Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 30, 1921, Page 1

Weather Forecast Probably showers tonight and Tuesday, warmer in north pértion Tuesday- VOLUME V Che Casper Daily Crihune CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, MAY 30, SOVIET ANKRUPT ts Insolvency of Commune and Caus for Return of Capital; Anti-Reds Still-Hold Big Port RIGA, Letvia, May 30.—(By The Associated Press.) — According to a direct Moscow dispatch received here today from independent sources, Nikolai Lenine, soviet Russian pre- mier, declared yesterday that Communism was in complete bankruptcy and asked the presiding officers of the all-Russian central executive to approve the unlimited return of capitalism and the recall to Rusala,,———————____ _Siner parties to aid ta rebutting toe (Millions Paid Into Railroads TOKIO, May 30.—(By The Assccla- ted Press.—Anti-BolsheViki are stil! in control of Viadisvostok, which is quiet, ‘although the general political situa- WASHINGTON, May 30.~-Payments tion is somewhat obscure, it is said'so far made to the railroads by the in press and official advices. The city treasury under the transportation act is gaily beflagged with the o}d Russian |covering reimbursements of deficits colors. during federal control as guaranty M .Merkuduff, head of the new gov-' payments, total $404,949,233, accord- ernment established in . Viadivostok,|ing to a treasury statement. In addi- has issued a statement saying the pri-|tion, $196,503,220 has been reid to the mary task of the new regime is to|roads for loans from the $300,000,000 The formation of the administration 1921 | Memorial Day found hundreds of French CAR HOLDUP FRUSTRATE BY HOTORMAN DENVER, May 3 The attempt of four masked bandits to hold up a Barnum interurban railway car last night as it passed the station known as “County Line,” was foiled by the quick wit of Motorman M. K. Butler, who threw himself on the Moor of the car and shifted the con- troller into high gear when ordered to stop. The bandits cleared the track and fied. children, self-appointed guardians of the graves of American sol- dier dead in France, placing wreaths and flowers upon the mounds marked by white crosses, the final resting places of the thousands who gave their h ves for world freedom. will follow the popular will, the legis- lative powers of the old assembly will ‘ not be altered, although junjsts | will be ufged to serve. - bars of; the old government, except: those 1i- able to criminal prosecution, will be “berated from prison and the freedom of the presS is guaranteed. Thete have been reports that Gen- eral Semenoff,: Cossack anti-Bolshevile leader, would go to Vladivostok frem Port Arthur to direct the new move- maintain order, revolving fund. ment, butt is deciared hie namo Deeds and Sacrifices of All Veterans Glorified in Services Today; Parade Is Greatest Ever Staged in City sky, commander of the troops formerly under the deadership of the late Gen- eral Kappell, has arrived in Vladivos- tok and is trying to reach an agree- ment with the Japanese relative to the administration of the city. GENERAL SEMENOFF 18 EN ROUTE. TOKIO, May 30.—General Semenoft Of honor, of the thinning ranks of veterans who fought to |, has boarded a train at Darien (Dalny-, maintain the union, and the so! Manchuria) for Vladivostok arid has chartered a steamer to transport arma and ammunition to that city, ne 7 ked for thi t de pa: Residences of [sino sr innceccue semeastaton fof Americanism, and hundreds fol- z jlowed the long column to the ceme- French Searched tate aber wérvicea wern bela et" tht Braves of the dead. : The parade assembled and was nae tiny 20 worty bulld:ngs,| staged. under murky skies but low ; | hanging clonds which threatened rain sard, secretary of the French, Social: |railec to duit the ardor of those whe dita Vand Byte PEERING ioatet cele eee 79 BAY peeacnam DOSEN. tR the Socialist partys, were wearched by | ‘Be. 9004 the police at dawn today. Impressive services, beautiful fidats ‘The searches were made on warrants |in the long parade and oratory that in connection with charges of anti-|made ‘one