Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1921, Page 1

ra fw » NEW TRAFFIC RULES OUTLINED BY POLICE TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF LOCAL STREET CONGESTION Radical changes in \tra the congestion of traffic to prevent accidents in th effect by the police depa situation here. . ~ rules, in. an effort to relieve - certain hours of the day and “Ness district have been put in in a hope of relieving the ‘Pees, especially at the intersection ‘Senter and Second streets. The (will be to prevent care from 4s to the left a‘ this intersec- ecco during ‘the period be- PB: m. and 5:30 p. in. means. a car coming east on Wire trouble cast and south to- day on account of the storm resulted in reports on major league games [ oe either proceed being al ed to the following ||) up Second street or turn Kea es is th on Center, A car following this form: direction cannot cross the center line of the street and ‘tien ius north on Center street, bevause it would thus interfere with westbound cars! and might result in a temporary traffic jam! YY At Cincinnati—_—s—«»R. -H. E.. nears turning from the traffic’ lane, hoo... ee DB - 7) «Qi having the right of way at the in- pa ieee 1 4 © tetsection, will be held responsible for any). dents happening in which a Batterie eo eietebarah ‘4s injured. In turning from NATIONAL LEAGUE i¢ direct traffic lane which the Hamilton, Yellowhorse . and Riser, thea of way the car driver aha ps Schmidt; Cincimnati’ Rixey,|tect the pedestrian. Caution and Napier and Hargraves. » {minimum speed is urged. B jib Saatiag officer stationed at. thay $F ern the nfoyement o| At Boston R.H.. E.| oy traffic clearing at intervals, ve. Brpaeye seeyees 5S 42 1} hicles bound in every direction. Pe- a 12 Paige ore abe Roverned iby tha text; fle officer and ‘must observe his sig- — Brooklyn : | nals as well‘as the. driver of vehicles. Seats ; Pedestrians can follow the. right of soins Nort aad Oeil | Way lane of traffic at any time and if] the. driver of the ill be held ac. 4 qa pn aay Pr eae ruling. which widens, considerable the hours of traf- trol is contained in the follow: 4 3) Ch se eeees SAD 13, 0) fc con ices ¥ a ie orders Batteries—St. Louis: Re- “At ho'time of ‘the day or night will viere, Haines, and | 4 ‘car ex. vehicle, of any kind be. per- Dilhoefer, ‘Clanonas Chicago: | mitted to proceed up either Second or Martin, York and O'Farrell. |Center streets toward the intersection of Second and Center streets and make a ‘complete turn, so as to re- trace the direction from which it At Philadelphia—Philadel- ;: ..|came. Turns can be made in any phia-New York ae: POSte other. direction, etre ‘hours: durhig poned; wet grounds. the day, except during the period in abesio senha the afternoon when the traffic offi- cer is -on duty, Particylar stress is laid on the or- der that it is-not permissible for an AMERICAN LEAGUE t the line of traffic, to either take on At Boston— R. H. E. [oP uischarge passengers. ‘The reason Washington . «.+7 13 for this ruling is that the lives and Boston .... pear, f 8 1|limbs of the persons so discharged from a vehicle are endangered and often such stops obstruct traffic. A vehicle must drive to the curb before it can come to a stop. Another much demanded change in city rulings has been instituted for Batteries—Eoston: Bush, Fullerton and Ruel; Washing- ton: Erickson and Gharrity. At Detroit—. R. H. E.|the benefit of doctors. This change Chi 7-4 | Permits doctors to park their cars in SCAB ii aiahor eas 3 front of their offices or at the home Detroit ....,.. .. 2. & Ofof patients: without regard for the 30- minute parking laws. This same rul- ing permits doctors to ‘leave their. ma- chines where there are no recognized Batteries—Detroit: Ehmke and Seeley Chicago: Faber and parking districts. ee The parking laws recently ordered a -|put into effect have not been fully At St. Louis— R. H. E.| workea out yet. During the coming Cleveland 10 14. 2| week these regulations will be per- : b eee a th St. Louis . CAS pea! | Sere. by, thes police: aba, due. notics will be given. Batteries—Cleveland? Bag-) — All of the above rulings have been by nad O'Neill; St. Louis: Do. vis, Boehler and Severeid. At New York—Philadel- phia-NewYork game post- * poned; rain. ebsites Sr SAS A SEES Frank ‘T, Frawley, in charge of the, ft police, after having advised with Se eee of the city council and mem- bers of hie traffic control squad. He has issued. orders that the regulations set’ forth must be observed to the let- ter until it is seen whether they are suitable to conditions ‘here. jee me hie Nh ce icy Agents for American collectors are local postoftice, 19 in Pucblo where he'| said to have bought up nearly all of is witness in a case inyolving the al-| the first issue of-Dresden china coins leged. embezzlement of government} put out by the new s6vernment of OF RAIL AGREEMENTS Workers. Claim Big Victory in Rating| Scheduled to Bring About New Set Of Agreements Affecting Labor | | CHICAGO, April 15.