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a ] NEWBERRY PLEADS INNOCENCE INUSE OF FUNDS Che Casper Baily Pe se, Weather Forecast Pf CITY [ AT F ELECTION alggeraly, fer tonight-ana Tt 1m | Voluntary Reduction Made by Natrona Power Company in west portion tonight. | Company Given Approval by State Public Service Com- NEWS 74 SOLON | ee ae FE: F Ah? VOLUME VI i CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1922. TMB mission; Drop in Fuel Oil Prices Leads to Act’ 1 | Tc Taking advanta 2 the first rtunity that has been presented to p. a re- : 2 ¢ noun an of rrantin rc "e1 cr » Is RECORDED vervice, had ‘been approved in Cheyenne Satu lay by the state public utilities con} { ow. ge 9 , S ° The zeduction becomes effect/ve January 1. bi ol S \. of Campaign Waged in % es | The power company is eabled to make the 10 per cent reduction at this time a “> i 1 . , f CHICAGO, Jan. $—An earthquake 1% ebility to contract at @ favorably —%», His Behalf by Party n of modarats intensity, propably cen-|‘2t0, ® Ee RE eee ar 2 nS SS a ee ROVISION FO R WASHINGTON, Jan. 9— at the University of Chicago last See pee is ee onon pete sere! resi a sweeping declaration of 2 je Bing users in a a his innocence was de by do George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, Who Debated Peace “the fete treme wee out st-1127 sordbeg) sapien! tngenhan f RO T ECTION OF Senator Newberry “Republi + ‘ wi B est intensity at 11:28, finally dying)“ ac ope are |can, Michigan, today in the x Trp eit Hitchcock, Named byGovernor Sproulto . |iStireowe "|e cereees| FRANCE IS DUE: CS Fill Vacancy Caused by Death of Veteran Senator REARGUMENT ORDERED. | meeting of the board of directors ot —_—_—. Heacy Wootten | WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—The su-|the Natrona Power company which ts PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9.—George Wharton Pe pointed United States senator by Governor Sproul rose. Under the law the appointment stands until a ber election, to fill the unexpired Penrose term endin: George Wharton Pepper is not unknown to ma’ the time of the Versailles treaty was under coz: GWINDLER HELD FOR TRIAL HERE tion by opposing the radification of the league of nations covenant in Joint debate on the public platform with Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, in this city and with Senator Pome- rene of Ohio in Indianapolis. Like Boies Penrose, Mr. Pepper comes from an old Philadelphia fam- fy, He will be 55 years old on March 6. He was educated in private schools and was graduated in 1887 from the Univsrsity of Pennsylvania, per, Philadelphia lawyer, was ap- lay, to succee successor is selected at the Novem- g in 1927. x ny members of the senate. During sideration Mr. Pepper attracted wide atten- the late Boies Pen- WOOD STAIN SERVED FOR WINE, DEACONS DRINK MOST AND ARE POISONED preme court todey ordered the rear gument of the case brought by the government against the Southern Pa- cifie and Central Pacific railway com- panies. The case involves the ques- tion of the ownership and.control of the Central Pacific. The case was set tor argument on March 13. was. held in Caspér last week. Following the weeting a heacing with the public ut'(ities board was scheduled and resulted in almost tm- Mediate epproval of the proposition tendered in bebalf of the power com- pany by EB. P. Bacon, vice president and G, R. Hagens. general counsel. Consistent with the plans of the power company in passing on benefits to its customers, plans were immed!- ately made last week to decrease the rates, when an opportunity for lower fuel rates loomed as @ possibility. Patrick Sullivan, president of the company, and other members of the board cinched the fuel contract at the first opportunity and then outlined the plgns of passing on the saving thus accruing, to customers of the Lloyd George and Briand in “Accord” on Plans to Prevent Future Aggression by Germans CANNES, Jan. 9.—(By The miers Lloyd George and Brian Associated Press) —Pre- d° were on the point today of agreeing on the essential features of a pact for the protection of France from possible German aggression which the British say will not be an alliance bu it a sort of general accord in which Belgium and Italy will be included, it was declared in well-informed quarters. ' CANNES, Jan. #—(By The Assoct- ated Press).