Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1921, Page 1

PROGRAM TO WASHINGTON MEET The Casper Daily oe Cri CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1921. LEAGUE YIELDS NAV. WJURIES. FATAL TOMAS. MAJORS, HICTIM OF AUTO RASH ON ROAD) = \Conference of Powers in America Better | Able to Deal With Disarmament, © ‘s | Final Report of Geneva Committ. |. Russ Interests to Be Guarded, Repor. Bee iw bier rere gis a a at eth = Weather er Forecast = VOLUME ¥ Wife of Ranchman’ Dies Early Sunday Still Un- conscious as Result of Concussion; {rs. Josephine ares Bit ars of age, ife of ‘Majors, pioneer lt Agree yi] Natrona county, died at 10 oclock Sunday morning of in- juries received in an automo- boe accident eight be red eollarbone. All members of her im- mediate family were with her at the of the First Baptist church officiat- ing, and interment will be made in Highland cemetery. Mrs. Majors was born Josephine Schnoor on April 13, 1889, at Aurora, Mo. Four years ago she came to Wyoming and a year later became the bride of Elbert Majors, who has: fol- section of the main wall or the other prison officials announ solitary confinement. In addition to her husband. Mrs. Miss Loulse . _gertously in- jured in the'same accident, is on the! read to although per to whom the news of Mrs. Majors death has strgek sorrow. BANDIT KILLS — tentiary here has been nipped, Warden W. I. Biddle an PLOT TO BLOW|sen EGGERS UP U. S. PRISON! wan MAKE ESCAPE ‘IS FRUSTRATED “:| Wholesale Delivery of Prisoners at Leav- enworth by Dynamiting Main Gate Discovered by Sieuths LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Sept. 19.—A_ plot to blow up a gate at the United States ced today, stating Hidden in the prison carpenter shop. =(STARTLING DEVELOPMENT IN ARBUCKLE CASE FROM LIQUOR SIDE IS EXPECTED GERMAN PEACE Federal Indictments Withheld Until In- BEFORE SOLONS - vestigation of Sou there was little possibility that president would appear before the sen- Ng re coca pag ———_—_> ° — Pittsburgh ARE ARRESTED -: competing in the first 18 holes of |* ee ee the qualifying round of the national * VANCOUVER, Wash... Sept. 19.—| amateur championship “atthe St. Ray Monn Ged Bert Orcutt, shot by|Louls Country club by setting = new Officers near here yesterday. later| record for the course of 6%. The con- were identified an two of the men who| qteror of Vardon and Ray in 1313 to- rebbed & Sells-Floto circus truck of | day ‘went out in par 35 and came in more than $28,000 near—Vancouver|two strokes better than perfect fis- last Friday: ti RAIL ‘SHOPMEN DEFER STRIKE te by | a indictments und: oi OE the NUMBER 291. since this may best be s pi -peeam atig Wyo. Sept. 1 —Abandoninz their Cadillac car and @ lead of boors, Anastasio Osliage and Roman Barayarara. Austrians, took refuge behind a bank when Sheriff Holdredge and a posse halted them before Gebo and stood off the officers with their cuns until they Were able to effect an escape. Dark- ness fell while they opposed the officers. bishop, who was 78 years of age, suf- that ven fered & pralytic stroke severa) days prisoners who were leaders in the plan have been placed = 2 ., OIL STRIKE IS HELD SERIOUS | Socialization .of Industry Is Object of Leaders in California Fields, Says Statement of Producers There SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. in the San Joaquin valley oil 19.—A lawless condition exists fields and leaders in the strike night, peni- hos wrestent — Thursday mora-| of oil field workers there seek objects which mean socializa- | <eneneenk : Oe tion of the industry, says a staten-“e‘ made public by the Oil ‘Producers’ association this morning. The statement declares the purpose of the strike to be “to rce of Booze Drank _at Party Is Completed attorney general, announced said he had decided upon delay be- jcause he expected “startling new de- ! Selopments.”* Angeles who may be able to dl- ‘vulge information concerning the par- ty liquor is being continued. he said. HOUSE PHYSICIAN WILL -TESTIFY. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.—Dr. Arthur Beardslee, house physician a the Hotel St. Francis, and one of the witnesses in the case of Roscoe C. @atty) Arbuckle, accused of murder in connection with the death of Vir- ginia Rappe, telegraphed District At- torney Brady from Bridgeport, Mono county, today that he would be in lee left the city after the party in the St... Francis in which: Arbuckle ts charged with having attacked and fa- tally injured Miss Rappe. The physi- cian was located after a police search had been ordered. ‘The grand jury.is to meet tonight “to review all-of the evidence and. in- formation at hahd on. the Arbuckle case,” Milton U"Ren, “Sanat dis trict attorney, said. Lowsil soefmdr an actot, who was present at the party, ‘has been sub- poenaed to appear before the grand], jury here, U"Ren announced.’ Sher- man is reported to be en route to Chicago and there is no way by erapiedaccien > tas Pectin a trict attorney said. ‘The district attorney sent for Rob- FIVE DYNAMITERS ARRESTED IN ACT Bomb Hurled by One After Being Shot in)vom Side by Policeman Wrecks Shop in Chicago; Party Is Surrounded CHICAGO, Sept. 19.—Fourteen aed sticks of dyns-| ‘St, mite, three inches sticks of T. N. T. were seized toda: capture of five i i 65 : = ‘Onc of the prisoners was shot in the side by the Police, who had the shop for 10 mysterious tip that it "was bombed. Richard Burke, 23 years of age, who was wounded and may die, was car- rying the bomb when the fire ap. proached the shoe shop, after parking ers and stead Burke hurled the bomb and the 100 inches in diameter and 10 inches long, and 400 eppienns Sore, te eetes teehee of to bejthe other-men surrendered. Burke confessed. according to the police, that he” supplied bombs to labor unions Search of a south, side house where the prisoners lived resulted in finding the explosives and bomb making plant. GAME WARDEN NAMED. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 19—W. T. Judkins, state game and fish com- missioner, has appointed Joseph Dav Burke was shot in the side by Mi- | trict includes portions of Sweetwater, hours following ' cnae! Hughes, chief of detectives, and’ Lincoln and Fremont counties. ~ FRAN 19.— ‘The A: ted Press. regAN FRANCISCO, sept 19.—(By The Associated Prose) intended, McCormack, special assistant to late last night. ert H. McCormack, assistant United States attorney. general in charge of Prohibition prosecutions, to present new evidence that liquor was brought to and served at the party in the St. pre- Jury tomorrow night. gent all evidence to the fodeeal rand LIQUOR ' TAKE MES. ARBUCKLE ARRIVES IN FRISCO. i SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10.—Mrs. Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle (Minta Durfee) arrived in San Francisco early teday from New York to assist in the defense of her actor-husband against murder charges preferred against him for the death of Mizs Virginia Rappe. fim actress. Miss Rappe is deciated to Rave died following injuries in- cured at a party staged in Arbuckle’s suite at the Hotel St. Francis éarly in September. EE McCormick expects Charles Brennan and Milton Cohen,’ attorneys for the film star, met Mrs. Arbuckle. at Sacramento and: denied her to all interviewers. Mrs. Arbuckle, nh liew of being interviewed gave ‘out! a statement in which she asked the people of San Francisco to be “fair” with her husband\and to give him a “square deal. “S know and his friends know ‘he is innocent,” the statemens said. The statement of the comedian’s wife deciared that only one side of the case had been made known to the pub- tic and expressed belief that when the sntire story had been unfolded “my husband will be completely exonerated and his good name thoroughly cleared and that be again will take his place. Mrs. Arbuckle was accompanied by Mrs. Flora Durfee, of her mother, Los Angeles. tor five years, according to frionds, she residing in New York and her hus band living in Los Angeles. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.—Upon information from Los Angeles that Lowell Sherman, film actor, who at- tended ‘the “Fatty” Arbuckle party,|/fine new home of Attorney R. FR had left the city and started for the|Ryan was sold to Art Harvey, proprie_ tele-/tor of a local garage. Mr. Ryan. has graphed authorities at Sait Lake City|mored to Omaha where he will enter and many other cities to intercept|one of the prominent law firma. cant, District Attorney Brady and return Sherman to San Francisco. Brady announced he had telegraphed the district attorney at Los Angeles to place under seurvegiliance Al Sem- nacher, Fred Fischbath and Ira Fort- louis, members of the Arbuckle party to prevent_their Jeaving jurisdiction of California couris. MOOSE ‘PERMIT ISSUED. H.. P. Holmes. a representative of the Casper Moos¢ ladeq has been granted permit No. 45 «hich will allow him: to kill one bull Moose. Accom- panied by Herman Kiockseim, Mr. Holmes will leave today for the Jack- bring pressure on the government to interfere and assume obligations of mediation and arbitration which they (the workers’ leaders) Intend shall de- velop into coritrol of the industry.” It continues: “The highways. are guarded by strikers, vehicles using them are and passengers permitted to pass only by permission of the strik- ers, Constables in these districts haye deputteed several hundred strikers, thus permitting them to carry. weap- ons