Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 4, 1921, Page 1

ERSHING SAYS CCUSATION OF ENATE CRITIC [3 OUTRAGEOUS No Foundation <a Charges of - tor Watson; Senate Probe Authorized by Vote NASHVILLE, Nov. 4.— General Pershing declared here today that charges brought in the senate by Sen- ator Watson, Democrat, of Georgia, were “the most out- rageous and untrue accusations that could possibly be made and absolute- ly without foundation.” ni = ~“o WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—A new resolution ordering a special commit- tee to investigate charges of Sena- tor Watson, Democrat, Georgia, re- garding treatment of privates in the American expeditionary forces, was adopted unani:nously today by the senate after a two-hour wrangle. ‘The senate also adopted unantmous- ly another resolution by Senator Brandegee, Republican, Connecticut, chairman of the special committee, authorizing the committee to sub- poena witnesses -nd documents but left. unsettled t 1 question, as to the exact charges 2: Senator Watson which Were te be Investigated. CHARGES REPEATED TODAY. BY SENATOR. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, told the senate today that his charge that 21 American soldiers had been hanged in France without trial had been based on the statement of a soldier who ‘said he had seen the gallows and had been told by the scaffold guard that this number of men had been hanged: Soon after Senator Watson pre sented the basis for his charges vorable committee report was made on the resolution authorizing the spe- cial committee appointed to inquire into the charges to subpoena wit- nesses and papers. ‘The Georgia senator presented the bases for his charge during another period of heated debate on tho sub- ject. He read a telegram from this soldier, whose name was not dis closed, saying that the gallows was at Glevres, France, and that the guard had told him that other men were to be hanged on it. @ “That's the number I said,” de clared Senator Watson, referring to the number mentioned in the tele- gram. “That is the information which I based my statements.” The Georgia senator declared that this soldier, who, he said, had served four years in the army would “face the senate and answer any questions as bravely as he faced the Germans.” Senator Watson asked if the war department would give the name of the “gallows guard” and others in- volved in the Glevres execution. Senator Wadsworth, Republican, New York, chairman of the military committee, sald that was what was proposed by the senate investigation ordered, he added, because the Geor- gia senator refused to go before the military committee. Senator Watson replied that he had ® constitutional right to present his case in the open senate and intended to do so. “Why not debate this here in the open and meet me face to face?” Sen- ator Watson said in reply. ‘Why try to entrap me and cage me and silence me in a committee room? If there's anything cheaper in this coun- try than human life it’s a whitewash- ing committee report. “Does the general staff want to hide in the committes room?" Senator Wat- son continued. Senator Watson said he was fight- ing the “military clique, the Prussian- {zed system” and that “we have now reached the point of militarism where it ‘is a crime to criticize the army,” which he said was the stage that Germany had reached before the breaking out of the war.” LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4.—The po- lice reported today a ‘suspect was under surveillance in the investiga- tion of the rebbery last night of four mail pouches from a mail truck in the downtown business section. The pouches were found in a ya- cant lot in the Hollywood section, fa-|fores. is always necessary. In other ‘OF MUR Che Casper Daily Crihiune Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Saturday, not much change in tempera- ture. VOLUME VI By DAVID in this the fifth of a series of and “reduction” of armament.) have simple meanings. ference.” they do: ot believe in complete America would never disarm alone. Nor would the rest of the world be words if armament should be reduced it should never pass below the line of domestic safety. But while dis- armament isn’t intended, it is also interesting to reveal the fact that “linitation of armament” has a tech- nical meaning in navel parlance and so has “reduction of armament." Ne- val experts have the same attitude as lawyers toward legal phrases. They have reasoned it out that limitation of armament, for instance, means scrapping ships now in ‘service but really obsolete. Each navy has a number of such vessels. Once they were first line fighting craft. Now they are relegated to the rear, but every nation keeps sailors on them and spends a lot of money in main- tenance. No one nation likes to throw away these obsolete ships tf the other