Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1920, Page 1

Twenty Are Thrown in Jail ia $ U.S. COAL INDUSTRY ATTACKED IN RAPORT By-Investigators HOT AND WOUND Policeman Sent to Hotel to Keep Order Uses Gun in Disturbance and Former Baseball Umpire is Wounded; Officer is Relieved Pending Investigation Here. Robert Dale was shot through the left wrist and upper portion of the left thigh about 4:30 o’clock this morning in the hall of the Home Hotel by Officer Crockett, when, it is alleged, he resisted efforts of the policeman to quiet him. Dale was reported as not seriously injured and is expected to recover._ He had been warned by Officer Crockett abet making so much noise and fighting earlier that night, the officer} When the nutaance continued he | went into the hall to arrest Dale for disturbance. Dale, according to the no- lice report, continued to battle. Offi- cer Crockett used ‘his club but Dale still refused to quiet down and in the melee the officer pulled his gun and flred. + Officer Crockett has been relieved of his duties in the police department by Chief. Lynch until the result of the investigation has been reported. Crockett, following instructions of (By Associated Press.) ASHINGTON, Dec. 14.— criticism of the national * . * coa! industry. with an implied threat. of! drastic legislation by congress. to meet alleged evils in profiteering and’ speculation ac- companied by @ partial report of the senate committee on production and re- construction, Was submitted to the ser~ ate today. In general, the” report, which asked power to continue the fn vestigation, suggested government ac- tivities to bring co-operation under regulation: of» building and. construc- tion. Senator: Kenyon, Republican or Towa, a of the committee, de- clared “if the situation continues, I for one, harsh, ast may be, shall favor taking 07 ines,’? i The Republican m ¥ of the cor ‘ittonal ptadagacts: Ui Be Wier meee to asking special. legislative attention to present methods of producing and, ? the evening for carrying a-gun. He distribut coal. Senator Bdge k pressed: his conclusion, that the ‘‘conl industry eannot bring order out of pre- vailing chaos and give even) reasonable relief t6 suffering people, so T am ready to modify somewhat, in this case, my opposition to government intrusion. of private business, and to advocate legi-{ timate scrutiny.” ey “Coal profiteering especially as it fol. lowed priority. orders of the Interstate Commerce commission, continued ‘ud- checked by the Department of Justice and is-a national disgrace,” the com- mittee said in its joint report, “Coal speculation was permitted to_monopol- ize the transportation facilities of the country.” J ‘Y DIVIDEND IS PROTESTED WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The State of Nebraska filed a brief with the in- Chief Lynch, had seevred a room in the Home hotel late last night ‘and awaited developments. These ‘develop- ments came in the form of a, battle royal between Dale and Mrs. Ne'iie Dalton, owner of the hotel, it Is al- leged. When the fracas is said to have been atits height, Officer Crockett and the night policeman intervened. Later: the argument and noise of fighting again disturbed the peace st the hotel. The shooting followed when Dale refused to give in to Crockett. Dale had@ been arrested on account of trouble with Mrs. Dalton once be. fore, according to the police, but Mrs. Dalton refused to prosequte him, fay- ing that she liked him, The fighting and quarrel last might Rgteralan 9 near and partly in the room occupied by Mrs. Dalton, the police say. ye heey by many. base: fans here as the rimpire who alter- ‘nated in caljing balls and strikes’ 9nd working the bases in the big ganivs played here during the 1820 ball sea- One man had been arrested earlier gave the name of Pete Mylkoreh (Mij« ‘er), Miller carried a long knife also. | | He is being held for investigation. - Another man was arrested on com- Plaint of authorities of Converse coun- ty: He is wanted for alleged hootles activities in Glenrock. He spent tho night at the city jail. One pugnacious drunk last night at- tempted to kick the motorcycle Ears- ley was riding out from beneath him. He failed in the attempt and continued to curse his kicking proclivities and police activities in general during his brief journey to the cooling station at elty hall. His obstinacy continued while he countédd out nearly $115 itn cash to the desk sergeant. A Dodge motor car belonging to the White Transportation company was stolen from in front of the Iris theater about 10:15 o'clock Jast night, accord- ing to police reports. The license num- ber was D158. —————>_____ (By Associated Press.) BODY OF RICH ~ WOMAN FOUND’ (By Associated Press) r LOS ANGELBS, Dec. 14.—The body of a nude woman found in a grove near here Sunday was {identified today as that of Mrs. Fay Sudow, reputed to ba! wealthy. /A dentist who did work fo: her made the identification. pe Pasian Be Cates A, WOMAN SEEKS LONDON, Dec. 14.