Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1920, Page 1

% LONDON, March 24.—More ct itary commmigne recived from WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled | weather tonight and Thursday, seers tonight. ‘ 16,000 anti-Bolshevik solfiers have been found frozen today by wireless. (The steppes comprise the asper Daily Tribune jn CASPER, wro, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1920 ted Press.) i on the steppes, it was announced in a sov- 10 PAGES TODAY NUMBER 139 oenner ne en IAEA REF US ETT BEY IRANI.) a 9 SLAIN BY gortead in | Bat le with Hun Reds ren somites Rann od veces WHEW CABINET 10 BE ORGANIZED Recognition of Socialists Cad Entire Bide | Promised Under Threats of Strike Continuation in Berlin (By Unitea «BERLIN, March 24.—Over Press) 1,000 Communists were killed in violent fighting with Ebert troops in Wesel, Gotha, Hennorsdorf. Fight- | ing between es troops and German “Reds” is reported from the | Juisherg district: A 48-hour*armistice between west German Com- | munists in the Rhur district and government forces was arranged at a! eeting of the Communist commissioner with Ebert representatives. ANIEROADERS SERVING TIME FOR | STEALING BOOZE IN TRANSIT 10. | SEGURE RELEASE FROM THE PEN} Judge Kimball Issues Order for Release of Trio Who Pleaded Guilty without Counsel; Too Many ~ Implicated, Is Defense Plea (Special to The Tribune, George W. ice Willard A. Cox and George West, former Burlington employes now serving sentences of from. one year to fourteen mont for the embezzlement of liquor i in transit, are’to secure their release from the state penitentiary at Raw-|° lins, according to advices from counsel for the men. Their re- lease has ‘been ordered by Judge Ralph Kimball ofthe sixth SS SULTAN fon Judicial oh representations made ‘by counsel for the men. In_ the na winter the trio of em- ployes arrested with Ward D. | King, freight train conductor, ‘on, a \charge of county authorities and other believed to be working in unison, The legality of the railroad company’s au- thority to carry the liquor and deliver it to Kirby is questioned: Investigation disclosed that the liquor was shipped from Kentucky to Kirby, Wyo., where it was unloaded by Sol Chan, an ex-liquor dealer of Thermopolis, who was in pos- session of a state. permit which was challenged! as not being regular by counsel for the defense. Other complir cations arose in counection with the con- signment and delivery of the liquor. nople for Russia's, participation as soon as Russia gets back on a stable basis. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Mareh 24.—The original position of the American gov- ernment that the Turks should be i from Europe js restated in & note to the allied supreme: coun- tit- which “has been_ at the state department and which will be On representations made by counsel transmitted soon. for the three men already sent'to prison |» The communication in a reply fen an in the case, Judge Ralph Kimball pre- inquiry frorh the French and BritiSh; pared an order instructing the peniten- governments as to this country’s sd Geos warden to release the trio. of the Turkish settlement. The United} ‘West is a married man with 2 wife States is said to take the view that the/ana children. residing at Bonneville. contention ‘that expulsion of the Turks! During -his, incarceration . they “were Might be resented by the Mohamme-/ forced to depend upon’ the county for dang, is not supported by facts, since the] support. war In the Near, East was \won lirgely|: No further scape has been the against the men to dateand neither ai understood, Rika a tS t capone ais. otha: action Reen- takert: lesires that eee sef up as ai any hase of the cage to date. ; independent ‘state and that it embrace z ————— cpm can eaeat'y | THREE OFFICERS TO STAND TRIAL FOR ARMY STEAL ment made in regard to ‘furkey should (By Associated Press.) guaranteé all nations equal opportuni- EL, Faeo: Msrch 24.—Three offi- ties for commerce and no belligurent should be given paramount claims in any part of the Near fast. ——< In the Bnglish town of Tunbridge Wells lives'a centenarian ‘spinster who has had in her employ as servants two sisters, both of whom have — aie ae ne seme eae her. continually, for more than a tal in eae the. Meeaok century: P conn ‘horiaand : dol with ——_-_—- Mars Frank... Warton has returned from a. trip to +, (Neb. 11S SHOT TO AVE HIS SOUL’ “He didn’t méan to kill Frank, but only wanted to teach him a lesson,” said the mother: - WAS | COLORADO'S answer caused him akg Pinano deferided berth act, (By United Press.) son's lane in Park county. WASHINGTON, «Mar. 24.