Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1922, Page 1

‘WYOMING WOOLGROWERS OPEN ANNUAL CONVENTION MANY DELAYED IN ARRWAL FOR | STATE SESSIONS President Gets Out of Sick Bed to Attend Opening Meeting Due to the present heavy storm which has extended to all sections of the state many of the flockmasters who had planned to attend the annual convention of the Wyoming we association were #b- sent when the second consecutive an- nual convention to be held in Casper opened at 9 o'clock this morning at Oda Fetiow! With the storm reported passing @né danger to flocks being less imm!- nent it is probable that the two re- maining Gays of the convention wil! gee many of the men who were de layed in attendance at the meetin On adjourning the morning session today, which was held at Odd Fel- lows’ hall, arrangements were made for all future sessions of the convei tou to be held in the banquet room at the Henning hotel. ‘The arrival of Dr. J. M. Wilson, veteran president of the Woolgrowers’ association in the conventicn hall this afternoon caused considerable stir. ‘He was given an ovation on all sides. Virtually at the point of death last week and barely in the convalescent stage at this time, Dr. Wilson braved the storm and long railroad trip from is home in McKinley, Wyo., in or- Che Casper Daily Crihune | Ss. | —————————m Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and day; rising temperature. VOLUME VI \Sheriff, Mayor ney general, against Buck Ga: J. H. Lan: Healdton. police of while that against the others contain three. Garrett's removal ig asked on tine following charges. Failure’ to enforce the prohibitory wa. Fallare to enforce laws. the gambling ACTION FILED and Chief of Police at August Belmont Healdton Made Defendants in Ouster | Suit Charging Non-Enforcement | ARDMORE, Okls., Jan. 5.—Oust di in district court here today by DU. L. Fulton noeteet ae | gston, mayor of Healdton, The petition against Sheriff Garrett contains four counts, | ler to be on hand to attend the con- ‘vention. of the state After the association was called to| charged with ‘sus Mrs, Ernest. Ford, it upon Mrs. C. A. B, Wilson, the welcoming activities | defendant’s attorney fees. and preliminaries attendant upon} ature to etiforce the law prohibi- opening the convention were staged. | tion the operation of immoral resorts. Dr. J. M, Cromer delivere¢ the in‘! Charges against Langston and vocation. He was followed by Mayor| mates are: W. A. Blackmore, who welcomed the! “yajure to enforce the gambling Assisting the defense in the case order this morning by Secretary J.| Casey, by furnishing funds to pay the CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1922. Reported Hurt| NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—August Bel-| mont, New York financier,” was re-| ported ‘to have been taken in a pri ulton, assistant attor-!vate ambulance to his Park avenue reett, sheriff of Carter county ; | »° fter he arrived at Pennsylva-| PLACE, CONFIR been executed without trial. | ville, Mi NUMBER 74 ACTION FILEDLATE SENATOR LAID OF OFFICIALS 4! REST IN SECREI Body of Boies Penrose Borne to Last Rest Teday in Rain; Public Not In- formed of Funeral Hour PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.:—The funeral of Senator Boies Penrose was held this morning. The same great secrecy that surrounded the making of arrangements for the funeral was maintained until the body of the’ political leader was low- WASHINGTON, Jan. ‘6.—Further testimon. the hanging of American soldiers at Is-Sur-Tille, presented today to the senate committee investiga) by Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, that sc..ers had Herbert L. Sadenhead of Green- | , a former service man, declared he had witnessed | EX-SOLDIER CLAIMS ** HAVE SEEN DOZEN HANGEL 1 ONE MATION - UGHT \ting to ce, was harges 19 or 12” execution, at while engaged im transport prisoners by truck in the + that place. War department records previou submitted to the committee shov that two soldiers were hanged a Sur-Tille after conviction by general oourt martial and gave the total exe tutions in the A. E. F., as 11 all after formal trial before military cour Cadenhead did not know jany «f the men he saw hanged had been sent to thelr death without trial He described in detail the executions which he claimed to have witnessed, jone of them being of a lieutenant, | who, Cadenhead said, had been charg- ed with assault upon a seven-year-old girl. Cadenhead produced several photographs of the purported ing scenes. “Your main criticism about the exe cution, as set forth in your letter to Senator Watson, was that the French ur-Tille nan small hang- whether | MILLIONS FAGE STARVATION IN AUSSI, FAMINE TOLL INGREASES [Typhes Epidemic Aggra- vates Conditions and Burial Squads Are Be- | hiad in Their Labors MOSCOW, Jan. 5.