Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1921, Page 1

850 BODIES MS FOU VICTI PEAT FOLL 1N GERMAN PLANT DISASTER GROWS Total May Reach 1,59 With Over 2,500 In- jured; Is Report MAYENCE, Sept. 22.—.( By The Associated Press.) —. While estimates of the num- ber of dead from Wednes- dgg’s explosion which de- (royed the Badische com- pany’s great chemical plant at Oppau cogtinued today at approximately 1,. 690, the total persons. actually found to have been injured exceeds the first figures by @ wide margin. Already 2,500 persons have received treatments for hurts sustained through the effects of the ¢‘plosion, Bodies of the dead fo the number of $50 had been recovered this forenoon ‘Total damage in the explosion is esti- mated at 150,000,000 marks. in the district were continuing the rescue work today in the closest col- jaboration. A German hospital train has arrived at Frankfort and a French trun at Treves with injured from the scene of the disaster. Oppau was virtually swept away and the explosion hurled desolation over @ wide district on the west bank of the Rhine between and Frankenthal, Immediately after the blast which occurred at 7:30 a. m. every means of rescuing injured and bringing out the dead were utilized, but several minor explosions prevented workers from entet«ng the grounds for a long ime. Rreat clouds of chemical fumes hung over the ghastly scene of ruin, and the first men to enter the place were compelled to wear gas masks. The fumes spread as far as Mannheim snd Ludwigshafen and. tended to heighten the fears of the frightened people. An investigation of the explosion has been ordered by the authorities but re AE 08 which to base a finding. he buildings of the Bad- ische company have disappeared and only a great hole in:thé ground marks ithe site of the structure, It is a theory of those f: with the plant that at least two! gasometers exploded, and that nitrogen compounds stored "inthe buildings, “or in process of manufacture, were detonated. An- other theory is that a nitrogen tank let go and that four others were set off by the concussion. This is. the seeond time ‘Cogan has been destroyed. . In 188% a burst above the town and the place was swept by a wall ofswater. General GUERNSEY STATE BANK CLOSED BY EXAMINER (Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 22.— State Examiner Rudolph Hofmann late Wednesday announced that as the result of an-inyestigation be- gun last Saturday he had closed the State Bank of Guernsey, Wyo., be- E. oe ree Cc. .E. ‘Artist o! jeatland been ap- ‘pointed, receiver. = The bank had a capital of $10,- a of $90,000 and a re of $2,000. Welsh Home Is Saddened, Infant Daughter Dead Funeral services for Bessie, the 8 Pnonths old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Welsh, 306 North Kimball! eet, will be held from the Shaffer- Gay chapel at 10 o'clock tomorrow orning. The child died last night. ftfom “an infantile malady. Rev. C. Wilson will have charge of the services. Che Weather Forecast except possibly showers in extreme northwest portion; warmer in north- tonight east portion it. WoLUME V on “Freedo Ss Casper Cribune EDITION ~ CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1921. Chicago Journal Sued for $10,000,000 by City for Graft Charges Bases Defense m of Press” with counsel for the newspap a general demurrer based on freedom of the press. If granted, the demurrer missing the sult on the grounds of in. sufficient evidence. The suit involves the question of whether @ newspaper may be sued for libel to the extent of its total value and virtually be put out,of business if the suft is won. The libel action grew out of state. ments made by The Tribune in the last eity election criticising ¢ Present city administration for the manner in which municipal finances were handled. - The city contends that the articles and editorial expressions on which TRIBUNE'S DEFENSE BASED ON “FREE PRESS.” CHICAGO, Sept. st Asa for a free press as a principal bulwark of democracy, Wey : of counsel for the Chicgo Tribune, to- day declared: the $10,000,000 libel suit of ‘the City of Chicago against that ‘Dewspaper