Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 8

: A 25 } 5 g : 5 Oe er en tomer ey ee ode ahs eth 7“ Ag rome we ae ane coeeeta so oe Ae dae Rote RO DNS SoBe R oa Rare suet Oth PAGE EIGHT SOLDSTOCKTO SICK VETERANS, TWO ARRESTED Executive Director and Pa-| tient at Wisconsin Sani- tarium Charged With Law Violation. | WAUKESHA, Wis., Dec. 23.—Dr. J. F. Norris, executive director of the Resthaven sanitorium at Waukesha, | and Roy Jackson, a patient. were ar-| rested today by Sheriff Keebler of Waukesha county on warrants charg- ing sale of speculative oil world war veteran patients stitution without obtaining a permit from the state aid commission. Harry Harriman of the securities 4ivision of the commission, signed the} complaints on which the warrants! were igsucd. Dr. Norris is listed as/ president of the Disabled Veterans’ Gas & Oll company, and Mr. Jackson | is named as secretary-treasurer. } EB. J. Barrett, state commander of the American Legion, recently made | public charges that the disabled vet-/; erana were being solicited to pur- chase oll stock from their meager! government allotmentes. Dr. Norris} denied the charges. MAIL ROBBER — SENTENCED TO PEN, 67 YEARS TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 23.— George Rogers, alias George Lewis, convicted of conspiracy in connection with the $1,000,000 Toledo postal robbery last February, today pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery in connection with the case and was sentenced to serve 67 years in the federal pehitentiary at Leavenworth, Kn., by Federal Judge Killits. Cable Grounded, Subway Trains Held in Tubes 23.—Traffic BOSTON, Des. was stopped for two hours today and thou-| sands of commuters and Christmas shoppers were trapped in trains un- d@erground when a main power cable in the Cambridge subway grounded and exploded. Subway officials said there were no casualties and that the damage was MEXICO DENIES LATE RUMOR OF SOVIET STATE Some Trouble Experienced at Factory Center but No So- viet Rule Attempted, Is Claim. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22.—(By The Associated Press.)}—A report circu- lated in the United States that a so- viet republic had been established in the city of Puebla was denied tonight by Alberto J. ‘Pant, secretary of for- eign relations. It was explained that there had been trouble at the Mayor- azgo Hacienda in the Atlixco district of the state of Puebla, where a fac- tory had reduced’ its force, leaving 400 persons without work. Several families were ejected from the houses furnished by the factory without 2 court decision. The ejected families, assisted by the other workmen, built shacks on lands belonging to the May- erazgo hacienda, upon which the fac- tory is situated. Agitators from Puebla circulated among the unemployed, hoisting a red and black flag and tried to induce the workers to seize the factory. General Gustavo Elisondo, military comman- der of the state of Puebla, sent troops to protect the plant and later Gen. Jose Sanchez, governor of Puebla convinced the unemopleyed of the wisdom of changing thetr attitude, It was stated today that order and quiet prev: No Agreement on} Wage Reductions OMAHA, Dec. 23.—Representatives of railway clerks and station employe: and officials of the Union Pacific sy tem failed to reach an agreement yes- terday on a wage reduction proposal company and the case will au- teenaticalty. po. to the United States Railroad Labor board, according to R. R. Butzer of Omaha. representing the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes. The compayn, Mr. Butzer said, proposed a decrease amounting to about $12 to $15 a month for each man while the émployes countered with a proposal for an increase of approximately the same amount. —_———_ Remarkable hands at whist were seen at a charity gamo in Erigiand re- centty. A new pack of cards ‘wns shuffled, cut, and dealt, and when hands were examined it was found that one player had all the thirteen cards of hearts, the second all clul the third all diamonds, and the f21 ll spades. jand sullen. Probably no native of a foreig: Foch, generalissimo of the allied ar tion of the crowd that acclaimed Foc as the Paris sailed. CHRISTMAS ~ONTHE PLAINS: | (Continued from Page 5) t jcoat and busied himself with imiagin- t |@ry repairs to the wagon as the man/a; |rode up. A plan had evolved itself |Suddenly tn his mind, the result of | deep study since locating the robbers. | t |The bandit slid to thé ground con-| ¥ fidently, as his horse came to a stop,| Big Dan McGregor had brought three} thelr’ men and a and announced that two of horses had failed them, one having! r: gone lame and the other down with tives there until called by the sher Could Mac provide anything! if. for them ‘to ride, or would he take oa! colic, them across country to where they could connect train. “Fact is," he explained, “we have) \#0me ore specimens and other junk} that we are anxious to have assayed, ! Sheridan, | and we will pay you well.” Vv For reply Mac placed one hand|r vy upon the man’s arm and | saat t “Pete you are under arrest.” L Like a flash the bandit drew his| e: ; Weapon, a