Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1920, Page 1

° .. Generally fair tonight and Wedn day; colder in north central portion t night avd in extréme north portion Wednesday. Fiume Baieved Oceupied 1 Today but Sous on Siege A Are ‘Conflicting f JUDGE RALPH KIMBALL OF CASPER QUSTRIGT APPOINTED 10) SUPREME BENCH 10 FILL VACANCY CAUSED Universal~ Commendation Expressed Throughout State Over Selection Announced Late Monday by Gov. Carey; Local Jurist to Assume Place on n Tri- _ bunal Next Monday; Is Youngest to. Receive Honor (Spectat te The Tribune.) . " CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 28.—Perhaps no appointment by a Wyo- ming governor has been received than Goy. Robert D. Carey's selection of sixth judicial district, for the vacancy se ming resulting from the death recently of Chief with more general commendation Ralph Kimball of the the supreme bench of Wyo- Justice Cyrus ‘Beard. When Judge Kimball’s appointment to the supreme bench was an- BRITISH PAPERS WOULD CURTAIL NAVAL PROGRAM (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec, 28.—Calls for the United States, Great Britain and Japan to curtail thelr naval expense_bymiusJudge. Beara tual agreements were featured by a number of newspapers this: morning. In following this course the journals give expression to anxiety which has pre vailed here since the receipt of reports concérning the new. American naval program, The anxiety may be traced to the assumption that if the United States builds a big navy, Great Britain will do likewise. STILL OPERATOR FINED $100 IN POLICE COURT Joseph Dilso pleaded guilty to the charge of operating a still and was as- nessed a fine of $100 and costs before Judge Morris in police court yesterday evening. The police department located the still in the basement of a house aid to be occupted by Dilso, in the north- west part of the city, on December 17, but Dilso declared at the time that he knew nothing of the still, and that a former roomer had occupied the base- ment. However, according to the po- lice, “Dilso “talked too much" and fin- ally entangled himself in a mass of explanations which didn’t explain, with the result that he finally confessed his guilt and paid the fine. TONGMAN GOES TO DEATH CELL IN STATE PEN CHEYENNE, Dec. 28.—Yee Geow, sentenced to beshanged March 11 for the murder of Thomas Holland here, Was taken to the state penitentiary at Rawlins Monday. Just before his departure from the county jail here the death warrant was read to him, He exhibited no emotion. so TAX SECURITY BAN PROPOSED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec, 28.—A corsti- tutional amendment the is- suanee of any tux securities by the federal. government, states or any county or shunicipality, was proposed in the house today by Chairman Mc- Faddta of the banking committee. nounced late Monday, Goy..Carey im: mediately began receiving congratula- tions on the selection of the Casper jurist and the flow of commendatory Mesrages has continued steadily and in Inereasing volume, Judge Kimball, who was appointed to the district bench early in 1920, and re-elected without opposition last November, will assume his associate Justiceship on the supreme bench next Monday, the beginning of the term to which Judge Beard was elected Novem- ber 2. He will not, however, serve un- der appointment the term to which wawelected, the state con, ‘|stitation. providing that an appointee to the bench shall serve only until he or. @ sticcessor is chodén at the next gen- eral election to serve the unexpired por- | tion of the term of.the judge whom an appointee succeeds. In the election of November, 1922, therefore, a judge will he elected to serve the then remain- ing six-year unexpired portion of the Mayor Plows With Italian Regulars to Suspend War- fare, is Report. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Dec. 28.—There. is reason to believe night, says a Central News dis- patch. (By Associated Press.) TRIESTE, Dec. 28—News confirm: ing reports that Gabriele d’Annunzlo, Italian insurgent leader of Fiume, was wounded in recent fighting between legionnaires and regulars, was received here today. Advices said he was struck in the head by a piece of shell while conversing in the palace, but the wound was slight. DESTRUCTION OF CITY REPORTED FROM MILAN. (By United Press.) MILAN, Italy, Dec. 28.