—A large | passen- terstate commerce commision ‘today ser airplane, while leaving for Paris objecting/to the proposal that the Chi- with six passengers, struck a tree, cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad burst into flames and crashéd to the be permitted to distribute $140,000,000| ground. ‘The pilot, mechanic and two dollars of surplus in stock dividends ' passengers were r@ported killed and and bonds as a cash’ dividend. others. injured.™ BRITISH LEAVE CONFERENCE ON | CABLES IN U.S. Departure Taken After Allies Agree to Indefinite Recess; Say Agreement on Final Adjustment Must be Enforced WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—British delegates to the International Communications Conference left for home today. Their departure was expected as the result of an. indefinite recess agreed upon by delegates repres the United States, Japan, France and Italy. The reason ‘assigned by the British for their departure is under- stood to be a desire to spend the holidays at home together with ex- Pression Gf the eorivietion that aificul- ‘ics arlging over the disposition of for- Mer German eabié Gould not be settled Until the, French and Japanese dele fates communteated with their ‘foreign Offices, The United States Strongly opposed a formal recess as it desited to have cer- tain discriminatory © powers exercised by the allied nations in the possession mer German cablés could not be settled soon as possible, Out of deference t+ this position, it wae understood that a Provisional agreement would be drawn UD respecting the use of former Ger- man cables by the five allied and as- ®ociated powers which it was proposed oe come into operation immoediate- ASSASSINATION Ansoclated Dec. 14. (By LUCERNE; ge acax tert peer] —Former King Constantine, Sophie and other members of the royal party left today on their home- ward journey to Athens, without ceremony. Great crowds cheered them here, rae 1 , ‘\today had as their outstanding feature ELECTION AS TOWN’S MAYOR pee ReS (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, Bec. 14.—Municipal elec: tions ‘in sixteen Massachusetts cities the mayoralty contest at Attleboro, where Mrs. Elizabeth Daggett, the first woman in the state to aspire actively to that office, who is one of the candi- dates. State Game Warden Asks Suggestions “CHEYENNE, Wyo., Deo, 14.—Col. W. T. Judkins, Wyoming state game warden, Wesires to hear from Wyoming sportsmeh’s clubs, such as the Chey- enne Rod and Reel Club, regarding the game jaws as they are and as the clubs believe they should be. Colonel Judkins is preparing recommendations to the legislature and gesires to em- | body therein @he best thought on game laws, He therefore invites suggestions and comment from sportsmen’s organ- Identification cards are suggested by an English bishop‘ as a means of guarding against bigamy. CONSTANTINE LEAVES FOR ‘HOME’ PLOT DEFEATED Press.) PARIS, Dec. It is bolleved that the mon. plotted an attempt ‘to assassinate Kihg Con- stantine. SS EYE AE EGG PME RS OL TES RT MMU RR ITT STA IE MILITAR PATROL ALL CORK Investigation Being Made of Great Conflagration (By United Press,) LONDON, Dec. 14.—Cork is under complete military control with indications‘ of further out- breaks! in other parts of Ireland. The Irish office reported one po- liceman and three Sinn Feiners killed in yesterday’a fighting and an unknown number wounded. Cork is deseribedas a ‘staggering wilderness,” comparable to the war ruins in France, Considerable looting is reported. YOR ASKED TO PUT ‘ (By As ) LONDON, Dec. 14.—Investigation hy a military commission of Cork fires is \nar i expected to be completed today. The|iittle burdened with wearing apparel] M’CORMICK DOUBTS mayor of Cork and two Sinn Fein members of parliament were called on to explain allegations ‘relative to out. rages which they declare were perpe- trated during the past: week. ‘ (By Agsociated Press) DUBLIN, Dee, 14.—A" pay arnied men<today attacked a” mil! mator Jorry carrying six Black and Tans po- lice, who took cover in the postoffice. lieved them, Casualties, if any, were not reported. Shipping Board Reorganization Urged on House (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, . Dec... 14.—Reorgani- zation of the United States shipping board by divorcing from it the emar- gency fleet corporation and, by the selection of men experienced in the va+ ried lines of the shipping industry for! the management of each organization. | were among the “constructive sugges- tions” submitted teday by Martin Gil- len of Wisconsin to the house commit- tee investigating the board's opera- tions. Gillen was executive assistent to John Bafton Payne, chairman of the board.’' & NEVER: MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE | (By Associated Pross) BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 14.—The Ar | gentina government will not give any | notification of its withdrawal from the League of Nations in decordance with Article 1, because if doesnot consider that Argentina~has eyer been a inem- ber, the Associated Press was informed today. | TWO PERISH IN FT. WORTH FIRE (By Associated Press) FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 14.