Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1920, Page 1

PEACE FIGHT OPENEDREBEL CAMPS BOMBED — HG § SUBSIDIARY | Wilson Would Keep Up War Scare to| | Retain War Power, Declares Knox (By United Press) WASHINGTON. Mav 5.—De- claring that President Wilson pre- fers to “keep the country in an alleged state of war rather than| abate one jot of his isolated will,” Senator Knox opened the debate jn the senate today on his peace reso-| lution to declare the state of war with Germany and Austria at an end, | “The welfare and safety of the na- tion Imperativ Temand that know we have neace. The whole world seethes with révolution nation is in| ferment and turmoW. “We must not are longer our return to an ordered government of pe We must not ha 1 further portponement in turning our undivided Aeliberations to our home prohtems.| Marking another step in the nee Sate Heb pre a permanent identification of the} “As a preliminary ep the executive Carter Oil company in the Wyo- | must be returnd to his peace :ime pow 4 4 4 ers and prerogatives,” ming and Montana fields with SONTINUATION OF POWER Casper as headquarters, comes f SOUGHT BY PRESIDENT. the announcement of their pur- (By Associated Press.) today of ,the warehouse and “There was no excuse whatsoever ge property from W. F. Dunn. for greatly prolonging the war beyond Altho the consideration has been with.(the signing of the armistice,” Knox held, it is unedrstood. that the figures|84ld, “and the only explanation for ‘xo run up into the thousands, and that the|0ing was the deliberate aim to retain ‘ trackage ground was valued at ap.|#!! those autocratic and compulsc mately 80 cents per square foot, |POWers with which the executive h same basis as the recent acquisition |PCen endowed for the prosecution ackage by the National Supply com.|'@¢ War, in order that the; pany on the same spur of the C. B. & Q,|U8ed for other purposes.” The property is ideally located for ac.|__SUMMIng up arguments that the war| ssibility to the business distrftt: of the at an end, -Sepator Knox said: . y and the Carter offices in the Conti- Se eee eee by vir nental Supply. building. It consists of |{U° Of the armistice of November 11, | all of block 179 of the @ity of Casper, 1918, and of amendments and renewals | triangular in shape with 290 fest of erg | thereet, such armistice being in the face Turlington industrial spur, and bosderns {Of ® capitulation ending hostilities by by two streets, Ross and Cody. ‘The virtual surrender of the enemy. “Second—The war is y ‘sile: warehouse is twostory, -concrete base- eee tee ment and iron-clad first story, of very cessation of hostilities, which concluded hstantial eonstructi barn substantial construction, “Third—The war is at an end because The transaction bespeaks well the|the government against which we spe- faith of the Carter people in the future of the Wyoming oil flelds.- W. T. Funk, elfically, declared war ‘has. ceased to land man for the Carter péople,* han. exist. / “Fourth—The war is at an end because died the transaction from this end, while local counsellor, Péte Q. Nyce, we, togethér with our associates, nego- tiated with the people whom we had mmated the deal. Altho Mr.|been “fighting a treaty of peace which Dunn's plans are“at present unsettled, | provided that the war should terminate he believes he will retiré from active}and diplomatic relations be resumed busin and not seek a new location. ion is to be given within 30 days. When the treaty came into force.” Negotiations on the deal Were made thru a company, { STANDARD IN rigpER TO STA WY INDICATES and Trackage Property Purchased by Carter Co., Wyoming Operator. | Our own to delay chase of might be| con! JOBS TO BREAK PARIS STRIKE (By Associated Press.) any fashionable n have offered their services to break the strike of workmen which began here on May day. Some are on duty as chauffeurs, ticket takers and at other posts deserted by union workmen, PERSHING TAKES BOAT AFTER. BIG ALLIGATOR HUNT , PANAMA, May 5.—General Persh- ing, after an all-day hunt in which two alligators were lassoed and cap- tured alive, boarded the transport Northern Pacific and will sail for New York via Porto Rico tonight. SYRIAN BANDIT IS ACCUSED OF KILLING ‘Y’ MEN CONSTANTINOPLE, May 5.—A_ban- ‘it chief named Abrahim has been ar- rested at Aleppo, Syria, charged with| the murder of James Perry and Frank STRIKE (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, May 5.