Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 26, 1921, Page 1

DUBLIN CUSTOM HOUSE i a et Che Casper Daily 1GHT MAI Soldiers and Fire Fighters Bombed in Trying to Save Building; Voting of Children Barely Able to Talk Makes Farce of Parliamentary Elections DUBLIN, May 25.—(By The Associated Press.)—The Dublin custom house was set afire by a large number of Sinn Feiners at 1:40 o’clock this afternoon, says a statement issued from Dublin Castle at 3 p.m. By the time the fire brigade attacked the flames they had taken such a firm hold thai it RNED DOWN BY SINN FEIN BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York—Pittsburgh-New York game NUMBER 194 | was doubtful if much of the building could be saved, the postponed; rain. aioe Refuse to Sell Corn; Pricé Of Bread Soars RIGA, May 25. Associated Press.)— is near starvation, it is said in reports from that city, be- cause peasants refuse to sell their corn and are keeping it for seed. Government commissions sent. to nearby villages to purcha: sorn are said to have feturned empty handed, Several million pounds of Hi: corn have been destroyed by rebellious elements in the Caucasus region. The economic soviet of Moscow has} GENERAL WOOD ESCAPE _ INJURY AS AUTO, SLIPS OFF FERRY INTO RIVER TUGEGARIO, Cagayan Province, Philippine Islands, May 21.—(By The Associated Press.) —The automobile of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, head of the mission investigating con- ditions in the Philippine islands at the request of President Harding, fell into Pin; naun river near the Cabaganger route here yesterday while being ferried across the stream. General Wood escaped uninjured, but’) an hour was required to pull the ve- hie’e from the water. Twenty men. including General ‘Wood, tugged at the rope continually until the car was hoisted finally up to ary land. The mishap occurred when the automobile slipped from the ferry at the landing. At Cabaganan, where the party ar- rived after the accident, they were greetud by the Filipino school svper- visor. In his address he said: “We welcome the mission and will gladly submit to its ihvestigations. We are like the patient who willingly places himself in the hands of the doctor. We. have great faith in the American congress and we think that every Filipino can say: ‘I owe everything I have to Amer- (By The be granted to only workingmen and children. Since the first of April, this| supply, however, has consisted of only} one pound of bread each week Workers are leaving Moscow to hunt ‘or food in the villages. A pound of read sold for 1,800 rubles two weeks ago, and it is dec'ared the price toda 's 3,000 rubles. Sugar is selling 13,000. rubles a pound. The high soviet officials import ‘arge quantities of food for their own use twice a week by diplomatic cour- ‘ers from Letvia and Esthonia. These shipments are made in the zlise of “diplomatic baggage,” and sometimes amount-to whole carloads. They are treated with contempt b the population of the Bultic states and when a certain box of “diplomatic bag. : containing eges was broken at the crowd) at? ica. General Wood, in replying said: “Among: the important and interest- ing investigations we are making are thosé into the schools, the public works and the administration of justice. ‘The last, if; ina fair and impartial, way, without reference to persons, is ‘the bulwark of any people. The American people want to know the Philippines, bate their: condition. W. | Cameron and myself came to make an ie rtial report of things as we find them. The hospitality of the people has been magnificient, all of the offt- cials, irom Acting Governor Yeater down, have been most considerate in thelr efforts to aid: our infvestization in every possible way.’ General Wood spent the night here, the ‘capital of the province. Local speakers did not refer +o independence but said they were cof tdent that the mission's approval would be fair. Thi morning, General Wood inspected gov- ernment buildings and schoo!s prior to ceparting from Aleala and Appazri. are —Fredericksburg,’ probably the sec- ond oldest city in America and whose ANDRIA, Egypt; May 25.— Absociated. Press.)—There was station recent'y, Fredericksburg Celebrates Its 250th Birthday JIREGT MAIL SERVIGE (Special to The Tribune) WASHINGTON, May mail connections with “Casper and ‘Sheridan will become effective July 1 as the result’ of acceptance by the government of a proposal by Roy E. Brown for star mail service between Kaycee and Salt Creek three times weekly, AL. , GRAIN DESTROYED Loscow | ‘UPPER SILESIA TO SHERIDAN PENDING =3.