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

166 KILLED IN DIXIE TORNADOES SUFFERING IS INTENSE AMONG SURVIVORS OF Ma one WEATHER FORECAST night. Thursday partly cloudy STORMS IN 3 STATES Relief Urgently Needed Along Paths of Destruction Swept by Storms in Missis sippi, Alabama and Tennessee; Death| Toll Increases with Twister Today (By Associated Press.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 21.—Assistance is urgently needed for the relief of tornado survivors in a dozen counties of Mississipi, Alabama and Tennessee, reports from storm-swept| district said today. With a death list of 166 already reported | and property loss which will run into many millions, the tornado | has taken rank as one of the most disastrous and wide-spread | in the annals of the south. | Hundreds require medical Jand forces of physicians available are inadequate. Tents and other temporary structures must be erected and a shortage of food is fore- Seen as a result of the destruction of barns and warehouses, coupled with complete obstruction of communicating roads, The storm apparently struck in the | rich farming belt around Bay Springs, | Miss,, and moved northeast across the remainder of the state. ‘To vent its fury | upon the extreme northwestern tier of | counties in Alabama before moving into Tennessee, attention} and ‘nurses TWO SEPARATE STORMS DEVELOP. (By United Press.) MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 21.—The toll | of yesterday's tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee is between 100 and 150 dead. Two separate storms with- | in two hours swept thru central-western | somewhat warmer. Fresh noon and tonight. VOLUME IV ONOW BLOCKADE BURLINGTON WHE CHEYENNE SEVERAL HOURS LATE ance atime Pe ateTTE =< Unsettled with rain or snow this aft- erncon and probably east portion to- and to strong northwest winds east portion this after- Communication Re-established With Denver, Belief, But Depends On Train North Tonight; Blockade of Roads Cuts Off Supplies to Oil Fields __ Rail communication with Denver has been re-established with the clearing of the Burlington line between Wendover, Wyo., and Cheyenne and Fort Collins, today. The train which The Casper Daily Cribun LIFTED TOONY ON TAR N TRAIN REAGHES| ONG IS F RO Hugh Armstrong, acquitted of mur- der and rearrested on a charge of having received stolen goods, will not face another jury here or elsewhere. on charges growing out of the kill- ing of Deputy Sheriff Tom Majors of Casper. The end of prosecution, pres ent and prospective, came today when County and Prosecuting Attorney Al- fred R. Lowey dismissed the case pending against Armstrong. No state- ment accompanied the dismissal, Mr. Lowey saying only that he was. will- ing to assume the responsibility. Lack of evidence to prove that Armstrong had knowledge of the fact that liquor he received from J. T. Land was stolen, is believed to have | J | TUESDAY, 4,585 OF SECOND CHARGE IN COURT -~ ! | Armenian Aid Again Requested By Allies \Premiers to Address United States on Old Question; Huns Want Larger Army | | | i | | Tribune Circulation | [NUMBER 163 REED OF LAST (By United Press.) SAN REMO, April 21.—The council of premiers has decided to address President Wilson and the American people, rec- ommending that the United States offer financial support to AE raenee Hey ub hots. will point out hat America has been particularly in- OVERALLS. CLUB _ | terestet in tne new: Armontart nition IS CHAMPIONED (""r"5 councivs avcision fottowes the League of Nation's refusal to mandate over Armenia. ac ppt a BY OFFICE MEN| | U. S. AMBASSADOR TO ATTEND COUNCIL. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 21.—Ambas dor Johnson at Rome was instructed by the state department today to attend the allied conference at San Remo as an offi- cial observer for the American govern- ment. He will not participate in the To combat the increasing cost of living and particularly the excessive price of clothing, practically every member of the office department at the general offices of the Midwest Refinmg company on tlie refinery grounds here, is wearin: overalls today. The Overall Club was | Mile-High city tonight at 6 o'clock. left Casper last night for Denver reached Cheyenne “sometime” this morning and is expected to get to Denver during the day, |The Casper and Billings train due to’ depart from Denver last night at 6 o'clock did not leave Denver; but is being made up to start from the Mrs. John Gerken, well-known horse- woman, has been honored with selec- tion as one of the judges at the New York spring horse show. If this train reaches Casper tomor- row It will be the first train from Denver on the Burlington since last jes os ean Saturday morning. The Burlington