—Still another strike was threatened here today when Telegraph Messengers’ Delivery union presented to the Western Union and Postal companies demand for an’ eight- hour day, $23 a week for day work and $25 for night work. Roy Johnson, business agent of the! union, said the managers were about! to reduce from three to two cents a message the amount paid messengers. Johnson said a strike meeting had been} called for Saturday night. FOOD DOUBLES IN PRICE IN 7 YEARS, CLAIM (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, M: The Family food budget for February was exactly| twice the sum expended for the same| rticles of food in February, 1913, ac cording to the department of labor. During the same period Great Britian's tncrease was 130 per cent, while Italy s was 187 per cent. During the year end- ing last February in this country sugar increased 76 per cent. Potatoes have increased 275 per cent since 1913. Meta tid silt i ‘Convention Ends with Election of First Off-| WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, unsettled in sontheast Portion; not much change in tem- perature. The Casper, VOLUME IV . STATE OFFIC OF LABORITES LOCATED HERE cers and Delegates to Chicago; Union , with Non-Partisans Urged With the selection of Casper as the state headquarters and of Cheyenne as the place for holding the 1921 convention, the Wyoming state convention of the newly-organized Labor party ended its first | convention here last night. CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1920. $800 BURGLARY AT PHARMACY IS UNCOVERED WHEN STORE Is OPENED FOR BUSINESS TODAY Jewelry and trinkets valued at be tween $700 and $800 were stolen from | the Casper Pharmacy sometime night by thieves who gained entr: thru a window at the rear of the stor The loss was not discovered until the store was opened this morning, and aside from finger prints on the show cases, there is no clue to the thieves, The watches, rings and most of the valuabie jewelry in the jewelry de parcment of the store is placed in the safe each night. The evi- dences that an unsuc effort had been made to open the safe. The loot taken by the thi sisted of two dozen watch sterling silver cigarette case: ber of strings of fine pe: be ranging in price from $20 to $7 string, compasses, fancy gold handled ‘knives, pearl handled, table wear and chains, A num- « The officers chosen are: President, John D. Salmond, Casper; vice president, John Stefeson, Hudson; secretary-treasurer, J. F. Leheney, Casper; assistant secretary-treasurer, Miss Bessie McKinney, Casper; statisti- tian, Remy R. Sturbeaux, Sheridan; executive committee, J. H. Giroux, Sherid: Sd Vincent, Casper; F. B. Ford, Hanne; Julius Garson, Laramie. A fifth member representing the fith district of the state, will be chosen by the executive board. zi The opening of state offices here, the printing and distributing of /the con- stitution adopted, the securing ef offi- cial stationery and an official seal were all authorized by the convention. Delegates and alternates to the tional Labor Party Convention at Chi- cago in June were selected as follows: Delegates—District 1, R. R. Sturbeaux of Sheridan; District 2, J, Hanson of Gebo; district~,-John-Gartson 6f Lara- mie; distriet-4,-F. BH. Ford of Hanna; district 5, John Stefeson of Hudson delegate-at-large, J. F. Leheney, Casper. Alternates—District 1, J. H. Giroux, of Sheridan; district 2, Bessie McKinney of Casper, district 3, to be supplied by the delegate; district 4, C. C. Saunders of Hanna; district 5, to be supplied by the delegate; alternateat-large, Ed Vin- | cent of Casper. | the convention strongly advocated an} Ri effort to bring about a union, national- ly between the Labor party, the Com- (By Associated Press.) ER, May 5.—The Moffat mittee of Forty-eight and the Nonparti- sin League so that a third party worthy of recognition shall be formed. | Another important resolution urged united “action against any change in railroad was opened this morning and hay trains left Tolland for the West- ern slope to relieve the starving cattle. It is estimated that the month's tie up cost the road $250,000 and cost live- the present immigration law . which} would allow the importation of Chinese} steck growers an additional million and a half. coolie and Mexican peon lbor into this; SAN FRANCISCO, Ma: stood as the preferred pres’ la ponent, also has his home in country. Such a proposition would flood the nation with cheap labor and would en- danger American ideals and institutions, it was declared. Sentiment was against the calling of | another convention this year to adopt a platform and nominate a state ticket. | However, the party will put a ticket in the field nominated by petition, and will formu! a state platform along the lines adopted by the national conven-| tion of the party. “We are divorced forever from both the Democrats and Republicans,” one speaker declared. “We stand alone, with the old parties on either side. We must make the Labor party something | worth while, if it is to accomplish what we propose.”” NEW DIRECTOR MINES BUREAU IS NOMINATED| (By Associated Press.) \ WASHINGTON, May Frederick} \Cotterell of California, pe REA was nominated] In London there are more than 500 shops that sell nothing but fried fish. Johnson, two American Y. M. Cc, A. men near Aintab on February 14. DEADLOCK SEEN IN G.O.P. DARK HORSE THEORY IS GROWING Primary and Convention Developments of | Recent Weeks Believed to Have Elim- inated Favorites for Nomination (Special to The Casper Tribune.) NEW YORK, May 5.