was a revival of monarch. fal doctrine and without precedent Américan law. He asked the court to uphold a general demurrer, which if allowed would have tho effect“of a tuling on “no case.” ‘The case came before Judge Harry M. Fisher of the Circuit Court of Cook county and because of its unus- ual legal aspects and local. political significance attracted a larga audi- ence. Mr. Kirkland, early in his argu- ment, stated that from the long strug- gle for freedom of expression a polit- ical rule has been evolved, “not with. out application to this sult,” which he phrased as follows: “Only arbitarary, oppressive or cor- rupt power has sought to enslave or destroy the free utterance ‘cf the press.” § A contended that tho suit was an “attempt by a government to restrict ” adding and in America, at. least, without precedent, but the ends in animous are the same as marked the whole course of ob- struction to free expression; namely to prtect entrenched authority from inquiry and criticism.” Seas a ol $5,000 FIRE IN DENVER. DENVER, Sept. 22.—Fire early to- day_in the Crescent laundry at 2316 West Twenty-Ninth avenue destroyed laundry valued at $4,000 apd did $1,000) damage to the building. The fire oriz- inated in the boflerroom. CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—The $10,000,000 libel suit of the City of Chicago against the Chicago Tribune opened today er asking the court to uphold the constitutional right of the would have the effect of dis- fess costie ktiheabe ace hd eta att Wanted---Owner of Still, Call at the County Jail Although successful in Possession of a still, quantities of moonshine whiskey, three barrels of Last a raiding, party pounced down on the suspected house and found the still, in com- plete operation, the whiskey already made and other items, but when an veffort was made to find the owner of she still. he way na where to be o-that he wil be able to explain the. details of the illicit DEBS’ PARDON "NOW PENDING ‘WASHINGTO! Sept. 22.—Recom- mendations on the question of a par- don for Eugene. V. Debs, Socialist leader imprisoned at Atlanta for vio. lation of the war laws, may be sent to President Harding next week, At- }torney General Daugherty said today. |The recommendations have been com. pleted, Mr. Daugherty said. SSE NES = oi SWI DETROIT I. 0. 0. F. _TEAM WINS. |. TORONTO, Sept. 22. — Winning teams in the international © drilling competition of Odd Fellows, held in \connection with the sovereign’ grand |lodge convention here, were an- |nounced today. 8 Canton Auto, Detroit, “won first place in the class A competition, and Canton Jericho No. 15, Michigan. first place jin class B, FIGHT AGAINST PACTS OPENED WASHINGTON, Sept, 22.—Opposition to the peace treaties negotiated recently by the administration with Ger- many, Austria and Hungary developed today when the sen- ate foreign relations committee began consideration of the pacts transmitted yesterday b: Senator Borah, Republican, cillables” in the fight against treaty of Versailles, explained the basis of his opposition to ratification of the new treaties to the committee ALIEN LAND LAW IN N. M. ADOPTED ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Sept. adopted an amendment to the state constitution which will prevent aliens who are ineligible to citizen. ship from land or holding Jeases inthe state. from this amendment has éarried. The amendment submitted by the legislature at ite which opened last January while the anti- allen comtroversy was at its height in California. Reports were re- ceived in the state that quarters, mountain districts will give Bur- sum a final majority of about 8,000. y seeeeent Harding. I aho, leader of the “Irrecon- the| which considered only the German pact and adjourned until tomorrow without taking any action. Senator Borah’a objections to the new peace nt, it was said, tvere based primarily on’ the accept- ance in the new pacts of provisions of the treaty of eVrsailles. The ef- tect, it was understood, Senator Borah contended, was to take America “through the back instead of the front oor” into European entanglements. Reports trom the committee's