Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1920, Page 1

VOLUME IV. : CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1920 hy "NUMBER 355 ing With Turks Su of Bolshevik Government, Reports Say TIFLIS, Dec. 2.—-Armenian forces have been driven ea: ward by Turkish Nationalists until the region they hoid is en tirely outside the traditional boundaries of Armenia. The result is that Armenia is reduced to a little Caucasus republic, such as was created by the Germans and Turks dur- ing the war. It comprises the districts of Erivan, Novobayaqet MEASURES TAKEN UP) HONOR HERE IN FIVE CLASSES. OF CONTEST IN JOINT CONFERENCE Senate and House Committees. Join Today|More Definite in Meeting to Discuss Farm Situation League Urged as Panacea by Wilson (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec 2.—Agricultural committees of the senate ternoon to consider relief for the is being held in response to an in- Revival of the war finance corporation, further extension of cred- ai ral situation. The meeti: vitation from te debe its to funds in the hands of the alien propev- ; ty custodian as a basis for credits to Germany and the subscription by con- gress to 51 per cent. of the stock in companies formed for export business under the Edge law are some of the measures to be considered. PRESIDENT SEES HELP IN LEAGUE. (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Adoption of the League of,Nations may be President Wilson’s suggestion to congress as the proper way*to relieve the condition con- fronting the farmers as the result of forthcoming message to congress, BILL PROVIDES LOA\ OF $60,000,000, © z Z Prest) (By Associated j WASHINGTON, Dec, 2.—Immediate loans of $60,000,000 from government funds to aid farmers in the face of falling prices on their products is pro- posed by Senator Hitchcock, Democrat of Nebraska, in a bill drawn up after a conference with Governor Harding of the federal reserve board. Hitchhcock plans to present the measure when con- gress meets next week. The money which Hitchcock would have advanced to the farmers is the government's share in the profits of Federal Reserve banks payable next month and which under the law would be used to imereage the gold reserves or amortize Liberty bonds. The loans would be made through federal land banks on chattel mortgages or on ware- houses’ receipts with agricultural prod- ucts or livestock as security. The loans on grain would be limited to six months and those on livestock a yéar. FIGHT AGAINST GRAZING RATES TO BE OPENED (By Associated Press) SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 2.—In sup- Port of the fight which Senator King of Utah has announced he will-make in congress to prevent. an increase in srazing fees for Nvestock upon the na- tional forest reserves, Thomas Re3- mond, se¢retary of the Utah Cattle and Horse Growers’ association, today ted that three conventions — which Will assemble in Salt Lake City begin- ning next Monday will adopt resolu- tions which will be forwarded to Wash- ; ington, 7h AMENDMENTS TO LEAGUE STUDIED BY COMMITTEE (By Associated Press) iENEVA, Dec. 2—A resolution re- jecting the consideration of amend- ments to the league covenant at this -Session and providing for a commit. tee to study changes before the meet- ing of the next assembly was passed today by the assembly of the league. The one vote was cast by Delegate Pueryyedon of Argentina. He had not taken the floor during the debate on the resolution, which Was animated ard his negative vote, which was entirely unexpected, ‘ausedconsternation in the' assembly “5 it was considered that it would Prevent the passage of the resolution under the provision that virtually all the placing of a tariff on wh \of the police department to close all! THREE GAMBLING RESORTS RAIDED BY CHIEF LYNCH Cleanup ‘Will Continue Released to Three. of what are considered) were raided last night by Chief Lynch and the three proprietors ar- were raided at. the instigation of W. W. Keefe, me lice committee of the city council, who requested the action after hearing continual reports that certain gamblers were | running their places “wide open.” Chester Bryan, chairman of the police committee, and Earl BotjJe are heartily and strongly behind the effort gambling joints dnd will back Chief | Lynch in every step taken. F. Ll. Conklin at the Pekin, Wes Middleton at the Elkhorn (the Inn) and} Pete Carbury in the rear of the; Lyric pool hail, all were arrested, at! their “places of business." The raid/ started about 10 o'clock — after — the/ games were going. on in full swing. All| three were released on. their own! recognizance to appear in police court] at 5 o'clock this afternoon. TOLD TO CLOSE TEN DAYS AGO. All of these places were told to close on November 20, when Chief Lynch made the rounds of houses where} gambling was: reporjed. On this par- ticular Saturday nearly two weeks ago, the places were ready to open up and were “rearin’ to go," according to the -police, Chief Lynch told the operators at that,time that he would not tolerate gambling in» Casper. Wes Middleton has been arrested on a gambling charge before. \ Police records show that on. February 3, he was arrested for gambling, fined $100 and sentenced to ninety days in jail. He appealed his case and was released pending the result of his appeal trial. ‘The appeal has not been tried so far as known. Conklin told the-police that this was jone of procedure, not requiring unan- imity, and notwithstanding the Ar- gentinian’s negative vote he declared the resolution adopted. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Steep upturns acts of the assembly. must be by the {iitimous vote of the member na- tlons represented. President Hymans, however, ruled that the question was in wheat attracted unusual notice to- day. At one time prices showed an extreme gain of 10% to 11 cents bushel compared — with yesterday, Appear in Court Today | failed to gather in Big Chief Murphy, Scoring Found Impossible Despite Latitude Offered by Weight ‘And Measure Test of Entrants The names of twelve prize winners are announced today by the Welfare Club in the Better Babies c day of last week, and the scores of these babi 1 fect that they will all be considered first prize inser etree are . h ee The club had expected to give but one prize in each of five di- eat imports, utilization of | visions, but additional prizes have been donated, and these will be ——___. Until Games ‘Are Casper’s largest gambling resorts the {first time he had been arrested} for gambling. Conklin was in the Pekin. However, the police net last night who hails from the coast and who has been a contented” resident of the city for nearly a year. Murphy was not operating anything last night, accord- ing to information supplied at police headquarters. RAID IS FIRST OF CLEAN-UP. Last night's raid is considered impor- {ana Avery Tyler, ontest conducted Friday and Satur- awarded at a public good health meet- Ing ‘to be held some evning next week. The winners are: Nivision 1 (6 to 11 months old)—Jules Palenelaere, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jules Palenelaere, Madison street. Mary Protsman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Protsman, 315 South Davia street. Division 2 12 to 17 months old)— daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil A. Tyler, 206 East First. Betty Gerber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gerber, 327 South Beech. Margaret ‘Goeckel, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Goeéckel, 405 South Park ‘+g 5 | 7 “The lawt: two were'tied.— £ Division 3:8 to 23 months -old)— Wynona Cameron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Del Cameron, 251 East K street. Alice Virginia Hendricks, daughter of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Perce D. Hendricks, 1225 South Ash. Division 4 (24 to 29 months old)— Bobby Staley, son of Mr. and Mrs. /Robert K.° Staley, 815 South Durbin. Lacey Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Thomas, 144 South Durbin. William Clarkson Garbutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Garbutt, 433 Milton avenue. The last two were tied. Division 6 (30 to 36 months old)— Marvin Lamieux, son of Mr and Mrs. Cc, A, Lamieux. Charles Henry Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs, William Edwards, North Ty- ler. ‘The contest was really decided in the weight 4nd measure test, according to members of the scoring committee, which consisted of A. A. Slade, C. H. Reimerth, J. W. McIntyre, G. R, Miller, R. M. Inbody, W. A. Lacey, ©. M. Thompson, W. rench and C, A. Wilson. s In explaining this point one mem- tant because the council police com- mittee has announced that it is the first of a series of raids which will be kept up until gambling is wiped out in Cas- per. Councilman Keefe has been out of the city, but his attention was di- rected to the gambling eyil shortly after his return, The police committee intends to keep up its drive against gambling even if it is necessary to burn. the equipment used in the games: Some believe this is the only real method with which to halt gambling operations, because of| the ability of the operaters to pay even! the maximum gambling fine. When sentenced to jail, an‘ appeal is made, prolonging judgment and then not, actually insuring punishment of the gambling house operator, BURN EQUIPMENT IN BONFIRE EVERY NIGHT. If one or two confiscations by means of burning is. not sufficient, members of the police committee of the council ifdicated ‘they would regommend a bonfire of gambling equipment each! night. “These men are blood suckers,” said one councilman this morning. “They do not produce: anything here~ and there are too many making Casper their headquarters at present. Every time they open up» we intend to close them up tight again. I.believe that consigning all seized gambling equip- ment to the flames will have some ef- tect if raids are kept up. consistently,” WHEAT PRICES LOOK UP IN MART GAIN OF 11 CENTS IS REPORTED March touching $1.66%4. Heavy cov- ering ascribed to New York shorts led to the advanée. The bulls made ber of the committee said: “Many mothers, no doubt, cannot un- derstand why their babies did not at- tain as high scores as they expected, inasmuch as they passed tests 1, 3, 4 and 5 with 100 r Cent grades. “The weight and measure*test was by far the most difficult to compute