—Presi- The Hot Springs county work is al- | dent Witson will shortly sign an exe- |so on the Yellowstone highway. Bids| cutive de- |for the construction- of the four-mile partments to purchase and store a {section north of Kirby are being con-| three months’ coal supply during | sidered. May, June and July, State and coun- In ‘Laramie county, bids are being ty. governments and public utilities {considered for the grading, surfacing will be urged to do lik and installing of the culverts on the The result will be that mines will | Cheyenne-Greeley road between this city | be kept busy during the dull season, |and the Colorado line. and with such a saving that 27 Four, sections of the Lincoln highway cent of the wage erarited fare involved in the proposed improve- STATE OPENS BIDS ON $500,000.00 ROAD WORK \Prejects in Seven Counties, I ncluding Fre- smontand Converse, Before State Com- mission; Contracts Pending _ CHEYENNE, March 24—The state highway commission is in ses- sion here opening bids‘and awarding contracts for road improvements totaling $500,000, in all sections of the state. “Projects in Gonverse, Park, Fremont, Hot Springs, Laramie, Carbon, Sweetwater and Uinta counties are being consider | In Converse county, the contracts for the construction of the Yel- lowstone highway between Orin Junc- tion and McKinley and the eight mile section of this road west of Douglas will be awarded, The Fremont county work involves} the erection of a .72-foot bridge five miles northeast of Riverton and the construction Of the nine-mile section of | road between Hudson and Lander. Contracts will’ be awarded for the erection of a 28-foot bridge and the grading and surfacing of the Yellow- stone highway between Cody and Pear- ments in Carbon, Sweetwater and Uin- ita counties, Two sections are located between Medicine Bow and eight miles twest of old Carbon, in Carbon coun- ty. One section, 43 miles in length, betweeen Thayer Junction and Red Des- ert, in Sweetwater, county and one sec- Sankign and eorernmet minis = |MRS, HUMPHREY DEAN HART IS PNEUMONIA VICTIM (By. United Press.) DENVER, March 24.—Dean Henry Martyn Hart, age 82 years, Colorado's most picturesque churchman, died here today following a month's illness frora pneumonia, He was a famous cleric in England before coming to Denver in 1879. ‘He founded a world-wide organized charity movement. BRITISH MINERS : REJECT OFFERS OF GOVERNMENT (By United Press.) | LONDON, Mar. 24.—The miners’ fed- eration today ‘voted to reject the gov- ernment's offer for a shilling and six | pence wage increase daily. The miners demand 3 shillings. RESTRICTIONS ON HARD COAL TO, BE LIFTED (By Associated Press.) ‘WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—The re- moval of government restrictions on anthracite coal was considered t-day at @ conference of railroad administration officials and representatives of the an- thracite operators. teint og PEG WARD IS DEAD. (By United Press.) LONDON, March 24.—Mrs, Hum- phrey Ward (novelist, died of heart dis- ease today. Pes eee as ‘Walter EB: Marion was here yesterday from Billings, Mont. John W. Fredericks is here from his ranch southwest of Casper. ‘GRAND OLD MAN’ j timent in the neighborhood of Jam- Jing in: Tinta (eountyy, The highway commission awarded the contracts for the erection of the) bridges on the majority of these proj-/ ects at its last meeting on February 22, Jat which time contracts totaling $300,-) 000 were awarded, which together with the eantracts to be awarded today will! \-swell the grand total of work underway j by the dar san ad to over $3,000,000, TROOPS FIRE ON INDIAN MOB TO MAINTAIN ORDER (By Associated Press.) BOMBAY, Mar. 24.—British troops fired upon a disorderly crowd of strik- ers at Jamshedpur, when members of a mob ignored a warning order. Two persons were killed and twenty-five wounded. Considerable Bolshevik sen- shedpur is indicated. ln ee CIGARET HAS OVERTAKEN WASHINGTON.(By traordinary European a bacco. other than the c} the immensely {ncreased/ co for cigarettes during 1919 average farm price of the composite chewing, smoking, snuff and export greatly above the price of 21.9 cents! for cigar tobacco, experts of the de- \partment of agriculture states. The price of cigar types of tobacco) before last year always has been above) that of the other types, as a whole, Cigar tobacco last year was lower than it was in either 1918 or 1917, not be- cause of increase of production, but be- cause of weaker femani.» In commen 28 A TRENDS E SBOEL. ing on the prices, the Jepartment of AND PASSED THE CIGAR _|of the supreme court here for 25 years, “| died today. ‘MRS. CHAPLIN