Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1921, Page 1

SCOR WO DENVER, April-16.—The were slowly recovering from RST STO Rocky. Mountain regions today. the effects of the worst storm of the winter, which yesterday covered the district with a snowcovering ranging from 11 to 14 inches, blockaded roads and paralyzed wire communi NATIONAL LEAGUE At Philadelphia— R,_H. E. New York .... Philadelphia ..... $11 15 Batteries — Ryan, Toney, Salee and ‘Smith; Meadows and Brugge. At Boston— R. H. Brooklyn'..........1 7 Boston ........-.- 7.12 Batteries—E. Cadore,’ Ma- maux and Krueger; Watson and O'Neill. E. 1 0 At Chicago—St. ‘Louis-Chi- cago game postponed, snow. AMERICAN LEAGUE © | At New York— | R. H. E, Philadelphia ...... 1 4 2 New York ........3 4 1 Batteries—Harris and Per- kins; Piercy and Schang. At Washington— R. H. E. Boston .. . 8 7 0 Washington ...... 3.10 3 Batteries—Thormanlen and Ruel; Zachary, Acosta, Shaw and Gharrity. At St. Louis— R. H.E. Cleveland ........ @13 1 St. Louis ......... 715 0 Batteries—-Uhle, Clark and O'Neill; Kolp, Shocker and Severeid. At Detroit — Chicago-De- troit game postponed, rain. | THREE MILLION WAP ORPHANS IN GERMANY BERLIN, April 16.—There are 3,- 000,000 war orphans in Germany ag- cording to official figures. They are being given state and local care but it is said they form a large percentage of more than 1,000,000 children in Germany being aided by foreign re- let workers. eee Cae 4 ication in most directions from Denver. Thain service to the south, annulled last night, was expected to be.re- sumed today, Wire service, however, }was not expected to return to normal immediately because of the large num- ber of poles-torn down by. the wind jand weight of the snow, Some damage to livestock was antic- fpated when the outlying districts can be communicated with. ‘Temperatures below freezing occurred last night |{& most parts of the state, BUBUQUE, IOWA, IS SNOWBOUND. DUBUQUE, Iowa, mApril 16.— Du- buque is snowbound and struggling to extricate itself from the effects of one of the most severe bi! expe- rienced in this section of the country at this time of the'year for almost a decade. Seven. inches of snpw fell during the night. WIRE COMMUNICATION PARALYZED IN CHICAGC 5 Sale tone Mae eee cn toate, ¢Cincinnati— RR. H. E. ittsburgh .....,. 7 16 ern sections of the country are. prac- Cincinnati........... ‘3. 9 -@} Healy lyzed today, according. to com- reports received ‘by telegraph The reports s) there was no com: ‘munication whatever between Chicago and Omaha \and thatthe wires are in bad ‘conditio:: atl along the line reach: ing from Denver southeastward end including Dallas, Texas; Little Rock, Ark.; Shreveport, La.; Memphis, New Orleans, ‘St. Louis, Nashville, Chat- /tanooga, Birmingham ‘and Cincinnati. The weather bureau reported the storm t6 be moving ‘southeastward. Chicagoans awoke ‘this morning to face a gale of high velocity, accom. panied by a cold driving rain. Small damage is reported this far north. ALL APRIL STORM RECORDS BROKEN. DES ‘MOINES, Iowa, April 16.—All April records were broken by the snowstorm which began Jast night and is sweeping over the entire state of Towa today. KENOSHA, Wis. April 16.— This city was hit by the worst storm since 1881 last night with snow 12 inches deep on the level this morning, and drifted in many places to more than two feet. Traffic was paralyzed in the city. | SPOKANE, April i16.—Indentification of checks declared} to have been drawn by the defunct bond firm of Milholland & Hough in stock transactions involving securities which it is alleged they obtained from James F. Callahan of Wallace, Idaho, in exchange for fraudulent bonds, occupied the morn- ing session today of the trial of Jay E. Hough on a charge! of forgery. Jack Whitman, a public accountant, who audited the books of the company after Hough) had given himself up to the authorities. and John B. Milhol- land, his partner, had committed sui- CHECKS DRAWN IN GREAT BOND FRAUD IDENTIFIED AT TRIAL aly . CASPER, W¥0., SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1921 Draft Evader Mails, Report On Hun Trial -ASHINGTON, 10.—Run- ain Pepeaet hie wad todas’ Chane man Kahn, of the tepess mililtary swung suddenly in his chair’ and the genial smile, } gharacteristic of the California, cot “The nerve of the vagabond,” shouted the chairman, as his ‘office force looked up in amazement. For a big envelope, — apparently addressed by an American and mulled in Germany, brought to Mr. Kahn a clipping from a German newspaper containing on account of the trial of two Americans who had attempted to kidnap Grover Cleve- land Bergdoll, the Philadelphia draft evader. It’s from Bergdoll or I'm o Dutchman,” Mr, Kahn .said, and then the joke of the thing caused him to laugh. “But it simply goes to show,” he added, “that we ought to find ont how he managed to. escape, and that ho ought to be brought back to this country and put in jail, where he belongs.” TRAIN DITCHED, SEVERAL HURT LAUREL, Miss., @pril 16—One man was killed and: several persons were injured when a Southern railway pas- senger train, southbound, plunged into Rocky creek, nine miles south of here today. HATTIESBURG, Miss., April 16— Several persons were injured, none seriously, when @ Southern passenger train struck a washout and went into a ditch a few miles north of here this morning. The train is known as the Cincinnati-New Orleans Limited. The |adcident was attributed to the. heayy rainfall which began at 1 p. m.. yes-| terday. Loses Life in Shore on Coast ABERDEEN, ‘Wash,, April 16.