Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1920, Page 1

SER a rtbreate | Au son | MEMORIAL CERTIFICATES FOR RELATIVES OF HEROES REMEMBER AMENIGINS WHO FELL IN BATTLE ‘Opposition to Demand for Surrender of War Criminals to Break Up Coalition Govern- ment While Newspapers Declare People DENVER MINT THIEF CAUGHT $100,000 Worth of Gold Bars Carried Out of Coin Factory in Wooden Leg of Workman Recovered from Premises Where It Had Been Buried During Past Fortnight Will Resist to Death, Report ENGI RELATIVES GF 191 WYGMING’ MEN’ GET” MEMORIALS _ Theré were 131 Wyoming men who were killed ‘in aétion or died from wounds received in action in France, according to the list issued by State Secretary Harry Fisher of the American Legion. The relative of each one of the 131 men who lost his life will be presented with the engraved certificates given by the French government in appreciation of the sacrifice made. The presentation @Will be) February 22. nofified’ in order that a correction may The honor roll for the entire nation |be made. is. made up of 107,952 soldiers, 6,800] Sheridan county with 13 boys lost in sailors and 3,657 marines. the world conflict heads the list of coun- In Wyoming where there is a post of |ties in the state. Crook county lost the Amerfean Legion in the county seat'|more married men in the war than any of the county, presentation will be|other county in Wyoming, three from made with fitting exercises by; the|this county making the supreme sac- Legion post. | Where the relative can- |rifice. ‘ not be feached or is unable te come to} Fiye were’ killed in the world war the exercises,’ the certificates will be|from Natrona county, four of the men mailed to them by the Legion. being from Casper. Secretary Fisher has asked that In| The certificate shows a group figure ter was without foundation, Sted genes Saxena SLUMP IN EGGS BRINGS HOPE TO H.C. L, VICTIMS By The BERLIN, Feb. 5.—Resignation of the allied demand for German war gui inet went into session soon after it.recei The number of Democrats and Centrists the accused. is believed sufficient to break The list will be published soon, Ww (By. Associated Press.) i DENVER, Feb. 5.—Orville Harrington, 41, skilled worker in the Denver mint, was arrested today jon a charge of robbing cabe Of adybody knowing perebie tabi |from ‘the conotaph In the Avenue tes | ee emver mint of gold bullion valued at more than $100,000. lated'to receive the certificates who|Champs Elysee, Paris. In the scroi| search of Harrington’s home revealed gold bars buried and have left the. address -given that the {above are the dates “1914-1919.” Above | hidden in various parts of the premises and all were recovered, American Legion headquarters here be | (Continued on Page 8) according to Rowland K. Goddard, chief of the secret service. IN WOMAN’S BEQUEST eges did not develop. —_— = cision. German newspapers comment as fol- i pre of their’ strength to resist to the ut- RAIL WORKERS — STRIKE TO cealed in a hollow false limb which ho wore. Because of the unusual means taken to get the gald out of the, mint, officers were unable to locaté the source of the thefts for several days. - ; most, The allied demand inyolves not (By United Preas.) Harrington was taken into custody as the fate ofa single group but WASHINGTON, Feb. rem | ha he. was coming off shift, a search of his of the nation, tin’ question is to de- » American, was: kidna: person, disclosing a $1,400 bar of gold Way Employes and Railway Shop La- ‘cide whethér the treaty may be changed hidden in his’ false leg; loan 95 us to lve morally and ma- The thefts, which began two weeks: 3 " 5 . |ago, had been traced to the refinery Taglische Rundschau: >) Durango state, say advices to the I: Deg oo ons gene jand a watch was set over all employes ‘Everybody must be aware thnt the crisis is begin- ning today,’ of that department. ' The list of suspects narr Contest of Will of Cheyenne Recluse Is owed down LOW EXCHANGE can ed to the Mexican government an urg- borers are. mesting in jal session Vorwaerts: | “Germany not delly- a 7 5 ° : to three and a watch was on the to consider the decision | <* Wo, hope salmucas will Ret, the] (Shar to effect Askew release un Based: on Charge that Native of India / Aygarem athe womneciea chest chosaai . i rit ris RATES MAY CUT night officers, watching Harrington’ 7 pees home, shw Harrington bury a. bar i Te tage Influenced Action of Aged Owner Une drotard nd bh subsequent peargh of 3 i the orchard disclosed four bars buried there. A search of the house netted 14 other bars, which had) been buried in the) cellar. ; ‘Harrington, sno ‘hasbeen emit ‘By. Press.) at the mint» since last, September, WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—A big drop} graduate. of, the. Cajorado , School (Special to CHEYERNE, Wyo. ‘The. Tribune) ies Wer .