Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 26, 1920, Page 1

| /c. roundup: of Not Preferred (By Associated Press.) DUBLIN, Nov. 26.—Arthur Griffith, founder: of the Sinn Fen organization, Prof. John MacNeill, Sinn Fein member of parliament for Londonderry City and the Na- tional of Ireland, wtih a number of others, including MacNelt" s son, Were arrested ragey by the auxil iary_ police. In the absence.in Ametica of Eamon a Valera, president of the Irish repuh- lie: Griffith has been probably the most active spokesman in Ireland for the cause of Irish freedom. Last night in an interview he charged that the polley of reprisals in Ireland ‘was determined upon by England more than a year ago, and inaugurated last ‘March with the assassination of Lord Mayor MacCurtain of Cork. NO CHARGE PREFERRED, IMPRISONMENT SECRET. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 26.—The Irish offive, in stating that Arthur Griffith was ar- rested in Dublin at 2 a. m. today, said no formal charge had been preferred. He was taken away in a’ lorry to a destination not made public. TWO KILLED BY CORK BOMB- EXPLOSION. . + (By United Press) CORK, Nov. 26.—Two men were kill- ed and three wounded in a bomb ex- plosion. here today. It was the second explosion herg this week. ‘Phe police have been unable to find: who threw the bomb. (By United Press.) DUBLIN, Noy. 26.—Hundreds of) prisoners’ iste taken. in a: wholesale in Fejn leaders -here*to-| day. Arthir cae “head of the Sinn Feiny Sohn’ McNeil, commander ‘of the Irish Guards, and Joseph McBride and Michael Staines, merhbers of. parlia- ment were among those taken. The roundup was similar to that following the Easter rebellion of 1916. ° Thirty-nine persons have been killed, in fighting im Ireland during the last 1S PROJECTED ‘- | (By United Press) RIGA, Nov. 26.—Reports _ received here today stated that President Mil- lerand ‘of ‘France plans to call.a world- wide anti-Bolsheviki conference to con- Parliament Member | Also Held; Charge WEATHER FORECAST much change in temperature. Fair tonight and! Saturday, not CASPER, , WwYO., FRIDAY, NOV. 26, 1920 'Winners to. Receive! Prizes at Program Following Close Probably 150 babies were ex-| | amined in the Better Babies con- itest conducted at the Central School today under the auspices jof the Casper Welfare Club, and more than half the number en- rolied will have been examined by night. The contest will close tomorrow night, and the results will ‘be an- nounced by the scoring committee on Monday or Tuesday. Arrangements are.being made by the} club for ‘a formal program and an ad- dress.on. “Child Culture” one evening | next week at which the six babies mak- ing the nearest perfect scores, will re- ceive prizes. The great benefit of the contest, Is, | of course. the Interest in child welfare |. the community, andthe in- aoe er child's devel and progress aroused in the mother. Fol- low up work will be undertaken by ) the club in the establishment of one or {more baby. clinics’ fo which mother’s whose children are not up to standard / may bring them for weighing, measur- | ing and adyice at stated intervals. Further announcement concerning the clinic will be made later. ‘The committee, which is handling the) score cards and determining the stand-| ings of the entrants, consists of A. A.| Slade, Rey. C. 8. Wilson, Rev, C. M.) Thompson, Rev. W. L. French, C. H.; Reimerth, J. W. McIntyre, R. M. In- body, G. R, Miller and W. A. Lacey, | Miss Olive Puntenney of the Cham- ber of Commerce was in charge of vay securing of automobiles to take moth- | ers living at a istanpe to atid from the | achool. The perfection with which the detatis) of the contest were carried out does | great credit to the committees of the Welfare. Club and the president, Mrs. J, W. McIntyre. ® sider a campaign against the ‘soviet government. The reports said the con- ference would be held in Paris in De- cembe! A small boy was stationed at the front door of the Central building all} (Continued on Page 3.) WHERE GREATEST MAIL TRAIN ROBBERY TOOK PLACE AND BOYS WHO STAGED IT—A band of mere boys, the leader only 17, planned and carried through a mail train robbery, which according to detectives, was the biggest affair of its kind in the history of the country. Bonds anj money to the estimated amount of $3,500,000 was stolen from the Burlington fast mail train No, 8 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fred Poffenberger (5), burned $800,000 worth of bonds in the kitchen stove. ! ville; (4) Merle Phillips, AMERICAN TRADE BALANCE SEES JUMP DURING MONTH OF OCTOBER REDS ARRESTED ON ARRIVAL AT PORT OF REFUGE (By Associated Préss) CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 26.— French authorities have arrested over 100 Russian Bolsheviki who managed to obtain passage to Constantinople amon the refugees of General Wran- gel's south - Russian. army from Crimea.’ x a WASHINGTON, Noy, 26.—Exports increased and imports decreased for October as compared with Septeniber of this year and October last year, the Departme! Commerce announced to- day, * -WOUND FATAL TO J. L. (By United Pravs) ARDMORE, Okla., Nov, 26.