Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1920, Page 1

ry Witness ee Plot! F= to Extract $5,000 — From Rancher s ‘iiimeetat to’ The Tribune. . CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 16.— Whether Anna (Goldie) Sander- son, alleged to be both 17 and 22 years of age, was the victim of John Wright, who admits being 55 years of age and an attorney and rancher of Bassett, Neb.. and New- be the victim of Anna, is 4 question be- fore a Jury in the United States district , court here in the trial of Wright on a charge of violation of the Mann act. Miss Sanderson, testifying against Wright, assed that he took her, an unsophisticated “sirl\ of. 17 years, from Newcastle to Crawford, Neb., criminal. ly, assaulted her in a “hotel end later Mrs. Delia Wilson of Osage, Wyo., after testifying that Wright and the| “ girl had registered at her hotel at! Osage as husband and wife and had Toomed there together several days, on ¢ross-examination testified that the girl | had told her that she was not 17, but 22 years.old, that she had been married, ‘that she was the mother of a 2-year-old child ‘and that her husband had been killed in a’ railroad accident at Sheri- dan. That this was so Miss Sanderson previously had denied while. under- going cross-examination. Mrs. Wilson furthermore _ testified that a man mamed Lyons told her that he and Miss: Sanderson were engaged concessions . the’ Russian Soviet gov- STEEL MEN ARE conspiracy to blackmail Wright corporation subsidiary, were ejected. |14 see how things turned olt—that she fromthe. room, at today’s} 3id not object to right’s béing session of the lative committee in-|<‘gypea” by Goldie if the latter could yetieattes tho eee yes fal get away with it. unassisted, but that Kap! iP she had not proposed to stand by and the proceedings to declare that they | soe him “framed” by Lyons. were prompting witnesses. Prevfourly biel i al [fill go to. the Jury today. United States Steel corporation and the National Etectors association had wopk- be hand-in hand was placed in < len ¢ DENVER TO GRAB SCOURING PLANT FROM THIS CITY Local Stockholders Organize to F ight Pro- posal to “Lift” Local Industry Stock- “men Assisted in Financing BELGRADE CABINET RESIGNS.. BELGRADE, Dec. 16.—The cabinet) headed by Dr, Vesnitch, resigned today. to fight the removal of the Western dry scouring plant of States Wool Company from Casper to Denver were takea the eh up at a conference Wednesday evening of local stockholders of the| company, following announcement that the concern had listed its plant site in Casper for sale and proposed to dismantle and move it to the Colorado capital. Denver capitalists,’ who secured control of the company, are behind the removal plan, pany and the inatter of blocking the it is alleged, and base their proposition| proposed removal of the plant will be on the fact that wage and operating} brought before the Chamber of Com- costs will be lower in Denver than in;merce. Some wool which the company Casper. Casper interests holding $70,-|had purchased for scouring has been 000 worth? of stock propose a vigorous'shipped to Philadelphia, where the castle, Wyo., or Wright was selected to! “MILLIONAIRE” Bra WAS BEG:} GAR—Mrs. Lillian . Geraldine Van’ ‘Prince Charming” was nothing more Faan} a “blind” béggar gaining his living by this imposturey Her ‘prince,” dames Robert Van d’Loye of San Fran- millionaire many times over. She has PIERS suit for annulment of her mar- CONFERENCE ON WORLD PEACE IN ae + (By United’ Preas) MARION, Ohio, Dec. 16.—Thi- calling ot a new peace conference to meet in the United States to revise the League of Natioivs covenant or organize a new association of nations in under con: eration by President-elect Warren G. Harding. The conference probably would .be held in Washington. It is indicated that Harding favors an en- tirely new program of international re- lations. The work of redrafting the treaty probably would be left.to Ru- rope white the United States formulated a new scheme of international relations. Governor Coolidge is to confer with Harding today. Harding by inviting Coolidge, fulfills his campaign promis: that he would take the vice president into full partnership in the administra- tion of the nation’s affairs. BANDITS LOOT BANK, ESCAPE (By Associated Press.) ABILENE, Tex., Dec, 16.