— Did Saeevel, a. native ae d td: -Elten. e Conroy, an ‘he é-recluse+ a tt Chrysmas aypitarninke him er*sole héir?) :\- gaye : i tgainst. th LATER ote Bete ie ») ‘Phere isa suggestio ys before pher death: which;Wednesday were filed a of in the cost) of living predicted if the|Mines and is married, haying several present’ record of low levels of foreign! children.. £ , » demanded... include, Gene: Hindenburg... and, Ludendorff, \) y -Rupprecht.of Bavaria, Duke, of Wart-}.. probating of a: will‘mad' exchange rates continues, which would} Harrington old) a «reporter he was force Europe to stop buying here. Then} edrning only: Fork 4 ‘a! day \working at the FORMER: NEGRO tembure., Admiral von Tirpitz, Generals, von’. Mackensen,.-:von -Sanders, Kluck, vor :Buelow, ‘von Arnim, Marwitz: and von Moltke... They demand the surrender of..Count Yor ‘ok CHAMP. ARRIVES N. Y. IN MARCH Enver Pasha and ex-Chancelior mann-Hollweg. ‘Che list created even greater sensation than was anticipated, A second note \will be dispatched *to: Berlin shortly demanding punish Baron Kurt yon Lersner fusing to transmit the list. A (Firene! diplomatic messenger left for Béetin, the’ sdme train with Lersner carrying ited Prens.) _» MEXICO, SITx, Feb, §.—Jack John- Bon, ‘pugilist, “today, ae @ would ar- rive in. New’ York the first jweek in March. He declared he was confident he ‘could “arrange ‘differtnces with the ‘Unitee ‘States idistrict attorney at Chi- cago 80 he might challenge ack Demp- and Other Reports Are Outstanding; — the Chamber of drive was The executive committee has the quota of 1,000 members Today’s luncheon was the while team workers will vor to bring berships as possible, the -main effort of| Foley’ +. the Peptomist organization for today| Sullivan -. and tomorrow will be devoted to com- pleting Casper’s special ‘consus enumer-| ‘ ation, the first big job of the new cham- ber of commerce. _ 3 ‘Captain E. Richard Shipp of team 13, turned in the largest number of new memberships today—65, and his team has turned in altogether 137 names, 13 per cent of the total, Shipp declares. tratais Special features of today’s 1} ‘were .@ short, address by Ray Ha‘ Of the high ‘school, endorsing the|work of the chamber of commerce and pledg- ing the support of the young men: of Casper for an institution which sis \td batid tHét t to the executive committee, . Whe standing. follows: ct Gratiot’s Division : Prev. Total Today: y 68 12% ~ fituré, SeHOO! “system is” the 1q 107 Prev. Total Today Total 112 5 18 on}: : * Sere rc re eo ae (BY Associated Press: SALONIKL, Fob. 5.~-Bulgarian Bolsheviki for the coup d'etat at which the present: regime | in that country’ ‘isto be ousted by ’vinlence, according to ‘Sofia’ advices which tell of the seizure of Bolsheviki documents there. More Srreae-of Comnimnlots are reported. Bernstorff, several submarine or Epa a for; re-| relations / was “hot inc! ¢ Committee: member explaining: that. considered the question open un- ?thé'senate “has taken’ a final stand ‘tl fense of the nation against: Bolshevism. As the reports: ofthe. verious cap- tains were given’,each was given hand- claps to correspond with the number. of names given in. on the tic team workers. ¢lal=interest. that ‘‘Missou"” cheer. 