Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1921, Page 1

VOLUME ¥ An active drive to raise appro: mately $5,000 that will be needed by the Spatish-American war veterans to stage the annual encampment of the veterans her July 3, 4 and 5, will be launched tomorrow morn- ing at 9 o'clock and all members of the finance committee of the or- ganization are urged to meet with 4. J. Giblin, chairman of the finance committee at his offices, 324 Mid- The drive aes been endorsed by sof wanis, club have both named com- mittees to work out the financing plan in conference with the vet- SINITARY OFFIGER I. EWEN ASSISTANT BY we) LIST ne ‘e fiat tte oc. R ‘Bodenbagk,’ to serve during the four hot ‘months of ‘ new appointment, Mr. Bodenback . will be. relieved of a great deal of routine/duty and will be sbie dairies, water sources, and other. safe- guards which have’ established fpr the protection of the health of the eople of Casper. Under the reorganized work of, the health department the morning hours will be reserved for hearing’ and in- vestigating complaints of unsanitary conditions and the afternopns to in- specting various food sources in Cas- The city has been divided into 12 districts and bystemati¢ work will be undertaken to provide ways means for sanitation and protection of SIX NEGROES CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL JACKSONVILLE, FI Six negroes” were candidates for the city council’ in. today’s municipal” elec- tion here, the first time a member of that race had sought public office in acksdnville’in many years, A mu- election here usually is re- ded only asa ratification of the Yhite ‘primary. a FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED. ALBUQUERQUE, N. A Santa : Fe through a bridge across, a small stream east of La Junta, Colo, early! this morning, .arcording to a report received at Santa Fe offices. ae} Five cars went into the stream, no one was injured. Traneeetineatal| traffic is tied uy ieee eee HELD FOR INVESTIGATION, M.,_June 21.— iea yesterday, charge here. ANTI-REDS ROUTED IN | INVASION OF SIBERIA sued an order pointing out that the only four countries which previous- | south of Casper. ly formed part of Russia and which independence the Far Easterh re- public recognizes, were Letvid, Es- thonia, Poland and Finland, that all who claim to be subjects of other countries not recognized by the Far Eastern republic cannot be freed from military service. 21. — Anti-Bol- a ‘orers cominunded by Gen. Karen Von Ungern-Sternberg, which + inv southern” Siberia, ipletely defenied by : Far Eastern repub- atch received here me says the virtually annihilated ’ t the ,survivors have » fled inte Mongolia. aad, dtise Gispatehe quoting Moscow Contention of Union Leaders Is U pheld | by Labor Board CHICAGO, June 21,—The Pullman company lost its open shop fight before the United States railroad labor board to- day when the board upheld| mart, f the contention of union jead-| ers that the comps”, had not obeyed “the letter and spirit” Portation act when it conferred with its employes in mass meetings. The board threw out_tuc sompany’ petition for a cut in the wages of its shop employes and“ instfucted “it to go back and meet the “duly elected representatives” of the employe: The shi crafts and clerks in the Pullman works are involved in the case. ¢The board's décision will delay any action on a reduction in their wages for several weeks. Undér. the transportation act the company must the union leaders, and in the meet event they fail ‘to reach a decision, must file a petition before the board ond ask a new hearing. officers in matters fect. ing all.employes. The company takes es not mem: represented the position that empl bers of the unions are by the labor of tions. . Wheén-the company proposed a wage mass’ meetings _| reduction, recentiy, ‘ures. thé total nu on the rolls June meetings held, was. 19,079. these+ 6172 :were’ pi , the com: pany said. It was bi ht out at the tatives ing at the meet- ing -had ‘no other spent) than to t_the proposition. a waze cut of 12 per cent. as esi biirnen in the June 1 wage decision of the 1a. bor board, ‘be applied. Thé board held | nearing. however; that: of the company that this proposal did not constitute conference) as contemplated by law. ci pets Naso. pert. BUREAU OF MINES MAY REVISE. AEGULATIONS ON BUYING PETROLE Wi oline, oils aré made. "From the standpoint of the oi! trade the most important change proposed is the addition of a corrosion test to the specifications