Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1921, Page 1

5 I ENTIRE POLICE FORGE OF PARIS CONDUCTS HUNT Precautions Are’ Ordered]! 2S* 285 moet to Prevent Repetition of Asin’ Work i i i Hd H & iH i f i | | ARIS, Oct. 20. Th Associated Pree) as h bs ‘ee several jundred letters sent-recently to Myron T. Herrick, the or, today Am in ambassador, discovered one which they believe may furnish a strong clue gar ae the maker of the bomb which expjeded in Mr, Herrick's home here yesterday. ‘The letter was addressed to the am- cial duties for a day or two to remove the possiblity of reaction: from’ his nervous shock. Mr. Herrick, at the request of his staff, has decided not to use his open ae Ce en ee ee ee ee ae “TI Hope.to Shout and Slap My Foot’— an enthusiastic of Peter B Kyne's work rem&rked fol- lowing the announcement of the new strial ‘ The Green Pea the best novelists of the day. Don't miss the opening stallment next SATURDAY are ah Che Casper Daily Weather Forecast t and Thurs- ae VOLUME night. rein rising Seapererure Thurpday. "| Vi WITNESS TESTIFIES WITHOUT WORD GOVERNOR PAT ON BOUT BAN the Mike Gibbons-Mike O’Dowd box- ing match at Tulsa next Tuesday night. SS ea WILL LEAVES $60,000 FOR STRAY. CATS NEW YORK, Oct. 20—Cats all # i who ocen- the property for. yeare mh her two sisters, had a passion "for cats.: She. devoted eatablishing sanitoriums aad EL MOOSE JAW, Sask., Oct. 20.—Ap- scared $30,000 was the loot ob- bandit who held up an express pokive's on a Canadian Pa- cific train yesterday, officials of the Dominion Express . company an- nounced here last night. >. Felony Charged Against Fighter In Virginia War IN, W. Va., Oct. 20.—A warrant charging a felony in connec- tion with the recent. disorders on the Boone-Logan county county authorities but on advice of physicians, who’said Clark was too ill to be moved, the prisoner was left in charge of hospital officials. —$_$<_____. advices received here. » GRUDE RAISED | AT PITTSBURGH The Ragland, the‘only heavy off quot- fourth increase in the price of crude | ©d in this market, was 1% oll this month was announced here | nts § barrel to $1.15. rn Of authorities stated that pre today by the principal_ purchasing | yious advances had failed to bring agencies at the opening of the mar- | out the destred quantities of oil ket, an advance of 25 cents a bar- | from producers and that drilling rel_on the following grades: had not been resumed. They added, Pennsylvania crude, $3.50; Corn- | however, that the new price might ing, 2.15; Cabell, $2.35; Somerset, | be expected to stimulate both sales $2.15; Somerset light, $2.40, and expl Re thecclSaat. soocfase rs |at the office of the univereitw secre: | ‘tary yesterday. * Cribune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., expected to be completed Catholic priest, August 11. daughter by the priest. Stephenson had concluded his nar- rative of events which led up to the shooting and described the manner im which he slew the priest when he was interrupted by Judge Hugo D. Black, chief counsel for the defense. “Mr. Sheriff, call Piedro Gussman.” Gussman was called, “Walk before the jury. Judge Black commanded. Gussman without show of. emotion, stood before the 12. men In. whose handy rests the fata of his father-in, BAI cme “That will do,” said solve Black. criminal procedure, legal. observ said, that a witness had actually: called before a jury without speaking @.-word. The minister, proceeding with his statement, said he-went to the rectory in search of his daughter, not knowing that she had been married. In con- versation with the priest he learned that his daugher had been married by Father Coyle to Gussman and he then told the priest “You have treated me as a dirty dog in marrying my daugh- ter to a negro.” The priest told him not to repeat the statement. He repeated it, whereupon he said, the priest grabbed his belt, struck and kicked him and reached for his hip pocket. “I shot him then,” said the minis- ‘ter, his voice breaking and tears com- ing in his eyes. TC ae le? ' BANE. OFFICERS OCUNVICTED. DEER LODGE, Mont., Oct. 20.— Charles H. CassiJl and Scott Cassill, president and cashier, respectively, of the Orvando State bank, were found guilty yesterday of accepting depos- its knowing the bank to be in- solvent. R. Stephenson, who is charged wi connection with the shooting of Man Whose Marriage Led to Killing of Priest by Minister Brought Before. Jury Without Being Questioned Oct. 20.—Taking of testimony was} today in‘the trial of the Rev. Edwin | second degree murder in} ‘ather James E. Coyle; Another at crowd literal); fought to get into the courtroom. a = an Yesterday's TWO PERISH AS VESSEL BURNS <-:: t | CITY EDITION | | NUMBER 10. STEPHENSON-COYLE IRIAL NEAR END | ARMISTICE DAY | | events in the world’ in that | render of Cornwallis at Yoi } government. On the third anniversary of the will be buried at Arlington cemetery, an unknown soldier who gave his On this occasion homage cause of liberty. not forgetful that there are seve Ea con sorter that this y+ eas SPmistice Ds ae exercises: vat MARINE CITY, Mich, “Oct. 20.