Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 18, 1921, Page 1

GRIGG REACHED) Za BY RESIGNATION OF BONAR LAW LONDON NC = Political Effect May Be ToForce Retenenl Weather Forecast what cooler day: west egg n(n Span pf nee Ihe Casper £ Crihune | CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1921 & thay CITY EDITION a Action. to Be Institated for Part of the Hamon Estate, Says Attorneys, As Result of Acquittalby Jury 7” - ARDMORE, Okla:, March 18.—(By United Press.) —The immediate outcome of Ciara Smith Hamon’s acquittal in con- nection with the death of Jake L. Hamon will be a suit for a share of the Hamon millions, her attorneys stated toda: Clara said she was undecided what to do, as she had movie offers, but she said she would not accept any one of one hundred marriage proposals received during the course of the trial. ARDMORE, Okla., March 18.—(By Associated Press. )— Freed of the charge of murder for the shooting of Jake L. Hamon by the jury’s verdict yesterday, Clara Smith Hamon today was planning to le-ve Ardmore, the scene of her ten years’ association with hiamon, which culminated in the Premier Llovd Georg Editor of NR San LONDON, March 18.—A political crisis of the first mag- nitude has been was by. Ci the retirement of A. Law from the British cae, it is declared by. the London Times. Other newspapers, while less emphatic, agree -in saying that Mr. Bonar's Law's resignation ts. certain to| have considerable’ political. effect, and that it~ probably will pee aly. weaken the coalition government. By Finds That -Converse County People Came to Death From: Gunshot Wounds; Home Burned DOUGLAS, hafta March 18.—A is pointed out that no sutccusr 14} verdict of death from 0 jess sharin in Mr. Bonar Law is ‘Iikely to work so the cate, of Jobin R- Shurts, 30, and his wite, Clare Porter te ln as even “uments that ie ranch aby Shawn Corre: Wye ba ae Sena near whee; county, ‘yorning, pe Cardi te Mle petted EF Thursday morning. Bullets found in the ashes béside the roclalion, he may find the strain of of-| bodies led the jt en to believe that Mr. and Mrs. Shurtz itolerable and will follow Mr.| had been m “Law into retirement. - a today expressed th gongs ses lee Thuredny it, e t yor , chancellor house in order to conceal chequer; Sir Robert aa Dissent iad = his of the Board of Trade and = Saves cinapiba ea being roeahs ae to . Bonar Law. Sui fons have been made in some quarters that Mr, Lioyd George, him- self, take command of the Daa party. The London’ Times that the Unionists as a wiley wate while willing to-make every useof him, are. mest jealous of his power: An intimate friend pee ne with Bonar aw Wednesday evening, tnd suspected nothing, but ‘a spectal- lst who examied him on Thursday morning ordered him to quit work or Jeship jie off” Rosaceae: bia terday maneuyers United Eiates’ fleet. The body was recovered and taken aboard the hos- pital ship. Relief. A..R. McNiel, attached to, the sea- plane division of the fleet, was also|* Ulled Thursday .by ‘the propellor of a waplane shortly after the seaplane bad. rescued the members of the crew »f another observation balloon which »wroke loose ‘from the battleship Nev- ida. The body has not yet been re- vovered. —___—___ ‘Women’s clubs are practically, uny tnown in Mexico. Takes Slump as "The, western ‘states show" the | Petar gr as oi berg and.in the cases of California, Oregon | ca and_Colorado, ther’. waa.a. slight. /in- crease over the pi year, | ' CONDITION OF MOTHER GRAVE A baby boy, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Daze’ at 915 South Walnut street early this morning. Complications have arisen, according to the report of medical attendants which Ssopardize the mother’s life. Mrs. J.C. McNair of Fayette, is the first woman to be ‘appointed to the Mississippi general, board. of college trustees. BASEBALL SUPPORT IS: ASSURED OVER $1,400 SUBSCRIBED HERE "That widespread support of ,base- ball in Casper can bo expected dur- ing the coming summer is shown is the hope that’ is being be feet ath a teriar ys Sasi of eh eer Tee ees ee Teer CAPTURE OF KRONSTADT BY BOLSHEVIKS IS CONFIRMED CHER AND WIFE SLAIN, DIES OF TWO CREMATED BANDIT CHIEF OF WEST MEXICAN COAST KILLED BY FEDERAL FIGHTERS MEXICO CITY, March 18—~ Pedro Zamora, for the last ten years one of the most formidable baridits operating along tho western coast of Mexico, is dead, as a: result of wounds received in a recent battle with federal troops near the town of Zemzontla, state of