—(By The Associated Press.) Both railroad executives and labor Jeaders today declared the decision of the railroad labor board abrogating the national agreements would materially advance the effort to arrive at an agreement satisfactory to all parties. The board directed automobile or other vehicle to stop in) Jaoelced out by Jesse A. Sheffner, chief! funds, Saxony. individual roads and their employes to confer and agree upon Convicted 16 Times, Man Is Judged Insane SHERIDAN, Wyo., April 15.—His mania for tampering~.with head- gates and diverting to his land ir-. rigation water which did not belong to him resulted in the returning of a verdict by a jury in the district court today finding John Findahl, pioneer rancher, insane. The ver- dict was returned last night and Findah! this morning was ordered confined in the state insane asylum at Evanston,, Wyo. Findahl had: been | arrested and and convicted of this offense 16 times in the past three years, it was poined out at his hearing. He had served many terms in jail and had se fines totalling approximately PHYSICIAN ON TRIAL FOR LIFE IDAHO FALLS,, April) fe patel of J, R. Shupe, physician charged wit) yaurder in connection witlr the por Sf Miss Florence Naef a, di is peltee tried here today, ho examined the body at ‘the! ioe In ‘July testified there were no marks of surgical instruments and that the death might. have resulted from nat ural causes, Yesterday's testimony re- vealed the girl was found in a local hotel bed, lying in a pool of blood. The supposition has been that. she died following an illegal operation. shad Yaaale #8 Man Accused of Picking Up Roll Given Freedom PORTLAND, Ore., April 15. George Billings, alias Joe Brady, under arrest since January. 24, was freed today after a jury returned a verdict of not guilty of the charge that he had picked up $25 which a Portland resident had dropped on the street following a telephone conver- sation with a purported burglar of- fering to’ return a stolen ring. Noth- ing came out. at the trail to fasten any suspicion ‘upon Billings. that he had anything to do with the opera- tions of the “talkative burglar” or “shadow.” All charges against him will be dismissef, said authorities. Billings was arrested at Seattle. Salary Checks Being Reduced NEW YORK, April 15.—Reduction of 20 per cent in salaries of officials and employes paid on other than a daily basis was aunounced today by the Utah, Ray, Chino & Nevada Cop- per companies, which. recently sus- pended operations. The decrease be- comes «ffective May 1. | new working rules by July 1. Labor representatives said many of the six- teen basic principles laid down in the board’s decision to, govern the con- ferences'on new working agreements, especially the eight-hour day and the right of the employes to organize and select thelr own representatives, in- clude principles they have been fight- ing for. Railway executives said that the decision récognized their conten- tion that many of the rules should not have national application. The decision affects members of 18 unions including all those affiliated with the railway, department of the American Federation of Labor. The decision came just before the terms of three members of the board expired at midnight last night. These men, appointed for one year when the board was organized, are’ Henry Hunt, Cincinnati, one of the repre- sentatives of the general public; W- L. Park, Chicago, a railway repre- sentative, and J. J. Forrester, Wash- ington, D. C., one ofthe labor mem- bers. Their successors have not been appointed. Last night’s decision had nothing to do with the various wage confer- ences, which have been instituted by various railroads within the last few weeks. WORKERS’ AIM 18 ACCOMPLISHED. ~ (By United Press.) CHICAGO, April 15.—Railroad union officails declared today that the work- ers had won a great victory bythe decision of ‘the “railroad - Jaber orderirig present working agreements abrogated by July 1. The decision ends a long fight. be- tween employes-and railroad manage- ments. Application by the managers for abrogation of the agreements was granted but a new set must be drawn up: GANGSTER IS HANGED TODAY CHICAGO, Aprit Sam Cardi- nella, master mind of a gans; of thieves, and murderers, and Joseph Costanzo and Salvatore Ferarra, convicted of murdering a fellow countryman, were hanged here today. The triple hanzg- ing was a last minute arrangement, decided upon, when Cardinella broke down on learning that Antonio Lo- pez, who was to have been executed with him, had been reprieved last night by Governor Small. The drop. fell for Cardinella at 10:36 a, m. Bandit Gang | Pulls Holdup, Gets Nothing (By. Associated. Press.) CHICAGO, April 15.—Six armed bandits, who held up two bunk mes- gengers on an Iilinois Central train early toray captured two satchels filled with cancelled checks. The two of the robbers following the messengers when they boarded the train at Randolph street, and the other four joining them at Van Buren street, half a mile south. The robbers escaped with their worth- less souvenirs at Twenty-Second street. CASHIER SHOOTS UP Five Members of Band Killed, Wounded Or Captured by Bank Officer in Chicago Suburb, Is Report — CHICAGO, April 15.