Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 29, 1921, Page 1

7s ( Outlined in Recent Letter Are Refused by Mrs. Stillman, Is Claim NEW YORK, May 28.— Mrs. Anne Uz. Stillman, de- “fendant .im the divorce suit brought by James A. Stillman, today made public a letter dated May 25 from her coun- pel, John DB. Stanchficld, in which. he outlined 4 proposition made to him for settlement of the case. The Idw- yer’s letter said the proposed terms included snition of the logitimaty of Guy Stillman, three years of age. Cow: for Mr. Stillman yesterday denied it they had taken any part in negotiations fer a settlement and declared thers never was a time when Mr. SUll’man was willing to acknowl. edge dee paretvage of Guy. roposals, which Mr. Stanch- nae had been made, included ntinuanee of the divorce action; Meee of a substantial income for life and ‘provision that Mrs. Stillman should take up her residence abroad for five years. Mrs. Stillman declared she had refused to accept the pro- viteg even after the time had been reduced he, coe year.’ C ture of $430,180 Authorized by City Engineer This Month Casper shattered ail former records for the issuance of building permits during the month. drawing to a close with a ing, embracing 8 grand total of new construction undertaken during the month of $430,180. The average cost of the 147 structures that were started during the month is si San mately $3,000, That Casper is expanc:ag on @ sub- KILLS BRIDE stantial basis is shown by the high average that is shown in the building DENVER. May 28.—-Mrs. Irby Por: ter, 18-year-old bride of a few months, Permits, Without doubt Casper has made a record this month that wil! died at the county hoxpital today from wounds inflicted by her husband, J. ot be equalled hy:/any other ity’ in the tenth federal reserve ict hin eakrhees Gileeehe Wanken, Oklahoma and. other states: that are ‘ot entirely efffcted by the industrial lepression which is epreading over ac tageatg D. Porter of Colorado Springs, in a . Porter of Colorado Sp The otal during the month of May | 14 ‘hotel last night,» Porter. then wrough* the building permit total for . turned the pistolon himself, inflict his yar to approximately the million 4 ds which doctors sald would Jollar mark and was’ approximately preberenean. eer =~ three times the total that was reached | ° 1... porters had been sepafated for two months and had come to Denver n an effort to affect a reconciliation, \ecording (6 Mrs. L. G. Nichols of 21 Paso, Texas, mother of, Por: who occupied ah adjoining room. jugy { eaid to have been the red- during the month of April. The builda- it FORMED “ permits totals in January, $108. *0; February, $119,150; Mareh, $15: 150; April $177,850, and May $430.1 jon aA constantly expanding gtowth Casper on a highly substantial aisis. The figures can be realized when it bicccnaia American unCerstoo that thern ig very ttle of Erin to Feature Mass inctufled in the totels that tell pf the reat industria expansion here, 7! < oie 19hs retired) to obtain permits for the +4 waka bs penis und enlarge | rent that are underway and the fig a its are boing completed n-with the mass meeting ures do not inelude the changes-in the : the ‘ullin club hall Login Gh rey night business district which is . contem- Plated during the summer months. then ‘ Michael . will give! an Part of the high figures reached vat the ne mecting ac counet - Aha during. the month is made up from the following permits: ' The Wyoming Building and Apart- ment. House company will build a sixty-room apartment which will be 50 by 132 feet in dimensions on lot n of | ho telah sable selh'be formed | 7, block 140, which front on CY a nd plans out fora big mem- nip drivé so that Casper may have loading ere ys in Urs Miers is beiug reported by the dif- owns at the state convention held here within the next month. World Unrest Is Charged To Mechanics ATLANTIC CITY, N, J., May 28. —James M. Beck, solicitor general of the United States, told the Penn- sylvania Bankers’ association in an address before its convention yes- terday that the unrest in. the world is not merely an offspriig of the world, but is direectiy traceavle to the development of mechanical ap- plianees. By: this development, he said, millions of men have been forced to live in comparative men- tal and physical idleness. “Work, all-conquering work—it is of that, not of talk, that the world has supreme need,” he said. jt cea, BLAIR TAKES nue, This frame structure will cost ents will also be made here $25,000. ' in. connéetion’ with= the convention. 