—(B; The Associate Press.)-—Rus- sia has begun the year 1922 with eight months of un- speakable horror before her and the terrible dread that next summer's crop may only 3 relieve the gnawing famine. At Tsara 4, Suratoff, Samara Orenburg, and Kazan, frozen bodies are stackea high awaiting burial in trenches which workmen cannot pro pare fast imough for the victims of " famine “tare and typhus—and every day the situation is growing worse. American relief workers, who orig {nally cautiously placed the number of probable deaths fh the famine area this winter at 7,000,000 now say that 5,000,000 ts a low eatimete and many say the number may reach 10,000,000 or even more. It is predicted the typhus epidemic probably will be the worst that Russia has ever suffered. The Americans are feeding nearly 1,000,000 children. and the British and Senator Overman, Democrat, North ry M in his private car. He *, a . P M le should in permitte: and Lem Bates, chief of |i, "tation i” Yon) the south ana|ered into the brick-lined grave in South Laurel Hill ceme- a oionptenniert asi dace ee yee |was said to have been ffijured in altery. No information was forthcoming whether there were | asxea. fall from a horse. His offics declined| any religtous services at the houss or avold undue publicity, made the vigit) yes gir” ~|at the cemetery. Newspaper report-|of reporters almost an all night af-| jo ° = ers were not admitteé to the burial| fair. ‘Seo any barbarity.’ J ground. $ About 7:30 a. m. today the thtes} No. ‘The only thing I saw that BODIES A R ‘The fact that the body of the sena-(hrothers, Charles B. Richard and|*me of the men hanged were doped. FROM GREEK WARSHIP BLOWN UP IN HARBOR ON WEDNESDAY ATHENS, Jan. 5.—(By The Asso- ciated Presy)—Fifty bodies have been recovered from the Greek tor- pedo bout destroyer Leon, anchored the Greek torpedo boat destroyer Leon were killed by the explosion of a shell.on board at-Pireaus yes- terday, and two engineers of the ai to Casper and in. a short but effective speech told of Casper's growth from @ greasewood flat to the present premier industrial city of the state. Mr. Blackmore's speeck took the sheepmen back to 1889 when J. J. laws. Failure to enforce the laws prohib- ting the operation of {mmoral resorts. oo FORMER U.S. in the harbor of Pireaus, which was wrecked yesterday by an explosion destroyer Jerax lying pear by also were killed, says the official account of the accident. Several sailors also Hurd brought the first band of sheep into this vicinity, He told of th growth of the business untt! {t became the dominant force in Casper’s growth. “I can remember the time when Casper's strongest financial institu- tion would have been forced to close its doore-!¢ two of the largest sheep ey 4 outfits had withérawn their funds. Ray lay ee rer i “With this in view I welcome the | rector for the state of New York was sheepmen to Casper, fecling that they |itcong a acors of defendamits named need no welcome because they are an|i Gre eacret Indictment recently ro- DRY AGENT | IS INDICTED integral part of us and of our -pros- perity. The town {s open and the keys have been lost during the stay of the sheepmen,” he said in closing. Answering for the woolmen, H. A. Nolan, now ® prominent flockmaster of Idaho, but formerly a pioneer sheepman of this district and said to have been the last man that herded a band of sheep bought in Casper to the plains and ranges of Idaho along the Oregon trail, briefly recounted the grovth of the industry and thanked on behalf of the woolmen the wel- come given them before the start of the annual convention. The sessions were resumed at 2 o'clock today at the hotel and will coneiuac with the business sessions late this evening. A smoker will be staged in the same room this evening for the entertainment of the flock- masters while other arrangements have been made for the entertainment of the visiting women, One of the most important features of today’s session was emboiied in ti annual report scheduled to be del ered by Secretary J. B. Wilson, whose visits to Washington have placed him} in a position of authority on problems affecting the woolgrower. An address on “National Forests and the Sheep- men" by Will C. Barnes, assistant for-| ester, Washington, D. C., was also! faxpected to hold enlightenment on questions affecting grazing on public lands. 9 ‘The program for the remainder of the week follows in full. Friday Morning, turned by the federal grand jury in- yestigating enforcement of the Vol- stead act here. Lynch, in charge of the issuance of inspector, now connected with the de- partment of justice, and Michael J. Lynch, incharge of the issuance of withdrawal permits at prohibition headquarters, also were indicted ac cording to Mr. Hayward. —_—___—»—_—_<_ ROOT HOME IS “HIGHJACKED’ UTICA, Y., Jan. 5.