Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1920, Page 1

=f 4 \ RELI MEASURE FOR FARMER AND STOCKMEN HELD POSSIBLE IN UL Senate and House Differ Only on Best’ Methods of Helping Producers to Better Markets = United Press.) Ww ; Dec. 18.—| Lous civic i Store Clerks Given Guns, Police Sends Out Squadron to Combat Crime (By Associated Press.) _ NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—A fly- ing squadron of fifty experienced detectives, equipped with automo- biles were sent out bv Police Com- missioner Enright today to aid in | combatting the crime wave, which has called forth expressions of alarm from judges. City officials and numer- and business organizations Were discussing emergency measures to insure adequate protection. Hundréds of stores displayed firearms within easy reach of salesmen and in plain view of customers. The jewelers Secirity League en- nounced today that it had offered $25,- 000 reward for the capture and convic- tion of the trutderer of Ddwin An- drews, a Fifth avenue jeweler, who was Emergency legislation granting re- ; killed’ Thursday afternoon. Last night two men stopped a taxi- eab in Central Park, in which Mrs. LABOR TO FlgnT CUT IN WAGES AND OPEN OnOP PROPOS ‘No Strikes Projected ‘by Leaders, But Forces Are Marshalled' to Oppose Movements Under Way 1 } (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— Labor is drawing its lines for a contest during the next few weeks, Ae re Mo TN SEO y Crihun CASPER, WYG., SATURDAY, DEC. 18, 1920 AINST YE WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled weather tonight and Sun day with light snow Sunday and in ex- treme north portion tonight; colder in north portion, S. THUGS SeeRER OF WEALTHY *, KNOXVILLE MAN (5 CAUGHT HERE FOLLOWING REGENT FLIGHT FROM LOVELL, WYO.; WIFE ALSO HUNTED Reward of $1,000 Offered for Martin Hunter, Now Under Arrest in Natrona County Jail on Charge of Killing Leroy Hart; Newspaper Report Leads to Identification and Escape in Up-State Town A long searcli throughout many sections’ of the United States for |Maude Moore and Martin Hunter, wanted in connection with the murder of Leroy Hart, wealthy man of Knoxville, Tenn., bore fruit lief to producers who have great surplus stocks-and no markets for Thomas W. Edgar, the wite ot a phy- iH 'was learned today; Propioms| jhere last night when Hunter or a man bearing Hunter’s description. confronting the American Federa-; | was arrested in the Poodle Dog Cafe by Sheriff Pat Royce. Examina- {sician, was ‘riding, removed her gloves, them today apneared to have a searctied her stockings, took from. her tion of Labor are anti-strike legis-| tion of Hunter early today is reported to have revealed the location good t of passing at this finsers two diamond rings, ordered her} jation, the open shop drive of big em- of his companion, the Moore woman.| There was a reward of $1,000 offered seasion. fttecs in the senate OUt of the cab and directed the driver) ployers and wage reductions. | Strikes Her exact location is held a séctet by|for their arrest. The Moore woman i” and house agreed that such legislation | t° take them away: will not be called, it is stated. county authorities, but she is said to)said to have been convicted once on a be presented at once. a t Railroad brotherhood leaders are be in another Western state and her) first degree murder charge in the kill. The seriate committee’ prefers an ab: solute embargo on certain commodities while the house prefers a prohibitive tariff which would-shut out foreign im- ports of wool, wheat, livestock and po- tatoes. With forgign’ competition eliminated for a year, American producers. would get a’ chance to sell crops held up in elevators. and iwarehouses and would realize pricés which would pay the cost of production at least, it is pointed out IGH IMPORT DUTIES AGREED UPON IN HOUSE. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec, 18—In fhe firet step Loward enaetmi LA Le reeney: tariff, the pitting hla eee com- mittee today tentatively agreed to place high import duties on wheat, corn, wool and. wool clothing, beans, potatos, peanuts, eniovs, sheep and cattle and mutton and lamb meat CITY AND RAIDS CONTINUE The county and city officials con- tinued their campaign to clean-up vice conditions in Casper with a vengeance last night. Two raids on places where stills were fourd operating, two arrested in the Wyatt hotel on - charge of disorderly conduct and three arrested for bootleveing marked the agtivity of city officers while that by the county officials included several raids on disorderly houses or TWO HOLDUPS REPORTED TODAY. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—While the; meeting here and it is understood that new attacks will be launched on the Esch-Cummins law. , Congressmen and senators friendly | police department was announcing the adoption of two reorganization steps to block New, York's crime wave, bandits , to Inbor have béen meeting with lead-; ers discussing plans for a non-partisan} ‘defensive alliance against measures un- FIRST PICTURES OF LIVERPOOL FIRES: These fires practically destroyed eighteen cotton, warehouses and other buildings in Liverpool, England, re- cently. ~The fires are thought to have been the work of Sinn Fein incendiaries, Following them Liverpool papers announced in screaming headlines “Sini Fein Opens War in England." % arrest is expected to follow soon. Bheriff Royce wired Knoxville au- thorities that he had captured the man wanted there and promised to reveal ing of a Southern millionaire. On ap- peal she gave bond for $10,000 when granted a new trial, but escaped and her bond was forfeited. Hunter, her held up two jewelers’ messengere §n Brooklyr, today, stealing $10,000 worth of gems and a $2,000 payroll. favorable to labor. ’ Pet ERNE aR INFANT’S DEATH SADDENS HOME| Charles, the'/tiifant Mrs. Charles ‘Trujelto, died street.. The baby was bor December 6. Brief funeral services were held this ernoon from the Bowman chapel. COUNTY. places where women of ill fame werr found operating not to mention the prize capture by Sheriff Pat Royce— the arrest of Martin Hunter, impli- cated in murder of a Tennessee mil- Jionaire. One 30-gallon still and one of 2 smaller capacity was seized by the city policemen In raids in two widely divergent sections of the city early (Continued on Page 2) ‘ STATES ASKED TO HELP VETS “(By Associated Press) ume “pa the cary of disabled world war veter- j;at the family home, 834 South Ashjans and for the consolidation of ali federal agencies dealing with ex-service men were made by Director Cholmly)- Jones of the bureau of War risk insur- ance, in his annual report, made pub- lic today. He urged the states to build hospitals and. lease them, with an dp- tion to purchase, to! the: government. plesnituleb> arth Dis Livestock Board to Consider Laws for Benefit of Industry. CHEYENNE, Dec, 18.—The state board of livestock commissioners wil! hold its annual meeting at the capitol building next Monday. Recommendn- tions for legislation relating to the live- } stock industry will be considered by the commissioners, who are Oscar Beck of Big Piney. Jess Yoder of Chevenne anc Clarence H. Gardner of Holt. WAR HERO TAKES OWN LIFE WITH CURSE ON LIPS FOR ONE Failure to Effect Reconciliation. with Wife Leads to Suicide of Officer Who Blames Estrangement on Another LOS "ANGELES, Dec. 18 .—A report setting forth that Lieut. Pat. O'Brien, ap. officer of the Royal Flying Corps in the world war, who was found:dead last night in a downtown hotel, had committed suicide was filed today by police detectives who investigated the case. It was stated at the detective bureau that there probably would be no in- auest. O’Brien was found with a bullet in his forehead and an army WOMAN CORK OFFICIALS NOT ATTENDING PROBE OF FIRE (By Associated Press) CORK, Dec. 18.—The city corporation today refused request of military auth orities to permit the city engineer and other officials to attend the inquiry in- to Saturday night’s fire. It renewed its offer to permit the testimony to be given before an impartial tribunal. RAIL ACT INTERPRETED. (By Associated Press) LAND DECISION Local Organizations Combine Forces in Effort to Reverse Decision of State Board When Officials Visit Casper Plans for the reception here on Monday of Governor Rob- ert D. Carey, Mrs. Katherine A. Morton and W. E. Chaplin of the State Land Board center about a conference with the} citizens of Casper, and with committees from the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce which will be held at 10:30 at the County Court House, when the matter of the school lands - LEGION CHOICE ~—TOHEAD POST ant session in the program for the day and it is hoped that a free and frank discussion of the matter from all |Election of New Commander Made Unanimous by George Vroman Post at Annual | | | standpoints will bring about an amic able settlement of all difficulties, The members of the board will be met at the Henning Hotel at 9 a. m. by a committee of citizens consisting of Mayor Ben H, Pelton, Earle