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

DAIL EIREANN REJECTS“ PLAN IN’s ‘PEACE Only Basis of Peace’ Is for the People of Ireland to Give Consent to British Plan LONDON,-Aug. 26.—(By The Associated Press.)—The British ent’s peace proposals were laid before the Del Bn which rejected them unanimously but is willing tom ite on the principle of government by consent of the governed, Eamonn De Valera says in his re to Mr. Lloyd George, the British prime minister. ee . - The letter proposes that Great MEXICO ASKED te ona [ee tees | } Weather Forecast Fair tonight and probably Saturday, moderate tempera- VOLUME V BANKER FINED FOR SPEEDING DENVER, Colo., Aug. 26.—Harry M. Rubey, prominent banker of Gol den, Colo, and trustee of the state school of mines, was fined $100 and costs in police court here today on a charge of reckless driving. A charge TENOR OF MESSAGE HELD IN SECRECY. LONDON, Aug. 2 ‘Information ob- tainable here relative to the tenor of the message received by tho British Were resovered CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1921. VICTIMS OF AIR DISASTER SWEPT TO SEA BY TIDES Official Inquiry as to Cause of Explosion Which Caused Disaster on Giant. Airship Is Started HULL, England, Ang. °6.—{By The Associated Press.) — Two this afternoon bodies from the wreck of the ZR-2. One was identi- fied as that of Albert L. Loftin, an American mechanic on the airship, and the other that of Flight Licutenant Rye, of the British crew, government yesterday from Eamonn De Valera confirms early reports that the way was kept open for a continu- of drunkenness against Rubey was dismissed by Magistrate Henry Bray. Rubey was arrested following an automobile wreck, here last Monday It is stated, however,| night in which three persons were in- that the British government regards | jured. the irish note as unsatisfacory in other ways. Prime Minister Lloyd George planned to meet his cabinet today, and it was understood that during the session of the ministry the reply to the Sinn Fein would be framed. = tatives with to nego- tate’ detalls on this Principle. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26. — Fran- cisco Villa, the former Mexican bandit, bas sent an urgent request to govern- ment officials here, asking that forty of his followers be paid in accordance with the agreement signed by the government when the men surrend- ot He decla-ed that the men had d ro =tyments for the past six nths, it is said in reports current here, ‘The request was made through Gen. Enrique Mertinexi commanding fed- eral troops in the state of Durango, and he transmitted it to the war of- fice here. Secretary of War Estrada is under- stood to have issued orders that pay- ments be made to Villa’s men, Hutchison Leads In Golf Tourney CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 26— Jock Hutchison, British open cham- work of the dirigible was rained. it would be possible \o recover the Lodies of many of the men who died when the dreadnought of the air collapsed and caught fire. River men, however, believed that the bodies of some of the victims of the disaster had been borne away by the tide or the river's current and. it was reported that fragments of the dirigible’s covering fabric had been found 10 miles up the river from the scene of the accident. ‘The official inquiry into the cause of the disaster will begin tomorrow morning at Howden where the ZR? Lightning Causes Disastrous Blaze “We have not sought war nor do we seek war, but if war be made upon us "we must defend ourselves; and we Shall do so,” says Mr. De Valera’s let- ter. “We long to end the conflict be- tween Great Britain and Ireland,” he addi IDEA VINCE. ‘bears the date of PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 26.—Fire caused by lightning, striking a crude oll tank of the Island Petroleum com- pany on Neyille island, near here yes- terday, caused damage estimated at $500,000. ASSASSINKILLS GREELEY MAN GREELEY, Colo, Aug. 26.—Joseph Hernandez,- 30 years of age, 2 beet contre.‘tor on a ranch near here, was shot in the forehead and instantly killed at his home late Inst night by an unknown assassin. The bullet was fired through a window. The man did the shooting with- in five yards of his vietim, according to the police. A heavy rain and wind- storm was in progress and obliterated the footprints left by the murderer. Hernandez's wife was seated rear him when he was shot. Officers have been unable to discover a motive for the shooting. TRAINS DETOUR IN UTAH FLOOD DENVER, Colo., Aug. 26.