Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1921, Page 1

WORK AND LESS PLAY WANTED, DEMO'S CHARGE Senator Harrison Is First! on Floor in Upper House 4 / WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /—Congress reassembled at noon today after a recess of 30 days with prospects that the extra session would lapse into the regular session begin- ning in December. Fifty-four senators, 33 Republicans and 21 Dems answered to the genate roll call after Vice President Coolidge bad convened that body. The session opened with the usual con- fusion of greetings and handshaking among senators. Without transacting other business than the approval of the journal, the house adjourned until Saturday. Proceedings of the senate were en- yvened by a speech by Senator Har- rison, Democrat, Mississippi, criticiz- jog President Harding and the admin- istration for “playing polities” in a recent exchange of letters between Prosident Harding and Senator Cormask, Hiinols. The president's letter was written, Senator Harrison charged, to aid the election yesterday of Senator Bursum, Republican, New Mexco. Senator Harrison got in ahead of Genator Sterling, Republican, South kota, who was on his feet to call up the conference report on the anti. deer bill. The Mississippi senator predicted the tariff bill would not pass during this session and sald portions of the DREDS INJUR CONGRESS MEETS AFTER RECESS Che Casper Baily Weather Forecast northwest’ portion; warmer tonight. se Generally fair tonight and Thursday except possibly showers in extreme ed VSLUME V TRIO CLBBED TO DEATH IN HOME, CLAIM DOWAGIAC, Mich, Sept bloodstained club, nailstudded, and @ bloody fingerprint were the claes today which local authorities hoped te clear up the murder of three per- sons and the serious injury of an- other, a child, In their home here. William Monroe, his wife and their 17.year.old daughter, Neva, yesterday were found beaten to death with the club. In the same room was found Ardith Monroe, 10- year-old daughter, who had_ been on the head until uncon- and tarif# revision were “Incorforated) peace” on she h ial wis mas to hoodwink the voters of New Mex- ico.” ‘The farm credit relief bill, the enator Maid, was a “bankers’ bill with all its teeth extracted before passage.” The Republicans, Senator Harrison declared, had been and now were “long on promises and short on per- formances,” TAX REVISION BILL FIRST ON PROGRAM. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21-The 821 {ax revision bill, regarded by ‘ek ot licans and. Democrats alike ae the most: important tren tateoesi tetbre cgcaimarmne tear to be returned today by the senate from the finance committee with ex- pectation ‘of fingl enactment before the end of October, The majority re- fort on the bill had not been. complet- blind by the blows. Although her re. covery is sald to be doubtful offi. cers hope she may be revived sufficiently to tell. the story of the attack. Officers believe the crime ‘was commitieed by an insane person. Two inmates of the state hospital at ‘near here escaped © a week ago. :ITREATIES ARE GIVEN SENATE WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—The treaties with Germany, Austria, and /A lively fight in the senate is pro-| Hungary were scnt to the senate for to make but to attack it vigorously from tho Moor. ‘The Democrats plan not only} ratification today by President Hard- minority report on the bill} ing. The trexties were accompanied, only They count upon support injny a brief formal note of transmittal part of their fight, at least, from Sen-|4hq were sent to the capitol by a ator Le Follette of Wisconsin, and/ White House messenger. Some other Republicans. After the committee bill has beev perfected by the senate, Senator Smoot of Utah proposes to offer as a Chairman Lodge of the foreign rela- tions committee on arrival of the treaties at the senate, called a meet- substitute his tax simplification pill|'& for tomorrow to begin their con- (Continued on Page 8.) sideration. Int bo CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21921... SON 1921. FRANCE EXTENDS Liner Bearing Gen- eral Is Escorted Into Havre Port HAVRE, Sept. 21.