Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1921, Page 1

Fair, tonight and. Tuesday, som in east: portion Tuesday. Ovi of oF Diphigatel = Relations Is Petitioned By Republic; Troop Withdrawal Is-Sought TOKIO, March .28.— (By Associated Press.) —- Com- munications expressing a de~ sire to open diplomatic rela- tions with Japan, the United States and China, have been sent to capitals ‘of, these natjons /by ewiyat warmer tonight and: ‘was done in three counties when forty farm fires broke out simultantously. Many farm buildings were destroyed. {By Associated Press) LONDON, March 28.—The Evening Standard asserts that further Sinn Fein, plots to destroy farm buildings on the outskirts of London have been discovered... “Detoctives~ were posted ; last night outside of governmesit ‘buildings and at the official home. of, Premier Lioyd George. Special utions also were taken by the Bank of England. “‘Ewenty,tarm buildings were burned in\the Newcastle district, while /other ‘fires “occurred in ‘St, Albans,” a. in the Russian Var-Eastern republic, a Hertéordshire, permease Vladivostok Ce cae to, the au shire. Shimpo says. e Chita. jovernmen: ins a1 ‘of aes also has ‘issued.a declaration to ‘the oad ere t8 . world demanding ‘that<Zoreign ference in its affairs cease,jand that foreign troops.eyacuate. eastern 5Si- beria, It being claimed that thelr, pres- ence. there is in Violation of interna. tional Jaw. Tho \alspatch), @eclares that , some delegates to the constituent assembly of the repubie have denounced :the action of the government in ceding a part of the peninsula of Kami to the soviet governmen: of M a8 serting that this action will resuit*in placing’ the region in the. hands of American capitalists, and: in. indu Japyn to take argressive meksures at the mouth @f the Amur. The Japanese foreign — oMles ; ‘ley eeee there rN the féent: red dispute th ‘t Kamchat- i 1 AE 7 ka and. the proposed reoccu) points on'ithe mainland “of tt ? Japanese troops. It 1s. sending. troops to: the monizes with (the original is reparation winssacre vot Japanese Subjects at Ohebet pis last b: year. pees GEL Ss RSS DENVER LAWYER DIES. DENVER, Colo., March . 28.—Owen E. Lefevre, ploneer lawyer of oClo- rado and former county and district ott eo Suspension rae Ae ein ie ; occupy Russian. territory’ von there TEXAS BANK IS CLOSED BRECKENRIDGE. ‘Tex...March 28. —The » Genrer os State bank of Breck- enridge cl after posting a, notice that'it™ mas & ein ‘the ‘Hands of the state ielng. deparmas ii Parent interest. Tt was: oa nee one thet. bank's: rot wack ha Beem gin an ‘pow: Gree Nace IMPORTANT BAL ros JUNGTION TAKEN FROM TURKS BY ‘GREEK INVADERS Many Prisoners and Big Supply of Materials Captured; Enemy On Run, Is Report (By Associated. Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, March 28,— Announcement of the fall of Afiun- ‘Karahissar, the important —june- \ tion point’ on the: Bagdad railway, where the branch from Smyrna the other being -Eski-Shehr, the. junction Point of the line to Angora. It was. report- ed from Greek sources ‘last - night that the' Turkish troops were eyac- uating Eski-Shehr. . ATHENS, Marc March 28.—(By Associated Press.) — Afiun- Karahissar, an important rail- en |enid the Greek losses haya teen in- 000 in» bonds’ to Idunch a municipal light and power. project, but the ‘vot- court judge in Denver, died at his}ers authorized bees eyes of! nearly, home here today of paralysis. He was] $1,500000 in “bonds ‘for’ special im- 73 years old. provements. * INCREASE IN BOND VALUES TO BE TAXED Decision: of Federal Court Reversed By Ruling of Supreme Court In Bond Case Involving Millions. WASHINGTON, March 28.—Increase in the value of cor- porate bonds, originally acquitted and held’ for itivestment, is taxable under the revenue act of 1916, the supreme court ruled today. The supreme court coeatoal the decision of federal courts of Con: question of whether an» income tax cotild be levied against ah "increase in the value of securities purthased’ and held-ns an investment, but ruled that the tax) could. ohly be imposed on. the’ actual gain. Thousands of casos of; income as- sesgaments come within this decision of the court, upon which @epended the necessity of the government re- funding. millions of dolldra: in - taxes. The courts’ docision was given ‘in the appeal of David M. Goodrich, over- riding the ruling of the internal’ reve- nue bureau assessing him upon’ the inereased value of stocks purchased prior to 1913. ‘Actior: of the reyenyo officials was affirmed by the Supreme court in the transaction shéwhig! 