—Two persons were burned to death and heavy property damage tesulted froia a fire which destroyed a hotel here to- day. WESTERN UNION GOES TO COURT IN CABLE ROW (By Associated Pross) WASHINGTON, Deo. 14.—The West- ern Union brought suit in the District of Columbia Suptetné court today’ tor an injunction restraining the secretar- jes of state, war and navy from in- terferine with the propose? connection of the company’s cable with the new cable from the Barbadoes,, where 1 connects with the British cable to South | America. ee | Ireland, supposed to be -the great] country for pigs, has-in fact only one Pig for every three people, while in Denmark there is ‘one pig to each two) human. beings. SO 65 Gl ‘TUESDAY, DEC. 14, 1920 | WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Wednesday, colder in west and north portions tonight. 4 NUMBER 364 D FOR RES weeping Raids Conducte Underworld : Orgies Halted in Night Raids Executed as Surprise Party Nearly twenty arrests. most of them for disorderly conduct, is the net result of a sweeping drive last night, conducted by City Attorney R. M. Boeke and County Attorney Alfred Lowey in various parts of the city and on its outskirts. The Sandbar was the first place visited in the raids last night. About six made. up the party of officials headed by Boeke and Lowey. Five were fined and released by Justice of Peace W. E. Tubbs after trial this morning. All of the arrests were made on John Doe warrants, the party entering and visiting all places which smacked of suspicion. Starting at the Jazzland dance, hall about 10 o’clock, where little of an un- toward character was found, the party worked its way down Marion street, Known as the “line’) street of the Sandbar district. nI one house where & sign proclaimed a “rooming hotise,’” three girls in scant attire and a land- lady in similar suspicious garb were arrested. Shortly afterward Chief of Police tynch slipped Into the house operated by’ Belle Reardon as a@ chili ‘counter. and rooming house and placed her un- der arrest together’ with the vender of chill and edibles stationed in the front part of the house. A man who was was also arrested. Belle Reardon was fined $75 and costs this morning. while Bessie Raymond, the chili counter oper- ator, was fined $26, the charge being disorderly conduct. Rovepal drunks were arrested on the San pasone the party iia seer A ‘raid on the house operated: by sie Russell, south of the city, in'a more. ‘The Russell woman was arrést- ed on a charge “of mainteining. and keeping # house of Ill fame. Ida Mendoza was arrested’ on the same complaint as &® proprietor of a house in the city. The warrant against Bessie Russell had been sworn out by Alfred Lowey, county attorney, December 3, charging her” with maintaining and keeping a house of ill fame resorted to for the purpose of prostitution, It is reported that the old ranch had been fitted up with a bar and dance hall in-the dining room, Thirty warrants had been sworn out but not all o fthem were used last night. It is believed that @ auiet night was selected because few owners of houses reported to be operating sus- pected a, raid on Monday. One woman is reported to have told} the raiders that she had been operat- ing with little difficulty in a quiet sort of way on the Sandbar ever since the line closed last August. Many characters of the underworld could not figure out exactly what was at will be smottiered by the eloquence of Reinforcements were rushed up and re’} known old ranch house, netted several ffs members; And that a great! deal too PUBLIC REFERENDUM URGED AS BASIS FOR PERPETUATING PEACE ‘Colonel Harvey Carries Proposition to President-Elect Harding; Taft Held Likely Appointee to High Court | (By United Press.) MARION, Dec. 14.—President-elect Warren G. Harding is con- sidering@he proposal of Col. George Harvey for anf association of na- tions in which the members would be pledged to abstain from offens- ive warfare without a referendum of the people. An official state- ment said, the idea was one “which dwarfs all previous propositions. designed to perpetuate peace and to democratize the world.” It is believed among Harding's friends that William H. Taft will be the next chief justice of the supreme court. It is understood that Chief Justice White plans to resign from the bench soon after Harding's inauguration. A} second vacancy will be filled by the appointment of Ex-Senator George Sutherland of Utah, it is believed. SEE FIGHTING (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 14.—It is rumored that | disturbances occurred both in Pragy and Belgrade, the capitals of Czecly Slovakia and Jugo-Slavia, after at- ; tempts to establish Communist govern- ments in thi countries, FUTURE OF LEAGUE. (By, Associated Press.) PARIS, Dec.'14.