'The new store and apartment build- ing which 1s being. erected by J. C. Delegates’ will arrive in Casper from | A eetey ig every city and town in Zrttormeister*on Second strect next to the Tribune building, will contain 23 rooms and will be 50. by. 140 feet. It will cost $53,000. “It will be entirely constructed of brick and fire-proof material, The building will erected by state, men from. all walks in life, | Colby and) Rognstad. labor, business} -The new city fire hall, which will cost $57,180, will be erected on David y the Larsen and Jorgensen compan: . The new store and studio building | which is being built by A. H. Cobb on} the corner of Park and Kimball | streets will cost $10,000. The build. | ing will be 26 feet wide and 74 feet long and will contain six rooms. K. R. Jourgensen and associates | will build a, $20,000 apartment house 5 Fourteenth and Box Elder streets. It will contain 22 rooms and will be 26 | by 100 feet. ‘The Ohio Oil company’s new garage, which will be erected on Market/ street, will be 114 by 140 feet. It will | contain seven. large rooms and will | thoroughly fireproof. The Lar-| WASHINGTON, May 28.—David, H. sen and Jorgensen company holds the | Blair took up his duties as commis. Gomtxact: |sioner of internal reyenue. today with i | conference with Prohibition Com- John L. Lewis, head of the United| missioner Kramer, at which reorgan Mine Workers, is mentioned as a pos-|ization of the prohibition forces is fepreseiting capita), and the professions. It is? expected that the gathering will hear addresses from’ speakers of ational Feputation. Meantime, Mr. Harkin, who is or- ganizing Wyoming for the American association for the recognition of th Trish republic, will get councils estab- lished. inthe northern part of the state. Next Tuesday he will speak at Douglag then proceed to Ther- mopolis en route to Sheridan. ~ It is proposed to have women repré- sented on. the membership committee to be appointed at the public meeting here on Sunday night. peeve: a ASS NEW YORK, May 28.—Madame Mi ie Curle, codiscoverer of radium, ar- rived here today from Pittsburgh in n ‘exhausted condition and with her two daughters went to a friend’s home to rest. sible opposition candidate to the vet-|understood to have been discussed as Meanwhile her plans for a trans-|ern Samuel Gompers for the presi-|well as ‘tentative regulations to gov- continentak tour to begin .next}dency of the American Federation ofjern the use of becr for medical pur- Babs hen. were held in abeyance. Labor. poses. ASSAILANTS HELDON “BONDS FOR HEARING . * icer for the moment. When Martin W.R. Hyland and Frank Hill Will Face) rcs sha wos ceuine ine vec uor and Assault Charges; State- ment of James Kerr Is Refuted tin fought both of them ‘to a finish, resulting in his suffering injuries which necessitated the attention of a surgeon. Kefuting a purported statement made by James Kerr who claims to be an employe of a garage known as the Duplex garage, owned by Hy- land, eyewitnesses to various parts of the proceedings substantiate the story which. appeared in yesterday's issue of ‘The Tribune. “The charge that Sheriff Martin fired three shots is a le,” said Dep- uty George Masse who was driving the sheriff's car in the chase. Mar- tin fired one’shot and not until after we had stopped the car from which W. R. Hyland and Frank Hill, who were arrested Thurs- day afternoon charged with assaulting Sheriff Lee Martin, have been released on $1,500 bonds each, to appear at a pre- liminary trial in justice court Friday, June 8. The bond was fixed on two separate charges, the first being aggravated assault with intent to kill and the second for violation of the: hibition laws. curred **-*h= Tsiya‘s hospital, where charges are the outgrowth of|Casseriey, the wounded man, was mal chase Thursday aft-|taken for medical treatment. After Sheriff Martin and an|Casserley had been administered to Freire de: leg car in which Hill, Hy-| Sheriff Martin procecded to"take the|jugs of bootleg whisky had been tnd and Vick-Casserley were riding. | other two men in custody and the first}thrown did‘we know that a men had In the Casserley was shot|intimation which he had that trouble} been hit was brewing occurred’ when Hyland hit him a hard blow in .the solar plexus whicl nearly paralyzed the of: “When Sheriff Martin (Continued on Page 9.) through fhe right hand by. a bullet saw that Which! deflected from the ground. The eeenult upon Sheriff Martin oc- CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1921 ER BUILDING PERMITS Constri-ton Work Involving Expendi- total of 147 registered at the city engineer's office this morn-| {is complete, and project from McKin- CLERK-EDITOR DISMISSED BY WEEKS F penn OF | “WASHINGTON, May 28.