Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1921, Page 1

Weather Forecast Snow tonight ard probably Wednes- day, colder tonight with strong north- erly winds in south portion. VOLUME V THIRTY PERISH IN GREAT STORM COVERING SOUTH GOST. OF JNPAN = Communication Down And Tokio Left Dark; Ships in Harbor; Tossed About by Gale TOKIO, April. 5.—(By As- sociated Press.)——Great prop- erty damage was done and thirty lives were lost in a ter- rific storm which swept. the southern coust of Japan Sun- day nigh. ‘Telephone and telegraph lines are. prostrated throughout the southern part of the empire. Tokio Ex-Emj peror on Way To Swiss Refuge; Coal Regions Of Hungary Seized forces have entered Hungary withoe’) awaiting the expira- ne little entente’s'ulti- & it is unofficially re- ye Serbs are reported to jed Hungary's most im- districts. The ultimatum - Ision of former Emperor res Thursday. © >, April 5.—(y Tite As- *:ss)—Former Emperor Ey sociate\ Charles ted from Steinamanger in Wes _—_ ‘ary, near the Austrian border, "6 o'clock this morning on his W of Hungary. Premier Teleky “{his announcement in the nati¢lui assembly this afternoon. VIENNA, April 5.—(By The <Asso- ciated Press)—It was reported here shortly before noon today that’ ex- Emperor Charles has left his refuge at Steinamanger on his way out of Hungary. Official confirmation of the report, however, was not obtainable. A special train with the Austrian is in darkness. official escort for the ex-emperor was The storm was especially severe in|in waiting, at the Hungarian border the harbor of Yokohama. The Jap-|this morning at the ‘request of the anese steamers Alabama Maru. and| Budapest government. Atlas Maru ¢ragged thelr anchors] The route to be taken by Charles and went ashore. The former vessel|through Austria is‘ understood to be was about to sail for Seattle and had|by way of Graetz, Innsbruck and her passengers aboard,” Feldkirch to Buchs. Belated’ dispatches received from the provinces report inundations in SWISS PUT LIMIT IN many perfectures. WELCOME CONCESSION. A naval cutter capsized near the (By Assoclated Press) port of Nagoya and an officer and| BERNE, Switzerland, April 5.—No- eight bluejackets were drowned. tification has been sent the Hungar- Eight workmen were buried when a|ian cabinet "by the Swiss government tunnel collapsed near Fukushima.|that Switzerland will permit the pro- The: Ibis and Tenryu rivers. in} visory. re-entry of Former. Emperor thelseny overflowed their | Charies inte thia@ountry ‘on condi- -houses were flooded. | tion that he comes during the next bani bs risers bridge across the Tenryu|few days. Warning has been given river-was destroyed. that if his return is delayed this per- The-American steamer Golden State'} mission wil! be withdrawn. successfully weathéred the gale and a —— rn nrrived here yesterday. There were numerous. recrptions given hee ‘of Imposing Temple vers and men, thé return of shipping to the Pacific being rel: ° rippins, oracists at roxmamas |L8 Unearthed in ——— os STEAMER GREW [Thees0lv, Greece yy. Associated Press) Ani, April 5.—Greek archael- have unearthed an imposing tants at Rerras, Thessaly. The PROVIDENCE, R. I., April {—The} structure is in an excellent state of steamship Britannia, due here to-|preservation and is stated to be as morrow, has-aboard 41 men in irons,}large as the Temple of Jupiter at the alleged mutinous crew of the | Olympia. steamship Manoa, The Manoa was] The bronze inscriptions establish the forced into Horta bound from France| date of 400-B. C. Numerous tablets to Montreal in February. According | have also been found bearing indica- to wireless information today on the|tions of laws and resolutions of an- American consul at Horta, United|ctent civilization. States mail on the Manoa was rifled during the mutiny. been discovered within a month, the fits * having been found near the city The excavations aro con- Rail Line Over {ic 7 Great Salt Lake |atscisr sd ostaro tas in and an average of one farm out of; Is Washed Out every four has a motor car. This is the second temple which has! . S FEDERATION OF TRANSPORT MEN EGATE STRIKE IN COAL MINES Attitude Undecided As British Organization Adjourns Conference To Wednesday LONDON, April 5.— (By Associated Press.) —For three hours this morning the 400 delegates of the National Transport Workers’ federa- tion assembled here today to consider the attitude of the organiza- tion toward the strike of ‘British min- ers and debated the strike question without reaching a decision The con- ferees adjourned shortly after noon until 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morn- ing. This afternoon the national ex- ecutive board continued in secret ses- sicn and probably will have récom mendations to offer as to the trans- port men's attitude at tomorrow's plenary sebsion of the the delegate body. LONDON, April 6—Four hundred delegates of the National Transport Workers’ federation, representing 35 unions, assembled here this morning to consider the attitude of ‘that or- ganization toward the miners’ strike. The meeting was considered momen- tous, as the ‘transport workers form a. part of the triple alliance and virtually | hold the power of deciding whether eral strike. Railwaymen appears to have decided tojoin the miners. ~~ (The conference, at which Harry Gos- expected to be Phcthisdt es itomeat it secret. SCORE OF RAIL DISPUTES FILED CHICAGO, April 5.