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

NL NNER SEIT IENTTUETEELTETURES TUPESERTESESTUSSAS EDU DE Sue eneee FELERLALOFSCCEULDEUGHESEAI TE LULTEONLOTHUTITE TO WN OUT WW FIGHT AGHINST DEATH, ELIE Condition Still Grave but Improvement Portends Recovery; Talks to Mrs. Caruso Today NEW YORK, Feb. 18. — Enrico ‘was believed this afternoon his fight against threat’ and to be on the way to health. The great tenor’s » Bruno Zirato, in leaving room, for the first time in NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Re- assuring reports were brought from the Sele be of Enrico jo early today. A fitirly restful night was passed by the famous singer, whose ill- ness is being anxiously watched by mausic lovers throughout the’ world. Caruso’s fever was somewhat re duced, his respiration decidedly bet- and he was able to take some nourishment several times dur- ing the night. Despite reports that seemed to por- reise singer's recovery it was ad- that he still was gravely ill and not yet out of the crisis. He is favored, physicians said, by his in- domitable. spirit. Dr, Francis Murray, who had ‘been at Caruso’s bedsidé since last midnight, told \1tewspaper men this morning that the singer was “hold- ing. the improvement” he made yes- Inquirers were told Caruso was much stronger than at any time since relapse Tuésday night. The phys- i 1s said, however, he had lost 40 or 50 pounds in weight. tt with Mrs. Ca- ‘ho og PAs and to relate ie last two da; on which ns appeared reds: He smiled when she agsured him. his i were no longer alarmed. Be: in; Mrs. Caruso’s brother, ‘said: Caruso is wonder- fully improved,” and denied that a throat specialist had been summoned, saying “there is nothing wrong with his throat.” f | Caruso had his first shave today since his relapse. Vito Caronna, the hotel barber, afterward said Caruso wanted to talk but that he antl Mrs. Caruso told the patient it was best for him to remain quiet. “I told him,” said Caronna, “that all Italy and all Italians in this coun- try were praying for him and tears came a little into his eyes.” Incidentally Caronna declared gross exaggeration stories that Caruso pays $10 for a shave, He said the tenor pays him $5. ——— WOUNDS WIFE, KILLS HIMSELF ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Feb. 18.— Henry Bockoyen, 32 years old, of Fort Wingate, N,M., is dead and his wife seriously wounded and not expected to avon ENCH ARMY MOBILIZED FOR HUN INVASI FAMOUS SINGER at saturday, excep! i ~theast portion to- Casper Daily Crihune CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 1921 it PORES BRIE wary RN a { | Repeats Demand $$$, CITY | EDITION | NUMBER 111 PARIS, Feb. 18.—France French cities were. are withdrawn from Germany. *KINLEY DIVISION IS VOTED INTO DISCARD|_** ONE INJURED WN AUTO ACCIDENT ITHORSE GREEK Two Others Escape Serious Injury When Brakes Give Way and Truck Plunges Into Ditch Clarence Rice was brought to Cas- per todsy suffering from severe bruises and two others escaped with minor injuries as the result of an ac- cident on the Salt Creek highway on which a heavy truck went into the ditch and caught fire. Rice received treatment at hands of Dr. J.C. Kamp. ‘The truck was loaded with a heavy boiler and the three men were riding in the closed cab. When the crest of @ hill near Horse Creek was reached the differential broke and the brakes were released. The truck was carried down the incline at a sharp pace and the worst part of the road had been |megotiated when the driver, Henry Box, lost control of the machine and it tourned up in the: ditch. Employes of the state highway de- partment rushed to the aid of tho mon and med Mathis to bring the inane to, Casper |), -Biame*for the accident was not the result of road conditions, according to the driver. The road is in better condi- tion than it has ever been at this sca- son of the year. DEATH THREATS MADE AGAINST MEX OIL LABOR (By Associated Press) FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 18.— Notices threatening death to all Mex- icans in West Texas ojl fields were posted last night at Hastland. A skull and cross bones were attached to each notice. City and county offi- clals assured the Mexican population to remain and that protection would be afforded them. AUSTIN, Texas., Feb. 18.