— Secretary Weeks has dis- missed from mt service Robert J. Quinn, a clerk office on charges growing out of the ublication in Reclassificationist, 2 small magazine pub- ished here, of a serial ars, Ms in which Maj. Gen. Peter C. Harris, adjutant general of the army, claims that he and }Col. Frederick W. Lewis, an officer tnyment printing office for his-own per bis department, were subjected tojsonal work in connection, with the ridicule, Quinn fs editor of the Re-)preparation of a publication relating classificationss' to his son, ( Charles D. Harris. General ia was directed by Sec fetiiry Weeks to refund to the treas- Ury 4 sum WUfficient to cover the cost to the rovernment of printing a book- let commemorative pt phe! aeferal’s fon. killed in France. Secretary igre gaid General Harris hai Siakment type to be set in the war ‘ment printing office and that the total expense probably Sula t ex: Meed $10 or $12, it w ifestly {m- per for a gov dal to official material fr such a purpose, uipment would taken, the secretary @Bid,on the er charges set forth in Quinn's re- According to the record in the case, |which was made public today by Eliz- abeth N, Barr, assistant editor of the magazine, the serial story had as its principal inpen™ and * Quinn denied any malicious inten- tion to ridicule the officers and as a counter-charge asserted that General Harris had failed to organize a per- fonnel bureau in the adjutant gener- jal’s office as directed by congréss last year but that he had reported to. the chief of staff that such a buresd’had deen organized. | before the house,.was urged today by It nlso_waé) chargeds by Quinn that}: Weeks, characterizing them Glowing Tribute to Be Paid Hioee of Nation in Big Parade and Services . Arranged by Legionnaires Observance of Memoria] day—inaugurated by the Grand Army of the Republic, kept green by those who fought in the Spanish-American war and perpetuated by the great army of veterans of the World war—will be marked in Cas- per by a general holiday, a mammoth civic and_ patriotic feerestes inpressly ssbe impressive speaking a and decoration of the graves of | military service of the country. Due to the indefatigable efforts of the. ‘committee representing the George W. Vroman post of the Amer- jican Legion, the various details to Two speakers of sterling and proy ability have been secured to ir home to those fortunate enough hear;them the lessons to be derive from the supreme sacrifice made Ly those for whose honor the day {s set aside, Col. George Stecle, a regular army: officer now stationed at Fort D. A. Russell, will arrive in Casper Mon- day morning to’ deliver a patriotic o tion at the exercises to be held at + Iris theater. Colonel with en enviable peaker and time activi FOR THE YEAR District Office of State Highway Department Renews Service of Interest to Automobile Owners Steele putation as a pub experiences in the of the nation give Following up last year’s successful | ‘ him excellent qualification to spsak reports un the condition of main | xrenorial day to the nation traveled Highways in Wyoming, the} en, Gov, B B. Brooks, whose lace district office of the state highway de- partment today apnounced restimp- tion of the service on a more ciab orate scale with. specific reference to| certain sections of the Yellowstone! and Grant highways. This. service { will be continued and published in The Casper Tribune for the bene fit of those desiring information of} the roads. The first report covering road conditions today follows: Yellowstone hig?-xy. in the Casper | district — |career as a public figure in Wyoming marks him eVerywhere as a man prominence, will give vohve to t ne sentiments of. &ii true Americans as graves of the dead heroes are be- 3 decorated at the cemetery. It is fitting that ex-Governor Brooks’ remarks are to be given from the vantage point of the “A Mort” statue float, prepared for this occa- on by the local lodge of B. P. O. E. The speaking at the cemetery will take place at the grave of George W ‘McKinley to Dougias, good; Doug-|'Vroman, for -whom the local post of las to LaPrelle creek, excellent; La-|the legion is, named. Prelie=creek to Careyhurst, fair;} No expense and no pains have been spared, by the representatives of vivic organizations and others who are pre- paring the floats to be displayed in the parade to make themi the most impressive and spectacular possible. The “A Mort” watue float being prepared by the Elks is expected to be a masterpiece. The statue is mod- eled after a painting by the same name which in one of thousands of figures to be found in the stupendous painting of “La Pantheon de la Guerre"in Paris. Following the sign- ing of the armistice the leading ar-| tists of Paris collaborated in, com- memorating the events of the war and north, no report. the victory of the allies. The result eee isk was a mammoth painting hung upon OFFICLAL DIES. the circular wall of ‘the ornate build- PARIS, May 28.—(By The Associated | ing especially constructed for the pur. Press.}—Dr. Milenko R; Vesnitch, for-| pose. Visitors enter the building by mer Jugo-Slay premier and m'nister| way. of a subterranean passage-wajt of foreign affairs, and lately Jugo-Slav = Careyhurst to Glenrock, good; Glen- rock to Parkerton, fair; Parkerton™ to Casper, good: Casper to Powder River, very good; Powder River. to. Richards, no report; Richards to Moneta, no re- port; Moneta to Shoshoni, fair; Sho- shoni to Lander, fair to good. New Platte River bridge at Orin ley to Orin now open for traffic, in god condition. Report on’ Grant highway follows: Nebraska line to Orin, good; Lander to Rawlins, first ten miles good, rest passable; heavy rains during the week. Casper to Salt Creek, good; Salt Creek, RICANIS| make this Memorial day one long to Le remembered have been practieally |” |completed. No pains e been sp.red to make the observance an !mpres- sive lesson in Americanism. | minister to France, died here today. _ (Continued on Page BALL SCORES Barrier Against} NATIONAL LEAGUE Agha Aine At Boston—(First Game) R. H.E ea } t Boston-——(First Game)— . E. SUCSERE BOT AGT). eae 30100141010 13 1 Boston 020103100—-7 13 0 Batteries—Nehl, Barnes and Smith, Snyder; Watson, Branton, Fillinghim and O’ Neil, Gowdy. At Boston—(Second Game)— R. H. E. New York 300100001—5 i38 4 Boston ______-- 901004001—6 12 1 Batteries—Perrit, Sallee, Benton and Smith; Oeschger and O’Neil. PARIS, May 28.—(By The Associated Press.) — The al- lied council of ambassadors has virtually approved a plan to establish a neutral zone be- tween the German and the Polish forces in Upper Silesia. It decided at its meeting this afternoon, however, to obtain further information desired before taking. definite action ‘The concentration of German troops at Brieg.near the Silesian frontier, is declared in dispatchen reaching the foreign office tofay to be continuing. British troops have arrived at Op. peln from the Cologne bridgehead. and Oppein dispatches indicate the soldiers | will be sent to Kreuzberg for the pur pose of suppressing Polish insurgents w . EL 17 8 At Chicago—(First Game)— St. Louis _.--. 302000003—8 row wrcén Chicago _.___-- 031020010—7 salied Pricste tue TRat AeA casent Batteries—Schupp, Rieviere, Walker and pt e Gi a 2 tions or t ; . T st Ce ae cee tron Henin tecneue |Dilhoefer; Vaughn and and Killifer. The payment is in the form of | 20 bonds of about $10,000,000 cach, $80, R. H. E. 9 13 0 yr etl (eek | Cheeves 900,000 of which is payable in New At Chicago—(Second Game)— Mime Donde ore endoreed ty ine/St- Louis --__-- 001229013 2— ecnatt | Chicago 01000100 0— reichsbank, the Diseonto Ges Batteries—Haines and Clemons; and the poabes:2) v am oe Modification Of and Killifer. At Pittsburgh— Packer Control 000 ill. Advocat Cincinnati e wS x ated Pittsburgh _,-_ 000 Batteries—Luque Adams and Schmidt. R. H. E. WASHINGTON, May 28.