—Regular | Italian troops are within a mile of the; center of Flume, wounded soldiers rest ported today. The city is obscured by dense- smoke. Buildings and bridges were blown up by D’Annunzian troops. | It was officially denied today that | D'Annunzio had been wounded. It is reported that he declared he would de- stroy the city before he would sur- render, Late dispatches indicate that the city has been occupied. TRUCE SOUGHT BY MAYOR OF FIUME. (By Associated Press.) ROME, Dec, 28.—The mayor of Fiump mander @ suspension of . hostilities, says. Fiume dispatch today. Caviglia stip- ulated two conditions and one already has been accepted. It is expected’ that in an interview ar- ranged for today between the mayor and the commanders of the blockading forces that tefms of capitulation will iked. Gen. Caviglia, com: tallan regular forces, tel be agreed upon, PQET-SOLDIER WOUNDED BY SHELL. (By Associated Press.) PARIS, here declare that the wound suffered by D'Annunzio at Fiume was caused term to which Judge Beard was elect- ed. It is conceded that should» Judge Kimball be a candidate to succeed him- self, he will be @lected in November, 1922, without opposition. Judge Kimball will not succeed Judge Beard as chief justice. The chief jus- ticeship rotates among the three jus- tices of the supreme court, ap, asso- ciate justice automatically becuining chief justice during the latter portion of the term to which he was elected, Had)"" 4" Rome dispatch states that the Itat-| Judge Beard survived he would not|ian premior told a delegation trom par-| have continued as chief Justice after jiament ‘that Italy was forced to hasten! January 3, but would have been s8uc-i action against D’Annunzio to avert an (Continued, on Page 8) attack upon Fiume by Jugo-Slavia. quarters. Arrival of Second Car Within Next 48 Hours and In- stallation in New Plant to Permit Removal of Tribune to New Home in Three Weeks Coming through from the factory ‘at Battle Creek, Mich., in record time, the first car containing the heavier parts of The Tribune’s new Duplex Tubular rotary press arrived in the Bur- lington yards-last night, just fourteen days after leaving the mammoth Duplex Printing Press Co. factory at Battle Creek and the second car containing the lighter and more delicate equip- Dec. 28.—Newspaper reports | jby the fragment of a shell which fell! lon the palace where he had his head-| IRISH COUNTESS GETS TWO YEARS ment is expected to be in the Casper yards within forty-eight hours. ‘trom ‘Battle Creek, Mich., to Casper, ‘Wlo., establishes a new record in freight service these days aid; considering the lemoralization. of the service during the war indicates that the roads are “coming back" under private manage- ment. The shipment was handled over the Burlington system, and while the ser- vice over the "Q” is usually in the A-1 cl this new indication of personal (By Associated Press.) DUBLIN, Dec. 28—Countess Georgina Markleviez, who was tried by court-martial on a charge of conspiracy to organize a seditious society, was sentenced today to two years at hard labor. ‘The specific allegation against her was that between January, 1918, and September, 1920, she The remarkable time of fourteen days |. interest in the shipper’s welfare de- serves more than passing mention. The Tribune therefore acknowledges obli- gations to Division Freight Agent Jack Leary, who kept in close touch with the shipment after jt left Battle Creek. Mich., and saw that no delay occurred at transfer points. Unless unforeseen difficulties arise. The Tribune will be moved to its new quarters in the New Tribune Building in about three weeks, and will be grinding out the world’s news in one of the finest printing plants in the west. The new Duplex Tubular press is the very last word In up-to-date news- paper equipmént, The big machine is designed to turn out 30,000 16-page pa- pers per hour, printed, folded and count- ed. With this press, The Tribune will be able to issue several editions a day, and every train leaving Casper will be supplied with Tribunes carrying the latest news of the world from a leased wire. The Thompson type caster, which was also shipped over the Burlington from Chicago a few days ago, is expected to arrive this week, and will be installed plotted to organize a Sinn Fein Boy Scout society, This organization was charged with conspiracy to murdet military police and with unlawful drilling, pagers: CE ——— in the new office. With this type caster advertisers