Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1921, Page 1

~ ” AY 2 Weather Forecast Ineréasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, rain in extreme west portion; Saturday unsettled with rain vr snow and colder in north portion. wes Built for De- fense Alone In the Far East TOKIO, March. 25.— (By Associated Press.) —‘Asser- tions that the Japanese naval program was being followed for the purpose of competing with the United States navy, were dehoiinced as “preposterous and absurd” by Vice Admiral Tomasoburo Kato; Japanese minister of marine, in an interview with the Associated Press HGH WATE PLATTE & (oINPROSL 7 Pathfinder Reservoir. Is. Nearly Filled to Capacity and Little Water Has Left Hills,. Says Reports ‘With more snow in the mountains than the average year and water in the Pathfinder dam a: the present time near the spillway point,’ there is & possibility of serious conditions fac- ing Casper this summer. Reports received here from the dam today indicate that the structure is now at capacity although very little water from he mountains which com- prises the source of supply in ordin- ary times, has found its way to the dam. Ideal winter weather, with~ above} ermal waterfall ts considered respon: | “ible for the conditions. which are fac- ing the tenders at the huge structure, The high water is maintained in spite of the fact that during a greater part of the winter over 100 second feet of water was released daily over the amount discharged in ordinary years. With the dam at capacity and goy- ernment reclamation service reports indicating that the snowfall in -the mountains was enormous this year plans are being made to prevent any serious. consequences from the /excess f ee dui MANUFACTURER SHOT BY IRISH (By. Associated Press) BEUFAST, March .25.—The Easter season saw no abatement of the, blood- ghee in Ireland. John Cathcart, man- Ager of a large manufacturing, com: pany in Hast Cork, was shot-dead by civilians who broke into his house early today, “Convicted spies and in- formers beware," Was found’ printed on @ paper near the body. Last night a former ‘sergeant ma- jor of the regular British. infantry forces was-found shot and — badly wounded in a strect of Dublin, having} becn.attacked: by. three persons. Until recently the sergeant major had been employed in the Ballykinter interment camp. ‘Two little girls in the vicinity ‘were seriously wounded, one of whom died. A male pedestrian also was wounded. THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., March 25. —A-home for broken-down laborers and a park to help make home life attractive for children are planned by L, C. Lesher, garage man, with 2,000,000 from the estate ;of his father to which he says he has fall- en heir. Lesher said his father was a wealthy shipowner and phijanthrop- ist of California. The Thermopolis man ran away from home when in THERMOPOLIS MAN INHERITS. MILLIONS, PLANS HOME FOR BENEFIT OF LABORING CLASS here ‘today: “He declared Japan was not trying to compete with the Amer- ian navy. and that the Japanese | naval program had been’ forrqulated | so'that the island empire could be de- fended against any emergencies aris- ing in the Far East alone. Dufing the course of the interview the minister emphasized the fact that Japan's project to have a_ fleet of eight. battleships and eight _ battle cruisers not over eight years-old, was ‘mot necessarily irreducible. He, de- clared that if all the naval powers; would agree to.a “naval holiday”: he would be willing to enter such an en- gagement, and would not insist upon the completion of the naval’ program projected by the government. In ‘view or.the.poputar movement for the‘ curtailment of armaments led by Yakio Oziki*and commercial and: industrial leadsrs of the empire, as ‘well as the world interest in’ disarma- ment, -the , correspondent. asked M. Kato to give as definite a statement as possible of Japan’ aaret policy. rAfter) the Russian: war, Japan to have ¢ her squadrons’: per viens 3 A eet battleships and eight cruisérs; all capital ships less Spe eight years old. 5 “The condition of our “finances did ‘program, so: we tried to: mafntain an ‘eight-four’’ standard /~and™ theny-an ‘eight- -eight.’ . While \several’ powers |’ are trying to build’ great ‘navies 'con- sisting of thirty, forty or even fifty capital ships of the-first line, Japan's plan fir)an ‘eighteight standard seems moderate, considering the pos tion of the islands.’ In counting ships [less than eight years old, the examples of foreign powers have been our guid- ance. “The framers of the ‘eight-cight’ program did not have in. mind any foreign country as a’probable enemy. |, wish to’emphasize that they merély considered our finances and decided (Continued on Page. 9) his teens and refused urgent plead- ings of his parents to return home, fie ‘says. He thinks a public park will help keep youngsters from fol- lowing in his footsteps. Lesher is 2 member of the team- sters union. pests “AES NBS Mr. and Mrs. D, W. Lewis of Sait Creek are spending a few days in the city on business, shopping and visit- ing with friends. di tiot permit the carrying, out. of! this Sixty Quarts Is) TT I ari (i CHOSEN FOR Nomination Will Go Before Spe- cial Session of Congress, Says Dispatch From Washington (By Press) WASHINGTON, ‘March 15.