GIVES UP DIVORCE types to 41.3 ‘cents on December 1, or) * THINKS “CHARLIE” WILL MAKE UP PARIS WILL BE MADE CENTRAL TRADE CENTER French Gommittee on Commerce, Industry and Arts Maps Out Big Program for Return- ing Prosperity Frederick. B. Andrews of the Weat- ern Plains Insurance company office, ‘of-Paris,'of which’ heats of the Paris-Marche-du-Nonde, mittee for thé expansion of industry, commerce and arts in’ France and abroad, preparing to meet the revival of industry which will follow the re- construction period. It is proposed to erect in Peris a gigantic building. which will provide a central market for the producers and ‘manufacturers, of the world who wish to enter European trade. Paris, it is felt, provides the logical location for such a world market. The building will be six stories high and will cover ten acres. Within the walls: will be about 5,000 display rooms or units and these rooms will be rent- ed so that the manufacturers of a giv- en product from whatever nation they come, will have their display rooms lin the same portion of the building. | tion between Evanston and the Utah| Such an arrangement will enable the buyers of, the entire. world to effect their transactions at one entra! piace in the. shortest time, with the least effort, with a minimum of expense and with the greatest profit, it is pointed | out. The building will contain conference halls, moving picture halls for indus- trial exhibits, halls for expositions and the largest ball roor+ in the world. Space will be reserved for offices of railroad companies and steamship com- panies, insurance companies, lawyers of all countries, a cilstoms office, table and telegraph service. A service of interpreters and stenog- raphers familiar with all languages will be provided \and offices will be provided for the various foreign con- suls as well as for the various French and foreign banks. It is estimated that a little over two years will be required. to build the structure and place it in operation. Mr, Andrews will be happy to fur- nish information to any local people who may be interested in securing space in the building. CLERK OF COLO. SUPREME COURT DIES IN DENVER (By Associated Press.) DENVER, Mar. 24,—A Miller, cler< sue her and she will give him a year re says the cles hay been m and pasaml> by whe ai pment eopane hee again,” she sald. —.| many. 22, Townser4, building, has re- sa from the Amgrican Chamber of member, a most interesting prospectus an or- ganization by which the French com- “{ belleve Charlie is regretting the unhappiness he caused me. |. love him and believe in time he will realize! his mistake and we can be happy Further attacks are made by Ebert troops, radicals threaten to flood the Ruhr coal mines. President Ebert has agreed to reor- ganive the government with a Socialist workmen's cabinet. He also has agreed to withdraw all regular troops from Berlin.. No armies will be sent against Rubr Communists. Workers are to be consulted in the reorganization of every fovernment phase. Radicals threaten: ed an immediate resumpticn of the gen- eral strike if their demands. were not complied with. Radicals have released Russian ps: oners still held in many parts of Ger- These Russians have aided the Communist movement. ‘They ‘particl- pated in fighting at Mersersburg. Peasants’ uprising is reported in Po- mergnia, They are seizing arms and dividing the land, : General von Luettwitz and Admiral von Trothha have been arrested for taking part in the Kapp Insurrection. SOCIALISTS TO BE RECOGNIZED, REPORT (By Associated Press.) COPENHAGEN March 24.—Forma- tion of a new German cabinet is a mat- ter of only a few hours, and the In- dependent Socialists are sure of getting several important portfolios, according to Berlin telegrams today. Gas, water and electric service has not been resumed in Berlin’ and the tramways are still idle, as the ‘Inde- pendent Socialists have assumed a wait- ing “attitude. They are said to be dis- Tistied witht the government's Spartacans are simply stood against the wall. WORKERS WHO REFUSE TO FIGHT CAN’T EAT - (By Associated Press.) COBLENZ, | March dorff. who was released from prison ito take charge of the Communist move- ment in the Ruhr basin, ordered all workmen who have seen military serv- ice to report for duty, threatening, if they. fail to obey, to cut off their food} rations. Since gaining control, the Reds have reestablished the German food ra- tion and have requisitioned druggists and doctors'to care for the wounded. DUSSELDORF REBELS DECKZY COMMUNISM (By Associated Press.) DUSSELDORF, March 24.