitude to Be Spent by Individual | Counties on Roads | (Special to The Tribune) | 1c, (Wyo., Jan. 17.—Early in February and March| state highway commission will receive bids for the con- Sencege 6froad and bridge projects in this state values at one and three-quarter million dollars. Says He Was Told That “We Would Just as ses INAVY INVESTIGATION Soon Fight British as Central Powers;” Criticizes Department (By Associated Prensa. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—-Rear ‘Admiral Sims today told ee senate committee investigating naval awards that when he was ordered to England in March, 1917, just before the United States entered the war, he was instructed by the navy depart- ment to “not let the British pull the wool over your eyes,” and that “we would just as soon fight the British as the central powers.”’ The admiral also charged thats the] American nayal headquarters in Lon- 9 don did not receive co-operation from the navy department and that the de- - partment did not arrive at any decided plan of action until ten months after he arrived in London. He added: “It vas ten months before we really came = to the aid of the allies or acted on their | recommendations. Admiral Sims’ testimony was in the form of a letter to Secretary Daniels ® Nayal Leasons of the rat War,” whictl Daniels re ed jseveral days ago. The letter criticized the department for attempting to ad minister details of action by American naval forces overseas and alleged t the department demanded that it be pe: mitted to pass fully on all plans, even those regarding action against the | enemy. | CONDITIONS IN BERLIN NORMAL; Election to Presi- dency of France Is i i i ‘MANY ARRESTED Drilling wells by|are well underway and will be accom- The contracts to be awarded provide for improvements in (By Annsociated Prens.) BERL Jan. 17.—Conditions in Ber- jJin now are normal again. Twenty-six } radical labor agitators, members of the | Independent Communist grotip, have been arrested charged with complicity nearly every. section of the state and will bring the grand total in the rioting Tuesday. of work undef way to approximately four million dollars. In addition to the work planned by the state highway de- partment for this year a conservative estimate of the road improvements plan- ned by the individual counties is placed at $1,000,000. The bridge contracts which will be awarded are as follows: Medicine Bow River Bridge—An 80- foot reinforced )concrete. bridge over Medicine Bow east, of Heine: ae the town of county. . Platte River Bridge—Three 125-foot spans on’ concrete piers:and abutments over the ‘Platte river, one’ mile south of the town of Orin Junction and one 40-foot reinforced concrete T-beam bridge, two miles south of Orin Junc- tion, in Converse county. é Blacks Fork Bridge—One 100-foot bridge over Blacks Fork, 10 miles from the town of Fort Bridger on the Fort Bridger-Urie road in, Uinta county. Big Horn Bridge—One 300-foot bridge over the Wind river at the town of Thermopolis in Hot Springs county. Moorcroft. .Bridge—Three 40-foot spans, reinforced concrete bridge on piers and abutments, over the Belle Fourche river at Moorcroft in Crook county. Several bridge designs are being con- sidered for the above construction and contractors are submitting bids for al- ternate designs upon all of the above{ bridges except the Moorcroft bridge in Crook county and the Medicine Bow river bridge in Albany county. Definite date of the opening of bids on the above work has not been deter- mined but will be announced and the work advertised for bids immediately upon the completion of the plans which plished at an early date. The road contracts to be awarded comprise thirteen projects and are as follows: | Rawlins-Bell Springs road in Carbon county—14-6 miles in length beginning at the city «| of Rawlins and extending north the above distance. | Reconnaissance estimate of | cost ~... $ 97,900.00 Medicine Bow-Marshall road in Carbon county—From the i} city of Medicine Bow north 2.4 miles. Reconnaissance es- timate of cost Lincoln highway from Medi- cine Bow to Old Carbon in Carbon county—Length 12.4 miles. This project lies two miles west of the city of Medi- cine Bow. Reconnaissance ¢s- timate of cost -- aS. Lincoln highway in Carbon county—{Old Carbon to \‘al- cott.) Length 28.6 sniles. Reconnaissance estimate of cost — | Lincoln highway ‘in jweet- water county—Thayer Junc- tion to Red Desert. Length 43.9 miles. Iteconnaissance ‘estimate of cost Eden: Valley »road in Sweet water county from Zenidra's Well, 28 miles north of Rock Springs. to Eden. Length 16.2 miles. Reconnaissance es- | timate of eost------------.- 82,060.00 | Lincoln highway in Uinta county from Evanston west to Utah state line—Length 4 miles. Reconnaissance esti- mate of cost---.. Rennnnn---- Yellowstone highway in Con- verse county between the city of Douglas and a point 8 miles west. Reconnaissance estimate of cost-2--2----._.- Yellowstone highway in -Con- verse | county between Orin (Continted on Page Six.) 11,110.00! 33,006.00 103,015.00 164.670.00 27,445.00 38,874.00 | "Cxthon }) CHEYENNE, ‘BETSCHNEIDER HEADS | business connected with his oil inter-| SHEEPMEN TAD A ARO HOW TO PLOW, a Almost Unopposed |: in Assembly VERSAILLES, Jan. 17.