Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 1, 1921, Page 1

— te RE cr et HE VOLUME Vi State’ and City Laws of ’ | First Importance. in ment, Walton Asserts CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 1. —The state of Wyoming has a perfectly good prohibition law and many Wyoming municipalities have prohibi- tion inances, ‘ore any county and town fn the state is in a position to suppress the liquor trat- fic without consffieration of the fed- erat prohibition law, but if they neg- States Attorney Albert D. Walton to- day: Se ea whe Casper Daily wom oct ===) Ca tbraaece [| CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1921. Extent of Love Between Great English- Speaking Nations Faces Test This Month in Arms Conference NUMBER 20. BRITAIN AND U.S. FACE ‘SHOWDOWN’ ED WITHOUT COURTMARTIAL Investigation by Special Cd. ‘nites Is Crdered by Senate Followr Sensa- tional Accusations That Mili. -y Pro- WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.X—Investigation by a spa com- mittee into charges by Senator Watson, Democrat, « .orgia, ‘A soldiers in France were hanged without 2 urt- that American martial or other unanimous vote; The president of the senate, and was Pershing Extends Welcome to Marshal Foch, French Leader Replies in Praise cedure in Army Was Ignored = y by the senath by appointed by th Senator Watson will be invited befope tt to produce proof, Replying to Senator Watson's charges that 21 American soldiers had Been hanged on one scaffold in France, Senator New, Republican, In- diana, prevented an official s from the judge advocate the army, showing that out of a @f 28 sentences of death, impos the American expeditionary forces, only 9 were actually carrie1 out. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1—Charges by Senator Watson, Democrat, Geor- gis, that American soldiers serving in Brence, wees hanged without court- martial Of ether form of trial, pre- cipitated heated debate today in the setiate. Chairman Wadsworth of the military committees, invited the Georgia senator to appear before his committes to produce evidence in sup- port of his charges. |/ Senator Watson produced a small | photograph of an alleged hanging and insisted that his charges were true. Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, jsaid he had sREPORT TRAIN WRECKING GINFESSED BY SUSPECT SEWED AT FLINT, MICH Ditching Passengers Was Mania With Criminal; Spread Rails, Failed in His Third Offense | FLINT, Mich., Nov. 1—Res | sponsibility for the wrecking of two trains and an attempt to wreck a third was admitted yesterday by Henry W. Gates, 59, of Huntington, Ind., ac- cording to Morris Wilson cf Chicago, chief special agent for the Grand Trunk railroad, who brought Gates to Flint last night from Pontiac. Gates confessed, Wilson stated, that he: had loosened a rail near La Peer Friday night, causing the de of s Grand Trunk express t route to Pontiac to Flint Do the two English speaking peoples reall through their respective governments or is all kindred races and “hands across the seas’* poppycock and banquet drivel? examined ¢! said, the prisoner also told of wreci- ing ® Michigan Central train by simt. lar means, Inst July, near Dearborn, and of attempting to derail a Grand ‘Trunk train at Montrose, Mich, in August. Gates would give no reason, officers said, for wishing to wreck trains. 11 FISHERMEN PERISH WHEN BOAT UPSETS Photo- “The federal officers whose duty it im to enforce the Jaws of the United States do not intend to ‘nterfere with or gurplant local officers,” said Wal- ton, “but desire to work with them and assist. them in every way pos- sible in | en: law. graph and had been told by two for- Mer service men that the charges bwere true, but that he was “unwill- ing to proceed on such evidence.” “How many senators know,” Sena- tor Watson had asked, “that a pri- Yate soldier was frequently shot by ‘his officers because of some complaint against officers’ insolence; and that they had gallows up on which men wero hanged, day after day, without Courtmartial or any other form of trial? I had and have the photograph of one of those gallows, upon which 21 white boys had already been exe- cuted at sunrise when the photograph was taken; and there were others camp jails to /be KANSAS CITY, Nov. 1.—John J. Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces, today extended on behalf of the Amer- ican Legion and his own native state, Mis- souri, a formal welcome to Marshal Ferdi- -|nand Foch of France, commander-in-chief of allied armies. General Pershing in an address be- KANSAS CITY, Nov. 1.