—A reward of 31,000 was advertised in’ newspapers here for the arrest of thieves who robhed the home of Elihu Root on College Hill, Clinton, and disclosed that a valuable stock of wines was stolen. It was reported the stock was valued at several thousands of dol- lars. PUBLIC DEBT 1S REDUCED WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—A reduo- tion in the public debt of more than $180,000,000 during Devember was an- nounced by the treasury, the total January 6. 9:80 a. m.—Address—Hon. John W. Hay, Rock Springs. (Continued from Page 5) BANK PRESIDENT | SHOT TO DEATH debt on December 31 was $23,433,934,- 361, compared with $23,619,085,725 on November 80. Two Others Wounded When Holdups Open Fire Without Warning in Robbing Payroll Car of $12,000 Cash Humber of ‘the Inhabitants. both creft were s Neither destroyer was ATHENS, dan. 5.—Two officers of “ beyond repair. TIMES WRITER IS KIDNAPED tor would be buried today” became! Spencer, arrived at the Spruce street terday whan the bu-/home where the senator’s body In known late y reau of vital statistics issued a per-jand where he was born. mit for interment for January & or) mobiles parked a short distance from A | Senator Penrose, who was a bachelor, little later Charles Penrose, who ts a No intor-| physician and hod attended his broth- the front step and from the thoreafter. The immediate family of}the house about the same time. consists of three brothers. |mation was given out regarding the/er, came out on | funeral beyond the brief obituary no-| waved his arm and seemingly ltice that the funeral be “strictly pri-)nowhere a hearse approached | vate.” house. Newspapers that regarded the: bur- jal of a United States senator who had| senator figured so largely in the political his-| hearse followed b tory of the country as an important) biles, supposedly containing the mos was brought) out and tivally the same plan as death watches|for the set.onprominent.persons who are) wer believed to be dying. A report that Senator Penrose's father was buried years ago at midnight in order to cemetery. (Continued ou Page 4, . DECISION ON PEACE PENDING Early Release of A. B. Kay, London Cor- respondent, Promised in Message From Cork to Dublin Leader DUBLIN, Jan. 5.—(By The Associated -Press,)—An-| nouncement that the release of A. B, Kay, correspondent of the London Times, kidnaped frém Dublin yesterday and tak- en to Cork, might be expected shortly, was made in a message from Cork received by Desmond Fitzgerald, minister of prop- f aganda, this afternoon. This expectation, it appeared, was realized, ns a message from Corl to- night stated Kay was on his way back to Dublin none the worse for his experience. DUBLIN, Jan. 5.—(By The Assoct- ted Press)—A. B. Kay, correspond- ent for the London Times, was kid- naped last night by three armed men} while with other newspaper men in| @ grocery shop. ‘There has been no word. of him since his disappearance} and no explanation of his seizure. | The correspondents attending this morning’s session of the Dail Eireann demanded his immediate release and the punishment of his kidnapers. Kay's friends pointed to a letter he wrote from Dublin recently saying that some of the leading fighting men of that city favored ratification: of the Irish treaty, as a possible reason for his abduction. They said he was warned at that time to leave Cork on They were of the opinion he had deen taken to Cork and that he might} be returned here today. It was declared later that the kia- naping occurred during the aftéroon and that {t had been expected Kay would be returned by night, but that! the night and the greater part of this forenoon -had gone by without his re- appearance, Kay’s companions sald three armed| men entered the grocery, presented revolvers and carried Kay off. They promised Kay’s companions, the lat- test. After adjournment of the Dail had been moved Desmond Fitzgerald rose to read tho press protest «gainst the the threat that he would be “put in a yault with corpses and a candle.” payroll car to stop, and as it came to a halt opened fire, killing S-ffel al- most instanily. Ehief Sweeney was shot under the rightarm afd Benson in the side. The latter's injuries are serious. ‘The holdup occurred two blocks from the bank and the robbers escaped in CHICAGO, Jan. 8. _John Soffel, president of the May-jan automobile. } Chief Sweeney’ said he was shot as (Continued on Pige 8) the bank two blocks away and turned! in the alarm. Chicago police dis-| patched three rifle squads and placed/ guards on all roads from Maywood. pt ln rvs a SALVADOR ASSEMBLY MEETS. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal-\ vador, Jan. 6.