nations keep them. So limitation would mean abolishing by common consent the expense of obsolete ships. That could of course be accomplished without any special agreement about new construction. It’s the least that the coming conference can do. As for “reduction of armament,” this term means actually limiting the new construction to the vessels now building and limiting new appropria- tions only to the replacement of ob- solete Ships, A special convention or treaty would fix the period of obso- lescence so that a vessel" built in 1921 could for example be automatically re- placed in 1931 and so on. The American navy ts anxious to take the leadership in proposing a program not only of limitation but reduction. But the problem ts not as easy as a definition of terms might suggest. What ts meant by “new ap- propriations?"” And does it refer to inventions? If the Itmitation is in terms of money, some nation might absolutely: alter the relative strength of existing navies. Furthermore, what about the merchant marine? The merchant ships of today are po- tentially valuable as commerce des- troyers. Guns can be mounted op their decks in a few weeks and they can be converted into warships. Eng- (Continued on Page 7.) They had been sinshed open = and most of their contents rémoyed, Nelson R. Grimes, driver of the truck, reported he was held up by three men at Fifth and Los An- geles streets and forced to drive to a side street where the bandits handcuffed him to the rear door of the truck and escaped in an auto- mobile with the pouches, . one of CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, DISTINCTION IS. DRAWN MEET TI1LES Vast Difference Shown in “Limitation,” “Reduction” and “Disarmament” Viewed by Army and Navy Men LAWRENCE, Copyright 1921 by Thé Casper significant Davia dispatches, “limitation” WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—Simple words do not always For instance, ‘a President Harding and his JA pons AGED RANCHER WAS VIGTIN OF FAL, IS BELIEF Investigation by Authorities Fails to Establish Crime in Connection With Death of Williams. A rigid investigation of the cause ‘of tye death of Tom Williams, the aged rancher whose body was found near the Alcova road about 38 nifles south of Casper Monday, resulted if a statement issued by MW. Purcell, county attorney, this morning that, Williams from all evidence at hand had come to his death accidentally from a fall from the cliff at the bot- tom of which his body was found. The probe of the man's death was undertaken when it developed that Williams had had a violent quarrel with aman, said to have been a boot- legger the evenng previous to the finding of his body. This resulted In current rumor here that Williams had been murdered. Coroner Lew M. Gay, Sheriff Mar- quis, Mr. Purcell and other county officers made a full investigation of ‘the case and a conference resulted in the decision that the man had come to his death by falling from the cliff. His movements prior to the fall were traced, leading to the belief that in an intoxicated condition he wandered from the road and to the edge of the cliff over which he fell. /MAIL ROBBED ON COAST ARREST PENDING, REPOR which contained registered mail. Grimes, after forcing the door loose from the ‘truck, drove to the main postoffice and reported the robbery. The police said they expected an arrest to be mde soon. Postal authorities proceeded with (Continued on Page 11) “disarmament con-|#® isarmament’’, NOVEMBER 4, 1921. NN ||FAILS TO SATISFY THE AUSTRIANS BUDAPEST, Nov. 4.—Former Emperor Charles was de- urg dynasty today. Count fethlen, the premier, introduced the measure terday and it was expected the thronedeand th in the assembly debate would last for at least however, was taken today. ——— VIENNA, Nov. 4.— The Haosburg dethronement act in Hungary is de- as clared by the Austrian press to be in- adequate frém the viewpoint of Aus- tria and the “little entente” nations, as it failed expressly to exclude- Ex- King Charles and the other Haps- burgs from the kingship. Therefore, it is declared neither Czecho-Slovakt&. nor Jugo-Slavia will demobilize. rence, the famous Washington correspondent, tells what thé naval ex-| TRIANON TREATY Perts of our government have in mind in connection with EXECUTION DEMANDED, — . PARIS, Nov. 4.—Demands for the execution of the Trianon treaty })0- tween Hungary and the allies, indem- the official title of the | nitication for the cost of ‘calling Juzo- big conference is “Limitation of Armament,” ' Populatly the gathering has been erroneously called a: What's the difference between and “limitation of armament?” associfites have declared ‘soldiers ‘to disaimamen made in a to thi ‘by the’ Tugoster newspaper teh» colérs ‘and “com- of Hungary’ are 2. ite nations 2 CnyY =| EDITION NUMBER 23. HAPSBURG DYNASTY OUSTED HUNGARIANS IN BILL WHICH 'to enable a more complete and: effic- Bike: enforcement of the prohibition ts TEN MILLION ASKED TO|R ENFORCE PROHIBITIONS Increase in Annual Appropriation Is Sought; First Beer Permits Issued WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.