— Deis Sow a haf ae ‘Two members of the crew of the) | a enn Rader 3) “rl steamer Willian H. Wolf lost their | os one et lives wtitn the vessel opposite} igs ae own meant to the American people. It was the final triumph of that great principle—the right of man! i be to the thousands of his jefe Bm most proper that we should observe this day, that we should Fogg to remeniber those who gavo their lives, the uniform of this nation who were equally ready and willing to give ows al for their country. Let us not forget elther the living or the dead west that the day “aptamer prada of Wyoming. of Cheyenne this twentieth day of October, A. D. POLICEMAN IS EXONERATED BY CORONER’S JURY OF BLAME © SHOOTING NEGRO IN GUN FIGH, . William A. Rogers, the patrolman who shot and crayon wounded Ray Chapman, a negro, near Jazzland theater day night, was cleared of any criminal responsibility re: a |coroner’s jury which found that Chapman had come to his | death from a shot fired by Patrolman Rogers in the discharge of his duties. ‘The jury’s verdict followed an in Guest which was held this morning. |The jury was composed of George B. Nelson, John M. England and George Stilphen. The inquest was held at the Shaffer-Gay chapel where the remains of Chapman were taken following his death at a local hospital yesterday evening. The inquest was conducted under the supervision of Coroner Lew M. Gay, with John Casey, deputy county attorney representing the state. Patrolman Stewart, was the first witness summoned to testify at the inquest. He said that Patrolman |Nevers, Carlisle, |had gathered on the Sandbar in the Rogers, PROCLAMATION it meant to the world what “We all scattered then going in the ind to self- I reached the point where the shoot- termination of this t war, there ing had happened, having been at where sl sy he rican heroes, tracted there by three additional shots leep man, fe on the battle fields of France. not only to this unknown hero but who laid down their lives in the I found that Rogers had shot a man “The wounded man whom I did not know was lying on the ground cuss. ing between groans repeated time and again that he intended to get Rog. ers," » and at the same time ral million other men who were to the stand. LA man. Robert D. November rite edith, io ab “I went around the corner of Jazz state, and that’ all ‘on canted yg jana and about 30 or 40 fect away I saw a man approaching and I saw me stepped back also. I started to- ROBERT D. CAREY, » ing. “When I reached the corner of Jazz- gon in my ribs and demanded iw T to “him™and the shining steel of a revolver he was carrying. I stepped back into the board. dark and he evidently having seen wards him staying close to the build- ¢ land at the rear the negro stuck the to| the union leaders will resume their 9} enntinued to-talk | conference. ity outgeneraled. him. E PREVENTION POSSIBLE, POSTPONEMENT~NO “THREAT IN LETTER OFFERS CLUE TO EMBASSY BOMB! NG UNION LEADERS ARE OPTIMISTIC * lA RESULT OF SOR MEETING Chicago Conference Upon Means of Averting Big Walkout Is Convened as Workers Take Vote BULLETIN. CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—(By The Asso clated Press)}—Hoeads of the five rall- road unions which have ordered a seneral strike effective October 30, today conferred with the United States railroad labor board for more Carter and himself} than two hours in an effort to find & way to avert the proposed walkout The eleventh ‘of November will be the third anniversary of the [discharge of thelr duties and were} and then adjourned until 7 o'clock for signing of the tice which brought about the close of the world’s jstanding together on Ash street| another session, While none of those war, Tho signing of this Copy was one of the most im it |when they heard a shot. in the conference made any an- nouncement as to what took place at ‘general direction of the report. When | ‘B® 8fternoon session, all were amil- ing when they came out and a labor board member somarked that “no one seems downcast.” CHICAGO, | Oct. 20.— B The Assoviated Press yoleee Prospective rail strike cannot be postponed, but it can be, William A. Rogers was next catiea| Settled. This was the opinion He related the detai!| of the four brotherhood chiefs k leading up to encountering Chap-|and the president of the switchmen’s union after a conference this morn- ing &t which ft was learned they had considered all possible phases of the jy) Situation as they may be presented at the meeting this afternoon with the United States raiiroad labor The five presidents were tn confer ence two hours and adjourned short- ly after noon, ready to Present a united front at the mecting with the labor board at 2 p. m. After the meeting with the board, Tt was! fom unofficial sources -_DEN GATE INN? By that time I had my gun on him] learned that the unions were tn a re and I jerked him to throw his gun|ceptive!frame of mind and hopeful of out of range. As I did he fired twice | 80me development favorable to them VIPED OUT BY -FIRE INCENDIARY ORIGIN gun. “I believed that my life was the man,” he said, oe of his senses,” he said. tn danger or I would never have shot/ pig four brotherhoods and the switch: and I pulled the trigger on my own| from the labor board meeting that would avert the strike, CHICAGO, Oct. 20.