Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1921, Page 12

} WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1921 | PAGE TWELVE ss Che Casper Daily Eridune ees] WWILLER CASE TO REACH JURY IN SSS=<SSS [FR ISSOCUTION S| Sees Improvements to PASSIN’ TOBE GREAT. [hse =| 8S. P. Nelsca. an employe at thé ‘The rescue of had jumped on in the debris who! carried | - Cafe Are Started ) 2 | had been with Mil- had appropriated considerable whisky. Last night Miller went on the stand in his own behalf and related in di tail ‘ Prosecuting Attorney Takes Stand Tuesday and his actions uring: March andre Man Charged With Blackmail Also Offers _ knowieage ot the threatening ietcer Testimony On His Own Behalf wate's prttaeeeen He claimed that he recived the first The fate of J. D. Miller, who is on trial in, district court pain oye is oe on a charge of attempting to blackmail A. J. Cunningham, Miller was not sworn, hence he could local banker, wil] be in the hands of the jury late this after-| not be questioned by either the de- noon. Both the state and defense have concluded their] ‘ense or be cross-examined by the ‘ Ps state. direct cases and rebuttal witnesses were being put on the * stants hie state coda: Handwriting experts were placed on —— : Cemetery Robert Simpson and h crew are now in Scot ees days only c ings and stones. See him there or call the Casper Monument Works, 957-W. ATTRACTION AT LYRIC Work started this morning on en-| é White! Motion picture productions of the ve pn.| magnitude and importance of “Pas- has sion," which comes to the igre theater, starting Sunday, are IRS Saietaing | 488. biges’ to jhe lrare if review indications are to be class eating place in less than | poieved. Rarely has there: been a Photoplay spectacle about which so building was formerly oc-| much comment has been excited on cupied by the Burkett millinery store| a1; sides. For this reason alone, until after the fire which practically! this attraction is likely to arouse destroyed the contents and damaged | great interest here. ‘fhe critics who rs the building to ba pa cppncn pry The!have thus far reviewed this picturo have divided their praise between the production: and the star, Pola Negri, who seems to hat achieved more from explosions sending fire laden cot! Shrieks ORGANIZED AT POWELL; CAPITAL TO BE $30,008) =: POWELL, Wyo., May 4—Organ-|and many of ization of @ permanent fair associa-|tirieus when rescued. tion for Powell with a capital of $30,- 000 to be subscribed by farmers and business men of the entire valley has been underzaken here. At the initial meeting a board of directors and of- ficers were named as follows: Scott T. Lyall, for several years manager |" of the Peters Milling company at Powell, president; Dr. Elmer Gould, veterinarian, vice president; Robert Allan, farmer of the Lateral A coun- red, painted and made into a dining- try, secretary; J. E. Dowling, banker ipeaw wo paas of Powell, treasurer; Clay Cherry, Eu-| held, but it was ef no avail and when | | h sent out the call there was no. hope! ;|for my ship. 3 | the ton Captain Suzuki said everything Bos iten dare, sible was done to check ‘the advance much of the testimony © offered by SUGAR PRICE CUT. I stayed of the bridge until the y others had left and when finally 1| DENVER, Colo., May 4.—The Great | jumped down the bridge Was, black-| Western Sugar company today an-| ened and charred by the fire. j abused a cut of 10 cents a hundred “The fire started in the coal buxk-|!" refined sugar. The price ts $6.90. ers and was due, I believe, to spon-|~—— . taneous combustion. We carried 1,009 tons of coal, 700 tons of fuel oil and a big cargo of nitrates, lumber and/| cotton.”* the stand to wind up the state's case. A unique instance occurred during] They called attention to the many the trial this morning when M) .W.