Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1921, Page 1

Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Saturday, somewhat colder Saturday in soyth portion. he VeGLUME V 21 PER HOUSE REPUBLICANS LACK JOBS APPOINTH $ WON'T G0 ROUND MONDELL 8 IN ASSIGNMENTS WASHINGTON? “il 1.—(By Associated Press.)—The old woman who live — the shoe and who tried to put twenty kids to sleep in bei ~ g enough only for eight seemed to have had no toughe ~—_;ht-time job than a house committee which is trying to; = »laces for about 300 Republicans on less than a score of __ ortant standing committees. But it will be done ftiiow, with indications that like the children of the story book, they may scream and kick lustily. "There are So many Republicans that it is a real problem to scatter them around where they may do the most good: There are only 132 Democrats. "hey are outnumbered about three to one, but with their committee repre- sentation sharply reduced they stand a chance of better picking than the Republican side, which will actually frame gnd pass the laws. Three members, Representatives ‘Mann,. Mondell and Moores, are han- @ling the assignments for the Republi- Alarm Taken as Fool Day Joke, Fire Burns On So thoroughly did the “April fool” spirit dominate the Midwest Refining company offices in the Midwest building today that a fire in the drafting room burned mer- Caapr CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1921 $35,000 Counsel Fees and. $12,500 For, Expenses Included in Temporary Alimony Granted Defendant POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., April 1.— (By Associated Press.) —Temporary_alimony of $7,500 a month, counsel fees of $35,000 and $12,500 for expenses were fixed today for Mrs. Anne U. Stillman by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Morschauser in the suit for divorce instituted against her by James A. Stillman, president of the National City bank of New York. are sustained, neither wll be entitled Mrs. Stillman nad asked alimony of|t? @ decree. $10,000 a month and $75,000 counsel “If these charges \ established, fees. Justice Morschauser made pub-|the plaintiff and defendant will find lc his decision after he had transmit- ee ted to the court clerk at White Plains (Continued compare cD) along with affidavits and pleadings erous counter attractions, the \netted a tidy sum to add to th | of the refinery are gathering a ‘which will represent Casper in the Midwest Baseball league presented in the case. In his decision the justice ruled out of the divorce suit as confidential and privileged, the alleged “confession"| letter written to Mr. Stillman by his! wife. He also ruled out letters alleged | to have been written to Mrs. Stillman by Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide, who was named in the banker's com- plaint as co-respondent and accused of being the father of Mrs. Stillman’s| infant son, Guy, COUNTER CHARGE MADE BASIS OF RULING. rily on to the serious damage of a desk, maps and other articles dur- ing the lunch hour today while an cans. Each day they go through a stack of requests with nearly every- body trying on certain committees. The decision set forth tnat Mrs.) Stillman had pleaded recriminations in her answer to the banker’s complaint ‘The list has been tentatively made up, subject to revision and approval on Monday by the Republican committee on committees. For some it will be much like a high card gamble, with the possibility that many of the one outsider pleaded vainly for a time with a tolephone operator. “April fool—go chaso yourself, the alarmist was told when he rnsi ed into the building and declared a fire was raging on the sixth floor. When he continued to repeat the Hundred and odd new representatives warning, however, the operator real- and that both husband and wife made charges “founded etc an allegation) of adultery.” “A husband or wife is not compe- tent to testify against the other on such allegations,” the decision said. The justice decided that affidavits to which the letters were appended |A. S. Roach; Head of New State De will’ not have much more real work for a year or so than answering the roll. Service counts first. The old mem- bers will eat ahead of overybody, so ized that she was not being “kid- ded’ and immediately sounded the alarm. The alarm was given too Iate to save some equipment of the contained matters that Mr. Stillman could not testify to, and it was on this ground that the communications were barred. CHEYENNE, April 1.