glad he was an American militarism and inciting soldiers to d's-| were the outstanding featureg of the obedience. services which were «uccess®lly held No arrests’ were made during the | here under the auspices of the veter- early forenoon. It 1s expected 50 more ans of all wars, the memory of which places will be raided during the day. is now being placed in the hands ‘of \ Glorifying the deeds and valor of tiose left on the field | ®9s'°" - Idiers of the Spanish-American and the World wars, all Casper turned out today to pay | trikwte to the heroes of all wars, living and dead, in the| Philadelphia greatest Memorial day celebration ever held here. Streets the American Legion to be passed on to posterity. | Burke H. Sinclair, marshall, of the |day headed the parade with» other | members.of the American Legion who |served during the world war. Next jeame the Casper concert band play- |ing memorial dirges and martial musie j throughout the line of march. “A> Mort” dedicated; in the cause of- triumphant justice to.our soldier and sailor dead was one of the beautl- |ful floats with an escort of officers jof the American Legion. | “Riding in” autemobiies . near. the head ofthe parade, a ‘post of honor {awarded them by their younger ‘com- |rades, were the scurvivors of '63;° a }small unit of those who helped to constitute Memorial day and whose (Continued .on Page 3). * U.S. IS CHEERED BY FILIPINO TEACHERS Independence Cry Is Heard, However, and Criticism of Administration Is Voiced by One Official VICAN, Tlocos Province, P. I., May 25.--(By The Asso- ciated Press.) —Three cheers for the United States, President Harding and for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes, comprising President Harding’s special mission, were given today at the Vigan Normal institute where more than 600 Filipino teachers were addressed by the mission. Isabelo De Los Reyes, former mem- ee party, defended Governor } ber of the Manila municipal board |General Harrison. and at present 2 candidate for the| A banner carried in the parade Philippine senate, speaking before the | which escorted the mission into Vigan, mission, criticized Gov. Gen. Francis | read: . ¢ Burton Harrison's administration and | “Will the Philippines become Amer- declared the people would demand the |ica’s Irish Question?" At the meet- reappointment of Mr. Forbes as gov-|ing the only demand for independence ernor, Representative Quirino of the | was made by a young woman speaker. lrne attendance of women at a dozen er more, meetings was ‘the feature |of the mission's journey through Icos | Norte. province yesterday. |. At all. public hearings held by the |mission on this trip speakers told the |mission that a protected: independence | was wanted, but that if this was not possible, they would desire complete and absolute independence. ‘The mis- sion held many private conferences at are said to have expressed exactly op- posite views from those they gave in public: Mr, Forbes spent yesterday morning abroad the revenue cutter Mindoro in the’ harbor here, recup- erating from the trials of the few days of the journ Seb Bir tats ‘The making of artificial pearls is a considerable industry in France. The French craftsmen obtain fish scales from the Baltic fisherles, and use sheeny scales to give glass beads the lustre of pearls, [ BALL SCORES FIRST GAMES TODAY. National League, At ‘Boston— Brooklyn — R. H. EB. -100 101 000— 3 10 4 -410 003 01°— 9 14 2 Bailey, Batteries—Mamaux, Gibson. At New York— RH. E. New York 101 100 20° 5 6 1 Batteries— Hubbell, . Betts and Wheat; Toney and Smith, At Pittsburgh— OR. HB. Chicago --. 000 000.0000 "5 0 Pittsburgh, _-_-433 110 01%—13 22 1 Batterins York, Cheeves and O'Far- rel; Zimi.@uc- Schmidt, Skiff. At Cincinnati— RH. B St.Louis -....-040 000 041— 9 114 Cincinnati 100 021 000— 4 11 2 Batteries—Doak, Schupp, Clemons and Dilhoefer; Napier, Rogge, Brenton, Wingo and Hargrave. American League. At. Philadelphia Ru, E Boston — ~100 009 000-— 1° 8 1 Philadelphia --_.011 310 02*—8 12 (1 Batteries—-Thormahlen, Karr and Ruel; Perry and Perkins. © At Chicago— + .,R.H.E St. Louis = 312 381 100-14 15 0 00 104 000— 5 12 3 Batteries—Davis and Seyereid; Kerr, Pence, McWeeny, Hodge and Yaryan H. =. At Washington— New ic 10% 000 000— Washinzton - 0 000 001-1 4,0 wr Batteries—Collins and Schang; Acos ta, Courtney and Gharrity. At Detroit—. R. H, B Cleveland —_-..000 001 500-—- 6 11 1 Detroit <. 