} marks of similarity in handwriting in Purcell, county attorney, after being} letters known to have been written sworn, went on the witness stand for| by “Miller and in the letters received the purpose of ri ing testimony in| by Mr. Cunningham. had been denied} ‘The state also introduced a witness torney for 13| who stated that Miller had talked with RETAIL CLERKS, ATTENTION! Our regular meeting for this month will be held at Moose hall on Wednesday evening, May 4, at 8 o'clock. We want all members to attend as matters of importance will be discussed. A four-day entertainment is pro- posed to be held in September im- mediately preceding the Billings fair. SCORES LEAP T0 muniecado for a period of two weeks. several them the alleged to Stillman left after confer. illman’s lawyers ing known. dams’ were engaged in build: for the Stillman mony, it was said, originally nm at the first hearings in thé divorce case, and he was recalled | the record that M the right to see | days after his arrest and that he was| him ;about the attempt to blackmail | in close confinement and held incom-| Mr. ‘Cunningham. The defense later F 1) | ized the sheriff's offic n-] Miller while the latter was held a Mr. Purcell testi time that Harry ¢ with Alex B. King red in the action, that the first ‘arton, counsel for defense, ap- hat he author- to permit Mr. Warton to see the prisoner. The county attorney also told of two separate talks that he had-with . Grace bound for Seattle, went y near Port Townsend. : — prisoner, in which Miller was ac | quainted with the fact that the wit-| ness was @ county officer snd was ad- vised of his constitutional ight# to see a lawyer. jail without permission from «the sheriff or from the county attorney. An attorney cannot speak to other prisoners while he is handling the ease of a man confined in the jail. A Mr. Brown, who is superintende ¢ of the Pathfinder dam, told on the wit ness stand that he had seen a story CHICAGO, May 4.—The arbitration board, whose decision affects some 12,000 members of the printing trades in Chicago, today announced a reduc- tion of $4.35 per week for each of the four major crafts. Compositors were reduced to $46.65 high. “There were and with every explosion the flames feet into the air and were hurled 200 feet shot a hundred bales of cotton ESCAPE VESSEL (Continued from Puge 1.) when my first officer came and told} = me I had best come up on deck again, that the smoke seemed to be getting worse. When I got back on deck I saw it was a ship on fire. We. re- members of the crew of the Tokuyo Maru were in the water, ceived no S. O. 8. call, We were 12 , was} Deputy McDonald was put ex the miles distant when we sighted the stand to tell of the rules wz che sher- smoke and 55 minutes later were on iff's office which prevent an attorney the scene. By that time many of the speaking to prisoners in’ the county ; constant “There were two fires, forward and amidships and the deck officers of the explosions to clear up disputed points. It also] bout the attempted blackmail of Mr.|per week, pressmen to $47.65 per Tokuyo Maru were caught between | = was brought out, it was said, that he} Cunningham in.a Denver paper which | week, feeders to $39.65 per weck and| tor a time.” still is in the employ of Mr. Still-] reached the camp, but stated that he|bookbinders to $42.15 per week. man Arthur Beauvais, brother of the co respondent, has been called to testify. ftwas learned. Mrs. Stillman was said to have been talm during the proceedings today and had destroyed the paper, having been acquainted with the fact that the! county authorities were working on the case. Several witnesses were introduced by the defense yesterday afternoon This scale applies specifically to a week of 48 hours, according to Harry G. Cantrell, commissioner of indus- trial relations for the Franklin (closed shop) division of the Franklin Typothetae of Chicago. AL Captain Suzuki, master of the Toky- yo Maru, was the last to leave the ~~ = a | ae | = ———___- Perhaps Mr. Ford’s attitude may be explained by the fact that nearly all Jews prefer better cars.—Cléeveland | | PASSION THE WEATHER—Partly, cloudy tonight and Thursday, slightly warmer in northwest portion tonight. Thrift Thursday” SPECIALS JOHN D. SALMOND, Secretary. HENRY WOLFORD, President. A to have smiled frequently at the test! had seen Miller) Bryan L. Beecher, secretary of the tmoney given by Adams. at Pathfinder several|Chicago Typographical Union No. 16. Branch —— times Sunday, h 6, the day on|the union involved, said that the em- 11? West Midwest Ave. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. which {t was intimated that he might|ployes could not reach a decision Phone 743. %. Regular meeting tonight; dance and| have been in the hills watching Mr.! which embraced a 48-hour week. Harold Kramer, Reaitor 4 di “f PI ome : Be its ralgiine Me which seat se K Ladies’ Plain C. L. 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