—W. to speak, and the new ones get what is left. But as @ veteran of the pub- lic sefvice remarked today, all draw the @ pay, and there is no discrim- ination of the distribution of free seed for the folks back home. CANDIDATES ARE LACKING TOPEKA, Kan., Aptil 1.—The city clerk of Kiowa, Barber county, today asked Richard J. Hopkins, attorney- general, if a city election could be dispensed with thig year, if the pres- ent officers can be induced to hold over. According to the clerk's letter, no candidates have been found who are willing to have their names placed on the ticket at the city election next Monday. The election must be held, the at- torney-genéral ruled. If ro candidate appears blank ballots will be printed and voters will write in names of per- sons for whom they desire to vote. ab weno Cheat ale WIFE OF MAYOR SHOT TO DEATH room, and the peculiarly fireproof construction of the building alone was resi for the fact that the fire contned {0 ‘one room and no 6 done. Mystery surrounds the cause of Karine fire, aan th the a every } room was Sea dleeed ‘jedne the rad hour. The city fire department was not called, the fire protection in the building being used to extinguish the blaze. Greek Battle Lines Growing ATHENS, April 1.—Fighting be- tween the Greeks and Turkish Na- tionalists has spread along the line in Asia Minor until the northern end of the active zone is within thirty miles of Ismid. An official statement issued here tells of the Bleventh Di- vision. of the Greek army occupying the northern entrance of Geiveh' Pass, south of Adabazat and pushing for- ward into the defile. more than. six miles, Severe fighting occurred dur- ing this operatio Appointment of PARKSTON, §. D., April 1.—Mrs. G. W. Meisenholder, 52 years old, wife of the mayor of Parkston, was. prob- ably fatally wounded last night when she was mysteriously shot as she an- swered a knock at the back door of her home. Colonel Harvey WASHINGTON, April 1.—Defi- nite announcement of the selection of Col, George Harvey of New Yori to be ambassador-to Great Britain Justice Morschauser pointed out that his inhibition against admitting the alleged messages trom Beavyais to Mrs. Stillman applied only‘ to the motion under consideration, and that they might be offered again in connec- tion’ with later motions, Referring, to the alleged letter writ- ten to Mr. Stillman by his wife, to the admission of) which her attorney’ ob- jected, and which it was charged by counsel for the banker she wrote “in a moment of hysteria, implicating her- self,” the decision said: “Communications and transactions between husband’and wife were early recognized as privileged and neither could be compelled to disclose what took place between them and neither was a competent witness to testify as to such transactions or communica- tions of a confidential mature or in- duced by the marital relation. “Prom experience, it was found that far loss evil would result from the ex clusion of such testimony than’ from its admission. It may be. individual cases work’ hardship, but the destruc tion of confidence between a husband and wife would cause much misery and affect the marriage relation. This rule ts founded upon sound pub- lic policy.”” Referring to’ Mrs. Stillman’s charge that her financier-husband is the fath- er of a thirty-months-old. son born to “Mrs. Florence H. Leeds,” former mu-| sical revue girl, the decision said: “The defendant has amended her answer and charges acts and conduct upon the plaintiff or simflar charac- ter as charged by him against her and such acts are supported by affidavits of different persons. “She does not seek a divorce, but pleads recrimination against the de- fendant as a defense. If the acts and was made today at the White House, conduct as charged against each other commissioner of law enforce: work being tals Rouch’s term as or hibition, eged the begianing of ‘sioner of law ment. * The new | state. department) “is charged ‘with responsibility of assist- ing other duly constituted authorities in the enforcement of state statutes. It fs autlorized to investigate crim- inal offenses, gather evidence and as- sist'in the. prosecution of alleged ,of- fenders. Its agents are authorized to make arrests. thority does not supercede that of any other law enforcement agency, but Js intended rather to cause other law enforcement agencies to operate impartially and effectively. The work issioner of pro- taneously with fterm as commis- (Continued on Page 7) (By Associated Press) DENVER, Colo., April 1—A Moat- ing object in the form of » woman, clad in navy blue, was taken as an Atel fool joke by boy fishers in y Park Inke here eurly today. The Joke appeared to be on Sam Schlesinger, watchman, as he waded into the waters and brought the" form to shore. The boys yelled with glee. The form was of 2 woman about 35 years old. Police immediately FORMER EMPEROR GIVES UP FIGHT FOR HUNGARY CROWN Asking Opportunity to Explain “Unfavor- able Conditions” Magyar Population of Nation STEINAMANGER, West Hungary, April 1.