Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 31, 1920, Page 1

Casper Daily T a § REISS SOLS aa a itis ia wa Bi vas aa ee tenncsomrsnoosncoaemaroroar en cALFRED PER R. LOWE LAUNDRY WORKERS PREPARE TO WALK OUT AT MIDNIGHT UNLESS OWNERS SIGN NEW AGREEMENT Strike Authorized by Employes After Re- port of Committee; Schedule of Wages Below Living Cost, Claim Members ‘of Laundry Workers’ Union, Local No. 85, late yester- May voted to walk out at the Casper Steam Laundry at midnight to- night unless a new agreement with the union is signed prior to that Physical Strain and Brings on Sad Tragedy at Home Suffering from despondency over her weakened physical: con- dition’ and in a temporarily de- ranged mental state. Mrs.~ Helen M. Lowey, wife of County Attor- ney Alfred R. Lowey, took her own life this morning at their home on South Eim strect. News of the tragedy quickly spread over the city, and the most sincere Sympathy was expressed on every hand for the bereaved and grief-stricken hus- band, : az. . Mrs. Lowey was 25 years of agé a hour. ‘The new ‘are ay ied gd per cent increase in the| naa heen a resident of Casper for thee of wa or m to appro: 2 years. She was a most charming wom- minimum scale ‘det het pproximately $18 per}¥so"s. Se large numbers of friends week. here who were sincerely grieved when CASPER, MAN HELD AUG. 31, 1920. WYO., TUESDAY, es, Y KILLS SELF _AS CULMINATION OF LONG SICKNESS | Mind Breaks Under ROUSING RECEPTION GIVEN PARK TOURISTS AS CASPER’S PART IN DEDICATION OF GREAT HIGHWAY Escort Conducts Visitors to Hels Half Acre Where Stop Is Planned; Sched- ule Is Followed Closely Proud of the fact that it has a part to plav in the making of the that the principal credit for the Park-to-Park Highway idea belongs to Gus Holm’s, a Wyoming man, Casper extended 4 royal welcome to the Park-to-Park Highway’ party, which arrived in this city last FOR free of the party. | great national highway which will bind the cities of the West together even as it links the great national parks of the West, doubly proud; Action to discontinue work came fol- lowing a report read by John. F, Leah- ney of the grievance committee of the Casper Trades Assembly and a short talk on the situation by W. W. Slack, president of the Trades Assembly. Laundry workers pointed out that it ‘was impossible to live on the present wage ,and that their demands are rea- sonable. Officials of the union have announced that in the event of a strike the publie will be taken care of. In making their request for a wage inererse the committee representing the workers submitted a paper signe by «many local citizens, including the mayor, who affirmed their ition that the increase. Seaye the “on moderate : - pales “eae ~"-@, A. Gillis fa here from Colorado Springs, Colo., on a short business trip, RED ENEMIES IN CRIMEA SUFFER DEFEAT, REPORT (By United Press) IMOSCOW, Aug. 31.—Ceneral Peter Baron Wrangel, antl-Bolshevik leader ini the Crimea, has suffered-a crushine defeat in-the k dea mM, accora- y ip ‘Peninsula, the dispatches said, The: Bolaheviki claim Widespread. vic- tories in yesterday's" fight on tho | MINE OWNE! ESCAPE WITH RS BIG PAYROLL Two Suspects in Lander Jail and Mine Manager in Hospital as Result of Bold ‘Attempt to Rob Paymaster. “(Gpecial to ‘The Tribune) LANDER, Wyo., Aug. 31—Two suspects are in jail‘ here and Guy pany, faces the loss of his last night to kill the members of a ‘roll several thousand payroll amounting to Hudson. foreign parentage, residents of Hudson, and a posse headed by Sheriff L. B. Gaylord, and made up of 25 or 30 men, is scouring the country near the mines for two other bandits who are believed to be in hiding. Guy Robertson, who was wounded in the eseape from the ‘bandits, was also struck by flying gmass when a bullet struck the windshield and is being: taken to Omaha where he will be put under the care ‘of specialists. It is hoped that its eye can be saved. ‘Two cars made up of the paymastcr’s party, the first being occupied by J. W. ‘Williams, superintendent of the No. b mine, who carried the money, and the “second by Guy Robertson and M. A. Nelson, treasurer of the compahy. As they passed through a rugged) district within two miles of:the mine and ap. The suspects are youths of 18.or 19 I mahager of the Poposia Coal com- sight in one.eye following an attempt party which was taking a dollars to the mines near years of age of proximately ten niles from Lander, they were’ fired upon™ without warning by four men lying. alongside the road. Having np assurance of safety if they stopped, both automobiles were speeded up and an escape was effected. One bullet