Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 1, 1921, Page 1

VOLUME V Che Casper Daily Tribune INIGHT MAIL| CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1921 NUMBER 17. MARINE WORKERS AGREE TO MEDIATE WAGE ROW Peace With Germany to Follow Peace Resolution, ‘Senator Lodge Tells Senate GOTHAM POLICE MOBILIZED FOR ACTION. AGAINST MAY DAY 1815 Péécaations: Ai Are py sot on To Offset | of Violence; Anat 5 Placed Under A BU:LETIN. NEW YORK, April 30.—Police ac- tivities to thwart possible radical May day demonstrations here to- morrow resulted in the arrest today of two women who were distribut- ing radical literature and the hold- ing under $50,000 bail, of three men arrested last night on a charge of suspicion of criminal anarchy. NEW. YORK, April 30.— New York's entire police force of 11,000 men today. was or- dered to remain on duty con- tinuously until Monday morn- ing as a measure of precaution against possible May day violence or radios! demonstrations. Police today’ declared that the ar- reat late last night of Abram Jakira and Jacob Amter, who were held on charges of criminal. anarchy, had broken ‘the spirit of communist work- ers Who expected to bring about a demonstration’ tomorrow.=These men chargediby the Pelicawwith having sev- eral wagon loads. of radical literature in their Nn, Were saul to have been officers of the Thitd Interna- Uenale and imconstant communication with Moscow, VIOLENCE IN *CAGO ED * WASHIN |, April 30.—Despite strikes and threats of strikes and the niready Yast unemployment over. tho country, agents of the department of jusfice were said today to have found practically no evidence pointing to se- tious May day disturbances. Depart- ment of labor officers were equally as. optimistic. 13 SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR EXPRESS THEFT MACON, Ga, ‘April 30.—Thirteen of the men convicted in federal court here for participation In the con- wey to rob the American Rail- Express company of _ goods walead at more than $1,000,000 were sentenced to penitentiary terms to- day by Federal Judge Evans. In the eases vf the other twenty-eight men fines re from $300 to $3,- 600 were STRENGTH OF ARMY IS CUT o WASHINGTON, April 30.-—An amendment fixing the nlisted strength of the regular army at 150,- 000 men -was ade by the house today by a vote of 109 to 82, As it came from committee the bill pro- Vided fcr = ferze of 168,000 men and Representative Kahn of California had been leading a twoday fight to increase this to 17: TARIFF BILL IS ORDERED OUT WASHINGTON, April 30—The emer- «gency tariff bill, was. ordered re- ported to the senate today by the fi- hance committee. Chairman Penrose said he hoped to p:sh it to final! passage by the end of next week. Hearings on revenue revision which involves the sales tax-plan will be- rin May 9. j | i | lUnited Sta States Not To Desert Allies In Crisis; Peace Aci Is Defended WASHINGTON, April 30, —A treaty with Germany probably will follow enact- ment of the Knox peace reso- lution, Senator Lodge of Mas- sachusetts, Republican leader, said today in the senate in supporting the peace measure. Senator Lodge declared that the president and state department had made it clear that the United States did ‘not intend to “abandon” the al- les. Senator Lodge alse said that treaties with other former enemy countries would be sure to follow. With a vote on the Peace resolu: ton planned inte except the United States had made peace and asked: “Is it to be supposed that we are to gv on in a condition of technical war? “The allies did not ask our leave to make their peace. They cannot expect us to revnain at war while they are alt at peace. “And if we choose to make peace by this resolution and by treaty with Germany which will probably follow, we surely are not deserting them.” Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, attacking the resolution, declared that it gave 1.0 benefits to the United States avd should be entitled as “one for relief of the German people.” He declared it left open ticle to Germany ships worth’ $100,000,000 seized by this government and added that it would hearten Germany to stand against the allies in the present reparations discussions. eager tt Woman Who Went Over Niagara for Luck Dies: Poor LOCKPORT, N. Y., April.30. — Anna Edson Taylor, the only wom- an who ever navigated Niagara Falls in w barrel and survived, died in the Niagars county infirmary today. Mrs. Taylor made the trip over the falls October 24, 1901, in a crudely constructed wooden barrel as a cast at a fortune, but ilifor- tune pursued her from the time of her adventure to the time of her jeath. She was 58 years of aze. Mrs. Taylor was severely injured in the plunge over the hoe fails and it was necessary to cut the barrel in halves to get her ont. While she was receivin; medi- ‘cal attention her barrel was stolen. STOVE 16 TIPPED OVER, CHILD BADLY SCALDED WHEATLAND, Wyo., April 30.—| Collapse of an. insecurely attached! stove leg at the ranch home. of Rob-| ert Regan almost caused the death} of his 18-month-old daughter. Tho child was playing near the stove and when the leg gave way and the stove filted the contents of a kettle of boil- ing water cascaded over the child, in- flicting scalds which it was feared for | _a time would result in death. e BUILDING FOR APRIL Total for Year Passes Half Million Mark With Permits Issued This | | They say EFINING PLANT EMPLOYES VOTE CHANGE IN TIME TOMOUR EARLIER Shift Men Not Affected By 7 O'clock Ruling To Become Effective At Plants On May | Sentiment is strong at the refineries in favor of the day- light saving law, accordiny to the tremendous vote that was piled up in its favor by em- ployes of both the Standard and Midwest plants. During the past week a petition was circulated at the plants which gave the employes a chance to either vote for or against a change in working hours, At the Standard plant the employes affected. voted approximately 4 to 1 in favor of the change. This ratio. was maintained, Although 1,000 names were subscribe¢ to the petition. The ratio at the Midwest refinery is ap- proximately the same. The oniy plant employes who are effected by the changed time rules are the labor gangs and the large 'con- struction forces that haye been re- crulted. Shiftmen will not be effected by the changed conditions. ‘The petition, it is said, has been re- ferred to the joint industrial council at the plants an@ both councils have agreed to abide the will of the ma- jority of the signers of the petition. ‘After “May 1,-uil compaity » eanploy. affected by the clinmged time will re- port for work at 7 o'clock in the morn- ing instead of 8 and will end the day's work at 3 o'clock instend of 4. Under this. arrangement hundreds of employes ef both the Stundard and Midwest refineries have been added to the potenti! support that will be given the Casper team in the Midwest league this summer. With this great force of men in a position to see the games it is probable that all games will be called at 3:30 in the afternoon instead of 4:30 ax was originally in- tended. ‘TIGERS LOSE | MEET TOC.U. COLORADO April 30.—The Guvteniy of Cole. rado completely outclassed Colorado Agricultural College in their annual track meet at Washburn field, scor- ing 88 points to 34. The Tigers scored but one first, Brown in the | quarter-mile, through the disquali- fication of Willard. Cartere and MacTavish tied for first in the pole vault and the hroad jump respect- ively. Naylor's defeat of Graham in | both the 100 and the 220 yard dashes was the surprise of the meet. ‘The mile relay was run in the fast time of 3:39: t HIGHER Month-for $178,550 Here + | A steadily swelling figure for building permits during the! ministers, protesting: against the hold- present year brought the total well past the half million! mark, on the face of incompleted tabulation for the mor:th! is April established the record for the first four) months, with permits totaling $178,550 on 104 permits issued. | |fight as Estimates furnished the city engineer’s office indicate that} of April. TENANTS WILL DEFY LANDLORDS CHICAGO, April 30.—The advent of moving day brought widely di- vergent estimates from officials of the Chicage TenarXs’ Protective league, and members of the Chi- cago Real Estate board, as to the numver involyed in'the “strike”. of tenants—those who were defying eviction suits and at the.same time refusing to sign mew -ieases at in- creased rentals, = A S eme tee e Te “I fully believe there will be 200 tenants who wili retain their apartments .Monday in defiance to their landlords,” said President J. | rose Patterson of the tenants’ One member of the rea! estate board ssid he did not think the striking tenants would number more than’ 500. in-rare instances only do the represent the total expenditure and) that the total reported in the permits| on an average represents approx!