—Great Britain may enter} into agreement to guarantees the se- ernment has accepted the invitation of the powers to attend the conference for coping with the problem of Euro- pean economics, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Cannes this | didate, Senator Newberry emphatical- ly dented personal knowledge of the collection or expenditure. of the large campaign fund spent in his behalf. “As God fa my witness, { am not and hour conscious of hav- in connection either with the primary campaign or the general jelection of 1918, in Michigan,” te said, “a single act that was, or is, unlawful, dishonorable, or corrupt, and this I say to the senate without reservations or qualifications.” “Upon these facts, as I then be. lUeved them to be, and as I now he lieve them to be, I shall abide the re- sult with a clear consctence,” he added tn concluston of his prepared address. A business man and not an experi- FEK of which he is now. trustee, and GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 9. | Fotkersma was the only one seri. | company here. curity of France in the event an un-,&fternoon. enced public speaker, Senator New- from*the law department two years} —Ten men, nine of them deacons rously affected by the stain, but his In presenting {ts petition to ths| provoked attack by Germany. This) _— berry said he desired to give the sen later, and elders, poisoned yesterday by | condition was greatly impreved to- | utilities board for lower rates, the Ne-| was reliably reported in British circles! | PARIS, Jan. 9.—Itallan circles at|ate what little information he had i ‘Authorizin: Mr. Pepper is'a prominent member| wood stain served by mistake for | day. ; trona Power company has the distine-|at the allied supreme council meet-/Cannes, where a Franco-British pact|regarding the charges made against , Fake Telegram Autho: @ | ot the Episcopal church and an ex-| sacramental wine daring commun | \ The wine atid wood stain were in |tion of belag one of the trot public |Ang here this morning. against possible future German ag-|his election. At the outset, he asked Payment of $500 Check pert on the canonical law of the de- utilities end the only electric power gression ts being discussed, are favor- that he be not interrupted until he coahiinsloes | Discovered Before = ie formed church here, were pro-| filled the communion cup ‘with |company tn the state to have made! yonDon, Jan. -—(By The Assoct-/able to the plan of including Italy| concluded his address. In his untversity days, Mr. Pepper| nounced out of danger today. Sjoord | stain. 7 : >| with Great Britain in the guarantees] “on sixth @ay of June, isit, x Company Acts was hammer thrower on the seen' 3 (Coatiaued on Page 4.) ated. Press)—The Russian soviety gov-| the sixth day of June, Ernest W. Johns is being held in jal bank of Marietta, Ohio, and the West- ern Union Telegraph company. «On ‘arranged in preliminary court here Johns waived his rights and is now being held pending his ability to supply $1,000 bons to guarantee his appearance at trial in district -court in March. ‘The attempted fraud was made in the form of a telegram which au- thorized a local business house to in- dorse a check for Johns amounting to $500. The fake telegram was sup- posed to have been received at the lo- cal office of the Western Union com- sylvania track team and also played football. He defended organized base- ball in the Federal league suits and bad much, to do with the drafting of the present national agresment of the American and. Nationa! leagues. Governor in announcing the appointment, said that in order that there might be a full understanding of the rituation, he desired to say that he expected Mr. Pepper to be a candidate °t: of the ‘ls nator Mr. Pepper ‘in a formal statement ‘said if nominated_and elected to serve ‘out the term of the late Senator Pen- rose, it was his intention to do so, Governor Sproul talked. over the telephone with Vice President Coolidge and arranged that Mr. (Pepper be sworn in tomorrow. fill the unexpired term ‘Penrose. b AIRCRAFT LIMITATION HELD | IMPOSSIBLE BY BIG POWERS ny WASHINGTON, Jan. No Agreement Reached In Conference at Washington; Draft of Naval Limitation Pact Completed _ - 9.—(By The Associated Press) — GRADING TAX TO BE SETTLED IN ‘UP FOR HEARING IN HIGH COURT): to be given France, says a Havas dis- patch from Cannes today. This would cause Italy to take the Place originally assigned to the United States in the treaty arrangements pro- posed at Paris when the Versailles treaty was signed, under which Great Britain and American gave protection to France. BIG WATER SUIT was commissioned a leutsnant com- mander in the navy and on July 33, 1917, I was assigned to the Third na- val district, with headquarters in the Bivokiyn navy yard. I immediately took up my duties and from that day, Tuly 23, 1 until after the signing of the armistice, November 11, 1918, T was never in