exec- utive session were that Senator Bor- ah contended that ratification of the new treaties would entail’ a moral if not a legal obligation to retain Amer-]- lean troops in. Germany. Another major point of his opposition was. said to revolve’ardund American rep- résentation dn the reparations ‘com- mission.» Appointment of such. an American commissioner, he was said have argued would follow necessar- y and hold Amercian ‘representation in European financial affairs, entail. Ing interest in Europe's political prob- lems for at least 40 years—the period fixed for payment of the German in- demnity.”” HEARING OPENED IN — TRIBUNE. LIBEL SUIT\* STEELE AND MAPEL PITCH to each other today in the sec. ond game of a nine.game post-sea- son series between the Casper and Denver clubs to decide the cham. plenship of the Midwest league. Sane wen, the tirt gaan yererdary to 0. ARBUCKLE PRELIMINARY TO DETERMINE CHARCE | IS OPENED IN FRISCO OF|WOMEN FIRED ON IN CALIFORNIA OIL , CHARGE DENIED BY STRIKERS Baily NUMBER 294. !small daughter of an oil well foreman, the statement says, THREE NATIONS |today. The trio comprised E: NEVA, Sep {By The Asso. jelated Press.)—Further charges of }Serbian aggression , against Albania Were made today in messages received by Bishop Fannoli, who represents Al. jbania at the seat of the league of nations here. An important detach. ment of Serbians declared tobe regu- lars, disguised as Albanians, attacked Men Excluded From Hearing at Which Prosecution Will Attempt to Fix Blame tor Miss Rappe’s Death SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.—The preliminary hearing of oe (Fatty) Arbuckle on ion with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe before Police} Judge Sylvain Lazarus occupi ed. with the case today. - Men a charge of murder in conneéc- ied the attention of all connect were excluded from the: ho ing under:an order issued last night, the authorities ruling that as, Judge Teazyris' court iia Women’s courtfoom, no men cxcept ‘witnesses, ‘court ‘officials, and news- Paper reporters should be admitted. ‘The. prosetution will endeavor to Prove at the hearing, District Attor- ney Mathew Brady has announced. the contention that Arbuckle attacked Miss Rappe in his suite of rooms in the Hotel St. Francis September 5 and Sausnd Injuries which resulted In her death four days later. The complaint charging murder and under which Arbuckle has been teid-in jail without bail, was sworn to by Mrs. B. M. Del- mont, friend cf Miss Rappe and one of those who attended the film comed- jan's party. Brady said he belleved the prelim!- nary hearing would occupy at least three days. “The prosecution will take a lite over ‘a day to put in its testimony and I expect the defense to take about as Tong,” he said. "4 The witnesses subpoenaed for to- day's hearing are as follows: Dr. Shel- by. Strange, acting autopsy surgeon, who performed the autopsy cn the Body of Miss ftappe. Dr. ‘William Ophule, who performed an autopsy in company with William Rumweil, Miss Rappe’s physician. Mrs. B. M. Delmont, complaining Witness against the comedian and friend of the deai girl. Miss Alice Blake, an actress, one of those Who attended the Arbuckle party. Miss Zeh Prevost, former moving picture actress and one of those who attended the party’ as Arbuckie's guest. > Miss Grace Halston, nurse, who at- tended Miss Rappe up to the time of her death. * ‘The preliminary hearing will be held on a charge of murder, but it is with- in the discretion of Judge Lazarus to fix the degree of crime he believes Arbuckle to be guilty of under the evidence. Arrangements were made to open the heating at 1 p. m./ FUGITIVE WITNESS LOCATED IN NEW YORK. NEW, YORK, Sept. 22.