Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1921, Page 1

© ARPS TO INSIST Must Go to War if Neces- sary to Uphold Claims In Kamchatka, House Of Peer Told Today TOKIO, March 23. — (By Associated Press.) — Japan will be obliged, whatever ac- tion may be deemed neces- sary, to preserve her rights in Kamchatka if the Russian far eastern republic persists in jts course of transferring,a part of that penin- sula to the authority of the Russian soviet government, Viscount Uchida, ‘oreign minister, declared in the house of peers here today. After stating that Japan had recent- ly -recelved information ‘hat © this transfer had been made, he said this country had sent a protest to the far eastern republic. administration | at Chita and had submitted five de- mands. He declared that these de- mands had not as yet been accepted. Japan has extensive fishery inter- ests in Kamchatka. This report of the transfer of part of the peninsula of Kamchatka to the soviet government in Moscow appears to have a direct bearing upon conces- sions granted there to Washington B. Vanderlip of. California, by the Bol- sheviki regime in Russia. The, con- cession, covering the exploitation of the oil, coal and fishery interests of Kamehatka were granted last year. TOKIO, March 22.—During © the month of January, 120 stowaways went from Japan to ports in North and South America on board Japan- ese steamers, said @ circular sent to governors of Japanese provinces by the home department today. Precau- tions were urged, and it is expected arrests will be made. BERET, ‘March 234By, “1the Associated Paons\ies Communist workers. t! “seized the administra- tion’ buildings of” the Spohn and Voss shipyards in. Hamburg and hoisted the red flag, says a dispatch from. Hamburg today... Workers in beats! shipyards quit work and are «ganizing mass demonstrations, the dispatel ONO ond SE a Belfast-Dublin Wires Are Cut ae BELFAST, March 23.—The _tele- graph wires between Belfast dnd Dub- lin were cut last evening. ‘The authorities expressed beil@t-that this act was in preparation for, pos- sible’Sinn Fein activity during Baster week. SOVIET TROOPS ARE DESERTING LONDON, March 23.—Newspa- per reports from Riga stafe that the Fifteenth and Sixteenth soviet armies, stationed in the vicinity of Pskov, are in open disorder and de- serting in crowds, says an Exchange ‘Telegraph dispatch from Copenha- gen today. ‘The soviet government | fs exited aga sixteen provinces, eo enant reports szid. ed to have declared Th Tuesday, colder tonight. Jinx Pursues Family, Sixth ‘Child Is Hurt All_ hon negative vi hard. luck even if they are of ty,:for the champion ly go to C. O. Ears- ley, trafic Officer of the Casper po- lice ‘de; it. Mr. Earsley and his family/have been featured in a number of/accidents during the past month, of serious nature and which yfsterday completed the round of ¢yery member of the fam- 179 of six, e lafest mishap was reported bens Ciiffprd, his 16-year-old son, came home from work at the Stand- ard yesterday suffering from severe lacerati¢ng which nearly ‘severed two: from the right hand and result in‘ permanently crtppling the member. of the series, of acci- dents curred a little over a month ago when a Baby Farsley, was run over by}an automobile and serious- ly injured. Then Raymond slipped on ice and suffered a minor fracture of the gkull and on recovering from this acdident fell and broke his arm. Marign, another, son, was’ the’ vic- tim of an°accident which. cos: the lad fhe thumb on.his right.hand and other less serious ‘injuries. Over- come by the injuries which befetl TO BREAK WILL SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.—A contest over the $2,500,000 estate of D. P. Doak, San. Francisco steel mag- nate, in which Mrs. Sarah Doak, his mother, alleged that she was cut off in her son's will through “fraud and connivance” of his third wife, Mrs, Frieda Vulke Doak, has been filed*in the Napa county courts, it\was an- nounced today..Mrs, Sarah Doak asks for half the estate. Doak .died three, weeks ago in Napa. The complaint — alleges, that after he suffered the stroke of paraly- sis which ultimately ended in, his death, Mrs. Frieda Doak “poisoned his. mind” against the elder woman and induced him by fraud and other- wise to have his will include only; her- self and his brothers.