— Congress will be asked for $10,000,000 for the enforce- ment of prohibition during jthe next fiscal year, an in- crease of $2,500,000, over the j“ppropriation for the cu:rent year. Prohibition Commissioner Hayties; in making this announcement today said the increase would be sought lwa through enlarged forces and fa- Mlities. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—Prohibl- tion Commissioner Haynes approved today the first two applications from was ousted from Hun- Hungarian national assembly brewers for permits to manufacture and sell beer for medicinal purposes under the new treasury regulations. The applications were from Joseph Schlitz, of Milwaukee, and Piel Bros., of New York, and officials said the Dermits for them to engage tn the medical beer business would be for- two days. Final action upon |Complete disarmament of Hungary under @ control commission which |should be headed by a Jugo-Slav mem- ber also was asked. —_.—___ HIGHWAY DESIGNATED. DENVER, Nov. 4.—The state high- | way advisory board today adopted a jresolution declaring the propos: “Mount Evans road a highway. The |Pesolution, it was said, for all time blocks any scheme to make a toll-road of the highway. Tho highway cannot not be developed by private funds. apnea DIES AT 109 YEARS. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. 4.— Rafael Olquin, 109 years of age, was found dead in his bed at his residence |a@t Saridoval. He “had not been | M1 and had led an active life despite his age. He is survived by six sons ers. BALLOT warded at once. Before the distribution of medical beer to the sick can begin, Commis- sioner Haynes explained, both physt- clants and drugeists must obtain new permits to enable them to prescribe and sell it. Applications for these per mits, he added, are made to state di- rectors and tesued by th LEGION CHIEF AT HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4—(By The Asso- clated Press)}—The first official act of Hanford MacNider, new national com- mander of the American Legion, was a visit ‘yesterday to the United States public seryiapshompliat: tage. dieses veterans, new’ commander, who accompanied the Foch party, ited with the wounded ‘soldiers for some time while Marshal Foch was resting at-a hotel. > ES DE WALD ACQUITTED DER, FIRST Verdict of Not Guilty in Connection With|| yan Perishes Shooting of Frank Roseberry Re- turned Within Ten Minutes James P. berry at Bucknum, October 1 charge on the case yortesidey, the ji Unique in court procedure here, M. W. Purcell, county attorney, defend- ed De Wald while W. H. Patten and S. E. Phelps were named by Judge C..0. Brown to handie the case for the state. Mr. Purcell watved his post as pub- Uc prosecutor in order to represent Do Wald, because at the original hear- ing of the case Mr. Purcell was re- tained by De Wald to: defend his rights. Details of the case which developed during the trial show that De Wald and Frank Roseberry, a rancher, for whose brother De Wald was working clashed, several times. On the morn- ing of October 10 Roseberry is alleged. to have gone to the bunkhouse where De Wald was stopping and there threatened his life. De Wald left the place and when Roseberry followed, with nis hands in his pocket and at the same time con- tinuing to threaten De Wald, the de- fendant, turned and fired at Rose- berfy, the bullets taking effect and causing almost instant death. ‘When the case was first brought to trial at the preliminary hearing over @ year ago, Hal Curran appeared as’ attorney for the state while Mr. Bur-| cell defended. De Wald was bound over to the district court. He was Feleased when members of the board of county commissioners proyided lis bond. The case has been held in suspense over two terms of court until Judge C. O. Brown ofdered that the case Le brought into court at this term. It was then that Mr. Purcell requested the court to appoint special prosecu tors and the right to defend his client. It is said that Mr. Purcell’s main object in maintaining his right to de- fend De Wald was because of his be-| Met that the former soldier cilled Roseberry in self-defense and because; he had pledged De Wald’s, mother! that he would do his utmost‘ to clear the record of her son. DeWald, held for the murder of Frank Roge- 0, 1920, was acquitted of the first ballot cast by the jury which heard the|—Michael Prapher, civilian The verdig¢t of not guilty was returned by in 10 minutes after the case had been given to the 12 men who were sworn to decide the fate of DeWald. not guilty be returned in 15 minutes. The finding of the jury was returned in 10 