—H. L. Patton of Casper, Wyo., is understood to have been selected for United States marshal. for the Wyoming district. His nomination 1s expected to go to the special session of congress. ’ The above dispatch‘confirms unoffi- cial reports that Mr; Patton's appoint- ment was virtually assuréd but» no announcement is made as to whether @ recess appointment is likely. Mr. Patton is a pioneer resident of central: Wyoming, having come here as a cowboy with 'the CY outfit before the railroad reached as far as Douglas. He served ag United States marshal for Wyoming from November, 1912 to March, 1914, and also as sheriff of Natrona county. His was unopposed and received the endorse- ment of state Republicans. “WASHINGTON, “March 26.—¥or- U. 5. MARSHAL mer Representative Hernandez of ‘Tierra Amarilla, was given a recess today by. yeollector of. int or pnd ssebes of New Mexico. strike Of marihe “en: Officers) on ocean-going tugs, begun yesterday in pfotest against’ wage ro- jons,’ Was called) “off | todays by jon’ officials after the receipt of a telegram from the department of Ja- bor offering conciliation. Te offer of conciliation’ was re- ceived by Thomas B. Healey, chair- man. of the Atlantic and’ Gulf coast conference of the. Marine Engineers’ Beneficial association, who yesterday sent a ‘telegram’ to: Secretary of'Com- merce Hoover, asking for a federal in- vestigation ofthe strike situation. Mr. Hoover transferred the request to. the labor department. Mr. Healey im- mediately, sent orders to all Atlantic ports for the striking workers to re- turn to thelr boats and await the out- come of the conciliation efforts. | ‘Wage reduction of $35 and $50 a month put into.effect March 1 by the| towboat owners, union ‘leaders said, brought about the walkout. Man Caught With Celebrity’s Son ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 25.—Talton T.. Francis, son of David R. Francis, former governor of Missouri and am- bassador to’ Russia in the Wilson ad- ministration, was ‘arrested with two other men when two trunks in an express wagon in which the trio were riding were .found to contain sixty quart bottles of whisky. Mr. Francis was released on $1,000 bond signed by his brother, J. D. Francis. Both‘are partners of. their father in a stock brokerage business. Hope Given Up For Five Aboard Big Bag, Is Report PENSACOLA, Fla., March . — Navel authorities have expressed the belief today that the only hope for the safety of Chief Quartermaster George K. Wilkinson and fou student pilots, missing from. the na- val air station here since they took the air in a free baloon ‘Tuesday night, is that some vessel in the Gulf of Mexico may have rescued them, A’ dozen’ senplanes,'a dirigible, four eagle boats, a sub-chaser and other craft along tho coast were at sea to- day, in the hope that some trace of the bag or occupants’ might be found. PENSACOLA, Fla., March 25.— Scores of naval ajn and surface craft today took up the search for the ‘free ‘balloon from the naval. air station here, which was reported adrift at sea yesterday with five men aboard. The last heard from tae bal loon yesterday :was that it was then off St. Andrews Bay, drifting toward the open sea, and only about one hundred feet above the water. ‘Two messages brought in by carrier pig- eons told the plight of the balloonists ‘The last said all the ballast had been thrown overboard, but at- that time the big gas bag was slowly sinking, A dirigible: and a number vf sea planes were immediately dispatched to..the locatiom.given,. but they, found no trace of. the balloon. The balloon left the air station at five o'clock Tuesday evening for an ftp ity. expecting to drift to parently a shift in the by: four ‘men with him are Russell, V. Blend, Belleville, Hl: Edward -L. Ker- shaw, 'Payné, La.; John 0. Elder of Lebanon,,N..¥., ana, Willlam H. ‘Tret- rey, Salem, Mass. PANAMA CITY, Fia Fla., March 25.