Jalisco. His body was identified yesterday by one of his .followers, The bandit was a lieutenant of Villa after which be joined Zapata, but finally he operated independent- ly in the states of Jalisco, Michoa- FOUR SENTENCED TO PEN IN DISTRICT COURT HERE ma | Kentucky Land \Notorious Forger Who Led Attempted Jail Break by Firing Courthouse ‘Bank of Denver and ‘securing Phimdred dollars above the in- ‘tended face value ‘of the drafts. He.was a'member of a gang which ‘was ‘broken “up “just- before “it~ turned the last deal that would have provid- with diamond rings, Sra! jautomobilés and a large sum of money. ‘The last step in the ‘chain Proved the weak link when’ Sheriff Martin apprehended the man on a tip that: brought conclustve evidence ‘of his. guilt. “Mitchell was again recently featured in the headlines because of his lead- ership in an attempted jail delivery from; the county jail, by. burning @ hole through the floor of the county treas- urer’s office, Shortly after this at- tempt he pleaded guilty and remain- in his cell until sentenced yester- fi ‘ol Peralis. and Jose: Rodriguez will have from one ‘year ‘to 15'months @ach‘to think ‘over the charge of shop- lfting to which they ‘pleaded ‘guilty. ‘The shoplifting attempt was made in the Webel Commercial company, wo? men's ‘department here \a) few weeks ‘ago. The Mexicans were, apprehend- ed by M, 8. Kinney before their at- tempt was» successfijl’ and turned them’ over to, the police. James O'Brien.said: by local author- {ties to be the champion nerve: dis- playing prisoner, wlio featured in the robbery of the safe at the police de- partment has ‘been, remanded to the state penitentiary for a period of two and one half to three years. The heavy ‘penalty was invoked, be- cause O'Brien as a trusty had atcess to: police-department funds and. violat- Draws me a isi of Six Years. ed this trust by stealing nearly $200 and ja gold watch. After escaping from Casper he was apprehended in Cheyenne and returned here by James B. Lynch, chief of police. ‘hausted by the constant bombardment Sixty J Thousand Men Haurled Against Big| =, vse ax were. voorty eau: Fortress Under the Direction of Red War Minister Win Big Victory LONDON, March 18. — (By Associated Press.) — The Russian soviet government, in confirming by wireless today the capture of Kronstadt’ by’ the bolshevik troops,. says M. Kusmin, soviet commissar.of the Baltic fleet, and M. Vasileff, thairman of the Kronstadt soviet, who were arrested at the beginning of the uprising, were released by the bolsheviki on their entry into Kronstadt. ‘of war, directed the assault and hurled STOCKHOLM, March 18.— Reports | upwards of 60,000 men at its defenses. hat the Russian naval fortress 6f| Advices would seem to indicate that Cronstadt, the center of the revolu-}¢ammunists within the fortress and ton againat~the soviet ‘government, |town of Kronstadt asisted the bolshe- tas been taken by the holeheviki, ap-|vik forces when the latter! had broken | year to be .confirmed. in dispatches |into-the euter forte of the place. ‘The ‘aching here from, Finland. numbering approximately, trotzky, -Russlan bolshevik ‘ minister 15,000 is declared. to baye become x Feemeict Montes UKRAINIANS TAKE CITIES IN SOUTH BERNE, Switzerland, March “18.— (By Associated Press), — (Russian) — us capture’ from’ the bolsheviki of fohilev and Jtmpol, on the Dniester river,. by Ukrainian nationalists forces. was anounced by the Ukrain- fan mission here today. ‘The Ukrainians shot all the — bol- shevik commissars and officers, the’ mission declared. SWISS WORKERS AGAINST SOVIET BERNE, Switzerland, March 18, — Gy Associated Pregs) — (Russian) — ‘The executive committee of the Inter- Hiational Metal ‘Workers union, which tlaims a membership of 3,500,000, to- ca cate pence silat rise No BSiguiiiunc: In: Letter: From Pres. Millerand PARIS, March 1€.The French for- elgn office announced that the letter written “recently by. President” Mille- rand to President, Obregon of Mexico, out of‘ which grew the report that teps were being taken by the French government to recognize Mexico, was simply an acknowledgement of receipt of a letter from Senor Obregon an- nouncing. his coming into, power. ————— SLAYER CONFESSES LOS ANGELES, Cal.,’ March 18.