for motor gasoline. Some of the gasoline recently pur- chased has been found to be nciro- sive, and a test has been: proposed to insure against a repetition of the | Sapblee MULE GREEK IS. CUT TEN CENTS With. the opening ¢ of business to- \day, the Ohio Oil company announced a cut of 10 cents a barrel in the price ee This was’ the M. D. Gorden, arrested by thé po- | ‘only field affected:. The-new price on: is being held by the Mule Creek oil is therefore 60 cents authorities pending the comple-' per barrel. . tion of an investigation of ‘his récord. | a white slevers | i (of Mule Creek crude. oer H. B. Durham is leaving this even- ing on a short business trip to Denver. IN. TORIO, June 21.—The Chita gov- | ernment has:declared the mobiliza- tion of 10 classes (from 1899 to 1901) as “well as. the mobilization of all former officers, according toa Har bin: message to the Kakusai News . | ageney, It is reported that as soon | as this order was issued headquar- ' ters was thronged with people de- manding release from service in the ‘army on the cround 6f their belong- | ing to. various independent trides. AY, JUNE 22, 1921 yOLUMEV CASPER, WYO /EDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1921. ~—~—~=~S~SWNOMBER 217 PULLMAN CON.PANY CANDIDA LOSES SHOP FIGHTLABOR POST BUSY: {EARL SEIZED, | CASTLE FIRED BY ARMED MEN Pry Sores dune 21.—4By The Associ- Preas.)\—James Francis Ber- | Mine Workers,, and Samuel Loadgh Se of Bandon, — relies in Bantry. Coun: Cork, pa a band of armed caer: Castle Bernard, his home, andi this .Earl pretaes is unknown. Earl Bandon, who has been king's lieutenant of County Cork en was born September 12, 1850, and succeeded his father in the —< He is. the owner of the trans afternoon was still Brandon's where dom im 1877, about 41,000 acres of land. The earl was kicnapped at 5 o'clock this morning, after © which the castle was set afire and virtual- Meanwhile, Lady Bandon and the servants had been pia in-a room adioiniig the ly destroyed. NUMBER 217 | Gompers and Lewis Bath Confident of Election , DENVER, June 21.—Cam- paigners for both John L. Lewis, president of the United Gompers, candidate for the presidency, were working at top speed today. when the sessions of he annual convention of the/American Mystery of Wreck on Eastern Coast in January Baffles Government: Agents; Two Ships Believed Victims; World-| Wide Search for Crews Is Instituted WASHINGTON, June 21.—A world-wide search for the missing crew of the schooner Carroll A. Deering of Bath, Me.,| | which piled on the North Carolina beach last January with | all sails set but not a living soul aboard, has been started by {the state departmet through American consuls. The mystery is being investigated by the department of TES FOR LEAVES TODAY| FOR BELFAST LONDON, June 21.—(By The As- sociated Press}—King George and Queen Mary were given a remark- able send-off at the railway station here today when they left for Holy Head on the way to Belfast to take Federation of Labor were resumed. Supporters of the candidates, were. busy throughout the night and fer. ences were held that are reported to lave changed considerably the lineup of both sides in the contest. Both candidates expressed them- selves. as. confident .of. victory; each declaring that he had been pledged sufficient votes to, win. No accurate estimate could be made of the votes that each would probably receive. Official ‘announcement of the deci- sion of the representatives of the rail- road workers was awaited with inter- est, as both the Gompers and’ Lewis Supporters claimed a majority of these organizations. The electrical workers and the Inter- national. Ladies’ Garment ‘Workers FIRE-FroHTERS WN Te Midwest Workers Score in Con-| of _19.514. strolling Flames; Steel for New Tanks Being Rolled ~ at Mills The splendid work of thé men in| Would be made a special order of bus fighting the fire at the Midwest tank | eS for next Friday afternoon. farm is the subject of the most fi vorable comment among Midwest offi-| before the convention today was the ‘The| Irish question on which the resolu- the| tions committee was ready to report. most difficult conditions to keep with-|This committee, it was understood, in control the worst fire which has|Would report unfavorably the resolu- Most of|tion calling for a boycott of British: clals and fod men in. general. worked under ever been seen the men had no previous experience | made goods, and would urge the con in combating an outbreak in controlling. few ‘hour’s|Porting the boycott announced that sleep, and getting along with an oc-|they would attempt to have the con- casioned sandwich and cup of coffee| vention repudiate the committee and brought up by an improvised com-| adopt their resolution, which, they de- pany canteen. The six 55,000-barrei tanks and the|°f the Irish republic.” one of 80,000 barrels were all newly constructed, round the tanks had not been com- installation of foamite, chemical on tans, also incomplete, © the fire would hay With ahewe oa dint | thizers, headed by Peter Brady of Ne the good work of the! up hastily con- structed dikes, subjected to the heat of the fire and the constant danger of the’ gil boiling over, on by those in close contact with: the An open moeting will be held in the offices of the bureau of mines in shington on.July 12 for the con: sideration of suggested modifications and additions to Bulletin No. 5, which contains the specifications under which governmental purchases of gas- kerosene, fuel and lubricating} pleted. The fire fighting held in check. against them, is remarked Steel is ‘already being fabricated at the mills for the replacement of the tanks destroyed, and of plates will in Casper within the next two weeks. Erection of the new gin as soon the first ship- tanks will _be- the necessary mate tial ison the ground, and the work will be rushed probable that contracted far, by the refinery staff. Seri Tons to completion. the erection and not carried out . (C. BE. Melker, master mechanic at the Burlington, is leaving for Lincoln, she will spend a short vacation vis- iting friends,. A woman who underweht an opera- tion for appendicitis has had her ap- pendix plated with gold and she now! Denrer and Bennie Berris of Chicago. , wears it as a charm Were also claimed by both eendidates. Lewis’ supporters today added the Amalgamated Association of ‘Iron, tel and Tin Workers. the Min be adhe ete! Workers, and the. tl Ge mane anes eanndt her oe tee lists; which aiteady ‘includes thé ma. chinists’ union, the Mine Workers, and (the Carpentérs’ and Joiners’ ‘unton—tho three largest in the fédera- "| tion, with a combined voting strength Neither candidate issuéd 4 statement but ‘Lewis said that during the day he probably would outline his pro- ram,and) the platform on which he will wage his campaign. +The Clection, the labor leaders said, The m important issue to come thia | vention to adopt the resolution express- magnitude, and’ an oil fire is some-|ing sympathy ‘for the Irish cause and thing which requires special methods| Urging recognition of the Irish repub- Many of the workmen were on the. job continuously, ping only to snatch a lic by the United States. ‘The group of lirsh sympathizers sup. clared, was drafted by a “high official They made public a telegram from Harry Boland, secretary to Eamonn De Valera, “provisional president of the Irish republic,” which said “nothing the | but a water-tight boycott can restrain Britain's abominations in Ireland. On the other hand. the Irish sym) York, were prephared to vote against the boycott and support the other reso- Jation, which they submitted and which described alleged abuses in Ireland by Great Britain, and in nine numbered sections, reaffirmed the action of the Montreal convention in demanding rec ognition of the Irish republic. It also demanded withdrawal of British troops from Ireland, urged United States of- ficiais to demand from Great Britain interest and loan due now, and pro posed a campaign to secure the trial and punishment of Btitish regular and auxiliary forces if fouffa guilty of al- leged atrocities in Ireland. —>——- CARNIVAL BARRED FROM STREET BY THE COUNCIL Carnivals and other’ shows coming to Casper. must conform strictly to the city laws, especially po:ice, fire and traffic regulations, according to expressions of the city council to rep: Part in the state opening of the Ulster parliament tomorrow. The great crowd repeatedly cheered the king and queen and sang the na- tional anthem. © At. intervals there k safe return to your majesties!" The station was gaily decorated. The king and.queen wii embark at HolyHead on the royal yacht bhi tomorrow and proceed to Bel- jast. FLOOD PROTEST lo PRESENTED 1 TAAPAYERS|: ay set Comstigetion of Draial f age Urged. on City fm il by “Property. ers lack of action by the city administra- and filth in its wake. in getting relief from the city. delayed the propos the arrival of the cr system of beautifs ing various parts of Casper, Casper. CITY