Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1920, Page 1

t $ IDS eHREK ‘WEATHER FORECAST af Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday; unsettled in north~ portion; “fDrobably warmer tonight and in south portion ‘Sunday, MOORE AND MARTIN . - Two Principals trict court this morning. The state *and C./E.\ Winter, special prosecutors, supported by County Attorney eee A, RR. Lowey: INMASSACRE BY spent \ecation. for. bail, |completed at noon... The matter wag con: fined until 9:40 this afternoon, United Press.) NEW NOTE SENT TO HOLLAND ON | FORMER KAISER\ (By, Associated Press.) LONDON, Feb. 14.—The allied su- preme council today forwarded’ to : Holland the notes prepared yester- day on the easé of former Emperor whose surrender to the en- recently was refused by the ‘The note was ‘tente Dutch government. signed by Premier Lloyd-George as president ofthe council. pe Shcons at ece aay SWISS DESTROY RED PAMPLETS. GENEVA, Switzerland (By Mail).—j| Large numbers of Bolshevist pamph- lets, urging a revolution in Switzerland, in the hope that it might spread to neighboring counries, have we con- fiscated by the government. flooiceS und cree as It is the boast of the dairymen of Holland that in their country there is a cow to every inhabitant. SOLDIER COMPENSATION ~ OF $50 FOR EACH MONTH _IN ARMY IS LE Murane, representing Moore and C. P. Phimmer, filed a motion for a change of yenue, which was granted by the judge. tion that was made in the Armstrong | TURK RADICALS ease, and the cases were transferred to « actual shooting and that! no evidence had been’ introduced to show that he \Poulos, the Greek, that he took Moore jto the scene of the crime and pointed was stored, and that Moore asserted that \by Judge Murane’s stenographer must CHANGE OF VENUE IS Charged with Murder in|SHIPYARD SITE | Connection with Killing of Deputy | - Sheriff Plead “Not Guilty” Here Charles Moore and Roy Martin, held with Hugh Armstrong to answer to ‘the charge of murdering Deputy Sheriff Tom Majors on a November 2, when a bootlegging raid was in progress, entered pleas of not guilty when arraigned before Judge Ralph Kimball in*the dis- was represented by M. W. Purcell! The attorneys for the defense, C. D. representing Martin, then ‘The same ruling was made on the mo-} Converse county. 3 The remainder of the morning, was in arguments on\ Moore's appli- which had not been Objections to the apptication were jmade by “thé state on the ground that al Fe ota RTE autho not avaitablé,.as the only copy of the’ evidence was oné made by Judge Mur- ane’s stenographer, which was not avail-/ able to*the state, ‘altho there had been |@ verbal agreement between counch that \it should be-avatlable. ‘The defense ar- gued that Moore was not present at the was actually in the Aaxi-cab which fig- ured in’ the case,’ The testimony of out to him the place where the liquor hg was the owner of the liquor, was declared by the defense not to be. strong enough proof of/complicity so that he} should be denied bail. Upon a ruliig that the notes ‘taker be considered shis property, the .attor- ney's for the state asked permission to | prepare affidavits which will be sub- mitted at this afternoon’s hearing. | ganbiishe Rk E 2 The decision of the Cunard Line to preserve the names of th Lusitania and other vessels sunk in the war, serves ‘to, recall the superstition of old-time | sailors that it was exceedingly unlucky to fiame a ship after one that had gone down. Recommendations Agreed to at Meeting of National Executiv e Committee to Be Submitted to Congress Soon The American Legion, thru action taken by the national executive committee in meeting at Indianapolis, has decided to ask congress for compensation for every former’service man or woman in the form of a $50 bond for each month served in the world war. ©. C. Calhoun represented. Wyoming as alternate to State Secretary Harry Fisher, ber from Wyoming. He returned to Casper last night after being gone about o week, * ~ ‘The executive committee had hm viti letters from 25 to 30 congressmen assur- ing ‘the’ legion that whatever request was made.for. compensation would, be neted upon favorably by congress. The AmeticaiJegion in its first national con- vention resolved that because the ques- tion of adjusted compensation or extra pay for-#ervice men and women was pending befofe congress’at the time of the convention, the legion left the dis- rcharge of the duty of securing thiy com- pensation to congress. But since that timé congress has taken no action. The’ national executive therefore thot it best to ask for the committee who is national executive mem- the widows and orphans of those who sacrificed their lives.’ Speaking of the action taken, Mr, Cal- houn said: “Reports of banking institutions of the east showed that the account of the average man not in the service indicat- ed that his savings account during the IN EFFORTS TO Ans eroauast CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, FEB. 14, 1920 T¥eoman whs nominated today as re- GION AIM EMPEROR CHARLES FRUSTRATED { 3 | AT HOGISLAND | _ OWNED BY U.S. YEAR BOOK OF FEDERATION IS OFF THE PRESS Members of the Casper Woman's club have just recelyed attractive co- pies of the year book of the -State Federation containing the complete re- ports of the addresses given at the con-| -vention ‘in Lusk last fall, together with ‘the passed, ate’and 1 comm of departmen rea YEOMAN NAMED ~ U. S. RECEIVER AT NEWCASTLE! (By Associated Press.) —- 2 WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Charles R, ceiver of public moneys at Newcastle, {Wyoming, where the land office is lo-| JUPANESE STIL HOWL IVER CHINESE BOYCOTT TOKIO, (By Mail)—A Peking de-| spatch to the Nichi-Nichi says that the | secretary of the Japanese Legation in) Peking has filed a protest with the) Chinese authorities on account of the decision of the National Assembly with regard to the continuation of the boy- cott of Japanese war period averaged $480 per man. In order to give the man who served an even break with such a handicap, it was compensation should be-provided to put the former service man and woman on his feet again. “The primary purpose of the meeting was to decide what the military policy would be. The Wadsworth bill, covers, the points which the legion favors. This versal military training as outlined by the legion at its convention.” “The staff of the: American Legion Weekly is to be completely changed. After February 13, while the staff is be- ing reorganized and re-established, there jw be several weeks. when the issues of the Weekly will not be printed. A. new plan of printing and revision of many parts of the in Legion publication are planned.'” REGAIN THRONE Press. lal di have been revealed here of ~RASP GRANTED IN CASE OF _ MUST TAKEPART today by the United Stats } «nd Iwas a:team captain in the organi- | “The city looks good and if this Gham- | plan-and to recetve your supervision it will do things and, to my mind, make |, & copy: of the {holders of plural memberships, with the | compamied by names of all the members and assignees récelved up to the latest the opinion of the Minneapolis conven: { tion of the legion, that some way of; is much the same as the policy of uni-} (B BUDAPEST, Feb. 14.—Circums' compensation which “it considers “an obligation of our government to all service men and women’ to relieve the financial disadvantages incidental to their military’ service, second only to that 6f caring for the disabled and ‘f tye bt pavcdiasstibncirs one to\enter Hungary under a false throne. He planned to cross the Snap ategoncearaes a ‘a plot by which it is alleged that former Emperor Charles made 2 futile effort ‘with the expectation that former subjécts would support him, it is declared. NUMBER 106 | FRITES ALL Oklahoman, Who Helped Organi-| zation Perfected by Amer- _,' ican City Bureau, Tells © » Secret of Success i “Who is organizing the Casper ‘Chamber of Commerce,” asked a strang- er-at campaign headquarters, ‘The; American City Bureau,” replied Mr. King of that company, “Shake, I thought.it must be you folks and I am | certainiy glad to see you again. I am} ¥i°#, Bradburn from Oklahoma. City | -vation drive you put on there about three years ago. It was a great drive and the chamber has done many -val- wable things‘ for Oklahoma City. I ¢ame here to consider locating an office. ber of Commerce is. organized on your certain Casper is a good tewn for me, “There is one lesson from our ex- perience I would give to Casperites. | That ‘is, take part in the activities | ot the chamber—every member. When | asked o do something, big or little, fill ‘out a blank, pay your dues, come toa} meeting or serve on a committee, do it. Don't allow the feeling, ‘I hope they ut is over,’ when the chamber under- kes something. It must be, ‘I hope a’ considerable portion must be plurals, Yesterday, twenty-five mem- bershipsand the semiannur| payment were received from.the Warren Con- struction Company, ment has helped and will help that | company and they felt their interest in the community was the extent that | the quota committee had felt. Blanks’ are being sent out to the) request that these memberships be as-} signed and the information gent tn at! once as the printer .must jive the | roster as soon as possible. The ballots for the primary election will be ac- date possible, considering time Allowed | for the printer. . | > | SHIPPINGBOARD. WOULD BUYU.S. ONL ROYALTIES WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Chair- man Payne of the‘shipping board ‘to- | day asked Secretary Lane to exercise at once the authority given him in the oll leasing bill to take the govern- ment's royalty on oil produced in oil instead of eash ang sell. it to any gov- | | ernment department. Payne said such action would ‘enable -ihe shipping board te obtain its requirement of fuel oil. we | PARTY RIVALRY CROPS OUT IN ' “WOMEN’S MEET | | {3{1CAGO, Feb, 14.