Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1921, Page 1

EIGHT-HOUR DWY, ARBITRATION TO UNION WORKERS: ” Recommendations Being Drafted at Big: Wage Conference Attended | agreements on wages king house employes were expected to be the prin- fess recommendations draft- ed by the dxecitive committee of the n Meat Cutters and Butcher We of North America when the fe went. into ses- sion this mi “. Union representn- tives from all the packing ‘centers were present to confer en the recom: mendations. : After. assembling the executive com- mittee began work of: drafting the recommendations, which are to be submitted to the conference of dele- gates at 1:30 o'clock this afternou: Patrick B. Gorman of Chicago, vice president of the union, presided: over the @xecutive committee session. in place of President John ¥. Hart, also or Chicago, who was: untble to at- tend. Mr. Gorman, with © Sccretary Lene and nine district | prasidents, r.ade up the executive cumniittee OMAHA, March 9.—Dslogates rep- resenting packing house employes from various centers of the couyiry are in Omaha today to attend ‘the opening wage conference cuiled by the . “Meat Cutters Butcher Workmens’ forthe an- no! the ety as a Wake | “The ce sanreenes will on tinue tomorrow. ‘The delegates are expected to ont- line their attitude toward’ the “an: noun: nt yesterday in Chicago vf the. packers’ wage reductions of ap- proximately 12% per cent, scheduled to take effect March 14, Dennis Lane, secretary of the union, following the announcement, said that it rieant a return to-the 10-hour day and that he was convinced ‘the men would “not consent .to such action. Assistants to Mellon Renamed WASHINGTON, March 9.+-Three assistant secretaries of the treasury, 8S. Parker Gilbert, Jr., of Bloomfield, N. J.; Ewing LaPorte of St. Louis, and Nicholas Kelley of New York, were renominated today by President Harding. Manufacture for Fevenue bureau. the question of prohibition, expressly states that there must be no limita- ton on the use of liquors for non- beverage purposes except that Prescribed by congress in limiting the gale of ‘spirituous liquors to one pint for ten days. The quiostion of limtta- a the opinion said, thus fs left to tho good faith of the physician. “Subject: to this limitation,” the LANDER, Wyo., March 9.—Oscar Melson is dead, S. W. Elmore of Shoshoni lies at the Bishop Randall hospital and Alfred J. Melson, brother of the dead man, George West of Shoshoni and Ralph N. Matthows of Riverton suffered in- juries when the motor car in which they were riding on the Chieago & Northwestern tracks crashed into 1 horse two miles out of Lander. By Numerous. Locals] The pinion, one of the most comprehensi: Agitators Fail in Efforts to Start Strikes; German Police on Duty BE DEMANDED BY suse led: This refusal of the strike, at least for the is attributed by the lead- '¥ of the men. However of the laborers in the Es- ig situation there. Allted troops to the number of 5,000 ‘with four tanks and three river flot- illas are stationed here, but the mil- itary are not in evidence except that double sentinels were at the street corners with machine: guns. ‘Alongside the order of the French |. general of occupation which was post- ed in public places, was the proclam- ation of President Wbert calling the people to bear up peaceably under the Entente’s “slavery.” General De Goutte's order places the miners “and other functionaries of the public utilities” under military control. It likewise forbids passenger train ser- vice, extept for workmen and inter- national travelers, Geenral Maucher, commanding the French troops in Dusseldorf, visited the| burgomaster today and told him General DeGoutte, had no objection to the ‘meeting of the Rhine provincial jandthg called for Sunday, provided no speeches were mado with regard to the occupation, The communal police are remaining on ¢@uty.;Whe security police force, which -was* disarmed yesterday, re- ceived its b The men “in the developments followed the brezking up of the nego- tionwand, the Allied Supreme Council in London ; were. expressed' by news- papers here. ‘The Neue Freie Presse calls the Allied, action “war in the midst of peace” while the Mittag Post main- tains the advance of allied forces on German cities will “‘serye to knit the German people so closely that they will rise above all:party strife.” THEATERS CLOSED BY ALLIED ORDER DUSSELDORE, March. 9. — Allied soldiers patrolled the city of Dussel- dorf last night. So far as known there ‘were no untoward incidents, the popu- lation of the city accepting the pres- ence of Entente troops with seem- ig apathy. All theaters, moving picture houses and concerts were ordered closed late (Continued on Page 4.) REVENUE MEN MUST PROVE THAT LIQUOR WAS MADE TO DRINK Government Without Power to Prohibit “Non-Beverage” Purposes, Department Rules WASHINGTON, March 9.