—Chiefs of the men’s union arrived this morning and Aaked if the negro was drunk, Rog-/ Went into conference preparatory to ers responded that he had been drink- ing but that he was not intoxicated.| United States railroad labor board. “I believe that he was in full pos- thelr meeting this afternoon with tho Union headquarters was optimistic and there was a strongly evident feel ‘Smoldering Ruins Mark Site of Notorious SLAYER’S Roadhouse Southeast of Casper; Ku Klux Klan Suspected, Report TRIAL SE CHICAGO, Oct. 20.—Trial of Harvey W. Church, 18 years of ago, Rogers said that he had been on|ing that there wil! be no strike, um the police force\here since July 4 and[less something unexpected occurs to that this was his first experience as| disrupt the conference this afternoon. a police officer, Exe at the union conference C. J. Carter a traffic officer, sub-| Were Warren 8. Stone, grand chief of stantiated tho statement of the other| th? Brotherhood of Locomotive En- officers adding that he heard the ne.|S!neers; L. E. Sheppard, president of gro say “well you got me but I tried|the Order of Railway Conductors; W. The Golden Gate Inn, the notorious roadhouse on the Elk- horn road, about a mile from the city limits, where high car-| ea Bernard J. Daugherty and Cari niva] and ‘night orgies have held sway for many months, is| Asmus, automobile salesmen, today now a mass of smoldering ruins, with only the twisted wires| was set for November 28. of the dance hall piano and kitchen range remaining as revelry spent in the “palace of joy.” That the fire was of incendiary origin is not only broadly hinted at, but is generally accepted as a fact by those who are familiar with the facts concerning sort. But whether it. was the work! of ™more or less mythical “K. K. K's" or indignant fathers and moth- ers, or perhaps neighbors, who re- sented the invasion of their territory! by the denizens of the underworld,/ is reerely a matter of speculation. ‘There are others, however, who claim it was an “act of God,” and attribute the fire to defective electric wiring. ‘The place has been unoccupied for| the past two weeks when, acting on BLOODLESS REVOLT | PORTUGAL SUCCEEDS LONDON, Oct. 20.—(By The Associated Press.) After a bloodless revolution in Por- tugal, a ministry has been eek and is in full control at Lisbon, it is stated in dispatches received at the Portuguese legation here today. BADAJOSE, Spain, Oct. .20.— Serious disorders attended the military movement! against the Portuguese government, which broke out in Lisbon on Wednesday, it 1s said in The trouble began when the Cafe Bragiliera political rendezvous was closed, citizens and the Republican guard coming into collision. In the ensuing demonstration, there was con- siderable rifle 2nd revolver firing, but the number of casulties is not imown here. Sailore became involves in the! crowd, wounding a number of persons. Students end the police also came to blows and many were injured. The police have arrested numerous per- ‘sons. —___—_»____ NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. 20—A degree of doctor of laws will be con- ‘Yale on November 12, it was stated AUTO DR the opefation of the re-| | some distance from the other build- the reddened remains of the silent reminders of nights of| complaint of many citizens owning property in the neighborhood, Sher-| iff Marquis ordered the place closed. | The Golden Gate Inn, which was| jestablished only about three months) }ago, was owned and operated by! Belle Reardon, a notorious underworld | | madam, who is reputed to own tender-| loin property in several Wyoming! towns, and who formerly operated a| resort on David ‘street before “the! line” was closed about two years ago, | The fire is believed to have started| between 8:30 and 9 o'clock last night,| amd in less than an hour the place |had burned to the ground. The re-| sort was made up of a four-room| house, a garage, a large dance hall,| and another large room, recently fin-| fished, which it is generally supposed| was to be used as a gambling hall, |the rumor having gone the rounds jthat a “real Monte Carlo” was to have been opened up there in a very short time. All the buildings being of frame construction, the flames made short work of the resort, and a smouldering coal pile, the outline of the dance hall piano, the remains of three slot machines, the kitchen Fange and other articles of steel fur- niture, bent and twisted in all man- ner of shapes, are the onfy remain- ing evidence that buildings once stood on the lots. The garage, which