—Direct | , Statement adds. It reads “The custom house, recognized as the United Kingdom, was set afire large party of* Sinn Feiners with petrol at 1:40 o'clock today. The fire brigade was prevented from going to who the scene and crown forces sought to reach the building fired on. A fight follow tails of which will be made later. “Subsequently the fre brigade, un. der protection of crown forces, pro ceeded to the scene and attacked the flames, which then had a firm hold. It is doubtful whether much of the building can be saved.” It was said that four auxiliary lcemen were wounded and sey Sinn Feiners killed, 11 wounded and 65 taken prisoner, The custom house was still burning late this afternoon LONDON, May 25.—(By The Asso- ciated Press}—The custom house in Dublin, says a Central News dispatch from that city, was burned this aft ernoon. The burning, adds the mes. sage, is attributed to Sinn Feiners The fire, says this account, started at 140 o'clock, the flames breaking out simultaneously «throughout — the building, which was totally destroyed It was one of the finest buildings in Dublin, and cost’ 1,000,000 pounds The occupants fled as the fire broke out. Another account states that the custom house was set-on fire through bombs: thrown in the buflding. The railway bridge running past the building, was occupied by a large number of men, upon whom a fusil lade was opened, Others in the im- mediate vicinity of the custom house also were fired upon. EXPLORERS OFF TO TAKE UP TRAIL ON RIVER OF DOUBT, AMAZON REGION NEW YORK, May 25.—A group of venturesane Ameri-} cans including scientists, expert riflemen, phutcer-phers and motion picture photographers will sai] June 1 on the steamer Santa Elisa, bound for Antofagasta, Chile, the first station on an exploration trip to the head waters of the Amazon. The expedition, known as the Mulford biological exploration, plans tb pick up the lost trailof the charge of the ichythyological investi- late Theodore Roosevelt's famed River] gations. ef Doubt Dr. 0. E White. Dr. H. H. Rusby, professor of the} potanical gardens, | school of pharmacy of Columbia uni-|sioned to search versity, will be in charge. He willl of flora After reaching Antofagasta the party will complete its equipment and leave for La Paz, Bolivia. From La Paz they will plunge into the virtually unknown terrain in the genral direc- tion of the Madeira and Amazon riv ers po of the Brooklyn has been commis- for new specimens devote his energies to the gathering of new herbs. Li Dr. F. Hoffman, statisticlan and vice-pr mt of the Prudential In- surance company, will make an inten- sive study of the longevity,, acclima- tization and sanitary. conditions «nf. fecting white men in the districte,to) Arter crossing the Andes at an ele- be visited. Dr, Everett Pearson of | vation of 19,000 feet, the explorers wil! the University of Indiana. will have) make their base at Calamata, the known head of canoe investigation. |From this base it is planned to push into the unexplored watershed of the | TACOMA," Wash, May 256.The| creat Amazon. scout cruiser Cincinnati, third of her! Members of the party expect to be type to be built here for the United/out of touch with all civilization for SCOUT CRUISER LAUNCHED. States navy, was .launched here| months at a time. Lorry loads of the military wer: y|\from a private shipyard. Mrs. Charleg| . The United States government will bombed as they were driving up to E. Tudor. of Cincinnati, Ohio, wasibe represented by Dr. William M.'the scene. The soldiers fired ma- sponsor for the eraft. {Mann, aséistant in the United States ‘The Cincinnati 1s of 7,100 tons dis-| Bureati of Entomology. placement, 550 feet 6 inches over all) The trip will last not legs than two | ‘in length and 66 feet 4 inches. beam. ,| years. chine guns, several persons wero seen to fall (Gpntinae on on Pawo shy oo 5 ID. FOR IVISION CAGPER WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TOU.5. CHARGE Mrs. Christina Bush Fined $200 rifles and revolvers, and So British Credited With Sie mnction to BN Poland and Germany Commune Which Voted in Their Favor PARIS, May 25.—(By The Associated Press.)