~ The action was filed-to forestall asprobate. of., the will. pea ARRAS be 'THERMOPOLIS BUILDING PLANS. THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., March 23— ‘William Slane, owner of the one-story omooed sey PU vIUIOT IVD wWoIs panIny -ex Atuaoel se ONTIS “TA *A0ITU On; oy 3ovq 3} Su[puorxXe pus £1078 soyjONT uo Suyynd seyuduiazu0s ‘oywo JUL pus syong ey; 4q pardnove Surpind Rulte enthusiastic over the. future of Thermopolis. The improvement will cost about $35,000. Generally. take fair-tonight and asper Daily Cribune | :f CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1921 CITY DITION Open Accusation That Wife of Wealthy Banker Yielded to Love of Redskin} Is Made in Challenging Paternity of Child Who Wrecked Marriage Craft WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., March 23.—(By Associated | Press.)—Legitimacy of Guy Stiiiman, 28 months old, was attacked and defended in supreme court here today in the first real skirmish of the divorce suit brought by James A. Stillman, president of the National City hank of New York, OF ANKS DEMANDED | OF GERMANY Carl Neuf and Franz Zimmer ead (Noted Banker of New York Sues Terms of Six and Fifteen Months at Close of Trial. in German. Court on Charge of “Inflicting Bodily Injury” from German prisons Frank today. Representations have been made through the state department and through Maj.Gen.. Henry T. Allen, commanding the \ American army of occupation. The Harding administration is understood to be de-: termined to secure the release of the Americans. “MOSBACH, Baden, March 23.—(By ‘The Associated Press}—Carl Neuf and Franz Zimmer, American detectives, have ‘been ‘sentenced to terms in pris- on in criminal court: bere for “ille- gal assumption of power” in attempt- ing to arrest and abduct Grover C. Bergdoll, American draft evader, in} Bherbach last January. Neuf, against) whom a of “inflic ing bodily injury” has been prefer- red, was sentenced to -jail for, fifteen months, while’ Zimmer's term in pris- had accompanied the two. Americans on ‘their ‘trip to apprehend it in Say ‘In passing sentence ‘on Neuf, the German court declared the American detective was aware that aside from the, charge’ of desertion no other in- ditement was pending against Berg: doll, but’ that nevertheless the’ detec- tive had attempted to arrest Bergdoll without the co-operation of the Ger- man police and: take him inty the occupied area, although Neuf was aware that. such a procedure ‘constl- tuted an illegal assumption of au- ‘thority in unoccupied Germuny. The use of a weapon déclared the court, constituted glizent infliction of bodily injury. The ponalty upon Neuf was fixed at fifteen” months in jail, the court said, because the detuctives’ conduct constituted ‘ta gross, breach of the Taw and an invasion of the rights of the German authovities.”” The other defeydants were guilty, the court ruled, because they knew their acts wetr/ not permissible and were punishatio junder the’ criminal code. The six defendants were assessed the costs of trail each of them was ermdiited on his jail sentence with eight weeks of preliminary confine- tment. WHITE PLAINS, N. ¥., March 23 —(By Associated Press),—Ae definite charge that Mrs. Aanna U. Stillman, wife of James /. Stillman, president of the National City bank of New (Continued on Page 6) WASHINGTON, March 23.—(By United Press.)—The United States has called on the German government to sur- render Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft evader, and release Zimmer and Carl Neuf, two} American detectives imprisoned for the attempted capture and abduction of Bergdoll, it was learned on official authority TRAIN BANDITS SECURE $1,809 FROM SLEEPER MUSKOGEER, Okla.,' March 23,— The amount of Joot obtained. last — And Is Sued for Divorce Decree night when two wen held up and robbed 18 Pullman aboard the Texas, Special Missouri, Kansas, & Texas railroad, was placed at $1,309 by railroad of- cinls bere today. “ ment, says a Berlin dispatch to; the Jo‘irnal. Based on Pal learned today. eighths gallons of beer per patient every thirty days; that the manufac- ture of real beer can not be carried on in-plants where near beer is made, and that breweries muy sell only to wholesale druggists who in turn may sell to retail druggists. These must be approved by the new commissioner of internal revenue when he is appointed. Seventy-five cents is the price of a haircut in Youngstown, Ohio, TREATY FULFILLED, HUN REPLY STATES Further Payments on 20 Billion Marks Due May1 Under Versailles Pact i ova by Germany in Note’ French officials resented commission will be the center 23. By Associated Press. PARIS, March 23.