Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 4, 1920, Page 1

FOR $15,000 taken at his home and was held for a hearing. lodged chim. Malone, according to the authori. |made téward securing the remainder of the $ ii lw a friend of sda est ler of the $15,000 maintenance Spend eater tae 42181 ee {fund. The contributions now coming in are She was night on of C Soe havin been enn PEACE SOUGHT BY LABORITES annou iter’ samsta ‘ gparters, 18 of members of the Cor | which” arbitrate the. anthracite miners’ question: oO. dent of Ohio tate univershy? Bi Ferry and. William, 1; Connell, Pennsylvania, — ¥: ae “ ‘The commission's rd is to be made |. within sixty days 4f possible and ite award as to ‘wages will’ be retroactive to April 1, the date when contracts. be- tween miners and. operators expired. 690 BUILDINGS AT CAMP SOLD FOR DWELLINGS (By United Press) WASHINGTON, June 4.—To help re- lieve the house shortage at Des Moines, Jowa, Secretary of War Bakér today ordered the sale at public auction of 690 buildings available for family use at Camp Dodge: was signed In LOU | here at 425 o'clock this afjérnoon, ._}' 6 UNINSTRUCTED DELEGATES ARE NAMED IN N. M. (By Associated Press.) ROSWELL, N. M, June 4.—The Democratic state convention, in session here from’ yesterday until early today, named six uriinstructed delegates to tre Democratic national convention. United States Senator Jones, permanent chair- NEW CASES OF PLAGUE, TWO) lee nedoy oe on er MORE DEA THS McAdoo for president, RANCH ROBBER CONFESSES TO -RIFLING HOUSE Joe Pari, the young man arrested for robbing the Duhling ranch, has made & complete confession of the theft and officers have recovered all the stolen with the exception of a bridie.and blanket.’ “Parf claims that twe men dressed as cowboys also tool part*in : the robbery and that the mer went to’ "(By Wiilted Press.) aiings. WASHINGTON, June 4.—Phe senate | Pari's case will: probably be consid: Mlopted the conference report on tho|ered by the juyenile court as he de- pag ‘pill outlining for the|clarea he is but 15 years of age. He shipping board @ policy of selling gov-|ran away from his home at Colorado ernment merehantmen to private Ameri-| Springs three weeks ago, His father can Interegtay ig a miner. sav ase Cs aN If you think you are fooling your P ; fi a The raflway situation In a nutshell js that the trains don’t seem to get|friends it means that you are fooling there at the right ‘time: often enough. yourself. a (By Associated Press) VERA CRUZ, June 4.—Four new cases of bubonic plague haya been. dis- covered and two more deaths haye oc- curred, * Senate Approves Conference Report Merchant. Marine . \disbursements ) whereof -he indicated WASHINGTON, June 4.—The senate| Sprague was ignorant, campaign comm, expenditures investigating ittee today was told: of an addl- (By United Press.) toy Gener [ma of over $200,000 raised for) wasHINGTON, Jtine 4——Horace treasurer Go cig aes Rreeue. natlonel stebbins, eastern treasurer of the {Wood estima Btebnj the Wood campaign, had ted the fund at $1,180,000. Horace ns told of other collections and campaign. testified today that his total disbursements were “around $436,000. Hé said, the money he received in- Y.W.6.A. WORKERS EFFORT TO SUCCESS OF DRIVE : ep nt ptains in the eliarge’was {turned in at headquarters today and inditate that progress is being should be the case with so worthy a cause. By hard work yesterday afternoon the members. of the Business ,}ited personally will follow this example JNAL WOOD FUNDS ERED THRU PROBE Yesterday’s Circulation 4,060 NUMBER 201 BEND EVERY FUND IN CASPER Y..W. C. A. drive are being smaller, however, than Women's team brought their contribu- tlons.up to $2,070%65, collecting nearly $200. ‘The girls firmly believe that it; the co-operation of afl business women in Casper can be secured, their full! quota of $3,000 toward the fund can be raised and they are bending every ef- et to reach this goal. eadquarters In the Taylor & Clay offices in the Oll Exchange Building wit be open until 8 o'clock Saturday night eee aye Fpamceinea next week at + W. C. A. Building, 31 Seat atiec!: ig, 313 East Sec- Because the drive for maintenance funds was organized on short notice, @{ter it ha@ been definitely decided to postpone a building campaign at this time, many firms: and individuals In the city whd undoubtedly are interested in the establishment of this splendid work for girls, were not listed and have not becn asked to contribute. Many of these are yolunteering sub- the members of the campaign commi- ttee appreciate, as the! best’ possible in- dorsement of Y. W. C. A. work... It- is hoped that all people who are not. vis- and bring or.send contributions to*head- Anyone who is not in a position to meke a cash contribution is at liberty and the sum of $15,000 will maintain the work in temporary quarters until! December 31, 1921; it is estimated. -.Byen though the work: is not estab: | lishea ona Permanent basis as yet, the headquarters on East Second street are yisited by. 1a) numbers of girls each day, and