—The at- tention of Governor Neff has been called by the Mexican consul at San Antonio to reported trouble affecting Mexican laborers in the oil fields of Northwest Texas, it was stated today. No request for action was made. There live as a result of a quarrel in their| already is a detachment of rangers in home last night. A coroner's jury to- day found that Bockovén shot his wife and then himself. Their two- year-old child was the only witness to the tragedy. WAST RUSS AGENTS IN MARKETS FOR CLOTHING CHICAGO, Feb. 18—Two meg claim- tng to represent the Russian Soviet Government have heen ordering enor- mous quantities of clothing from Chicago garment manufacturers. They have signed contracts for 200,000 firempes and 500,000 skirts and given other orders, one manufacturer said today. Max Schallman, or Sollomon, signed the contracts for the “Soviet Government” which he claimed to have authoritative knowledge would be recognized officially after President elect Hurding has taken office. Soret Rie “Chemailits Potson gas, as developed for mili- tary purposes is the ammunition used im @ tiny pistol now carried by many Persons in Paris as a protection against highwaymen. The liquid source of the gas is contained i: the handle of the gun, and comyressed ald for its ejection is supplixd by a bicycle pump through a valve in the bottom, the oil field. ——— j W. A. Atchison of Cheyenne is| spending a few days here looking after business interests. E BY Riverton Hopes Red by Senate Actio Pilot county, which is saying whole senate laid on the tabl authorize the creation of the north central portion of county. As in the Pilot county de- bate, the forces against the bill were led by Senator John Dillon of Jre- mont county and the forces for the bill by Senator Frank E. Lucas of Johnson county. The tabling of the bill cleared the legislative decks of county division matters except in the Smith house bill designed to remove questions of county division from de- cision by the legislature ‘to decision by the interested electorate at polls. This bill has passed the house and is before the senate. _ Measures for repeal of the carbon black and the direct primary lawzs also met defeat after heated debate yesterday. ‘The committee of ‘the whole sen- ate Thursday afternoon ended the ca> reers of two other bills through the procedure of indefinite postponement. They were House 138, regulating and equalizing deposit of proceeds of tax payments and other funds and pre- venting. harmful accumulation of idle funds, and House Bill 78, relating to the salary of deputy sheriffs. Earlier in the day tlie senate had killed Sen- ate 118, designed to relieve the state superintendent of public instruction of the city of acting as secretary of the state board of charities and re- form. The bill first was amended to eliminate its purpose to change the present law and then was voted down on final passage, 3 to 19. ‘The senate Thursday afternoon put. a “sifting committee” on the job and consideration the hours of che session. during |not resorted to a sifting committee. House Bill 126, ure under the provisions of which the owner of premises used for purposes of prostitution, gambling or liquor selling may be reached“and penalized, was placed before Governor Carey to- day, having been passe¢: by the sen- ate yesterday. Under the “three duy” rule it will not be necessary for the governor to sign or disapprove Lefore the end of the session any of the measures put through yesterday, today or tomor- row. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Carrying $70,000,000 more than it did when it came from; the house, the annual post office appropriation bill was passed tody,y by the senate. Its total is $574,000. It now goes back to the house. and Primary Repeal Lost only selected measures will be given: closing The house is| so well up with its work that it has; the Arnolé, meas-| demand that Germany be mac pay tho reparations. Mar hus prepared Dt po contings plans fd ‘COLD WAVE | TO STRIKE |} sxnitirie ste | NEXT WEEK || socio” fecal day Briand, I (By Associated Press) Marsh | WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The PEI IRS HE AN : : «| coldest weather of the winter may Be omer ott see i ; be expected over much of the | The military ¢ of Francd al detail the | tains during the next week, ac- | Small ance of French Ty Carbon Black cording to a special bulletin fore- | ‘Tops toward a destination, in cast issued today by the weather |©#8° of such an eventuality, it is d bureau. The cold wave will extend | ¢lared. southward over Gulf and South At- The class of 1919 will be kept with lantic states and carry freezing | the colors, and the ¢ of 1918 will temperatures to the coast tho first | be called up and arr ements have} 3 (Special to The Tribune.) | Part of the week, the bulletin said, | also been made to extend the French CHEYENNE, Feb. 18.—McKinley county isas,dead as| The ‘ext of the forecast reads: . | occupation ares into the Coblenz dis that it is thoroughly dead. It) ,.