Michigan. * * * The pri> mary election and the general election of 1818 occurred duting my ebsence. “In the early fall of 1917, I began to receiv visits and letters from men active in public and political affairs in Michigan, urging me to become a can- didate on the Republican ticket fcr senator. I was. not unmindful of the suggerted honor, and yet, I fully real- ized that I certainly would not re- sign my commission fn the navy to ) ecome @ candidate, and that I ¢ould bag haa elegy Andee dott practically reached for early enact. | Limitation of development. or use of aircraft is impossible at not take any personal active interest dogtnan et eaterelctaains teeineea. Ors: M’CUMBER NAMED ON ment of @ soldier bonus bill and as, time, the fivepower armament committee of the Wash- WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. — Wyo | Whi I continued to be en officer on here to doubt its authenticity. This| FINANCE Cosureriog of senate con- |ington conference decided today. It adopted a resolution, ait yael was proved well founded when an ex- amination of the Jocal records of the company disclosed that no such mes- sage had been received. ‘When Johns called at the supply company’s store here to get the $500 he walked iito ‘the arms of a deputy sherlf! who was armed with a war- rant charging Johns with having at- tempted to obtain money under false pretenses. ALIENIST ON STAND AGAIN INBURCH CASE WASHINGTON, Jan. %.—Senator McCumber of North Dakota was se- lected today by the committee on committees as chairman of the senate finance committee to succeed the late Boles Penrose, Senator Frelinghuysen, Republican, New Jersey, was selected to fill the vacancy on the finance committee, Election of Senator McCumber to the chairmanship of the finance com- mittee will leave vacant the chair- manship of the sions ittee but. the committee on commit do ferred selection of a chairman of that committee. JAP MARQUIS form of refundin; sult of White allied debts, as re- se dinner. pointed to succeed late Senator Penrose. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.— Chins ‘The committee adopted substantially the report of its subcommittes which found that to placo u Iimit on siccraft inowarfare would retard cvmmereial jfeveiocpment. The cuvmittes in taking @ stand favorable to a study with & view to future action, adopted resotu- Monr providing fcr a commission, to comprise aviation and other tecrnical an well as legal oxprrts, to study the whole problem and report at some fur ture indefinite time. a ‘The whole navi. treaty was sald to be well’ advanond in preparation and the American de'ega'‘on was called to meot at 8 o’cloca for siudy of the tenta- tive draft. however, providing for an international commission to study the ‘aircraft question with a view to future limitation. conference will have reached the point where another plenary session may be held about Thursday of this week to give formal approval to the various acts of the full committee on naval affairs. ‘The full committee today contin- ued consideration of the report of the sub-committee which held it {s not practicable’-now to place limitation upon aircraft. The first draft of the five-power, or naval treayt, probably will be submit- ted tomiorrow to the ful] naval com- mittee. British spokesmen eaid today that Mr. Balfour, the delegation head, and Lord Lee had decided to retain their aUPREME COURT Taxpayers’ Action Testing Authority of City to Collect for Work On Docket This Week The case which will establish su- preme court ruling on the grading dis- tricts of Casper will be heard in Chey- enne this week. The test case is the action filed in behalf of W. L. Bass and others covering grading district Ne. 8 in which it is alleged the most flagrant overcharges for municipal improvements were made. ‘The grading tmprovement cases tn ming’s suit to enjoin the state of Colorado from diverting the waters of the Laramie river for the Greeley- Poudre irrigation project, was taken up for argument today in the su- Preme court for the second time. The court recognized the impor- tance of the case by granting six hours for argument instead of the customary two hours. The government has intervened be- cause of tha probable bearing of the the court's decision upon irrigation projects in the west. The waters of the river are now being used on about 125,000 acres north of Greeley. Coltrado claims that as the river rises in the mountains of that state, it has prior rights to use the waters in a pretentious irrigation project, “While I was constdering whether or not it was my duty to become a candidate for the office, I safa to Mr. Allan ‘Templeton of Detroit, who was actively engaged in a large industry in which I was a stockholder and who was also president of the Detroit Uoard of comimerce, that if I should decide to become a candidate, I hoped it would meet with the approval of my Detroit business friends and asso- ciates, and that I trusted the cam- paign might be looked after by busl- ness men of that description. This is far as T had any direct connection with the selection of the committee or business men whose management of the campaign in my behalf I shall re- member with gratitude as long as I shall live. “Mr. Paul H. King was {nduced to ASHINGTON, includin nel two and oi ft to resist any. attempt by dapin $0 | eT reek eae rane | resetvations..on the, steamship Olym-| mary detine ie coerce 1m] Inet Bees eee as Gaken accent the active management of the open Shantung negotiations with tee draft of the five-power oe limi-| P'S: which safle from New York Sat-| tne alleged excessive cost of improve-| mountains, Wyoming denies the compe rapa @ selection of Mr. King Peltinig.: reppeasmaptyes “Setar: o-=)| oo ca dragto/ saat boke ‘virtually com-|U'O97- ment, Sults were filed in district| right of Colorado to permit the wa- | {4 not originate with me. T knew pia aga: cokes iad ae iad = pleted today by the naval-erperts and Scat ee court here seeking injunctions against| ter to be taken beyond the water- | !F. King but slightly. last con- examination of Dr. f alienist called by the prosecution to combat teatimcny introduced by the defense that Arthur C. Buren, on trial nere for the alleged murder of J. lel- ton Kennedy, is insane, was concluded in superior court where Burch Is on trial. Shortly -after court convened Paul Schenck, chief of counsel for the de- fense, announced he would limit the cross examination of Dr. Webber with the hope of avoiding night sessions. The judge last week instructed the jurors to be ready for night sessions this week, indicating such action might be necessary to speed up the case. It was indloated by attacees cf tho district attorney's office that Mrs. J. D. Kennedy, mother of the slain man, Probably would be called to the stand as the last witness for the progscition. EXCISE TAXES ARE INVALID WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The ex- cise taxes imposed by North Dakota upon raflroads within the state were held by the supreme court today to be invalid, TOKIO, Jan. 8—Marquis Chuma, the aged statesman whose condition of coma led to reports of death, was still alfye at 6 o’clock this morning. ‘The death of the marquis had been officially announcéd trom Tokio and Posthumous orders had been bestowed upon him by the regent, Prince Hirohito, in the name of the emperor, folicwing which the marquis’ physi- clan announced that the patient emerged from the coma which on Jan- uary 6 was mistaken for death. BIG RAID AT MEXIA MECXXIA, Texas, Jan. 9—Federal and state officers, including 13 rangers, urday night, making @ score of ar rests and confiscating liquor sald to [be valued at $10,000, FOUR KILLED BY MOONSHINE CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—Four moonshine deaths within 18 hours, the last bieng a murder, resulted, in Coroner Peter Hoffman today asking Chief of Police Fitzmorris to instruct the police department that in each death where there is a possibility of illegal liquor having been the leading cause especial search should PRICE OF PENN @ made for the seller and that he be arrested. “Monshiners must answer for mur der,” said Coroner Hoffmen. ‘The tragedies which aroused the cor- the full naval committee was pre- pared to begin discussion of the final Graft of the pact probably later in the Gay or tomorrow. The Japanese and French all are eaid to feel that failure to Place restrictions on’ the arming of merchantmen not only might, vitiate the project to limit the indivinual ton- nage of auxiliary war craft but also might result in a great disadvantage to nations with small merchant fleets. The British delegation, on the other hand, was said to be prepared to bring the question before the full commit- tee, if necessary, and to argue that merchant ships may carry guns with- out becoming auxiliary war vessels and thus subject to attack without warning by es. Although the Shantung controversy meantime remains in deadlock, there was evident in both the American and British groups today a belief that the to bring the Japanese and Chiness to- gether again on this long-discussed is- sue. In American quarters hope was gers for an agreement during the week. The British delegates expressed the opinion today that the work of the SHOEMEN TO MEET. CHICAGO, Jan. 