—(By The Associated ss.) -—Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of American artaies during the great war; returned to France: today. The liner Paria, on which General Pershing crossed the Atlantic, was escorted into the port of Havre this morning by the French battle cruisers Stras- bourg and Metz, ten torpedo boats and ten destroyers. The general stood on the bridge of the Paris, as guest of Captain Maurrar of the liner, and re- eetved a noisy and enthusiastic wel. come as the vessel _Steamed up the roads. River craft in the harbor, from fish- ing sacks to palatial Mners dipped their fags and sounded their sirens while the batteries on Cape De La Hive boomed a ‘salute of 21 guns. A regiment of infantry Mned the quay and 4 great crowa cheered on- thusiasticalfy os General. Pershing landed, He was presented with a bou- quet of American beauties by a del- weldomedin the name of the city by Mayor Meyer. Anti-Beer Bill Is Called Up WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—The anti- beer bill was called ‘up in the senate promptly today by Senator Sterling, Republican, South Dakota, after a conference with President Harding be- fore the senate reconvened. The con- ference report, which the house adopt- ed before the congressional recess and which was filibustered against tn the senate, today met fresh opposition, a quorum ‘being deinanded immediately. ‘The bill would prohibit the prescrip- tion of beer by physicians and would make tighter present regulations gov- erning the prescription of -wine eat whisky for medical purposes. ACTOR WANTED.IN ARBUCKLE CASE IS SEEN IN N. Y. RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO HELD VITAL, ISREPORT NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Lowell Sherman, an actor, who is wanted by District Attorney Brady of San when pn the way to New York and vanished in an agtomobile with a formation District’ Attorney Swann’s office when he went to the Grand Central station hereto meet the Twentieth Century limited from Chicago and detain Sherman, as_ requested in a telegram from District Attorney Brady. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.— Lowell Sherman, actor, will be com- pelléd to return to San Francisco from his present whereabout in or near New York state “as he is ‘a most necessary and vital witness in the Arbuckle case,” District Attor. ney Brady said today when advised that. Sherman had left a train at Harnwn, N. Y., presumably to es- cape detention by District Attorney Edward Swann of New York. “We want Sherman to come back of his own accord,” Brady said. “Hf he does not we Will compel pim to come back. He evidently is trying to dodge us. bringing a charg: say charge will be until I have consult. ed with my colleagues, but there are two serious charges we can bring against him. ee EDITION NEARLY 1,000 OFFICERS ARE DEPUTIZED TO KEEP PEACE IN” D BY BLAST GERMAN PLANT = AND TOWN ARE WIPED QUT BY = CALIFORRIA OIL FIEL vlc wlb EXPLOSION BAKERSFIELD, NUMBER 293. | WASHINGTON, it, W. Pugsiey of Nebraska was’ nomi: nated todsy by President Harding to egation- of school children ang was|.)enssistant. eetrelary—of agriculture, Capacity of 30,000,000 Feet of Gas Daily Is Company Plan One of the largest gas ab- sorption plants in the United States will be speedily built at Casper, it is announced by Producers and Refiners corpo- ration. The plant will have capacity for Lhandling no less than 30,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. The gas to be treat- ea will be that carried through the Ferris-Casper pipeline which now ts being constructed jointly with the Midwest Refining company. Gasoline is to be recovered from the natural gas before it is turned into the, Cas. Der refineries for fuel purposes. It is planned to have the gas re- covery works completed and ready for operation by the time the pipeline for natural gas from the Carbon coun- ty_gas fields to Casper is completed. Tests of thd Ferris and Lor Sol- dier gas show on average of nice pints per 1,000 fect. Congeqient.y 214-Charles|estimating the quantity recoverable by the absorption process at one-half gallon per 1,000 cubic feet, it would give the workesmemintmunr capacity its appointment was announced sev-/ of 15,000 gallons daily of natural gaso- eral weeks ago. |line of 75 degrees gravity Baume or Another nomination. subm:tted wax |5,475,000 gallons annually, The’ Mid- chief of the navy department's bu- reau of-engingering: Notice of Appeal Served in Liquor Case Followed: by Announcement That Men Will Be Held on New Charge In exactly seven minutes after they had received the case, that of Capt. Johg K. Rebyson to be} west and Standard companies have contracted t6 purchase the entire out- put, of. this plant. the jurors who heard the trial in which Dick