—(By her reply today to the recznt tions commission, refuses to due on this date and disputes ing a balance of 12, It is maintained jn 000 marks which the peace treaty, provided should be hynded' over by May 1, has been more than paid. ‘The “note asks tuat a joint com- mission of expert, fix the value of the German Chijyeries on reparations Nees hs tum of the allied repara- pay the one billion marks, gold the commission’s Sapres show- 000,000,000 marks due May 1 the German note that the 20,000,000,- account, but it declares, that In any event it would be’ impossible for Ger- many to pay,12,000,000,000, marks by the first-of May. The note concludes as follows: after the experts have confer. [a it is established that~ there is a Soe cit in’ the payments by Ger- she i ready to begin’ negotia- tena with, the reparkiline tsiriaesch regarding the floating of # loan abroad.” ‘The reparations commission ,, met this morning to consider the German reply, which was transmitted. from Berlin last night. ‘The German's failure to pay is deemed violation of the treaty of Versaillgs which the commission | will Feport fo the allied governments. The allies will then determine what meas- ures shall be taken. It is commented here that the Ger- Iman experts already have been heard by the commission, which listened to their’ arguments parres fixing the val- uation of the German deliveries cred- ited as payments against’ the 20,000,- 000,000 marks. ‘This valuation, thero- fore, was considered final, since the treaty gives the commission sole jur- isdiction in the matter. ‘The German reply does not answer directly the cormmission's demand for & first payment of 1,000,000,000 marks today. This point, however, fs cover- ed on the face of things by Germany's contention of over-payment of the en- tire ‘amount due by May tr There is nothing said in the note, nevertheless, to show that it would be impossible for Germany to pay this 1,000,000,080° marks, which tho repar- ations commizsion knows that Ger- many has availabte.in gold, as well as | im: foreign securities, it is, stated.. SS, CO WIFE OF TURF ‘MAN SUICIDES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 23.— Mrs.’ Stoughton A, Fletcher and her mother, Mrs. Eva Henley, committed suicide’ at the Fletcher estate north of this city today, according to a coroner's verdict» ‘this’ afternoon, Stoughton A. Fletcher, the husband, is @ prominent capitalist and horse- PRINCIPALS IN SENSATIONAL D president ‘of the: National’ City: Bank .of New ‘York, and ‘Mrs: the former: “Fifi Pottor, whose’ sui DIVORCE SUIT—Jamen A A. Stillman, Stillman, it and counter-suit:for* divorce is now betrig heard at White Plains, N.Y. The Stillman. family, has been one of the most prominent: socially in America and ‘counts its.wealth by millions. SICK ARE ALLOWED FIVE GALLONS BEER A MONTH Manufacture Must Not Be Carried on In Plants Making Near Beer, Says Rules mer’s Decision WASHINGTON, March 23.—(By United Press.)—Prin- cipal provisions of new regulations carrying into effect the ruling of former Attorney-General Palmer that the manu- facture and sale of -beer as medicine are not illegal were They set Forth that a doctor may prescribe four and seven- State Builders CHICAGO, March 23. — Lumber dealers have issued a challenge to the Illinois Society of Architects to prove charges made in the society's bulletin that lumber prices were 150 per cent higher than in’ 1914. An offer to pay $1,000 to» charity’ if the charge is proved, has been maav, and ©. EB. Davison,’ president of the architects’ society, declared today he would ac- cept the challenge. The ‘Jumbermen assert prices! are only 60 per cent above the 1914 level and that one-third of that ‘is due to high cost of transportation. pot ind al adobe HOUSEBOAT. RESIDENTS ON CANAL GET MOVING ORDER CHICAGO, March 23—Familics who have taken to houseboats on the drainage canal have been notified to move, it was said today. Many house- boats line the banks and have tele- plone and water connections. “I suppose Ill come home some day and find my home miles away,” protested Mrs, Charlotte Kuss, a house boater, who told of the notice received ffom drainage board officials. “A lot of people are angry because we don't have to pay taxes. If they move’us, bow do we know we can have modern conveniences? But they have no-right to cut our telephone lines," OSs aR Te HUNS TO BE EB PARIS, March 23.