PLAN FOR SCHOOL The survey being prepared from which the city plan for the school land tract south of ,Casper will be worked cut is rapidly nearing com- pletion and will be ready for the presentation of topograhical maps about July 1, according to statements obtained from the Community Exten sion corporation this morning. The survey work is being hand::d by Tom Haymond, who had been only’ slightly handicapped by heavy rains of the past two weeks. The com- mittee which has charge of this work! — Farmer Stands Off People With resentatives’ of -the Wortham, shows. which are now showing in Casper. The carnival started to place its con cessions on the corner of A and Wo!- cott streets last night, but oppchition to the blockade of traffic necessitated removal of the shows to the hills This step was taken voluntarily by the carnival people when the stand of the city was explained. — SCHUMAN. FIGHTS GRIFFITHS. DENVER, June 21.—Jchnny Grif fiths of Akron, Ohio, wil] meet Harrr Schuman cf Denver in a 12-round pout to a decision ‘here tonight. , They are welterweights. ..Frank West. of will meet in'a préliminary bout. | Lookout lightship, N While bound from Rio de Janeiro ROVALPARTY | Property awnérs from many _sec- tidns of Casper who suffered from the recent flood water appéared before the city council last night to protest the tion in carr}ing out a ditch which is planned to divert the flood waters from the mountains so that the water cannot sween down on the city damag- ing property and leaving destruction Property owners who live on Me- Kinley and, Jackson streets who re- cently suffered losses from washed cut curbings, flooded basements and ‘Tuined lawns were particularly anxious It was explained that the city had ed ditch until after planning expert who is due here in July to work out a ng and co-ordinat- On the strength of the protest filed with the city a council committee has taken the matter under advisement and it is probable that a recommenda- tion will be made to go ahead with the ditch as soon jas possible to ward against a recurrence of the damage in the business and residence districts of TRACT BEING DRAFTED Justice and the department of com merce, as is also the unexplained dis appearance of the American stec! freighter Hewitt, out of Sabine Pass, | Texas, for Boston. This craft disap. | peared at about the same time the Deering came. ashore. The summary of the history of Deering case, as sent to consuls t he state department, discloses that when the Deering passed the Ca on Januar fur Norfolk, a man other than the master reported that the vesvel ned| lost both anchors and asked to oe 5: Ported to its owners. Five days later the vessel was ‘ound on the department describes as “in such edn. dition that there is every suspicion of foul play having occurred The-department’s | summary also says that a short time after (1) Deering passed the lightship. steamer, the name of which ha been ascertained. passed the lig sel and was asked to stop and. take a message for forwarding but no re. sponse was received to the “numer. ous attempts on the part of the mas ter of the lightship to attract the ves sel's attention.” The department's summary then says that on April 11 the following message was nicked up in & bottle ni Cape Hatteras: hiding all over the ship. Ni to make escape. Finder please notify owners of Doering.” The schooner carried a motor life. boat and a dory, the state depart ment'’s summary continues, but neither of them has been picked up and no wreckage from them has been found. Most of the provisions, cloth- ing and supplies of the vessel had been removed Government agents investigating the Hewitt and Deering cases say they are ‘baffled and that thus far they have not found a single clue that might lead to a solution of the mys teries. Equally as baffling, they say, are the cases bf the British steamer Aljbyn ‘and the Russian. bafk. Yute, Which “disappeared last fall oft the North Carolifia coast: The — Albyn sailea from. Norfolk lagt October! and er was heard of czain. The Yute, when off, Cape Hatteras, sent a radio message asking for aid,, but wien steamers reached the position given in the message an hour later no traces of the vessel wére found, and it is said she has never beén heard of since. Reports to the government are that the weather ‘was perfectly calm. Investigators here say that they do not take seriously siggestions of Bol- shevik ‘raidérs or deep sea pirates, but that one guess is as good as an- other,. ‘They are inclined to the opinion thdt the two gases wil] go down in history with other unsolved mysteries of the sea, the gfeatest of which on record, they declare, is that of the American bark, Marie Celéste, which was found off the Azores three months after she left Eurdpe in 1872, with all sails set, undamaged, in caim weather, but with the crew missing. A boarding party from the ship which sighted the .bark found the table set for dinner with hot coffee in the pot and everything aboard the ship in the same condition it would have been had the crew left only a few minutes before. On awewing ma: chine was a waist which the captain's wife had been making, while toys used by the captain's son were on the floor. In the forecastle was a table with playing cards distributed around as though members of the crew had leis urely left a game of card Besides the captain. hi crew. The vessel wi six years later she disappeared com pletely with her crew and no word has ever come from her. PORTLAND BELIEVES STORY OF LOSS. PORTLAND, Me., June 21.—Th theory that pirates are afioat in the/ north Atlantic. has found . credexze | here. Belief,in this explanation of the fate of recently missing ships has grown with the establishment of the| fact .that the message in a bottle picked up two months ago north of Cape Hatteras; purporting to explain the disappearance of the crew of the five-masted Bath .schooner Carol A Deering. a mystery ship, off Diamond Shoals, was written by Henry Bates of Islesboro, Me., a member of the crew is under the direction of 0. L. Walker. Question cf its genuineness was set tled by handwriting experts who com pared it with letters written by Bates. |The unsigned note stated. that | shcooher had béen captured by an oil | burning. craft, something like a sub- chaser, the crew handcuffed and that everything was being taken off. CREW SAVED IN FALL OF PLANE, SUBS BOMBED High Efficiency Scored by U. S. Navy in Bombing Experiment With Hun Submersibles as Targets ch in what the siate| 100 010 000— 2 000 200 020— 4 At New York . 210 017 410—16 400 000 001— 5 Rartories—MeQuillan ton, Barnes, Nehf and Smith. At St. Louis—(First Game) R. H. E. 002 210 000— 5 103 535 00*—17 Freeman and Deering captured by oll burning boat something like chaser, taking off everything, handcuffing crew. Crew chance] Batteries — Martin, Killifer; Pertica, Goodwin and Clem ons, Nieberg. AMERIC AN LE LEAGUE At Chicage— 111 000 900— 3 Batteries—t hie MeWeeny, Wilkinson and Schalk. Nunamaker; At Roston—First Game) 920 090 O10— 3 240010 10°— & Batteries—Shawkey, Sheehan. and ; Pennock and Ruel. At Rostan—(Second Game) be % gE Batteries — Schang; Bush and Walters. At Washington s Wash. .000 400 100 000 611—6 001 002 002 090 O11—7 13 Naylor, Harris and Perins. HUGH ca PREPARING TO TAKE UP QUTIES AS UNITED STATES MARSHAL “|colored, is being held by the county firmed United States marshal for Wy- leave for Cheyenne latter part of the week to assume his atton announced he had appointed oming, will this morning that Schag Wilson of Sheridan and Davis of Cheyenne as. chief deputy Other deputies will edited at Evanston places in the state removed from the capital city but these men beon named yet ‘A hot fight is said to be under w: the position in Sheridan county pays $95.2 month Mrs. Patton will remain at least temporarily and will maintain Patten: home in this city DOCKS WILL BE CLEARED WHEN SIMS ARRIVES NEW YORK, Olympic on wife and son, there were 10 men in the ship's taken to port and again put in service, but about ae June 21.—When the which Rear Sims is returning by order of Sec- Wednesday it will be at a bare pier. the line declared today after a con- ference with port officials, | clude the public “in order to avoid There have been discrimination.” revorts that Penents of the admiral's speech, in which he dealt with Irish Americans were planning demon- The pier will be heavily WASHINGTON, June 21.