Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1921, Page 1

FINAL DIVISION OF REPARATIONS ANMONG COLONIES BEFORE LEADERS Conference of Premiers Takes Up Question of Splitting 22 Per Cent Share of the British LONDON, July 7.— (By The Canadian Press.)—The conference of prime ministers yesterday grappled with the problem of reparations. Un- der the decision reached by supreme allied council, the em- pire receives 22 per cent of whatever Germany pays, 55 per cent going to France and the balance to Belgium and Italy and the other allied nations. b task now confronting the con- rence is te fix a basis upon which the amount’ to be collected by the em- pire shall be apportioned among its different parts. This, it is found, involves no little difficulty, because a basis that might work advantageously for one might prove unfair to another. Thus, for example, of loss to shipping were to be made the basis, the mother country, which suffered so heavily in tonnaye would get practically everything, anJ the dominions practically nothin, Capital investment in pensions has been suggested as a guide; but inas- much as the pension scales in the various dominions differ to a con- siderable degree, as well as the rea- sons for tht payment of pensions, this too had to be abandoned. The subject was discussed from every possible angle today, the repre. ntatives of all the dominions making suggestions and each; advocating a system calculated to bring the larg- est amount to this respective country. No decision was reached, but ft is understood that it is not improbable that the amounts will be determined by expenditure and the number of casualties. Boston People Mourn Loss of Political Boss BOSTON, July Diamond Jim” Timilty, a political ‘boss, be- loved of his people, is dead and the Roxbury district where he rose’ from bricklayer to state. senator mourned his passing today. Death came yes | | the terday at his place .in Sharon, where fe had gore (6 make “his fight agdinet tuberculosis; — ‘Tae ward boss, endearing himsel{ to his constituents by charitios that were ‘countless, hid stayed close to them in their tenement. district, notwith- standing his own greatly improved fortunes, until) iliness forced him to sock better ‘air. Timilty was known alike for his political power, his display of dia- agonds which gained-him his name, > for his benefactions. He was aclose friend of Vice Presl- ident Coolidge and although they represented opposing parties, twice supported his friend “Cal” in guber- natorial campaigns. WYOMING BANKERS MEET (N SHERIDAN TN” MONTH CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 7.—The next annual meeting of the Wyoming Bankers’ association will take place in Sheridan August 3 gnd 4, an an- nouncement here states. ‘Sheridan bankers are arranging an interesting program and propose to entertain the visiting financial men royally. W. P. G. Harding, governor of the Fed eral Reserve bank, will be present. and will address the Wyoming bank- ers. eee Fifty thousand miles of navigable water is provided by the ‘Amagon river and its tributaries. dvertising of Chicago Suburb Pays Too Well | CHICAGO, July 7.—City officials of Evanston, Chicago's exclusive North Shore suburb, have decided that advertising pays too well. A¢| year ago Charles Ward was hired by the city as its $6,000 a year ad-” vertising specialist to extol the -ad~ vantages of the suburb as a sum- mer resort. As a result the alder- men declared home town folks were crowded out of their own ~ parks, ybeaches and amusement places. - Mayor Harry Pearsons instructed the police to enforce, beginning. to- day, a new ordinance prohibiting automobijes. without thé Evanston license from parking _near ‘‘thé beaches, parks and on “downtown streets. " But Ward still has his job. (detailed discussion of. the Che Casper Daily Cribune VOLUME V CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1921 NIGHT MATL NUMBER 230 TARIFF - BILL ASSAILED AS APARTMENT RENTALS ARE CUT ° H. E. GRUDE TAKES LEAD IN CITY Democratic Minority Report of -House Committee Flays Proposed Measure as Conspiracy to Benefit Few WASHINGTON, July 7.