—(11 a. m.). —(By Associated Press.) — Former Emperor Charles de- clared here this morning that his departure from Hungary would be conditioned upon permission to issue a proclama- ars explaining the ‘unfavorable circum- stances” compelling his withdrawal and saying that he, as tion to the Ma; king, temporarily confirmed the re- gency of Admiral Horthy, The former ruler made this declar- ation on receiving a refusal from Ad- mi-r? Horty, the regent, that he be allowed to return to Budapest, coupled | with a threat of military measures. against him. NTENTE DECLARES AGAINST HAPSBURGS (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 1,—Warning was given Hungary today by the allies that the restoration of the Haps- burg dynasty would entail disastrous consequences for the Hungarian natron.. This warning, issued thru the | | in Statement To | Council of Ambassadors, constituted a virtual ultimatum from the chief allied powers, including Great Brit- ain, France, Italy and their lesser as- sociates. © It was given an. additional point by the tact that it was communi-| cated officially to the allied states. by which Hungary is surrounded—Czecho, Slovakia, Jugo Slavia, Rumania and |Poland, at least.the first three of which, comprising the “little entente” have. declared themselves ready to take military action against the Haps- burg restoration. Meanwhile adyices reaching Paris thru official and other reliable chan-| nels give no confirmation of the ru- iors. that- former Emperor Charles | eign office emphasized that Charles | still ‘was. marching on Budapest at the head of a large body of troops to re- place himself on the throne. Official. advices to the French for- was at Steinamanger, near the Austrian frontier, that negotiations } were in progress for his removal from Hungary, presumably back to Switz. | erlang, thru Austria and that quiet| prevailed at Budapest, tue Hungarian capital. Direct Budapest advices carried of- ficial denial of the report that Charles was moving on the capital with troops and declared he was safely guarded at Steinamanger. AMBASSADORS PROTEST RETURN PARIS, April_1—(By The Agsoci- jated Press)— Resolutions protesting |against the-restoration of Former Em- peror Charles ti. Jiuchary and warn- ing the Hungarian government that the consequence of such an event would be disastrous were adopted by the Council of Ambassadors here to- day. The resolutions were, presented by Jules Cambon, acting in the name of the French government. “The events of which’ Hungary is ernment and the people of Hungary the terms of their declaration of Feb- rvary 4, 1920, (In this declaration that restoration of, the Hapsburg dyn- asty would not be consistent with the {principles for which the war had been {fought and at variance with the whole “Faithful to the principles enunci-| ated in that declaration,” continued ; the resolutions, “the alles have the duty to repeat that the restoration of | | Hapsburgs would. imperil the: vegy |foundation of the peace, and that “it| |could be neither recognized nor tol: \ erated. “ Hungarian government, conscious et the gravity of the situation that would be created by the return to the throne ot the former woverelgp, to take effi- cacious measures to suppress the at- tempts whose success, even mofien- tary could not but have disastrous consequences for Hungary “This declaration will be telegraphed to the allied high commissioner in the taed gr,” the resolutions read, “place tke" principal allied powers under obligation to recall to: the gov- Budapest and communicated officially (Continued on Page 7.) The department's au-| the Council of Ambassadors declared! |the principal allied powers considered basis of the peace settlement, and |that such’ restoration “would be net- ther recognized nor tolerated | by | them.’) allied powers count upon the} (NEW LAWUENFORCEMENT BUREAU BEGING 10 FUNCTION; SALARIES) OF STATE OFFICIALS. INCREASED} Prohibition Commissioner, Becomes partment; Raise in Pay Ordered by Legislature Effective yoming’s new law enforcement department, created by the legislature of 1921, began func-| tioning this morning under the direction of A. S Roach, state ment. At the same time the state prohibition department passed: out of existence, its over by the.law enforcement department. JILTED LOVER KILLS WOMAN SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April 1.