—Lowell Sherman, motion picture actor, ques- tioned today by District Attorney Swann at the request of District At- torney Brady of San Francisco, ex- Pressed Willingness to retirn to San Franeieco’ when needed for the trial of Roscoe Arbuckle. Sterman, located. tn his New York apartment after eluding detectives who sought him on a train which brought him from Chicago yesterday, came to the district attorney's toda with a detective. After he had been Questioned, District Attorney Swann telegraphed District Attorney Brady an follows: ‘Sherman appeared today under the district attorney's subpoense. He made a full statement which will be forwarded in tonight's mail. He ex- presses willingness to return to San Francisco when needed for the trial.” District Attorney Brady of San Prancisco, had requested District At- torney Swann here to get in touch with Sherman on hie arrival from the coast as the Calffornia guthorities wighed to question him regarding the party in the hotel suite of “Fatty” Arbuckle at which Virginia Rappe met with injuries which resulted in her death. Sherman was one of the party. SHERMAN TELLS STORY OF BOOZE PARTY. ‘ In his statement to District Attor- ney Swann describing the party in a San. Francisco hotel where Virginia Rappe was fatally injufed, Sherman sald: ; “The refreshments consisted: of a very fine quality of Scotch w' and an equally fine quality of which were partaken of quite freely by everyone present. Eventually (Continued on Page 8.) nant winners. are at present leading the two The details of the series were ar- ranged today at a meeting of the league presidents with Judge Kene- PSEUDO AGENTS REAP HARVEST 23.—Al- activ. them- TACOMA, Wash. Sept. government i fitr i ¢ i, i intelligence ~: } i i ! 3 i i i : 4 i E made following. | mainder to the Camp Lewis auth- orities. The attention of army officers Was attracted by a letter to Capt. Duncan, aide to Maj. Gen. Charles H. Muir, commanding officer at Camp Lewis. It was written from "Chicago saying the author had paid $5,000 as advance payment on a shipment of Camp Lewis. automo- biles and trucks, Twenty thousand dollars was to have been paid here, according to the terms of sale cou- tained in this letter. EAGUE, SERBIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST ALBANIA IS CHARGED GENEVA, Sept. 22.—(By The Associated Press.) Three additional nations were admitted to the league of nations Membership in the league was voted them by the league as- sembly at this morning’s session. here today, the first game to be play Charge in Formal Statement; Patrols Deny Efforts to Prevent SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.—Shots have bi cently at several parties, including women, in the oil fields, where a strike is in progress, says a sta, S sued last night by the Oil Producers’ association of Ca * nia. Two shots were fired at a ADMITTED TO sthonia, Letvia and Lithuania. thé Albans north of Merdita, near the Jugo Slav border on September 21, the despatches asserted. Alban- tan forces aldod by the inhabitants of the district repulsed the attack The messages which were communt- cated to the officials of the league declared the Serbs had been bombard- Ing the town of Aris, Albania, con- tinuously since Sunday. BALL SCORES NATIONA: LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh (Ist game) RK. H. E. [Brooklyn ......000 100.000— 1 7 3) |Pktsburch ...,000 900 03°—3 4 1) Batteries — Grimes and Mille; Glazner, Hamilton, Car'son and Gooc! |. At Pittsburgh Qnd game) KR. H. | Brooklyn .. 010° 001 00-2 6 {Pittsburgh 000 000;000-— 0 5 1 | Batteries — Cadore, Schupp, Smith Producers’ Association Makes Serious rk Gred re- fornia at is- wo ss" 2 car containing the wi, =, 1d and“M. M. Thompson, a nd not @ deputized officer, other, strikers, is sand to have admit ted firing the shots. “Fifteen shots were fited at the su- perintehdent of _another company while he was riding in an automo bile with his wife and daughter,” the| statement continues. | “At 11 o'clock last night near one of .the pipeline stations so-called guards fired at a large automobile ing two women and two men. their machine through the of one of the large proper- | ties to which a mob followed them. | The mob dispersed; the party in the automobile changed tires and con tinued. ° STRIKERS’ PATROLS DENY DISORDERS. BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Sept Several newspaper men returned here today from a hundred-mile drive into the Kern county oll fields after what they termed “an earnest effort to get shot at.” They reported their