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

Weather Forecast and east portions.| and: Sunday, junday in’ north | e Cas DISTRICT COURT DOCKETS 10 BE CLEANED UP FOR} THE FIRST TIME ” No Important Criminal a ~“ va Cases at Douglas and Situation Is Improved Over Recent Years With the entire judicial dis- trict presided over by Judge C.. 0. Brown rapidly’ being . cleared of important cases, on both criminal and civil dock- ets, it is probable that during the summer months this district will havea clean record for the first titne in many years. If such is tho cuse all old cases which have been pend- ing in district court for long periods of time will-be cleared from the docket’ before the fall term and the September session will merely hear new cases. ‘The only important case that faces Judge Brown at this time is the case in which L. B. Nicholson is charged | Pacit with the murder of Edward. Schus- ter, a taxicab driver, March 10. When court redpens here April 18 an ef fort will be made to bring this case. to trial. if the state and defense at- torneys can get ready by that time. Absence of portant criminal cases, and with the new criminal docket nearly devoid of cases is at- tributed ‘as, the cause for not calling a jury in the spring term of court at Douglas. Judge C.. 0. Brown of the Sixth judicial district, is clean- ing up the docket ©f all-new civil ac- tion and is also attempting to. bring the criminal docket. up-to-date, many. cases having been held over fret bis se nsysltmte Biown ‘returned. to to hear the Paes of” Harry Wilson, who ) pleaded guilty to ‘a charge of stealing an automobile be longing to Dr. H. R. Lathrop.. He re- turned to Douglas last nignt. z Several cases in which © Judge Brown was formerly. interested in as counsel prior to his appointment to the judgeship will be heard by Judge ‘Tidball, who ‘will occupy the hench at Douglas during the coming week. In the meantime Judge Brown will occupy another courtroom and will continue to clear up the docket. The Sixth judicial district over which Judge Brown presides is one of the largest judicial districts ia the United States,. embracing approxi- mately 22,000 square miles. ‘This ne- cessitates holding court in Douglas, Casper and Lander. All importané ‘cases at Douglas and Casper have been cleaned up. There are very few new cases on the docket at Lander but there is a mass of old cases to be heard. Judge Brown ex- pects to clear the docket of all tlie major actions at Lander, when court convenes there in May, Judge Brown will reopen court here April 18 and if possible he will urge that the L. B, Nicholson murder case be brought to trial at this term. De- fense counsel appeared before the court yesterday and reported that the detenre would not be able to proceed with the case. Des eles tee eal AILENS TO BE: DEPORTED. -Canper |? Ou, Neb., April 9.—An or- ler staying the removal frum the ago for stealing an automobile, with which it is said, he hoped to,be able to find his mother in Wyoming was’ received here nine hours ufter Meldrum had been placed ou a train carrying aliens to Hoboken for de- nortaUan: fp requesting that from the train, this city yes- 1b of ‘aliens OMAHA, Neb., April %.—General Manager W. M. Jeffers, of the Union! Pacific, issued & statement. last night | ~ declaring ‘there was no truth in a re- port circulated here that an attempt had been made or was about to be made to poison Judge R. 8. Lovett, of PRE 0 ‘York, ppeltines mid the Union board of dire: ‘His statement was patie after. pab- | lication of. newspaper reports that a maid at a local hotel said a man had attempted to induce her ta. poison Judge Lovett. Judge Lovett himself made a ver- bal statement somewhat similar to that issued by Mr. Jeffers. ————>——_— POPULIST LEADER DIES. PHILADELPHIA, April 9.—Whar- ton Barker, ‘‘middle of the road” Populist candidate for president of the United Bates in 1900, died gt his,tiome suarteage Oey pty Sota ripples next Saturday. Continuance W. Ryan, special prosecutor, Judge Lindsey, announced in court that Ryan want. case continued’ because the special prosecutor had not had time to prepare for today’s hearing. The judge of Denver's juvenile court was adjudged guilty of con- tempt of court in -1915 for his re- fusal to divulge what he character-| ized as ‘‘private communications” from Neal Wright, 14 years of age, during the trail of the youth's mother on a charge of murder. The judge maintained the statement was given to. him in confidence and that he would “rather go to jail than betray the confidence of ‘a ¢hild.” He must elther pay a fine of $500 or face a jail sentence. ‘When Judge Lindsey’s case was called. for hearing this. morning by the clerk of the court, it was called DETROIT, Mich., April. 