9—Shoemen from every state in the union and from Canada, Mexico Hawaii, are here for the four-day National Shoe Retall- ers’ exposition, whick opened today. Melvin T. Copeland, director of the bureau of business research of Harv. ard university, predicted greater Prosperity for the shoe retailers in 1922 than they experienced in 1921. the clty to prevent the collection of assessments for the grading work. ‘The injunctions were granted and the city took the cases to the state su- preme court for decision. Many cases hinge on the decision to be rendered in the Bass case. Tho case of the property owners will be argued by M. W. Purcell and George W. Ferguson, while R. M. Boecke, city attorney, assisted by Nichols & Stir- rett, will represent the city. shed. tion that the two states fall to recog- nize the proprietary rights of the federal government of waters of “in- navigable streams upon lands once the property of the United States and in attempting to solve jurisdic- tion over an interstate stream do not take into consideration either federal ownership or the grant of water rights made by congress.” The United States takes the pos!- f GEORGE HARVEY NEAR DEATH IN AUTO CRASH CANNES, France, Jan. 9.—(By The Associated Press)—-George Harvey, American ambassador to Great Britain, narrowly, escaped death here today in an automobile acci- Accompanied by Richard Crane, former American minister to Czezcho-Slovakia, in whose car he was riding, and Wickham Steed, editor of the London Times, Ambassador dent. Harvey was on his way for a round of golf. e axle of the machine broke, and Mr. Harvey was thrown out landing heavily on YOUTH IS SLAIN the road. He was able to arise, but was rushed back to his hotel in a Gazed condition. 5 Physicians, who were hurriedly summoned, found him suffering from shock and from severe bruises on his tact with him had been in 1912 when We were poltical opponents. “I did. not solicit or expend, direet- ly or indirectly, one single dollar. in he campaign for senator in Michigan in 1918, nor did I know_of the con- tributions made until afterward. The two’ statements which I made under oath to the senate are absolutely and wholly true. The first is dated Aug. 14, 1918, and, omitting the printed form with which you are all familiar. and to which I sincerely susscrihed. T wrote in my own hand as follows: “The campaign for my nomination for United States senator has been voluntarily conducted by my friends in Michigan. I have taken no part fn {t whatever, and no contributions or expenditures have been made with my knowledge or consent.” “The second, dated August 28, 1918, with the same omissions, and in addi- tion to the printed form to which sincerely subscribed, I wrote with my own hand as follows. ‘Under the head of ‘Contributions’—‘none with mr knowledge and consent.’ And under the head qf ‘Disburserment#¥—none with my knowledge and consent.’ 1 have read a general public statement of Paul H. King concerning expend? tures made by a voluntary commit- (Continued on Page 43 PSEUDO ‘COPS’ a 2°: Rr 58 oner’s ire were the shooting of moon- shine crazed Harry Autschback by his wife, Bertha, 52 years of age, the fatal ‘stabbing of Mrs. Lillian’Condon by her back. His dazed condition after the accident lasted more than an hour, ‘The physicians expressed the opinion IN CLAN FIGHT MAKE BIG HAUL CRUDE REDUCED cipal purchasing’ sgeuclos today an- }¢ te an- nounced » reduction of 25 cents n barrel im all grades of crude oil landied in this market, except Kag- land and it was reduced 15 cents. The new prices are: Pennsylvania crude $3.25; Corning $1.90; Cabell $2.11; Somerset $1.90; Somerset light } $2.15; Ragland §1.00, prosecuting county, is in Casper on business today. husband Michael and the deaths of Stephen Conley and Louis Durapond from drinking poisoned liq-9r: a William Stansbury, attorney county and of Converse ray 14. years, was shot dead, two houses were. and shattered by bul- igh county: last night during a fustinde participated ia, the authorities en- that he would be confined to his bed for several days and said he should not attempt ot attend to any official duties. Mr. Crane was uninjured, but Mr. Steed suffered from bruises and shock. (Contiaued on Page Four) CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—Five armed men, who last night posed as police- men, took control of the Great Lakes building, in the downstown district, | imprisoned four men they found in | the building and looted the store- rooms of the A. Arend Drug com- pany of 40 cases of whiskey, were today still at liberty. One of the robbers released the prisoners be fore departing. =