—Twenty-six Labor board within the last month, it*was disclosed today. followed conferences with railroad er, ployes on proposed wage reduction: as required by the transportation ane |The. roads, representatives of nearly levery section of the country, asked reduction of the unskilled labor scale and in some instances reductions of |skilled labor wages also. ——_ _ [ery ce Durham an attorney of the firm of Durham and Lowey, has |returned from Denver and is closing up affairs here preparatory to leav- ing for Washington where \he will remain on a long business stay. n gale, the heavy salt surcharged Waters of Great Salt Lake have Washed out sections of the Southern Pgcifie line over the lake at a place \nown as Rambo Fill, and from 500 lo 800 cars of rock will be needed to Inake repairs, it was announced at the livision superintendent's office here loday. There was no interruption of Iraffic over the lake. ‘ BERLIN, April 5,—Mysterious parcels containing explosives have been discovered during the past 24 hours in private residences, on door- steps, in hallways and along the tracks of ‘the Berlin elevated rail- roads, Each of the packages was found to be supplied with a fuse. Better roads build up the local mar- ket and reduce mail orders to the minimum. BERLIN, TERROR REIGN FEARED | parolee officials declare the Ger- man moccunists had planned a | reign of terror here during the re- | cent disorders in central Germany. Belief is expressed that Max Hoelz, known as the German” “Robin Hood." supplied Jocal communists | with quantities of explosives. the nation shall be plunged into a gen-|ing they desire to si The National Union of| eration possible with the ling presided, was expected to last all! nounced day and Vital decisions réached were| further in: CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921 SERBS INVADE HUNGARY AS CHARLES DEPARTS Blame tor Abuse and Lack of Attention Aceorded Nation’ s Heroes: to Be F ixed Man Held for Killing Blacks Goes on Trial (By Associated Press.) COVINGTON, Georgia, April 5.— John 8, Williams, Jasper county farmer charged in the confession of his negro farm boss, Clyde Man- ning, with having caused the murder of eleven of his negro fann hands to prevent evidence against him for alleged peonage, faced trial in circuit court here today on a charge of murder of one of the slain negroes. An augmented force of sixteen deputies had been mobil- ized to preserve order in the court- room and arrangements made for a capacity er Lisi Ae PLANE STRIKES CROWD, 8 DEAD (By Associated Press) BUENOS AIRES, April 5,—Bight persons were killed and several in- jured at La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, when Lieutenant Baudron, a French army aviator, lost control of his aero- plane during an exhibition flight and Idunged into a crowd. Iieutenant Haudron was among the killed. The flight was held in connection with the opening of the Bolivian aviation school, says a La Paz dispatch to La Nacion.. Americans Cross Mexican Border Without Permits DOUGLAS, Ariz., April 5.—Declar- how every co-op- American government, immigration. officials. in| the Mexican city of Agua Prieta, So- nora, opposite Douglas, today an- that pending receipt |‘ of structions from Mexico City, Mexican officials would ndt require Americans to present passports or borderpermits to enter Agua Prieta. It was explained, however, this ruling was temporary and does not apply to foreigners. going into the interior, who must have a passport. ieee as waits BURKE MEETING. CALLED ‘A call has been issued by J. W. railroads have submitted wage dis-|pingenheimer, president of the Burke putes to the United States Railroad] company for the annual meeting of the concern, which will be held in This ‘action| the company offices here, April 18. GREEK ARMY IN ATA MMINGR 15 HURLED BACK &Y TURKISH HORDE Constantine’s Forces in Danger of Losing City of Brusa, Casualties to Greek Forces Heavy CONSTANTINOPLE, April 5.— (By Associated Press.) — Greek forces in north Asia Minor seem to be in danger of losing Brusa, upon which ‘city the Turkish Nationalists are advancing im superior numbers. The Greek casualties during the past ten days on the Eski-Shehr front are esti- mated at 150 officers and 4,000 men. Ismet Pasha, Turkish commander at Eski-Shehr, is issuing wireless dis- Patches comparing the Turkish vic- tory there to the battle of the Marne. He adds in his statements that he was a student of Marshal Joffre. The Greek debacle at Eski-Shehr is said to have been due to the failure of a division in the Sugut sector to advance in conjunction with a di- vision froin Bilejik to the north, and another from Inegol to the south- west. Severe losses have been — inflicted upon the Greéks and the morale of tne Mee domes oe Maree with them and encouraging them in the battle. PARIS, April 5. —Dispatches _ re- ceived in official circles in\Paris con- firm the reports of a complete check for the Greek troops in the Brusa sec- tion of Asia Minor, where the entire northern Greek army, has been obliged to retreat pe icee aes ALIENS DENIED PRIVILEGE. WASHINGTON, April 5.