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

SHIP FOUNDERS ON REEF, 47 DEAD AND MISSING Che Casper Daly ereeermeran \VICTIM. BLOWN =| Tribune aa INTO OCSAN BY CHIHUAHUA CITY, Chihuahua, Aug. 8.—Warren C. er tonight in north portion. city, and going by the name of W. C. Scott, will fight any} movement made to extradite him, and if apprehended will} appeal to authorities for permission to remain in Mexico as IF CAPTURE IS MADE, KEPORT Tuesday, somewhat warm- Spurgin, missing Chicago banker, in hiding not far from « B @) | L E R B L A S T VOLUME V FROM PRISONS CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1921. SINN FEINERS ARE RELEASED Fourteen M embers of Irish Republican} Parliament Freed; Message Sent to British Government Kept Secret BELFAST, Aug. 8.—(By The Associated Press. 5 Boar| teen Sinn Fein members of parliament who have been in con-, finement in the Ballyminlar internment camp were released | today. It was announced by Desmond Fitzgerald, Sinn Fein min- ister of propaganda, that all the Irish Republican parliament |puriea. members will report themselves at the Mansion house upon their arrival in Dublin. M’KEOWN TO BE RELEASED, BELIEF. LONDON, Aug. 8—(By The Associ- uncement could be obtained forenoon regarding the case of John J. McKeown, member of the Irish Re- publican parliament, the impression was given in official circles here that he would be released with the other Sinn Fein members who have been in_ prison. It was “intimated that the decision to retain-him in prison as announced Saturday, came from Dublin Castle, and waa not the ruling of the British cabinet, which had not retidered a.de- cision in the matter. : It was pointed out that the Trish prisoners were being progressively ro- leased and here again the guarded in- timation was given that the case of McKeown ee, be reached in due time. It is understood that a courier sent from Ireland by Eamonn’ De Valera has gone on to Paris where Premier Lioyd George haf gone to attena the allied supreme council, and that the McKeown case is entirely in the pre- mier’s hands. Official opinion seems to be that McKeown should be hanged byt that inthe interest of peace the fremier may release him. MESSAGE FROM IBISH_ RECEIVED. PARIS, Aug. §.—A message from the Irish Republican cabinet, brought by courier to Paris, was delivered to Lloyd George, the British prime min- ister, here today. Up to the early afternoon no reply had been sent. i George, C. Davis and wife have re- turned from a trip to the coast. Mr, and Mrs. Davis were gone four weeks. ROAD REPORT — The district office of the state highway department furnishes the following report on road conditions Grant Highway—Nebraska/ line to. Node fair. Node to Shawnee good, Shawnee to Orin Fair. Yellowstons Highway — Platte county line to Careyhurst good. Careyhurst to Casper very fair. condition and not overloaded Birdseye Pass without difficulty to Thermopolis. From Thermopolis to the Yellowstone park is generally good. Shoshoni-Lander Road.—Good ex- cept somewhat rought between Riv erton and Hudson. Casper-Sheridan Road’ — Casper to Salt Creek and Naycee, fair, PANIC SEIZES CITY BESIEGED BY MOORS Spanish Forces in MAN VISITED BY WOMAN IN. DISGUISE HELD FOR LOS ANCELES MURDER GOV. SMALL RETURNS TO SPRINGFIELD SPRIN! Gov. Len FIELD, Small, m., who Aug. 8. announced that his political traducérs were at- | tempting to make it appear that his good roads tour of several days was an attempt to neglect his duties and dodge arrest on charges of em- bezzlement during his term as state treasurer, was back in Springfield today. The governor was indicted | with Lieut. Gov. Fred Sterling, a | former treasurer, and Vernon Curtis, banker of Grant Park, Iil., and it is understood a change of venue will be sought from this county where the governor says his political op- ponents would prevent a fair trial. ————_—_— A cemetery for all pet animals is maintained in Paris, and in the Leek- en Park in Brussels, cats, dogs, monkeys, parrots, and canaries are Suspicion Points to Arthur C. Burch, Deputy. Intimates; Mrs. Obenchain Denies Statements of Suspect LAS VEGAS, Nev., Aug. 8—The apes of the slaying of John B. Kennedy, i insurance broker, at Los Angeles, Friday night, was “virtually solved,” Deputy Sheriff Joseph Nolan declared before leaving here last night with Arthur C. Burch, taken into custody here in connection with the case. Nolan said he had reached this conclusion after several hours of conversation with Burch, but was not ready to make public the solution he claimed to have worked out. The deputy said he would, proceed straight to Los Angeles with Burch and would seek to arrange a meeting between the latter and Mrs. Made- lynne Obenchain, who was with Ken nedy when ‘the shot was fired which! ended -his life in front of his summer cottage at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles; suburb. taken up when Los Angeles) was reached. Mrs, Obenchain was declar- ed to have denied she visited Burch{000, then threw the safe Into a smalljCatbolic diocese of in the rooms he occupied in Los An-| lake, according to ¢ity detectives, whoishortly before noon at the convent geles overlooking Kennedy's office. Burch, according to Nolan, said Mrs. Obenchain had visited him in dis- guise. The question of the- weapon used] also played a prominent figure ac- cording to Nolan. It had been estab- lished, arcording to investigators, a| shotesn was employed. Efforts were being made in Los Angeles to paced the gun. Burch was questioned, Nolan said, about a parcel he was alleged to have been.seen carrying. Then, the deputy said, questions and’ answers ran like thi vhat did you do with the gun?” “What gun? “The gun you had wrapped’ with newspaper.’ “T had mn wral with news-| “i cites ened. |that they per. ‘Well, what did you do with the) paper. “I Ahrew it away in the Wilshire district (a Los Angeles residential sec- tion.)”” ‘olan said this was an “‘inconsist- (Continued on Page 2.) Northeast M orocco Make Last Stand at Melilla; Fate of General Navarro Is Uncertain Mt. Arruit, has been annihilated, LONDON, Aug. 8.—Moroccan tribesmen, who two weeks ago signally- defeated Spanish troops in northeatern! Morocco, are reported to have appeared in force before Me- lilla, the last stronghold_of the Spanish in-that section of the country. civilians are seeking safety on surrounds the fate of] the fear in official quarters there that| springs. | arro and several hundred re reperted last week to have been. surrounded by Moors on my Actuit. Madrid advices indicate It is asserted that panic reigns in the city; and that board ships in the: harbor. General Navarro’s forces have been | annihilated. Spanish soldiers have been landed on the Moroccan coast southeast of | \ i Nolan declared there were a num- a heavy safe. ber of conflicting statements to -be} {Mclilla. Dispatches state } Men wh: RED CROSS IS ROBBED $1,000 EL PASO, Texas, Aug. §—Burglars| broke into Red Cross headquarters at | ‘ort Bliss last night and carried off Taking it in an auto- mobile to the outskirts of the city, | { | | NUMBER 256. | a permanent resident, accordi SILESIAN ROW BEFORE ALLIED COUNCIL TODAY = Question of Reinforcements Demanded by France to Be Settled at Meeting Opened by Delegations in Paris PARIS, Aug. 8.—Consultations relative to the Upper Silesian question took place here today between the heads of various government delegations to the meeting of the su- preme allied council, preliminary to the first session of the council this afternoon. It was hoped to present at the first meeting of the body the views of France, Great Britain and Italy, which have been divergent thus fa Prime Minister Lioyd George of |Great Britain took dinner with Pre- mier Briand last night and later the two statesmen had a long conference. It was assumed that an attempt was made by them to adjust the conflicting Positions of their governments. It is understood that Great Britain Would solve the Silesian problem by awarding the districts of Pless and Rybnik to Poland, and it is said Lloyd George h@s expressed apprehension that any other solution of the ques- }tion would create in Upper Silesia a R [new Alsace-Lorraine. | France, on the other hand, would S CHEDULED draw the frontier between Poland and Germany along the Qder river. \ Interest’ in. the meeting.of the coun- Arrangements for the holding of a race meet. to be hel@ in Casper | cil_was intensified by the présense ‘of George Harvey, the United States am- September 4,5, and\6, were conelud- | ed this* morning’ ata "meeting of | bassador to Great Britain, who came jsentative. ‘members of the Natmma County Fair associatior Premier ‘Bonimi of Italy, artived at the Lyonx station at 10.25 a. m. and was received by Premier Briand. | The first subject on the progtam jfor the council's meeting this after. noon was the question whether rein- forcements. should be sent to Upper Silesia. Ambas#ador Harvey had a long con- sultation this forenoon. with Roland |W. Boyden, representative of the |United States with the reparation: |commission and Col. James A. Login, Jr., who has represented the United States in various reparations matters. Premier Briand had a long conter- jence this morning with Marshal Foch gs. —|and General Lerond, head of the in- to Paris to act as American repre: m, Ben Scherck,. sec- retary. Assurance of a large number of entries for purses aggregating $4,- 000 has already beer received, th amounts ranging from $300 to $500 on each race in addition to entry fees. Bishop McConnell Of Brooklyn Dies BRENTWOOD, N. Y., Aug. ng to men here who are keep- ing in touch with him. So far all telegraphic communica- tions from Chicago say that the re ward for his apprehension has not and will not be increased. It is $2,. 500. M. E. Clinton, dier and a former friend of Spurgin, whe is said to have helped arrange the trip into Mexico for the fugitive banker, has expressed himself aa be ing no longer interested in Spurgin'’s ease as far as his surrender is con- | cerned. When his offer to turn him over to authorities for $15,000 was turned down, he only renewed his de- mand, he said, which was again re- Titel authorities seem to be willing for Spurgin to sojourn in the neigh-| boring territory, however, Chief of | Police Hermosillo has promised to hold him should he reappear in this A number of -American detectives |are here Jooking for Spurgin, and Spurgin has been told of thelr pres- and furiished with tueir de- scriptions, it is said, The detectives, itissaidat the Foreign club, are stay- ing close to the downtown section. As yet they have not disguised them- selves and started a search in rural Chihuahua as some of them planned. Telephone connections are bad. automobile service between the small towns is worse, and accommodations for an American traveler are almost impossible, hence, it is said, persons seeking his apprehension are losing interest on account of the small re- ward. ClintonSsaid Spurgin intended to make a trip to the capital, and does not deny that he has probably left this vicinity. SPURGIN RAN SALOON FOR BUSINESS MEN. CHICAGO, of Warren C. dent of the Aug. §.—With the trail Spurgin, missing presi wrecked Michigan Ave- nus Trust company, apparently lost in Mexico, federal authorities today turned attention to reports that the private vault of Spurgin in the bank where $10,000 worth of liquor was found, was in reality a “downtown sa- loon” for wealthy businessmen. “It has come to us," said District Attorney Charles F. Clyne, “that thete were a numberor wellknown businessmen who did not have boxes’ in the safety deposit vaults, who nev- Se paged paid regular visits there. * men, I understand, had their Eh en on a lst kept by one of the employes. I amt going to send for that employe today, and if I get that list.cf names. I'm going to make it hot for someone Leonard I nji ured, Fight Delayed NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—The world’s lightweight boxing championship bout between Champion Bénny Leonard and Lew Tendler in Philadelphia next Friday if off. Leonard dislocated his right thumb they broke the safe open, rifled it of Bishop Charles Edward McConnell, 67 |terallied commission in Upper Silesia.|in today’s workout and will haye to waluable papers and robbed it of $1,- are working on the case. years of age, head of the, Roman| The first session of the council op- Brooklyn died {ened promptly at 3 p,m. with all of the Sisters of St. Joseph. (Continued on Page 3) HUNDREDS JOIN IN 7 of this county, who moved i Pinedale region of Fremont when eastern Wyoming became “ crowded” with settlers, is broke. BANK RESERVES GROW, EW YORK, Aug. 8.—The ‘gctua!| condition of clearing house banks and} trust companies for last week shows} hold $19,780,290 reserve in| excess of legal requirements. This is an incréase of ©$33,101,410 from last week. ee Sunday is so called because it was the day on which, in olden times; wor-} ship was offered to the sun. Melilla’ where they are under protec- tion of guns of warships, but it would| not appear they have made any #3 rious advance inst the right flank of the Moorish @rmy advancing upon that . the tribesmen have been mpaiied: by the warships. PARIS, Aug. 8—King Alfonso is| understood to have asked former Pre- mier Maura of Spain, to form a new cabinet, says a Madrid dispatch to the Journal, quoting reports in that city. Senor Maura is said to have accepted with reservations, and the king has| continued his conference with polit-| ical leaders. i ge a have studied the statistics| on the subject state that old fathers are the ones who have “brainy” off- es The total number of standard va‘) riaties of postage stamps known to- day is between 40,000 and 50,000, | nection with dealings in large sums Taps Suonded for Guy C. Burson and Orin Snyder at Double Funeral Held From Church Sunday Hundreds of Casper people paid final tribute to the memories of Guy Burson and Orin I. Snyder, Natrona county soldiers who fell in France, at ‘double funeral services here Sunday. The multitude stood with bared: heads while three volleys were fired across the graves and taps were sounded as the remains of the heroes, shrouded in the na- tional colors, were lowered to their) were comforting to the mourners and last resting place in Highland Park’ prayerfully hopeful that _ the great cemetery. | sacrifices had not been in vain. The The Methodist church was unable|band followed by the colors led’ the to accommodate the large crowd of procession to the cemetery. ex-service men and other friends who} Mrs. C, E. Littlefield, Mrs. Richaré‘ gathered to hear the funeral cere-/ Huff and Fredonia Huff haa cnarge monies conducted by the Rev. Le lor the decorations at the church French, pastor of the Methodist | where the services were held. church. The remarks of the pastor) floral offerings were le by friends, | inetading the George W. Vroman post of the American Legion in Casper “SKYSCRAPER (nine iis Eck ‘Twenty-six ex-soldiers in uniform |BURGLAR ’ TO took an active part in the ceremon- - jes yesterday. Many of these were from Salt Creek, the former home of Orin I. Snyder. They took part as DENY CRIME follows: R. C. Stutzman and Richard Nines, color bearers; Arthur. McKen- na and Harold -Findholt, color guards; John Trevett, bugler. J. L. Shreve CHICAGO, Aug. 8. — Meville | jea the firing squad, composed of the Reeves, ‘known. as*the “skysctaper’ | following men: Oscar Walls, burglar” who is under indictment | Free, Phillip Scott, J. Fliver: with John W, Worthington in con: | J. Mills, Tom Marshall, H. M. f ities afolen-in mallrobberies, |.) ames 5 Of ‘securities atolen‘in matt-rol vag The pallbearers Were as follows: in’ a statement has denied’ be is im- | +. Guy C, Burson—G. E. Snilth,, Ray Durbin, ©, ©. Calhoun, Harry McDer- nott, G. D. Schloss and A,B. Allen; During the twenty-one years thnt|for Orin I. Snyder—Claude’ House, Bem Hur” was being produced on|Harry Brown, John Grabiel, J. D. Mc. the stage it is estimated that 29,000,-| Manus, Max Mahoney and U. §. Hor- 000 peopie saw the play. ton, Plicated in any way in the affair. carry it in a cast for six weeks, his manager, Billy Gibson announced. —- Rancher “Broke,” Files Petition CHEYENNB, Aug. 8.—Thomas D. Holt, formerly a well known ranchen to the county ‘over- He admits in a‘ voluntary petition in bankruptcy which he has filed in the United States district court here, his financial distress being so acute that he even is unable to pay the costs of the proceeding. He lists his liabili- ties as $61,941.67 and his assets as $41,005. Billboards To Preach Sermons ZION, Il, “Aug. 5.—William Glenn Volivia, head of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church in Zion hxs defied persons who burned large sign boards recently calling attention to the fact that Zion City was for Zionists only and asserts that work Js being started today on “three story bulletin boards” whereon ntire sermons can be printed. Ao Ste L, A, Miller, of Cheyenne, who re cently headed a syndicate which pur- chased a lot o nthe corner of Second and Durbin streets from A. J. Mok- ler, preparatory to erecting a business building, is in/ Casper today looking after his business. interests? a discharged sol-| \Heroic Work Leads of Rescue of 166 | Passengers and Crew When Steamship Goes to Bottom in Pacific Disaster Off California Coast; Wreck Is Sudden EUREKA, Cal., Aug. 8.—Forty-seven names from the passenger and crew list of the steamer Alaska definitely were pened today as missin, number includes 17 known representing bodies at the Eureka morgue, some of which have not been identified. When the Alaska foundered Saturday night at Blunt's reef, 40 miles from here, she had aboard 132 passengers and carried a crew of 82 Of the passengers, re NATIONAL LEAGUE vised lists today placed the missing or R. H. E, dead at 35, Twelve members of the crew are dead or missing lyn 001 002 100— 4 10 1 Pittsburgh 000 001 010— 2 6 O The Mst of ideatified identified bodies follows Batteries—Grimes and Miller! Coop. er and Brotter or partially Passengers Thomas Johnston, Brovklyn. Jd. C. dackway, Oakland, Cal. M. Hutchinson, San Francisco. Kumazawa, steerage passenger, Mrs. J. W. Oliver, San Jose, Cal. Crew Chief Steward Charies Hearne. Steward F. H. King. Frank Comm, Winnipeg, Canada. Ralph 4. Mockett, seaman, Red At Pittsburgh At Cincinnati — Philadelp' 100 100 100— 3 8 Cincinnat! 