—The government is without authority to Prohibit the manufacture and sales of liquor, wines or beer for non-beverage ing yeah by the attocneycneneral’s and ‘published 1 today by the purposes, according to a rul- dealing with opinion continued, “obviously there has been committed’ not to the judz- ment of the commissioner of inter- nal revenue and the secretary of the treasury. but for the professional judgment of the physician, thy ques- tion of the quantity) of Uquor that may be used to advantage as a medi- cine in each case, “As to this question, f think the ONE KILLED IN LANDER WRECK Melson died shortly after being brot to the hospital here and the others are receiving treatment. Threft Watson, Adolph Willner and Eric Toren escaped injury. Tho car was traveling about 35 miles an hour when it struck the horse, which was standing on the track. Tho then were returning to —Sympathy with?) tations between the Gorman delega-| ICE REIGNS IN OCCUPIED CITIES Weather Forecast Uneettled and’ warmer tonight, Thursday ¢loudy with rain and colder in west and north portions. REDS TAKE STRONGHOLD: REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING Casper Daily Critiine |e | VOLUME Vian ion NENG CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1921 NUMBER 126 | Duel, Sues for te The Tribune) WHEATLAND, Wyo., March 9.— ~A landlord-tenant controversy which’ ended in a pitch fork fight is now having an airing in the district court session now being conducted here by Judge W. C. Mentzer. The first round of the fight was appareptly won last night by W. W. Rains, tenant, when the jury brought in a verdict of guilty against J. W. Lawler on the charge of aggravated assault. As a result of that finding Rains has instituted @ second action iu secure $8,000 damages as reparation for alleged physical injuries. This second action has heen dated for Friday. ‘The trouble had its beginning last August’ wher Lawler, the landiora was driven from. the tenant house Rains following a_dispy : anes ety, ae gus See mn r, Lawler being on aonay a ‘and: Rains on ‘foot. The, former refused, Lawler sprang from PHILADELPHIA, Maréh 9.— The directors of the Pennsylvatia . Rail- road company today adopted a ‘reso- |lution directing the executive officers ‘to give, as. promptly as possible, proper notice vhat it is the Intention of the company to reduce the salaries and wages of officers and employes to accord with economic conditions.” The resolution in the nreamble states the company has already znauc @ reduction of more than 70,000 men, “seriously curtailing maintenance of railway and equipment, consolidated divisional organizations and stopped all expenditures on new work." “Byen with such economies as hayo| already been enforced,” says the} preamblo, “it takes almost the wholo current earnings merely to pay cur- rent operating expenses,’ intention-was to leave the physician unfettered by governmental ccntrol, but subject to be dealt with criminally and by revocation of this permit if he acts in bad faith ~ The opinion, existence of which be- came known Sunday, was signed by the then Attorney General Palmer, Mr. Palmer also held that the gov- ernment was without authority to limit the number of permits to man- ufacture or sell within any state or locality. * “I cannot believe,” he said, Weil it was the intention that the execu- tive officers *snoujd have authority to| say that one reputabie druggist in a community should have a permit and another equally reputable should not.” ‘WASHINGTON, March 9.—Internal revenue officers are considering. re- moval of the ban prohibiting with- drawals of liquor from warehouses, Commissioner Williams said today, The.order was issued last December to permit wholesale liquor dealers to dispose of their stocks on hand and Mr. "Williams said he believed that the purpose of the order practically had been accomplished. The, decision of revenve and prohi- bition officials not to grant permits to wholesale -dealers hereafter, putting an end to their business, will stand, according to Mr. Williams, who a@d- ed thgt there was no reason for a third party to engage in the handling of liquor. ‘The law provides that tho retail. druggist may purchase direct from the warehouses and on that ba- sis Mr, Williams believed the decision of the enforcement officials should stand. ————. the stone quarry at Wyopo on tho motor car, The thumb is stronger than all the fingers put poscther. ‘” Wheatland Tenant Comes Out Victor in Suit Over Pitchfork $8,000 Damages the wagon with a pitchfork in his hand. x According to the testimony of wit- nesses, both men had forks, and Rains raised his fork as Lawler ad- vanced. Rains was felled by the blow @ gash four inches long being open- ed on the side of his head. Lawler sprang on his prostrate opponent and administered a severe pummel- ing, in the course of which