—Democratic members of the ways and means committee in a minority report filed today in the house of representatives denounce the administration tariff bill as a “conspiracy to benefit a few favorites at the expense of all humanity.” “Like every conspiracy it has been hatched in secrecy,” the report says, adding: “We record our solemn. judgment that this measure is a plan to plun- der the people of our own country and to oppress the people of every country fof the. benefit of a few men who have succeeded in usurping for all- practical purposes the taxing pow- er of this government, using it pri- marily to enrich themselves, and, secondarily to finance the — political party which tolerates, encourages and facilitates the usurpation.” The report declares the tariff was not an issue in the last campaign and that this ts not the time to write a ariff law, ‘They assert that the prob- which “confront our’ people, ipple our industry, stifle our com- ree and perplex an amiable admin- istration Have nothing to do with the tariff.” Criticizing the Republican majority of the committee for withholding the 4 from them and the house mem- bership generally and for permitting only A week. for its stydy, the Demo- cratic bers declare . there been insufficient time to draft.a sub- stitule.. They do hot undertake any schedules, confining thelr 2T-page | typewritten report’ te 2 géneral indictment of the whole measure gnd. tho anariner of its preparation: Emphasis ts 1aid“upon two things— thé “probable effect of the bill on American commerce and the world indastrial ‘situation generally; and ut American valuation as a basis for evying tariff duties. Vointing to the rapidly decreasing inerican ‘foreign trade the report says: “We need’ no tasifi to cut off the imports and the exports of the United ,States.” “Certainly the natural process is preferable .to the infected knife of interested surgeons who by selecting the industries to ‘protect and those to destroy can reap the harvést their campaign contributions seeded last fall, Verily, the cil men are entitled to their reward, and the lumbermen, the wool men and all the others who cast the bread upon the waters of a Republican: tide.” Dealing with the plan for Amer- ican valuation of imports the report says: “First among the subtle covert in- famies that mask their way through this bill is the proposal to change the base for ad valorem duties from the actual price paid for them when purchased -by -the importer, to a speculative, indefinite,’ uncertain, nebulous opinion reached by an ap- praiser hidden in the -recesses of 2 custom house,.consulting, if he is in- dustrious and cannot be bewildered, as to what, is the alleged wholesale prices of comparable and competitive articles of the United States, or in default thereof, the alleged value in the United States of the identical im- ported article, whether sold or not, excluding or including all or any cost, charges, expenses, including duties and also.profits and commissions; in stort, permitting the appraiser to place any value he may see fit on the goods and making it impossible for the importer to know what duty He Will have to pay until he has actually imported and passed them througn the’custom house.” “In the face of the uncertainty which this. bill necessarily compels as to duties, it will be impossible. for any importer to continue~in business and the result of this provision. will be the-destruction of the import trade of, the Vniied States.” ‘ FINAL VOTE SET FOR JULY 21.’ / WASHINGTON, July, 1—With the house beginning consideration of the general tariff bill today the Repub- lcan majority has fixed July 21 as the date fora final vote on the meas- ure. " ‘H OTEL GUEST IS SHOT TO DEATH DENVER, July 7—Frank W. | Moore, 30 years of age, died early today of wounds received last night -when he was shot during an alter- | cation with Louis F. Heckel, 45, | in the lobby ef a downtown hotel, | of which Heckel is the propiretor. | Heckel is being held by the police. | The-- shooting occurred, —it- is -al- when Heckel. attempted to quiet a “party” which Heckel said was going on in Moore's room. Heckel, according to. the police, fired shen Moore rushed. toward him. : Heckel told the police he fired in self-defense. An- inquest -will- be held-today- has} Fire Situation Is Serious in Canda Forests QUEBEC, July 7.—Reports from the area in this province being swept by forest fires continue to be anything sity for someone to take a Jead in interested but Premier Taschereau'Teducing the cost of rental properties may be the next to line up with the t\here, Mr. Grude, after considering the reduction move. but reassuring, and’ Honore Mercier, minister o' crown lands, said today after a con- ference last night with forest rangers throughout’ the’ province. $$ BEER PERMITS ARE HELD UP WASHINGTON, July .7.-—-Aptipn on}ieves permite to - manufacture medicinal Deer will be! deferred for: at Jeast a week or two, Secretary Mellon said to- day. The house bill to prohibit the sale of such beer has been favorably. tecommended™ to the. senate by the Judiciary committee ond | Chairman 2 < e. 2 > 2 a 2 : - > will Rent reductions averaging becotne effective at once between 20 and 25 per cent in all Grude apartments, ac- cording to announcen:ents made this morning by H. E. Grude, |Casper realtor, who is taking the lead in the movement for |mnormal housing conditions in Casper. The reductions at this time mean that $125 apartments in which will rent for $190; $80 apartments for ncunce further reductions in rent he $60, and $75 apartments for $55. Such says reductions in apartments, The reductions announced have be- janitor service, heat and all modern. come effective inijll of the 26 apart- conveniences iplace the rent on the basis of $35 a month, | | | are included would of an average house Realizing that there was a neces- proposition thoroughly and securing the co-operation of the people with whom he is interested “announced that his reduction would be effective immediately and that the reducti would be made for the purpose getting back to a normal basis. The high cost of building and the pismiam that hott us“: inoney in N\rnishing housing accommesations for the hundreds of people which focked cessitated high rents. that thoge property-owner can still show a prof- it with much lower rental prices than formerly existed. “The trial’reduction will ‘be for the purpose of testing. his: theory. If he Sterling expects to bring it up in, the|be madeé-and still leave. a legitimate senete within a few days. GHOSTS INVITED INTO COURT; KABER MURDER PLOT IS TOLD BOY STRUCK BY AUTO. ~ IS REMOVED TO HOME George Vucurevich, 11-year-old son of; Blas Vucurevich, who was injured yesterday evening at abou 5 o'clock when he was struck and knocked down by.a motor car at the corner of Second and Kimbali streets, was able to’ leave the State hospital this morn- ing for his home at 616 South Wolcott street, The boy suffered an injury to his head as well as a number of minor bruises and cuts. He was attended by Dr. J. C. Kamp. COMEDIAN DIES. LOS ANGELES, July 7.—Willlam (Billy) Ritchie, motion picture comed- fah and for twenty years on the Amer- ican vaudeville stage, died here early today from injuries . suffered . two years ago when he was attacked~ by ostriches at a motion picture studio here. He was 42 years of age. Bootleg Agent Tipped Off But Accepts Arrest SAN FRANCISCO, July 7—John Higuera’s genealogical tree is be- thg searched to<discover how di- rect a descendant of Diogenes he is. Tai. the federal court yesterday he fidmitted he had sold liquor at his roadhouse between Vallejo and Benicia ever since prohibition went into effeét, refused to, hide his $8,000 stoek of contraband July: 4 even though friends had “tipped him off" that prohibition enforce- ment officials were going to raid his place that day, and then, to cap the climax, testified that he had reported his liquor selling prof- dts to the internal revenue depart- ment in paying his income. tax. Wilford Tully, assistant United States district attorney, announced that the government had intended to ask that the maximum penalty be given Higuera, but he suggested he be given merely the same ‘pun- ishment as other “bootleggers.’ The court acquiesced and assessed a fine nf $500, return on the investment he will an- ments which are owned by Mr. Grude. According to his own predic- tlon the reduction is just the start and other properties in which he is not fully in control “I want to get my properties on a solid earning basis by getting away from inflated earning power. ‘This will put us face to face with bed- rock normal conditions. We will see |whether properties can be operated on a reasonable profit under normal se conditions have hundreds of people who. came to Cas- passed now und that @ builder and. per..The, money, situation forced short plodns and naturally high interest.” i his houses, one of which streets and |Third and Lincoln streets. Wife Appealed to Medium to Help Rid Herself of Rich Husband, ‘Charge; Prosecutor Objects to Seance CLEVELAND, July 7.—My: . steries of the spirit world were discussed: today in the trial of Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber, charged with the murder of her husband, Daniel F. Kaber. © Mrs. Mary B: Wade, who claims to be a medium, capable of communicating. with spirits, , told on the witness stand of Mrs. Kaber coming to her home to obtain advice. “I wart you to try to get rid of wset for a seance, but the court sus- The reductions announced, by Mr. |Grude cut off over $6,000 a year trom revenues from three apartment is located on finds that still further reductions cahjthe corner of Second and Jefferson two on the .corners of HUN GENERAL HELD INCAPABLE OF CRIME Major Convicted of Crime Charzed to General Stenger on Ground That He Should Have Disobeyed Orders « LEIPSIC, July 7.—(By The, Associated Press.)—Dr. Schmidt, president of the supreme court, in announcing the acquittal of Lieut. Gen. Karl Stenger of the charge of having ordered the execution of wounded French soldiers and prison- ers, and the conviction of Maj. Bruno Crusius on the same charge, declared that an experienced officer like Crusius should have known General Stenger | — was incapable of giving such orders.) NATIONAL LEAGUE Crusius was sentenced yesterday to two years imprisonment and was de- prived of the right to wear the Ger- man uniform in the future. | “It has not been established that Stenger gave the order of which he is accused,” said Dr. Schmidt. “The executions, which undoubtedly o¢-} At Boston— R.H.E. curred, cannot be imputed;to him. / Cincinnati --100 000 100— 6 1 “Crusius was not responsible for his) Boston 001 004 21°— 8 13 0 and he knew quite well what Ing. The actions of Crusius were due| At Philadelphia— R. H. E. to negligence; he-thought Stenger had | St. Louis 001 002 570—15 0} given the order to finish off the) Philadelphia ..002 000 000—2 3 6 wounded prisoners. An experienced! Batteries—Haines and Clemons, Dil- officer like himself, however, should! hoefer;, G. Smith and Brugsy. have known Stenger wa not capable - At New York— 5 Brooklyn 000 411 000 1— 7 ew York ..300 030 000 0—6 10 0 Batteries—Reuther, Smith and Mil- ler; Barnes, Sallee and Snyder. AMERICAN LEAGUE giving such an order. During the course of the trial Dr Sernau, an alienist, testified that Crusius had been sent home from th front a nervous wreck and repeatedly had told him that “his soul collapse was chiefly due to the ghastly scenes witnessed on the battlefield incident to General Stenger’s order to shoot] A¢ Cleveland wounded men and prisoners.” Philadelphia __100 020 2 : General Dupont, who is the Dela-| Cleveland - 020 001 000— 3 7 2 ware member of the Republican na Batteries—Moore and Perkins; Cov- tional committee, will serve the un-|eleskie and Nunamaker. expired term which runs until March, At Chicago—(First Game) RB. Il. E. 1923. The appointment of General Dupont adds a Republican to the sen-| Detroit 024 O11 212—13 17 2 ate, Senator Wolcott having been| Chicago 300 000 O50— 8 14 2 lected to office as a Democrat. Batteries— Leonard and Bassler; ote Woodall, Twombly, Wieneke, Hodge, STENGER CHEERED ON Mulrennan and Schalk. LEAVING COURT. — BERLIN, July 7.— The Tagobiatt At Chicago—(2nd Game) RB. H. E. says today that Lieutenant General | Detroit 121 200 003—9 14 0 Chicago 100 002 300—6 10 2 Batteries—Middieton and Bassler; Wilkinson, Davenport and Yaryan. Stenger, on leaving the courtroom in Leipsic after his acquittal was hailed with loud cheet Four Frenchmen who attended the trial in behalf of the French government, the news paper asserts, were received with cries of “Shame.” ROAD REPORT Harding Linehes| at Capitol With Senate Friends conditions. I believe they can. / “ Delay veda s indicate the following be ue eae & meley Ieee anement here read conditions today: WASHINGTON, July 7.—President [had to pay high prices for money| Yellowstone Highway — From Harding broke a presidential cedent ti: Canpae’ pe] which. he wpa forced. to..borrow ito] Ptesig: county line 0 Careyhurst: {today by“nictoring to the capitol and Mr. Grudebe-| handle and supply quarters. for the| good, then fair'to Casper, then good asia vga rar apo of his old i elates in the . to Shoshoni. Cars in good condition are making Birdseye Pass without difficulty to Thermopolis. Shoshon\-Lander Road—Fair to. rough, over detour, Shoshoni to Riy- erton, then fair to Hudson and good to Lander. Casper-Sheridan Road—Generally fw to Salt Creek, then fair to Haycee, then good to Sheridan. The president left the White House at 1 p.m. without announcing bis destination and dropped in unexpected- ly “on the senators in the midst of their luncheon hour. To all appear- ances Mr. Harding’s trip to the other end of “the avenue” was purely so- cial in character, although it was taken for granted that pressing ques- tions of legislation undoubtedly would come up for discussion during the visit. ——__—.___ SEARCH FOR BODIES IN RIVER MUST AWAIT END OF FLOOD TIDE, REPORT Plans which were under way here dam closed for a few days so that the high water would pass and an inten 1 RP WEST sive search made for the’ bodies of ndy Brae and Carl E, Werner “a thought to be held at the bottom of the river in the vicinity of Casper EVANSTON, Wyo., July 7—Charies | were suspended this morning when it Miller and ‘Alfred Conway, under ar-| er was still g0-| ing over the spillway at the dam and rest here on a charge of stealing an|inor nothing could be done until the automobile, came west from Ohio, er..recedied normally. well heeled against pad men, Indians] Unless heavy rains occur within and other supposedly numerous and/the next few days the water will be dangerous denizens of the erstwhile|pelow the spillway by Monday, ac- Sheriff Christensen found seven re-| cording to statements of the authori- “wild and wooly.” In ‘‘their car}ties at the dam. It is probable that an Kaher for me.” Mrs. Wade saidjtained an objection interposed by Sirs. Kaber told her on the last’ visit.|County Prosecutor Edward C. Stan- *“How?” Mrs. Wade said she asked ton. Mrs. Kaber. | rs. Wade want you'to kill him * * * any|she communicated with spirii way to get rid of him. The man I| On one visit Mrs. “Wade said Mrs. love has no money, only brains, and|Kaber was accompanied by her spirit Mr.'Kaber has fifty thousand dollars | friends. life insurance,” Mrs. Kaber was al-| fr, Corrigan asked if they were leged to, have replied. “good friends.” She said they were. Mrs. Wade previously had told of a;Mrs. Wade said Mrs. Kabr came to Visit by Mrs, Kaber to her home wher her the first time to get her to in- she said the latter tojd her that she|tercede with her first husband Mr. then told briefly how had met a professor of an eastern col- lege where her daughter, Marian Mc-} ‘ was in school’ and that she) Ardle, loved him. ) On. cross examination by Attorney William J. Corrigan, Mrs. Wade said she had been able to communicate| with? spirits éver since sher birth. “Can you get into communication with the spirit world now?" Corrigan “Go ahead.” The jury and spectators were all McArdle, to send- money to Marian McArdle to pay her way in school. Mrs. Bertha Miethke, grandmother jof Patricia, the little girl adopted by |Mrs. Kaber, testified’ the latter had ltold her she “hated Dan Kaber and was going to get-rid of him within \the next six months in-some manner or other.” —— H. O. Barber of Lander arrived y terday and is spending several days |here attending to business interests in thjs city. HARDING URGES DELAY ON BONUS WASHINGTON, July 7.—Presi- dent Harding plans tv address con- gress in a formal way soon, prob- ably by a special message on the subject of the soldiers’ bonus legisla- tion and also the tariff.and tax bills. * During an unannounced visit to- day to the capitol, the president was understood to have -told senators that he would supplement his con- ferences today -with a message on the bonus legislation. The president was quoted as favoring such legis- lation but the question of its imme- diate enactment or deferment tem- porarily to expedite the fiscal legis- lation for which the extra session was called was said to be in his mind. President Harding was said to haye told senators that while he fa- vored bonus legislation, he felt, like Secretary Mellon, that now was not the time for its enactment. The president was said to feel that the ! bonus bill should be deferred until after passage of the tariff and tax bills and a balance sheet could be Struck of national finances, yolvers and 500 rounds of ammuni- tion. ‘The prisoners, who. are about 20 years of age, confessed the theft of the car they were driving from C. E. Brown, parole officer of the state industrial school at Youngstown, Ohio, from which institution the pair escaped. cut off then and searched for the the water will be the river bottom bodies. apes tee Senator Capper said he planned to the measure for consideration grain export bill was disposed of by the senate TWO KID NAPED, CONVICT KILLED IN WILD CHASE . HOOD RIVER, Ore., July 7.—Mrs. T.