—Modif:ca ton of the packer control bill, now representatives of various farm or- genizations appearing before the agr! Cusure committee to suggest 23; At ©niladelphia— R. H. E. ends * Ons the: st characters nem miner!) Brooklyn _ 01440200415 19 1 S. W. Tator of the farm bureau 0002001003 2 3 federation, said the federal trade com: Philadelphia _ mission neve> had been able to obtati rellabie Cigureh frocy Packers because Batteries—Reuther and Miller; Meadows, of their accounting systems. The agriculture, commities tater/Betts, Wilhelm, Baumgartner and Bruggy, unanimousiy decided not to report any Peters: AMERICAN. LEAGUE HERE TO At New ‘York-—(First Game)— A French ‘scientist recently tried (9 count the number of germs on a dirty banknote. When he had ered 86,000,000. germa"he stopped! counting. R. H. E. Philadelphia __.000010000—1 71 New York O00300101*—5 70 Batteries—Harris and Perkins;' Mays and: Schang. , At New York—(Second Game)—_ R. H. E. Philadelphia__.000000011—2 50 New York 20030010*—6 13 1 Batteriés—Rommel, Hasty and _ Perkins, Wyatt; Shawkey and Schang. At Detroit— Fluctuation In Grains Charged to Big Traders WASHINGTON, May 28.—Specula- tive operations of a restricted number of traders in large quantities on the grain exchanges of the country are the chief cause of excessive price fuc- tuations, R. E. Smith, grain supervisor for the United States bureau of mar-|Chicago —____-_ 000101010—3 11 1 kets, testified today before th ern~ ° " Ate agriculture committee at hearings| Detroit ....____ 60111002 *—11 18 0 on the Tincher bill to regulate ex- ‘o changes: The market prices, he said; Batteries—Mulrennan, Hodge and* Yaryan; are ‘entirely controlled by the big spec- ulatags at times.” Such conditions, Mr. Smith declared, ‘constitutes prostituting the market, ‘by the men concerned’.”” The witness Sutherland and Ainsmith. At Washington— R. H. E. said he could not say what effect a limitation on trading would have on| Boston ________ 0001000304 9 0 aa.) Si a Washington 000000030 3 6 1 Fire Warning Or Batteries—Jones, Russel and Ruel; Johnson Forests Issued |#"4 Brottem. Sa SS At St. Lies R. H. E. ®|eands of outdoor ‘Americana who wii|Cleveland __—__ 16020030 0—12 13 1 begin today their first three-day holi- day of the season, the American For- estry association issued an appeal to guard against starting fires in the St. Louis 210100110—6 M4 3 c Batteries—Mails and O’Neill; Boland, Bayne, ‘he woot ss seu find them." (Richmond, Van Gilder and Severeid. STATE RESTS CASE IN CHESTER TRIAL till 13 Barton out and keep her out Fiance of Murdered Girl Testifies to or 1 o'clock in the morning?’ Ayl- ward inquired Circumstances of Death; Defense "1, hat done 20, ves.” the witness Iward inquired whether Winter was acquainted with a at Altoona, Kansas.” was not Winter then testified that he had ver known Blanche Ryan and Geor- “young lady Winter said he Hearing to Take Four Days KANSAS CITY, May 28.—The state completed its evi- dence at 10:30 a. m. today in the trial of Denzel Chester, cin Coltier, witnesses, before t charged with first degree murder in connection with the fatal tragedy. He had offered a reward of shooting of Miss Florence Barton, and rested its case. On $!.0. he said, for tho arrest and con- r} : t viction of Miss Barton’s slayer. motion of defense counsel, court then adjourned until 2 p.m. “'Tioya Martz, one of Cheevi's law- when the defense will begin the taking of testimony. yers, said the defense would rcqvire The crossexamination of Howard, Joseph Aylward, defense counsel,|four or five days to complete its casa Winter, flance of the dead girl, and|conducted the cross-examination of! He said Chester would be placed |brief testimony from, Miss Hattie Lee| Winter, which began yesterday after-|upon the stand and that his testi- Barton, "her Sister, took up the morn-|noon. He inquired abovt a trip Win-|mony woul y take a long session. Miss Barton's eyes filled|ter had’ made to police headquarters time, be @ Chester wou have to with tears when she was shown the}in connestion with the case. write his answers to questions. dress) worn by Florence the night of} “And you've never been arrested in| Chester has carried on all communi: the tragedy’ and ‘asked to identify “it.| connection with this case, have you?” cations with his lawyers in the court- Ghe did so.’ Winter also was visibly }asked Aylward room by writing notes. It is said‘he Affected Niien asked to tel! of Flor-| “No,” replied Winter has not talke® since being brought @nte Barton's last words. He said] The State objected to the question back to Kansas City from Broken she called nd was sustained !Bow, Neb., where he plunged front a in his arms, “Was your habit to take Miss train while being brought back herm 3 3 ; | F F