—Following:is the text of Marshal Foch’s address before the American Legion convention: “Officers, noncommissioned officers and soldiers of the great American army: ‘ “My dear conirades of the American Legion: : INJUNCTIONBY (aims cose com- f =| COURT STARTS satisfaction at finding myself amongst you, valiant soldiers of 1918, to live again our glorious memories. Three years ago,on the first of November, 1918, the entire American army in France took up vigorously the pursuit a thing, else to enforce and command vespeet, for the’ prohibition law." CR eae clusive of the dinner hour. charged -with murdéring hin epdaughter, © Helen In relating the detail of’ the en-. ‘tire affair, Mra. Shove in a truthful and very frank manner told tho in-! cidents that preceded and lead up to the arrest and incarcération ‘of ‘her husband, Thy are substantially as follows: ‘ “Mr. Giblin. came out to ‘our homestead which is about 16 miles The convicted jauntily, OIL EXPLODES, INFANT DEAD) 2.20.02 22 1 him from the house for a short chat. He had been there two weeks be- fore but I paid little or no attention’ to them, believing that they were just. discussing business pertaining to the locat interests of the Spanish American War veterans. “But on the second day that I saw Mr. Giblin there, I mean) on September 4, I was asked to come over and talk with he and Mr. Bhoye. The first. I knew what was up, Mr. Giblin told me that unless I would sign 9 note, made personally: to him for $300 that he wopild have to put Sam in jail T: i “He then told me that he wanted the note to. protect the. {ipanish- American war. veterans xyom 3 loss because Sam had misappited funds. I was also told that Sam had chang- ed’ a check which was originally made payable to Tasker H. Bliss so that it was payable and cashed NEWCASTLE, . Wyo., Nov. Catherine Bergstrom, 18-month,old child of Mr, and Mrs. Floyd Berg- strom of Clareton died as the result of burns received when a can of kero- sere which her father was using to rekindle the fire exploded and drench- ed-her with the flaming fluid. Mr. Bergstrom was badly burned about “ the body in his endeavor to save the child, _ HOUSE ADOPTS HIGHWAY BILL WASHINGTO;: gr isn tte , Nov. 1—The house of 194 to 36 adopted sreport on the federal hich carries an appro- 000. for highway. Samuel Shove, a veteran of the Spanish-. C war, is in the county jiil and why he is there, according to the cuatencce aa and his wife, is through - the perfid: I ‘ The tickible eesti to kave arisen over & check author- © ized and drawn by Mr. Shove to the order of Gen. Tasker H. Bliss to defray traveling expenses from Washington to Casper during the reunion of the Spanish War Vet- Later the same check which was drawn for $250 was Fred Parrish, a roving picture operator who had a con- tract to make reels of the reunion. Parrish’s claim was for $400. Parrish cashed the check and pep live the rat of the an ees Talbaatieetty-00 Giblin was chairman of the finance com- mittee. After the transaction above related Giblin appeared at the Shove home and demanded a note for $300 pay- able to hiniself upon the pretext that the note would set- OF MRS. a7 aig ye led the misapplication of funds in the ir- regularity of the check transaction. Remember, the Mr. him up. ‘the and he told me that all the records of note to him that he would get. a “man to discount the note and that ‘would ever know anything about it. ‘J that the check which he wag as the lever to pry the note from ‘would be returned to me gave the note or that it would be destroyed so that no one would ever know about it. A “Well the day I came into town I went to Mr. Giblin's office and signed a note for $300. First I asked. Mr. Giblin if the money couldn't be 1 ed by Shove. SAMARITANIS te Hi arm: no toKeep Veteran in Bastile Here Infidelity to the sacred vows of friendship he had pro- fessed is laid at the doors of J. J. Giblin, erstwhile minis- ter of the gospel, now stock peddler and insurance opera-| tor and aspirant for the highest hon- ors that can be given a-man in a municipality—the office of mayor. As a result of this infidelity, there’ is a wife and baby in dire want wait- ing in Suspense at their home here while’the father, the victom of intrigue, is languisting in the county tim of this violated trust in realtly is being framed upon to keep him in jail in'a hope of charging him with a responsibility of a trumped up crime which evidence at hand in- dicates he has not. ‘ ‘The