Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1920, Page 1

ARMSTRONG REARRESTED The, Casprr Datly thruse BASEBALL EXTRA VOLUME IV LABOR BOARD Freight Handlers and Clerks Threaten to Walk Out in Chicago Following Claims that Strike Is Ended (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 19._The railroad labor board announced today that it would not consider complaints from striking railroad men. | The statement said it would not “receive, entertain or consider” any | NOT 10 CASPER ISO DEAL WITH STRIKING RAILROADSWITCHMEN application or complaint from any parties who were not complying’ with the transportation act or who were not adopting every means to| fi 5 “e 2 AFTER ACQUITTAL Man Freed by Jury Verdict Exonerating Him of Officers Murder Is Taken into Custody to Answer Charge of Having Re- ceived Stolen Property DOUGLAS, Wyo., April 19-—Hugh Armstrong, acquitted by jury verdict ygsterday of the charge of having murdered Deputy ‘Sheriff Tom Majors in a bootleg raid at Casper on November 2, last, and who SNOW, COL Train Service Out of Denver Is Brot to} Standstill by Two-Day Blizgard but | Fair and Warmer Is Predicted ‘ (By United Press.) t DENVER, April 19.—A two-day blizzard tapered off here this| morning into a light snow after bringing all steam railroads in Colo- rado to a standstill, but the blizzard is reported still to be sweeping northwestern Nebraska and parts of Wyoming. Train service here was discontinued after a dozen trains stalled Saturday and Sunday. avoid interruption of the operation of roads growing out of any dis- Some passengers were foodless a day’or two. Several stalled trains putes.”” After the statement was made pub- le, spokesmen from striking railroad men of New York, New Jersey, New England and the middle west were re- ceived, 38,000 WORKERS TAKE STRIKE VOTE (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, April 19.—T@reat of a new rail strike today confronted claims of the railroad managers and brotherhood officials that the strike had been broken. Eight th i freight handlers and 30,000 clerks will vote tonight on a walkout. = STRIKERS FLOCKING BACK IN EAST, CLAIM (By Associated NEW YORK, April 19.—Raitroaa] strikers today continued to flock back to work. All roads resumed their freight movement from badly congest- ed terminals. Passenger schedules were | virtually normal. WASHINGTON, April 19.—A _»} to a, persistent 1 pass the legislative program he will president would follow this message. | The plan is to give force to his de-| man that the) Democratic convention nominate: a candidate to run’ on the League of Nations platform with planks | praising the Wilson administration, in| short a Wilson man. | FREIGHT MOVEMENT ce The story is based on the idea that IMPROVES STEADILY (By United Press) Wilson is in better shape physically | CHICAGO, April 19.—The freight} than is generally supposed. | movement hereabouts, in the New| Democratic presidential possibilities are keeping in the background, uncer- tain what Wilson intends doing. The} cancellation of the Woods Hole summer home plans is cited as an indication | that Wilson is planning to come back. | REBEL FORCES UNCHECKED BY FEDERAL ARMY | (By United Press.) | AGUA PRIETA, April 19.—The Sosora army invading Sinaloa is ap- proaching Mazatlan. Additional troops arrived here today, What Carranza is doing to cope with the rebellion is a@ mystery here. RELIEF WORKER IS FOUND DEAD | AT VERSAILLES (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 19.—The body of Mrs. Mary Ellen Appel of Allentown, Pa., Society of Friends relief worker, miss- ing since April 7, was found in a clump of trees at Versailles today. EXCISE TAX UPON GAS IS INVALID IN NEW MEXICO (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 19.—The su- preme court today heid unconstitutional the New Mexico act of 1919 levying an excise tax upon the sale” use of gaso- line insofar as it affects gasoline still in the original containers ‘in which it was York districts, and on the Pacific coast} was steadily improving today as the} third week of the switchmen’s strikes opened. There was a 60-percent nor- mal movement on most lines, altho freight embargoes were still generally on. Railroad officials claim the strike is losing its effectivness as the men are slowly resuming work. RUHR DISTRICT MAY BE SEIZED BY THE ALLIES (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 19.