and to pass, and offered greater latitude in results. More \babies fell down an that part of the test than on any other. “The scoring committee was given| the standard measurements for a child) at a certain age and was obliged to de-; duct for variations of over a certain | fraction of an*ineh in these measure- ments. Yhen a child's height indicated that he was above normal, nothing was deducted if his other measurements) were in proportion to his height. So,| if a 7 months child had the height of| a nine months child, he was passed as perfect if all his measurements were those for 9 ‘months. “But the committee did. not always) find this true. For example: The, standard measurements for a 6 months; child are: Height, 261-2. inches; weight,; 171-2 pounds; circumference of head, 171-2 inchhes; circumference of chest, 171-2 inches; circumference of abdo- men, 163-4 inches; chest, front to back, 41-2 inches; lateral measurement of chest, 51-4 inches; length of arm, 10 inches; length of leg, 11 inches, “Actual measurements of one child entered in the contest were: “Height, 27 inches; ‘weight, pounds; circumference of head, 19 inches; circumference of chest, 16 inehes; circumference of abdomen, 201-4 inches; chést, front to back, 51-2 inches; lateral measurement, of chest, 61-2 inches; arm, 13 inches; \»g, 15 inches. “This. child had the height of an 8} months child, the weight of a 12/ months child, the head of a 20 months child, an abdominal measurement far too large for any of these ages, and 22 +| NATIONS TO INTERVENE 100,000 Starving Refugees Driven Before) Snows Without Housing or Food; Fight- spended at Instance and Etchmiadzin, the ecclesiastical cap- ital of ancient Armenia, located 25 miles north of Mount Ararat. Hostilities between the Armenians {and Turkish Nationalists have been suspended through intervention by the Bolshevik government at Moscow and hopes are entertained that further bloodshed may be averted. Conditions, however, are frightful in the district hela by the Armenian forces. One hundred thousand refugees in the last states of destruction are travelling through thp 'snow in all directions and the Armenian govern- ment is unable to provide housing or ood, mending the arrival of frrain promised by the Russian Bolsheviki. LEAGUE AUTHORIZES GENEVA, Dece. 2.—The League of Nations today authorized the United States, Brazil and Spain to intervene in Armenia. The action followed accept- ance by President Wilson and the govy- ernments of the other two countries of the league's invitation to mediate between Turkey and Armenia. JUAREZ BEING SEARCHED FOR | HAMON SLAYER se cd a ‘a MYSTERY IN SHOOTING OF PROM- INENT G. 0. P. LEADER—Much mystery surrounds. the mysterious shooting of Jake, Hamon, weal oh ‘king and Repubtican national teeman, in a hotel. at kla. The Oklahoma authorities have Iinsti- tuted w search for Mrs. Clara Hamion of Ringling, Okda., charging her with the shooting. WARSHIPS ARE RUSHED TO AID CHINESE PORT (By Associated Préss) ARDMORE, Okla., Dec. 2.—Tne county prosecutor today continued nis efforts to trace Clara Smith Hamon, wanted on a charge of shooting Jahe L. Hajaon, Oklahoma Republican na- tional committeeman, Information from Juarez Mexica, said the authorities there believed the woman was hiding in Juarez. The belief that she is in Mexico was stremgthened by the publication of a sworn statement today by BE. W.. Sallis of Dallas, chauffeur, who drove the woman from Dallas to Cisco. He ds- Five Burn To Death Major Lescomb of Movie Fame One © of Victims. (By Associated /ress) NEW YORK, Dec. ‘Marjorie Les: romb, motion picture, actress, — fut four unidentified persons were burned to death im a fire which swept a five- story apartment house at 29 West Fifty-seventh street today. The fire, which started in the base- ment, billowed up in a dumb waiter shaft to the upper floors, The blaze was discovered by a young woman student on the third floor who hurled a book through her window and shouted “fire” to the street below. Then she dashed through the build- ing, giving the alarm. The house was occupied by student artists and professional people. FOR FIRE nALL [o- Reduction in Fire Insurance Seen As Result of Modern Addition = to Fire Fighting Equip- ment The motor driven a 1 truck and the motor driven pumper and _ hose truck costing approximately $28,000 were formally accepted by the city this morning when the council met in ses- sion at city hall.. The equipment was glared the woman told ‘him she shot a man Sunday qt a hotel in Ardm re «1d ‘the only two persons in the wort *) knew Why was the man and hecself. Sallis described her flight and declaved that he refused to take the woman be- yond Cisco. i U.S. SHOULD TRY TO SECURE GOOD WILL OF ORIENT BOSTON, Dec. 2.—American Chris- tlans should: take every legitimate step to*promote good will in America toward both Japan and China,’ saya the Corn- mission on Relations -with thé Orient (By Associated Press) SHANGHAI, Dec. 2.