“Th¢ general distribution of baro- ee) should ths Washing tan, admin Ser s : ; ° roughly ms metrical pressure over the Pacific |''T@tion decide to recall American joined its Rivertonian predecessor Pilot in the legislative| ocean and Alaska has undergone a |{°es from Germany graveyard Thursday afternoon when the committee of the} profound change within the last Lngvb Gases yi ; |several days and it has become of |LLOYD GEORGE e, Senate Aer eee Bemienied, £0 the type that is the forerunner of |TO “STAND PAT. y 0 cKiniey from the) cold weather in the United States LONDON, Feb. 18.—(By Thi 7 a aa | Kemerally east of the Rocky .moun- | ciated Prean}—Premior Lioyd Gorm | tains. The outlook therefore, is for | declared in the House of Commons D | much colder weather generally east stood’ by his pledge of the Rocky mountains during the must pay to the limit next several days. It seems prob- |of her capacity he prime ministe | , \ able that the coldest weather of | was discussing the Ger { y the winter may be expected over | tions question in answe: rh much of the country during the | Bottomley's arraignment of the gov | coming week. ernment’s policy of alleged inept DENVER, Feb. 18--George E.| “The cold weather will extend | tude in regard to forcing Germ | Hannan, pioneer automobile dealer,| southward over the Gulf and South | comply with the reparations a i the | Was standing in his plae of husiness,| Atlantic states, carrying freezing |the provision for the trial of war 9|1210 Broadway in ‘‘Avtomobile Row”| temperature to the coasts, the first and other portions of the |this morning. Two mien entered and| part of the coming week.” jasked him ' to show’ them continued the prem several P Sp ; rooms on the secind’ floor of the| DALLAS, Texas, Feb, 18—Snow |had taken the best advice available building which were for rent. Han-| in the Texas panhandle and parts |and had summoned the ablest men jnan took his visifors upstairs. There| of Arkansas with cold rains reach- |to be found, upon whose advice the |one of them knocked him to the floor| ing to the Mexican border, was re- | present demands had been made, and \by a blow from the butt of a pistol| ported. by the Dallas weather bu- |the Allies were carrying. out the and rebbed himjsof a stickpin worth! reau today. Two inches of snow | peace terms to the utmost of their $400, The ,Viritors passed out thru! fell at Amarillo last night and con- | power. the Hannan store, spoke to seyeral} had de- salesmen, entered a motor car and escaped. v1 7 Cru NOTORIOUS BANDIT SHOT -DOWN BY BANKER WHILE - ENGAGED IN HOLDUP ACT tinued to fall early today. The bu- reau also reported snow in Okla- homa and: Kansas. Germany, he pointed out (Continued on Page 12) { i} |Henry Starr Drops Fatally Wounded in Harding Puts in Oklahoma Bank After Officials | Luncheon Order Are Backed Into Vault at White House (By Associated Press.) Associated Press) (By institution. One official who had hidden a rifle in the vault obtained the weapon and shot Starr down and opened fire! Tulsa and his son, March 4 for him and his ate family. The president and Mrs, V il not be present, as Mr. ns to go direct from the | HARRISON, Ark., Feb. 18.— Henry Starr, notorious; WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Presi. Oklahoma bandit, was probably fatally wounded today| sense Haree a0. 8: lee | | when, with two other men, he backed officials of the People’s) requests that a !uncheon | Bank of Harrison into the vault while attempting to rob the} pared at the White House Henry Starr, Jr., at the other two who escaped Starr, lying wounded on a. bed at|/@t Oklahoma City, telling them thi capitol after the inauguration to the county jail, admitted his {dentity|he was dying. He was shot just be-| his new home on 8 street. |but refused to give any information |!ow the heart. Whether the president will ride |concerning his companions who are| “I always expected to die with my! to the capitol with the president- now surrounded in a wood, two miles| boots on, rr told officers here. elect remains to be determined, but At the jail it was said Starr gaye| the names of his two companions as Buch Davis and Tom Jones, ‘The robbers obtained no money if Mr. W auguration automobile duri nis present at the in- ill remain in s the ceremonies, south of the town, by an armed posse of more than 100 men. Starr underwent an operation at the Will Move Into Germany if Huns Grow Surly; Drastic Action Is Urged by Extremists; Premier Lloyd George | for Full Payment (By United Press.) has begun military prepara- tions to compel German obedience to reparations demands. A strong French faction wants German cities destroyed as The class of 1918 will be called to the colors ostensibly to meet the shortage when American troops | Back of the move is a strong | CONFESSION OF SHOOTING MADE BY CHIEF TOLD (By 4 WILLIAMSON, W. Feb, 18.