—Carter Field, Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, in a two-column review of the presidential sit- uation following the results of preference primaries in the several states, declares that all of the openly seeking candidates have been eliminated from: serious consideration by the Chicago convention, either through the action of their home states or the bitterness de-| veloped among the “several. candidates, notice that the people have not taken by the primary contests. {the Harding candidacy as serious, but Because of the action of Ohio aeclers |vaines employed to check the sweep of in their failure to give their tavorite|Gen. Wood. son candidate ai prerss ana complete} Lowden is in somewhat the mae ndorsement, places Senator Harding| situation as Harding, with the nominal cutside of any claim upon the Chicago| support of Iilinois for a few ballots, but convention, Coming. with a divided dele-| the actual political control in the hands Miss Daisy Mortimore of Lusk, Wy las director of the Bureau of Mines to-| is visiting in Casper for a few davs | day, succeeding Manning, resigned. RACE jand still unexplained break of Califor-| vatism, while the whole trend of the! nix in defeating Hughes in 1916 and in voting shows liberalism. | providing Johnson with a plurality for Gen. Wood, where unapposed, OF! senator of upward of 200,000, do not set | where party machinery held firm on’) wer upon the loyal Republican voters | trol, has been successful. in securing | in the Eastern Republicanystates. And| a considerable number. of delegates and) cain Senator Johnson's geographical | has been the only avowed Republican} igcation finds many Republicans un- candidate to reach for the purchasable! wining as yet too so far west as the Southern vote from overwhelming Dem-! pacific Coast for a candidate when his ocratic states, His managers, through) ejection will necessarily have to come the employment of unethical methods, |¢rom the populous Bast. have brought to their candidate such an| ‘The open and avowed candidates huve active opposition as to actually endang-'}een eliminated, either by their own er his chances of election if nominated|tocai people, through the campaigns by the convention. that have been conducted upon their be- The California primaries have com-| half or by the lack of appeal upon the pletely eliminated Hoover from the race|part of candidates themselves as un- if he at any time was regarded as a|suited to the time and exisiting condi- presidential contestant by the party.| tions. | His status as a Republican was never; The great mass of uninstructed dele-| satisfactory to the workers and the) gates are turning to the receptive or rank and file. |dark horse candidates, for the actual The California primaries have done rlominee most prominently mentioned one other thing, they have advanced/«t this stage are Coolidge of Massachu-| Hiram Johnson to # more commandir Knox of Pennsylvania, Leriroot | position in the race in a matter of early|of Wisconsin and Allen of Kansas. All ballot votes, Not that it is considered; haye potent possibilities, but the com-| \Johnson will be the choice of the con-|manding figure among the dark horse| sation from his home state, with his| of his political enemies. : ay campaign manager discredited with de-| Rightly or wrongly, Harding anc feat and with no single delegate from| Lowden have been classified as the can- other states, is regarded as sufficient|didates of reaction or extreme conser- vention, but that there is reflected’ in| possibilities is Lenroot, considered from | |the vote accorded him the -radical;all around qualifications, geographical strength of the party. Johnson in 1912 und the more recentof the people. | 79 | Wood today continued to ma a number of fountain pens. All of the stuff was smal! and could native state, on the face of California. Hoover’s manager conceded Johnson's election. The vote tabulated today showed: Johnson, 288,- Hoover, 158,583. Johnson carried Hoover's own pre- cinct, and Los Angeles, where the’main Hoover strength was thot to have been centered. AS ELECTION HAILED AS TRIUMPH BY JOHNSONITES (By Associated Press.) FRANCISCO, May 5.—H. L. western campaign manager Johnson, issued tlre follow- ing comment on’ yesterday's primaries: “Hiram Johnson has scored the great est triumph in the history of California politics. Hoover's op ition served a useful purpose, demonstrating to the country how thoroly Johnson's achiove- S are appreciated by his own peo WOOD LEADS COUNT IN INDIANA CONTEST (By Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, May 5.—M r-Gen. slight gains over Senator Johnson, his nearest opponent in yesterday's primary, With | 2,249 precincts out of 3,387 in the state reported, the vote stood: Wood, 59,475: Johnson, 52,935; Lowden, 26,843; Hard ing 14,692, As there was no majority for any can- didate the state’s delegation will not be pledged for anyone unless the coming state convention instructs. Johnson ites do not concede the state to Wood as yet. COX CAPTURES KENTUCKY “BIG FOUR” AT 'FRISCO (By Associated Press.) LOUISVILLE, May 5—Only Ken tucky’s delegates from the state at large were instructed by the Democratic state convention to vote for Governor Cox of Ohio “as long as his name ra mains before the national conyention," no mention being made of the 22 district delegates. Cox, however, will have 20 of the state’s 26 votes, because of dis- trict instructions. PROFITEERING CHARGE BROT ON LAMB SALE (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, Mey 5.