Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1921, Page 10

PAGE TEN WITNESSTELLS FATAL SHOOTING OF ORY AGENT One of Five on Trial for Murder of Prohibition Officer Fired Shot, Officer De- clares IL PASO, Texas, May 27.—Prohibi- tion Officer W. C. Guinn, star wit- ness for the state in the trial of C. P, Shearman and his sons, Neil, John and Allen, and Tomas Mendoza, charged with the murder of Prohibition Officer C. A. Wood, testified at the opening of the case today that he saw C. P. Shearman fire a gun the night Officer Wood and Officer 8. E. Beckett were shot to death on the Shearman ranch. The officer also testified that he heard earman call to John Shear- “They are in the chicken house, John, (referring to the prohibition of ficers), let's smoke them out.” Officer Guinn then described a bat tle which followed, in which scores of shots, it is alleged, were fired at him and other offictrs. SIGNAL DEPARTMENT WAGE HEARING HELD OMAHA, Neb., May 27.—Represen. tatives of signal department employes of the Union Pacific system lines are to meet with officials of the company here today.on a proposal by the com pany to cut wages, effective July 1. Ameng represertatives of the men will be J. E. Hanchett, Gooding, Idaho, and, J. T. Cook, Portland, Ore.. generat chairmen of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Signalmen of America for the em- Ployes on the Oregon Short Line and the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company, respectively. Richie Mitchell Stays in Ring MILWAUKEE, Wis, May Richie Mitchell, “whose gameness against overwhelming odds has made Rim the prize fight idol of the central ‘west, has no intention of retiring from the ring despite recent reverses. Fol- jJowing his sensational losing fight against Champion Renny Leonard in New York, Mitchell met defeat twice at the hands of Rocky Kansas and Jost a newspaper decision (0 Johnny Mendelsohn. The defeat caused re- ports that the Milwaukee fighter would fetire, but Mitchell insists that he is tar from through and after a short fest will be lack facing the top- notchers. ee eens PAVING CONTRACT LET. 27.— * COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 27.—The Colorado Springs Street Ratl- Way }ompany, operating the street ars of the city, today secured the contract for paving four avenues of the city on a non-profit basis with a maximum bid of $864,986.15. The con: tract was let by the city council after months of litigation involving a for- fer city administration, the legaiity of two elections and the rights of the mo-called ers league. Work will be started within 60 days. ———— STERLING ADVANCES. NEW YORK, May 27.—An over- fight decline of six cents in the pound sterling to $3.86% for demand bills was the sensational feature of today’s early dealings in the foreign exchange market. The break was attributed by local dealers to heavy selling in London, chiefly for German account. dase Nea Not in Wholesale Line. rR Anxious Mother—Yes, Mr, Roxley, the fact is that T have three daugh- ters I want to see settled in life. Is this friend of yours a marrying man? Mr. Roxley—-Not to any great ex- tent.—-Boston Transcript. Bhs abe Those Folish Questions. Mr. Business was exasperated with the telephone. Ten times that morn- ing he had tried to get a number. At last he got it. “Hello!” he said. “Is Mr. X there?” “Yes,” replied a voice. “Do you ‘want to speak to him?” That was the last straw. Back came the reply in icy tones: “Oh, no. I merely called up to hand him a_ cigarette. — Chronicle-Tete- Im a drink in when school lets A out; And do I like it? Hear me shout. —Tommy Thirst. This Grape Is a producer of merriment. It's just naturally a happy, healthy arink, good for the youngsters and the oider folks as well. All of the fruit juices used in tts making are of the purest type p> and it is bottled by fciks who are as modern in their meth- ods as can be. It's a good drink, folks. PHONE 136" ‘To FOU A POSSIBLE MAN ROBSERY THE POSTMASTER GETS THE MAR HIMSELF GETTING THE POUCH CER TRAIN NUMBER Six — Brothers Held For Assault On H.S. Principal LONGMONT, Colo., May 2 of the junior high school. Taylor is said to have inflicted body | select punishment on Williard Garrison, 13-| Americanism as well us athletic pro- year-old brother of the accused youths. | ficiency to autograph a baseball which Taylor charged, in » complaint rp sulting in their arrest, that the older ! | Sam | Nationally famous ballplayer, has been and Jewell Garrison, brothers, were! selected by Chicago American Legion arrested here today charged with an/Posts as typifying the real American assault on Principal Archibald ‘Taylor | baseball hero. brothers came to his house last night,| called him out on the porch and one administered a severe beating while the other held him. Lane Memorial Service Sunday WASHINGTON, Moy 27.—Memorial’ Services for the fate ¥runklin K. Lane will be held here Sunday in St. John's church, conducted by Rev. Cottan Smith. who was a close friend of the former secretary of the interior. Mrs. Lane has returned to Washington and it is expected her husband's ashes will find their resting place here. a> ace k: May 27.