One gallon of paint slwuld be dis- started yesterday and already 75 members of the office, department are wearing the overalls. ‘This is practically 100 percent of the force. Organizers of the club at the gen- eral offices of the refinery hope that the movement will extend to the of- fices in the Oil Exchange building down town and to all parts of the refinery. Overalls now sell for $4.50 to $6 and there has been no Increase led to disposal of the case. Armstrong is thus free to carry out his original intention to accompany his parents back to Maryville, Mo., his old home, a decision reached upon his: acquittal at Douglas. Wtih this dismissal, Armstrong, Charles Moore and Roy E. Martin are at liberty after having been in cus- tody since last November. Martin discussions or delibera GERMANY DEMANI LARGER ARMY PERMIT. (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 2h—Germany _ has asked modification of the military clauses of the peace treaty so as to en- able her to maintain larger armed forces than permitted by that pact. The re- quest was contained in a note handed UGLIEST WOMAN IN WORLD WiTH} CIRCUS—Maryann Bevan, who recently | won a London contest for being the, ugliest woman, has arrived in this coun- | try and is now exhibiting her counte- nance to thousands who daily visit the Barnum & Bailey circus now playing in New York, LATE FLASHES FROM THE WIRE (By United Press.) CHICAGO, April 21.—Startling price drops were recorded on the ‘board of trade today. May corn dropped 8 cents and oats fell 3 cents. Bad financial news, particularly foreign, —wag cause assigned, NEW YORK, April 21.—Stocks were thrown overboard, regardless of price, during the last half hour. General | Motors went below $280, a drop of 40) points, Steel sold well below par, (By Associated Press.) DENVER, April 21.—When Walter E, Pinkerton returned home last night he found his wife dead from a broken neck and their two children, 4 and 2 years old, standing over their mother’s body crying. Mrs. Pinkerton tripped over the child's tricycle, sustaining a fatal iajury in the fall. (By United Press.) DENVER, April 21.—A light snow) Predicted for Colorado tonight, is not helieved to be another severe blizzard from which the Mountain States are Just recovering. Belated reports from east of Trinidad say that three sheep- herders were frozen to death there dur- jing the last storm. BOSTON, April 21.—The wooden car-| ko steamer O'Brien has been lost at sea. There is no trace of her crew. pademel ise > Pee A full-dress ‘uniform for an English cabinet minister is said to cost from | $1,200 to $1,500. MEXICAN CIVIL WAR SPREADS FURTHER DEFECTIONS NOTED Advices also stated that Colonel Gallegos and 400 men in Linarlies, Nuevo Mississippi. The first hit around Aber- déen, where 20 lives were lost. The sec- ond swept across the Meridian neighbor- | hood with over a score of deaths. Both storms moved northeast into} Alabama but the northern storm spent| its force after crossing the Mississippi | boundary. ‘The tail end of the storm struck Tennessee with three deaths. The southern torm swept into le is. in adet : us stoym’ also hit Oktibbeha county, killing seven and wrecking hundreds of farm houses. | The next Heavy loss was in Monroe county, which is still cut off. | Alabama reported 20 dead in Marion | county, 18 in Madison county and four in Colbert county. STORM. TODAY ADDS FIFTEEN DEATHS. (By Associated Press.) HUNTSVILLE, Ala, April 21.—A tornado today swept into Madison county from the southwest - and crashed over the mountains into Killingsworth cove, leaving 15 dead and more than a score injured. NOXUBEE AND WINSTON COUNTIES HARD HIT. (By Associated Press.) MACON, Miss., April 21.—At least five persons were killed by a tornado in its course thru Noxubee and Winston coun- ties, according to word received here, and considerable damage was caused to property and crops BIRMINGHAM, April 21.—Pifty two persons are known to have been killed and several hundred injured in Nor ern Alabama's tornado yesterday after. noon. The greatest loss was at Ham- ilton, where twent. A. —$$—<»>—$__<—_ PANNUNZIO'S BALOWEAD SETS FASHION FOR ALL OFFICERS IN HIS ARMY FIUME.—(By mail.)—Gabriele d’An- nunzio's bald head has set the fashion for the officers of his little army, many of whom have shaved their craniums and are endeavoring to grow miniature Vandyke beards as copies of the poet's chin adornment. ‘The. FfJume aviators have adopted the’ craze with greater zeal than oth- er branches «nd call themselves “Iron Heads.” Youthful officers in their teens and early twenties have shaved thelr neads and are wearing little pointed beards in an effort to look as much like the poet as they can. Mixed uniform’ of French horizon blue and Italian grey-green are worn) by d’Annunzio’s men with great pride. , afternoon, line from here to Omaha is open, yes- | terday afternoon's train leaving at} 2:45 o'clock and the train from Om.