Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1920, Page 1

TRE ON MOBS by. Machine-Gun Fire to Quell Disturb- ance ‘Started by Fake Revort on Allied Refusal to Endorse French Occu aaa “4. (By Associated Press) FRANKFORT, April 8.—This afternoon’s clash in Schiller Platz between French troops and the population, resulting in the killing of a ae bey rg rags two yi of Fira was fol- a strong restoration of order by ei ae intone oe Mee es It was‘a rumor that the French had been forced by pressure of — ytte allies and the United States to & withdraw from the city that started the F HT AGAINST trouble. ‘The crowd jeereil and taunted \ . % out." 2 fs A Freneh officer phate the crowd to disperse and when Ahe order was ; i&nored a machine-gun was brot into crowd to the square, encircling the troops. The French then began to | bring up reinforcements. German police aided action taken to ithe troops, yelling “you” iy got to get Bait play.. The firing attracted a great re ‘ es 5 restore quict. RUMOR OF ALLIED beer Die Aa DENIED (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 8—Reports that Great Britain ahd the United States had called upon France to withdraw her troops jfrom) Frgnkfort are entirely without 'foundetion, it was announced today in an official note. Constitationality of r ‘Act. Raised in Petition Asked by Denver Stores} pacis Anette PM ortea ts ~ from Coblenz today that there had been He ; @ collision between French and German a United Press.) patrols between Bad Mauheim and. Nie- der. Wollstadt, north of Homburg. German officer was wounded. SECOND FIGHT OCCURS NORTH OF HOMBURG (By Associated Press.) . » Apr. &—An attack upon * ORDER RESTORED AT 5.6 as Pace shor court FRANKFORT BY TROOPS | mps + who (By Associated Press.) \ charges of al- MAYENCE, April 8.—Complete order has -been. restored at Frankfort, the ~ applieation from. authorities having “succeeded in quiet- Denver's? leading storea |ing.the students. The municipality has! m to prevent District, \ posted bills requesting the people te Sine Son Aubin) Rita at pris. | seeking ~ FRENCH ACTED UPON OWN INITIATIVE (By Associated Press,) X,ONDON} April 8.—Both the Central} News and Exchange Telegraph agen- cles stated today that the British and) associated governments have been op- posed thruout to French occupation of German towns and France ‘acted Upond her own initiative. cretion by rail ‘today. whichever way Judge Lewis| decides. Search ered of the Lever act is attacked in the complaints \filed. Arguments will probably comsume two Oy sce mia oats TWO EXPLOSIONS TAX SIX LIVES 4”/4710N DEPor IN TEXAS SWEPT BY GREAT FIRE (By. United Pr Press,) > DALLAS, Tex., Apr. 8.—Several uirplanes, large supplies of lumber, one engine house building and unload- ing sheds at the army aviation repair depot, north of Dallas, were destroyed by fire today. ,‘The loss is estimated at $1,000,000. United Pre Press.) « PONCA,. > Okla., ‘April, 8.—Twe! were killed and seven injured by an ex- plosion resulting from escaping | gas which wrecked a business block There today. Many narrow escapes were, re-| corded. (By United Press.) CAIRO, Minofs, April 8.—Four miss-| {ng are believed dead and many wore hurt in an explosfon at the Aetna ni- trate plant last night. REPUBLICANS IN HOUSE BRING UP PEACE PROPOSAL Bitter Debate Marks Opening Arguments For and Against Resolution to End War; Campbell Takes the Lead } {By United Press.) . WASHINGTON, April 8.—The first test vote on thé peace resolution in the house today indicated that it would pass by a majority of 58. The house adopted # special rule making the peace resolution vote man- datory at 5 o'clock tomorrow afiernoon, ‘The vote on the rule was 218, to 155, *-” (By Ansoulated Press.) / April 8.—Declaring the war with Germany over fact, Chairman Campbell, of the e house a fight for the adoption of the state of war at an end. The debate ~nomm, t oa eee "epi pay pragma i FRANKFORT: Siz Germans Killed When When Crowd Is Raked mate. TWO SERIOUSLY ‘ August 1 Date Set for Abolition of Local ‘Resorts’ by Local Officials’) ° Casper’s redlight district ‘is to be closed completely.on August 1 by order of the Natrona county commissioners and. city coun- cil, it was decided at/a closed ses- sion ‘of the council, county com- missioners, the city and .county attor-|— neys, and the chief‘ of ‘police last night. It was only after careful deliberation and prolonged discussion which) made the session last until 1:30 o’elock tbis| ™orning that the decision to close all houses of prostitution’ was made. The >lan to clése the redlight district in Casper had the endorsement of May- or Ben F. Peltun from the start. | Near- ly four months is allowed girls in’ these houses