Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1921, Page 1

VOLUME V. i ENFORCEMENT PLAN DRAWING FIRE OF SOME Opponents of Constabulary, Proposal in Legislature Open Fight on Measure; Economy Idea Contains Appeal BY DANIEL A. BELL, (Tribune Staff Correspondent.) i CHEYENNE, Jan. 18.—Supporters of Goy. Robert D. ares 's Blan for a law enforcement division are busily engaged today in fighting!| the sentiment created in favor of a state constabulary as the best means of ene ee laws of the state. As a result the measure, which will be intr luced i in the house. abolishing the national guard, game and fish commission, and the prohibition department, is causing numerous objections, Advocates. of)campmént. The state makes an adat political plums declare they will teve! none of it. But heads of tne depart- ments, which Would be abolished under the plan, assert the constabulary is’ a ood idea. Aadjt. Gen. 'T. J. MeCoy, head, of the first organization that would be affected by the passage of the measure, declared When asked for his’ opinion, that a tional allowance of a dovar a day. | Backers of the constabulary bill, how- ever, point out a statement made in Washington by ‘General Carter, chief of the militia bureau, that 14 states in the nation have no ntional guard troops recognized Vy the federal gov- ernment. This, They declare, is ex+ cellent argument that both the state and national get along very well without the national guard, and as proof postive that one additional state Will not handicep a government which won a war with @ host of men, untrain- #d und recruited under General Crow- draft system, and with volunteers janxious to serve their country. state constabulary’ would be of much | value to the state in bringing about Jaw enforcement, but declared he was opposed to the abolishment of the n. tional guard, because it would inte fere with the program of the nation gcvernment. He declared the fact t the federal government has spent $117,- 000-in the last six months onthe guard,| ‘They also declare the present system and had provided equipment valued at| of military training Inthe: high schools more thar’ $250,000 was excellent cri-}of the nution is. preparing American terion that. the government believed | boys in a very suitable fashion for the the national guard of value in time, of '@Mmergency of war. areth me From the other departments affected , by the proposed meusure there came “The abolishment of the nationalj only surprise, but no complaint as to guard would seriously interfere with] the operation of the measurd. W. 'T. the. goverfiment program of having a] Judkins, state game warden, ‘when jnillion armed and trained men ayail-| quizzed on the measure declined to com: nble in time of war,” declared General| mit himself on the question of his de- McCoy. There are about 560 men in| partment Being wiped out of existence, the sinte and the guard has been run-/but said if the legislators considered | ning along in an appropriation of $7,-| the measure a step toward efficiency, 500 a year. his accounts for the de-! he would have no complaint, and ¢: ficit shown in the budget. ‘There was-| pressed satisfaction at the statement in| not sufficient money’ to continue the} the Casper Tribune story that no fault work despite the fact that the men ate paid by ‘the government during YOUNG BANDIT GANG SEIZES CHICAGO MAIL Union Pacific Guards Are Forced Back in- to Truck While Sacks Containing Money Are Lifted; Gang Escapes (By_ Associated Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 18:--five youthtul bandits held up a United State mail truck at Union Station, escaping in an automobile with) twelve sacks of mail, ten of which contained registered mail. Volice say the pouches contained part of a federal reserve bank money ship- ment destined for St. Paul. The bandits surprised three postal employes guarding the pouches forcing. them at the point of pistols| with the knowledge that ‘on ‘Tuesday (Continued on Page 3) Officers Encouraged Against Lawless-| ness of all Kinds. Advocates of law and order re- ceived pronounced encouragement and took action which should spur city and county peace officers to renewed efforts, drive out or con- trol all vicious elements in Casper | wher at the Chamber of Commerce forum at noon today they secured} unanimous approval of a resolution fa voring the enforcement of present laws | ond making Casper a clean city, The discussion and vote gn this {ovens followed discussion of the governor's recommendation for a state law enforcement organization, inddrse- | ment of which was withheld by the chamber here because it lacked sug: | gestions of definite plans. question of law enforcement was p- ented to the forum by Rev. Philip K. Edwards, chairman of the meeting. who opened the subject to general a ussion. The motion—‘Casper and Na- trona County shall be free from law- | lessness and Casper made a. clean city to live in'—was the outgrowth of this discussion and was adopted without a dissenting vote. Dr. J. FP. O'Donnell, as venerial dis- ease control officer, read a statement in which he found many faults with the methods used at the present time to combat prostitution. According to Dr. ‘Donnell a bill to be presented to the state legislature would empower the States attorney general to handle cases where’ the local county or city attor- neys had refused or failed to do so. ‘The power of this court, he said, would in no way conflict with the local au- thorities. is He made a motion for the indorse- ment of a state law enforeement bu- reau.. The motion was voted down by the meeting. A short talk was given by Earle D. ber of Commerce, who Gecla¥ed that “Casper intends to think for, itself, re- gardléss of what others are doing. 