—J. Gamber, '821 Eddy street, San’ ¥ran- cisco, jumped overboard from the motorboat Pacific yesterday morning and, wes drowned in an attempt to swim 150 yards to shore, ten miles south of;Copalis beach. The attempt fullowed four days of buffeting. 58. Cardy, Gamber’s partner, and a Mex- ican, John. Sanchez, stuck to the mo-| torboat and at ebb‘ tide reached shore in the’ dory they were towing. The party left Seattle Sunday in the thirty- foot motorboat for San Francisco/ ee y FEDERAL COURT POSTPONED, SHERIDAN, Wyo., April 16.—Post- ponement until June 13 of the term of the federal court which had been set for April 25 for this city was an-| nounced here today. A number of liquor cases and litigations in which| the interstate transportation acts are| involved will come before the court. | Federal Judge John A. Riner of Chey- enne, will preside. \ cide, was on the witness stand. The firm is alleged to have de- frauded Mr. Callahan of some $400,- 000. .,The present charge involves an issue of bonds of tho Teel irrigation | of the executive council, district of Echo, Ore. LABOR FORGE IN BRITAIN BROKEN, MINE UNION 10 CONTINUE ALONE Death Warrant of Great Triple Alliance Seen! In Failure of Strike By Railroad Workers LONDON, April 16.—(By United. Press.) —Striking coal miners, deserted by their al- lies of the “triple alliance,” are determined to “carry on” pending a general conference of all sections next Friday. This an nouncement was madé today by Frank Hodges .secretary of the min- ers’ federation, following a meeting He said that work would not bé resumed anywhere until next week's conference had de- cided upon a course of action, LONDON, April 16.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)— Labor forces of the United Kingdom are today apparently broken into sections as a result of the refusal of the National Union of Rail- waymen and the National. Federation of Transport Workers yesterday to continue their support of the strike called by the miners’ federation of Great Britain on April 1. Opinion prevails in. some quarters that the action of the raliroad work- ers and the'transport men means the death warrant of the “triple alliance.” This view is nat held universally, but, without doubt, the split which developed yesterday will have a seri- ous effect yoon the rank and file of labor. ‘ A Yesterday was the heayiest: defeat breakaway of the raflroad men and transport workers. “It is\no use try- ing to minimize it. The workers have not stood together and they have reaped the reward.” ‘The newspaper declares that Frank Hodges, secretary of) the miners’ or- ganization, made a tactical mistake by altering the old formula. of the union during his address before members of the house of commons on Thursday night. “The old machinery has failed,” the Herald concludes. “We must start afresh and get a machine that ‘will work, and develop a new spirit. This is not the end, it is the beginning,” Whether the miners’ federation, in its‘turn, will split up, as predicted in some quarters, remains to be seen. Mr. Hodges’ position has become deli- cate, but it\is known he has the sup- port of a strong minority. The hands of the present executives of the or- ganization are tied, but the new con- ference cf delegates which has been called may censent to modify its in- structions so that negotiations may proceed. Characteristic of editorial com- ment on the situation is an editorial issued in the Morning Post. “The iuft wns éalled and it failed,” the newspaper declares. ‘These pow- erful trades unions must be taught that it is not their business to gov- erg the country.” In the meantime the stoppage of coal mining. continues, and it is pointed out in various quarters that the situation is still serious. An- nouncement is. made on behalf of the government that efforts to reach a solution will. not be relaxed. King George has loaned from his castlo cellars 25 tons of coal to Windsor coal merchante for distribution among resi?