9.—Twenty just like that of any other defendant. aliens for whom deportation warrants have been issued left here today for the east, en route to Russia. understood they will join mately 150 others at Buffalo. It is approxi- egistration “Fer. Road Bond Election Is Set Registration~ polis will open in Casper and in all other incorporated towns in the state, tae ery eae the purpose of registering all per- sons who, will be entitled to yote on the road bond issue May 10, Voters election It was read as “No. 22,794,People of Colorado versus Ben B, Lindsey.” When/it was learned that Mr. Ryan, special prosecutor in the case was not in court and that a delay would have to be made, Judge Warren Haggott {instructed the clerk to call other cases. While Judge Lindsey was wait- ing several felony cases were called |and four men gften sentences, one of in the state penitentiary. The only ilistinction shown Judge |Iindsey was that he was allowed to sit in open court-with his wife and friends, while the other. prisoners were kept together in the prisoner's dock. The courtroorn was nearly filled and Judge Lindsey was sur- rounded by his wie, his attorney and seyeral friends and newspaper re- porters. ~ The continuance was asked for by Mr Garwood, Judge Lindsey's attor- ney, on behalf of the prasecuticn, an unusual court procedure. The con- tinuance was recommended, Garwood explained, because: of Mr. Ryan's uh- certainty of his status asa special DEPORTATION OF SCOT IS HELD UP AT INSTANCE OF SENATOR J. B. KENDRICK AGAIN HELD UP AT REQUEST OF PROSECUTION IN DENVER DENVER, April 9.—The case of Judge Ben B. Tiadeey; charged with uasiank of court, was continued today until them to one to two years hard labor |, the Pacific coast and Omaha. Meld- rum’s stay of deportation resulted {vom intercessions in his behalf to Senator Kendrick of Wyoming. Following his discharge from the hh army after serving in the world war, Meldrum heard his mother was;in) Wyoming and set out to @nd her, thinking, it is said, that that state was a town in which sho could be easily found. He got within 25 miles of his mother, failed to locate her, and theh re- turned to:Nebraska. Afterward he learned she was in Cody, and stole an automobile in an effort to reach that city. dames Meldrum was removed from the train carrying aliens for deportation from the Pacific coast to New York here today. The im- migration authorities, stated that he was placed’ in the county Jail and waald be held pending further orders concerning him. / gine SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1921 |Harry Wilson, Captured With Car Taken From Lathrop Home, on Way to Pen 36 Hours After Committing Act , Within 36 hours after he had stolen a car belonging to Dr. H.R. Lathrop, Harry Wilson was on his way to the state penitentiary to start serving a five-year sentence. sentenced in district court yesterday afternoon by Judge C. O. Brown, who made a special trip here to hear the case and sentence the man immediately. This case constitutes a record in criminal action in Casper and accord- ing to the statement of M. W. Pur- cell, county attorney, is indicative of the manner in which all cases will be handled. Definite attempts ‘by the STAGE DRIVER MISSING LIFE IS LOST IN STORM Fremont Searchers Ralph Faler, Last Scouring Hills For. Seen Monday, on Departure for South Pass LANDER, Wyo., April pease neice E parties are scour- ing the hills in the endeavoring to piste si paris = ne stage, who is believed to was at the request of: Stephen Omar ‘Garwood, attorne at e prosecutor. Mr. Ryan asked for time {to consider. the matter. Mr. Garwood hinted at the possibility that Mr. Ryan thight decline to serve. “I don’t know just where T stand n this casé,"" Mr. Ryan said today. I thought I was out of it after the ease got into the supreme court. That is usually the custom, I was named by the late Judge John A. Perry be- cause John Rush, then