— SidHatfield, Matewas chief of police, told Harry Staton, a former justice of the peace, that he had killed three of the Buldwin-Felts men in the pisto! and rifle fight at Matewan May 12, Staton testified today at tho trial of 19 men, including Hatfield charged | with being implicated in the fight Asked who the men were, Staton| said they were Albert Felts, Lee Felts dC. E Cunningham, ‘It was one rn Miss Bessie Hamilon, another witness thus de: cribed the shooting. Afterward she| said she saw three bodies lying In the street. Two of them she __ testifed, were searched by Sid Hatfield: Later, | Miss Hamilton said, she saw Hatfield | kick” the body of a detective. | Family Bible Is | | Ordered Brot to | Adjust Strike 00 back pay representing a age increase after he was 19 years old, ordered the company to re-open. two mines next Monday and notified the miners not to refrain from work because of the strike order issued February 3. PITTSBURG, Kas,, Reb. 18-—When the Court’ of ‘Industrial Relations had- been in session nearly two hours today evidence in the case of Karl Mishmash, # controversy over whose age caused the strike of the Mackie ners two weeks ago, Alexander wat, president of the Kansas Min- ers’ Union, had not appeared in an- | swer to the subpoena served on him yesterday to appear and bring with him the Mishmash family Bible. Howat and five other union offi- cials were sentenced to jail Wed- nesday for ome year for contempt in calling the strike in violation of an injunction, I18MENHELD UP IN POOL HALL SHERIDAN, Wyo., Feb. 18.—Be tween $1,600 and $2,300 was stolen masked bandits who entered a pc hall at Dietz, « mining camp near here last night, held up eigheen men who ing pool and ransacked their the cash register and the ‘cording to information re. ceived today. | TU ANC RA, sh | Feb. 18.—The ta Nationalist assembly here has ex-| pressed a wish that diplomatic rela-| tions with the United States be | ablished, PUNISHMENT OF JAP SENTRY WH SHOT AMERICAN UNDER PROTEST Shooting Justified by Circumstances, Reso- | lution Introduced in Japanese Diet Claims (By Associated Press.) TOKIO, Feb. 16.—Punish- ment of Toshigoro Ogasa- wara, the Japanese sentr, who shot and killed Naval Lieutenant Langdon of the United States cruiser Albany at Vladivostok late in December was opposed in a resolution introduced in the Japanese diet today by Represen- tative » & member of the K or opposition party. The solution declared that the ae- tion of the sentry was justifiable, and that punishment visited upon him would militate against discipline in the Ja rmy. ' “As a sentry on duty in such a oe as Viadivostok and under such ‘umstances to give rise to the Lan. don affair,” the resolution declared, “the conduct of the apanese private was entirely justifiable, as he acted in self-dc fens From the standpoint of military discips as well as that of morality, punishment of the -zen- try would be a serious travesty en justice, A regiment of former soldiers in the ity of § zuoka, near Yokohama, has dopted resolutions opposing the pun- ishment of Ogasawara. Officers, es pecially those in junior grades, are going to Manchuria to plan the'inau- guration of a movemont to arouse public opinion, it is said Dispatches from Vladivostok to the Yomi-Uri Shimbun of this city, stat- ing Ogasawara had been found guilty of a breach of discipline, have not heen confirmed, any PI wie ‘OHIO JUDGE Is ‘ACQUITTED OF CRIME CHARGE (By Associated Pre CLEVELAND, Ohio, & 18, Judge William H. MeGannon was ac- quitted of a second de murder charge in connection with tho death of Harold C. Kagy by a jury of three women and nine men toda ‘Ankle Curtains? Protect Jurors | Qananann fowl Re} Ohio, Feb. 3PRINGFIELD, 18. ning the promise ho made to women jurors three weeks ago Judgé F, W. Geiger of common pleas court, had “ankle curtains” installed today, rhe box now surrounded by @ yreen curtain ai 2 sail LIQUOR IMPORTS RESTRICTED, (By Associated: Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Import- ers of liquors for non-beverage pur- 1C poses were instructed today by Pro- hibition Commissioner Kramer to 'C send sworn copies of thelr permits 6 jg consular offices abroad to serve as a basis for the certification of the in- )@ voices and acceptar by the © of the liquors ters of vessels, jail, made in an effort to save his life and dictated telegrams to his wife at| Starr had $1,000 stuffed in his pockets and was seeking all the currency in Path 30 Miles Wide and 75 Long Torn Through Virgin Timber in Greatest Forest Disaster of All Time ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 18,—Eight billion board feet of timber was destroyed by the cyclone that ripped a 75-mile path, 30 miies wide, through the forests of the Olympic peninsula, Washington state, January 29. Reports from the forest service made public today, class the storm as “the greatest d lumbering.’ The wind registered 132 miles an hour b¢fore instruments at weather bureay stations were destroyed. It is estimated to have reached 150 miles thereafter. Practically all standing tiniber over 2,250 square miles went down in a tangled mass, obliterating roads and telegraph lines, and with little chance of salvage, Most of it was Western hemlock and spruce, Acting Forester E. A. Sherman re- ported, and subject to rapid decay. No human lives were lost, but bufld- ings were destroyed and many anl- mals perished, including elk. Num-| bers of animals were penned in by | the tangle of debris to die of hunger. ster ever recorded in the annals of forestry and The best winter feeding ground for elk of the region was swept. “If fire should gain headway in the devastated area,” the forester report- ed, “the most stupendous conflagra- tion ever known in this country would result. Fifteen billion feet of timber is exposed in the adjoining part of the Olympic national forest.” As ‘special precaution against fire, the navy department has been asked to make an afr survey of the storm area since it is impassable afoot. Re-equipment ot the war-time spruce railroad, the only line of rails into the section, has been asked of the war department in order to sal- vage as much timber as possible. WIND the bank when he ordered the cashi to open the safe. He was shot by W. J. Meyers, a stockholder and former president of the bank, Okla, Feb. 18. pardoned two Robertson a bank second Governor r sentence on It was the years ago by from a 25-y robbery charg: parole for Starr. He freed from prison in territorial days by presi dential pardon on a similar charge. —_ BIG CHURCHMAN DIES. | (By Associated Press) | GIRL THROWN) «acest. Wis, rev. 18—pe. Jo-| seph Roberts who served as moder | ator of thé General Assembly of the We yterian church of the United States, and moderator of the New York and Wisconsin synods, is Pre: sh FROM BUGGY, INJURY FATAL | dead here following an operation. | (By Associated Press) Do You Need EUCLA, Colo, Feb. 18.—Esther | F 8 Nygren, i7-year-old daughter of Ed- a Good Ms ‘here today. Troops in armed eee eon © aloes rene. pee Letter Opener? for “General” Michael Collins, leader of the I died in a local hospital today from} la y. infuries received this morning when|$. “ho you want to buy, sell or ex- {| army, sho was, thrown from a buggy in|} change something? council of war. which she was riding to school. The : girl was driving along the main , Jatter food supplies were cut off be- Street hero when the horse became Then ee BSter fa ie frightened, throwing her from the} yy Ad BoUr 1 Mbacu: liciiten «ai seat. Her head struck a rock and Classifie * Kilbrittain, reported sho died within two'hours. Sho was!} 4, our saturday edition, paying {| today. @ member of the senior class of Nucla |} Gash for same, and we will give high school. IF yes (By ed Press.) my Te | Rr DUBLIN ‘The me la e sive of ra rr DEMO SECRETARY RF Free ive of rade, (By Associated Press) jf @) Letter Opener that would cost }]ing. One thousand troops participated JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 18,—} you 50 cen be ba 9 A W. R. Hollister, publisher of the Mix Get the ad in before 9 o'clock $|onine sur souri State Journal, today telesraph-|$ ¢o:,orrow morning, or br it In ist ed to Chairman White his resignation |} (onion. We are open ‘till § p.m mt spation ‘ar as executive secretary of the Demo- H ae jag cratic national committee. ped. A close; Most Extensive Raids Yet Ordered; | DUBLIN COMBED FOR ; ~ IRISH ‘COM Guerilla Warfare Continues (By United Press.) DUBLIN, Feb. 18.—A great man hunt is in full swing cars are conducting a search| h republican | Collins was reported to have entered Dublin for a! Intense suffering is reported from the area near Cork} ch for arms was instituted and} the extent of the preparations made | for the raid indicated there w: no lexpectation on the part of the author- | ities of finishing it quickly. | 7 isolated about two} ex:| SERIOUS RIOTING IN BELFAST body k district » rioting hipyard f thi MANDER®. lenstea: continuing for an hour, but, One Thousand Troops Engaged Today in| there were no casualties, although * fire arms were freely used. Police and military armored cars finally dis- persed the combatants. r DUBLIN, Feb. 18—Four civilians were killed! in a skirmish with a pat-( rol of an Essex regiment near KILVC brittain, County Cork, Wednosday 5, night, it is said in a dispatch recei¥a* ed here. ic WOMAN KIDNAPED dc IN CORK OUTRAGE Ne LONDON, Feb. 18.—Mra, J. Wy, Lindsay of Coachford, County coric DC Ireland, was kidnaped on’ Wednes- day night by three armed men and no’ trace of her has yet been found, it was. reported in dispatches from Ireland, 2c Fight to Oust Be White Fizzlegne WASHI ‘ to oust Chairman the Democratic eb. 18.—The fights orge W. White of national com velop at meeti |cutive, committee, >