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Weather Forecast Saturday IN RECORD TIME German Communists in Assembly Cast Only Dissenting Vote BERLIN, Sept. 30.—(By The Associated Press,)—The reichstag today passed the ill ra the peace treaty with the United States. Only the voted against the measure. The, passing ‘by the German reich- tag today of the bill ratifying the treaty of peace With the United States completes northwest portion tonight. VOLUME V. CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921. Wife Slayer Who Posed as Hero Strikes Up Civorus of “Old Pal, Why Don’t You Answer Me?” as Penalty Is Exacted Chicago City Council Takes Up Cost Study CHICAGO, Sept. 3.—Twenty-four ‘The reichstag, or upper chamber of the German pariiament. ratified the treaty.on September 17. The relchstag Gevoted Jess than 10 minutes to the ratification formal- as all the parties except the muni: agreod to dispense with debate. The bill approving the treaty was accepted in all three readings by en overwhelming majority, the Na- tonalists also voting for its accept- ance when Herr Léebe, president of the reichstag, called fore rising vote. CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—Singing a popular song, Carl Wan- members of the Chicago city council | derer, convicted of the murder of his wife, her unborn babe, ona trip to a number | and a “ragged stranger’ whom he hired to stage a fake and nsozeal seme fe |holdup, was hanged at the county jail at 7:19 o’clock this visited will be st. | Morning. Wanderer marched to the he took his place on the scaffolf, re- spent in St. Paul, the |Asked if he had anything to say, he for Vancouver |replied in the affirmative, and as a 4 fi ! i gallows with firm step, and as in the dark hallway and that when ae drew his gun the stranger shot Mrs. Wanderer, and that he in turn killed the holdup man Police believed ais story and praised his aim. Quietly, however, they began trac- ‘ing the stranger's gan in an effort to fix his identity. From the maker's factory, the trail led to a Chicago hard- ware store, to a customer and from him to Wanderer’s cousin. The in, arrested, admitted lending the to Wanderer on the day of the shoot- ng. Wanderer was arrested and con- fronted with evidence that he had carried both guns used in the shooting. 3 f es af tm ing wher the trap dropped. ‘The chorus to the song Wanderer chose is as follows: The long night through, I wait for you, & Old Pal, why don't you anszrer me? My arms embraces an empty epace, The arms that held you tenderly; ci th® most remarkable confessions in police amnajs.-- Growing tired of family life, he said, he-decided to get rid of Is wife and her fhe crime for which Wanderer was |‘? the army,in which he Lid held a bs during. the “te accost hin and Mrs. Wanderer in the jml!way, cxplaining he ‘wanted to play a practical joke If you can hear my prayer away: |. up there, Old Pall, why don't you answer me? PARIS, Sépt. 30—(By The Associ- ated Press).—Réland W. sehen aot ane mentitiod, Wander nae Das |on his wife. When the vagrant ap- |Proached, ‘Wanderer, with his own oy eeperhad 9B gdee of nis bride/gun dn one hand and his cousin's In of Jess “4 child, but. the Jury.in that case fixea|th® bese f lot DARA. thE Sbeut booty hid: : ae reagan at 25 years impris- 3 ‘Later Wanderer repudiated this con- on : foxsion an: was from his Mrs. Wanderer and “ragged. strang: |trial for the murder of his. wife. The er" were murdered in the hallway of|jury found him guilty, but fixed the she apartment house in June 1920.) punishment at 25 years imprisonment. ‘Mrs, Wanderer’s mother, attracted 2y/ When he was subsequently. brought the shots, found her daughter di/ing/to trial forthe death of the stranger, and Wanderer seated astride the body|the court admitted the confession and of Ryan methodically beating his face|the death penalty was ordered: ‘The with a gun. if execution was postponed severa! times > Wanderer said the stranger had at-|by sanity hearings and other legal mpted to hold-up his wife and him maneuvers. VISALIA, Cal., Sept. 30—A verdict Sy should be upon the were made. = =| CALIFORNIAN . France will receive more thau 2,000,- 000,000 cd marks instead of less than 1,000,000,000, which she would bave recetved had the proposal of her Hadgell, warden of the Wyoming state penitentiary here, who was-injured in 4n automobile accident ten days ago and whose recovery for a time was in doubt, now is showing steady im- Brovement and ts believed to be out ot 2 In a previous trial Condley was con- victea of thanslaughter in connection with the killing of Joseph Silva, his father-in-law, at the same time Mrs. Silva was LOOKING FOR A ROOM? YOUR OPPORTUNITY 18 PASSING are looking for a place with fistew eunttioos. ‘What you want MEX. EDITORS ‘IN EL PASO EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 30.