prosecutor, had some personal reason for not wanting to serve. After the case had come back inte the lower court I was under the impression the prose- cutor was handling the case. I shall decide by Saturday what’I wish to do-in the case. 1 could not appear today because I was tired and because I had not been officially notified to represent the state. Judge Lindsey said: “I hope tho case is finally disposed of) Saturday. I am-tired waiting." OFFICER WILL STAND TRIAL BOSTON, Mass., April 9,—Licut. Jo- seph J. Lynam, assistant paymaster of the UJ. S. 8. Chester, who disap- peared severa] weeks ago, after, it is sald,-a $25,000 shortage was discov: ered in his accounts, has been found and wil surrender himself to naval authorities, it was reported "here today. On March 31 a warrant charging Lynam with embeling $25,000. in government funds was issued. Part of this sum, it is alleged, was taken from the cash aboard the U. 8. 8. |Pueblo, where Lynam was stationed before ‘his transfer to the Chester. INDIANS OWN LANDON WHICH CITIES STAND WASHINGTON, 9.—Claim to 14,000,000 acres of land in ‘Texas and Oklahoma including the cities of Tulsa and Oklahoma City, and practically the entire Burkburnett oil field, was filed in the supreme court today in belialf of the Cher- okee Indian nation, supported by a government patent issued by Presi- dont Van Buren and certified as authentic by the interior depart- mont. The claim was in the form of a petition for pei to Intervene in the Red River oil lands casr, an original suit between Texas and Oklahoma Involving jurisdiction over the valuable oil fields situated along the comraon boundary. The motion was filed by Johu M. Taylor, a a nephew of General Taylor, as attorney for the Cherokee nation. He said the pat- ent was discovered accidentally among the papers of a deceased chief of the tribe. The filing of a claim in the United States supreme court at Washington today by Attorney John (Continued on Page 12) aler, deiner te Fremont. county, the government have lost his life while fatty mail between South Pass and Pinedale. FORTS. past two weeks heavy snows,have made it imp sible for Faler to drive his car South Pass. He would abandon. the car-about three miles from. the pass and then hike through the snow. on foot, Last Monday he adopted the same Procedure, according to evidence }found by the searching party, Faler has never shown up at South Pass and the impression has grown’ that he perished in the severe storms in the district during the past weel. After leaving his car Faler was traced to within three-quarters) of a mile of South Pass where his trail was completely lost in the deep snow. The searching party will continue to look for the unfortunate man with the hope that he has succeeded in finding shelter in some place until the storm subsided. Faler bas a wife and three children living at Pine- dale. ONE KILLED IN DUBLINBATTLE DUBLIN, April 9.—One civilian was killed, four policemen were wounded probably fatally, and a boy and a woman were wounded last night in Limerick during an attack on a po- lice patrol by armed civilians. ‘Two policomen were ambushed last night near Mycroon, County Cork, one of them being killed. The other es- caped. CASE OF MAYOR UP FOR DISPOSITION. WASHINGTON, April 9.—Final dis- position” of the case of Donal J. O’Caltaghan; lord mayor of Cork and in this country without a passport, seemed imminent today when Secre- tary Davis of the labor department, sent to the state department an out- line of his views as to which depart- ment had jurisdiction. There were indications that he held it to rest en- tirely with the state department whether the Irish official should be ordered deported. Independents to Keep Down Price Of Steel, Report XOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 9.—In- dependent. steel companies of the Youngstown district today ‘indicated that they will not follow the example of the Republic Iron & Steel com- pany, one of the largest independents here, in raising the price of plates, bars and structural steels $2 a ton. Tempest Hits Spain Coast MADRID, April 9.