Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1920, Page 1

{ id He \ i § . therefore meet here while the pastors’ ‘HEREMARCH 1-2 dieses hike oes Church World Move-4 ment Scheduled Here; Leaders Coming | Because no arrangement had! been made to care for the wo-| men’s division of the inter-| church world movement for} yoming in Douglas, Wyo., it! has been decided to hold all} kessions of the woman's conference + Casper on the same dates that the met conference js being held in Dovgtas—| March 1-to 3. The sessions will he held in the M. E. church. Women ‘delegates fom this state will conference is being held in Dougtas, | The delegates will be’entertained in the; Casper homes. The conference includes: delegates from every protestant denom ination. Arrangements. for these meet. | ings are being made under the direc-| tion of Mrs. C. E. Cronk and Mrs. ‘Grace; Farmer of New York. Invitations have been sent out to the various mission workers and to all lead- ing women church workers in the state.) Dr. Ralph Cushman heads the list of national religious leaders to attend the Douglas cofiference. He is head of the. department Of stewardship in the inter- church workl movement. All members |: of the team assigned to the Douglas meoting. will aldress the women's con- ference bo Oe REISE: - |N STNTE hie ££ FS "CASPER, wro,s SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 1920- The fame of George Washington has lived down every: criticism and critic directed against him. Today his name is rovgreneed beyond that of any other American, and in tribute to his memory, celebrating an observance which dates back to 1783, Casper will commemorate hig deeds and principles by sispending public and business activities. Schools “and public offices will he closed Monday and stores’ will/close at noon of the same day. FER SEIZED BOOTLEG FOR BOOTLEG OPERATIONS) === ioe am GHEYBULL MARSHAL FOUND GUILTY IN COURT CZEC ‘FORCES GAVE. KOLCHAK OVER. TQ TO REDS DEATH il February egy acral rene pet ns Michael burned Smirnov, mai | jtwhen the Slick-Jones ofl. well, near Rear Admiral ister of marine in the Kolchak cabi- net, who, a short time ago, reached this city. Czech forces guarding Kol- ‘chak evidently were induced to sur- him in order that the evacua- tion of Irkutsk might be facilitated, WILSON WANTS "TWO OPINIONS “ON LEASE BILL ' | Man Who Threatened sd Newspapers with Libel: Suits Sa | ag ee eee oh Dot LE HOMES, RULING LABOR TROUBLE) “me Gy United | Press.) . 21.—The military has ordered all peaitiehta of Dublin to re- Jain Indoors’ between midnight and S| has ‘resigned on account of numerous] Communist’ party. Aegtar to rhs Tribune) BASIN, Wyo., Feb. “—Albert: Fisher, formerly town mar- shal and constable who threatened divers newspapers with libel suits for publishing accounts of his arrest.on charges of having confiscated liquor in his capacity of an officer and resold it thru the underworld, was found guilty by a jury in district court Friday aig was remanded to jail'to await sentence. The |'a: m._ The order followed a renewal jury deliberated only 15 minutes. ‘The of extensive raids on “Sinn Fein head- DUBLI ig 4 penalty is from one to ten years in the quartepes os ee Al a penitentiary. The case has attracted wide attention, the state having some 30 witnesses, sub- poenaed from Sheridan, Greyball, Lara- mie, Chéyenne and other places, togeth- en with United States revenue men and detéctives of the Burlington. Fisher was charged with having taken nine cases of whisky near the railroad track at Grey: bull and having kept them for some time in a basement in Greybull; then haying formed a partnership with two women of questionable character at Greybull, where they were engaged in the rooming-house business. He en-/ ‘Jtered into a deal with these girls where by one of them was to take two cases of the whisky to Nebraska in her trunk and sell it for $10 a quart: The evidence perth disclosed that the girl took at least two cases to Nebraska and that ne liquor Was’ there confiscated. The evidence further disclosed that the room- ing-honse was moredin the nature of a Annocinted Prees. house of prostitution and that it was DENV! Feb, 21.—The inawest of | under the protection of Fisher as mar- Mrs, Hattie Wehman, fotind murdered ;shal and constable and that he was. re- in a Welton street rooming house here, ceiving revenue from the beer sold and was halted today with the receipt. of a the girls in the house paid #10 apiece telegram from J. Walter Stryker of to him besides the fines that they paid San Francisco, a brother of the victim, the city. asking that the inqtiést be postponed~ It was also brot out that Fisher had nding his arrival. It went over until iried to get these girls to get men to _ IN OIL: FIEL y Associated Press.) TU LSA. Feb. bac a men were “to death and’ threé injured dennings burst into flames today. ——— INQUEST OVER ~* MURDER HELD a BY REQUEST —_—— ADMIRAL MADE REGENT BY ACT OF HUNGARIANS (By Associated Press) esday. rob boxears at, Greybull and he would eegrre thy 21.