—(Havas Agency.) —The Petit Parisien today says that allied occupation of the Rubr basin is being considered by the premiers at San Remo. Premier Lloyd George, Millerand and Nitti have agreed on forcing German disarmament, but nut on the means of procedure. peared drt a SALES TAX IS AGREED UPON TO PAY BIG BONUS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 19.—House Republican leaders tentatively agreed today to raise funds for soldier re- lief by a gross sales tax of not more than 1 per cent. MORE MEXICAN GENERALS JOIN PRESIDENT TO RE-ENTER POLITICS DRAMATIC COMEBACK IS PLANNED (By Associated Press.) ance of President Wilson in the political arena, is planned, according . The plan is for him suddenly to plunge late next month. His first act would be to | send a message to congress and ask it to remain here this summer to shipped into the state. INREVOLUTION (By Associated Press.) SAN ANTONIO, April 19.—It is re- Ported in Mexican circles that Gen. Amarillas and Gen. Gavina, with Ca ranza forces in Chihuahua, have! revolt- ed against Carranza. Another Mexican) report from Nuevo Laredo is that Gen. Luviano Renteria, with Carranza, has Joined Gov. Pasqual Ortiz Rubio and the state forces of Michocan. ——__. (By United C. B. Jones of De Renzy and Jones. | agents of the Jordan and Chandler cars| and connected with the East Side xa- rage, has returned from Kaycee, Wyo..! Where he. went on company business. | The students are asking unions to CHINESE STUDENTS STRIKE IN PROTEST TO DEALING WITH JAPS ” SHANGHAI, April 19.—Three million students thruout 14 northern prov- inces of China went on strike today against direct negotiations with Japan on the Shantung question and are parading the streets of the principal cities. Abrogation of secret treaties is demanded, were released this morning and others will be reached during the day. Trans- portation will be resumed tomorrow if the storm abates further. The worst tieups were on lines south of Denver and ‘between Denver and Cheyenne. The total spowfall in Colo- rado was two feet but it drifted in railroad cuts to d depth of fifteen feet. Denver has been without milk or grocery deliveries for three days. The streets were dark two nights. Fair and warpier weather is predict- ed. Leading milroads officials hope to end the tieup soon. Heavy livestodk losses are reported. dramatic, eleventh-hour reappear- (By ; DENVER, A urge. Public reappearance of the| j1ready apparent and immediate release from the grip of the blizzard which bound Denver for 48 hours is in sight. The fall here was 16 inches, but it drift- ed badly. In Greeley the fall was 30 inches with drifts ten feet high. No vehjcles were allowed on the downtown streets of Denver while jyhundreds of men with tractors worked to clean the streets. The cicy is short | milk, as no milk trains are moving into ‘Denver. Downtown hotels are filled with beople caught downtown by the storm. C.&N.W.R.R. STRIKERS ARE BACK AT WORK . Striking switchmen on the North- western railway, about 25 in num- YENNE SNOWBOUND, ber, are back on the ‘job today havy- |) own ing agréed to return Friday. |There || BLIZZARD GENERAL was no concession.on either side in (Special to The Tribune.) the question of wages for which the CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 19.—With strike was called, it was reported at the Northwestern offices. |The men simply agreed to return to their Jobs. 20 KILLED AND — MANY HURT INT BIG TWISTER (By United Press.) LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 19.