Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1921, Page 1

aececvcccecccccoscces Weather Forecast Generally fair: tonight and Wednesday, somewhat, warm- INE IZED eveccccnccocsocsovese Vor ord Barrage Is Only Opposition Offered By Hun To Military Occupation ritish, French and ‘Belgian Troops Pitch Tents on Rhine; Invasion Is Completed. Today Without, Incident Ruhr Ports Under Allied: Control FRENCH MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, MAYENCE, Germany, March 8.—(By lated Press.)—-Occupation of the additional Germany territory which the allies had an- nounced they would take possession of as one of the penalties for Germany’s failure to meet the allied reparation demands, NUMBER 126 | was carried out today by British, French and Belgian troops. NIPPED IN FIRE USED IS “SEEN FROM OUTSIDE Ghosts floated and skeletons rat- tled in the council chamber at the city hall last night when the. city dads tried vainly to @stablish dis- puted ownership to a plot of land, Known as lot 7 in block 16 in High- Hole Burned Through Floor of county PACKING HOUSE Treasurer’s Office by Prisoners in Effort. at Night Escape WAGES REDUCED AT ALL PLANTS An attempted jail break of county. prisoners was frus- tases earl; is morng aen Fotifed th Botived m Be ry treasurer's office and notifie e 4 é 3 if : ment. ‘The sheriff's office was immediately ealled and Sheri!| Cut of Fraction Over Twelve Per Cent Is Lee Martin brought operations.to'a halt. A hole in ‘the floor Burial Lot in Dispute Between ~ Claimants Holds Body of Still Another Family, Records Reveal of the treasurer's office had already been burned partly Peed heretic ude ae sma tate MAN MAY LO3 Carl Durbin Suffers Severe Burns When Drenched With-Acid at Midwest Recovery - Plant Carl Durbin, Midwest employe, vas seriously burned at about 4:30: this Morning by an explosion at the acid Fecovery plant located on the hill across the river north from the re- finery. The injured man was drenched with sulphurie acid, including his eyes, and It is feared that he will, lose his sight. He was removed ‘to 4 local Hospital in a serious condition. The plant where the accident. oc- cuired is operated to recover tho acid from..'sludge’ which it precipitates when mixed with the oil, No damage resulted to the plant. Mr, Durbin gesides with his family at the corner of Railroad and Poplar streets. He came here. three years ago from Boulder county, Colo., and has a son who lost an eye.in;the serv- ice during the world war, PER REE ot EDUCATOR CHOSEN MANILA, P.,I., “March \8,—Dr. Guy Potter Benton of New York, former president of the University: of ‘Ver- mont, was electcd president of the University of the Philippines today at a salary of $15,000 annually, with an allowance of $1,500 additional’ for house rent. pithed Fin NT EL rey It is estimated that 9,500 acres of forest are being cut dotyn every day | inane ‘would: have: spinnin ‘prison: “|making this hole the through.and. it» would have been only ‘matter ‘of a quarter of an hour until the prisoners were at freedom. J. T. Mitchell, alias Freel, check artist arrested . here ‘sometime ago and held for. trial on the lith of this alleged neighboring rane! be the ring leaders. A successful at Atiapey diate ting t make their reraway had beeh picked from the boards with smail Piece of steel that had evidently ‘heen ‘taken. ffom one. of | the locks, After of the treasurer's office was hurnod through by, blazing? pléces” of paper. and matches that were held by, the men. From the way the floor had been damaged the men had evidently: burn- ed a small piece ata time and then put water on thé charred’ wood to’ al- low the smoke to atea ial to the room above: How the men. broxe out ofthe coll house in which they were confined to the corridor from which the attempt to escape was made fs still a mystery. Of late the door locks have been work- ing stiffly and {t is thought that they had been picked and damaged so that the door could be opened from the inside by forcing the bar. ‘When Sheriff Martin entered: the room he heard seyeral men scaruper- ing back to their cells::Investigation showed that Mitchell was fully dressed e@en to his’ glasses and was huddled in a cell that. was:not his own. De- Frantz was fully clothed even to a bat and sweater. Both men were lock- ed up on opposite sides of the cell house and will ‘be deprived of privil- eges allowed other men. The other men had ‘evidently removed their clothes before'the sheriff hada chance to search them. About a mont ago Mitchell remov- ed a bar from the mechanism’ of one of ‘the cell doors with the intention of killing. one of the officers in an attempt to gain his freedom. A man who was released warned the and the bar was taken from Mitchell nerift whiskey from Hobbs, Ky. industry. in all ae ‘The ri =/PANA MA-COSTA RICA DISPUTE IS TAKEN UP WASHINGTON, © March 8.