— Naval airmen conducting from here a Search for the bat‘oon which with five men. has been missing from the Pen- Sacola haval air station since Tuesday night, had. effected. no trace of ihe big bag or its occupants up to noon today, OON IS VER GULF LYNCH HESIGNG, EA-OHERIFE POLIGE CHIEF Jesse Sheffner Appointed Late Thursday to Fill. Vacancy Caused by Resignation of Incumbent Jesse Sheffner, former sheriff of Na- trona county, Was appointed late yes- terday afternoon as chief of police to succeed James 5. Lynch who resigned the office. Mr. Sheffner assumed his new duties immediately, Prior to tak- ing up the new duties, Mr. /Sheffner was connected with the special agent forces of the local refineries. Lynch's services were satis- said Mayor B, H. Pelton, Jx,, “but we accepted his resignation becatise. of the demands which his private business will make upon his time.” Negress Bandit Robs Veteran of $86 Roll, Claim DE) mai i ed. KD. Clum: teran, ‘uncon- scious and robbed him of $83, ac- col te the story. he told the po- lice, The EAP etree anon ‘about 2 o'clock this’ morning-in-the neigh eee anne eras ape wea bae’ ed him and asked for # site ef Clum. As, he. reached for the match she struck him in the fate with her fist and he fell to the sidewalk, he said. ‘Then she is alleged to ‘have rifled his ‘pockets. years old, in connection with ‘the robbery, Police apprehended Clara Page, 38 | ee Attorney Floyd W. Pendell has re- turned to his offices here from Kansas Crihune TON MINING TOWN LOWEY ESIGN Streets of Eisleben Raked by Rifle and Machine Gun Fire; Rebellion Is Being Put Dewn, Report EISLEBEN, Germany, March 25.—(9:30 A. M.)—(By Associated Press.) —Fighting between the Communists and security police for possession of Eisleben had extended this mogning to a half mile front in the western section of the town with the positions of advantage changing hands from| moment to moment. The Communist army of 2,500 was being reinforced steadily by peasants {ously throughout the night, had be- and villagers coming in to town on|come a continuous rumble resembling foot and on bicycles. drum fire, From the post and teie- ‘They carried afiny guns in the hope |graph building, the combat was vis- of surrounding the two thousand se-|ible and above the roar of firing could curity police and destroying them, |be heard calls of encourageent to Rifles, machine guns, grenades and | both sides and the cries of the wound. dynamite, which were heard continu-!ed lying where they fell. EISLEBEN, Germany, March 24 (7:30 P. M.)—(By Asso- ciated Press.)—The street fighting as a result of the Com- munist outbreak which has been in progress for the last forty hours in this important copper mining town of Saxony, was continuing desperately tonight, with. a hand-to-hand combat at the railroad station and in the streets in the center of the BUILDERS TAKE CUT IN OMAHA OMAHA, Neb., March 25.—The Omaha. Building Trades’ Council rep- resenting thirteen building trades unions voted iast night not to accept a.ten per cent wage cut April 1, and another such reduction July 1, it was, announced today by the council's sec- retary, John M. Gibb, Mr. Gibb said that the position of the council was that it would not take more than a 10 per cent cut in wages this season. Contractors have been asking for a 20 per cent cut, half of it April-4, and the other half July 1, Mr. Gibb said, HALF MILLION LOST IN FIRE LOS ANGELES, Cal.; “March 25.— amage estimated at $500,000 was Ree by fire * today at Tos ef ed harbor. ‘A wharf, four yachtaand th plant of the' Seacraft corporation ite destroyed. A sixty-mile.. gale. made. the work of the. firemen especially: dif- ficult and’ for’ a time flames’ endan- gered ‘other, property. perk 2a esha t SEES M, E. COMMUNION: SERVICE. Special communion services will be held this evening at ‘the Methodist Episcopal church at 8 o'clock in com, memoration of the Crucifixion, The City, Mo., and Denver, where he has|Haster Sunday services will be held be n attending to business matters. Sunday morning at the regular hour. U. S. GOING TO ‘GET’ SLACKER --OFFICIAL Statute of Limitations Not to Be Observed, Says Secretary of War Weeks; Details of Plan Withheld WASHINGTON, March 25.—“We are going to get Berg- doll if it is possible to get him,” Secretary Weeks declared today i in discussing the case of in y- “I don’t believe the Philadelphia draft evader| we will recognize any statute of limitation in his case if one should exist.” Secretary taken to get Bergdoll out of Germany. Ho''refused to discuss the possibility | of his extradition by Great Britain for violation of British passport laws, STARVING CHINESE Famine Reaps Harvest of 1,000 Daily In. Three Provinces; Plague ‘Put } Under Control Along Border PEKING, March 25.—(By Associated Press.)—Famine, which beldetie provinces of Honan, Shensi and Chihli in its sinister grasp, is reaping a dreadful harvest, according to} reports received at the headquarters of the international relief organization in this ci Honan, the average daily dea’ while denths from famine in the six northern counties of. the province avernged 200 daily. Sixteen counties in Shens!. covered by Fellef commiltecs, have. suffered In twenty-two counties of “rate'on March 15 was 1,000, terribly, it is shown by reports,’ the} most serlous phase of the scourge Being found, apparently, near Fuping, a small town north of Siar-Fu, capital af the province, 1p the sixteen coun- tiés there have been 50,600 ~ deaths from starvation, since the beginning of the famine, 20,000 of these ‘dbaths occurring in Fuping county. = |) 5 