6 92 Batteries. : ‘Neill and Thomas; Ehmke and Bassler. CHESTER TRIAL. "18 CONTINUED which candidates for political offices | | KANSAS CITY, May 30.—In an ef- fort to complete the trial of Denzel Chester, charged with the murder of Miss Florence Barton, as soon as pos- sible, Judge R. 8. Latsha ssion today despite the Memo Gay holiday. Court officials said they jexpected the case to be in the hands of the jury Wednesday. ‘The defense continued to present its | witnesses, of which it was xnnounced. ; there were about a dozen to be heard. | According to defense counsel, Chester imay take the stand late today. 001 000 000—1 7 2] of Ambulance Pla Two Civilians Are | today for an official investigat piane in which seven men, five met death. the disnater could ever be discovered The pl a Curtiss-Eagle, which has been rted of its ambulance making a réturn flight id, Va., to Washin e storm accompanied by winds estimated to be blowing at a 100-mile velocity Witnesses © 1 the plane, una RIOTS BREAK OUT IN DUBLIN DUBLIN, May 30.—(y The Asso- | clated Pres#j—Wild scenes were wit Ressed here last ¢' ig shortly be fore the curfew hour. Stone throwing and shooting occurred between civil ians and soldiers who were accompany- ing young women, the civilians try- ling to separate the girls ftom their | military escorts. Ssveral of the com- |batants were wounded. A fatal shooting occurred in Angel: sea. street, where a grocer's assistant was shot in the chest and died shortly | afterwards DE eget ‘America “First” Principle Must» Hold Recognition of Obligations to Civilization, Harding Says be WASHINGTON, May. 30.—A nation loyal first of all to Mo. | itself, but never failing to measure up to the demands of an art, Miljus and Krueger; Scott andj advancing civilization, was pictured by President Harding |as- an American ideal today in a Memorial day address at | Arlington National cemetery. American heroes of every accomplished far more than the im- mediate /gnds for which they fought because they had} helped erect and preserve a-shrine for the” liberty-lov- race. ‘He declared the ion of: America would _be- come an unrealized dream if this her- ftdige ever was sacrificed. said. Mr. Harding, d to measure up to ented to it in he “Our country *has hever fai the, demands 1 half of humanity, and When it ceases tb meet it will no longer be our’ countr, will be, if that time ever comes, the wretched and deca memorial of another civilization that has crumpled, of another ideal, which has failed, of another ambition for men's happ! which has somehow gone aw In equally emphatic language the president asserted his conviction that war, the president said, had this duty to civilization could be ac complished only, if the nation took care first of its own integrity The’ text of the president's address follows in part: “We are met on sacred soil today for a solemn hour of sacrament and consecration. But the soil whence we come is Itself sanctified through the sacrifices of those who lic here Wherever our flag flies, within the boundaries of the republic, it is over lands whose freedom and _ security have been wrought through these sac rifices. So general is the use uf eloctricity on a big ocean steamship that its gen- erating* station is of a size equal to that designed for the electrical re- quirements of a city of one hundred thousand inhabitants. SEVEN K IN CRASH OF GIANT PLANE Investigation Opened by Officials of Army Department Into Fatal Crash encountered a severe | bombing operations nest month. Se: geant Riohacd Biumorikrars: wa “ expert mechanic at Bolling field Maurice Connolly, sales manager of the Curtiss Aeroplane company,-a na- ne; Five Officers and Victims WASHINGTON, May 30.—Army officials were preparing ion of the crash during a storm iast Saturday, near Indian Head, Md., of the ambulance air- army officers and two civilians, e The fact that every occupant of the machine was killed made it appear doubtful that the exact cause of j make headway in the face of the | descended apparently to make a landing, but | to within 100 feet of the ground | proached a clump of and swerved upward trees were cleared, but us the plane started for an open field near by, it was seen to quiver, turn over and dive vertically to earth All of the bodies of the victims were | closely grouped together, some of j them badly mutilated by tho engine, which had been torn from its bed and thrown’ backward, cutting the men down like a scythe as it ploughed through the TOW passage compart ment of the plane. A watch, found later, had stopped at 6:25 o'clock. in- dicating the exact time of the tragedy. Army officers who later viewed the wreckage said it was the worst they had ever seen and were at a loss to understand how it could have resulted from such a short fall Several of the slain officers were widely known. Licut. Col. Archie Miller had served in the Spanish- American war, Philippine insurrection and the world war. Second Lieut. Stanley M. Ames, and Lieut. Cleveland W. McDermott cach had sertcd in both the American and Canadian forces overseas, Lieut. John M. Pen- newel) recently came to Langley field from Kelly field, Texas, for the ac tive of Dubuque, Iowa, a former major in the air service during, the war, and A. C. Betchelder, chairman of the board of directors of the American Automobile association, were the civil- ians killed. Other machines returning from Langley field, Va, after aerial ma- nouvers there, were caught in the storm. Brts. Gen. William. Mitchell, assistant chief of the army air service, had. a@ thrilling but safe flight, but Capt. B. 8, Wright's machine was forced down and demolished although he escaped with a severe shakeing up. WILL OF LATE MILLIONAIRE IS CONTESTED BUTTE, Mont.,. May 30.—Marcus Murray has filed a petition in the district court of Silver Bow county for letters of administration of the estate of his uncle, the late James A Murray, Montana millionaire, In asking that letters of adminis tration be given here the petition al. leged that James A. Murray, Who died 11 at Monterey, Cal., ¥ ¢ Montana and that th ate, valued at between $10,000,- his, 000 and $15,000,000, is in Montana The action ignores a will filed in Monterey county, Cal., which purports to dispose of all Murray's property. Parents Seek Word Nelson Glass, s, a younger brother of driver, of the glycerine wagon’ for the Independent Torpedo pany, according to statements of parents, came to Wyoming to visit of Young Man Who Came Here to Visit Brother Blown to Bits by Nitro Explosion Was Edward Glass, a brother of Nelson S. Glass, who was blown to bits in a nitro-glycerine explosion at Bonneville | {; would be better for them to learn May 15, the unknown person who was riding on the death car at the time of the explosion? That is the question an aged and broken-hearted father | and mother are trying to solve. strongly at circumstances which lead The hand of fate points Bonneville. josion, that he never nee in Casper after the explo: Casper in time to have made the trip! N that this conclusion | which started and terminated so d's that relatives of the two | wh no word from him since | many ade his : -| the fatal blast sion and that apparently all trace of | Nelson. He could have arrived in|bim has been lost ts responsible f BROTHER OF GLASS PARTNER IN TRAGEDY the belief that he accompanied N on the trip which resulted in the bh Now, back in St. Cloud, Minn., two eldei nd loving parents are beseech- ing word from or of Edward. If he {is alive—he should communicate with his parents immediately. The anguish the death of Nelson is in- caL¥ they cannot legrn that Edward escaped the fate of his brother. creased t nis, fate if he is dead than to hope rest of their Edward Glass, ed by h aving Casper in 1919 th the Americin army. Th | was fc Casper in who will remca} Tuere are people two eeeu- day of stopped pants of the death cat on The two men (Continued on Page 3)