efforts unsuccessful although they said they met several groups of the “law and order committee” patrols of the strikers. ‘The patrol said that they were com. posed entirely of. strikers Gnd that usually one of their number was depu- tized) By a constable, ‘They insisted they were interested only in exclud ing Uquors and maintaining order and that the turning back of strikebreak- ers was not thelr prime object. Sev- eral patrols, however, sent word to headquarters today that they had turned back men seeking employ: ment. Strikebreakers were entering the} flelds now in twos und threes, instead of in large groups, patrol members said, and for that reason they doublec their scrutiny of ordinary automobile traffic along the roads. BIG SERIES ON SALE TONIGHT Season tickets for thé four games STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO LET CONTRACTS ON OCTOBER 4 Bids on Many Projects in Wyoming to Be Opened; Ten Coun- ties to Benefit, Claim CHEYENNE, Sept. 22.— The Wyoming state highway commission on October 4 will »pen bids for federal aid high- way construction work in eleven of tye twenty-one counties of the state. Bids will be recetved for two projects tn Fremont twe in Washakile county, two Goshen, Hot Johnaon, Campbell and Weston coun- tles. These projects follow: F. A. Project No. 104—Construction of two 130-foot steel spans on con- rete abuttment with earth ap- Proaches over the Cheyenne river in Niobrata county. State Project Fr-19—Construciicn of two 80-foot wood trestles on pile plers over the Wind river at Shoshon! in Fremont counts. State Project PF Construction of 400-foot pile trestle over the North Platte river near Guernsey in Platte Project No. 99—Placing ap- proximately 5,400 cubic yards of se. lected material sirfacing on 3.2 miles of the Cheyenne-Torrington road im- mediately south of Torrington. FP. A. Project No. 65.--Grading sur- facing and oulvert construction on one half mile of the Lincoln Highway from Evanston west—adjacent to present grade crossing over the tracks of the | Union Pacific railroad. TICKETS FOR I’. A. Project No. 7 Placing ap- proximately 4,000 cubic yards selected material surfacing on the Lincokt Highway from Lyman to Ure; ‘in Untla county. A. Project No. nately 5.600 Pubic surfacing on 42 mi Lander road Immec shonl in Fremo IP. A. Project 90.—Placing ap. proximately 5,400-cubic yards of gravel surfacing on the Yellowstone High- Placing ap- yards of gravel es, of the Shoshoni~ ate'y west of Sho- between Casper and Denver con- and Taylor; Cooper and Schmidt. 4 | At Cincinnati— RH. E., ;Philadelphia ..000 O11 0200-4 8 1 Cincinnati ...130 000 000 1-5 12 1 |. Batteries — Behan, Betts and Bruggy; Dbnohue and Wingo. ———_____ AMERICAN LEAGUE. | At Philadelphia ist game) R. H. E. St. Louis 200.000 300— 5 10 1 6 2 and Severeid; At Philadelphia (2nd game R. H. E. St. Louis . 010 110 01l0— 4 7 1 Philadelphia 002 001 000—- 3 8 1 Ratteries Bayne and Severeid; Naylor, Keefe and Perkins. pa viata At “New York— Detroit New York . 2] Batteries — ‘Elmke, Dauss, Boone and Bassler; Shawkey, Quinn and| Schang, At Boston— RH. Cleveland 042 200 000— Boston 110 409 020— Batteries — Sothoron, Morton and | O'Neill; Russell Thormahlen, Myers! and Walters, In the event that either Pittsburgh or Cleveland should win in their respective leagues, two games would be played in Pittsburgh and then two in Cleveland. The New York team: leagues. jsaw M. Landis, baseball commissioner. | “President John Heydler of the Na- tional league, won the toss and the first game for his league. Leslie O'Connor, secretary to Judge- Landis, tossed the coin and Ban Johnson, president of the American league, called “heads.” It fell “tails.” The commissioner and the league presidents fixed the prices for the se- {ries at from $1 to $6. | If one or both New York teams win | the prices will be $1 fn the bleac | ers, $3 for unreserved seats in the up-; } per grandstand, $5 for lower grand- |stand reservations and $0 in. the ; boxes. | In the event Cleveland wins boxes | will be $6, reservations $4 and $5, pa | vilion’ seats $2 and general admis [sion $1. The prices decided on represent