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

ras RECEIVERSHIP FOR GERMANY URGED BY FRENCH Che Casper Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Epler somewhat colier to nm - Daily eae CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1921. BLUEBEARD SENTENCED TO DIE ON GUILLOTINE Henri Landru Smiles for First Time Daring Trial as Judge Sounds Fate; Court and J ury Thanked and Defendant Refuses to Join in Appeal for Life in Prison VOLUME VI FOUR KILLED IN CRASH OF LAWTON, Okla. Dec. 1—Four army aviators, two officers and two privates, were killed when two air- planes in which they wero prac- ticing combat duty, collided at sn altitude of 2,000 fect, and crashed down half mile east of Post field, Fort Sill, Okla. 5 RA PES 2m BAHAI LEADER DEAD. VERSAILLES, Dec. 1,—(By The Associated Press.) Henri D. % - beard of Gambais,” smiled last night for the first time pee his Ere ar pade ty” bared expression of amusement crossed his face as he listened to the words of Judge Gilbert send- ing him to the guillotine for a seri thi i , Dec. 1—Abdul Baha Ab- jurisprudence. jes of the most heinous crimés in the history of French ic Aig egg ec) anda ank yo: iad died at Haifa, Syria, Monday, accord- vow ts foe Jury and ip cae ing to @ dispatch to London Times. == —=SIX DEAD IN HEAD-0 DOUKHOBOR TRIO DANCE IN NUDE AS ADMITTANCE TO AMERICA IS DENIED tence to life imprisonment which was signed among others by the jurors. missioner Zurbrick had questioned them as to their fitneas to proceed said Landru, flourishing his weather-beaten hat in a mocking “It has been a great show,” he said, referring to the =! PORTLAND, © collision -on today as prospective settlers. He aileged that their views coincid- ed with the accepted definition of! anarchy near Nelson, B. ©., discarded all crushing the skulls. The stove was Jothing ine wa! ae ZR one of the principal exhibits at the Twenty-two persons were was that of robbery. MAN HANG rest. WIENNA CROWDS RIOT ANDLOOT SHOPS DEALING IN LUXURIES floor and to hari bedding and fur- niture Into the mob crowded in the street below. The old Bristol hotel. later suf- fered the same fate, its fur- nituro being hurled out to* the cheering crowds. . The Grand hotel, the largest In the city, and the Hotel Imperial, pags NE aac jenna police were apparent- ly helpless; many squads of them being seen standing quietly by as onlookers. STEAM AND FOAMITE CONQUE KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1.—The Jack- n County Medical association today started a campaign to make vaccina- tion against smallpox universal in Kansas City. Almost 100 persons have died here since September 1 of smallpox out of about 285 cases, according to health officials. 7 CHURGH TRIAL I$ OPENED IN CHICAGO COURT .Man Accused of Killing Auto- mobile Salesmen to Learn claims Slack took his own life by hanging. Asked: the probable cause of death, Dr. Warthin said, it was elther shock or polson. Several days would be re- quired to determine whether Slack was poisoned. ‘The. jury: today viewed the base- ment. where Slack’s body was found, hanging from a beam. Time Extension Fate; Jury Still Incom- Te Granted to | FLAMESAT MIDWEST REFINERY| 0°22" i 2 AE ay bs complished yesterday to the se- 2 ‘Sacco-Vanzetti 2 oe Satta saa ons | eet Teele chemical | ection of jury during the tet dy in oll fires, for nearly half an | der in connection with the killing of hour before it was brought under | Bernard Daugherty and Carl Ausmus, control. automobile sales: and demonstra- The fire broke out while the high | tor, respectively. Four tentative ven- test naptha was being fremen were tendered to the defense from receiver tank No. 766 into | by the state and were promptly chal- storage tank No. 751. It also spread | longed. by Church's attorneys. rapidly to storage tank No. 750 from Beyond the statement that a defense the receiving house. novel in the history of Cook county Fanried by the brisk early mern- jurisprudence was to be introduced, ing wind and the extreme combust- | his attorneys did not indicate what ibility of the naptha the fire as- | sters they expected to take. Daugherty and Ausmus disappeared after going with Church to sell an automobile. gravity filter babes ihn perp were : xe DEDHAM, Mass, Dec. 1—Supertor | PArtlally, dentroved i a eee tid. Judge Webster ‘Thayer today extended west refining lant 7 until December 20 the’ time allowed tanks 30x30 feet in dh md ‘and counsel for Nicola Sacco and Barolo- their fluid were coi a in the meo Vanzetti to file a petition based on blaze. exceptions taken by them during the| "fr, construction of. the naptha trial in which the men were found ing: stdsion pievenbed..Ga fire guilty of murder in the first degree| Tecelving past = for the killing of a paymaster and his guard at South Braintree. Decision of Judge Thayer in a mo- tion for a new trial is still pending. Menntime sentence of the cortvicted men has been deferred. plant today that the loss was con- fined mostly to the destruction of the fluid and the tops of the tanks. The fiames were fought with and the other in the Desplaines river. BLACKMAIL SEEN IN INDICTMENTS that William