—The League of women Voters today adopted a resolu- tion thanking Will Hays for aiding suffrage the cause. Democrats, thereupon, forced“a mo- | tion through thanking. Homer Cum- mings. It was the first partisanship ae ork the present Ps | SOME HUNG STILL REFER. TO KNISER. AND HIS WIFE BERLIN, (By Mall) —A “Prayer Asso-! ciation for the Kaiser Pair" has beea| formed. in the m4untain region between | Bohemia and Silesia, says the Kreyz Seitung. Its purpdse is declared to be \to intercede by prayer in behalf of the} }former emperor and empress who are) “geferred to as “the noble martyrs in) Amerongen.” ‘The paper states that the birthdays of Aassport and reestablish himself on the Austrian frontier and proclaim bis return }Count Hohenzollern and his wife here- jafter will be marked by tbe collection of EDMION | USURPATIO jar) thi [Lansing issued a statement naying the | | United Casper’s: develop- {was in the west speaking at the time. WASHINGTON, Feb. during his illness, ings the incident which led direc! that that 7 1 perioet of many months and come from | fundamental differenees of opinion in policy. | Disagreements antedated the entry of | ed States into the wary almost | breaking point in 1917 when} was only one incident and States daily was being drawn} nearer and nearer the war. By some, | this was taken t forecast the entry of | the United States. The president tried to take over the statement but found it impossible. BREACH WIDENED BY j PEACE NEGOTIATIONS | When Lansing went as a member of | the American peace delegation to Paris more differeneces developed. Lansing wWas-not in accord with Wilson’s. idea of making the. treaty. of peace.and the covenant of the League of Nations one and the same inseparable document. It was Lansing’s idea that it would delay ratification and in this he was support: ed by Henry White-and E. M. House. The incident which came nearer caus- ing a break thanjany other was the sen- sational testimony of William Bullitt, } one: of thé experts attached to the} American peace mission, before the sen- | ate foréign relations committee, | Bullitt.in reading from a diary quoted | Lansing as having told him that Lans- ing was out of sympathy with the} League of Nations covenant and as pre-| dicting that the treaty would’ fall if the | American people learned of its full im- Lansing obviously was in a difficult position. _ He. did not repudiate Bullitt's statements altho it was momentarily ex- pected in Washington that he either would repudiate them or resign. Wilson He was upset by Bullitt’s story, Ofi- ¢cials say the breakdown which sent the president ‘Adme a sick markwag the only thing that prevented him from asking for Lansing’s resignation, - Lansing never saw the president again and did all his business with the, chief execn- tive in writing. Relations between the men remained Strained and Lansing’s action in calling the cabinet together brot them to the breaking point, i } LANSING LENT EAR TO ‘UGLY REMORS' Those who wereepresent at the first: cabinet meeting describe it as a rather tense dramatic scene, Congress was full of rumors that Wilson was unable to discharge the functions of his office. | Nobody knew the full extent. of the president's illness, It had not then be- come known that he had partially lost the use of ‘his left arm and leg thru the accumulation,of blood in one of the ar- | teries in his brain, ‘There were even ugly rumors that the president might not be in possession of all hig faculties, Sorhe senators were even contemplating action to find out “whether we have a president or not" as one of a number put it. These ugly stories were, of course, all disposed ‘of and shown to be pure and unfounded gossip by later developments, Hut they | were being circulated and widely ered- | ited when the cabinet assémbled for its} first conference at Lansing’s call. | WILSON NOT TOO ILL TO DEMAND EXPLANATION Secretary .Tumulty informed Wilson that Lansing had called thé eabinet to- gether and Wilson, disturbed, gave Ad- miral Grayson, his personal physician, a message to deliver to the cabinet. Gray- son took Wilson's chair at the cabinet meeting. “Dr. Grayson,” Lansing is reported to have said, ‘‘we wish to know the na- ture and extent of the president's. all} ness, whether he is able to perform: his | duties of office,so we may determine | what shall be done to carry on the! business of the government. The president's physician is quoted as replying in substance: “President Wilson is doing as well as cculd be expected; he is in full. pos- session of his faculties, and he has di- rected me to inquire of you by what (Continued on Page 6) ~ ¢ " (Special CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. the elevator shaft, is unknown.” adjoining the main building was saved. Since the destruction of the Denio “funds for charities ‘as a monument of ‘German loyalty and gratitude to them.” pina i tion “with appreciation” and Lansing be istration over a disagreement with his ch Although correspondence between : | | IN G. (t (. WORK real reasons for the break go over | yl Sear 14,—Fire which early this morning destroyed the main building of the plant of the Cheyenne Milling company caused a loss _ which may reach $150.000. The origin of the flames; which started high up in ‘The loss includes large quantities of grain and flour: here had been the largest flouring plant in the state, iny Ansoclated, Preax.) 