Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1921, Page 1

I an Wea’ er Forecast Generally Operation for U RIVERTON, Wyo., March —4J. A. Delfelder, interests of his own town, last eight montlis, Mrs. Delfelder was at his bedside when he passed away, having spent the last several weeks with him on his return to the hospital for a second operation after =, sojourn in New Mexico and old Mex- ico. Joe Marquis, a, brother-in-law, was with him until recently but had left for Wyoming when his death oc- curred. 5 Mr. Delfelder’s declining health dated back to early. last year. and about six tmnonths ago he underwent an operation at Rochester, following which he returned to his home at Riv- erton. A recurrence of his old trouble and fafiure to regain his health led to his teturn to the hospital three weeks ago. The body will be brought to, River- ton for interment and no funeral a Tafigements will be made for the timo being. The Masonic and Shrine ord- ¢rs, of which he was a member, prob- ably will have charge. CA , THI 1 This misapprehension that because Wyoming was @ great cattle, raising, region there would be an abundance’ bi 4 et f dehornér’ of cattle inspired young Jat cob. Ac Delfitier to migrate from Kan- sas nearly. thirty years ago, He im- mediately swag @isallusioned, | finding Wyoming ‘stockmenstotally frm to argument ‘of the advantages of de- horning-and fully aware of the value to a steer of horns in a country where wolves ‘and coyotes were co-tenants of the ranges, but remained regardless —to become one of the leading cattle and sheep raisers of the state. Born in Effingham, Kansas, Jan- uary 11, 1871, of German parentage, Jacob Delfelder was reared on a farm and obtained his early education in country schools. While a boy he be- came interested in the scientific de- horning of cattle and became an adept at this form of veterinary surgery. ‘With money earned by | dehorning peighbors’ live stock he paid his way Yarough business college at ‘Atchison nnd soon after being graduated in 1892 conceived the dream of a for- tune to be made from dehorning in a state where cattle herds were com- posed not of scores but of thousands. Compelled by the attitude of Wy- oming stockmen to the dehorning idea to seek employment other than that in which he had intended to engage, he secured a Joh herding sheep for Al Pomeroy of Evanston, Uinta county. ‘After a few months he went to Fre mont county, where he secured em- ployment from David Sweeney, a pio- neer sheepman of that region, for 50, ex-mayor of Riverton, man and prominent in all activities affecting county and state, died’ last night at the Mayo hospital in Rochester, M 4 stomach, a malady with which he had been afflicted for the confidence men as shot to death in.a restaurant in the Ponce de Leon. hotel, in St, tine, Fla., a week ago, according to a@ planned assassination in for the part Powell was suspected of haying taken in the arrest of Fred- erick Bu tir tonight and Wednes. day except jyossibly rain or.snow in extreme ‘th Old-Fashioned Arts Hobby of CHICAGO, March 29. -Mrs. Geo. M. Pullman, leader of/ Chicago's so- ciety, one of the world’s richest women, who with her husband, was one of the founders of the present of Riverton Dies al After Second er of Stomach Governor Frank 0.. Lowden, her son-in-law, she installed a complete smail Qouse with little cook stoves and patnries complete, where her granddaughters were taught to do their home work. | ~~ Among her activities as a patron |, Of art was the employment of men oceastonally to wash the black off Chicago soot-laden. statuary. sartiivomita bar (Special to The Tribune.) capitalist, stock- the welfare and Fifty years ago it was an uncom- mon thing in England for women to attend funerals. M. W. PURCELL NEW PROSECUTING inn., from ulcer‘of the CALLED BACK TO BATTLE. GREEKS Will Oppose Offensive in Angora; Prisoners and War Materials Cap- tured at Rail Junction CONSTANTINOPLE, March 29.—Large Turkish forces in Armenia have been recalled by the Turkish Nationalist government at Angora to op- pose the Greek offensive. Mar- tial Taw has been’ declared in Angora and general mobilization has been or- dered. ATTORNEY FOR NATRONA COUNTY _ Attorney ‘M. W. Purcell, prominently identified with criminal prosecutions and. defense ‘during the years he has ‘been a’resident of Casper and former prosecutor in El Paso county, Colorado, today was appointed county and prosecut- ing attorney to succeed Alfred R. Lowey, resigned, at a spe- cial meeting of the board of county commissioners. Mr. Pur- ofcell will assiime the duties of the office April ( when the resig- nation of Mr. Lowey becomes ef- _ fective. A special meeting of the board was made necessary by reason of the date set by Mr. Nowey for leaving office. An interval wonld have occurred. di {hate would have Gaant Xt credited official in the ostice without immediate’ appointment. ~ Whree years ago Attorney Pur cell’ served ‘as special’ prosecutor, “for” thie” county*and “on ‘othe: casions his counsel was) sought | in itrials. of alleged criminals. "Per. chaps his greatest victory in the trial, of criminal cases in _ the ‘local courts was his conduct’ of the defense of Mrs. Jessle Acker- man, who was acquitted of a murder charge in connection with the death of Adelbert Hoffa Mr. Purcell served several: years as a prosecutor in Colorado, his work covering seven countle! Mr. Lowey, it is understood, will leave on an extended business’ trip on or about April 1. Mr. Lowey first served as county attorney by appoint- mentand last fall was re-elected to the office. NAME FOR RAIL MERGER IS PROPOSED SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 29 —In.a telegram sent to Charles M. Levey, president of the Western Pa- cific railroad, the Salt Lake © City Chamber of Commerce asks that the) ‘Western Pacific and the Denver /@ Rio Grande be hereafter known as one railroad and that its name, be F 5 ‘WACO KID’ IS SHOT DEAD IN GANG QUARREL CHICAGO, March ‘vy, — Willard, Powell, known in the realm the “Waco Kid" was Augus- rd which reached the Chicago police oduy. The death, the police said, was revenge inster, taken in St. Aug: | ATEN, LONDON, March 29.—Greek troops have. occupied Eski-Shehr, capturing many prisoners and a large quantity of war materidls, says a Central News dispatch from Athens. Eski-Shehr was one of the most im- portant objectives of the Greek of- fensive in Asia Minor which began last week, It is the junction of the main ine of the Bagdad railway and the road running southeast to Konia. The capture of this city by the Greeks unites ‘the armiés operating cast | of Smyrna and Brussa,,and opens the way for an-advance on Angora, 140 miles to the cast; SEVRES TREATY SAVED, GREEKS SAY. i$: March 29.(By ‘The As- sociated ~ Pross.)—-Declaration . that Greek delogates at the; London. Near’ Eastern. conference: had saved« the Séyres treaty” an, natehelr, efforts’ Slag Nl been‘ ; “the “iew/| Substance, wae. given, thoh -palice Ned beltig Jsiven ‘Hellenic arms" w74| orb. theory. when @ percussion cap matte here yesterday by Premier Ko/o- Seropoulos on. his return from Lonéfn. “Gretk suns are now having “Aeir say,” he\continued, Vand they will be heard more an?@ more. We will We able to secure. the necessary financl sup- port from allied sources to “arry on the war. The continuatioy/ of the strugsle will brig victory 46 Greece.” HEAVY LOSSES ARE INFLICTED ON 3URBS. ATHENS, March 29—Turkish Na- tionalist troops suffers heavily in thr fighting which pregéded the capture of Afiun-Karahissay/by the Greeks, an official Statement /ssued here says. Previous dispgtches regarding the taking of this city Indicated the bulk of the Turkis’s forces had retreated northward toward Kiutayah, but the official stateyaent declares that tha Turks were driven to the southeast in the directjon of Konia. * Occupaidon of Afiun-Karahissar, it is declared by newspapers here, makes the Greek march to Angora extraor dinary, ee MES. PULLMAN DIES. PASADENA, Cal., March 29.—Mrs. George M. Pullman, widow of the in, venter of the Pullman car, died here Monday after a brief illness, She was 82 years old. Her soninlaw an ~~~ CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY’ MARCH 29, 1921 TE TURKISH FORGES IN ARMENIA ARE Warehouse Wrecked and Victims Are - Buried by Blast; Bodies Recovered - CHICAGO, March 29.—(By Associated Press.) — An ex- plosion which wrecked a warehouse at 779 Barber street today caused ten deaths and injuries to several score of other persons, according to first reports received by the coroner's of- tice, City, police and firemen said they could see bodies in the ruins of the building. The cause of the catastrophe was not made known by the first re- ports. Jeffects of the explosion were felf for blocks away. A big department store at Twelfth and Halsted streets was ho scene of a’ panic when ‘he concussion shattered plate glass *#in- dows and»startled clerks and shop- pers, ‘The neighborhood confusion hyimper- ed the police and firemen urttil the fire lines wero, established, vicn and women running about tho’ streets Screaming about “bombs.” Of the building where the blast or- iginated there was left ynly a pile of broken timbers and sdaster. Half an hour after “he explosion three: bodies were taken from the ruins and four persors, badly. injur- ed, were sent to the, county hospital, A dozen others weye treated at a neighboring drug store. 2wo more bodies taken from the ruins brought thy known death list to five. Parts of another body also layere recovered ‘ut the corpses were ‘0 badly mangied that the coroner's assistants weré uncertain whether this letter dijcovery actually increas- ed the death, list, The police were informed that the warchouse contained a wholesale gro- very styék, including considerable starch gad flour. That the explosion was caused by fas bra boind were the carly‘theorles of tlys polige, I GO T x Ni otie-story brie a thirty-1 foot fymtaze.and about,one-hubdreg and fAty. feet) in, lengta: The explosion Vapparerttly oveurred In the’ rear of the uilding. was, fourid: in >the, ruins and firemen searching tie ruins were: reported to have found parts of a supposed bomb. Seatchers. continued to take fronr the ruins parts) of bodies.. The upper halt. of a body, so mutilated that it could not be identified, was,taken out and a mutilated leg also was found and removed to \an.undertaking cs- tablishment.. A branch of thé public library. was converted into an emer- gency hospital and. 29 men, women and children were quartered there. MAN HELD FOR = INVESTIGATION CHICAGO, March 29.—Harry Weil, son ‘of Joseph Weil, proprietor of the Weil & Sons paper house, was taken into custody by the police -énd taken to a police station for questioning. OLD ROYALTY LEADERS MEET (By Associated Press) VIENNA, March 29.—Former Em- peror Charles of Austria Hungary was in Vienna Sunday and met a group of monurehists here, according to infor- mation from most reliable quarters. at Sa eA A NUMBER 144 Trio Are Held In Connection With Accident PUEBL®, Cclo., March 29.—One person was killed, another severely injured and three persons are un- der arrést pending investigation, aa the result of an automobile acci- dent three miles cast of Pueblo on the ‘Santa Fe trail last night. Tae small touring car in which the, party of five were riding is said to have left the concrete roadway while they were returriing to this “Aty, ran along an embankment for a short distance and then crashed intd a telephone pole, turning tur- tle. Mr-, Mary Ryan, 60 years old, was instantly killed, and Mrs. Ef- fle Moody, 30, sustziiied severe in- juries. Those under arrest are Edward Harrison, 32; Elder Smith, 42, and Mary Pierce, 30, pti dia Eee Alamosa is the first city of Colo- CHICAGO EXPLOSION TEUTON REDS CAPTURED IN LEUNA FIGHI Government Forces Win Important Vic- tory and Capture 1,000; Fifteen Are Slain in Rioting in Steel City BERLIN, March 29,—(By Associated Press.) An impor- tant gain was.made today by the government forces engaged in dealing with the Communist disorders in central Germany when government troops and security police surrounded the rado to organize a women's auxiliary of the Chamber of Commerce. nitrogen plant at-Leuna, which has been a Communist strong- hold for the last five days, and forced the insurgents to sur- ) render. pais We PATERNITY PROOF IN STILLMAN CASE IS CLAIMED BY DEFENSE —a POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. March 29.— John E, Mack, | guardian ad litem for Guy Stillman, 28 months old infant, whose legitimacy is questioned by James A. Stillman, presi- dent of the National City bank of New York, in his divorce suit against the former “Fifi”? Potter, announced today that! he was in possession of proof that the banker is the child’s | ESSEN, Germany, March 29.—(By The Associated Press)—Fifteen riotera were killed and forty others wound- ed in @ clash with the security police here. The attempt to bring on a gen- eral strike in this region has so far failed. “An exceptional status" has been proclaimed for Dortmund, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen and other points in Rhenish Prussia, “The exceptional status’ referred to presumably is’ similar to or identical with the “non-military state of siege” which has been put into force by the father. “At the proper time,” he added, “we will establish this fact by competent evidence.” This statement was made while both sides were awaiting decision of Su- preme Court Justice Morschauser on Lalimony- and bounsel fees. It was understood here that ‘‘com- petent evidence” of Guy's paternity would be presented either at referee hearings or before a court by several witnesses, both. men” -and on Some of these, it was understod’, will be servants in the Stillman household, | but at least one is said to be an out- sider who visited the bankor's home| early. in 1918. Previous to hia statement today Mr. Mack had not claimed possession of! positive proof that the financier was | the father of the infant, who, Mr. Stillman alleges, wes born to his wife by Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide employed by. the banker, ; During recent arguments heard in the case at White Plains, the guardi-| an, replying to a charge by Mr, Still-| man’s counsel that Guy Stillman was) illegitimate, said there was not ‘one bit of evidence to prove that any party -other than Mr. Stillman was the “fa- ther” of the infant. International . | Printers Will Support Strike) | BINGHAMTON, WN, Y., March 29.— President John McParland of the In- ternational Typographical Union, to- day reviewed the situation in the city brought about by the strike of the members of the typographical union VENIZELOS TO SEEK SOLUTION FOR THE JA ATHENS, March 29,—Former Pre- Tiler Venizelos is going to Japan’ to bs. the guest of the Mikado, who has asked ‘him \to arbitrate difficulties pending between. Japan and / the German authorities in parts of cen- tral Germany affected by the com- munist disorders. With the exception of the minor outbreak in the American bridgehead \region on Monday, which was prompt- ly and offectively deait with by tho American) military police, the disor. ets. reported in the foregoing are the |first to be recorded in the Rhine area sincg the communist rising in Prus- slan Saxony. Whether or not these |movements, are connected, does not yet appear. ‘Berlfii dispatches filed late Mon- day night indicated some anxiety in governmental circles over the devel- opment of possible disturbances in the capital on Tuesday, an attempt. by the extremists to tie up the big indus trial and other plants in a general strike being forecast. The Wilhelm- strasse was ordered closed to traffic and all the approaches to the foreign office and other government buildings were barricaded with barbed wire en- tanglements and guarded by troops. For Assistance From America were tut tre station nar Cnty |rially changed, the principal trouble |being sporadic outbreaks at points e i |held temporarily by rioting bands; DUBLIN, March 29.—Expression of} which the security police had as yet gratitude for President Harding's sup-|failed to control in the roundup of port of the movement in America tol rioters in which these police forces raise funds for the suffering in Ireland| were engaged, has-been cabled to the White House pte by the lord mayor of this city. “The grand and afflicted people of Ireland,” the cable said, “are sincerely United. States, says a, London dis- patch to the néwspaper ‘Patris. pafisin uo Bas Zoey Trish Grateful BUILDING WORK RESUMED CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 20, -— gratified by your encouragement of|Work on buildings here, delayed by the movement to give \them financial/a fortnights strike of building trades- support, America was always true to|men that ended Monday, got fairly Ireland in her hour of trie}, The funds | under way again today, with all build- are urgently needed to restore build-|ing craftsmen and building laborers ings destroyed and to relievé dis-jon the job e.:-ept painters and plas: tress,” terers. The latter continue on strilk PORRAS INSISTS — f | | daughter, Former Governor and Mrsp The#ex-emperor, it is stated, went Frank ©. Lowden of Illinois, wer from here to Budapest, but left the with her when death came. city within a few hours at the request