Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1921, Page 1

ue WEATHER FORECAST if Fair in west and north, snow in = southeast portion tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature; fresh gaye Casper Daily Tribune . strong northerly winis. MAN IS SHOT re ie te AND KILLED FOR RESIST CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, JAN. 10, 1921. CO-OPERATIVE LAMB MART LAUNCHED ————uW CHOICE FOR SENATE PRESIDENT BETWEEN DALEY AND LEE, TRIO MENTIONED FOR HOUSE SPEAKER (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 10.—With the caucus of Republican.mem- bers of the senate of the Sixteenth Wyoming Legislature scheduled; for this afternoon, and that of the house members for tonight, indi- cations are that either William Daley of Rawlins, president ad interim of the senate, or Arthur K. Lee of Thermopolis will be elected presi- dent of the senate, with Daley appearing to have the better chance, while the contest for the speakership of the house seems to have narrowed down to J. ©. Underwood of Iron HARDING TO GET Mountain, As® Mercer of Tensleep and 1, .R Ewer of Cody. Indications are that the house contest in the caucus will, be narrowed further, but just how depends on the outcome of the senate caucus, Should Daley be elected presi- dent of the senate it is to be expected the decision between Mercer and Ewert.| (By Associated Press) Should Lee win in the senatorial con-| MARION, Ohio, Jan. 10.—With his test, however, am Southern Wyoming|Tesi§nation as senator effective Jan ma. probably would be preferred for| Wary 15 on the desk of Harry L. Da- the speakership, which would mean the| Vis, incoming governor of Ohio, Presi selection of Underwood. ‘here is a/dent-elect Warren G. Harding is lool: possibility that the two Southern Wyo-| ing forward to six weeks as a priva' that a Northern Wyoming man wil be} chosen for the speakership, which} would eliminate Underwood and leave! mingites, Daley and Underwood, both| citizen before taking up the respo: may win, but it does not appear prob-| bilitie of the presidency. Another abl: that this will eventuate. There is{ Democrat, William G. Sharp, former a further possibility that a third North-| ambassador to France, was cated into conference today on the association of mations plan, Another caller was Co! onel F, W. Galbraith of Cincinnati, na- tional commander of the American I.e- gion, ern Wyomingite, C. P. Story of Sheri- « yet may figure in the speaker- - ship. contest, commanding enough strength to eliminate Mercer and Ewert| as Northing Wyoming representatives in a close contest! Not considering Story, however, of the Northern Wyo- mtugites Mercer at this hour appears to have the better chance. Virtually all of the membership of the legislature, which will convene at o'clock noon tomorrow, now is in Cheyenne, . All candidates ware ing} J: lively “éanvasses Isst night and hi morning. AIRMEN NOT TO BE ARRESTED BY CANADA POLICE (By Associated Press) OTTAWA, Jan. 10.—Official dehfal’ was made here today of published! stories that Canadian mounted police would arrest the three American naval balloonists on their return to. civiliza-| tion in a friendly action to obtain an| explanation of why they violated inter-| patina air ronations Sx teva: s! AAR TROUBLE | CAUSES DEATH. LOCAL RESIDENT (By United Press) MARION, Ohio, Jan. 1¢.—Warren G. Harding officially becomes president elect today. Electors meeting in. yari ous states are ting their votes. His resignation a: nator will take effect ry 15 # a a Harding is to select most able men to represent the United States in South America as he believes that the best trading country Jovernor Frank O. Lowden, Nicholas Murray Butler and ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge are among se being con- sidered. BORAE WOULD PUT LID ON EXPENSES. (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—A resolu tion denying any further appropria- tions for the expense of the Harding inaugural and notifying the inaueural committee that no government bulld- ing be turned over to them for a bali was introduced today by Senator Boran who attempted to have it adopted im- mediately, An objection by Senator Smoot prevented this. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Senator King of Utah asked the navy depart-) ment today for information about con- ditions under which three navy balloon- ists lost in Canada began their flight-| John Gillander, 56, died at his home Criticism has been made that the flight| 546 South Walnut street Saturday was ill-advised; that no good purpose! night. The cause was an attack of would be accomplished by the flight and that the aviators were not equipped with instruments to tell their location. Daniels denied that the naval board in- quiry had been ordered to investigate be: cages ca Se aban here from Boulder, Colo.. last summer. The body has been sent to his old CASKETS SENT FOR HERO DEAD. | home in Boulder from the Shaffer-Gay (By Associated Press.) chapel. The funeral services will Le held CHERBOURGH, France, Jan. 10.—The} in Boulder. United States transport Wheaton ar- Se rived from New York today with 4,300 STEEL ORDERS FALL OFF. caskets for the transportation home ct} NEW YORK, Jan. 10.--The tonnage report of the United States Steel Cor- American ‘soldier dead. —__ poration today showed 8,148,122 tons MAN BURNS TO DEATIL of unfilled orders at the beginning of (By Associated Press) the year, a decrease from the previous MOOSE JAW, Sask., Jan. 10.—One/month. The \decrease is the largest man was burned to death when fire des-| since reaction began last August and troyed the city hall at Swift Current!the total is the smallest of unfilled or- today, ders since’ November, 1919. IRISH-ENGLISH heart trouble from which the deceased had been suffering for some time. Mr. Gillander is survived by his wife and two sons. He, was an employe of the Midwest Refining company, coming PARLEY BROKEN OFF Father O’Flanagan’s Conferences With Lloyd George at End; Assassination and Ambush Plots are Frustrated (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 10.—Conferences between Rev. Michael O’Flana- gan, acting president of the Sinn Fein, and Premier Lloyd George with a view to bringing about peace in Ireland, have been broken off and will not be resumed, says the Daily Mail._ Peace negotiations are not altogether broken off the paper adds, but Father O’Flanagan will not be a party to further exchanges. surprised by soldiers, who took a num- ber of prisoners. Several raids occurred By y yeek-end. DUBLIN, Jan. 10—Military forces to-| Ver the week-en day frustrated a plan for a Sinn Fein An American vessel from Honolulu United Press.) Feiners planned an ambush, but were) Important’ Step is Taken by Growers at Close of Big Convention Here Initial steps toward co-operative marketing of. feeder lambs and pelts by the eliminaton of the buyer and the stockyards inter- ests were taken by the executive! committee of the Wyoming Wool STATE LOSING $75,000 A YEAR | ON COLLECTIONS OF AUTO TAX, NATRONA SHOWS GOOD RECORD (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 10.—Citizens of Wyoming owning auto- mobiles and mortocycles are cheating the state of more than $75,000 a year. Only four counties in the state—two with a good showing, and L = a t Tragedy Enacted on Crowded Station} Platform at River- ton on Sunday | (Special to The Tribune.) RIVERTON, Wyo., Jan. 10.—A! man at first believed to be Pete! Haines, wanted in Casper in con-| nection with a liquor holdup and/ robbery there last month, but) whose identity is still in doubt, was! shot snd killed on a crowded depot! platform here when he resisted arrest | Sunday at the hands of John and Jas h, sons of Sheriff W. 8.) ‘ch of emont County Advices from Shohoni 1 night i ntified the Satuniay attermoon telownes Une held itwo others with a fair record—return a fair amount of the auto and |i) fitnougn the man's roommate tn § y afternoon following adjourn. | GT Hfucty altho : perpcmimate ment of the 17th annual convention |/Motorcycle taxes to the state. The first two are Natrona and Sheri-|Riverton Saturday night was unable to! which selected’ Casper as fis. im yy {dan counties, where the enforcement of / 300 slacke Big Horn 500 and the Star|furnish any but nickname Big Ben” place again in 1922 and elected new |automob) x section of Lincoin County about /#nd “Blackie.”’ | officers for the coming year, The m i npbell County, too, is also al-| A coroner's jury late Sunday returned ment toward co-operative marketing, |® timate of considerable|a verdict that the man came to his ecluxt by this closthatesd cts terns one slackers as is Washakle,|Jeath from bullet wounds inflicted by ued witnginetpaneedetcand telat ease show an utter dis.{ Where Gov. Carey recently noticed more! the two deputies in the “performance | Umes as shown by the actions of count-|regard for ws and the lack thane eee oes oe 8 parked in’ onelof their duties.” County Attorney Me-| less farm organizations, is perhaps the lof law enforcement is proving a drain/P'T0C % Watimak te mecemary tages see was eve to assist with the in- most important step the association has|on the state finances. Pace AS tatnoral onion tr miks eS urke UeERNME TE. BapMie oNETGe whamsial eer ean ie pases way. If exper-| 7. sso statements were made here to |more stringent regulations regarding about 21 and pats ars of ag fe ailkely. that 16 eile olasen en cle ties of state's offlee./the theft of automobiles in the state.|stepped up to Sieganovich as the Nort it is ikely that it will be placed on a|where officials declared the need for|The state officials contend that when| western train. was pulling. into. jhe | edt AS sean Ee Ha EOE BY yerCOr ena Ug RUERUNL 2S HEY © made the prisoners escape|atation, drew thelr guns and told him| another year\and rei _in}|serted that the failure of city and coun-/too frequently with light sentences and|he was under arrest, The stranger, it| mela every lamb oming | ty officials to compel the taking out of | small fines. To overcome this lack of is said, turned and fled. Before he had| direct to the feedlots. The method by which the plan will be tried out this year calls for the list- ing of all av: sale by assoc secretary of the organization. and buy Dr. J. M. Wilson of McKinley, Wyo., | was re-elected president of the wool-| growers’ association for the sixth con-| secutive time at the Casper conver tion; iXleber H. Hadsell of Rawlins was} made vice president and J. B. Wilson} of McKinley was re-elected secretary-| tion members with the| Seller (Continued on Page Two.) ! GIRL MOTHER AND HER BABY LEFT DESTITUTE ~ BY FATHER IN GROPER Mrs. Buck Watso and her young baby were fe titute and on the street yesterday Mrs. Watson was deserted by her hus- band two months ago, but the case did not, come to the attenti of the y officers until now. Until the commissioners can dispose of s6 the young mother will stay at the home of Deputy Sheriff Massee. PROGRESSIVES TO OPEN FIGHT _ INTHE SENATE WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.— Schate progressives today served notice of their intention to continue their fight on re- action. Senator Hiram Johnson ‘in a statement warned that although some senators have forgotten progressivism, the people haye not. Reactionaries will not be permitted to control the Hard- ing administration or pass reactionary | daws unhampered. Theopening gun of the progressives will be when the senate takes up a mo- tion to reconsider the Poindexter anti- strike bill which senator LaFollétte will bring up today unless senate business prevents such action. PEACE The ship waa carrying provisions for the citizens of Cork. on citi ble lambs offered forjoft the are to be brought together. | dodging. automobile and motorcycle 1i pnses I8/punishment for automobile thieves the an additional burden of ts Il ask legislators to pass a ns who comply with the sing a sentence in the peniten- ate, but also admit they are 'tiary for all offenders convicted. | helpless unlesa some action is taken by| Another reform sought by the offt legislators to oyercome the statewide |cials of the secretary of state's office is} |the division of cars into svoups for According to the official estimates the | ta nd ‘return: to the two-tag! 1 The last change automobiles is est in C and Yinta ok, counties, | tions for | where the registration of 1920 is low-)ing to officials, becuuse of complica-| come to Riverton from Gebo, Wyo. Hot | sys in regula- asked, accord-| tax dodging is gr Springs, Lincoln in other states where two tags required, and which has resulted ntly in the arrest and conviction er than that of 1919 despite an increase in the number of cars. With an average |: of from 200 to 5000 tax slackers in each’ frequ ons lcounty as the official estimate, Fremont |of Wyoming autoists carrying but one is given an estimated credit of about’tag on their machines. Defense Brings Out Coroner’s Evidence to Refute Testimony; Decision May be Reached in Hearing Today — (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 10.—Testimony given during the coron- er’s inquest was offered today to impeach the testimony of Miss Pearl Yost, a nurse at the Cheyenne Private Hospital, during the trial of Mrs. William Shulz, Casper nurse, on the charge of murder. The tes- timony of Miss Yost was denounced by Gen. Donzelman as a “deliber- ate lie,” asserting that the witness declared. she had given the same testimony at the coroner's inquest she had at the preliminary hearing. — | on the grounds of insufficient evi- | attacked the attempt to introduce the | nas deel transcript of Miss Yost’s testimony anc a few minutes after it was announced th: the state rested. After a brief rec the state summed ‘up its case and the court adjourned until late this afternoon, when the defense will make appeal for the release of Mrs. | | + ATHENS, Jan. 10.—Greek forces A decision probably will be made late) “taiing the initiative have defeated Slane eee | a large body of Turkish Nationalists, General Donzelman in a statement) according to reports. today from issued before the opening of toddy's| Smyrna, The forces of Mustapha hearing bitterly denounced the evidence introduced by the prosecution as ted material so wabbly in con-| struction as to cause even the unitin | Kemal are reported in disorderly re- treat, leaving the Greeks an open road to Brusa. | ‘Phe successes are pointed, out as s ruthfulness of its ' aN eo een taia tav't. the| @Pefutation of chargés that the Greek slightest doubt of Mrs. Shulz obtain-| #"™y was demoralized by the recent ing complete vindication. change in the ‘government, To support his contention of the ah-| solute certainty of Mrs. Shulz obtain-| ing her freedom, General Donzelman pointed out what he contends is the weakest part of the prosecuting evi-| de He said when the medicine with | which jdrs. Shulz is said to have poi- soned the infants was sent to the board | of chemists at the State university Laramie it was found to be harmless, and after a.week had elapsed was found | to contain poison by Dr, Edward C.! Hill of Denver. | “This is more than unusual,” de-| clared General Donzelman. ‘The bot- tle of medicine contained five cubic centimeters of liquid. When examined | ATTEMPTED MURDER IS FRUSTRATED. (By Associated Press) DUBLIN, Jan. 10.—A sensational at- tempt was made this morning to assassi- nate two officers, who, with the wife of. one, were riding in a touring car on the outskirts of Dublin. The car was riddled with bullets, bu the driver gpeeded up and escaped with his pas- sengers to Dublin Castle. One officer |was wounded. | ——_-—_—. | BODY FOUND UNDER CAR, (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10—A body found under an overturned automobile jearly today, it is said by the police, hag been partially identified as that of |Raymond C. ‘Thorne, % member of the |firm of Montgomery, Ward & Co., of Chicago. attack in the heart of Dublin, Sinn fs being held by the autharities at Cork. in the laboratories of the state chemists nothing was found. Examined mors than a week later by Dr. Hill in Den ver, three grains of poison were found The amount of poison and the amount of liquid made the entire substance | sticky. If the poison was in the bot- tle when examined by the state chem- ists it could not have escaped their no- tice, “And if it was not there, then where did it come from? Who put the polsun in the bottle of medicine during the lapse of time between its first and se ond examination? It is on this argument that the free-| dom and complete vindication of the Casper nurse will depend. If’ General Merle Vaugh, 12, Pine Bluffs. Donzelman can prove to the entire sat-| Unidentified man, 21 or 22 years old, isfaction of the court, that the poisun|supposed to have been a tramp. was absent from the medicine when :t| A second bo: jof Merle Vaugh, the only other member of the party, escaped injury. He has on Union Pacifi proach and were struck and killed eastbound track. The dead: Leslie Vaugh, 24, mechanic, Bluffs. Pine (Continued on Page Two) {are growing taller and heavier 9 years old, a brother} taken many steps the officers fi he fell with two bullet holes through | his body He died within twenty | minutes. ‘ | On his person was found $300 in cur. reney, four decks of, marked cards and a tieket to Shoshoni. He was a man of about 8 of age and,: accord- ing to the man with whom he stayed at the hotel here Saturday night, had The authorities are still engaged in efforts to identity him definitely. oe If you haye faith in your future, your future will have faith in you. MAN WHO REFINED FIRST BARREL OWL AT MIDWEST PLANT CLAIMED SUNDAY Hiram W. Moore, 68, said to have re fined the first barrel of ofl ever run thru the Midwest plant at Casper, died at his home on West Yellowstone ave- nue at 7 o'clock last night. Heart trou ble brot on by the infirmities of old age was the cause of his passing. Mr. Moore was born in New Yori: February 12, 18! He came to Wvo- ming in 1912 and had made Casper his home for eight yegrs. The decease: was a member of the Masonic lodge. Surviving him are his’ widow, M:s Mary A. Moore and three daughters fr. J. Johnson of New York, Mrs Sundwell and Mrs. C. E. Gates, both of Casper Funeral services will from the Shaffer Gay chapel the part of the w he Christian Selene reader will have charge of the service. WOME OWIN' TOUTER (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11, be conducted Women ecord- ing to Doctor R. Tait McKenzie, physi-} cal director ofthe University of Penn- sylvania, RUMANIANS DEMOBILIZE. By Associated Press) LONDON, . 