—The feleral assembly of the Federation of Centra! Amertcan Kldnaping, but was overruled by the! * wood State bank, was shot and killed and Louis Sweeney, the bank messenger guided the auto-| republics “has ‘been convened in Te Dail Is Deadlocked and Adjournment Taken Again Theater Treat For Kiddies Is “On” Tribune} | DUBLIN, Jan. 5.—(By The ‘A treat for the kiddies! Yes sir-eo. | Associated Press.)—The Dail ‘The Tribune has made arrange- |Eireann after holding a brief ments with the management of the |meeting and afternoon ses- Iris theater to admit every boy ana |Sions today without making girl in Casper under 16 years of ago |further progress in considera- es Sat. |tion of the Anglo-Irish treaty, ad- Penis te, on eubde, Atay, oF: |jJourned late this afternoon until .to- urday to witness the picture “The | morrow morning when it will meet Adventures of Tarzan,” featuring |in private session to-hear the feport the mighty Elmo Lincoln, famous jof the unofficial committee which is Four auto- Carclina, wanted to know who was with Cadenhead, When he looked on at various other organizations are fur nishing nourishment for at least 100 000 under the most dangerous condi tions. Dr. Reginald Farrar, of the epidemic A few minutes later the body of the the the exoputiog. commission of the league of nations: “How ‘many we.> present at the| xis Mary Patterson of the English firat hangings that you saw?” asked! Quaker relief commission and Dr. Col. Bethel, Guertner, of the German Red Cross “About 200 or 300 French people|have died within the past week of arid 800 soldiers.” typhus contracted in the famine area. “You saw the other five or seven| Mise Mancy Bobb and William Ken executions from # truck while hauling| Worthy, of the English *Quarker unit, Gecehen Speteotionn?” are {Il with typhus at Buzustuk, near Yor, When we saw a hanging from} Saratoff, and Anna Louise Strong, of the four automo- plece of news, set a watch on prac-|famnous cf the thr: brothers, started Reporters who on watch at the cemetery ye2- terday were not admitted today and the newspaper men who followed, the the road we stopped to look.” t | Cadeniiead declared he had no fesl- sceing the there were only two hangings at Is- Sur-Title. ing against officers and that he vol- a orward after HOLA Ser eree toboens f T [relief administration, 1s convelscing Philadelphia, who is associated with the English Quaker organization, is re. covering from the same maiady in Moscow, Colonel Bell of the American from the disease at Ufa. The disease {= so prevalent through- “{ had seen more than that,” he/out all of tho Volga region and in sald, “and it seemed to me that some] Turkestan, that the soviet government officers were guilty.” has stopped all passenger service to Senator Brandegee asked if Caden-|#nd from these regions. head could produce witnesses to sup:| George Newes of the British Save port his statement. He mentioned|the Children fund reports he saw 250 “Andrew Saloon" but explained that] frozen bodies, many of whom. were the spelling was “Chelume” and that| children in a trench at Saratoff in one he lived at Elmhurst, L. I., Chelme|day. He ‘says train loads of refugee will be summoned. children, underfed and scantily clad, ‘Two witnesses called to testify as to|are riding from the famine area in charges that Maj. Hierome I, Opie,|such a pitiable condition that the lly of Staunton, Va., had shot two sol-|ing children are worse off than the diers in France, were excused after it was developed they had not personal knowledge of the matter. A moment late, however, Lemuel O Smith, of Dublin, Va., who has been in an institution for the insane since the war, declared he saw Maj. Opie shoot a soldier. “While in a dugout with three com rades and four German prisoners," said. Smith, “I saw Major Opie take a gun and deliberately shoot a man: The man Ople shot was William Woolwine Opie was ten steps from Woolwine,” “What did Major Opie say?” he was asked. “He out.’ ” “What was said before the shoot ing?’ ‘I shot him, take him said. Not a word was passed. Major Opie gave no reason.” dead. The soviet government has agreed to grant the American relief adminis tration the use of 8,000 cars and 600 locomotives, required to move the sup plies which the $20,000,000 just ap propriated by the United Statey will provide. It is estimated that 200 cars and five locomotives will be required dally Yor 40 a: ALLEGED OPERATOR OF STILL 1S. ARRESTED W. H. Weekly, wanted by the coun ty authorities here and sought for the past several weeks, was arrested yes star of “Tarzan of the Apes. |trying to find a basis upon which’ an| “How many shots were fired?” terday HCrAnE ea z oe Beary ~ ‘This latest Tarzan picture is equal |#8Teement might be reached. “Ono, it hit Woolwino tn the chest.| deputy sheriff. Weekly 1s charged In every way to the book which has He was dead when he picked him up.""