from a high-powered ‘rifle. pierced the back of Williams’ car and would have wounded him had he not been stooping over to escape the fire. Both machines were riddled with bullets. Posses were formed shortly after the officials reached the mine and the country, is being scoured thoroughly to- day... The Poposia mines are located near Hudson but the headquarters of the company is in Lander. The amount of; the: payroll is’ not known, but is believed to have con: tained! several thousand dollars, as it represented two. weeks’ wages of 150 employes. increasing nervousness caused a severe Biness last winter, It is thought that she had not fully recovered from this iliness before the birth of a son three Weeks ago, and that nerve trouble caused by long continued weakness in- duced her act of this morning. Mr. Lowey had arisen at about 6:20 to build a fire in the kitchen stov, and while he was in thaf room he heard @ revolyer shot followed by a fall. The shot pierced one temple and death wns instantaneous, according to Dr. M. C. Keith, the family physician who was immediately summoned. Mrs. Lowey's girlhood was spent at Morningside, Iowa, but; her mother, Mrs, ‘Swartz, now resides at Denver. we are-five sisters ahd ore ‘brother. She was married to Mr. Lowey four years ago in Washington, D. C. An inquest was held this morning, the jurors, C. E. Black, C. V. Morris and H, F. Browning, returning a ver- dict showing that she came to her death from a gunshot inflicted by her own hand. * Mr. and Mrs, C, V.Muer, who live in the basement of the lowey home and who were the first to reach the Scene, were the only witnesses sum- ™moned. Pr. Keith, who visited his patient last night, found her apparently move cheerful than usual, he stated. Friends were aware, however, that Mrs. Lowey was in a state of nervous tension, and that she was exceedingly despondent:at times because of her lack of strength, She had expressed the opinion that she would never 2 well, She had only returned from the hos- pital last Friday with ‘her son, who was born August 9. . Dr. and Mrs. Keith have taken charge of the baby for the present un- til relatives arrive. : Arrangements for the funeral serv- ices have Qot been made. SUFFRAGE VOTE IN. TENNESSEE NOT ON RECORD (By Associated Press.) NASHVILLE, . Tenn., Aug. 31. —The: Tennessee house of repre- sentatives today voted, 47 to 37, to expunge from the house jour- nal all proceedings of August 23 with reference to action on the suffrage ratification _ resolution, with the exception of the roll call on that date, and the point of or- der raised by Speaker Walker that there was no quorum present. evening. The dining room of the Henning was filled to capacity by the members of the Casper Auto Club, and the Chamber of Commerce when a dinner was served honoring the visitors, at 6:30, and the closest attention was given to the mes- sage brought by the visitors, during the program which followed the servy- ing of the meal. The party\now consists of the follow- ing people: Gus Holm’s, president Park-to-Park flighway Association, Cody, Wyo.; Scott Leavitt, secretary Chamber of Commerce, Great Falls, Mont.; M. W-. Gusk, representative White Truck Company, Cleveland, Ohio,~ also ‘Cleve- land Auto Club; A. G. Lucier, Interna- tional Film Service, New ‘York City; Mrs. L, .C.. Way, wife of park super- intendent, Rocky Mountain National Park; Mrs. Stella M. Leviston, woman advocate of good roads, San Francisco, Cal.; D. J. Nee, representative of Cal- ifornia. Automobile Association; C. E. Hoffhine, chief clerk, Wyoming state highway department, representative of D. S. MeCalmon, state highway sup- erintendent, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Harry Burhans, manager of Denver Travel and Tourist Bureau, Denver, Colo.; R. M. Davis, representing White Auto Company of Cleveland, Ohio, At Shoshoni, today, the party wil, be joined by A. L. Westgard, who as the pathfinder for the tour has already made the trip once this year, Herbert} Corey, war correspondent and maga- zine writer, will become a mggber of the party before it reaches ly. Mr.