—The lat-' est plan for the settlement of the Upper Silesian controversy, supposedly a British suggestion, is to give Poland and Ger- many, respectively, the ¢ommunes that voted in their favor at the recent plebiscite, but to hold the entire territory under control of a special commission for 30 years. Under the plan history has been intimately associat- ed with that of the nation, celebrated the 250th anniversary of its recogni- tion as an established township. . Rec- only desultory firing on the streets of }ords, however, show the city to have this elty last night following the re-]been the landing place of Capt cent riotous disturbances here in|John Smith and his adventurers in which nearly 50 persons, including | 1608, the year after the settlement of twelve Europeans were killed, and| Jamestown by the English. nearly 200 persons wounded. Fredericksburg was the home of Looters and skulkers were responsi-| George Washington from the time he ble for last night's disturbance. was. about ‘seven years of age until occasion still being in possession of the local lodge of Masons. His moth- er died here and is buried here under & granite shaft that long bore the dis- tinction of being the only: monument in the world erected in memory of a women entirely by women. eee ae TWO KILLED IN S. A. PORT RIOT BUENOS AIRES, May 25.—Two persons were killed and several wounded in fighting here yesterday between union and non-union port workers. There were two riots in which the unionists and non-unionists fought with their fists. All access to the port zone was guarded’ by union men yesterday, and workmen ‘unable to produce a union card, including. non-union truckmen employed by commercial | concerns, were denied: entrance. The work of unloading ships pro- ceeded yesterday with union labor. pov aA tae Dad have been cut, says a Central News dispatch from Cairo. No news is com: ing from Alexandria And disquieting rumors are current in Cairo, the dis- patch declares. Amendment To Constitution On Polygamy Urged WASHINGTON, May 25. — An amendment to the federal constitution, which would prohibit polygamy in the United States is proposed in a resolu- tion introduced in the house today by Speaker Gillett. The amendment, it id, would remedy the situation isting in some states where state laws do not prevent plural marriages. ae QUARTERMASTER DIES. OMAHA, Nebr., May 25.—Col. Amos mball, chief quartermaster of the Seventh Army Corps area, died sud- mly of acute indigestion at Fort Crook here today... He was born in New York. Col. Kimball at one time was stationed at San Francisco. The bedy will be taken: to Washington for uurial in Arlington national cemetery. last night. ter was taken. The robbery has given rise t that robbery was not the real purpose} of the visit of the bandit or bandits! to the institution last night. sum of money, including a $5 and’a $1 bill were taken from the cash regis- PRESIDENT’S SISTER SUE FOR $25; 000, WASHINGTON, May 25.—Mrs. rolyn Votaw, sister of President Harding, was made defendant in a | $25,000 suit for alleged libel, filed today in the District of Columbia | supreme court by Dr. G: R. Lee Cole. The plaintiff claims that he was damaged in his good name and reputation as a resulf of a letter written by Mrs. Votaw to Justice Stafford last April 29, during the trial of the domestic difficulties of Dr. ‘Cole and his wife, Mrs. Minpio | Mark U. Weber, secretary and field manager of.the Chappell. Oil company, left last, night for Denver, where he will look after business at the company head offices. JURY BOX IS FILLED FOR | DENNIS CHESTER TRIAL cen Bow, Nebr., his recapture and two attempts at suicide. He said Chester once hanged himself with a strip of blanket and another time | dived, striking his head on the floor. | Joseph Aslward, for the defense, asked that W. B. Moorehead, a news- paper reporter, who went to Broken Baw to meet Obester, Kh. L. Bartun j KANSAS CIT, May (25—Op- posing counsel accepted a jury of twelve men today to try Denzel | Chester, charged with the murder of | Miss Florence Barton, and opening : statements were begu>- - &, Rimlrell, spselal prosecutor, hed for tho death, penalty. He Geseribed Chester's qscape si Bro’: | { and Wm. B. Bartom, brothers of tho slain girl, be excluded from tho courtroom until called as witnesses. The court overruled the request. Kimbrell said he would not call Moorehead as a witness