—Admiral aan ——__—_>—__—_ protect them. commander-in-chief of TW ITCHERS GIVEN The United States revenue collector) the Hungarian army, it is reported, ae fed. nd out about has been named regent of Hungary testified that he had RELEASE AT CLE’ CLEVELAND CLEVELAND, Feb, 21--President Dunn of the Cleveland American: to- - dey announced the unconditional re- nee of Pitchers Jasper and Dicker- U. j.S. HOLDS KEY TO FIUME ROW patch to the Havas Agency because of disorders at Spalats. augurated a system of retail stores at of living for 15,000 operatives. Staple chants in Tine with the askertion of too bigh. WOOLEN COMPANY MAKES GOOD ON THREAT TO OPERATE STORES 7 ie United Press.) . scp taecoUcas YORI eeined tneeeiches wectier souipatiy ane te- Fisher selling liquor and had made him pay a revenue license, 9 penalty for operating , without license, and revenue on- the goods. T. J. Roberts, special agent of the Burlington, and other em- ployes proved the property in question ‘ay Having been shipped from a distillery lin Kentucky (t6- Peter Miliski at ‘Wor- land, Wyo. and identified the serial numbers on the cases found in’ the rooming-house as belonging to this ship- ment. The jury received the case jast eve- ning and after*being out fifteen minutes returned a verdictyof guilty as charged In the information. The judge remanded } Fisher t6 jail to await sentence, the pen- alty being from one to ten years in the penitentiary. . fits mills in this city to reduce the cost commodities were sold lodal mer- President Wood that living costs were by the national assembl: Admiral Horthy, who formerty was commander-in-chief of the Austro- hate ns op navy, headed the army organized in opposition to Commun- city) was evacuated by the Ruma- nians, Psion had been in occupation | the collapse of the Bela Kun Sereno In an interview recently said that pr ntead ventures — not be permitted to be leaders of the Hungarian na- tion again. United Press.) PARIS, Feb. 21.—The Hungarian peace delegation has asked the allies for another etxension of time in which to present counter proposals to their peace treaty. A | e \PEARY TOBE LAID AT REST |mains of Rear Admiral Robert B. Peary |who died Friday morning, will be laid at rest in Arlington cemetery |noon with full military honor’. MONDAY NOON (Rv Tinited Press.) ae | WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-—The re- Monday CARAT EES SMES URAL ATT RT | } | j NUMBER 12°. (CRITICISM NOT UNAMERICAN, IS WASHINGTON; Feb. 21 as | } NECESSARY FOR U 5, PROTECTION |So Saya din Admiral in Patriotic Address| Before Students of | Pennsylvania U. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21.—) Admiral Sims, orator at univer- sity day exercises of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania to cele-| “rate the birthday of George} the career of the first president and criticized the tendency of Americana to ‘esent adverse comment upon military} | pnnepesedness in the United States. he missing element in American-} "he said, “is that.it does not in-| Siude adequate solicitude for our safety. | The government, and to.a certain extent our people, resent criticism of anything American. This is a dangeroits attitnde that has cost us many lives and many millions in treasure.” Rear = SREY USEC thousands’ of | =|Loss in Government| Brotherhood neue ‘to Amount to 750 Million, House Is| Asked for Deficit | ditional bashc.-gear! of $646,-| 000,000 to wind up f road control will be asked soon by ! Director General Hines, Chairman "ech of the house contmerce com- mittee stated toady in opening the house raflroad bill debate. This will make a |total of over two billions for railroads jof which three-quarters of a billion will lhe a total loss, The balance will rep- | resent the government's investment in| | the roads. Should the five 4nd one-half percent guaranty fail to pass Esch predicted | that half of the country’s railroads | would go into the receiver's hand, lead to financial and industrial panic. ‘$13,000 HOLDUP. PULLED OFF BY (By United Press.) “DES MOINES, Feb. 21.—Four ban-} rol at the Saylor mine this morning. WHITNEY FOUND GUILTY OF RED CABINET QUITS. .| IN SPAIN OVER | (By United Préss.) LONDON, Feb. 21.