D. (Buck) Evans, a member of the grand jury, circulated the story after falling to obtain money or a job from the administra- tion. z The sensstional chargé wos made through a statement in which t! governor made public a letter™ ceived by ‘him from C. EL Jenkins, G@irector ¢f public welfare, dealing timer posstsses information connect- ing friends of Governor Small with attempts to fix the grand jury so it would not return the indictments last July. ‘When. titeso rumors finally reached publication, Jenkins, according to the letter, was informed that they involv- ea-him in an alleged attempt to bribe Evans. . Governor Len Small Bares Sensational Charge in Letter Showing Alleged - Grand Jury Corruption, Report Injured Number 22 in Collision Between - Passenger Limiteds on Oregon ; Roads; Relief Is Rushed Dec, 1.—Six persons were killed in a land. I and westbound sete aa haw on their journey to the state of Malet ccies af tee Oiseee-Weskine tn Tateend cna Washington gation company, two miles east of Celilo. si jnjured. Among the dead was PROPRIETOR OF STORED EXPLom DRIVES OFF BANDIT; ‘WINELAND 10 C.E. Bdwards Takes Gun From One andl Cask Dividends \ q UID ATE WAR | 5 ay a Move [s Suggested as Lae aaa coy aeieligtors Counter Proposal to Moratorium Program of Great Britain road ewompany today declared a semi- Qmnual dividend of 6 per cent and a Special cash dividend of 15 per cent, Payable December 31 to stockholders of record December 17. PARIS, Dec. 1—(By The Associated Press.)—A receiv- ership for Germany as & bankrupt, with an autono- mous Rhineland to be ex- The directors also announced inaug. uration of a pension plan January 1, ploited by the allies for rep- rations purposes is likely to be pro- Directors of the Colorado and South ern, @ subdisiary company, declared a 2 per cent dividend on the first pre- ferred, completing payment of the reg Wlar 4 per cent annually; a dividend posed by France as an alternative toe any moratorium'on reparations that may be suggested by Great Britain, it was said in official cireles here today. The allies, it is held by French of- Of 4 per cent on the second preferred and a dividend of 3 per cent on the common stock. All to be out of sur. plus earnin; ficials, have full authority under the terms of the treaty of Versailles t take Germany's affairs in hand and to administer her resources in a manner similar to that pursued by the Turk. ish debt commission. Former President Poincaire, who ts jmnuch talked of as the probably sue- cessor of Premier Briand in the next LEMARS, Iowa, Dec. 1.—The Rev.|®°vernmontal change, recalls in his Father Wrenn, a Roman Catholic| Weekly review of the political situa- Priest, about 60 years of age, who is tion that the treaty of Versailles gives charged with assault on Ethel Bray,|the allies the right, in case Germany. 15 years of age, a student in the| defaults, to control her customs duties, Parochial school in Wrenn’s parish at|'t®x exportations and coal production. Akron, Iowa, will take the stand in| He said this must be demanded if the his,own defense today. It is under-|Teparations commission thinks it ip sivod that Father Wrenn will en-|°bliged to give Germany further time, deavor to prove an alibi. The trial] The negotiations understood to be begah yesterday. going cn now in London between the Sister Mary Raymond, @ teacher in| British government and representa- the school, told of hearing the whis-|tives from Germany are regarded in pering cf a man in the room after she| French official circles as a reprisal for had seer’ someone on the fire escape| the alleged separate action of France leading to the room. She also testi-'in making an agréement with thé fled tht she found a man’s hat in; Turkish Nationalist government at the ballway of the room. Angora. Much anxiety is expressed Efforts to identify the hat as ons. itst France should find herself faced of Father Wreno were unsuccessful. | With complete accord between Great pit Mie co Mehacb! oa Britain. and Germany. French offi- hials pointed out today that the ques ILLINOIS WILL tion of reparations was above a‘l % French question. Therefore, it was declared, any artangement arrived at CHEYENNE, Dec. 1.—That the Ill!- nols Pipeline company {s planning to by Great Britain in the absence of Freneb. representatives would be re- serited. connect the Sult Creek fleld with Cas- per with a pipeline of sufficient ca- pacity to handle all the “independ- ent” production of the field, was stated here Wednesday, following a conference between President Miller of the company and a number of in- dependent operators. ayant Two masked bandits, apparently novices at the holies game, attempted to rob C. E. Edwards, proprietor of a sm: grocery store at 332 East A street, about 10 o’clock last night, but left the institution without having met with success after | Mr. Edwards, seeing an opportunity, grappled with the larg- ‘est of the bandits securing possession of his gun only to be | knocked down by the other man. ceeded in wresting it from him. | The fight had apparently beem too] He was unable to protect himeslf |™much for the bandits, for they backed] from a blow