the lat- ter asserts that his eye was sev- erely gouged. ‘The plaintiff presented a deposi- tion by loca} physician to prove latter symptoms of paralysis result- ing from the blow on his head. As @ consequence he pleads a partial disability to earn his living. _—— 10,000 Garment ‘Workers Strike = pias rma “YORU, March 9:—Approxt- . mately 10,000. workerd in’ misses and children’s dress factories went on strike today, dt was) announced xt the headquarters of the Internation- al Ladies’ Garment Workers’ union, where it was <\ilmed that the indus- try in Greater New York was prac- tically. tied ‘up. NOT NOTIFIED OF TRIAL, LOCAL WITNESS STATES Gorge Everts. prosecuting witness in the case of Dr. George Smith and Dr. A. R. nating from the district attorney's of- fice to the effect that he failed to ap- pear. never been notified to.appeay and has been unable to secure inform:ation re- garding the date for the hearing. Roach denies a report ema- Everts asserts that he has TONGMAN’S EXECUTION SET FOR FRIDAY AT STATE PEN Executive Interference Not Expected in| Case of Yee Geow, Sentenced to Hang Friday for Killing Officer (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, March 9.—Preparations have been com-) pleted at the state penitentiary at Rawlins for the execution| of Yee Geow, Chinese tongman, who is to be hanged early. Friday morning, March 11, fo: land, department of justice agent here, last fall. ‘tive intervention can prevent the execution and executive intervention is not anticipated. Geow will be hanged on the gallows on which Tom Horn,'the west's most famous “killer,” met his end at Chey- enne, November 20, 1903, and. on which a half a dozen-other murderers have expiated their crimes. This gal- lows was purchased by the state at the time of passage of the law pro- viding that all executions shall take place at the penitentiary. It is a semi- automatic device, the weight of the condemned when ‘he is lifted. to the ‘ap, sing. & plug in acwater re- courtier ana pene the’ contents of the receptacle to escapo. When the escape of water has made the recept- ‘)acle lighter than’a counter-balance the tter fallsand pulls ‘the trigger of the’ trap The dévice has worked swith: out a hitch in-each'of the executions in. which jt~has beén ‘used. It was invented by James Julian; a-Chey- enhe contractor, and the aged Julian | may go to Rawlins to give the gal: lows a final testing before. the slender form of'the Chinese murderer is plac-} ed upon the trap. Geow will be ghe lightest man com-| mitted to the device of death. He weights only a little, more than 100 pounils but the mechanism of the gal- lows is so delicate that tho fact that| he is much under normal adult weight! will have no effect on its operation. | The only eloment of uncertainty caus: | ing apprehension is whether the fall} of a body so light as Geow's will re- sult in a broken neck and virtually instantaneous death, No man hang-| ed on Julian's gallows strangled to death, the necks of all being broken, The execution of Geow will be car-| ried out under direction of Warden Survey Shows 90 Per Cent of Casper Reads Casper Daily Tribune A recent survey of the number of, houses in Casper. reveals. the fact that The Tribune is being read in better than 90 per cent of Cus- per's: homes. There are ®@ number of ‘streets with every house taking the paper. This suryey included all of the outlying additions such as Kenwood, Mills, Butler, North Cas- per, etc. The Tribune's local circulation averaged in excess of 4,700 copies a@ day and a combined daily circu- lation of 5,700 for the week end- ing March 8. This amount repre- sents a net paid circulation and not the gross press run. The Tribune is a member-of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and these figures can be verified at any time from the. books and records Kept in The Tribune office. Advertisers are Invited to com- pare statements made in print and by solicitors. The merchant does not have to take mere statements or ertions, for fact. He is en- titled yo \\~ow the truth, for it is on. etre: xtion ‘that a newspaper bases its advertising rates, SENATE ARGUES OPEN COVENANT WASHINGTON, March 9.