D, Holmes, R. 8. Ellison, Pat Sullivan, B. ~B. Brooks, R. M. Andrus, P. C, Nicolaysen, J. G. Johnson, W. W. Slack, J. E,"Hah-| way and Frank O'Brien and will be taken for a tour of the city including a visit to the school section, 40 acres of which is needed by the city to ac-| commodate the new families brought| here by Standard oil expansion, The school section has been staked! Meeting Friday Night out during the week by city envineer| b pee Te: Frank S. Knittle, flags being placed CC. A. Porter was the unanimous at the cofners of the forties ih the! choice of Legion members present at north half and at the corners of the the meeting last night as the 1914 south half so. that the exact location commander of the George Vroman post of the land may be clearly seen-when °f the American Legion. There was no the Mspection tip is maue, Pky cb to me Sha pis ne The meeting at the Court House will’ for the four offices last night and lit. follow the Inspection trip. ‘This: meet-, Ue interest was taken in the election. ing willbe opened by Earle D, Holmes, | D%: G. M. Anderson was placed in ot- sw nny aj / flee as vice commander in. spite of president of the Chamber of Commerce earnest and sincere requests that he be who will turn it over to Mayor Pelton | left out as yice commander on account as chairman. of his heavy professional duties. At 12:10 a joint session of the Cham-| So great had been his efforts and ex- ber of Commerce Forumsand the Ro-/| cellent work in carrying out the respor,- tary Club will bé held at the Hen-! sibilities as chairman of the finance ning Hotel with a luncheon to which | committe however that the post elect. all citizens interested are invited and|¢4 him to the second highest position at which members of the land boarg |! the Legion here over all his protests and others will be the honored juests|%"4 remonstrances, ARGUED HEREMONDA the presence of the woman accomplice as soon as she was arrested today. TO BE Y sulted in the purchase of $75 worth of tuberculosis seal bonds. Probably the most interesting feature of the meeting was the talk by Harry R. Byers of the Babcock-Wilcox com. pany in Denyer who told about tho success of the big musical show staged by the several American Legion posts in Denver and ‘pointed out how such a show in Casper could be a real ‘suc: lover and reported accomplice, also went along. No trace was found of the fleeing couple until residents of Lovell, Wyo., identified the pair in photos sent out to newspapers. When they went to question the two strangers, they found they had escaped in motor cars. During their stay in Lovell, Hunter was considered an enterprising, well- to-do man, while his wife, a beautiful woman, remained in seclusion most of the time, LETTER REVEALS WOMAN'S HIDING PLACE, A telegram from Knbxville — stating— that Hunter perfectly answered the de- * scription of the man wanted there and ; asking that he be ‘held, was received by Sheriff Royce this morning. There is every assurance - that the ’ woman in the case will be apprehended as full directions for reaching the place where she is staying were con-~ cess only if every Legion member here got behind the project whole-heartedly, tained in a letter received by Hunter,” but a couple of hours before he was. The annual) report of the post as |#Pprehended yesterdhy. made by Peter Q. Nyce, retiring cont- mander, pointed out the progress wf the Legion post. He sald the mem bership had increased from 211 to 864 and that the club had gone from a ft- nancial condition of $2,865 in debt to! a status where the post is practically | out of debt. His report was that the Legion Stari pede had netted $1,200, of which he- tween $400 and $600 actually went :n- ‘When arrested, Hunter, who present#! a food appearance, professed ignor- ance of why he was wanted, although extreme nervousness was noted. Lt In his conversation with the sherift he told of working in Chicago, then in Kentucky and of going from Kentucky_ to Butte and to Billings, Mont. No mention was made of Lovell or Grey~ bull, Wyo., but his personal effects dis” to the post treasury. | closed bank deposit slips on one of |which the name of Lovell appeared, hs TIER although the bank heading had been UPTON, Wyo., Dec, 18.