—The Panama-Costa ‘Rica situation, the question of withdrawing American troops from the Rhine and the legis- lative program. of the coming special session of congress are understood to have been among a long list of sub-| jects discussed by President Harding and his cabinet’ today at thelr first formal meeting. No. announcement § followed the meeting, but the general undorstand- ing was that the question of a troop wittdrawal from Germany had occu- pied @ large place in: the discussion jand that some indication of the policy of the administration might in expect- ed scon, SIX CONVICTED IN LIQUOR CASE CHICAGO, March 8.—"Mike de Pi Heitler and, five others today |were found guilty by a jury of con- spiracy. to. transport &175,00. worth of to Chicago, in violation of the Volatead act. The of the year to supply pulp for paper before he had a chance to carry out|jury was out more than 24 hours. manufacture. his intentions, » Six defendants were acquitted, Announced; Strike Threatened By Workers if Hours Increased CHICAGO, March 8.—Wage cecreases of approximately 12% per. cent, basis yh more ctions are effective on March 14, Be lgcarplber ety adeeb by id. one-half for overtime than 100,000 employes of the of the country, were official in of iehestoreed esl paid only after: Jabor in “anyone day, nttér’ 54 ayn An any, of week. Dou- ‘bie. time, will be paid” for: Le tee ec and holidays,” |» Tie new wage scale reduces the rate of hourly employes 8 cents per hour. The piecework tates are reduced 12%, per cent. ’ At \present the lowest rate paid labor is 53 \cents an hour. The minimum wage guarantee for forty jhours’ pay per week will be con- tinued. It was. also anipinged that the packers are now working out plans to establish closer relations between the workers and the management with a view! to giving the employes | @ voice in all matters of mutual in- terest. jin the near future, the announcement said. EMPLOYES WON’T STAND FOR LONGER HOURS. CHICAGO, March 8.—“The packers are looking for a strike and’ there is no doubt that they will get one if they insist on their proposal to return to the old 10-hour day,” Dennis Lane, secretary of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers’ union, sald today when informed of wage re- ductions and increased working hours announced by the packers today. Mr. Lane said that if it really was necessary for the packers to reduce wages in order to do business, the employes would “be willing to come half way in any proposition that was made in a fair and just way. “Tam convinced, however," he said, “that the workers will never cosent to a retutn to the antedeluvian 10- Details of the plan would be made]. hour day., “If wages must be reduced the packers must go about it in the same “(Continued on Page 4) KERENSKY HEADS RUSS REVOLUTION land cemetery. The contesting in- terests insisted upon priority claim on the ground that, bodies of their families were first buried there. It was here that the dizcovery was made and the shadowy beings were at their rest. Records of the city sow that neither of the bodies supposed to be buried on the plot are really buried there. One of the bodies is buried in an alley way to the south of the contested prop- erty and another in an alley way to the north. The question that can’t be decided is does the city automat- ically become possessor of the land because neither of the bodies are buried where one or both should be and how long would the (present city dads be haunted if they decided in, favor of either, wf the departed spirits. SAFETY VAULTS DENVER, Colo., March 8.--More thin 100 safety deposit vaults in the coe alone aieius ferees Foca Inet Right by automobile ban- dits, who escaped to Denver, accord: ae reports to the polite today.’ No the: loss has, been made. “The. | (tsb down the doors of the bank, building with crowbars G.E. "Totten, cashier of the’ bank, with'a number of citizens tracke? the bandits’>car peyeral miles this morn- ing but-lost the trail. ‘Totten ‘said a-smaill safe containing cash and several.thousand dollars in Liberty bonds. were untouched, .One witness said the bandits carried the loot in three ‘lirge gunnysacks, plac- ing it in the ba¢k of the automobile. Sheriffs of Denver and surrounding counties. have organized searches for, the bandits, 12-HOUR DAY NEAR END IN STEEL MILLS NEW YOR March 8.—Elimina- tion of. the 12-hour day in mills of the United States Steel corporation is being considered by 2. committee of presidents of the subsidiary com- Chairman E. H. Gary of the corporation announced. “The seven-day week and the Jong turn in changing haere he added, “have been entirely eliminat- ed by all.our. toe ds cae saan THREE UNITS TO MAKE UP ARMY ‘WASHINGTON, March 8&.