move Mac was looking for | hi and which he blocked by striking the pistol from the man’s grasp, sending| seated spring wagon was soon des-|ond chamber of the Dutch parliament E spinning high in the air. ey then | p: horses. The bandit, }and heavily clad, was no match, at best, for the big cattleman, and he soon succumbed. Mac bound him se curely with e picket rope and bundled him into the wagon. Pete was silent He saw that he was | beaten, but was biding his time. for }some unforsc opportunity. Ma then untied the mares from the liv m, resolving to leave them here light of buiid re reaching the cabin | ng enough to tie wagon be to the door & m Was napping upon § 1 ready at hand, Bili | Was nowhere to bo seen. ! |Mac as he quietly reached) over and picked up automatic. He then | f! slipped nc yy out without dis- turbing the sleeper, and went to the | & barn where he found Bandit Bill working with a sick horse. Bill looked up from his. task to gaze into the muzzle of the auto matic, | “Stick ‘em up, kid’ ordered the} cattleman, and Bill dazedly raised his {hands without a word. With tt [muzzle of the gun pressed against| the bandit’s vest front Mac reached the gun which the youth carried in a holster. As a pr ution he searc? jed for further weapons. F none, he pocketed his own, and & ‘the puzzled Bill a stunning * bl Without a sound the young bar collapsed, and was soon bound | sagged. Fortunately there had b Jno outcry, and Mac now had 0: | Slim to deal with and he made pli jof that, Waking this snorting sou! of clay from a sound sl ep Mac simp! |told_him to hold out his hands and be fiog-tled. Slim groped vainly for his gun and made profane protest against this procedure, but was soon cuffed into submission. Mas was well warmed up, and the fire of youth glowed in his /-ruddy |cheeks by the time he had his men ,all properly tied and loaded. Then |he unearthed the money sacks which he found after some search. They |had been in the upper bunk occu- pied by the leader. This treasure |was placed in the wagon beside the |captives, and after eatistying him- |self that all was secure, Mao picked |up his reins and started back to the | Seventeen-mile. He decided to leave |his old team for the time being, and make the best of timo before any ac: ' if Hot Chicken Dinner - Saturday 11:30 A. M. to 2:30 P. M. THE WIGWAM O-S Bldg. wered Big Mac, “I deliver the goods.” up the Platte river where they had finally srappled and struggled desperately, | was relieved from his long vigil with thorising a loan in the United States J nearly falling under the wondering| the three morose and vindictive rob- for the Dutch East Indies. urned to the bandit cabin jp the capture of the two [a “At the stable probably,” thought | ff mies, And none a warmer Godspeed upon departure. Above is a por h in New York as he left on the Paris for home and @ close-up of him ident befall this perilous load. The men had little to say, although ac had removed the muffler from te and his partner, after Slim's squent tirade of profanity had sub- ided “Who are you, anyhow?” uth had once asked. ‘Just call me Santa Claus,” bers. Hoe was urged to return with them to Casper where a large reward ‘was awaiting him ind where ie would reap the plaudits of ‘his town men. Mac explained to these deputies that this was all on the side. His real business out here at present, |i “ware' nee of Me the that were in need of help. “T just came out after these horses,” ‘he explained. “And you know—I deliver the goods.” $10,000 FIRE ON BIG RANCH (Special to The Tribune) | CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 23,—Ex- plosion of @ lantern last night at the Late that night a horseman from he Seventeen-Mile rancli galloped in- o Casper in time to meet a discour ged sheriff and posse returning from abandoned search rain bandits. This rider, for the one of 3enedict'’s ranch hands, reported that cargo of gold to the| anch, and was holding them cap- The sheriff swore some bitter 3 and cursed himself for a fool. they were seen heading south!’ with a/he sarcastically remarked. “Oh, sure.| +» ©” ranch 15 miles from Cheyenne, | they would just naturally tip their) of Arbuckle brothers, coffee mer-| hands like that! No one but McGreg-| chants of New York, caused a fire or used his head at all. in just the opposite You take this stuff through for us, bags the whole bunch single-handed. | He takes off | that destroyed stables valued at $10, direction and) 090 and for a time threatened the \targe ranch residence. An appeal get the was sent to the Cheyenne fire depart- eward than the sheriff of Converse’ ment but deep snow prevented the ‘ounty, at that. Some consolation ‘ tus from reaching the heret Old Dodds 1s covering the) 27°.,°?" : varamie Plains where they once pick- d up some U. P. train robbers. I ope he stays out ‘tll spring.’” A fresh team of trotters and a two- Vell, sey! I'd sooner see Mac Pi SP aa as LOAN AUTHORIZED. THE HAGUE, Dec. 23.—The sec-! atched to Seventeen-Mile, and Mac passed by 57 to 18 today the bill au- fhe Casper Daily Cridune AUTO BANDIT 15 SHOT 10 DEATH: BYN.Y. 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