stood }ings, alone escaped the flames. It ts said that no insurance was carried on the place, and that {t a total loss. IVER IS HELD FOR DEATH this place from a car driven by Bursan, | nd occupled also by Sciffen, when the machine overturned at a sharp curve and Cherry was fatally crush- ed. None of tho other children was nor was Bursan oner’s jury found that the acel- dent was the result of reckless | driving and the manslaughter charges resulted, who recently confessed ho murder- |to get you first.” Harry Nevers, a patrolman, said he heard the negro say, “I'd have got (Continued on Page, 8) REGISTRATIONS ARE LIGHT FOR CITY ELECTION, BOOKS T0 CLOSE days that the booths were opened here was the lightest it has been for a city election in years, it fs anid. The polls will remain open from 7 to 9 o'clock tonight so that every- All persons who did not vote at the Iast general election and expect to participate in tho city election which will be held November § must register at the booth in their district before 9 o'clock tonight or forfeit their chance to assist in naming | mayor and three council men. From figures gathered today the regivtration durin. the first two BRUMFIELD TO HANG, VERDICT ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 20.—Sentence of death by hang- ing is to be imposed Saturday upon Dr. R. M. Brumfield, ac- cording to announcement in court after a verdict was returned at midnight by the jury which for days had been hearing the story of the wrecked automobile and the headless body of Dennis Russell. The prisoner, who throughout the! two weeks of trial maintained a stolid exterior, showed no emotion when the verdict was read and walked with firm step to the jail. Mrs, Brumfield was still in a state of collapse today following her break- down in court when the finding of the| jurors was announced. | ———— | PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 30— LEGION MEMORIAL PLANNED. | Meuse sti oe Beyeenah, Gas RR imperial potentate of the Ancient Arablo Order, Nobles of the Mys- ti; Shrine, told Shriners of this city last night that the organiza- tlon had pledged itself to tho ex- penditure of $10,000,000 for the care have the opportunity to do so. A final day of grace October 27 is pro- vided for the persoms who are out of town at this time or who for other good reason are unable to reg ister now. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 20.—The}| American Legion will devote tho opening day of its national conven-| tion, October 31, to addresses by its| national officers and distinguished guests and to a memorial service for the late Col. F. W. Gailbraith, Jr:, for- mer national commander of t legion, {t was announced today, i » gardless of color, creed or sex. Mr. Cutts said there are 400,000 crippled children within the juris- | P and cure of crippled children re- | | labor G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; W. 8. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Enginemen; and T. C. Cashen, president of the Switch- men’s union of North America. The eleven so-called “standard un- fons” marked time today awaiting patoans of the labor board meet hile a few of thelr general taieroee met to discuss strike plans, the majority crowded the hearing rooms of the labor board to hear the case of the Pennsylvania railroad, clted for failure to obey ths board's orders. Despite the optimism in brotherhood vircles, J. M. McGrath, vice president of the railway employes department, American Federation of Labor (the six ‘one who has not yet registered will | {federated shopcrafts), declared before the labor board hearing in the Penn sylvania case began that a strike seemed to him to be certain. The shopcrafts have voted to strike, but have not issued strike orders. Twenty-two railroads have violated 4ecisions, McGrath said, and the are insistent on walking out. N. P. Good, chairman of System Federation No, 90, the shopcrafts un- Yon on the Pennsylvania lines, an- nounced he had ordered a new strike vote taken among all shop employes on: the Pennsylvania lines, both union and non union, and that the shopment would not strike until the result of this ballot is known. The Pennsylvania, through C. B, Hiserman, general counsel, presented to the labor board a lengthy statement signed by President Samuel Rea, set- ting forth the road’s reason for refus: ing to comply with the board's order and call a new election of employes’ committees. The board set aside a previous ele (Continued on Page Four) SHRINERS WILL HELP CRIPPLED diction of the Shrine and that isthe rogram of the organization to es- tablish hospitals in various sections of the country to care for them. Already one had been established- at St. Louis, he said. It is pro~ posed, Mr. Cutts declared, to os- tablish hospitals at Shreveport, La., Montreal, St. Paul, Minn, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and one in Pennsylvania, the location te be i a 4 ‘ lm aes: SEN RE A SENS 2 SR RR Ie SS I}