—Ratifi- cation of the long-pending treaty with ‘epgrens is urged by President Harding in his first formal message sent today to the senate. Immediately upon receiving tho message the senate went into execu- tive session, the usual procedure in taking up treaties. Senators Johnson, Republican, Cali- fornia; Borah, Republican, Idaho; Kellogg, Republican, Minnesota, and Kenyon, can, Iowa. all de- manded proceedings be | jor Frank He jsell of the penitentia: Under the law) he will be allowed fee of $100 for this grewsome duty. | Geow was not tried for the slaying} Join Federhen, city © fireman, | whont he killed a minute after he shot | Holland. | a | It has been found that only one per-| |son in fifteen has perfect eyes. xr the murder of Thomas Hol- Only execu- ASOAILANT IN SHOOTING CASE [3 SENTENCED Phillipe aed Draws One Year and a n Pleading’ Guilty” to Charge in District Curt Phillipe’ Alamino, charged with as- sault and battery in’ connection with the shooting of Lester Meyers and Jack Jones, at a railroad station west of the city, ‘pleaded guilty to the charge, yesterday afternoon, and was sentenced by Judge C. O. Brown to serve ono year and a day in the state penitentiary at Rawlins. Alamino has been confined to the} city jail since the shoating, over a year ago. Alamino who was alleged to haye been drunk when Meyers and Jones stopped him from attacking a| girl employed by a section gang as al cook. Alamino left, but returned a} short time later and shot thru the| Window wounding both men. } Meyers is still in”the hospital, his condition not permitting the removal| of the bullet from his lung. Jone confined to the hospital for months following the shooting, eee One of the commonest methods of | stealing rice with Chinese coolies is to lean up against a pile of sacks and stick a pin tube thru the sacking, the rice, which is dry, flowing naturally thru the tube into. the coolie’s cloth- ing. lchak, | Battle for Control of Petrograd Is' Still Uncertain on Late Reports BULLETIN. (By Associated Press.) WARSAW, March 9.—The White Ruthenians have proclaimed their independence from Russia, according to a Minsk report received here to- day. (The Ruthenians meant probably are those inhabiting what is known as White Russia, comprising the southwestern Russian provinces, centering upon Minsk.) (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, March 9. News of the Russian situa- tion today was conflicting, with the latest Helsingfors | dispatches reporting that the |soviet government forces had jrecaptured the fortresses of Itras- noya, Gorko and Systerbak this mern-| jing, and were training the big guns upon Kronstadt. where fires were ob-| served. An infantry assault by tie sovict troops upon Kronstadt is reported to have ‘been repulsed with enormous} jlosses to the attacking forces. ‘These reports were preceded by claims made in Helsingfors dispatches that Petrograd was in the handa of the revolutionaries. According to a| Reval message, however, the soviet troops recaptured the southeastern suburbs of Petrograd, ANTLREDS HOLD CITy, IS ANOTHER REPORT. COPENHAGEN, March 9.—Petro- grad is reported to be in the hands of revolutionary forces which for sev- Jeral days have beon fighting against! Russian bolshevik troops near that| city, says a special dispatch from| Helsingfors received hcre <ihis morn-| ing. The revolutionary forces were vic- torious. the dispatch declares, after a terrific bombardment of Petrograd| |from Kronstadt, Krasnoya, Gorko and | Systerbak, which was followed by ma- {chine gun battles in the streets of the. city. EIGHTING CONTINUES IN CITY STREETS LONDON, "March 9—Another vers sion. of the situation in Petrograd is give in Central News dispatch from Helsingfors, dated today. This says that fighting 1s continuing in the streets of Petrograd, and that War | Minister Trotzky and M. Zinovieff, the soviet governor of Petrograd, were re- ported to have taken réfuge in the} fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul surrounded by a large number of pro- The revolutionar! eapture this fortress, says, attempts the me: were repulsed, | LONDON, March 9.—(By The Asso- be- ciated Press}—Communications tween Russia and Siberia have official wireless message from Moscow today. The break ascribed to the| work of social revolutionaries operat- | ing with generals formerly attached| to the forces of the late Admiral Kol- the message adds. | WORKERS LOYAL SOVIET DECLARE LONDON, March 9.—Workers in soviet Russia are unanimously indig- nant over the revolutionary uprising at Kronstadt and are begging to be allowed to fight against the forces} engaged with sovist troops there, | says a wireless dispatch from Mos (Continued on Page 4.) tective troops. |p STATE GUARD [3 CUT IN HALF BY LAGK OF FUNDS, SOLONS FLAYED Entire Cavalry Regiment May Be Mustered Out As Result of Reduc- tion in Appropriation (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, March 9.