minutes. a FOUR STATES FILE PETITION WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. — Four Western states, Kansas, Nevada, Ariz- ona and North Dakota, asked the in- terstate commerce commission today to follow up its recent order reducing interstate freight rates on grain, grain products and hay approximately 15 ber cent by making a similar reduc- tion of rates within their borders. The public utility commissjons of the four states named asserted in the complaint that the railroads in 1920 increased the rates on the commod- ities given upon movements confined Within the state borders as well as upon interstategmovement and that the interstate reducion now made should herefore apply to the local hauls. BIG LOANS APPROVED ——— WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—Approval of ‘ances on agricultural and live- stock business aggregating more than $500,000, was announced by the War Finance corporation. The advances included 19 to financial institutions in ‘When the case went to the jury shortly after 10 o'clock last nigh: Mr. Pureell who had prepared) a stror \ defense requested that a-verdicr of! Minnesota, Colorado, Missouri, North Dakota. South Dakota, Georgia, Texas and North Carolina, The largest was $100,000 to a North Carolina finan: FORRATECUT; = in Trying to Save Animals SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 4. black- smith and 12 horses were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the stables at the Fort Douglas military post, near here, last night. Phapher attempted to release the hotses when he was trapped by the flames. The cause of the fire is unknown. | tee 2S he Ilsa Rickard Faces Receiver Upon: Banker’s Plea NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—Supreme Court Justice Hotchkiss today signed | an order requiring Tex Rickard, sports| ing promoter, the Madison corporation and the Madison Square Sporting Club, Inc., to show cause/ next Monday why the three should| not be put in the hands of receivers. | D. Armstrong, a ker. { —— MARINE CONFERENCE HELD. NEW YORK, Nov 4.—Secretary of| ‘Commerce Hoover was expected here| :today for a conference with a commit- tee of steamship owners at which plans for reorganization of the bu-/ reaus of the department of commer¢e will be discussed. RI\ ‘E TOKIO, Nov. 4.—(B} the Hara was fatally stabbed in th station in Tokio. WASHINGTON, Nov. AiL STATION T TOKIO IS SCENE Tragic Death ‘falling Hara Regarded of Dramatici% ortance in Connection With Pend. 4rms Conference Associated Press.) —Premier © breast today at the railroad 4.—(By The Associated Press.) Official advices from Tokio announcing that Premier Hara of Japan had heen stabbed fatally were received at the state a atc intact hate ah ai ay department today econ after press dispatches brought the news of the assassination to the United States. Japanese embassy officiats and members of the Japanese delegation to the armament and Far Eastern} conference received the first news| from the Associated Press and were! greatly depressed. Tho message to the state depart- ment, which was filed at 9 p. m, Tokio time gave no details other than | the premier had been athbbed. An hour later a message from the Amer-| ican embassy at Tokio, announcing | the death of the premier was received Secretary Hughes was attending the Friday cabinet meeting when the des-| patch arrived and on leaving the! White House was told of the assasina-| tion by newspaper correspondents. He| said he was greatly shocked by the! news. | Before the departure of the Jap-| Aneso delegation from Tokio, threat-} ening letters had been recelved by} various members of the cabinet and} Prince Tokugawa himself just before) embarking on the steamer for the, United States, received a fantastically | worded document threatening him with assissination uriless he achieved; Tesults at Washington of benefit to} his country and warning him also that he must not go too “foreign” in his ttitude while in the United States. Mr. Hara was rapidly attaining a ‘predominant position in the political Ufe of Japan, so much so that he was often referred to as the Lloyd George of the empire. He had achieved among other things a kind of work ing co-operation between the military and civic elements of the government. Baron Shidehara, the Japanese am- bassador, om being informed of the assassination, said» he preferred to make no statement until he had re- ceived official word from his home government concerning the affair. Admiral Kato who is next to the premier in the cabinet, {s tn Washing-| ton to carry out the premier’s pol- fetes. The assassination may have an tm- portant effect upon the conference on armament limitation so far as Japan is concerned, because it {s the custom of the Japanese to consult freely among themselves upon all important state affairs and the conference