—Doubt relative to the future of the League of Nations Was expressed today by Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois, says a, Geneva sar rales eal dispatch to the Mcho de Paris. Mc = i . tch asserts, declared ne 16 INDICTED-AS - ression that the “league} we oe (By United Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—Federal gravul, jury indictments against sixteen offi~ much time is lost in useless verbiage.” | DISARMAMENT PLAN PRESENTED TO LEAGUE. (By Associated Press.) GENEVA, Dec: 14.—Agreement among the powers to put an immediate end to the growth of armaments is | centemplated in the League of Nations! plan for disarmament as présented to-| cials of the Danfel Hayes company of day. | Idaho charged with conspiracy and uae of the mails to defraud, were ay: (By United Press) GENEVA, Dec. \14.—The League of Nations through an appeal to all na- tions will endeavor to restritt trade in | ‘arms and munitions, it was decided to day, The council wag asked to do everything possible to bring about Ais- armament and obtain a complete prav- nounced today? The indictments wera returned October 24 but had been kept secret until they were served. Accord- ing to federal officials the company. sold from three to five million dollara> worth of Caliornia land which, it is alv leged, was misrepresented. Gary, Indiana, the only large city iff t! plan for international disarma- kas ‘ the United States named after a liv- The assembly also considered methods | ng man, now has a woman city clerik, of curbing opitim and the white -slave| Mrs. Ralph W. Ross having been apy traffic. pointed to the position. BALKAN CITIES - the idea of the big raid. Officials said this morning that it was their iften- tion to clean up Casper and that they not merely planned to make feeble at- tempts to drive out the lawless and bad element, but to keep on raiding until they thoroughly cleaned out the town. Besides those at Belle Reardon's place, Dolores Clark, Rose Denham and Harry Park were fined §26 apiece and costs. They were charged with lead- ing immoral and worthless lives. The Russell woman's fine was $100. That of all others which included Bil- Ne Blake, Ray Stanley, Fay Keith, Mildred Barker, Dingle Thomas and Ida Mendoza, was $60 each and costs. A man who was working in conjunc- tion and for the benefit of the house trade, was fined $25 and costs. An entertainer, who was found en- tertaining the cook in ,the kitchen when the raiders entered, was fined $25. Others listed simply undér the name of John or Jane Doe were fined $50 and costs apiece. PACT TO Attention from By Associa’ "WASHINGTON, Dee. 1 to reduce their naval program 50 was introduced in the senate today Mins Lorraine B. Wooster, State superintendent of public instruction in Kansas, is not one of the women who| ™Madé, and asserted that the navies ur, jook with tolerant eye.on My Lady| Great Britain and Japan: are the on!y Nicotins, Miss Wooster, who has her of.| ne’ of power sufficient @to require fice in the State Capitol ‘In Topeka, Vvhen Gavan petaien his _ resolution, | ‘ein favor of prohibiting the use of to! secretary Daniela was before the nduss| baceo in the Capitol, ard has given NO-/naval committee strongly oppostins | tice of her intention to so advise the} such a proposal, “@xecutive counolil. “It would be a blunder almost equal OVER BILLION IN UNPAID TAXES U.S. AUDIT DELAYS COLLECTION Assoclated Press, WASHINGTON, Dec. Y, Mitne ig Batya] Treasury Department estimates that “more than @ billion ‘dollars’. is out- on taxation befors the house ways and means committee. po 2a A ene Gen. Nicolajeff, who commanded the : Russian troops in- France during the war, now drives @ motor truck for a wholesale firm in: Pafis, | treasury staff, testified today at a Because of the complex nature of the Present revenue laws, the internal revenue bureau has been unable com- plete the checking of tax returns in 1917, ROTO RAM APN standing in unpaid taxes mse of the government's inability to audit returns, Dr. Thomas Adams of the an BORAH PROPOSES REDUCE LARGEST NAVIES Agreement With Japan and Great Britain Suggested as Only Ones Deserving United States ted Press.) 4.—A resolution requesting the president to open negotiations with Great Britain and Japan for an agreement per cent for the next five years by Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho. The resolution would declare it to be the opinion of congress that the United States make such a reduction if an agreement could be to crime,” said the secretary, “for tis United States to enter an alliance wit any two or three nations, either to sug? pend or curtail naval building+or for any other purpose. It would certainiy make for suspicion among other nar tions of the world.” Borah’s resolution was referred to the foreign relations committee without de. bate. HOUSE TO REFUSE ANOTHER 3-YEAR-PROGRAM. (By United Press.) Dec. 14.—The™_re- y of the Navy Dan jels that. c gress authorize anothef three-year-naval building program if the United States does not enter the League of Nations, will be refused by the house naval affairs committes, which is virtually unanimous against Daniels’ suggestion. The 1916, program, which wilt be completed about 1924, will make the United States the greatest naval power {x the world, Inembers declared today. WASHI quest of |