—Profiteering in meat was charged against Armour & Co. and their New England manager, John EB. Wilson, today. The latter was rrested on evidence transmitted by the United States district attorney's office that lamb bought for less than 10 cents a pound, plus freight charges of 4 cents a pound, had been sold here for 251-2 cents. > ‘The income tax has cost the American people a great deal of money, but think The action of situation and the faith and confidence how it has developed. their brains!—Bos- ees Transcript. | | | | | | | | | CARRANZA USES ‘ONLY FORCE TO _ HARASS ENERY American Destroyers | Get Orders to Sail | for Gulf Coast (By Associated Press.) | _ WASHINGTON, May 5.— |Apparently unable to get un- }der way any offensive military expedition against the revolu- tionists, President Carranza has begun using airplanes to harrass rebel-held towns in the neigh- borhood of the Me: an capital, accord- ing to advic t ay to revolutionary agents. Cuernavaca, capital of Mor los, and Cualutla, in the same state, a two points that have been smartly bom- barded, the reports stated. Information thru official yesterday that General Pablo ‘formerly an ardent supporter jranza, had ente: the revolution at the head of a detachment of revolting federal™troops, was contained in rebel advices toda - agyterday’s Circulation NUMBER 175 channels be easily William for the handlea. Deputy sheriff Kyte made an investigation sheriff's office this morning and watch will be kept for the stuff in an effort to catch the thief or thieves. The police, department is also investigating. This is the second robbery within a short time, the Cas per having been broken into in a similar manner about two weeks ago. HUNGARIANS TO RECEIVE PEACE -\in ‘stgataaat watera Tmoy "sve cons PACT THURSDAY| |manded by Gaptain Byron Long on the tender Blackhawk. They planned to sail PARIS, May 5.—The Hungarian Peace treaty will be handed the I today. Secretary Daniels, rian delegation tomorrow. days will be allowed for signing, also MORE DESTROYERS MOVE TOWARD MEXICAN WATERS Associated Press.) TON, May Secretary ioday ordered division destroy , now ut New York with the Atlantic to sail immediately for Key West, said Long, has given ihgtructions on the policy to be pursued in the event it becomes neces sary to send the destroy to Mexican (Continued on Page Six.) CALIFORNIA LOYALTO JOHNSON Senator Sweeps Own State and Captures PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO PREVENT Hoover’s Home Precinct but Loses to Wood in Contest for Indiana pe et 5.—Senator Hiram Johnson today | ential candidate on the Republican | ticket of the voters of California, hi yesterday’s primary returns from approximately two-thirds of the state’s 5,729 precincts. Herbert Hoover, Johnson’s only op- LYNCHING OF COAST BLUEBEARD — LOS ANGELES, May 5.—Walter Andrew Watson, alias Charles Harvey, was brought back here from El Centro today to avoid a possible lynching. “I am glad I was able to verify my confession, for now the world knows I told the truth,” he said, regarding his trip at the head of a searching party’ which found the body of Nina Lee Deloney yesterday. The El! Centro coroner’s jury returned ‘a finding charging him with her murder, FIXED ANNUITY OF 600 MILLION - TO BE ASKED OF HUN BY FRENCH (By United Press) —Premier Millerand, in the coming Allied-German eco- a, Belgium, will propose that Great Britain sanction a proposal to have Germany pay the allies a fixed annuity of $600,000,000 for a period of thirty years, say; LONDON, May nomic conference at Paris forecasts, IRISH ‘PRESIDENT’ FLAYS CHURCH NATIONAL POLICY IS CRITICISED (By United Press) WASHINGTON, May 5.—Edward De Valera, president of the Irish Re- public, today denounced the Meth- odist general conference for adopting a resolution opposing Ameritan inter- ference in the Irish question. He also criticized the United States government for “continuing to ree- ognize the British government in Ire- land, thereby acting unneutral. JAP BANKERS TO BOLSTER STOCK MART, LARGE LOANS AUTHORIZED (By Associated Press.) + ceived by reliable Japanese firms here 5. NEW PORK, May 5.—Japanese | bankers have rached an agre ne with Tokio and Osaka brokers where- by loans will be advanced to the lat- ter to cover margins on stock ex- changes, according to advie: RAIL RATES TO TAKE BIG JUMP (By United Press) | | WASHINGTON, May 5.—The interstate commerce commission preparing to give early hearings on the railroads’ petition for frei; rate increases totaling over a billion dollars annually. In filing ne schedules the railroads stated that the increases was necessary to in sure a 6 per cent return on valuation. was stated that approximately .000,000 will be loaned to the Tokio xchange and about $12,500,000 on the Osaka exchange. The markets prob- ably would resume business today, it