—American and British gunboats are hurrying to & Chang, a treaty port in the province of HuPeh, where mutinous Chinese troops looted and burned a portion of this city. The American gunboat Monocacy is the nearest warship to the scene of trou- ble. The looting and burning of I-; Chang continues and the property loss is heavy. : HAITI APPEALS FOR PROBE TO | BE CONTINUED: (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The “citl- zens of Haiti” protested to Secretary | of the Navy Daniels today against the departure from their country of the na- val board of inquiry until additional witnesses have been heard in the inves- | tigation into the conduct of marine forces occupying the island republic. po hand Nii PUBLIC DEBT ON INCREASE AGAIN (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dee. -2,—An in- crease of $112,646.571 in the public debt for the month of November was an- nounced by the treasury department to- day. (By United Press) LONDON, Dec. 2.—A_ determined effort will be made to end British and Sinn Fein fighting by Christmas, it was announced today, aithough no truce will be considered until tho “campaign of murder” in Ireland is BLUE LODGE CONFERS DEGREES. the arm and leg measurements of a child of '2 years.” The Welfare Club is well satisfied with the results of ‘the contest and much of the “buy # barrel of flour” movement on the part of the Farm- ers’ Graindeal?rs’ association. (Continued on Page 2) The Blue, lodge Masons_at a meet- ;@ree upon three candidates. This is the second meeting the lodge has heli tobbeiig a week for the conferring of de- grees. jing last night conferred the third do-| in its report submitted today to the federal council of the Churches of Christ in America. SOUTHERNTRAIN IS HELD UP AND, ROBBED BY FOUR (By Associated Press) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dee. Four armed men boarded a Southern northbound train from Chattanooga to Cincinnati near Oneida, rifled the mail ree + | Weeks “and finally by tests made ye: accepted only after thorough tests by factory experts during the last tw9 terday for the benefit of fire under writers who recommended that the equipment be accepted. The fire underwriters were plainty~ pleased and astonished at the elaborate and efficient equipment which has beea purchased by the city, It gives Casper the finest and most effective fire fight- ing force and equipment in Wyoming. The favorable report of the fire under- writers is expected to result in Cas- per securing tho three and a half rat- ing whieh will reduce the fire insur-- ance rate 10 to 20 per cent, it is said. ~ All of the new equipment stood up ° under the tests made yesterday for the. exacting fire underwriters. The pump--+ er engine worked practically every min- ute from 9:30 o'clock yesterday morn-~ ing until 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon, without stop and not a flaw could be. found. The tests were, made near the city reservoir, although some were in? front of the city hall. The aerial truck was used with thes 75-foot aerial extension’ ladder at full length together with the er tower® attachment, Although ther was a, typical Wyoming gale blowing from the» southwést, and a big pressure of water* was being pumped to the top of ths? tower, the ladder stood up under the, test easily, water being shot from ins front of the fire department entrance to the new Elks’ building site across. the street. od It has been estimated that the reduc* tion in the fire insurance premitim if the business section will pay for the cost of the new equipment within two car and escaped. years. ONE PER CENT TAX IS PROPOSED (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Dec, 2.—One per cent tax on all sales to the ultimate coisumer will be proposed as a sub- stitute for the excess profits tax, Sen- ator Reed Smoof stated today on his return here. Other details of the fi- nancial program, according to Smoot, are an Increased tariff of a cent and a half instead of the present rate of mission is to make another effort for peace. The commission recently went to Ireland to investigate police re- prisals. The commission was “horri- fled” at Sinn Fein murders of British officers in Dublin. | terminated. The Brttish labor com- KILLARNEY SCENE OF FRESH OUTRAGES. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 2,—Uniformed men j visited Killarney, ireland, today and in- discriminately smashed all the windows [in the business sectivn. The damage ‘is estimated. at several thousand pounds AS EXCESS PROFITS SUBSTITUTE about one cent, and reduction of the government force of employes by at least 50 per cent throughout the coun- try. Smoot said he would éntroduce a bill providing for a year’s embargo on wool which would give Americans a chance to dispose of their piled up stocks to American manufacturers, who could make woolen goods for domestic use. BRITISH LABOR SEEKS END IRISH BLOODSHED and was done with small hammers and stones, says a Cork dispatch to the Evening News. SIX SINN FEINBRS HELD IN GLASGOW. | (By Associated Press) GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec. 2.—The |police today arrested six persons of | Trish nationality here, three of them women, on charges of treasonable can- spiracy. It was stated that gelignite gunpowder, gu cotton, detonators, hand grenades, revolvers and <artridges, as well as Sinn Fein literature were found in their houses. NEW EQUIPMENT: ACCEPTED HERE