— Paul Des Chanelj president of the chamber of deputies, was elected president of France by a joint assembly of the senate and chamber of |deputies to succeed President Poincare. | Des Chanel wus practically unopposed, He received votes. He is 63 years old. He has long been prominent in DROUGHT WAS DISASTROUS TO SOME =" Wyox— Jan. Aside from a brief address by sing eral John J. Pershing the most in- | teresting fedture of the first day's | session Thursday of the annual con- | vention of the Wyoming Woolgrowers’ association was the statement by Dr. | J. M. Wilson of McKinley of the mis- | fortunes of which the livestock indus- | try in Wyoming has been theyvictim | during the; last year. { The transfer of Wyoming livestock | to other states as a result of last year's drouth, said Dr. Wilson, proved | disastrous in some instances. The summer was dry, hot and parched, he said, then suddenly winter came prematurely. The stockmen hoped the weather would moderate but in- stead it grew worse and to cap the climax of ill-fortune, just at the time when plans were being made to“ship out cattle and sheep_the snow be- came so bad that the railroads were “was ever broke, However, while he retained confidence in himself. It is up to you to go on smiling, hope for the best and expect the worst.” One flockmaster of Central Wyo- ming, Dr. ‘Wilson related, had writ- ten that he could not attend the con- vention in Cheyenne because he had to stay at work in an effort to pay his debts. “At any rate,” he said in his letter, “if it all goes I can get a good job at good pay as a sheepherder.”" More than 100 flockmasters from all sections of the state are attend- ing the convention, which will be con- tinued until tomorrow evening. De spite the trials thru which the live- | stock industry has been and is pass- ing. an atmosphere of optimism pre- vails. Speakers Thursday, in addition to General Pershing and Dr. Wilson, in- cluded Acting Governor W. E. Chap- ~_ (By United rrens.) Paul Eugene Louis Des Chanel, statesman and author, who is known as one of the most brilliant public | speakers in France, entered political | life in 1876 as secretary to Minister of | the Interior De Marcerel. He was | elected to the chamber of deputies in | 1885. Since May, 1912, he has served | continuously as president of the cham- ber. He is a member of the French | academy. KURT EISNER’S SLAYER GIVEN | DEATH VERDICT By Associated Press.) ke . e the coal strike c Docket. Teal aestion of wheth. | ln, Mayor Ed P. Taylor, former Go MUNICH, Jan. 17Count Arco and he roud# might not be indefinite. | €or B. B, Brooks of Casper, V. Ii. | Valley was sentenced to death today ly unable to operate | Stone of Lander and Will C. Barnes | for the assassination of Kurt Eisner, Ymhe cup of the livestock grower of Washington, associate forester. Bayatian! premier, (“1 shot) himitrom was not only full,” said oe AS ek Dees mpeekera includes ae pening genie he betrayed my father- “but was running over. But that tht za hae 3 WB. Calving, | 1s dd ne end the trouble for him, | federal director of the Union Pacific, Taxes were ralsed. And this was done when there was not enough feed on on 1,000 acres to support half a dozen animals. And rentals were doubled. “In other words, the stockman was down and his own state was trying to put him a little further down.” “No man,” continued Dr. Wilson, WESTERN STATES CO. H. C. Bretschneider of Casper has been elected president of the Western } States Oil and Land company when the new board of directors organized, ‘Thts was expected after the meeting in Den- ver about two weeks ago when the offices of the Western States Oil com- pany were moved to Casper. Mr.! Bretschneider succeeds N. 8. Wilson. H. H. Kilpatrick was named as sec- retary and treasurer to take the place of C, B, Titus. ——_ M. A. McFerson of Lusk has been in the city for several oays attending to; ests. Mrs. Emely Thomas who has been vis- | iting with Mr. and Mrs. U. R. Bruce has returned’ to her home in Lander | Mrs. Thomas is a frequent visitor here! and hag many friends in the city. and T. W. Tomilson, secretary of the American Livestock association. | Today Alex Walter, president ef the Natibnal Sheep and Wool bureau; F. R. Marshall, of Washing- ton; Halstead 8. Ritter of Denver; E. Piper, U. 8. biological survey; J. A. Doelee and Robert E. Matheson of Chicago will deliver addresses. COSTA’S CABINET | LISBON, Portugal, Jan. Costa's cabinet which was formed Wed- nesday has resigned. CONFE RESIGNS TODAY ; 17.—Premier | RENCE: OF DEMOCRATS Committee on Arrangements Prepare for Frisco Convention; Wood Arrives in New York and Pershing Backers on Job ‘The United Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Th tee on arrangements met here e Democratic national commit- today to plan the San Francisco convention. General Wood arrived today for a conference with his managers. General Pershing’s backers announced that headquarters would be established here next ‘week. A boom for Governor-Elect Democratic presidential nomination wil! LACK OF OCCUPANTS MAY FORCE MASSACHUSETTS JAILS TO CLOSE (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, so rapidly during th ton, Newburyport and Fitchburg have last few months Jan. 17.—The jail population in Massachusetts has diminished that the county Jail at Lowell, Taun- been closed. Twenty-five institutions having accommodations for 6,000 prisoners have housed a daily average of 2500 during the last month. Edwards of New Jersey for the be launched at a Newark dinner Tues- day. APPOINTMENT OF basta yt Et ed TODAY ocinted Prens.) NEW ori » Jan. 17.—At a prior meeting of the committee on arrange- ments for the Democratic national con- vention in San Francisco, it was later announced, that George #. Mara, at- |torney of Bridgeport, Conn., who was [pines to serve as personal represefi- tative to Chairman Cummings, will leave for the Pacific within the |next two days. The purpose of the conference today was to consider the appointment of sub committees on transportation, hotel ac: \commodations, ticket arrangements, etc coast soonest Gas Sound: é