—(By The Asicciated Press.) —S. B. Witowski, cashier of the State Bank of Cicero, a suburb, shot up and defeated a gang of six automobile bandits today. He killed one robber, wounded two, captured two and only the driver of the car, who remained outside the bank, sca) cupled by Witowski and ordered him ene: to the rear of the bank. ‘The other The six men drove up to: the bank bandits compelled ten other persons and five of them entered with draWn]| who were in the bank, including C.| Kovolvers. »: O.“Stoffely view president, to -foliow | The leadcr wpproached the cage oc-| Witowski, The bandits then opened BANDIT GANG the vault and forced their captives} residents of Missouri. into it. While two of the bandits» stood) France, guard, the other three scooped. $40,000) army of occupation’ sines tho war. from the cashier's cage into a black bag. As they turned to escape, Wit- owski pushed the door of the vault ajar and fired through the aperture. One bandit fell with a bullet through his heart and two more stag gered to the floor seriously wounded. Meanwhile the Cicero police had re sponded to the bank's burglar alarm, arriving just in time to firo upon the fleeing bandit who had waited out side in the automobile. The other robbers were , captured after a cunning. fight of two blocks. wat Nat Emmett Sturn of Maryville, Mo., is in the city visiting at the home ‘of Mr. and Mrey M. J. LaVelle, former RDERED REALIZATION OF GREAT HOUSING PLAN NEAR WITH PERFECTION OF DETAILS BY STANDARD COMPANY Preliminary details toward the realization of the Standard Oil company’s housing program here are in the final stage and should be completed before the end of the week so that survey lines could establish the boundaries of the property purchased from the municipal corporation and engineering work undertaken to, make ready for the actual start of the | construction program. Tho belief that the Standard com. |pany contemplates the immediate erec. |tion of made to order houses is crron- ale The desires of the employe will the plans to be carried out. | vars all the, preliminary details are |worked out, all that will delay the |start of the building program, accord- [ine to the indications given in unoffi {cial statements. will be the demand |made by the employes for housing and Ja statement of his desires as to the {size of the house and its architectural design. i There is a prevalent belief in Cas- per, that all the houses embodied in Progressive fas, Headed by} the Rousing project, said to be 200 jin number, will be erected either five Senator Johnson Continue or six rooms and of the same archi- Offensive Against Pro- tectural design. This ts entirely erron- eous, The requirement of the employe posed Treaty | who desires a house built will govern jentirely the architectural design and ‘arrangement of the house. ' With such an arrangement for the benefit of the employe it is almost a certainty that as many employes of. |the Standard company as are clegible to participate in the plan will come forward with their suggestions. The houses will be sold at absolute cost to the employe. That means a saving of from $1,500 to $2,500 over the present cost of jbuilding in Casper. The Standard would be able to handle the proposi- tion at this saving because it is enter- ing the scheme ona big scale, It-ean buy the tratertal for the’ con® |truction of scores of ‘houses at the same time, take cash discounts and every other advantage of credit that goes with a cash transaction. WASHINGTON, April 15.—Repub- licatt senators on the progressive group today, headed by Senator John- son of California, renewed the attack | on the-pending Colombian treaty, but administration leaders sent word to President Harding that it was assured of ratification when the vote is taken next | Wesinesday. Senator Johnson said he could not} understand tho ‘“‘maryelous and over- nighat ehenges of many Republican senators who opposed ratification in This treaty, he said, “would nevet tiave been ratified during the life of Theodore Roosevelt.” | The senator suggested that the $25, 000,000 payment provided for by~the treaty be devoted instead “‘to starv- ing farmers facing old age after a/ life of toil; to soldiers broken in tho! defense of the nation and to allevia- tion of the unemployed.” From the time that the deal was entered into by the Standard company {for the purchase of the #40-acre tract, which will soon be the scene of one of ——— |Casper's most vaiuiable additions, until the time that pavements, side- College Is Made. | itis ’Surts‘ana every ctver oot has been arranged for the convenience ° of the scores of Casper home owners, Giit ot Several the entire transaction will be handled lon a tremendous scope. | Material will be purchased in large Thousand Books | antes: “contractors ean handie Jeach house on a smalier_margin be. cause the aggregate gain from the gross will make up what is lost on HELENA, Mont. April 15. — An-| the individual job and best of all the houncement of the gift to Montana | wonderful Standard efficiency — will Wesleyan college of several thousand | Wondertl! Rianeire etic and de- volumes and hundreds of historical |i" OP tne home. documents from the Ubrary of the |"st¥ Of Ne tome eans the late Col. Wilbur I’. Sanders was made 1 ..