} Ormsby will become members of the party In Yellowstone. Park. Until. the party reaches Yellowstone, Mrs. Way will act as personal repre- sentative of Stephen T. Mather, head of) the National Park Service. From ‘¥Yel- lowstone, on~a* special representative from the National Parks office at Wash- ington will be with the party, taking the place of Mr. Mather, who was atl Denver to speed the party on its way and regretted exceedingly that he could not make the trip. L. L. Newton, president of the Yel- lowstone Highway Association of Cody} will be with the-party for a short time} in Montana. Others are expected to join. the ex- pedition as it proceeds westward. While an excellent five-course dinner was being served by the Henning man- Ayres of Wheatland, and the/steretary|Casper people, having made this city of the Boulder, Colo, Chamber 9f|his home for nearly a year during 1917, Commerce, will join the party later,|when the oil excitement was at its and Mrs. Major Ormsby and Miss Helen| height. . He conducted a brokerage-ofs| Gerald A. Stack of| Lander, Shoots and _ Kills Man in Chi- cago Roadhouse | | { (By Associated Press.) | CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—Gerald! 1A. Stack, wealthy oil promoter’ | and real estate operator of Lan-| |der, Wyo., is in jail here charged} iwith the murder of Pavl Brown,| as the aftermath of a roadhouse; party at Niles, near here, last night. The slaying is said to have followed a fancied insult by Brown to a woman member of Stack’s party. { When Stack was found by detectives jhe was standing in the middle of the| ‘roadhouse lobby with a revolver in his/ hand. Brown and Stack are said to ‘haye had an argument earlier in the ‘evening, but were separated by other Included in Brown's party Charles Peck of Chicago, .said t. coffee merchant, ‘airk two women Mr. and Mrs. Stack had arrived in Chieago from a vacation spent in Mich- iggn. and, had planned to return to} Wyoming soor. SELF-DEFENSE PLEA 18. MADE BY STACK. A later dispatch today says that Stack admitted shooting Brown in self- defense after @ bitter quarrel. Mrs. Stack was prostrated by the tragedy and is confined to her room at the hotel where the family was staying. Gerald A. Stack is well-known were be a James 58, and) to fice in Casper dnd made many friends here. among whom he bears a good reputation, al Reports from Lander are to the same effect, Stacks having made that place their home except at intervals for the last ten ot twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Stack and their two boys left Lander about a week ago for Chicago and Michigan, on a vacation trip; Three years ago Stack was a candidate for mont County. Ize made the Nowodd county his home for » time and for the past two years had operated exten- sively on the St. Loa gréin ekchange, although he continued to make Lan- der his home. ——>—_—_ Robert Simpson of the Casper Monu- ment Works, left today for Thermop- ny, ‘ the office of County Treasurer of Fre.}. WEATHER FORECAST’ Fair tonight wiih frost; cooler in extreme east portion; Wednesday, fair. NUMBER 276 2, on ; 4 —_—. LAND LAW DISPUTED BY JAPAN Unfriendly Feeling? Likely if Coast State Legislates Against Japanese (By United Press) ITON, Aug, 31.—Ambas; nara of Japan told See- retary of State Colby today that Jap> anese feelin; against the Uniteit States would be unfriendly if Califor- nia enacts legislation prohibiting land holding by Japs. Both govern: ments are alarmed over the prospect* = the California measure becoming 2° We x Japan insists that such legislati is in violation of the “gentlemen’ agreement” whereby Japan voluntar- ily undertook to prohibit immigra- tion to the United States. While this: government cannot prohibit the Cali- fornia vote on the land measure, tlie state department is expected to ine fluence the trend of this vote, , RECLAMATION IS HOBBY OF G. 0.P. NOMINEE, CLAIM (By United Press) MARION, Ohio, Aug. 31—Reclama- tion of arid western lands to bo thrown’ open t#°the people probabiy will be ailvocated by Senator Warren G, Harding in a, h to western states governors today. Harding be- lieves that the ste land of millions pf acres of waste land’ in the inter- mountain region is ‘an! important problem. Among the Republican guberna- agement, an entertaining musical ‘pro- (Continued on Page 4.) COX CHARGES MILLION-DOLLAR DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED BY RUTH United Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—Babe Ruth | today filed suit for $1,000,000 against a movie concern and five vaudeville theaters for alleged infringement of the exclusive rights to the motion | picture in which he appears. } Scat ar | STOCKY ARDS TO BE SOLD SOON' (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Plans of the “big five’ meat packers for dispo- sition of their stockyards interests re- quired under a decree recently entered in agreement with the department of justice contemplate the sale of such in- tterests in fifteen cities to F. H, Rince & Co. of Boston. Republican National tailed Figures oh Col ceived $1,017,255 in contributions national treasurer, told the senate c paign expenditures. Seven hundred thousand dollars was| added to the proposed Republican campaign chest figures presented by Chairman Hays yesterday when Up- ham revealed that Republican senator- jal and congressional campaign com- mittees are to raise independent funds. He testified that the natiqnal commit- tee had ‘agreed to loan the senatorial committee up to $500,000 and the con- gressional committee $200,000 to ba re- turned when they collect thelr own fundsi Ulpham, explaimed that only $600,000 of loans could actually be spent in the 1920 campaign as the sena- torial committee was to get only $400,- 000 before November 2, Senator Reed, cross-examining Upham, brought out that the money advanced the two com- mittees was on straight loans and was} not included in the budget of approxl-| mately $4,000,000, which Chairman Will) Hays told of yesterday. to Upset Democratic Claims (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-—The Republican national committee re- paigns between June 14 and August 26, Fred W. Upham, Republican Upham presented a budget showing that the committee planned to spend $3,079,037. CASPER RODEO REPLETE WITH MANY THRILLS Eight Thousand Dollars in Purses Hung Up by Legion to Insure Daring Com- petition in Wild West Events olis, where he will attend to business for several days. ey ARE Treasurer Gives De- lections and Budget for both national and state cam- committee today investigating cam- torial representatives present is Gov, Robert). Carey of Wyoming. EFUTED MADE IN U.S. SLOGAN USED BY THE HUNS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Ger- many is dumping Its surplus of in- ferior goods in the United States and England and marking its exports to Great Britain “Made in Americu” and exports to the United States “Made in England,” it was official- ly stated here today. ‘ COX LIST PURE “BUNCO,” IS CLAIM. Upham denied of ever having seen, heard of, or ordered made up the list of campaign quotas assigned to vari- It’s a big feast for the wild west and frontier fans that the program and publicity committees of the American Legion have arranged for the first annual Casper Stampede to be given at the Natrona. county fair grounds on September 5, 6 and 7. ° No person in Casper or in the central part of Wyoming had any going to work. Unionist women charged a number of National- result of | ist cicls jn Cork street, while Nationalists attacked Unionists in Fills roads. MACSWINEY LINGERS AT POINT OF DEATH (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Aug. 31.—Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of BELFAST, Aug. 31.—Nine persons are dead as a yesterday’s rioting in this city, another man being killed last night and two who were wounded yesterday having died. Twenty have been killed since Wednesday. Knots of soldiers held strategic points in affected areas during the night. Never in the history of Belfast was there such disorders as yesterday. The mobs fought with a wild fury, Cork, was still alive today but his sister, Mary, who visited him, ous cities as charged by Gov. James M. Cox. “The first time I ever saw the list was in the newspapers the day after Cox's speech,” he said. ‘Furthermore, no one in my office made up such a lst with my knowledge or consent.” He denied that official bulletins is- sued field workers engaged in raising the campaign fund counseled secrecy He said the only prohibition referred jto was the publishing of the lists of ‘with the men in the melees. Girl workers fought like wildcats! said he was growing weaker and the ‘end may come at any at one place, several parties attacking each other as they were! moment.” contributors in local newspapers. first Stampede to be put on by the} George Vroman Post No. 2 of the) American Legion. Nearly $8,000 in prizes has been hung up by the American Legion man- agement, which does not include the! special prizes offered by the merchants of Casper. There will be fourteen| events daily except on Labor Day when there will be 15 events. Starting with event No, 1, a trick |} (Continued on page 3) SLL) OTe Ee FP HAT A nn esta ast ie aah Me dado 0 0 6 0 roping stunt, there will be something | surcingle idea that so many startling events could be arranged for the doing every minute of the time until somebody attempts to ride “Peter the Great,"! an outlaw steer. V. C. Wray has offered a $50 prize to any person who will stay on this wild animal. Following event No, 1, there will be a stake race of 150 yards. Then*comes 4 bareback broncho riding stunt with $100 prize money, the riders to use a and one-hand hold. There will be @ championship relay race with . (Continued on Page Three)