—Expulsion of nearly 100 undesirable Germans resid- ing in Strasburg has-been decided up- ‘on by the authorities there, it is de- LED. man. He was in Chicago today, serv- ants said, |clared in a dispatch from that city to the Petit Parisien, Lumber Dealers’; | Take Issue With Red. Delegation Is Insulted at Hotel in Rome ROME, March 23.—Feeling against the Russian commercial delegation at present in this city is running high at the hotel where members of the party are staying. At dinner. last night a French engineer, for many years a resident of Russia, asked-M. Vorovsky, ‘head of the delegation, -in a loud voice how the Russians got the treasures found by customs auth- orities in their baggage when they arrived. These treasures haye been turned over to the director of cus- toms. Signor Bentoni, undersecretary of finance, announced that the Russians had been fined more than 20,000 Ure for importing contraband rugs and other valuables. LEGION TO STIR UP PATRIOTISM INDIANAPOLIS, Ind,, March 23,— Patriotic mass meetings in every state are planned by the American’ Legion for the near future, starting with one at Philadelphia on April 4. An an- nouricement from the legion’s national headquarters here today said men of national prominence will be speakers at meetings in principal cities of all states: | NUMBER 139 | against the former “Fifi” Potter. Arguing “on motions for $10,000 a month alimony and $75,000 counsel fees, Delancey Nicvll, counsel for the} bank president, openly charged that | the society woman hxd taken “as her | lover an Indian guide by whom she} had an infant son,’ Counsel for Mrs. Stillman replied that when the case was tried, ‘she will prove her denial of all the allega- tions of infidelity, made by Mr. Still- man.” John H. Mack, guardian ad litem |for the child, also rallied to the in-| fant’s defense, asserting that “the| evidence before the referee does not show any other person than James A. Stillman to be the father of this child.” Plans of the defense to examine Mr. Stillman regarding his income were automatically dropped when his | counsel teatified that his net income} for 1920 =z: $530,000 and added that his client's “only. desire was to allow | Mra. Stillman enough alimony to live in “reasonable luxury.” paicating that he considered the big point in the matter of compensa- tion was the attack made on the pa- ternity of the child, Justice Mors- chauser announced to a court room crowded with spectators that there would be no more argument on mo- tions before him, that he would re- serve decision and that when he reached one, he would file it in West- chester county, to be transferred to Putnam county, where the action was started. After the hearing adjourned, coun- sel for Mrs. Stillman told newspaper men, in reply to questions that he did not think the case would be dropped. “Speaking for your client, are you going to push it through?" he was asked. “You bet we aro,” he replied. He also informed newspaper men that the defense was asking $75,000 counsel fees. This was the first time it was learned so large an amount was sought, as it had been generally understood that $25,000 had been asked. Nicaragua Plans To Cut League on Account of Cost SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, March 23.—Nicaragua has be- gun negotiations to secwre permission to resign her membership in the League of Natfons because the ex- pense attached to the membership is considered excessive, says a dispatch from Managua. It costs Nicaragua $4,000 per month, und the government now owes the league $48,000, having been a member for a year. HAMON MOVIE PLAN OPPOSED SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.—The Allied Amusement Industries of Cali- fornia, composed of representatives of motion picture’ theaters, is on record today as opposing the appearance in films of Clara Smith’Hamon, recently acquitted of the killing of Jake L. Hamon in Ardmore, Okla. FOURTEE OF INDIAN GUIDE, CHARGE FIVE ARE HELD IN SHOOTING OF LIQUOR AGENTS ON THE BORDER \Father and Three Sons Charged With Murder In Connection With Death of Two Sleuths BL PASO, Tex., March 23.