Pneumonic plague recently made its appearance , in twenty. villages along the hordér, between. the provinces “of Chibli and Shantung, 108 persons dy- ing from the malady, which, however, has‘ been controlled. In- some counties in Honan’ there was a dangerous condition arising from an outbreak of typhus, twenty cases ‘being reported daily. Medical aupthorities there. however, have con- ditions under control. Funds amounting. to 3,250,000. gold tasis ‘normally $4,500,000) including 1,000,000 taels from the American Red Cross have been apportioned: to all famine. districts by. the advisory com- mittes of all wrecking organizations in NDS the: stricken regiotis.; ‘The committee is ‘informed the ‘American Commit- tee for the‘ China Reliet Fund, headed ‘by Thomas WW. Lamont is doing its, ‘utmost to’ provide food for 6,000,000 veareras and assertion is made that ‘there aro 0!3,000,000 ore des miore destitute. ALLEGED AUTO THIEF NEXT TO FACE TRIAL If «the.case. involving a test of the medical laws.of tho state which is at present in district court in completed today, Caw) Peters will be arraigned in district court tomorrow afternoon .on Weeks would not say what steps would be but did say that he assumed that if the! state of war between the United States and Germany were declared at an end} extradition of the draft evader would be-possible. Secretary Weeks announced formal- ly that Brigadier General. Allen had made overtures to the German gov- ernment looking to the pardoning of Carl Neuf and Franz Zimmer, Ameri- cans sentenced to prison terms at Eberbach, Germany for attempting to arrest Bergdoll on German soil. The secretary’ said General Allen was op- timistic that the two men soon would be ijt 7 WILSON SUFFERS ACUTE ATTACK ‘WASHINGTON, March 25.—For- mer President | Wilson suffered an acute attack of indigestion today which caused hurried calls for medical assistance, It was said,’ however, that he had entirely recovered an hour after the attack. Dr, Sterling Ruffin, who attended Mr, ‘Wilson inthe White House dur- ing His serious fliness, arrived at thet former president's Washington resi- dence first, in answer to the calls, and upon “leaving ‘at 2:20° this ntternoon, sald Mr. Wilson had #0 completely re- a oharge.of stealing an.autemoblile be- lonzing to Henry Wyatt, covered that he was -uble to cat a Ban Johnson Is Called by Jury CHICAGO, March 25,—Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney today asked President Ban John4on of the Ameri- can league to testify fhis afternoon before the Cook countvy grand jury which is conducting the second in- vestigation ito the alleged throwing of the 1919 world series by Chicago White Sox players, Mr. Crowe said that new indictments probably would be voted as soon as President John- son finished his testimony, possibly today. The injured aviator ts being mo! to Natchez, Miss., for hospital tr ment. He js being taken over swamp Ught lunch, Back Broken and Internal Injuries Are Received When Plane Crashes Into Tree in Attempted Landing MONROE, La., March 25. Lieut. W. D. Coney, of the army ably fatal injuries today when his airplane struck a tree while he was attempting to make a landing near Crowville, La., early today on his return transcontinental flight from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego, Cal. city. The rattle of machine gun tire, the | crash of hand grenade explosions and | the popping of rifles has been going| on steadily for the last’ three hours. Two thousand police were holding the} east half of the town, while» 2,500 workmen were in possession of the western section. All the workers are heavily armed and well disciplined. ‘The intensity of the fighting may be judged from the fact that the railroad station changed twice in the twenty minutes preceding the filing of this dispatch. The police now are in pos- session of the station. Bodies of the dead and severely wounded tonight were still lying in the streets where the victims hours ago. The less severely wounded were crowded in sheltered doorways, | with bullets raising puffs of dust about them, The extent of the casualties on eith- er side is not definitely known, but at least twenty were killed and fifty ‘wounded in this morning's fighting. Railroad and telephone communica- tions with Bisleben have been cut, and Ho! automobilist has been found ing. enough to.enter the city in‘ hi gar. The correspondent ‘came. into the town on foot. The telegraph. office was found in the harids-of-the police, ‘who vérisent- ed to transmit this\re) pent: ing, the sending of the mi epeding while;machine: guns raked "he adjacent streets and the people living nearby were huddled in their darkened houses, peeking through :the® blinds. The workthen were holding | the municipal lighting plant,’ but permitted its continued operation. All'the roads leading into the town are under fire. The fighting at this hour appeared to be-sgrowing in intensity and | it seemed probable that further _ wire communication with the outside world have to be from Halle, eighteen miles distant. GOVERNMENT FORCES ESTABLISH ORDER BERLIN, March 25.