-| mately 60 per cent of the completed expense. Taking this basis nearly $300,000 worth of new building was un- dertaken in Casper during the month of Apr. How general the building program| is, is shown by the fact that the larg-! est amount of any permit was $12,-| 000. The next largest permit issued calls for an expenditure pf \\$9,000. | With 104 permits issued duriig the raonth, the averace cost of the struc- tures to be erected would be. 1,716, which indicates the substantial) man- ner in which Casper is being but up. January closed with $108,550. \tepre- senting the total of the permits is- (Conjynued on Page 8) and presumed she was dead. became No. Two caildren were born. |deaths have resulted bermits| brutal encounters during the |years the law has been in existence.” Man Attacked By Mule Deer Wins Battle BEND, Ore., by a mule deer buck, KREMERS FREED April 30.—Attacked L. A, W. Nixony, special state. offtesr, Jiterat ly tore the antlers from 3 | head before subduing the animal. The report of the unusual battle was brought here today by Deputy Sheriff Stokoe, who had accom panied Nixon on a trip of investi- gation into the high desert and who witnessed the encounter. On account of soft mud in which he was standing when the buck at- tacked, Nixon was unable to evade the animal's rush and the hand-to- horn struggle was forced upon him before he could rexch his autome bile, Stokoe said. DON'T FORGET) LARCENY AGAIN Robbed Honuesteddies of Supplies, New Charge Against Brothers Just Acquitted S Sets Forth Cleared te steal 270 Heed of sheep from the Manx Sheep company b; the verdict of the jury which 70. SHUT OF heard the case, three broth- ers, John, Charles and Pete Kremer are now facing trail on a charge of having stolen. several huo: dred dollar: IGAS SUNDAY supplies le in their neighborhi “a e verdict whic wost of There is danger of fire or ex plosion in homes in Casper whies are served by the Casper Gas com- red the three of stealing the pany unless they observe the re urned in district court quest of the gas company to shut |j.et nicht r the jury had delib off every device which is operated 1 on the matter for over three by gas when the whistle at the Na- trona power plant starts blowing case went to the jury yester- about 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, | q, rnoon about 4:30 ahd the ver The company hopes to have the | ic, was not returned to the court sas turned on again by tomorrew | i114). acter 8 o'clock last night noon but the power plant whistie The state contended that the will sound the hour ‘at which the |jremer brothers stole the sheep which gas is again turned on. Gas users re first missed from the Manx aro-urgéd to make sure that all | sicop company band March 10, and gas cocks aro turned off and not | changed the brands by putting on tumpered with while the gas lines | {noir own marker over the Manx are shut off. \The suspension was |) ona, made necessary.by changes in the} ne defense miaingained that the Neaviiapaniel ed at the local ‘refineries, 6! y,,otners had bought and paid dash for the sheep Frank’ Bigrade was th pune of the man who is sald to have sold the sheep. All of the sheep have been returned WOMAN CHOKED to the Manx Sheep company, as it is sald that ownership of th animals was never disputed. April 30.—Weather SOUTH ORANG . J, April 30—| WASHINGTON, ITALIAN PERMITTED TO KEEP TWO WIVES ON RULING HANDE = DOWN IN AKRON COURT TODAY AKRON, O., April 30.—An unusual ruling under which Guisepha Sarniola will be allowed to keep two wives was handed down by federal authorities when Sarniola, accom- panied by wife No. 1, with a 10-year-old son, and wife No. 2 leading a 3-year-old boy and carrying a baby, appeared at police headquarters yesterday. Sarniola marred wife No. 1 ON ONE CHARGE FACE TRIAL FOR .|ment by President I Committee C hosen by Harding Urged As Means of End- in Strike Plans c April —30.