— From five to 20 dre reported dead in a “tornado last night at Hickeytown and Harkey Valley. Scores are reported injured. —<———__—_ GOTHAM CARRIES LUNCH BOXES TO HIT HIGH COSTS (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 19,—The Cheese club, which introduced the overalls campaign to this city, started a new attatk on high prices today’ by urg- ing the carrying of lunch boxes. “Dol- lar and more” lunches are the cause. ————_— FAMOUS MEDIC snow falling so heavily that little prog- ress is being made, Cheyenne is en- deavoring today to dig from beneath the heaviest April snowfall in 23 years. Snow is 15 inches deep on the level and drifted to depths of from three to eight feet. All railroads entering the city except traffic on the Union Pacific is at a standstill, but passenger traffic is moy- ing behind snowplows, the traing run- | ning about six hours late. One and| seven-tenths inches of precipitation has been recorded here since the storm started Saturday. The storm area covers all Wyoming, with the snowfall deepest in southeast- ern Wyoming. About ten inches of snow fell in western Wyoming and in the Lander-Riverton country. In northern Wyoming there has been an inch an one-third precipitation. ‘Temperatures have been mild in all portions of .the state and livestock losses, except those of shorn sheep and | new born lambs, will result not from | freezing but from inability to get feed to snowed-in stock. Traffic has been Virtually suspended here since Saturday ‘afternoon. The streets are sprinkled with stalled autos. Physicians aro making calls on horseback, using the narrow pathways whicn have been shoveled on sidewalks. All publfe functions and funerals have been postponed. Schools are closed. Limited deliveries of foodstuffs are be- ing made in a restricted area where snowplows have opened lanes in the streets. Governor Carey, whom the storm overtook in the Big Horn basin while DIES IN EAST | te. was inspecting state institutions managed to reach his ranch at Carey- pe ee hhurst behind a snowplow, and there is; (By Associated Press.) directing the work of saving the great ROY, New York, April 19.—Dr. John] herds of J. M. Carey and Brother. Magee, pioneer in the use of diphtheria No loss of life ha& been reported. anti-toxin, died at his home in Charles- town today. (By United Press.) DENVER, April 19.—There were no| livestock receipts or market today on) account of the railroad tieup. es TEXAS OPPOSES | MEX. PERMIT ON | MOVING TROOPS (By Associated Press.) AUSTIN, Texas, April 19.—Vigorous protest against the proposed move- ment of Mexican troops thru Texas in the campaign against rebels of | Sonora was made by Governor Hobby in a telegram today to Secretary of | State Colby. Press.) call a general strike. ATED BY ORADO HIT BY TERRIFIC STORM Press.) 19.—With relief} promised by the weather bureau, slight-| Billings, Mont., has never left Casper ly improved’ conditions in this city are |for I the Union Pacific are blockaded. Freight | z jhad announced his intention of accompanying his parents back to) NUMBER 161 |Maryville, Mo., his former home, was arrested here Sunday afternoon | olen gonds. The arrest was made, [it is understood, in connection with the on a charge of having reteived st |contraband — boc which Arms admitted haying received from Land, and which comprised a p the cache under the Martin gar Whether or not Roy Martin and] Charles Moo! to be held for trial jon the cha of murder is to be de i ide Moore are on their w expected that the same ainst Arm- Te . | strong, should the state decide not to Northwestern Train) vrosecute nim on the murder’ charge. The arguments in the murder case 5 |here w concluded at 1 o'clock from Omaha Due |Ssturtay night. Attorney Murane, for |the defense, took up two hours in ar- Here Today | gument while Attor Purcell required jan hour to conclude the state’s facts jin the case. One point which Attorney Purcell Except for a train expected) on re "that if Armstrona’s record from the east on the Northwestern} had been good in Casper he never would railroad at 4:30 to 5 o'clock this | !2ve #8ked to have the place of trial 4 | transferred to Douglas or some other afternoon, Casper is completely cut! county. Fe he jury remained up until 3:30 from the east, Denver and ; ; | o'clock Sunday morning when it retired bp | Omaha as a result of the terrific) yntii carly in the morning. On first storm which has raged almost coninu-! ballot, seven voted for acquittal, while ously since Saturday morning in Colo-| five did not vote. The second ballot rade, western Nebraska and eastern} was unanimous for acquittal. Wyoming. Wet snow, which has fallen} Armstrong's mother fainted when the