Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1920, Page 1

$100,000,000 FUND PROPOSED TO my FINANCE WESTERN WOOLGROWERS (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, June 17.—The establishment of a fund of $100,000,000 to extend financial aid to West 1 = ers, while awaiting the re-establishment of ‘the wooltete! ket, was considered at a conference here today of Western Che Casprr Daily | Cribune WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled weather tonight and in much Friday. Probably showers northeast portion. Not change in temperature. bankers and sheep ranchers. Chicago bankers were asked to displace Boston banks in financing the annual wool clip of the country, which plan would make Chicago the wool center of the nation. Yesterday’s Circulation 4,00 VOLUME IV CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1920. NUMBER 213 ‘Resolution Adopted Over Protest Made by That ived of Many Political and Gompers Railroaders — (By Associated Press) MONTREAL, June 17.—Government ownership with Democra‘ operation of American railroads was endorsed by the American Fed- eration of Labor convention here after a bitter fight today. gieairell call showed government ownership was endorsed 29,059 to 8, k; Disorder interrupted the roll call several times when delegations of various fts divided on their votes.) ¢ ad that neither “government con: | Charges of “steam roller’ were hurl-| trol” nor “government ownership” had ed at the chair by James Duncan of| been “sufficiently defined” for him to Seattle and others, when it denied the/Mecide which he favored, but he said right of roll call to delegations that|he vw against any proposal that split on the question. Applause, “‘boos'’} would endorse the Plumb plan. and hisses alternately greeted delega-| The proposition for government own tion votes. ership before the convention does “not , The building trade delegationg. pre-| favor any particu plan," declared Wented an almost solid front against|]H. Johnson, international president of government ownership, supporting Phe machinists, Gompers and the administration forces.; Samuel Gompers, dent of the Prior to the vice president demanded that the signers government ownership if it ment of the Plumb 1 y declared it did not endorse ‘ederation. for voting M of the tthew Woll, | F eration, n ny Owner of Pink Silk Nightie to [Be Paged New Clews Develop in Baffling Case Attending Murder of Josevh Elwell (By United Press) ticular plan." NEW YORK, June 17.—The Oe aaa EC LABOR ENDORSES U. S. OWNERSHIP LIBERALS LAY |steaveuilet FINAL CLAIM as a delegate, LIQUOR-IRISH (econ: j report of the executive council for gov | girl who owned a pink silk night- ; ecutive |robe found in Joseph B. Elwell’s jernment ownership. jovernment ow * . Seuhipsandl dentecienevexian;woula’ also | home is being hunted by the po- “by necessity” be extended ‘to all “trib-| lice. Elwell’s housekeeper told FINDS TARGET TO 3 STATES Wisconsin, Washington and North Dakota Certain, They Say, in Boast That M any Democrats Will Be Won (By United Press.) CHICAGO, June 17.—Leaders of the proposed third to capture Minnesota, Montana an fighting chance in Colorado, South today. They said the third party t consin, Washington and North Dakota. * A. W. Ricker, executive committeeman, said the Liberals expect et Tipe Se eee eae ee to cut into Democratic strength more than into the Republicans. MERICAN” OR “PEOPLE'S” PARTY’ NAMES CONSIDERED. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, June 17.—The Committee of Forty-eight has announced that it will present two names from which to! select a name for the proposed third} party when it meets here July 10 to nominate a presidential candidate. The} names suggested are the American party and the People’s party. ae ae OIL STRIKE BY | STAR-BAER IS._ | REPORTED HERE, Reports that the Star-Baer Oil com- pany, drilling in the Bessemer Bend region, west of Casper, had struck oil were current today but could not be confirmed. Interested parties, it is understood, left for the camp this morning and until their retarn defi- nite information will be lacking. —— QUOTATIONS ON SILVER CHANGE IN U. S. MARTS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 17.—As the result of an arrangement made by the treas- uxy départmeut to purchase silver from domestic producers under the terms of | the Pittman act on the basis of $1 an ounce, dealers in metal today changed their form quotation to differentiate be- tween United States and foreign metal. Domestic was quoted at 99% cents an ounce. with foreign at 90 cents, the lat-| ter being based on the London equiva-| Tent. PROFITEERS IN COAL ORDERED BEFORE COURTS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 17.