—Miss Marie Anderson, 17 years of age, of Draper, 8. D., was shot and killed this morning by Joseph Willmer, 28 years of age, of Draper, who was said to have been “jilted” by Miss Ancterson. killed himself. The double tragedy ‘ec- curred at the heme of Mrs. Mary Mil- ler, grandmother of Miss Anderson. |which was held at the Midwest refinery garage last night SERIES OF ‘EVENTS IS PLANNED GREYBULL AND CASPER TO PLA While not living up to expectations ca ‘account of num- smoker and athletic carnival e benefit fund which employes s their own tribute to the team Haithy Crihune | STATE EDITION NUMBER 148 “Governor”. Goes Tol Bottom in Deep, W ater; Majority ATHLETIC CARD AIDS BALL FUND Of Peopte Rescued SEATTLE, Wash., April 1. —Twenty-one persons, includ- ing eighteen passengers and |three members of the crew of | the Admiral Line steamship SOVEt nets may have lost their when the big liner sank off Point on, Wash., carly today, after she had been rammed and sunk by the Shipping Board steamer West Hart and, A checkup of the survivors arriv- ing on the West Hartland. when th freighter docked here at 10 o'clock dis- closed the fact that twenty-one per sons carried on the passenger crew accounted f and| lists of the Governor were not| SH IN SHIP SINKING OFF WEST COAST MRS. STILLMAN AWARDED $7,500 A MONTH ILLEGAL WOE UF MAILS CHARGED AGAINST oT OGK ‘SELLING QUIET | wwe '$100,000 Secured From Hundreds of People on 400 Kinds of Stock Used on “Sucker List” ) this summer. : My een penne, 60, of Los ‘| 3 eles, Who was on her v 9. vist , The Droge consisted Of|q son ving in northern Idh CHIC AGO, April 1.—(By lis 20-minu tling match betwi no badly. Injured that’ she ‘wi sken| Assceiated Press.) — An al- | Jack ‘Taylor and Tony Wobvlenskt, |minute wrestling match bi | Young Perkins and Mark Haine: }minute match between Kid Lynch | Bari Dowler; three-round boxing ing Dude Gilmore and y Cummings; three-rounds with |Kia Ross and Joe Talbot in the lead- \off, and a wind-up event between Kid \3 ansen and Young Am ntertainment and musical numbers | included a 40-minute entertainment by the Jazzland entertaingrs; musical se- Hlections by the Midwest orchestra un- der the direction of E. 0. Brokaw. to a hospital here upon the arrriv: the West Hartland. Her back badly wrenched and her sprained, No other serious injuries were re- ported among passengers of crew. The West Hareland struck the Governor in a slanting direction, according to ship's officers. The great hole in the| freightets 'bow is slightly to starboard, | extending from a point about 10 feet| above the water line the entire length | of the stem. The Governor was strick on the starboard side amidships, of w ankle leged bogus stock selling con- | cern which had secured more \than $100,000 from 1,800 per- \sons is said to have been dis- | closed by the issuance of a fed- Jeral warrant charging mieuse of the |mails by Arthur Barry, whom federal authorities aro seeking. Four hundred kinds f stocks were joffered for investigators |said, to persons on a “sucker list” jextending from Massachusetts to Denver, and records of the company and cuot almost in two by the colli. °TSanized by Barry are said to have After killing Miss Anderson, Willrder| ‘The money derived from last night's event gave a good boost to the refin- |ery fund and is only the start of a series of events that will enable the ' Midwest dDunch to give a real apprecia- tion fund to the Casper Midwest team. One of the largest Individual sub scribers to the fund so fur gathered at the refinery is W. B. Maxwell, boiler- maker contractor, who placed $150 at the disposal of the Midwest ball teams. This sum will be divided equally be- tween Casper, Greybull and Laramie. Not only is Maxwell taking the indi- Vidual lead but he is booster from start to finish. He has promised to personally solicit all of the 200 men in his crew for their support of the fund. In all probability, .many® Casperites }will journey to ‘Thermopolis Sunday {to attend the “first basebhll) game of | the season in Wyoming when Casper jand. Greybull teams will test thoir Jearly season strength. Each of the | teams has over a score of players on leno allat..and “wilt: “bold. they practios games for the purpose of weeding down thelr respective lists to 