4 gain. SALE, or must (Continued 4) WAS! ING TOR Maren ~ 28. —Pront- to44 degrecs here, Page « grees in: sixteen ‘hours. necticut, which held against’ the’ wovernenent on aie) FRUIT Not) DAMAGED HOUSTON, Texas, March 28.—-No damage ~to-fruit and trick’ from ‘the cold ‘is anticipated. in this gests, was hig ‘at the local weather. burea ‘Ccompaniod..by cy ae wisids (tie Sodas ‘sent the Jemnere ns Smee (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 28.—Alarm over the prospect of Great Britain going “dry” was deprecated by Baron’ Birkenhead, “lord chancellor, while the tO ia imciation did not, in his be- lief, have: any. cause for, anxdety. . “As to, the ‘apprehension » or chance of ao Renee move ‘such a at the annual banquet of Hie declared ak mesibrs of speaking the Allied tion. Pep ent.. The Greeks east of Brusa have .ad- ‘to north~ of Sughut. The statement seems to indicate that the Turks are. entrenching | themselves before the important city. of Eski- Shehr. vanced MED OVER. TURES ALAR! DEPOPULATION. (By Associated, Press). CONSTANTINOPLE, March 28.--. Alarmed -at the . growing depopula. tion of Turkey, the. Turkish Nation- alist parliament. at Angora ‘ts’ consid- ering. a bill to compel: all’ men aged 25.or more to marry unless: prévent- ed by health reasons. Bachelors over ' that age will be very heavily taxed, while married men will enjoy privileges in taxation and mili- tary service. Oo COPPER, PLANT CLOSED DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 26. — The Detroit Copper company at’ Morenci, Ariz. @ branch of the Phelps-Dodge interests, has-been ordered to suspend all operations, according to informia- dons given out at company offices here toda; THREE HELD IN SHOOTING CASE KIRBY, Wyo. ‘March 28.—Three men are under arrest here charged With the ‘shooting of Henry Cathcart, who {s in‘ a’ local hospital with ‘less than an” éven. chance for recovery. ‘The victim was accosted by three men {as he stepped from the’side door ‘of restaurant. On refusing to ‘hold ;up his hands at the order of the highwaymen; Cath- cart was shot through the stomach. The three mén under arrest are Oscar Bier, ‘William Stiltzz and O. K. Van, Who were arrested at Thermopolis after abandoning @ car belonging to William Bivians, which was stolen from Kirby ineaniay after Cath- erie Meatless Ae eal D. & R.G. SALE IS CONFIRME DENVER, Colo, March’ 28.—Sale of the The confirmation decree was sign- ed shortly ‘after 10 o'clock by Judge Lewis. cate decree provides that William Jackson, who was appointed spec- fal, master on court orders, shall de- Iver tothe purchasers full deeds, all ‘assets’ and assignments on the payme: special master: of the full, amount. of money ‘within thirty days,'or within such time as the court f later. designate. -#so directed that’ all shold~ atthe: present time :by. Ht. Baldwin, Tecelver of the road, turn oc er to'the purchas- ‘exception’ of Rie bi ‘ally ‘disposed. of ; Hungarian Crown Counterfeited ‘On at, this time, Gaining. Value (By Associated Press) BUDAPEST,, March.“28.—As ‘a re- sult of the overhauling ‘of its fi- nances, the Hungarian government has made the crown worth 2% Aus- trian crowns. This increage in the value of the Hungarian crown has had a peculiar sequel, according to a statement made to ithe, Associated Press by Kolman Hegedus, minister of finance. “It now is. profitable," he said, “for some scoundrels in Switzerland: ‘to counterfeit our stamp and imprint it on tho unstamped bills of ‘the Austro- ‘WASHINGTON, terstate commerce commission today announced that. it would hear repre- sentatives of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways April 11 on March 28.—The in- Plans for a $230,000,000 project to The Detroit’ branch, has not been producing any ore for the. past 18 months and last fall the force which had been employed in development work: was reduced \to 250: men. About that “number will be. affected by! the shutdown. 2 Charges stadinat reer finance the lines, using Chicago, Bur- Ungton & Quincy’ stockhoiding at col- lateral. . Governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, ‘Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon ‘were ‘notified. of the date of the’ hearing. “MONTICELLO, Ga,. March 28:— (By Associated Press.) —State authorities were planning'today ‘to push. their inves- gation of alleged’ peonage, pra counties, following. the. recovery, of, | negroes from the Alcoyey river. here, ma! bodies found;since the authorities began 4n investigation of a and / murder ? charges against] ¢ John Williams, a Jasper. county farm: er. The last two. bodies found yes- terday wére chained together and. weighted down - with. rocks/ ana, iron, precisely