a considerable reduction in the eheaper seats. Bleacher seats in New York ave formerly sold at $2 compared {to $t-set for this year, while at Cleve- Jand last year pavilion seats brought i $3 instead of the $2 in today's scale,i "scale, effective October 1. WORLD’S SERIES BALL — GAMES START OCT. 5 CHICAGO, Sept. 22 —The world’s series will start on October 5, it was announced ed on the home grounds of the National league pen- cluding the championship — series now in progress in Denver will go | on sale at 6 o'clock tonight at the | two stores of C, West and atthe | “Smoke House.” Tickets also will be available at both newspaper of- fices. Four games will be played here regardiess of the length of the of- ficial series. All four may be off- cial games although the number probably will be less, Season tick- ; ets will sell for $3.50 for the four games, the price to inciwde war tax. Fans are asked to purchase their tickets at once as the players are | assuming the responsibility and are anxious to learn definitely that they will not have to make good a deficit if receipts fall to meet expenses. Authority was received today. from Roy Hartzell, who is acting as the players’ manager, to insurg. the’ games against rain for $750 each. owe tes Sah { PRINTERS FACE FIGHT. NEW YORK, §. of an open shop fi industry here faced - the. executive council of the International Typo- graphical union and officers of the Big Six local union today, when they met to consider demands of employing printers for arbitration of a new wage sot, 22.—Possibility ht in the printing and general, admission was $2 instead of $1. ;Way Chantham way Thermopolis south in Hot Springs county. F. A. Project No. proximately 3,100 cuble yards gravel surfacing on the Yellowstone High- way, Neiber south in Washakie coun. ty / 71.—Placing ap- F. A. Project No. 106.—Placing ap- Proximately 3,900 cubic yards gravel surfacing on the Yellowstone high south in ¥ hakie . A. Project No. 108A.—Placing ap- prozimately 1,900 cuble yards gravel surfacing Worland-Tens‘eep road in Washakie county F. A. Project No. 65.—Placing ap- Proximately 6,200 cubic yards sefect- ed material surfacing on the Lovell. Cowley road in Big Horn coluty. F. A. Project No. 67.—Placing ap- proximately 12,200 cubic yards select- ed material surfacing on the Casper. Sheridan road from Kaycee north in Johnson county, F. A. Project No. 6 Proximately 4,700 cubic materia! surfacing on the Custer Bats tletield Highway between Horse Creek and the Spotted Horse Creek in Camp- bell county. F, A. Project No. Placing ap- Pro’.!inately 3,300 cut rds selected material surfacing on the N to Sungance road 25 AMERICANIZATION SCHOOLS TO BE OPENED Americanization schools tn Wyo- ming to be maintained jointly by the United States naturalization “service and the state, is contemplated at an early date by Chief Examiner -Paul Armstrong, who returned to Denver yesterday from Cheyenne. The Schools will "be opened for the benefit af all aliens about to petition for American citizenship. <A special ap- propriation by the state will afford sufficient money to get the classes under way. Thus far Colorado has done nothing for the education of its citizenship applicants, Mr. Armstrong said yesterday. K. K. K. OFFICERS MAY BE WASHINGTON, Sept. —High officials of the Ku Klux Klan may be summoned (yo Washington for in- terrozation by the department of justice, Attorney General’ Daugh- erty indicated today. Director Burns of the depart- ment's bureau of investigation, Mr. Daugterty announced, s been in- structed to set his agents at work on as investigation of the Klan's organ‘zation in various parts of the country. In connection with the possible CALLED summoning of klan leaders to Wash- ington, the attorney general said the department of justice had the authority to summon anyone ‘ard it Was its poli¢y in the course of an investigation to talk the matter over with persons involyed. The attorney general said — that avy criminal prosecutions would for the most part be matters of state law unless there had been some. vio- lations of the federal statutes eee the use of the mails to de- raud.