— The) policy of the war department under| the new administration contemplates; organization of the nation's military forces into “one harmonious, well-bal- anced and effective army consisting of the regular army, the national guard and the organized reserves,” Soecre- tary Weeks announced ‘today. ‘The regular army and the national guard wit be developed to the strength authorized by law, the an- nouncement said, and the reserves will be organized as divisions and auxiliary troops with full officer com- plement and sufficient enlisted IN BANK RIFLED, |ATTEMPTS AT EVASIO No untoward incident marked the eastward moye of the Allied iroops, $0 far as reports_up to a late hour showed. ‘The occupation of the city of Dues- ‘seldorf, the largest of the cities taken jover by the Allies, was completed this morning, 2nd that of Duisburg and Ruhrort, comprising together _ the chief ports of the Ruhr coal and in- dustrial region, this afternoon. The entire movement was effected in a@ way to obviate, so far as pos- sible, a show of force, but the French and the British Rhine flotillas were prepared for eventualitics. The headquarters of General De: Goutte, who as commander-in-chief of the #¥rench forces along the Rhine, carried out the orders from Marshal Foch for the advance, are situated at Neuss,-on the left bank of the Rhine opposite Duesseldorf. After the occupation of Duessel dort, General DeGoutte issued a proc- lamation to its people in which he de- clayed the octapation was not a meas. ure of hostility “against the popula- tion, but one intended to compel the government of Germany to carry out its obligations. No obstacle would be raised ogainst the carrying on of the economic life of the region, ‘he de- clared and the Allied authorities are ready to aid the workers in ‘improv- Jing their condition, especially as re: {garded provisioning. DUSSELDORF, March 8.— Dussel- dorf, largest of the German cities to be taken over by the allies in the ad- vance into additional German. terri- tory, was quietly entered by allied troops early today. Many curious persons weré on thee street. corners, notwithstanding the | police: = - he ‘Rhineland ‘coinisslo Upon by the allies by utilizing the Ger Man customs administration and e: ployes in the collection of the German cial fand for reparations . he economic penalties were put into effect on an order received from Pre- mire’ Lloyd’ George, as presidenct of th supreme council. he American troops in the Coblenz area are remaining at their old posi- tions, on orders. from Washington. The Rhine customs frontier probably will be established at the limits of the neutral zone, thirty kilometers about 18% miles) east of the Rhine. MARCHING ORDER GIVEN BY FOCH LAST NIGHT, PARIS, Maren 8.—General De- Goutte, commander-in-chief of French} forces along the Rhine, received orders from Marshal Foch at 8 o'clock last night to advance upon cities the allies have announced they wil! take over as a result of Germany's refusal to accept) the Paris plan for payment of indemni- ties. A strip of land from’ eight to ten miles deep on the eastern side of} the Rhine will be occupied by French| ; forces, says a telegram to the Journal frcm Mayence. General DeGoutte | will establish | headquarters at Neuss, on the west bank of the Rhine. The first French contingent ordered to advance was the Seventy-seyenth division, whick. has been quartered at Bonn and is under| the command of General Gaucher. Dispatches from Mayence declared that city was outwardly calm, crowds of townspeople contenting themselves by commenting, Upon newspaper dis- patches relating details of the break in negotiations at London. BLOCKADE TO FOLLOW. LONDON, March 8.—Orders. for the advance of British. troops on Duessal- fice last night, it was reported today. There are 12,000 British soldiers in Germany, of whom 4,000 are in Upper Silesia. It is believed the Rhine forces will be reinforeed to number 12,000, four battalions being ready to go to the British section of the Germay oc- cupied territory. Any attempt by the Germans’ to early hour, as if they had been waiting ‘yp all_night for the eyent, but looked on apparently with indifference as the troops ‘parsed. ‘Later in. the day small Atoups crowded the street corners, but | quickly. diepersed at the, request of the| * is-apply~ ig the economic penalties determined tariffs, turning the proceeds into a spe: dorf were issued at the British ‘war of-| en, the dispatch asserts, now aré'on strike” in Moscow. The bombardment, says’ the mes- sage, followed a call for a general strike issued by leaders of the work- men and a demand for the immediate convocation of the conec Eaete ‘assem- bly. Deposed Premier Directing Campaign From Kronstadt; Hundreds Killed ~ in Bombardment of Moscow : | WARSAW, March 8.