—It is reported from Madrid that the Spanish cabinet labor troubles. A general strike of rail- ‘way workmen is threatened for Maron} ii. ( RIATION FOR ROAD, 70 BE RAISED, | ederal rail-| IOWA BANDITS dits locked the paymaster in a@ vault| jand escaped with a $13,000 dollar pay-! ‘AID ON’ COAST |. Send Memorial to: | President Urging’ | Defeat of Bill | } (By Associated Press.) | WASTINGTON. Feb. 21 —Rep-! resentatives of the railroad broth erhoods who conferred with Presi-, dent Wilson recently on wage de-' mands called at the White House, today to present a memorial to the president protesting against the} passage of the railroad bill, stating that the labor provisions are wholly unac-| | ceptable to the railroad workers. | Accompany the letter to the president | | was a memorial which the railroad men |recently sent members of congress. The [president was asked to give this care- ful_consideration. “In our analysis of the Tabor prov | sions of the act," said the letter, “we | have set forth reasons, coupled with | jour years of practical application and rexperience in negotiating wage adjust- ments, which to us seem sufficient to warrant a definite conclusion that con- gress has not proposed a method of} procedure acceptable at any time and} entirely inadequate to meet the pres-| ent situation. We feel sure you cam) agree with us to the extent that there | is little likelihood that congress will, be able to reach an agreement that will |insure prompt disposition of the ques tions.” WAGE NEGOTIATIONS NOT AFFECTED BY RETURN (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb, 21-—Assurance was given railroad labor organizations |by the railroad administration today that the return of the roads March % would not affect negotiations pending as to interpretations of various wage agreements which were made with la- dor groups, during federal control. DI- (By United Press.) tector General Hines announced that OAKLAND, 21.—Char- lotte Anita ™ and rene ts was convicted crim The court defined criminal syndiest sabotage.’ She admitted membership in the cea FJ. Birss has returned from a busi- ness trip to Newcastle, Wyo. MARTENS ADMITS HE. IS ‘REVOLUTIONIST? | IN THIS NATION, TOO Bolshevik ‘A mbassador’ Suffers No Change| of Heart When Put on Grill Before - Senate Investigating Committee (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Admitting that he had been a “yevolutionist” in every country where he had lived—Russia,| Germany and Switzerland—Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, Russian} soviet agent to the United States, told the senate investigating committee today that he still was a revolutionist. You mean here in the United States you are a revolution- is for more rare and expensive cuts. | ist, no asked Chairman Moses. “I am,” Martens replied. Wade Ellis, counsel for the commit- jtee, asked Martens if he had ever {opened “secret " communjcations" a - [revolutionary activities here. “All my business has been done in dal \open,” Martens said. Martens said he had no connection of ‘any kind with the Russian Socialist fea- | eration. “Who nominated you for icanasioe| to the United States?” Ellis asked. | Martens said he did not Know, that} the appolitment had come ag an entire} surprise. Pabyly Saree So n Denyer, Cola, attending to Dusiasss f { ' the legislature within six months, Wilber Gibson is here from his sei | HOOVER ASKED FOR STATEMENT | BY DEMOCRATS (By United Press. ATLANT. Feb. 27. “the Demo- cratic State-Executive committee, in 4 letter today, asked Herbert Hoover to define his political affiliations. Sev- eral petitions with the required num- ber of names, endorsing Hoover for the Democratic preferential primary 2 while the divisions: of operations and. Isbore"as such would be dtsvontiniied on March 1, representatives of the rail- | yoad administration would carry to @ conclusion the consideration of all griev- {ances. He named C..S. Lake and J. A. Frank- lin as assistants to supervise and rec- have been filed here. = on April 2 RETAIL PRICES FAIL TO SHOW ANY REDUCTION (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 21,—Beef prices were lower at the stockyards here to- | day than at any time since March, 1918, Governmental efforts also are reduc- ling grain prices. The United States | Grain Corporation is offering wheat at y Kansas City at a price only 13 cents. above basic quotations. In the retail markets, however, there are no indications of falling prices as Meat dealers declare the demand yet. OLIVES SOLD TO > 52 DEALERS IN U. S. POISONOUS . ia Assoctated Press.) one Feb, 21—A tl {RENT PROFITEERING TO BRING ON GENERAL STRIKE, NEW YORK - (By , Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Uniess the “rent profiteering” bill is passed by general strike of ail workmen will have to be called here In violation of all agreements, Edward I. Hanngh, president of the Central Federated union, predicted today. Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska and Dil- lon and Kalispell, Montana. The olives are of a ripe stuffed type known as “pimento olives” and er- bottles. The olives are inifected with botalinus, a form of poison hich recently caused a number of deaths in several states. ‘Whe olives were not suspected until recent case of botulinus poisoning lontana, -was Investigat- according z A per ie Meu.” The mame of the California packer is not on the labels. The label shows, however, that the olives were distributed from Chicago and adds that the net weight of the olives In bottles is six ounces and the bottles are known as No. 10. a area nears oe RS SNORT TE Ee