Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1921, Page 1

A oe ° A % ? ° ° ° o ° ¢ $00,000 BOND ISSUE TO BE ASKED FOR SCHOOLS GONGESTION MEANS CONTINUATION CAPITAL TRYING TO SMASH UNION LEADERS CLAIM Unemployment Used | as Weapon, Says _ Chicaga Chief (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—A con- spiracy of capital to smash union-| ism is the cause of unemployment | in the nation, trade unionist lead-| ers here charged today. Labor has mobilized to fight open shop attempts, which are called a plot to wreck the unions. @ ‘ : The unemployment situation was Manufactured by labor baiting employ ers to force down wages and increase ‘working. hours, it was statcd by Ron- ert M, Buck, labor. lead: Labor will fight to a finish, he deciered. The pres: ent situation ma*ks a crisis in trade unionism. { Curtailment of production ahd inet-| figieney have resulted from the unions, | according. to John M. Glenn, secretary | of the Ilinois Manufacturers: .2sst tion. He said the open shop movement Was brought on by pylic sentiment against the unions. A conference of labor leaders has heen called for Chica ' on February “to organize for the fight. 100 PERISH AS _ DAMS BREAK IN MINING REGION , (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Jan, 19—More than one hundred persons were drowned and more than two hundred injured in a disaster yesterday ‘at Pachuca when two dams above the city broke and torrents of water swept thru the lower sections of the big mining |in agdition to building the. North Cas- center, according to latest reports. One hundred persons were rendered | homeless, lis ne North Casper [s to Be Doubled in Size; Three New Buildings Must Go Up Taxpayers of school district No. 2 will be asked to vote bonds. to the estimated amount of $200,- 000, probably early in February, to finance building program in Casper, This amount, “according to M. P. Wheeler, @ member of thé board for fifteen years, will be needed to double the size .o: the North Casper school and erect three new buildings of eight rooms} each, all of which probably wil be needed to accommodate the pupils on the first* day of school’at the begin- ning of another year. There is ample ‘space on the North Casper grounds for ® four-room addition, a bléck of land has been acquired in, the Mills-Baker addition and in Southeast Casper and a school will be necessary in Southwest Casper to serve the district to he In- cluded in the home building project to be undertaken by the Standard Oil Com. pany of Indiana for its employes. At the present time, in addition to the new Vocational High School struc- ture, a new building of seven roams, ‘ing completion in East Casper on Elk street. ‘This will be ready for oecupation in, another month and wil} relieve “congestion in the Park “and West Casper schools by shifting pupits| from one jurisdiction to another. The steady increase in the growth of the Casper schools: has. become amaz- ing even to members of the board, who point to the fact that accommodation: have never caught up with require: ments since the city launched its rapid growth. . In/1903, when Mr, Wheeler became a member of the board here, eight in-| structors vere employed for ‘between! 200 and 300 pupils. In 1910 the Cen-, tral building of nine rooms afforded re- Hef for vongestion. ern nine-room building was erected in its place. ‘The year 1916. saw the ad- dition of four more rooms to the Cen- tral building and ‘the use of basement rooms which were never intended. for School rooms, ‘The East Casper school was erected in 1918, adding eight rooms and in 1919 two to the East Casper and Park schools rooms were added! per ‘School. Last year saw the com- pletion ‘of the West Casper school, api ee Milk form the Yak is very rich. } the “annual” school| dn 1914 the ola} tention to organize a'filibuster on the Park school was torn down and a mod-| Measure, he made it plain that he could | strike out }puts the question | size of the house squari BUILDING. WORK FIRE EPIDEMIC - HITS CITY, LOSS Others Break Out (By: Assogjated, Press.) WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 19.| -—This city was spotted by fires! early today with losses which ran upward of $1,000,000. Two! business buildings on Main street| burned and roof blazes damaged! a score of tenement structures, driv-/ ing the occupants into the zero tem: perature of the streets. Ms While this epidemic of flames en- gaged all city apparatus another flery'| spot developed several blocks .away doing damage of $100,000. The origin of the fi mined.. The police are to charge incendiarism. FILIBUSTER ON TARIFF BILL IS ‘IN FULL SWING (By United. Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Demo: cratic filibuster against the emergency tariff biN is in full swing in the sen- ate, Although Senator Inderwood, Democratic leader, disclaimed any {n- s is undeter- not. prepared not control individual Demoerats, (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The house refused to postpone consideration of th re-apportionment/ bill today, defeating by a vote of 197 to 92 a motion to the enacting clause. This | of determining the | before that | body. M. D. Barnett, prop! D, Barnett store in Denve or of the M. . is here on with the appropriation of all available (Continued on Page 4) business connected with store. his Casper SLAYER OF CORBETT GETS LIFE IN. County Attorney Secures Maximum Pen- alty Held Possible in Case of Jesse At- ~- kins and Saves County $3,000: Jesse Paul Atkins, alias “Red the state penitentiary to serve a life sentence for the murder of John ‘i ho shot and killed at his ranch southeast of Cas- per in Elkhorn Valley late in 1919. Atkins today pleaded guilty to second degree murder and sentence was pronounced by Judge C. 0. Immediately afterward, in the custody of ‘J. Corbett, 46, who was Brown in district court. Sheriff Leé Martin he started for Raw-| ins’ on the 2:45 train, Those identified with the case, con- sider its culmination not only a stroke of good policy, but » marked achieve- ment on the part of Prosecuting Attér- ney Alfred R, Lowey who, faced with the alternative of placing Atkins on trial and the pragtical imppssipility of securing a jury that would inflict capital punishment»on so young @& criminal and one who has a taint of insanity in his blood, prevailed upon him to plead guilty and accept life im- prisonment. Atkin’s mother, at last reports, was in an asylum at Kalama- z00, Michigan. The saving to the state by of trial elimination, will amount yeason to prosécute the case, been necessary to bring witnesses from | ‘Texas, where Atkins was arrested, and to} $3,000, wisich would have been required | It would have] Livingston,” 19, is on his way to from Douglas, Cheyenne. Atkins was arrested in Texas at ‘the culmination of a man hunt which ex- Glenrock, Glendo and / transportation of liquor in Mills & Ba- 7 jker addition, While Fighters |: A re Engaged | the criminals. | jsrill in connection with’ the investiga. | men wanted for | FOR MONTANA. | BY THUG CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19, 1921. WHO KILLED REEDE Confidence in Roommate Leads to Arrest of Man Belie | | | edge of Identity of Slayers, Officers Seek Confession from Man Behind Bars. } | _J.S. Reeder, Casper shoemaker, who was shot to death within a,| Leg block of his home on South Grant street on the night of January | BABY ‘TASTES’ 11, was murdered by gangsters who carried on a campaign of rob- | bery as a side line to other lawlessness, which included bootlegging. | | The crime was the culmination of a deliberate plot. Two are held | _ 18 $1,000,000, | eil, formerly in charge of the bath- } house in the 0-8 huilding, who was tal: Monday afternoon aft fer the police hd received information | that hé had knowledge of might | ave been the instigator of the plot. | names of all are known by the} | police who are now hot on the trail of | len into custody Another who has been, placed on the | tion is S.A. Probe, held for burglary ti Connection with the robbery of The Bootery six weeks ago and who is sajq to ha¥e beah a roommate of the yours | the murder, Reports from'.the city hall state that he wus taken from the county jail to the city Jail Monday night for investigation fol- lowing the arrest of Neil. FUGITIVES HEADED The criminals, it has been learne |, escaped fromthe. city and it is said that their flight.was financed by Neil. wise confidjace that 4 roommate would keep his Yhowledge of thé shootitig a secret. led} io. his@atrest, Phis -contvs: sion has not been obtainad, according to police headquarters, which also refuses to give official confirmation to reports which go a jong way to clearing up the mystery of the crime. The roommate, city hall reports indi cate, unburdened himself of the evi. dence in the hands of the police when his conscience became , too "heavy to longer contain information which he 1s said to have gleaned from conyersa- tions and chance remarks of those with whom he came in.contact. ° ‘The name of | this man is withheld like others iden. | tifled with the case but was. releas on his own recognizance and probably will be an important witness for tro prosecution when the slayers are run down, In the meantime a confession ma lear up ry detail. NEIL’S GUN USED , CLAEM, The gun with which Reeder was kill. ed is believed to be a .45 Colts belong- ing to Neil and said to have been pur- chased by him on the Sandbar. The gun was taken from his room on Sou David street: and returned og the night PRISON GOV. HARDING TO. DIRECT FOREIGN TRADE FINANCE < (By Pha Asserinted Press) - NEW. YORK, Jan. 19.—Governo> William Harding of the Federal R-- serve board will be tendered the presi-| dency of the proposed Foreign Trade Financing corporation, it was wn nounced today by John McHugh, chair- man of the organization committee 'D $300. Jack Lassiter, charged with illegal pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge C. O, Brown. He was giv- en a fine of $200 and is being held in tended over many states. On his re: turn here he confessed to the crime. MANILA, Jan. } Vladivostok. General Oi, ‘commander the county jail until he is able to pay it. é JAP CHIEF HONORS DEAD OFFICERS FUNERAL HELD IN VLADIVOSTOK (By Associated Press) 19.