dele- gation would undoubtedly have cabled freely to Premier Hara for his advice as the various important subjects for deliberation came up. Baron Takahashi, the minister of finance, {s third in rank in the Jap- anese cabinet and it was deemed like- ly among Japanese here that he wauld be designated as the temporary head of the cabinet, Some members of the delegation Were inclined to attribute the Jap- anese |[ronin” or "'strong-armed men,” @ band of so-called patriots who some years ago were responsible for the assissination of Mr. Abe, the chief of the Far Eastern section of the for- eign office, for his alleged lack of firmness in dealing with the Chinese situation. When the Tokto correspondent of GIRL STRIGKEN BY APOPLEXY IN CASPER STORE Alice Brown, Daughtar of Real Estate Dealer, Victim of Sudden Attack Late Thursday. The death of Miss Alice Lottie Brown, 16 years of age, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown, 730 South Ash street, occurred suddenly yester. day afternoon at 5 o'clock, while the young lady, accompanied by her younger sister was shopping at the Woolworth’s store on East Second street. Death followed an attack ot apoplexy. ‘The father, Mr, Brown, ts a partner with Alex Marshall in the Marshall jand Brown real estate company. Mrs, Brown accompanied by her two un- married daughters arrived in Casper about five weeks ago, and they have made their home on South Ash street, Miss Brown was a student of the Natrona county high school and be- fore coming to Casper was well known among the young people of Riverton where the family made their © for the past five years...Sho had already gained many friends among her schoolmates who are sorry \to hear of the death. ‘The body is now at the Shaffer and Gay chapel and funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 9’clock at the Methodist church by the Rev. L. Carter. Burial will be made at the Highland cemetery. Boulder Police Chief Tied To City Lamp Post BOULDER, Colo, Nov. 4.— George D. Savage, chief of police of Boulder, was chained to a lamp post in front of a motion picture theater here last night for nearly an hour, His own handcuffs were used. Savage was married early in the evening to Miss Rosa May Hodges, daughter of Mrs. Belle Hodges of Boulder. After the ceremony he was kidnaped by friends, who’ hauled him through the city streets and then bound him to the’ post. Later, keys to the handcuffs were The Associated Press left Japan” for (Continued on Page 11) TO LIQUIDATE FRENCH CONSUL ORDERS BARK FLOOD FROM MOB OF NATIVES turned over to the bride, who re- leased the chief. AND ESCAPES SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 14.—(Correspondence of The Square| Associated Press.)—-The French consul at Yunnanfu, facing the alternative of having a mob of angry native depositors “spit in his face one after th unnanfu branch of the Banqu course, according to advices received here. The Yunnanfu branch of the Ban- que Industreilie suspended business along with other branches throughout China upon receipt of word from Paris that the institution was in dlf- ficulties. At Yunnanfu, according to the ad- vices, the depositors descended on the e other,” or of ordering the e Industrielle de Chino, which ‘The application was made by Frank\had closed its doors, to pay them in full, chose the latter bank July 25 !n an angry mob, mis treated the officials, insulted the French consul and finally forced re- payment of their deposits. “It now is 10 o'clock in the evén. ing,” the leader of the mob is quoted as remarking to the French consul. “If wo are not paid in half an hour we will spit in your face one after tha other and then we will pay a visit t¢ your residence.”” SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4.—The California police thru District Attor- ney Matthew Brady of San Fran- cisco, were last night requested to find Alice Blake, one of the main witnesses for the state In the man- slaughter charge against Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, due to be brought to trial here November 14. Miss Blake disappeared yesterday clal institution. from s place near Calistoga, where b she was staying with Mrs. John Duffy, mother of George Duffy, a deputy district attorney. The wit- ness was not under arrest, but was belng detained at Mrs. Duffy’s place with her own consent, pending the Arbuckle trial. Her disappearance, according to Mrs. Duffy's story to the district at- torney here, came after a visit by Miss Blake's mother, Mrs, John HUNT ARBUCKLE WITNESS DISAPPEARANCE SUDDEN Westphal of Oakland and an attor- ney whose name District Attorney Brady had not obtained last night. The girl left with her mother in an automobile, Mrs. Westphal saying she was going to take her daughter home. The Westphal home in Oakland was untenanted late last night, in. vestigators sald, ‘ )