in gxeat.quantities: has pabked?onto the| veraikt faa read. ‘Thetpublic’ in Doug: railroad tracks making it slow and/las seemingly sympathized with Arm- nearly impossible to get the tracks| strong. cleared in the eastern part of ‘he state a and in Colorado. | The Burlington railroad is “omplete-| ly snowed in between Wendover, Wyo.,| and Denver and between Denver and} Allienee, Nebr. The storm has con-| PURCHASE AY tinued with such fores that not even} snow plows are being worked on these} sections of the line. | The Purlington has had no train thrn} from Denver since Saturday grornin«| and no trains have gone west out of} Gasper since that merning. The Sat- urday night train from the west @0d ver. The last train from the} cast was the 11.20 o'clock night’ train) Ney, Building Planned to Provide from Omaha which arrived her- apout| : : * o'clock Sunday morning. Offices for Gas Business Re- en if there is no train from Den- cently Taken Over from Subsidiary ver by tomorrow, the Burlington will! operate a stub train out of Caspor fer| Bilings tomorrow morning, according| to present plans. High winds, wet] snow and lots of both have kept the The problem of securing a location for the Casper Gas company, recently Burlington lines blocked in Wyoming|absorbed by the New York Oil com- of Casper. pany, has been solved by the latter Northwestern will start a train|with the purchase from Dr. and Mrs. east from Casper upon the arrival of/T, A. Dean of the bungalow occupied the afternoon t Both trains|by the New York Oil company on the will be preceeded by giant snow plows.| southwest corner of Third and Wolcott There has been no train from Lan-|stree’ The consideration, it is said, der since Saturday afternoon because|was near $50,000, The New York Oil there no equipment at that end/company plans the erection of a new of the Northwestern line to start east-| building on this corner to include of- ward. No serious trouble has been. en-|fices for the accommodation of the gas countered west of Casper on this line] business, an -enterprise that will be and freight trains are operating. Some firmly established with the completion freights are running into Casper from)of the gas line to the Poison Spider the east, altho indications that|and Iron Creek fields. more snowed-under conditions will be| The New York Oil company encountered ; because both Sheridan} $18,000 for this location in 1917 but it Lusk reported more hea now|was refused by the owners, and the Ns this morning. One snow plow is ent purchase price reflects a great being operated between here and Lusk in value. The property has a offered and another from Lusk to Chadron, of 60 feet on Wolcott and Nebr. j140 feet on Third street. The New eee 5 Sr ae York Oil company also owns the ad- {joining property on Wolcott with a n location of 140 feet by 140 feet in In addition the company owns the location directly across the all. | corner street on the southeast corner of Third STANDING ARMY OF 700,000 MEN |224 weicott, which it purchased in , | April, 1917, for $11,500. An offer of _—_—— se 1 times that amount was recent- ly refused, ‘COURT UPHOLDS CONVICTION OF E. W. BLANCETT (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 19.—The con- Wiction in New Mexico of EB. W. Blan- |D. Armour, stands as a result of the POLISH FRONT &upreme court's action in dismissing the (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 19.—France | must maintain an army of 700,000 men, in the opinion of government officials, local newspapers say. | appeals. Blancett was sentenced to | death, (See t= WASHINGTON, April 19.—Reduction of $30,000,000 in the $420,000,000 asked (By Associated Press.) LONDON, April 19.—Fighting on by the railroad administration to wind several sectors of the Polish front | up its affairs was made by the house was reported from Moscgw in the ‘appropriations committee today. The soviet government communique of new appropriation would bring total Sunday. A Red advance in the Black sea region also was announced. MANIAC KILLS DOCTOR PASSING COLLECTION PLATE IN CHURCH (By United Press.) NEW YORK, April 19.