10.—Demobilization of | the entire Armenian army is being car- LUMBER PRICES ARE CONTROLLED BY ASOOCIATION, REPORT ASoERTS Regional Organizations Able to Exercise Undue Restraint on Trade, Is Charge of Commission } ber manufacturers of.this country, through ten regional associations, are able to control production, stifle competition and prevent a price decline, the federal trade commission charged today in’ a spe ‘ \ WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Lum- | cial report based on a mass of corres- pondene! upport the charges. The f evidence has been given to the de { partment of Justice, The prohibitive lumber cost has been ed and ja large factor in preventing the build- ing of homes which has caused a house shortage, it is stated. The report, the commission says, .s \ 4 $ designed to show the activities of man- ufacturers and their attitude to national legislation regarding amend- ‘ ments to the revenue laws, elimination of competitive woods, the control of prices and production restriction, res forestration and other matters. It is set forth that regional associations formed the National Lumber Manufac turers’ Association with headquarters in Chicago. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROBES VIOLATIO WASHINGTON, Jan, 11.—Ceneral in- vestigation of the lumber indUstry and more particularly of the Now pine industry of the south is being conducted by the Department of Justice to de termine whether there have been yvio- lations of the Sherman Anti-trust act This became known today after the federal trade commission had transmit- ted to congress a copy of its report on the activity of organizations of lum- ber manufacturers which was prepared at the request of the Department of ® Justice, THREATS MADE AGAINST CABLE. LANDING, CLAIM Associated Press) WA 3TON, Jan. 10,—Char that the state department is mak threats against the Cuban government to prevent the ance of permits for Western Union cable landings on the island were made before the committee today 1 weomb Car] president of the Western Union com Carlton declared the departn as pursuing to the point of perse-u tion its difference with the company over an attempt to land a cable from the Barbadoes which he said would es- tablish a new of communication with South America, When questioneu as to the alleged su- pervision by English authorities of of ficial dispatches sent from Washineton to American diplomatic representatives vine in Great Britain, Carlton refused to answer categorically because it would make trouble. The witness said the te depart ment had the facts and Senator logg, chairman of the committee, a ried out by the soviet at Erivan, says the Times today, Under Secretary of State Davis to pear this afternoon Pedestrians Step from in Front of One | Train to Meet Death Under Another c Rail Tracks (Special to The Tribune.) PINE BLUFFS, Wyo., Jan. 10.—Stepping from the westbound track of the Union Pacific a quarter of a mile west of here in order )ovccn es, by the latter as they stood on the [Bes unable to describe what took place, but is supposed to have been standing beside instead of upon the track. Leslie Vaugh and the two boys, his nephews, were en route to a slough about a half mile west of town, where they intended to skate. They ing along the railroad track when left town and are supposed were to TRIO ARE GROUND TO DEATH UNDER TRAIN : have been joined by tramp near the scene of the tragedy. No. 20 reached Pine Bluffs before it could be brought to a stop, and here re- |ported the accident. Persons who went |to the scene found the bodies of the |two men and Merle Vaugh near the tracks, The younger Vaugh boy was huddled nearby, sobbing. The skulls ofall three victims of the accident were the unidentified jerushed and the death of each |instantaneous. The limbs of each of | the Vaughs were broken and their The unidentified ma was not disfigured. to escape westbound Los Angeles Limited No. 19, two men and a boy| coroner Bayley Finkhinder cam Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock failed to note eastbound No. 20’s “xd and took charge bodlen Cheyenne and took charge of the bodles, An inquest will be held at Cheyenne today. ey GOMPERS IN MEXICO CITY. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 10.—Samuel Gompers and fourteen other American labor representatives, accompanied by a Mexican reception committee, arrived re today to attend the Pan-American Federation of Labor conference. Se RUSE OCT Sears