| with operating @ still at his home on ae ee ee ecery ohtd in |).DUBLIN, Jan. 5.—(By The Associ-| Smith, in @ letter to Senator Wat-| West Fourteenth stree! © appr f : |ated Press)—The situation in the Dail|son, said he had been decorated by|tatus was located and confiscated sev the country and countless thrills sahic thrSughcits | Hireann was still deadlocked when it Clip ‘the coupon now and bring ‘t | down to the Tribune office and get | your ticket. DUBLIN, Jan. 5.—(By The Associ: (Continued on Page 5.) - © see ee Good for one (i) admission The Iris theater on Friday or Saturday if presented to The Tribune office for ticket. seeveees VETENIN ETTOROF PHGIGD TIMES DEAD TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 5.—Col C. A. Snowden, formerly editor of the Chicago ‘Times and the Tacoma: Led ger, dled Wednerday agea 73. One of his journalistic feats was publishing in the Chicago Times the full text of the revised version of the new testa tions and details of the naval Washington conference Numerous Problems Pressing for Final) Adjustmentin ArmsConference Are |, Subject to Arguments Today ing towards decisions, the Far Eastern committee of the the French and American govern tention to discrepenctes in statements t W Kly located until eral weeks, ago b: Tan Ran’ & ‘ _ |Yeconvened shortly after 3 o’clock| ments, but in testimony he said that| for the offense, ¥ AR Fiiciea terchetgeertoe! a eahe | iPr pile ee BILLY Ping rang ;this afternoon, having met and tm-|he had recelved no such decorations. xesterday RAE a Ee tGjeny wrothing ta thelieaarwitie, ture is to clip the coupon from this |Medistely adjourned this morning.| ‘Why dla you say it then." he was Sat bey wittatea Sand’ bot a fore the Dail met, the correspond-| Paper and present it at the business |VUring the recess, it was learned, a} asked ne|to the spring term of ents here held a meeting and fecnu| office of the Tribune and a ticket |Joint meeting of leaders opposing and| “A friend of mine, patient in the) to tie spuluk fern Ott teed Inted & protest to the Dail asainst the| will be given you. You may attend |f@Voring the AngloTrish treaty held|hospital at Marion with me, wrote the) cour® tor. tris i if kidnaping. The Aimetican ‘end Ten| any performance on these two days, }* meeting and canvassed various pos-|letter and I signed it without read:jat #500. correspondents joined the English! elther afternoon or night. But one Fes ore for reaching an agreement, | ing it” ‘ Ppt ast ees Gawabener sentir Wenthes tha ore,| tickae will’be given’ to «child. | but without avall. Chairman Brandegee, calling at-| sulted in the confisc uor was also taken by in Smith's letter and testimony, as to (Continued on Page 5.) ficers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—(By The Associated Press.)—} With the issues developed by Shantung, submarine regula-| limitation settlemert all press-| . SHANTUNG ISSUE STILL NSETTLED, SUBMARINE QUESTION IS DEBATED tee of the whole was indicated as tm minent, the Italians haying received instructions to acceptin principle the Root regulation proposals. The Ital fan acceptance was said to be ‘condi tioned on French accessions, how. ¢ The naval committees meeting may be held late today. The Japanese and Chinese were pre- paring to go into conference again late in) the the day-over Shantung. All the evidence pointed to an early conclusion of the Shantung conyersa- chief of police ef the suburb, and Arthur Benson, a bank messenger, were wounded today when five bandits robbed them of a $12,000 payroll for the’ Maywood plant of the American Can compar \ The bandits did not give the banker mobile to 2 stop, and that Benson was ths second to fall. Mr. Soffel stood up an@ attempted to draw his revolver, and his two guards aichenrsto ‘Hold [when he was shot dead. up thelr hands. They ordered the| —Sweeney, despite his-wound, ran to » gucigalpa, Honduras by order of the federal council. The deputies elected by Guatamala under the Herrera ad- ministration,’ lately overthrown, have been seated. |ment, received by cable from London. |He was regarded as 2 national author- [ity on’ Masonry, in’ which he held the Tue Chinese went into the commit- [33rd degree and was the author of a! tee meeting insisting th: history’ of Washington state. He had’ ence take up tne demar lived ‘ere for’ the past’30 years, ig that the’ Japanese protes U opened up new sources of debate. |tions. British spokesmen > 4 rT pas |said they accepted as probably well resumed its sessions today and|o. aca reports that some ment had. been reached at Peking for ject did not come within the scope : a settlemen: of ie conf nce. tion, but sal ne details | In the # ne reguistion n to be worked c here by the Chiuese tiations a meeting of the fult commit-|and Japanese delegations. bs Oe a coed RE l