—As Dr. James Markoe passed the collection plate in the fashionable St. George Protestant Episcopal church, Thomas Simpkin shot him dead thru the head Sunday. Simpkin was released from a Virginia insane asylum a week ago. maniac fired several other shots, grazing two other prominent churchgoers. Dr. M was J. Pierpont Morgan’s family physician. Simpkins was captured. funds granted the railroad administra- tion up to. $1,780,000,000. koe Natrona | NEW YORK. OVL TODAY SCORE AMERICAN LEAGUE Morning Game | At Boston— R. H.E. |New York ...... a4 AO: SBP ss) Boston .... : 8 0 Batteries — Mobridge, Mc- |Graw and Hannan; Hoy and Walters. At Cleveland R. H. E. Detroit .......... pode te Cleveland ...... cis, (One | Batteries—Oldham, Dauss, land Stanage; Bagby and O’Neil At Chicago—St. Louis vs. | Chicago—Postponed, rain. |termined this afternoon in Casper when | the county commissioners of county and Special Prosecutors M. W. | {Purcell and C. E, Winter will meet to} de what course to take. Martin| and to Casper on a Northwestern train this afternoon | as is Armstrong. Consequently, it is | Moore will be arrested on charge as that sworn out ag NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York— R. H.E. Philadelphiass)0.-. S Teo New York ....... ar ate 7! Batteries— Causey and Tre- greser; Barnes, Gonzales and McCarty. At Brooklyn— R..HE. Boston ........ : 2.8.16 Brooklyn .......... 4 7 1 Batteries — Fillingim and |O’Neil; Grimesand and Miller. es U.S. CONTROL OF UNIONS ADVISED BY JUDGE GARY OF STEEL TRUST Should Come Under Same Supervision as Other Organi- zations, Is Claim (By United Press.) NEW YORK, April 19.—Labor should be subjected to governmental control and regulation like other or- ganizations, Judge Elbert Gary, chair- man of the United States. eel cor- poration, said today in outlining the company’s open shop policy at the annual meeting of stockholders. | Gary said that unless the ‘tendency for unreasonably high prices was checked, the government for the pro- tection of the public. must interfere."” He pointed out that the steel poration was still charging only those prices fixed by agreement with the industries board in 1919, ALL SHOULD SACRIFICE TO STOP ‘CARNIVAL OF GREED’ (By Associated Press.) YORK, April the United States Ste poration informed stockholders annual meeting at Hoboken that corporation was holding down the pr’ NEW y of 5 at the the of its ‘products because of the high cost of living. Referring to inquiries made by stockholders as to why, in view of the great demand).;the’ cost of production and prices receiyéd by oth- er manufacturers, prices of the cor- poration’s products "Mid not peen raised above those fixed by an agreement b tween the industrial board and the steel manufacturers on J rch 2 1919, he eal “It seems to us that the high co: of living is of convincing importanc when the increasing tendency is to in- sist upon the payment of unreasonable sums for every commodity and for ey- ery service, so that the vicious whirl of advancement seems to be unending. We think there is a moral obligation on the part of everyone to use all rea- sonable efforts to check this carniv of greed and imposition, even at some sacrifice. “There is a growing discrepancy be- tween different individuals and inter- ests. The man with a fixed income is more and more disadvantaged and he is helpless. He cannot increase his in- come to meet the increased cost of living. Therefore, it should be the ef- fort of all to established and maintain a reasonable basis of price, otherwise the government must interfere.” STRIKE LEADER BREAKS FAITH: ISREARRESTED (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, April 19.—John Grunat leader of the switchmen’s strike, summoned to the federal building to- day and ordered arrested by I Mason, United States commissione Grunat was arrested and released on his own recognizance last Friday. Re- ports that he violated promises not to attend meetings of the Chicago Yari oelation, of which he is presi- sed his arr nau took the same stand as on the occasion of his first st, and re. fused to arrange bonds. He was ordered |taken to the county jail at Joliet, Ill. | R. V. Miller, official and organizer for | the United iginemen’s Association, which is allied with the nen's or- ganization, also is being held.