for the | state, and Aylward then. declared (Continued on Page 5.) | * REEDER MURDER MYSTERY IS REVIVED IN LOCAL BURGLARY tured in a series of robberies before the owner, J. S. Reeder, was murdéred here several months ago, was burglarizd again Only a part of the money left in the cash regis- A small} | | curities belonging to Mr. Reeder, val- | was in order and only a few dollars in | the this commission would be appointed by the league of nations and at the end of the 30-year period the popula- tion. of the region would again be given the opportunity of expressing their wishes. The exchange of views between Lendon and Paris on the question is continuing and the feeling in French in Federal Court at Cheyenne for Violation of Liquor Laws ecial to The Tribune) NE, May 25.—Mrs. of Casper, charged with CHEY tan Bush Chris he reached manhood. He attended official circles this morning was that prohibl LONDON, May 25.—Telephone wires | school and was made a Mason here, 3 Bh ; the, allies were coming together. [violation of the prohibition act, plead between-Cairo, and Alexandria, Egypt, | the bible and punch bow! used on that The shoe repair shop on West Second street, which fea- guilty before Judge R. E. Lewis in the Wyoming Tuesday. $200 and costs. Morris Weiss pleaded guilty of ship- ping wild animal pelts in violation of the federal law and was fined $100 United States district court for PARIS, May 26.—There seemed lit- She was fined tle question when the chamber of deputies met today that the govern- ment of Premier Briand would be given- a vote of confidence before ad- o apprehension among officials | journment. The premier's address be- ter. but $1.55 in change was left in| fore the chamber yesterday, in which) and ‘costs. the drawer. he declared’ the present situation did| Ah Sam and Lee Loui, charged with According to the results of an in-| ROt Necessarily call for armed occu-| illegal possession of opium, pleaded vestigation made by the county of.|Pation gf the Ruhr region of Ger-|guilty and were fined $25 and costs ficers this morning it was found that | ™&n¥yjwas an evident cisappointment| each. the place had been thoroughly raa.|t© maf of his followers, but it did| Fred A. Jackson pleaded guilty of sacked before the money was taken,|0t appear that it would alienate| Violation of the prohibition act and There is a belief that the money was | ™@ny votes: tirade ippe thicadelasen ieee! taken to make it appear that the pur- ee of the visit was robbery. t night's action revives the se mory of Mr. Reeder who was foully murdered by an unknown assailant as he was nearing his home in East ‘asper severdl months ago. Several arrests were made at the time but all i suspected parties were released be- cause of insufficient evidence. It later developed that a box of se- American Woman Beaten, Robbed By Jap Burglar YOKOHAMA, Japan, May Isabel W. Sturdevant, an American, RED GROSS MEETING FOR MAY 31 POSPONED The big public Red Cross meeting scheduled for May 31 has been post- pone@ on account of the state confer ence of the chapters of the sta 5.—Mrs. ied iat. several: tolnas en aaDare meeting in Cheyenne on June 7 writ ; disappeared. Whether Receatteeca: was decided at the regular monthly | "M0 ins ene agree abe nts wit ities had’ been hidden away and the|meeting of executive committee held|>Y ® burglar here Monday night, wi men who killed Reeder continued the | !#st_ night. iiientanse. A. Miscemils waacesian search to obtain the lost articles, are| Walter )Davidson, manager of the} Pi ncen performed, and the patient the questions which the officials here | Central division at Chicago, will be} "hig. : is said to be doing well are asking. present at the Cheyenne: conference, —At Boston—St. Louis-Boston game post- one of the finest public buildings in » poned; rain. At Philadelphia — Cincinnati - Philadelphia game postponed; rain. At Brooklyn—Chicago-Brooklyn game post- poned; rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit— Philadelphia _ Detroit _____ mers Batteries—Perry and vhniaas ; Ehmke and Bassler. a H. E. At Chicago— Washington ___ Chicago 110 Batteries—Mogridge an son, Pence, Hodge and Yaryan. At Cleveland— Boston 002000000—2 61 Cleveland 011000001—3 10 2 Batteries—Pennock, Russell and Walters; Uhle and O’Neill. At St. Louis— New York __._-..0 0 3 St. Lonis -----._-2 0 0 Batteries — Quinn and Schan and Severeid. ‘BABE’ RUTH CRACKS OUT NO. 13 ST. LOUIS, May 25.