delivered by the other to the door and fired once, the bullet barely missing other people, who were| ™2" and dropped to the floor. The . holdups then recovered the gun and |im-the store at the time. Danthtv¢o thé Come Semen anes Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and Mr. and} ¥*° ly gee rtac on, ioe . DeWilde anda son of the lat-|80 Covered. Some movement caused the holdup to fire and the bullet pene- trated the wall within a few feet of the head of Mrs. De Wilde. Less than two minutes after the holdups made their escape Patrolman Pile who was in the vicinity appeared at the door. He sald that he had seen the men leaving the store and run but ‘paid no attention to them at the time. Good descriptions of the holdup men have been recetved by the police de- partment. No report of the case had been made to the sheriff's office to- day. ter people were sitting in a room at {the rear of the little store When the |notfup men entered. Mr. Edwards went to the front of the store and was confronted by two/ masked men one of whom carried a small-calibre auto- | matic revolver. | ‘The holdup men backed Mr. Ed- | wards up against the partition and on seeing other people there apparently became confused. Seeing an oppor tunity while the unarmed pbendit was making the rounds Mr. Edwards at- tasked the man with the gun and suc- N RAIL CRASH Demand Large For Big New Year Edition aS ee PRIEST TRIED between the eastbound Port- Requests for extra copies of the copies of the Infustrial Prosperitr Edition, now being compiled by the Casper Dally Tribune and the Wyo- ming Weekly Review, to be published early in January, are being received in increasing number each day. Many of these requests come from: distant ‘states and hundreds of copies are be- ing ordered by local people who! will ‘mall @ “to friends, and relatives in all parts of the United States. To prevent any possible disappoint- ments in securing copies it is advis- able to fill out the coupon below and Send it in to the Tribune office today. A. H. McBride, a marine who was guarding the mat! on one of the trains. “he Portland.Spokane limited left Portland last night and the westbound Oregon-Washington lmited was due in Portland at 7.15 a. m. The tnjured wero rushed to the Dalles, where first aid was rendered, and afe en route to Portland on a special train which will be met by, doc- tors @nd nurses who left Pottland early this morning. The situation of the entente is re- | garded among French government of- jficials as exceedingly precarious, in view pf what they descrit> as nerv- ousness shown. by Great Britain and [Italy. Some officials expreased doubt jthat the French government would |Agree to arbitration of the reparations | question by the league of nations, if jsuch action should be proposed. The Casper Daily Tribune and The Wyoming Weekly Review Please reserve .......... copies On account of the bridge at Eagle|/ of your Industrial Prosperity Edit Creek being ‘damaged by high water]| tion for mi it was necessary to detour all Ore- - gon-Washington Railroad and Navi- gation trains over the Spoken, Port- land and Seattle line between Port- land and Celilo. ‘Train No. 12 had just transferred to the Oregon-Washington main line at Celilo and was proceeding east when it met No. 17, which was lote, hav- ing been delayed by water trouble. ‘The injured included: R. E. Folsom, Minneapolis, Minn., leg sprained; Theodore S. Rubedow, Mintarn, Colo., slightly injured and A. Johnson, Por- ter of Chicago, neck sprained. The other injured reside in Oregon and ‘Wash! The special train with the injured will arrive here at 11 o'clock. 5,000 NEEDLE WORKERS OUT CHICAGO, Dec. 1—Five thousand needle trades workers employed in the shops of members of the Chicago Cloak & Sulit Manufacturers’ association walked out at 7 o’vlock this morning when a new system of plecework pay ‘was to have been started. Officers of the’association said no attempt would be made to reopen the shops for the present. U.S. Charge Is" Given Welcome By Austrians WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—Arthur Hugh) Frasier, formerly. American commissioner in Austria, has geen re- ceived by the Vienna government as American charge d'affaires, it was a: nounced today at the state depart- ment. Installation of Mr. Frasier as charge d'affaires makes him first American diplomatic representrttve at ‘Vienna since the world war. BANDITS MAKE BULLION HAUL SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 1.—Gold AMERICA TO JOIN IN EXCHANGE CONFERENCE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1—(By The Associated Press).—Decision has been reached by the federal reserve board to send an advisor to the forthcom- ing conference of foreign bankers call- ed by the reparations commission to discuss exchange stabilization, ft was said officially today at the treasury. The board, officials said, has signi- fied its willingness to be present at Extra Copies 10 Cents. eee. od TEACHERS ASKED TO AID. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — School teachers in South Dakota have been asked to aid the prohibition forces, | according to a report to Commissioner | Haynes today from State Director Isaac Pearson of that state. the conference which will consider spe- Mr. Pearson reported, officials said,| cific methods of preventing sudden ex- that the teachers had been asked to/change fluctuations resulting from the inculcate in their pupils a deep re-| January payment of the German in- spect for law, including the national} demnity. The date and place of meet- prohibition amendment. (Continued on Page 5.) CHANCES IN RAIL WORKING RULE SAVE GREAT SUM Gross Saving to Roads Estimated at $50,000,000 Annually; 400,000 Rail- road Men Affected CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—Two important changes and an estl- mated saving of $50,000,000 to the railroads annually were the autstanding features of new ‘working rules governing the 400,000 members of six federated railroad shop crafts as promulgated today by the United States railroad labor board. The two chief changes were representing of minorities in Breparation of grievances to meet the) during the war, so far as the shopmen contention ‘of tho railroads that the/are concerned. old, methods virtually forced a closed! The rules hereafter will form the shop and permission to apprentices to|basis of adjusticating all wage dis. do certain repair work previously re-|putes. They were adopted unanh stricted only to journeymen. workers. | mously. - The new rules supplant the old na- tional agreement, formulated by the United States railroad administration Marine Guards To Be Retained WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Orders es- tablishing a manne suard for the mail service will no: be revoked, Postmus- ter-General Hava dedlared yesterday in announcing “he had written a letter to Governor Blaine of Wisconsin in re- ply, to. protests ‘from the governor about the government's new mail guard policy. Profiteering in - Germany Barred BERLIN, Dec. 1.—The cabinet has approved drastic rules, including imprisonment or fine, to prohjbit profiteering, usury and the hoarding of foodstuffs, of which many cities are complaining. A price committee, com- posed of consumers and producers will be appointed to examine into prices, determine upon fair returns and re- port violations of the rules laid down NEGRO SEIZED SHOT 0 DEATH BALLINGER, Texans, Deo. 1.— Masked men seized Robert Murtore, 15-year-old negro, from the custody of a sheriff near here and tying him to a post, riddled his body with bullets. The negro was charged with criminal assault on a 9-year-old girl. VALIDITY OF ANTI-BEERLAW ASSAILED IN ST. LOUIS SUIT ST. LOUIS, Idec. 1.—A sult attack- ing the anti-beer Isw as unconstitu- tional has been filed in federal court by the Falstaff corporation, s local CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—(By The Assoc! ated Press).—Action on the acceptabik ity of the 172 revised shop rules, pro |mulgated by the United States’ rail- | road labor board, will not be taken un- | til after the first of the year, accord Ing to announcement today by B. M. Jewell, president of the raflway em- loyes ‘departmest. American Feder- ation of Labor, with which the etx railroad shop crafts are affiliated. New rules numbering 148, which went Into effect today, completed a | new code of working agreements to re- place the national agreement of feder- al control. 2 tion act. They also quoted the opin- | fon rendcre* by former Attorney | General Palmer permitting beer for medicinal purposes. “e SPRINGFIELD; Ill., Dec. 1.—Charges in circulation here for several days that the state'was investigating alleged at- temptg to bribe grand jurors who indicted Gov. Len Small, Lieut: v. Fred Sterling and Vernon Curtis for embezzle- ment, conspiracy and operating a confidence game, culmi- nated today in a statement from Governor Small asserting The brewery was granted s permit to manufacture medicinal beer on November 8 id manufacture was started soon afterward, the petition states. On November 28 the anti- with alleged grand jury corruption and purporting to be an expose of political forces at work to destroy Small end some of his colleagues, In his letter to the governor, Jen- kins referred to rumors afloat for some fime that State’s Attorney Mor- bullion to the amount of $60,000 was obtained by bandits armed with sawed- off shotguns who held up the Argo- naut mine at Jackson, Amador coun- ty, last night, according to a report to the Sacramento police department today. Evans when told of the goyernor’s charges refused to make any state- ment. ittorneys fpr the brewery declare 4in their petition that it was not the purpose of congress to prohibit the use of’ liquor for non-beverage pur- Poses as is evidenced by the wording of the title of the national prohibi- ————> Mrs. C, R. Inman is here from Chey- two days ister the brewery was enne on business for a few days. brewery. | | ordered to stop making the beer. beer bill was passed by congress and | Because of the shop crafts” pe: request for a wage increase of 33 cents an hour over present rates, a matter which will come up in regional conferences with the roads December 20, it would-not be possible to consiif- (Continued on Page 5