~nt="“unti, the supply is again nor... “Reports from provincial cen ters mention the bewilderment and bitter disappointment felt in the ex- tremist sections of the miners, rail- road men and transport workers 4! the failure of the “triple alliance strike, TARIFF MEASURE BY HOUSE PASSED Adjournment Taken Following Passage Of Anti-Dumping Bill; Immigration Committee Report Is Delayed -WASHINGTON, April 16.— With the combined emer- gency tariff and anti-dumping bill put through, the house was | ors hopefu) of its passaze there next in adjournment today until Monday to permit the selec of minority committee members, particularly those on immigration committee, before the immigration restriction bill/is rey d out. When Representative Mondell, Wyo- ming, Republican leader, proposed {gration committee, Representative yesterday that the house nieet today | Garrett, Tennessee, acting — 1emo- tion | week. the| to receive a report’ from the inimi-| cratic leader, objected because ee ate.” minority members of the committee|a flat-declaration by Chairman Ford- had not been selected and asked that the report be delayed, An. agreemen: then was reached’ t adjourn until Monday. i Passed in the house yesterday by a vote of 269 to 112, only wight Re- publicans and 15 Democrots brenk- ing away from the party altgnment im the measure, the Young emergency tariff and antidumping bitl now foes to the, senate with Republican lead- Action on the measure in the house came at the end of a aeseion enlivened by Democratic protests Shat the Republican in standing for, pass- age-of the. bill précisely in. the form put through at the last session, were bowing to the “dictation of the sen- “The minority criticism followed 4 ney of the ways and) ineans com)nit- tee that the senate would accept ro amendments. ) With the house in adjournment, the senate still had before it today the Colombian treaty, with Republican opponents of ratification preparing (o continue their attack. Senators Poin- @exter, Washington, and Kenyon, towa, were prepared to speak on the pact. — WASHINGTON, April 16—To pre- vent the drainage of naval oll reserve lands in California by private drillin on the outskirts of the reserves, retary Denby has decided to Grilling rights inside the resé over a small ‘Area to private concerns, he announced today. CHICAGO, April 16. — American policies, foreign crop reports and | grain belt weather combined today | to force prices higher on the Chi- cago board of trade. May wheat recorded an advance of 5c above yesterday's closing price and other greins and, provisions were pulled along with wheat in the future trading. There was a regular scramble to buy wheat at. tho start lof the | NO SALES TAX HELD LIKELY WASHINGTON, April 16.—Voicing his opposition to a sales tax, Repre- sentative Mondell of Wyoming, the the Republican leader, predicted to- day that no law taxing sales would be enacted at this session of congress. Bets fata ale Mrs. Lillia Lingrell, matron for tele- phone company here, is leaving cn a three months’ vacation, the major part of which she will spend in Oklahoma Visiting friends and relatives. D. , April 1 of the juvenile court Lindsey. “Tidon't want fhe court to think said Judge Lindsey, in his’ oral state- ment in court in his behalf, “that I object to execution of this judgment unless some good legal reason is| bared in this case. But I do ask that I be shown the same consideration | that has frequently been shown in| this court in many criminal cases:| That sentence be suspended or that| the fine be. remitted. #o err on the side of mercy. opinion of the supreme court—and I philadelphia want it understood that I respect the grounds, ;the Athleti judges of that court and intend no disrespect for them now—decided 4 to rilatrve MORNING EDITION GRAIN PRICES SOAR AS BUYERS SCRAMBLE TO GET ABOARD IN MARKET} market, but professional and trade {| | STORM GROWS orders to sell halted the initial ad- vance when’ May wheat touched $1.25. Within the next hour, how: ever, tho traders heard that offi- cial reports indicated the drought in India had wiped out the export- able wheat surplus in that country, but the Argentine crop would be 29,000,000 bushels less than last year’s and that a steady drought of 6 months in France had affected the erups-shere adversely. —* These factors, taken with storm reports and forecasts for freezing temperature over the middle west grain belt in this country, were too much for the bears, They scurried to..cover and May wheat went to $1.27% ment was checked. Profit taking at that figure then took half a cent off the advaric: OLYMPIC LOS AN ELES, April 16.