the association is already ren- dering service in the way. of finding. oom and employment for girls in ad- dition to providing them with a com- fortable room in which to rest during the noon hour. To Elgct Board Sunday. ‘All who have enrolled as Y. W. C. members by the singing of member- ship cards are urged to attend a mem- bership meeting; which will be held next Sunday afternoon at the Metho- dist Church, at 3:30, + At this time the committees of the provisional committee appointed to draft a constitution and to nominate a board of twenty-two members _ will make their ‘reports, The constitution will be adopted and the board will be elected by the membership. The board is to be composed equally of towns- women and of business women, eleven of each; and it will ‘hold its first meet- ing at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Y. W. C, A. headquarters. All. women and girls who have-signed membership cards, are the electors of the association and all are urged to at- tend this meeting. REDS CEASING ATTACKS ALONG’ POLISH FRONT (By United Press.) \ LONDON, June 4.—The British war office today reported the Bolsheyik of- fensive against the Poles apparently is breaking down. The red armies aban- doning their attacks everywhere excpt to the northeast of Kiev, Gray hair may be becoming but not | when its becoming gray—a woman will tell you if it’s her own. — You can tell the man who works by the hour nowadays by the quality of his silk shirt. cluded $180,000 from William Loeb, banker; $77,000 from Chicago headquar, ters, $21,900 from 1,800 subscribers and $13,000 from Ambrose Monel! of the In- ternational Nickel company. Members of the New York “ways and means“ committee’? included Harold Goodrich, rubber magnate; Elthu Root, 15,000 CATTLE ARE RETURNING TO WYO. RANGE: Herds Wintered in Texas . Pass Through Denver Terminal on Return to Home Pas- | tures ! | (Special to the Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 4.—Twenty- five thousand head of Wyoming cattle which were shipped to Texas ranges last. fall as @ result of scarcity of feed in! Wyoming, have passed through the Denver terminal during the last month, enroute back to Wyoming ranches, ac- cording to Earl Carpehter, brand in. spector for the Wyoming Stock Grow: ers association, who was stationed at) Denver to check the brands on the tran-| sionts. More than a thousand carloads’ of Wyoming cattle, homeward bound,| have passed through the Denver feed-! ing yards in 30 days, Carpenter stated, “One’ sirigle’ outfit had 250 carloads) they were bringing back to: Wyoming,” said Carpenter. “Besides the cattle which are being brought home,” he continued, “a large) scriptions at headquarters, a fact which|number are going to pastures in Kan-|Ceed Dr. Lemons, who has 1» sas and Nebraska, and from there they, will go to the eastern markets. never) returning to thelr Wyoming ranges, Then a ot. more are going stdy on the southern ranges and bo to: Lemons dame here from’ Charieston, JL LEMONS FORGED 10 GIVE. UP CHURCH HERE Til Health Leads to Resignation of Baptist Pastor, Who Goes to Work in Lower Altitude Dr. Robert L, Lemons, for the past} nine months. the pastor of the First} ‘Baptist church of Casper, has tendered} his resignation to the trustees of the church and will leave next Sunday eve-| ning with Mrs. Lemons and their little} daughter Mary Ruth for Moultrie, Ga.,! after preaching his final sermon to the} congregation here. Dr. Lemons’ resignation came sud- denly and was tendered upon the ad vice of his physician, who found” hing suffering from nervons insonmnia| caused largely, it is thot by the high altitude here. He was told to sevk a lower altitude at once. An opportunity to take the pastorai work at Moultrie for the summer pre: sented itself this week, thus hastening plans for departure which have been considered for a couple of weeks. The church here has. made no ar- rangements ag yet for a pastor to suc a here since last October, and who in spite of great handicaps has: accomplial a great deal of work for the church. Dr. Mo., where he was an influential fig- to Lox “en Recogn by delegates of the Adams faction, Lowden, The name of National Committeeman | Bean of Florida was brought in to show} that he worked throughout South Caro- lina as an organizer for Frank H: Hitchcock, arranging contesting delega- tions favorable to Wood. While the ar- gument technically ranged about the question of party regularity, with the Tolbert faction claiming designation, Wood delegates brought charges of Counter ‘Attacks on} Johnson Started in Rival Camps (By United Press.) CHICAGO, June 4.—It was the field against Johnson in the Re- publican pre-convention race to- day. In Wood and Lowden head- auarters there was a distinct ten- dency to begin a counter- attack on Johnson. Out of the confusion it seems certain that the nomination will come anly efter a record number of ballots, In the shipped directly: to market trom: south: ern points the home range and ther fattened for market.” ¥ (ies | (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 4.