—“Babe” Ruth made his 13th homerun of the season in the seventh inning here of the New York-St. Louis American game today. The hit, one of the longest recorded here, was made off Shocker, and resulted in three runs, MAN HELD FOR FIRST © Nawal Bill Is DEGREE MURDER, VICTIM | Amended Again OF KNIFE WOUND DIES On Submarines R. H. E. 000 002 Schocker ASHINGTON, Maj Resum- (Special 10 The Tribune) |ing consideration’ of the naval bill THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., May 25.— today, the ate udopted an amend- Mitchell (Fat) Cowan was bound to | ment by Senator McLean, Republican, the district court Tuesday after. | Of Connecticut, which woald author ize the expenditure for.submarine con- mac ag ad ped Gat aries, phe |struction of part of the $90,000,000 death, of Willan Hastings las |c&#ed for continuing the 1916 build- | ing program Senator Poindexter, Republican, Washington, in charge of the bill, the amendment would give partmbent discretion to let | for possibly the entire week from a knife wound inflicted a month previously. Bail was fixed | at $18,000 and in default of bonds- men he will remain in jail until the October term of the district court. Hastings, who is alleged to have ot said the de- six s been slashed in the abdomen by | Previously authorized, constru Cowan during a pooihall dispute, | Which has been deferred. Was believed to be recovering from Senator Poindexter added an amend his wound and was discharged from |™e"t authorizing construction of an additional naval tra ‘Arm Is Crushed: Walks 8 Miles the hospital 2s convalescent, The | wound broke open, however, and the consequent hemorrhage resulted in death. KILLS FATHER, FREED BY JURY . Unable to stop Den 34 years of age, Mich.. walked eight miles st night waco, 7 y 25.—Joseph! with a comp fracture of tho Lumpkin, 17 y se, last night right arm after being hit by an auto shot and killed his father here. after’ mobil the father had attempted, to members of the family Mrs, Lumpkin. A coroner's turned a verdict of justifiable homt Icide. to his we also others from the Central div: The old Reeder shoe shop is now st being operated by Mr. Hultein. When|‘"¢luding)a representation from the [he left the shop last night everything | "USSiNs section. Definite announcements as to the the r ter for cart: < time of the local public meeting wil! pada ont he arrived at the en|Pe Made soon, according to the Red tablishment this morning he. found|~T°5®: the ‘window of the front door had been cut out so that the door could be} CHEYENNE CONTRACT Inman, (Special to The Tribune.) unable to find anything missing with | hanaeeern Wear med rack exception of $6 taken from the ot Seaaapnt;> charged: with: the murder ef Worley Seaton and Har- ry Foight at Midwest May through the dynamiting of a bunk- house, was held to the district court cash register. FRENCH DEMOBILIZE. | Casper PARIS, May. 25.—The government, | was awarded the contract for the con jon a favorable report from the army | struction of sanitary and storm Cc R. contractor, sewers| without bail at the conclusion of a | Staff in the Rhineland, today ordered|in Cheyenne when. bids were opened| four-days preliminary hearing. He | demobilization of the married men |Monday night, Mr. Inman’s bid was| will bz tried at the October term of and supporters 9% families from the | $418,000, of, $80,000 under his nearest} court. class of 1919. competitor. About thirty witnesses testified ‘ ALLECED DYNAMITER HELD.FOR DOUBLE CRIME iS during the preliminary hearing, their testimony relating to circumstances alleged to connect Lampitt with the Lee, caretaker at the bunkhouse. to whom Foight was engaged; with threats Lampitt was alleged to have j blowing up of the bunkhouse and its | = bponic five inmates, the explosion serious- | over Lampitt’s e to Boight ly injuring the three who survived | and Mrs. Lee ith Lampitt’s it. The evidence dealt wit the dis- movements prier to and ter the appearance of a he ef dynamite | murder, of the existence of which only Lam- Lampitt conducted himself coolly pitt and one other man were aware; | during the development of the case with Lampitt's alleged jealousy of against him and had no comment. Foight’s attentions to Mrs. Grace A. | to make when he was held for teiak i a TY TeV EV VEVEVerTOeePOOSSSOOoOOSoSoosooosood | » ,