openly. At night barricades have been erected across highways. Men who..attempted to remain at work * ° * © have been obliged to quit. Guards sent to pfotect the compan- jes’ property ‘against depredations have been turned back. A trainload of such guards * * * * was derailed. Officer of the companies bave been shot at.” The statement adds that a “super- government™ has been set up by “cer- tain strikers in the oil districts” and declares that many of the © workers have been “badly misinformed.” ahora ca OVERPOWERED, | | BLOOMFTELD, Ky.. Sept. 19. —! WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Assur antes that “legitimate Russian inter- ests” will be carcfully guarded at the armament and Far Eastern confer- ence have been conveyed to the Ras sian people by the state department. ‘The assurances were contained tn a messace which was directed to the authorities of the Far Eastern repub- lic at Chita in response to the request of the repubdl that its representa tives be adm d to the conference. The Gepartment unnounced today its reply was delivered through American minister at Peking. Tae American views were paraphrased. by the Gepartment today as follows: “In the absence of a single recog: nised Russian government the protec ton of legitimate Russian interests must devolve as a. mora! trusteeship upon the whole conference. It is re- STettable that the conference, for rea. sons beyond the contro! of the par- ticipating powers, is to be depriydll of the advantage of Ru sian cooperation in ite deliberations, tut it is mot to be conceived that the conference will take decisions prejudicial to legitimate Russian interests or which would in any manner violate Russian rights. “It is the hope and expettation of the government of the United States that the conference will establish Senera! principles of international ac tion which will desérve and have the support of the people of Siberia and of all Russia by reasén of their jul tice and efficacy In the settlement c¥ outstanding difficulties.” WASHINGTON, Sept. 19,—Suffi- cient assurances. formal and informal, are understood to have been received by the state department from the dif- ferent powrrs invited to paftictiiute in the @isarmament conference to make it appear that Holland and Bel- ium will be given seats at the con- ference when it discusses Far East- ern subjects. The state department's proposals regarding the conférence program which were forwarded to the invited powers are understood to have been fesponded to in part and on the whole | to bave met with tittie position. Tt was Indicated that the state de. partment regards with satisfaction the progress being made in the diree tion of understandings concerning the topics to be discussed. ee aan Meet In Celebration MAHA, Sept. 19.—Veterans of the | sath or “Sandstorm” division, hére to. }day. mainly from Iowa, Nebraska, | Minnesota and South Dakota today began their firet reunion since the world war armistice. Their meeting will continue until Wednesday when | antelope, perhaps a deer, some coy- inthe hearts of the American péopiex'| otes. wolves and prairie dogs will ‘Twenty masked and armed men over- it is expected they wil! perfect a re. two, guards at the B. Mc- crganization. Colonel John J. Me- Clasky and Sons’ distillery, bound and! oney !s president of the 34th veterans, blindfolded them and escaped in seven, with headquarters at Creston, Iowa. touring cars with $8 cases dnd three| Five thousand men: are expected to barrels of whiskey early toda: attend ‘The distillery is within a quarter of} Tontght the visitors will be enter- a mile of the center of Bloomficld's tained at Fort Crook, Neb., headquar- business section. rs for the Se rea. Hunters From Museum Given State Permits GILLETTE, Wyo., Sept.. 19..— Prof. Homer R. Dill, director of the Vertebrate Museum of the state university at Iowa Cit will be in Gillette about September , witha small party of assistants to hunt wild game under a special permit granted by State Game Warden Wil- lam T. Judkins. The expenses of the trip are being borne by--C€. H F'shburn, an attorney of Muscatine, Towa, for scientific purposes, a few BY HU — 2d Lite sees eceercoee PhiWElT, O1IM Secretary Fall on Trip This Week; Forum to Hear Report Tommorw Albert B. Fall, secretary of the interior, will come to Cas- per Thursday, September 22, to go over the Alcova- Casper irrigation project in company with Congressman Frank W. Monde and government and etate en- gineers. Mir. Mondéll was here week and Is now In Denver where he will-meet the interior secretary. a fore his departure t: gave full assu: shee of his support of the project a: on his return with Secretary’ Fall ill exert his best efforts to vincing the Jatter of