will have command of 1700 Mifferer:t feces of type, all cast in the CITY MANAGER PLAN TALKED The regular weekly meeting of the Casper Chamber of Com- that Fiume has! merce was held at noon today in the Henning dining room with a been occupied by regular troops, ‘large attendance of the members to hear the proposed plan of chang- BY DEATH OF LATE GHIEF JUSTICE 2: r Giolitti of Italy declared, ing the government of the City of Casper to a commission or city at a press conference in Rome last} manager plan. ttorney G. R. Hagens opened the discussion by a statement of what the committee had done in pre- paring, .a- bill for introduction at the coming’ legislature and Mr, Hagens favered the present measure now in use in Indjana, although some parts he considered as too wordy and compli- cated to be of much use here. Mr. Hagens outlined the new form of govermment as orfe. where there would be no »“passing of the buck,"’ as this term is generally sunderstood, for there would‘be a responsible head who would! have to stand or fall according to his works... The measure provides for the initietive, referendum and _ recall, though it is so arranged that a small body of* chronic .kickers cannot make trouble ‘for the officials who are taking care ofthe city's affairs. Civil, Engineer Ambrose, Hemming- way addressed the chamber and was in favor of the doing away with the inl- tintive, “referendum and_ recall. Dr. &. A. Dean spoke in-favor of the new syatem in case it would take away the power of the state utilities board which, according to the doctor, was working a serious injury, to this com- munity, Rev. Phillips K. Edwards then asked in regard to the disposition of the po- lee control under the new form and Mr. Hagens in return. stated that the city officers would be responsible to thé elty nager only, and that the city ang CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 25.—Fed- eral qfficers here decline to deny or confirth a report that Dewey Gordon, 22, Union Pacific shop employe, who was arrested on a charge of having attempted t6 blackmail Coroner Clyde Early, has’ made a confession impli- cating another -man whé will be ar- rested if He can be found. The charge against Gordon, who has given’ bail ‘of $1,000, will be laid be- fore tlie United States grand > jury which will report next May. It is charged that Gordon appeared as the agent of the writer of a letter to Coroner Early demanding $200 “hush money” or the coroner's wife would be informed by the writer that RAILROAD DELIVERS FIRST UNIT OF NEW TRIBUNE PRESS IN RECORD TIME™14 QAYS FROM FACTORY Service Men Take Turns in Giving Blood to Comrade MONTROSE, Cal, Dec? 28—When there are no more to give blood, then Isaac Pettingill ean but lie down and die. Pettingill, a former service man, is suffering from pernicious anemia. The doctors say that only blood transfu- sions can prolong his life and that this expedient is’ only temporary. _ When- ever thé blood transfusions have run their course of usefulness, there must be another to save the man’s life. Al- ready there have been two transfu- sions and many former service men are on the waiting lst,,ready to give their blood when necessary. | HARBOR STRIKE IS PREDICTED NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Officers or tle New York, Towboat exchange and] Harbor Workers’ union leaders today predicted a harbor atrike affecting sev- eral thousand men January 1 unless an unforseen agreement can be reached to avert it. FRENCH COAST HIT* BY STORM (By Associated Press) BREST, FRANCE, Dec. 28,—-A storm of the utmost violence {is raging along the western coast of France and office, new every day, which will add greatly to the attractiveness of the mechanical makeup of the paper. the sea is heavy, even in the roads to Brest harbor, where a vessel was sunk. manager would be responsible for the cleanliness of the city in return. Senator W. W. Sproul took the floor and spoke in favor of the initiative, referendum and recall in the new meas- sure and Representative J. E. Frisby spoke of the selection of either form of government at the option of | the cities involved, Later’ Mr. Frisby spoke of the action of the plan in Ger many as witnessed by him during the oceupation of that country by the A. E..F. | The chairman called upon Ex-Gov. B. |B. Brooks, who in turn asked C. B, Richardson of Cheyenne to tell of the workings in that city of this form of