—Japanese, Chinese and other aliens not eligible} to citizenship in the United States were held yesterday ‘by the Depart- ment of Labor to be excluded from the privilege granted men who served | in the military forces during the war of taking out full citizenship papers after two years’ residence in the country. i Chr Casper Daily Crime Special iSbniniteton| Named by Har- ding Ordered | Begin Probe ——— WASHINGTON, April 5.— (By Associated Press.) — President Harding today asked his special commission, | headed by Charles G. Dawes) of Chicago, to make “diligent inquiry” of government department| heads in an effort to find out’ just where the government agencies have been “lacking in authority, ful or failing” service men. He also asked that in vestigation, be made of “the abuses wi have developed.” dent today at the White House, an- nounced that the president’s wishes would be carried out to the letter that the inquiry would not be dir ed into controversial or extended sub- jects. “I have asked you to meet and make an investigation into the ad ministration of the law for caring for the crippled and injured soldiers of the late world war," said the presi- dent's statement. “There haye been numerous ‘com- plaints that the government is neglect- ing the becoming care of these defend- ers, to whom it owes every consid- eration, and there {s furthen,complaint that there ig tardiness in dealing with them and ‘their claims which grew out of their service. “I should like you to make diligent inquiry of department heads or with those associated with them, in an ef- fort to find out just where the gov ernment agencies are in any way lacking in authority, neglectful or failing to carry out what is the un questioned intent of congress in its enactment of laws and the making of appropriations. There need be no in- quiry into tho intent of the govern- ment because I think it is well under: stood that every agency desires to deal justly and generously with those jof its defendants. who. were. impaired jin the nation’s defense, “I think it would be well, while you are making inquiry as to the failure to care for these service men that |you also make inquiry into the abuses which have developed, and look care- fully into the regulations adopted so that you may know their probable effect in the future. It is well to realize that the,.American people want to prove the republic's gratitude of these men. “Tho regulations adopted at this time are likely to be in effect for a full half century to come. In order to deal justly with these men and carry out a permanent policy it is and (Continued on ‘Page 8) MEXICAN OIL CLAIMS CITED BY BRITISH IN PROTESTING POLICY (By Associnted Press.) LONDON, April 5.—American con- tentions for equality of treatment for the citizens of all nations in man- dated territory are held by the Brit- ish government to be “scarcely con- sistent with the attitude of the United States toward American oil in- terésts in Mexico. The British view is expressed in a long reply to Secre- tary Colby's note of last November | 20, which was made public ‘here toda: The note signed by Lord Curzon, secretary of state for foreign affairs, was delivered March 1, and was in answer to Secretary Colby’s excep- tions to the San Remo agreement COLLECTIONS INE TO BE Allied Customs Administration Ready To ¢<unction Tomorrow; Dusseldorf And Hochst Important Centers COBLENZ, April 5.— (By Associated Press.) — Begin- hing Wednesday the new customs administration in occu- bied Rhineland comes into effect. The Rhineland commis- sion received from the ambassadors’ council today the text of the commission’s report, which was approved Saturday with slight modification. The commission will meet tomor- tow to decide on an eastern customs) Frankfort, in the Mayence bridge- lrontier, This, it is said, will not) head, it is said, will be the two most hecessarily follow the military out-| {important collecting centers, especial josts and zones, but will be arranged|ly Hochst, where all traffic originat- with+a view to the greatest technical/ing in Frankfort and southern Ger- lacilities. many will be controlled. 