—A drive on profiteers in bituminous coal was ordered today by Attorney General Palmer. All federal district attorneys were or-| dered to give special attention to} charges of such profiteering and seek an indictment where investigation war- ranted, STATE DENTISTS SELECT CASPER FOR 1921 MEET Dr. T. J. Drew has returned from} Cheyenne where he attended the Wy- oming state dental association, which held a three day meeting in that city. The meeting of the association next | Pee & ° ° ° ° o ° ° ¢ ° LANDER, Wyo., June 17.—Evelina Bartmolla, aged 11, was rescued from a whirlpool by Daniel Packard, a plucky 16-year-ord boy, who swam out into Party expect | d Idaho and believe they have ai| IN YOUNG GIRL CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 17.— Dorothy Shannon, 12, of Greybull, Wyoming, wag mysteriously shot at 9 o'clock last night, while returning along Randall boulevard from a street carnival to her home. The bullet passed through her right arm near the elbow, grazed her side and grazed the hip of her aunt, Mrs. 0. M. Robertson, who was walking be- side her. Although the shot was fired so close to the child that ber coat was powder-burned neither sho nor her aunt saw any person. The police believe the shot was fired by an amateur highwayman who in- tended to hold up Mrs. Rohcrtson and the child but who because of nervousness discharged his gun un- Dakota and Nevada, they stated'| icket was. 4 certain of carrying Wis-| | “Tlosnitality may have originated west to Casper. “This is certai REAL fellows here. corded them by the Casper Shrine “Welcome Shriners” was the inscrip- tion on @ huge banner at the Burling- ton station and on similar banners across the front of the Masonic temple and in the lobby: of the Henning hotel. Within three minutes after the ar- rival of the train from Galveston, Texas, at 6:15 bearing 150 members of ElMina temple of that city and Beau- mont with their band, Casper Shriners! who met the train with their cars had landed the entire party at the Hepning hotel where the visitors were guests at what they declared was the best meal they had eaten on the trip. Tablas were set in the two regular dining rooms, the grill and the lobby so that! all could be accommodated at once. Following breakfast the Texans were taken on a trip to the refineries and on a sight-seeing tour of the city. They left at 7:40. Their train left Galveston last Mon- day night and will arrive in Portland next Monday, June 21, In addition to the band, which is led by P. H. Naschke, the Galveston train carried a the swirling waters and brought in the | rush of deep water beneath. The near- | near Ed, Young's ranch, The girl w year will be held in Casper .and Dr. Drew has been appointed chairman of the executive eommittee to plan their entertainment while here. Soeansiehetinecaepreceees teeta ee girl was not 4 received here were unable to aid. Korein temple of this state and Shriners from other temples through- out the country whose homes are here. had become dizzy while crossing a small foot bridge and fell into the mad s in the canyon with her parents, from Hudson, ‘Wyo. ‘iously injured, aside from slight bruises, agcording to word Several women witnessed the fall and daring rescue, but intentionally, then fled in the durk- ness, the aunt and the Shannon girl in the excitement of the experience failing to observe him. The girl's wound is not serious. in the south, but it sure nuff moved What's the best town in Wyoming? Casper, Casper, Casper: Where do we want to go when we die? Casper, Casper, Casper. If we don’t go to Heaven where will we We've had the finest reception here of any place on our trip.” the best place we've struck. go? Casper, Casper, Casper. You have a bunch of “Let’s not go on, let’s just stay here.” With these and many similar expressions,.the Texas and Arkansas |red-fezzed Shriners who took possession of the city from 6:15 to 1:45 this morning expressed their appreciation of the reception ac- club composed of members of printing press and a daily paper is {s- sued on the train. A. Shafer, J. Benson and T. S. Reed are the imperial delegates with the party. John W. Fulbright is the cap- tain of the patrol. A half hour after the departure of the El Mina delegation the streets were again filled with automobiles loaded with red-fezzed nobles from the! Al Amin shrine of Little Rock, Ark., and the Sahara shrine of Pine Bluff, Ark., and again the menu served by the Henning management came in for extravagant praise. There were 200 in’ this delegation. The life of the Arkansas party was Harry H. Myers of Little Rock, one of the Imperial delegates, and three times} ‘Republican candidate for governor of Arkansas, A speech by Mr. Myers at the hotel was one of the features of} the breakfast. A mock wedding on the hotel bal- cony also furnished much amusement for those who happened to view it. These visitors were delighted with their trijf about the city. young girl unassisted. Miss Bartmolla fatal accident occurred in Red Canyon, The ‘to provide the biggest platf. freland, OLD SOUTH HAS: NOTHING ON CASPER HOSPTALITY === SHRINERS FIND RECEPTION HERE TO THEIR LIKING Red Fezz Given