Casserley, Frank pa and W. R. Hyland were jointly. charged. with transport- ing liquor they had reached a verdict of guilty. This is the record for jury findings in the district-court during the pres- ent term. jing and resisting an officer. When the defendants were informed of the “jury's verdict, defense coun- = including Ic. G. Vanatta and M . Ryan, served notice of an appea “At this juncture County, Attorney M. W. Purcell had warrants served on the defendants charging perjury as the outgrowth of evidence which they brought out in their own de- fensé which «dfffered materially from testimony which thef are said to have given at the preliminary hearing. ‘With the filing of the new action against the defendants the list of chargés which is being held over them besides the conviction includés own- ing and operating a still and assault-| WEST HUNGARY PROCLAIMED REPUBLIC BY EX-PREMIER Bloody Strife Looms Between Carlists and Legitimists; Insurgents Number 30,000 in Disputed Territory. ye VIENNA, Sept. 21.—Stetphen Friedrich) former Hun- garian premier, arrived at Oedenburg, Burgenland, on Mon- day and proclaimed West Hungary a republic, it is declared by newspapers here. Burgenland was recently in the hands of i insurgent Hungarian bands, but they were believed to have withdrawn, for the most part, as a result of xouteserss ed by allied authorities. Assertion is made here, however, that these bends have been constantly reinforced: until their members are now nearly 30,000 in umber, and it is said these men are z well armed and equipped that it is doubtful if Hungarian regular soldiers Sent to oust them, would be able to ope with them, Military forces Friedrich are reported to be eee ling at Steinamanger and belief is ex- pressed here that the Carlists and the, Legitimists have joined issue ‘over the Burgenland question. BUDAPEST, Sept. 21.—Austrian re- ports that Stephen Friedrich has pro- Know the joy that comes with can move right into his own home energy 2 ih ah ee oo fo offered you. claimed a republic in West Hungary | bas ordered the mobilization of troops and that the Hungarian government OWN A HOMIE own. It ism't necessary for any man who has a reputation for honesty to pay for a home in one’lump sum because there are plenty of op- portunities offered through the Tribune's Want columns whereby he A home may be thus owned within a comparatively. short period, all depending upon the amount-paid like rent from month to month. ‘Turn now to the Real Estate want ads and see the list of opportunitics READ THE WANT ADS IN Casper Daily. Tribune PHONE 16 and 16. PEA SE RET ES SEAS tig SOT i } are denied by the Hungarian agency. | the possession of a home of your on making a small cown payment monthly installments the same as Beemer creer Interest was attached to the case because of the notoriety given it at the time of the trouble. Sheriff Lee | Mertin and Deputy George Massce, Wound on another mission encounter- |ed the car in-which Casserley, Hill and Hyland were riding. Mr. Martin testified that he recog- nized one of the men as.a character in the underworld here and that he ordered Massee to pursue them. Aft- er a chase extending several miles in which a speed of 60 miles an hour at times was attained, the officials’ car drew within hailing distance. | When a call to stop -was unheeded Sheriff Martin fired at the earth in an_effort to intimidate the men. One of the bullets fired riccoheted and penetrated Casserley’s hand. An examination of the car resulted in TWO WEALTHY RANCHMEN OF STATE DEAD (Special to The Tribune) BIG PINEY, Wyo. Sept. 21— dames Mickleson, 60 years of age, wealthiest livestock grower of southwestern Wyoming, died at his home here Tuesday, after a pro- tracted illness. Death was caused by stomach troubie. Mickelson was one of the few lat. ter day Wyoming cattlemen. with holdings sufficiently large to ship to market in trainload lots. His ranching Ppfoperties in the Green River valley are among the finest in the state. He represented Lincoln county in the lower house of the legislature in 1919. TENSLEEP RANCHER DiES EN ROUTE TO COAST, CHE! EH, Wye. Sept. 21— Milo Burker, 55 years of age, of ‘Tensteep, Wyo., owner of one of the Jargest ranches “in *northern-Wyo- ming, died here last night while being taken to. California, in the hope that a change of climate would benefit his health, He was accom- panied by his wife and daughter. The body will-be sent to Tensicep. CONVICTED TRIO ARE ACCUSED OF PERJURY ear had