-| aha arriving here last night on fairly good schedule. The line out of° Cas- per west has been open practically all of the time. The Northwestern line is open from Lander to Omaha but cold weather and snow is, delaying trains, , Yesterday’s train m Omaha arrived in Casper this morning ‘about “7:20~ o'clock, A stub train consequently Isto be started from Casper this afternoon for Omaha instead of waiting for the afternoon train which {is not expected to reach here until late tday, The Northwestern train from the east is two and a half hours late this Freight service is below normal but is being’ maintained with the result that there has been no vis- ible shortage of meats, fruits, or other perishables in Casper. One big oil operator in the Salt Creek field reported a large shortage of meats, eggs, butter, and other sup- plies because of the inability to main- tain transportation service in this field. The larger companies, it is understood, will not suffer because they run their ‘own commissary departments. tributed over an area of 300 square feet. spent much of the time in the ho: pital recovering from wounds received made in the ‘price thus far in Cas- per, it was reported, | to the French foreign office today with |thé demand that it be sent to the su- in the gun fight. Johnson Leads Count in Republican Pref- erence Primary with Wood Trailing; Bryan Is Defeated for Delegate OMAHA, Neb., April 21.—Senator Johnson continued to main- tain a-lead as ballots in Tuesday’s presidential primary were tabu- lated today with 432 precincts out of 1,849 heard from he polled | 15,618 votes to 12,762 for Wood and 7,309 for Pershing. Users of coal in Casper thought there was a shortage of coal in the city today when they were informed they could only have a certain amount of fuel. Coal dealers explained this by saying that it was not a shortage of coal but lack of drivers to handle the big demand which always results from a cold wave or big storm, Because they desired to fill all orders with the number of the drivers on hand, the dealers were send- ing only a certain amount to each of their patrons, it was explained. Pilot Bert Gole and Roy Sample, manager of the Iris theatre, who went to Denver in an aeroplane yesterday afternoon were marooned on the avia- tion field at Denver, according to a message received in Casper. The tele- gram received this morning from Pi- lot Cole stated that the plane had stuck in two feet of snow and that the return trip would be started as soon as he could leave the ground. One advice stated that he might be delayed several days. There were nearly fifty men helping in digging the plane out of the snow bank at Denver where it landed on Humphrey field, according to a report received here. ‘Cole is to bring back several motion picture films for the Iris, besides Denver papers and ap- proximately 13,000 shares of BE. T. Williams oil stock, The stock is being brought to Casper for Tom Meany. | Siemens The export trade in Ceylon tea began in 1873 with a shipment of 23 pounds. In a comparatively short time this fig: ure was increased to 125,000,000 pounds The contest for delegate-at-large on the Democratic ticket fur- nished the most interest. While one of William J. Bryan’s delegates| was running third in a fleld of eight, Bryan dropped back to seventh position, when 408 precincts had been counted. Political observers called attention to the fact that while Bryan lost Douglas county he was running second outside of the county and the race promises to be close. Governor McKelvie continued to lead Adam MeMullen in the Republi- can gubernatorial contest when 424 precincts were heard from, the count standing, McKelvie, 9,358, McMullen, 8,251. Moorehead is leading Clark for the Democratic nomination by 3,700 votes. Few votes have been ‘counted on the Republican delegates-at-large vote, but in the few that are counted, Wood dele- gates are leading, although all of them with one exception, have pledged to vote for the presidential choice of tie 145 precincts reported in Douglas coun- ty, where Wood leads by almost 300} votes over Johnson, with Pe third. Palmer Endorsed In Georgia Primary ATLANTA, ., April 21,—Attorney General Palmer reccived the Democra- tie primary endorsement for president | in Georgm. CUMMINGS TO BE CHAIRMAN BROTHERHOOD HEAD FIGHTING “outlow railroad strike, A. F. Whit- ney, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, who is fighting the Chicago “outlaw” railroad strike. He says that the backbone of the strike. has been broken by the brotherhoods in @ year. (By Assoviated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 21.