-J. Miller and her daughter, Pearl, were recovering teday from nervous col- lapse suttered s a result of being kidnapped by Luther Fagan, ex-convict who was shot by a posse last night after Fagan had shot and slightly wounded Mrs. and taken the two women and to a grove near here. The shooting of Miller after he had refused to divulge to Fagan the whereabouts of Mrs. Miller’s daugh- ter, Louise Watkins, for attack upon whom Fagan. was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in 1919. Fagan balked. pursuing for two hours previous to his death by threat- ening, with his pistol pressed against Péarl's body, to shoot if possemen approached too closely. Alternately he laughed and cursed the officers. He declared his intention of killing his captives before he would free them. Finally he was offered a $50 purse if he would release the 10-year. old boy. He accepted and City Mar shal Hart advanced with the money. Fagan, pushing Pearl Miller ahead of himy ‘as a shield, reached: for’ the » Miller’s husband a boy captive in an automobile money. As he did so Herman Pregge, a civ an posseman, fired. The bul- let plowed through the top of Fagan's skull. Fagan recently was pardoned con- ditional upon his immediate return ‘to Oklahoma. SULTAN j ATHE duly 7.—(By The As- sociated Press.\—The Turkish Na- tionalist government Angora, ac- cording to advices from Constanti- nople, today has demanded that Sul- tan Mohammed VI abdicate, The EASTERN POINTS SWELTERING IN HEAT, CHICAGO PARKS OCCUPIED Five Deaths Charged to Heat in Chicago Yes- terday; Des Moines Record Is Broken ICAGO, July 7.—Chica- ‘sped and looked ex- ‘ skeptical today when yther bureau reported mometer at only 82 at < 4 : @k this morning. A ‘SE vight had sent thousands “@ and beaches in an effat "ew minutes comfortable ge tre the the 8 o swelter to the t to snate sleep The hea responsible ling of the dozens of company t'erday was held directly five deaths, the doub- .y's mortality rate and prostrations. One large aid off 5,000 men because the heat was too great to continue work in the foundaries. No relief in ht,” was the an- nouncement given out by the weather bureau today DES MOIN Iowa, July 7.—Dur. ing the entire 30 days since June 6 there has’ been scarcely a break in the supernormal temperatures here, "ac cording to compilation of figures from the local weather bureau. During the past 10 days the maximum daily read ing has averaged a fra The continued h vied here for th summer PRISON RELEASE CELEBRATED BY ANOTHER THEFT Ex-Convict Faces Term in Wyo- ming Pen for Same Offence Which Sent Him to Mor- mon Prison unprece- Lalf of the EVANSTON, Wyo., July 7.—Liber- ated from the Utah penitentiary at the expiration of the minimum period of @ term of from @he to twenty years, inflicted for’ automobile theft, Ed Palmer and Georye White came across the Wyoming line and are alleged to have stolen an automobile at Diamond. ville, Wyo., then to haye driven into Idaho and stolen another machine at McCammon Junction. They were ar- rested by, Sheriff Christensen when one of the alleged’ stolen cars ran out of gas near this place, and are in the caunty jail. Ray Castle, a railrod conductor,’ in the possession of whom one of the stolen cars was found, also is under arrest. During the last three weeks Sher- iff Christensen has recovered’ sevea staien automobiles in this county. AUNAWAY FREIGHT GARS ARE CAUGHT ON 6.8. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Colorado & Southern which got aw: July 7.—Two freight cars from a switch engine at Fort Russell were caught and brought under control after a fast three-mile down-grade run through Cheyenne. Numerous motorists and pedestrians at grade crossings had narrow escapes as the runaway: flashed by at 40 miles an hour. No damage was done. Army Gas Mask Enables Rescue Of Customers WICHITA, Kan., July 7.—Fred Taylor, an ex-service man, today lo cally is a-hero. When an ammonia pipe in a grocery store near Taylor's Place of © busine: broke he remem bered his» army . training, rushed home, donned his gas mask and stopped the flow of poisonous fumes before serious damage was done. A number of customers were nearly suf- focated by the fumes, but all recov: ered. ; FORGER FOUND GUILTY. EAST ST. LOUIS, ML, July 1.— James Crenshaw was found guilty of forgery in federal court here today. He was charged with complicity in the forgery of his wife's name to two United States bonds which belonged to her. A woman. who, according to Grenshaw’s statement. actually placed the signature on the bonds could not be located. a An ex-officer of the British army claims to be the only “blind chartered accountant in the world. ASKED TO QUIT THRONE latter replied he was ready to ab- dicate in favor of any member of the imperial family with the ex- ception of Prince Abdul Medjid, the legal heir, who belongs to the Na- tionalist party, the advices said, eBeo™ eee ee