—Officers are searching for robbers who forewd the safe of the First State Bank at Hawley and escaped with. $1,200 in cash and $2,900 in Liberty bonds, | Prize Offered for Courtesy Claimed After Four Hours (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—A reporter with $50 provided by his newspaper to be given to the first man who offered his seat to the reporter's companion, an | elderly woman carrying a large mar d'Loye, 17 and a bride of but a few %© the east, probably as far as Stroud pe ton recently discovered that her, cisco, told her that his father wus 2 -$,PROJEGTED < fight against the plan, the understanding that the plant would be aperated here, ‘The United Staten “Wool Companiy completed its plant in Casper last sUM-)¢5 gefeat the removal plan. mer, but on account of inefficient en- gineering, it is alleged, has been unable to operate it, Considerable machinery stating thaticompany is now completing its Eastern they helped to finance the project on!) ket basket, rode the Chicago elevated plant for operation the first of the-year,| 414 surface cars four hours yesterday ‘Phe loss of the Western plant wquid b@} before getting rid of the money. Lato a severe blow to Casper, wool men 8&@Y.| in the afternoon, William H. Riley, an and a determined effort will be made) insurance salesman, qualified for the prize. will have to be rebuilt and the Denver interests propose to keep it theré fol- lowing the completion of the work. They also maintain that freight rates favor Denver aé.the best’ manufactur- ing point, No fault has been found with the “dry scouring. process and it is highly recommended by the govern* ment, One of the best manufacturing sites in Casper, with ample trackage’ facill- WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The sen. ties, is owned here by the.wool com:| ate today pissed the Poindexter bill AMERICAN RED CROSS WORKERS (By United Press) ‘MOLESTED’ IN SMYRNA, REPORT United ‘Prees) (By Un in 5 PARIG, Dec. 16—American imyrna have been “molested” sulle taethatlele ca pues of aegn 0e. O06 wahine Nein foreign office annouiced today. The dispatches gave no details, It Is believed that! the Americans are Red Cross workers who entered the region with allied troops and remained during Greek occupation. RAIL STRIKES HIT BY BILL making strikes which interfere with interstate commerce, crimes. ‘Tho bill passed without debate and maki it illegal to urge strikes or prevent workers in interstate conimerce con- tinuing their employment.” It pro- vides a minimum fine of $15,000 and ten years’ imprisonment for violation of the law. The bill also provides that it shall be a crime for the dl- rectors or managers of railroads to | enter into a combination with intent ‘to hinder or prevent the operation of trains to bring pressure for the set- tlement of labor disputes. It provides a $500 fie or six months’ imprison- ment for violation of this provision. It is expected that the bill will en. countter trouble if it comes up in the house, ——S New Plans Evolved| to Meet Tactics of Land Board | With the growth of Casper to the west virtually blocked by the activities of the big land imterests! and the obstructive tactics of the, state board of school land com-| missioners in placing a prohibitive | price on a portion of the school sec- tion, building activity today is begin: ning to look to the east of the city as the only solution for the house famine which is looming as the>most serious problem which the city has yet faced. From unconfirmed but what is con- sidered an authoritative source. it was learned today that arrangements had virtually been completed with . the Northwestern rai'road whereby an ac- commodation train would be placed in Loperation, rurming from the refineries station, this train to make four round trips a day, at the very reasonable more tare of 16 cents for the round trip. If, fs seems likely, this deal goes thru, |the vast platted tracts of land to the east and south of the old brewery would be opened up to the great army of home builders which are coming to the city ;and the housing. problem will almost | solve itself. | AN the lots available in this district |are selling at very. reasonable prices, jand the owners in that portion of the city have not practiced the holdup tac- tics which have characterized the deal- ings of thé big land owners in thd hat nie and southern portions of the city, With the accomodation train giving the Service outlined, workers in both | the Midweat an@ =the Standard ‘refiry ‘Ghiés: doula reach their homes in /frora ten to fifteeh minutes after the whistle blows. Steps have already been taken to in- sure water and sewer connections to this portion of the city, aid with the jextension of paying on the Yellowstone | highway an ideal residence district will be opened which will equal if not sur- pass the district to the west, which hus been blocked by the dollar-grabbiny methods of the original land owners and the state land board. It is expected that definite announce- ment of the pans for opening up this district will be made in a few days. It became known yesterday that secret | committees composed of some of the city’s most sbstantial citizens were working on the matter, and something definite would be known of their phins | before