Right-of-Way as Caravan Bearing Two Train Loads of Visitors Stop Off on Pilgrimage to Coast “Casper has everything,” they de- clared. “It will certainly be a wonder- ful city.” While waiting for their train at the Burlington depot the visitors amused hemselves and a number of Casper rxeople whom they had met in their short stay with a@ lively impromptu lance to music furnished by the All- Shrine band which accompanies the lelegation. “Dixie’ was played as a one-step, ind immediately the air was filled with flying fezzes while a genuine Arkansas yell made echoes ring. “Come on boys, we've got to go, even hough we hate to do it,” was the fi- hal plea of the conductor of the train, himself a Shriner, when the engine had given several warning blasts in a vain effort to separate the southern- ers from the hosts with whom they had evidently fallen desperately in love. Even then a few remained un- til the train began to move. “We'll neyer forget Casper, and we're coming back some day,” they all declared. Stops will be made at Thermopolis for lunch and a plunge this noon, and at Billings tonight for dinner. Helena, Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma all ex- pect to entertain the delegations be- fore their arrival at Portland next Monday. More women are accompanying the delegations this year than ever before, and the seven-day trip is the longest ever undertaken. FORD MAY MANUFACTURE HUN ZEPPELINS (By United Press) DETROIT, June 17.—German manufacturers today conferred with Henry Ford regarding a plan for making Zeppelins on a large scale in the United States. —————>__ OFFENSIVE I. RED REPLY TO PEACE APPEAL (By United Press) LONDON, June 17.—Poland made peace overtures to Russian soviet on |June 9. Moscow's replys was to order ja ‘new offensive along the Dneiper river. $ (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 17.—Russian Bolshe- vik forces have again advanced on the northern end of the Polish front, ac- cording to a Moscow wireless quoting an official statement issued yesterday, Soviet successes on other sections of the line also are reported. PLANKS TO BE FRISCO ISSUE \Wets Expected to Carry Fight to Floor of | Convention After Losing Fight in Committee, say Dopesters (By United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 17.—Liquor and Irish planks are expected fights in the Democratic convention. | ste Ex-Governor Dunne of Illinois and Senator Walsh of Massachusetts “onvention here ¢ jare leading the fight for the Irish freedom plank. Vice President Mar- |shall does not favor going any farther than expressing sympathy for| kutaries to the railway service, making all workers government employes.” | Under the resolution as adopted, |Gompers said, railway workers would | become government employes, deprived | of many political and economic rights. Gompers tried to show that the reso- lution meant the socialization of Amer-| ican industries. The miners and railway brotherhoods | |;combined to defeat Gompers’ stand. | = | WILL RENEW EFFURTS TO |ORGANIZE STEEL MILLS | (By Associated Press) * MONTREAL, June 17.—The Ameri- len Federation of Labor's national com-| | mittee for organizing the iron and st | workers has been disbanded and a new | committee will be organized by the executive council with plans for a new) organization campaign in the iron and district, it was announced at the} —— HARDING CALLS | G.0.P. LEADERS TOHIS BANNER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 17.—Senator Warren G. Harding today formally an- nounced that his campaign as the Re- publican presidential candidate would not be a one-man affair; that the aid and advice every Republican leader | would be sought. He declared this | would be his policy, not only during the A plank either opposing the Eigh- or favoring light resolutions committee, the fight may be carried to the convention floor. MICHIGAN TO CAST BALLOT FOR HOOVER. (By United Press) DETROIT, June 17.—The entire Michigan delegation to the Democratic national convention will cast its votes for Herbert Hoover on the first bal-| jot out of respect for the primary law, it was announced here today. — —_— campaign, but later, should he be elected president. “I will see every Republican; all Re publicans look alike to me,” said he. Asked if he had seen Hiram John} son of California, Harding said: “I hope to see all my colleagues. Our relations always have been very cordial.” HAVE TICKET IN FIELD, IS CLAIM (By United Press) CHICAGO, June 17.—The__prohibi tion party, disappointed Harding's nomination and at alleged rebuffs given its representatives at the Republican convention, are planning on a presiden- tial ticket, Virgil Hinshaw, chairman of the Prohibition national committee,; declared here today. Little hope is held out that the Democrats will put) a 100 per cent prohibition ticket in the ficld, Hinshaw said | “We want a dry plank and a dry ticket,” he declared. | Hinshaw said the dry# already had| begun preparing for the presidential) campaign. | reputed millionaire. 