as were tho first three pre- viously recovered ‘trom the river. Yestigations in the two counties waa Denney, to tale charge of peonage .in- Appointment \of Attoney-Generat by Governor Dorsey at .: in: Jasper and; Newton ‘0 ‘more ‘bodies of a total of sleven eral, Campbell of Newton county. ‘ollowihig’a coroner's ‘verdict ‘yes saree at an inquest over cight of the bodies, declaring the slain negroe met death at the hands of Clyde M ning, a negro,employed, by Williams, sadinaming ‘Williams as an accessory, ‘Pork ‘of the Okmulgee county es was ‘awditing, orders from ‘the governor today, to call’a special term of the Jasper county superior ‘court and’bring the two men before a grand Ly requést of Sblicifor-; duky, l roads, however, were electric evecceccecccccccocccs HAIL EMPLOVES OF SHORT LINES REFUSED RAISE IN WAGES NOW Requests of 15 Unions af 67 Railroads Made Last Fall Dismissed’ by Railway Labor Board] “CHICAGO, March 28,—(By Associated Press.)——The Unit- ,ed States railroad labor board today’ dismissed appeals for increased wages filed with it last fall. by fifteen railway labor unions, against sixty-seven *ghort lines" throughout the country. Short lines which accepted for their men the ‘terms of the $600,000.00 ‘wage award of Inst July will not be privileged to go back to the old scale, under today's action, however, the an- nouncement of the board saying: “This decision shall not be consid- ered as affecting any wage “increase now in effect nor any, agreement re- garding wages between any’ of the carriers and their “employes.” All the roads concerned are short lines, in some cases operating for only a’ few miles. Representativés ‘of fifteen employes’ organigations ‘are among the - 4,000 men affected by the boards action. In afew cases employes belonging) to all phere employes” unions ‘are involved pa a rtbeaairs enka’ Ss employes come ene the~decision for the reason that: the board's de- }|elsion: affects only those in whose be- 2. dispute was brought to tho Pr Disptites ‘were originalty certified to | thexboard.on!:the part of-employes be- longing ‘to. one or’ more of the fifteen unions. on,103 railroads. Ten. of these lines and the; board ruled.these lines out. ‘Twenty-six other lines adopted the wage schedules paid by the. trunk lines, laid down in what is known. as Decision No. 2, the wage award by the’ United States Railroad Labor board of July 20, 1920. The trunk lines In“Decision No. were those represented by the Asso- ciation» of Railway Executives. Following ‘the application of Deci- sion-No. 2, employes’ on roads. not af- fected began to file disputes with tie board and the whole matter was tak- 2, en up in @ hearing known ‘as the short line hearing on October 18, 1920. ‘The hearing consumed fourteen days over a period of more than a month, ‘The short lines are not part- ies to the present rules and working conditions hearings and in event they do not accept the board's decision on rules, @ separate hearing on rules for short linés will also be necessary. Various: scales of: wages have been in’ effect on the sixty-seven’ roads. Some carriers 'pald the standard scalo established by, ‘iio United States rail- road administration. Others paid ap- proximately the. same rates as those paid on the trunk lines in the’ same territory: The labor organizations include practically all those from operating to. common’ labor. The railroads concerned are. most-} ly in‘the east. The western roads in- clude. Arizona & .New Mexico railway; Butte, Anaconda °€ Pacific ‘railway; Fort Smith & Western railroad; \ Fort Smith, Spblaco \& Rock. ‘Island rail- road; ‘Gainesville “Midland railway; Houston & Brazos Valley railway; Memphis, Dallas. & Gulf railroad; Northeast Oklahoma raflroad; ‘Pacific Const railroad; St. Louis & Hannibal railroad; Spokane International rall- road; Texas City Terminal company; Virginia & Truckee railway; Wood River Branch railroad; Yedkin rail- road. GRIME THEORY ~ TG ABANDONED Finding of Jewels in. Ashes of Home Upagts Robbery Motive, Is Claim “DOUGLAS, Wyo, March’ 28.—Fur- ther: sifting of the ashes ofthe homé of Mr.-and, Mrs. Roy. St5urtz,. whose ‘charred bodies, cach with a bullet hole in (the, skull,-were found in the ruins of ‘the ‘house, has brought to light. ring set withja d/Amond and’ several other, rings customarily worn- by the couple... ‘The rings were found in the ashes of a cupboard and their pres- ence is ‘accepted “as )eliminating ‘the theory: that the murders’ were .com- mitted with the motive ‘of robbery: ‘This leaves the investigating authori- ties without anything on which - to hang a theory, of motive for the crime. eacccccocecccccccoces Communists .Go On Warpath in Area Held by Ameri- can Army, Report| COBLENZ, March 28.