—Jacob L. Hamon, Republican national commitiseman, rom dilation of the heart following his wounding, alleged fo have been done ¢Y Mrs, Clara Hamon.” The police is irs. Hamon, who married a distant relative of the mijloinaire. Hamon’s wealth is estimated at was a railroad builder, of commerce show. 000,000, is the largest for any month of} the present year, For the ten months ending. with Oc- ‘tober, exports Were $6,832,000,000, com- HANMON millionaire oil man and died this morning in a hospital here have redoubled their efforts to locate $30,000,000. He started penniless, He aporis Increase and Imports Decrease, Says Commerce Report; Gold Imports to United States on Gain Now y Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. "6. —Exports atin October increased by nearly $150,000,000, while imports decreased approximately $1,- 000,000, foreign trade figures made public today by the department Exports were valued at $752,000,000 again-t | $605,000,000 in September; imports were valued at $362,000,000. The excess of exports over imports in October, amounting to $390,- pared with $6,499,000,000 for the same period last year. Imports were $4,- 720,000,000, or $1,621,000,000 more than for the same perivd last year. Thus the/ trade balance in favor of the United States for the first. ten months is $2,112,000,000 compared with a balance for the same period the year hefore of $3,400,000,000, Imports of gold in October, werethe Jargest in three yegrs, totaling $117,- 000,000, compared with $39,000,000 dur- ing September and $5,000,000 during October of last year. For the first ten months of this year “gold imports. to-} taled $316,000,000, against $61,000,000 for the same period in 1919. ghee ier, aN ast LONDON, Nov. 26—Poland has pledged the League of Nations that campaigns against Lithwania will be halted, according to Warsaw dis- She has assumed full re- DRINKS ACID TOKILLSELF, . LIFE 1S SAVED Suffering from tai. Giaconalions due, it is thought, to a combination of ton ness on Thanksgiving Day and lack of employment, Roy Sherman, for- merly with the Continental Supply company, attempted-his life last night by taking carbolic acid. He was rushed to the State hospi- tal and the prompt measures taken there, and relief by the physician called, will probably result in his recovery. No statement as to the reasons for his act has been made by. Sherman, WAR ONCLOSED SHOP OPENS IN UNITEDSTATES CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—-Nation-wide distribution of propaganda against the closed shop was begun today by the American Press bureau, The fight to throw all shops open to non- union men started after, the Amer- jean Federation of Labor amnounced that it would fight to the limit any efforts of manufacturers to Kill ‘the closed shop plan. Thomas J. Sullivan, head of. the movement, declared he was not against union labor but must have the open shop. Over 1,200 chambers of commerce favor the open shop, he declared. Manufacturers will pay the expenses of the campaign, Pein shite ahsctra = <6 A son was born to Mr. an@ Mrs. A. sponsibility for “irregular” proceed- ings against Lithuania, -the report stated. W. Anderson, 128 Lambert avenue, yes- terday morning, % No. 29 Westbound__ 15 a.m. 7:55 a.m. No. 30 Eastbound __ 9:20 p.m. 9:45 p.m. No, 31 Westbound__10:30 p.m. Stops No. 32 Sande pack Starts No. Coa. Easthound ~-2:35 p.m. 2:55 p.m. No. 603 Westbound_. SCORES OF BABIES EXAMINED - OPENING DAY OF CONTEST His companions were: (1) H. A. Reed; RAILROAD se CARD OR £0 rrives Leaves 2345 pam, |. We Arrives | Leaves 20 p.m. 3:40 pum. NUMBER 350) 20, told the police that he (2) 'T, A. Daley; (8) Or \Flag of Mercy Organization Flies Over| Gate as Reminder to Many Employes; Membership Quota to Be Secured chairman of the Red Cross roll call, iam will show a 100 per cent Red Cross record at the close of the , day. A Red Cross flag flies over the |ployes that the $1 membership dues in the greatest humane organi- | zation in the world are due. ' The canvass is in charge of R. 'H.| Covington, who is being assisted by| Charles Fowler and Cal Smith as cap- tains. Bach of these men has a com- pletely organized team of workers, and {t'will be their endeavor to let no man! not wearing a Red Cross button by| without buttonholing him. The Red Cross drive in Casper is pro- @ressing most satisfactorily, Js 8) Mechling states, and he is confident trona County will be secured. Any person who has not yet contrib- uted his dollar to the Red Cross for the 1921 work may do so at the booth main- building. COLORADO RAIL HEARING IS SET | in this country: First, a strong race and This is Red Cross Day at the Midwest Refinery and J. S. Mechling, that the quota of, 6,000 members in Na-| tained in the lobby of the Oil Exchange | to Direct Wor, United States | Black Population (Ry Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. —The union of American negroes with| the radical elements of all nations} to further the cause of world So- vietism was urged before a Mes- cow meeting of the Communist In- ternationale at Which Premier Nikolai Lenine and War Minister Leon Trotz- ky spoke, by a late American radical and magazine writer, John Reed, ac- cordi ~~ tothe text of his