24,121 PEOPLE 'SUFFRAGISTS TO IN GREAT FALLS) FroyND HARDING (By Associated Press) | ON AMENDMENT WASHINGTON, June 17.—The (By United Press) population of Great Falls, Mont., is 24,121, an increase during the last 10 WASHINGTON, June 17.—Suffra- gists will ask Harding and Coolidge} years of 10,173 or 72.9 per cent, it was announced by the census bureau | what they intend doing toward final — |ratification of the federal suffrage today. Cc. W. Sparr of the Consolidated Roy-/ amendment, Alice Paul of the national alty company is leaving tomorrow for) Women's party announced today, Suf. Montana where he will attend to oil fragists will picket Harding during his interests, speech accepting the nomiration. RANSOM PAID, BABY IS MISSING FATHER BILKED OUT OF $12,000 —— BROKER LIES AT POINT OF DEATH, | TRIES SUICIDE (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, June 17.—C. B. Ensign, president of a commercial brokerage firm, is in a hospital here with two bullet wounds in his breast. His condition is serious. He was wounded Monday, mem- bers of his family finding him lying in the bathroom when they returned home. They would not comment on how the broker was wounded and no report was made to the police. Ensign is 60 years of age and a (By Associated Press.) NORRISTOWN, Pa., June 17.—A double motive today prompted the police to renew their search for 13-mionths-old Blakely Coughlin, who was stolen from his crib on June 2. They are now looking for the person who swindled George H. Coughlin, the baby’s father, out of $12,000, which was demanded for the return of Blakely. After repeated letters and phone calls from this person, known only as “the Crank,” Coughlin was convinced that he was the abductor and acceded to his demand to leave $12,000 at the spot named. ised the child would be returned within twenty-four hours, The money was left, but Blakely never returned. The police have concluded that revenge was the motive of the kidnaping. He was prom- Nhe milder of the critic | whi | ers j trate, the police the girl’s name. (By United Press) LEXING Ky June 17.—New York detectives hav found a promi- nent girl named “Anna” whose father or brother is believed to have killed Elwell. The girl told conflicting stories regarding her relatjons with Elwell. She is a pretty brunette, 20 years old. Important developments are expected. TELEPHONE *URNISHES C (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June Telephone connection wai al ween the home of Joseph B. sportsman ALL Elwell, and William H. Pendleton, said to b Elwel closest friend, who lives in a suburb, during the ly hours of the morning Elwell was murdered. This was the only new development today in the c which New York polic declared to be the most baffling th have e' undertaken to solve, Ef- forts » being made, it was said, to communicate with Pendleton, Nothing was made public of @ re- port concerning detectives who wer sent to Lexington, Ky., Tuesday v hopes, of establishing some motive for the murder... ‘The deputy district. attor- said detectives had been nt es out of town besides Kentuck Suspicion has not yet focused upon any one person as the slayer, District Attorney Swann declared. Elwell's life, personal habits and alleged intimacy with women in several. classes of s0- clety are all being subjected to scvu- tiny in the hope that some chance dis- covery will prove to be the long- Bi “for “lead” needed to put de tectives on the trail of the yer. TURKS VIOLATE TRUCE, ATTACK BRITISH FORCE (By Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, June 17. — Turkish nationalist troops attacked a company of British Indian troops on the Ismid front, who were withdraw- ing under an agreement. The Turks wounded 30 and captured the British intelligence officer, ARRESTS SAID TO BE PENDING IN LYNCH CASE (By Associated Press) DULUTH, Minn, June 17,—Preced- ing the convening of a special county grand jury today there were reports of impending arrests in connection with rioting Tuesday night when three “8 were lynched. nes SEN. ASHURST IS IMPROVING (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 17.—Senator Ashurst of Arizona, who was on at a local hospital last week minor ailment, has returned home. physicians said he would be fully covered in another week. Cheyenne Police Court Ridiculed by Literary Ciub Wyo. June 17,—That nne police court is conducted “ridiculous” manner, was among sisms of the mu- al tribunal voiced by attorneys at sting of the Young Men's Literary day night. The necessity for magistrate was forcefully de- by the critics. Some time ago Judge C. A, Swainson was ap- a His ina Police pointed city attorney also—it is said as an “economy’ sides as police magistr h a jury trial is not y cases one of the city teps in nd acts and Swainsor the city. he pr in cases emanded. In commission- 8 police magis 8 as prosecutor measure—and for