—Governmental authorities today continued. their ef- forts to: prevent further communist disorders in Prussian Saxony.and in Hamburg. Following the first out- break of violence in many Saxon towns, there came yesterday a period of comparative quiet but officials pro- ceeded on the theory that’ new out- breaks might come at any time. Worces of security police were near Eiselben last night and it is believed a clash with the communists, who yes- terday were in virtual control of that city, is imminent. Loyal followers wera holding a part of the town but were being beseiged by the commun- ists at last reports, Organized labor seems not to have lent its support to the revolutionary movement. REVOLT PLACED UNDER CONTROL LONDON, March 25.—Although the situation arising from the communist outbreak in Germany is still danger- ous, the communists are being over- coe by the forces of law and order, according to reports front the differ- ent centers, says a Central News dis- patch from Berlin today. At Eisleben where the situation yes- (Continued on Page 9) — (By Associated Press.) — ir service, received prob- to Winnsboro, where he will be plac- ed aboard a train, ‘A vilinge doctor who was called to CITY EDITION NUMBER 141 POST AS COUNTY PROSECUTOR, NO | SUCCESSOR YET Will Devote Entire Time Of Private Practice; Hal Curran Mentioned For Appointment Alfred R. Lowey, county and prosecuting attorney, has resigned his office to take ef- fect April 1. Confirmation of {his resignation was filed with the board of county commis- sioners this morning. No announce- ments have been made as to who will ‘succeed Mr. Lowey. The rapid growth of his private Practice has forced Mr. Lowey to re- sign. In a statement this morning he said that private business now took up so much of his time that it was Impossible for him to-give the time re- quired to properly handle the office cf county attorney. Mr. Lowey took the office to fill out an unexpired term over a year tert | 28°- He was elected at the November election to succeed himself in the of- fice. When he first accepted the du- ties Harry B. Durham with whom he is associated’ in the practice of Ia: was in Casper a.great deal of the tim: Of late the practice of the office has taken Mr. Durham out of town for weeks ata time. This fact places a business burden on Mr. Lowey that re- quires him to.résign from the county joftice. During Mr, Lowey's admiz istration of the office friendly and. cordial re- lations have existed ‘between all branches @f the county and city gov- ernment. Mr. Lowey has always given the closest cooperation to all county agencies and his office was in. com- plete harmony with .both city and county.officials. Word of Mr. Lowey’s resignation was received with regret in official circles. In casting around for a successor to Mr. Lowey it is possible that Hal curtan of the Nichols and Stirrett of- fices will be chosen. Mr. Curran has been Mr. Lowey’s chief deputy for several months and is well acquainted with the duties and requirements of the prosecutor's office. Mr. Lowey’s successor wili not be named until the April moeting of the board of commis- sioners. New Record Set By Aviator in 600-Mile Flight OKLAHOM A CITY, Okla., March 25.—“Turk “Gardner, aviator, land- ed at the municipal fleld 132 stop flight from Lincoln, Neb., a distance of 600 miles in four hours and thirty-two minutes, said to be a record. Gardner stopped at Wichi- ta, Kansas, for oil and fuel. ms Bisel DEBS RETURNS TO U.S. PRISON ATLANTA, Ga., March 25.—Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader, reached here about noon today on his way back ty his cell in the federal penitentisry after his visit to Attorney-Genzral Daugherty at Washington. He vould not discuss the trip to Washington, and accompanied by Warden Zerbst, and his attorney, left immediately for the penitentiary, CONEY IS FATALLY HURT IN EFFORT TO BREAK AIR RECORD broken back Lieutenant Coney appar- ently had received internal injuries. Owing to his critical condition the trip to Winnsboro was)a.slow one, > The officer crashed. with: his \plane and was unconscious when found. He regained consciousness sometime. lat- er, however, but was. unable to: say anything except that he had had en- gine trouble and was seeking a landing place when he smashed into the tree. Resigents of Crow-llle saw Liouten- ant Coney’s De Haviland plane circling about at 7:30 this morning, the pilot apparently seeking a suitable place to land. Finally the plane was ceen to sweep down and crash into the. ton of a tall tree on Mose Lanier's farm, | John Bush, a farm laborer, was the first to reach the scene of the wreck- roads for a distance of eleven miles!attend the officer, said that besides ah ,(Continued-on Page @) Yau b- it y u