in which to leave the dity or seek other employment here Of. else. where and to permit them to dispose of any, property they. may hold in this city. Starting tonight, ‘Chief of Pollée PB. M. Ellithorpe will personaly see that all operators of houses of {Il fame re- ceive word of the closing order so they can make arrengements for the future. | Chiet Iulithorpe sala today’ that such | a plan would be followed in order that there be no misunderstanding about the official closing order. ‘Two or three special officers are to be assigned the duty of-seeing’ that the order is cariied out and to keep « complete check. of the whereabouts of girls now in the houses. A police check now in force is to be maintained so there will be no spread, ing about “town of the operations of these girls after they leave the redlight| |: district. The four large houses of pros: titution in the 100 block on South David | street, two large parlor houses on the Sandbar, and 30 to 36..smalier -heuses commonly called “cribs on | Marion street in. the Sandbar district: will come under the closing order, it was stated at police “headquarters. The ban on all houses will stop the present transactions of >approximately 76 girls, according to a police’ esti- The order of the county and city is- sued tod paves the way to better and proper regulation of so-called rooming hotises and alleged hotels in different parts of the city. With the existence of the old redlight district, eity and. county. officials could make little pre- tence of regulation. Official figures taken from the re- ports/of the medical examiner of wo- men in houses of the redlight district were read at the session last night. It was shown that on the average about. Sl perpent Jot foe. Ah es) of these -wenereat Alls: eases, Other unsavory details show- ing the earnings and business done by such houses were revealed to mem- bers present. It has been understood that the coun- ty has been in favor, of closing houses of illfame for some time. Now with, the complete cooperation of the city,) the closing becomes an actuciity. gel actin Sea Dap 2 HURT IN BLAST, TANK EXPLODED Explosion of Gasoline Tank in Pop- corn Tank Puts Two in Hospital, Bank Window Is-_Broken’ e = __ ® ENCH OPEN RE! LIGHT TO. BE CLOSED 10 PAGES TODAY NUMBER 152 ULTTE: rornes tony Y.W.C.A. PLANS HOME HERE TO COST $50,000.00 Organization Here Secures 99-Year Lease| on County Property East of Library for Erection of Home in Casper Casper is to have a $50,000 Young Women’s Christian associa- tion' located on Second street just east of the public library. After weeks of effort on the part of the location committee to secure a site in the business district which would make possible a down- town association building, the difficulties of the provisional commit- tee Were solved this'week when it was learned that the triangular lot east of the library could be leased from | — cee Saree WHEAT CONDITION LOW, The county commissioners readily agreed to the leasing of the ground, realizing how great is the need for some institution in Casper which will care for’ the women and girls. , By the terms of the lease, which was signed and‘filed for record yester- day, the land will be leased to the 8 1S SWEPTBY WALKOUT OF ‘INSURGENTS Transcontinental and Terminal Freight Movement Hampered as Strike of Yard- men Extends to All Parts of Country; Association Is Organizing Branches (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, April 8.—The “insurgent” railroad strike, which began a week ago in Chicago, has spread to other parts of the United States. The east and westbound freight movement across the continent, already restricted by the Chicago strike, was hampered further by switchmen striking at such strategic gateways as Buffalo and Kansas City and at such centers as Y¥. W, C. A. for the erection of a building to cost not less than $5: 000. and which is to be used by the Young Women's Christian association in aecordance with the rutes*of the national organization for the benefit of the girls and women, of Casper and Na- trona county. The lease: will gun. for 99. 