—(By The As- Socigted Press)—Strong detachments of Russian bolshevik cavalry ‘come manded by General Budenny ‘are be- ing rushed from South Russia to. Moscow to crush ‘the insurgents, who Jare said to be gaining in power daily in thé Russian capital. Many rumors of the overthrow of the Russian soviet government have reached Warsaw. Announcement was made yesterday, however, that no LONDON, March 8.—(By The Asso:istcps had been taken by government COPENHAGEN, March 8, — Alexander. Kerensky, pre- elas of the Russian provisional government, which was over- turned ‘by’ the bolsieviki late Fa 1917, 1s said in advices re- ‘be ‘at tadt, the Russian fortress in Pe revolution directed against\ Petrograd and Moscow. offensive against Petrograd, with that fortress as a base. In Russian/ quarters in New York opposed to tho soviet regime, surprise} ciated Press)—During a recent bom-|officiais to interrupt the Russian- was expressed at tho report of Ker-|bardment of the workmens’ quarters|Polish peace negotiations, Polish ensky’s being at Kronstadt directing|in Moscow from artillery placed on authorities considering reparts of the the hills overlooking the city, says 2/ Russian. insurrection as being great- Central News dispatch from Helsing-|jy exaggerated. fors today, several hundred persons| , aati. A pinetree in New Zealand ‘is ‘esti- the revolutf#nary operations against Petrograd. He has been in close con- sultation of late with the Socialist revolutionary group which has head- wounded. evade the new Rhine customs zone by diverting trade thru Rotterdam. or other ports on the North Sea will be }Promptly countered by. an Alllod blockade, the Daily Mail declares. This morning’s newspapers, with one exception, approved of the Allied decision ‘to penalizé Germany for re- Carriers To hy (Continued: on Page 4.) Use Whistles | Listen for the whistle! t If you should hear a shrill, Piercing whistle. outside your door this evening, don't get alarmed, thinking that your house js sur- roun by policemen. It is only your Tribune carrier notifying you with “his whistle that your even- ing paper is on your door step. | The Tribune's 22 carriers have || all been furnished with whistles an@ ‘at every ‘hotse they leave a strength to be capable of rapid of} rapit® recruitment to full strength. pints tee DheaMa awe American Labor Cut Off From ~ International New York City has more than eleven thousand miles*of paved streets and) sidewalks. WASHINGTON, arch’ 8.—Forniat notice of severance of relations be- tween the American Federation of Labor and the. International Fed- eration of Trades Unions, was. dis- patched today to the international’s headquarters at. Amsterdam, ‘The action of the American federation, | taken at a meeting of the executive council here, followed the adoption | by the, International organization | of resolutions in support, of the 800 used—sFemember how you used to team defeated the five of the Scho- |} wait \for that familiar sound. were killed and numbers of others quarters at Prague and which is the mated by scientists to be thirteen moving spirit in the present counter! - More than 100,000 en and wom- hundred year old. % tield, officers here last night by “1 “ of 28 20. Listen for the whistle! 248 of thege have been report x SHIP SINKS __ HONGKONG, March 7.—(By Associated Press. )—-More | |than 800 Chinese are believed to have been drowned in the | The steamer, which is of 3,000 tons and British owned in | Singapore, carried 1,100 Chinese on her present trip and only | | BY ALLIE Peeccccceveccccsecccs eoreccccercuccescooes HUN PROTEST IS PASSIVE, EBERT LEADS IN WAIL Germany Not in Postion to Use Force Against Allies, President Whines in Proclamation to His People (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, March &.— Friedrich Ebert, the Getman im- perial president, declared ina proclamation issued today that Germany was not in a position to use force to oppose the forceful methods of the allies in occupying additional Ger- man territory, but that shé nevertheless protected vigorously against what the president gee was an open violation of the ee peace. The president's proclamation DVING 7NCe PARKING ZUINLU AUTHORIZED IN BUSINESS PART “Our Dobeneats in the world war imposed upon us unheard of SRD: | both in money and kind, impossible | Restrictions Placed on Use of Space by Commercial Vehicles, Including Taxis, on Sec- arid of fulfillment. Not only ourselves’ but our children and grandchildren, would| have become the work slaves of our adversaries by our signature: We were called upon to which oven the work of a qaeteeiion would not have sufficed to carry out. “We must not and we cannot com- ply with it. Our honor and self-re- spect forbid it. “With an open breach of. the iar