1G, I guest, h fi thé spirit of the drive. “We ‘have heard about it down in Manville. We expect you ‘to keep grow- til we can ‘annex you as a au- ""E ratl mittee 1 have fixed May 1 i igM!to induce her to make the | will PLEDGED AT CLOSE OF BIG CAMPAIGN TODAY —_—_—— racy, and: that America. must look to Captains Shipp and Townsend were nearly responsible for blistered hands of some of the enthusias- ‘Cheers greeted all the reports of spe- A-telegram from the E. T. Williams company at Denver stating Hines was fo four memberships as: his personal \con- tribution brot'ian ‘especially prolonged in of Manville, who was a ‘ily congratulated Casper up- suspect your executive com. trying to get the names off the tombstones out in the cemetery, her, decbrated “all the banquet the date inthe Laramie county (district court by Daniel 'W. Gill, executor under av eartl- fer will; and! Patrick A. McGovern, bishop of ‘the; Catholic, diocese of Wyo- ming and: in the contest representative of Sti Mary's cathedral, the chief bene- ficiary under thé earlier will.’ ‘The two: contests, which ‘are: identical. except:'as regards contestors,; charge that) Sewall used “undue -influence’’.on Mrs. Conroy be- queathing her property to him. The estate involved is valued at between 36,000 and $7,000. THe protests are directed: against the believes and therefore ‘al-| leges is the last will and testament of) the said deceased. The McGovern con- test differs only from the Gill contest only in that it Jays a different ground for the interest :of the contestor.”\Mat- son and Kennedy’ are counsel. forGill and William: E. Mullen for Bishop Mc: Govern. The contests set forth that when the nat verily decedent, Ellen Boyle Conroy, she, the said decedent, was-not of sound mind.” The, contestors further set forth that|® the will filed Pantuary 10 was not signed in the presence of the witnesses whose tiames are purported to be affixed to ft, and that the names of these witnesses ‘were not affixed at the request of Mrs. Conroy, or in her presence, That such a@ will, if signed by Ellen Boyle Con- roy, “at’ all, was’ procured by undue influence and fraud on the part of one C. Sewall,” is further asserted by the contestors, Continuing the statement of their case, the contestors assert that Mrs. Conroy ‘had become ‘‘childish-and could not knowingly understand ordinary at- fairg of life or transact business.” It then is stated that ‘said C. Sewall, the beneficiary under: said will, occupied as a tenant'a portion of the- premises be- longing to said deceased, that he, the said C, Sewall, was able to and did di- rect’ and dictate to said Ellen Boyle Conroy what she should do in matters | said’ Ellen Boyle Conroy toexecute the ‘said ‘alleged will and testament in his favor and’ making him: the, sole benefi clary thereunder.’’ ther assert “that if the said Ellen Boyle’ ‘Conroy had been free from the said un- due influence of said C..Sewall * * * she would not inform orvin any’ wi have mayle-or executed the will ‘The will under which the contestants claim‘ the right to appear as interested parties in: the settlement: of Mrs. Con- roy’s. estate, that signed Pebruary 11, 1910—nearly tem years.earlier than the ‘will making ‘Sewall. the beneficiary of the agedwoman—has been filed in the Ke {Continued on page Eight) D. Holmes, of of commerce, \to sacrifice their busi- ness interests if need be to furnish trained office help to the committee’ to that Casper can be certain that) tte full count has been obtained, three fourths of the work has ‘been done. : work in putting of the chamber WHEAT CONTROL GENSUSREPORT MST BE READ BY TOMORROW Sheridan The report of Casper’s census enum- eration, must be'in Sheridan by Satur- 318 are in the Rawlins prison, 22 are day, night. To this end, the special committee headed by T. C. Tonkin is working}puildings having been designed to ac- day. and» night. at the court house |cgmmodate only 200 convicts, checking results, and the co-operation ie: Henning hotel. The members of the Rotary club as- sisted last night 100 per cent strong. Business men were urged by Earle president of the chamber It was estimated today that about Tonkin and his committee were loud- ly cheered by th4 Peptomists for their’ er the first big job commerce. REPEAL ASKED BY COMMITTEE exports would cease* end worth of goods: now leaving the coun- try daily would be’ poured into United States markets, lowering’ prices. inevit- ably. +The fear that it would: shut down thills and cause a financiai crisis is causing officials to try to stabilize ex- change rates. ‘WYOMING PEN’ AGAIN ISSUED ‘cause of inability to secure print paper, has been revived with T. DelLane as edi- tor. The current issue states that Wyo- ming now has 365 convicts, of whom on parole and 25 are out on honor, The prison is. badly overcrowded, the present Cheyenne. $4,000,000/ mint, was having lots of trouble with his Jes, compelled to wear aj false limb, and operations. He has a wife and family and hoped to get enough to buy a farm for them.and “be independent.” He declared his wife knew nothing of the thefts. CONTRACTOR IS GIVEN MEDALBY 7 % + {will and te « . WINS, YOu ‘ebs, , 6.