—To re- mist what they declare are plots on the part of radicals of the Pacific northwest to set fires in the forests, department of justice officials here today announced organization of a force of state and federal officers to cp-operate with forest service m- ployes to protect standing timber dur- ing the forest fire season. pendent Theid th severe g The Newest Art. Vallie Belasco Martin, niece of Da- vid Belasco, Occasionally entertains at clubs as well as on the stage. Rs- cently she appeared at a sorority, where she was to represent “one of the four arts.”* “What are the four arts?" inquired Miss Martin. “Don't you know?” said the chair. men. “Music, drama, art and current events.”—-New York Post. — Nothing Lower. During the period after the univer. sity examinations, when an unusual- ly large number of students flunked, one of the boys went to his profes- sor, and said: “I don't think this is fair, sir; I don’t think I should have @ zero'on this examination.” “I know it.” replied the professor, “out we do not have any mark low- er than that."—The Argonaut. << The little country of Belgium has been the scene of more {uportant bat- tles than any other country of the ‘world. | Would be auctioned to raise funds for EDDIE COLLINS PAID HIGH HONGR BY LEGION CHICAGO, May 27.—¥Eddie Collins, captain of the Chicago White Sox and The legion posts recently decided to some one representing trite disabled soldiers. Collins was chosen and Commander John G. Little, Jr., of the Roosevelt post, in making the announcement said. “We are admirers of the ball player of the Collins type. He was past the Graft age in 1917. Even had he been within the-draft age, he had a. family dependent on him, and easily could have gained exemption. On the other hand he could have obtained any number of swivel chair jobs in Wash- ington or he could have become a camp athletic instructor, ‘Instead, he enlisted as a private in the marines and ‘was promoted to the rank of cor- poral for loyal service. He passed up the soft jobs to endure the hardships of the toughest jobs in a I mgn's army and never murmured. pe nabs 5a Soa Four Millions For Irish Relief! NEW YORK, May 21.—Representa- ves of Catholic and Protestant Ire- land and of'the church, city, state‘and nation Jast night attended’ a dinner to} gelebrate the climax of the campaign hy the American committee for the felief of Ireland to raise $10,240,000. Total contributions to date exceed $4,- 000,000, A portrait of President Harding who sent a special message of com- mendation for the occasion, hung above the speaker's table. Among the speak- ers on the program were. Morgan J O'Brien, chairman of the committee, who presided, Laur=)>s O'Neill, Lord Mayor of Dublin; Col. R. A. Anderson, who, with Sir Horace Plunkett, or- Sanwed the Irish agricultural organi- zation society with Maj. Eugene F. Kinkead. i eA eta Uncle (telling tall yarn to young nephew}—We had more than a mile to go to get out of the forest wher. we heard the howls of a pack of wolves behind us. I strained every nerve, but all in vain. Now I could hear their panting breath, and at last I felt their muzzles touching me, when—— Nephew—You must have felt glad, uncle? Uncle (amazed)—Glad! Why? Nephew—When you forind they had be Casper Daily Cribune SPECTATORS AT CHESTER TRIAL ARE SEARCHED again the courtroom today after first being searched for weapons by deputies and matrons. Sheriff V. C. Talbot of Custer coun- ty, Neb. told of finding Chester halt “Wm_| | strangled in his cell at Broken Bow following his capture November 19. Dr. W. E. Talbot, brotner of the sheriff, testified that he had been called to treat Chester following an attempt made by the defendant to strangle himself with strips of blanket and later following a dive from a bunk to the concrete floor of his cell. ‘The doctor said that he found a slight depression in Chester's skull, which might have been the result of an old injury or might have been nat- ural. This depression, he testified. on cross-examination, might have been caused by jumping or being thrown from a train. Chester told him, Dr. Talbot testi- fied, that he (Chester) had been with a circus and that he used to do the high dive. Chester did not talk in his hearing after the dive to the floor of the cell, he said. ‘He sald he found no bruises on Chester's body or evi- dence of his having been struck with a blackjack or a revolver. \FAMINE IN NEAR EAST CONSTANTINOPLE, May 26.—(By The Associated Press)—Although gay night life prevails in nearly all citt g of the Caucasus, the people are sa. in advices to be Literally dancing on the edge of a volcano. < Famine is expected in June or July and under the surface there is @ deadiy tear of a reign of terror. Bread is costing 5,000 rubles pound. BB ROOKS BUTS OUT BRANNAN SHEEP FRM SHOSHONI, May 28.—The holdings of ‘the Brannan Sheep company; con- sisting mainly of 2,200 head of sheep were sold to B. B. Brooks of Casper and J. D. Woodruff of Shoshoni at $6.50 a head here this week by thé Stockgrowers’ bank. per BATTLEFIELDS TO BE MARKED. ‘WASHINGTON, May 27.—Secretary Weeks:has directed the convening of & board of seven officers to draw up a detailed plan for marking battlefields in| Burope, | where American © troops were engaged during the world war. The board also wilt be charged with supervising the execution of the plan after it has, been approved by “Mr. Weeks, EL Ne Evidences of Respectability. He—I suppose you've heard about Old Man Diogenes, who went around with a lantern looking for a decent and respectable man?, She—How foolish of him, One doesn't find respectable men on the streets at night. They're home with their families—Houston Post. giduatr fetes iors How Tempus Fusits. “Dearest, I love you. Since the dawn of creation, since the birth of this world,, since the beginning of time I have known and loved you, Darling, will you be mine?" “Oh, Tom, this is so sudden!