—Charles W. Paddock, Olympic sprints cham- pion, will not enter «any events this year, today at the University of Southern California, It is possible, however, it was said, Paddock will compete in the University of Washington relays at Seattle, April 2 ‘ + he Attorneys for Judge Ben B. Lindsey today were granted three days’ time! in which to file a motion asking suspension of,a contempt of court sentence imposed on Judge Lindsey in 1915. extension followed an ral statement to the court by Judge RUTH CRACKS The OUT ‘HOMER’ NEW YORK, April 16—Babe Ruth The long clout came in the a bushel before the move- | IAMP NOT ENTERED. j eastern| it was announced] | { \ NUMBER 160 DEATH TOLL IN" BIG ARKANSAS Over Fifty Fatalities Left in Swath of Destruction Cut Through Seven Coun- ties of Texas and Arkansas; Alabama _Town Wiped Out by Twister, Report LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 16.—More than 50 were killed and. hundreds injured in the tornado caries swept southeast Arkansas late yesterday, according to dis- patches received here. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 16.—A rapidly mounting death list that may exceed 50, dozens of persons injured and property damage as yet unestimated, are results of a tor- nado that cut a wide swath across parts of Miller stead counties, Arkansas, and Reports coming (Special to. The Tribuoe) THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., April 16. —The Big Horn Basin Press asso- ciation, attended by 20 editors from Riyerton, Basin, Greybull, Cody and Lovell, declared against newspaper circulation contests as “‘illegiti- mate.” Discussion of the question brought out the opinion that sub- scribers obtained by means of cir- culation contests do not, in many instances, take the paper to read and are therefore of no value to the advertise Fishing Fleet | made his first home run of the season | “In view of the technicalities in the] today. case I think the court could afford] sixth inning, when he drove the ball) | | Vessels Sail The)over the fence in the New York-| SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.—The game at the Polo!Star of Finland and Star of Alaskas Harris was pitching for! vanguard of the Alaska Packers’ asso- which is being banks, left here ciation fleet, sent to the Bristol Bay fishi ae i 3 in affirming the lower court's de.) BIG TIMBER SALE MADE. j today, It is expected that the re- cision, In Michigan, the suprerae —— maining 20 vessels of the fleet will court has held that it would be al LEWISTON, Ida., April 16—F. W.| cl before the end of the month. crime to compel diyuence of con-|Kettenback of Lewiston and’ W. F.| Sailing of the vessels was held up fidence of children from juvenile/Kettenbach of Portland, Ore., have| for two weeks through the failure of judges. confirmed announcement of sale by|the association and the fishermen to “I want to say while I have been|thom of 16,000 acres of timber in’the| reach a wage agreement. A new agree given the privilege of making a stat white pine belt of Clearwater county, ment that I have never sald I would 79 miles east of Lewiston, to the Clear- not submit to an execution issued bY| water Timber company, known. as this court. misunderstanding I wish to repeat which was that I would the cpnsequences of any penalty than violate the contidem any child. And I hope that I not be deemed in further contempt of this court if I y here that in tl future as in the past the confide ‘of any child reposed in me shall con-| tinue ‘to remain inviolate.” } The judge tolt\ of the advantages of keeping such vonfidences which he| said ‘had frequently resulted. | He said that he had been aided in) capturing criminals through the con-| fidence of child Not long ago, he| suid, a boy told him of how he had been forced to rob a bank. “Through that confidence and through keeping it I was onabled to locate the serious offenders in the} case,” said the judge. ant In concluding, Judge Lindsey said:| “I¢ word goes out from this court) that confidences of children are no! longer safe with me then I might as well give up my work And while I respect the law in this case I think there is a higher Jaw and I ask that the fine be remitted or the sentenco be ‘suspended. | The. court granted the request of} Judge Lindsey's attorneys that they be allowed’ to file a formal motion! in line with the judge’s request that remittance of sentence be allowed The final disposition of the case is expected next Saturd . Harding Unable To | Attend Convention ABERDEEN, Wash., April 16.— President Harding will bo unable to accept the invitation of Pacific north. west. editors*to attend their meeting at Mt, Rainier this (summer, ac-| cording to.a spe dispatch to the World today from its Washington correspondent. ae ACRES The Indian government ts invest gating the possibilities of manufactur- So that there may be 710| the ing paper from bamboo ia Burma. Weyerhauser syndicate. consideration was $300,000. The Do You Read the Baseball Extra? If not, you thing. The major league baseball son is uuder way. The are missing some- sea- Casper Daily ‘Tribune, for the firat time in the history of “a Wyoming news- on paper, is publishing the score: the cume day the games e played. The baseball extra’ in which these scores are