—Great damage has been done along the Moediterran-} ean coast of Spain by. a,terrific temp-| est, according to dispatches from Va-| lencia, Castellon de ia Palana, and| Aliciante. Three fishing boats have disappeared with their crews. RECORD ESTABLISHED IN PRISON SENTENCE driver of the machine saw two men| driving away in the big Cadillac. Ho} ran to police headquarters and Jesse} |Sheffner took up the chase in a fast} | police car. | Learning that the machine was easthound over the Yellowstone high- | way he followed it to Douglas, where Jat the advices of Casper authorities, | ede gi Messinger had already placed} Wilson under arrest. The man was| ught back to Casper by Chief) Sheffner. The following morning Wilson was | arraigned in justice eourt and bound | j over for trial in district court. At the advice of his attorney he pleaded | guilty to the charge of stealing the! car and was sentenced to five years in jail, . To maintain the record for rapidity in handling the case, Sheriff Lee Mar- tin entered the case and took Wilso to Rawlins last night. He’ will- hav started serving his sentence 48 hours after commission ofthe theft. “Some drastic means must be taken to stop the thefts of cars in Casper,” said Mr. Purcell. ‘We hope that this case will be a lesson but in the future He was authorities to stamp out tho theft of automobiles is indicated in the rapidity with which the case was handled. The car which caused Wilson's plight was stolen from the Lathrop residence ‘late Wednesday night. A the thieves will be given the same treatment after they are appre- hended.” Grain Growers’ Board Meeting For First Time ORPHANS AIDED BY GREAT TAG DALE IN GIT Hundreds. Donate. : to. Wyoming Home Society Fund When Army. of Workers Takes Field’in Casper CHICAGO, April 9.—The first busi- less session of the temporary board xf directors of the United States jrain Growers, Inc., the national co- »perative grain marketing corpora- ion, set under way here yesterday vas to be held in Chicago today. C. H. Gustafson, of Lincoln, Neb. as been chosen chairman. of the emperary, board, and’ Frank’ M.-My- ers, ‘ot Fort Dodge, Towa, temporary secretary, Mr. Gustafson has hada broad ex) werience in farm co-operative mar- seting, gained as head of co-operative mterprises in his home state. He es- «mated today that ‘the co-operative companies he is president of, with their off-shoots, marketed $10,000,000 worth of farm products last year, Absbae oboe. M’NAMARA MAY RETURN TO PEN INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 9.— John J. McNamara, who Is to be re- leased May 10 from the penitentiary at San Quentin, Cal., where he is serv- ing a sentence for murder. in ¢onnec- tion with the “dynamiting of the Llewellyn fron works in October, 1910. Have a heart and help.a child find a home was the plea made in behalf of the Wyoming Children's Home society by scores of Casper women: who solu aundreds of tags in the business dis- iriet today. No figures were available at press nour as to the amount gathered by the solicitors in behalf of the Chil- uren’s societ which ‘has. undertaken to provide for the needy children” of Wyoming. Casper’ workers are striving to have this city lead all other Wyoming towns in the number of (ags disposed of and the amount of money turned in. Many business houses are co-oper-| still is under indictment in federal ating with the workers by advertising |court here, Frederick” Van Nuys, the tag day through window displays. United States district attorney, an- Special mention was made of the co- operation given by Barnett Clothing company, Holmes Hardware, Webel’s Commercial company, Stewart Baby shop and Shaffer-Gay Furniture com-| pany. nounced today. Mr. Van Nuys said he wan not prepared to say what ac- tion the government would take in McNaniara’s, case. McNamara was indicted here nearly a year after his trial at Los Angeles on the murder charge. He was in- dicted with other members of the In- ‘ternational Association of Bridge and Structural Iron ‘Workers, several of whom were convicted on the charge of consphacy in transporting dynia- mite and were sentenced to terms in Leavenworth prison. One Dead, M any Are Injured in . | Arizona Battle NEW YORK, April 9+-The month- ly tonnage report of the United States 9.—One | Steel corporation, made public today, two showed 6,284,765 tons of unfilled or- other Chinese were so severely beaten ders on hand March 31. This is a de- that they probably will die and six/ crease from unfilled orddéis on Febru- Mexicans were badly injured last,ary 28, which were 6,933,867 tons. ight when thugs terrorized the south-| ern section of the city of Hermosillo, | capital of Sonora, Mexico, according to Chinese consular advices at No- gales, Sonora, opposite this city, Rob- bery was said to have been the mo- tiye. The Chinese consul has taken the matter up with Mexico City author- ities. BANK OF CUBA IS SUSPENDED, HAVANA, April 9.—The Banca Na- tional de Cuba suspended payment this morning, taking advantage of the liquidation law recently adopted by congress. Failure to obtain a loan in the United States is believed to be the cause of the decision of the direc-\ tors to close the bank. ‘The institution has a capitalization of $5,000,000. pas neared onscreen Saving Made On Wool Shipments Through Canal; NOGALES, Ariz, April Chinese merchant was Killed, NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 9— The Tennessee supreme court sus- tained today legitimacy of the process by which Governor Rob- erts certified to the federal state department ratification by the legis- Preliminary hearing of the case in which the Kremer Bros. Sheep company is charged with stealing 270 heud of sheep belonging to the Manx Sheep company, of | which Alex Weber is president, was started in justice court this morning. The three brothers constituting the Kremer Sheep company, were | -——— arrested recently on a warrant sub- SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 9. | scribed to by Mr. Weber, stating —Western wool growers may ship | that they had the contested sheep | their wepl to Boston by way of the | in their possession at the time of | Panama canal and thus save $59 | the arrest. They were later sub- on every carload, according to Prof. | mitted’ to bail providing bonds for | F..R. Marshall, secretary of the Na- tional Wool’ Growers: association. Testimony of the defense indl- ot $1,000. cach, | per Daily Crihume | Violence Re Reported In Some Regions; Efforts Made to Avert Disaster LONDON, April 9.—~By The As- sociated Press)}—An agreement was reached tonight by the striking coal miners and the mine owners for a conference for the purpose of en- deavoring to settle the strike. The executive body of the miners had instructed the miners to refrain from action ei steed the mines. LONDON, April 9. — (By United Press.) — With Great | Britain tottering on the verge | of the greatest industrial war in history, the government to- day continued its efforts to avert disaster, Premier Lloyd George conferred with a special deputation of the “triple alliance” of the labor or. ganizations. After - adjournment no statement was obtainable but it was indicated that no progress had been made toward halting the general strike called for Tuesday midnight. Widespread violence was reported from many districts today. ‘Telegraph lines have been cut, buildings fired and looting reported. The approaching strike is the open- ing of a “decisive war against cap- ital,” It was stated by Ramsey Mc- Donald, labor Jeader in parliament. He said the workers thoroughly dis- trust the government and the miners “hate capilal as never before.” LONDON, April 9,—(By The Asso- clated Press)—Recruiting of volun teer workers and “safety units" was energetically begun by the govern ment today and other plans were per- fected to meet the threat of a wide- spread industrial tieup next Tuesday, growing out of the miners’ strike, and involving directly approximately 2,- 000,000 workers, Meanwhile, however, reports from various parts of England, Scotland and Wales indicate that the triple al: Uaneé executtve board may have about ® general cessation of work by the Tailwaymen and the trensport work- ers, Who,,with the miners:make up the membership ‘of ‘this pig Iabor..organ- ization. From the Glasgow, Liverpool, Car- aiff, Edinburgh and seyeral other im- portant locals of the National Union of Rallwaymen comes word that the rank and file are challenging the right of the railwaymen's national executive body to call a strike without balloting by the men. Some of these local bodies of railway workers de- clare the miners’ resistance to the cuts in their wages, which brought about the strike in the coal industry, is justifiable, but they do not con- sider that they. have anything to thank the miners for, and therefore, should not be stampeded into a sym- pathetic walkout. This apparent lack of solidarity, it