—El Pago was host yesterday to a delesa- tion of 80 Mexican editors, who made & special trip trom Chihuatua City,| a where they were in convention, to Juarez and El Paso. ance of Alexander Howat and They arrived in a special train from. the Chihushau capital, accompanied by Luis Montes de Oca, former Mexi- can consul general at El Paso, and Fy spent the m jg and early after-| the operators’ association. noon as guests of Juarez. — COLUMBUS, Kans, Sept. 30.— STRIKE VOTE. CLAIM Howat and Dorchy, their find a cheery room and 6 ist of ROOYS which are pre: ‘home. a READ THE WANT ADS IN The Casper Daily Tribune PHONE 15 AND 16. “~ Lepore | and: vice president, “off to Special interurban cars brought loads from the camps of Crawford and Cherokee counties and many other miners came in motor cars. At 8:30 o'clock, half an hour before the time set fot Howat and Dorchy to surrender themselves or continue their Uberty by perfecting their appeal to miners were scattered around square, the The courthotise was closed, <d guards being stationed ct the doors. The grievance committees) Howat and Dorchy had the choice pproximately 90 Per Cent of Unionists Wil inca "when si | eee ont ae Vote for Walkout in Preference to Accepting Wage Reductions While it was informally stated that go-on strike, Jn. their statements CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—' ot loyes of the that they.would go to Jail, Howat and tely 90 per cent of th aegis! * | FOR Dorchy declared that t> sign the bond Brotherhood of Railroad Trafomen have voted to strike, the) "ScuTon, sept, 20—An davertise-| would constitute recooninen oe one exact figures will not be announced at once, it was asserted| ment for conductors and trainmen for] Kaness industrial court and added. today. 4 service on the Bangor & Aroostook} “WW: @ willing to ctay in jail until Meh taceeee as Sai was. eoompibeed terday and |‘uiiroed in the event of a strike of| the industrial court law is taken off Beneval chatrmon were dispitctied toreport to the general grievance com- |meriing newspapers here today. train crews was pubiished in four] the siatute beoks of Kansas and the Miners of the district*are willing to & PROGRAM COMPLETE FOR G EICHSTAG RATIFIES PEACE WIIH AMERIC 6 NEGOTIATED Che Casper Daily WANDERER SINGS AS DEATH TRAP IN PRISON IS SPRUNG After days of grilling he signed one expected child so he could return: the Kangas supreme court, about 400; | Orthane |S, | 301. Feathers Are Fired, Pigeons Turn Rockets “st PAUL, Minn, Sept oo ‘When an employ of a wholesale pro- duce firm here dived through a sec- ond story window to escape flames which were consuming the build- ing, last night, hundreds of pigeons followed him. As they emerged from the broken window, the binck background of night made noticeable spots of flame on wings and tails of many of the birds. Their course was over the Mississippi river. Fanned by the motion of flying the flames spread until the birds were enveloped and many of them, like falling rockets, dropped into the stream. Attack on Duke Is Sensation of —_— upon the Duke D*Aosta, Rome, Dispatch “LONDON, Sept, 30.—Violent attacks cousin of IVING WOR GIBLIN CHOSEN TQ HEAD TICKET FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION HERE Complete Ticket Placed Held Thursday Even- ing at City Hall ker and former Methodist candidate for mayor of Cas- the council chamber of the elty hall, last night. and J, S. Pettingill, third ward, were indorsed for aldermen, to succeed Earl C. Boyle, city council from the firs third wards, respective! terms expire January 1 1922, Indorsement of candidates for may-| Program. or and aldermen! was brought about| Were understood t through the adoption of the report of Tuesday night. The Tuesday meeting was presided over by Mayor tion. present was taken and resulted in Mr. 24 of the 35 citizens participating, oth- ers receiving. votes being Fred Van Gorden, TR. J. Leavitt. Subsequently, however, it was Gecided to expunge the record of all action taken from the minutes of fg and to appoint a commit. Instructions to examine into the qualificaticns of” candidates and. report its. findings and recérmmonda- tions te a meétipg to be called for a later te. King ‘Victor Emmanuel of Italy, by} ‘This committee mado its report at the newspaper Il Paes!, of Rome, has created a great sensation in that city, says a Rome dispatch to the Lon- don Times. The newspaper charges the with inspiring and © protecting support of certain officers. ‘The Times’ correspondent adds that have rumors of such “a movement been Current in Italy for some time, and it has been suggested that Duke D'Aosta has been spreading discon- tent with the present regime in the ranks of the Carabinert and the army generally. Miners Gather in Columbus as Leaders of Kansas Union Begin Six Months’ Terms for Calling Walkout PITTSBURG, Kan., Sept. 30.