— Yho2 the action of.the recent legislature i in reducing the ap- propriation necessary for ad- ministration expense of the National Guard of Wyoming | from approximately $75,000 to approxi- ~ imately $30,000 means that at least half of the guard will have to be mustered out and that “the other half probably will follow,” was stated by Adjutant General Timothy J. McCoy in addresis- ing the Lion's club here Tuesday af- ternoon. It would be impossible, the gdjtittint general, said, to finance nec- ffesary administrative work thru thé reduced appropriation, and Wyoming was faced With the unavoidable neces- sity of Félinquishing its position as the leading state in regard to percent- age of ifs National Guard quota re cruited, equipped and ready for serv- ice, Wyoming's percentage in this respect has been 100 since last June, the state haying its full quota, one regiment of cavalry. Major McCoy condemned tho legis- lators ‘spirit of antagonism to the national guard and and their lack of wisdom in crippling it by withholding the necessary financial supplies. He Fecounted the. difficulty with which the regiment of cavalry had been re- cruited in the Tace of apathy or an- tagonism to military affairs resulting: from war conditions, and ‘the sreat— value of the organization which had been recruited potentially to the na- tion in time of war and to the state in @ time of radical agitation and indus- trial discontent. The federal govern- ment, he related, was expending $250,- 000 a year on the maintenance of the Wyoming regiment of cavalry, yet thé legislature had been unwilling to pro- le, and had refused to provide, 000 to pay for administrative ex- e during a two-year period in | which the federal government would expend $500,000 for the maintenance of the guard, Major McCoy deplored the seemingly inevitable necessity for wrecking the national guard organiza- had tion which the war, any alte) Von Eckhardt Is Reappointed to Post in Mexica been built up since as unable to suggest BERLIN, March’ 8.—Heinrich Von Eckhardt, former minister to Mexico, will return to the post he formerly held in that country. Since bis return here in 1919 he has been in charge of the Spanish-American division of the foreign office. SPANISH PREMIER IS ASSASSINATED | Youth Held as Suspect in Shooting of CHEYENNE PILOT 10 GET BOOZE SEIZED IN RAIDS DESTROYED BY POLICE A large quantity ot whisky, taken in recent raids by the police officers, was destroyed this morning when the stock became too large to be kep! in the department... A wagon load of was then taken to the city dump where they were destroyed. op! In the interest of expediting fachiobs Senator Lodge was said to favor closed sessions, but this mat- ter was also left open for decision tomorrow. After a half Mur’s discussion as | to whether the treaty should be con- | sidered during the present session or postponed until the April sesson, the | senato adjourned until tomorrow with an announcement by Senator Ledges papular leader, that he wor t move to proceed with it | ediately, imu | Physicians found that one bullet en- Madrid Leader; A Motorbike While Assassin Fires MADRID, March 9.— (By Associated Press.) — Police search for the assassin who shot and fatally wounded Pre- mier ponay Saupe co last ict has oe in one arrest and jan order for detention or ="! motorcvcles and automobiles. nd, a dan atng eget A youth named Julian is held a3'a suspect, An official report says the assassins are believed Witnesses of the shooting say two motorcycles were employed, one block- ing the premier's automobile, as it approached his residence, and that the other carried the assassins. Count De Bugailal, minister of the interior, will act as premier until King Alphonso appoints a successor to Premier Dato. Viscount De Eza, foreign minister, will assume the marine portfolio, which, also was held by Dato. Public functions throughout Spain have been suspended, and the popu- lace is horror-stricken by the assas- sination. Senor Dato died in a dispensary. tered his forehead and pa the head. Another bullet went thru both jaws and a thi entered his | back almost directly behind the heart. His hat was pierced by several bul ed thru uto Is Stopped By to have been syndicalists. Senora Dato and her three daugh- ters arrived at the hospital too tate to see the premier alive. S000 MILEAGE PRIZE CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 9,—Al- though official announcement has not been made, it is virtually certain that Pilot C, V. Pickup of Cheyenne won a prize of $500 offered by a-group of newspapers to the air mall pilot making the greatest mileage during the six-minths period ending Tuesday. On March 1, when the last statement was published, Pickup was leading his nearest competitor by 2,600 miles. MILLION STATE F WASHINGTON, Marcir 9,—Back royalties due the state of Wyoming on July 1 from oil land leases on government lands in that state, will amount to over $1,000,000 and that | due California will be about $700,- | 000, according to information given out today by the general land of- fice. lets, > Back royalties collected from the IS DUE ROM U.S. leases in California under the min eral leasing act of 1920 amount to $6,500,000 of which $3,800,000 is from leases on naval reserves. The states. does not sharo in the naval reserve royalties but receives 8734 per cent of all others, | Back royalties collected in| Wyo- | ming amount to about $3,000,000, | none of which is from naval re serves, ae |