¢ of material, the best. possible con- today at the college. The donation) «ction in every detail and the en- came from James U. Sanders of | 11-4 transaction will be handled to in- Helena, son of the pioneer senator| 4. cary occupancy of the pro» and famous member of the early-day y , Vigilantes. erties, All that remains to carry out the !full text of this splendid offer of the Standard company is for the employes themselves to come forward with the |suggestions. They will secure every- thing they wish, Every rossible obstacle will be re! moved from the path of the man who is sincere in his desire to dwn a home and there will be no traps to deprive |him. of his residence ur to delay his 4,000 HOUSES ARE DESTROYED HAKODATE, Japan, April 14—(By | The Associated Press)—Hire, | whiOh| securing a deed to his property. brokenwgpe, rere: last. ; midnight, A man's ability to retire the in- ng safes fae Nes aeetbie gps \s | debtedness will be the only phase in POLERE._, unger... 99 lay of issuance of an buildings. destroyed included threo|‘N® (eles ot ei tre hit, Christian missions, the British consul-| Oy oymor in Casper a ate, several banks, hospitals, school- joUuses, hi Ss and overnment o as i | Three Arrested In Raid or on 1 Sandbar buildings. j ae ee Town Rocked by | Fireworks Blast) 1 1 raison tne texas tunch rooms lon the Sandbar, George Coplen, local | heavyweight boxer, and Eva Deville, RANDOLPH, Mass., April 15.—Ran-jsaid to be a police character, were dolph was rocked early today by ®/arrested on a charge of immorality, series of explosions in the plant of the|/and Jim Parras, proprietor of the in- United States Fireworks company, | stitution was taken in custody on al which, with the subsequent fire, wiped| charge of operating a disorderly opt that plant, shook houses for’ 25| house. miles around and tossed sleeping peo-| When arraigned in police court ple from their beds. A score or more|‘phursday evening Coplen and the of persons suffered minor hurts, but| woman were each assessed fines of} none was seriously injured. The| $95 and Parras paid $50. «The Deville| property damage estimated at) woman was given 10 days in which about $50,000. |to wind up her affairs here and leave Families fled’ to the woos. parents | town. carrying children, ail in night cloth- ing. Flames broke out in the debris s _ James, Small,’ employe of the con- has been called er Datly dca ORNING EDITION! ‘ _CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1921 NUMBER 160 Reiraed) Men and Transport Work- ers to Remain on Job in Kingdom LONDON, April 15. — (By The Associated -Press.)—An umexpected and sensational split in the ranks of the pow- erful triple alliance of labor t is afternoon Stee oes TO BE DELAYED, ever faced and 4 the projected , seein and avertd oe peed ionization Plans ‘to Await More Favorable LABOR ORIEN STEEL INDUSTRY workers in sympathy with the strik- | ing miners, set for 10 o'clock tonight. Events developed with such sudden and starting chang to leave the public in amazement. Simultaneously with the announcement in the house of commons by Prime Minister Lloyd George that the miners had declined to accept his invitation to open’ nego tiations with the mine owners on the terms advanced last evening by Frank Hodges, the miners’ secretary, came “cancelled” the, strike called for. to: the announcement that the railway and transport workers had ‘cancelled’ the strike called for tonight. LONDON, April 15.—Announcement that the railwaymen's strike set for 10 o’clock tonight had been cancelled was made shortly before 4 o'cloéx this afternoon by J. H. Thomas, general secretary of the rajlwaymen’s union, No explanation was immediately available of the railroadmen’s action, but it was thought in some quarters that it might indicate a split in the triple alliance. ‘The transport workers’ has been called off, M nounced, “As far as the railwaymen and transport workers are concerned, the strike is cancelled,” he said. strike also Thomas an. RS TO HOLD CONFERENCE TOMORROW. LONDON, April 15.—The calling of a conference of representatives of the miners from all the com jields at date to be miners’: federation’ this evening: thetic strike. Frank Hodges, the miners secre: tary, when questioned regarding this decision, said it meant that the min- ers’ strike would continue, “If I had resigned (as he was re ported to have done) I should not be giving you this report,” he added. RESIGNATION OF MINE SECRETARY RUMORED. , LONDON, April 15.