—""The ‘ 4 : decedent, _ Ellen Boyle: Conroy.” The Committee Working Day. and| wyoming Pen,” a, monthly magazine PRN BE ot RE A a » Gill contest sets forth that the conteaer Night to Complete Checking by the inmates of the Wyoming. state WARMIMARON rit Fryer UR ‘i is the executor named in a will made ogee Li penttentiary here which was compelled cw. ab Os ae ae February. 11,'1910, “which. this contest. | for Mailing’ of List to to suspend publication last October be-| of War Baker awarded the distin guished service medal to D. C. dack- lings: of Salt Lake City, after the board on awards had ruled that such an award could be legally made, Colorado Thomas M._ Spaulding, a member of the board, told the house investigating committee todgy. Jack- ling was granfed contracts for the construction of a government nitrate plant at Nitro, W. Va., and_ sublet Y : ie : Q 983 Signed Cards Turned in by Noon Today such young) men, inot only to be thel wii filed January 10, 1920, which “‘pur-|of all Chamber of Commerce men was| Attorney George Ferguson. returned| the contract, Spaulding said, He was 4 ‘ bulwark of democracy, but also the de-| ports to have been executed by the said'} pledged to, him at today’s luncheon at/thia morning from a business trip to a connected with the military forces. SOLDIERS GIVEN PREFERENCE IN LAND OPENINGS Resolution Extending to Former Service ' Men Preferential Right to Entry on Land Projects Passed by Senate (Special to The Tribune) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. actes of land on the Fort See = ATLANTIC SEABOARD STATES ARE SNOWBOUND BY. TERRIFIC STORM (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—States along the Atlantic seaboard from south- ern New England to Virginia are. snowbound as.a result of the worst storm of the winter. The snow.was accompanied py sleet and a high wind. Mod- erate temperatures prevailed generally snow turned in to a fine rain. and.in some sections this morning the —The senate this morning passed the *Gratiot’s division and Leary’s were. but ir chafrman assures me the com- oats 4 5 tiea when today's. report was totaled, faites is only. trying. to see that the|Felating to her ‘property and that he eee ate resolution giving former service men a 60-day preferential right on the Gar Hari ee while te ee “dead ones’ stay dead becauve you have|4i¢ with the intent and for the purgose| | WASHINGTON, i'eb, 5.—Favorable opening to entry of public or Indian lands. The resolution has passed committee reported. 35 yesterday and 40| recited “The Creed Of » At z ‘usé only for “live ones’ in i Jof.procuring the said Ellen Boyle Con-| report on Gronna’s bill repealing the the . for his: si 16. : they- adapted ‘as the’ heed ‘ot (Casper. |’ coples of the Picture of the Pepto.|TOY to execute the said purported will,| war-time measure under which the both houses and now goes to fags: signature. sl + Ww. 04 Wigan responded. de-|ynists, taken Tuesday morning In front jaar gow ey = peer aah Raa eae” hares lll odes The resolution will apply to, the opening of approximately 10,000 several memberships: re ffice ‘ over her foresaid, a: was ordered today by senate ag- . . Cais 4 toerap en esacred et tke, We Phe |anduly and wrongfully influence the| rlenitiral committee. Laramie and Shoshone projects beginning February 28. Special action on the measure was accorded by the’ senate thru the efforts of Senator Franofs E. Warren and the public lands committee of the upper house. oe Nutmegs are kernels of the fruit of a tree cultivated in Sumatra, Java, and the West Indies. The shape and size of this fruit resemhle a peach, and when ripe, it easily splits in two parts, showing, the kernel (or nutmeg), and mace, which surrounds it. A. EB. Stirrett has returned from a trip to’ Cheyenne. Bony