—Jack: Good! Arrived this morning Rinkler’s Sultans of Syncopation Everybody will be surprised You just can’t keep still On, Boy! Some music U) can’t miss hearing them Come to Dreamland Over by the Courthouse Wil other, bring the family | will guarantee they will have a good time Nobody can afford to stay at home. Now we understand. They will be at Dreamland Saturday Night, Rin Ker’s ORCHESTRA You'll Be Surprised i ?. WASHINGTON, May 27.—The Am- erican Steamship Owner’ association has refused to subscribe to the agree- ment on rules and working conditions Teached between Secretary Davis anf representatives of the Marine Engi- neers’ Beneficial association... H. H. He said the association representing also the Pacific American association, and the Ship Owners’ association of the Pacific coast had decided to ad- here to its previously announced pol- icy of abiding by the classifications, wage scale, anf working conditions, put in to effect on May 1. It was indicated later that.the sec- retary was making an effort to incoce the shipping board to enter into an agreement with the seamen regardless of the action taken by the Ship Own- ers’ association. DR. FULKERSON TALKS BEFORE KIWANIS CLUB At a meeting of the Kiwanis club Thursday noon, Dr. E. R. Fulkerson, for 20 years American attache in ‘To- kio, was the speaker of the day. His subject, “Greater Americans,” brought the approval of the ns} The biography of H.$J. Peterson was disclosed by his brother, Carney Peterson. Many visitors were enter- tained, including Messrs. Bennet of Sheridan, Birdsall of Lander, Werhli of Casper, Bingheim of Denver, Park- er of Denver, and Hughes of Greybull. No Agreement On Express Wages CHICAGO, May 27.—Conferences over proposed wage reductions for the 80,000 employes of the American Rail- way Express company failed to reach ny agreement and the company has ied the dispute with the United States raiircad labor board, ft was announced today. ; The express company proposed that rates of pay be restvred wo those in effect before the increase of approxi- mately 25 per cent was granted by the labor board August 10, 1920. The em- ployes refused to accept any reduc- tion. MAD HATTER. WINS RACE BELMONT PARK, N. X,, May —The Metropolitan handicap at one mile, the first big event of the local racing season, won here’ today by Mad Hatter. - Audacious finished Yellow: Hand third.» * Mad Hatter, runhing in the cslots of the rancacas stable and ridden by Sande, defeated afield (of vight. There was little of the spectacular in the event, the first and second horses rac- ing in ‘thest ‘positions ‘throughout: ‘The race was worth $8,160 to the winner second and) Col. H. W. Anderson of Richmond, Va., BENSON URGES _ MARINE PLANS NEW YORK, May 27, — the “arbitary exercise of power under E sist upon “the wage cut as “not only “My appeal directly to the person- shipping board to give tion, both now and after the settle- ment of the controversy, to all who come to its aid.” Omaha Livestock Yards Inspected OMAHA, Neb., May 27-—Inspection of the Omaha livestock yard was made trustees, who were appointed by the District of Columbia supreme court vf the Swift and Armour stockyards properties to act until purehasers can be found. Later they were to zive interested persons an to tell how they regard packer control of the yards. is The trustees, accompanied by H. J. Galloway. special assistant to Attorney General Daugherty, leave late today for a further inspection at -Denver. Nags Ranta ote BONDS AUTHORIZED, WASHINGTON, May 27,—Author- ity was granted today to the Alaska Anthracite Railroad company by’ the interstate commercé ‘commission to issue ‘and sell $1,500,000 first mortgage bonds at not less than ‘90 per cent to complete construction df: tle ‘line be- gun in 1916, but suspended during the war after"about 227 miles of the road had been tyuilt: «Tt is proposed to’ com: plete the line during the currentiopen ‘season; opening territory containing large coal “deposits.” pos od SY Small -Portions. She—Don’t you think that was pretty good dinner for 85 cents? He—Yes; let's have another.—Lite. BARGAINS. vsep PLAYER PIANOS <0) Write for List. © Knight-Campbell's)-rav. Denver, Colo. FR'GT : i Hi ties ih : 3 Union Pacific Railroad company asked authority of the interstate Commerce commission today to guarantee $14,- 755,500 of the first refunding mort- gage bonds of the Oregon-Washington Railroad &, Nayigation. company, which it now owns, and which are to : New York artists complain of a shoi of girl models. athletes of Harvard com- peting on . today led a field colleges in qualifica- tions for to- morrow in intercollegiate track and meeting. ‘The small oho crossed the fs ban- tied with Pennsy}- vania for qualiti- cation rounds. n ten men, California's strength being dis- tributed through nine of the eleven events. while. Pennsylvania's was tireiy come up to Pen: State with eight made an uyn- expectedly strong showing. Compe EDA Sees. baen Pee Soon ee soe Stag Many of the women of European royalty have the cigarette habit, ‘but Queen Wilhe'mina of Holland is an jexception. 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