was commented by observers, may ac- count for the silence which the labor leadeys maintained after the confer- ence, which they had this morning, with the prime minister. After a two-hour conference, the only statement for the press was that a deputation might return to Downing street later in the day. This second visit did not occur dur- ing the afternoon, the labor men meeting the premier and other mem- (Continued on Page 12) STATE EDITION SLAYER OF FARM NEGROES FOUND BUILTY GY JURY, WILL GET LIFE Georgia Planter Files Motion for New Trial When Court Gives Out Fate for Slaughter COVINGTON, Ga., April 9. —John S. Williams, planta= tion owner, was found guilty by a jury here today of mur- der in connection with the Jasper county peonage cases: The fury recommended mercy. The verdict carries with it auto matically a life imprisohment sen tence, a The defense filed a motion for @ new trial. 2 Williams was convicted specifically ofthe murder of Lindsey Peterson, a negro farm hand, whose body, bound and weighted with a sack of rocks, was found with that of another ne- gro employe on Williams’ farm in Yellow river, in this (Newton) county, just over the line from Jasper county. Bodies of nine other negroes, said to save been killed to conceal peonage conditions, have been found buried on the farm or elswhere. The star witness for the state was Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, who testified to having thrown Peterson in the river at Williams’ order. Another Mail Thett Reported OMAHA, Neb., April 9.—Threo pouches containing first class mail and oné package of express matter were stolen friim a railroad depot at Calhoun, Neb., Thursday night, the sher'f at Blair, Neb., reported to the Omaha police today. No estimate of the loss was made. Mills to Hold Town Election At Bond Polls Mills, Wyo., the largest incor- porated town in Natrona county outside Casper, will hold its first election May 10, when it will have the double chance of voting for the road bond issue and also for the purpose of electing » mayor and town council. The May election will be the last required step in the procedure ta have the town definitely stamped om the map of Wyoming as a town. BALLOON FOUND, CREW IS PANAMA CITY, Fia., April 9— The naval balloon, ‘which has been missing with five men since it left the Pensacola naval station March 22, was picked up in the gnif late ACTION OF TENNESSEE CHIEF IN CERTIFYING SUFFRAGE UPHELD lature’ of the woman suffrage amendment to the constitution. The court affirmed the action of Chief Justice D. L. Lansden, in issuing writs under which the governor acted. MISSING | elathag by a fishing boat and- brought here today. No trace of the crew was found. : Capt. Roy Eckert of the boat: which found the gas bag, brought: the balloon into port. The balloon was commanded by Pilot G. K. Wilkinson, of Houston, ‘Texas, when it took the air. With him in the basket were four stu-- dent pilots—R. E. Eland, Belleville, Il; E. L, Kershaw, Payne, La; J, E, Elder, Lebanon, N. ¥., and W¢ H. Treffrey, Salem, Mass. te Mark U. Weber, a representative of the Chappell Oil company, left last night for Denver, where he will spend several days on business in the tm terest of the company, SHEEP COMPANY IS ARRAIGNED IN COURT cates an attempt to prove that the brothers camo into possession of the sheep through purchase. State- ments made to the effect that the first bunch of sheep was purchased from a tall man with sandy beard and the second bunch from a tall light complected man, unsubstan- tiated by a bill of sale, developed a strenuous legal battle when County Attorney M. W. Purcell attempted to break down the testimony. On cross examination one of the brothers made a statement that the 270 head of sheep were purchased 3 a head, “Were you in the habit of carry- ing around that much money. while” out the range?” -asked Mrv Purcell, In answering, the witness adanife ted that it was unusual to carry that much money and amended the amount pald to a “little over $500. » The state rested its case befor noon, and court adjourned until ¢ ! o'clock, when the defense will put on its witnesses. County Attorney Purcell fs waging a strenuous battle to have the case carried to the district court, while Robert N. Ogden, defenc counsel, is fighting to have the case dismissed at this hearing. 4 * .