7 Dusseldorf and Hochst,» west of! . Twenty-five per cent of the regular German. tariff will be collected on! eastbound goods entering the occu- pied territory from unoccupied Ger- many, while the old tariff bill obtains on goods entering from western coun- tries, France and Belgium, which is collected at the old frontier. in transit from England, France, Belgium, Holland and other countries to’ Poland, Switzerland and other central Huropean countries by way of ‘the Rhine for passage by rail through the occupied territory will not be affected by the new regulations. Exports from Germany to France, England and Belgium are exempted from extra duties. The French and Belgian customs agents who, will supervise the work connected with the German customs in the American zone have arrived at Coblenz. American soldiers will | Drotect the customs ports in the zone. tabi era omen Aa Subscribe tor The Tribune ON GIN Return of Alien Fortune Ordered WASHINGTON, April__5.—The general has authorized re- turn to the heirs of Herman Sielcifen of New York, property valued at approximately $3,000,000, seized by the alien property cus- todian during thb war. At the samo time the return to his widow of her own property valued at about $1,- 000,000 was ordered. Both _ prop- erties, it was said consisted mainly of securities. Eugene McCarthy, wealthy Casper sheepman has returned from Omaha, where he has been inspecting market conditions and transacting other busi- ness for the past sevral days. , between Great Britain and France, re- |lating to petroleum resources in Meso- {potamia.. That agreement, Lord Cur- zon said, was not fully understood, it appeared, adding that it “aimed at no monopoly or exclusive rights.” |. ‘The! Mesopotamian, agreement waa| jsaid by Lord Curzon to be subject ‘to olf concessions in the vilayets. of | Bagdad and Mosul granted to British interests before the war, and not to \be treated “merely as a matter of ab-! |stract principle” without reference to \pre-war negotiations. Rights acquired |duction of the world.” the undisputed fact remains that at present the United States soil pro- duces 70 per cent and American in- terests in adjoining territory controls a further 12 per cent of tbh= oil pro- “Tt is not easy, therefore,” ,Lord Curzon said, ‘to justify the United States government insistence that American control should ngw be ex- tended to resources whichAnay be de- veloped in mandated tgfritories and that, too, at the expyfse of the sub- jects of another state who have. ob- jin Palestine by the Standard Oil com-|tained a valid congession from the pany “were no stronger” than these|former government¥of those terri- British rights, the note added. tories.” ° Request of the American govern-| ment that British rights thus ac- quired be disregarded, Lord Curzon} added, was “scarcely consistent” witli) the attitude “adopted by the United| States in regard to similar United) States interests in oll properties in| Mexico.” The British note expresses agree- ment with the American argument that the world’s ofl resources should be open for development without ref- erence to nationality, but notes that an act of the Philippine legislature in 1920 reserves development of public | mineral lands there to citizens of the | United States or the Philippines. Such Negislation cannot but be regarded “as in contraction of the general prin-| ciple enunciated by the United States,” it continued and added: “In this connection, I observe that Mr. Colby does not attempt to re- fute the statements contained in my note of August 9 last. concerning the action taken by the United States government to prevent the exploita- tion by British interests of such re- sources in Haiti and Costa Rica.” Lord Curzon made reference to Sec-| retary Colby’s “allusions” as to the| world’s oil supply and the statement that the United States possessed only one-twelfth approximately of the| world's olf resources. The question, | he said, was of “subsidiary impor: | |tance” in the discussion, but added} that while future are necessarily problematical, neglect-| in caring for disabled} Mr. Dawes, wlfo called on the presi: | STATE EDITION NUMBER 151_ U. S. GOODS ON REVAL DOCK STACKED HIG \Imports Through Southern Port Loreen Of American Origin Despite British Trade Agreement With Soviet REVAL, April 5——(By Associated Press.)—Despite the new trade agreement between Great Britain and soviet Rus- sia, the larger proportion of the extremely small amount of goods, entering Russia through Esthonia continues to be ef American origin One freighter in this port has just unloaded 100,000 pairs leather for shipment into Russia, | while another American steamer, sim: jilarly laden, has ju@ arrived here. These deals were negotinted by the Robert Dollar concern some months Formed and Officers Are Elected A Natrona County Graduate Nurses | association was formed yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the nurses held at the Y, W. C. A. The following officers were elected to take office during the ensuing year: Miss’ Mary McPake, president, Mrs. George A. Rader, vice-president; Miss Agnes, Daly, secretary-treasurer. A credential _committes composed of Mrs. ¥."M. Burch, chairman; Miss E. P. Stanley and Miss: Mary McPake Was appointed. The financial commit tee will be composed 6r Miss Agnes Daly, chairman; Mrs. Géorge Rader and Mrs, Nellie Brown, and the constitution and by-laws will be cared for by Mrs, W.S. Kimball, Sr., chair- man; Mrs. Reapee, Miss Daly, Miss Mary McPake and Mrs. Baker. Regular meetings of the associa- tion will be held and work of benefit to the public of Casper will be under- taken. Giant Redwood Is Blown Down TON, Cal., April 5.