1 therefore make a motion that the citi- zens of Casper want a real clean and well-governed. city.” ; Mr. Holmes, in his talk, brought out the feet that ‘recently a man left an $8 a day job to go to) work for the county at $120 per month, “We, the people of Casper, are entitled to know he reason for this thing.” he said, Many quéstions regarding the meas- ures proposed at the meeting were gone over. Nothing definite concerning the course to ‘be taken other than the carrying of the motion was done. The motion will be referred to a committee of seven members of the Chamber of Commerce and a report will be made on it next T esday. ——— REBEL GETS PASSPORTS. (By Associated Press) TRIESTE, Jan. 18.—Gabrielle d'An- nunzio, ‘former insurgent leader of Fiume, leaves that city this week V ed of his legionaires still remain *in Fiume. 68BURNEDTO | DEATH, BLAST WRECKS TRAIN (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, Jan, 18.— eight passengers on a Russian railwa frain running from Luga to Nuvoss rod, southeast of Petrograd, were burt: ed to death when a quantity of benzt being carried as freight exploded and wrecked the train, says a Helsingfors dispatch to the Berlingske Tidende. The Kk into the truck, while the bandit! shipments were generally light. ar drew alongside and the bags were} transferred, © ‘The bandits wore black| masks and executed the robbery “I quickly that the attention of a watch-| man and railroad foremgn working | nearby was not attracted until the ban- dit car was seen speeding away. The registered bags contained cur- rency and the regular ones collections. The postal authorities were ‘uiabte| to estimate the amount of the loot. ni (By United Press) was said that Northwest shipments BERLIN, Jan. 18,—It was report- usually averaged about $100,000 in| ed from The Hague today \that the values ‘but they consoled : themselves! former German kaiser had been re- REDS PROTEST ATTACK ON SHIPS FRENCH ARE ASKED TO EXPLAIN (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 18.—Russia rekerdy the “unprovided” attack of a French cruiser on one of her Black Sea vessels as an act of war and has demanded an explanation, according to a Moscow dispatch, In note ta France attack vn Soviet vessel was protested. “Many of the crew were killed or, wound- ed,” it was stated. “Russia will await France's explanation before drawing conclusions,” the note stated, ‘ / train eaught fire from the flaming} fluid. t S ASKED TO LEAVE DOORN quested to leave Doorn because of his part in an alleged monarchist plot to restore the Hohenzollerns to power. It was said that an official repuest had been made by Holland jor the, kaiser and the former crown prince to leave. 3 Belief was that the crown prince planned a quiet entry into Berlin at the head of troops whose loyalty was “guaranteed.” The plot developed in Amsterdam with personal servants ‘of the royal family, it was stated. 2c cata d Slt wt 2 MEX CONGRESS TO MEET. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 18.—A ‘call for @ special session of’ the Mexican con-| gress beginning February , was issued last night by President Obregon. Among the projects to be discussed are a, new banking law article 27 of the const!- tution which governs petroleum depos- its, a new labor law, army reconstruc: | “tion and international commerce. Holmes, president.ofthe Casper Cham- | wen AT ANTE FOR HOSPITALS) Hi Sick and Wounded World! War Vets Neglected by Government, Advocates} site 1 of Appropriation Say — 4 | (By Associated Press) | Washington, Jan. 18.—Sena- tors who are attempting to get better hospital facilities for} sick and wounded soldiers plan ask that Senator France's) bill appropriating $29,500,000 for hospitals to be taken up It opposed, | they will ask for a record yote. The! advocates may follow the same proced-! ure in the house. The France bill was reported out on} June 20 last year but has failed to get | action. It proposes to prevent promo- tions of army officers and confirmation of army appointments until the senate gives decent attention to conditions, Senators will tell congress that sold: lers are being forcibly discharged from hospitals though not cured; that the public: health sery is caring for the wounded; that wounded veterans ore dying from lack of © after their | discharge, and that m- ‘cxpitals are “fire-traps.’’ France's) i!l calls. for the} creation of eaalou |_Lospitals, eer INCOME TAX IS BEST REVENUE GETTER, GLASS (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Senator Carter Glass} ‘former secretary of the treasury, in discussing the taxa- tion problem today, recommended a coltinuation of direct taxes such as those o1 comes, the elimination wherever possible of indirect taxes like thosé on excess profits, economy in governmental expenditures and d feat of protective tariff legislation We said carctul revision of the rev- enue laws by congress would save millions to the taxpayers, He said the excess profits tax should be repealéd or radically modi- fled. He also said that ‘coMgress: should depend on a personal income tax as the least harmful way of meet- ing government “sxpen ditures. CIGAR STORE ON CENTER ROBBED Robbers iast night entered the Park ér Bros. cigar store, 126 South Ci nd stole twelve cases of cigar yalued at $1,000. Entrance was gained by forcing ‘the hack doer. The rob had used s trucks to carry away loot. No clues were ound that might tea to the upp ysion of the evim \inals, GREAT CROWD ENJOYS BANU: EN TEA AINMIENT | The Iris theater was packed to the doors Sunday afternoon for the free concert given hy the Casper Concert band in connection with the re picture Show, From 2:30 until 4 o’cloe’ the band entertained with selections which pleased the audience and gave proof of diligent practice and training during the early winter mont Erie adhe hg : TRAFFIC VIOLATORS FINED. Five traffic violators made their sp ACTION ON BILL }and the | sible that the wound was inflicted by a | by Reeder from which three shells had | Generally fair tonight and Wednesday except probably rain or snow in west portion; somewhat warmer tonight in northeast and central portions, _CASPER, wr0:, TUESDAY, JAN. 18, 1921. Man Jailed on 1 Night of Crime Gives up “T’ll bet I know who did it.” A chance remark, dropped by a prisoner in the city jail, and it may solve the mystery surrounding the murder of J.} S. Reeder, who was found shot to death by an unknown assas- sin within a half block of his home on South Grant street a week ago, Al though th was confined in the city jail the night of the murder on the charge of rob bing a store, the police think he may} be connected with the case. Taking him at his own word they are investigating depth of his information® is being probse, During a third degree by the police officials it developed that the man cathe here and obtained a room at the | Wyatt Hotel and a few a later was Joined by two younger mien. Lat- | er the man now in custody was arrested on-a charge of robbery and two days | after the murder the other men dis- appeared. Whether the two men in question are the guilty parties are the | details upon which the authorities are basing their investigation. If, is said that one man stayed in the room practically all the time after the night of the murder and the police are rying to determine whether he had been’ wounded. If he were, it is pos: bullet from the. .26 automatic carried} been fired: The theory of the officials is that Mr, Reeder was shot during an attempt to rob him. Where is the box able papers, that Mr, Reeder is said to have had? So far the authorities have not been able to get any trace of it. It has been rumored, also that Mr. Reeder was to have recelyed @ large sum-of money this month from a bast ness transaction. ‘The gun with which Reeder was said to have been shot was supposedly pur- chaséd on the Sandbar. Police have been unable to locate it but expect to get possession of it within a short time. ae ee MADRID CABINET TO QUIT POSTS (By Associated Press) r PARIS, Jan. 18.—A decision to re. sign was reached today by the Span- ish cabinet, according to a Madrid dis- patch quoting information received from political circles in the Spanish capital. ——_—_—_— DISARMAMENT URGED.- (By Associated Press) containing valu- man who dropped the clue |: NUMBER % MAKE CASPER CLEAN’. [5 REQUEST. yt Ty FORUM “ NOACC MADE AGAINST COMMISSION Suggestion for Investigation of Highway Commission Made for Purpose of Giving Public Assurance (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 18.—Representative A. S. Mercer of Big Horn county in stating on the floor of the house of the Wyoming legislature Monday that he believed there should be a legislative investigation of the state highway department voiced the sentiment of perhaps nine-tenths of the other mem- bers of the legislature and of a majority of the people of the state who have given the matter nicre; bined. The department's budget state- than the most perfunctory considera-| ment shows that the funds available tion. The sentiment need not ‘be re-} for its activities during the period, gerded as necessarily involving criti-| April 1, 1920-March 51, 1921, total $5. | wrong with the department, but mere- cism or distrust of the highway depart-| ment, but more accurately may be con- sidered the expression of a desire for! information The proposed investiga~' tion need not be regarded as by infer- ence suggesting that there is anything ly as inferring: that there is a general| desire for assurance that all is right! —that the great fund available to the} 762,367.52, and that the expenditures for the same period total $4,840,708.57, leaving a balance of $911,658.95, The budget statement of needs for the 1921- 28 biennium reveals that the expendi- ture of $5,463,920 during that period is contemplated. stimated revenue during the period from federal aid, county aid and interest, and Including the balance of $911,658.95 from the department ‘heretofore has been ex-|1919-21 biennium, total —$3,043,616.49. pended with wisdom from the, view-| leaving a bafance of $2,420,304,51 to } point of the state as“a whole, and that| provided. by the present legislature if the great fund which it is proposed) the projected program is to be carried to make available for