—Persistent ru- mors that Frank Hodges, secretary of the miners’ union, had resigned were current here shortly after noon, It was said he had relinquished his of fice because of opposition to his state ment before members of the house of (Continued on Page 8.) fixed tomorrow, was de- ed upon by the executive of the at} took this action after hearing the de- cision of the railway men and trans-|- port workers to cancel their sympa- Conditions; Many Men Still Out of Work WASHINGTGN. April 15. —(By The Associated Press.) —The proposed campaign to unionize the steel industry may be deferred until indus- trial and economic conditions have improved, M. F. Tighe, president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, said to- day at the first session here of tho tive council of national and in- tional organizations in the steel try. ‘ot more than 30 per céht of the in my organization are working,” Mr. said Reports that the United States cor+ poration will reduce wages have reached the committee, the labor lead- said, and probably will be discussed 's conference, There is approximately $70,000 in the committee's hands for organization purpos: $18,000 Worth Of Stolen Bonds Are Recovered ST. LOUIS, April 15.—Postoffice in- spectors today announced the recov- ery of $18,000 of the $60,000 bonds oh- tained in recent mail robberies at Jef+ ferson City, Mo., and at St. Charles, Mo. ARMS EMBARGO IS REQUESTED WASHINGTON, April 15.—Prohibl- tion against the shipment of arms and munitions to any country where they must be used for reyolutior pases has b the state de Cracksmen secured $309 stroyed in the Casper Steam overlooked several hundred the corner of Fifth and Wolcott streets and with the aid of tools found their easily accomplished their purpose. Both city and county authorities are taking rious views of the occur. |rence which is the latest of a series of serious depredations which have occurred during the past three wee Both departmen have men ‘detaile to work c h case but up to noon today no omplishments were re- ported. | The bu rs obtained entrance to [the laundry by forcing a door of the ‘garage on Wolcott street. After get- |ting under cover it was an easy them to cut through the e| tter for ‘Mr. Sturn re-]of tho fireworks plant and gained / struction department, may cently returned: to. the states from| headway in wood lots nearby and de-|to his home iN AURCGERS mite ee tho room and gain entrance to s|account of thé illness. o 8 chil-| the office. eh sapere SUE a beret i Reraea sraynemtt or kal ea There is evidence, that the safe | rel e yile cushions, and the | A ni ce upon | thing—maybe the refineries, the city | ing automobile cu re ee ee Oar ee | the fot Nosy igen ple Sorel hall, the Pathfinder dam—no telling | secret was out strangers have drifted into Casper. | the mreein Ot incoming train. | what the nefarious object they.| Conan Doyle and friend Watson By their ‘personal appearance, dress, | would bring another ‘batch of Rus- | might have in their minds or up | appa ae se et eed ate ana fs ker fn Ba ey] cede Sate as Leki P a c y rod he | Pho. at yposed Russians were none Recetas Ronis, toro after f view } Bits y w ibs tags ght pk eas ee Nis Sols Rest Th 2pT i y 2 re 7 apy ed. heard about the city--Bolshey } 3 if wis ; Num iY seaneers rargtaesgio’ gathering here to blow up some- | tisegycuried hair suitable for etutt- | (Continued on Page 8.) > 0 , 2 | ja wood sheeting a [reported here laioly. ROBBERS GET $309, BONDS OVERLOOKED Sate Removed From Casper Laundry Is Opened in Garage; By Cracksmen in Local Robbery Only Cash Taken from a safe which they de- Laundry office last night, but dollars’ worth of bonds and other securities which were kept in the office. To make a successful job of cracking the safe, money value was removed from the office to the garage which faces crackers attempted to open the safe without removing it from the offico but being unsuccessful decided to re move it from the building. One of the laundry trucks was in readiness to house the safe on "7 trip. Apparently the s changed their minds nother trial to open the safe garage. This attempt proved successful and all the money in the safe with the exception of 15 cents was taken. It was for- tunate that the safe was cracked in the building according to the state ment of the authorities for the safe contained many valuable papers, in- cluding bonds and other securities, If the their robbers had been blanked in attempt to open the safe they in all probability” have taken me place where a more de- reh of the contents would vg resulted in finding the other valuables that were not touched. | ha In breaking into the safe the’ reb- |bers turned /it upside down, and with |the ald of a small pinch bar, broke | through a Slight steel bottom thence 1 through about er paris. |four inches of pla There are said ues on which the but an effort is bein up. this burglary © occurences to ba olutely ne police can’ work, made to connect with a) series. of Which have Beex 4 |