of the Hungarian government. a) rain dialog U. S. Steel Will ustine the day Powell was shot. Buck-| minster was brought here and later} whom he worked for two years, meanwhile saving every cent of his wages he pomibiy could lay by. In| Will be taken to Joilet to ‘start serv- 1804 he engaged in sheep raising on|ing a serience for swindling. | i his own <cenrnt ‘= partnershin with| ‘The band centered at Daytona, rh | ‘Austin Bunce, under the firm name |pollce explained. An outtit known 3 of Bunce & Delféider. When Bunce|as the International Turf’ Exchange died in 1910 he purchased the part-|W.s used as a means of fleecing win- MINE iM OUTH S AGO RE VERED on March 8. He announced that the international unfon would support the. strikers with a fund of $3,500,000 created for such a purpose. Newspapers which were affected by the strike aro publishing normal size, editions under the open shop plan. / “The Denver, Salt Lake & Pyific ailroad.’* ON ACCEPTANCE OF WHITE AWARD ner’s interest from the latter’s estate| ter tourists and large sums are said and thereafter steadily increased both | to have been taken from their victims his live stock and land holdings until he was running 20,000 head of sheep and 2,000 head of cattle on an im- menge ranch acreage which included nearly 2,000 acres of irrigated hay and farm land. In addition to his in- (Continued on Page 6.) BURROUGHS OVERTAKEN BY recently the gang quarreled over di- himself by letting’ the Chicago police found. by variations of the old wire tapping game. $ . The Chicago police experts said that DOWELL, J; vision of receipts and Powell rovenged and death ggparent the mine t/elve hours after from spre‘dling. know where Buckminster could be March 29.—The bodies of seven men, entombed in. the Katleen mine Yere February 23 when fire broke out in the colliery, wore taken from thé pit today by rescue workers. ily was caused by The bodies were not burned asphyxiation, following sealing of discovery of the fire to prevent the flames Establish Line YOUNGSTOWN, 0., March 29.—An- nowncement by the United States Steel corporation of the establishment of a line of steamers to carry steel to the Pacific coast via the Panama canal is expected soon after the returh of B. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the’ corporation from his trip to. Vancouver throvgh the canal, it is said in steel circles here. Independent s#tee! men admit that if the corporation establishes a line to the Pacific Coast, it will be able to lay down’ steel on the coast at a price DEATH ON NEW YORK TRAIN received a report from their superin- tendent at Erie, Pa., that John Bur- roughs died. on Train No. 16 near Kingsville, Ohio, early this morning, apparently from heart discase. The.report says a woman: physician who was accompanying Mr, Burrough, took charge of the’ remains and. con- tinued -east, Mr. ‘Burroughs ‘boarded the train at Chicago and was bound for Pough- keepsie, N. Y. ENOS MILLS PAYS BURROUGHS HIGH TRIBUTE. ESTES PARK, Colo. March 29— Enos A. Mills, in his ‘home at Long's Peak Inn, when informed by the Press of tho death’ of Mr. Burroughs, said America and the world had lost. one of its greateat naturalists. “My personal loss in the death of a dear friend ts overshad- owed by the loss to humanity,” said Mr. Mills, are one of the most Famous Naturalist Passes Away While En Route Home to Spend His 84th Birthday After Winter in West | UTICA, N. Y., March 29.John Burroughs, naturalist, died on a New York Central train near Kingsville, Ohio, on his way home from California at 2 o’clock this morning. He had been very ill for six weeks with an abscess on the chest and heart and with kidney complications. He was so eager to get home that the long journey was undertaken with the hope that he{roughs accompanted him on the jour: could survive. The end camo sud-|ney, 7 only, 2 few minutes after he had| ‘The troops took 1,000 prisoners and asked: seized large supplies of rifles, | mn- “How near home are we?" chine guns: and ammunition. His phyisctan; Dr. Clara Barrus, his] — / — : granddaughter Ursula Burroughs and| CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 29—| the Misses Eleanor and Harriet Bur-'New York Central headquarters here 48 with which the independents could not compete. 15 HURT IN. MEX WRECK MEXICO! CITY,© March 29.