—Frank L. Polk has resigned as undersecretary of state and his resignation was ac- cepted by Prevident Wilson, Polk's resignation will take effect dune 15 when he will Jeave Washington to take a rest before returning to the Practice of Jaw in New York. Ilis successor has not been selected. GAVIN IS BROT BACK TO FACE CASPER COURT Sheriff Pat Royce has returned from New Orleans, bringing with him Claude J. Gavin, wanted here for embezzlement. Gavin was formerly the manager of the Continental Sup- ply Company. He was arrested by Pinkerton detectives In Panama, after he had made his way to South America by way of the Pacific Coast. Mrs. Royce accompanied the sheriff to New Orleans, following their mar- riage in Denver, ] { WETHERH.L MAKES BEST GUESS ON QUILT COST; Y, W. REALIZES $87.60 Ira G, Wetherill, who guessed within 11 cents of the exact cost, was declared the winner of the ¥. W. C. A. guilt con- test in an announcement .made today. The cost of the quilt, it is announced, was $15.66. Mrs. W. D. Rhoades came within 13 cents of this figure, and that accurate guessing was in progress is shown by the fact that 12 people,came within 66 cents of the cost. ‘Phe lowest’ guess was $9.50 and the highest $36, showing a wide range. ‘The committee realized’ $45 for the quilt and personal contributions in- creased the fund to be turned over to the ¥. W. C. A. to $87.50. A small amount ‘also was sent to the Children's home at Laramie. A tidy sum was realized also from a second quilt which was sold privately. SS Walter E. Marion of the Marion Oil company is here from Moorecroft, Wyo. oo A. batty son was born Thursday to) Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Craig of 123¢ South ‘Walnut street, SRE Se LT came Persia has asked the league of no- |tions for protection against the Rua- 'sians and it is understood that the league will send the Russians a firm and vigorous note. ther than be roturned to; ure in Baptist work thruout the state, He’ was chosen as the local pastor as a result of his efficient work during the campaign last summer to finance the erection of-a.new. church’ for the con- gregation here, } His departure from.Casper will be ¥e- gretted not\cnly by: the members of his corifregation ut by all the mem- bers of the community with whom he has been associated. FRENCH PILOT STAYS IN AIR (By United Press.) PARIS, June 4.—B. Bernard, French aviator, established «a new world’s record for an endurance flight when he stayed up for 24 hours and 19 minutes continuously. —>—- ALLGED SLAYER CAN READ AND WRITE, IS CLAIM (By Associated Press.) GREELEY, Colo., June 4.—Alex Mil- ler, on trial charged with the murder of the Adam Shank family, can reat and write, J, E, Hamilton, deputy sheriff of Weld county, testified today. The defense conténded that he could not read or write. The officer said he was on duty at a convict camp in September when he met Miller. He wrote Miller, asking where Miller was employed. He testi- fled that Willer wrote ‘at Adam Shank’s.”" . JAIL SENTENCE URGED FOR DEBT BY CREDIT MEN (By United Press.) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 4.—Jail sentences for those who do not pay their bills was recommended today in a com- mittee report to the convention of the National Association of Credit Men. VERMONTLAST HOPE OF SUFF’ (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, June 4.—Suffragists doubtful of a victory in Louisiana are Jturning their attention to Vermont in ithe hope of obtaining the 36th ratifica- tion of the amendment. ADMIRAL OMAN NOW EXECUTIVE | VIRGIN ISLANDS Harold B. Clark, banker and Ambrose Monell. a In proportion to population Switz- erland has many more deaf-mutes than any other country. | (By Associoted Press) | WASHINGTON, June 4.—Rear Ad miral Oman was nominated today for governor of the Virgin Islands. OBEN IEDC past most Republican. nominees were named on the first. ballot. Realignments over night did not af- fect the standing of candidates on the first ballot, with Wood leading and Johnson and Lowden ina close race for ‘second place. JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF STRIKES, ALLEN’S PLAN. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, June’ 4.—Goy. Allen - of Kansas, who will nominate Gen. Wood, arrived here today and announced that he would offer a platform plank declar- ing, for judicial settlement of industrial disputes as the paramount issue before OVER 24 HOURS |_v nation. PLATFORM COMMITTEE TO OPEN FINAL CONFERENCE. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, June 4.—With the. arrival of Ogden L. Mills, chairman of the Re- yublican executive committee on poli sles and platform, final conferences on irticles of the Republican platform to ye submitted to the convention are ex- sected to begin, The results of the work of Mills’ committee will be turned over to the resolutions committee! shosen by the convention. Will H.