—All of the coal mines of Kansas district were idle today on account of e appear- August Dorchy, president and vice president of the Kansas miners’ union to begin serving a sentence of six months in jail for calling a strike last Febru- ary, it was apparent from early reports to the headquarters of remainon strike until that time it the other miners of the country sup- port them,” said Howat. Howat and Dorchy arrived in Col- umbus shortly after 8:30 o'clock from Pittsburg, having reached Pittsburg last midnight from Indianapolis where they attended the convention of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica. Howat immediately began a handshaking tour through the crowd of about a thousand men. MOWAT CONDEMNS LAW ON GOING TO JATL. \ COLUMBUS, Kan., Sept. 30.—(By ‘The Associated Prees).—For the sec: ond time in his long ‘and bitter battle egainst the enforcement of the Kan- sas industrial court Jaw, Alexander Howat, chieftain of the Kansas coal miners, went to jail today, Refusing to give a bond not to call any more strikes pending his appeal to the supreme court, a condition of taking the appeal, Howat surrendered himself to Sheriff William Harvey and was Diaced in the Cherokee county jail to serve a sentence of six months, He was convicted in June of hav- ing called a strike in violation of the criminal provisions of the law. With him to jail went August Dorchy, the Kansas union vice president, convict- e@ of the same offense and under the same-fentences. Toth men were fined $500. Howat's farewell to the miners who (Continued on Page 19) . duke the Fascisti or Extreme Nationaliats, and striving to gain the throne, with the generajs and’ other the meeting held ‘last night.” It limit- ed its recommendations to one cand. date for alderman in each of the three wards. Its report was adopted with- out a dissenting v The committee was composed of the ‘following citizens: C. “H. Townsend, president of the Stockmen’s National bank; R. 8. Ellison, vice president of the Midwest Refining company; ?. C. Nicolaysen, of the Nicolaysen Lum- ber company; Charles Anda, county commissioner and head of the Na- trona Abstract company; W.J. Bailey cashier of the Citizens National bank; George Nelson, real estate dealer, and J. R. Pettingill of the Pettingill Tail- oring establishment. ==.-MINES ARE IDLE AS HOWAT COESTO JAIL Lightning Bolt Strikes Blimp, Hangar Burned DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 30.—A bolt of lightning in an electrical storm early this morning struck and demolished ‘a “baby blimp” dirigible balloon sta- tioned at Wilbur Wright aviation field. The hangar was burned to the ground and Thomas Mumma, night |watchman, was seriously injured by | shock. He is in the field hospital. | The balloon was 87 feet long and |said to have been the smallest in the lair service. Loss is $19,300. Wilbur Foshay, | communities, firat ward; W. J. Bailey, second ward,|fovernments aiding in such w Pelton, who will not be a candidate] manufcaturers, for re-election at the November elec-| numberof workers used by each plant. Recommendations of Committee Are Up for D Consideration WASHINGTON, Sept. 3\ (Bulletin.) —An emergenc3 i it federal, yy the ‘erence of! unemployment. conference declared the unemployment problem was a question for community solution and placed responsi- bi upon mayors to pro- vide needed work through emergency committees. in Field by Meeting) wasHINGTON, Sept. 30. —(By The Associated Press.) —Tentative recommendations for providing work for the na- tion’s jobless workers, esti- mated at 4,000,000, were completed tccay for submission to the J. J. Giblin, insurance bro-] national conference on unemployment. ‘The recommendations, drawn up by the conference's steering committee clergyman, was indorsed as a] on the basis of reports from the vart- ous other committees, were charac- terized as an emorgency program and per at a meeting of citizens in| said to be based on the principle that Unemployment {s in the main a prob: lem for solution by the individual the federal and state as possible. Establishment of omerge! representative committees in the com- Chester Bryan, Fred Von Gorden and| munities to co-ordinate the work of now members of thejfinding 4 econd and|#nd for registration of the unemploy: and whose|Mment was understood bs tor (he involuntary idle to be recom. mended as the initial step in the relief Other chad: Publication of tne number of un- a committee named at a meeting held| employed by the individual communl- night | ties. Establishment of part-time work by thus increasing the Operation of factories and mills in On that occasion a vote of those|the making of stock where possible. Continuation of repair.and similar Giblin being named as the cholce ef| work on a normal scale. Doing of repair and alteration work and home Veitch and Wallace|owners during the coming winter in- by office building, hotel stead of in the spring as usual. Expansion of” street, maximum volume. municipalities. (Continued on. Page 'I0) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30.