the coming bien-| out. Gov. Carey has \recommended nium will be so expended. A legisla- | that “If the legislature desires to“car- tive investigation, logic suggests in| ry on the highway work as defined in |View of the widespread sentiment,| the budge n appropriation of $2 should not be opposed but should be 000 each year, or a total of $600,000. fo! urged bythe department, If \thero-is; the -bientrium could bes made, and the no reason why such an investigation] balance could be raised by issuing ad- should not be Held, then there is no} ditional bonds or by using part of th reason for opposing it; if there is rea-/ funds to be received through the fed- son for opposing it, then it should be] eral oil leasing law.” neta ~4 There is a very natural public inter- Public interest in the highway de-| est, not necessarily to be regetted as in | partment is very natural inasmuch as| any measure reflecting on the highway this department has spent during the} department, in how gnd where so gr period of itg existence, and proposes} an amount of money—approximat to spend duging the coming biennium,| $25 for each man, woman and child! more money than all the other depart- - ments of the state government com-| (Continued on Page 3) SINCERITY OF U.S. ATTACKED PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 18.—A fayor- able consideration hy President Wilson of the congressional memorial for dis- armament was asked by the house of representatives of the Arizona legisla ture in a memorial which was approved today by a vote of 38 to 1. TWO KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN FILM FACTORY (By Associated Press) BAYONNE, N. J., Jan. 18.—Two were killed and more than ten injured in| an explosion and fire at the plant of the! Bellows Film company today, Two charred bodies were blown through a window of the plant and were found beside the tracks of a railroad near the factory. One apparently was that of a woman, Firemen worked desperately in an a*- tempt to reseue fifteen persons inside | the small building, GUNS TU (By Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, dan 18— French black troops turned their ma- chine-guns on mutinous Cossacks of General Wrangel’s former army en- RUSS WUTINEERS BY JAPANESE Desire for. Naval Restriction Due to Econ- omy Plea, Charge; Britain and Amer- ica Must Lead Way for Japs (By Associated Press) TOKIO, Jan. 18.—American proposals-that Japa, Great Britain and the United States ‘“‘take a naval holiday’’ are el-quent proof that despite the fabulous riches of America, she wishes to curtail national | expenditures and therefore, the proposals are intended more to help | America than contribute to the peace of the wovld, said Marquis Oku- ma, former Japanese premier in an interview today. He asserted that Amorica should first consult Great Charges the American government Britain relative to the suggested ,us-| is giving the incident arising out of the pension of naval programs, death rf Lieut. Langdon at Viadivos- ‘Only when § an American-British | tok wadue importance ure made by agreement is reached,” he added, “ean | newer papers here. Japan be in a position to consider the} proposition.”” INTEREST. CENTERS IN VAP PROGRAM HERE. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Present , A \and projected naval expansion by the United States and other powers was discussed today briefly by the senate naval committee with the chief of naval operations. Members said he evidenced special interest in Japan's building pro- gran ca’ap and ul- e rman Lodge issued a call today ® special meeting on Thursday of | encircled the Cossack’s timately cot the mutineers under con- | for trol. Leaders of the uprisi.g weve arrest- ed and are being ceartmartialed by une senate foreign relations committee for further consideration of the Borah resolution to curtail naval construc- the French auxiliar,. tion. pearance yesterday before the police judge. FE. B. Ward, B. Bierman, A. B. Dornboos, Mr. McGrath and a : Mr. Beggs, those charged with breaking the law were given a fine of $5 each. oJe} camped near Constantinople Satur- day night after the Cossacks had dis- armed their officers. The Russians returned the fire killing ten Sene- Jackson, George Stewart, Frank Keily| galese and wounding twenty others and J. B, Padden forfeited bonds of} and two French officers, The French $15 each on drunk charges. Bee Burns Was assessed the heaviest fine, draw ing a penalty of $100 for violation of ithe drug ordinance. (By United Press) BUSINESS OCCUPIES HARDING. WASHINGTON, Jan, 18.—Investiga Asso: Press) tion of the presence of American sol- diers in Siberia and of the status and SIBERIAN POLICY PROBED. iy MARION, Ohio, Jan. 18.—The pross of | personal business, which must be dye.{Condition of American citizens there 1s posed of before his departure for the |Drovided for in a resolution introduced South, is engaging the attention of today by Senator Johnson of Califor Presicent-elect suruing this week. sia. ‘LABORER’ ASKS BANKRUPTCY AID OWES $10, 921, "ASSETS ARE $275 (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 18.—Louis Adam Millard, of Worland, Wyoming, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the Federal Court here Monday. The petition describes him as a “Laborer” and sets forth Habilities of $10,921, His assets are $275,