| Hays, chairman of the national com-| mit said’ the function of the Mills committee was purely advisory. : Nineteen subcommittees have been at| work for six months and through the return of more than 100,000 question- naires and by other means, have ob- tained the views of more than a million Republicans in every field of public ac- tivity and interest. NEGROES FIGHT - NOMINATION OF ILLINOIS CHIEF (By Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, June, 4.—The Missouri Republican League club, an organiza- tion of negroes, today made public a memorial being sent to (Missouri dele- gates in the Republican national con- vention asking for the defeat of Goy- ernor Lowden. The negroes assert that Lowden failed to protect them during the East St. Louis race riots three years ago. GOMPERS GOES TO MONTREAL (By Associated Press) MONTREAL, June 4.—Samvel Gom- pers, -president of the American Ied- eration of Labor, arrived here today to ,attend meetings prior to the annual la- bor convention which opens Monday. be trying to reach the : companion and chauffeur, of presenting their cases against the Tolbert delegations, counted FIERY SESSION TODAY CONTESTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA “PORNISH FIREWORKS | | | Regul. *y Named Delegations Favorable DISTRICTS ized Over Protest of “Machine Rule” and Personal Charges Vented Freely by Supporters of Wood (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, June 4.—South Carolina contests over delegates to the Republican convention furnished the fireworks and vaudeville, for to- day’s meeting of’the national committee. The lie was passed freely ind charges of “something rotten nearer than Denmark,” were made , counted for Wood, in the course for “machine rule." 14 Some negro delegates charged that the Tolbert faction had threatened them with death if they attended regularly called conventions. The natiohal committee, in ita deet sions, confined itself to the question of gularity and voted in favor of the Tol- bert faction. The net results of the morning were to seat seventeen dele gates counted In the Lowden column. Mississippi Votes Are Also Credited to Gov. Lowden (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, June 4.—In Repub- lican cohtests coming from the Eighth district of Mississippi, the subcommittee today reported the proceedings of the Mulvihill fac- tion to be regular and the delega- tion was seated, Its members are un- instructed, but are counted among the Lowden force. In South Carolina contests, where the faction led by National Committeeman ‘Tolbert, was opposed by a delegation led by J. Duneafi Adams. ‘he commit tee voted to seat the delegates-at-large jot the Tolbert delegation, which 1s lcounted in the Lowden column.’ In the }contests from the First South Carolina distriét” the national,.committee yoted to seat the Tolbert delegates also. Sim- ilar action. in regard to other districts was indicated, LINES OF ACTION ASSUMING FORM. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, June 4.—Lines of action among Republican presidential candl- dates are beginning, for the first time, to move toward definite form, ‘The ar- rivel of Hiram Johnson to take person. al charge of his candidacy and an agree- ment among Wood leaders to have Frank H. Hitchcock act as their field ‘marshal, are’ outstanding deyvelop- jments which indicate that within the next forty-eight hours the situation among Republicans will move into a stage where leaders will begin to do business, Wood forces profess to be \well satis- fled with arrangements within their own ranks and lay emphasis on the statement that- hopes of opponents for a contest In leadership between William Cooper Procter and Mr. Hitchcock have gone glimmering. Procter, they say, will continue in his present capacity with the Wood forces and the present agreement to hive Hitchcock act as generalissimo of forces on the conven; tion floor was unanimous. ‘After five days of sporadic activity and jockeying, things are beginning to take on a real convention atmosphere. The first cheers and the first songs are beginning to be heard in hotel lobbies and on the streets, Beginning today, Gen, Wood, Gov. Lowden and Senator Johnson will be- gin giving two daily interviews to newspapermen. Other candidates will join the plan as they arrive. Senator Poindexter comes today and Saturday his special train of boosters is due from the West. e Vice President Marshall ix going to have a look at Republican contests and possibly some of the convention on his way West. He is due to arrive today, REPEAL OF WAR LEGISLATION IS | UP IN SENATE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 4.—Without |amendment the senate judiciary eom- |mittee today reported out the house |Joint resolution providing for the re- peal of all war legislation except the Lever food control and trading with Ithe enemy acts. BERGDOLL ON FLIGHT SOUTH (By Associated Press.) PHOENIX, Ariz., June 4.—Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy Philadelphia draft evader, was reported today to meron border, motoring with a rding to the department of justice. All government officials are on the lookout for him. 2 6 5 z 5 7 5 5 ) 5 2 a > : 5 ; ’