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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1920
Page
1
On Christmas Day the YWCA hosts an open house with BPW Club hostesses to aid lonely girls with a Christmas tree and activities. New Year plans consider inviting maintenance contributors, while a matron and expanded outreach may welcome overnight guests.
In Athens the newly proclaimed Constantine I arrived amid cannon fire planes and cheering thousands. He greeted crowds from a cathedral service after alighting from the train embracing Queen Mother Olga and Princess Christopher. He pledged internal unity peace with allies and praised his fathers policy and Greek culture. He recalled King Alexander as having done his duty.
A Casper meeting with Gov. Corey and the state land board debated whether the board can ask 1500 per acre for 40 acres needed by Standard Oil and 100 per acre more for mineral rights while considering selling the 600 acres to the city at 250 per acre for parks housing and development. Local leaders argued for affordable housing and city growth.
A man named Ferguson fired at Wilson, owner of a Sandbar area rooming house, wounding him in the back but not fatal. Simpson, a former officer, struck the assailant with a coal bucket as Ferguson fled. Mrs. Wilson fired a pistol, and two men with Ferguson were arrested for identification.
Washington Dec 20 The federal trade commission reports the president lacks power to bar wheat imports under current law but may restrain future trading in wheat under the Lever Act It notes future trading is not proven to lower prices and suggests Congress consider non wartime regulatory action.
Allied warships that had been docked at Piraeus left before the arrival of Constantine aboard the Greek cruiser Averoff to avoid paying honors to the returning monarch amid Athens dispatches.
Lincoln Neb Dec 20 Alson B Cole and Allen V Grammer condemned Howard county men will be in the electric chair at 3 o clock this afternoon unless the unexpected intercedes according to Warden Fenton
In El Paso and Ardmore reports indicate Clara Smith Hamon, sought for the murder of Jake Hamon, plans to surrender within a week or ten days. Her parents say attorneys arranged for her trial, while officials note she is not in Chihuahua and may face charges soon.
Earthquake rocks the Argentine slope of the Andes destroying several towns. Reports say heavy loss of life and property with 144 bodies recovered already. The event is the severest in Argentina since 1869 when Mendess suffered major ruin.
Associated Press reports Berlin officials warn surrender of 800000 milk cows under the Versailles terms would devastate Germany by cutting milk supply and crippling farming and industry. France insists the cows must be handed over to satisfy treaty provisions.
During a raid on a roadhouse run by Bessie Fisher south of the city a deputy released a working man with four minutes to reach town. The man promised to avoid further trouble and reportedly dropped back the three minutes to help him, then disappeared in a cloud of dust.
Yesemen raiders looted the Indiana National Bank in Indianapolis early today, breaking into the vault and taking an estimated six to fifteen thousand dollars before the bank opened this morning. Police are investigating the heist.
The Supreme Court denied Lehigh Valley Railroad's request to modify a decree that dissolved the railroad's coal combine. The ruling was announced in Washington on December 20 by the United Press report.
Former commissioners and officers of the army navy and marine corps plan a 20000 man force to curb a crime epidemic sweeping New York City. A massive roundup is under way with 11000 police augmented by 4800 officers to stem a crime wave, catching 150 people in a recent dragnet.
Washington dispatch reports the county jail at South Bend was heavily guarded to prevent a lynching of J F Welch accused of wrecking a dredge and causing the deaths of Frank Behnke his daughter Blanche and two others. Authorities believe Blanche Welch refused Welch’s advances triggering the killings.
An Anvelized Press dispatch from Fayette City Pennsylvania reports a firebug operating in Fayette and Westmoreland counties has ignited two barns and two residences. Total losses attributed to the firebug exceed sixty thousand dollars.
Six nurses were injured when they jumped from the second story of the nurses home at the University of Nebraska hospital to escape a fire that caused 45000 damage. Forty five other nurses escaped unharmed. Miss Alma Smith of 428 South Durbin street will travel to Colorado for the holidays to visit relatives and friends.
Dublin reports state Crown forces struck at the Aran group entrance to Galway Hey Sunday, surrounding the main island by boat. Two men were shot while attempting to escape, three others wounded, seven taken prisoner, with no casualties announced for Crown forces.
Washington officials confirmed the revival of the historic Inaugural ball as part of plans for Warren G. Harding’s March 4 inauguration. The Washington committee organized festivities surrounding the official transfer of power on that day.
New York December 20 wage reductions averaging about 30 percent under the union scale for men's clothing workers since November 2019 were announced by the Clothing Manufacturers' association.
The federal trade commission told President Wilson that future wheat trading is mere gambling and should be halted by congressional regulation. It cites a larger world crop, reduced foreign buying, high import volumes from Canada with no exchange-rate discount, and record corn and oats crops depressing wheat prices along with slack domestic demand as factors in the price decline.
Washington December 20 The House Ways and Means Committee voted out the Fordney emergency tariff bill setting the stage for congressional action on the measure. The committee approved the proposal amid debate over its impact on industry and prices.
President elect Harding is reported planning to scrap the League of Nations and form a new association of nations with an international court and revised international law. The program calls for meetings of the association to discuss global problems and would begin a few months after his inauguration. Myron Blackmer visits from Denver and H A Merritt attends to business from Denver offices.
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