— Orders have gone forward to all gov- ernment ship operators to make ef. fective a 15 per cent wage reductio’ 2t midnight tonight, it was nounced late today by the shipping | board. WASHINGTON, April 30. —Under agreement with the marine workers’ representa- tives, Secretary Davis today urged President Harding to appoint a committee of three {|to mediate.in the —dispute.._between ship owners and their workers in an effort to prevent a ‘strike called for tomorrow. e president reserved judgment The committee under the plan ap- proved by the union men, would re- port within 15 days and meantime wages would remain as at present The committee would consider only those questions of wages and working conditions which were brought up at conferences here between the men, the ship o rs and Chairman Ben- son of the shipping APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION EXPECTED. WASHINGTON, board. April 30.—Appoint- rding of a com mission of. three to mediate in the Unreatened strike of marine workers ected late today by adminis 1s who have been deal ing with the controversy. The union workers have agreed to abide by the decision of such a commission, it was said. CABINET CONSIDER: MEDIATION ‘I WASHINGTON, April 30,— Repre: sentatives of the marine workers union were told today at the White House that President Harding would tuke up with his cabinet officers the matter of mediation in the wage dis pute with a view of preventing a threatened strike tomorrow on Amer. Four masked bandits today held up|predictions for the week beginning an automobile in which Mrs, Celeste | Monday are: | Cassese of Orange, was returning} Northern Rocky Mountain and from a visit to a sick friend. When | Plateau Regions — Considerable cloud- she screamed, one of the men leaped|iness, normal temperature — and into the tonneau. and choked her to| showers. death. Meanwhile the others covered| Southern Rocky Mountain and| her chauff: Michaal Sellito, with) Plateau Regions — Generally falr, revolvers. | normat temperature. ican ships on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts. 71 INDICTED IN BUILDING PROBE CHICAGO, iis 30.—Wholesale collusion between building contractors and unions amounting to conspiracy in restraint of trade under the She! man act is charged in indictments re. turned today by the federal grand jury. Seventy-one corporations and individuals were named. At the same time indictments on similar counts against 39 other cor- porations and individuals returned by the March grand jury, but suppressed until today, were released. An agreement between contractors and represevtatives of the Amalga. mated et Metal Workers’ aiiiance to keep out of the Chicago market all. competitive sheet metal products is alleged in one indictment. This conspiracy is said to haye been in ex. BALL SCORES | NATIONAL LEAGUE | At New York— R. H. E Boston . 100001002—4 2 1 New York 01031040*—9 91 Batteries—Oeschger, Townsend, Fillingin and O’Neill; Nehf and Smith, Snyder. At Brooklyn— Philadelphia ___100100 00 0— Brooklyn 00100020 *—3 Batteries—Smith and Bruggy; Pfeiffer and Miller. At St. Louis— R. Cincinnati ___.000000010—1 St. Louis 10010001*—8 Batteries—Luque, Brenton and Wingo tica and Dilhoefer. nm one Pere At Pittsburgh—Chicago-Pittsburgh game postponed; cold weather. AMERICAN LEAGUE ~ At Detroit— St. Louis Detroit R. H. E; 00000500 0-- 7 10300003*—7 9 Batteries—Shocker, Payne -and Severeid;) Middleton and Bassler, Ainsmith. At Philadelphia— R. H. E. Washington ___.000102300—6 11 1 Philadelphia __.003000020—5 11 1 Batteries—Acosta, Zachary and Gharrity; Moore, Perry, Kope and Perkins. At Chicago (12 innings)— R. H. E: Cleveland. 0000001000034 12 2 Chicago -.000001000002-3 8 @6 Batteries—Mails, Bagby and O’Neill, Nuna- maker; Kerr and Schalk. At Boston—New York-Boston game post: poned; rain. FLASHES ON RESULTS OF RELA" |istence for.the past three years. America. Four years ago he sent for her but due ¢6 the war, heard nothing Then he met & Pennsylvania widow who | 2, his common law wife. Last week,Mré. Sarniola No. 1 and Her son reached Akron on an’ immi. grant train. police with his troubles, and children. After a1 investigation federal au-| thoritfes told Sarniola_to. take his wives and support them. The wiv« appeared friendly. “I love them both, ‘they love each | other. We all love. I Xeep them all. | so." Sarninola said in broken English “ ———— “JERSEY CITY, N, J., April 30.