— (By Asscciated Press.) —The five men charged with murder in connection with the shoot- ing of Prohibition Officers E. E. Beckett and C. A. Woods were taken into custody late yester- day and last night, after a county- wide search in which federal, county and city officers participated. ‘They are C. P. Shearman and his three sons, Neil, John and Allen, and Tomas Mendoza. The two prohibition officers shot to death Monday night, when they went to the Shearman ranch, five miles from this city, io nearch the place for liquor. The father and his three sons and Mendoza will be arraignéd tomorrow on charges of murder, according to an announcement made today at the district attorney's office. The federal officers declare the four officers who went to the ranch had a search war- rent. They say they will file charges Against the men under arrest for re- sisting officers. Hun Reparations Bill Is Passed LONDON, March 23.—(By The As; sociated Press.}—The German repera- tions bill, imposing a levy of 50 per cent of the value of all German im- ports, to be used toward the payment ot reparations, Monday ‘passed: all the remaining stages. in the house of lords without @ discussion. The measure now needs only the king's assent to become a law. CHINESE FUND IS RELEASED PEKING, March 23.—(By The Asse ciated Press.)—Fundy allotted in the past to the southern Chinese goyern- ment, but withheld since the collapse of that regime, were released by the consent of legations intevested, for use of the Peking government today. Those funds were a portion of the national revenue and surplus. The legations stipulated that the money must be used for several specific pur- poses—the reorganization of domestic loans, payment of Chinese diplomatic and consular salaries, plague preven: tion and conservation work on the Canton or Pearl river. ‘The amount of money reieased was approximately 13 per cent of the surplus, or 2,400,- 000 toels in gold. This action is regarded here as @ death blow to the aspirations of south- erp. leaders, who recently appealed to legations in Peking for the release of these funds for their use N DEAD werd IN TWO BATTLES WITH THE IRISH |Sinn Feiners Suffer Heavy Losses In One Ambush and Death Toll Climbs In County Cork Battle Today DUBLIN, March 23.—A police inspector and eight men were ambushed near Dingle yesterday and the fight that ensued, lasting three hours, ended disastrously for the attack- ing party, eight of whom were killed and twenty wounded, CORK, March —Six ‘civillans were killed in the Blarney district, County Cork, this morning in a bat- tle which ensued when crown forces according to an official announcement here today. the police were slightly wounded, it was added. Three of ‘were fired upon from a farmhouse. ‘The military were conducting a search for wanted men when they were attacked. RUSS RELATIONS TO BE TAKEN UP SOON (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 23,— Early consideration is to be given to relations between the | United States and spviet Russia, it was in- dicated today at tho state depart- ment: Formal announcement of any change in the relations between the two countries or.in any of the rul- ings by the Wilson admivistration may not be made for some timo, but it was made clear that already cer- tain modifications of those rulings i either are under consideration have been made. These decisions were reached in- dependent of the appeal from the soviet government to President Harding and the American govern- nient for a resumption of trade re- lations between the United States and Russia. That appeal reached the state department today from the White House. ‘The appeal was received at the White House and sent to the state department without being called to the attention of President Harding, or and it was first announced that fv bad not been received. A similar. announcement also was made at the state department, but this subse- quently was corrected. In the event of an agreement by the United States to treat with the soviets, it was indicated that no technical bars would be placed against the entry into the United States of a delegation which the Moscow wireless dispatch to Lon- dou said the soviet proposed to send (Continued on Page 6) a