—Explora- | torn off. : tion of the interior of a .30-30 calibre cartridge with a match resulted in the loss by Charlie Hoff, 12, of five fingers. All of the powder had not been removed from the shell, an ex- plosion was caused by the match anid the boy’s hands were. lacerated by Hunter was employed in an engineer» ing capacity at Lovell and slips with: engineering computations were also, found in his pockets. He had been in Casper for about a week, it was learned and was employed fragmerits of brass. AMERICAN KILLS LONDON ACTRESS, ENDS OWN LIFE Infatuation of Son of Omaha Merchant for Stage Beauty Leads to Double Tragedy as Officer Takes Place (By Associated Press.) S LONDON, Dec. 18.—A sensational shooting tragedy in a residen- Pistol at his side. The police said he|ments ago was happy, to go on that had tried and failed to effect a recon-jsweet adventure of death. CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—The United Feed Dralle was re-elected post ad- j States Railroad Labor board in a de-|°"4 the speakers. tial flat in St. James street, Piccadilly, was disclosed.this morning when | jutant. . Richard Nines, teller at the ciliation with his wife, a motion pic- ture actress, A note in O'Brien’s handwriting was discovered in the room, addressed to his wife: * n “Only a cewardwould do what I am doing, but Iam one. ‘With all my wars I am just like the, rest of the people in this world—a lit- tle bit of olay, ;to you, my sweet ttle wite—E"g6 thinking of you and | my dear, sweet: - sisters. and brothers. ca “And may the just God that answer- ed my prayers tn those two days that I spent in making my escape from Gor- many once more answer them,’ and bring trouble, sickness, disgrace and more bad jucit than anyone else in this world has ever had, and curse foreve-, that awful woman that has broken up my home and taken you from me; the “To the five armies I have been jn, to the birds and the animals T love so well, to my friends, to all the world adventure, I say good-bye.” woman that stood in my home and fave (xeveral words blurred). She caused this life of mine, that just a few mo- ~~ and many villages reduced to ruins, cision today interpreted the Esch-Cum- mins: transportation act to mean that the board does not have jurisdiction over any interurban or electric lines. ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE COMPLETES, DESTRUCTION IN STRICKEN AREA (By Associated Press.) ROME, Dec. 18.—New earthquake shocks today completed the destruc- tion of the Albanian village of Tepelent, thirty-two miles southeast of Avio- na, according to reports from Brindisi. Twenty-two persons are known to have lost their lives. Serious earthquakes occurred in the Tepeleni district early, this month. An area covering forty-two square miles was shaken 0. L, Walker, president of the Ro-| Casper National bank, was named 1s tary Club and R. 8, Mllison, chair-| treasurer of the Legion post. His elec a dancer, Miss Sophia Erica Taylor, 29, and George Augustus Kelly, man of the Forum committee will be tion was probably the most popular one in charge, {aside from that of Dr. Anderson of This. luncheon will replace the reg- all the officers elected. war Chamber of Commerce meeting Voluntary contributions last night re- on Tuesday. pA AMER ES LL Armour Heiress to Marry Son of Chicago Banker ew} (By Associated Press) { CHICAGO, Dec. 18,—Announcement wns mace today by Mr. ant Mrs. J | Ogden ‘Armour of the engagement of | their daughter, Miss Lolita Armour to {John J. Mitchell, Jr., son of the ehoir-| man of the board of directors of three + of Chicago's largest banks. and employed a nonunion man, APARTMENT HOUSE IS BOMBED (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Bomb explosions which damaged two North Side apartment buildings and sent scores of people scurrying from their flate at midnight last night, were attributed by the police to labor troubles. was injured. The landlord said he recently had discharged a union janitor 30, of Omaha, Neb., were found shot. Kelly was dead and Miss Tay- lor died shortly afterward. Kelly setved in the American air force during the war. Lately he had been connected with a promin- jent American advertising agency. Mis# Taylor’s maid is quoted as say+ 9 ing that the tragedy occurred last eve- ning. She said Kelly had been keep- ing-company with Miss Taylor but re- cently the latter had been receiving the attentions of an army captain. i The maid declared that Kelly follow- ed Miss Taylor into the flat last eve |ning from the street. Shortly after. ward the maid heard sounds of a struge |gle. She intervened but a shot was | fired over her shoylder and Miss Tay- | lor dropped to the floor, There was an- other shot and Kelly dropped dead, the | maid asserted, Kelly was said to be the son of a prominent drygoods dealer of Omaha, No one