people who are made the vic- ‘tims of the intrigue are Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Shove and their 20 ‘months old baby daughter. The father is in jail and has been there since October 11 charged with alter- ing a check. ‘The wife and child are rd (Continued on Page 5.) eee Framexp Charged j tentions being perfectly sincere and ATHENS, Nov. 1—Between 275 and 300 union miners - empl mine No. 26 of the New York company at Floodwood, ‘this county, ‘wint on strike this morning as test against the “checkoff”" f ‘The statement of Sam Shove, the man who has been victimized and who claims that this present pre- dicament is due to the spirit of re- ‘venge exhibited by Giblin and oth- ers is self stifficient. ‘The statement follow: _“First I. will explain the detail of the affair especially about the check. When wo arranged. with General Tasker H. Bliss to come here to speak during the Syanish- American war veterans encamp- ment we authorized the expenditures of $250 to cover his expenses. “This check was drawn in regu- lar form and mailed to Frank W. ‘Mondell, Wygming wepresentative ‘at Washington. When he learned that General Bliss would be unable to come here he mailed the check “back to me at Casper: : _ "I recetved the letter and check on July 5. On this date we were holding the big banquet in honor of the encampment visitors. I hand- who was present at the meeting and whom I had formerly appointed chairman of the finance commit- tee, “At the same timo I asked Mr. Giblin if he had signed a check for Fred A. Parrish for $200 the oris- inal sum he was to be paid on a $400 contract to take pictures of the encampment, parade and other features. “He said that he had not signed the check and I told him that I jwould turn the check which we had | ‘written for Bliss over to Parrish. ‘Without any formality I just sGratched off Bliss" name and in- | Serted Parrish. 1 then handed the Check to Parrish and nothing was Said about it. I made no particular | effort to erase Bliss’ name, my in- | straight forward. I never even ate him, Shoves further state that the extra $50 repre- sented in the note for $300 was to pay a claim to Ear! thess cireumstances should be de- *manded by Giblin, payable to himself is for Mr. Giblin (Continued om Page 5.) | doubted that unything would arise | from the altering of, the check for at least it was an act done legally end with full knowledge of Mr. Giblin who was/acting officially as chairman of the finance committee, “Later this very act of paying Parrish the money he had coming was approved in the meeting of the local camp. I never thought or herrd anything of the matter until after I left town for my homestead Where myself and my family wert | one Sunday afternoon xppreached by Mr. Giblin and told that the camp planned to presecute me for paying @ Will which as chairman of the gen- eral committes ‘I had full right to | (ow right here I might explain ed the letter and check to Mr. Giblin | of the defeated halt until the German surrender,. tensity as in its rapidity. One end all you have had your share in it. You may well be proud-in responding in Pro-| mass to the call to-arms of your govr -|ernment, in equipping, training and tion issued yesterday by Judge An-|organizing yourselves as rapidly as Gerson in federal court at Indian-| possible, you had in view only the (Conti on, Page 4) “Mountain mnt departme throtgh George T. Handburg and Edwin J. Kemp appointed me as chairman of the committees which should make all arrangements for the encamp- ment celebration in Casper, This took the matter entirely out of the hands of the local post and I. was given full power to act in making all arrangements, appointing all com- mittees and in doing everything in my power to make the encampment in Casper a big success. “It was on the authority vested in > me that I named Gihlin chairman of the ‘finance committee and made all other appointments, “Before I had left town for the (Continued on Page 5.) KEEP SCRATCHING Did you ever\hear that old and pathetic story of the hen which refused to scratch? ‘Well, once upon a time was a pronounced shortage in tho ‘worm market, with demand far greater than supply. A.maxiraum of effort was necessary to.get the minimum ,of worms. Under the circumstairces,, the ben decided that scratching did not pay, so she stopped. Day by day she became weaker, Her complexion faded and she lost her cackle. At last she was no longer able to leave the coop, Farmer Jones soon no- ticed her sorry condition. Think- ing that she. was in the last. steges ‘of pip, he threw her into the hog pen, where she perished miserably and was eaten by the swine. ‘The moral of this story, plied to your business and tising it, is very plain. there Keep scratching; if your scratchers are weakening let THE TRIBUNE dig for. you, ‘but don’t take the sourse of that foolish hen. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1—William Egan, a member of the Democratic elty committee, and recognized as a “power” in local and. state Demo- crate affairs, was shot and killed while standing in the doorway of that the commander of the Rocky his saloon bere last night by un- | enemy and did not FAITH waiting in the hanged Morning after morning.” Produce the proof. Senator Watson replied that he Produce his itnet Were guaranteed tra *I mean every word ¢ hanged and I can produce witnesses who saw it, if it is safe for them to ; )were safe, who saw me (Continued on Page 12) NATIONAL COAL WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Justice Hitz of the District of Columbia su- preme court declined today to en- join Attorney General Daugherty, United States Marshal Splain and others from serving subpoena or_ — in Lisbon Marks sulate here, Nod tribute the outrage to:the der in Massachusetts. A dispatch from’) Consul General Hollisat Lisbon recetved early today at. the state department. reported the bemb explosion: in the consulate there. The consul general said the Portu- guese government was investigating ‘energetically and would.make efforts ST. LOUIS DEMOCRAT IS SHOT DOWN, REFUSES TO GIVE CLUE identified assailants, who fired at him from a curtained sutomobile while’ passing. “I don’t know who shot me, and I wouldn't tell it I did. I'ma sport," were Egan's dying words, Police claire a gang feud ig’ re- sponsible for Egan's death. Senator Wadsworth. declared that his charge. could not be lightly brush. ed aside, nor “could it be excused on grounds of excitability in debate.” He demanded that Senator Watson sented the “demand” and would ical him foot to foot and shoulder to shoulder that he was the equal of ded, “and I did not overpaint the pic- ture. I have photograph of the gal- lows upon whith white soldiers were ood | ANGLESHA,,: Nov. 1.—Elleven fishermen are, believed to haye been drowned, possibly more, by the upset- ting of a sma! open motorboat in the southeast storm that prevatied along the New Jersey coast. One fishing hot is missing. The sea tragedy ‘was not discovered until two bodies Were washed ashore near the Colt Spring coast guard station and the finding early today of an upturned ‘boat. ¢ ‘The two fishing boats left Anglesea yesterday in tho teeth of the rising storm for the fish pounds about 10 miles offshore. a RACING PIGEONS START HOME CHICAGO Nov. 1.—“Pa's coming home,” was the message borne by 200 carrier pigoons released yesterday to fly to £00 homes in all parts of the country. The birds belong to breed- ets who. bave been attending the an- nual convention of the American Rac- ing Pigeon union. They served as ex- hibits during the meeting. ASSOCIATION MUST ANSWER TO INDICTMENT . other legal procesc on the national coal association and John D. A. Morrow, its vice president, to answer an Indictment returned against the plaintiffs and 225 others in Indian: apolis, for alleged conspiracy to vio late the Sherman anti-trust law. CONSULATE IS BOMBED ‘ Explosion on Staircase of U. S. Consulate Continuation of ‘Red Agitation in World LISBON, Nov. 1.—(By The Associated Press.)—A bomb expreded. this morning on the staircase at the American con- was done, however. ‘The police at= agitation in connection with the cases of Sacco and Vanzetti, Italians under conviction of mur- to apprehend those responsible for the affair, Only trifling damage to the building was reported. 5 The bomb, which apparently waa some. form of grenade, had been plac- ed before the door of the quarters of the American consulate, It appears that it exploded after the consul, in Jeaving the quarters, had given the grenade a push with his foot, but the interval intervening was sufficient to sive him tinié to escape. Officials reported that a found nearby said the bomb was meant as a protest in the Sacco-Van- zett! case. INVEESTIGATION OF THREATS ORDERED WASHINGTON, Nov. _ 1.—Inyesti- gation as been instituted by the de- partment of justice into threats being made by radicals in connection with |the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, Ital lens convicted tn Massachusetts of the murder of a mill paymaster, q