—To- @ay's New York-Philadélphia Amer- jean Jeague ball game was called off because of a heavy rainstorm that swept Shibe park Just about the time the teams were to start playing in the last game of the sea son . The game will be played off in a doubleheader in New York tomor- row. The Yanks need to win but one game to clinch the American league pennant. vo! 5 state and municipal action for the relief of the country’s un- recommendations et, repair and buliding work by municipalities to the Establishment of part-time. work by ‘Co-operation by stat’ officials with YANK-ATHLETIC GAME IS CALLED K TO IDLE OHERIFE SEIZES STILLS REMOVED AOM SCENE OF Twi * ‘leged Owners Al- so-Located by Officer in Following up Work Which Located Mash Following up a raid of the previous. night in which he confiscated 44 barrels of mash which was working at top speed in a basement in North Casper, Sheriff Joe Marquis Thursday invaded a house at the ter- mination of North Durbin street in the same section of the city and seized two alleged moonshiners along with & couple of stills which he belleves were removed from the’ first base- ment before he could reach them. One was a still of 50-gallon capacity and the other 25-gallon appearance of having been installed in the house and outhouse. “Steamboat” Neighbor and James Barger wére placed under arrest by the sheriff as owners of the property. A search of the premises algo revealed & quantity of materials for making a fresh ‘start in the moonshine busi- ness. eons ROAD REPORT STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT September 29, 1921. Grant Highway—Nebreska lne to Lest Springs, good, then generally fair to Orin. Yellowstone Highway — Platte county line to Orin, a few chuck holes, then generally good to beyond Careyhurst, then fair to Glenrock. New construction work between "Glénréck and Parkerton, Parkerton to Casper, some rough stretches. Casper to Shoshon! generally good. Shoshon!-Lander Road—Generally good, some rough stretches across the Indian reservation between Riv- orton and Hudson. rough stretches in the first 12 miles north of the concrete pavement, then falr to the Johnson county line and generally good to Sheri- Price of Crude Is Advanced by Magnolia Firm S, Texas, Sept. 30. — In creases of 10 to 25 cents per barrel for crude oil was posted today by Magnolla Petroleum company. INDIANS DEFEAT WHITE SOX, 3-2 2 > oa G PENNANT RACE CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—Cleveland defeated Chicago, 3 to 2, today and retained its place in the scramble for the American league pennant. The Indians scored their runs in the fifth by bunching four hits off Faber. Cleveland. Coveleskie pitched for Chicago scored a run in the first inning by bunching three hits after Johnson and Strunk had been retired. Coajlins drove a single to center and Hodper sent him to sec- ond on a single to right. Sheely fol- Jowed. with a hit to center, scoring Collins. Mostil ended the inning with @ fly to Smith. The White Sox added another score in the fourth when Coveleskic waver- ed and walked Hooper. Sheeley slash ed a double down the third base line, scoring Hooper, The rally ended ab- ruptly when Mostil, trying to bunt, hit into a double play, ardner to Communication to Lloyd George Paves Way for Resumption of Negotiations Looking to Peace in Ireland LONDON, Sept. 30.—(By The Associated Press.)— De Valera today sent a communication to Prime Minister Lloyd George accepting the invitation to a confer- ence im London, October 11, with a view to a settlemen of the Irish question. “We received your letter of invitation to a conference in > | Sewell, and Mulligan fouled to Gard- ner. Cleveland scored three runs in the fifth on four hits, 2 base on balls and @ sacrifice fly, Gardner and Sewel} opened the inning with singles and Burns fanned. Faber lost control of the ball and passed O'Neill. Coveles- kie sent a long sacrifice fly to Hooper and Gardner scored. Jemieson singled to right scoring Sewell and sending O'Neill to third. Wambsganss dropped a hit back of Collins in right and O'Neill scored. Wood's fly to Hop- per ended the inning. BRITISH INVITATION ACCEPTED BY IRISH London, October 11, with a view to as: certaining how the association of Ire- land with the community of nations known as the British empire may best be reconciled with Irish national as. pirations,” said Mr. De Valera in his reply. “Our respective positions have been stated and understood, and we agree that conference, not correspondence, is the most practical! and hopeful way tc an understanding. “We accept the Invitation. Our delegates will meet you in London on the date mentioned end explore every Possibility of a settlement by person ai discussion,” Casper-Sheridan Road—Some very a om a