—Official and unofficial reports from Mexico today told of further defections from the ranks of Carranza’s adherents. Ad- Leon, had declared in favor of Sonora Amaro Durango In Chihuahua, the Chicago districts. OF CONVENTION cratic national committee, was se- lected temporary chairman of the par- ty’s national convention of San Fran- cisco by the national committee in session here late yesterday. PROFITEERING IS CHARGED TO as had Generals Albundio Gomez and | guards, preme council at San Remo. PERSHING SNOWED UNDER IN [IMARIES OF HOME STATE — STRIKING RAILROAD MEN HOOT SUGGESTION OF LEADERS THAT THEY VOTE TO RETURN TO JOBS ‘By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, April 21.—Striking railroadmen in the Chicago district today refused to vote on the question of returning to work.. All efforts of commit- tees and strike leaders to obtain action failed. Three strike leaders arrested last week appeaied for a return to work at a mass meeting of striking yardmen. They were greeted with cries of “sold,” “outside” and “where's Grunau 3 (By United Press.) SALT LAKE CITY, April 21.—Eight leaders of the switchmen’s strike here were arrested today on federal warrants. GERMANY SEEKS. TO DOUBLE SIZE PRESENT FORCES Three Notes Handed French for San Remo Conference Includes One Demanding Revision in Versailles Treaty ‘ (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April '21.—Germany wants the inter-allied confer- ence at San Remo to increase from 100,000 to 200,000 men in the standing army provided for Germany by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Two other German notes were handed the foreign office at the same time. The first referred to disbandment of civic guards rear as demanded’ by the allies. Germany, antionan aye eaters g, [On April 19, presented this note, an ‘ Cummings, ‘chatrman of the Demo. |RUReing her decision to disband the! PRETTY STENOS to General Mollet, head of the allied commission of control in Berlin and it already has been made public. The second note requests that the reichswehr force in the neutral zone be fixed according to men instead of num- ber of units. JOIN ARMY OF OVERALLS CLUB | | WILSON TO STAY OUT | WILS (By “Associated Press.) OF WORLD POLITICS. WASHINGTON, April 21,—The (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, April 21.—President| St#id house office building was given a touch of jazz today by six young wo- Advices from the same sources also said Governors Flores of Nidalgo and CUDAHY BRANCH | Wilson will not again insist that the| vices to the state department state that General Fortunato Maycot joined the Obregonistas with his entire cominand, which is operating in the border country between the states of Morelos, Michoacan and Guererrc, west of Mexico City. General Obregon, General Benjamin Hill and a number of friendly officials who recently fled from Mexico City are with Maycot's command, Private advices from the border said that General Arnulfo Gomez, with 3,000 men, had otcupied Tuxpan and was threatening Tampico. Rojas of Tlaxcaos, backed by their legislatures and state troops, also have declared in favor of Sonora. Reports to the state department sald a group of 15 deputies had left Mexico City for Sonora via Laredo. The names of the members were not given in the advices, but it is supposed that they were among the 48 who recently issued a manifesto charging Carranza with having precipitated the present situation by his arbitrary civil and military acts against various states of the republic. allies settle remaining peace questions as the United States desires. While American ratification> of the treaty is 2 | withheld, the president will not partici bers of the puckingghouses for alleged’ pate in world politics, it was learned profiteering came when Oliver Saunders, | toany from sources close to him. manager of the Cudahy Packing com- \ 4 pany, was arrested charged with selling| This new attitude makes it certain| meat at excessive prices. It is alloged|that the supreme council at San Remo} that he sold at'34 cents a pound meat| Will decide the Turkish, Adriatic and similar to that which a few days before| Russian questions on bases contrary to he sold at 29 cents. | Wilsén’s views. NEW YORK, April 21.—The fourth arrest in a few days of Brooklyn mem-) men secretaries who enrolled as the newest recruits in Representative Upshaw’s overalls brigade, appearing in blue denim trousers, the bottoms of which were rolled well up above their high-heeled pumps. The young wo- men created a sensation and had a large following as they tripped along the corridors. The drabness of their uniforms was relieved by multi-col silk waists and silk stockings.