—(By Associated Press.)—A Com- munist uprising urred thi ‘morning in the American bridgehead area, at Monta- baur, six miles northeast of | ap anor raare A riot ‘call | \swered by the provost marshal ai «merican military police were d | pe trehed to-Montabaur to restore| order. (By Associated Press) HALLE, Germany. March 28. — Federal artillery was taking a prom- inent part today in dealing with the insurgent communists in this dis- turbed section of Prussian Saxony. The artillery shelled the commun- ists who were grouped on the hills to the west <‘ Lisleben, dispersing them. After a brief engagement the town of Sangerhausen, southwest of Hisle- ben was occupied by federal, forces, which now control that place. Count Poninski, colonel of police inthe Mansfield. district, has taken charge of the operations around Eise- ben. RIOTING ‘CENTERS 1 AT BITTERFIELD - (By Associated Press) BERLIN, March 28.—The / rioting activities: in. the communist, uprising in central Germany are concentrating now, on Bitterfield, where the ex- tremists. have succeeded in disarm- ing the local police and occupying the public buildings, according to an of- ficial communique: issued shortly ‘be- fore noon today. , During Sunday, the statement says, bandits: looted, het. banks and the post- office at Sangerhausen, and (put the Jocal telesrpah office out of commis, sion. (A, Halle djspatch today. announced that Sangerhausen, southwest. of Eis- Ieben, had been occupied ‘and put un- der control by. federal. forces.) - | ‘Through trains which normally traverse the Halle séction are) being rerduted,/ owing to the -sabataging of the trackage and bridge by the communists .who are continuing to spivail: terror as» they. proceed) west- ward, and northward from, Halle, with the security police at their heels. The extent to, which a . general strike movement is likely, to develop as a sequel to the present’ outbreal could not be determined today as the workers everywhere are taking their Easter holiday. ‘Troop..reinforcements are constant- ly arriving at different. points in the; riot area, and the government .an- nounces-that it does not propose to enter into a truce nad that it will also demand tlie unconditional sur- render'of the arms and munitions held by ‘the commurists. afm sate ain ae RIOTS IN MANILA MANILA, P,.L, March 28.—Polico armed with riot guns, were placed to- day round all. cigar factories af- fected by the clgarmakers strike here following comptvint to the police that a number of workers desiring to re- turn to work were threatened with violence by strikers. Ten thousand men aro idle as a result of the strike, _—— PLUNKETT FUNERAL HELD James Plunkett .was- buried from thé: Shaffer-Gay chapel at 2 ‘o'clock this afternoon, Rev. Charles A. Wilson having charge of the services. The deceased was al father of Mrs. Harry Brown of:East Fifteenth street. it was learned today. It was insisted upon as a part of the Since Mexico has, never taken: ad- ‘vantage of the invitation of former Secretary Colby’ to appoint, a./com- iniasion {o: study, the. question of rec- cognition, it is believed that Mr. Hughes will drop that plan ‘and’ in- sist. on American protection. All steps will be made public, it was an- nounced today. Officials refused to comment’ today on widespread reports of an inter- nal crisis in Mexico. GOVE) NOR TO RETURN. 2, March 28.—Governor Robert D..Carey. and family will’ re- turn this week from Excelsior Springs Mo., where they have’ been visiting during the last three weeks, During the governor's absence Secretary of StatepW. E. Chaplain has been acting ay gdvernor, MEX Sage IS WASHINGTON, ‘March 28/— (By United Press.) —A definite Mexican polity for ‘the Harding administration is being framed by the president and pesretary. tection of American life and property in Mexico would be NUMBER 143 AN UPRISING eeevcccecccocccoccccs eeececcccccccccosoccs land, Farm Buildings Near London Fired FRUIT GROP OF MIDDLE WEST 16 NIPPED BY ICY BLAST OF STORM WHICH SWEPT EAST AND SOUTH Damage Severe in Southem Missouri and Illinois With Complete Destruction of All but Apples Reported From Kansas CHICAGQO, March 28.— (By Associated Press.) — The cold wave which today was moving eastward over the Mis- sissippi and Ohio river valleys caused widespread damage to some of the fruit raising section of the middle west. The damage was especially severe in southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois, where fruit trees were in bud and winter wheat without the rotecting blanket | — of the winter snows. Freeving temperatures were report-| HUBERT WORK ed from all sections north of the Kan- yy Associated Press) sas-Oklahoma boundary, thermomet- ers registering from 32 degrees to us low as 12 degrees above zero. In Chicago an “icy blast out of the WAASHINGTON, March 23.