been ‘thrown out along the roadway. It is on this phase of the case that perjury against the three men was. returned. At the preliminary examination they said that. noth- the- indictment charging are reported to have ing was thrown from the car. Dur- ing the trial of the case in district court it is said that they ‘ admitted throwing an cgg crate from the car. The perjury charges were filed after bends of $1,000 on the appeal of the chirge of transporting liquor had beer accepted. The court placed the bonis for the new case at $2,000 which Hi and Hyland immediately supplied. serley is still in jail. Ponds for Hill and Hyland were fur- nished by Fred Van-Gorden and M P. Downing. A ae Record Yield Of Oats Harvested By Lander Man —A yield land Ww 4 the record made~by B. r her No irrigation was finding that all of the contents of the PENNSYLVANIAN BIDS IN WYOMING RAILROAD FOR SEVENTH OF JUDGMENT CHEYENNE, Sept. 21.—The 6.7 miles of the Wyoming and Missouri Valley railroad in Wyoming was sold at auction here by United States Sept. 21.—Nine hundred twenty-seven deputy sheriffs and constables are eputiond rae keep the peace in Kern county due to the strike of the oil | workers, it was announced today by officia! The number of deputy peace officers in the county was | verified by the record of appointments and by Roy Newell, GAS ABSORPTION PLANT TO BE BUILT HERE PERSHING OVATION pronioens& REFINERS BACK OF PROJECT ics of Oppaui in Worms District Destroyed by Terrific Blast Today in Chemical Works undersheriff for Kern county. Ordin- arily there aro 11 she and deputy sheriff's and 18 dul elected con. — stables Kern cou | MAYENCE, Germany, Sept. Bince Sheriff D. Newell took of- fice in Jar }21.— (By e Associated 1919, and before the strike emergency h ntei | Press.) —Eight hundred per- 186 d@puty sheriffs. strike | sons are reported to have been wenee. he has appo 27 deputy | killed and many injured today — res announced showed. | by explosions in the Badische- aL che strike Uaran, {208 deputy | Anilinfabrik works at Oppau near constabics have been appointed in| sethAl’ In’ the Rhine Palatl four townships, where the strike is in} effet, according to the record of ap-|""“rhe aisaster appears to have been xe one of the most territie in the history rE . —y of Industrial catastrophies. BAKERSFIELD, Cal. Sept. 21-—A|" rnie first explosion occurred when meeting of the district nell of the the shifts were being changed at 7:45 a. m. in @ Inboratory where $09 men wore work’: ol Workers w: field Friday m be held rning at discuns plans for the widening of the in 10 0% Bakers- All of these are reported to hare oll Strike to include the entire state!) 00, yilled it was announced here early this| "Thus explosion was followed by a morning by R. H. Frasier, vice presi-| rapia succession of others, which ren- dent of the district council. A rep-| gered assistance to the first victims resentative of each local in the peel tier will be present at the meeting. etch Bibecabaissalle aca ee! eRe R nye: mivisor tO the. a that they were felt in this city, some Senta ce, bis Way to: a 35 miles from the scene, while at Ee meen, the coterie, Mannheim, 13 miles distant, almost pane a Pint every window was shattored and sev- oral persons were Killed and 36 others |injured by debris. Some persons were killed at Dnd- wigshafen, across the river “from Mannheim, many roofs were blown off houses and all the windows in the town were broken, while of Oppau it. self nothing remains but aheap of BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. ruins, a oh igdaaeeees oS MS | tthe shock was felt as far as Frank. a a “900 000 0 0 4 4 {f0Ft More than 40 miles away, and many windows were broken there. The whole district was enveloped in thick smoke which, together with the Called Seventh inning; rain. Ratteries — Mitchell and Taylor; Morrison and Gooch. cutting of telegraph and telephone ti—Phitaa s communication with neighboring Pe: — stoned et towns, hampered the efforts at as- ee eee sistance. 1 Fe All the availabie fire brigddes were we aes gig MB |eusned to the spot but the work of eke s.. ay eas rescue was found by the.rolief. parties | to be exceedingly difficult. vitae \ pale " x Rescuers who penetrated Appau re- bt Washington (@nd game R. HE! ported finding hundreds of dead and Chicago ...- 0 wounded lying in the debris. The un | Washingtom oo injured inhabitants fled in panic wh ciliate Wheres the explosions occurred. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Reports from the scene’ variously described the disaster as due to the ESSE explosion of a gus or spirits tank. Washington— R. H.E.] One of the most circumstantial re go........100 100 000— 2 9 1} ports of the disaster says the first ex- Washington ..300 000 00°— % 6 1| plosion occurred in laboratory No. 53 Batteries — Faber and Schalk; Phil. of the old plant of the Badische com- lips and Gharrity. pany In Oppau. ‘The laboratory was raised bodily by the air pressure from the shock and then collapsed, not a single one of the 800 workers in it escaping death, the account states. At Philadelphia—St. Louis-Philadel. phia game postponed; rain. At New York—Detroit-New York game postponed; wet grounds, Tho region in the Rhine Palatinate where today's disastrous explosion oc- At Boston— R. H. E.| curred, was developed during the war Cleveland .001 031 000— 5 8 I/into one of the most extensive and Boston - -100 000 000— 1 6 3| productive of Germany's chemical Ratteries — Caldwell, Morton and| munition supply. districts. ; Jones, Thormahlen and Wal. Oppau’ itself “is a comparatively small-town with only a few thousand population, but nearby are Franken- thal, a considerably larger place, and Ludwigshafen, which has a population of some 75,000 and which during the Ao Life of Broom Prolonged. CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—The existence of the household broom has been pro- longed 100 per cent in recent years, war was accounted the largest of the German chemical manufacturing n= and. thresh- according to the Chicago Broom MAN lants for war purposes. The che ne ufacturer’s at their meet ab works there are still on a vast le | d for noglect of broom and] During the war the region was fre- the manufac rs decided quent bombarded by allied squad. a campaign to make sweeping rons, Ludwigsh being their partic again. lular target KU KLUX KLAN BEINGPROBED BY PRESIDENT |\Information on Organization Placed Be- fore Harding by Attorney General; Federal Policy to Be Decided WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Information in the hands of the department of justice as to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan was laid before President Harding today by Attorney General Daugherty after the latter had conferred with Di- |rector Burns of the caperements bureau of investigation. WASHINGT" ept. 21.—Attorney paarem! Daugherty and Director Burns H. 0. BURSUM, REPUBLICAN, WINS Marshal Hugh L. Patton to Mahlon S. Kemmerer of Pittsburgh, Pa., to satisfy a t spedamoi for $348,. 000 obtained by Kemmerer against the. road. Kemimerers bid was $51 200. The propert> sold, in addition to the 6.7 miles of track in Crook county, includes two locomotives, a passenger coach, several handcars and a quantity of coal mining equip. ment. A rumor circulated here after the sale was that Kemmerer, for whom the town of Kemmerer, Wyo., was named, intended to extend the Uttle line through Sheridan, Wyo., to Bi!- lings, Mont., but the rumor’ receiv. ed no credence ALBURQUERQUE, N. M., Sept. 21—W ith reports from every coun- ty in “the state in a majority of the vote is practically complete, 0. L. Phillips, Republican campaign man. ager; today said Holm 0. Bursum has been clecied United States sen. asor in yesterday's election by a ma- jority that will exceed 7,600. His present figure< <xive Bursum a ma. jority of 6,915, but there ure many ELECTION TO SENATE INN. M. scattering mountain precincts which ity when heard from. W. C. Oesterich, in charge of the Democratic headquarters here, con- coded the election of Bursum at 11 o'clock last night. No figures are yet available on the 11. constitrtional amendments whi county which approved 8 of the 11 proposals, | are expected to increase the major. | h were voted on, outside of this | of the eau of investigation were to } confer qoaa concerning the necessity or advisabii of seeking investiga- ten of the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. Burns has been conducting an inquiry upon |which to base a report today and in addition, Mr, Daugherty has recently | discussed the matter with-District At- ard of New York and sey- eral assistant attorney generals. An investigation of the Ku Klux Klan’ is also proposed by Representa- |tive Tague, Democrat, Massachusetts, in a resolution which he has prepared jand expects to introduce today. In | the preamble, he acserts that the“or- anti-American” that and purpose are “the exile (Continued om Page 8) 1 | tte object