the end of the week, AUTO CRASHES INTO LAMP POST Bystander Injured When Car Is Driven into Corner to Avoid Collision An innocent bystander was slightly bruised and cut, not seriously enough} heweyer, to be taken to the hospital, and the new lamp post on the Webel) Commercial Store corner, at Second | and Center streets, was smashed and| glass strewn over the street, about 1:30 o'clock this afteracon when a Dodge} runabout, reported to have been driven! by a county Red Cross nurse, ran into the post. The driver of the Dodge, according to one version, was attempting to avold running into a truck. It seems that the- truck driver turned unexpectedly} or the driver of the runabout became) confused and turned too quickly in try- ing to avoid crashing into the big truck. | The post was hit full farce midship| and was smashed beyond recognition. One man standing close to the post was slightly injured and was rushed to a doctor, where medical treatment was administered. The fender to the Dodge car was bent and smashed, but little) other damage was done to the auto-; mobile. NO EVIDENCES OF CHRISTMAS MAIL, REPORT (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Wheth- er the penole of the country are i¢nor- ing the “mail early” slogan of the postoffice department or have expe- rienced a stromg subsistence of the Christmas rit of giving is a ques- tion over wiifch the devnartment today expressed concern, There has been practically no increase in the voliime of mail due to Christmas mai'ing np to the present, whereas by Decem- FAMOUS ENGLISH WOMAN EX. PLORER HERE.—Mrs. Charlotte Camerop. was in America during the war lecturing on German tule in the African colonies, She is enroute to Australia. U.S. DIPLOMAT IGNORES HUN AT PARIS FUNCTION (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Dec. 16.—Hugh C. Wallace, American ambassador, last night re- fused to meet Wilhelm ° Mayer — von Kaufbeuren; © German” ambassador, be; cause ‘the ‘United States still is tech: nically in a state of war with Ger- many. The incident occurred at an official dinner to the diplomatic corps given by President Peret of the cham- ber of deputies. diplomatic corps, were honor guests. SENTENCES OF INDIA REVOLT LEADERS STAND (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 16—The United States court of appeals today affirmed the three-year sentences of. Heramba Lal Guptas, George Paul Boehm, Al- bert A. Wehde and Gustav H. Jacob- son, convicted of fomenting a revolu- tion in India and organizing a military expedition epaetnats el England. and Mrs. Wallace, CARRIES FORMER KING TO ATHENS VENICE, Dee, 18.—(By Associatel Press)—Former King Constantin> Queen Sophie and their children sailed from Venice thi# morning on the Greek cruiser / 7 for: Ph leron RAIL STRIKE IN MEXICO AVERTED (By Associated Pross) MEXICO CITY, Dec, 16—The gen eral strike of railway telegraphers and station agents, called yesterday has been averted. Several demands made by- the men were crarted an’ others will be submitted to arbitration. ‘ GENEVA, Dee. 16—(By-Associated Press)—Four new nations were made members of the League of Nations by the assembly here today. They are Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Finland and Luxembdurg. France and Australia abstained from voting whew the ad- mission of Bulgaria was before tho assembly. Austrin was voted into the league on Wednesday. Forty-six nations are now members of the league. The committee reported unfavor- ably ou tite applications of Armenia, Esthonia, Lithuania and Letvia. Hope | Was expressed that Armenia could he | admitted later. Finland previously showed a will ingness to co-operate with the leacue ber 15 '#st year the mails hed in- creased 50 per cent above normal. by permitting the Aaland Isiands dis- | pute te go. before it. Wallace, dean of the; | limitation from three to six years for — Out lines: %, for Big) Reductiv. % Ep. S.) Expense Bul (By United Press.) | ~ WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—' Taxes must be reduced this year \if government expenses are cut,| Republican Leader Mondell told the house today. He advocated \reducing appropriations from $4,- $500,000,000 to $3,000,250,000. He op-| posed attempts to reduce the war debt |heavily during the next few years, as-| jserting that the pation already has) |paid 44 per cent of the war bill. He! said Victory notes maturing in 19: cannot be “paid without raising tax jand should be refunded into long-term) | obligations. | Mondell is understood to have out-! lined the financial program of Repub- Hean leaders for a reduction in appro- |priations. He predicted that the big- jest reductions would be made in the, jarmy and navy and the sundry civil) jappropriation bits. “People look to this congress for re-| lief from the tax burden, We shall not disappoint them," he declared. MILLIONS IN TAXES ARE STILL DUE U. 8. | (By United Press.) | WASHINGTGON, Dec. 16.