6La years he. tha provisional committee. has had the advice of a committee from the Chamber of Commerce, consisting of L. A. Reed. O. L. Walker, Joe Den- ham and E. Richard Shipp, all of whom were of the opinion that there should be no half-way measures in the under- taking, but that a buildmg should be ferected which would be a credit to the city. In’ tHe weeks since the provision- al committee was formed, a complete survey of the working women of Casper has been made under the direction of Mrs. 8. K, Loy, and this has revealed that there are~640 women and girls employed in the cfty, fully half of whom do not have homes here, In addition there are fully 200 school girls who would come under the girls’ reserve sec- tion of the ¥. W. C. A. in addition to would receive the benefits of the or- ganization. Miss Bertha R. Mifler. field secre- tery of town and county work, who has charge of the organization here, has gone to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend the national convention of the Y. W. C. A. She will return the latter part of the month and at that time the pre- liminary work for the campaign for the raising of funds for the Association building will be put on. The Chamber of Four persons were injured, two of them seriously; last night about 6:25 o'clock, when the popcorn stand belong- jing to Habil. Kabn, on. the southwest corner of Second and Center streets, was blown“up by gasoline in the tank igniting. Hugh Fagan, who is said to have just bought a sack of peanuts, is in a serious condition at the Private hos- pital, where he is suffering from con- tusions and hemotoma in the left leg and severe bruises. Ed Heddy was dressed at the Private Hospital, his injuries being lacerations | }about the eyes and ‘head and face burns. He went to his home. / Clarence Rainwater is reported to haye received minor bruises and burns, while Henry McCash, a messenger boy, was cut on the hand by «flying glass. Several others are reported to have been hit by flying glass. The force of the explosion tore qut the big plate glass window on the north side of the Wyoming National Bank and scattered small.glass over the street, Little was left of the popcorn machine, pieces of the machine being blown into the, middle of the street. It is not known whetner authority bas ever been granted to have a popcorn wagon on this corner, although the old city council gave Kahn the privilege of Commerce committee will continue to act in an advisory capacity to the fi- nance committee, which is headed by Mrs. J. W. Johnson, and will assist in the carrying on of this campaign, which ‘will come early in June. Miss Geary of the national board will be requested at once to forward plans for a building such as Casper needs and which will be adapted to the lot. A building 50 by 100 feet in size can be erected, it is thot, and an ell across the widest part of the lot may be added to give additional room, ARMY TRAINING TO BE STRICKEN FROM U. S. BILL (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 8.—Defeat of the compulsory universal military training provision of the army re- organization bill is conceded by pro- ponents of the measure, who planned substitute program of training of four months for all youths 19 years keeping a tomale wagon near this cor- ner. will close tomorrow to be f id Act Suen an Campbell declared: ‘That so.few people on this crowded corner were injured seems a miracle. ~ “The war is over; that is known by mae everyone. Congress, is therefore ‘with- in its rights in declaring a state of war no longer exists, It is the ditty of| » congress to declare the war be eee fee “Representative Edward W. forth Carolina, opposing .the resent leclared it i “peace humbug to be de-! bated for two days.” Passage of the) measure, he declared, ‘‘would be play-| ing into Germany's hand.” | Pou charged that the Republicans! were secking to make political capital for the next campaign and offering the resolution as an excuse for a vk party pledge; PLAN STARTED | (By "Associated Pre Press.) CHICAGO, April 8.—Fred Lynch, national committeeman from, Minne- sota, said today that dissatisfaction with convention aecommodations at San Francisco be:aired in the national. Democratic meoting on April 20, when a proposal to move the convention to Oakiand will be presented. PUBLIC NURSE RESIGNS PLACE Miss Elizabeth Bahin, who has been Red-Cross nurse here since January @| tendered her resignation when tlie Red ‘Cross executive committee held monthly “meetifig on ‘Tuesday. | Miss Grogan, supgrintendent of the Red Cross nursing the state, has been asked to secure another nurse for the position here as soon as pos- sible. Miss BahYn’s work has been most | gatistactory and the committee accept- Jed her resignation: with regret. eis ie tall tre | Jobe Grant is here from Salt Creék on business, WIELD WILL BE the girls and women of the county who/|, ONE-THIRD LESS Joliet and Decatur, IMlinois, and Gary, | Indiana. Strikes were threatened today at Mil- waukee, St, Louis and openings to the north and northwest. The strikers. pre- dicted, also, that 25,000 men in northern New York would join. them, cutting off freight traf; from Buffalo to New York and Boston. ‘The Yardnien's Association, the insur- Official Re tiacaten Place Production at 70 Per Cent), of Crop.Last Year (By United, Press.) WASHINGTON, Apr. 8.