government. Mr. Richardson was fol- lowed by Mr. Hopkins and Judge C. E. Winter then was called upon for his views. The judge, however, excused himself for the present, but asked that) he be called upon at some future date after he had had time to examine the measure more closely. Attcrney, Tr. W. Ogilbee also cited Instances 6f the way the plan works in Germany and the efficient manner in which it is made to function there. ewll to ‘the ehiimber members not to) expeet the new form of government to become a panacea for all the present; ills cf municipal government. BLACKMAIL CASE is ‘CONFESSED he had seen Early at Crystal Lake and Salt Lake with a woman not his wife. Early turned the blackmail letter over to the postal suthorities, who directed him to reply to it. Gor- don was arrested when he appeared | at the postoffice and claimed Early’s reply as the agent of “Thomas J. Crosby” the name signed to the threatening let PLINE SHORTAGE RESULTS FROM NUMEROUS CRASHES HEYENNE, Wyo., Dee. 28. shes” and other causes have mr | sulted in a shortage of airplanes for the Cheyenne-Omaha and Cheyenne- Salt Lake divisions of the air mail and service has been crippled for sey- eral days. Only one ship left the field here Tuesday, taking off for Omaha. None left Monday and only one Satur- day, the latter crashing on its arrival at Omaha Monday after a two-day lay- over at North Platte. SOVIET AGENTS BEING DRIVEN OUT REPUBLIC (By Associated Press) TIFLIS, Dec. 28,—Energetic meas. ures against persons suspected of be- ing Bolshevik agents have been adopted by the government of the Gorgian re- public, Representatives of soviet Rus- sia were expelled and socialfst clubs raided and théir, members arrested. Arms, and documents were seized. A sharp note was handed to M. Sher- man, @ representative of, the Moscow government, stating that the republic hhd decided upon ruthless warfare against plotters and would not tolerate soviet machinations. c WASHINGTON, antbalien land Jaw to all foreigners the Japanese, he pointed out. over the future of her California oil draw her protest, ‘Tom Cooper finished the hour with a, Prohibition Agents Swoop Down on 35 Saloons; Expected Resistance Fails. WYOMING'S 1920 CLP ts WORTH 9,500,000 el REPORT | M Market Value Is I&@ Than One-Fourth Amount Realized by the Wool Men in 1919: (By Associated Press) BWREEY, Wis., Dec, 28.—About seventy persons were arrested, thirty- seven salgons searched and two bob- sled loads ‘of lquor seized in a raid here teday by federal prohibition en | forcement ujents, according to a statem@nt by Joseph Callahan, in charge Of the agents, who a from Chicago unexpectedly. will take the prisoners to Ashland, Wis,, for arraignment on charges of violaticn of the prohibKion laws. HURLY, Wis., Dec. 28.—More than half a hundred federal pro- hibition agents from Chicago sur- ‘thirty-five open saloons in lurley this morning, many arrests and seizing quanti- ties of liquors. ‘The agents were armed but nota shot was fired during the first hour's operations. The raid followed a wild night at Hurley during which liquor was sold at bargain rates, ranging from , 35 cents for moonshine whiskey to 7 cents for Unusual interest taken in the seventeenth annual convention of the Wyoming Wool Growers’ As- January 6 to 8, inclusive, can understood when it is stated that pabahe those eereiea rie Bs er adiaters in 1919 the wool growers of Wyoming | Jacks who were too paralyzed from }i-|received approximately $14,000,000 for quor to f@alize what was happening. their wool clip, while the 1929 clip, if Reports had reached prohibition en- forcement headquarters in Chicago that prohibition agents would be shot if they attempted to make arrests in Hurley, a lumbering. town of about 3,600 population. Although telepohne mes- sages from Chicago inquiring whether the raid had been made reached Hur- | ley just ahead of the offiers, the sa loon men appeared not to have been warned. The liquor men were swept up very quickly. Some residents said that sold on the basis of today’s markets, would bring the. growers less than §$3,- 600,000. This is an enormous loss for one state and does not take into con- sideration the shrinkage in value of the stock ewes remaining on the ranges. ‘This shrinkage is estimated at $20,000,- 000. ewes are selling on the market for less than in 1914, One shipment of Wyoming ewes sold on the Chicago larger dealers had concealed some stocks were