treaty of Versailies, our opponents are advancing to the occupation of more German territory. “We, however, are not in a position to oppose force with force. We are defenseless. “Neyertheless, we can cry out, so all who still recognize the voice of right- eousness. may “hear. ‘Right is being down-trodden ond and Center Weeding out undesirable residents and traffic control, two of the mooted by might. questions ‘which. face the po “The whole German people is suf-] powers here, received new conside fering with those of our citizens whol {ion last’ might by. the council, and are forced to suffer foreign domind- tion: With firm bonds must this sor- row unite us in one sentiment, one Tames BE. Lynch, chief of police, was uithorized by the city council to es- tablish parking zones in the business strict at his option in conformity with the traffic. ordinance which is iiready on the statute book Now? citizens, meet’ this foreign jon With grave-dignity. ain an upright demeanor. D. i hee ation Solituslober be driven in.|, 12 other words, this means, accord- to committing ill-considered acts. Re] '"® to the discussion of the plan pears op sea Mak ape which occupied nearly an hour of the sounell's business session, that’ com- “The imperial government will not rest until the foreign power yields be: fore our right." BIG WOOL SALE IS CALLED OFF nereial vehicles, including taxicabs ind baggage trucks and moving: vans, would not be allowed to park on ‘ther Second or Center streets within ‘ecognized limits. In arriving at the control of unde- Irables a statement was made_ by ef Lynch that he estimated that per ‘cent of the petty crimes and ome of the major violations were Urectly attributable to the hotbeds : f : maintained under the guise of taxi WASHINGTON, March 8.—War de-| | He stated also that Casper partment orders for the sale next] was being supplied with Uquor trom Thursday at Boston of 6,000,000 this source. pounds of army surplus wool were fhe suspended today by Secretary Weeks |), Lae) aap le So pred Ch shiolig jat the request of western. denators.{/rr? OF these services, he believes, Secretary Weeks told Senators Cam. | * pbtea hbase ramen he Sel path adage do Instances were recited to the council republican, Oregon, that would study the effect of the proposed pale of the army wool before taking jany further action showing that at times it is alm without dain The western senators informed Sec 2 SVCRHA. Wace ie |retary Weeks that the sale of 6,000,000] ‘NS insulted by agents of -the taxi eh enlgelt aig ip wenag hech aie te ices. Transportation vehicles also |be very ‘disastrous as the new clip| “Iusier Second strest west of Center |was being made in western. states. opbstrseabae paises Past decal pike hes | The firs: action of Chief Lynch will be to establish parking zones at places which will prevent the wh: 'esale cen- gregation of automobiles, He will then order the taxis and other offending ve- higles to find new stands. He was em- powered to revoke the licenses of of. fenders at the first violation of his orders, a MAPLE. “JUICE FLOWING | BRATTLEBORO, Vt., March &.- Altho handicapped by a shortage of tin pails, 1921 maple sugar has cstab- | Hshed record by its early arrival in this vicinity. Reports tod from al) districts indicate a heavy run of sap. 20 PER CENT OF WHEAT CROP IS LEFT ON FARMS Proportion Higher Fhan Amount Left One Year Ago; Half of Corn Crop Still in Storage, Is Report | WASHINGTON, March 8.—Wheat held on farms March |1 was about 207, 591, 000 bushels. or 26.4 per cent of the | 1920-<rop, compared swith 164,624,000 bushels, or 17.6 per cent ‘of the 1919 crop held a year aggp the department of agriculture announced today. Corn held on farms was about 1,572,397,000 bushels, or 148.6 per cent. of the 1920 crop, com: ared with 1,070,677,000 bushels os op #0 held ago, About 87 pe 000 bushels of the 1920 crop is merchantable compared with 87 per cent oF 2,486,296,000 bus! }1929 cron. PERISH Oats held on farms! was about 689,- 566, 00 bushels, or 4 per cent of | the . Compared with 418,983,- }o00 or $4 per! cent of the 219 crop so held hola ®. year 0. ms was. about soviet regime in Russia. \] Paper, they, will blow their signal. D, 000 bushels or 34.6 per o o' 2B a lie Te lade ike the whistle med wreck of the steamer Hong Moh on Lamock Island, off the |()'" 1020‘ crop ‘cotipaeed Siti pith AMER! (CAN CAGERS WIN the cops ed’ you won't mistake the || port of Swatoow, Kwangtung province, on March 3, news of | 000 tusitis, 8 {peti cant wots the HONOLULU, T. #., ‘March’ ath sound. It's like the postmen once || which was.received here today. }1919 crop so held a year ago. Los Angelés Men's club basketball ‘ The duration of the longest roll of thunder that has been accurately ed as rescued, meted was 45 seconds,