—Leaders of elements which have taken over the control of this city insist that the movement should not be termed Com- munistio.. Soviets thruout Germany are considered impossible and dangerous. It) is desired above all to do away with militarism, they add, and show the al- lies that Germany is determined to take} such a stand. GERMAN REDS SEEK AGREEMENT. WITH DUTCH (By Associated Press.) LONDON, March 24.—The Moscow wireiess sent a dispatch dated Berlin today which declared that revolution- ists in the Ruhr district attempted to! enter negotiations with the Dutch gov- | ernment, but were repelled. The Ger-! mans desired foodstuffs in exchange for} coal, Holland, however, refused to ne-| gotiate, it is declared. i ——— Stephen Dreaher purchased a home| on CY avenue yesterday from Mr. aig Mrs. George W. Hughes. (By Associated Press.) SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Mar, 24.— With about nine-tenths of the city vote throughout the state recorded, tabulated results of yesterday's pri- | mary election cn the indorsement ofa (By United Press.) LOS ANGELES, March 24—Mrs. Charlie Chaplin said today that sho would not sue the comedian for a divorce. She understands that he will not to return to her, I still *eott, methods toward traitors,” while st the| 24.—Otto Mein-/ FB RI ARMIES Ith 0S in | Navy Put Crimp in 5. Ail \Daniels Had No Time for More Important Policies and Plans, Says Bureau Chief (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 24, —Virtual chaos existed in the navy department at the time the United States entered the war, Capt. Harris Laning, as- |sistant chief of the bureau of navigation during the war, testified to- day before the senate investigating com- }mittee. Laning sald no one knew what to do after the plan of action submit- ted by the bureau of operations had been disapproved and’ “personal char- acteristics of the secretary of the navy often made it impossible to get approval of really important. policies. “Whenever-a plan or ,policy was pré sented to the secretary he almost in- variably delayed action on it, Laning declared. “The personal interesi he took in all matters connected with the department absorbed: so much of his time that he never had much left to give more im- portant affairs,’ he said. When important policies were sub- mitted to Secretary Daniels, Laning said, directions would be given to leave the papers for “consideration” and usually "these, instructions meant that the matte> Would not be heard from again until the officer interested looked the papers up and then frequently the papers coukt not be found. “Conditions became*so bad that offi- cers used every means possible to put their plans and policies through with- out obtaining the required authority,” Laning said. ‘E-W:W. OFFERING EX-SERVICE MEN “RED’ SYMPATHY (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Mar, 24.—Failure of government aid for service men has resulted in the I. W. W, making a drive to get such men into that or- ganization, the house ways and means committee was told by J. E. Holden, state adjutant of the American Legion in Utah, MINERS PROPOSE CONFERENCE IN iN. Y. ON MONDAY (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—A sug- gestion that the joint scale committee * of operators and miners of the cen- reported seriously ill at Portlani, Ore, meet Monday in New York to draft a new wage scale was made in a tele- gram sent by President Lewis, presi- dent of the miners, to Yhomas T. Brewster, chairman of the operators’ scale committee, today. potatoe ag 5 LR G. J. Kyte, brother of William and ‘Ay BE. Kyte of the sheriff's force, have re- turned to his home in Omaha. Nebr., after a short visit here. Mr. Kyte was j micely entertained by old-time friends | during his stay in Casper, and he hopes | to call agat B. D. Prout of the Intermountain In- vestment Company is in Omaha ‘ business. on WOOD LEADS. IN S. DAKOTA VOTE Republican presidential candidate showed these totals from 709 of 1,740 state precincts: Wood, 22,679; Lo.den, 19,283; Johnson, 17,560. Poindexter polled a small vote, The largest total for him reported came from Pierre, where Poindexter re- ceived 64 votes out of 1,100 cast, SIOUX FALLS, Mar 24.—Returns fro 68 ‘precincts give Wood, 23,538; Lowden, 20,078; Johnston, 18,084. peaches Al. VIENNA HIKES TAXI RATE. VIENNA (By Mail).—The city au- thorities have granted an increasa, in taxicab and public carriage fares | amounting to fifteen times the previous | rates, Bo tte | W. 3B. Frye, fleld manager of the | Wyoming Exploration Company, left | this morning for Pine Mountain with | two drilling crews and a truckload of | material, preparatory to starting spring work, ‘