helieved to have lquor| market in November, netting the owns locked their safes, The rald-was At the present price of Woo! | no Torat:- “executed rapidly, Cleaning up the most nary man could carry enough wool to accessible poreree 20: 19s in less than an hour. } INJURIES FROM _|isisrs'att tise ie ie FALL FATAL TO Peat oie per head, contains from 90c to $3. worth of wool, The convention is expected’ to ask congress to pass an embargo against further imports of wool and meats. The matter of the passage of the sociation, to be held in Caspey © based 4 Dee, 28—Representative California announced today that California congressmen are considering widening the antiJap land law to prohibit fand holding by all foreigners. Application of the present Japanese protest against the measure as discriminatory to | It would also act as a check against large British ofl holdings in California, He intimated that Japan's reported withdrawal of her protest against the law was because Great Britain worried could have beon brought by England upon Japan to with- AGED WOMAN WORLAND, Wyo., Dec. 28,—Mrs. Anna Marie Davis, 60, is dead from injuries sustained when she fell from the roof of a low shed at her ran home near this place. She had gone upon the Fook to of: to: epee a leak. SUN DOGS TIP OFFWEATHER COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 28 —Two red spots appe don either side | ot the sun late in the afternoon, An! inquisitive youth asked an old man | what they were. “Them's sun dogs; a} dern good sign of cold weather,” was | the reply. That night the thermometer | touched zero In the Christmas week cold wave. Liquor Supply in Denver Increases; Can’t Destroy it DENVER, Colo., Dec, 28,—What to do with the great quantities of liquor seized in prohibition raids has presented a problem to local and federal authori ties here. The city hall vaults recent ly became so filled that Chief Arm strong of the police department called on ®rank J. Medina, federal prohibition enforcement officer, for help. Mr. Me- dina removed the surplus to the federal building. But even here there was lit tle room for it. NS “It isn't worth keeping and it isn't worth drinking. I do. know what on earth we are going to do with it,” Mr. Medina said, The local authorities haven't a right to destroy it without orders from Wash ington. ° | lands, Freneh€apper “truth in fabric’ bill will come up for discussion. ‘This bilt provides for compulsory labelling of fabrics so the consumer may know what he is buying. The ‘coming Wool Growers’ Assd> ciation, MeKink is | having blankets manu 100 , per js and selling them direct to the consumers at Coste The demand for these blankets has beer hea extremely Subjects of paramount importanve tb the sheep industry, such as tariff, finan- cing wool clips, taxes, rentals on state commission charges, freight will be discussed at C: € s. A general invitation xtended yor everyone if- in sheep hushandry to attend. Casper is preparing a splendid enter- tainment for the visitors and éveryone is assured an instructive meeting and a good time. . BANDIT SHOOTS CHEYENNE MAN, WOUNDS FATAL (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, Dec, 28,—Asimeon Bus quez, a pool hall proprietor, was shot through the body and probably mor. tally wounded by one of two highway- men who held up him and his brother Ina lon@ly section of South Cheyenny at 12% this morning. The outlaws escaped with $400, taken from the wounded man. —_ char, per b has t sted , etc., At one time young men might take es from a maid as there as many kiss were berries on mistletoe bough, and snother kissing fancy at he might go on kissing untli a berry fell, had he a mind to. Kahn of of; guaranteeing land would nullify the sador to Japan, wa: holdings. Pressure| Officials said that WASHINGTON, stated today that Representative Kahn of California, who conferred yesterday with Roland Morris, American ambas+ JAP RESTRICTIONS MAY INCLUDE OTHER ALIENS| It is understood that the reported action of Japan in withdrawing her protest will result In the proposed treaty rights to the-Japs being “scrapped.” Dec. 28—State department officers, s mistaken in his impression that Japan had withdrawn her opposition to the California antiJapan+ ese land law adopted in the November election in that state. abandonment of the position of Japam was not expected, at least, until after the close of negotia- « tions now in progress, ve