—Impressive religious’ and military services were per- formed today in honor of naval Lieutenant Warren Langdon, who was re cently shot by a Japanese sentry, according to a Reuter dispatch from | the morning. directly guilty of the crime and others are implicated, including, Ben | ¢ | ELECTRICITY; BURNS TONGUE (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, W. . 19.—Tho 13-months-old Keefe Tuesday taste of current. She discovered the connection of an electric iron dan, ling from a light socket and put the plug in her mouth. The resulting short circuit’ rendered her uncon- scious and severely burned her tonzue, but she will recover, ——se HARDING CALENDAR CLEAN (By Associated Press) MARION Jan. 19.—The first time in weéks, Paesident-elect Harding's en-| gagement calendar was a blank today! and he turned attention to entirely per- sonal affairs in preparation for his de- | parture. tomoprow night for’ ‘a — six- weeks’ stay in Florida: He plans tol write his inaugural address during his! stay at Miami. UN FLASHED BY ORATOR TO Points to Failures of Violent Means and Example Set by I.W.W. Here (By Associated Press.) LEGHORN, Italy, Jan. 19.—Vincenzo Vacirca, Socialist deputy from Sicily, who was in the United States seven years ago'as a lec- in the Socialist congress here today. § “You wish revolution with knife,” said Vacirca, drawing a pen- knife from his vest pocket and looking toward Signor Bombacci, C05 head of the extremists. “I wish revolution by revolver," Bombacct retorted*as he pulled @ re- HUSBAND KILLS After the tumult subsided, Vacirca 3 continued his address, saying: ‘ “The policy of violence has produced | volver from his pocket «and pointed, it at Vacirea. The incident threw gresq into chaos, the lasting for 35 minutes. the entire con- demonstration Opponent in Italian Socialist Congress) wives srver turer and writer for newspapers, was the center of a tumultous scene | WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Thursday, slightly colder tonight. RAILED Implicated “TMi fours nteats Donnie Ro EAOUSE BILLS ARE RECALLED STATE PRIMARY REPEAL SOUGHT | BY SEN. LUCAS Measure Similar to One Defeated Four Years Ago, Claim (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 19.— Bills were withdrawn from as well as introduced in the lower house of. the Wyoming legislature Wednesday morning, the begin- ning of the ninth day of the forty- day session. Two of the earlier bills were recalled, H. B, 16 by Mercer, ap- One is suffering from a flesh wound | propriating $100,000 for the payment of helieved to have been inflicted by Reo1- : bounties for the destruction of preda- er in the gui battle on South Grant . tory wild animals, and H. B. 25, street); Tha and other information has e the ways and means committee, the filtered out-of officiay sources during / y “budget™ bill, The Mercer meas the last 48 hours an@ it is understood was withdrawn to clear the way that officers are now working to s> another bounty measure, H. B. 28, by cure a conf ssion from Neil, whose un. the committee on live stock, which pro \vides for cooperation with the fede the oxtermir of predatory wild, animals, Under bill the state Provisions of this {federal governments would equal amounts to a bounty fund encouragement of stock-killing = wi'd }animals’ trapping and slaying. No ap propriation is madé by the bill but if it is enacted—it is certain that it wilt be—thy budget bill will carry an appro- priation of $60,000 for making it effect- jive, which, with an equal amount from the federal government, will provide $100,000 fund for the 1921-23 biennium and contribute tor Possibly today, possibly not until u few days later, a bill will be broughc ‘in, it is sald by Senator Lucas of |Vohnson county, providing for repeal of the direct primary Jaw and reviving the old convention system of nominating for public offices, The repeal bill prob |ably will be very similar to if not de | tical with that Introduced four years |ago by Senator Tom Powers of Goshen {county and which met emphatic |feat. The Lucas bill—if it be a Lucas | bill—however, will be introduced under |conditions somewhat more favorable ‘than those prevailing when the Pow- ers bill was presented. The spectre of the,crime, it is said, an examiaa- - tress | the Non Partisan Jeague is stalking tion by the man who informed the po. |OnlY. failure, misery and hunger. The |the Wyoming state house and its lice having shown that it contained | !story of Communistic violence shows cae fluence is for primary repeal. Advo- empty. shells. Eee necey it spent its force, it was (By Associated Pross) cates of repeal point to Montana as an sy x itor and | #bandoned. font: key aon : ° e of what an organized minority The story told by this informant and |%# i GALVESTO? Taree