published is in the hands of newsboys and newsdealers about 6 o'clock, some tirnese carlier. The Associated Press leased wire service makes possible this troat for baseball fans. If you don’t meet a newsboy who is selling th baseball extra after 5 o'clock, buy it from your~newsdealer. Don’t accept the “City Edition” if you want the “Baseball Hxtra.'" SERVES SENTENCE FOR SPEEDING | ment was signed a few days ago. ‘CONTEST’ PLAN dt Hi S Ca: is ie county, Texas. to Little Rock from the storm area LINDSEY WILL SEEK SUSPENSION AGAIN Judge Convicted of Contempt of Court EDITORS FIGHT, Given Three Days to File Motion When Sentence Execution Is Up augmented rather then diminished the extent of the damage and because of paralyzed wire communication, off ficlals were of the opinion that sev- eral days migt# clapse before the full extent of the destruction is definitely known, Apparently the heaviest ldss ¢f life and property was caused in the ty Arkansas counties. In the rural tions of Upper Miller county, nec Texarkana, eleven persons are known to have been killed and a large num- ber injured. Near Hope, in Hemp stead county, press dispatches stated that from 15 to 20 persons were killed and scores injured by the storm, which swept the entire length of the county. ‘The storin approached with: in a few. miles of the town, accord: ing ‘to reports here. Prescott is another town in Hemp: stead: county that may have been struck by the storm, A “briet mes- sage received late last night said there were soveral bodies there, but it was not known just where the fatalities occurred, TEN KILLED IN ALABAMA STORM. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 16.— |Ten persons were killed, more than a hundred injured and score of homes wrecked in a series of storms which were widespread over northern Ala bama. today. Seven deaths were re- ported from the Aycock community, near Tuscumbia, and tieee. from Ralph, Tuscaloosa county. More than forty persons were injured at the two places. At Birmingham ten persons were in- jured.. A hundred homes were dam- aged in the northern and western suburbs. DM#inage estimated at $30,- 000 was done at Rickwood field, prop- erty of the Birmingham Baseball as- sociation. Telegraph and telephone lines over the a were practically paralyzed the disturbance which covergd a wide area nd lasted throl@h most of las nd until afternoon today. nig Ark., April 16.— the Ar- LITTLE ROC Tornado reports received by (Continued on Page 9) KILLED MAJOR ON CAPTAIN’S ORDER, CLAIM 'Soldier ‘Accused of Slaying Cronkhite Déclares Act Was Committed on Order of Superior Officer TACOMA, Wash., April 16.—Roland P. Pothier, charged wi ith slaying Maj. Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lewis in October, 1918, confessed to federal authorities that he was ordered by his superior officer, Capt. Robert Rosenbluth, to \bring out a loaded gun and “get” Cronkhite, it was announced BEBE DANIELS IS BEHIND BARS SANTA ANA, Cal. April 16, — Bebe Daniels, Los Angeles motion | picture actress, who last night en tered the Orange county jail here to begin serving a ten day sentence for speeding, may be wasting her time so far as it applies to her sentence, it developed today. The district attorne the sheriff pointed out there were no commitment papers in Miss Daniels’ case, as she had appealed from the sentence imposed in the township justice court and her case was now in the hands of the superior court. » | | Upon learning of this, Miss Dan- fels instructed her attorney to dis- miss her appeal and o} com- mitment papers from the justice court as quickly as possible, The district attornoy and sheriff said that if Justice Cox, who im- posed sentence, was agreeable they had no objections to Miss Daniels’ running from tie time she entered the jail, at 11 o'clock last night. Meantime they declared Miss Dan- iols, who remained in jail, was “merely a guest of Orange county.” \today by Prosecutor J. W. Selden, who disclosed five alleged j confessions made by Pothier. | “1 joined, Major Cronkhite. on’ the maneuver grounds at Camp “Lewis,” the confession of Pothier, made in jail at Providence, R. I., on March 24 last reads, “‘and when about two feet | behind him I loaded my revolver with three shells. I fired one shot into the {open field and as the major was ¢ ing around in my direction I fired my |second shot at the major, hitting him jin the right breast." A complete description of all the incidents leading up to the shooting {are giyen in the confession, Mr. Sel den said. After explaining that Captain Ros enbluth first approached him four ot | five days before the shooting, the con fession states: “On the next day or the night there after. I again met Captain Rosenbluth and he asked, me if I was going out with the school of reconnaissance and I said that I had heard nothing about (Continued on Page 9) i