—Swollen rivers and washouts reported through- out the eastern section of Utah to- day caused a detourment of 577 miles in the route of the Denver Rio Grande and Western train No, 2 from Ogden to Denver, according to local officials of the railroad’s department of trans- portation. Rivers and creeks in the vicinity of Salida, Colo., are also high, the railroad reported. LETTER HO! OF BRITISH ‘The letter, w! August °4, reads: “The antictpatory judgment I gave See Some 20 bas bet: luidemtine proposals of your government before the Dail Etro- ann, and by a Unanimous vote it has rejected them. “From! your letter of August 13, it was clear that the principle we are asked to accept was that the ‘geo- graphical -propinquity’ of Ireland to Great Britain imposed the condition) of the subordination of Ireland's right to Great Britain's strategic interests as she conceived them, and that the ‘very lengh and persistenco of the ef- forts made in the past. to compel. Ire- her laf voyage. will be‘represented by a naval attache, It seemed probable today that the findings of the court will be influ ericed by the result of examinations by experts of the framework of the air- ship affer it had been lifted from the Humber. There seemed to be a gener- al agreement that, the accident was caused by the collapse of a longitudin- al girder in the middig of, the dirigi- ble. It was expected that the coroner's inquest to be held today would be ad- journed probably for several weeks, after formal identification of the three bodies which were recovered, and the issuance of permits for their removal. ! The English law does not permit lombalming until after the coroner's inquest, but in deference to the wishes ‘ot the American authorities here the bodies of Lieutenants Little amt? Es- terly were embalmed a few -hours lafter they were recovered. Every effort is being made to re- cover bodies of the victims and search- ing parties are maintaining a constant lookout on both, sides of the Humber for miles above and below Hull. John H. Grouth, American consul here, planned to accompany represen- tatives of the American embassy in London to the coroner's inquest. the lead in tho western open golf championship at the end of 5¢ holes by scoring 37-36—73 each for a total of 216. This was only one over par ceptance of that domination now. “We. cannot believe that your gov ernment intended to commit itself to the principle of sheer ‘militarism, de- structive of international morality and fatal to the world’s peace. If » small nation’s right to independence is for- feit when a more powerful neighbor covets its territory for military or other. advantages. it is supposed conclude there is an end to Hverty. No longer.can.any small nation claim the right to a separate existance. Hol- land and Denmark can be made sub- ‘servient to Germany. Belgium to Germany or to France, Portgugal to Spain. IRELAND WILL MAINTAIN GROUND OF INDEPENDENCE. “If nations that have been forcibly annexed to an empire, loso thereby (Continued on Page 8.) NEARLY READY WASHINGTON, A Aug. 26.—Vie pst ard and a federal liquida- cl bo: a tion board which, with the system of corps area co-ordinators of pur- chase and supply and a surveyor al of real estate already would constitute the new machinery. U. S. RETAINS ALL GERMAN BENEFITS ing Emperor Wilhelm and|clause Germany accepts responsibil Geneciog trial pak of inter-|ity “for causing all the loss and dam- national law is not mentioned at all.|age" resulting from the war. Neither is there a specific provision ‘The United States specifies in the holding Germany responsible for the|treaty that “she is not bound to par- war, but such a responsibility is im-| ticipate. in the various international plied by the reaffirmation of the rep-| commissions created by the Versailles arations section, in whose opening|treaty unless she shall elect to do so. BOLSHEVIKS SEEK ULTERIOR MOTIVE IN FAMINE RELIEF that border paves Mrs. Annette Bucy, O. S. and D. clerk at the Northwestern freight house, has just returned from a ten day vacation spent at Sheridan. All Rights and Privileges Are Reaffirmed In Formal Peace Pact Negotiated % WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Full title to. “all the rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations or advantages” specified for the United States under the ratified treaty of Versailles is reaffirmed in the separate treaty with Germany signed yes- terday at Berlin. Both by blanket declaration and specific enumeration the ty recognizes the claim of the|can then be negotiated through the erican government to these bene-| ordinary diplomatic channels. fits and at the same time disavows} With the treaty signed and await- orn, the part vf the United States any ing. senate action, there was a renew- LAcponsibility for provisions of the|al of speculation here regarding the of nations covenant, the Shan-|isstance of a possible peace declara- settlement or the political .re-| tion to.carry into effect the declara- tion e RIGA, Aug. 26—(By The Associ- ated Press.)}— What Baltic . diplo- matic circles characterize 3s an “extremely nervous and jumpy” attitude is being shown by the Bol- fets. have learned positively which they would try to blame on nment jurope. peace reso- By Saute Susiment officials the | lutio: No. official be: leg oa celery Sper rang ve the —: the en in order to promote ty is considered a full settlement,| whether the proclamation might . Yesterda: Third trouble. Pmakin ae ible not only a -resump-/| expected to precede ratification. sent out a wireless mes- News laritler a Berearud ‘of diplomatic relations but a| Another question which remainod| sage, informing the world pre | ae coming to Riga unanswered from any authoritative source related to the probable dura- tion of the American occupation of German territory. The title of tha, United States to benefits described in detail in 10 of the 15 sections of the treaty of Ver- sailles are reaffirmed by the new treaty, it is stated that this goverp- 13, while two small American war vessels already are in the Baltic on a visit of courtesy, has also greatly alarmed the Bolshevists. A few measure of commercial inter- ourse as well through its reaffirma- ion of the economic and financial sconcessions of the pact of Versailles. There was «very indication today hat efforts would be made by the ad- ninistration to secure senate ratifica- on.as soon as possible after con- reassembles late in October. against Russia by oland. / M.Chitcherin, the Soviet foreign minister, has informed the, foreien reason, the Bolsh stood to have replied that this was HULL, Eng., Aug. 26.—(By The Associated Press.) — Workmen engaged in salvaging the wreckage of the ill-fated ZR-2, from the turbid waters of the Humber, where it fell with its human freight on Wednesday evening, employed powerful cranes today to lift the skeleton of the airship. was believed that as soon as the twisted and tangled frame- BALL SCORES National League «At Philadelphia— R. H. Winters, ine. At New York— Batteries = Hlaentiea afd Schmidt; Douglas and, Snyder. At Brooklyn— Brooklyn | er, Miljus, Schupp, Smith and Miller. Batteries — Pertica, North and Dil- and Godwy American League At Chicago— 001 001 101— 4 13 ters; Hodge and Schalk. At Cleveland — Washington . ion Cleveland and Gharrity; Mails and O'Neill. At Detroit— R. H. E. New York 020 131— Detroit At St. Louis St. Louis B— ee ROAD REPORT Grant Highway—Nebraska -line to Keeline good, then fair to Orin. Yellowstone Highway—Platte Coun- line to Careyhurst good, then fair to Glenrock, Glenrock to Casper somewhat rough. Chuck holes are being filled with gravel and shale, but owing to the dry condition of the roads, the highway will continue to be rough until more rain falls. Casper to Shoshoni and Bonneville is good except two short sandy stretches be- tween Righards and Moneta, where work is being done to help this bad condition. Cars not overloaded and in proper dondition are making Birds- eye Pass without much difficulty. four horse maintenance outfit has deen placed on the Shoshoni side by the state highway department. Shoshoni-Lander Road—Good except somewhat rough over Indian Reser- vation. ‘The Indian service has their wn tractor outfit and a tractor out- fit Borrowed from the state highway deparment working on this stretch. Casper-Sheridan Road—Fair to Kay- tee and generally good to Sheridan. ete A a ais FRENCH MAIL PLANE FALLS LONDON, Aug. 26.—(By The Asso- ciated Press)—An airplane carrying mail from London to Brussels fell into the English channel, a few miles off Calais, France, today, as the result of an explosion of its petrol tank. It is not known whether there were any ty > their answer to the arrival of al- ministes of Finland, Letvia, ie ti Jied warships in the Baltic. thonia and Lithuania that the Ser. a ment, “shall not be bound” by four Such commercial and supplemental of the 15 sections, and one section, eaties as may be found necessary i fatalities. It Cincinnati . 104 000 101— 7 17 1 Philadelphia 000 009 200 2 7 3 Batteries — Luque and Wingo; Smith, Wilhelm and. Hen. . H. B. Pittsburgst_ a) 001-200— ve 10 9 New York m— 2 5 1 Batteries—Martin and Daly! Rueth. At Boston — R. H. E. fiSt. Louis 101 010 000— 6 11 Boston - 000 100 200— 3 9 Jones, Bush and Wal- NUMBER 272. ROTARY NAMES MEETING PLACE CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Los Angeles Was selected today as the 192 cor vention city for the International Ro. tary clubs. ‘The selection was made by the board of directors in session here, ‘after a strong invitation had been presented by William Stephens. president of the Los Angeles Rotary rctub. Disposition Of Seized Liquor Ordered Today} WASHI ‘ON, A 26.—Immedi ate disposition of liquor selzed under the national prohibition act on which storage charges are accruing was or- dered today by ‘sioner Haynes. Prohibition C >. AIR SERVICE SUSPENDED. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) Aig,)26. ~Bue'to the changing’ of ‘the linding | fleld from rie Francisco to Oakland, the air mail service. between. Salt} Lake and San Francisoo will be sys pended for threo days commencing to.! torrow, postal officiais_ announc! CERMAN VICTIM hoefer, Clemons; McQuillan, Fillingim | R. H. E. 102 010 OOI— 5 12 1) Batteries—Erickson, Schact, Acosta | SHOTS ‘Body Perforated by 12 Bullet Holes as| Erzberger mmis MARCHING HORDES THREATENING CIVIL WAR Tension Tightens in ivish Peace Negotiations—No Pedeiors Raised ‘to Britain Che Casper Daily ke Crihune |, | MINER HOSTS PREPARE FOR HOSTILITIES Government Troops Being Mustered in Many Sections to Take Charge of Endangered Country BULLETIN. MADISON,W. Va., Aug. 26—4(By The Associated Press.)—The advance guard of the marching miners on their way from Marmet to Mingo as a pro- test against Governor Morgan's martial law was turned back by Charles F. Keeney, president of District No. 17, United Mine Workers, and Fred Mooney, secretary, after it had passed through Madison shortly after noon today. The men, numbering some 200 or 300, had camped in a ey here for dinner and then pressed on their way toward the Logan county Keeney and ney who left Charieston early today, with the avowed intention of stopping the march, reached Madison” within half an hour after the men left. After a brief conference with county officials, they hurried down the road and overtaking the part y induced it to march back to Madison. (By United Press.) CHARLE N, W. Va., Aug. 26. Civil war is hourly expected to break out in West Virginia's hills. The Vangu of 5,000 coal miners marching to Mingo county with the intention of forcing complete unio ization of that district is approach: Ing the frontier of Logan county. A volunteer army of 1,000 men is guarding narrow mountain passes to defend Logan county's sovereign- ty. Unless the miners halt when ordered, they will be fired upon. Both sides are heavily armed. Alr- planes are on scout duty. A MADISON, W. Va., Aug. 26.—Sheriff John Hill of Boone county told The Associated Press today that he had been asked over the telephone by Charles F. Keeney, leader of the West Virginia union miners, and Fred Mooney, their secre- tary, to tell the miners at Racine to remain there until Keeney and Mooney could reach the camp by motorcar from Charles- ton. lect ag Hill added that he had told them, had already pecome more | sont C, Stewart, one of his dep-| serious than the men had anticipated. | uties, Ms Racine by m¢torcar with the ‘h men camped in the courthouse message, yard and Kee said he was arrang n. H. B. Bandholtz, U. 8. A., who|ing for automobiles to take them to is here Investigati 5 the baseball grounds where he expect- }told the union offic address them, was rehictant to The men have come a long dis. nter West Virginia to oppose tance and are not feeling very good of armed men. But it would be neces-|’about this situation id President sary un the men abandoned tho| Keeney. “I shall do all in my power enterprise and dispersed, he said. No|to turn them back and just as soon half-way measures would be en,|as the rest of the men come tn from }the’ general said. He pointed out to| the mountains I'll talk to them. It is the union officials that in his opinion| no easy Job. the men assembled for theamarch with-|. “1 never saw mmny men on the out realizing the serious#@se, of the| march before, From Racine to Madi- step and without knowing the possi-|son this morning there must have ‘ble consequence. The situation, 1 ued on Page 85 LEADER FALLS OF ASSASSIN’S FIRED BY YOUTH and instituted suit for libel. The jhearing w2s acrimonious and as- jumed ch litica Ct Two Youths Empty Guns at sumed much political importance, Dr, |Helfferich delivering —_ denunciatory Speeches in court while Erzberger and Dietz vigorously defended himself and his action in seeking peace in 1917. BERLIN, Aug. 26.—(By The Associated J’ R. H. E./Erzberger, former vice premier and minister of finance, w |murdered today. Herr Erzberger was assassi where he was sojourning with his family. {tained 12 bullet wounds. Herr Erzberger had left Bad-Gries- bach, where he was taking the cure, in company with the reichstag dep- uty, Diez, for a foot tour of the Black forest. An hour later both men were confronted by two youths who sepa- rated them and then emptied revolv- ers at Herr Erzberger, who was killett instantly by shots in the head. uty Diez aiso was wounded. Mathias Erzberger, former German vice premier and minister of finance, | was shot and wounded on Januar; 26, 1920, as he was leaving the crim- inal court building in Berlin after at- tending a hearing in a libel suit he had brought against Dr. Karl Helf-| ferich, the former German vice chan- cellor.. His assailant gave his name/ as Oltwig von Hirschfeld, a former cadet officer, 20 years old, a student, and son of a Berlin bank official, Von| Hirschfeld was arrested and wi quoted as saying he considered Brz berger dangerous to the empire. The assailant firedstwo shots at Erzberg. er as the minister. was entering his | Dep-| Herr Erzber ress.)—Mathias teader of the er was for many years German Center party as|and one of the leading figures in Ger- |man public life after Germany's de- |feat in the war. His peace move of inated near Offenburg, Baden,! 1917 nad made him the storm cates His body con-|of attack by reactionaries; |Germany’s military power but when collapsed automobile. One bullet glanced off}he was made minister without port- the minister's watch chain and an-|felio in the cabinet of Prince Maxi- other entered his shoulder. milian. Erzberger roused a storm in Ger-| As a member of the Germ: armis- many in July, 1917, more than a yearytice delegation he conducted negotia- before the armistice, by proposing a|tions with Marshal Foch and later resolution in the German reichstag in| headed the majority Socialists in a favor of a peace without annexitions|movement to form a new. ministry and for parliamentary reform. Chan-|and sign the peace treaty. His atti- eellor Bethmann-Hollweg declared|tude throughout the armistice nego- this formula was unacceptable and|tiations aroused against him the in- Dr. Helfferich subsequently blamed |dignation of German military author- Srzberger’s peace proposal for thefities and in June, 1919, it was re- moral collapse of the German peo-,ported that his residence had been ple. The former vice chancellor ac-}fired upon by a Berlin mob. A. plot cused Erzberger of — treason, de-}said to have bee formed by mem- nounced him as to the|bers of the officers’ corps at Pots- parity’ of our’ public. lite invited] dam to assassinate him was revealed him to bring suit for a 1 He de-|in September. following. clared that Er rger tr be re moved from public office “if our po-| 1.™ pees Rite ee \itical life is again to become healthy] joie. ate eieotine aed voor d normal.” He asserted also that] Ohiained a ual testi rasa zberger’s fortune had been made}?, ies a university — education, ring the war by utilizing his polit-| 1 cconome, wrote eae AEG pone {cal and parliamentary position. sailite Se eeiain debt eee Erzberger accepted the ~ challenge} Pt nd jeconomib, sublets laa became a brilliant speaker and _poli- CHICAGO BANK LOOTER SAFE IN MEXICO, DETECTIVES SAY EL PASO, Texas, Aug. 26.—War- ren C. Spurgin, Chicago bank presi- dent, who is said to have abscond- ed after looting the Michigan Ave- nue Trust company of $1,594,000, | lias been definitely located at Uriachia, Chihuahua, by ©. A. Ca- rey, Chicago detective who returned to El Paso last night from Chi- huahua City, Spurgin has about $50,000 in cash and is said to be ac- companied by a woman companion, | chosen from his coterie of “high life” acquaintances in Chicago. Mr. Carey is accompanied in his local investigations by R. 0. Fife, manager of the Hilltop Mining com- pany of Cochise county, Arizona. | Mr, Fife is interested in the cap- ture of Spurgi. because of a series of attempts to reb him, his father | ticlan. He was elected to the reich- stag in 1903 as member of the Center (Catholic) party, as representative of small farmers and became one of the leaders of a small liberal wing of that party. He is said to have been a Pan-German during the early part of the w nd to have engaged active- ly in spreading German propaganda. and other owners of the mine of | He was accused of having recommend- thakepeugntts ial alleged. ed the use by German troops of the Spurgin was the “dupe” of a num. {ame thrower. © Later he declared ber of mine and oil. promoters, ac- | Germany's U-boat war had failed and advocated {ts abandonment. Some time prior to the armistice he pub- hed a book in which he outlined a cording to Mr. Carey end Mr. Fife. They say the banker himself got very little of the money he is said to have taken, but a number of | ?!0" for a league of nations. “wildeat” organizations, including Erzberger was elected member of an oil company in Texas, were the |the national assembly from Wuert- recipients of his dollars. temberg in January, 1919, and in June became vice ister of finance. The banker at one time had Mr. Carey in his employ as a personal Premier and min- In the latter office detective, and for that reason the |he formulated the vast income tax | officer was engaged to run him |and capit&l levy plan which he de- down this time. clared necessary to enable Ger- Mr. Carey declared today that a |many to pay her indemnities to the man whose name he gave, had come |entente and to rehabilitate herself to the southwest to prepare a hid- | financially. It was ciaimed that his Ing place for Spurgin having $50,- 000 advanced by the banker. That money has been hidden and the man is gone, he said. levy on German capital would great- ly reduce the huge fortunes of Ger- man war ‘s and industrial leaders. profit