example of wha org: which has leaked out to! incriminate As a fighting army of the prote-| SAMY Wea ae a heoatien Gat, the Non-Partisan league In that in- Nell’ in public. opinion, 1s that from | ‘iat, behold the work of the Ameri-| Pane Brown and M. 8. Settle of Gal-| ctanee—may accomplish by centerit visits paid Neil by his two accomplices |f@" 1. W. W. For nearly twenty phbnatMli paar abou : Year FF jits strength on candidates in primary in other operations and from remarks |¥ears this most ardent protagonist of | Coreen tena DOSY) rancls) stections, and forecast that if the di- “dropped by Neil in confidence, this wit. | Violence braved and dared in its work] Brown, husband of the: dead woman, |}, primary law remains in effect ness’; suspected. that "the pair were |Of Unbridled violence with torch, gun-| Surrendered to the officers. Wyoming may expect) eventually to mullty. powder and dynamite. Many of them oat body of Mrs. Brown, shot thri| race a similar situation, A : " i : | the heart, was found In the seat of an Going to his room on the night of |aré serving long terms in prison for Sev a iealhady found his aie their acis. After viewing the failure| automobile The body of Settte, shot| Should the primary repeal bill fail to here ‘beforé hilm: they: reaped, last December, in thelr) through the head, was found. on the| pass, it-Is probable: that a bill designe’ “Did you hear about Reeder ‘being |convention, they repudiated entirely | roadway, An inquest will be today. to combat the “organized minority’? + Neil wa ed. |the former policy of violence. ‘They ———>—_ ee mee seal Neut BEER ean ausee [Found Ieegide nok age” Gabriele D'Annunzio was born at sea. (Continued on Page 4) ed by the news. ” i The mention of Eugene Debs brought “By God, I wonder if the kids got| cheers. the gun,” he exclaimed. Reaching under the bed’ he dragged forth a suitcase from which he to: a 45 Colts. Empty shella were reve: ed by a glance into the chambers. He apparently confirmed a belief in his | own mind that the “kids” in question | had been using the gun. | Whether Neil made other suspicious remarks atthis time cannot b learned | but later the same night, it is report- ed, one of the pair came to the roora and informed Nell that he would tell him about “the shoemaker case" in| ‘WOUND “GETTING BLACK,” | NEIL WAS INFORMED. Two or three days later the same one | | visited Neil in his room, presumaply 1. | |help. The wound was “getting black’ he is said to have told Neil. | This, according to the police author } jities’ informant, was the first intima-| |tion he had that ope of the two had} been wounded.’ The wound is said to | have been in the abdomen, penetrat- ing the outer tissue in front. ‘The } let instead of going directly in was fired ‘om an angle and lodged in the side. The victim is supposed to have left Casper without having received medical attention. He is said to have offered } picions of Neil's roommate, two to buy tickets and leave town. On ,one occasion he is said to have remark- an alibi for the injury to ease the sus-} | Neil, it is alleged, donated $25 for the > > FOR P. O. JOBS | MULTIPLYING| (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. ~ 19.—Nomina. | tions of approximately 2,000; postmas: | ters were sent to the senate today by President Wilson. This swells the al- ready enormous list of nominations made at this session and on, which Re- publican leaders areedetermined not to act except where an emergency exists. accompanied by 51 other Russians York on the Swedish American liner wife, their two children and empl soviet government, who were recalled. ON HOUS (Special to The Tribune.) ed to his roommate that he was “out $50 for nothing,” MONTANA BELIEVED } TO BE DESTINATION. The destination of the two who fled chief of Japunese forces in Siberia, Russian officials and all foreign officials attended the services. (Continued on Page Two.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 19.—For the first tire pdays ago, the dull thud of the legislative ax was heard this mornin \committee of the whole ‘indefinitely postponed action on House Bill | Weston, making it unnecessary to file an indemnity bond in a case of (Continued on Page Four.) wommatrons 51 REDS TO LEAVE WITH MARTENS : > ? ‘SOVIET AGENTS SAIL THIS WEEK (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan, 19.—Ludwig ©. A, K. Martens, Russian Soviet agent in the United tSates, who was recently, ordered deported, will. be when he sails Saturday from New Stockholm, With Martens will be his loyes in this country of the Russian LEGISLATIVE AXE IS. USED FOR FIRST TIME E BILL NO. 8 since the Wyoming legislature convened nine It happened in the house when the No. 8, by Representative Beach of attachment of property of a foreign is still a mystery to the authorities but ' corporation or non-resident. The judiciary committee recommended that the bill be killed and the house forthwith killed it with the consent ‘and assist ance of the author, who explained that it was in-