14. ated resident Wilson of Stat Fesigned. The ti Jd nd tly to the ka LANE SAYS HE IS y t ALSO TO BLAME: LANSING ROW FOR |\Lansing Secured I nterior Secretary’s Ap- \. proval of Cabinet Meeting Before It Was Calléd with President Ill - declared sponsible” as Secretary Lansing daring the president’s illness. the telephone and obtained his approval of the idea before calling the first meeting, and “presumably secured the approval of other cabinet) members also." DAVIS AND POLK | MENTIONED. AS SUCCESSORS (By \Ansoctated Prew WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.No infor- vailabie at .the White _probable suc- LANSING WANTED TO QUIT’FOR:PAST YEAR « Inited Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. Terne resig- nation of Secretary Lansing last night caused a sensation in Washington, An exchange of lelters between Lansing and Presidént’ Wilson revealed a lack of harmony, during peace negotiations in France, also the charge by Wilson that he thot Lansing assumed presiden- tial’ prérogatives in holding cabinet meetings during the’ president's illness. President Wilson requested the resig- | nation and Lansing resigning stated | that he shad ‘been considering such a |sten ever Since January, 1919, but he didnot want to embarrass Wilson dur- ing critical peace negotiatigns or his itineas. | Frank Polk will be acting secretary of | state until a new appointee is named. | By condemning cabinet meetings dur- | ing his WIness Wilson could disavow ; responsibility for injunction proceed: ings against the coal strikers. Treaty opponénts may demand a full congressional investigation of the Lansing-Wilson’ relations. In’ his ‘letters Lansing’ insisted that the’ cabinér meetings were held with the IS REACH THE “OVER ALLECED CUTIVE POWERS Flood of Gossip Concerning Lia of Harmony Between Wilson and Secretary Released When President Asks Resignation of Cabinet Member: Differences Antedated War, Report the second secretary of state to leave the admin- ‘Wilson makes the calling of cabinet meet- resignation, persons on the ‘‘inside” say WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Secretary of the Interior Lane today that he considered himself “just as much re- jing but an ap-| concern Henry P. Fletcher's letter resig- s90n. American | nation as ambassador to Mexico. It is Davis-and_11 for calling cabinet meetings president accepted his resigna- (By Associated Press.) for'calling the cabinet meeting He said Lansing called him on best of motives and approved by other eabinet members with no intention to usurp the president's prerogatives. LANSING FRAMED OWN MEXICAN POLICY, CLAIM Further disclosures are imminent in the Lansing-Wilson controversy. One of the first disclosures probakly will othat Fletcher. criticized President Wilson's Mexican policy. Since Wilson never received Lansing during: his’ illness, altho he saw other [cabinet officers, Lansing went ahead during the Jenkins crisis and formulated his own policy. It was also recalled today that Lans- ing protested against the Shantung set- tlement in Paris, If Wilson soon sends the name of a successor to the senate it is likely to lead to a demand for full particulars regarding the break. Senator Knox, himself an.ex-secretary of state, de- clares, however, that congress is with- out power to investigate Lansing’s dis- missal but can investigate the condi- tion of America’s foreign policy. PACKERS BILL REPORTED OUT FOR ENACTION (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—A favor- able report was ordered unanimonsly by the senate agricultural committee today of the revised Kenyon-Kendrick bill providing. for federal regulation of the meat industry. RAILROADERS EMAND FOR PRESENT President ,Wilson’s Proposal to Appoint W age Commission to Sift Claims of Men me Agreed to by. Brotherhoods (By WASHINGTON, Feb. here hay t it th to kell Mik cogs desman tt The Associated Press) 14,—Railroad employes’ representatives recommendations of President Wilson ance temporarily, it was announced men of his intention to appoint a On this basis, union leaders agreed to delay father demands for The engine house |sian congress of trade increased wages and called a convention of their general committeemén at Wash- ington for February 23. . Union leaders, in their reply to the president's proposal to handle the con- troversy in this manner, did not end the question finally. They made it clear that they desired word from officials who are in closer touch with thelr mem: bera than they, delegates who have been conferring with Director General Hines since February 3. ALL-RUSS CONGRE: MOSCOW, (By Mail. unions will ‘be open here on March 1. Its program in- cludes consideration of the organization of production, tariff policy, and inter- mill at Sheridan a year ago the mill national trade union movement. teireraem Gantt dooce The civilian population of France has decre&sed 760,000 in four yeers,