—Ha- bert Work, president of the American Medical association, and former Re- publican national committeeman from north shifted to the northeast and sent the government | thermometers Colorado, was given a recess appoint- ment by President Harding today as down to 21 degrees at 10 a. m,; in the next hour, however, there was a raise of three degrees. Winter wraps. took the place of the spring garments of Easter and there were numerous calls for coal from householders who had relied too strongly. on’ the calendar. The heavy winds were one of the| first assistant postmaster general. saving factors in some fruit sections| Dr. Work forfmerly president While ice formed on trees overnight, |.of the American Méaipy Prychological society and a member of the (olo- rado State Board of Health and Med- |ical Zxaminers. In 1910 he was Re- publican state chairman of Colorado. During the war he held 2 commission in the medical corps of the army and rose to the rank of colonel. the wintry, blasts dried the trees rap: idiy this morning. CROP DESTROYED IN, KANSAS, TOPEKA, Kansas, March 28—Fruit ‘The name of Alexander McCabe of Ban’ Francisco, is undurstood 16 be under. consideration fyr appointment to one of the two assistant postmas- ter generalships yet to be filled. ae crops, with the. possible exception of apples, were probably destroyed . by. the low. temperature here last night,’ local horticulurists, say. Setadies ai tak * castle YB TWO KILLED IN ‘TONG WAR RESERVES STILL HIGH. NEW YORK, YAarch 26—The actual condition of clesring house banks and trust companica for the week shows that they held $7,661,040 reserve in excess of legal requirements. . This is an increasé of $4,221,010 from iast week. SAN FARNCISCO, March 28.—Two dend from pistol wounds in. 2, Chinese lodging house today, the result, ac- cording to the police, of a, new tong| war outbreak. Aipistol was found be-| side each man and the police believe they shot.each other. THERMOPOLIS LIGHT PLANT. IS DESTROYED City Left in Darkness b by Fire Today Which Consumed Plant and Shut Off Power to Water Pumps (Special to The Tribune.) THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., March 28.—Fire which broke out at 9 o'clock this morning near the boiler room raged uncon- trolled until the Thermopolis light and power plant was burned to the ground. The plant was completely destroyed and antil emergency provisions are made the city will be without power for numerous enterprises and without light- ‘{ng. Water plant pumps which are {also operated by electricity were also 1 Diased out ‘of commission, The plant was owned by. the: Sing- er interests of New) York City and is |understood to have. been fully insur- ed. These interests operate the re- eg here and control practically |all production of the Warm Springs oil field. Early today no information was available as to what actlon would be taken to relieve the lighting situation The latter has been more or less of an issue here for months past, during which time agitation has been car- ried on for securing current from the Boysen dam. It is possible that a transmission line to this source of supply. may be rushed to completion. Other proposals call for the immed- iate installation of power units to generate electricity here. of State Hughes, indicated t adequate pro- Policy. WYOMING WINS RICH OIL LAND WASHINGTON, March 28.— state of Wyoming and the United aR omeNNREL Claim of Wyoming to eighty acres of ofl. lands was upheld today by the Supreme court in deciding a | title sult against the gevernment. | The lands were acquired for the support of schools on admission of Wyoming to the union and oil qualities were discovered later caus- ing the interior department to re- ject. the lst of state selections, As the result of a decision by the United States supreme court this morning in the case wherein the to the north one-half of the south- east quarter of Section 19-46-98— eighty acres in the heart of the Grass Creek oil fleld—the state se- cures title to one of the most valua- | blo producing oll areas tn Wyoming and tho state and the Midwost Re fining company wiil divide approxl- mately $3,000,000 of impounded royalty which has been accumulat- ing in eserow for five years, The sate, wil ltake approximately §300,- 700,00 the Midwest company pat | States wero rival litigants for title