110 312 015— 9 9 1 Batteries—Winters, Sedgwick, Wil- heim and Peters, tenline; Marquard and Wingo. ~H. Larson, engineer, Portland, Ore. mal, Deck hand, name unk At Chicago— New York Chicago R. H, E. 000 000 40— ALO) oF Two bodics are unidentified Herbic efforts of the engineroom crew prevented a panic when the aska foundered, First Officer W McClintock of ‘Alameda, Cal., sali today. Electric lights aboard the steamer burned until she went down as the engineroom workers remained at their posts the dynamos. At St. Louis— Boston i St. Louis o1— a EA SE AMERICAN LEAGUE At Boston— Detroit -.010 000 C00— 1 8 Boston +100 120 02°— 6 8 3 Ratteries—Leonard and Bassler; Myers and Ruel. t ele and kept steam up for ‘Ten or eleven poats and four life rafts were launched, according to the first oftiter, “We were able to clear theestarboard side” of all passengers and those who were lost were on the port side." “Captain Harry Hobey, master of the ship, was in the wheelhouse when she foundered," McClintock continued, “The second officer was*in the cross trees trying to look out over the fog. “When the Alaska struck I was or- dered by the captain to take sound- ings but this was impossible. The pumys were ordered started but they could not step the rush of water.” Surviving passengers and crew, numbering 166 were brought to this port yesterday by the steamer Anyox which answered the Alaska’s distress calls. Some of the survivors planned to leave today for San Francisco aboard a special train arranged for by officials of the line which owned the Alas Others left Eureka last night. The aera At New York (ist game) R. H. ¥ Chicago -..000 000 000— 9 4 New York -.103 100 11%— 7 10 ° Batteries — Wieneke, Hodge and Lees; Shawkey and Penens: At New York (nd game) R. H. E. Chicago 01 000 010— 5 8 I New York OL 100 010— 4 73 Batteries—Kerr, Faber and Lees; Hoyt and Schang. At Philadelphia (1st game) R. 1. I Cleveland .....110 001 01l0— 4 8 0 Philadelphia 003 000 000— % 90 Ratteries—Coveleskio and O'Neill; Rommel and Perkins. At Philadelphia (2nd game) R. H. E. Cleveland 000 402 000 0— Philadelphia 120 300 000 0— authorities made plans to hold (Continued on Page 3) Louis Washington PHELPS WILSON FALLS VICTIM TO GUN ACCIDENT Son of Prominent Casper Attorney Is Claimed by Sad Tragedy Enacted at South Center Street Home Phelps Wilson, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Wilson, 933 South Center street, accidentally shot and killed himself with a Frontier style .45 caliber Colts shortly before 9 o’clock this morning, when he discovered the old gun among playthings in his room. Word of the sad accident shocked the friends of the pio- neer family and messages of condol-, A moment later she heard the re- ence were delivered from every side. nd rushing to the room saw the The grief stricken family is distraught eath was almost instan over the unfortunate accident and] taneous, rding to the statement Mrs. Wilson especially is under close}of Dr. H, R. Lathrop, who arrived medical attention. at the Wilson home just a few mo- The fatal shot was heard by the|ments after the unfortunate tragedy lad’s mother after Phelps had gone | occurred. . to his room to g¢t ready for school, he} The doctor's examination showed having prepared to take final that the .45 caliber shell had entered nations at the high ‘school for entrance|the lad's right check bone emerging into the second year class this fall. labove the left « The injured lad Mrs. Wilson was in an adjoining|never gasped after the shell entered room when Phelps hailed her with.|his head here’s that old gun of) qhe gun with which the lad acci- dentally \kilied himself was an old You hurry along NOW| firearm which Mr. Wilson, while BUsredes yendy: Pac pono}: county attorney, received from Slim KU KLUX KLAN FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 8.— Bennie. Pinto, taken by a party of masked: men last night and severe- Jy.whipped and ordered to.teave the city, returned home early. this morn- ing with His back badly lacerated. He was-treated by a physician and said he would be unable to leave town within 48 hours. He said he didn’t think the whipping was the work of the Ku Klux Klan. x ANOTHER TEXAN GETS FLOGGING Cochran, a bad man in this vicinity at the time. It had been kept around the home for years as a plaything. Phelps having used it in’ childish ames. & the family while. picnic- ing in the mountains, took the gun along and shots were fired. It is thought that a shell which failed to discharge at that the gun and the |: unloaded snapped mornin, The ATLANTA, Ga. -Aug. 8.—See- tions of the constitution of the Ku Klux Klan were made public here last night in a statement by W. J. Simmons, imperial wizard, sworn to before a notary public to show, he said, the purpose of the organiza tion. The statement said the Klan does not foster lawlessness, racial | prejudice or religious intolerance. the members of the be ari father and brother and sister Mr. Wilson is a surviving reaved family mother, and James and Theodore prominent member the Natrona County Bar association, and promi- nent in politics and public life sinee [pioneer days.