—(Via Wireless}—Fifteen persons were seri- ously injured when ‘the last coach and first. Pullman gar ofa train . from Chihuahua City to. Torreon turned over between Yermo and Conojos sta- tons last night, owing to defective brakes, The injured received treat- ment at Jiminez. widely known, naturalists in America. “Mr. Burroughs and John Muir have succeedgd better than any other men in interpreting the story of na- ture so that all may read and under- stand,” Mr. Mills added. ‘They made the birds, the bees and the animals actually live for all of-us.” f. Mills visitsa Mr. Burroughs at his homme in West Park,’ Ulster county, New York, and in California several times, and. Mr. Burroughs was Mr. Mills’ guest in Denver eight years ago. HENRY FORD ADDS ANOTHER EULOGY, DETROIT, Mich,, March 29.— Henry. Ford, close personal friend and camp mate of John Burroughs, made the following statement. today on learning of the naturalist’s death: *The news of John burroughs’ pass- ——— TEXAS FROST DAMAGING. DALLAS, Texas, March 29.—Con- siderable damage to fruit and vege- tables*in north and’ west Texas was caused by frost last night. according to Dr. J, L, Cline of tho weather bu- reau, The extent of the damage prob- INVESTIGATION OF WAR RISK WORK ORDERED WASHINGTON, March 29.—A com- mittee of ele » headed by Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, who served as a brigadier-general with the American expeditionary forces,. was appointed by President Harding today to jcon- duet an inquiry into “the admirfistra- tion of the War risk bureau board for vocational \training and care and President of Panama Tells Congress That Refusal Will Result in Rupture and Resumption of War PANAMA, March 29.—(By Associated Press.) —Refusal on the part of Panama to accept the decision of Chief Justice White, United States supreme court, fixing the boundary be- tween this country and Costa Rica might lead to serious con- sequences for Panama, according to the message of President Porras, which was read yesterday before the extraordinary session of the national assembly. President Porras asserted t! non- acceptance of the White award would result in the United States withdraw- treatment of wounded or impaired service men generally.” TARIFF TAXATIO (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 29,.—Pro- tests against tho logislution agreed on by Republican leaders to provide for, tariff taxation at American in- stead of foreign valuations are be- ing .recelved by members of the senate finance and house ways and means committees, Those criticizing the Atnerican valuation system contend that Am- erican values of merchandise dif- fer ué Boston, New York, San Fran- ably cannot be ascertained for sev- (Continued on Page 4) days, ciseg, Now Orleans, and other ports ing her friendly offices, which recently ended hostilities with Costa Rica, and N AT AMERICAN VALUES CORIE UNDER PROTEST of entry and that no inflexible stand- ards of valuation aro feasible. The price differences, it is contended, would be greater in the middle of the country because of the trans- portation distances from the sea- board. Prominent Republicans of the con- greastonal taxation committees con- cedo that there Is somo merit in the objections to the valuation jegisin- tion, but belleve that Its bonefits would be much greater, than any harm which would result, that warfare would be resumed, He declared that Costa Rica would re- ceive arms and support from other Central American republics, while Panama would be without means of defense. A committee of seven deputies was named for the purpose of studying the note to the Panaman government. by Secretary of State Hughes, which sug: gested the acceptance of the White award. The committee also will consider the reply of Panama, which hos been drafted and approved by a conference of prominent citizens of this country. This projected reply would oppose ac= ceptance: of the White award, and would suggest that other means for reaching @ peaceful settlement be | found, | The committee was glyen five days te which to make its report, but ad- ministration leaders stated last night that they believed the national assem. bly would not accept the responsibility of recommending acceptance or non- |acceptance of the White award. They ) Sssorted tt woul4 again place the bure [den Unga the legislative department,