— Charles ‘E. Smith confessed in the city jail here today, according to the police, that he and his father, T. W. Smith, also under arrest here, had murdered Peter Schure in Akron Ohio, last: October. ean and Colima. An éxtensive ter- ritory. in these areas was under his ‘control for a long time. Last August he raided tho towns of Autign and Quatlan, from which he warried off a number of cap- tives. Among those taken prisoner by Zamora were seven | Arericans and seyeral British subjects. It was safd that sixtecn girls carried off from Quatlan had committed suicide following their capture by the bandit. “Most of’ his prisonors Were released voluntarily, and when ‘nment troops pressed the pur- suit of the bandit hotly, he released the rest after being promise! im- Munity from arrest. He announced he intended to fol- low peaceful pursuiis, but, unlike his former chieftain, Villa, he was Not contented with a peacefil life, and several days ago it. was report- ed that he was again heading u rs- bdellion and federal troops were sent against him. The bandit _ forces were engountered at Zemzontla ani Zam ceived fatal wounds. Ho man: to escape from the. field, but he died later. _ AN TI-RED IS PU TIN. JAIL Aris., ntawere 10 “arignting Bob” Sawn, who! had been Gelivering lectures int many plates in || this, part: of the countty against -bol- {shevism, is being held here on a charge of unjawfully wearing the uni- form’ of the United ‘States navy. He was arrested yesterday at Ash Fork on information supplied by the American, Legion. --. --- Natives Burn Dutch Posts In the Congo ANTWERP, March 18.—Natives of the equatorial district of Congo Free State have risen and burned fifty trading posts, according to a wireless despatch from Boma, Congo Free State, published by the news- paper Neptune. fe tice on SE “Leaf insects” are so realistic in their imitation of growing leaves that they have ever been known’ to begin feeding upon one another before dis- covering. their .mistake. CARL WANDERER 10 GET DEATH PENALTY INCREASED BY JURORS CHICAGO, March 18.—Carl Wa Wanderer today.was found guilty by a jury of the murder of the ragged stran; shot to death in an alleged mock holdup, and the penalty fixed at death. The jury deliberated only twenty-nine minutes, but was .|delayed in returning the verdict through the absence of Judge Davis. In @ previous trial Wanderer was convicted of the murder of his wife and. was sentenced to prison for 26 years, It was charged that the stranger was hired to ect the part of a robber day <ndopted’a resolution declaring against Lenine and the Third-Inter- a, fis and was slain to silence him. What Is Your Advertising Dollar Buying? High prices of materials and in- creased overhead have made necessary a stricter economy along. mercantile lines. Advertising should» be cgnsider- ed as well as the commodities in which merchants deal. “By choosing only those. publica- tions whose circulation is accu- rately measured, you not only practice economy in your adver- tising, but are assured that your monéy is buying a dofinite quan- “tity of circulation. The Tribune's circulation tu measured by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.. Advertising placed in its columns is an. economical | in- ventrrient; The Tribune's EXTRADITION OF SLAYERS IS GRANTED SACRAMENTO, Cali, March 18.— Governor Stephens today granted a Fequest of Governor Davis. of Ohio for the extradition of Sam Purpera | and John Doe, wanted in Cleveland for the alleged murder of Wilfred ©. Sly, puring @ payroll robbery Decem- ber 31 last. Purpera, who is held at Los Angeles, has confessed the kijling of Sly and another man, according to the Los Angeles police. Ea Meents; of the Iowa-Wyoming andthe Victor Oil companies, is ex- pected to come to Casper the first of ‘cireulation yes- next-week from Sioux City, in, where | Circulatio: Sats v be -is- living. 4 —————__ shooting last November. eighteen miles. west of here for a short visit with her sister and later proceed ;to El*Paso, where her father is, serf:usly ill. After a trial-lasting a week, the jury in the Hamon case debated its verdict only forty minutes, agreeing upon’ acquittal on ‘the first ballot. “Iam the happiest woman in the world,” Clara Hamon said; with tears | streaming down her face -when she heard the verdict.. Mrs.’ Jake . L. Hamon, the widow, who. attended nearly all sessions of the trial, left the courtroom when the jury retired, and members of her family said she| had. not yet been told the verdict. | The state's final plea attacked the| theory of self-defense on which Clara Hamon's. case had been built, but less than an hour after Attorney Gen- eral S, P. Freeling had made the final address in the ‘trial, the. defendant was receiving the congratulations of scores of attendants at the trial. NO “PERSECUTION” TO FOLLOW. ARDMORE, Okla... March® 18. — There probably will be no. aftermath to:the trial of Clara Smith Hamon, ac: quitted yesterday on a charge of hay- ing murdered’ Jake L. Hamon in the manner of prosecution on the statu- tory charge filed against’ her and Hamon two days after she shot him Nov. 21 last, aecording to information obtained in the office of the county attorney of Carter county today. Such action, following the young ‘woman's acquittal probably would. be regarded as persecution, it was said. An information charging Frank L. Ketch, Hamon's butinss .menager end now administrator. of. the Himon_es- tate, with being. an. accessory” after the tect Ins aes ars, aaa $5.000 and bebe filed formally. MAN'S W. R: Call ’ Colorado, Was Killed and' Two Girls Fatally Injured j DENVER, Colo., March 1 state fish and game commissio! States senator, was decapitated today when a runaway auto- mobile crashed down hi Two other persons were injured. The automobile apparently had been parked on Colfax avenue, near. the state capitol and-in some manner the brakes were loos- ened. The car careened .down Colfax into. Broadway, crashing into “a crowd crossing the street almost’ with- out ‘warning. Callicotte’s head was cut off by a wheel and his body was mangled. The others injured were Loraine Burman, 14,, and Mathilda Kleinan. The two, injured persons were rushed to the county hospital. After tearing through the crowd, the automobile crashed into a street car which was passing the ‘intersection. Persons in the car were thrown from thelr seats but none were reported injured. The automobile was owned by Dr. C, J. Crabbe, president of the State Teachers’ college at Greeley. Dr. Crabbe'said he had left the machine in front ‘of m hotel, opposite the capi- tol, while he and Mrs. Crabbe went in to dinner. The-car was equipped with a stéer- ing wheel lock which kept the wheels in @ straight forward position. The hill is steep at this point and the ma- chine was going at high rate of speed when it reached Broadway. Reports from the county. hospital said that the two injured girls would die. petal ada Sains via ra Joe L. Bingenheimer is much tm- Proved after undergoing a serious operation last week. | | CHICAGO, March 18.—Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney, today had 2 staff of assistants. at work prepar- | ing the baseball game _ throwing cases for resubmission to a grand | Jury with the view of reindicting | the seven players whose cases were dismissed by the state yestorday. Mr. Crowe said he hoped to go before the. grand: jury. today and ask indictments, but that if his as- sistants were unable to complete thetr work. today he would take ac- tion as quickly as possible. Less than two weeks remain which the men conld be Felndicted, ‘ She probably wiil go to Wilson, torneys held a conference this morn- It was said that she was con a number of “business propo- jome of which involved high salaried contracts. It also was said that nothing hud been decided as regarded suits against the Hamon estate under claim that a great part of it was built up under co- opération of Clara Hamon in Mr. Hamon’s business. “I cannot say ‘anything as to my plans for the future; because I have none,” Clara Hamon said. ‘1 am just relaxing today and want to get a good rest. I expect to visit ray father in El Paso soon, and it is quite prob- able I shall leave here within the next week or ten days for El Paso and go from there to Californja to be with my sister who lives there.”” She apparently was in high spirite today and had doffed the rather som- ber blue tailored suit and blue tailored hat, she wore all thru the trial for more fashionable garments, Setiercmatain st DEBS TO CALL OFF PICKET (By Associated Press) ATLANTA, Ga, March 18,— Eu- gene V. Debs, socialist leder has halt- ed the plans of socialists to picket the White House in an effort to attract attention to their demands that he be released from the Atlanta federal pen- BLL OF RIGHTS SENT 10 LABOR ROAD, AALAOAL EAECUTIVES UE Walsh Cross-Examining Officials in ‘Attempt To Prove Insincerity In Wage Negotiations CHICAGO, March 18.