—The 1920 winter wheat crop will be a quarter , of a billion bushels below last year’s according to the monthly forecast is- sued today by the agricultural de- partment. The drop is a result of the removal of the wheat price guar- f antee and a slackening up as a result of the war’s end. The average condition of the crop on- April 1 was 75.6 per cent normal, with indications of a yield of 483,617,- 000 bushels as compared with 731,636,- 000 bushels harvested last year. The condition of this year’s crop is far below the average. GENERAL STRIKE! IS CALLED IN FLORENCE, iTALY (By Associated Press.) LONDON, April 8—A general strike has been declared in Florence, Italy, according to a Rome dispatch to the Exchange ‘iescaieus company today. BONUS SYSTEM IN STOCKYARDS FAILURE, CLAIM (By, Associated Press.) CHICAGO, April 8.—George Alschu- ler, sponsor for @ bonus system for stockyards workers, today declared it to be a failure after he had acted. as arbiter in the latest wage dispute a gent organization which called the strikes, was forming branches today at aumnenqus terminal centers, reports in- cated. —— ENTIRE COAST REGION LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED (By Associated Press.) — LOS ANGELES, April 8—The rail- road strike spread to Los Angeles «where early today the. Yardmen’s Asso- ciation said that between 500 and 1,000 men on the Southern, Pacific, Santa Fe and Salt Lake lines walked out in sym- pathy with ‘strikers on eastern roads. The strikers said they were underpaid and predicted that the entire Pacific coast, if not the whole nation, would ‘be affected soon. STRIK@RS ARE “RUMP” UNIONISTS, SAY BROTHERHOODS (By United Press.) CHICAGO, April 8.—The yardmen’s strike continued here today and“was also spreading., Switchmen on seven railroads at Buffalo, New York, are outs’ ‘Twenty-five “hundred men railroad NAVY MISTAKES INSIGNIFICANT, WILSON CLAIMS WASHINGTON, Apr. Apr. 8.—The entire navy entered the war with the “great- est energy” at the moment war was de- clared, Admiral Henry Wilson, com- mander of the Atlantic fleet, told the senate navy investigators today. The fleet never was better prepared and had complete plans for use’ in case the Germans’ attacked the United States coast, he said. “When we consider it accomplished so many big things that seemed almost impossible, the mistakes the navy made are relatively unimportant,” said Wil- son. PROSECUTION OF SPECULATORS IS ~ ORDERED TODAY CHICAGO, April 8.—Attorney Gener- al Palmer instructed District Attorney Clyne today to prosecute spe struck at Kansas City last night. St. Louis switchmen are expected to atrike| «Uontinued on Page 6) alleged to have tried to corner M Several millionaire grain men w ed before the grand jury. GAS SHELLS ARE USED IN SIEGE OF DUSSELDORF Westphalian Rebels Executed by Ebert Forces on Surrender; Labor Leaders . Start Cry for Troop Withdrawal (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 8.— (Havas Agency ).—-German regular troops have bombarded Dusseldorf with gas shells, according to a Mayence dispatch to the Matin. (By Associated Press.) F.. K, Price of Sheridan, Wyc.,-tepre- senting the Pacific Mutual Life Insur- ance Company, is in the city for a faw days on business. § 250 injured, mostly slight, When martial law was established PARIS, April 8.—Merciless repression by the reichswehr forces in the Ruhr basin is reported by fugitives arriving at , }. (By Associated Press.) | JERUSALEM, April 8.—Altho martial law wag proclaimed here Monday and the city is under heavy patrol by British troops, scattered fights oc- curred between Jews and Mohammedans Monday and Tuesday in the narrow | lanes of the old city and outside the walls. Several persons were killed and the entrance to the city was forbidden. but this rule has been relaxed and normal conditions seemed near today. Frankfort, who allege that they witnessed the shooting of all FIGHTING IN HOLY CITY AT END BRITISH PROCLAIM MARTIAL LAW its) Westphalians who laid down their arms. LABOR, LEADERS DEMAND WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS (By Associated Press.) BERLIN,. April 8—The . Majority Socialist members of the German cabi- net were placed in an embarrassing position today by the demands of labor leaders for the withdrawal of regular troops from the Ruhr valley and for action in other matters involved in the situation which has resulted in a French advance east of the Rhine. Walter Parker of the Casper post- office force hax returned from Sheridan, where he visited Mrs, Parker and their new daughter. Mrs. Parker and the young lady will come to Casper next week to make their home. ee Bl ta] s 8 i Nope in “mn so BS ” i oe 4