—The LaFayette, the tallest tree in the Calyeras grove of big trees, 85 miles cast of here, it was reported today, has been blown down. The tree was 300 feet tall and had a diameter of thirty fect at the hase. A forest ranger who reported the tree had fallen, said that in February the ho- tel at the grove was shaken as if by an earthquake and that as soon IN ASSOCIATION Organization of Graduate Nurses} |ago. OMicial statistics published by the |Esthonian government show that jonly 15,569 tons of goods were in transit to Russia, through Esthonia from Reval from January 1 to March 31, or about five or six average ship- loads, | ‘The shipments included 3,528 tons jot agricultural machinery, 2,826 tons |of textiles and footwear, 1,458 tons of |miscellaneous machinery, 620 tons of leather and 492 tons of drugs. | The docks at Reval are still con- ‘gested with shipments of machinery, some of which are held up for lack of railway transport, and others be- cause of reported financial hitches after thelr arrival. No Russian goods ‘were exported through Esthonia during the first threé months of the present year. Tho latest: tssue of Economie Life, published in soviet Russia, says that In February Russia imported 1,401,- 260. poods (about 25,271 tons) of ail comodities, of which 1,261,000 poods wero coal from the United States go- ing to Archangel and Murmansk. The exports, it Is stated by the same pub- lcation, were only 132.575 poods (about 2,326 tons). including lumber to Bngland and flax to Letvia, There recently has been a consider- ablo decrease in the number of Amer- ican and English tradesmen in Reval, emia ie jraatlehaaen Lane Meek k How Much Would It Cost You? If you had a -city salesman, would it be possible for him to call on 4,097 people in Casper every day, and if it were possible for him to perform this Herculean task, how much would it cost If it was possible for this sales- man to make this number of calls every day, possibly 50 per cent of the homes would not give him an audience, others would keep him waiting in the hall, and a com- parative few would really listen. In The Casper Daily Tribune, as the snow receded he found the |} merchants of Casper have an in- tree prontpetenay the telligent, silent salesman, who gets an audience with the entire household in more than 4,097 honies every week day. These peo- ple even pay to get an audience with this energetic sales person and the cost to the merchant fs but a fraction of a cent per hun- dred readers. DENIED WRIT ie i RAE ares tsa at pte Advertising is a sales force that TOPEKA, Kas., April 5.—Bfforts of |] is as ne: ry for business as air Erwin R. Bergdoll, Phitadelphia |! js to the lung draft evader, to obtain his release Increase. your SAL! FORCE from*the army disciplinary barracks |] through The Tribune and compare at Leavenworth, were defeated today || the cost per thousand circilation when Federal Judge Pollock of Kan-|| with any other method. gas City. Kas, denied Borgdoll’s ‘The total Paid Circulation of Phe apriication a writ of habeas|] Tribune yesterday was 6,800. corpus. PRESIDENT HARDING NOT COMMITTED ON PEACE RESOLUTION ‘PUSSYFOOT’ JOHNSON TO RESUME TRIP COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 6.—Fully recovered from the ,attnck of bron- chitis #nd laryngitis,"which compelled him to abandon a western speaking tour while in Iowa, William 5. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, internationally- known prohibition worker, will go to ‘anada soon to fill speaking engage- ments before leaving April 16 for Europe and India, he said today. sss Mia he si M. J. Foley arrived this morning “the potentialities of the|from Denver and will remain here for|be made several days on business. 's Executive Expected to Announce Atti- tude in Message to Special Session Of Congress; Treaty Is Tabooed WASHINGTON, April 5.—President Harding is not com- mitted to any definite program with regard to a congressional declaration to declare the state of war with Germany at an -end. While the: president voted for the Knox resolution when he was a member of the senate and spoke favorably with regard to it in his address of acceptance, he is under: stood to feel that there is no occasion|executive may address in person. {to precipitate action at this time, Meantime it is known that the presi- The president's views with regard|dent and his advisers are growing to the peace program are expected to|more and more convinced that there known at the opening ses. sion of the new congress which the (Céntinued on Page 8) wh