— Railroad labor unions today presented what they termed their “bill of rights” to the railroad labor board and then began an attempt to prove insincerity of the roads in thelr -deal- ings with the unions by cross exam- ining high railroad officials who had been summoned by the board at the request of the unions. Frank P. Walsh, labor -attorney, conducted the cross examination. Ho read correspondence between rallroad leaders which was furnished by R. 8. Binkerd, of the Associa- tion of y Executives Labor committee and which he said would prove its case. One letter from Binkerd to T. De- witt Cuyler, chairman of the associa- tion, reported that the committee had voted in favor of one or more national boards of adjustment, only W. W. Atterbury, vice president of the Penn- sylvania voting against the resolu: tion. Mr. Atterbury, the letter said, had submitted a minority report agginst the plan and this report later was adopted 60 to 41 by the railroads in an individual ballot. Mr. Walsh said that as a result of this, Carl Gray, president of the Union Pacific resigned as chairman of the committee, and Atterbury succeeded him. Mr. Walsh had announced before the meeting that he would prove that Hihis, offices here with thi “Clara. “Hamon ‘and her. staff “of ‘atc, RUNAWAY CAR CUTS OFF itentiary, his attorney, Samuel M.| Mr. Atterbury, E. T. Whiter, chair- Castleton, announced here today. man of the roads* conf » commit- A- nation-wide campaign to obtain|tee and a few others ted the Deb's release will be undertaken, how- | policies of the roads. me pr, the attorney said. ras unfons’ “bill (of) Ha") was presented hy B. M.. Jewell, chairman of the, Railroad Labor Department of the American Federation of Labor and Riéhardson., has returned | to Taralty. & fProducers company lufter attending to business matters in“ Washihgton. | (Continued on stint 3 6) HEAD IN DENVER tte,.Fo mer State Official of|Richest Village In World Makes A Birth Record Minn., March 18.—Long 8.—W. R. Callicotte, former HIBBING, mer and candidate for United |known as the “ st village in the world,” due to its ore values, Hibbing ri : es ri has a now ¢ause for pride, its birth into a street in the business section. record, ‘In'the past 17 days of March, the stork presented twelve boys and five girls to the village. FREIGHT RATES ON STOCK FROM SOUTH ARE CUT Thirty-Five Per Cent Reduction Granted From Points West of Mississippi to Points in Northwest Region DENVER, Colo., March 18.—Reduction of 35 per cent in freight rates on livestock between points of the northwest and southwest and west of the Mississippi have been granted, according to » telegram received here today from Washing- ton. The onnouncement was contained in a telegram re- ceived by Mrs. Evelyn Castle of the Colorado Stock Growers’ Association, and was said to have been, sented by T. W. Tomlinson of the the result of a conference in Washing-} American National Livestock associa- PROSECUTION BEGINS WORK TO, BRING SOX CASE BEFORE JURY the statute. of limitations requiring action within eighteen months after the act is alleged to have been com- mitted. 4 Mr. Crowe later answered that he would start the new investigation this afternoon. Second Assistant State's Attorney George E. Gorman Will have active charge of the case. Ban Johnson, president of the American league, was, to be the only witness called today, it was an- nounced. Mr. Gorman said he expected that If, new indictments were returned several other players not previous- named. would be implicated, ton yesterday attended by representa-| tion. A petition for a reduction was tives of thirty-seven raflroad and fif- teen stockgrowers’ associations with the interstate commerce commission. ‘The Colorado stockmen were repr filed with the interstate commerce commission on March 4, The reduction, it was said, neu- tralizes the advance in rates author- ized last August. Local livestock men proilicted the decision would ald mate- rially the industry in the mountain states. PHOENIX, Ariz, March 18.—The Stalp corporation commission today re- ceived word from United States Sena- tor Ralph Crmeron that the western railroads had decided to suspend for ninety days the present rates on east- bound traffic and go back to the rates Prevailing on August 26, 1920, The information, which came in » telegram sent from Washington by Mr, Cameron, read as follows: “Omc! 1s of western “railroads met here today and suspended for ninety days present railroad rates coming east. They have gone back to rates of August 26, 1920." As interpreted; by members of the corporation commission, | this: means that the last increase of 33% per cent in freight rates and 20 per cent in Passenger fares will be suspended shortly, i: