Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1922, Page 1

NAVAL LIMITATI INSPECTOR ADMITS LIQUOR THEFTS ee PARTICIPATION CONFESSED IN $500,000 STEAL Took Stock in Cellars of Rich and Tipped Off Crooks, Report Weather Forecast tonight with zero temperatures. VOLUME VI CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—An- nouncement was made today by Chief of Detectives Hughes that Scott Burnett, an in- spector in the department of internal revenue, had con- feased to participation in whiskey rob- berles totalling $500,000 within the last year. Burnett was arrested and the police gay told how he had been detailed to Check on the inventories of Mquor in the homes of rich Chicagoans and how he was induced by a band of notort- ous crooks to enter into a conspiracy with them to rob these places. WIFE SLAYER 1S CAPTURED ley of Ceder Hill, Tenn., sought since last November in connection with the slaying of his wife and a man with whom she was friendly, was arrested here today. Delegates Named To Arbitration Parley by Chile SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 1—(By The BASIN ton of evidence may not be reached today as the jurors were to be sworn nm at 3 o'clock followed by the opening statements of counsel. At the adjournment last night the regular jury. panel was exhausted and a special venire was drawn from the five-mile limit consisting of 25 men who reported this morning. The state had six peremptory chalienges and the defendant 12. The jury consists of George A. Wil- son, lunch counter, Greybull; Robert A. Gould, bottling works, Basin; War- rent Brinkerhoff, farmer, Lovell; A. A. &mith, section foreman, Kane; Ric! ard Mott, farmer, Manderson; Harry L. Wise, Lewstand, Basin; James A. Cliftom ‘rancher, fipell; M. M. Pegs, miller, Basin; Joseph Reidl, farmer, Basin; J: W. Osborn, carpenter, Basin; H. L. Smith, laborer, Basin. ‘The balarice of the jury panels were excused until recalled by the court. Labor Secretary At Battle Creek To Recuperate Aldunate Solar to represent Chile at the conference in Washington to set- tle the dispute with Peru over the un- fulfilled clauses of the treaty of Ancon it 1s announced by Minister of the Interior Tocornal. © SOVIET WON'T | REDUCE ARMIES COPENHAGEN, Feb. 1—(By The Associated Press.)—The central execu- tive committee of the soviet: govern- ment has rejected a proposal by Nik- olai Lenine that the Russian army be reduced by half, according to a Mos- cow dispatch to~the Social Dema- kraten by way of Berlin. Lenine’s proposal was made with a view to meeting the wishes of the United States but it was opposed by Leon Trotzky. BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Feb, 1.— The condition of Secretary of Labor Davis, who is confined at a local san- itaroum is not serious, attending phy- siclans said today, explaining Mr. Davis had entered the institution for diagnosis of an old ailment. Secretary Davis expects to spend about a week here resting, it was stated. Montevideo To Fair tonight and Thursday; preceded by unsettled weather in north portion; cold wave in extreme south portion Operate ItsCars|| TQ MILLIONS Dozen Firemen Overcome In MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb. 1.— —City authorities have taken possés- sion of the capital’s two street car companies and will operate them. The lines have been idle since early this month due to a strike of the employes for higher companies, La Transatlantic, rejected the munt- pal council's ultimatum that the lines resume operation..under control of a municipal official and grant the em- Ployes’ demands. Municipal officials and polics last night seized the managers’ office. La |, @ British company, is un- derstood to have deposited its books in the British legation. Fighting Blaze PITTSBURGH, Feb. 1.—<Jearly @ score of firemen were overcome by smoke in fighting a blaze in the bufld- ing of the National Biscuit company in the downtown district this morn- ing. Although all were removed to hospitals, none was said to be in a serious condition. La Commercial and|@2¥ he has been informed that the _Locomobile Co. ‘The managers have started legal proceedings against the city, holding COURT Opening Statement of Prosecution in Lampitt Case Scheduled for Late This Afternoon, Jury Sworn BASIN, Wyo., Feb. 1.—(Special to The Tribune.) —A jury to decide the fate of Alberi Lampitt, on trial here for the murder of Harry Foight and Worley Seaton, who met death in an explosion which wrecked a bunkhouse in the Grass Creek oil field last April, was completed gt noon today after an extra venire of 25 men reported this morning. Introduc- TWO ARRESTED HERE FOR THEFT OF DENVER CARS OVER YEAR AGO George Pedaris, said to be a Prominent member of the local Greek “colony, and Bert Tullis, op- erator of a garage at 113 South Con- well street, are being held by tho! Colorado county authorities here charged | the car, ft is snid that Pedaria trove with having stolen au: Machine "to Casper and kept charge is being brought by govern- | in storage here until July, 1921, ment secret servico agents who have been working on the cases for several weeks. Pedaris was arrested this morn- ing charged with having stolen a car in Denver in September, 1920. The machine, a Chandler automo- bile, was later taken to Denver and traded in on a new car. The specific charge against Pedaris is CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1922. JURY FILLED FOR TRIAL IN session of the Washin lowing preamble exp tracting governments: Peace and to reduce the burdens of} competitive armament; interstate movement of stolen ve hicles. The car originally belonged to George Fawcett and was stolen from the business section of the capital. After stealing when he traded it for a new car in Denver, Tullis 1s charged with responsi- bility for the theft of a Hudson car belonging to R. J. Dunphy. The machine was reported stolen here October 17, It is snid that the car has -been loeated in a Denver gar- age, where it was stored last Octo. ‘ ber. he Casper Daily Crime [cm NUMBER 96. Resume of I reaty Adopted by Five Powers on Limitation O Naval Armaments in W orld WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The draft of the treaty for the limitation of naval armament submitted today to the plenary m conference contains only the fol- aining the purpose of the five con- “Desiring to contribute to the maintenance of the general Have resolved with a view to ac- complishing these purposes to con- clude a treaty to Umit thetr respect-| ive naval armaments and to that end| havg appointed as their plenipoten- tiarfes: The treaty is divided into three) chapters; chapter 1 contains tho ge1 ral Innguage of the agreemonts cov- ered in 20 articles. Chapter 2 con- tains detailed specific agreements of naval matters, many of them in com- pleted tabular form amplifying agree- ments of chapter 1. Chapter 3 is de- voted to miscellaneous provisions. Chapter 1 is headed “General pro- -visions relating to armament limita- tion." “Article J-ie.the ‘agreement to limit nent as contained in’tho treaty while article 2 specifies the ships ac- cruing to each signatory country to- gether with reservations concerning ships now under construction. Article 3 is an agreement to aban-| don capital ship program while a: ticle 4 outlines naval ratio and arti- cle 6 fixes the tonnage limit for any| ship that may be constructed during the life of the pact, Artiéle 6 mits calibre of guns on LEADERS URCE END OF STRIKE U.P. TOSPEND. AT CHEYENNE Special to The Tribune. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Fel 1—Srank J. Witfler, secretary of the Cheyénne ‘The two|chamber of commerce announced to- Un- fon Pacific Railroad company would spend two million dollars here for en- larging its freight yards and shops and provide passenger subways and canopies similar to those at Denver. — —— Indictments In Trust. Company Packing House Workers Taking Second} | Vote on Proposal to Return at jable to other Request of Union Officers _ CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—(By Ts2 Associated Press.) —Pack- ing house workers throughout the- country are voting today on the question of calling off their strike, which started in 14 | strikers seek their old positions. No statement was forthcoming to- d@y from union headquarters in ex- planation of this action. The strike was marked by rioting and bloodshed in several cities. At Oklahoma City a negro strikebreaker was lynched) and seven men who pleaded guilty to} the crime have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The strike affected plants in Chica- go, St, Paul, Albert Lea, Minn., Kan- sas City, Omaha, East St. Louis, Fort packing centers December 15, 1921. quarters of the union here last night telegraphed all locals | jrecommending that the strike be called off, and that the International head- | President Of Defunct Trust | Firm Indicted | . WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—(By The Associated Press. the arms conference was called @ The fifth open session of Far in of oo qe" " 2 order just after 11 o’clock today for the presentation of t. naval limitation treaty, and the special treaties limiting the use of submarines and poison gases. The exact moment of the opening of the session was 11:06 a.m. Chairman Hughes began with the resolutions adopted in the Far Eastern committee. He brought in first the resolution of December 12 for withdrawal of foreign postoffices from China. ‘Without discussion the postoffice resolution was adopted and the con- ships to 16 inches and article 7 fixes the tonnage of aircraft carriers. Arti- cle 8 provides for replacement of air- craft carriers and article 9 sets forth the manner in which additional air- craft carriers can be secured: Article 10 limits aircraft carriers to $-inch calibre guns; it provides also for @ permissible total of 10 guns if the armament carried includes guns exceeding six inches in calibre. If the armament contains no guns ex- ceeding six inches the number of guns is not limited. Article 11 provides no warship ex- ceeding 10,000 tons displacement oth- er than capital ship aircraft carrier shall be built within jurisdiction of contracting powers, Article 12 limite guns on any ex- {cept capital ships to 8-inch calibre. ‘Thirteen provides no vessel Fourteen | war vessel. provides war vessels. Articles 15, war vessel shall be constructed dur ing the life of the pact and if this is done all details must be made avail- snatories. Eighteen prevents transferring of vessels of war to any foreign power while 19 provides England, America and Japan agree to maintain status quo with regard to fortifications and naval bases in territories and posses- sions. A subheading under this arti- cle names insular possessions held by America in the Pacific except those adjacent to the United States, Alaska and the canal zone not including the Aleutian and Hawalian islands, Second subhead names Hong Kong and Pacific insular possessions now held and hereafter acsuired by Great Britain east! of 110 degrees east long- {tude except those adjacent to the coasts of Canada and its territories and New Zealand. The third subheading names as Jap- aneso insular territories and posses- sions in’ the Kurile, Bonin and Loo- choc islands, Amami-Oshima, For- mosa, the Pescadores “und any insular territories or possessions in the Pacific ocean which Japan may hereafter ac- quire.” The article explains that the status quo agreement implies that no new fortifications or bases shall be es- tablished or present defenses or naval facilities bo increased in the territories jnamed, the restrictfon not precluding, however, replacement of worn out weapons or equipment. Article 20 provides for a uniform rule of determinifig displacement ton- nage for all five power: Chapter two is headed: Rules relating to the execution of the treaty—‘definition of terms.” Part one carries the specific lists of capital ships already quoted, but makes the tonnage ratio agreement ef- fective for the United States on the |competition of the two West Virginia class ships and the scrapping of the North Dakota and Delaware; and for Great Britain on completion of the two to be scrapped shall be reconverted into a no Preparations shall be made in peace time to convert merchant ships into 16 and 17 provide no ference then went on to other Far Eastern resolutions. In quick succession the two open door resolutions and the two resolu- tions pledging against discriminatory railroad practices in China were adopted without debate. Every seat in the conference hall Was occupied and many spectators stood. The audionce included cabinet officers, supreme court justices, mem. bers of congress and other officials. The committee resolution providing for withdrawal of foreign troops from China also was adopted unanimously Mr. Hughes then announced that the Chinese tariff resolution would be Passed over for the present because of special considerations affecting it, It would come before the conferen later, he said, embodied tn a customs treaty. The declaration of the powers ask- ing China to reduce her military forces and the resolution, for pub- Melty of foreign commitments in China followed the same rapid path- way to adoption. The conference then adopted the Chinese radio resolution of December 7, with the accompanying deciara- tions of principles by the powers and by China already niade public. ‘That ended the string of resolutions and Chairman Hughes announced amid applause that he had been in- formed that the Shantung controv- orsy “has been settled.” The chairman then read the points of agreement between the Japanese and Chinese in regard to Shantung, the substance of which previously had been announced by the two delega- tions concerned. ‘The Shantung treaty between China and Japan, consisting of 11 articles in addition to a number of annexes provides for return by Japan to China of the territory and property in Shan- tung as reported previously tn Ass ciated Press dispatches. The Japanese agreed to turn over the Shantung rallway at @ valuation of 53,000,000 gold marks plus Japa- nese expenditures for permanent im- provements, with atlobvances..for. de- preciation, in return for Chinese treas+ ury notes running 15 years but re- deemable within five years at the op- tion of China, ~ The agreement for management of the railroad provided for a Chinese managing director, with a Japanese traffic manager subordinate and Chi- nese and Japanese chief accountants with joint powers. Article 1 provides that Japan shall restore to China the former German leased territory. Japan and China each will appoint a commissioner with powers to arrange for the trans- fer of the properties, The transfer would be required within ‘six months and the Japanese government agrees| to band over to China all archtves,) deeds and other papers relating to| Kiao Chow. The second article provides for transfer by Japan to China of all pub- lc property in Shantung whether| originally German owned or built sub-| sequently by the Japanese. One pro- vision declares that no compensation| shall be claimed by Japan for such property except such purchased since| Japanese occupation or that of the} Germans which Japan had improved.| CT ADOPTED Adoption of Resolutions Affecting East Paves Way for Submiss. Plenary Session of Arms Confere?. Treaty Agreement on Big Navies FORMAL ASSENT OF BIG POWERS ‘9 FOLLOWED BY SEPARATE PACT Representatives of All Nations _ Participating in Draft Voice Approv- al of Final Text WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—In a three-hour session today the Wash- ington conference approved both the naval limitation treaty and the treaty putting submarine warfare against merchant craft and gas and chemical warfare under the bam of fivepower disapproval. The ary session then adjourned on call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.— Formal assent of the five powers to the naval limitation treaty was given at the plen- ary session of the Washing. ton conference today. The ac- tion was taken after presentation of the treaty by Chairman Hughes and his Drief discussion, followed by an address by M. Sarraut of the French delegation expressing the adherence of France. The separa’ treaty re- farding submarines and Poison gas was then presented by Elihu Root. The session adjourned at 2:36 p. m. © meet again at the call of the chair- man. Before the plenary session conclud- ed its work, Mr. Hughes read into the record a lengthy statement from the minutes of the “conversations” which form a part of the Shantung settlo- ment between China and Japan. Mr. Root said the tretuty he pre snted was a supplement to the naval agreement. “You will percety he said, “that this treaty does not undertake to cod. 4 international law with respect to Visit and search and selzure of mer- chant vessels. What it does under- take is to state the law of nations ‘with respect to the visit and search of merchant vessels and that under 1o circumstances are submarines ex- €npt from such humane rules.’* “Cynics have said that in the street of war these rules will be violated,’’ Mr. Root continued “Cynics are al- , Ways nearsighted. We may grant that jthe rules limiting the use of imple- ments of warfare may be violated in |the street of war. But beyond rules and governments there rests the pub- |lic opinion of civilization. And the public opinion of the world can pun- ish.” | Senator Schanzer followed Mr. Root and expressed Italy’s approval of the submarine treaty. Senator Schanzer said Italy had felt that its fleet of submarines for de- fense only should equal that of any other power on the Mediterranean. He expressed the conviction that the American program as carried out by the conference would end the possibil- ities of war. Secretary Hughes said ho belfeved the naval treaty would make it diffi- cult for any nation “to engage in the Production of craft which unfortun- ately are not included.” The agree- ment and the submarine and chemical warfare supplemental treaty then was For those China agreed to refund the adopted. Before adjournment Dr. ze, bare amount of the Japanese expen-/head of the Chinese delegation ex- ditures. 4 | pressed the gratification of China over Another provision declares that the|Mr. Balfour's promise that Great Brite Japanese consulate, schools and_/ain would relinquish Wel Hei Wel. shrines shall be retained by the Ja-| panete TEXT OF TREATY ON 4 | police are ready to take over the rail- new ships previously provided for and BOSTON, Feb. 1—Max Mitchel |the scrapping of the four ships they president of the defunct Cosmopolitan |Will replace. Provision {s made for Probe Decided the seizure unconstitutional SE SL <2 CATES SPEAKS AT HIGH SCHOOL. ‘Thos, H. Temple, district represen- tative of the American Red Cross, In Receivership ——s BOSTON, Feb. 1—The Suffolk Worth, Oklahoma City, Sioux City, | Trust company, was arraigned today | St. Joseph, Mo., Denver, Wichita and/on five secret indictments, in which Nebraska City. he was charged with liabilities aggre- So Re gationg $1,500,000, fraudulent loans COMMISSION FORM WINS. and conversions, false reports and en- who has been in Casper for the past several days to attend the annual) meeting of the organization, address- ed the modern history class at the high school this morning, telling of his numerous experiences abroad while serving on the staff of Herbert) Hoover, forefgn food administrator. HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 1—A re- ceivership for the Locomobile com- pany of Bridgeport, was applied for in papers filed with Federal Judge Ed- *win S. Thomas at his office today. ‘This action was taken, it was stated, as a step towagd reorganization of the company. GERMANY FACES BIG RAIL STRIKE pouncing s penalty of {mprison- ment or s fine to a maximum of 50,000 marks for individuals refusing. to work or inciting others to such refusal. The minister of communications has been authorized to take every BERLIN, Feb. 1—(By The Asso cited Press) —The execttive commit- county grand jury returned four sec- ret indictments as a result of its in- tigation of the Cosmopolitan Trust loans and impairment of capital. Loans totalling $1,500900 were said to have been uncovered by the inves- tigation and state officials said they expected an arrest. FUNERAL OF WYOMING VICTIM IN WASHINGTON DISASTER NEXT SUNDAY Special to The Tribune. KEMMERER, Wyo., Feb. 1.—Fun- eral services for William B. Sammon, only Wyoming victim of the Knicker- bocker theater disaster in Washing: measure to insure the con- necessary the strike move was filegalafd an- | tinuance of traffic, ton, will he held here Sunday with the American Legiin in: charge, . PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 1—Pensa- cola. cftizens voted 1,987 to 1,492 yes- terday to retain the commission form of government. CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—Five sacks of mail believed to be registered, were stolen by threo armed bandits, who after firing one shot, stopped a inail clerk in Whiting, Ind., this morn- ing as he was enroute from the Pennsylvania rallroad depot to the postoffice, according to reports to the Chicago police. According to the Whiting police, the bandits waited until the mail train had pulled away. The mail tries and with altering a promissory note. He pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000 supplied by relatives. FIVE SACKS OF MAIL IN BOOTY clerk piled the bags into s small wheel cart and was about @ block away from the station, when tho bandit car containing three men drove alongside. One of the robbers fired a shot into the air and ordered the cleric to halt. The messenger held up his hands and the other bandits jump- ed from thelr automobile ‘and threw the sacks into the machine and dis- appeared in the direction of Chi- cago. |vessels due for scrapping must |rendered France to lay down new capital ship tonnage in the years 1927, 1929 and 1931 as provided for in the replace- ment agreement and with a similar provision for Italy. Part two sets out four rules for scrapping vessels of war. Rule one provides that such vessels must be so treated that they “cannot be put to combatant use." Rule two provides that this may be effected by sinking the ships, breaking them up, convert- Ing them into targets in which case not more than one capital ship at a time could be retained for target use. A subdivision would permit France and Italy during 1931 or thereafter each to retain two seagoing vessels for gunnery and torpedo school work, the French vessels to be of the Jean Bart class, and the Italian to be the Dante Alighierl and a ship of the Guillo”Cesaro class, the two govern- thents agreeing to destroy conning the said ships as vessel of war.” Rule three of part two provides that be immediately incapable of warlike service which shall be deemed to have been accomplished when there shall have been removed or destroyed 4. vontinued on Page 53 towers of these vessels “and not to uso | The third article provides for with- drawal of Japanese troops from Shan- tung, especially on the railroad and including Japanese gendarmes, as/ soon as possible, when the Chinese! road. It is stipulated that the Japa- nese troop retirement will be effected by sections on the railway at dates to be arranged between Japanese and! |Chineso authorities, Entire with-e drawal of Japanese troops is to be effected within three months if pos- sible and not later than six months. The Japanese garrison at Tsingtao is to be withdrawn within 30 days. Article 4 of the treaty, dealing with maritime customs, provides that the Japanese shall return to China the customs house at Tsingtao, Article 5 covers the transfer of the Shantung railway. To effect the! transfer, China and Japan are to ap- point three commissioners to com- |pose a joint railway commission which {s to appraise the railway’s ac- (Continued on Page 5.) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1—The United Mine Workers of America are willing to “unreservedly pool | thelr interests with the railroad or- | ganizations and stand with them in | resistence to the proposed attacks | upon their wage schedules,” Jobn L. | Lewis, international president of the | miners, declared in a statement to- day. The statement was n:ade along with the announcement that invita SUB AND GAS WARFARE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—(By The Associated Press)—The text of the treaty embodying the arms confer- ence agreements on submarine and chemical warfare follows: The United States of America, the British empire, France, Italy and Jap- an, hereinafter referred tu as the sig- natory powers, desiring to make more {fective the rules adopted by civilized nations for the protection of the lives of neutrala and non-combatants at sea in time of war, and to prevent the use in war of noxious gases and chem- {cals, have determined to conclude a treaty to this effect and have appoint- ea their plenipotentiaries, who have agreed as follows: Section I.—The signatory powers de- clare that among the rules adopted by civilized nations for the protection of the lives of neutrals and non-combat- ants at sea in time of war, the follow- ing are to be deemed an established fact of international law. @) A merchant vessel must be or- (Continued on Page 5.) LABOR ‘POOL’ IS PLAN OF MINERS tions to participate in = mesting with the miners had been sent to of- flcers of the 16 major organizations of rallroad workers. ‘ Mr. Lewis declared the railroad workers have been “compelled to ac- cept inequitable wage reductions” and asserted propaganda now is be- ing conducted on a gigantic scale to enforce further “unwarranted wage cuts upon them.” If