15 play+ ers to conform with the Midwest league requirements. Plans are going whead to give local fans a chance to get a glimpse of its wonderful baseball organization in action before the opening of the} (Continued on Page 7.) SUICIDE IS REVEALED BY BOYS’ APRIL FOOL JOKE began a check of city and county institutions in an effort to estab- lish her identity. Deputy Coroner Clyde Taylor stated the woman had been dead only a short time. Tho body floated on the lake for sev- eral hours. ‘An annonymous letter written to | x local newspaper a few days ago | by a woman said she was “going to drown herself in City Park lake.” The letter in part follows: “Why don't they call your beau- tiful city Denver, the City of Broken Hearts?” “More women’s hearts are broken here, more killing, lonliness, more broken lives here in\ Denver than many a city twice her size. Why should the man in the cast—a’prom- inent business man of Denver — live on to ruin more young pure women with his tine manner and loving words?. “He has driyen the closer. to Heaven and nearer to hell than mil- lions of people will ever know." “I shall haunt him night after night. He shall feel the kisses of my intense love forever. If he looks over City Park at night, may my spirit appear to him. Organization of State Cabinet Is Completed Today ~ OLYMPIA, Wash., April 1.—Organ- ‘zation. of Governor Louis Hart's cab- linet, consisting of the ten directors of state departments provided for in the civil. administration code, passed by |the last legislature, and which be- |came effective today, was completed jat @ meetin with Governor Hart \nere. The code provided for the con- solidation of many state boards and Gepartmonts, but did not affect the jetatus of elective state officers, who, however, will not become members of the cabinet, + Se PHONE STRIKE CALLED. OMAHA, Neb., April 1.—Citizens of the town: 6f Bloomfeld, went jon strike today against f the | telephone because of a rate increase ited by the state railway commis at I4ncoln, according to are Iport’ received here today. “If my body is never found, it makes no difference. They not be able to identify me. It is my wish I should not be found.” Tracks into which the dead wo- man’s shoen fitted were found in the mnd leading to the pier at the boat Janding, indicating the police say, that she had jumped into the lake from the pier. Her hat floated near the body. Around her neck was a long white silk scraf. Every identification mark had been stripped from the | clothing, according to Dr. Taylor. | A plain band gold ring was worn | on the third finger of the left hand. | | | | sion.. |shown branch offices at times in ‘According to passengers, the West |Pittsburgh, St. Louis id Denver. Hartland partly supported the govern-|The Globe Securities Investment com- or with her nose driven deeply into| Pay; the Motor Express ‘company the Governor's side, but as soon as/2nd the Chicago, Peoria and Quincy, ; Traction company are some of the . hter backed clear, tip treehter sew concertia in which Barry is said to senger vessel began to sink. the pas-| “We don’t know how it happened," said one of thei, “they just hit and we got ef ns quickly as possible. Pursuer 1 .zer, of saved only the log and the payroll of us | | the Governor. | have wold stock, according to investi- \gations of postal authoritie: Jacob Goldman, appointed receiver for, the Motor Expr company said that letters sent out by the company pletely the ship's papers, All tesords, in.(made attractive offers that checks cluding the passenger ist, went dose |i0h invesment in ithe. qmbany /are, in the pursuer's. safe, ‘which also‘eone| sell coming: In, ast tained a considerable amount of money, Holzer said. TAXI DRIVER HELO FOR MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH KEMMERER DEATH EVANSTON, Wyo., April 1.—Geri Serafine, taxicab driver, is in the Uinta county jail here, charged with murder as the-result of the death at Kemmerer, from a gunshot wound, of Dominic Angelo, The shooting took place at South Cum- An anxious crowd gathered “at ‘the! pler-as the West Hartland, her heavy steel prow crumpled. like paper. and her deck crowded with a huddled throng of survivors in a motley of blankets and " borrowed | clothing, warped into the slip. Then, in many cases, anxiety gave way to merriment, | which in. turn became hysteria, as friends recognized friends among those saved. A cold drizzling rain added to the misery of those on. the big freightor’s | deck thruout most of the slow Journey from the Scene of the collision. Few