speech re- ceiv.. today in official dispatches from Russia, Describing the position of the negro lin the United States, especially’ in the Southern states, as “terrible,” Reed de- clared that the negro offers a two- fold epportunity to spread Communism} social movement; second, a strong pro- letarian movement. Race corgciousness has steadily in- ereased among the negroes, he said. “Certain sections of whom are now car-4~ rying on propaganda in fdvor of an armed revolt against the whites,” and socialistic ideas are rapidly developing among blacks employed in industrial establishments. White and negro labor must be joined in common labor unions, ‘Reed proposed, as the quickest way to destroy race prejudice and develop class solidarity. FARMER SLAYS WIFE, ENDS OWN LIFE THURSDAY (By Associated Press) STERLING, Colo., Nov. 26.—Fol- | lowing a community ‘Thanksgiving celebration “at Grayliw Heights schoul- house, where. she gave several read- ings, John Kobler, 30, a wealthy farm- er. shot, his. to death and then returning from the celebration. ~ Kobler killed his wife in the kitch- en of their home with a shotgun. He went outside and shot himself with the same gun. They had been married a year. Mrs. Kobler being his. second wife. Four children by his first wife survive. i Stmetles + ‘edeacigtity NO OPPOSITION FROM AMERICA TO GREEK KING (By Associated Press.) | WASHINGTON, Noy. 26.—American} opposition to the return of former King! Constantine to the throne of Greece is} said by state department officials to be improbable. It is explained that not only are the interests of the United States not so closely knit with those of Greece as to warrant especial appro- bation or disapprobation of the: iden-| tity of the Greek ruler, but that the| American government is more deeply} interested in the principles of govern- clusive. Y.Glub Attacked Irish Sympathizers “Mob Building as Re vritish Flag Is Dis=' played, Report < (By United Press.) ra NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—The ex- clusive Union club on Fifth avenue is under the guard of police today to prevent a repetition of attacks by the Sinn Fein wnich occurred there yes- terday afternoon. Four men were_at” rested as a result of yesterday's riots A mob rushed the building which was. displaying British flag between the French and American flags. Win- dows were breken and fighting con- tinued for two hours. The police charged the mob several times in an effort to disperse them. Many of the attackers _were Pithibeee fe beaten. FIVE IN FAMILY. ARE NEAR DEATH FROM POTSONIN Mother and Four Children S# by Physician After Signs o Life Were Almost Er. tinct, Report Poisoning from an 1) 4 source came near claiming five members of the family ¢ Wright, 404 South Oak streetyy_ Ja » night. Only prompt and untiring work on the part of the attending physician saved the lives of Mrs. Wright .and four children, it is declared. ‘ What caused the poisoning, has + 4 far not been explained. Mr. Wright and Mrs. Wright's mother, who had been sick in bed for eight weeks, par- took: of portions of the same ‘food ‘as ‘Was eaten. by the members of the fam- fly Who werd ‘affected. © About.» four hours after thé supper had been eaten, the mother and children were seized with violent “spasms, and the two youngest children had apparently ceased breathing when the doctor ar? rived, The mother is still in bed, but the children were able to be hte aa batalla d “today. WILSON ASKED - TO MEDIATE IR NEAR EAST ROW GENEVA, Noy. 26.—(By Associated Press)—The council of the League of Nations cabled President Wilson at the game time messages of the same pur- port were sent to various powers, ask: ing whether he will accept a roll of mediator between ..Mustapha Kemal, Turkish Nationalist leader, and the Ar- ment than in individuads. menians. is confident that this great Casper main gate today to remind all em- December 6 as the date for the hear- ing of the Denver & Salt Lake rail- road's notice of intention to cut pas- senger service to three trains a week. | mobile race, died here this morning. nell was injured, will be takep DENVER, Nov. 26.—The Colorado Public Utilities commission today set | O'Donnell, have been made, | railway, RED CROSS ROLL CALL CAMPAIGN CARRIED T0 THE MIDWEST TODAY CHINESE SLAIN IN TRYING TO DISARM FORCES HARBIN, Manchuria, Nov. 26—(By Associated Press)}—Several — thousand anti-Bolshevik troops formerly led by the late General Kappell, at a ‘Man- churla station on the trans Sibertan resisted disarmament by Cli- nese troops and in a fight. which fo)- lowed many Chinese were killed. p Aeration es (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Novy. 26.—W. A. F. Ekengren, Swedish minister to the United States, died at the legation here today as the culmination of a briet fil- ness. THIRD‘'VICTIM OF RACE DIES ‘ (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGEGLES, Nov. 26.~-Eddie O'Donnell, jured yesterday on the Beverly Hills speedway in the Thanksgiving aute- race driver, who was’ in- The body of Gaston Chevrolet, who died in the crash in which Q’Don- to Indianapolis for burial. No funeral arrangements for Lyall Jolls, the mechanician riding with