—A resolution adopted by’ fifty Protestant Sarniola hastened to the | his. wive ing of the Dempsey'\Carpentier world | uly 2, was circulated here today. The resolution characterirei the tg word received here today “a shameful humiliation to] ‘and pointed out that six|Of the Casper team, which is from’ “these | Scottsbluffs. | thre Another word that will be of great interest to C: per fans who have been our. city,” TURK PRINCE TO FIGHT ENEMIES CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.— Pune his flight from Constant- (By The Associated Press)—Omar | inople. bz unable,” he wrote, “to wit- Farouk, 23-year-old son of Prince Abdul Medjid Effendi, heir presump- tive to the Turkish throne, escaped from this city Thursday and fled to Angora. He left a letter to his father ox- ness idly the invasion of the home land by an imperialist enemy I am going to fight.” It is expected the Angora Nationalist government may renew its threat to supplant the sultan. CASPER SIGNS BIG DAVENPORT \Sénsation of Last Year’s Denver Ball Tourney Obtained From White Sox To Hurl for Leaguers Here Gene Davenport, the sensational pitching ace of the Rapid championship boxing match here on| City team last year who joined the Chicago White Sox this year, has been signed by the Casper baseball team, according from C. P. Arbogast, manager | Midwest league. With the addition of | aggregation in the western ‘ot ab finding such tough going at set back by the two defeats suffered by ‘the Casper -team,. was word that ne gotiations had been opened with Grov- er C. Loufermilk, a big lague holdout, who is ying ball on the Pacific coast. Outside of its pitching staff, Casper has the strongest aggregation in the Davenport and Loudermilk, the local team will be» just as strong as any Davenport w' man who so team every 1 be remezaberec ly beat the ¢ time he starte dagainst them last year and vke man w proved ‘the pitching sensatier, of the Denver tournament. This is following out the prediction which wa made early in the se: that Casper would have team. if it had to str given above. Two-mile college relay champion- ship (each man to run a half-mile) Ames; third, school relay—Won by Trenton High school; second, Baltimore City col bird, Hartford. Time, 3 min- seconds. —Won by Yale; secon High jump—M. Osborne, Univer- , high school, The quartet of wes,” sity of Illinois; Chamberlain, Vir- | ern runners each in turn increase’ ginia; D. Alberts, University of | their lead until at the finish Ced: Illinois; J. Murphy, Notre Dame; all | Rapids was 100 yards ahead of Nev tied at six feet 2% inches. -- 2 They toss coins for places. the FRANKLIN FIELD, PHILA order of winning being in the order DELPHIA, April 30.—One-mile high University of Pennsylvania. Time | — Javelin throw—Won by G. Brow= 7353 4 j der, University of Pennsylvania In the two-mile college champio | Distance, 183 feet, 44 inch. h man to run a half-mile) Second, F, C. Brede, University of —Ames and Yate led to the begin- | Illinois, 180 ‘feet, 34 inch. ning of the home stretch. Earl | Third, H. Betzmer, Delaware, 160 of Penns; ia took the lead at. the foot of the stretch but in the sprint to the tape both Camp- bell and Higgins for Yale and Ames outlasted him. Campbell's time for the last half mile was 1:54 and about five yards separated each runner. Interscholastic two-mile relay championship (each man to run a half-mile)—Won by Cedar Rapids second, Newark Central; Northeast. Time | seconds. The ‘o-mile interscholastic championship proved to be an easy | victory for the Cedar Rapids, Towa, | feet, 8% inches. One mile college relay—Won by: Lincoln; second, George Washington: , Gallaudet. Time, 3 minutes, 38 1-5 seconds. One mile college relay—Won by: New York Dental college; second, Drexel; third, Brooklyn Potytechnic institute. Time, 3 minutes, 37 3-5 seconds. ; VY¥ FRESHMEN WIN. : APOLIS, Md., April 30.— y plebes defeated Pennsylvania, esha by little over a length in today’s boat race. JYANK IS JAILED BY BOLSHEVIKI RIGA, April 30—(By The Asso- ; less dispatch recvived here, has ciated Press}—The United States | been sentenced by the Bolshevild to government has demanded the re- | {¥® Years’ imprisonment for cireu- lating fal: is = soviet Russia, says a dispatch from Moscow today Royal C. Keeley, an American en- gineer, was arrested in Moscow last CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.— | spring. The charge against hing An American enginser named Kee- was gieclared to be “economic ley, according to s ‘Moscow wire- | piondg.” ae)