itm Ztairabi: Preliminary cys for the proje which covers approximately 125,000 acres extending from above the Path- finder dam to a point below Camper on both shies of the Platts river, were made last year by state engineers. Estimates of the cost were placed at $10,000,000 or about $80 an acre, An engineering party headed by H. J. Gault of the United States Reclama- on service and Justin T. Kingdon af the state engineer's office is now jchecking up these surveys and on their report, together with the opinion fained by Secretary Fall, will probably fest the result of govenment action Two months of field work and a month of office will be required to report on the surveys with a computation of the cost. Natrona county, in the opinion of Congressman Mondel!, ts entitled to consideraticn in reclamation work by reason of the large royalties derived by the government from the operation of oi! lands. ‘This recognition also is being urged by the Casper chamber commerce. The chamber of commefte, at tts spnounced ©P-| Tuesday forum, will hear the report @f Earle’ 1. Holmes, chairman of the irrigation committee, on steps that have been taken to secure feclamation [aid here. Se ROAD REPORT Grant Highway—Generally | goéd from Nebraska line to Keeline, then rough and dusty to Lost Springs, then fair to Orin. Yellowstone Highway — Platte county line to Orin a [little choppy, then good to Careyhurst and fair to Glenrock. © Glenrock to Casper somewhat rough. Casper to Sho- shoni and Bonneville generally very Shoshoni-Lander Road — Sho sboni to Lander is good. except rough and new grading across In- dian reservation. CasperSheridan Rosd — Roi for ten miles north of ‘paremen then fair to Johnson county line, and rally, good to Sherid: nh IBODY OF MAN DISCOVERED NTERS Burial Made Without Identification by Assurance of Death From Disease; “Henry Terry” Name on Arm be taken back to the university to be mounted in the museum which is generally recognized as one of the | ; The Arbuckles have been grey best in the United States. The bunt- ing will be done in the southern part of Campbell county, in the Pumpkin | Butte country. poe Me Da NEW HOME SOLD. An unidentified body, found yesterday morning by hunters in the vicinity of the Casper Creek bridge, one and a half miles west of Casper, is being held at the Shaffer- -Gay chapel pending success or failure of the efforts of local authorities to contact relatives of the dead man. A party of Casper hunters, while scouring Casper creek for ducks found the body. . They re- the body no one has been able-to iden- Ported the discovery to local. authori-| tify the man. There was nothing in GILLETTE, Wyo), Sept. 19—The amination was conducted by Dr. H. R. Lathrop, resulting in determining that death had been due* to pneu- monia. Although many people have viewed FOODS LEAD IN PRICE ADVANCE } ered. sale 2.75, per cent in August over July levels, wholesale food price’ leading in the advance with an increase of 13.5 per cent, according to figures made public to. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Whole. Prices increased | son Hole country where he will st-|-day by the department of labor. sure the trophy which in future will adorn: the ‘ledge ‘rooms of the -Moose order bere, | | Farm products, including ‘many | food articles, were 2.5 per cen \s er in August than in July, the raaee ment sald, adding that there were accided advances in buttce, cheese, MBk, eggs, rice, meats, sugars. fruits and potatoes. Meat animals, including cattle and hogs, also av- eraged higher im August than in daly. In all other commodity paictas! exeept clothing, which was tes. After the body, which,was in a/ his clothing to identify the body, and bad state of decomposition, was | the only possibility of getting in touch brought to Casper a post mortem ex-|with the man’s relatives lies in the fact that the name Henry Terry is tattooed on the right arm. ‘The deceased, evidently a stranger here, had apparently wandered to the Casper Creek’ country while suffering from pneumonia and had fallen into the ditch where the boily-was discov- Death had occurred probably three or four dars before the . body’ was found. ‘The man was dressed in warm new clothes, was between 35 and 38 years of ag, was 5 feet 7 inches tall and would weigh about 175 pounds. He wore’a sandy beard and hed dark brown hair. Coroner Lew M. Gay and ° other county authorities are attempting to secure some lead which will permit them. to get in contact with friends or_relatives of the dead man. The body was interred at. Highland cemetery at 9:30 this morning, Rev. , the statement said, there were decreases in prices. © M. Thompson. pastor of the Bap- tist church, having. charge @f the service,