of them had been able to escape com- clothed. A number were in| berland last Monday and Angelo thelr night clothes, and were wrapped) died ‘Wednesday night. "The one in blankets loaned by members of the | ened teed by Mant West Hartland’s crew. y Serafine punctured Angelo’s intestines in nine places. Angelo was shot while calling at the home of Mrs. A. Maretti. _He had known Mrs. Maretti in Italy, had just arrived from Canada and they were renewing acquaintances. Serafine also called at the Maretti home and, it is charged, after join- ing for a while in the conversation suddenly drew a revolver and fired point-blank Angelo. The gunman n escaped but Wednes- day gave himself up to the Sheriff at Kemmerer and was turned over to the authorities of this county, . —_ A call for all members of the Amer- n Legion to contribute ten cents to » Memorial day fund for the decora- tion of American graves overseas was ent out in a bulletin from legion na- | tional headquarters poi: idee PARE Automobiles and ambulances rushed the survivors to nearby hotels. The! ship's captains were reticent in speak-| ing of the disaster, but declared order was maintained aboard the sinking v 1. Neither Captain H. P. Bartlett, mas- ter of the Governor, nor Captain John Alwen of the West Hartland would | discuss the affair. SEATTLE, Wash., April 1.) —Seven passengers and three| members of the crew of the| steamship Governor, sunk off Point Wilson early today, are! missing, according to a wire-| less message at 7:15 a,.m, from the steamer West Hartland, which is bringing the survivors to Seattle. The remainder of the passengers and crew are aboard the West Hart-| J. Giblin, district manager of the land, which, her bows badly dam-|Equitable Life Insu ompany, is ‘in Riverton for the tending to business matters. at w (Continued on Page 7.) Authorized by A Convention. of | offi ing such acticn. The electio: Novembber 8, 1921. In addtlion to seeking the recall of | Governor Lynn J. Frazier, William | mke, attorney general, and J. N. 1, commissioner of agriéulturé and labor, who comprise the state in- dustrial commission, the anti-Non-Par- tisans will have submitted to the yot- ers at the same \time a series of®%con-| titutional amendments, which change | the state-owned industrial program. la-} Bank of North Dakota, | tate-owned | ption Principal among these would be uidation of the nd abandonmer } Ate 'tyuatirless the exc of the! Grand Forks Mill and Elevator. A bond issue of $5,000,000 to retire out-| the last night of the anti-Non-Partisan convention here, in order-|°f twenty-one « PETITIONS FOR RECALL O. K.’D Action Against Three State Officials! jrand Forks, chaigman of the Demo- cratic Yentral Committee, will make jthe race for attorney general. An BI n Legion man ¥ recom: nti-Non-Partisan sriiedli kylithe [ecu eenticnt Ga eae ted later a a candidate for com North Dakota |missioner of agriculture. | Women will play a prominent part jin proposed recall. hey were DEVILS LAKE, N, D., April 1.—(By Associated Press.) granted recognition yesterday by the —Petitions calling for a recall election against three state} Is, elected with Non-Partisan league indorsement, will, be circulated soon, it was said today following the decision twenty ‘one convention which voted to increase the membership of the committee, of twenty-one to forty-two by adding. women. The committee Ned the convention, which resulted in the dered. The committee of forty-two Da. | Will select the candidate for commas: istoner of agriculture and map. out other campaign cnlans of $2,000,000 | a wa yup the affairs! reports from Bismarck are to the recall belng or: m will be held on or before standing bonds and pay all debts and| Mabilities of the Bank of North kota is proveded for. Another bond would be used to effect that the Non-Partisan League of the Stato Mill and Elevator asso-/T osisiative committee “will, institute elation, and also provide for the com-| “Syren reall aguinet idenamd pletion of the mill at Grand Forks, | %, 90¥7 DEnaAnS |while a third issue of $250,000 appl | “Plow ” |retire debts of the Home Builders as- ne ProeDeEe! See, sociation. | slogan given to the Amalgamated. In- (dependent. Voters by Mr. O'Connor. Tt also is proposed to limit the|Phe Non-Partisan slogan is “sum- bonded indebtedness of the’ state to| mer fallow and fight." 37,750,000. ‘To meet the 1 campaign, tho R. A. Nestos, Minot, republican, is|Non-Partisan le state executive |tho choice of the anti-Non-Partisans — for governor. (Continued on Page 7.) Sveinbjorn Johnson, ‘ ‘