—Approx- imately $650,000,000 should be in the hands of the government as the fourth installment of taxes on incomes and rosea nefits earned last year, > Most| pf-the money is due from millionaire PwUiersusys and corporations. Collec- }tions have totalled less-than $500,000,- | 000 estimated. DRAFT EV ADERS NOT PROSECUTED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Charecs |that the war department is taking 20 action looking to the prosecution of draft evaders and deserters ‘were filet with the house judiciary committee to- day by representatives of service men's organizations, The. committee is con- |sidering a bill to extend the’ stature | the ptosecution of violatgrs of the se cept possibly snow in extreme west por tion; colder in east portion tonight and! in southwest portion Friday. > SOLDIERS STATE, lective service act. THIEVES WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Friday ex s MILLION — IDLE IN. BRITAIN Tripie That Number Are Aff-:ted, Say Labor Leaders {By Associated Press.) LONDON, Dec. 16.—Unem- ployment in Great Britain has pre- sented a serious problem which government, municipal and labor organization heads are seeking to solve. The advent of winter has made the situation more urgent. Neat ly every trade is affected, it was said today. Officiai statistics, admittedly incom- plete, show 500000 out of work, with clerks and middle-class people affected equally with Ihborers. Labor circles declare there are one million unefh- Ployed, and counting dependents, three to four million people affected, a large | proportion of whom are former soldiers. beamed atk 5 BOTTOM DROPS OUTCOAL MART IN PITTSBURGH (By Assoelated Press) PITTSBURGH, aPa.,,De0/18—Pubiio > schoo! buildings which a few weeks ago were closed because of their inability to obtain a bituminous coal supply /at $8 a ton today were storing quantities of coal at the nominal rate of $6.50 a ton. The bottom fell out of the mar- ket when a wholesaler notified the su- perintendent of supplies that he had 1,600 tons which he had to get rid of | because the railroad company was Je- manding demurrage. The superintend- ent named his own price. ‘BOOZE AND AUTO CAUGHT OUTSIDE CASPER \Whiskey Special Belonging to Officer at Newcastle and Stolen by Bold Pair / Is Intercepvted Here To have the ten-gallon shipment of booze which he had just seized taken, together with the motor car in which it had been placed, from in front of the courthouse as he went in to report the confisca- |tion, was the experience of Deputy Miller at Newcastle. The daring of Ed Leroy and Art Curtis, the two men who “pulled” the theft of the motor car and who found themselves doubly favored by the big | lquor contents, was exceeded only by ,road with the mecca of Casper just in the tact and audacity of Jim Hibbard,| the offing. deputy in Sherif Royce's office here. Hibbard stepped out onto the road as Receiving word that,the car with its tf soon-as he recognized the stolen cary enormous “bootleg” contents had left|here was something in his attitude Douglas headed Casperward, (Deputy|and the threat of his gun which Hibbard hied himself eastward to the city mits and awaited on the Yellow- caused the “Whisky Special” to slack- FOUR NATIONS stone Highway until the arrival of the “Whisky Special.” This was yesterday, and Hibbard did not have to wait long. Aforementioned whisky cargo soon came into sight speeding along the jaid to the thirsty. en its pace toward the city. “What's your hurry.” "Gotta s party in Casper beforé he leaves: By this tine Deputy Hibbard had noticed the crowded condition of the back part of the car and investigation edness to be due on gallons of the first Hibbard informed revealed the crow some ten to sixt to, JOIN LEAGUE the two that he would escort the ear Leroy and Curtis are being returned to Neweastle authorities, according to Sheriff Royce. Leroy is said to have made his home here, Full eredit for the daring capture practically unassist~ ed is being given to Deputy Hibbard: that its rule was established firmly and was capable of carrying out in- ternational obligations. BRITISH LABOR OPENS DRIVE TO SECURE PEACE IN EMERALD ISLE (By United Press.) 4 LONDON, Dec. 16.—British labor has begun an offensive for peace in Ireland, following the appointment of a deputy by the executive commission ~ of the labor party to confer with Premier Lluyd George. Labor is convinced ~ that the time has arrived for peace negotiations. Peace js still possible de- | spite violence occuring, it js declared. | Luxembourg sutisfied the league | | into the fair city of Casper. The next stop was at the county courthouses where Sheriff Royce acted as head of | the receiving line.