—The naval seaplane NC-7 caught fire while 150 feet in the air and fell into Hampton Roads today with her crew of three officers and seven men, the navy department was advised by the commandant of the Hampton Roads naval station. a complete weck, but 5 none of those aboad wee injued, BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE At Brookiyn— Philadelphia Batteries— Hubbell Grimes and Miller. The machine was reported though ¢ man was-made ill by wallowing a mixture of salt water and gasoline while struggling in the water, The crew was rescued by a near by tug, but the plane could not be saved The report the department said the big air craft of the same type as the NC-4, the first heavier-than-air craft to cross the Atlantic, was on its first practice flight and that it was not participating in the bombing ex periments against the former German ;] submarine U-117 off Cape Charles. The plane had only recently been completed and was running low over the waler when an explosion oe curred. It quickly caught fire an¢ dropped into the water. The cause -| of the explosion has not yet been de termined, but a naval board of in quiry will conduct an investigation: Naval bombers made short work of the U-117 in the opening phase today of the tests arranged by the govern ment to demonstrate the efficiency. of the airplane against modern war craft The first division of seaplanes sent out to bomb the submersible 50 miles off Cape Charles lightship sent the former German craft te the bottom, Commander Ellison, executive officer at the Hampton Roads naval base 're- ported to the navy department on the basis of radio dispatches from the bombing squadron. NEW DREADNAL Gut p.| PUT THROUGH PACES. WASHINGTON, June 21 — The superdreadnaught Maryland, believed by American experts to be the most powerful fighting machine afloat. put to mea yesterday from Newport News, Va. to begin a series of tests prelim: Inary to being turned over by her eonstuctors' to the navy department. The Maryland, as soon as commis- sioned, will be transferred to the west coast as one of the ‘sits of the redr- ganized Pacific fleet; to which force also’ will be assigned on completion, her sister ship, the California. Carrying eight 16-inch rifles in four turrets, the Maryland is said to com- bine the longesi range with the heav- fest broadside of any naval vessel afloat. She is electrically equipped, and her first trails will be witnessed by many civilian experts interested in the science as well ax by a full coterie of naval observers. —~ PURSE SNATCHER CAUGHT. Clyde Lung, charged with highway robbery in connection with grabbing a purse from Miss Alabama Neeley, authorities pending an investigation of the case. Max Miller, who at- tempted to have Lung released, was arrested as an accomplicé as two men attacked the woman when she lost her purse. MAS, GRAHAM IS BOUND OVER, WAIVES HEARING IN JUSTICE COURT HERE Mrs. Ida Graham, charged with first degree murder in ' connection with the shooting of Jack Delury be fore a carnival crowd here last week after following him here, it is alleged, from Oklahoma, waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the istrict court without bond when a raigned Saturday in justice court Her trial will probably be set for the September term of court Hench & Bultack will conduct the defense, of Mrs. Graham: TWINS ARRIVE, DIVORCE SUIT IS DISMISSED CHICAGO, June The famity of Edward C. Petit of Aurora, today is united and is increased by two. An hour before Mrs. Petit’s. suit for divorce was te come up yesterday, she became the mather of twins. Her suit ‘was dismissed when it was called up. Gun, Captured GRAIN GAMBLING FLAYED IN LABOR RESOLUTIONS BUFFALO, N. Y., June %t Three persons were wounded tod: when Frank Fisher, a-farmer, held the main street of Oakfield. 30 miles east of here, for an hour, firing with a rifle at pedestrians and storekeepers. He was captured after he had used up all his am- munition. Fisher was released from a state hespital for the imsane a year ogc. parts res anes rs Mrs. H. Simmons, wife of ‘the chief clerk at the Burlington freight aftice, is enjoying a vacation in Chi-' eago visiting friends and relatives. DENVER, June 21.—Abolition of “gambling in’ grain futures on the Chicago “bemrd of trade establish ment of co-operative producers’ and consumers’ organizations and gov ernment regulation. of corporations and monopolies were urged today by the convention of the American Fe eration of Labor as a mea Bat the high cost of living. The. work of the federal trade com mission was commended and investigation and publication ing the cost “If the people are in full posses. sion of all the facts,” the declaration of distribution and the profits made on the necessities there would be no necessity of prose. cution under the Sherman anti-trust lar In urging the abolition of “gam. biin: n futures” and “unnecessary reconsignménts and brokerage oper. ations,” the resolution said. “there are too many overturns between the Producer and consumer. which ulti. mately increase the cost of living.”